My nephew and I are about to start our first grow

[JimmyJames905]

Nitrogen changes over the Grow. You need high nitrogen for veg and almost none for bloom. Usually if your feed schedules are good you'll have a tiny bit of N left for the first few weeks of bloom. Too much Nitrogen at bloom will cause smaller sparser buds with more stems. Nitrogen should be at N3 when you transplant your seedling. N4 will give you nitrogen toxicity and your plants will be very dark green and get "the claw" and grow very, very slowly.

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[JimmyJames905]

Personally I would recommend you try a 8-10 week Grow. 3 weeks veg 7 weeks bloom. You won't get massive yields but you'll have a crop in 10 weeks and get some clones to start a longer grow 3 weeks later.


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[Jorgie Nuggz]

Hey Jimmy been reading all diff types of threads and journals here what do you think about Doc Bud and his High Brix system experiments. some people seem to be taken by his methods. No hyponics store in my neck of the woods so ordered my earth juice from amazon, also trying to pop some mystery seeds the nephew and mrs. Nuggz got in a bud of some really dank smelling, good tasting and feeling smoke last week so I decided to make an experiment out of it for sexing and growing so I don't end up screwing up some expensive seeds

 

[JimmyJames905]

High Brix is good stuff. Highly recommended.
You can sex seeds before you plant them btw.
How to tell if a Marijuana seed is female - YouTube


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[JuanCarlos]

I think the consensus, at least around here, is that sexing the seeds is bunk. But it sure doesn't hurt to try and record your results.

 

[JimmyJames905]

The guy in the video was 100% accurate. I don't buy non feminized seeds so I rarely come across male seeds. But you can try at home. See what results you get.


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[JuanCarlos]

Yes, there is a thread somewhere on here that discussed that exact thing a few months back.

I think it's a good idea also to consider yield versus the total length of the grow. The time from seed to harvest is often overlooked when people discuss different growing methods and yields they have gotten.

Doc Bud's High Brix is a great way to get started growing without the hassles of worrying about which deficiency or toxicity you are dealing with. That being said, Doc's kit isn't going to break any records for yield. I see people averaging about 3-4 ounces with the kit over a 3-4 month grow. There are of course exceptions to every rule. A SCROG or Flux grow could trade some time for increased yield.

 

[JimmyJames905]

I'm pulling in 480g-520g consistently with scrog, co2 and COB leds. This is also in part to the genetics I'm choosing.
My record is almost 2 pounds off BC Big Bud from true north.
But that's using KoolBloom for my personal grows. I don't use KB for client patient grows because it's only 5% organic but mostly because the allowable yields for patients prescribed 1g a day is only 225 grams or 5 plants. This allows me to grow much faster and meet that 225 g maximum early.

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[Jorgie Nuggz]

was wondering do you flush your girls before harvest when using Earth Juice?
Also do you wash your buds before drying?

 

[JimmyJames905]

Yes and yes.
Lol.

You don't need to flush organic ferts but I flush anyway.
I always wash the weed. The grossness that comes off them is nasty. Plus there's e-coli in bat guano. Not something you want to put your lips to.


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[Jorgie Nuggz]

watered them yesterday and today they look like this, can someone tell me whats wrong?
they are growing in basic garden soil mixed with vermiculite, no added nutes
as you can see the leaves are curled down and they are yellowish.
Natural Organic Garden Soil .04 - .06 - .04 (N-P-K) and Vermiculite

 

[JimmyJames905]

What garden soil brand.
Pots are way too big for seedlings. You should have used solo cups or seedling pots.

Your plants are stretching. What Kelvin (K) bulbs are those?

Dropping occurs when there's too much water. They'll probably recover in a day.


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[Jorgie Nuggz]

our lowes doesn't carry pro mix so I checked walmart they had brand " Just Natural" Organic Garden Soil .04 - .06 - .04 (N-P-K) comes mixed with worm casting. bought some horticultural vermiculite and mixed it 1 to 1 with soil for aeration.

 

[JimmyJames905]

Perfect.
What K light?
I'm worried about the stretch Jorgie.


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[Jorgie Nuggz]

8- 23 watt cfl 5000k natural daylight bulbs about 3 inches from tops.they popped out of the ground on Dec 28 they haven't grown much here are the first pics.

 

[JimmyJames905]

Too close for cfl. Back them off a bit. But put a thermometer at canopy height first to see how hot it is. Should have went with the Philips LED. Better par...less stretch.

This is my Strawberry Kush 4 days under Philips LEDs. No stretch.

I'll do a thermometer test photo for you and post in a few minutes.

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[Jorgie Nuggz]

these are the first pics I took of them when I took them from the cupboard and put them in the closet under the lights on Dec 30

 

[JimmyJames905]

You're using 184 watts for seedlings. If you used 1 led bulb per seedling you would be using 36 watts with 70% less heat and the light would be directly on the plant. Plus the PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) is far superior with the $3 Philips bulbs.


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[JimmyJames905]

This is my seedling now. 30% increase in size in 24 hours. 78°F at the canopy.
I germinated this seed 10 days ago.
Just sayin'. LED will get you better results way faster, way cheaper.

9800 LUX.
7000 Lux is the minimum recommendation.

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[Jorgie Nuggz]

here is the picture with the thermometer showing temp on bottom and rh on top