PTSD's - Unknown - 600W MH/HPS - Grow Journal

[PTSD 4 ME]

No doubt man.... She wasn't quite done with her stretch I thought she was. Although, she is loving the new level of penetration. The bounce back took 3 days maybe although she was perked right back after day 1. When using the screen do I need to keep the rope away from the bud>? Im trying to keep pressure off the pistols but shes gunna fill up a lot I can tell.

 

[Antics]

The rope may or may not impart a few fibers into the bud, so you can easily just go with a little bud washing if this is the case.

And it's not a bad idea to start bud washing anyways, a lot of growers swear by it, and I might be giving it a try myself on the next harvest to see what it's all about.

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Here is a bit of a photo update. The pics suck under the lighting but bringing them into normal lighting is more of a pain in the ass. I tried to show how much of the branches are packing up with bud but I couldn't get a good pic. Still no smell what so ever tho, although I wasn't too worried about the small I was expecting more then this. Anyways without further adou....

Day 24 of flip and Day 21 of bloom

 

[SixthEddie]

Looking pretty nice, bet she is loving that 600w. Do you plan on more defoliation?

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Ya the 600 is probably overkill, although she loves basking in the full glory. I want to do one more defoliation at around day 45.... Just fan leaves tho, not nearly as heavy as the last one.

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Just noticed that these ended up being the exact same angle. It has been like 8 days since the defoliation. I wish I could have seen what she would have done without defoliating, however the results seem promising. Sorry for reposting the pictures from before but its a good before and after.......
8 days after defol...

Overall before and after....

 

[Weaselcracker]

Usually people remove the growth that is below the screen so the plant can focus it's energy on the part up in the 'sunshine'. In your case PTSD, it looks to me from the picture, like you could maybe lower the screen more (or raise the plant) to take in some of that nice foliage/budsite, and tuck the resulting longer branches over another square or two to spread it flatter. Does this make sense?
Edit- oh more pics just came up- I was only looking at the underneath shot. The top budsites look great too. Well- see what you think of my comment on your end. I usually defoliate everything below the screen/ in the shade especially after it's done stretching. Maybe you can encompass a bit more of the shaded area...
Looking great bro

 

[MysterySeeds]

Howdy Dentu,
Antics probably has much more to useful information on this topic than me, but I keep CFLs about 6" away from my seedlings. Right now, you have 46-watts of light, which is good for the first couple weeks with a few small plants. After that if you're serious, you'll need to start buying a bunch more CFLs (8 or more, which must also include more Y-sockets, adapters, and cords) or decide to invest a little more into a HPS, MH, or LED light. If you don't buy more lights and stick with just two CFLs, you'll end up spending $15-20 in electricity (lights + fan) growing dwarf plants over a few months that would be lucky to produce a few grams. If you're just wanting to dabble and learn, then buying 2-4 more CFLs might get you closer to a 1/2oz. and make it a more worthwhile adventure.

Whatever you decide, I'm sure we'd all love to see and share in your journey. And btw, bag seed (even if there are a lot of seeds) can produce some unexpectedly awesome plants.

Oh, and here is a graphic I found that helps explain why light intensity decreases drastically as it moves further away.

 

[Dentu50]

Howdy Dentu,
Antics probably has much more to useful information on this topic than me, but I keep CFLs about 6" away from my seedlings. Right now, you have 46-watts of light, which is good for the first couple weeks with a few small plants. After that if you're serious, you'll need to start buying a bunch more CFLs (8 or more, which must also include more Y-sockets, adapters, and cords) or decide to invest a little more into a HPS, MH, or LED light. If you don't buy more lights and stick with just two CFLs, you'll end up spending $15-20 in electricity (lights + fan) growing dwarf plants over a few months that would be lucky to produce a few grams. If you're just wanting to dabble and learn, then buying 2-4 more CFLs might get you closer to a 1/2oz. and make it a more worthwhile adventure.

Whatever you decide, I'm sure we'd all love to see and share in your journey. And btw, bag seed (even if there are a lot of seeds) can produce some unexpectedly awesome plants.

Oh, and here is a graphic I found that helps explain why light intensity decreases drastically as it moves further away.

Hey there Mystery Seeds! Again, thanks to all with all the support that I m getting. And all the journals (especially the completed ones) have provided so much information, my old brain sometimes has a hard time retaining it all. But thank you soo much....I tell my better half all the time, that this world will be such a better place in people if Mary Jane was legal, less pain, police taking care of important crimes, job production, and a whole crap load of tax money the government would make. I see even in NY, when legal medical use comes into effect, it will cost 50 dollars for the id card(big brother rears its ugly head again)(gosh, I should start a soapbox blog...do it so often...you get older and you realize how most stuff is crap! LOL!)
Back to your post. I have a couple more 23w 6500k bulbs, and socket splitters, just need an extender so it can fit in the clamps reflector. Until I get my tent set up totally the way I want, I was thinking of putting the plants in my entertainment center(has a door that the audio components should go...has 4 shelves that come out leaving space 18 in. x 16 in. x 48 in. high...figure 4 more bulbs will be enough for that space...will add either space blankets or spray paint it white( heard both, again, not a clue which is best). One question, should I get one large pot to transplant my "bag seed plants" (have 4 or 5 growing nice now...no idea what they are, or if will be female..have to hope.

Anyway, again, thanks for the input, and I think soon I can get private messages...really enjoy conversations with some of the members...not too much fun being homebound...thank goodness for tv! LOL

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

So woke up this morning and the plant looked like shit.... Completely drooped and lots of top foliage and even bud sites burnt... It was a 100% change from yesterday.... I guess shes getting a bit more picky, although I did remove the humidity source, so I put that back in. She perked right back up and looking good just hours later. I went ahead and did a small defoliation as well as removed a good amount of the popcorn buds off to ensure the tops getting full nutes. Watered her with just water... Next will be full flower nutes, 1/4 veg nutes. Here is a pic after some screen shifting as well as the defoliation. This is the start of week 4. Also getting some small trichomes popping up.

 

[Antics]

Real nice defol in the last update!

 

[420Brother]

nice clean defoliation, all that training for the main branch to look like that, she's gonna be a winner and produce a lot aswell

i can already see every stem being a swollen fat cola in no time.

excellent job

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Day 35 of bloom. Coming along nicely no doubt. All the stem is finally taken away by growth so now I sit back and watch the weight come in. Here are some pics....

 

[GreenUnity]

Looking good ptsd, I'm just entering week 5 and the smell is crazy. How about yours? Have you added any additional nutes to her?
i started using Advanced nutrients Tarantula so i'm hoping i get some extra bud growth..

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Smell has been very limited nearly non existent at this point. All I use is Cha ching and Tiger Bloom. I did backbud her this week and will post sum pics up tomorrow. Glad to have you along.

 

[Jgutta22g]

She is filling in nicely glad to see she snapped back from what ever was going on with the leaves a few weeks back

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

So here is a bit of an update. It has been about 2 weeks since my last update. Smell has began to come out a bit still faint. The buds are shaping up nicely. I did get rid of a bit more of the popcorn buds on the bottom. Anyways here are some pics. Any info or recommendations at this point would be nice. No more grow big just full strength tiger bloom and cha ching. Yellowing is starting to happen throughout although the tops are still nice and green so I am not too worried at this point. Anyways without further ado....

Im not the best with a camera. I cant really take her out of where she is she is pretty seated into the screen. I have a decent digital camera if you got any hints to get some better photos.

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Also I am now on day 47 of bloom day 50 of flip. Should I begin the flush now? The trichomes are 50% clear 50% cloudy. I would like more amber in my grow. I got some advice from a local friend who told me that I should do a 10 day flush when I see my first amber trichomes, is this good advice. I did a search and seems about right. But still unclear on when exactly in the buds development to flush.

 

[Antics]

If trichomes are 50% clear on the buds, I'd wait before flushing. You still have time IMO.

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Well today begins week 8 for this lil girl. Trichomes are still about 50/50 clear to milky. No amber still tho. Weight has really stopped being put on and it seems the only real changes at this point is increases in trichomes and hairs are white and orange. Here are some pictures. AS you can see I lost the screen... It served its purpose I believe and the buds are so heavy they are naturally laying flatter due to the weight of the bud on the stems.