Cosmic Dave's First Time

[Cosmic Dave]

I first want to thank everyone for the help and inspiration you all have already given me through your grow journals.
My adventure had its beginings early this year while sitting at the local watering hole as i was deep in thought over a cold adult beverage soon after i had dropped a hefty sum on a quarter of some crappy brick weed. In April i finally bit the bullet set a budget and fired up the computer, I ordered a 4x4 tent, 2 LED lights, PH meter, PPM meter, Hydrometer, 2 6" clip fans, Fox Farms Nutrients, CalMag,Silica Blast, Fox Farms Ocean Forest Soil.
May 1st I threw about 25 bag seeds that i'd been saving for about a year in a glass of Mineral water and let them soak for 24 hrs. then i poured them into a paper towel which was folded and put into a DVD case which was placed on top of my cable box for 24 hrs. I ended up with 14 sprouts which i planted into Solo Cups with FFOF, all 14 seedlings had broke ground by May 5th and were placed into the tent under two Mars Hydro 300w LED Grow Lights. I was also Gifted 3 plants that were about 3 to 4 weeks ahead of my seedlings which were about 12" tall and in gallon pots these were also placed in the tent. I'm now about six weeks into the grow all the plants have survived with the only setbacks being a little nutrient burn after i transplanted to 1 gallon pots. i also had some type of bug problem, I noticed that some of the leaves were being chewed so i got some Bayer Natria and sprayed the crap out of each plant this clared everything up and ive been about 3 weeks without any reocourance. As of today the 3 older plants are in 3.5 gallon buckets and i will transplant the rest into 4.5 gallon buckets, Last week i culled the 4 smallest/scrawny plants which were taken and planted outdoors leaving me 12 plants. i will also cut another 4 or five today which will also be planted outside with the others. The plan is to veg for two more weeks cut the number of plants to five and flip the lights from 18/6 to 12/12. I also have increased the lights to 4 Mars Hydro 300w LEDs, I'm working on uploading pictures!!!

Equipment:
IPower 4x4x7 Grow Tent
4x Mars Hydro 300w LED Grow Lights
Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil
Fox Farm Grow Big, Big Bloom,Tiger Bloom
Botanicare Cal/Mag & Silica Blast

 

[Cosmic Dave]

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Yesterday i transplanted 4 of the "Girls" to 4 1/2 Gallon buckets the plan was to transplant 6 but i ran out of dirt. I'll pick up a bag tommorrow and choose my other two canidates. i still plan on fliping the lights to a 12/12 and wait for the 9 to show sex the i'll hopefully end with at least 4 or 5 girls any more than that will be moved outdoors.
Temps have been averaging 74 to 81 degrees with 40 to 50 percent RH.
I've been watering with ph'd tap water that has set open for atleast 24 hrs to let the chlorine evaperate. My local tap water only has 79 ppm so i think im in good shape there? So far i've only given them Cal/Mag once, Silica Blast almost every watering, and i have done just plain ph'd water once or twice. The new 4 1/2 Gallon buckets took about a gallon of water each before i got any run off, I hope the waterings last a while till i find my final 4 or five girls because 9 gallons of water each time is a pain in the ass!!!
If you've botherd to read this far please leave a comment i'd love some interaction with like minded folks.

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Heres a couple of pics showing the top of my tent. I was low on funds so i made a DIY Carbon filter with some filter material from the local Hardware Box Store. Originaly for a Hepa filter.

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Here are a few pics of the family. I also top coated all of the larger pots with perrilite to prevent trenching.

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Here is a pic of most interesting girl!!! Anyone have any idea what her linnage might be? I've never seen one that looked like this itlook as if it will have 5 colas all straight up but what do i know? LOL.

 

[dirt mcgert]

Hey CD, I'll sub in here. That last girl looks a little over watered. Is she one that was gifted to you? It looks like she's been topped and had some of the bottom stripped. Can't really tell lineage(most look the same in veg) the rest of the girls look good

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Welcome aboard Dirt, I think you are right about overwatering she seems to be perking up today. That plant is one I grew from seed, I FIMed ( pinched the top ) when the plant was a week or two old and other than pinching a few fan leaves that is how she grew.
I look forward to reading through your grows I'm sure I'll learn plenty.

 

[dirt mcgert]

Almost forgot

 

[Coloradokid19]

Subbed in! Looks like you've been doing pretty good so far. keep up the good work man


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[blulezard]

Hey man you have started a massive first grow and all are looking so good!
Good job!

i was wondering though... whats is happening to the plants outdoors? going straight into flowering or still vegging?

good grow brow!

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Hey Coloradokid19, thanks and welcome aboard!!!!!

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Thanks blulezard, yea I really had no idea that everything would live. The outdoor girls are with a friend and they are doing well and the have started to show flower, I have 3 more that are sitting on the back porch the will move to my friends farm this week.

 

[Cosmic Dave]

I transplanted 2 more plants to 4.5 gallon pots, I also culled 3 plants which will go live with there sisters in the outdoors. So I'm down to 9 plants in the 4x4 tent I'm planning to do 24 hrs of darkness Saturday starting at 6 pm and flip to 12/12 6pm to 6am. I've got to find some blackout cloth to cover the window in the room I have blinds then black plastic and a painters tarp over it now but I still get a faint glow of light from the sun but no light shows to the outside at night if I have the tent open. I'll try and update some pics later, no major changes or issues to report.

 

[Stinky Snid]

Hey Cosmic Dave, looks very promising around here. Lots of light, lots of space it has all the makings of a very successful grow. I look forward to the many more updates to come. Good luck and...

KiG cheers

 

[Cosmic Dave]

Todays pics 6-21-16

 

[dirt mcgert]

Your garden is looking great

 

[Cosmic Dave]

For the past week I've been pondering how am I going to water these girls as they grow bigger I afraid I may break limbs moving them and I'm also thinking about stretching a SCROG net across the top and start tucking limbs as they strectch during the first of flower. If I do that moving plants will be out of the question. Today I remembered that I have a submersible pump in my shed that is brand new. I went to the orange box store and bought a 20 gallon Heavy Duty rubber trash can, a 3 ft watering wand and a 50 ft self coiling hose. I'll now measure out 8 or 9 gallons of water then mix my nutrients and PH in my trash can which will sit in my spare bathroom tub so no real worries about spills. I'll just have to remember to shut off the pump when I'm done. I can use the pump to mix everything I may get a airation pump later but for now I'll just mix for each watering.

 

[Amadeus Forzin]

Alright Dave

 

[Stinky Snid]

For the past week I've been pondering how am I going to water these girls as they grow bigger I afraid I may break limbs moving them and I'm also thinking about stretching a SCROG net across the top and start tucking limbs as they strectch during the first of flower. If I do that moving plants will be out of the question. Today I remembered that I have a submersible pump in my shed that is brand new. I went to the orange box store and bought a 20 gallon Heavy Duty rubber trash can, a 3 ft watering wand and a 50 ft self coiling hose. I'll now measure out 8 or 9 gallons of water then mix my nutrients and PH in my trash can which will sit in my spare bathroom tub so no real worries about spills. I'll just have to remember to shut off the pump when I'm done. I can use the pump to mix everything I may get a airation pump later but for now I'll just mix for each watering.

If you can create some sort of "waterfall" to trap air as it falls in the water... you can somewhat aerate you solution... Not as well as an air stone but it's beneficial. I used an aquarium waterfall system to aerate my water for a good while, before I got air stones.

KiG cheers