1st Grow Journal - 600W HPS - Pure Power Plant

[joseman817]

I want to keep my 4x4 tent for veg. Purchase a 4x8 tent for flowering and possibly a little 3x3 for like 2 or 3 mother plants

 

[Smcholland]

That's basically what im working on! Exept no tents I'm building them directly in so they aren't some bulky thing right in the way.
For example my hydro res and pipes to bring the nutes up to the plants are under the floor so that I can just rest my gutters on the floor (save for the incline from the one side) and save my overhead.

 

[arteekay]

I'm a LED grower, so I've nothing much to offer, but I'm gonna keep my eyes on this grow anyway if you don't mind.

 

[joseman817]

No worries man glad to have you on board! I'm going to go check your journals now that I'm on lunch lol

 

[joseman817]

Update Time! Alright so there is nothing new to report really just watching the babies grow! They will be ready for their 3rd watering tomorrow. I like to deep soak then let them completely dry out. I'll probably pot up next Friday or so. It doesn't seem like they will be root bound by then. I'm thinking I should go grab some one gallon pots since in my last grow I went from these little square pots straight to 3 gallon pots(final home). I'm wondering if going from these to 1 gallon THEN to 3 gallon pots would be better.

 

[joseman817]

Currently how my plants are looking. The lower leaves are starting to yellow at the tips, any ideas as to why that is guys? Any suggestions would be awesome!

 

[kotsotronic]

consider transplant ..The yellowing tops are sign of rootbounding...go for biger pot..

 

[joseman817]

Thanks bro I'm thinking 1 gallon for next 3 weeks? Then 3 gallon?

 

[kotsotronic]

Thanks bro I'm thinking 1 gallon for next 3 weeks? Then 3 gallon?

Why so many up pots?do you need to keep em at a certain height?

 

[joseman817]

No just for more manageable wet/dry cycles. I'm thinking about topping since I'm at node 5. Probably do that before or after transplant? (Minimum stress)

 

[kotsotronic]

No just for more manageable wet/dry cycles. I'm thinking about topping since I'm at node 5. Probably do that before or after transplant? (Minimum stress)

transplant and top it at the sixth node..you want them to recover from stress to stress...i basicly microtop them for because as i noticed they didnt stress them so much..

 

[joseman817]

By micro top do you mean FIM? Sorry there are so many phrases for things, it gets a bit confusing. I just bought a little bottle of "Great White" premium myco. But I fed them some yesterday so I'm wondering if I can still lightly dust my soil with it when transplanting to reduce the shock?

 

[kotsotronic]

I just top the plant when the 6th node is starting sprouting...And if you mean that you got some Mycoryzi Bacteria ten you sould use this when you transplant to help them built some strong roots and add 1/2 a teaspoon of honey in a gallon for the bacteria to feed..and use this for 2 waterrings each time you transplant...no need for afterwards...

 

[joseman817]

I have some blackstrap molasses would it do essentially the same thing?

 

[kotsotronic]

yes...but check if it has any sulfur inside if you use any other nutes except the Mycos...If you use nutes prefer unsulfur molasses

 

[joseman817]

Yeah they are unsulfured. Thanks again man

 

[joseman817]

The team looking awesome today! for now it was a watering issue but no doubt Im going to pot up either tomorrow or Saturday when I have time

 

[joseman817]

So I did pot up on Saturday but to avoid another pot up (laziness heh) I went ahead and put them in their final homes. For research purposes I put 2 in 3 gallon air pots 1 in a 5 gallon air pot and 1 in a 3 gallon smart pot. They just bounced back from the shock today (I fed superthrive and fox farms comeback formula)

 

[kotsotronic]

Looking good dude...keep up...

 

[joseman817]

Thanks man just trying my best not to mess up too bad haha