First Grow White Widow 2x 600w Mh/HPS

[Apexsmoker420]

You're such a gangster Apex. I love your analytical stance when it comes to feeding and watering. You will certainly "grow far" (haha) in terms of seeing all those patterns when it comes to growing. Apart from that, your plants are looking vigorous af! So keep doing what you're doing, only concern is your heat levels. I understand their probably isn't much you can do, just be cautious when you're entering the later stages of flower. Shit accumulates heat hella fast when the tent is full.

Last thing, would you been keen on topping your plants? They're looking healthy enough and also large enough to take a snippy snip!

Thank you. Love to hear good things from experienced growers. I’m trying to do everything right. I’m the kind of person who gets into something and goes all out. Being my first grow I’m trying different methods to see what works best for future grows. I’m planning on starting training in a few days. Today was first feeding

Also for now the heat hasn’t been a problem as I’m running co2. I also have my ventilation setup pretty good so I’m hoping it’s not a problem.

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 24: First feeding, got 3 1Gal milk jugs the first jug was for plants 1 & 3. 6.40 ph 530ppm. Jug 2 was plants 2 & 4 ph 6.16 540ppm
Third jug was plants 5 & 6 ph 6.16 510ppm. Using General Hydroponics Floral series at 1/4 strenght with 3 ml calimagic.

The next four plants will be fed tomorrow. Everything else and all the ladies look about the same, maybe a little bigger they really love the co2. Also going to start training in a few days so I’m gonna need to get that planned out.




Humidity: 42%. Temperature: 86.2 degrees. CO2:1530ppm

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 28: Since the last update I've completely changed the setup. Morning of day 26 I discovered I was out of co2 after 6 days, so I
had a major leakage issue in the room my tent was in. So the Tent is setup as a sealed tent. I duct taped the lower vents shut, repositioned the ventilation system (cool air is pulled from the room into ducting through the two lights into ducting out of the tent.) This way cooling the lights is significantly more efficient, it has also become unnecessary for the humidifier to be in the tent, because air isn't being pulled out of the tent. I've placed a Dehumidifier in their for the night cycle.
Now for the Plants!!!

Day 25 was feeding for plants 7,10,11,12 the same 1/4 strength of Gh floralseries with 3ml of calimagic.

Day 26 had plants 1,2,3,4,5,6 start LST. Using those soft plant ties They were bent over over the course of two hours. for Plants #1,2,4 that's 22 Days out of Soil, Plants #3,5,6 23 Days out of Soil.

Day 27 had #10 Topped and on # 7,11,12,14 I did the FIM technique I also pruned very lightly where needed. I got a Soil Ph/Moisture/temp/sunlight probe. It was a $20 dollar item but seems to perform pretty good so far, the sunlight meter is useless but ph and moisture seem to be working pretty good and are as expected (will update more on this in the future.) so for Plants #10,11,12 training began on 24 days above soil and plant #7 20 days above soil. Number 7 didn't pop out of soil until the 8th day yet is by far the biggest, she is tall and the fan leaves are massive. it is very odd and peculiar further study is needed hopefully the plant wasn't stressed somehow in those eight days and turned male (remember all these seeds are feminized.) either way it is very impressive considering being 5 days behind some.

I will post pics in a few days maybe around or after watering to show you any new growth from the topping, Fiming, LST


Humidity:49% Temperature: 90.3 degrees Co2:1500ppm

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 34:Everyone is looking good with the exception of some spotting on lower leaves on two plants. One of those plants had a dried
and dead leaf up top (see picture.)

All plants were either fed or watered: Plants #13,14,15,16 were fed the same 1/4 strenght nutrients w/ 3 ml calimagic on day 30.
Plants # 1,2,3,4,5,6 were watered w/ 4-5ml calimagic on day 31. Also topped 13,15,16
Plants # 7,10,11,12 were watered w/ 5ml calimagic on day 32. Also found the dried up leaf on # 2 on this day

I did a thorough inspection on all plants today everyone looks good except what’s mentioned above. I topped #12 even thought I had previously FIMed her. I had done it a little low but not low enought to have been considered a top, so basically she got stunted a little and started producing a bunch of tight nodes up top like 4 nodes in 3/4 in and the growth was just small and underdeveloped.
13,14,15,16 ready for water tomorrow.

Humidity:45%. Temperature:82.9 degrees

 

[bignugz420]

Day 34:Everyone is looking good with the exception of some spotting on lower leaves on two plants. One of those plants had a dried
and dead leaf up top (see picture.)

All plants were either fed or watered: Plants #13,14,15,16 were fed the same 1/4 strenght nutrients w/ 3 ml calimagic on day 30.
Plants # 1,2,3,4,5,6 were watered w/ 4-5ml calimagic on day 31. Also topped 13,15,16
Plants # 7,10,11,12 were watered w/ 5ml calimagic on day 32. Also found the dried up leaf on # 2 on this day

I did a thorough inspection on all plants today everyone looks good except what's mentioned above. I topped #12 even thought I had previously FIMed her. I had done it a little low but not low enought to have been considered a top, so basically she got stunted a little and started producing a bunch of tight nodes up top like 4 nodes in 3/4 in and the growth was just small and underdeveloped.
13,14,15,16 ready for water tomorrow.

Humidity:45%. Temperature:82.9 degrees

Very in depth that's great i usually let my pictures talk for me and add a little bit on to it after I have 2 rooms 1 autos , 1 mother's .amd 2 flower one flower is 22 clones all cleaned up and the other is old mothers that I flipped

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 34:Today 13,14,15,16 got watered with RO water w/ 5ml calimagic per gallon. I had three gallons, two plants get a gallon each
then the third gallon split four ways.
Gallon 1: ph 6.01 ppm 360 Plants 13,15
Gallon 2: ph 6.15 ppm 440 Plants 14,16
Gallon 3: ph 6.22 ppm 350 13,14,15,16

Here’s the ladies after watering.

Humidity:42%. Temperature:88.7 degrees

 

[bignstrange]

Looking good man!

You have a lot going on for a first grow but your rocking it, keep it up man!

 

[tecgrow]

nice set up buddy
and one of my fave strains grows like mad in veg has massive leaves

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Looking good man!

You have a lot going on for a first grow but your rocking it, keep it up man!

Thank you. When I put my mind to something I go balls deep!!! I’m definitely learning a lot as I go, research and planning just isn’t enough.

 

[Apexsmoker420]

nice set up buddy
and one of my fave strains grows like mad in veg has massive leaves

No doubt! The leaves are definitely massive. Do you have a journal anywhere of the white widows you’ve grown!

 

[Apexsmoker420]

(Yesterday)Day36: So Today was feeding for 1,2,3,4,5,6. Solution- 5 ml calmag, 2 ml GH floralmicro, 2ml floralgro, 1.25ml floralbloom, .625
Rapidstart, 9 drops floralicious plus. I started off the first feeding following GH feeding chart at 1/4 strength, but now I'm kind of tweaking the mixture. I dropped the FloralBlend (ill bring that back in flower). I also kept the Floral Bloom and Rapidstart the same as last feeding. added 3 more drops of Floralicious Plus and added micro and gro

Gal1- ph 6.28 ppm 670. Plants 1&3 1/2 gal ea.
Gal2- ph 6.17 ppm 700. Plants 2&4 1/2 gal ea.
Gal3- ph 6.10 ppm 670. Plants 5&6 1/2 gal ea.

Here are the ladies after feeding

And here is the Whole Picture from day 36:

Humidity:47% Temperature:85.5 degrees CO2:1545 ppm

 

[bignstrange]

That tents gunna fill up in no time!

Are you staying with those pots or planning an up pot soon?

 

[Apexsmoker420]

That tents gunna fill up in no time!

Are you staying with those pots or planning an up pot soon?

I’m planning on staying with the three gal pots. My RO system takes forever to fill up I think I need a booster pump on my well. That’s why I water/feed all the plants over three days. As it is I need my fiancée to fill up jugs while I’m at work
Plus I don’t think I have the space for 14 Plants in 5 Gal pots

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 37: Feeding for 7,10,11,12 same solution mixtures as yesterday’s feeding. Gal1 ph 5.96 ppm 670 Plants 7&10, Gal2 ph 5.99
ppm 730 Plants 11&12

Pics after feeding

Humidity:56%. Temperature:82.5 degrees

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 38: The ladies are looking great. Today was cleaning day, I pulled all the ladies out and wiped down the entire inside and
everything in their with an 80/20 mix of water-vinegar. I also got a refill on the CO2 and decided to set the atlas 7 at 1250 ppm.


Humidity:51%. Temperature: 81.5 degrees

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 42:minus a few leaves here and their everything looks good. On Day 39 #13,14,15,16 where fed the same solution as above.
Gal1 was ph 6.00 ppm 680 Plants 14&16. Gal2 ph 5.95 ppm 670 Plants 13&15. Gal3 ph 6.12 ppm 700 Plants 13,14,15,16.

Day 40 was a watering with 5ml calimagic for 1,2,3,4,5,6. Gal1 ph 5.91 ppm 350 Plants 1&3. Gal2 ph 5.95 ppm 370 Plants 2&4. Gal3 ph 5.97 ppm 410 Plants 5&6. Also topped 16 again and topped 7 she was getting way to tall and it seemed like the best thing to do. Also did some light bending on 15

Day 41 was watering with 5ml calimagic for 7,10,11,12. Gal1 ph 5.88 ppm 400 Plants 7&10. Gal2 ph 5.85 ppm 410 Plants 11&12.

Other then that everything else has been quite, I’m trying to decide when to switch to flower I’m thinking Next Saturday that would be day 50.

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 51: Well after a week I figured I should make an update lol. Its been hectic around here so I haven't had much time. All plants
have been feed and watered according to schedule. I up last feeding nutrients to 3ml of Micro, Gro, and Bloom. 1ml of Rapidstart, Floralicious plus, and Floralblend, also .625ml of koolbloom and 5ml of Calimagic. I Also added a pinch of Epsom salt to each gallon and it seems to be making a difference. I also started doing some mild lower pruning (lollipopping) on 2,4,5,6,10,11.

I Have noticed the some leaf tips curled down and lower leaf yellowing and dying off which I have attributed to Nitrogen Deficiency.

So Yesterday Day 50 I switched the ladies to Flower. Lighting was switched to 12/12 and I changed out the MH bulbs to HPS bulbs. I found out that one of the bulbs was dead so I threw one of the MH bulbs back in and immediately order another HPS bulb. Also to note my new Oscillating fans have quit working I am in contact with the company and working on getting replacements. I have been working on stabilizing the temp with the lighting and bulb changes. It seems the HPS bulb runs hotter I turned the ballast down to 75%, which seemed to help a little I have also put my intake tube up to my window to pull in the fresh outside air to cool my lights. And lastly I have added a 4" vent pipe with a 120cfm 4" inline fan setup in front of my AC and on a timer to pull in cooler air every so often.

I will post updated pics Soon.

 

[bignstrange]

Lol busy busy! Glad your on top of it all . looking forward to your pics

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 3 after flower

Some lower leaves ive been watching:

 

[Apexsmoker420]

Day 57: 8 days into flower. Everyone is looking great and seems to be getting thristier. 7,10,11,12 have been showing signs of
Nitrogen deficiency, nothing to bad though. All plants went through a feeding cycle within the last 4 days and started the water cycle today for #1-6. Last feeding solution was 5ml calimagic, pinch of Epsom salt, 4ml Micro, 1ml Gro, 4ml Bloom, 1ml rapidstart, 1ml koolbloom, 15 drops of Floralicious Plus, 2ml FloraBlend.

I got the new HPS bulb and switched that out on Wednesday. Between Yesterday and today I took each plant out of the tent and did some lower pruning/lollipopping and Their one week into flower selfies. I was careful not to go to high but also get most of what won't get light.
I'm also Pretty sure that all 14 are female.

Now for the eye candy:

Well that's all the ladies sorry so many but I figured they all deserve their moment.

Humidity:50% Temperature:79.5 degrees