Steve McStoferson
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Whats up guys? As promised, the new journal is here..
For those who weren't around for my last couple of grows, I will summarize them quickly. The links can be found in my signature also.
Grow #1: 6 bagseed seeds, MG Organic Choice soil, no nutes, 5 gal buckets, ~300W of shop tubes and CFL's. 3 males, 2 females, 1 hermie. Flowered the 2 females and killed the others, got about 1-2oz dried all together.
Grow #2: 9 bagseeds, MG Organic Choice soil, all killed by one of my cats a couple weeks into it.
While rebuilding the grow room to accommodate my new equipment, I noticed the plants that my cat had dug up were a bit bigger than I remembered. I took the best looking one, which had grown about 2 more inches since it was dug up and ripped apart by my cat, then set in a dark pile with no water as scrap. Well, I decided to give it another shot at life, so I planted it in some FF Happy Frog, and threw it under the MH. Within a couple of hours, it had picked up and I was noticing new growth. Just over the weekend since these pictures were taken, I noticed about 1-2" of new growth, and another new node forming. I think I'm going to call her Zena because shes a warrior lol.
Anyway, I went to the hydro store and got some new supplies. My arsenal now includes FF Happy Frog, FF Ocean Forest, 10 3 gal pots, and a digital 600W MH/HPS. They were all out of the standard MH bulbs, so he gave me the upgraded one, which was like $100 instead of $50 at no extra cost. Good guys over at HTG.
I had to patch some light leak on my windows, as you could see light radiating from outside.. This light is BRIGHT! And its only the MH which is pumping out 66,000 lumens. A few pieces of cardboard and some black garbage bags, and we're 100% light proof.
Strain: Random Bagseed, some seed I got off my first bagseed grow.
Soil: Happy frog for the seedlings, will be transplanted into happy frog / ocean forest mix
Pot: foam cups, then 3 gallon
Size of light? 600 watt MH/HPS - Not aircooled.
Temp of Room/cab? 70's
RH of Room/cab? ~30%
PH of media or res? 6.2
Watering Schedule: Daily
Nutrients: None, will be using grow big and tiger bloom
I should give my experience switching from florescent lighting to HID lighting. This thing is nothing short of amazing. I pulled the bulbs out of the box and immediately my jaw dropped. I was blown away by how heavy duty the construction of them were. I said to my girl "that's a serious lightbulb!"
Anyway, I get everything plugged in and ran the light for a day at about 16" above the plants. The next day I bumped it down to about 8" above them. It puts off a decent amount of heat, but my area is very well ventilated and the temps are kind of low, so it is just helping the climate for my babies, and they seem to be loving them.
Almost immediately, I noticed a significant amount of growth on my babies. The combo of a good medium and good lighting really does make a difference in the way your plants grow. I would check them every couple of hours to make sure the temps were good, and each time I went down there, I noticed new growth. The new seedlings are growing a very deep green color, and are forming new nodes very close together. I can't wait to see these things take off under the new light.
That's enough rambling for the first post. Here are a few pics I snapped the next day after I got everything set up. These were taken on the 30th, and when I checked this morning, the big plant has a whole new node set that has developed and 2 new large leaves that sprouted.
I'm amazed that plant came back as well as it did.. I hope she rewards me with luscious bud for saving her life.
Through the mylar
They don't have any nutes as of now. I will be buying some grow big and some tiger bloom once I transplant them. I think I'll wait a week for them to adjust to their new pots, and then I'll start hitting them with the grow big at 1/4 strength.
I'm shooting for at least 2oz dried per plant, so lets hope I get it!
For those who weren't around for my last couple of grows, I will summarize them quickly. The links can be found in my signature also.
Grow #1: 6 bagseed seeds, MG Organic Choice soil, no nutes, 5 gal buckets, ~300W of shop tubes and CFL's. 3 males, 2 females, 1 hermie. Flowered the 2 females and killed the others, got about 1-2oz dried all together.
Grow #2: 9 bagseeds, MG Organic Choice soil, all killed by one of my cats a couple weeks into it.
While rebuilding the grow room to accommodate my new equipment, I noticed the plants that my cat had dug up were a bit bigger than I remembered. I took the best looking one, which had grown about 2 more inches since it was dug up and ripped apart by my cat, then set in a dark pile with no water as scrap. Well, I decided to give it another shot at life, so I planted it in some FF Happy Frog, and threw it under the MH. Within a couple of hours, it had picked up and I was noticing new growth. Just over the weekend since these pictures were taken, I noticed about 1-2" of new growth, and another new node forming. I think I'm going to call her Zena because shes a warrior lol.
Anyway, I went to the hydro store and got some new supplies. My arsenal now includes FF Happy Frog, FF Ocean Forest, 10 3 gal pots, and a digital 600W MH/HPS. They were all out of the standard MH bulbs, so he gave me the upgraded one, which was like $100 instead of $50 at no extra cost. Good guys over at HTG.
I had to patch some light leak on my windows, as you could see light radiating from outside.. This light is BRIGHT! And its only the MH which is pumping out 66,000 lumens. A few pieces of cardboard and some black garbage bags, and we're 100% light proof.
Strain: Random Bagseed, some seed I got off my first bagseed grow.
Soil: Happy frog for the seedlings, will be transplanted into happy frog / ocean forest mix
Pot: foam cups, then 3 gallon
Size of light? 600 watt MH/HPS - Not aircooled.
Temp of Room/cab? 70's
RH of Room/cab? ~30%
PH of media or res? 6.2
Watering Schedule: Daily
Nutrients: None, will be using grow big and tiger bloom
I should give my experience switching from florescent lighting to HID lighting. This thing is nothing short of amazing. I pulled the bulbs out of the box and immediately my jaw dropped. I was blown away by how heavy duty the construction of them were. I said to my girl "that's a serious lightbulb!"
Anyway, I get everything plugged in and ran the light for a day at about 16" above the plants. The next day I bumped it down to about 8" above them. It puts off a decent amount of heat, but my area is very well ventilated and the temps are kind of low, so it is just helping the climate for my babies, and they seem to be loving them.
Almost immediately, I noticed a significant amount of growth on my babies. The combo of a good medium and good lighting really does make a difference in the way your plants grow. I would check them every couple of hours to make sure the temps were good, and each time I went down there, I noticed new growth. The new seedlings are growing a very deep green color, and are forming new nodes very close together. I can't wait to see these things take off under the new light.
That's enough rambling for the first post. Here are a few pics I snapped the next day after I got everything set up. These were taken on the 30th, and when I checked this morning, the big plant has a whole new node set that has developed and 2 new large leaves that sprouted.
I'm amazed that plant came back as well as it did.. I hope she rewards me with luscious bud for saving her life.
Through the mylar
They don't have any nutes as of now. I will be buying some grow big and some tiger bloom once I transplant them. I think I'll wait a week for them to adjust to their new pots, and then I'll start hitting them with the grow big at 1/4 strength.
I'm shooting for at least 2oz dried per plant, so lets hope I get it!