Howsjosh's LED Soil Grapefruit, Strawberry, Blue Dream, Blue Widow Grow

[howsjosh]

So here we grow again... I just got some clones from the dispensary and while inspecting them I saw some stippling on the leaves of the Grapefruit... I am going to keep an eye on this I thought I saw one bug but I crushed it... so I am going to keep a look out on then and once the soil dries out I will be transplanting into 1 gallon pots and at that time I will spray them with neem oil diluted in water with some dish soap...


What strain is it? Grapefruit, Strawberry Cough, Blue Dream, and Blue Widow

Is it Indica, Sativa or Hybrid? What percentages? Sativa Dom, 75% Sativa/25% Indica, Sativa Dom, 60% Sativa/40% indica


Is it in Veg or Flower stage? Veg

If in Veg... For how long? Just got clones from dispensary unfortuantly I don't know when they were take or the age of the mothers

If in Flower stage... For how long? N/A

Indoor or outdoor? Starting 4 indoor and then moving 2 of them outdoors

Soil or Hydro? Soil

If soil... what is in your mix? I will be transplanting them into FoxFarmOceanForest and maybe a cup of perlite per gallon of soil and a tsp per gallon mycorrhizae mixed in plus another tsp in the transplant hole

If soil... What size pot? Transplanting into 1 gallon pots when the soil dries out and then later I'm going to put 2 in 5 gallon pots and I don't know about the other 2 probably something bigger because they will be going outdoors around may

Size of light? 3 mars 96 reflectors... they draw about 200 watts a piece so about 600 watts of LED but right now I'm only turning the veg switch (100 watts?) on 1 light and I will turn on the rest of the veg switches as the plants get bigger and then I wont use the bloom switches until I am ready to flower

Light distance from plants? lights are a little high right now about 40" above the plants I might lower them.

Is it aircooled? I mounted a 6" exhaust fan outside of my tent and have ducting coming in through the side hole opening and it ducts outside out of a flapper vent... but no the lights not aircooled

Temp of Room/cab? temp in the room ranges from 64-75 in the tent it's 64-72 so a little on the chilly side

RH of Room/cab? without plants the rh inside the tent ranged from 35%-38% and outside of the tent it was 29%-35% so it should go up a little now that I have plants in there

Any Pests? I might have some mites (insert headache here) (saw some stippled leaves when I was inspecting when I got home from the dispensary) I am going to spray them with neem oil diluted with water and a little dish soap added when the soil dries out more and after I transplant.

How often are you watering? Soil was still wet when I got them from the dispensary so I am going to wait for the soil to dry out a litte and then I will be transplanting into 1 gallon pots and water them with tap water ph 6.4-6.5 I want to wait as long and I can until I water next because I notice most new growers overwater.

Type and strength of ferts used?I will be using Earth Juice nutes but I'm also going to
try and hold off on those until about 2-3 weeks after I transplant to 5 gallon pots or
until I notice some kind of deficiancy happening

Did you clean your grow room? I bleached the shit out of that room... the floors the walls inside the tent inside of my exhaust fan everything I even cleaned out my pots with hydrogen peroxide

I'll take more pics when I transplant...

Have any more ?'s ask and I will respond to the best of my knowledge...

 

[ItsNatural]

Looks great bro. I love the way you have that vented. Set up looks great. I look forward to following along.

 

[howsjosh]

Yeah getting that outside of the tent gives me all sorts of height for the lights


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[howsjosh]

Day 3: Today I transplanted because the soil was dry enough... I did like I said above but I'll say it again... I took 4 gallons of soil added a cup-2 cups of perlite per gallon of soil and mixed in a tsp of mycorrhizae per gallon but I added that inside the 1 gallon pots so that some soil didn't get more than others... I also put about a tsp in the transplant hole and on the roots before I stuck it in the hole... then filled up the pots the rest of the way with soil and added water... on the blue widow I a took a new razor blade that I cleaned with a alcohol pad then wiped off with a paper towel and kind of grinded the stalk and wiped on some clonex and I put the stalk down a little ways in the soil so that the clones would all be the sameish height... yesterday I lowered the light to 3' above the plants and since these pots are a little taller it's about 33" away now... I know pics or it didn't happen so here you go...

I also added in a large saucer with water and a pump with a airstone with my fan blowing on the water to try and raise the rh in the tent last I check it was up to 40% which is a little better...

I always have some problems transplanting I envy people who do it flawlessly... but I don't think I hurt them to much... now I'm going to try and wait as long as I can before watering again... I still haven't sprayed them with neem oil yet I think I'm going to let the plants get a little more situated... I've been checking the plants and haven't noticed anymore pests or eggs but I will probably spray them with some neem oil on a weekend when the lights go out...


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[howsjosh]

Ok I changed my mind and made a pretty mild neem oil spray with a little less than 1/4 tsp neem oil about 22 oz of water and a couple drops of dish soap and sprayed them roughly 15 mins before lights out... I went faster than expected I was hoping I would be done around the same time the light went out but hopefully they will be fine for like 8 mins under the light with the neem oil on them


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[ItsNatural]

I think they will be ok. Its just 8 mins. What ever happen with your last grow. Did you get to harvest? I will start a new Journal just as soon as I get all my new stuff in. Im gonna run some Autos before the heat sets and just skip summer grow all together. Start back when its over. Is it just me,,,and my OCD (a phrase that is way over used) or do you all obsess over this too? I am sitting on about a pound of great smoke. And all I can think about is my next grow. I wish I could do it for a living. anyway. Im subbed in bro.

 

[howsjosh]

My last crop I pretty much scrapped... 1 of the plants I literally put in the compost bins... one I kinda tried to do a budwash on but none of it really turned out that good made some bho with some... but I was in luck that my old roommate did an outdoor grow and had to move back to Europe because his green card expired and he harvested a little early but that stuff turned out ok and I still have some from that because I don't smoke a lot...


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[howsjosh]

I think I might have to turn on some more lights when I get home after work to raise the temp in my tent... but I don't think it's going to do much...


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[ItsNatural]

Build you some walls out of covers and then put a small heater in there. Just a thought

 

[howsjosh]

Day 5: took some pics... temps have been 68-77 rh 34-45

Blue widow

Grapefruit

Blue dream

Strawberry Cough


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[howsjosh]

Oh yeah Yesterday I turned on the other 2 lights just the veg switch so I have all 3 with veg switches on the middle one is 3' above the plant tops

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[howsjosh]

Day 8: Well, the girl are looking great it's been 6 days since I've transplanted and watered the girls and they still don't look thirsty... I think the blue dream's is done recovering from the transplant I think I messed up a few of her roots when the soil fell apart when I was trying to get her in the transplant hole... the strawberry cough looks the happiest to me. They are all really dark green so looks like the soil has more than enough nitrogen for a while...

The temps have been between 68-81
Rh 34-48

Oh and I decided to name them so we have

Barbie Blue Widow

Bonnie Blue Dream

Summer Strawberry Cough

Grace Grapefruit

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[ItsNatural]

Looking good homie. I started to get some Strawberry Cough myself. Dont remember why I didnt. Plants are looking good. Whats your plans with them? Are you going to train them or just top and let go? Im germinating some Autos right now.

Gorilla Glue
Green Crack
Girl Scout Cookies
Northern Lights
Cheese Candy

Ill start a journal as soon as they break ground. That way I know exactly what Im growing when I start it. Not sure how many will germinate. 3 of those I just got. The last 2 I have had for a few years. So not sure if they will pop or not. Anyway. Keep on keeping on.

 

[howsjosh]

I plan on topping them and then doing a scrog to spread them out then sometime in may I'm putting 2 outside... don't know which ones yet... then I plan on flowering the 2 inside pretty close to when I put the ones outside.... then when I harvest the inside ones I think I'm going to cut clones from the outdoor ones and starting another indoor grow with the clones...

Those look like good strains you got there... I see all those at the dispensary's around here except for cheese candy...

I'm excited to see how that new light goes for you...


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[howsjosh]

How long do they say it takes for those auto's to finish?

 

[howsjosh]

Day 9: we'll grace is kinda start look like she might be getting thirsty but she is always kinda droopy her and I'm still going to wait a little... the other ones I think probably still have like 2 days if I had to guess... but once they get nicely rooted which I think will be soon now they should pick up the pace... I think I'm going to top them all a day or 2 after I water next...

Side notes: it's been 7 days since transplant/water and the low on the thermometer stays 68

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[howsjosh]

Day 10: It's been 8 days since I've watered/ transplanted grace still looks thirst so I think I will water her tomorrow morning... turned off my exhaust fan today and my temps went up to around 82-84 it hit 86 but just for a couple of mins so if I leave the top of the tent door open a crack it stays about 82 which is nice... this is normally when my temps drop down to 66-68 so it's a nice change... the humidity stayed in the 40's...
Some pics

Barbie the Blue Widow

Bonnie's Blue Dream

Summer's Strawberry Cough

Grace's Grapefruit

I think those are a couple of burn marks from the neem oil because I didn't use warm water when I mixed it so I don't think it was all diluted enough but nothing to bad... In a couple of days after I water I will start topping them...


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[ItsNatural]

How long do they say it takes for those auto's to finish?

I believe they were about 55-70 days from seed. Which is why Im growing them. Im trying to beat the heat of summer. Im just gonna skip summer months all together, and just make sure that I harvest enough in the remaining months to last.

Your ladies are looking nice.

 

[howsjosh]

Day 11: just watered grace probably could have waited another day but I want to see her hands waving in the air so hopefully she will perk up in a couple of hours... The other plants are still looking good so still waiting to water them... here are some pics before watering I'll take some more if/when she peeks back up...

With flash

Without flash

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[howsjosh]

I believe they were about 55-70 days from seed. Which is why Im growing them. Im trying to beat the heat of summer. Im just gonna skip summer months all together, and just make sure that I harvest enough in the remaining months to last.

Your ladies are looking nice.

Sounds like your girls will be finishing around the time I put a couple of mine in flower... depending on how everything grows...


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