It sure is great to be here around so many great people, great growers, great info......just an all around great site to be on!! Thanks all for your stories of family and friends, my heart goes out to all who have fought and are still fighting for a better quality of life with this remarkable plant!
I started following growers on
years back but until lately with never decided to take the next step and try to grow the plant which I have pushed on others for all the great medical benifits. I am a everyday smoker which helps me relieve my issues of the everyday stresses, but as I age and watched my kids grow up I am more looking at preventing any health issues that will arrive.
With that being said I'm not a great grower nor do I really know what I'm doing. I have tried to take what you all have to offer and come up with a simple system that works for me with the amount of time I can put into this. (I know we should all find time for the things we are passionate about, health should be one of them).
Well my goal was to have a DWC or RDWC system in place as the once a week res changes was the eye catcher and I really thought I would have 6 other days to just watch and fiddle with things. Wow it wasn't that easy lol, I found myself fighting to keep res. temps at 68 degrees, I ended up with root rot and the whole DWC was a bit of a pain without an expensive chiller in place. One day I will go back to this but for now on the back burner.
So I went back to researching what will work for me.....cheap and easy is what I wanted but still with the benefits of hydro. I came to the conclusion that Hempy Buckets with 100% perlite was my best option, no other media would be needed unless starting seeds, then jiffy pellets will be used. The care for these as they mature will still be a daily task, but thanks to my sweetheart we have a plan that keeps me close to home, Home is with her, kids, cats and dogs.
So I have my plants looking pretty good I think. I'm hopefully going to be here everyday and hoping I can finish these with out to much of a problem, fingers crossed
What I got going on in here for STRAINS:
Crop King Fem. White Widow ...... 1 girl and 3 clones
B.C. Blue Berry ...... 3 cloned females, 1 unsexed
Bag Seed ..... 4 Sativa dominant 3 unsexed, 1 showing female
Bag seed ...... 1 buddy says its kush unsexed, will see soon
Water:
Tap water let sit for 24 hrs. Before use ( I keep a 18 gallon Rubbermaid just for water to sit in)
PH will be 5.8 for the most part
Nutrients: Jakes 3 part (micro, bloom, grow) root, Vb-1, Powder Bud start @ week 3 and powder Bud finish @ week 6
This is my first go with this brand and from non sponsor, sorry but had to buy local. Not many stores around me so we support the ones we have. It's made locally so I'm giving it a shot following directions from their feeding schedule and we will see what the end result will be.
Lighting:
150 watt MH will be for veg only. Not using yet, as I'm still trying to figure out where my veg room will be set up after I switch this room to 12/12.
Air cooled hood, 1000 watt dimmable ballast (600w, 750w, 1000w, super lums)
1000 watt MH currently for veg with glass out and 1000 watt HPS will be for flower, I may put glass back in for flower depending on temps as it warms up here.
2-24"-20 watt T8 for clones
Temps:
Daytime around 78-82 degree F.
Night time around 68-72 F.
Fans:
Filtered intake fan so not to blow any dust into grow room 300 cfm would be close.
Waiting on new carbon filter as a buddy needed one and I couldn't say no for him to use it. He paid me for it lol. Have fan pulling air from hood with glass out to keep heat temps down.
1 oscillating fan in room so far.
1 Thermostat 4" from floor in grow room set at 70 degrees when temps get below 70 F, it turns on a space heater on outside of room and feeds filtered intake air fan which keeps temps stable at around 70 F. when lights out
First off I will start with my CropKing Fem White Widow, she is going to be a gem just recently transplanted from 2.5 gallon pail to a 5 gallon pail. This plant I topped then I snapped one of the main tops off by accident moving things around so I cloned the top that snapped off and have taken 2 other cuttings from her.
I have been doing some low stress training on her and the results are showing as new growth is coming up from the complete length of the 3 main branches.
BC Blue Berry unsexed this started out great and then took a turn for the worst, it's a fine line between to much and not enough water and/or to much food to not enough food. My problem started as roots were looking for the bottom of pails, and the colors on the leaves started changing from a nice light green to a nasty yellow which in turn I thought to wet again. I left these for a day and only watched as the colors faded rapidly, I had to do something? so to the nutes I went, I gave about 2 cups of ph water with 3/4 nutes, watered around edge of pail just to see if this could help without soaking the roots, Instant turn around you could almost watch the nitrogen flowing into the leaves lol. So I have found that in perlite the moisture can still be there, but the roots must be down there also otherwise no food intake, Lesson learned. Little bit of water daily until roots establish is the key.
The 3 Blue Berry clones from another plant are in solo cups, they have taken off in the last day so soon they should be ready for transplant soon, they will go straight into 2.5 gallon pails and I will get pictures of the roots at that time. I'm only giving them about 2 weeks in veg then going to flip to flower.
I have 4 Sativa dominant plants from bag seed, so far only 1 has showed she's a girl others should be showing soon. I have smoked this strain and has a really fast acting head high but the true response from this strain will be determined at a later date as the bud I smoked was very leafy, harvested weeks to early and seedy. So hoping to improve the quality and see if she's a keeper or not.
Another bag seed I have is unknown could be a kush from what a buddy says, and this is also unsexed. If it shows its a female then she will be just flowered out and clones taken no topping will be done just a pinch and bend over the main stems to fill her out a bit.
My cloning methods are simple take cutting, dip in root stimulant powder, plant in solo cup with straight perlite and ph'd tap water 10 - 14 days ready for transplant. Usually 1 watering (complete soaking) at day 5-6
So here we go and just a quick thanks to all staff, members and sponsors on 420 magazine, your knowledge is absolutely priceless and your passion for helping people no matter what the reason is not something you see around everyday!!! Cheers all!
I started following growers on
years back but until lately with never decided to take the next step and try to grow the plant which I have pushed on others for all the great medical benifits. I am a everyday smoker which helps me relieve my issues of the everyday stresses, but as I age and watched my kids grow up I am more looking at preventing any health issues that will arrive.With that being said I'm not a great grower nor do I really know what I'm doing. I have tried to take what you all have to offer and come up with a simple system that works for me with the amount of time I can put into this. (I know we should all find time for the things we are passionate about, health should be one of them).
Well my goal was to have a DWC or RDWC system in place as the once a week res changes was the eye catcher and I really thought I would have 6 other days to just watch and fiddle with things. Wow it wasn't that easy lol, I found myself fighting to keep res. temps at 68 degrees, I ended up with root rot and the whole DWC was a bit of a pain without an expensive chiller in place. One day I will go back to this but for now on the back burner.
So I went back to researching what will work for me.....cheap and easy is what I wanted but still with the benefits of hydro. I came to the conclusion that Hempy Buckets with 100% perlite was my best option, no other media would be needed unless starting seeds, then jiffy pellets will be used. The care for these as they mature will still be a daily task, but thanks to my sweetheart we have a plan that keeps me close to home, Home is with her, kids, cats and dogs.
So I have my plants looking pretty good I think. I'm hopefully going to be here everyday and hoping I can finish these with out to much of a problem, fingers crossed
What I got going on in here for STRAINS:
Crop King Fem. White Widow ...... 1 girl and 3 clones
B.C. Blue Berry ...... 3 cloned females, 1 unsexed
Bag Seed ..... 4 Sativa dominant 3 unsexed, 1 showing female
Bag seed ...... 1 buddy says its kush unsexed, will see soon
Water:
Tap water let sit for 24 hrs. Before use ( I keep a 18 gallon Rubbermaid just for water to sit in)
PH will be 5.8 for the most part
Nutrients: Jakes 3 part (micro, bloom, grow) root, Vb-1, Powder Bud start @ week 3 and powder Bud finish @ week 6
This is my first go with this brand and from non sponsor, sorry but had to buy local. Not many stores around me so we support the ones we have. It's made locally so I'm giving it a shot following directions from their feeding schedule and we will see what the end result will be.
Lighting:
150 watt MH will be for veg only. Not using yet, as I'm still trying to figure out where my veg room will be set up after I switch this room to 12/12.
Air cooled hood, 1000 watt dimmable ballast (600w, 750w, 1000w, super lums)
1000 watt MH currently for veg with glass out and 1000 watt HPS will be for flower, I may put glass back in for flower depending on temps as it warms up here.
2-24"-20 watt T8 for clones
Temps:
Daytime around 78-82 degree F.
Night time around 68-72 F.
Fans:
Filtered intake fan so not to blow any dust into grow room 300 cfm would be close.
Waiting on new carbon filter as a buddy needed one and I couldn't say no for him to use it. He paid me for it lol. Have fan pulling air from hood with glass out to keep heat temps down.
1 oscillating fan in room so far.
1 Thermostat 4" from floor in grow room set at 70 degrees when temps get below 70 F, it turns on a space heater on outside of room and feeds filtered intake air fan which keeps temps stable at around 70 F. when lights out
First off I will start with my CropKing Fem White Widow, she is going to be a gem just recently transplanted from 2.5 gallon pail to a 5 gallon pail. This plant I topped then I snapped one of the main tops off by accident moving things around so I cloned the top that snapped off and have taken 2 other cuttings from her.
I have been doing some low stress training on her and the results are showing as new growth is coming up from the complete length of the 3 main branches.
BC Blue Berry unsexed this started out great and then took a turn for the worst, it's a fine line between to much and not enough water and/or to much food to not enough food. My problem started as roots were looking for the bottom of pails, and the colors on the leaves started changing from a nice light green to a nasty yellow which in turn I thought to wet again. I left these for a day and only watched as the colors faded rapidly, I had to do something? so to the nutes I went, I gave about 2 cups of ph water with 3/4 nutes, watered around edge of pail just to see if this could help without soaking the roots, Instant turn around you could almost watch the nitrogen flowing into the leaves lol. So I have found that in perlite the moisture can still be there, but the roots must be down there also otherwise no food intake, Lesson learned. Little bit of water daily until roots establish is the key.
The 3 Blue Berry clones from another plant are in solo cups, they have taken off in the last day so soon they should be ready for transplant soon, they will go straight into 2.5 gallon pails and I will get pictures of the roots at that time. I'm only giving them about 2 weeks in veg then going to flip to flower.
I have 4 Sativa dominant plants from bag seed, so far only 1 has showed she's a girl others should be showing soon. I have smoked this strain and has a really fast acting head high but the true response from this strain will be determined at a later date as the bud I smoked was very leafy, harvested weeks to early and seedy. So hoping to improve the quality and see if she's a keeper or not.
Another bag seed I have is unknown could be a kush from what a buddy says, and this is also unsexed. If it shows its a female then she will be just flowered out and clones taken no topping will be done just a pinch and bend over the main stems to fill her out a bit.
My cloning methods are simple take cutting, dip in root stimulant powder, plant in solo cup with straight perlite and ph'd tap water 10 - 14 days ready for transplant. Usually 1 watering (complete soaking) at day 5-6
So here we go and just a quick thanks to all staff, members and sponsors on 420 magazine, your knowledge is absolutely priceless and your passion for helping people no matter what the reason is not something you see around everyday!!! Cheers all!
let's get the good vibes going. They look great and nice job with the clones. I got a couple WW from CKS going at the moment aswell. Glad you're doing this journal, I'll be watching. 
cheers
that's my next goal, get him on that daily as I'm sure it can only speed up the brains healing process.
