Dubbrollin's 1st Grow Journal

[dubbrollin]

Please feel free to offer any advice as this is my 1st grow.

Plants-2 XXX OG
2 Platinum Bubba's
1 Black Rhino (Blackberry x White Rhino)
All clones purchased @ PO Genetics in CA.
1 Master Kush from seed.


The XXX's have been in pots since 12/27/2012. i had them under 1 65 watt CFL for about 2 weeks before i upgraded my light set up
The Platinum and Black Rhino were added 1/18/2013

Pots
Plants-2 XXX OG both in 3 gals pots
2 Platinum Bubba's right now in 2ltr pepsi bottles. gotta pick up 2 more pots later this week
1 Black Rhino (Blackberry x White Rhino) 1 3 gal pot

Grow Medium
Miracle Grow Moisture control

Stage
All plants are in Veg growth

Lights
4 100w CFL
1 65w CFL
Will be changing the 65 to 150 soon,.

1st pic more up later

 

[JB42]

Hey Dubbrollin,
Whey Front seat!
welcome to 420 mate. First post, first journal , getting on it!

Your grow looks like its doing fine mate, the one thing I noticed is that the leaf edges are curling up a bit, no biggie , just means they are a bit hot there. Do you have air flow?

 

[dubbrollin]

that small cup is a seedling that fell over and broke in half. trying to see if i can save it. roots were still good, so i figured give it a try. I was able to save the other half with the baby leaf. I sat it in a small water bottle mixed with nutrient solution and tried to get it to clone. so far its been about a week and its starting to show poss root and it actually grew the 2nd set of leafs.

xxxOG

XXX OG that i topped

Black Rhino

 

[dubbrollin]

Hey Dubbrollin,
Whey Front seat!
welcome to 420 mate. First post, first journal , getting on it!0

Your grow looks like its doing fine mate, the one thing I noticed is that the leaf edges are curling up a bit, no biggie , just means they are a bit hot there. Do you have air flow?

I do believe so.they are shaking well and the fans stay on 24hrs. the temp is staying at 70.

 

[Smoke2Js]

Hey Dub, Welcome to my favorite website and online family at . Nice healthy plants you've got, but a little dehydrated. The curling from heat can be helped with misting the leaves, it will slow down the water loss thru perspiration. Also , I don't know if you have but take a look at this how to grow link. Lots of info, enough to make your eyes burn. and frequently asked questions also check out The Growers Lounge when you get a chance. . and happy gardening.

 

[Smoke2Js]

One of waters dehydration foes is wind or air flow, faster wind evaps water faster than slow gentle air.

 

[dubbrollin]

Grabbed me a spray bottle to water the leaves. Thanks for info.I was wondering what was the cause of the curling up. I just thought it was from the fans being so close to the plants. Would u advise to place the fan further away?

 

[Smoke2Js]

Grabbed me a spray bottle to water the leaves. Thanks for info.I was wondering what was the cause of the curling up. I just thought it was from the fans being so close to the plants. Would u advise to place the fan further away?

Hey dubbrollin, glad to help out. You could move the fan . the distance is up to you, you do want the plant to be moved by the air, this will make her stronger and provide her with fresh air.

 

[dubbrollin]

Well I want to do whatever it takes to make me some fine buds. Should I not worry about the minor turn up on the leaves? I am going to add another fanbetr for better air circulation in the closet. May not be getting enough new air. Is that even possible?

 

[JB42]

yeah you can add more fans no problem. Put your hands under the bulbs on the top of your hand for 1 min to see if its hot for your hand. If it is its hot for the plant too.

 

[dubbrollin]

I can hold the bulbs pretty long without issue. but i did see a lil burn on one of the leaves that has grown to touch the bulb. so a lifting i will go. now i bought the spray bottle yesterday and started spraying them last night. Already the baby's have responded and that curling up has stopped. wow these thing really do respond well. well now time to go workout myself.

 

[JB42]

Yeah heat issue is rectifeid really easy, in a matter of hours. I know you can hold a CFL but that doesnt mean it aint hot. CFL's produce more heat than people think , especially from the ballast at the bottom of the bulb. Ive used them for a few years now and I think they best at about 5-6 inches away.

 

[dubbrollin]

Raised the lights up and picked up a bigger osculating fan. its bringing my humidity up to about 45%. hopefully they will like that.

 

[dubbrollin]

Question?
I am getting ready to place the 2 Plat bubba into bigger pots, would i have an issue if i changed the medium from the miracle grow moisture control to the MG organic medium?

 

[dubbrollin]

Ok all so a week later and heres an update from the trim and the topping.

todays temp

I think this one has a lil dirt burn. cant find this anywhere else so will keep an eye out

These triple XXX really got fatter with my trim last week

 

[dubbrollin]

i also decided that a lil LST would be good for my baby's. Hopefully i did these right.

 

[dubbrollin]

as you can see all of them have the bottom branch that im hoping grows tall enough to become a top cola

 

[dubbrollin]

Ive been spraying them about 3-4 times a day with fresh water and that got rid of the curling up . I know you see a lil dry dirt , but this is more soil i added to some of my babys. under neight is still plenty wet. i just watered them yesterday.

How long should i keep them tied down? a couple days at a time? and cant i LST them throughout the flower period?

 

[Smoke2Js]

Hey Dub, those plants look fine, no broken branches. Good job on the LST. I have a suggestion, trim the leaves touching the dirt or pot. you dont have to cut off the whole leaf if you dont want to. just keep it from touching stuff.

 

[JB42]

How long should i keep them tied down? a couple days at a time? and cant i LST them throughout the flower period?

Keep them tied down until the end, straight through flowering. They will stand back up from the top and all the sides will also become tops. Keep at what your doing they doing fine.