1st Grow

[Biatchzxz]

Hey sochachi. Wats doing so far dude
not bad at all for ur first grow coming along excellent. As far as toppin. In week for. Try to avoid that now unless u ran out of height or something. But at this point the energy that it will divert into splitting up is going to take away from flower growth. If u want or even should of done a week ago but ok now. Trim some lower branchs /inner growth to allow the energy to be diverted to all the top growth or
the growth closest to the light. Thinning it out or watever helps. Week 4 flowering is a tad bit late to do so but if u do it slowly and not to
much it won't slow anything down it would help fatten things up. To even canopy. U could try tieing some branchs down carefully LST(low stress training). Or if u can even scrog them. With a Net of some sort. They even make ready made scrog nets metal ones like a BBQ grill with larger squares. I don't know if u get what I mean. But if
u need any help ur welcome
to PM me anytime brotha

 

[socachi]

Hey sochachi. Wats doing so far dude
not bad at all for ur first grow coming along excellent. As far as toppin. In week for. Try to avoid that now unless u ran out of height or something. But at this point the energy that it will divert into splitting up is going to take away from flower growth. If u want or even should of done a week ago but ok now. Trim some lower branchs /inner growth to allow the energy to be diverted to all the top growth or
the growth closest to the light. Thinning it out or watever helps. Week 4 flowering is a tad bit late to do so but if u do it slowly and not to
much it won't slow anything down it would help fatten things up. To even canopy. U could try tieing some branchs down carefully LST(low stress training). Or if u can even scrog them. With a Net of some sort. They even make ready made scrog nets metal ones like a BBQ grill with larger squares. I don't know if u get what I mean. But if
u need any help ur welcome
to PM me anytime brotha

Biatch thanks for the help. I should have clarified on the topping. It's table 2 I'm thinking of topping, it's about to begin week 2. I topped them just before taking them out of veg and I'm wondering if I top them again will it help create more and bigger buds and also even out the canopy. Having never grown before I just don't know, that's why I turn to those like you with experience.

Also with table 1 if I super crop them will it help even out the canopy and add to the bud girth. They're are at the end of week 5. As for the super cropping isn't that pinching the stem and bending the branch to expose the lower buds to more light?

 

[socachi]

Did a watering today ro ph 6. While I was doing that I thought I'd take some bud shots. Still need to get the white balance down.



2 days ago when I feed the ladies I bumped one at the base and noticed it was loose. Felt it and it came right out of the soil, so I stuck it back in hoping it would take. Yes I know that was dumb. So today I pulled her out to see what happened.



It looks like root rot and I have no idea how this happened. As you can see it had a good root system. Well I trimmed the scrawny bitch and hung the timny buds to dry. More than likely it won't be worth a damn, but you never know.

 

[socachi]

OK this time I took some pics during lights out since I haven't been able to get that white balance right.

Some OG bud porn week 6


Here's table 2 week 2


Well things are moving along so far the 1st grow, given all the setbacks is coming along OK. I super cropped some of the ladies on table 1 so I could lower the light and get a better penetration on the lower plants. I've also been changing the light timing so they're on more at night and not so much during the day. Aiming for the 7AM - 7 PM schedule, right now they're at 5-5. I'll make another 2 hr change tonight. I hope this doesn't mess em up.

 

[#1cheesebuds]

looking good dude.

 

[eastbaybeast]

Damn socachi I am loving your grow!

Crazy how that plant just rotted at the stem like that. Doesn't seem like it will be a big deal with all the plants you have left.

Maybe make a little butter with it?

 

[socachi]

looking good dude.

Cheesebuds thanks man I appreciate the props.

Damn socachi I am loving your grow!

Crazy how that plant just rotted at the stem like that. Doesn't seem like it will be a big deal with all the plants you have left.

Maybe make a little butter with it?

Eastbay glad you're liking it I'm enjoying it too. Ya weird about that stem, got the buds drying but I've never made butter before, how's that done?

Hope you both stay around for the party.

 

[socachi]

Picked up some unsulfured Blackstrap Molasses today, the only kind they had and did a feeding.

Table 1 week 6: PBPB Soil 12, HZ 8, DN 5, LK 10, CM 0, ST 1drop, PS 1.4, Tea 5, BSM 5, Hydroplex 5. Lets see if we can get those buds fat and sweet. ph 6.1, ppm 1265

Table 2 week 2: PBP Hydro 20, HZ 8, DN 5, LK 10, CM 5, ST 1 drop, PS 1.4, Tea 5. ph 6.1, ppm 1680. The PBP Hydro really kicks up the ppm

After feeding I trimmed table 2, they're starting to get tall and buds are starting to pop.



Here's the OG's on table 1, I'm getting a little better with the camera.


In between the 2 table there's an open sopace trat I decided to use to open up table 2 a little. I put down some plywood and put 4 OG's on it.

 

[socachi]

Took 34 clones last night 13 CDS, 13 BK & 8 FOG



Used Root Riot cubes, soaked em in 100ml per gal & 1 dropp per gal of Superthrive in RO at ph 6.3



By the time I got done and put everything away I remembered that I forgot to take pics of the process, but it's the same as the last times and pics of those are in previous pages.

What I also had forgotten to do was to take more clones than I'll need so I can use the strongest. The memory isn't what it use to be.

 

[socachi]

Watered yesterday with straight RO at 6.2. Here's some bud shots of table 1 in the middle of week 7.



Table 2 middle of week 3
OG


CDS


SG


I think I got the order right but who knows?

If anyone is reading this thread for the first time you'd think I'm stoned all the time as much as I forget.

But I'm not, I'm just very forgetful.

 

[socachi]

Did feeding today for both tables and the moms. In feeding table 1 which is at 7 weeks I forgot the bloom boosters, Hygroplex and Shooting Powder. I had em out but for some dumb reason I forgot em.

Does anyone know if I do an additional light feeding tomorrow with just the Hydroplex and shooting powder will I mess things up?

 

[socachi]

Well I fed them the Hydroplex and Atom Bomb aka Shooting Powder yesterday, just did a light feeding because today they were scheduled for their regular feeding.

3/15/10 Week 8
Table 1: PBPB 12, ST 1 drop, Hz 8, LK 10, DN 5, PS 2.5, CM 0, Hp 2.5, AB 0, Mo 0 (I forgot ) ph 6.1, ppm 1010

Week 4
Table 2: PBPB 11.25, ST 1 drop, Hz 8, LK 10, DN 5, PS 2.5, CM 5, Hp 2.5, AB 0, ph 6.04, ppm 1087 At 40 days in I'll stop the CM and add Molasses and the bloom boosters

 

[socachi]

Man have I got my weeks wrong or what. Been going through my thread and I'm at weeks 6/7 & 3 not 8 & 4. Half of table 1 went in on 1/28 and the rest on 2/1. Table 2 went in on 2/21. I need to get a calendar and log this shit down.

With all the screw ups I've been doing I'm surprised they're still alive and doing as well as they are. It must be the luck of the Irish

 

[BirdManFlyHigh]

Good Work

 

[socachi]

^^^^ Thanks Birdman

Did a watering today

Table 1: RO at 6.0 ph and 15ml Molasses ppm 387

Table 2: RO 6.0 ph ppm 23

The ladies on both tables are looking nice, I'll get some pics tomorrow to post

 

[socachi]

Feed the ladies in flower today and took some new pics.

Table 1 week 6/7: PBP Bloom Soil 13.5, ST 1d, DN 5, LK 10, HZ 8, VT 75, CM 0, PS 1.25, MO 15, HP 3.75 ph 6.0, ppm 1047

Table 2 week 3: PBP Bloom Hydro 20, ST 1d, DN 5, LK 10, HZ 8, CM 5, PS 1.25, HP 3.75, KT 10, ph 6.0, ppm 1641

Bud shots of OG 1&3 on table 1


Table 2 is coming along also.

OG


CDS


SG starting to get frosty it's an 8 wk flower


On table 2 I'm getting some strang patterns on the fan leaves. They're usually 5 or 7 but a few are 4. I remember someone some where saying something about a 4 leaf pattern but I don't recall what it was. I don't believe it was anything good.



If someone knows please let me know, what causes it how to correct it, will it harm the buds?

 

[socachi]

Did a feeding today in bloom with light out.

Table 1 Week 7: PBPB Soil, 13.5, ST 0, CM 0, DN 5, LK 10, HZ 8, VT 75, PS 1.25, MO 15, HP 0, AB 1.875, ph ?, ppm ?

Table 2 Week 4: PBPB Hydro 18.75, ST 1d, CM 5, DN 5, LK 10, HZ 8, PS 1.25, HP 3.75, MT 10 ph 5.97, ppm 1583

OK lets see what Socachi forgot to do this time, oh yeah he forgot to ph and ppm table 1. That's right table 1's water was probably around the high 3's to mid 4's because Socachi didn't ph the water before he fed. Waht a dumb ass

Hopefully this won't do anything negative to the plants. They're in week 7 and I'm trying to get those buds big and fat. I'm guessing this will lock out the nutes. Does anyone know?

 

[rkp6]

Nice work bro . I wouldnt worry about the leaves, if theyre healthy green your plant is going to be fine.
happy growing

 

[socachi]

Nice work bro . I wouldnt worry about the leaves, if theyre healthy green your plant is going to be fine.
happy growing

Thanks for stoppin in rkp6 and thanks for the input and the kind regards. Hope you stay around for the show.

Trying to get some good pics to post the last set I just took didn't turn out so well. I'll try again later

 

[TryChrome]

man... props...

GREAT first grow... you got the green thumb homie...

i'm mos-def pullin up a chair... keep your eyes out for me... i got mine logged but it's not gettin hits... i just got my first 5 leaf... got a ways to go... so

i'll be re-posting in a few weeks... shit like this helps... great notes... thanks...

suck it up... just like the plant... hence i'm part of this place... so IC

love