StonedSpook
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** I originally posted this in the New Grower thread, but thought maybe it belonged here? Anyhow, be gentle. 
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Greetings from the land of snow and purple rain. I am fairly new to gardening, been messing around with it for about 15 months or so; ever since I retired from the Army. Since then, I have spent most of my free time gardening, learning, failing, and sometimes seeing successes. I figured it was about time for me to post a diary up in order to get some guidance and criticism from the masses. So please, dont hold back.. This thread is spur of the moment, so I do not have all the room details (horrible memory). I will try to get the rest up there. Just remind me or ask me. With that said, here we go:
20ft.x20ft room
4 x 600w HPS (going up to 6 shortly)
Pre 98 Bubba Kush and Purple Snow (split room)
Botanicare Coco, Perlite
Advanced Nutrients (Once this runs out I am switching to a full Heavy 16 line)
Heavy 16 additive 'FIRE'
I received cuts and plants from a friend's father. Unfortunately, they were not in the best of shape when I started, but they are getting there. The cuts were initially placed in a 64 slot easy cloner with just ph'd water, but I grew impatient and swapped them to a tray, added some root enhancer/cloning gel and BOOM!! 48hrs later they rooted like crazy (sorry no root pics, i should have started this earlier). Ended up with 14 Bubba cuts and 14 Purple Snow cuts; including 2 Bubba and 3 Purple Snow plants in Veg (We'll get to those in a sec). The cuts were kept in an environment way too cold for growth. The tray was placed directly on a wooden table causing the cold to transfer from the wood to the tray. I raised the tray off the wooden table, placed a heat mat beneath it and off they went. The cold also caused some serious leaf discoloring- But hey, Purps are so in right now, right?
The big girls came to me from the same gentleman as the cuts, in just as rough shape. Extreme nutrient deficiency, russet and broad mites. I have had the girls for just under 2 weeks and have gotten them somewhat back into shape, with the exception of the mites, but thats a work in progress. I am using "Green Cleaner" or something to that effect along with some Neem Oil. Seems to be doing the trick.
The room isnt filled yet, but will be soon enough.
This is my first forum diary so please feel free to let me know what other info you guys and gals want/need.
**Greetings from the land of snow and purple rain. I am fairly new to gardening, been messing around with it for about 15 months or so; ever since I retired from the Army. Since then, I have spent most of my free time gardening, learning, failing, and sometimes seeing successes. I figured it was about time for me to post a diary up in order to get some guidance and criticism from the masses. So please, dont hold back.. This thread is spur of the moment, so I do not have all the room details (horrible memory). I will try to get the rest up there. Just remind me or ask me. With that said, here we go:
20ft.x20ft room
4 x 600w HPS (going up to 6 shortly)
Pre 98 Bubba Kush and Purple Snow (split room)
Botanicare Coco, Perlite
Advanced Nutrients (Once this runs out I am switching to a full Heavy 16 line)
Heavy 16 additive 'FIRE'
I received cuts and plants from a friend's father. Unfortunately, they were not in the best of shape when I started, but they are getting there. The cuts were initially placed in a 64 slot easy cloner with just ph'd water, but I grew impatient and swapped them to a tray, added some root enhancer/cloning gel and BOOM!! 48hrs later they rooted like crazy (sorry no root pics, i should have started this earlier). Ended up with 14 Bubba cuts and 14 Purple Snow cuts; including 2 Bubba and 3 Purple Snow plants in Veg (We'll get to those in a sec). The cuts were kept in an environment way too cold for growth. The tray was placed directly on a wooden table causing the cold to transfer from the wood to the tray. I raised the tray off the wooden table, placed a heat mat beneath it and off they went. The cold also caused some serious leaf discoloring- But hey, Purps are so in right now, right?
The big girls came to me from the same gentleman as the cuts, in just as rough shape. Extreme nutrient deficiency, russet and broad mites. I have had the girls for just under 2 weeks and have gotten them somewhat back into shape, with the exception of the mites, but thats a work in progress. I am using "Green Cleaner" or something to that effect along with some Neem Oil. Seems to be doing the trick.
The room isnt filled yet, but will be soon enough.
This is my first forum diary so please feel free to let me know what other info you guys and gals want/need.
