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First Grow!! Green Crack

drew87

Member
whats up fellow growers! You guys can all call me Drew. This is my first grow and i am fucking stoked. These are 2 green crack clones i got from a good childhood friend of mine. He sells them to clubs in La and longbeach and has recently gifted me with two lovely ladies (one is a soon to be mother). they were planted each in a 5 gal bubble bucket. I am very new to this obviously and i cant figure out why these guys look so sad and droopy they are 4 days old.






...my temp and humidity under a 400w hps in a 2x3 space roughly (lights on) 75-80F with 30% humidity and water temp of 71F. (lights off) 68F-72F humidity 30% and water 68F. I fed 1/4 strength with pbp and noticed the tips of the leaves start to lighten and yellow so i bumped it to 1/2 like 2 days ago and all was well until i woke up around 11am (2 hours before lights off) and they were all droopy. Im thinking it has to do with the water level? the cube is completly soaked tho so maybe too much water. Im using a dual 1.2 hp pump is that enough?

Other than that they are holding up and doing fine as long as deficiencies and tempuratures go. Although i do not have a ph or a ppm reader so that may pose a threat.

what are good lights for a mother/veg chamber. Im not going all out i have a perfect little cabnit that will hold the mother and no more than 6 clones to veg at a time. Im not looking for anything fancy, maybe a recomendation of propper wattage for cfls.
 

drew87

Member
Ps all are welcome to my thread! IF YOU WANT TO TALK CRAP AND FLAME ME.. go ahead. If you want to give me any tips, advancements, updates on relative gadgets, anything please feel free to post. This is my first grow and all advice works, good or bad.
 

Core

Quality Control Controller
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hellow drew
first off i'm not realy a bbucket expert ..but its seems they look a bit overwaterd...and i also see some burning tips...so i suggest you drop the nutes a bit....for the rest they seem sto be doing very well ...Nway just adding my :2cents:...so now i'd like to wish ya happy growing
ohw yea recommondation on lights...normally the right spectrum for veg would be a Metal halid ...but i use plain TL's...i believe its those T8 tubes from 36 watts i use...i'm using them coz its all they need...they don't need to much electric consumption to keep'm going in veg......or cfl's will do....depends on the size of the vegroom ey......good luck mate!
 

drew87

Member
hahaha charlie brown, thats funny. i should put a tiny ornament on it or something. thanks for the info Core i just cyphened some water out so we will see in time.
 

drew87

Member
update...haha.. a single purple og kush seed in germination process as we speak. found it in a sack from a dispensary.
 

drew87

Member
just a mini update...sense i stare at these plants all day! deffinately looking a little less droopy. (thanks to core) . i did notice tho, that an hour or two before lights off they start to droop?? only time will tell...
Purple Og Kush has been germinated and planted in a 4" clay pot with coco as a medium.
 

Anima

Active member
hi drew :wave:
Welcome to the world of canna growing..first you seem to have your light/ventilation down..good job there..

You are at least going to have to get something to monitor your pH...try E-bay for litmus papers search for "blue litmus"..they are cheap...
and TDS meters are cheap too. you need to be able to monitor both in order to really know what is goin on with your grow and be able to max it out..
Good luck dude...I'll be :lurk:
peace

I'm just getting into hydro myself..
 

drew87

Member
anima whats up! thanks for the luck and the advice. There is a hydro shop right down the street, will they have blue litmus? Hydro seems easy to understand, its just experience over all that i lack.
 

drew87

Member
Plants are doing a little better today, new growth looks a little better. The plants are a little less droopy overall, no sign of the Purple Og yet.
 

drew87

Member
Johny C its an honor haha, iv read a lot of your posts and i almost got those autobucket things you have, but i figured id just go this route cuz i found a net pot that fits perfectly to the bucket as a lid. anyways welcome aboard, the plants look 90% better and i will have pic by tommorow morn at the latest!
 

voices

Member
nice gen's 4 a 1st time.

you schould put plastic bags (for the freezer or so), where you can see through over your little babies, they have it hard with that bulb. you make 'm work to hard.

this keeps up the RH over 30% for sure
 

drew87

Member
voices thanks for the advice, i dont understand what you mean by "they have it hard with that bulb. you make 'm work to hard." Im also doing this blind, without a ph or tds (at least i have the humidity and temp!)
 

Queso45

Member
He means that baby plants of your size cannot take in the amount of light being put out by your HPS. I've never heard of this bag trick before, but it sounds like it will shield the plants from some light.

I would recommend just using CFLs for the time being. An HPS can get very hot---making you put the plants further from the light---causing the plants to stretch. If you use CFLs, you can get the plants much closer to the bulb without fear of light burn. Also, an HPS is more often used for flowering due to the color of light... a Metal Halide light is recommended for vegging when you want to use an HID.

Another note for little plants--- they require very very little nutrients, and its easy to over-feed them. Try starting out small and working your way up.

Look around the forum some more to get some great information. You've come to the best place, with the best people, with the best advice. If you're feeling like your plants could use a trip to the doctor.... write a post in the cannabis infirmary. Those people are freaking amazing.

Good luck and happy growing!
 

drew87

Member
sorry i should be posting pics :( the plants are doing a hell of a lot better with one moving a lot faster than the other in the same conditions. Also the purple OG kush is a healthy seedling. I topped my plants like a week ago and new tops sprouted all over the plants, its so cool. hopefully ill have pics soon
 

drew87

Member
ok i just took some pics with lights on so they are not the greatest quality and barely know how to use all these crazy buttons and controls as it isnt even my camera. I have a pic of a vape that my friend gave me and some pictures from my vacation to yosimite, california.

This is the plant on the left


Plant on the right

Purple OG sproutlet







Trip to yosimite, pictures are from 11/7/07 and my lazy ass friend finally emailed them to me. I wish i could show more but im in most of the pictures. The mountain is glacier point, the view is from the top and the other is vernan falls.
 

drew87

Member
haha forgot the Vape!

and all the spots on the leaves of my plants are from sprayin the leaves light a dueche with the lights on, and i think the water is a little hard so it left like cal build up or something
 
Lookin' good Drew...Great vacation pics too. I'm hoping to make it out to Multnomah Falls in Oregon this year and maybe a quick stop in Cali but that's still awhile away. Did ya get a pH tester yet?


JC
 
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