My first grow! Any advice welcome!

[michigandank]

This is my first grow, ever. 4x4x7 with 1000w HPS in flower and 600w MH for veg. Used organic soil made from 3:1 roots organic green fields to promix BX, added perlite, and amended with an organic starter pack from my hydro store (not sure on exact amendments). Started in solo cup>3gallon>10 gallon geopots. 2 northern lights and one delicious candy. Candy is 1 week less veg then northern. All plants topped 4-5 times each. Vegged northern for 6-7 weeks then flipped. About 11F. I use blue planet nutrients and water 1/4 strength every other watering. Also did a little LST.

 

[iffey]

This is my first grow, ever. 4x4x7 with 1000w HPS in flower and 600w MH for veg. Used organic soil made from 3:1 roots organic green fields to promix BX, added perlite, and amended with an organic starter pack from my hydro store (not sure on exact amendments). Started in solo cup>3gallon>10 gallon geopots. 2 northern lights and one delicious candy. Candy is 1 week less veg then northern. All plants topped 4-5 times each. Vegged northern for 6-7 weeks then flipped. About 11F. I use blue planet nutrients and water 1/4 strength every other watering. Also did a little LST.

first grow as michigandank. looking at your first grow, your second should be epoch. and youre already on a first name basis with the girls, northern and Candy! they look like more than a first grow..

 

[iffey]

not enough posts to edit.. my advise is keep doint what youre doing..

 

[HemperorsKnight]

This is my first grow, ever. 4x4x7 with 1000w HPS in flower and 600w MH for veg. Used organic soil made from 3:1 roots organic green fields to promix BX, added perlite, and amended with an organic starter pack from my hydro store (not sure on exact amendments). Started in solo cup>3gallon>10 gallon geopots. 2 northern lights and one delicious candy. Candy is 1 week less veg then northern. All plants topped 4-5 times each. Vegged northern for 6-7 weeks then flipped. About 11F. I use blue planet nutrients and water 1/4 strength every other watering. Also did a little LST.

Noice brotha that's lookin good for a first grow how long you veg em for before switching to flower?

 

[paranoidnz]

WTH?
You just jumped into a F1 racing car and set a new lap record.
My first grow, (currently still going) has got nothing on what you got
everything looks great, you must ether
A) be lucky
B) got the magic touch
C) patient and understand the principles of everything working harmoniously together
D) have elves that come in when your asleep and fix everything that you have been doing wrong


Im just jealous Great work, I look forward to seeing more of this further down the grow

 

[soil margin]

Consider supplementing the flowering girls with some light from the MH as well as the HPS.
Doesn't need to be on every minute but a more broad light spectrum during flowering usually results in higher potency and density of buds in my experience.

 

[corky1968]

Nice start.

 

[Grassimo]

Man, looks like a pros work to me lol. Nice job for first time!

 

[GanjaGrin]

Nice job! Is that northern lights you have from seed or is it the NL#5 cut?

 

[Buddyy]

Very nice for a first grow, I'm guessing you did some reading here before you started.
Have you thought about what you will be doing with the soil after the harvest? My advice is to use the same soil again, add some worms (red wrigglers) to your pots and create a mulch/companion plant layer...transition to a living soil. Going organic will make yo weed dank and save you bank.

 

[michigandank]

Very nice for a first grow, I'm guessing you did some reading here before you started.
Have you thought about what you will be doing with the soil after the harvest? My advice is to use the same soil again, add some worms (red wrigglers) to your pots and create a mulch/companion plant layer...transition to a living soil. Going organic will make yo weed dank and save you bank.

Actually just bought a worm farm, starting to compost and will make my own soil and transition off nutes once summer hits. I'm the brains my dad is the worker. I helped him set everything up and taught him a bunch of research and we both read up but the grow is ar his house because I'm at college. We both couldn't have done without each other.

 

[michigandank]

WTH?
You just jumped into a F1 racing car and set a new lap record.
My first grow, (currently still going) has got nothing on what you got
everything looks great, you must ether
A) be lucky
B) got the magic touch
C) patient and understand the principles of everything working harmoniously together
D) have elves that come in when your asleep and fix everything that you have been doing wrong


Im just jealous Great work, I look forward to seeing more of this further down the grow

Did a bunch of research, thanks! Supersoil is the bomb diggity

 

[michigandank]

Just an update, this cola is just stacking up approaching 5th week since 12/12 switch.

 

[aridbud]

Looks great!!! A few laps to the finish.

 

[michigandank]

Nice job! Is that northern lights you have from seed or is it the NL#5 cut?

It's seed, from sensi seeds

 

[ChenBenTz]

Am I getting this right?

You water with 1/4 strength every other watering?

So, 1/8 overall.. in flower..?

What?

 

[michigandank]

Am I getting this right?

You water with 1/4 strength every other watering?

So, 1/8 overall.. in flower..?

What?

One watering with 1/4 nutes, one watering plain water, then 1/4 nutes, then plain water Etc.

 

[aridbud]

Better to use diluted (1/4 nutes) than burn them. Right on! Excellent grow!

 

[michigandank]

Looking great smelling so strong, northern lights cola

 

[Gry]

Nice teamwork.