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Farmer Rich · #26 (**permalink**) Jan-01-2008, 18:40

Hey, long time no post.. I wanted to put an update to show you all the progress on my first grow and how my box is doing. Out of 9 plants, it's lookin' like 6 females and I've been running with 12/12 HPS light since Christmas eve. I can't wait to see how the bud turns out!!

Peace and Happy New Year!!

Farmer Rich

Hopefully the attachment worked..

Farmer Rich · #27 (**permalink**) Jan-02-2008, 18:11

Hey all,

For those of you who were interested in my grow cabinet I thought I'd put up another post to show how it's working. From my noob perspective, like a champ!! I did have to raise the light as high as I could get it (had to remove the sun lifters and use only S hooks), due to the fact I was beginning to scorch the leaves on the tallest plant that was about 4" under the light.

I've just started week 2 of flowering, and week 10 of the grow. Out of 9 plants I ended up with 6 females.. beginners luck I guess.

Anyone have any idea how long the sativas may take to finish flowering? I'm planning on up to 12 weeks total for them..

Farmer Rich

chongman420 · #28 (**permalink**) Jan-02-2008, 18:19

Farmer Rich glad to see that awesome cabinet in action! I totally drooled over your cab pics! LOL! Boy, your ladies look lovely

You could try the LST method or lean the top over so the stalk is horizontal to keep it even with the others

Balkey · #29 (**permalink**) Jan-02-2008, 18:25

I know with your cabinet it might be impossible, but it would always be nice if you had 2 movers in your grow space. Not only have the light adjustable, but the floor as well. Could have solved that pesky huge plant you got there being burned. Lovely grow though, keep the pictures coming!!!!

Farmer Rich · #30 (**permalink**) Jan-02-2008, 19:32

Hey Chongman,

I thought of LST, but the main stalk is about the size of a no. 2 pencil at close to the top where the cola is growing.. I ended up getting an additional 10" in total, which leaves over a ft. if the plant were directly under the reflector. Corina, the largest plant, is doing great since moving the light and I'm hoping she'll be done in 6-7 weeks.

The other issue is the cabinet is FULL with 6 flowering plants. The 2 sativas are little bushes but seem to be reaching for the light as the buds are starting to develop. I've been pruning all the plants to remove light blocking leaves and so far, it seems to be working nice.

Balkey, nice idea on the floor but probably better in the initial design. You'd also give up the baby chamber in the bottom, which is pretty useful with seedlings. Going to be adding ventilation in the bottom for the next go around. Active exhaust with passive intake should do it with the CFLs.

What do you guys think of doing a SCROG grow in the box? Seems like it might really kick ass in that configuration with a nice yield with the 600w MH/HPS system.

Later! I'll put up some more pics in a few days.

Farmer Rich

Farmer Rich · #31 (**permalink**) Jan-02-2008, 20:07

Here's a couple more pics from the grow..

The Christmas Tree was the first male.. it started flowering under 24 hour MH lighting. Grew balls, so we hung some more on it for a few days. He and his two brothers are now deceased..

The other indica is Carmelita. The sativa is yet to be named..

Damn, gardening is fun!!!

Farmer Rich

Farmer Rich · #32 (**permalink**) Jan-03-2008, 14:33

Hey Everyone,

When and how much molasses should a person use during flowering? Are there any concerns in regard to the nutes being used, or the strain? My one inquiring brain cell is dying to know..

Here's another pic of the girls.

Thanks, Farmer Rich

Farmer Rich · #33 (**permalink**) Jan-05-2008, 13:52

Hey all!

Here's some updated pics of my girls at the end of week 2 of flowering and week 10 of the grow.

I have 2 questions I'm hoping I can get some advice on:

1. I have 1 sativa (Candy) who appears to possibly be hermi. I plucked the starting male buds (6 in total) and haven't removed her from the box yet. Should I continue to pluck or get her the hell outta there?

2. Carb loading - when should I add molasses during flowering?

Farmer Rich

Shovelhandle · #34 (**permalink**) Jan-06-2008, 19:01

Rich, I've used molasses every third watering during flowering. One or two tablespoons to the gallon. I had nice buds either way.

Cool update.

shvo

Farmer Rich · #35 (**permalink**) Jan-07-2008, 18:30

Hey all!

Here's some new pics of the girls after a major pruning over the last couple of days. My logic was to get them over the stress, provide plenty of light into the canopy and not mess with them too much from week 3 to harvest.

The pics of the buds are fairly high resolution, please take a look and see if you agree on the trics.

Shov, thanks for the recommendation on the molasses.. I'll be starting on it shortly.

Farmer Rich

Farmer Rich · #36 (**permalink**) Jan-14-2008, 13:39

Hi all,

Thought I'd post an update with pictures of the girls at week 4 of flowering. My grow box is singing along with day time temps of 77 and dropping to 67 at night with the heater. With the 6 females I'm hoping for 4-6 oz from the grow. Bag seed is definitely fun.. never know what you'll get! I have two, one primarily indica and the other all sativa that are MUCH crustier than the others in terms of trics and have high hopes for these two.

When do you normally start seeing the pistils change color? Mine are all still nice and white..

Farmer Rich

godofganga · #37 (**permalink**) Jan-14-2008, 17:36

hey that is a really sweet setup that you have there.

i hope that i can get mine to look that good.

Farmer Rich · #38 (**permalink**) Jan-14-2008, 18:34

Thanks! 600 watts of HID lighting in 8 sq. ft. rocks! If you go with a lot of light, plan your cooling well. It can potentially cost as much or more than the lighting.. I'm scared shitless to add up what this box ended up costing.. In terms of the electric bill, it's gone up by $50+ a month, nearly doubling. If the first harvest turns out good, the box will nearly be paid for. I'm guessing 6-8 oz. will basically pay for the initial outlay of $$.

Good luck on your grow!!

Farmer Rich

Farmer Rich · #39 (**permalink**) Jan-16-2008, 19:17

Hey all,

Here's some new pictures of my grow. That's Corina in the pic with the lighter. This is week 4 of flowering and her cola is filling out nicely, just wish she was crustier with trics.

The next pic is Kashmir, she was FIM'd in the early stages of vegetation and appears to have 6 smaller colas growing. She is a nice and crusty girl!

Mary and Jane are on the right side of the box and are looking sweet, but will take longer to ripen.

Next is Candy, the little sativa that looks like she make take her time in finishing flowering..

Last but not least is a pic of one of Carmelita's buds.. she's a crusty girl too!

So here's my feeding schedule until finish.. comments would be appreciated!

Mondays - regular flowering nutes..

Thursdays - molasses (2 tbsp per gal), I always put a quart of water per plant, so 1/2 tsp each.

I'm guessing that the buds should have about 50% red pistils 2 weeks before they're done, is this a good assumption??? If correct, I was going to flush, and reduce the water until chopping them.

What do ya think??

Farmer Rich

Farmer Rich · #40 (**permalink**) Jan-22-2008, 00:33

Grow Log Update - Week 5 Flowering

1. Started adding molasses once per cycle - Ber' Rabbit, non-sulphered, 1 tbsp per gallon
2. Many plants are showing false seed pods (better be!!) with pistils starting to turn. The false seed pod part is freaky..
3. Carmelita's top leaves are turning purple and she's getting crustier with trichs every day!!
4. In process of building a drying box.. speeding up construction!!
5. Planning on incremental harvest to let the lower buds finish. Any tips on this?

Farmer Rich

everyonedoesit · #41 (**permalink**) Jan-22-2008, 21:31

Hey. Nice setup and grow. I haven't been around "this" type of growing environment for a while. I am EXTREMELY curious of how you used your lighting structure? It looks to me as if you took a wall outlet splitter, and plugged in a bunch of "adaptors" of some sort, which you then screwed the light bulb into? If this is so, thank you very much! I just would like to know what these are called and where you got it? Thanks!

Farmer Rich · #42 (**permalink**) Jan-22-2008, 22:20

What do you mean this type of environment? It's a big assed wooden box with a 600 watt lighting system plus a bunch of other shit to maintain the environment.. See the front end of this thread for a fairly detailed description.

Farmer Rich

zebulon · #43 (**permalink**) Jan-22-2008, 22:39

Wow....awesome plants and a real nice setup...

That plant in the second pic has seeds....so i think you should maybe kill the hermi cuz in the end you will have lots of seeds, and no smokable bud...(but i am not sure)
But anyway,really nice work...

Farmer Rich · #44 (**permalink**) Jan-24-2008, 23:08

Well, the noob has learned yet another lesson... Trust your original judgment!! I knew this plant was hermi because I found balls on it once during early flower and plucked them. Of course I questioned what I found and I talked myself out of pulling it early on.

After freakin' out yesterday, pulling heshe out of the box for a close inspection. I did find a couple of nanners and pulled them, and also kept it in the spare bedroom for the night, I finally decided it's so close to the end of the grow to put it back in the box. A test bud sealed the deal!

Growing up in the 70's I've smoked plenty of weed with seeds..

The question I have, in the future why wouldn't you want to use a product like Reverse as a preventative measure for hermi's??

I've also started a drying box with heater and home made carbon filter. Should be pretty stealthy and go pretty well un-noticed under a work bench in the garage. The big grow box is pretty obvious, but I had no where to really hang bud to dry. Will put up pics soon..

Farmer Rich