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So this is my 2nd grow. Iām catching yāall up on all of it. Since I started the grow on August 15th, 2023 there will be a lot of updates. But lots of pics too. And Iām also long winded when I type. I try to be very specific in what Iām writing so that any newbies, like me, that read it, will hopefully be able to get something out of it. And itās actually kind of funny how this whole grow evolved. Never intended to even flower the plant.
The short story is my local dispensary keeps a beautiful little cannabis plant in their store behind the counter. Itās basically a house plant that theyāve been experimenting with. They wanted to see if they could grow exposed roots over a glass jar laying on its side and make it look exotic kind of like a bonsai. And thatās what they did. It looks amazing. And I wanted one just like jt. So thatās what I was gonna shoot for over the winter. A pretty little cannabis house plant. Just something to fart around with over the winter and maybe try to learn cloning, and anything else I could throw in there. The shop leaves a small grow light on 24/7 behind the counter so that they donāt flower that plant which would get them in trouble with our local cannabis laws.
Ok, so back to my grow. I started with two bag seeds. Both unknown. Over seven years old. But I was pretty sure the nice brown seed was from some triple chocolate chip seven years ago. But Iām really not sure. Just hoping itās Indica leaning at this point. So I wet a paper towel and started to germinate it. Around August 15th I got a root and within a couple weeks we had a little plant started. From that point on itās been so much fun and Iāve learned so much along the way. Iāve been learning how to clone plants using cubes, water, soil, etc, and just amazes me how all that works. Really enjoying myself.
So after the little seed germinated I threw it in a little pot with some basic soil, miracle grow or something. And bam, it started to grow. Oh and I got a $100 LED grow light from Home Depot because it was winter. I hung the lamp from my dining table light and stuck the plant under it. The picture is from September 24th I think so about six weeks since the seed showed a root.
A couple weeks in I was curious about whether it would be male or female now that I had it chugging along. Of course I wanted a female. Lo and behold a few weeks in and I was able to tell it was a female. Turns out there is a lot of information online giving instructions on how to determine male or female early in the plants life. Google is your friend here fellow newbies. So knowing it was female I continued moving forward with a smile on my face. That was on Sept 18th. So it took one month to confirm it was female after the seed popped. Hereās one of the photos I sent a friend when I determined it was a female.
As it continued to grow I started to get a little surprised at how fast it was actually growing. And decided I needed a different light. Well back to Home Depot to return the $100 light I picked up for a more powerful $170 led grow light from Lowes which was much more like the grow lights I see online. It put out about 460 units of light so it was doing pretty good as a veg light.
At this point the plant was getting too big for the table and I needed a more permanent spot. I decided on the upstairs coat closet. Could hang the light a little higher and it was close to where I spend most of my time in the house. Picture below.
By this time I had moved it to a five gallon fabric pot and surrounded it with Fox Farm Ocean Forest. My lord did it take off. I had used this soil on my first grow a few years ago, documented most of the grow on this forum.
As it kept getting bigger, and looking healthy as can be, I started to think about flowering her because it was doing so well. I had moved it into my upstairs coat closet and it had quickly outgrown its area. So I moved it to an unfinished closet/room that is about 7x11 to continue growing her and starting to learn how to clone. This all went fantastic. Lots of fun.
But now I was thinking Iād get her as big as possible and put her outside around April and grow a huge plant outdoors when the season hit. Iād get a big jump on vegāing her. As she kept growing, and so did my five clones, I realized there was absolutely no way I was going to get this thing out the door come April due to the size. I was going to have to commit to flowering her indoors. So I bought another of the lights I was using, spread them apart, and decided to move forward with the grow.
Now that Iād made the decision to move forward indoors I needed to learn how to maximize my yield. I had topped the plant quite awhile ago and decided to top it again. This was all successful. I did read you could top a plant too many times and end up with too many tops and that the plant could do strange things, but I was learning so what the heck, topped her again. I had tons of tops shooting up.
What I didnāt realize is I had my lights to close to the canopy. And what I took as a nutrient deficiency was actually light bleaching. Before realizing this I moved the plant to a ten gallon pot with some new dirt because I thought it might help. But no because it wasnāt nutrients. It was the light that turned it yellow. And it would not correct itself. The bleaching hadnāt happened lower down, and I was getting ready to go out of town for a week, so I decided to completely chop off all the yellow tops and bleached leaves. God that was a hard decision to make. But the best one Iāve made in a long time. The photo below shows what the light bleaching looked like along with me replanting from a five gallon to a ten gallon. I basically cut every leaf and upper node off that plant that had started to yellow. Ouch!
At this point I thought the plant wasnāt gonna make it. I had someone water it twice while I was gone with no real expectations. God darn, when I got back I was absolutely amazed. It looked beautifuL. It had almost fully corrected and had new growth everywhere. Thank the lord.
So now what to do? Well I read I should possibly trellis my plant to help with even light coverage. So I built as 5.5ā x 5ā trellis using what I think are 3.5ā holes. That technique was a little bit of a learning lesson. But it worked. It has now almost completely filled all 240 holes with what will each become a cola hopefully. Some of the holes in the trellis have one, two, or even three nodes popping through.
Ok, knowing this was going good I decide maybe Iāll do this again and I invest in a good light. I talk to the folks over at HLG and they spend a lot of time trying to understand my setup. What I end up with is an HLG Scorpion Rspec FR with an additional add on UV bar for flowering time. I also picked up a HLG 250 veg pro for a separate clone/veg room, and a Telos controller so that I can manage both lights independently. Iāve hooked up the HLG Scorpion Rapec FR and the Telos controller. Telos controller works great and the light is amazing. In less than 24hrs Iāve seen some impressive growth after replacing the old light setup.
And hereās a picture of the plant last Friday.
And hereās a picture of the plant today. Looking solid and itās almost time to start flowering this thing and see what happens.
Will post more when I have more updates.
The short story is my local dispensary keeps a beautiful little cannabis plant in their store behind the counter. Itās basically a house plant that theyāve been experimenting with. They wanted to see if they could grow exposed roots over a glass jar laying on its side and make it look exotic kind of like a bonsai. And thatās what they did. It looks amazing. And I wanted one just like jt. So thatās what I was gonna shoot for over the winter. A pretty little cannabis house plant. Just something to fart around with over the winter and maybe try to learn cloning, and anything else I could throw in there. The shop leaves a small grow light on 24/7 behind the counter so that they donāt flower that plant which would get them in trouble with our local cannabis laws.
Ok, so back to my grow. I started with two bag seeds. Both unknown. Over seven years old. But I was pretty sure the nice brown seed was from some triple chocolate chip seven years ago. But Iām really not sure. Just hoping itās Indica leaning at this point. So I wet a paper towel and started to germinate it. Around August 15th I got a root and within a couple weeks we had a little plant started. From that point on itās been so much fun and Iāve learned so much along the way. Iāve been learning how to clone plants using cubes, water, soil, etc, and just amazes me how all that works. Really enjoying myself.
So after the little seed germinated I threw it in a little pot with some basic soil, miracle grow or something. And bam, it started to grow. Oh and I got a $100 LED grow light from Home Depot because it was winter. I hung the lamp from my dining table light and stuck the plant under it. The picture is from September 24th I think so about six weeks since the seed showed a root.
A couple weeks in I was curious about whether it would be male or female now that I had it chugging along. Of course I wanted a female. Lo and behold a few weeks in and I was able to tell it was a female. Turns out there is a lot of information online giving instructions on how to determine male or female early in the plants life. Google is your friend here fellow newbies. So knowing it was female I continued moving forward with a smile on my face. That was on Sept 18th. So it took one month to confirm it was female after the seed popped. Hereās one of the photos I sent a friend when I determined it was a female.
As it continued to grow I started to get a little surprised at how fast it was actually growing. And decided I needed a different light. Well back to Home Depot to return the $100 light I picked up for a more powerful $170 led grow light from Lowes which was much more like the grow lights I see online. It put out about 460 units of light so it was doing pretty good as a veg light.
At this point the plant was getting too big for the table and I needed a more permanent spot. I decided on the upstairs coat closet. Could hang the light a little higher and it was close to where I spend most of my time in the house. Picture below.
By this time I had moved it to a five gallon fabric pot and surrounded it with Fox Farm Ocean Forest. My lord did it take off. I had used this soil on my first grow a few years ago, documented most of the grow on this forum.
As it kept getting bigger, and looking healthy as can be, I started to think about flowering her because it was doing so well. I had moved it into my upstairs coat closet and it had quickly outgrown its area. So I moved it to an unfinished closet/room that is about 7x11 to continue growing her and starting to learn how to clone. This all went fantastic. Lots of fun.
But now I was thinking Iād get her as big as possible and put her outside around April and grow a huge plant outdoors when the season hit. Iād get a big jump on vegāing her. As she kept growing, and so did my five clones, I realized there was absolutely no way I was going to get this thing out the door come April due to the size. I was going to have to commit to flowering her indoors. So I bought another of the lights I was using, spread them apart, and decided to move forward with the grow.
Now that Iād made the decision to move forward indoors I needed to learn how to maximize my yield. I had topped the plant quite awhile ago and decided to top it again. This was all successful. I did read you could top a plant too many times and end up with too many tops and that the plant could do strange things, but I was learning so what the heck, topped her again. I had tons of tops shooting up.
What I didnāt realize is I had my lights to close to the canopy. And what I took as a nutrient deficiency was actually light bleaching. Before realizing this I moved the plant to a ten gallon pot with some new dirt because I thought it might help. But no because it wasnāt nutrients. It was the light that turned it yellow. And it would not correct itself. The bleaching hadnāt happened lower down, and I was getting ready to go out of town for a week, so I decided to completely chop off all the yellow tops and bleached leaves. God that was a hard decision to make. But the best one Iāve made in a long time. The photo below shows what the light bleaching looked like along with me replanting from a five gallon to a ten gallon. I basically cut every leaf and upper node off that plant that had started to yellow. Ouch!
At this point I thought the plant wasnāt gonna make it. I had someone water it twice while I was gone with no real expectations. God darn, when I got back I was absolutely amazed. It looked beautifuL. It had almost fully corrected and had new growth everywhere. Thank the lord.
So now what to do? Well I read I should possibly trellis my plant to help with even light coverage. So I built as 5.5ā x 5ā trellis using what I think are 3.5ā holes. That technique was a little bit of a learning lesson. But it worked. It has now almost completely filled all 240 holes with what will each become a cola hopefully. Some of the holes in the trellis have one, two, or even three nodes popping through.
Ok, knowing this was going good I decide maybe Iāll do this again and I invest in a good light. I talk to the folks over at HLG and they spend a lot of time trying to understand my setup. What I end up with is an HLG Scorpion Rspec FR with an additional add on UV bar for flowering time. I also picked up a HLG 250 veg pro for a separate clone/veg room, and a Telos controller so that I can manage both lights independently. Iāve hooked up the HLG Scorpion Rapec FR and the Telos controller. Telos controller works great and the light is amazing. In less than 24hrs Iāve seen some impressive growth after replacing the old light setup.
And hereās a picture of the plant last Friday.
And hereās a picture of the plant today. Looking solid and itās almost time to start flowering this thing and see what happens.
Will post more when I have more updates.
