Cash Crop 5.0 first grow

[allmyown]

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Update: So I gave my seedlings only PH balance water, and Hydroguard for the first 14 days after seeds sprout. During the first week of Veg, I started feeding my seedlings RX Grow A-B, at half strength. I had some over watering problems with two of the five plants, but they seem to have mellowed out, and now doing good(see pics) I plan to Veg them another week to let them get stronger, than top them., than give them 2 more weeks in Veg to heal, and get stronger than flip into flowering. Tell me what you think?

 

[NebulaHaze]

Very nice! Just curious, did it seem like they started growing faster after you gave them nutrients? I only ask because I've found that my DWC plants seem to grow fastest when they get nutrients right from the beginning (at seedling strength) and I'm always curious about other grower's experiences

It's hard to see their true color in the LED light, but from what I can see they look happy and healthy! Developing nicely!

 

[allmyown]

Hi NebulaHaze, always appreciate your comments and advise(Thank you) Yes once i added Nutrients all 5 seedlings started to grow faster. I did it this way, cause my last grow i notice i got some nutrient burn ( but now i realize that happen because i feed them at the strength the chart stated that came with the RX nutrients I use My next grow, I now know i still can use Nutrients just at low levels. Also my first grow i did not use a PH meter, Big Mistake! i got one this time, and you can see the difference in the grow. I have 4 strawberry sour, and 1 Skunk#1 growing, but I am expecting to lose 2 of those sours to males (I bought reg seeds , and those 4 are the last of them, the skunk is a fem. When I was in cali back in 1975, I smoked some Hawaiian that was out of this world, and the aftertaste was pure pineapple

 

[allmyown]

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So far I believe my babies are growing well, just did a reservoir change, up the Nutrients slightly, and PH balance is right on point. Starting second week of Veg! I want to top the plants next week, but i am also concern about the grow space.

 

[NebulaHaze]

They look perfect!

 

[allmyown]

I came home today and decided it was time to top. I topped 4 of the 5 plants. The 5th plant spouted later than the others, gonna top it in about four days. My plan is give them about 14 -21 days to recover, then flip them into flowering. update pics soon

 

[allmyown]

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As promised, here is the babies a day after I topped. The small plant is not topped, gonna wait about 2 more days.

 

[allmyown]

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i'm really excited about this grow so far. Just changed my reservoir , up my Nuts a little, and PH balance with a nice touch of Hydroguard for my roots. I topped 4 of the five plants about 5 days ago, and they looking great to me. I am only going to top one time, grow space is limited and unless a few of these plants are males, i will max my grow space out with one top. I am using RX Grow & Bloom A-B, but my most important supplement is my Hydroguard . He we are at starting week 3 of Veg, and 6 days after topping 4 plants. I plant to flip them into flowering next week NebulaHaze, or do you think I should give them a extra week before flipping? excuse typo's drinking wine n smoking some OG kush

 

[NebulaHaze]

They look great! I do agree I think they would benefit greatly from a little more time in the vegetative stage. You generally want to flip them when they're about half the desired size, as they may double in size after the flip

 

[allmyown]

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Thanks@NebulaHaze This grow is so different than my first one. That PH Meter is a MUST! my first grow i was feeding my plants acid, i still don't know I got any kind of Harvest. This plants are growing so explosive. Check this photo's out........I think I might have to throw the switch on them after my next reservoir change, I am concerning that if I don't, when I flip them and get that stretch that my buds gonna be to close to my LED?

 

[NebulaHaze]

Hmm, how much clearance do you have under the LED? How tall are your plants now, and how tall is the max height they can be under the LED? If they're already halfway to that max height, then it's a good time to change the light schedule to 12/12

 

[allmyown]

The grow Box is suppose to be 3 feet tall, but with the reservoir inside, I have about 2 feet. my plants now are about 7inch, I think I can Veg for about another 2 weeks, than im need to flip them, at the rate they growing now every day when i check them i can see the growth NebulaHaze. I also couldn't resist, I topped the 5th plant today, so another reason I am going to Veg longer. If things go like this once I start flowing, I will have me one good time smoking lol Okay let me go read some more on flowing & bud growth

 

[oldjarhead100]

if you are starting regular seeds. once they have 3 sets of leaves increase humidity and a little extra N and you will get more females than males. my friend and I tried this and out of 10 seeds he got 2 females and I got 7 so it did work.

 

[oldjarhead100]

hey Nebula I started give my seedling nutes right off ,i have 8 different strains.they all took off like they were in hydro ,then I messed up and gave them half strength and some burned but all are doing good now

 

[oldjarhead100]

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I am wondering if you will have enough room in that tub and room for all your plants to reach maturity .I have a friend who grows in hydro and he uses 5 5 gallon buckets(his root ball fills the bucket) .I grow in a 5x5 room and I am full with 4 plants. I have found that when the plants don't have enough room it really effects them badly

 

[Nartak]

oldjarhead is there ANY written evidence of this? For we all know it cannot be messed with in that way,only reverse sexing...

 

[NebulaHaze]

Glad to hear they're doing well now! Keep us posted!

 

[NebulaHaze]

It seems like you're on it! I didn't realize you only had 2 feet of head room including the space needed between the lights and the top of your plants. With that amount of space left I can see why you want to flip immediately! oldjarhead100 That's a very good point and something to consider! That is a another good reason why it makes sense to flip them to 12/12 when they're still relatively small

 

[allmyown]

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Indeed that is also one of my concerns oldjarhead100 that was why on my first grow i only tried growing with 2 plants, but being a rookie and cost i brought reg seeds, and 1 of the plants was a male. The other plant ran into root rot early, i applied Hydroguard, and fix that problem, and did bring that plant to a full Harvest the yield was only about little over half OZ. I used that grow for the knowledge and experience of the different stages of growing. That plant was Strawberry sour diesel, and while the yield was very small, the smoke was awesome!
This Cash Crop 5.0 claims you can grow 6 plants, and I have not found yet where anybody has been able to do that successfully with this setup.
So this grow my second, i have learn a few things, and correct those mistakes like, I will never ever grow again without a PH meter, I use Hydroguard with every reservoir change, and I cut back on the feeding levels. I topped these plants once, and I have upgraded the lighting a little, so far they are doing great, and i have not had one single problem.
I plan on Veg one more week NebulaHaze than flip em. I might have to take a few fan leaves to just give some room for the lighting to reach lower, but i am not going to step out my lane and do to much experimenting. Thank you both for comments and advise

 

[NebulaHaze]

What a great post, and thanks for sharing your story! I just can't wait to see how it goes. if it starts getting crazy crowded in there, you can thin out a few of the weakest or least productive looking ones