Lighting Blue Himalaya Diesel CFL grow

[BK1988]

Hello all of my AFN frends (i did not misspell this there is no "i" in frends!) lol anyways i have just started my next grow and would like to take who ever would like for a little ride down HBD lane. So to let you all in on what i have brewing up.

My plan is to stagger my harvest every couple of weeks not necessarily perpetual because i have a couple of photo plants (OG13 and Mazar Kush) that were freebies so once i run through all 10 HBD seeds i will flower those freebies and then start some more autos when i begin to flush the photos.

Anyways i will be only doing weekly updates unless i run into problems and need some help from all you experienced folks.

To get all you kind people up to date heres what i have going on
Strain(s): Short Stuff Blue Himalaya Diesel 10 pack Reg
G 13 - OG 13 (photo)
World of Seeds - Mazar Kush (photo)

Germination: paper towel in a zip lock all popped within 48 hours then into styrofoam cups... I usually use party cups but found that styrofoam is much much easier for the tiered method... once they sex they will be going into 1.5 gal airpots
i lost one seedling not really sure what happened it was actually the first to pop in the paper towel but when it sprouted it was yellow/light light light green and just shrivled up and died in a couple days... :no: but thats okay i only popped 4 so for those unable to do math in your stoned stupor i still got 6 left! And i plan on doing a seed run on the first female of the bunch.

Light: currently ~300 watts CFL mostly 6500K spectrum with a couple 3200K
im running my lights 24/0 once the HBD starts flowering i will be switching to 20/4

Soil: Fox Farms Happy frog for the HBD...
Fox Farms Ocean Forrest for the photo strains

Nutes: Fox farms trio


So if you have any questions let me know tomorrow will be the end of week 1 so i will update with pictures.

I last watered them yesterday and give them about 1/4 strength big bloom. I know its a little early but the big bloom is supposedly safe to use from seedling to end. last grow i didnt use it until a few weeks in but i think i wanna try to push it a bit more. Does anyone know how HBD takes nutes? is she senseitive? hungry? or just average?

Any ways cant wait til mid-late august when these will be curing in jars.
Sorry for the novel! pics tomorrow!

Look forward to sharing with you guys/gals
BK

 

[CJ Soma]

Cant wait to see the pics Ive heard good things about HBD im a newbie so im still experimenting with them. My 1st batch was a nightmare but the 2nd crop is looking strong i put up some pics let me know what you think.

 

[BK1988]

CJ,

Thanks... yeah i have heard nothing but good things about HBD as well i cant wait to be hooting about it in a couple months. BTW welcome to AFN hope you stay a while... read as much as you can and you will learn ALOT! good luck on your second grow... how far along are you ill keep an eye for your grow

BK

 

[BK1988]

Well today is officially one week... growth looks good i will be watering either tomorrow or wed (last water was sat) with 1/2 strength Big Bloom. I think i will germ 3 more seeds this upcoming weekend so that they will be about 2 weeks behind these three.

Heres a picture of them.



Thoughts or comments appriciated,
BK

 

[BK1988]

Oh BTW here is the one that died on me not really sure what happened with it... it just sprouted yellow/light light light green then just shriveled up and died by day 3 it was the first one to pop a taproot and to sprout so not really sure what went wrong... any ideas?

 

[Rusty The Robot]

I'm growing BHD too under 250w cfl,thinking about getting an led.

 

[BK1988]

Rusty,

Yeah i am too i still havent decided if im gonna go the hps or led route... i was thinking i could probably run a 250w hps without air cooling because im in a cool basement with ambient temps of ~60. the only thing stopping me from led is the price and then i would probably have to run a heater to keep it warm enough. As much as i am interested in the blackstar my brain keeps telling me to get the top of the line led. how far along are your HBD(s)?

BK

 

[littleT]

seems you started nutes alittle early ,at least for me.i dont add ferts till sexing i have one at 10 weeks.i started ferts on week 3 then half dose 2 times a week till now-will flush 2 weeks then cut.good luck with yours-

 

[littleT]

this is 10 weeks

 

[BK1988]

Little T,

Wow that pic is amazing... i can only hope mine is similar!.... with the ferts i know its was a bit early but it is the Big Bloom which has an NPK of 0.01-0.3-0.7 they say its safe to use from seedling to harvest and that you can use it with every watering... so im thinking i will only use it every other watering.

when do you planning on chopping yours? i was hoping to chop by week 9 but if your are still going i guess i should probably wait a little longer. What kinda trichs are you looking at?

Thanks
BK