Indoor THC Bomb Auto Fem / Pro-Mix / HID Grow For Noobs

[HashMaster]

Subbed bro its fantastic you are including a guide of everything needed to get from start to finish,this will be made a sticky one day have a well deserved

Thanks for the slap !

It won't ever be even near sticky quality but by the time it's completed through curing methods maybe somebody will find something useful someday.

I'm just tossing out things here and there in no particular order. Someday I'll cover reflectors, room finishes, PPM meters, bulb spectrums, when to harvest for different effects, etc...

It's much easier for me to just ramble on during the grow as opposed to writing out a manual prior to a single bean popping....

 

[HashMaster]

More ramblings from an old man who started growing these weeds back when there were only 3 TV channels, and those went off air every night because businesses weren't open 24 hours a day back then....

And more stuff to get the experienced growers here to shake their head and wonder.....

Remember I'm doing this for fun.

By now you want to have added to your grow tools an oscillating fan.

Once you have healthy seedlings you place the fan so it blows between your light and the plants. You want this for several reasons...

You want good air circulation, you want to disipate heat, and you want to strengthen your plants.

You can buy additives to strengthen your plants so latter in life they can hold up the weight of buds. Or you can do it like nature does, with a breeze.

Do not go nuts with the fan on the plants, at this point you only want them to barely jiggle a little occasionally so do not point it directly at them.

Yes it has to be an oscillating fan as at this point you don't want them constantly jiggling.

And no, it doesn't stress them if introduced slowly, I have done a bunch of side by side grows checking to see if it does.

I have always considered a plant to be a healthy seedling when the 3rd set of true leaves had developed. At that point the only thing that will kill these weeds are critters, a major equipment failure, or you the grower.

That is when you can introduce the fan if you choose.

But since these have survived me screwing around so far I'll introduce the fan now a bit early.

You should also start thinking about picking up a PPM meter and a turkey baster soon as you will be needing them shortly.

I introduced nutes too early, and I just guessed at the strength (another reason I'm not listing a feeding schedule) but I guess I got lucky and they survived....

Eventually that should cause problems and then I can show you how to diagnose and fix whatever pops up.

So... It's now day six in the life of 4 shorties

81° F / 53% RH

MH @ 36" and 600W

 

[tripaholic88]

nice man... my Cherry Bomb just got bumped up on the germ schedual since i had my first non viable seed.. so i germed a chemdog tonight and ~2 weeks fom now the cherry bomb will be germed! cant wait to see how your bomb seed turns out!

 

[HashMaster]

nice man... my Cherry Bomb just got bumped up on the germ schedual since i had my first non viable seed.. so i germed a chemdog tonight and ~2 weeks fom now the cherry bomb will be germed! cant wait to see how your bomb seed turns out!

Sounds like a good line up there !

I'm really liking these bomb seeds. I'm going to definantly have to do some experimenting with them in the future.

I want to do some in extra tall pots to see what it does, if anything.

6 days old and I've already got a bunch of 1" long roots coming out the drain holes on 12" tall pots.

I've got a purp picked out for my next grow.

 

[HashMaster]

Some old heath issues have decided to pop back into my life so I don't feel up to doing much on here but adding some porn.

If I feel up to it before the edit button times out I will add more info and old time tips.

I did saturate these for several days in a row in the hopes of inducing a common problem or two that new growers would be seeing about now.

But these tough little buggers just keep chugging along...... so......

Family photo, day 9. Four THC Bombs (ignore the top right plant, that's one of my home brew strains)

 

[tripaholic88]

Some old heath issues have decided to pop back into my life so I don't feel up to doing much on here but adding some porn.

If I feel up to it before the edit button times out I will add more info and old time tips.

I did saturate these for several days in a row in the hopes of inducing a common problem or two that new growers would be seeing about now.

But these tough little buggers just keep chugging along...... so......

Family photo, day 9. Four THC Bombs (ignore the top right plant, that's one of my home brew strains)

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feel better Hash!

 

[HashMaster]

feel better Hash!

Thanks Trip

Gotta go in next week, they want to play around with my heart meds again.... that will screw me up for the summer.

I'll get back to this when I feel up to it.

Smoke Break........

 

[hotrodnyc]

I have a thc bomb as well. I will be following.


Follow the rabbit

 

[Dr. Babnik]

At 12 hours into their soak 4 out of 4 had started to crack with just a hint of white tap peeking out on each.

All 4 are now resting comfortably in a barely damp paper towel inside a baggie.

Both done in dark area, 83° F / 60% RH

My best germination was obtained by incubating 3 Dutch Passion Automazar seeds in perlite soaked in water with root juice. The first 2 seed was ready to plant after 48 hrs. 3rd seed needed 72 hrs.

 

[HashMaster]

Ok.... a little bit about light spectrum

You can affect your plants growth and the amount they yield with different light spectrums.

I've always suggested new growers get a few grows under their belt to learn what these weeds do naturally before they jump into cropping, topping, or training.

But one thing you need to be aware of very early is what they do under different light spectrums.

These weeds will grow under most any kind of light as long as they are given enough, but the light spectrum is relevant to any kind of light.

Since I'm using HID I will refer to that:

You can grow a short stout plant under MH, or you can grow a taller wispy plant under HPS. Both of these can be taken to extreme and be detrimental to your yield.

I've always figured that it's better in the long run to get someone thinking on their own as opposed to just giving them a straight answer.

So, with that in mind... the following two pics will tell you most of what you need to know about light spectrums to get you thinking about how to manipulate your weeds to achieve the results you desire.

Smoke Break.....