First grow:
Special Queen #1 from Royal Queen Seeds.
Seedling pot > 3 Gallon pot > 5 Gallon pot
150watt LED (from the start).
Second grow:
Northern Lights from Royal Queen Seeds
Seedling pot > 5 Gallon pot
26watt LED (first 3 weeks), then 150watt LED.
The northern light is not even reaching the edge of the pot yet. By this same time on my first grow, my plants covered the entire pot surface and they were a lot busier.
Of course it was a different strain, so it is not possible to do an accurate comparison now. But as I do not plan to grow the same strain again for a while, comparisons will have to be between strains.
I believe I kept the 26watt LED on for to long, but I just felt to much light were lost on dead space using my larger square panel.
The 4-way plant method went really well on my first grow (on two plants). I am finding the growth of my northern lights to be a lot more sporadic.
@bobo420, That makes sense, and I am using more experienced growers to see how their NL grew. But I wouldn't trust the results from my grow journal :). Hell, in my first grow I just kept a large bucket with water for watering. Fixed the Ph the first time I watered, then didn't think I had to fix it again. 3 weeks later, I checked the water just for the heck of it, and it was showing above 8.5.
@TheQuibbler, I like to see what other people are doing. Different strains, different methods, different setups. Not all strains are made for and succeed in every kind of setup and you can always learn something - if nothing, than what not to do ;)
@bobo420,
Is it fun or useful to watch us noobs grow? I never expected anyone to really visit my grow. This just seemed a great platform to keep an organised view of the weekly progress.
@TheQuibbler,that’s awesome. Looking for some good relaxing sleepy bud. I grabbed some seeds and will run them on my next grow once my purple Afghan finish up. Agreed on SOG vs long veg. Guess it depends on power costs vs. Seed cost.
@Captain_7,
Smoke is really nice, had a better cure this time (than my previous grow), so the smoke is really smooth. And the effect is just what I was hoping for. A very potent sleepy / body high.
The 10 week veg might have been great for the yield, but I am not so sure if it is better than just growing multiple plants in SOG and there by shaving weeks of the veg time.
That will be one of the things I will be checking up on, with my next two grows.
@GreenISR,
If you mean the vege time, I agree..
I am not going to grow one plant like this again. Going back to growing multiple plants, so I only have 3-4 weeks vege.
Superb grow, congratulations. I've grown on myself pro Sensi Seeds and it's a vigorous plant, got a great harvest too. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, and please feel free to drop by for a visit at my diaries!
Tchau, do Brazil! =)