New Hope

tdriver The seeds have sprouted after 5 days (good seeds from Royal Queen Seeds) they have been placed into the pots in the tent and hand watered at this stage - have started the lights. At the end of the first eek the seedlings are now about 5 - 6 cm in height - still hand watering with full strength nutrients No sign of roots protruding from the bottom of the of the basket as yet. Both plants are looking healthy

tdriver L/H seedling looks a little distorted but still healthy - R/H plant has now produced roots from the bottom of the cage. Have moved light to 58cm and turned on the bloom side of the light as well - was reading that some growers leave the lights on bloom for the whole grow - wait and see what happens. Temp. is getting a little too hot (40c) in the afternoon when the sun comes through sky light and shines directly onto the tent .. so have installed exhaust fan that comes on in the afternoon and seems to be keeping the temp at a reasonable level (28-30deg c).. still hand watering. 11 Days - both plants now have roots protruding from the bottom of the baskets and are going strong - the L/H one is the smaller one, but it sprouted later than the other and now seems to be doing OK. R/H plant has now produced its first set of five fingered leaves - will probably top it soon. Noticed a little leaf curl on the R/H plant .. could be heat stress or just an anomaly will keep an eye on it .. humidity is around 51% and have moved the lights to 60cm above the top of this plant just in case. We are have very high outside temperatures at the moment (heat wave conditions) for this part of Aussie and that is not helping either, but those conditions should be over early this week. The solution is maybe too warm at 29deg C.. so have opened the tent up and hopefully this will help in lowering the temp. Have placed a small bowl of water on the floor of the tent to increase the humidity 12 days R/H plant topped this morning, now just waiting for the L/H one to catch up a little. End of 2nd week - both plants have picked up - the one I was worried about (R/H) is now looking as it should Things are going well Have changed to 600watt LED

tdriver 16 Days - have changed nutrient over for a fresh one and added some extras that just arrived in time.. R/H plant looks ready to take off and the little old L/H seems to have become a very strong plant although a little shorter. Have topped the L/H one now and taken some leaves off the R/H plant. At the end of the third week and everything is looking good - made and installed the frame - changed out nutrients still on veg

tdriver Day 28 - last of the tipping done and will now let the plants just grow, still on veg. Will not be changing out the nutrients for this week, just topped the pots up with what was left over from the last mix.

tdriver OK.. Rookie mistake - cant change nutrients with the frame over the plants as I have to lift them up to get the pump in (new design needed after this grow), so I have gone to a larger nylon net that is movable. Did some LST on them

tdriver have switched over to bloom 12/12 -

tdriver both plants have taken off- will probably have to thin out some of the internal shoots. Changing nutrients every week

tdriver I'm getting 4 - 5 days out of my nutrient solution (10lts). there is only about 30mm of solution left - plants must be loving it Trying to decide if I should thin out some of the fan leaves to get some more light into the center of the plant ... or just let it go and see what happens. Day 58 - decided to thin out some of the fan leaves from the center of the plant.. Took a large amount of leaves off ... although from the photos there is hardly any noticeable change. However one day on and the lower buds are getting noticeable larger.

tdriver Have changed the nutrient additives a little and now run as according to the Cyco chart The buds in the center of the plant have thickened since I removed some of the leaves - all buds are looking good and very sticky