1st grow, NL x Haze, RDWC Scrog

Hello. I am having the pleasure of growing NL x Haze as a first timer. Heard lots about the lights, so we will see if she is a keeper. Easy germinating the seed, easy to nut unless, you are in the 1200+ppm :( My goal was potency and yield as why I picked the NL x Haze. Shorter flowering time means I would had to keep clones faster, switch faster, less time to grow huge plants vs SOG, etc. This might be a long post, but let me know what you think.

I started in aero. I couldn't sleep about tripping a huge plant in aero so I switch to DWC.
Germinated after Christmas. I  stunned the growth 3 times, over nut, Mg issues, and when i transport to the flower room I had another issues, Mg, nuts, etc etc. I flush only when there was a problem, most of it is my fault, lack of what to look for until after the fact. There was a few times it was growing too fast and I didn't know what the hell to do, so one one I topped and FIM every top. The other plant I keep FIMing the top and it just keep growing, Pinch the main stem like crazy, 3 times, got mad pint all the branches. Now it's on the slow and growing mode. 3 weeks in flower, didn't start budding until week 2 until I finally switched into flower nuts (next time I am switch to flower nuts same day). Final word, next time I am not growing like this. It has been a bitch. In week two it was so bushy (blocking lights), I defoliation leaves that was blocking the rest. Had to do this 3 times also. I will talk about how I would like to grow my next round later.

Time for photos, taken today.

First off the scrog net is 4.5ft. Embarrassing to not fell it up.
Plant 1






older pic but better view

 

I'm working on my next grow already. I know a lot of people when scrogging like the short and stocky grow in veg (from reading). Not me, I want them tall and thin. When I flip them under the scrog they will fill out the net. Maybe not as dense but after the flip it should be dense, not super dense either to where I had my issues.

I am now leaving my light far, 20-24+" on my 400w mh. Topping them first vs FIMing, no more Christmas for me. Add in cfl for side light. LST, FIM as needed, supercrop only in flower since it takes a week for two for the plant to get situated in their new home. Last supercrop 3 days before the switch with scrog installed. No more than 600pmm for any veg or flower nuts, 200ppm CalMag, Mg as needed in flower. Simple. I realize it might not be possible to get them that big without CO2. I will veg longer, 1 month before adding it to 3 month of veg.



Topped today trying to keep top at 6" since the scrog net is 1ft away. THis has only sat in DWC for 10 days once it was root, transferring to coco cup and then dwc (no need for drippers)



These are all flowering clones. 21 NL x Haze, 3 WW. I hope they turn them into monster (monstercrop). Might do a SOG in one gal bucket.

^I am using rapid root (similar, it came as a kit with my heated mat and dome). I honestly like these better than rockwool. Easier to maintain I think WITH the styrofoam. Doesn't matter to me in the end. I pull as much of the materials off as I can regardless, sometime damaging roots. As long as I can see root popping out, I transfer them to a 3" coco cup fill with coco. In the next three days, the roots are out of the coco cup. I thnn transfer it to hydro. No dipper needed. Roots out of cup in another 3 days into the hydro water anyways plus the bubble is acting like a dripper. This is so esay I am not switching to aero for cloning (it does look good). 100% rate as is already, open the hood 2x a day if I remember, foil feed first 3 days only and I have been using the same blade. I want to say I cut this one 6 days ago (fastest root I had have is 3 days and transfer into coco cup). I will transplant them into a pot later tonight (have many to transfer over). Since I am out of lid for hydro, I will be growing this in small pot and let them root bound controlling the height. Whenever I am ready for the best 6 to hydro, I will transplant them and they will explode in hydro (est 2 month down the line). That will be a total 2 month in a pot, 2 more month in hydro when those currently in hydro are moved to flowering. They will be getting left over light and they will be fine, IMO. So the 3 round, my plant will be a be at least 4 month and I plant to keep it like this with no mother. This way I will not need to invest in CO2. I may need to switch over to 10" net pot lid vs the 6" to fit bigger coco cup.

I took this earlier as I was wondering if it was time to transfer any of the clones.


I have so much clone, I don't know what I am going to do, lol. I don't have the space. It sounded like a good plan to just clone vs throwing them in the trash. Oh well, a sog underway.

Audacious first grow, well researched it seems. Hope you're well rewarded.

Flower room taken tonight. It's so dense inside the plant. Humidity at 50%. I would had perfer to have it filled the scrog with more space.

That is a very tidy looking first grow Crackerjack.

The two week delay for flowers to appear after you change the lights to 12/12 is pretty normal. It's not be cause you changed the nutrients over that the plants started to flower.

Changing to a flowering formula at the very beginning of 12/12 will not make them flower faster. Most people stay with veg nutrients for the first couple of weeks because the plants still need quite a bit of nitrogen as they stretch into flower. Changing over to a flowering nutrient to early results in a lot of yellow leaves from lack of nitrogen.

Thank you Sarah and Solidopc. I wasn't sure if veg nuts played a role.