Celtic Stone and LST

[blacksaint]

Hi all,

 

I'm a new grower, and have 2 Celtic Stones (from seed) growing in 10" pots under a 400W HPS in a 1m x 0.5m x 2.1m grow area in a cupboard. I'm using an Autopot system - being a newbie, i like it's simplicity, and will see how it goes. It's my first grow, and I'm very pleased so far ( and nervous). I did have a germination problem which means the 2 plants are 10 days apart in age. I assume this won't matter later on.

 

What I want to do with the CS is tie the 'ladies' down, which I've come to learn as LST. I've done a fair bit of reading here and elsewhere, and I think I have the basics covered. I suppose I'm after some final advice before I go ahead - I'm intending to follow Dubman's guide to LST training on PlanetSkunk.

 

I have them on 40% nutes, and am intending to increase to full strength tomorrow -does this sound OK, or should I go to say 70% first for a week or so and see what happens. I do test the Ph, but do not yet have an EC/PPM/TDS meter.

Below are 2 pics of the biggest one - 20 days from sprouting.

So many questions I know sorry - I feel like a mother hen around these plants - but I'm havin' a GREAT TIME! Thanks everyone for their help so far.

[deadvet]

pop em on 6-800 ppm and ph ~5.8

bout a week or so, kick em up to 1200 and bobs yer uncle

[blacksaint]

Thanks for you reply Deadvet.

I don't have a PPM/EC/TDS meter as yet, so I'll have to rely on the Ph, and adding nutes as a percentage.

[Frazz]

Excellent work blacksaint, they look beautiful babes .... that lst thread by Dubman is tops too you'll do well if you follow that

 

best of luck with 'em

 

[blacksaint]

thanks Frazzle..just the encouragement I needed to just do it!!

On the PPM meter, are the $40-50 jobs OK, or should I save for a truncheon or similar

[Frazz]

Yea i would save and get a blulab truncheon(5 yr warranty ) if you're fair dinkum about growing... i reckon it would outlast 2 of them other ones ... but the 40-50$ ones prolly do the job

[Ozzy420]

Off to a good start there dude.

 

U will be happy with the cs...

[blacksaint]

thanks guys...great help as usual. I'll update after my 'bondage session' with the CS

[Stoney]

hey there blacksaint

 

yeah the truncheons are the goods but hey to get ya started the cheapies of ebay will do ya fine i use one

 

and with ya nutes which ones are ya using the reason i ask is some nutes will only mix up to 1200-1300ppm but anyway go ya 70% for a few days then give them some full strength

 

and just remember with ya LST go slowly and be gentle

 

cheerz :Dj:

[blacksaint]

thanks Stoney,

I'm just using the standard 2 part nutes that came with the Autopot system for the moment. The label on both bottles says as follows;

 

K/N Ratio - 1.2

Ca/K + Mg + N - 0.6

NPK ratio - 4.5:1:5.6