New Grower 1st 2 autos help me out

[midtown1]

Growing 2 autos diesel ryder and auto ak. Mixed own organic soil using plant tone espoma blood and bone meal cow manure and compost, grown in 5 gallon buckets from seed. Under 150 hps for first 4 weeks and have begun putting in direct sunlight for 8-10 hrs say then back into closet getting 3-5 hours dark daily. Been watering with alaskan fish 5-1-1 since seed for first 4 weeks and switched to ff tiger and big bloom. Had second dose of nutes yesterday. have been doing the Fox Farm nutrients at full strength as well as previously using the Alaskan fish in a pretty high dose plants love the fertilizers with no sign of burn at all Fox Farm says to use every other watering plants are taking about a gallon every other day should I fertilize every other day or every other watering?I figure I have about four to five weeks left there finishing up their fourth full week today will they really start to pack on weight soon or towards the end
Has their time in the sun caused the stretching or is it normal growth?
Is it nornal for all extra lower branches 12 -15 ?
Will increases in nutes do any good?
Should i jyst keep under 150 hps or keep putting out in the sun
any and all feedback gestions or comments are greatly appreciated

 

[namvet25]

Plants are looking real nice so keep on doing what your doing.If your watering often I would only feed every other watering.

 

[gravityyaoi]

Looks fine to me. Plants have a huge growth spurt right when flowers are forming so they're fine, usually 3rd week on. Most end up 1 1/2 to 3 ft tall. Keep doing what you're doing or keep them under the light, either way should be fine. Only feed every other watering or every third watering depending on how well they take it to prevent nute burn. But they're perfectly fine, just don't start bloom nutes until vertical growth has slowed/stopped.

 

[midtown]

So i did start the flowering nutes but kept adding the veg alaskan fish, figured i would keep this up and just slowly stop adding the 5-1-1 over 2 weeks tomorrows nutes will be 2 tsp alaska fish 4 tbs big bloom and 2 tsp tiger along with sweet myco and soil blast myco that i got samples of. I have also added the karo syrup in sub of molasses every watering. I did notice the soil ph meter that i have reads 7- 8 and runoff bout the same have tried water with lower water to try and get it lower but no avail and the seem to be getting along good. Soil was ba
Lanced and had lime to start shoild i be conceened with this

 

[gravityyaoi]

So i did start the flowering nutes but kept adding the veg alaskan fish, figured i would keep this up and just slowly stop adding the 5-1-1 over 2 weeks tomorrows nutes will be 2 tsp alaska fish 4 tbs big bloom and 2 tsp tiger along with sweet myco and soil blast myco that i got samples of. I have also added the karo syrup in sub of molasses every watering. I did notice the soil ph meter that i have reads 7- 8 and runoff bout the same have tried water with lower water to try and get it lower but no avail and the seem to be getting along good. Soil was ba
Lanced and had lime to start shoild i be conceened with this

I don't think it's too much of a concern. That far off of pH shouldn't bother it that much I would think. I personally wouldn't add the karo syrup but that's just my opinion. It should be able to get everything it needs if the soil is good.

 

[midtown1]

Thanks will do......is it better to just leave them in the closet under my 150hps or is time speht in the sun go7hg to increase my yeilds

 

[midtown1]

Well i just decided to tie down the girls, open her upsome. Saw about an inch of growth last night. Also figured i would start daily pics of her last weeks. Is anyone able to tell which one is auto ak and which is diesel ryder. Lost lables the first week

 

[blue]

Looking very nice for a first grow Midtown!!

:five:

 

[midtown1]

So what is general opinion about placing out i the sun everyday vs just leaving under then150 full time?

 

[StickMan]

So what is general opinion about placing out i the sun everyday vs just leaving under then150 full time?

Personally, I would use the great HPS in the sky, and would supplement additional light with your 150 HPS just like you are doing.

Your girls look very happy healthy and happy with what you are doing now.

Peace.