Afgani - Secret Closet CFL Grow, First real Attempt

[EnhAnceD]

Hello Everyone, So here is my first grow log as well as my first real attempt.
I am growing some random afgani strand from this guy I know. I started them from seeds, 7 out of 8 germinated. 6 of the seeds were decently strong looking so I decided one seed per pot and the last 2 seeds that were not as strong looking I put together in one pot. Needless to say that pot never showed signs of life. So now I am on day 4 of veg, they are looking ok. As this is my first time, I was researching all over the place for information and came across bad info. For the first 1.75 to 2 days I had my lights about a foot away, so they stretched a bit, only an inch or 2. I am using 2 40watt/4100k coolwhite clfs, each putting out 2800 lumens, I then went out and got 3 27watt/6500k Daylight cfls, each putting out 1600 lumens, so for the 5 plants that I have growing there is roughly 10000 lumens of 4100k-6500k light. They have just started to grow their 3rd node, very small still. I am watering every 4-5 days, depending on the weight and they feel of the soil. I am also using 3 different kinds of soil that have the added miracle grow, one is starter soil with all that vermilte and perlite stuff, other was similar, very loose soil, and the third was one that would hold water and disperse it better.
Here are some pics of my grow room and my babies as of 9:17pm.

[EnhAnceD]

Well Iv attached photos before, at the intro section and Iv looked all over and it seems threw other threads I am able to attach files but for some reason I cannot here. I only have the smilie face, no paper clip. Maybe someone knows why?

[oSecretGardeno]

You need 50 posts to post in grow log sections.

PITA, I know.

[EnhAnceD]

grrrr, well I guess its time to start posting some. I will be back later today with some pics of day 5 after I make "50" posts, thanks alot buddy.

[warfrat73]

To quote Quarteroy from my grow log:
"Go in and make photo albums in your profile then right click on image "copy image location" then use the symbol in the posting tools that looks like a sunset and paste the location in there done. good luck. you can do big or small but not really a link from big to small depending on where you take the link from. "(http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/170261-first-grow-some-pics-etc.html)

[EnhAnceD]

Well at the moment I have no time to go around posting like a crazy fool so ill take some time later anyways to make an album, that way anyone can check out my plants. They are growing so fast now, its insane, esp with that mix of lights, Im certain they like them. already I can see the 3rd node starting to come threw on all of them. Im so excited lol. Anywho, Ill keep everyone posted and get some pics up here soon. My current avatar is what they looked like yesturday. happy growing everyone.:jointsmile:

[BeFree]

Hmm, photobucket and shoot us the links for now. It'll get us some pictures and you some posts.

beSafe:jointsmile:

[syde00]

You need 50 posts to post in grow log sections.

PITA, I know.

I believe its only 20 posts, just FYI.

[warfrat73]

or else you could just make photo albums on this site and link to them with the insert photo function (as I suggested above)... which you can do regardless of your number of posts.

[EnhAnceD]

ya im working on the album, still trying to hit that post mark, watchin max payne tho so Im a bit pre occupied.

[warfrat73]

um... if you follow the directions that I posted you can post pictures regardless of how many posts you have... which is why I said you can do it regardless of how many posts you have, and why I posted it, and how I posted pics on my grow log. But whatever...

[camoxnhx]

Enhanced I'm glad you started a grow log! Kinda excited to see your little ones. But keep up the grow.

[EnhAnceD]

Finally Im able to post pictures and Iv gotten myself a signiture.
Here they are at day 6.

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This one I accedentally put a hole in while adding posts to keep the plant straight. They stretched out a bit during first 2 days.

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So nice

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:D

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I love taking pictures of my plants

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Looking good.

[EnhAnceD]

Here is my Cubby
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More babies, Day 6.

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Also, anyone know how to make my sigs at the bottom not have the link part?

[fluid69]

here's the info on Lst (low stress training)

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs/103319-lst-low-stress-training.html

[EnhAnceD]

thanks fluid, that is interesting, so basically i tie it down so the bottom leaves get more light and grow better so i have more chance of buds all around as apposed to just on top. I am deff going to try that out.

[fluid69]

hey, no problem. it helps get the most from your lights. with cfl's it comes in quite handy since they have a low penetration. there's a couple of other types of training too. search around and see what could work for you.

[camoxnhx]

If I may suggest look into LST (Low Stress Training) it might help with having a even canopy. Also you might also want to check out the SOG method. But the little ones are looking nice but keep them lights close. Now for all those Y spiltters you should stop by ur local walmart and get sockets and cords ($1.98 total for both) then put a Y Spiltter in each socket might help keep lights spread evenly.

[EnhAnceD]

Oh ya I know what you mean. Remember this is my first grow and Im broke haha.
I found this link on youtube and Iv found every part but those dumb double ended sockets. I even found a really nice lamp cable with a switch and shit, it was awesome.
Here is the link YouTube - How To Build a CFL Grow Light Fixture - CHEAP! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_QRorECvo&NR=1)
I planned on doind a double of that under one of those but I cant find them anywhere. It deff would be nice to have a lamp like that plus the cfl clip lamps to surround them. Here are some updates on day 7, Iv got these lamps very very close, the two 2600lumen lamps at 4100k are about an inch or under, the other 3 1600lumen 6500k lamps are about an inch as well, think I could move them closer?

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Does anyone think this one will suffer b.c of that hole?
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Ill update in a few days as they should look very nice then.
Is is not an ok idea to do a day by day post?

[camoxnhx]

The hole wont really effect anything cause on a previous grow my dog tore to shit a few of my plants and they seemed to grow plus it was pretty much holy (lol) and super cropped once he got done with it. Now for moving your plants close to your lights... USE THIS METHOD: If Its To Hot For You Hand Its To Hot For Your Plant. Thats the rule of thumb i go by with my cfls (and any lights). But for the posting day by day its your log due with it as you will. You never know if in the future someone is doing the same grow as you and they use it as a reffrence; the more detailed the better! just a thought :)

[EnhAnceD]

Day 8, Update.

They are looking so nice, im fricken excited, if I didnt have a job, Id probably just chill in there. Oh and a quick ? as well, is it ok if I burn around my plants?

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[EnhAnceD]

So I didnt have a chance to update yesturday, I was pretty busy.
Here are some lovely pictures of my babys on day 10.

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[attachment=o218483] Surprisingly this plant was my best seed germinated and my best germinated seed to plant until I stabbed 2 holes in the friggen leaves. It now looks like again it still will be the monster as it is way fuller and bigger than the others. I hope its a she. Haha I feel like a father already.

Sooo.ya.

They are growing very fast, I let the soul dry up for about 4-5 days, soil still was moist but not wet at all. I think the best way to grow is to give them a bit less than too much. When the water in the soil evaporates or gets used up for food the soil looses its moisture and the plant goes looking for water. This is a good and bad thing. Too much starvation of water will give you tons of roots and may cause you re pot to early, and obv having too much water will cause root rot or just drown the poor thing. Ive been using about 1.75 cups of water for the smaller plants and about 2-2.5 for the two larger pots im using. Im basing my watering schedule on the number of days and the weight of the plant according to how heavy it felt when watered. I wait 3-4 days and check to see how heavy the pot is, if its very light and i can stick my finger in about 1.5 inches and its dry, its watering time. Next time I am deff going to start in smaller pots so that the roots develop more, these 5 pots I have should last untill the end of week 3, or at least until I notice them getting root bound. Havent juiced them up on anything yet and dont think Im going to until about week 4-5 when I start to flower. The stems are getting really really strong and the fan is deffinitly helping.

I was having some trouble with the temperature tho. Being at the top of my appartment building it gets very humid and hot, which I was unaware of being this is my first place. temps were rocking 86 -87 degrees and this was with an exhaust fan. So I went out and got some air conditioners for the house and they are working like charms, holy crap. 78.5 - 80 degrees, perfect condition. I am very pleased so far and will updat in a day or two.
Time to smoke a "blunt" object :jointsmile:

[camoxnhx]

AC's are the fucking shit. Above my box we have dental air so it blows down directly to my passive intake. Best investment in the AC's on your part!

[EnhAnceD]

Ya the AC is working amazing. Once I change the door so I can add a carbon filter Im going to have an intake fan at the top and the filter at the bottom. MMMM cant wait. Im on Day 12 and they are looking amazing, Im starting to have to move the lights a bit cuz they are getting wings. The only thing Im a tad concerned about is on 2 of my plants the leaves are starting to curl upwards a tad and on 3 of them they have 1 small dot like yellowing. I think he dots may be due to water and the lights working like a magnifying glass, but I watered them 3-4 days ago. I checked the soil 15 mins ago and it felt pretty dry about an inch down and the pots feel light like they did before so. I think Ill water them, but today after working im making a watering calender b.c Im almost into week 2 and Im starting to forget lol. But ya here are some pics of day 12 in the morning.
Feel free to let me know what your thoughts are about the little yellow markings.

Yellow Mark number 1
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Yellow Mark number 2
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Yellow Mark number 3
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Leaf Curl
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Looking good tho
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Ill post some pics later tn.

[mxkx48]

looks like you're using a few different recipes on the soil too.

[EnhAnceD]

Hmm, any clues anyone?

[perpetr8r]

Curling could be from your light being just a lil too close?? I responded about the spots in the other thread :0 looking good so far!!

Rock on!:cool:

[WeayLay]

How long did it take for those seedlings to get where they are?

[EnhAnceD]

How long did it take for those seedlings to get where they are?

They are 12 days into veg.
I am using a mix of 6500k and 4100k cfls, currently 2 4100k 40 watters, one per plant making 2 of them, and 3 6500k cfls, one on each of the 3 left over.
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Here is a plant under the 6500k
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Here is the 4100k, you can see how it grows a bit more bunched together.
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Im going to wait a day or so before updating again so we can see a big difference.

[headshake]

so you made no attempt to post your plant problems in your own log but you will post them in someone elses? nice. did you even post in the plant problems section?

how about you try posting here and see what happens. just because people aren't commenting doesn't mean that they aren't following. that little number, the number to the right of the amount of responses is the number of views.

what is the pH of the water you are giving your ladies? fill out the troubleshooting form (found in my sig) and post in the plant problems forum.


-shake

[WeayLay]

Wow, so you have quite a lot of lights for each plant. Thanks for answering my question.

[camoxnhx]

looking good man. keep up the good work! the lighting is much better now. all you can do from here is watch them boom! keep the thumb green!

[oSecretGardeno]

my first guess is pH. Just grab some of those dropper pH testers at the pet store for like $5. Then test your pH of the water going in AND going out. Adjust accordingly.

They look really healthy otherwise.

-sg

[EnhAnceD]

Sounds good, thanks guys. And Headshake, ya I know what you mean, it deff would have made more sence to post it here. I think I figured Id get a quick answer that way, but ya, Im noob at this forum stuff. Thanks for the help tho, Im off to the pet store to get some carbon stuffs, and a ph testing kit. So far no more spots and to be honest, the water I used justbefore I noticed the spots and edges of the leaves I had only brita filtered, not left out for 24 hours. So im gonna check the water, I think if the tap water is too high, I might just get some bottled water for them, anyone think that would be a bad idea?? Im still learning. Later today Ill post some picks, there getting big and starting to stink.

[headshake]

no worries enhanced. next time just post in the plant problem section. you'll get a lot more views than if you even post it in your grow log.

use spring water and not distilled. spring has the trace minerals (or a lot of them) that your plants need as opposed to distilled that has nothing.

i guess we'll see what happens when you get back.


-shake

[EnhAnceD]

So the leaf curl hasnt really progressed, yet hasnt really gone away on the leaves that were curling. I did move the lights a bit away since the leaves are getting big. I looked into the ph thing, got a water tester, is good for 250 tests, comes with a small flask and drops. So the tap water I had been using, I had been leaving out for 24 hours at room temp so the chlorine would die or w.e and that water tested at 7.5. I had some Bottled spring water, tested that, it was even deeper blue 7.6 or higher. The tester kit had a chart and tested ph of 6.0 - 7.6 if it was right on the money it could be equal or higher/lower. So I was pretty bummed and figured I was giving my plants some bad water, so I pulled out my brita jug. It tested low, 6.0 or lower. So I started playing with a mix of brita water and tap water. Got it down to 1/4 cup tap, 3/4 brita. PH comes out at 6.5. Sweet. So Ive mixed up a bunch of 2L bottles of 2 cups tap, 6 cups brita, and its working great. Im on day 15 today and Im going to water tomorrow morning so Im going to test the run off as well. Aside that, there was one other thing that I found odd. I have a fan rotating on high, its a small desk fan, not super strong but strong enough.
Im noticing that the stems on all 5 plants are sort of shedding. Its wierd. Here are some picks.

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Stem Number 1
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Stem number 2
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Looking good
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Looking very good
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Lill droopy

[EnhAnceD]

Hmm so anyone have an idea about those stems??. I dont think its really that important but Im curious. All is going well. Im at 2 weeks 3 days, Day 17. I was reading threw some other logs and Im confused about the nuts and all these terms like scrog and stuff like that. Im using good soil so I hadnt planned on adding nutes until week 3 or 4. Thing is, I dont know what to use, I dont know if I should even use, and I dont know whichones or how much to add. Lol. I see alot of low numbers ex- 2-6-4. Does anyone have a guideline I could use or advice on what to do. They are looking very healthy and happy. I just went out today and got 2 more 6500k 1800lumen cfls and made this niftly looking quad lamp.
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Quad Lamp
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Grow Room update, finished walls....
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With the new door with intake and outake threw carbon filter
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Looks good.
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Carbon filter

WIll update in a few days. If anyone has info on nutes please let me know. On top of that Iv resolved the water issue, Im making my own mix. the plants are not yellowing any more. I cant wait to flower now that I have my carbon filter, I can already tell my appartment doesnt smell. For the past 3-4 days it has had a nice cream aromma from the 5 of them. Oh well we will see.:rastasmoke:

[MPLSweedman]

man even though its only a few plants that is a sick operation you have going there, completely concealable, thats awesome man i hope they turn out nice for you

[greenatik]

yeah very well done enhanced!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Those spots are nothing to worry about, they look like little water spots from water sitting on the leaves.

keep it up!
:rasta:

[EnhAnceD]

Thanks MPL and Green, I just got lucky with the appartment I got. It has a built in closet in the wall haha and the misses finally agreeded to doing this LOL. Im very impressed with my new door, it seems to be working, although Im not sure the carbon filter is pushing enough air out. IT was keeping a bit warm, but I think with the adjustment of rooms temp it should be ok.

[EnhAnceD]

So Im on day 20, Ive made some changes, and I am fasinated by this. There is so much growing under the leaves and tomorrow I get to repot. This is going to be exciting. I will post some pictures tomorrow of their progress as Ive been slacking a bit.:thumbsup:

[headshake]

you have a ton of choices on nutes. i guess the first question is what is your budget?

also, are you pulling air through your filter or are you pushing it through?

the ladies are alooking very nice by the way!

keep up the good work.


-shake

[EnhAnceD]

Well, Im not really on a budget but I guess you could say I dont want to spend like 50 bucks on one bottle. For the filter, I am pushing air threw as it filters out the side of the filter. Im going to have to mod that eventually b.c the air isnt coming out as much as I want it to. They were smelling alot and now its going better, still have some smell. Why do you ask, would pulling the air out be a better idea? Iv got to run to work so Ill post picks when I get home, I just transplanted 2 of them as well into newer better soil. Only 10 hours:)

[headshake]

i can't speak from experience as far as the carbon scrubber is concerned, but everything i have read and have seen posted says it's better to pull air through the filter.

and as far as nutes go, i would recommend fox farm. i use both the liquids and the solubles and am loving them because the plants seem to.


-shake

[JD1stTimer]

I haven't seen a plant yet that didn't have a skin on the stem below the cotyledons. As the stem gets bigger around, this membrane peels off, especially where you see roots starting to bump out. I think it's pretty cool, but back on my first grow I thought it might be a problem. It's just a natural part of the plant. :) I don't think it goes any higher than the seed leaves.

Don't you wish cannabis had root nodules all the way up the stem like that, just waiting to grow as soon as we take clones? That would be badass.

[EnhAnceD]

Thanks guys I really do appreciate your advice.
That filter has the fan pushing air threw, and you know what I never thought to set it to pull the air threw but it actually makes alot more sense so tomorrow after work Im going to mod it again. I can deffinitly still smell it but not nearly as much as I could be. Today was start of week 4 so I checked them all for the roots and 2 of the smaller potted ones needed transplanting so I took care of that and just with those 2 babies in my kitchen my whole living room smelled nice and fresh. Enough talk. Pictures. Oh and one other thing. I changed my room a bit to maximize the light usage. I made a lamp out of the perfect piece of cardboard, its sick. Here it is.

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Im going to start LST tomorrow morning I think and next Wed Im starting Flowering. Also this week coming Ill be on my hunnymoon as Im getting married this Saturday so my momma is gonna take good care of em. I cant wait.:rastasmoke:

[camoxnhx]

damn enhanced! them babies are looking and the foliage is beautiful. the new set-up you have with the carbon filter is the shit! your plants look like they are loving life atm! keep the thumb green!

[Italiano715]

You say your going to start LST them today and then start flower next week? Be honest I think there really is no point in LST them when you plan on starting flower next week....

[fluid69]

You say your going to start LST them today and then start flower next week? Be honest I think there really is no point in LST them when you plan on starting flower next week....
that's true, you could just tie the tops down to keep them out of the lights.

[Italiano715]

Also, if you do decide to do it, be REALLY careful as looking at your pictures your stalk looks pretty hardened and could snap if tied to tight. Just an extra precaution! :D

[fluid69]

and don't forget to water atleast an hour before.

[headshake]

i concur about the LST. the point of LST is to train your plants so you get multiple colas as opposed to one with side shoots. when you bend the tops over and tie them down it distributes the growth hormone from the main cola to the other nodes that then begin growing up towards the light. so if you are not gonna let them veg any longer then LST is a waste.

it is also recommended that you stop LSTing at least 2 weeks before flower.

the plants look mighty nice though. let us know how the scrubber works when you flip it.

congrats on the wedding, by the way!


-shake

[EnhAnceD]

Thanks for the advice guys. Ya Im not gonna lst this round. The stems are really think and to be honest the light is pretty nice in there as its all bouncing around. The Biggest one is sorta doing it already, but Im just gonna wait till next round and see the difference. Every time I spend a decent amount of time in there I get a bit of sun burn on my face and chest haha.
Here is the filter after I flipped it. I feel like a pro, I really do
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Im going to take some pics tomorrow and post them. Day 23.

[EnhAnceD]

And just to be clear, when would I start lst if I need to stop 2 weeks before flower?

[Italiano715]

Throughout the veg. stage up until 2 weeks before you decide to start flowering. I usually start LST them when it gets around 4 to 5 nodes. Also, make sure to do it when the plants stalk is more flexible and not so stiff.

LST is also good for getting the other sites branching to take clones from! :D

[EnhAnceD]

Well Ill try it next time. Thanks for the info.

[EnhAnceD]

Well, hello everyone, sorry I havent updated in a long while. I got married on June6th and was on my hunnymoon all week so I had my momma watchen them. As for this week, Iv just been to busy/lazy to jump on here.I am officially on day 37 of grow, day 8 of 12/12. I am sad. Only b.c this is my first grow, but out of my 5 I only ended up with 1 female. What sucks even more let me tell you is, during my 18/6 the lamp I made fell loose and one of the bulbs burned a bunch of leaves and it really is the runt of the 5 which really friggen suckksss. So Im dealing with it. Hopefully they do well, we will see.

[EnhAnceD]

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so thats what all 5 looked like once sexed.
The one on the far right is what im left with, I will make her strong tho, I promised her:P
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Balls
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This gets me excited
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as does this
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And here we have my last baby.

Anyways, Ill update as I go along.
I have added a mixture of all my lights tho. This plant had a bulb fall right on the main cola a bit back and caused so much damage, it stuned the shit out of the poor girl. So I did trim a bit, and now Im trying to bud as well still induce regular growing using the 6500k lamps, with the 4100k big ones, and 4 2700k bulbs to promt bud growth, In a week Im going to take out the 6500k and a week later the 4100k and go all 2700. I also put her into a nice big pot with more perlite and still running with no nutes just b.c I dont think she really needs it, well she acutally looks like she could but the others were monsteres. Damn. Oh well, Next time.

[EnhAnceD]

Just picked this up for 25 bucks, was nice and small and unique, has a coloured mouthpiece and a picture of a sick sun at the top, its nice.
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[EnhAnceD]

wow this site times out wayy to fast, Iv tried twice to update with photos and a nice speal and everytime I get this damn message about not doing it fast enough. Man I must be slow.

[EnhAnceD]

Hello everyone, Finally I have pictures. Finally.
Here is what all 5 looked like originally.
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This is my girl, she looks so weak and small.
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Here she is as of yesturday.
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Looking yummy.
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Ill update in a couple days.

[EnhAnceD]

hmmm, Im not feeling the love guys. wheres everyone at?

[headshake]

looking pretty good enhanced. looks like you have a little stretch on two of your plants.
nothing to worry about though.

all confirmed females?

good growing.


-shake

[EnhAnceD]

Only one girl. That was a pic that I loaded earlier but for some reason all 5 pics of that post will not load. The one runt ended being my girl. Shes actually looking amazing now, just waiting. thanks for stoping by

[headshake]

nice piece you got for $25 by the way.


-shake

[EnhAnceD]

thanks shake, she hits like a charm:) ya the stretching is kinda bugging me. I just need stronger light.
I have 4 40watt bulbs, 2 are 2700kalvin 2 are 4100kalvin each putting out 2600klumens, and 5 23watt 2700k lumens each putting out 1600 lumens. Iv trimmed some as well to get the lights closer b.c they were burning the branches that would shoot out. Shes looking good. Im gonna start nutes on next water. And Ill make sure I stop about 2.5 weeks from finish.

Ill post some picks later this week. MMM Im getting excited.

[Italiano715]

flush for 2 weeks then the last week before harvest don't water them at all. It will help aide in drying them a tad faster. Just food for thought! :thumbsup:

[EnhAnceD]

The reason I need to stop 3 weeks prior is so that the levels of npk can even out right. It will take longer for my buds to cure if I dont stop with nutes early. I think Im asking this actually haha, correct me if im wrong.

[syde00]

The reason I need to stop 3 weeks prior is so that the levels of npk can even out right. It will take longer for my buds to cure if I dont stop with nutes early. I think Im asking this actually haha, correct me if im wrong.

its not so much that it'll take longer, but you want the plant to kind of run out of nutes before you chop them down - mainly its to take the chemical taste out of the smoke

looking good btw! i am surprised they are stretching as much as they are with the lights you have in there.

where'd ya pickup the bong for 25$ btw? thats a pretty good steal... i've been trying to find a good place to order one from recently but i haven;t really found much I like. i've mostly been looking at acrylic ones though since thats all i've used before, i;m a little afraid of breaking a glass one :\

[EnhAnceD]

Im in ontario canada so we have shops all over that sell bongs, pipes, papers, bowls, everything. I got it from a local bigbee. Ya, they stretched alot b.c I left on vacation for a week and my mom was watching them, she had the lamps a bit far away, she hasnt grown in years, and nevr with cfls, but she kept them alive so I cant complain. In a weeks time I will swap out all 4100k lamps and go 2700k all. Its just one plant so, she be fine haha. Thanks for stopping by.:rastasmoke:

[syde00]

wow, i've never seen bongs that nice in a bigbee.... i suspect we live very close to one another haha - considering big bee only exists in niagara region and hamilton i think lol

[EnhAnceD]

Haha thats awesome syde. Ya I live in the niagara region really close to niagara falls. WHere you abouts? Ya I actaully just went to T.O and checked out nearly all the smoke shops, thc lounge, all of it. I even went to the kindred cafe, paid 5 bucks for all day access, you get to use their rooms with internet, tv, and vaporizers, and they even had a rooftop chill spot, sooo sick, chill on young street and when you wanna blaze head to kindred haha. It was even on my hunnymoon haha. Ya the guy I got it from gave me a deal cuz Im always in there getting wraps.

Either way it smokes incredibly.
Plus my wife likes it which is mainly the reason I got it.

I thought Id update today with some pics just b.c I changed the room a bit I added 2 reflectors as well. Plus shes looking massiveeeee.

Front door.
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Both reflectors.
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Buds
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Thanks again for the help guys.

[syde00]

Haha thats awesome syde. Ya I live in the niagara region really close to niagara falls. WHere you abouts? Ya I actaully just went to T.O and checked out nearly all the smoke shops, thc lounge, all of it. I even went to the kindred cafe, paid 5 bucks for all day access, you get to use their rooms with internet, tv, and vaporizers, and they even had a rooftop chill spot, sooo sick, chill on young street and when you wanna blaze head to kindred haha. It was even on my hunnymoon haha. Ya the guy I got it from gave me a deal cuz Im always in there getting wraps.



I;m right in niagara falls actually :) Lived in Toronto for about 5 years before though, never really did check out much of the head shops when I lived there, but then again, most of them didn;t exist then... i think THC on younge st. was probably about the only one i knew of.

[EnhAnceD]

ya young street had about 4-5 places. This one shope had 3 levels, middle was all hemp clothing, braclettes, all that crap, uppper level had soo many kinds of papers and TONES of glassware. I was drooling. Thats cool you live in Niagara Falls to man. Good place to be.

[EnhAnceD]

So I got some pics, the buds are getting me excited. The sugar leaves are starting to get frosty. Ive decided to take 4 cuttings from the button of my plant. Im going to run out in the morning and get a root hormone and Im going to attempt clone them and then stick each one under a lamp and see if I can juice her better as the cuttings will be from the very bottom. They just havent gotten high enough and as the plant grows up they stay low.

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This is a pic of the bottom of the plant. There are about 4 arms that are small and are getting hairs, but I dont think they are getting the light they need. So Im gonna chop them down.
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this is how tall she is. aprox 28inches tall.
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Yummy
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Tricomes are a starting.
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BUdsss

Gonna wait 3 days and post some pics.
Im also watering with some MG Bloom mix 5-30-5, watering 1/4 nutes 3/4 water and at a quarter strength. We will see in a couple days how she reacts.

Im off to bed. Night all.:rastasmoke:

[Italiano715]

Things are looking nice over in these parts! :thumbsup: Can't wait to see how much they fatten in the following weeks. Keep up the good work m8!:D

[EnhAnceD]

Things are looking nice over in these parts! :thumbsup: Can't wait to see how much they fatten in the following weeks. Keep up the good work m8!:D

Oh I know dude, the leaves are getting frosty and they are deffinitly going to bud up over the next 5 weeks so, ya thanks.:jointsmile:

Im out.

[EnhAnceD]

So Yesturday morning I decided that I was going to make cuttings out of 6 of the arms that were about 70% smaller than the rest and I did. I did not have a razor and I realize that would be better for a clean cut. BUT what I did use was a pair of mini clipping snippers that are made for this kinda thing, paid 15 bucks for them, so they better be good. I cut close to the main stem and after I made an angled cut for the bottom as well. I used the snippers and made small cuts in the stems about 15mm up from the bottom to give stronger spots for root development. I went out and bought a gel root hormone that you dip the end in about 15mm. So I planted them all in dirt and by the end of yesturday they were looking horrible, droopy as hell, there was nearly no strength in the stems, they turned to rubber. Now I made these cuttings in the morning b.c I figured right after clipping them off the mother they should go into the light and start growing but now that I think about it, it may have been a better idea to do it at night so they could rest and attempt to adapt before they start "trying"to grow. If anyone has a thought on that or can advize something better for cloning please do so.

I do realize that I am 3 weeks into flower, but these branges were going nowhere. a few were getting white hairs but only a couple. So I figured if I could get them to root then at least I could get fatter nugs on these then if they were on the plant. Ive read so many different oppinions on if its a good idea to trim branches early, later, not at all, different lengths from main stem, the fan leaves, all this stuff and I cant come to a conclusion so Im just going to see. I did however read a thread that talked about clipping the fan leaves off being no good, he displayed a picture where the bud arm on the side where he removed the fan leaf was significantly smaller than the one with the leaf. To bad I read that after I removed a bunch of them. I dont really feel that bad tho b.c this girl had her tips burned a few times by the lamps as Im doing a cfl grow so I try and get the lights close as possible, and honestly I cant believe I am growing cronic b.c this girl had a lamp fall on her earlyer in veg and that fucked up alot of fan leaves which is why I removed them, but like, I feel bad for the plant, Im surprised she hasnt hermied with all the ruffing around shes gotten. Shes growing so tall to I really dont know what Im going to do if she keeps growing. She is probably 30 inches tall today. I kinda wish I trained her b.c the main stem keeps shooting up. Like Im on day 24 of flower, will this stop, maybe next time I should start flower earlier. I dunno.
Ill go take some pics in a bit an upload them, the cuttings are looking stronger so Im going to be patient. So ya. Hope everyones doing good. Happy 4th of july.

[syde00]

hey man, i suspect your problem with the clones was that you didn;t use a humidity dome with them.

They need to be kept in super high humidity for about 7-10 days after you cut them while you are waiting for them to start growing roots.

I took the cheap-ass route and just cut the tops off of water bottles and put them over the plants - just gotta take them off for a few minutes every couple days so they get some fresh air. if you get store-bought domes though, they normally have little windows in them that you can open so you don;t have to do that.

[EnhAnceD]

hey man, i suspect your problem with the clones was that you didn;t use a humidity dome with them.

They need to be kept in super high humidity for about 7-10 days after you cut them while you are waiting for them to start growing roots.

I took the cheap-ass route and just cut the tops off of water bottles and put them over the plants - just gotta take them off for a few minutes every couple days so they get some fresh air. if you get store-bought domes though, they normally have little windows in them that you can open so you don;t have to do that.

Ya lol, I didnt do enough research and now that Ive done it and they have dropped out to the nth degree I really wish I didnt.

I read the few links I got in another post and found that I did many things wrong in this.
1. didnt use a dome. DIdnt know. I did go to CanadainTire and found a bunch of those small little dirt circes, the ones that when you add water they get bigger and have a mesh shell to hold the dirt. But I didnt get them b.c I thought they were only for seeds.
2. I didnt use a razor blaze, thought I should but was impatient and used these good snippers I got from home hardware.
3. Cool dry air moving around and no moisture, it does get to about 82 degrees f but still I just didnt start it out right.
4. I didnt scrape the bottm 15 mm I put little cuts all around 15mm up from the bottom.
5. I didnt water her heavily before hand.
6. I dipped my cuttings right into the gel.
7. I cant give them 24 hour light. Id have to get a new cubby, which now
that I think about it I do have one. Hmm, well have to see.

So ya they were looking so bad I just decided to get rid of them, the leaves were drying up hard core and getting yellow. They are still in the dirt and sitting there. Anyone think I should go get a dome and give em another go?

[EnhAnceD]

Ok so my big problem is she keeps getting taller and taller.
As of today I measured her at 33 inches high.
I have had to raise my shelf that holds all my clip lamps up all the way and have added dvd under the shelf to raise it even higher and still not enough.
I changed my light setup and added a few reflectors to keep the light directed at the plant. I have 4 lamps surrounding her. All four lamps have Y splitters. In each lamp I have 1 23watt and 1 40watt. 2 of the 40 watt bulbs are 4100kalvin bulbs and I have set it up so they are across each other with the other 2 lamps each having 1 23watt 2700kalvin and 1 40watt 2700kalvin I then have 3 more 23 watt bulbs at the top shining light onto the main cola thus putting out 21600 lumens all around her.

So. I dunno what to do really. I have about 6 dvds under her as I raised the shelf as High as I could to avoid have to do so again and I could probably get it another few inchs higher but still wtf. Is it possible to cut the main stem and make a cuttin/clone out of her?

Does anyone have any ideas on what I could try.
Not only that I was advised to put mylar or tinfoil under the plant and over the dirt to help with light reflections for the bottom leaves. I tried it out. Seems that all it does is keep the top soil more moist. Today when I removed to water, I noticed some fuzzy looking white stuff, I touched it and it seemed to be roots, upon further inspections it was, there was not much but it looked like some roots were comming up. Anyone had this before.

Here are some pics from yesturday.

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Cuttings look worse today.

[headshake]

of course you should give them another go. don't get discouraged, you gained experience.

don't worry about it and don't get caught up in the hype. i took four clones from a lady 3+ weeks into flower. i cut them off with a tiny pair of nail scissors, scraped about an inch of the skin off of the bottom of the cutting, dipped them into superthrive and plopped them into miracle grow soil. no misting, no dome, no nothing. 100% success rate.

i'm not saying all of those things won't increase your success rate, but don't live and die by it all. find what works for you.

the only failure would be not to try again.


-shake

[EnhAnceD]

Agreed. Im going to try and revive these little ones. Going to get a dome in the morning and see what I can work. Not going to give up, and I see where your coming from about doing it which everway, it only sounds like those things would make for stronger and more successful cloneing, and again, you learn from doing, and sometimes have to find out only by doing so, im doing lol. I got pissed today and took them out. Left them in the kitchin on the table, will throw em back in in the morning. Thank for the imput Shake, I appreciate it.

[EnhAnceD]

I have a funny story. It was funny to me at least.
This morning I went to canadain tire and got this nifty 36 pelet greenhouse. The base is a 36 holder of these little peat pelet discs and has a maze type water path so you just water the base and it goes everywhere.

I decided to give the cuttings one more go.
I had actually left enough room to cut of what I had originally done and scarify properly. Already since this morning they are looking much better, arms are getting stronger and leaves are getting less rubbery.

On the side of my height issue. Has anyone any ideas on what I should do?

[syde00]

Yeah, I wasn;t really too careful with my clones either... and I also took some about 3 weeks into flower as well, they did take longer to root than the first batch though.

All I did was snip them off with regular garden sheers (very sharp ones), i dropped them in a cup of regular water for a couple minutes.

then i cut off the extra stem using a diagonal cut, dripped in rooting horme (shultz powdery stuff), made a pencil sized hole in the soil about 1/2 - 1" deep, stuck the cutting in the soil and packed dirt up around the stem.

i did find the humidity domes did alot for me though... mine got really really droopy without them

[syde00]

As for the height problem... really not too sure, its too late to LST it i think, certainly too late to top/FIM.

they should stop stretching at some point, but its hard to say when

[EnhAnceD]

Thanks for the imput syde. Ya Iv read that it should stop going up. Well see. Ya I didnt really read to much up on fming or topping. Its all good I think. I never did tell my story tho. While I was looking around at stuff I put my keys down as I had burned a bit before leaving and I was at the cash and started stressing out then the woman started counting her till and I was almost late for work and wow it was a stressful morning. All good tho. One thing I was thinking. The clones are in the same room as my 12/12 should I give them 24/0 or will they be ok in 12/12?

[Italiano715]

Thanks for the imput syde. Ya Iv read that it should stop going up. Well see. Ya I didnt really read to much up on fming or topping. Its all good I think. I never did tell my story tho. While I was looking around at stuff I put my keys down as I had burned a bit before leaving and I was at the cash and started stressing out then the woman started counting her till and I was almost late for work and wow it was a stressful morning. All good tho. One thing I was thinking. The clones are in the same room as my 12/12 should I give them 24/0 or will they be ok in 12/12?

are they cuttings or rooted clones? If they are rooted they can go directly into 12/12

[headshake]

place cuttings under 24/0 (or 18/6, that's what i used). 12/12 and they will continue to flower.

keep in mind that clones don't need much light at all. so you can keep them under a CFL or two until they root as they won't be doing much up top until they have roots.


-shake

[EnhAnceD]

What Im asking is more can I leave them under 12/12 even tho they will continue to flower. Or are you suggesting that I go back to 18/6 and get them bigger then flower again? I mean all i wanted to do was potentially get more bud on the lower branches. I can deffinitly say they are doing better. Ill put a pic up in a few days

[syde00]

the cuttings should be under 18/6 or 24/0 - but they don;t need nearly the intensity that normal plants do... a CFL or 2 even like 10" away should be fine

[EnhAnceD]

Ok so, I should put them under 18/6 or 24/0 to induce veg again? Thats what Im getting. Also that if I leave them in 12/12 it will only take longer for the roots to take, which is why, even tho I cut them 3 weeks into flower I need to put them back on 18/6 to get them to root and then I would switch them back over to 12/12.

Im curious still for my next grow.
Im going to get feminized seeds and germinate 1. and correct me if Im wrong as Im unsure of what Im doing, BUT, ill lst it and grow it for a few weeks to get lots of nodes? arms? then I will take cuttings? and then grow those female cuttings bigger still running them on veg lighting, and continue into flower. That is what a mother plant is, a plant that you grow and take cuttings from and get more plants that will be female???
I hope Im correct.

Anyways. Buds are getting nice and fat. Lots of tricomes forming. I do have a question as well about the leaves, they are curling down and inwards. I think it might have to do with PH, but the pot im using is really hard to get a runoff ph plus the plant is huge haha. Any clues?/

[EnhAnceD]

Well Im just starting week 5. 4 Weeks to go. There are a couple of things that I need some advice on. I have not flushed my girl yet. Ever. And Im thinking I need to. What is the best way to do this? Ive herd that I should "flush" with the correct pH'd water and its easiest in the tub, any suggestions. My girl is about 35-36 inches in height now, so its gonna be a bit hard to move her around. My next thing is the pot im using. Its big, but not as big as I think I could go. Would it be advised to do a super careful transplant this far along?

Im also concerned somewhat about the sugar leaves growing around the buds. The sides of each leaf peddel is starting to curl inwards.
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The next issue is Im finding quite a few of these really small, really mini small winged flys. They arnt flys, but they fly around. They arent eatting anything, and I cant see that they are causing any damage, but they are anoying and I want them out damit. Ill take a pic in the morning of the bugs, as for now here are some pics of where shes at now.

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[Italiano715]

Yes, flush with Ph corrected water, but wait for the soil to dry out reallllly well before you do and flush with 2X's the amount of water to your container.

You could always just bring some type of tray that can hold a far amount of water into the room and just put them in there, water, drain...etc.

No Transplants during flower what-so-ever! :D

The "flies" are probably gnats which don't do nothing, but bug the shit outta ya and stick to your buds! Just go at them with hand-to-hand combat!

[gigity]

dude nice ass plant

[EnhAnceD]

Yes, flush with Ph corrected water, but wait for the soil to dry out reallllly well before you do and flush with 2X's the amount of water to your container.

You could always just bring some type of tray that can hold a far amount of water into the room and just put them in there, water, drain...etc.

No Transplants during flower what-so-ever! :D

The "flies" are probably gnats which don't do nothing, but bug the shit outta ya and stick to your buds! Just go at them with hand-to-hand combat!

So when flushing, Im yet to get a straight answer about this but, flushing is when you over water and let the excess water just run off. It helps to filter out the plant and correct ph by using correctly phd water. Yes???? And its advised to do between once a week and once a month and 2 weeks before you stop using nutes right???


dude nice ass plant

Thanks for stopping in gigity. Welcome to Cancom.

[Italiano715]

So when flushing, Im yet to get a straight answer about this but, flushing is when you over water and let the excess water just run off. It helps to filter out the plant and correct ph by using correctly phd water. Yes???? And its advised to do between once a week and once a month and 2 weeks before you stop using nutes right???

Flushing gets rid of the built up salts in the soil and any nutes previously added. I usually do it every 3-4 waterings, depending on how the ladies are taking the nutes.

I wouldn't really use the word over water because that is what you do when you give your plants too much water over time (soil staying wet).

I flush 3 weeks prior to harvest. Two weeks of flushing then the last week for the "pre-drying" time(which means don't water the last week before harvest). Basically it aids in helping the plant dry a bit faster and break down the chlorophyll better.

[sitnstinky]

Nice grow log Man!! Your girl looks Good,, Enjoy :rastasmoke:

[JD1stTimer]

Wow, looking nice! It's a little late but congrats on your new marriage!!! The flies are probably just fungus gnats. The larvae take a little bite out of your roots but they don't do much damage except maybe on the youngest seedlings. They are annoying and they get stuck to the buds that's no fun. :) I don't know a way to get rid of them which is less harmful than the flies themselves. I know for sure I don't want pesticide in my bud.

[EnhAnceD]

Nice grow log Man!! Your girl looks Good,, Enjoy :rastasmoke:


Wow, looking nice! It's a little late but congrats on your new marriage!!! The flies are probably just fungus gnats. The larvae take a little bite out of your roots but they don't do much damage except maybe on the youngest seedlings. They are annoying and they get stuck to the buds that's no fun. :) I don't know a way to get rid of them which is less harmful than the flies themselves. I know for sure I don't want pesticide in my bud.

Thanks stinky, I actually am enjoying her a bit right now, I was 3 weeks into flower and took already flowering cuttings and attempted to clone them but none developed any roots within the week so I took em out and dryed them, just smoked now, bit chlorphylish tasting but I feel bussed.

Thanks for the imput JD, and thanks for the congrats. Married life is good, Im loving it :thumbsup: Im not sure what I have are gnats. Any I dont really have a bug problem, yet, theres only been like 5-7 at any time that Iv been able to see and kill. they spend no time eating leaves are are found nowhere in the buds, they actually chill in the dirt, which makes sence b.c thats where gnats come from, but they look more pungent, like chubby lol, not as big of wings, gnats look kinda like mosquittoes, Ill take a pic later on and do some googleing.

Thanks all:thumbsup:

[EnhAnceD]

Hey guys, things are looking up I guess.
I flushed her on saturday and shes looking good for the most part.
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All these little dudes do is chill on the dirt. I did find a few on the very bottom of the stem but all there doing is flying around. Any clues on what they are and what I should do?

Something else that Ive never experienced before, for some reason Im finding roots very close to the surface of the dirt. I did fill it up when I re potted her but I dunno, theres not alot just a few, so I threw some more dirt over top an inch or so, hopefully that helps. Anyone had this before?

Not only that but I was wondering about nutes and mold and fungus and things that can happen to leaves. The very bottom of the plant I found 3 leaves that had some wierd splotching, so I cut them off. They were small whole fan leaves and only the pair of two opposite each other had it. It kinda looked like when you pinch a leaf between your thumb and pointer, you can see your fingerprint when the pigment gets compressed, its darker, it looks like that but blotchy. I dont have a pick but if more occurs I will post. Now things to be aware of, I have been watering with 1/4 nutes and am using MG time release soil. I found that after the 3rd water the leaves were getting really deep dark and the tips were getting a bit yellow so that is when I flushed on saturday. Now Im finding a few leaves that look lighter green. Im going to just go back to regular watering with brita water that sat out for 24 hours.

Some pics.
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Time for work, later.:jointsmile:

[gigity]

so are you growing a pure indica or a hybrid? and how many weeks until harvest?

[EnhAnceD]

so are you growing a pure indica or a hybrid? and how many weeks until harvest?

Im not sure exactly what it is to be honest lol. I got these seeds randomly when I went to pickup one night, was tellin my bud how expensive seeds were and someother guy showed up around the same time and was like "your trying to grow, here" and tossed me 8 afgani seeds and told me they have an 8 week flowering period. So lol ya. Its looking really nice tho, alot of trichomes all over, I have 21 days left as of today until expected harvest. Thanks for stoping by gigity:jointsmile:

[EnhAnceD]

Every day this gets harder and harder. I drool when I get in there and start taking pictures. She needs to hurry the heck up so I can smoke the shit outa her lol.

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19days:rastasmoke:

[JigenJenkins]

Very pretty plants you have there. How strong is the smell in the grow area?

[EnhAnceD]

its pretty danky lol, I have a carbon scrubber on the inside and have air being pulled out threw it, so it doesnt smell that much, usually by the end of the day it smells like i got a bag of dank and left it open with a fan on in my room. In the morning it doesnt smell at all, but once I open the doors for 20 mins for fresh air my whole app has an odour, thank god for insence sticks, nag champa to the resque.

[michaelpeg]

thats one beast of a plant you got there man, wish i could grow like that.

[EnhAnceD]

thats one beast of a plant you got there man, wish i could grow like that.

Thanks for stopping by michael, you can man, this is my first girl ever, if i can do it so can you, unless of course you cant due to location, or who you live with, but its really easy, a lil tlc and make sure your shits correct, temps, ph, watering, and some good light, your good to go, Ive spent under 200 dollars on my setup and have just as good as a 250 watt hps Id say, final pics will be yummy.:jointsmile:

[jlve187]

Hey man looks awesome cant wait to see your next updates its def going to be some good smoke:thumbsup:

[headshake]

that's a HUGE bitch!

-shake

[EnhAnceD]

Much thanks Shake and jlve. Yep shes getting big, but I know I could have gotten her wayyyyy bigger
I have about 2 weeks left until harvest. Iv been thinking of letting her go another week but I cant wait. Infact, I ran out of bud and my guy wasnt home soooooo, I clipped off a small bud around the bottom middle, prolly a .4 .5 mini nug. Didnt even dry her. Tasted tasty, burned like wet weed, and gave me a pudding brain high. I am happy. I dont have a microscope cam but from looking at the pics I can tell the trichs are getting cloudy. I havnt looked into how you can tell, but from what Im supposed to be looking for and since shes frosty like the snowman its hard not to tell.

Some bud Porn:D

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This is what I picked off for tonight and for tom morning when the wife gets off work, shes jelouse I got to smoke some of Lois first. Oh hahaha ya we gave her a name, Lois lol
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[Shovelhandle]

wonderful plant, Bub! I strongly suggest that you properly finish your product before you smoke much more of it. With a proper dry and even a few weeks of cure the difference is like night and day. Buy a bag to get by and really enjoy the fruits of your tlc.

good luck!

[EnhAnceD]

wonderful plant, Bub! I strongly suggest that you properly finish your product before you smoke much more of it. With a proper dry and even a few weeks of cure the difference is like night and day. Buy a bag to get by and really enjoy the fruits of your tlc.

good luck!

Thanks for the kind words shovelhandle. Ya I feel really dumb doing that actually, Ive now broken the wait chain and already started sampeling and even being wet and not cured she has a sweet greenish :D taste to her and looks like the best weed Ive laid my hands on. Shes so sticky, I cant even get the resin off my fingers its like glue. I strongly agree with you tho, I need to let her fully mature before anymore smoking and I did get a bag haha.

Ive decided that I am going to cut the massive donkey dick off in 1.5 weeks, so I moved all my lights higher to focus on the main stem cola and once the time is up Im going to cut the main stem about halfway down, just to get the top off and then Im going to flower all the bottom buds another 2 weeks or so.

I flushed today, 6.2 phd water and runoff comes out exactly the same, shes doing great. Im actually using straight brita filtered water, its great cuz the filter softens and nutralizes the ph in the water, my tap water is high 7 ph, once filtered 6.2-3 ph and it kills/takes care of the chlorine in the water so I can water with it right away. I know its still a good idea to get the water room temp but I just use water that feels luc warm/cool and it seems to be fine.

I am curious about one thing that noone has been able to answer. If the air being blown on the plant is cold but temps are warmer will the fan leave branches turn purpleish? Not only that but even if my temp was 80-84F but the air being pulled in was much cooler can that cause the leaves to curl downwards and inward, drooping down a bit, but more curling down and in around the edges? Shes doing fine tho, I mean hell shes looking like a beast, im just curious as this is my first grow there is always room for improvement.

Here are a few pic updates as of just about 15 mins ago.

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Ill update on Wednesday

[sitnstinky]

Damn man looks like some good smoke!!! save me a nug!!!

[AssassinDJ]

jesus man, thats a beautiful plant! *drooling*

I know what you mean, being tempted to cut off nugs myself lately... So far i'm holding out, even tho ive ran out of smoke three times this past week :(

[EnhAnceD]

Haha, Well at this point like I said I am going to cut the top off and give the bottom half of the plant another week or two of grow and crop the rest. I actually ordered Green House Sativa Indica Mix C Feminised 5 Pack. Hawiaan Snow, Super Silver Haze, Lemon Skunk, white rhino and big bang. Plus got a free blue widow seed. Cant Wait to get em. Well back to work.

[EnhAnceD]

And thanks for the comment Sticky and assassin.

[Hempsouth]

One of the best CFL grows I have seen.

Thinking about trying to flower with my veg set up of CFL.

[BeFree]

that's intense.

i love the shape of that plant. Huge ass main cola. Like a forearm or something. lol

and all the extra nugs to finish up down low.

hell ya, keep it up man.

be

[EnhAnceD]

Hey all thanks for stopping in I really appreciate all the support. She is looking amazing and in my 4 years of smoking is the best looking weed I've seen. I've got 8 days left so she should fill up very nicley.

Haha BEE ya I like to call the main stem a donkey dick lol its massive

[nwodreciffo]

very nice growing, will you post some more pics of your setup and what kind of lights your using, what kind of plant nutrients, humidity level, temp. ect.
Thanks

[EnhAnceD]

Some more Pictures.

This is the Donkey Dick haha
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This is 20 days ago.
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This was a 2-3 days ago.
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Big difference in just 20 days Id say.

These I took today.
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7 Days left

[nwodreciffo]

That donky dick is like a 30g nug! coming along nice. when do you plan on cutting it?

[EnhAnceD]

OOOkay. So Iv been picking away this week. I know I know I shouldnt be, but fuckit lol, its good shit and I cant afford any cronic as Iv lost my job, worked at a callcenter doing tech support for Hewlett packard, bastards moved all there techsupport to costarica lol. ANYWAYS Ive been drying it in my toaster oven for 30 mins before smoking and it gets me messed up. Id say about 70%sativa30%indica. It makes me feel somewhat confused, cant remember things I just said, when I close my eyes I stop thinking about shit, my head feels tight and consumed yet I can concentrate ok, gets me feeling baked for a good long time about 2 hours which is awesome. I have 7 days until my 8 week deadline is up. I wanted to let my donkey dick go the next 7 days, cut her down, then let the bottom 12 top nugs get fatter over a week or two BUTTTT I think shes hermied. Out of the prolly 5 grams wet Ive smoked I found near nothing to make me think this, until today, there are these small little balls that appear once busted up. They look like seeds, very very small tho, as if not developed. Ive looked close to all over and I cant find any "nanners". I am at day 49 of flower and have had a few days in the past week where I left my fan on blowing cold air at the intake and its gotten cold pretty fast, and this has happened a few times. Also a few days ago I had to go out early and started the light cycle 1.25 hours early, but shut it off 1.25 hours early, then let it go normal the next day 10am - 10pm. So, I was hoping someone would be able to help me out. Haha I started writing this an hour ago, I smoked hahaha, SO. Here are some pictures. All Help Appreciated.

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Now remember, these are macros, these are really no bigger than a .8 ballpoint pen. But as I look at them, they look like seeds. FRUCK.

[nwodreciffo]

Are you using all CFLs?

[fourkicks]

i had a plant hermie last year and thats what i got.only my seeds were darker colour.they look un developed..cure the main cola after drying it properly and it will take you 5 hours to write a post..best of luck man,thats a beauty.lol

[EnhAnceD]

i had a plant hermie last year and thats what i got.only my seeds were darker colour.they look un developed..cure the main cola after drying it properly and it will take you 5 hours to write a post..best of luck man,thats a beauty.lol


Thanks fourkicks. Appreciate the information. Ya they deff look like undeveloped seeds to me as well. Those pics are macros, so those seeds are about 1/8th the size of normal seeds, say you draw a line with a blue pen, almost the width .5 they are that small. But ya, Ive decided that Im going to cut the main cola down tomorrow night :( I dont want seedy weed. And like there are tonesssssss. Just from the few small nugs Ive cut off already, there are tones. It sucks, whatcha gonna do, lol. Anyone know how long it takes mj seeds to develope?

[gigity]

Thanks fourkicks. Appreciate the information. Ya they deff look like undeveloped seeds to me as well. Those pics are macros, so those seeds are about 1/8th the size of normal seeds, say you draw a line with a blue pen, almost the width .5 they are that small. But ya, Ive decided that Im going to cut the main cola down tomorrow night :( I dont want seedy weed. And like there are tonesssssss. Just from the few small nugs Ive cut off already, there are tones. It sucks, whatcha gonna do, lol. Anyone know how long it takes mj seeds to develope?


it takes roughly 8 to 9 weeks after pollination for mj seeds to fully develope and get the hard brown shell

[Italiano715]

it takes roughly 8 to 9 weeks after pollination for mj seeds to fully develope and get the hard brown shell

Funny, I thought it was 3-4 weeks to fully develop......

[fourkicks]

i failed to control the humidity in my last closet for about a month and all the seeds that came off it were perfectly developed seeds. so id say 3-4 weeks. p.s i would not harvest until the trics are turning amber atleast. the seeds will still be there only them and the buds will be more developed and you might get a few you can use again..lol

[gigity]

Funny, I thought it was 3-4 weeks to fully develop......

hell your probably right but when i make seeds i just pretty much let the plant kinda rot and die a little before i harvest my seeds just to be sure.

[jlve187]

Hey enhanced are you willing to trade any well harvested beans from your plant?? I have some great genetics tons of beans from karma and subcool (tga) and plenty more!! Let me know im intrested in your strain!!

[EnhAnceD]

Hey guys. So this past thursday was my estimated crop date but I decided to let her go untill 100% red hairs and I ordred a 420 scope a few days ago to check for amber trichomes. I had to reorder my beans which sucks but I reordered and went with a strain called jack47 jackharer x ak47. Can't wait. Anyway ill take some picks later.

[EnhAnceD]

Sooo, after a few months have passed Iv started a new grow, and Im realizing now that I never showed any drying or yeild pics/info.
I started to pic off her about 2 weeks before I harvested, which i wish i didnt, but I did, live and learn, I pinched off about 7-12 grams, probably more from lower bud sites but left all the main colas plus a few nodes under to fully flower. I had decided that I was going to flush 2 week prior to harvest, which i did, and that I was not going to water the last week. But as time went on i got impatient and 2 days after eta harvest I decided to cut down the main cola. It weighed in at 96gs wet, 36dry. which was amazing. The rest I decided I would let go maybe a bit longer, it wasnt full red hairs and trichs were still clear some, i wanted amber. Not only that, but someone the bitch hermied on me last minute, so the buds and mini mini seeds, as Ive already noted, It was ok, no big deal, but ya, Grand total I estimate b.c i picked was about 2.8 - 3 ounces. It was sweet, smelled like sugary awesomness and gave u an extreame high where you would become extreamly sensative to your current state of conciousness, touch, smell, what you could hear, everything was intensified, yet you were so baked that you "could not move" The first time my wife smoked it with me (she gets sorta, sick i think, when she smokes really strong weed, usually if i roll or bong crystal from my buster) she was so out of it, she was chinked and was saying she couldnt move, and that she was feeling that sick fealin she gets, so she called it comatose cronic. I really like how considering this was my first grow I actually got a month 1/2 worth of herb, and I was able to test the high of my herb during the veg by picking, waiting is well worth it. So here are some of the final pics, very nice I must say, and Ill put a link in for my new grow log. 4 Feminized Jack47 1 L.A woman 1mysteryseed, 1 out of ten bag seeds i got germenated, wtf is that lol.

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[skinup4us]

Very impressive, fairplay to you, i think i'm gonna attempt a cfl grow myself after seeing what can be achieved. i have a 400 watt sodium setup where i use clones from friends but my last grow i decied to try some feminised seeds (trainwreck) because i fancied a change in strains had 2 powercuts during the 5th week of flowering and 1 plant hermied on me and pollinated everything. anyway Great grow.:thumbsup:

[EnhAnceD]

thanks for the comment skinup. Ya I was honestly considering grabbing a batterybackup cu you cant guarentee lights will always be working right, anyways, check out my new log, I have highhopes for these ones.

[fleetspop]

nice lookin grow enhanced did u use the same light setup ur whole grow... the 10000 lumens

[fleetspop]

i read ur log and saw where u uped your lights ... was that just one plant that went to harvest

[EnhAnceD]

i read ur log and saw where u uped your lights ... was that just one plant that went to harvest

A bit late on the reply but yes, I had just the one plant completly surrounded which made it better but b.c I used cfl and b.c of the way I grew the plant, straight up, I wasnt able to direct the light at the plant more effectively so i had to wrap em around her. My new grow is very much more efficeint in the lighting area haha. I would agree with all that I used a bit too much light but hey, first time right haha.