Indo-Outdo Grow 2010

[ultimatefreak48]

Hey all,

This is my 3rd attempt at bringing life into this world. The first attempt was quite pathetic and didn't produce harvest, my second grow outdoor harvested 1 plant. I was happy with it, but now I'm going for the gold with more lights and more plants.

Lights: 2, 200 watt fluorescent tube ballasts and 4, 23 watt daylight spectrum CFLs. I may add some more to the mix if need be.

Soil: There's an old horse pasture near my house where all the feces were dumped off the side of the hill and left to turn to compost. Its great soil, quite earthy and has good drainage.

Nutrients: I'm gonna try and keep this grow as organic as possible so they are watered with worm castings and Fox Farm Big Bloom Organic Nutes.

I chose 3 strains this season and was also given a few strains from a couple buddies. I have 2 Super Lemon Haze Fem, 2 The Church Fem, 2 Skunk # 1 Fem, 1 LA Woman Fem, 1 Rock-lock Fem, and 1 mystery purple strain. So I have 9 ladies all together 1 week from germination in soil and sprouted.

I am starting all the kids inside early on so they can be monsters.

Here's 2 pics of the grow box, just to see the size. I will have some pics of the kids once they get a little bigger.

[Joel]

Hey all,

This is my 3rd attempt at bringing life into this world. The first attempt was quite pathetic and didn't produce harvest, my second grow outdoor harvested 1 plant. I was happy with it, but now I'm going for the gold with more lights and more plants.

Lights: 2, 200 watt fluorescent tube ballasts and 4, 23 watt daylight spectrum CFLs. I may add some more to the mix if need be.

Soil: There's an old horse pasture near my house where all the feces were dumped off the side of the hill and left to turn to compost. Its great soil, quite earthy and has good drainage.

Nutrients: I'm gonna try and keep this grow as organic as possible so they are watered with worm castings and Fox Farm Big Bloom Organic Nutes.

I chose 3 strains this season and was also given a few strains from a couple buddies. I have 2 Super Lemon Haze Fem, 2 The Church Fem, 2 Skunk # 1 Fem, 1 LA Woman Fem, 1 Rock-lock Fem, and 1 mystery purple strain. So I have 9 ladies all together 1 week from germination in soil and sprouted.

I am starting all the kids inside early on so they can be monsters.

Here's 2 pics of the grow box, just to see the size. I will have some pics of the kids once they get a little bigger.

Looking good, everything sounds good. Wonderfull variety you got. I too am starting mine indoors and then transfering them outdoors, you're a little ahead of me since I havent started yet lol. My season doesnt start until middle of may when frost stops. Anyway -- All to you and Ill check up on this.

[ultimatefreak48]

Looking good, everything sounds good. Wonderfull variety you got. I too am starting mine indoors and then transfering them outdoors, you're a little ahead of me since I havent started yet lol. My season doesnt start until middle of may when frost stops. Anyway -- All to you and Ill check up on this.

Thanks Joel! Yeah I live in the Northeast and we've had such a shitty season, winter that is. But its good for me because I can put them outside very early in the spring. :jointsmile:

Update: Just got my Fox Farm Big Bloom and have started feedings. Kids are doing well. Pics to come soon.:thumbsup:

[ultimatefreak48]

Here we are 1.5 weeks from the start of germination. The FF Big Bloom is being used on the schedule provided by the container.

The Sativa strains SLH and Skunk are taller then their sister Indica strains, would that be normal for this stage of growth or are they just showing their genetics? And one of the SLH ladies looks like a goofball with sorta twisted leaves as you can see in the bottom right of the second pic. I would assume they will even out as the plant matures.

They are lookin good for their age so we will see where this goes. For now, happy smokin!!:rastasmoke:

[busybee]

Here we are 1.5 weeks from the start of germination. The FF Big Bloom is being used on the schedule provided by the container.

The Sativa strains SLH and Skunk are taller then their sister Indica strains, would that be normal for this stage of growth or are they just showing their genetics? And one of the SLH ladies looks like a goofball with sorta twisted leaves as you can see in the bottom right of the second pic. I would assume they will even out as the plant matures.

They are lookin good for their age so we will see where this goes. For now, happy smokin!!:rastasmoke:
hi ultimate freak,1.5wks is way too early for nutes,wait until they have 3-4 nodes then give them 1/4 or 1/2 strength nutes:thumbsup:

[busybee]

p.s. you have the same avatar as MAINEGROWN!

[ultimatefreak48]

p.s. you have the same avatar as MAINEGROWN!

First of all. I have had this avatar since I joined the server. Well before mainegrown. SO thats just too bad :)

And I have not been using a wild amount of nutrients, I have cut the recommended dosage by at least a quarter. And the FoxFarm bottle says to use Big bloom at all stages of life (including seedling). The plants haven't shown any signs of over-nuting, so I don't see it to be a problem, it wont hurt them.

[ultimatefreak48]

I will take the comment into consideration though. Thanks busybee!

[LetsSeeYa]

The FF Big Bloom is being used on the schedule provided by the container.

This schedule doesnt say to use 1/4 strength. But if there over 30 days old 1/4 i think wouldn't hurt, just increase slowly.:hippy:

:rasta:

[StickyBuds1987]

Nice set up man looks good so far, Ill try and get some pics of the 2 plants if they are still alive next week and one of my seedling it will be up by then

[ultimatefreak48]

This schedule doesnt say to use 1/4 strength. But if there over 30 days old 1/4 i think wouldn't hurt, just increase slowly.:hippy:

:rasta:

I know the bottle doesnt say to use 1/4 strength, but it says specifically for seedlings to use 1 tablespoon of Big Bloom to 1 gallon of water every other watering. Either way, a few of my friends who have grown used the same method I am of increasing the amounts as the plants get bigger working your way up to a full feeding. Im sure it wont hurt them, the only thing it would be is a waste of a very small amount of nutrients.

Thanks for the comment Sticky! Ill be waiting to see your ladies. How old are they?

[busybee]

First of all. I have had this avatar since I joined the server. Well before mainegrown. SO thats just too bad :)
:thumbsup:my apologies ultimate,i realised AFTER i posted,my bad:jointsmile:

[redtails]

I've used BB at the same amount from the second watering with no problems, it's a pretty mild fert.

Good luck! The faster growing ones could be sativa-dom or males, regardless I'm sure you're going to keep a good eye on them.

[StickyBuds1987]

I know the bottle doesnt say to use 1/4 strength, but it says specifically for seedlings to use 1 tablespoon of Big Bloom to 1 gallon of water every other watering. Either way, a few of my friends who have grown used the same method I am of increasing the amounts as the plants get bigger working your way up to a full feeding. Im sure it wont hurt them, the only thing it would be is a waste of a very small amount of nutrients.

Thanks for the comment Sticky! Ill be waiting to see your ladies. How old are they?

Well they are about 3 1/2 weeks. They sprouted on march the 5th, it's been cloudy and rainy for like a week and a half. So that prob effected them, but this whole week sunny, clear and warm to so wish me luck lol. I gotta get some more plants out or those 2 will end up being males lol.:thumbsup::jointsmile:

[ultimatefreak48]

NEVARRRR say that lol. If you go into growing with the mentality that they will be male, they just may be... who knows maybe I'm just superstitious. And the whole nasty weather can't really be avoided, they are at the mercy of motha nature. But either way, I hope for the best.

The babies are lookin quite nice, seeing some node growth on some of the more stout plants, but they are lookin good for how old they are. Pics to come.

[ultimatefreak48]

:thumbsup:my apologies ultimate,i realised AFTER i posted,my bad:jointsmile:

Its all good mang. :thumbsup:

[StickyBuds1987]

NEVARRRR say that lol. If you go into growing with the mentality that they will be male, they just may be... who knows maybe I'm just superstitious. And the whole nasty weather can't really be avoided, they are at the mercy of motha nature. But either way, I hope for the best.

The babies are lookin quite nice, seeing some node growth on some of the more stout plants, but they are lookin good for how old they are. Pics to come.

Lol yeah i feel ya on that i was really just meaning that the more i have the better my chances are cuz they says if ya plant like 10 plants half of them will be male

[LetsSeeYa]

Lol yeah i feel ya on that i was really just meaning that the more i have the better my chances are cuz they says if ya plant like 10 plants half of them will be male

Just dont put em out to early. Im in the NE too, the weather could have fooled ya this week, nice:thumbsup:. If you can get them started like ultimatefreak48 is going to improve at every aspect of growing outside. Plus im with him to, i refer to my plants or seeds as ''she''. Well at least till they show me their balls:cool:lol

Good luck:rasta:

[ultimatefreak48]

Hey all,

2.5 weeks from the start of germination, they look quite healthy. The rocklock is bushing out like crazy and showing some really nice inter-node growth. A little bit of yellowing of the first set of round leaves but nothing serious at this point. All is well.

:rastasmoke:

[StickyBuds1987]

looking good man keep it up

[ultimatefreak48]

Had to cut off some of the lower leaves on some of the plants cuz they yellowed up and died. I think the soil might not be as good as it was last year so I may have to transplant them into different soil soon. I may just got to using trash bags as pots to they can grow a better root system

[LetsSeeYa]

Hey all,

2.5 weeks from the start of germination, they look quite healthy. The rocklock is bushing out like crazy and showing some really nice inter-node growth. A little bit of yellowing of the first set of round leaves but nothing serious at this point. All is well.

:rastasmoke:

Hey Freak they look great man:thumbsup: When the nodes are symetrical, then ya want to veg. Man Shake has a great drawing of what i mean, il look for it and post it.

Keep er Green man :weedpoke:

:rasta:

[ultimatefreak48]

Hey Freak they look great man:thumbsup: When the nodes are symetrical, then ya want to veg. Man Shake has a great drawing of what i mean, il look for it and post it.

Keep er Green man :weedpoke:

:rasta:

and when the nodes start alternating the plant is sexually mature and can begin flowering if Im not mistaken.

Anyways, they are lookin great just a little taller, pics to come soon.

[LetsSeeYa]

and when the nodes start alternating the plant is sexually mature and can begin flowering if Im not mistaken.

Anyways, they are lookin great just a little taller, pics to come soon.

Well i like to get my plants planted as deep as i can. It helps get more roots out, which promotes the top growth bigger and faster, IMO:hippy:

Cant wait to see growth man:rasta:

[ultimatefreak48]

Alright everyone,

Sorry for the delay with everything. I have had a busy past few weeks pullin 2 40 hr jobs.. not fun but anyways, the ladies are lookin great. Just past 1 month old, pics will come tomorrow now that my internet is working again.

[busybee]

come on ultimate,you're gonna be late with them pics!!!

[LetsSeeYa]

Hows it going bro:hippy:

Working 80hrs a week dude, good for you man:thumbsup:i miss working so much. So knowing a guy like you out getting done what needs to get done is awesome. I know a few people who needs to know this, maybe they wouldn't be so picky. Two jobs equal 1 good one in my eyes. There to damn far and between, these days.

Anyway, how's the girls man, i hope alls well man:hippy:

:rasta:

[ultimatefreak48]

Hey Everyone,

Sorry this took so long to get updates, but as I said, busy busy busy. Im really excited to finally have some time off. Unfortunately I got laid off due to the season ending where I worked, but I'll be back at it May 31st thankfully. (Runs to the DOL to get a spot in ever-growing the unemployment line) :rastasmoke:

Girls are absoluuuuutely beautiful and are at day 35. I transplanted them into something a little bigger to finish out the time they stay inside. If everything goes according to plan, they should be outside in 2 weeks. I also figured it was best to force flower these ladies and harvest earlier in the summer seeing as I started them so early... Any comments on whether or not thats a wise idea or not please let me know. It seems logical though, because the SLH plants are going to need the full 10-11 weeks to finish and the growing season for outdoors wont allow that without risk of frosting.

One of the plants, new nickname the RadTard (one of the church ladies:wtf:) started out lookin like a complete f**k up but its leaves are growing out like true cannabis leaves. I have also noticed on a few of the plants alternating nodes stating to show.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

And See Ya.... Thanks for keepin my thread goin in my absence!!:thumbsup:

Anyways, here they are!!

First, all the girls
Second, 2 SLH in back and 2 Church in front
Third, 2 Skunk in back and LA Wom bot. left, and Rocklock bot. right

[StickyBuds1987]

hey man they look really good what kind of soil you using??

[ultimatefreak48]

Just some all natural soil thats been composting on a hillside near my home. its a mix of compost, horse poo and natural leaf and tree litter that has just decomposed over a few years.

[StickyBuds1987]

ah man looks like they love it

[ultimatefreak48]

ah man looks like they love it

That they certainly do. I had a goal this summer to keep this seasons harvest chem free. Ive been smoking a lot of local organic hippie bud since I moved back to VT. The taste of an organic crop is mesmerizing to me. I almost feel like I don't really smoke to get ripped anymore, its just a taste and flavor thing for me now and getting high is a side effect lol.

[ultimatefreak48]

Oh and it might not look like it in the pics but the majority of those plants have 9 nodes + some of which are alternating and some are not, but they're still young.

[LetsSeeYa]

Hey Everyone,

Sorry this took so long to get updates, but as I said, busy busy busy. Im really excited to finally have some time off. Unfortunately I got laid off due to the season ending where I worked, but I'll be back at it May 31st thankfully. (Runs to the DOL to get a spot in ever-growing the unemployment line) :rastasmoke:

Girls are absoluuuuutely beautiful and are at day 35. I transplanted them into something a little bigger to finish out the time they stay inside. If everything goes according to plan, they should be outside in 2 weeks. I also figured it was best to force flower these ladies and harvest earlier in the summer seeing as I started them so early... Any comments on whether or not thats a wise idea or not please let me know. It seems logical though, because the SLH plants are going to need the full 10-11 weeks to finish and the growing season for outdoors wont allow that without risk of frosting.

One of the plants, new nickname the RadTard (one of the church ladies:wtf:) started out lookin like a complete f**k up but its leaves are growing out like true cannabis leaves. I have also noticed on a few of the plants alternating nodes stating to show.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

And See Ya.... Thanks for keepin my thread goin in my absence!!:thumbsup:

Anyways, here they are!!

First, all the girls
Second, 2 SLH in back and 2 Church in front
Third, 2 Skunk in back and LA Wom bot. left, and Rocklock bot. right

Well im glad ya made it back:thumbsup:

As far as you inducing flowering, i would not do it now. Most people like you, with the short season will induce while they are planted outside. You just put a black bag over it for 24hrs and the plant will be tricked into budding. Also, its not good to begin to flower till the branches are symmetrical, because the plant is mature when your plants branches are symmetric. Plus you will run the risk of Hermie's, because when they go out, and if you have started to flower them, they will just go back into veg. Your plants will begin to flower when the light is less and the dark is more. Thats why people will use a bag with good ventilation at the bottom, to flip into flower in like the end of July or into Aug. This will get your plants very big, because you started inside and to force flower early will get you a great finished yield.

I have never covered a plant, but iv seen it done here with great success:thumbsup:

Keep er green man, il be back:rasta:

[ultimatefreak48]

I didnt fully explain myself in my original post. I have not put the plants into 12/12 and will not do so for a few months. I intend to put them outside and transplant them into their flowering containers probably in 2 weeks, and once late june early july rolls around I plan to put the plants in my barn at 7 pm every night and take them out at 7 am forcing them to flower and hopefully finish within the restraints of the season, probably finishing around September 15th

It would also be nice to harvest when its still a bit warm. That way I can have some ladies over in bikinis to help with the trimming :jumphappy:

Happy tokin :rastasmoke:

[StickyBuds1987]

I didnt fully explain myself in my original post. I have not put the plants into 12/12 and will not do so for a few months. I intend to put them outside and transplant them into their flowering containers probably in 2 weeks, and once late june early july rolls around I plan to put the plants in my barn at 7 pm every night and take them out at 7 am forcing them to flower and hopefully finish within the restraints of the season, probably finishing around September 15th

It would also be nice to harvest when its still a bit warm. That way I can have some ladies over in bikinis to help with the trimming :jumphappy:

Happy tokin :rastasmoke:

somehow i think with you being stoned and watching the chicks in there bikinis learn to trim your not gonna get much done haha:thumbsup::thumbsup::stoned:

[busybee]

It would also be nice to harvest when its still a bit warm. That way I can have some ladies over in bikinis to help with the trimming :jumphappy:
Happy tokin :rastasmoke:
:thumbsup:sounds great.i've taught a few friends how to "trim",so if you need a hand teaching the ladies......

[ultimatefreak48]

somehow i think with you being stoned and watching the chicks in there bikinis learn to trim your not gonna get much done haha:thumbsup::thumbsup::stoned:

Hahahaha... I cant agree with you more.

I just got a bottle of rootone rooting gel and Im gonna start playing with cloning once the ladies go outside. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[ultimatefreak48]

So I checked on the ladies this morning, and I noticed some yellowing and brown spots on some of the leaves on 2 of the plants 1 SLH and 1 Skunk. I am concerned whether this is a result of over feeding or under feeding. Any help would be appreciated. I am also in the process of getting some pH test strips for my water supply. The problem could also be from the water, but I cannot be sure yet. Updates to come, and if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

[JungleSuperstar]

That they certainly do. I had a goal this summer to keep this seasons harvest chem free. Ive been smoking a lot of local organic hippie bud since I moved back to VT. The taste of an organic crop is mesmerizing to me. I almost feel like I don't really smoke to get ripped anymore, its just a taste and flavor thing for me now and getting high is a side effect lol.

100% agree sumtimes i wish i cud just bun a zoot for the flavaa and nt get stoned at all...:jointsmile:

[ultimatefreak48]

Well I think I figured out the source of my problems... Tap water in my house is not quite kosher for the plants so Im now takin it out of the filter from the fridge. Also I upped the nute dose and they seem to like it, no more new yellowing or browning that I can see.

Happy smokes

[ultimatefreak48]

Plants have been outside for 4 days now. They seem to like being outside much more then the cabinet seeing as almost all sickness has gone away. and the new growth is looking very healthy. A little bit of trimming had to be done but the growth coming out of the nodes should get a lot more light and grow faster.

[StickyBuds1987]

sounds good man yeah they always love tha real sunlight alot more hope things go good for ya man :thumbsup:

[ultimatefreak48]

hey all,

Long time since some pics have been provided. The ladies are today at the beginning of week 7 since the start of germination. They got held back a bit due to getting sick but I figured Id take a few pics to show the progress.... A few of them got sick near the end of the time being inside and I found out they were all rootbound and very hungry. So they got transplanted. Some are going to have to transplant again due to lack of 8 equal size buckets. Goin to the store to get those soon. Newer growth is looking much better and I will be LSTing them starting tomorrow morning so they can stay short and stocky.

first pic. bottom: SLH and rocklock
top: LA Woman and retard church

second pic. bottom: church and skunk
top: skunk and SLH

last pic: all the ladies

Happy Smokes:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

[nugrowr]

nice man! those are some chubby little things they look nice..

[ultimatefreak48]

nice man! those are some chubby little things eh! :) im a fan of your big pots :thumbsup:

Yeah they are chubs aren't they hahahaha... Yah I was rummaging around and found that biiiiiiiig green one hiding in a corner. But I reeeeely need to get some equal sized pots. Im sure they are goin to bulk out in a few days once the roots realize they have a hell of a lot of new room to grow.:thumbsup:

[StickyBuds1987]

they are looking great

[ultimatefreak48]

they are looking great

Thanks Sticky

[LetsSeeYa]

Nice job of vegging those plants to live an grow outside. Your going to need to re pot at least 3 times before flower though, but they should get giant if you do. They like to fill there pots pretty fast outside. I re pot 3 times before i put them in the ground to build up the root ball.

Looks great so far man:rasta:

[ultimatefreak48]

Nice job of vegging those plants to live an grow outside. Your going to need to re pot at least 3 times before flower though, but they should get giant if you do. They like to fill there pots pretty fast outside. I re pot 3 times before i put them in the ground to build up the root ball.

Looks great so far man:rasta:

good to know... thanks. I was plannin on repotting most of the smaller ones and maybe leave one or 2 that are in the largest pots the way they are... I plan to top all of these in a day or so, then progressively do some FIMing

but yeahh.... there may be a chance of snow tonight and the weather right now is quite shiesty. Prolly gonna have to bring em inside for a night or 2

[ultimatefreak48]

Yeah, so the weather gods decided to have sex over the northeast and its snowing... how shitteh. I had to put the plants into my barn last night cuz I figured when I woke up there would already be snow on the ground... and i was right. Anyways, the ladies are inside my house now for a few days until the rest of the snow is gone. I also decided to top the plants this morning when I brought them in.... my goal is to have plants that are 3-4 ft tall abut the same size wide.

Also.. Great news, the plants have been out in the natural sunlight for the past week, and unless my eyes deceive me 5 outta the 8 plants are showing female pre-flowers and the rest still have a bit more growing to do b4 they show. So far, the first 5 to show are girls so I'm praying for 3 more and I'm sure that's not too much to ask for.:rastasmoke::rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

Happy smokes

[StickyBuds1987]

Yeah, so the weather gods decided to have sex over the northeast and its snowing... how shitteh. I had to put the plants into my barn last night cuz I figured when I woke up there would already be snow on the ground... and i was right. Anyways, the ladies are inside my house now for a few days until the rest of the snow is gone. I also decided to top the plants this morning when I brought them in.... my goal is to have plants that are 3-4 ft tall abut the same size wide.

Also.. Great news, the plants have been out in the natural sunlight for the past week, and unless my eyes deceive me 5 outta the 8 plants are showing female pre-flowers and the rest still have a bit more growing to do b4 they show. So far, the first 5 to show are girls so I'm praying for 3 more and I'm sure that's not too much to ask for.:rastasmoke::rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

Happy smokes

hey man glad to here they are girls my 2 oldest girls showed lastweek i still have 4 that are not old enough yet but i hope they show soon lol oh and snow in may lol crazy you must be up north :thumbsup::thumbsup::jointsmile:

[ultimatefreak48]

hey man glad to here they are girls my 2 oldest girls showed lastweek i still have 4 that are not old enough yet but i hope they show soon lol oh and snow in may lol crazy you must be up north :thumbsup::thumbsup::jointsmile:

Yup... I call VT my home and shes been throwin some weird weather patterns at us lately. I put the plants inside my house in the upstairs and when i walked into the front door of my house i could smell them thru 2 closed doors and they are all the way down a hall and upstairs on the second floor.... wtffffff.... not a bad thing tho!!!

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[ultimatefreak48]

Hey all,

Hairs a growin... Im happy to say I am a proud father of 3 girls for sure atm. Im sure I am goin to see a few more showing sex in the next few days.

Pics for your enjoyment.
The first one you can for sure see the hairs at one node on a church plant.
The rest are just eye candy as of now.

[StickyBuds1987]

looks great man :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[ultimatefreak48]

looks great man :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thanks SB!!
I decided im goin to flower these plants based on when they decide to show sexual maturity... so essentially in stages and it will work its way to a progressive harvest. Which I believe will be better, that way I can fulfill my ultimate goal earlier on and that is to not have to pay for buds for a while cuz the prices have just gotten way too ridiculous for me.

Happy Smokes:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

[StickyBuds1987]

yeah man i know what ya mean ppl wanna charge out tha ass for shitty brick weed around hear and and tha good bud is just way to over priced

[ultimatefreak48]

Hey all,

So I topped all the plants at about 10 nodes or so each. They are a little over a foot tall now, but my question is how much taller would they get by the time they finish flowering? I will be putting them into force flower once they show sex so its pretty much gonna happen in a few days for about 3 of them. they 3 being force as of now are mainly indica strains... Church and Rocklock.... Im just not sure what to expect... any comments would be greatly appreciated

Happy Smokes

[StickyBuds1987]

well id say by the time they are done they will prob be no bigger than 3 to 4 feet tall if you are force flowering them now but if they were just left to grow out and flower the natural way they would be much bigger maybe depending on the genetics :jointsmile::jointsmile::thumbsup:

[ultimatefreak48]

3 to 4 ft tall sounds like a good height to me, I have a veryyy small problem of the neighbors being able to see where the plants are but like I said its the houses are spread pretty far apart and they have some fence/trees.. etc in between.

Im kinda curious as to how much these ladies could end up yeiding, would keeping them a little smaller cut the max yield in the end?

[StickyBuds1987]

3 to 4 ft tall sounds like a good height to me, I have a veryyy small problem of the neighbors being able to see where the plants are but like I said its the houses are spread pretty far apart and they have some fence/trees.. etc in between.

Im kinda curious as to how much these ladies could end up yeiding, would keeping them a little smaller cut the max yield in the end?

Well they will not produce as much as they would if you let them grow out all year instead of force flowering them. But if they are 3 to 4 ft tall then you should get a decent yield at least a couple oz's from each plant. I'm not an expert and there are other factors that play a role in this but so far everything looks good what nutes are you using

[ultimatefreak48]

Im using FF Big Bloom nutes. Keeping everything organic. I probably wont give them any other nutes during flowering just the BB. I decided today that I am going to force flower just one of the church plants as of now and let the other ones get a little bigger and see how they produce.... The church plant that I am forcign as of now got transplanted into a 10 gallon container which a few years ago was a vermi-composter but all the worms died so all thats left is their castings. Should be interesting :)

[StickyBuds1987]

sounds good man :thumbsup:

[dmcefc]

Hi Ultimate ,have you started forcing your girls yet ? ,I've been forcing two of my girls for 40 days and they've grown about 1 ft in that time but each plant has many tops so that may of slowed growth heightwise. I've noticed how much darker green my flowering plants are than my vegging girls also.
Any pic updates for us?

Good Growin.

[ultimatefreak48]

Hi Ultimate ,have you started forcing your girls yet ? ,I've been forcing two of my girls for 40 days and they've grown about 1 ft in that time but each plant has many tops so that may of slowed growth heightwise. I've noticed how much darker green my flowering plants are than my vegging girls also.
Any pic updates for us?

Good Growin.

DMC- I decided that I am just going to start with one for force flower which I just yesterday transplanted into a larger 10 gallon container. The rest will be forced prolly starting mid June when they get to be about 2 or 3ish ft. I also decided for fun to put the LA Woman lady into the ground and just have 1 finish out the actual OD light cycle and harvest in the late fall...
BTW: how many bud sites do you see so far?

Looks like its goin to be a harvest at different times... but thats not such a bad thing. The reason for forcing the one church was just to have sum birthday bud haha. But yes pics will come very soon I just gotta wait for a little bit of sun and try and be home when it happens.

Happy SMokes!!!:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

[dmcefc]

Loads of budding sites but they haven't starting bulking out yet (not the best picture to be able to see).

The reason I forced these girls was because they were clones from last year that flowered ,then I re-vegged over the winter to take clones for this year ,so I thought I owed it to these girls to flower now as they've had a long life already,(not because I just wanted some early smoke,lol).

But it's an interesting experiment and I'll defo be doing more through the summer allowing a couple to do it naturally.It would be interesting to find out which strains get big yields for smaller plants because I've got sativa dom which dosen't work too well for forcing small.

[ultimatefreak48]

Yeah that soounds like an awesome plan... I figured that it owuld be wise to let a few plants do their thing and let the natural OD light cycle to flower them...

AS of now. 1 church plant is in force flower which will be harvested hopefully for my birthday but who knows what will happen. I have picked out a nice spot for the 3 other indica strains along a treeline which gets sun from 10 am to the late evening so it should be a prime spot. The sativas will be forced starting in a month or so.. I want them to get a bit bigger for more yield haha.

Anyways. All is well with the ladies. They love the sun and the ferts so it should be a prime grow season.

Happy SMoKes!!!

[ultimatefreak48]

Hey everyone,

All the plants are lookin very healthy, they seem to be enjoying the past few days of pure sunlight. They range in size from the smallest at 1.5 ft to the biggest at 2.5ft. All 8 plants are sucessfully females and showing many preflowers. I will have some pics of them tomorrow if not later on tonight.

Happy SMokes!!

[ultimatefreak48]

Alright,

I know its taken wayyyy too long to get a few pics up of my ladies but not to worry. All is well. first two pics are from right after they got put outside 3 weeks ago i think. and the rest are the flowering church plant 1.5 weeks as of now.

[ultimatefreak48]

pics of the ladies as of today.....

first pic... ladies in a row from left to right. church, rocklock, la woman, skunk #1, super lemon haze, skunk #1 and then my semi lst super lemon haze.

[StickyBuds1987]

hey man your gonna have a nice lil combination of buds when its said and done they look beautiful keep it up :thumbsup::thumbsup::jointsmile:

[ultimatefreak48]

hey man your gonna have a nice lil combination of buds when its said and done they look beautiful keep it up :thumbsup::thumbsup::jointsmile:

Thanks Sticky!! Im very excited to see where the flowering church is gonna go. haha

happy smokes everyone!!:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

[busybee]

pics of the ladies as of today.....

first pic... ladies in a row from left to right. church, rocklock, la woman, skunk #1, super lemon haze, skunk #1 and then my semi lst super lemon haze.

:thumbsup:hi ultimate,nice plants man.sorry,i've not been keeping up,are the skunk#1's older or just bigger?:jointsmile:

[ultimatefreak48]

:thumbsup:hi ultimate,nice plants man.sorry,i've not been keeping up,are the skunk#1's older or just bigger?:jointsmile:

Actually, they are just showing their natural Sativa genetics. growing tall with long branches. (according to what I think I know haha)

[LetsSeeYa]

Hey all,

So I topped all the plants at about 10 nodes or so each. They are a little over a foot tall now, but my question is how much taller would they get by the time they finish flowering? I will be putting them into force flower once they show sex so its pretty much gonna happen in a few days for about 3 of them. they 3 being force as of now are mainly indica strains... Church and Rocklock.... Im just not sure what to expect... any comments would be greatly appreciated

Happy Smokes

Hey man just wanted to show you what the fim did for me last year. You don't always give up yield by topping or fim. I was lucky cuz i got 7 tops from the fim and in the first pic, i already took the tops of them. So what you see is without them, but i also posted a pic of what the plant look like after i took the tops. I cant seem to find a pic before i took the tops, but they can get pretty big. That grow tray holds about 5 gal or more, but iv grown 2 4' plants in it before, but they both hermied:( I think you could tie them down if they get to high:thumbsup:


:rasta:

[ultimatefreak48]

hey everyone sorry for the long time with no posts. i ended up getting rid of 6 of the original 8 plants and now only have a 2.4 tall church plant which is flowering nicely. i will have pics quite soon.

[gypski]

I know the bottle doesnt say to use 1/4 strength, but it says specifically for seedlings to use 1 tablespoon of Big Bloom to 1 gallon of water every other watering. Either way, a few of my friends who have grown used the same method I am of increasing the amounts as the plants get bigger working your way up to a full feeding. Im sure it wont hurt them, the only thing it would be is a waste of a very small amount of nutrients.

Thanks for the comment Sticky! Ill be waiting to see your ladies. How old are they?

I'm using a diluted mix of Big Bloom to water and folar mist a couple of new clones that are in the rooting stage. It works well diluted, and I believe will aid in the rooting process since this is the first time I've tried it. They are still going strong after a week. Photos when potted. :D