Prune's New Born

[Prunedale]

Ok heres my lil girl *Hope
I was layin with her earlier, cleaned out the WHOLE closet in honor of her sisters hopefully to come soon. got the ok with the wife. WOOT!..

I'm researching like crazy now.

I threw some lines in photoshop because I had slight yellowing of the tips. I thougth that to be some overwatering symptoms so I let her slurp what she had and made sure she was drainin ok. opened the doors and let her breathe, and today she got her first bath and light feeding. using a 0.02 % solution.

[Prunedale]

=D =D However notice it turnin a little light... Its as perky as can be I'm just afraid I'm not loving it enough.

I feed it ph balanced bottled water only. Room Temp

[Kindbud]

lol, you're loving it plenty man. Looks like a really healthy plant ,nice sized pot to as transplanting and root bound plants can cause problems. Yellowing of bottom fan leaves is common in the seedling/early veg stage, to much nitrogen is the culprit usually. What kind of soil or soiless mix did you use?

[Prunedale]

Using Longs Sun&Soil Potting Soil :)

[OniEhtRedrum781]

Lookin' good so far...

[Prunedale]

4 Weeks
Unknown Strain

This was a loner seed in an oz that I purchased a while back. One day I found it and threw it in paper towels.. And she was born..

She's growing well. Seems like more time passes than actually does. Wierd.

Only light I have so far is 2 24" cool tube grow lights.

1. Worried about helicopter infrared flyover with hps bulbs..
2. Worries about electricity prices with hps and them catching on

Should I be??

When should I start flowering. Some peoples gardens are so tall I'm amazed, others growing hydro like UG have smaller plants when they begin flowering.. When is the right time? Or is there.

Also note in the second smaller pic. The rogue 8th leaf.. That a defect?
My lights went out one night I was gone, came back to my clock blinking 4 o clock. so it was atleast a 4 hour period till i got back to fix them.. Hope I didn't throw anything off in its cycle.

Other than that its been 24 / 7 lighting.

[Prunedale]

Update:

Trying to be very careful, started training the stem to straighten up, gently with baby cotton thread afterward gave it some sprays. Told her she was the prettiest girl I've ever seen. Took pictures of her. I think it helps, she seems to perk up for photo shoots hehe. Anyway..

[Prunedale]

Ok so learning alot as the days pass. I've adopted the Bodom Box.
So far I've purchased the foil tape, 2 49gal tubs. got my hole in the top, need to get my fans. Man I learned about this box quickly in the first few hours..

1. Make sure you got that intake exhaust BEFORE you close it up.
2. Humidity will skyrocket with no holes lol. I'm sure this is a duh for you guys.
3. Everything is stable and normal, had a few spottys on the leaves so I haven't watered in 2 days. She looks like she's recovering.

I'm 5 weeks in Veg state.

LIGHTING

Using the same lights I was using before 2 24" flors. I was at the store today and looking at those small cfls there were 3 kinds, warm, something else and "day light" which was the highest notch in the blue spectrum. I'm reading that plants will like the red light when I start to flower. Should I say hell with it and follow Bodom in getting the cfls day light or get something different?
I was going to buy sockets and those day lights but man the sockets were pricy and didn't match the 1.29 on the tag in the isle, so I said fuck it and moved on. I also made a friend at the petstore. I was asking for that kitty litter that someone used, think it was fresh step with the blueish silca for carbon filter. I use my true air carbon filter for now. Constructed the inner part of the carbon filter, couldn't find a damn 6" cap at Home depot. I'll look tommarow or make my own from something. Thanks Bodom for the info bro, you're the man. All you guys are great help so thanks in advance.

Anyway my friend at the store figured I was growing, so we exchanged emails and he offered to trade clones someday. I agreed he was a nice guy, of course I'll be cautious and smoke out with him a few times before any exchange takes place but he claims to be growing a certain strain a buddy of his paid a bundle for and he's excited at the look of them, I'll try to get him to sign up on the boards here. He showed me some cool dual floro lights one was white the other was really blue, looked neat and I could see how it would feed the plant more of what it wanted. After I get a job lol, I'll level up on my lighting. I was looking at hps as well, think I might get a 250 or 400 but I wanna find a low energy ballast, and I'll only try to use it for flowering. I'm still paranoid about cops out here and the spike in energy.

Anyway here is what I got so far. I'm gonna add 2 more lights and have a strip from that hole in the middle, OR go with the cfls maybe 4 to add other spectrum hopefully. either way its about 20 dollars more. The mini cfls run a bit warm though, warmer than my tubes. I dun know. And then foil whats left of the blue parts. Till next time =D

[Prunedale]

Flowering the plant now. Took clones from her the other night since I found out she's a girl. Took 3 days to tell her sex from 12/12 its now been about a week into flowering. I'm back from my restriction from cannabis.com, lol don't ask. I might get banned again.. We'll leave whatevers to whatevers. Got some good work done since I wasn't gluing my eyes to this board 24/7

Note: I think after the learning stops, people tend to look for other avenues to ease their lack of feeling accomplished and credited. For instance promoting drama. Cease to complain was all I was sayin... Cease... To... Complain..

Peace.

Plants are doin great yall.. Got a great idea for a stealth clone box. I'm going to pull this one off inside an old wooden bar. I'll post pics as I construct it.

By the way..I've learned that potting soil blows.

Got a Question... What do you guys make of this light..??

eBay: 400 Watt Halide/HPS Alternative 105 Watt CFL Grow Light (item 140087954328 end time Feb-22-07 09:26:59 PST) (http://cgi.ebay.com/400-Watt-Halide-HPS-Alternative-105-Watt-CFL-Grow-Light_W0QQitemZ140087954328QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4222 5QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[Prunedale]

Question, On feeding, I'm giving it morbloom 0-10-10 how often should I feed it a solution? Trying to work more perlite into my mix. I'm afraid to damage my roots so I can't get it too deep.

[Dan K.]

4 Weeks

1. Worried about helicopter infrared flyover with hps bulbs..
2. Worries about electricity prices with hps and them catching on

Should I be??


I wouldn't be too worried about those if I were you, helicopter flyovers with infrared are illegal in CA, that constitutes searching a house and the police can't do that unless they have a warrant :)

What kind of HPS are you planning on using, can't be more than 400-600 watts at most for that one plant, that's really not very much, especially in an area as rural as Prunedale, I wouldnt even start to worry unless you were doing 2-3K watts

good luck!! looks good so far,

Dan K.

[Prunedale]

Uh thinking I'm gonna stay with cfls but perhaps I need more than this?
Two 42 watt 2700k at the moment with those cool tubes.
Was using the 2 5500k cfls till I went to 12/12 and now I'm switching to 18/6 cause I think it should be bigger don't you think?? Or is my dirt medium restricting my growth.. I'm thinking I'm getting a basic yield on this one since it was a potting soil grow with low nutes.

Suggestions?

[Prunedale]

Sunday -

Added a 5500k light in the middle for extra spectrum in this flower stage.
Didn't think my root system was that large but sliding a pencil down the edge of the pot they are stretched out all the way, I can tell now that my soil not having much for nutes to feed the plant was causing it to grow a crazy root system, or maybe thats just normal. Some other peoples I see have smaller systems byt they aren't using soil. So I worked more perlite into the soil mix gently and then dumped my mollasses and bloom feed and then followed up with a bit of regular water and let it drain well. I hope its nice and airy since I mixed its soil up a bit. Looks like its doin fine and the clones I took are doin well too. I need to pick up some root hormone though for added assurance to root.

Feed: Alaska Morbloom 0-10-10
Bit of Molasses mixed in the gallon. Slightly concentrated.
But applied before a flush feed. Drip was recycled into the pot as well.
Hope I don't burn it, I tried to be on the "more" side this time since I've been very careful not to over water or feed at all. Last time I fed the wrong stuff and got a few spots.

Should I be using different nutrients?

I'm interested in buying some good nutes. Whats your choice?

[Veratyr Star]

This is cute. You really love that plant.

Hells yeah. Good for you man.

[Nocturnal Stoner]

nice plant man, are you sure of the sex yet?

[Gatekeeper777]

my plants are as green as evergreen trees.
love them.

[Prunedale]

nice plant man, are you sure of the sex yet?

Yes brother thank you for asking, here's a SRO cigar for you Its a girl =D :) :thumbsup: :D

Today I bought another 10 dollar fan from Wal-mart. Same one I got for the top of my box, this ones for the top of my scrubber. Also picked up some tidy cat silica crystal litter.. eeew cats are yuck. Taking the carbon back to the pet store that sheeit is expensive.

Collected more rain today. Been good weather for collecting.
Now when I'm on the phone I tell my friends i'm feeding gatorade rain to my daughter. =)

Just adjusting the canopy today, its starting to look even and lowered the plant so they reach up a bit more. Since flowering the nodes are very close together.

18/6 for now..

Clones are showing footsies YAY.

NEED Rock Wool. No one knows what the hell it is.

[Prunedale]

This is cute. You really love that plant.

Hells yeah. Good for you man.

Its been my stress reducer in many ways, and I've become a facinated wannabe gardener. Making me wanna go bigger. Making me wanna move. Place with a basement or attic. :cool:

[Prunedale]

Today is Friday.

The molasses solution seems to have helped the top start developing rich new growth. I'm happy. If I failed to mention that, I mixed water, molasses, bloom 0-10-10 and a bit of fish emulsion. Its been sitting in my jug, I shake it every now and then like its helping it get air inside lol.

She's looking so pretty. I decided to name her now. And I decided to give a japanese name since she looks like a bonzai cannabis. I'm still deciding ON the name however. Any thoughts? Here is her main star. She's just gettin into it. I'm excited. Clones are rooting better and back in the chamber with mom.

Worked Yet more perlite/soil into my pot.

SHOULD I TRANSPLANT? I have a 13.5 quart container that she's sittin in. Not sure if I should go bigger to encourage her to stretch and get bushier. Or.. I might be acting impatient thinking that way. Its a relatively nice sized pot. No roots out the bottom or anything but I probably only used 3/4 the pot when I initially placed the dirt inside. Adding more later wouldn't really do much good since the root line is lower than the top of the pot so lets say I have a 8-9 quart pot.. Anyway.. I'm taking suggestions hehe. I'm worried about shocking her by doing that while she's flowering but if I don't do it soon then I might not be able to at all later??

[Prunedale]

A eeerie feeling comes over me...... My eyes widen.... And I quickly turn off all the lights and make sure my door is locked.. Then I peer.. Oh.. good. Some violence whew.. Salinas Ca. ......

This is the view out my grow room window.

[Prunedale]

Created 2 Tracks for my production co that have been influenced by my bush =D.

This is not me singin, its my partner and we're just gettin ideas..
But its good for artists to listen to and get ideas.

Pro.G Records - Downloads - Reggae Selective (http://www.prog702.com/download)

Enjoy guys.

[Prunedale]

I'm sure I should have burned the shit outta my plant, I'm so amazed at that solution I found here containing that molasses I mentioned earlier. Wow. Few days time has shown alot of growth. Or perhaps its the transition to flowering but "Dayum!" Starting to get those white crystals on the leafs. So pretty. Like Dior lol. She sucks water like a.... never mind. Her top soil is already dry. I guess the heat from the lamps and constant air makes the medium dry quickly. My clones are yellowing, fed em a bit, hope that helps, seeing growth at the nodes below where I topped it. I hope I hope I hope. Took off all LST from the tree, her stem is too thick to even bend now so she's in perma bonzai bend. Gonna just let her do what she does now. Think I made enough room for the others to grow nicely.

Should I feed her good or starve her to stress her into producing growth?
Someone said starving the plant a bit helps hmmmm. somehow this doesn't make sense but hey.. what do I know.