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Here's a pic from today. Camera sucks, camerman pretty bad too, hehe. :pimp:
View is looking over the tops/branches of 2 plants in a 10 gallon rubbermaid bin. 400 watt HPS, 3 cfl's and 1 4ft flouro fixture.
Hoping I only have 20 more days or so. Will buy microscope soon, and will slowy be trimming leaf fingers from the bottom up so more energy focusses on fattening up hopefully, as well as better penetration to the flowers. (good/bad on that?)
how is the odor on those plants on how much nutes are you currently giving to those plants also im guessing its a dwc?
They were quite stinky until I got my Vaportek 4000. I dont use a carbon scrubber, but the vtek set on 3 right now eliminates the smell almost perfectly. I adjust it up every other day a little bit as it gets skunkier. They would absolutely reek if I had no odor eliminator..
I'm giving them Awesome Blossoms at about 3.5ml/gallon, and lucas formula GH nutes up to 1300ppm, and some calmag+ with RO water. Next res change I'll push it to 1500.
Yes it's a recirculating DWC, about 10 gallon total water capacity.
The plants have pretty much stopped their vertical growth finally. I'd recommend flowering this strain at only 18 inches or so unless you don't mind trees. I did no LST or topping at all, and yet several branches are taller than the main top on one plant.
This is my first hydro grow, and first grow since the mid 1980's or so. This strain seems forgiving of mistakes, plus they're inexpensive seeds (mine were freebies).
One of my plants tipped over today. Luckily I was sitting right here and heard the ugly sound of branches and leaves brushing against walls. I was able to tie it to a wall from the base, and about halfway up, but it's all crooked from where it had been.
The 5.5 inch netpot had tipped out of the hole. The roots are SO packed in the tub that I cant even force it down all the way anymore, lol.. yikes.
Nevertheless, I will attempt to reinforce the screw holes in the rim of the netpot, and screw it down.
Wish me luck!
Well, it's day 43 of flowering, so I snapped another pic for grins.
This is the top of one plant. It's from a low angle so the tape measure is a bit off, it's solid for the top 12 inches or so almost. Dense all around as well, maybe 4 inches across. I've strung up a line below it to gently keep it upright.
The other plants top is similar, but not quite as large. All of the branches are quite filled out.
Last week or so I did snip two tiny trich covered bud leaves to smoke, and it really was very nice. Laid me right out.
MisterE
Its good to see some progress on NLX. AGS gave me 10 freebs as well and I basically have the exact same setup you have. Got 2 at day 40 going to 12/12 starting tonight. Can you take a close up of your best cola? I am anxious to see whats in store for me. I hear its a Northern Lights strain crossed with WW have you heard anything on that?
Peace :stoned:
pic1 - Dec 2nd, grown from seed to this point under cool white shop light.
pic2 - Jan 2nd, under 400w MH, plus flouro for the side.
pic3 - Jan 30th, under 400w HPS, plus flouro, plus 3 cfl's because they got so big. The cola in the upper left of that pic is the largest. It's the top of the left plant.
pic4 - Feb 12th, the largest cola, top of the left plant. As I say it's about 12 inches solid, about 4 inches broad. Every pistil is still white and they're putting on weight.
I've heard also that it's northern lights x white widow, but I didnt specifically ask GSA or anything.
The top left cola reminds me of a football, lmao. I need to get busy and trim out some lower leaves. I'm not too good with the camera, and it's a super crappy ass old camera too, but I'll try to get a closeup at some point if the camera is capable of a macro focus or whatever. I also have a microscope on the way and will ATTEMPT to get a trichome pic or two..
By the way, GodBud, yours look healthier than mine from what I can see. You have a couple of brown spots lower down maybe, but I have been putting up with them the entire grow. This is my first grow in like 20+yrs, and my first hydro attempt.
Yours will probably triple in size before they're done if you're just going to 12/12, lol. So be ready!
MisterE
Thanks for the comments. My babies look really healthy in person. Those spots tripped me out not sure what caused it but it was early in the game and havent seen any probs since, Just did a res change and got the HPS 400 Watt baking down on them. Got me 2 females (luck I guess) So are the buds that sweet lime green color? What method are you going to use to harvest and cure? About how many days can I expect to chop em in your opinion!
Peace
Well, the bud leaf is much darker green. I'm sure it'll vary depending on nutes/strength etc. My humidity and nighttime temps are wildy fluctuating too, so I'm sure my results will be different.
I expect 55 or 60 days flowering. I'll know in a few days when I get my microscope how clear/cloudy my trichomes are. I PLAN to flush with florakleen and RO water for a week or so before I chop. I'll do a full res change and add the florakleen, and monitor my PPM until it stops dropping rapidly, then I'll know its flushed. Zandor recommends you flush until the PPM doesnt vary more than 50ppm from one day to the next. You can flush with florakleen right up to harvest day, no worries about that.
Starting now, I'm going to aggresively trim fan leaves from the bottom up. I'll leave some at the middle/top of the branches/buds to keep them working for me, but most of the bottom half of the plants' leaves will be gone shortly.
What I'll do is cut and trim down to solid bud and hang up in a dark closet with normal airflow to dry evenly. Once mostly dry, I'll put as much as I can in sealed glass containers, watching daily for any condensation. If I see some, I'll open the jar and let it evaporate, then seal again.
I try to be realistic too. I'm sure a lot of the looser lower buds I'll stick in paper bag(s) and just sample it now and then, saving the best for the good curing. Plus I dont have near enough glass containers for all this, hehe.