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as far as soil goes, i'm kinda clueless. however, i do have in my possession the "grower's bible" by jorge cervantes. this helps to give some feel for soil grows for me.
dunno about those spots, but you can use planter size to limit height.
that screen might be a good idea if you're gonna be away four days.
Just took them out to water, snapped some pics. Let me know what you think. I'll do a little more info in the next post, but for now here are the pics. Check out how big #1Lady is!
1) #1Lady about to take a shower
2) #1Lady side shot before shower
3) 2ndPlace girl
4) Undergrowth of 2nd place girl, which looks like a damn jungle, it's unbelievable.
5) The "runt" who is no longer a runt!
Leave some feedback!
Peace all!
couple more pics:
1) #1Lady after her shower, back in the room
2) The whole room. Starting to get full!!
nicely done friend. lil fella (hopefully not) is catching up! hooray! any decisions on the screen?
Them are real nice. I've grow afghani and afghani kind weed. Your grow should be super.
Hey looking good.. Another nice grow Im late too.. I swear those fattys look like you ran them under 20,000 lumens of T5... Good Job... Im along for the ride.. Good luck with your grow....d:rastasmoke:
gg84 - Always around man, i appreciate the support! I wish I could have a goddamn conference call with you tomorrow when I clone these ladies haha. A little nervous to say the least.
Shov - Always good to see you here. I'm hoping things turn out well but one step at a time right?
D - These girls are blowing up, sometimes I have to check out what bulbs I am actually using haha. I am at about 5000 lumens/sq ft so I think that is helping for sure. Thanks for stopping in!
A few new developments. The #1Lady had some weird yellow spotting on some of the way lower leaves and a couple of upper leaves. For some reason it didn't concern me a whole lot. After the pH flush things seemed alright and after extensive research I am thinking it is possible it is a little nitrogen deficiency? They are almost a month old and I was told that is about the length of time for those "time release nutes" to run out ... and they are surely old enough to start taking some juice.
SO i went and got some pretty general nutes. Some lame ass brand name (scotts or something i'm too lazy to get up and look) with 10-15-10. Now, I understand high P is necessary for flowering, not veg, so it would appear that I have chosen the wrong type. But I plan on throwing her into flowering tomorrow or the next day so I am not too worried about it. I put probably 1/8th strength in tonight with the watering, so we will see what happens. At least it has some N in it so that will help if that is the problem.
I found a "local" hydro store, so I am going to go there tomorrow and get my pH down so I can start the cloner tomorrow even without the cloning nutes. Very exciting in day in the neighborhood.
I wanna switch to flowering RIGHT NOW, but patience is a virtue. Or so they say ... I'll clone tomorrow, switch on maybe tues or wed and let the fun begin! I have the 2700K lights all ready so I am ready to go.
Anyone have suggestions on lighting for the clone box? I figure maybe a 26W or two, since they don't need a whole lot?
Keep it real all.
Peace,
-Secret
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ha ha! conference call... :jointsmile: you'll do great, man. and if not, you can take clones up to 2 weeks into flower. hell, i took that tiny clone 40+ days into flower! besides, it's all a learning experience.
for mine, i use 2- 23W (they're either 5000 or 6500 kelvin). i mist the leaves with pH'ed water about 3-4 times a day, and use clear 16oz glasses as humidity domes. good to hear you're blazing ahead without clone nutes! au natural, ha ha! have you heard of the technique involving removing some of the outer stem with a razor to expose the xylem (giving more area for roots to sprout)? if not, i can clue you in. its always worked for me. actually, the opium clones i got have not rooted yet, and i didn't do this to them. :(
not saying that clones aren't possible without it, but it improves the strike rate for me.
So I watered a couple of days ago with that new 10-15-10 fertilizer, thinking that I would be helping out with a nitrogen deficiency. WRONG. Looks like I may have burned them a bit. I only did 5 drops a gallon, and they suggest 7 drops a quart! Anyways, I must have fucked something up, maybe the fertz raised the pH or something?
I came home today and on the #1Lday there is a new growth piece with dried and yellowed tips. I am not sooo concerned about this, but I am more concerned that I may have hurt the new growth on the 2ndPlace girl. Where I cut the top, it is very slow to grow, very little new growth where there should be the two new tops ... and almost appears as if one may be getting dry too which would not be good. If those die off I am just going to say F it and throw it into flowering.
Also, I read a post where stinky said wait 2 weeks after topping before flowering, she was very adamant about this. Needless to say, it has been 10 days and I am a bit eager to start flowering (due to height constraints). Anyone have any suggestions about when I can start?
I'll post some pics of my issues. Quick responses are appreciated!
Thanks,
-Secret
Alright here are the pics:
1) Burn tips on new growth. It actually appears to be on that only one
2) new "growth" from the topping 9 days ago. Although this one has always been a lot slower, so what can I expect? Does it seem to be turning brown to anyone else?
3) Overall room. Check out #1Lady she is out of control. Please be a girl, please be a girl, please be a girl!
Let me know! For now I'm just going to let them be, as that seems to work best.
I guess I'll flush again if need be next time they are ready for some aqua.
-secret