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If you don't want to get blue cfl's then that would probably be OK. Your plants will grow with only bud bulbs, and not badly. However with some blue ones, they will be more likely to grow a little bushier, with more nodes coming out the sides instead of one or two main stems going straight up. I would say 3 or 4 since you can usually find them for less than $4 each.Quote:
Originally Posted by GrowMe
It does look a little slower than the average of how my plants grow. But I can have 4 that grow really big and fast, and another 4 from the same batch, growing in the same conditions, and growing about half as well. And they look healthy, just as yours does. I am fairly certain this has to do with the first few weeks of a plants life. If it grows a nice big root mass in the beginning, you will get nice big, fast growing plants in the end (and middle, and pre middle.) After a couple three weeks you are out of luck if the plant hasn't grown a big root mass by then. That's just the way some plants do whether they are from seeds or clones. If you choose to use it anyway, you will be struggling with it until harvest, or else it will grow slow and not produce many nodes or buds. That's why it's best if you can start more than you need, pick the best/biggest/most healthy ones and feed the others to your goats. Seed prices being what they are I know that it's often hard to toss out females that you've worked so hard for, to get them to the point when you can sex them. That's why it's important to me (and for other reasons) to keep mothers, take extra cuttings, and root them in something that is conducive to good root growth, like a cheapo aerocloner. Using scarification this gives the plant a chance at a great root mass.Quote:
Originally Posted by GodBud
Now, I hope I didn't bum you out man. Your plant is not real bad, just kinda behind a little. Just keep keeping it healthy and hope for the best. It may take a little longer to veg than some, but you could get a nice big bushy plant before you go to budding.
Also GodBud, I can't recall if you said what kind of lighting you are using, but whatever it is more light = more weed, or the same amount sooner. Perhaps I would try to find a couple 23 or 36W (or even bigger if you've got the gold pressed lattinum) blue wavelength cfl's and put one on each side of her close to the top, and close to the plant. I think you would notice an improvement. :thumbsup:
If I take a clone are you saying that I could have another chance at a better root mass and get a bad ass plant. It seems to me that I would just be doing the same thing all over again if it all lay in the genes. Your thoughts.
I have heard that there are certain strains that just take a lot longer than others to complete a full grow cycle. Nobody on here that I have found knows anything about the Jack Herer genetics.
Your thoughts
Lets say the plant is a runt but I decide to go through with the full cycle. Would the buds be as potent or are we just talking yield?
Your thoughts
Thanks Man
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400 Watt interchangable HPS/MHQuote:
Originally Posted by Opie Yutts
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quote=GodBud
If I take a clone are you saying that I could have another chance at a better root mass and get a bad ass plant. It seems to me that I would just be doing the same thing all over again if it all lay in the genes. Your thoughts.
Clones from one mother can have varying vigor. There can be sub runts, runts, monsters, and super monsters. It depends mostly IMO on whether or not a plant is able to develop a nice big root mass in the first 2 or 3 weeks. If it doesn't, you might as well chuck the plant, or you will be struggling with it to catch up to others the whole grow. It can depend on many things, a biggie being what part of the mother it was taken from. My plants seem to do the best when I get lower older cuttings or the main node(s). Also, how much moisture it received, how the scarification turned out, where in the cloner it was placed, etc. However, it still is a clone, and it should be able to produce better offspring than itself if given a proper chance, unlike it's mother.
I have heard that there are certain strains that just take a lot longer than others to complete a full grow cycle.
You absolutely heard correct my friend. Seed sellers may tend to exaggerate, but some say they have seeds that have a budding cycle as little as 40 days. I've also heard of flowering cycles as long as 140 days. Can't recall the strain. Now vegging cycles are much more similar between strains, with the average being 6-8 weeks. Some plants are ruda_-something, rudarellas? I don't remember without searching, but they have an extremely short veg time. Some argue that they have absolutely no veg time and start budding immediately. It seems likely to me that they have at least a day or two of vegging in there somewhere. These kind of plants are more rare, and include the ever popular Lowryder. Veg time of course depends a lot on what the grower wants, and some people do away with veg entirely whether or not they have a rudasomething strain like lowryder. If you are interested in the various characteristics of a particular strain, including finishing or flowering times, a good place to look is on seed sellers' web sites like Marijuana Seeds (cannabis, pot) shipped worldwide.
Nobody on here that I have found knows anything about the Jack Herer genetics.
Your thoughts
Jack is a real guy who wrote "The Emperor Wears no Clothes" If I remember right he ran for president at some point. He is pro weed and thinks the government is hiding the facts about it. He named the strain after his favorite cross which is Haze x Skunk x Northern Lights #5. Can't remember percentages. Hmmm. Sounds real nice to me. Never grown it or tried any, but I want to soon. (both) Oh yeah, it's mainly sativa and (I think) takes a little longer than average to flower. I'm sure someone could answer this better than I am.
Lets say the plant is a runt but I decide to go through with the full cycle. Would the buds be as potent or are we just talking yield?
Your thoughts
That is hard to say for sure, but for the most part I think a runt would be just as potent. That is as long as you didn't care for it less because it's a runt or something. I would expect yield to be the main concern by far.
Just wanted to say hello and give a big FUCK YOU to PH..Am i going to have to correct the PH every damn day throughout the entire grow? I figured by now it would have settled a bit but everyday i check it and every day i have to adjust it..This is 4 weeks now and getting very old..Is it bad to make the PH too low so i only have to adjust it every 2 days or so? I put it to 5.5 or so everyday and within 24 hours its like 8.0 :wtf:
I'll get some pics up within hte next few days to show you some progress..one plant looks awesome..ones ok and two of them suck shit..Guess this is pretty normal tho eh?
Anyway thanks for any advises. :rasta:
Growme
Yo B...... How much water do you have in the res? I have found that the less water the harder to keep the ph in check. I have 10 gal of water and I never have a problem with it changing. When I tried to start a plant in a 3 gal res my ph was constantly fluxing but ever since I went to more volume it settled down nicely.
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That is not normal and it really sucks. You are going to have toQuote:
Originally Posted by GrowMe
A. continue adjusting daily or
B. get bottled water or
3. get a reverse osmosis machine and some calmag or
lastly. build this: http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs...-tutorial.html
I've got the parts for two of them and I have one of them half put together. It's very basic. Never worry again regardless what water you use. I don't have much of a creeping PH problem, but I am aiming to not have to add PH ever, except into my automatic doser reservoir.
And it is fine to aim a little low if you know it's going to creep up. I would not aim below 5.1 though. It is best however to try and avoid fluctuations. You could try it a little at first and see if your plants object.
THanks for the advice Godbud and Opie..the problem is i don't have a resevoir that holds my solution..im using 4 seperate buckets..so i have to check PH 4 times and adjust a bare minimum of 4 times..and thats if i get it perfect the first time.....(never happens) usually 2 or 3 times per bucket..THATS FUCKING REDICULOUS and to be honest i refuse to do it..
I'm honestly to hte point where i'm just going to check it every few days and deal with it accordingly..if they die they die..as much as i don't want to, i guess i can wait a few months if this happens..like ive said previously i plan on going to a nice, big setup early next year..i just wanted to try and get the hang of hydro with 4 plants before i go and destroy 25...