Just a little journal............

Hey Mand. I wonder if your plants are drooping because of too large of an area for too many plants? In the last pic you posted it looks like the outer leaves are drooping more than the center. Could be not enough light plus colder temps the further from the center of the bulb they get. Just a thought.

And Happy Valentines Day! I forgot to say that to you. And I had present all wrapped and ready to send but forgot to! Sorry. Oh well. All it was was an all expenses paid trip to anyplace you wanted to go. :dance: :D :p

Hello Buk :) there has been a few problems as well just lately :o
Ah well "never mind", I'm sure they will sort themselves out in the end ;)
By the way Buk, aren't we about ready to see how close to harvest you're girls are ? .................... exciting isn't it ;) :)



Hello Marc :), I was just thinking about you earlier on, I havent seen you on line for ages. I hope everything is ok and all is well :)

You know Marc I have absolutely no idea what is causing the droop ?
When comparing the last grow and this one all the conditions are different, and yet both have developed a droop at around the same time, just after switching to 12/12.
Mind you Marc I'm really not worried at all, there only plants and they'll come right in the end ............... I hope :o

Oh and a Happy Valentines day to you as well love :)
Hmmmm an all expenses trip :) ....................... I think prehaps, maybe the Maldives, I just fancy a couple of week lolling around on a beach in the Indian Ocean ;)

See you soon Marc :)




love mand xxx:)

Thanks for the salutation Mand! But I'm totally bummed now. I thought for sure you would've chosen to come to the frigid middle of the USA to visit me!! :( I understand. Plus we're supposed to get like 8-12 inches of snow in the next few days. Ultra bummer.

Have a good one and your new photo looks...sultry. :dance:

Marc

Hello Marc :) just dreamimg love, affraid I can't see a holiday for a while yet ................ too many bills :(

Hmmm the avatar, I keep thinking of changing it back whenever I see it :o



Anyway Marc this grow :( . I'm giving it one more week to do something and if it doesn't I'm binning them all.
There is really something not right about it, personally I think I'm growing a crop of hermies. As of tomorrow they have been on 12/12 for 3 weeks and up to now only 3 males have shown themselves.
I was just having a good look at them this morning and I actually think that most of the plants are showing male characteristics.

Also it has been nothing but a diasater right from the start, only 10 plants out of 16 seeds is not good :( , normally I can expect all the seeds to grow, if I'm unlucky prehaps if one won't.
I know that the lights are fine, the compost is ok, there is no problem with over or under watering, although I do suspect the tempreture maybe affecting them.
I still have 16 of those seeds left, I'm definetely going to throw them away............... infact I can say now I have just binned them ;)

Anyway Marc I'll give them one more week and see then ;) ......... if I throw them away then I'll wait untill April before starting the next crop with the new seeds.

Oh I tell you what though love, I will never ever do a grow journal again, they bring just too much bad luck in the growing department, they simply just tempt fate too much ;)


love mand xxx:)



Oh I'll just put on some pics .........................

Hey Mand, ;)

Saying hello... very nice grow... what number is it again? Number 15th since I started my 1st? lol !!!
I'm just kidding... very nice.

Again, SUPER A+++ with the simple, yet effective grow methods :thumbsup:

BTW: I like your new avatar! :)

Best,

-turtle420 :cool:
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Hello Turtle :) , you know love I really wish I could agree with you but there is something about them that doesn't seem right. I'm even starting to wonder if the right seeds were put in the right packets because I know what skunk#1 and sensi skunk looks like, I've grown them quite a few times and these just don't look like what there supposed to be :confused:

Anyway Turtle like I said to Marc, they have a week to improve or else they are out ;). I really don't want another grow like the last one :o


Oh and thankyou for the comment on the avatar, it's supposed to be my dark and moody look ....................... oh dear :rolleyes: :o

love mand xxx:)

Mand I'm sorry to hear about your grow and seeds:( Hopefully they'll get back on their feet in a week:o I feel really really bad:sadcrying I know your a good grower and I really doubt its "your fault" because you know so much... It just might be those seeds or the phenos:confused: Good Luck Mand:thumbsup:

It's alright Mand, without the bad - the good just wouldn't be as sweet.

Oh, and as far as having a week to improve.. are you referring to showing their true faces?

Hello Buk :) well the thing is a few plants really are the last thing on my mind at the moment love. I had a little bit of news earlier on, I'm going to be a Grandma again :)
I have just spent the last few hours ringing everyone I know to tell them and now I'm affraid it's you're turn :)
It's my daughter again.


Bye for now ................... love mand xxx:)

Gratz mand

Nice.

Thats nice to hear:) Grandma Mand;) So how many grankids do you have?
What do they call you

Hello Josh, Grim and Buk :) Thanks very much guys ;)

It will be my second one Buk, by my daughter, I'm affraid my lads don't seem in any hurry whatsoever in that area :rolleyes:




Anyway I'll just do a little plant update, although I have to admit I've lost intrest in them now ................... better things to think about ;)

Well the males have been showing themselves so now I am left with only five plants and I can only say for sure that one of them is a girl ............. one of them finally showed a set of pitsels.

I've loaded a few pics and as you can see they are in good health, the leaves are still slighty droopy at the ends but I'm affraid they will remain like that now ................ well they never fully recovered last time so I can't imagiane why they should this time.


Anyway they are on probation with me, I'll give them a while (week or so) and then see what I'm going to do with them ;)



love mand xxx:)

Heya Mand, wow reading those 5 pages of your journal took a lot of time!
Anyway, Im currently growing a single Lowryder - the other seed didnt germinate - and shes doing rather well, a little slow but shes only under a 25 flouro that was used in a fish tank (also on the windowsill on sunny days).
Anyway, I see that youre using a 400 HPS for most of the grow - Im just wondering how much heat that gives off? Because Ive gone and ordered a 600w HPS, and my grow space is only 2ftx2ft, and about 5ft high! Hehe, for one plant - talk about overkill or what! Never mind, I plan on buying a pack of Lowryder seeds after this - not too potent, not too weak, just perfect in my opinion :)
So will the heat be a big issue for me? Or will it be manageable if I leave the closet door open (yes, my parents know that Im growing! They threaten to throw it in the bin though when I dont clean up :( )

Edit: I dont want to intrude on your journal, but heres a pic of Fiona at day 17. What do you think of her? And the reason she bent over slightly is because I left her on the windowsill as it was getting dark and forgot about her :o
Do you remember how big yours were at day 17 compared to Fiona?

alright pal lookin good my wife was reading your thread and said ask mand how she fixed the droop on her plants , mabye she can give you a few ideas to help your condition ,lol the droop dam prob for us guys lol anyway lookin good as always my condition ,illness that is not droop lol, its starting to prevent me getting up to my grow room so ive set up a video link for the bad days i cant get up there so the missus can do it for me under my supervision , shouting and screaming lol, and to top it all a squrrel ate thruogh my elecy cable andf got fried but it fell against the chewed cable pushing it on to the water pipes making them live , glad the kids didnt go for a drink it then set my lighting circuit i on fire but all is sorted now my son rewired last night , but what do you do lol any way keep it up girl 1 girl out of five so far i will go for 4 out of five girls lol

Hi Mand! Congrats on the news of a new grandkid! Looks like you won't have time for anymore gardens though. Have to start a full time child care center!

Hey when I saw your new avatar it reminded me of this person. Her name is Chiana on the sci fi show Farscape and I've always found her to be pretty...sexy. Kinda crazy. Sort of mysterious. You sure you're not an actress? ;)

hello Mand , pick those spirts up and show these young newbies how its done. your only giving them 25-50% of your time. Newbies just imagine if she gave 100%.

Hello Swizzy:) Yes they give off quite a bit of heat, so a 600 watt HPS in a enclosed space might cause tempreture problems.
Tell you what love check out the begining of Buks grow thread because he had a few problems with the temp, ................. and yes I think that you might be leaving the door open a bit.
Although don't worry, just have the door open and a fan on it if things get too warm and I'm sure everything will be fine :)

By the way Swizzy Fiona looks really very nice :), I'll try and dig out some pics of some of mine at that age and post them later if that's ok ;)



Hello Scobbie :) Hmmmm a bit "droopy" well to be honest I could never cure my ex of that problem but thankfully there aren't to many guys like him around ....................... I'll explain it one day love and you'll see what I mean about him being "incurable" ;)

Oh that poor squirrel :( .................. I have to say love I really like squirrels and quite often put some nuts out in the garden for them. Also I know it really "winds the neighbours up", for some reason most of them really dislike squirrels.

I am pleased everything ended alright and there wasn't any injuries or fires :thumbsup:


Hello Marc :) Someone once said to me that "grandchildren are our reward for parenting", you know love I do so agree with that statement :)
For some reason I think the baby will be a girl this time, my daughter and I have already picked out a name "Madeline" :)

But Marc love, I do believe that most women have to be an actress sometimes in their lives ..................... well it keeps the guys happy and makes them believe their doing something right :o

Hmmm yes I remember the girl in Farscape, I'll tell you why I used to watch that........................ it used to be on at tea time when me and the kids used to sit down for dinner and kids being kids, they had to have the telly on whist they ate :rolleyes: ............................ Thanks love :)



Hello Mobay :) How are you love, I havent seen you on here for a while ?

Oh dear Mobay I'm affraid that this grow has had "complications" :(

I'll post ethier later tonight or tomorrow and tell you the full story as I am a little short for time at the moment .................... if that's ok :)



love mand xxx:)

hey mand :p just stopped in to say hi. havent been around the forums lately...still rasing kids no doubt... i see you are as well. have a good one.

Rekap_

Rekap!!! Long time no see!:) Welcome back from the dark:p


And mand, congrats on the granny thing!:D

Hello Rekap :) It's really very nice to hear from you love ;)
Now here's the question are you doing another grow yet ? ............... and if not, then you should you made a superb job of you're first grow :)


Hello PP :) and thankyou very much love :)




Well I'm affraid the grow has been abandoned (is that how you spell abandoned :o ).
I know I was threatening to call it a day with them but something ocurred and I thought for safety's sake I had best call it a day with the grow.

I'll try and keep it brief ..................... the other day I had just pulled up onto my driveway and when I got out of the car a dog came running at me growling. The dog belongs to a man who lives not too far away.
Anyway the man is well known around the area for being a "bit funny", so I asked him to get his dog up as I didn't want biting.
I asked him in a reasonable way, but for whatever reason he just looked at me and said "somebody should shut you f****** up". At that moment my sons pulled up and the man started to scuttle away taking his dog with him.
My sons asked me what was wrong, I think it was obvious that I was slightly "shook up" and also angry at the same time. So I told them and they went after the man, I shouted at them to leave it but they were pretty p***** off.
Well to cut along story short they never touched him but lets just say they gave him a dammed good scare.

Well a little while later they told me they saw a police car at the mans house so I knew where they were coming next so I thought to be on the safe side I had best get rid of the plants before they got here. So I quickly cut them down, put them in a bin bag and shoved them under rubbish in the dustbin, whilst my sons took down the grow lamp and put it into another shed for storage.
As we expected the police came and told us the man had made alsorts of allegations against my sons, we them told them what had really happened and I am hoping that is the end of the matter.


I know I was talking of abandoning this grow but this incident really did force my hand:(

However not to worry, I'm having a little break from growing and will start a new one around April time, also I have decided to move growrooms for the summer grow into a larger and more ventilated growroom ;)

I'm affraid this wasn't the outcome I expected but that's how it goes ;)


Thankyou very much to everyone who has posted and veiwed this thread....................I've really quite enjoyed it :) ;)



love Mand xxx:)





Oh Swizzy you asked for pics at 17 days, I'm affraid I can only find pics at 3 weeks from the last grow, which is pretty close I suppose :o

Shame about the grow Mand, but its just the safety side of it I suppose.

Thanks for showing me the pics at 3 weeks - mine is about that size (bit taller due to stretching at first), so its good to know that Im on the right track!

mand ,thats a cunt , fuckin neighbours man the cunt was ok to disrespect you when you were your self but as soon as your sons appear the tail goes between the legs , fuckin pussy, sorry about the language but that kind of shit pisses me off, you remember your sons to steer clear as this muppet will jail them but also remember pal you have freinds on here and if things get to bad help is on hand from here as you know so you take time out mate and regarge those batteries and we will be waiting patiently for your next grow and if i had your email i would send you some pics of my scrog its lookin reaLl good but dont have time for a thread as my garage is taking up all my time just now we are struggling lol but you keep posting pal and dont forget you got freinds fae up here that care so take care mate . scobbie P.Y.T


PS tell your sons well done:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Hello Swizzy :) I thought best to be safe ;)
To be honest there was absolutely no reason for them to go walking down the garden at all but I just didn't like having the police at the house, and with having a grow there just made me a "proper bag of nerves" :o

As for "Fiona", she looks fine :), healthy and no problems at all ;)



Hello Scobbie :) You're a real gentleman love ........... Thankyou :)

Oh and don't worry about the swearing, I have my moments from time to time :o
Yes I've warned my sons to just stay clear of him as well.

I'm affraid the guy is just one of those people who is what you could call antisocial. Everyone in the area knows what he's like and it's not the first time he has given out abuse to someone. Not to worry though love, I have two sons and there are quite a few "big strapping" lads in the family ;)
Oh I also have two big nasty looking Boxer dogs, well they may be nasty looking but they are as soft as they come, but other people don't know that.
I don't think he will bother me again ;)


Anyway Scobbie, I'm going to wait untill the weather is a little better before I start the next grow. I'm going to try another growroom next time, it has a lot more room and it's well ventilated. I will need the extra room as I intend to let the next ones grow a lot longer on the vegitive growth.

Thanks love :)




love mand xxx:)

WHAT?!

Mand, what your sons did, that was "too good" for what I would have done... I would have kicked the living shit out of that guy.

(I like it that even when Mand is mad, she still behaves like a English Lady and "censors" with *'s the bad words ;) )

Mand, you let us know... BukDatAss, pPuff, BkSkills, me, Marc Benson, etc. All of us, we go over to your place, and make the guy "understand"... Tony Soprano-style

:) Peace Mand. As to the plants, you did the best... it's better to be safe than sorry. But you already knew that ;)

Argghhh... next time, let's stuff the plants and stuff into the old guys house! Then we call the police on him... hehehehe....

Ok, enough ramblings for now...

Best Mand, happy to know you're ok,

-turtle420 :cool:
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BTW: I haven't updated my thread, but I've got roots!!!! Foggy roots! :)

Hello Turtle :) Not to worry love, the guy was told that his manners were not acceptable ;)



Although if the plants had been "good ones" I think I may have just risked the vist from the police, but I didn't think it worth the risk of being caught out with them.


Anyway love I'm having a really easy day today (no work), and I have just found the most dissgusting video on the net I have ever seen. I was thinking about putting it on a thread but I'm not to sure :o
One thing I'm pretty sure about is that it would have ever guy on these boards "squirming" ;)


Thankyou Turtle ....................... love mand xxx:)

heres agrow room for you to set up ,my cousin has this equipment but set up diffarently , this would suit you to a tee

OH Mand where the HELL have I've been the last few days:( I'm sorry about the stress you were caused that day:( but I know you must feel better;) I wish I would've lived near you so I could've told that guy The :cursing: OFF I wouldve shook the hell at of him along with ur sons:D ... It always pisses me the hell off when some guy picks a fight with a woman especially over some dumb crap. Mand I cant wait for your next grow I just hope you dont leave these boards cause you are 1 in a billion.:) Mand check out my thread by the way(u always do,thanx) I'm almost done with the grow... Thanx MOM u crossed me to the finish line:thumbsup:

Hello Scobbie :) Looks a very nice set up ;) , maybe a little bit too technical for me though :o
Well I'm just waiting for Spring to arrive before I can start the next lot. I'm going to move growrooms but I can't do it untill the weather warms up because the out building I'm going to use is far to cold at the moment (it's a much larger area).



Hello Buk :) , Isn't always the case that there is never any need to look for trouble because it will always find you :(
I just had the police here again wanting to speak to my sons again. I'll tell you what love if they get into any trouble then I will be very angry and that idiot who started all of this will see a side of me that hasn't been seen for many years.

Oh dear Buk, I seem to be doing a grow thread with no grow, ah well that really is typical of me, I'm always going off on different tangents :o

Me leave the boards............... perish the thought love ;) , I mean where else could I air my problems and woes :o


Thanks guys ......................... love mand xxx:)

Dont worry Mand if you feel that way you can alway crash my thread with your "problems" if you feel that way about ur journal now. I dont think anyone here would mind at all that your not currently growing and posting up ur thoughts on your thread. I mean you have LOts on INFO on all these pages for people to use and look at;) so keep up the posts here I dont care:D OH and thanx for calling me a Big Wuss by the way:D :D :clap: its my 1st grow OK;) :D

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OH and thanx for calling me a Big Wuss by the way:D :D :clap: its my 1st grow OK;) :D

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Sorry Buk :o , I just couldn't help it. I could actually feel the saddness in you're words and I know I shouldn't but I couldn't stop laughing :)

I once did a thread about how attached the guys on here are to their plants................. I just find it ever so funny ............. oops sorry Buk don't worry you'll get over them ;) .

I can just picture you with a tear in you're eye as you are hacking away at them. Tell you what Buk, do you watch the Simpsons. Well in one episode Homer buys a live lobster and he then spends all his time caring for it, fattening it up, and giving it everything it needs, he becomes really attached to it.
Well in the end he has to cook it and eat it, but whilst he's eating he is sobbing his heart out ................. but it still doesn't stop him eating it ;)

Everytime I see that episode, it reminds me of the typical cannabis grower ;)



love mand xxx:)

LOL I never saw that episode but thats prob gonna be me when I :smokin: my buds..:D I'll be just like homer:D Dohh

Oh Mand, im sorry to hear about your grow... bloody neighbors are always causing problems complaining here too... :mad: True it was a smarter move to be safe than sorry :) I cant wait to see the new grow room, because im planning on a new one myself... hopefully with a 400w HPS.. :D Cant wait for your next grow, keep in touch...

Stay UP :rasta:
!AC420
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Any posts made by me are purely fictional in nature and by no means is anything I say to be taken seriously. I do not grow or condone the growing of anything not legal. Any and all pictures I post are pictures widley available on the internet and any discussions I am involved in are purely hypothetical or are commentary in nature and should not constitute advice or be considered advice to assist in activities that are deemed illegal.

Geez Mand...sorry to hear about your troubles but you probably did the right thing. Better to cover your tush than let some bozo get the upper hand. Best of luck with the next effort. I'm still trying to figure out how to set up something here without the wife and kids and cops and neighbors getting wise.
Take care hon.

Hello Buk :) if you ever see the episode you'll know what I mean ;)

I always end up watching the Simpsons because it's on at teatime and even though their grown up my sons still have to have the telly on whilst they are eating ............................. Kids :rolleyes:


Hello AS :) You know love I have always had "pain in the arse" neighbours, I don't know maybe it's me or something ????

I'll probably end up doing something about the next grow although it isn't going to be for a while yet. Hmmm the growroom :o well I'm affraid it's nothing to look at really, it's just a garage :o


Hello Bonsai :) Oh yes love I know now I did the best thing getting rid of them, as the police may have to come again. Nothing to worry about though my sons are in the clear, but it has apparently been found out that this guy has been secretly filming people, not just me but others in the area as well :(
I have no idea what is going to happen about it but I really find this seriously freaky.
You know love I really don't like the thought of someone hiding behind their curtains filming me going about my business and I have no idea what is going to happen about it.
Just goes to show you love that you never know what is going off in the warped minds of people who live near you.
Anyway love never mind it takes more than the odd weirdo to get me down :) .................... he may just find out he's bitten off more than he can chew;)



love mand xxx:)

MAND I hacked away last night.... I did like a man not a wuss LOL

Why hello there Mand, its ridiculous now... that guy is FILMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORS... i cant be sure there are laws against that in the UK, but in the USA that mans "arse" is either shot or in jail... :( Perhaps a ping pong ball full of drano should fall into his gas tank... (if you haven't an idea of what that does... have one of your sons give it a try... note: run REALLY fast after..) :D Or perhaps i have smoked too much and taken this too far... Either way the man is a nutcase... and he needs to find a random blunt and hit it... :)

The best to you...

Stay UP :rasta:
!AC420

Ps. Congrats again Buk on a FANTASTIC 1ST GROW... :cool:
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Any posts made by me are purely fictional in nature and by no means is anything I say to be taken seriously. I do not grow or condone the growing of anything not legal. Any and all pictures I post are pictures widley available on the internet and any discussions I am involved in are purely hypothetical or are commentary in nature and should not constitute advice or be considered advice to assist in activities that are deemed illegal.

Good job mand

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Why hello there Mand, its ridiculous now... that guy is FILMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORS... i cant be sure there are laws against that in the UK, but in the USA that mans "arse" is either shot or in jail... :( Perhaps a ping pong ball full of drano should fall into his gas tank... (if you haven't an idea of what that does... have one of your sons give it a try... note: run REALLY fast after..) :D Or perhaps i have smoked too much and taken this too far... Either way the man is a nutcase... and he needs to find a random blunt and hit it... :)

The best to you...

Stay UP :rasta:
!AC420

Ps. Congrats again Buk on a FANTASTIC 1ST GROW... :cool:
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Any posts made by me are purely fictional in nature and by no means is anything I say to be taken seriously. I do not grow or condone the growing of anything not legal. Any and all pictures I post are pictures widley available on the internet and any discussions I am involved in are purely hypothetical or are commentary in nature and should not constitute advice or be considered advice to assist in activities that are deemed illegal.

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lmfao funny man lol