AK-47 in E&F - rockwool/clay medium (First Grow Log)

bert,
8 weeks is 60 days here in the UK, you plants should be ready around the 1st of July.

Now go back to the thread where i told you about taking clones (the timeframe one) it will probably make more sense now. You have time to grow your moms and take clones from them for your next crop.. The reason that I told you to take 2 is so if 1 died you would have a back up mom not to grow out 1 and keep the other . You wont be able to keep the clones managable for 6 weeks, but if you veg them now full on, 2 weeks before harvest you will have clones to take for your next crop. in short, use the clones that you are growing now for next crops clones.

You should be able to remove the dome and water the rockwool now. try taking it off for an hour a couple of times a day, if they wilt they still need it if they dont they wont.

Subzero :)

Do you have a favorite plant yet?

@suberzero - Yea don't ask me where I got the 80 days from. It was just a streak of retard going on there. so yea, last weekend of June, first week of July. Unfortunately that last weekend of June I'm going to be out of town that whole weekend so I'm not sure how I'm going to work that out. I went back and read that post and it makes sense now. I'm really not sure how I got confused about what you were saying. I'll definately water the clones this evening and take the hood off and see how they react today. Thanks again!

Also, I did some napkin math and came up with an approx. period of when my flowering plants will stop stretching and go into full blown bud production based off the 40/60 jobby. Roughly around the middle of next week. I'm going to take measurements next Wednesday (05/27/09) and see if they stretch anymore after that to confirm.

I'd say the middle plant may be my favorite based off that it has always been the most healthy looking plant I've had since the very beginning however, the back plant is larger, with larger buds so its a toss up between the two I think. The back plant back in the early stages streched really fast and I had to constanty support it to keep it from falling over but once I got the old tent covers off it took off faster than the other two. The front plant has been the weakest of all my plants from the beginning, I'm suprised its gone as far as its had honestly...it was the runt. The cuttings I took of the runt are also the most punked looking out of my clones.

bert
Dont take the 40-60 jobby as gossiple, it is just a rough guide. I find that the stretch usually stops around the middle of week 4 on a 60 day plant, again icbh has pointed the 40-60 phenomena. It is a new concept to me but it sounds about right. A different perspective to look at, I like it!

Don't ever discount the runt, I have had some very nice surprises from them!

Take care.
Subzero :)

I think it will be a long time before I ever would toss a runt (if ever...I don't think I would unless there was some specific circumstance that would be better overall).

dude, your setup kicks ass! love the screen and the lights. rock on.

@fluid69 - Hey thanks alot man! Welcome to mah log.

@anybody - Can I start clipping some of these damn fan leaves?? They shading some of my buds lol. If I can clip some, how many should I clip a day or in what limits?

@subzero - I don't know if my clones are doing very swell. If they still looking punked tommorow I'm going to post a pic and you can take a look at it. They don't really look like anything size wise has changed and two of them have grown some more pistils for teh bud.

Hi Bert,

if your clones arent dead, they will be ok, patience. The preflowers will dry up and die eventually. They wont grow until the roots set. nothing will happen up top until things start to develop down below. photos please.

Clipping fan leaves - please do some research, some do some dont, there are arguements for both sides. I do to some extent, I also tuck them under. If decide you are going to remove them, do it soon you don't want to mess with them too far into flower. With only 3 plants do you think you could get away with just tucking them under? It is your best option imo.

Subzero :thumbsup:

I love the fact that your SCOG. helps me out with more knowledge of doing so. can wait to see that screen filled up with some dank ass buds. btw i like how you have your flos set up over your ladies... almost reminds me of a tanning bed (but yours is way better) Keep that Green Thumb Sticky!

@subzero - Yea thats what I was wanting to ask you for because I've seen conflicting reports on the issue scanning through the message boards about fan leaves. I don't want to risk the health of mah ladies any more than I have too so I'm giong to take your advice and try tucking them under as best I can. The fan leaves are just so damn big lol. I'll post some clone pics for you tonight sub. Going to get my soil/pots for my mother today. I've seen that some people use mineral based hydro nutes when their soil runs out of fertilizer...also people saying to use organic because it minimizes the salt build up. What say you? I'd like to not have to buy more nutes than I have to and just use the Ionic once my soil is out of fertilizer.

@camoxnhx - Hey thanks alot man! I'm glad my setup is helping you out. I wasn't planning on using the trellis till my next grow but decided it would be more beneficial after I had already supercropped them for added support and better light distribution with my fluoro's. So far its working out very awsome, I can't wait to see some tasty buds filling up those 2" holes either!

My buds are getting bigger by the day, I like how they are filling out so far. This SCROG trellis is working out better than I had hoped! Being able to keep the lights 9" from my buds = lots of win. I've got a digital temperature reader with a node on a cable under the lights and during the hottest part of the light cycle with my ballast 9" from the buds its maxxed out at 83 degrees so far (its got a min/max setting so I can check what the min/max was the next day).

Bert,

as you wont be feeding much to the moms because you want to keep them small, a bit of ionic will do the trick. Again not what i would use for soil for a crop. All you need from your mom is several clones every 60 days or so, dont worry about different nutes for now imo.

Get them pic's up!

Subzero :)