my FIRST ggrooooww!!!

hopefully, I can remember to pick up batteries for the camera...until now, these will have to suffice.....


http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...2/IMG_1274.jpg

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...2/IMG_1271.jpg

BTW, I started using Fox Farm nutes, beginning at 1/4 strength, right at the light switch and it has been HELL trying to keep my pH steady.. It bounces from 5.8 to 7.2 every 2 days.

my mad scientist mix for the medium : 20% perlite, 20% vermiculite, 30% sand, 30% peat (BWahhaHAHAhaaaa)

I picked up some pH down concentrate by Advance Nutrients today..planned on following the directions on the label. Anyone have any experience with this stuff or any helps ?? I need to mix up some new medium and read somewhere on here that dolomite lime mixed in may help stabilize pH .. can anyone confirm~true or false??


http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...l92/825091.jpg


peace

~ savage

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really nice first grow :thumbsup: :D

can anybody tell how much longer these have?

i'm told they need about 90 days in flowering to mature, but it's bagseed so can anyone help me out by looking at the pics'?

thanks

~savage

the pics in my previous post are day 30, not 31...lol:rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by greenatik

really nice first grow :thumbsup: :D

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thanks greenatik! it's been one helluva ride

couldn't have done it without this site~

Hot damn! Those are looking awesome! Have you perhaps got a microscope or magnifying glass? That will help you determine when you wanna chop em. Right now they look freakin great, I would think another 2-3 weeks before the big day.

You never posted anything about your lighting spec's - just curious how many CFLs and what watts?

Looking good tho - look for 10-50% amber trichromes (depending on what kinda high you want) to know when to harvest.
:stoned:

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Originally Posted by bonedaddy420

Hot damn! Those are looking awesome!

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thank you daddy :D

I have been inspecting trich's with a 30x jewler's loupe and can see that most of them are cloudy (or milky). Some of the buds have a few amber trich's here and there.

Could the big day be sooner rather than later? If so, this is so unexpected and presents other concerns.... :( (like nute flushing, adding molasses, etc)

The lights were just changed to 12/12 on 8/1.

Would high temps cause trich's to change prematurely? Exhaust air is routinely in the high 80's to low 90's.

hmmmm.......

~savage

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Originally Posted by DOUGAL25

You never posted anything about your lighting spec's - just curious how many CFLs and what watts?

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During the seedling stage, they sat on my dining table and received very little light (or attention, for that matter). Then I put a cabinet together with 2 flouro tubes.and I picked up a grow bible.lol

For the veg stage I used
(4) 27 watt 5500k
(4) 23 watt 6500k

Growth seemed slow. I decided to switch out all 5500k bulbs and replaced them with 6500k. I gradually added (5) more 6500k lights to the mix and (3)2700k.

For flowering, I used
(2) 40 watt 2700k
(16) 23 watt 2700k
(2) 27 watt 5500k

The 40 watt'ers were strategically placed near the main and side colas. And I tried to place the 5500k bulbs next to stems that were stretching too much. In fact, that's the only reason I put them in there at all! It seemed to help.

8 of these lights are on top, the other 12 are split between the left and right sides of the cabinet.

I have run into problems along the way with the lights sometimes burning the leaves because the light is kept a minimum distance away. I feel this is one of things you deal with when working with CFLs..hopefully switching to LED soon!

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Originally Posted by DOUGAL25

Looking good tho - look for 10-50% amber trichromes (depending on what kinda high you want) to know when to harvest.
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thank you for the encouragement ~ I have been looking at trich's and found some amber...mostly they are milky/cloudy at this point. Couldn't find any clear ones.

I am looking for a social :stoned:, with moderate pain relief. It's so tempting not to hack 'em up now!!

They smell like chocolate coffee !!

So how long do you think it will take for the trich's turn amber?

thanks

~savage

they look F*****g amazeing