First Grow log

pics from today, how long should i wait to flower i know they grow in flowering so should i flower when they take up 1/2 there space?

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forgot the pics lol here they are

well i had a problem today, my father was teaching me how we use to top his back in the day, he did the first one fine but then he had a little slip on the second one, i tryed cloning the little leaves that came off it (inch) in hope that they will become clone but i have a feeling it to early i will post pics up of the damage shortly

input welcome

the first one is the before shot, second is after the slip, the third on is the second plant he topped, n the fourth pic is my attemp at cloneing (these plant at 2 week old 6 days)

anyone:(

the second one looks good.. but the first one i think you may have topped a little too early..but not a big deal...keep it up mang . the second one will most likely develope two more colas all though they are very small now..
keep em green.. blue:hippy:

the second one was the exacte same but the inner leafes kinda popped off:wtf: ....

as long as the secondary growth is still there (prolly just very small).. then you will be fine..

hopfully it looks like a nub to me :( but we'll see with time

well i picked up a digital timer today and i set it to 18/6 they where on 27/0 because i didn't have a timer and i though leaving it one was better then switching it off randomly, ill post pics tomorrow

yea that light will def help, keep it cool with its own fan and in the middle. i had got a 50 watt hps off someone who told me he was high when he was in a park and seen it above a bathroom and ripped it of the wall for himself but ended up not being able to wire it together. im not normaly a person to buy,sell or aceppt anything ripped off or stolen but for a smoke session to get it for free not a bad deal. that and 6 cfls (27 watt) i pulled about 4 oz
from two plants in the same container (not a good idea to have 2 plants in the same pot) but they were in a 5 gal bucket. i was happy with that. if ur not doing it too big i feel a 70watt- 150watt hps with some side cfls is enough for personal stash every 2 months or so if u got a veg chamber.
oh i grew my babies for veg bout 4 months and flower for about 9-10 weeks they wernt at full potental competed for root space water light but still theres opportunity. jus gotta rig it the right way.good luck.:thumbsup:

TraY

thanks for answering my light info, i do plan to have a small "mother" section where i can keep the clone then the one flowering room....then when i want mateting room;)......

i dont know if this is the right question for the section but if you have two strains lets say strain a and strain b, how do u chose witch is the "father" n who is the mother?

i am still wondering about how to choose wat strain the mother n witch is the father anyone shine some light on that, here are the pics from today u can tell how i screwed up the one plant....the other one still looks good though

oh i forgot the first pic are the leaf that came off the top i tryed to clone them 4 days ago, i have no idea wat going on i though they would be dryed up now:s

i installed my hps security light today, should i put them in flowering or wait a bit longer?

update still on 18/6

Hey Mr Blue,

You can't force your plants to reproduce (Flower) until they are sexually mature. When you start from a seed, just like people, or elephants, or garlic, the organism that you are husbanding has to progress through all the nessessary stages of growth in its life cycle. First of all, take a deep breath, hold it for a couple seconds, then exhale slowly, through your nose right onto your plants. Next, congratulate yourself because you're doing a helluva good job. Then...RELAX...(Oh yeah, that breath thing was for you not the plants)remember your plants know what to do it's you who doesn't. Let them grow. The more growth tips (the ends of the branches) there are, the more colas you'll get. And you can't get growth tips without, yep, growth. I 'aint tryin' to sound condescending or anything like that, and if I get a little bit preachy, I apologize in advance, and likewise, if you tell me to "pound sand you pompous son of a jackal I'll take no offence, but if you don't know the answer to something that I do, I will give freely that which was freely given to me. Know this and believe it :thumbsup:. OK, we can't do anything until we know which ones are the little girls. And we can't find that out until they are mature enough to show us. The sign that they're old enough is alternating nodes. The node is where the petiole(s) (leaf stem(s)) are growing out of a branch. On an immature plant, each node has 2 leaves, one on each side. As the plant matures, you'll notice that the new nodes have only one leaf, and as you follow the branch out toward the tip, the leaves come out on alternating sides. Alternating Nodes, work that phrase into the nezt verbal intercourse :eek: (hey, minds out of the gutter please, I said verbal ;) ) you have (about growing the ganja, that is :rasta: ) and check out the looks you get. Anyhow, until the nodes alternate, your job is to get the plants to the bushiest managable size you can. And that will happen at the time it's supposed to, so relax a little.

Later
E

yeah this is my first grow i need to relax n make sure they are ready, believe it or not i don't play with them that much i check up on them once, twice a day n that it...it kills me but i know the less i interfere the better

internet was down ill post pics this weekend

pics

how are they lookin, should i put them in flowering in the next 2 weeks? they are 5 weeks old tomrrow

well today i made my own dwc rubbermaid bucket for my next grow, the plant are doing well my camera is gone and i should have pics for monday

i Finally got my lazy ass in gear n took some pic of my hydro setup(what do you guys think) n the plants... here they are..

it wont let me load the other picture for some reason

well seeing how no body said anything i am assuming that everything looks good

YES. everything looks good. good job on the LSTing.

alright i know it probably a bit to soon to turn over to flowering but i decided to try it anyways seeing how this is just a learning experience, not even 100% sure if i have a female. they are 2 days into it now nothing really change

one my biggest plant on the lowest set of leaves one of the edges is starting to (wat looks like) dry up any idea why it might be happening?

nice grow , what is you ph?

ahhh one of the many thing i need to buy, a ph meter no clue but i only give them bottle water (that way i know it been cleaned)

You can get cheap ph kits at pet stores , only a few dollars. Or you can get a ph soil probe from gardening/home centers in the gardening sections really reasonable priced too. Keeping you plants ph within range really makes growing a whole lot easier. BGhydro also has a soil test kit with ph up/down and the ph testing solution for like $15 dollars usd. not a bad price and its got all you need to keep your ph in range.

well today i got a fat filter plus the inline fan for 160 canadian and i also got the ph kit when i was out..

this is Wat i am currently working on

i am wondering Wat lights i should use do you thing 400watt hps with a remote ballistic will be to hot for this cab?

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and if it does creat to much heat, where could i find a ballistic to run 150watt hps i cant find them anywhere

Hey Blue,

You can go with what I got and just get a security light at a hardware store. Lowes, Home Depot. Should be something like that in your neighborhood.
Make sure you get the HPS one. ;)

i already have one 70watt hps light, n i just picked up another for 10 dollers

soo in total i have 140watt hps for flowering anyone will this be enough for decent buds?

heres a pic of Wat i believe to be the sex showing they are almost 2 weeks into flowering....is it to early to determine which is wat..i tryed my best getting these little things in focus....(only 2 plants)

edit- pics didn't turn out well i see

well i finished up my new cab the third picture is of the reflector(couldn't really tell from pic) one of the plants turned male n one female, i put my male outside for now (not in me to kill lol)

we'll i am going to stop posting in this thread no one saying anything n it just annoying keeping this updated with no one enjoying it, ill post pics up of the harvest

I ejoy this thread.