I use B.C. Grow, Micro, Bloom, and B1 Red. they are definately fun!
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I use B.C. Grow, Micro, Bloom, and B1 Red. they are definately fun!
pic update. Veg. day 26
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what do you guys think? probably start flower soon, can't wait!
hell yah bro. they look great.
keep up the great great work.
thx hydrocannabis! for some reason they aren't growing tall at all, i untied all the branches i had lst'd, and raised my light 6" in hopes that they would get a little taller. they just don't want to grow vertical, all horizontal growth, which isn't a bad thing at all, will just limit the number of plants i can grow at a time. right now i'm only set up for 4-6 plants, 10-12 in SOG. Post #43, the first pic there, i topped that plant yesterday, couldn't resist! was going to let it grow however it wanted, but it caught up with all the other's in height, so i had to top it. keep the feedback coming guys!
just took 6 new clones from my hopeful mothers. first time cloning, think i have it set up pretty good, we'll see what happens. scraped the stems to reveal the soft tissue, let them soak in water for about 30 sec., dipped them in rooting hormone, then placed them in rockwool cubes and into my humidity dome. soaked the cubes in a mix of veg. & bloom ferts.
If it were me, I would wait 10 day - 2 weeks after the last pruning/topping to throw them into 12/12. That way they heal up from the trauma before you hit them with the Flower light cycle. It makes for a healthier plant, less chance of stress creating problems for ya...
yeah, i plan on putting 12/12 off for another couple weeks. guess i forgot to mention that. i may wait 2 weeks and take more clones, then flower about the first of march. OR, i may just wait a week (only a week b/c these plants seem to handle stress very well) and go ahead and flower them. probably go with the latter of the two since it is my first hydro grow and i'm quite anxious to see results. guess you could call it noob-itis!
Doesn't look all that noobly to me! You have achieved the continuous canopy! Woot. Your grow looks good, the plants are healthy, and you should be patting yourself on the back.
thx for the kind words stinky! what are your opinions? what do you think i should do about flowering?
Since it will be your first time taking cuttings, I think you should be fully satisfied that you have successfully rooted the cuttings and they WILL survive before you flower. This is just in case you have problems- I know how frustrating it can be to lose a set of genetics because you've flowered off your last female and failed to take viable cuts. I still kick myself for losing Sweet Tooth#3 when my mom got the rot and I had no healhty clones! ugh!
stinkyattic, you are right about flowering after i have rooted cuttings, i wouldn't dare dream of putting them in flowering if i didn't have children ready to follow. HOWEVER, i am not at all worried about losing the genetics since it was just some good bagseed. Plan on searching for a reputable company to get seeds i want once i finish my first 'solid' grow.
I strongly suggest getting familiar with soil growing so that you can keep mothers in soil and provide all the clones you need for your hydro table. That's if you are ready to go to a 2-room grow. lol! It's a slippery slope. Soon you will be sleeping on the living room floor while your plants enjoy stretching their fans in all the OTHER rooms of your house... :D
haha, already purchased everything for that soil grow! just have to find a prespective mother, and i don't think it is coming from this round of plants. want to wait until i get good genetics before i pick my prespective mother. What would be the BEST strain a noob could grow with ease?
I think you're past the pathetic noob stage. What effect do you most desire? Is there a specific ailment you would like to treat? Obviously there are a few twitchy strains that you want to steer clear of, but with a grow under your belt you have plenty of options.
ya know, i like the heady, social, imaginative high, but i also like the couch lock high. So maybe a strain that offer's a bit of both would be good.
or just steer me to a few GREAT strains that are couch lock OR heady!
hell, i'm too damn scared to order any seeds anyways!
so my clones look like they are on a 24 hour drinking binge, hungover, dehydration, or something! i don't know, i'm sure they will bounce back, just not looking promising. i believe i need anti-wilt spray, just not feesable for me to drive an hour to save a few clones. but will definately put that on my list of "shit to get" next time i get to the hydro shop.
ive heard that 'leaf shine' spray works for that, in a pinch. MG stuff avail all over.
best of luck
shov
thx shove, i'll check into that.
ok, i have a question! first a statement, then a question. ok, right now i have black plastic covering my plant tray. as stinky said, the plastic will slow cook my roots and turn them slimy. what if i replace the black plastic and covered my tray with straight aluminum foil, would this be as bad or maybe worse than the plastic, or would it be a step up from what i'm doing now?
Walmart or a florist shop will often have wilt-pruf in stock. Put your dome on and spary under it!
Tinfoil actually scares me- acidic solution splashes on tinfoil, Al gets into nute solution... uck.
HAve you checked the actual temps under the plastic? If they are not unreasonably high (more than a couple degrees above ambient), it's not an emergency.
i have not checked actual temps under the plastic, but buy the feeling under it, it seems maybe a bit warmer, but not crazy hot or anything. i have actually already switched from plastic to foil, going to see how that works for a few days. have plastic i can switch back to if all goes bad. just thought the foil would be a good reflecting material, just not sure if it will produce heat underneath it.
First day back to work! WOOHOO....so, i get home from work today and check the babies to find.........NOTHING, absolutely nothing. not a damn bit of new growth of any sort. Every thing seems to be exactly the same with them. No taller, no wider, no new shoots, just nothing. Hmmmmm....not exactly sure why, guessing it could POSSIBLY be from taking clones 2 or 3 days ago, but in that case, why was there new growth the day after i took them? Baffled
stinky babe, my clones are lookin pretty shotty! haven't perked up since i took em. followed your advice to the T, and BLEH!
hey there basement botany nice looking crop man i c the resembelance in my little babies is that ak48 it sure looks like it man.they lookin real healthy too:thumbsup: keep updating we can watch them bitches grow:D
nope, no AK48 for me, though i would love to have some. these are an unknown strain, my guy said they are cali orange bud, how much of that i actually believe, still not sure! but they are growing beautifully, i'm going to try and post more pics today, haven't really seen much new growth, though i am down there about 2 hours a day, so it's hard to 'watch' em gro.
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not a crazy amount of growth in the past couple days or anything, but we're progressing slowly but surely!
sp do U have thouse right on the floor. isn't that bad for the roots?
other than that they all look great.
thanks hydro, no, i sit them on a dip can (just quit all tobacco products btw). haven't had any tobacco of any kind for two weeks now :thumbsup:. Thank you Thank you, i'm pretty proud of myself. Oh yeah, the shoe is a size 12 if anyone wanted to know ;)
my sad little clones!
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Dude, I have totally seen worse. Maybe they are sad since they don't ahve a huge family surrounding them right now....
hope you're right about that one. it's been 3 or 4 days and they still haven't perked up. not looking any worse either, so that's a plus:rolleyes:. just changed my nutes today. using everything at full strength now. I know i should have already been doing this, was just a little too scared, being as that it's my first time getting my feet wet!
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12/12 starts tonight. switched out my MH bulb for my HPS bulb already this morning. will do a nute change after first week of flowering. HOW EXCITING:jointsmile:
Nice work, it will be fun to watch your grow as it kicks into flowering...
yeah, i can't wait. i was going to wait another week before i started flowering, but i just got over anxious. about how long before i'll know the sex of these babies? one or two weeks i'm assuming! i'll post pics when i figure out the sex.