gotcha!
she looks nice and tight!
damn it. you said something about run-off that reminded me that i was supposed to check my run-off when i watered today. damn IT! lol.
good growing!
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gotcha!
she looks nice and tight!
damn it. you said something about run-off that reminded me that i was supposed to check my run-off when i watered today. damn IT! lol.
good growing!
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i know eh, that runoff crap is annoying! everything's always changing it's frustrating
Looking good, my looks similar to that in the pistil growth, just a tad more going on! My shit is big as shit now! Lot bigger than I'd ever expected! Can't wait to see how yours comes out! :thumbsup::jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by maspino1
Mon, October 19, 2009
Noticed edges of leaves a little bit darker than near the stem; could be normal lightness on new leaves or... maybe not
Leaf edges looking curled; beginnings of heat stress
Tue, October 20, 2009
Plant is now stretching and still in preflower stage; more preflowers showing
Sprayed with epsom solution twice today
Added about 1tsp molasses to current formula B:LQ/2L=[10mL:5mL]/2L
Wed, October 21, 2009
Noticed darker "patches" of green on leaves; could be toxicity
Also ran ph'd fresh water through coco to rewet it.. that might've been the reason to the added volume
Thu, October 22, 2009
Interveinal chlorosis as expected around this time
Sprayed with epsom salt solution
Changed solution to B:LQ=[6mL:5mL]/2L
Fri, October 23, 2009
Bought Cal-Max and Pure Blend Pro Bloom for Soil (higher P)
New formula LQ:Bs:CM=[5mL:5mL:2.5mL]/2L
Brought pH higher so now indicator is closer to 6.0
New solution has greatly reduced N which is NPK:1-4-5
Sat, October 24, 2009
Buds are slowly starting to form
Fed multiple times today to encourage bud site formation
Sun, October 25, 2009
Stretch seems to have ended and buds are still SLOWLY forming
Gonna attempt 24/0 in week 5 to see what effect it has on bud development
Added a 10000K T5 @ 24w to box; very interesting as the light looks sort of purple
Can't understand how some tips are brown; maybe just necrosis from past problem?
Subscribed :) looks good get some pics up :P
these are the leaves right underneath the main bud
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overall size of plant for perspective on this particular easy ryder specimen
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green and black - great combination of colors
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this is the topmost bud, i guess you can call it the cola
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Looking good, giving me thoughts of AF strains...
Are u planning on transplanting it soon?
I'll be watching the effects of 24/0 lighting
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Things looking good over here! Definitely a bush! Can't wait to see the buds start to form on that thing! :D Keep it up my friend!
i knowww i've been anxiously waiting every 6 hour mark so i can take it out to water and stare at its crotch/es but it is seriously taking ETERNITY. i have a feeling that one day i'll come home and look at it'll be so hairy it could've come from italy (lol). it is only day 27..
and dougal, i wont be transplanting it, i have height limits so right now it's not an option until i get a one of those grow closets. i actually put it on 24/0 cuz i know 20/4 was good for veg so roots can grow at night but i'm too impatient to wait any longer!
OMG! my plant was wilted when i came home so i watered it, and i literally saw my plant erecting its branches! that was so cool lol i had to post about it. i guess all that extra potassium sure helped with water movement!
If you ever feel like your having a problem with the water penetrating your soil you can use a couple drops of dish soap and that will help the water get saturated into the soil! That's of course if you didn't know that already :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by maspino1
ohhh i didn't know that yet actually but that's a good idea. wouldn't the soap raise the pH? btw im starting to get pissed bro, day 28 and this bitch ain't flowering, all i get is some hair and a whole bunch of tiny fucking leaves that don't do shit all. i think i might've fucked up with the nutes or somethin
What's your feeding schedule like and how much nitrogen are you giving them as to phosphorus?Quote:
Originally Posted by maspino1
i feed up to 2 times a day. my water has cal max at 2-0-0 and bloom at 1-4-5 and liquid karma which has nothing so in total it's 2-4-5 but im thinking i put too much in it. i would give the ppm but i don't have anything to tell me that
Correct me if I am wrong but the ratio is 3-4-5? When flowering starts you want little to none on the nitrogen. You want the P for sure, but you want to starve it of nitrogen so that the buds can use up all the available nutrients in the leaves. It also helps run the chlorophyll out of the bud, which also helps in the taste department. :jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by maspino1
IMO though, your plant looks fine to me! Massive bush. It will start, just give it time! :thumbsup:
lol no, you're totally right. but it's weird cuz i'm starting to see N def starting from the bottom leaves. i was actually reading around and found out that lowryders apparently like less food so im gonna back down, i'm at 4mL as opposed to 5mL per 2L of water and i'll probably go even lower if nothing changes. day 30 is tomorrow and im not seeing what i usually see at this time
This is how it looks overall, you can see the bud sites, the branches that get close to the light are actually really fucking thick and bushy, i can't believe how much the few inches towards the light a difference can make:
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Here's a bud just below the main cola:
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Top cola:
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Here's from Day 26 all the way to Day 33. Notice how much bushier and taller and further up the main cola is as well. So far it's just as bushy but a lot wider and a lot taller lol:
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I'm amazed at how stout that thing is! Hugggge damn leaves! Mine have more of a sativa look to them! Buds and trichs are coming along GREAT though! This will probably be done mid Nov. I'm guessing!
Other than that, I bet you have thick dense buds on that! Can't wait to see them in about 3 weeks! :thumbsup:
actually the closer to the top you get the more sativa the plant starts to look, maybe the leaves haven't filled in yet. and yes, i'm hoping mid november!! i can't wait to smoke this shit. unfortunately she wilts everyday because i'm away for work for 12 hours at a time :( i wonder how that affects harvest size and quality... i think you should give coco a try sometime, i think my plant thinks i have a bigger pot than it actually does, hence wilting. i'll give you some tips to help you out cuz i think i pretty much know how to avoid all the crap now, except for the dreaded wilt lol
For AF plants, to me it would just seem easier to go with a soiless mix and go with something basic in the beginning with almost nothing in it for nuts then 2-3wks transplant to a better soil like Fox Farm Ocean or something similar, and then sit back and 2.5 months later you will be done. Of course I would still check run offs and all that but seriously after rereading your post you seem to over do just about everything for a plant that has been bred to just take off by itself. I can understand making sure it has everything it needs but with such a small time frame of life all that you are throwing at it seems to stunt something that is already a runt. I like how diligent you are about things but I am guessing a promix/light warrior/ocean forest blend with some lime or other buffer would have been not only easier but healthier then giving your plant everything in the cupboard from beginning to end. I totally dig what you are doing but it makes me rethink using them indoors. If space wasn't a factor for you would you still continue to pick them to grow?:hippy:
what you just said is something i realized, i believe, in week 5. i noticed how i stunted the plant with too many nutes at preflowering and now iim paying for it :( i think i would choose autoflowers again though just because the novelty hasn't worn off plus the fact that it's almost ready to chop lol i would consider a soil grow once i'm out of nutes, maybe a bigger pot with soil would dry out slower. i think im gonna be fucked when i go back to work cuz it's only been 5 hours since my last rinse and my medium is already getting hard from lack of water..... any ideas?
Here are the topmost buds, hopefully to fatten up by the end of next week:
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This is a bud with a lonely little flower off in the right hand corner that I'm so tempted to chop off, dry and then smoke:
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Here is the top bud, le cola:
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Now look at the orange on this one.. does this look like rot or mould to you?:
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It just looks like normal aging of the pistils. (I think that's what you meant by the orange).Quote:
Originally Posted by maspino1
Looking good still, those AF's sure are fast
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I haven't even used that medium myself but there must be tons of people who use it on here. Without a system in place you were going to just hand water the whole way thru or what? But since its towards the end of cycle pretty soon what things do you have at your disposal? :cool::stoned:
ok, that's a relief to hear, last time i grew i had some orange mould and it fucked up my buds, then afteri smoked them, fucked me up too lol
so far i've cut a hole in the lid of the original container and then put it on but it doesn't seem to be helping much, it must be mostly transpiration. i'm thinking of putting a the pot into a second yogurt container to maybe help, but that's all i can think of right now. i like woke up today not even from a 10 hour sleep and i take a look in my box and the poor thing's wilted again. i did realize though that i should use pure water to unwilt her because of the concentration gradient inside the plant's roots, no wonder it takes forever to get her back up when i use my nutrient solution to fix her
i've also decided that i'm going to be using a folgers container next time i grow, not the small ones, the big ones. plus i'm gonna reduce light when i'm at work, i'll put it back to 20/4 instead.
something odd i've noticed is that i don't really smell the plant. like i know by this time it should smell really strong but it doesn't... it's either cuz i let it wilt too often so it's like "fuck you, i'm not makin any oils for you bitch" or cuz i have this lamp that emits ions that break down odours:
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it was sort of an experiment but perhaps it actually worked..
ok i'm at day 39 and i'm getting very little smell which is NOT normal. i know all the plants i've grown before smelled enough to stink up my apartment. and it's usually this disgusting strong smell too. plus my buds aren't getting any thicker like they should about this time.
Bought some new pipes for my new budz! The wooden one is for social occasions, it lets you keep your stash in the bowl while it's in your pocket. The soapstone one has leaves on it and the bowl is like the central part of a flower:
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Just showing some aging on the old growth:
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I LOVE this shot, it looks like I'm advertising for a seedbank although you can see the main stem, which sucks cuz I think that "stems" from my problem with overnuting them during preflowers:
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Here's a pic of my biggest branch, it's the one closest to the light, understandably it's the biggest bud on the entire plant lol:
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I wish my Yogurt can with a plant like that!!! nice no matter what.. Live and learn try and fail but when you win its damn nice... Keep it up all things will turn green and good!
lol you're yogurt can what? thanks for the nute tips btw, i made an action plan for my next grow and i'm reducing the amounts used
So as usual with all of my grows my fucking light falls on my buds and burns em! Btw how do we give rep? I think I have enough posts to give em out
find whatever post you want to +rep and hit the little grey scale at the top right (the middle one) on that post. It will then ask if you want to give a + or a - then a comment if you like.Quote:
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Hope that helped! :thumbsup:
Oh and if you want to see if you received +rep go to UserCP at the top in the green bar! It will show you what thread it came from, from whom rep you and any comments they left ya to go with it!
Check yours out! :jointsmile:
sweet, that was exactly what i was looking for lol
Here's some pics of the trichomes on the leaves:
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HELP! lol i just checked my trichs and they're clear so if they're clear they'll be at their peak right? it's cloudy/clear now and i want to harvest to get that clear up head high pero the joint doctor says it should flower for 7 weeks and this is only the end of my 4th week... does it matter?? i've flushed for 4 days now and a lot of leaves have fallen off. i want the trichs that'll help me with working out cuz i like not feeling the pain, it makes it easier to push myself
yooo is this shit supposed to be happening??? at first i thought it was normal coloring but those leaves are wilted, they're just hangin low like coconuts:
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So I've finally chopped her down:
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I'm really kind of disappointed lol but at least i refreshed my memory of all the things I should be doing while growing. BTW, i smoked a few popcorn buds from the lower leaves and I don't know if ti's because they haven't dried yet but I'm not even stoned. For real it's disappointing, the rest is in the box blowing in the wind, i'll take pics after it dries:hippy:
hey, the plant looks pretty decent for a af. hope all goes well after drying.ive grown a couple different af strain myself. the diesel ryder was sum pretty good shi+. in the past i have mostly been an outdoor guerilla guy. this yr i went with himalayan gold (nice yield and good smoke),lemon skunk (super funky) and with g13 labs thai super skunk. surprisingly the tss was better than i expected and for a skunk plant the odor was minimal. due to relocating i now have to rethink my whole method of operation. i want to go with the afs but its vital that i either find a good yielding/low odor strain or find a inexpensive method to eliminate the odor. i recently made a thread to see if i could get any insight on a low odor af but havent recieved much info. would you know of any ? also if i was to grow some auto ak47 in a grow cabinet would a carbon filter be good enough for the odor problems ? thanks and good luck on your future grows. for me, everytime i grow i learn something new and in return improve my yields for the following grow. peace !
It seems that your little lady had some rootbound problems! That could have lead to the size deficiency of the buds! Had a plant go rootbound on me one time in flower and only got about 14g of dry bud off it. I was terribly disappointed, but live and learn I suppose!Quote:
Originally Posted by maspino1
actually, if you're looking for a low odor autoflower i'd say easy ryder would be it, i barely smelt it, compared to the lowryders i grew before it. honestly kudos to you for growing regular strains because i honestly can't wait that long lol i'm too impatient, which is why my plant didn't produce ienough just cuz it's not ripe enough... it may have to do with the hps, the time i used t5s it was really good, it must have something to do with spectrum? who knows... for odour though, i have a fragrance lamp that i just burn isopropyl in and the ions that are emitted take care of the odour, that could be a reason why i didn't really smell it, i had it just outside my intake fan. that might have had an effect on potency... who knows, ions an be mysterious things. google 'fragrance lamp' and if you find a place to order it, you can just buy 99% isopropyl alcohol but follow the instructions that comes with the lamp.
well, im glad to hear that it was rootbound! lol... really only because now that i'm growing in a giant folgers tub i'm gonna avoid that problem in the future. thanks a lot for the insight, i was wondering what was going on in the middle, the roots starting growing UP! i also noticed near chopping time that the medium didn't dry as fast as it usually did. im excited to see more of your plant, i'd love to see how muych better it's gonna be, obviously cuz you had a bigger pot. i remember growing a northern lights once in a beer cup! haha it was a male, thinking back on it i'm almost too humored by the fact that i was actually hoping for a female. bro im talkingn lots holy
all in all, i'd say this isn't that bad, if it was stronger then maybe i would be a little higher right now but it's definitely a mellow, clear, happy high. that makese sense though.. you don't get body effects until past ripeness. ps > get high and listen to 'russian roulette by rihanna'. the bass in the beginnning sounds sooooo good