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I have the light 30cm from the tops of the plants, i wouldn't put them any closer than that with my 400w MH, and i just transplanted to 25cm pots.
They were a bit stunted in the beginning. I wasn't fertilizing them properly,which will account for there smaller size.
I'm using a soilless mix with zero nutrients, which you have to fertilize a bit earlier i think,cause they only really started growing after there first feed, but they doing great now. :jointsmile:
Hi Everyone :jointsmile:
Its been 6 days since i posted pictures, as you can see they've grown a lot!
I think they ready to flower now, they all between 21-25cm tall and very bushy :D
What do you guys think? Should i flower?
Theres a picture of a a curling leaf, is this because of Heat?
Its about 28 degrees celcius in there, within tolerance but still too high.
Im getting another fan soon with a carbon filter which in conjunction with the fan i have will swop all the air in the room in 4 minutes, which shld bring temps down :thumbsup:
These pics are taken with a Much Better camera, hope you like!
hey:P! that leaf man i have the same prob with every plant i though it was ph and neutralized but its not maybe its heat but it doesnt do anything ive just let it be and plants are happy. make sure you perfectly attend their other demands and it wont cause you trouble.
now to my though about flowering. i think that if you do it now you will have a bunch of popcorn nugs. but if you can hold on a little more and let the stems make a few more nodes youll get those big arm sized ones. thats just my opinion maybe im totally wrong but im just comparing this to bud photos ive seen on plants. what ever you decide to do just wait a little more before doing it :) try to get photos in at least every 3 days so we can look and tell you when the time comes ;)
so far so greaT!:jointsmile: keep it up
just another though before posting this.. im thinking the same thing about my plant the weird thing is it has lots of hairs and its not into flowering but yea the thing is this, if you do it now after 4 weeks you might notice that the buds are small pussy buds and theres no way to revert it so youll have to bear with it. but if you wait just another week or so you will get much bigger buds and it will be worth just another week cause you have 8 weeks anyhow why not let it be 9 for antoher 10 joints..
lookin good man, now that u got those new pots they really shot off. peace
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Originally Posted by blank_21
I didn't catch enough specifics on the soil depth when you were in the seedling phase. I'm pretty sure that is the time when plant gender is most vulnerable. It could have been the other issues that killed the two seedlings that is also responsible for undesired males, but the biggest factor I've seen in assigning sex is the soil depth immediately after germination. The tap root requires at least 5 vertical inches of soil underneath to preserve femininity.
A while ago I had 5 straight males emerge, which was especially infuriating since I only grow 4 mature plants at a time. Anyway, I made sure I had a ridiculous amount of depth under the seed from then on. Now I've had 8 straight females. Plus since the soil volume is so big I don't have to transplant until after female preflowers show.
Heya :D
Yeah MrGreenFingaz, the bigger pots got them growing fast! They must have been a bit root bound.
Hey burnable
The germinated seeds did have at least 5 inches underneath them, ive never heard of that theory though, we'll see how many females i get :) :jointsmile:
After reading babystarbud's skywalker growlog i've decided to flower on day 50, which exactly what whisky thought i should do as he advised me to wait a week when i posted on day 43.
Babystarbuds skywalker grow had such HUGE tasty nugs, would like to try replicate that. If you read his grow and compare it to mine they seem to be very similar in terms of growth rate.
Heya All :D
Heres Pics from today :jointsmile:
1st day flowering, i just unscrewed the MH and switched to a HPS. Put my timer on 12/12, sorted!
8 Weeks to go!! Cant wait to see some buds!
I wonder how many females i'll get.....
Peace :rastasmoke:
P.s couldnt use the nice camera, back to my shitty 1.3mp cellphone
yo sweet! thanks 4 the post btw, your one of a precious few. how'r u stabilizin temps @ nite??
way to go blank! my plant is currently in her 2nd night of 12/12 :)
Hey, blank. Lookin' good as usual. Wish I could post more, but my life has interfered with my posting life. lol. Family first, ya know. :D :thumbsup:
Anyway, good thread. Love the plants. Don't be discouraged if you aren't getting many replies. From what I've noticed, the boards have been pretty dead recently, relatively speaking. Even with all the new logs, it's been slow going.
Don't worry, things will pick up after I start my new log. ;) Hehe
Sending good vibes for females your way. I'll be back to check on ya soon, bro.
The Fog :rastasmoke:
Heya All
Rev : i live in a country with a great climate so temps aren't a problem at night.
Whisky: That awesome, we can watch out babies flower together :D
GreenFog: Thanks for posting man i love it when the veterans have good things to say! I'm not too worried about people not replying, it's just nice to have a online record of your endeavour if you know what i mean. But people stopping by is definitely nice!
All my plants are between 28 - 32 cm tall and very bushy, thanks to the FIM'ing i gave them. I have been suppercropping (squeezing the new growth shoots to thicken them) all my plants as well.
During Veg my plants where getting a 6-1-3 fert (with micro nutes)
For flowering the plants will get a 2-1-2 fert, i wish i could get something with lower N and more phosphorus but thats all they have in my area :(
Do you think this might be a problem???
Peace :rastasmoke:
Someone please answer this question! GreenFog you right the boards really are dead....Quote:
Originally Posted by blank_21
Anyways here some more pics, 3rd day flowering :D
looking good, theyve grown so much in bigger pots, might get mine out of the small pots there in atm. gonna lst mine tho i can keep them short ive only got 5 ft vertical space, all looking great, loving the grow room you have looks very pro, and also enough space to fit another light and another batch!:rastasmoke:
Heya trainer :jointsmile:
Yeah the transplant helped alot! The 1 gallon soil per foot of growth is a good rule to follow.
Yeah thanks i spent alota time making that grow room perfect before i started.
Thanks for posting
Peace :rastasmoke:
Hey, blank_21. In no way am I a veteran. Just a guy who's learned a lot in a short period of time. :D
I'm glad to stop by here. I love watching grows in well-built grow rooms. I admire people that take pride in their work. That's the cat's pj's, man.
Those flowering plants look excellent so far. There is nothing that I could add, so just gotta say KEEP IT UP!
Here's hopin you get as many ladies as you can handle! ;)
The Fog :rastasmoke:
Someone please answer that question!!!!!! :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by blank_21
Anyways thanks for the comments GreenFog, I'm glad you like my grow room, I spent a LOT of time on it, its good that people appreciate it, means i've done everything right :D
My grow room is definitely a product of lots and lots of research and preparation. :thumbsup:
Anyways today i hooked up a extra fan, with a carbon filter attached exhausting my grow room. My original fan is now bring in fresh air from outside, i put the intake on the low setting ( your exhaust must be more powerfull than your intake). And i have another rotating fan blowing onto the plants :cool:
Not much else to do now except water and watch them grow :P
And wait for the dreaded males to show themselves :mad:
Heres my diary up to date:
Week 7: Vegetative
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Mon26/02 Watered full strength nutes, suppercropped every growth shoot
Sat3/03 Watered full strength nutes, suppercropped every growth shoot
Week 8: Flowering
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Mon05/03 Switched MH bulb to HPS bulb, changed the photoperiod on the timer to 12hr light / 12hr dark.
Thur08/05 Watered with full strength 2-1-2 fert, hooked up another fan with a carbon filter exhausting the room, original fan still bringing in fresh air from outside.
Thats me for today
Peace :rastasmoke:
It might turn out to be one. . . you always want Ph. during flowering, and it doesnt look good if the N is higher. . . never try to cut out N though, that always needs to stick around. . .go to Home Depot bro, their has to be one there. . .
Heya FV
Nope no home depo here d00d, i dnt live in the states. I also visited my local horticulturalist, he didnt have what a wanted either :(
Way to go!
I currently have 4 bubblelicious in my 12/12 box! Along with Purple Cheese, WW, Top44!!
All 4 strains are 14 days into flower today!
Anywho, just wanted to post a pic of my grow at 15 days in soil.... it took 48hrs to germ 35 seeds, then all went into soil on the same day.
Seems like these plants were growing so fast it was silly, when i compare similiar or same strains at say 30 days veg, it seems my plants are bigger!! what's the deal!! :)
have fun and happy growing!
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Originally Posted by blank_21
If you use a NPK formula that has more Nitrogen than Phosphorus in the flowering stage, the plant will continue producing leafy matter while it tries to produce buds at the same time! A good idea is to cut out as much Nitrogen as possible, but leave a bit....
If you dont have any stores in your area that carry nutrients, why not order them from ebay??
You can get some kickass Advanced Nutrients or Fox Farms organic BIG BLOOM fertilizer for CHEAP on ebay!
As a reference, if you veg'd with a nutrient formula of 20-20-20, you would want to flower with something like 10-30-30, or even 10-30-10, or 5-20-10
Anything with more phosphorus than nitrogen will help your buds look and smoke amazing!
Have fun!
Hi Devil
Thanks for the help i really appreciate it :D
Anyways im trying to sex my plants can you guys help me out?
Heres Bubbelicious 1 : Male?
Bubbelicious 2 : Male?
Bubbelicious 3 : Male?
Bubbelicious 4 : Female!!
Bubbelicious 5 : Female?
Bubbelicious 6 : Male?
Bubbelicious 7 : Male?
Bubbelicious 8 : Female?
first post pic 5 id say its male all the rest males are males and fems fems ( looks like that to me ) in a couple of days itll be really visual and we will see how many fems you got:D
i have had mine under 12/12 for 3 days now... i think,
only one female showing... and maybe one male. how long have y'all been 12/12?
Heya Whisky
Thanks for stopping by. Yeah i was rechecking the pics and realised post 1 pic 5 has balls. Duno why i wrote "female?"
Hey GFTFuture
Today is day 6 flowering :D
Im gonna go check on the babies :jointsmile:
Peace :rastasmoke:
OH TRAgedy!!!!
7 out of my 8 plants are males, i just murdered the bastards now :(
I should have bought feminised seeds, oh well you live you learn.
My first grow turned out to be a hell of alot smaller than planned! No worries though!
My only remaining plant is looking good :D
All those beautiful plants are male? That is too bad.
Well, plenty of space for the one fem to spread out.
Shovelhandle
clones clones keep 1 male outside for pollen
Nah dont want pollen, will just clone, can u FIM during flowering?
Helooooo?
Not advised ussaually as cropping will stunt the growth for a little while.
BTW, Nice Log, Blank!
i really wouldnt it might stress out your only heir into a hermie i dont even touch my plant lol :D
Heya All
Thanks for the advice guys. Ive left her alone except for transplanting her into a 30cm pot, so she can grow as much as she wants :jointsmile:
I still cant believe i got 7 males outa 8 plants. Man that bad luck!!! Should have got the feminised seeds!!!
I'll take clones tomorrow :cool:
Peace :rastasmoke:
Man, that really sucks about your female/male ratio. This is why I never understood why people flower their main plant to sex. I've always thought that it is best to clone the ones you plan to sex and flower the rooted clone to determine sex. Then when you find out you only have one female, it is still in veg and can be cloned to your heart's delight before you flower!
I know this doesn't help you now, but this is just a method that I see as necessary if you want to save time working from seed. You don't even need an elaborate set up for your test-clone flower room. Just a small rubbermaid box set up (like the one I have in the JOURNAL OF A MADMAN) and a couple of CFLs. This set up will only be there for about 14 days while you wait for balls or pistils, then can be packed up and put aside.
Well, man, maybe you could think about trying to cut a clone off of a side or bottom branch that might not get too much light anyway and revegging that. One or two clones shouldn't stress it too much and then you can reveg them and maybe have some more in there flowering right when you're done this one, or even before.
Be cool.
The Fog :rastasmoke:
Thanks GreenFog
Ill definitely do that next time i start from seed.
Wish i knew that before! anyways you live you learn :jointsmile:
True dat, blank. Learning is the fruit of life, man. I love it.
Hey, have you read my thread before??
JOURNAL OF A MADMAN
:D Just thought I'd link ya just in case you haven't seen 'em. You can see what I mean about the pre-sexing with clones. Look for the "BodomBox" or the "Rubbermaid Bloombox." I ended up leaving the clones to fully flower and got about 2 zips from 10 mini-plants. :) I don't suggest doing that, but it's fun to experiment sometimes. :D
I also have one going in the Grow Log section called:
JOURNAL OF A MADMAN - CAB OF LIFE
That one is being update now. :)
The Fog :rastasmoke:
Sure thing GF, i'll check them both out thanks :rastasmoke:
havent heard from you for a long time hows ur girl?
Hi Everyone!
Wow so i havn't posted since March 13! Thats 28 days ago :wtf:
Basically what happened is my motherboard decided its life was at a end, i took it back in and they promptly sent the damn thing overseas and im still waiting for a replacement :(
Luckily my best friend lent me his computer! :thumbsup:
Nothing eventful has happened since i last posted, except the insect infestation i had which i posted in "plant problems". Luckily a little crop safe pesticide was all that was needed to clear up my girls little problem.
Basically all i've done since the last post is water my remaining female.
Anyways as you well know i ended up with one female outa eight plants!
She's doing great as you can see. :D
I must say bubblegum is a wonderful strain!!! I topped this plant which resulted in 4 Cola's , 2 Main cola's and 2 secondary cola's. They are densely covered in trichomes and the buds are hard and compact. :stoned:
The bubblegum smell doesnt linger in the air, maby because of my carbon filter, but if you touch a trichome covered leaf or gently squeeze a bud and smell your fingers......the delicious bubblegum smell is incredible! :)
Bubblegum is easy to grow, a beautiful plant, the smell is amazing!
I could'nt have chosen a better strain for my first grow.
There are only 3 weeks left till i harvest and i am extremely excited!
What these pics not impressive enough!!! Post you bastards!!!