AK-47 in E&F - rockwool/clay medium (First Grow Log)

To give some more follow on info...The other 5 clones never ended up rooting so I tossed em. This was the only one that actually ended up showing roots at all. I watered all my clones with 1/4 strength Ionic Grow + 1/4 strength LK for about 3 days and they didn't like it at all so I switched them back to 5.6PH tap water. After this one rooted I put it in ProMix Potting soil (soil doesn't have any nutes its peat based or whatever). It looks like its got some sort of nute burn or maybe it a PH burning of all the tips including all the new growth. I'm not really sure what it could be at this point. Again this whole soil thing is really new to me but I was to afraid to try flushing the soil since its been moist since I watered it last week with straight un-PH'd tap water. My tap water is almost consistantly 7.0 but it was 6.8 when I watered the clone with it in the soil.

Here is teh pic's...

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She will be ok bert, you might want to top her as soon as she is established. you will get more clones this way, and by the looks of things you are going to need them in a few weeks for crop number 2!

What are your plans for the next grow? Maybe splash some cash for a hps?

Was it your favorite that survived?

You have done well, I think that you over pampered your clones and that is your next hurdle, They are small with no roots, where are they meant to put all the stuff you are feeding them??? Remember that they are weeds who's purpose in life is to grow and breed, they do better with a bit of neglect (just a bit!) but you are on the right track now! have you thought about building a diy bubble cloner with your vast skills?

Talk soon.
Subzero :thumbsup:

@Subzero - Yea I definately dicked up the clones. Unfortunately the one that survived was the clone from the back plant. For some reason the back plants buds are growing strange in comparison to the other two plants...basically its got like multiple heads on the very top but it isn't bulking up below very much and is generally more leafy in the lower bud area than actual bud. It also seems that its pistils are more white still than the middle and front plants and I'm geussing it really needs more time in the oven than the other two plants. I'm about to get a really nifty item that will allow me to really tell how far along my plants are and I'll be able to post some screenshots too I believe. Thats to be determined as of right now.

You know what, I hadn't thought about doing the bubble cloner...I'd read about one but didn't get a good enouph idea of how to implement it and since I've been doing rockwool cubes I didn't even think it was an option. One thing I was thinking about changing though was to start using rapidrooters instead of rockwool cubes. I read a pretty long thread on the matter and it seems that alot of growers think rapidrooters is the way to go so once I run out of these rockwool cubes I think I'm going to give them a try.

About the lights....honestly I'm pretty satisified with the results so far honestly. I was alittle gun shy about how far I could lower them but now that the plants are responding well I'd really like to get some more time using these fluoro's with the SCROG set up. As far the SCROG goes I get probably the most even light I could manage right now with this fluro ballast and the lights. I think the HPS as of right now is probably in the distant future. I think right now I'd like to get some more experience growing with what I've got before I upgrade anymore...try some different strains out, get some quality seeds and so on. I really like SCROG'ing and I think for sure I just plan on growing like that from this point forward.

What is the nifty item? Do tell!

You probably just have a slower pheno mom, keep an eye on the one in the tank to see how it grows, for next time.

If you built a cloner, you could forget about the rooting medium all together. Just put the rooted clones straight into the hydroton. If I were using hydroton, that is what I would do.

Off for the weekend now, hope to see some pics on my return ;)

Stay cool
Subzero.

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Nice trichs!!! Be sure to post some pics when they start to go amber. :)

@JD1stTimer - First off, thanks for visiting my grow log, second....from things that I've read so far, it seems that I remember someone recommending harvesting when they are at 50/50 clear milky. That was my plan because I'm more interested in getting a head high than a body buzz.

From spending alot more time with my....(Nifty Item) 35x zoom digital camera (cost $46 with shipping)....it seems that the two AK-47's are more like 70% milky with a brown trich every so often. The Kali Mist, being a 11 week flower I'm pretty much screwed because I need to harvest all these at the same time due to having to go out of town for a extended period of time in a couple of weeks and the fact that these AK's are pretty much ready to go (looked up flower time on AK-47 said 7 weeks and thats pretty much right on the ball I'd say...it will be 7 weeks exactly this comming saterday (06/20/09). So! Yesterday I gave them one more dose of LK and Boost. This comming Teusday (06/16/09) I will begin flushing all 3 plants because I just don't have a choice with the Kali Mist (I've ran every scenario through my head...trust me this was the only answer I could logically come up with...I really really really wanted to do it right but I just can't with that back plant). Also, it seems that the only surviving clone I had WAS the Kali Mist clone so if I can keep her alive then I'll be growing Kali Mist after this harvest. Well, without further ado, here are the most recent pictures, I took 10 for better perspective. Pic #3 = Kali Mist.

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Also too note, I'm getting a Calcium difficiency as well, which I guess isn't much of a suprise I suppose...but is it bad even though its this late it flowering? Pic #2 Kali Mist.

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Bert

that is a nifty thing! Nice pics, very nice.

Dont be too quick to harvest, by all means keep an eye on the crystals but alot of those white hairs should brown off and appear to shrink back into the gland as it fills with resin. Most beginners harvest too early (it's not surprising with a room full of weed that you can't smoke!)

They don't look like they will finish (ak's) for another 3 weeks imo. They will fatten up more than that for sure. They will flop all over the place!

Serious seeds ak says 63 days, you wouldn't have femaleseeds.nl at 48 days (theirs use to be called ak48 because it would finish in 48 days in perfect conditions),they weren't around 10 years ago.

Kali mist! WTF?? where did that come from? Until 5 minutes ago I didn't even know you had a Kali mist!!! How did I miss that???? :stoned:
Unbelievable.

Don't worry too much about weird things happening at this point, your regeime is good, and your room is clean, keep the ventilation going as mold is really the only thing that could spoil your crop now.

Fuckin' A Bert!

Subzero.