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Thanks!!!! You guys are a big help!
Well I had quite the scare yesterday but I think we're on the road to recovery. I posted in the problem section that my leaves were all turning yellow, but after listening to some advice I decided to flush and give them their first feeding which was 1/2 tbsp Earth Juice Grow.
This morning they were both happy and growing new growth on top.........until I tied them down. muhahahahahahahaha. We'll see if they survive their bondage now.
Sick Sally is still looking pretty awful with all the stretching going on. I have no clue why she's stretched and Happy Helen is nice and bushy since the lights are the same height for each. Oh well. I hope I tied them down right. :wtf:
So far so good on the kiddos not noticing anything in the closet. They've gone downstairs twice so far and even stood right in front of it and I thought for sure they'd hear the fan going but nada. My new worry is when the oil company comes in to give my oil burner a tune up. Hopefully I'll be in flower mode by then though so the lights will be off.
eta: any idea on when I should repot? I was thinking next weekend.
Ok so it's totally killin' me that most people start flowering by now and my plant is just too tiny for that. :mad:
Anyways..........after looking up my leaves in a guide and listening to advice I decided last week to mix some epsom salt with some water and spray the leaves due to the streaking of yellow lines on the leaves. Well I also ended pouring some in the pot too. Kind of over zealous I guess. :D
The next day I went to find that MORE leaves yellowed and some actually fell off. :wtf:
Now, today, most of those leaves are gone though it looks like some of the newer leaves are yellowing as well BUT I'm not scared because new growth has appeared where the old leaves were I think due to the lst'ing I did last week. I just wish I could pinpoint the problem of the yellowing.
Wednesday night I repotted them into their bigger pots and I fed them the same earth juice grow. I'm not sure how much of the grow mixture I was supposed to put in there so I put in about a quart of the water/grow formula at 1/2 tbsp grow to 1 gallon water. Today they are still wet so I haven't watered them since. Actually with these bigger pots it feels like I won't be watering them for a while is that right? I feel like I should water them just 'cause you know?
Anyways here are pics of the top, the yellowing leaves and the lst job on happy helen. I let them go free Wed and Thurs night before I tied them back down again this morning.
Wow looking at the last pictures I guess my plants have really grown. Here's the update:
1) repotted them to a bigger container. hopefully this will be the last transplant. (whoops....did that last week! lol:D)
2) have fed them twice since repotting and flushed them this morning before taking these pics.
3) realized that my timer never worked!!! I went downstairs to do laundry one night after midnight, which is when they're supposed to be in the dark for 6 hours, to find the light still on!:wtf: Note to everyone: test to see if your timer actually works!!!!
They're now on a new and improved timer and I seriously think that's why the growth has taken off like lightning. I am now a big fan of the 18/6 once the seedling is old enough.
4) have come to the conclusion that sick sally came from a retarded seed. I mean the seed shell never did fall off and survival of the fittest should have been in my head when I carefully plucked it off since it's just such a disappointment. I have treated both plants exactly the same and look at the difference. Hopefully it's a boy and I can give it the ole lorena bobbit soon.
5) have been trying to see if they're girls or boys but can't really tell yet. the preflowers are starting to show and I see no balls, but it might be too soon.
6) started the second round of lst'ing and seeing TONS of new lil sprouts popping out.:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Wish I could clone happy helen to find out and to keep her as a mom since she's so awesome but I'd need another closet for that and I don't think I can do it. :( That sucks 'cause I"m almost out of my stash and I'd like to have a steady supply coming in since my Lupus is getting worse and I'm just miserable. My only connection lives in New Jersey which is kind of a hike for me.
But enough about me.....here's the new pics.
So are you using CFL's still or??
Yes still the four daylight bulbs and the one darker bulb (i forget what that's called).Quote:
Originally Posted by BUDZOOR
Unfortunately I suddenly had to incur a monthly expense of $300 which was totally unexpected so the grow-my-own-weed project budget got nixed. :( I'll have to just work with what I have for now. I could probably just add some more daylight bulbs but I figure hopefully in about two more weeks I'll start the flowering stage and I'd rather spend the money on some more clamp holders, splitters and more of the soft white bulbs.
I'm getting a little impatient. I would like to know if these are truly girls or not so that I don't waste anymore time. I have tried looking through a magnifying glass and all I see is what I see with my naked eye so I'm not quite sure how the magnifying glass is supposed to help. I tried taking pics close up but my camera sucks so I just have to trust the pictures that you all have posted in the helpful threads on how to tell the sex. What I do see is at each point the plant branches off (at that little interesction thingie) there are two short curly growths and underneath/inbetween them it looks like a blister...like something is going to come out of the blister. Hopefully it's not balls!!!! I would really be pissed but then it's my own fault for only growing two plants I guess. Live and learn.
Anyways, as usually Happy Helen is growin' like a weed lol and Sick Sally is growing but slooooowly. Not much else to report. Haven't fed them at all this week and not any problems with Happy Helen so that's good. I'll do some more lst work later on today. I just had time to go downstairs and snap these pictures for now.
Although I'm impatient about the sex, my patience about not flowering yet is astounding me. I thought I'd be all gung ho about it but I would rather see the plants lst'd all around the pot first so that I'll get maximum output. I've worked too hard not to get the most I can get out of both plants.
So I couldn't take it anymore and now they are in flower mode. Basically happy helen is growing too tall and I don't think I could handle it if I let her go longer since my space is cramped. I'm actually going to have to rethink my lighting height as it is since each time I strap her down the next time I go in she's almost touching the bulbs.
And.......................................they're both girls!!!!!!! :jointsmile: How odd is THAT....someone's first time growing, first two seeds are girls??? whoot whoot. Saw the pubies myself without having to use a magnifying glass this morning after only putting them into flower on Tues night. Sick Sally's are more obvious than Happy Helen's at the moment but trust me, they're there!!!
Haven't put ANY nutes in since the last time I wrote about it and I'm gonna keep it that way until happy helen shows she needs it. (not sure how i'll know but we'll see what happens) I'm resigned to the thought that sick sally was just a weirdo seed, though she'll obviously produce some weed she's not the most productive plant in the world.
showed sex after 3 days??? are you sure? it would potentially just be new leaf sprouts..new sprouts where the flowers grow sometimes look like pistils when they are just forming...showing sex after 3 days is kind of ridiculously fast.my DWC plant has been under flowering since sunday, and is just now starting to show flower growth, but no detectable sex.
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Originally Posted by PdoubleOTY
Well I've seen new growth before and this is different. It's the little hairs growing right where the two things stick out.
Doesn't it matter how long they've been vegging at 18/6 as well? I've had them in veg totalling 7 weeks so I think maybe it is different since most just veg for 4 weeks.