don't get me wrong chester, your plants look very healthy. maybe it's just the lighting :)
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don't get me wrong chester, your plants look very healthy. maybe it's just the lighting :)
Yeah Chester, don't get him wrong when he says your plants look nice :). The one female certainly looks happy and really they all seem to be growing away nicely....as long as your numbers are good and they grow happily it may not be a problem. You also might post a pic of them in a new thread in the hydro section and see if any new fish bite.
Take my word for it ......they WILL grow. What are the dimensions of your grow space? And just out of curiosity...about the lime green....what kind of soil are you using? And does any of the new growth seem darker to you since increasing nutes?
Hi Weedhound & Emmpey.
The new growth is limey looking, I agree, but the larger leaves are a much darker green. They're not drooping, nor do they appear to have any problems so far so, as previously advised in this post, I'm not going to think about it too much and am just going to let them grow.
I'm growing in soil (BioMix) and I'm using the BioBizz organic nutrients. The new growth hasn't changed color since the nutes, so maybe I'm under-feeding? I don't want to burn them really, but if it's not going to harm them then I guess I could increase it a little. At the moment I'm not being very scientific about it, but it's approximately 2ml nutes per litre of water.
Growspace is 1.8m x 1m x 3m (height), lined with Mylar diamond sheeting. 1 x 200W Envirlolite (blue) for veg, 200W Envirolite (red) for flower (when I move to flower anyway!).
My new problem has been in keeping the temperature up. Dropped to 62oC for a while and, because of my room dimensions, I don't want to put a heater in for fear of fire. I could box a heater in, but this would reduce the room dimensions which are already quite small. I might have no choice though as it begins to get colder.
Thanks again for the advice offered. I shall update with some new photographs soon...almost week 9 now!
Chester Atkins
Nashville
Merry Christmas, one and all! :jointsmile:
Quick update on things. Here are a couple of images at week 9.
Switched to 12/12 today, as a little Christmas present to myself, and am going to feed with Bio Bizz Bloom from now on. I have also switched to the red spectrum Envirolite.
I am unsure about the sex of two of the plants, which haven't shown like the others (which appear to be female - see previous posts). My understanding is that males usually show pre-flowers before the females (Georges' book) so I'm hoping that, because two look very female, that the other two are just late females.
Anyway, to be sure, I'm going to wait until a week or so into 12/12 to fully determine sex, so I may be posting some images again soon. The two I'm unsure of don't have the fuzzy pistils, but they don't have "balls" either. Time will tell, I'm sure.
I had previously asked if I could/should use my blue spectrum light along with the red spectrum, during the 12/12 stage...any advice on that yet? I am currently using just the red spectrum but if it would increase yield/strength, then I would consider perhaps just hanging it slightly higher than the red.
Thanks again. Happy holidays to y'all.
Chester Atkins
Nashville
dual specs would help you to cut down on flower stretching, the period when the plant doubles or tripples it's size... as for an increase in yeild, more lumens=more buds... as for potency, it's been stated above; that's in the genes babe, but northern lights is sure to please you;)
at week nine of veg, your plants are deffinitely sexually mature and ready for flowering (12-12) all of your plants should show preflowers now... but waiting for confirmation is all the ticket, no doubts, just buds...
and btw, your plants look very healthy and lush; i don't think they have any defficiency at all, it's just the plant's natural colour...
hope this helps, and i'll be back:)
love, kp:p
Hi Princess.
Yes, I chose NL because they were reasonably cheap (€15). I'm looking forward to trying it but I've got a good few weeks to go so patience is a must!
That's interesting to know about the lumens. I may well try that then because I don't want them to become too tall! With my inexperience, I can't decide on the sex of two of the plants so I've moved to 12/12 and hope that this will become more obvious.
I'm checking every day (mainly because I'm like a kid at Christmas about it!) so I'll take some images, if I'm still stuck, and maybe you can help me identify them?
I am very pleased with how they're looking. The lime concerned me, but they weren't getting any worse so I thought it best to leave them.
Quick question...as they get bigger, will the fact that they are beginning to overlap matter too much? Some have suggested "LST" 'ing the plants, but I'm really not sure if that's possible, now they've reached the size that they have.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted! Nice to meet you.
Chester Atkins
Nashville
Just been reading your post KP - "KP's Cannabis College: Cannabis Issues, Facts and Guide."
Very interesting stuff. I'm slightly concerned that my, potentially, male plants might pollinate the females as early as 12 hours into 12/12, although I assume this is quite rare? I think I'll need to take some pictures asap into the 12/12 stage and get some advice on the sex.
Really useful information though, thanks for the link.
Chester Atkins
Nashville
Chester your plants are monsters!! At this point who cares if they are fuschia because they obviously are happy, healthy beasts! And if you think they are impressive at that size just WAIT!!
Yes, they are rather nice aren't they!
I was reading that some sativas can grow to 15 feet, which is a worry in my small space! I think I am going to hang the blue envirolite in with the red though, during flowering, to try and slow the vertical growth.
Anyway, that's me into day 3 of 12/12 now. When do you think the sex will show? I think there are 2 males, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, I will take some close up pics tonight and post an update later.
Chester Atkins
Nashville
I don't usually wait for pre-flowering before I turn them so it usually takes between 7-14 days for mine....the males start looking a little different at about day seven but sometimes the females will take up to the 13th or 14th day before I'm sure enough to toss the males. I do use the leaves for cooking or smoking...cooking gets better use out of them for me. I'm sure you can use them for hash-making as well although I don't know what the quality of the hash would be.