k, just a pictorial update today. i don't have anything clever to present or any new questions, so here ya go.
WW on the left, PS on the right, and a pic of the both of em to give a better idea of size and such
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k, just a pictorial update today. i don't have anything clever to present or any new questions, so here ya go.
WW on the left, PS on the right, and a pic of the both of em to give a better idea of size and such
Hi,
If I could offer one word of advice, it would be to snip the tops of the power skunk as soon as possible. I think if you don't do that now, in around a week you're going to have a tall, unwieldy girl on your hands. At least it'll bush out a bit when you do that too.
The plants look awesome though. I'm impressed as hell.
:jointsmile:
Joe~
i actually have clipped the top once, and didn't really want to start pruning it regularly for fear of stressing it out. But i had been thinking something needed to be done about the skunk's height, your advice just prompted me to finally do something about it.
as i've mentioned, i did LST the skunk (the first pic) in order to help with the height issue, and improve yields. So it's actually the side branches that are reaching up so high, one in particular (the second pic). What i decided to do was kind of LST that side branch also back along the length of the main stem, taking the height down and preventing it from blocking off most of the leaves of the other side branches. You can see top and side views of this in the 3rd and 4th pics. The final pic shows ho much this has reduced the height of the skunk compared to the last pic i posted of it inside the box, as you can see it's significantly further away form the lights after having that lone branch tied down.
ok, right after that last post i decided to do something about the further sideways stretching branches too. you can see in the pics from the 23rd a second branch that looks like it's reaching up almost as high as the one i just tied down, however it's actually reaching towards the back of the box. So i got some more string and tied those branches back towards the main stem around the curve of the pot (no pun intended). you can see the outcome of this new tying in this pic:
hey GeddaLiddleHI , plants look great :thumbsup: have they shown thier sex yet ? hopefully u will have all ladies :D if u don't alrighty know. want2beagrower:jointsmile:
well they're feminized seeds, so they BETTER both be ladies, hahaha. But yeah, the white widow is showing female preflowers, nothin on the skunk yet though.
hey GI , using feminized seeds that's great :thumbsup: but becareful !!! i've read in a couple of threads here of grower's using feminized seeds & they turning hermie on them from heat stress & other reasons so becareful !! r u planning on cloning ur ladies ? want2beagrower:jointsmile:
yeah, i've heard of that stuff abotu feminized seeds as well. comes from teh fact that they're created from hermie parents. That lack of a Y chromosome is how they get fiminized in the first place. But yeah, that's why i've been trying to reduce stress on them as much as possible, and why i was avoiding clipping the skunk for so long. I think going with that LST bend instead is gonna work out better anyway. And, as i think i've mentioned, i use a different fert method than most other growers. Rather than mix up some normal strength nutes and alternating between that and plain water i make especially weak fert and use that every watering, similar to the nutrient content and conditions of rain and groundwater...been workin pretty well so far. Of course my plants are some kind of mutants and needed nutrients way before most other growers would say to start on nutes anyway. (see the earlier pages for THAT fun) I am planning on cloning them actually, moslty because i only have this one power skunk plant... i've got 3 more WW seeds, but i'd rather start froma clone anyway since this one's been looking so good. I actually have a clone started on the skunk from when i accidentally brok of the top of the main stem when attempting my initial LSt bend. I know it's generally practice to clone from a lower branch, but why waste a good section of cannabis, right? I'm not sure how this actually affects the clone, but it hasn't died since being treated with rooting hormone and going into the medium, soooo...
hey gi :jointsmile: trial & error is the best , isn't it ? that's the only way 2 learn 2 grow better :thumbsup: would have never thought 2 clone the main cola though if i broke it off accidently :thumbsup: does she / he (don't know skunk's sex yet ) have roots yet & r u still using the co2 bottle ? want2beagrower :jointsmile:
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I hink you did a goos job bringing the height down on he skunk. I imagine when she begins producing some big buds, you'll have some staking to do in order to support the weight of the colas.
That's the only bummer of growing Sativa strains inside, they like to grow high. You can only do the best you can.
Keep up the nice work,
joe~
K, time for another pic update. Two on the left are White Widow, two on the right are Power Skunk. gonna start flowering as soon as i use up the last of the veg fert i've got mixed.
hey gi , hope u have a carbon scrubber 4 ur ladies , cause it's going smell up a storm with the skunk , when u start flowering them . doin a great job :thumbsup: ladies look great :thumbsup: want2beagrower :jointsmile:
i do have one. if you look at the third pic from my last post, that gray box sticking out on the left side is a carbon scrubber...well air purifier with carbon filter and ionizer...but it cleanes up the smell pretty well. i'm thinking of getting another small one to put right in the box. that's oen of the benefits of Power Skunk though, higher yield and less smell than regular Skunk.
actually, i'm planning on just using one of these things:
http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...utraliser.html
k, so while i was out getting the supplies to make the odor neutralizer mentioned in my last post...i found an easier solution that does basically the same thing, and has done a FANTASTIC job of taking care of the smell so far. the air purifier i've got in there was doing a fairly good job, but the sweet stink of cannabis was def still noticeable. but i'm digressing a little. anways, what i got was one of these as well as one of these but they both came from wal-mart and the febreze thing was only $15. i've got the smaller carbon filter in the far end of my pox, filtering the air then blowing it towards the bigger air purifier. and since putting those tings in i haven't noticed any marijuana smell, just a faint hint of orange. i even left for awhile and then came back to make sure i wasn't just oblivious to the smell. but anyway, included with my update pics of the plants, i've got some pics showing how my new odor eliminating system is situated. first 2 pics are just the new stink-o-matics, next one's the skunk, followed by the white widow.
forgot to mention, and it was too late to edit, i started flowering today too.:smokin:
Hey gi , ladies look great ! can't wait 2 c some bud's ! :thumbsup: want2beagrower :jointsmile:
bet your glad you tied down the skunk, both plants seem to be doing well , good luck in the flowering stage mate ! :rasta:
k, time for a pictorial update. the PS is the big, spread out one shown in the box. the other two are of the widow, shown from different angles so you can see the bend i put it in as kind of minor training. i only put the bend in the widow so that the side of the plant facing the rear wall of the box could get better light, with my lights on the sides of the box the rest of it already gets plenty of light.
hi
i'm newbie
can u tell me about soil mix and u nutrition how using
hey gi , how r the ladies doin ? showing buds yet ? r u still using ur co2 bottle ? want2beagrower :jointsmile:
sorry jay, can't tell you a whole lot about soil mix. i use expert gardener bag soil. it was reccomended by someone on these forums (rootdoctor) my first grow and it's been workin pretty well so i still use it.
yeah, the widow's showin the start of some buds, especially the main cola. had some slight overfert probs with the skunk, which i didn't notice right away because the widow was still doing just perfect, but i caught it and flushed before there was even any noticeable burn on the leaves. just overly dark green and starting to curl under. not much in the way of bud production on the skunk, but i'm hopin it starts up soon. haven't been able to get pics cuz i've been workin 3rd shift again (at a hotel front desk...yeah it's kinda weird) and i'm usually working or sleeping when my lights are on. and oddly enough i just did the co2 bottle today for the first time in awhile. right before i got on here and read your post.
k, some updates, including a shot of what will be the main cola on my widow. the big, spread-out, bushy bitch is the skunk.
k, didn't really like that shot of the widow's bud. so here's a better one:
lookin good gi :thumbsup: are u rotating ur ladies ? i've learned that if u rotate them a 1/4 turn eveyday , u will give even light to all the bud sites , increasing your yield .how bad is te smell ? they r lookin great :thumbsup: keep it up & all ur hard work will be paying off soon :thumbsup: want2beagrower:jointsmile:
yeah, i've been rotating the widow about 1/4 every day, but i can't really do that so much with the skunk because of how bushy and spread out it is, so i rotate it every couple days when i can figure out how to make it fit and not overshadow the white widow. the white widow hasn't been "shooting upwards" during flowering so far, but i hope it does as i left about 2 feet of clearance overhead for it to do so and i'd hate to think i wasted all that space that could have housed a bigger plant. aaaanyway, here's some new pics. got a pretty good one of the widow's main cola as well as a couple of its more visible budsites. also got a pretty all-encompassing shot of the skunk (still a spindly, spread out sativa bitch;)) as well as a close-up of one of the areas of preflowers. enjoy...
google FOXFARM POTTING MEDIUM and go to the site, this shit is dank and provides serious results this one is thai and just a lil bit farther along but i have been playing with my lighting and lst alot, check it out give me some feedback brotha.
http://boards.cannabis.com/plant-problems/164124-please-help-training-young-one.html[/url]
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no offense, but i don't really understand any of that. what one is thai? and what's farther along? what do you want me to give you feedback about?Quote:
Originally Posted by jguttagetbent
figured it's about time i updated you guys. first up is a shot of both ladies sittin pretty in the growbox. You can see there's a light engulfed in the Power Skunk's bushy ass, but i assure you with the heat shield i put around the bulb there's no way of damaging the plant. The thing is cool to the touch (seriously...cool) and it's been in there for over a week with no probs. next is a shot of just the skunk...looks pretty much the same if you don't look close. Next is an up-close shot of one of the skunk's budsites...comin along slower than the widow, but still looks very promising. Last is a full shot of the White Widow, i'll have some close-ups of that sexy lady in the following post.
k, time for the White Widow's photoshoot. first a shot of the upper part of the plant, where the budsites are the most dense, they get pretty spread out in the lower part. Next is a top-down shot of the widow's main cola, followed by a side shot. Lastly is a shot of that same cola with the flash on, so you can see just how well she's earnin her name. ...man i can't wait to smoke this bitch!
Yuummy! Your grow is awesome man, working with such little space and CFLs. I had 2 plants but they both went hermie on me due to stress. Overall it was a learning experience though :) Can't wait to see you harvest this beauty.
awsome dude :thumbsup: lookin great ! what week r u in ( 4 or 5 ) of flowering ? still have some time yet 2 go but u r doin a great job dude :thumbsup: can't wait 2 see those skunk buds start fattening up ! have they stretched any ? sexy ladies:jointsmile: want2beagrower :jointsmile:
hells yeah, never underestimate the power of cfl's! like i say, WNH? (Who Needs HID's?) hahaha. this saturday will be the end of the 4th week of flowering. yeah, i'm excited for the skunk buds to start ripenin too! since it's so spread out, especially compared to the widow, it's lookin like it'll have the higher yield by far...so we'll see what happens if i manage to crossbreed these two succsessfully. the widow hasn't really been stretchin up as much as i thought it would...but i really couldn't have waited to start flowering any longer the way the skunk was goin anyway. the skunk's kinda stretchin but the way i keep it trained it doesn't get TOO high. i look at it like the widow's my well-behaved daughter and the skunk's the unruly one, lol. and anyone got any more thoughts on what to call a White Widow/Power Skunk crossbreed? White Skunk's pretty good, but it leaves out any mention of the power aspect (higher yield, less smell compared to normal skunk) too bad racist douchebags had to ruin White Power for me...
Albino Power SKunk maybe...? that's kind of a mouthful. oh well, i got plenty of time to think.
Hey man those babies are lookin real nice, I can't wait to get a toke of that white smoke. Great idea with the bulb cover to put the light inside of the PSkunk, could you tell a difference in the lower/interior growth of the plant after stickin it in there? Also, when you put em into flowering did you just give em normal time off and then switch right to 12-12 or did you do the 36 hours of dark before turning the lights back on? One more thing, when they were in veg how much of what combination fert were you feeding the PSkunk? I finally got mine growin again and I'm tryin to find a nute schedule that will keep her growin steady without any more interruptions. But yeah they're lookin great, keep up the good work.
oh man, i completely forgot about the 36hours of darkness (dankness...? lol) thing, i just did it the regular way. well i was feedin em both 1/8 strength fert every watering, but that didn't seem to be workin for you. i'd say try 1/4 strength every other and see how that goes before deciding how to move on. your first grows is almost always a bitch...
hey gi , 36hrs of darkness ? never heard of that , but interested explain ? where did u order ur beans from ? ever try buydutchseeds before ? want2beagrower :jointsmile:
the 36 hours of darkness i guess makes the plants think they're dying and push all their efforts into producing buds, it's kind like giving them a headstart before you go into flowering. since i forgot to do it before switching over, i'm gonna try doing it right before harvest, i've heard of that giving the buds one final burst of growth before harvest.
oh yeah, completely forgot to answer the Q about the bulb cover. yeah, i def noticed increased growth on the lower inside part of the skunk once i did that. speaking of which, the skunk's buds are startin to fill out, and here's some pics to prove it. also a question, i'm pretty sure my Skunk's become rootbound, but i really don't want it any bigger than it already is and i don't want to encourage it to get any bigger by transplanting it to a larger pot (plus i'd rather not stress it by transferring during flower) is there anything special i should be doing, or just be careful and keep an eye on it?
hey gi , sounds interesting , the 36hrs of darkness . have u tried it before ? would it cause hermies from light stress ? how much does it increase ur yield ? ur ladies r lookin yummy :thumbsup: bet u can't wait 2 smoke those buds :D want2beagrower :jointsmile: