thanks dude about how long you think it should tell when they are m or f. i cant wait to see buds peace
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thanks dude about how long you think it should tell when they are m or f. i cant wait to see buds peace
hey i just read your whole grow log, good stuff
I'm looking into getting a 300watt LED light that says it covers 50 sq ft from High Power LED Grow Lights from Sunshine Systems : Home
do those LED lights really work? can you grow plants with just LEDS?
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Originally Posted by InspectahEX
Yes! you can grow plants using only LED lightning.. If you look through the logs here you will find some LED grow logs.
3 to 5 days after initiating 12/12, though Stubby and Jr took closer to 10, so it may vary from plant to plant. I'd say 5 days is average?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigsmoke07
From what I've gathered, The UFO and Procyon are the two reliable units that give any results, beware the cheap stuff available on Ebay!Quote:
Originally Posted by XmaxxX
The tops are beginning to show "that frosty look" but I'm still ways from harvest time. Some buds are getting close though...:thumbsup:
Watered the girls, gave them another haircut and examined a leaf under my pocket microscope: the trichs are still in the "clear to milky" phase, harvest time should be around the "milky to amber" phase. ;)
Now I know my skills at pollinating are still in their training stages: I've spotted seed pods on buds other than the one I pollinated on Stubby, Leggy has one and so has KC...a KC 36 plant pollinated with Oasis pollen, that'll have interesting results!
So as long as I have seed-free bud as well as seeded ones I guess I'm ok, and I'll be saving money on future grows with the 4 pollinated buds! Okay, I can't help myself here's some pics!
pedro sorry for not stopping by sooner but what a fantasic log.....man i dont know y i havent seen this grow before but im definetly going to catch the end......great shots and an awesome log....good luck! :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by killa12345
You're far too kind! :)
The irony of this is that 4 years ago I would have scoffed at the very notion of medicinal marijuana. But after doing a bit of research I find I'd rather smoke a bowl (or vaporize one) than take a sleeping pill!
These days it's become a hobby, nay, a passion; growing a healthy plant indoors...I enjoy it! The mellow flowers are a sweet, sweet bonus-they mellow me out and make me sleep when I have insomnia!:hippy:
I tried a few more closeups. A group pic and I also tried to take a closeup of the extra pollinated buds t the bottom. I also couldn't help a few closeups of the non pollinated buds at the top!
Sweeeet pics man.
Looking forward to harvest? :P
:)
Oh you bet! :hippy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffzter
looken very very nice.
I sure wish I could afford an hps light.
I didn't pay much for mine, agreed all I needed was 150 watts...scope out ebay, you might luck out too!Quote:
Originally Posted by hydrocannabis
Watered the girls, no plant food today as I want to gradually flush the soil (good idea? Bad idea? Too early?). I might be on the lookout for a quieter exhaust fan though, that rumble is getting annoying!
A HPS is not a cost it is an investment that pays for itself first grow you use it.
I mean if you get just 1 ounce extra both the cost of the light and the extra electricity is for free. And 1 ounce any grower would get extra changing from cfl to HPS.
Even if you will not sell any it is still money you don't have to spend.
Another gain is that the grow is faster with HPS. You save a week or two in veg and probably about the same in bloom.
CFL is great for ops where temperature can be hard to control, they won't save you any money though.
Dude, if that's the case I should be ready to harvest either this weekend or next weekend: flowering time is 6 to 9 weeks, I'm well past 6 weeks going on 7... if the HPS really cuts a week or two from flowering I should be done soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffzter
Bumped up the exhaust fan to a 90 CFM and dropped the noise level by 3 sones, the grow cab is now very quiet! Now it's the waiting game, making sure the buds are nice and ripe! :hippy:
If it says 6-9 weeks it's probably 8-10 ;)
And they count from actual start of bloom, not switch to 12/12.
They wanna sell those seeds and there is a lot of competition.
Watch the movies from Green House, one of the most serious seed banks out there. In their grow videos they always say now you can harvest for commersial reasons and that's what we print about the strain but we go 2-3 weeks extra for quality.
Anyway, if you wanna harvest at ambre I am sure you will cut 3 weeks minimum seed to harvest with the HPS. I did some tests for veg and those plants took almost 3 weeks more to 40cm. Cloned from the ones that made it faster. Both in coco and same nutes, only difference was I used my Bloom HPS the fast time and my Veg! CFL the slow time.
Hell the HPS pays for itself even before you switch to 12/12 hehe.
Anyway in comparison there is no way you save money by using CFL over HPS. There can be inviromental reasons CFLs are better used but those two compared it's cheaper to use HPS.
Ah, and sweet grow m8. :)
Ate 4 biiig White Widow muffins about an hour ago and it just kicked in hard here. Noticed I wrote quite a post in your log hehe. Shit happens.
:stoned::stoned:
And today's gallery! ;) I snapped as many bud closeups as I could! :hippy:
Here's more:
And the last ones!
Watered the girls and trimmed off leaves with curly tips. Trimmed some from the tops to look at them under the pocket microscope...we have a blend of clear, milky and brown-amber trichs! :D I'm stoked! :thumbsup:
Give 'em another week and they'll be ripe for the pickin'! :hippy: Sticky leaves too meng, those buds will be sweet!
I believe the same thing exactly......im a naturalist....no artifical things for me.....i dont even eat salt or pepper......no pills.....cannabis is the one all cure for all for all medical ailments.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de Pacas
No pics today but I'm glad to say the girls are ripening nicely. I used to be a big proponent of CFL grows, but I can see firsthand what the deal is about HPS lights. Agreed my grow setup has changed many times in the past two years, so figuring the HPS that's "just right" for my needs would have been difficult...
But after doing my homework this time around, I'm left wondering how on earth I've managed without a HPS light!:thumbsup:
Don't get me wrong, using CFL's was good learn the ropes of growing and they definitely have a place for young sprouts and vegging, but for floweringl there's no comparison!
:hippy:
Today's photos!
Word.
The main thing people are missing when growing is what plants actually need and are made up of.
It's easy to think that it's all about sufficient light and then its all about best nutes.
Not true!
The overwelmingly biggest nute a plant can get is CO2 because they are mainly made up of carbon like all living things (not counting water but water is a distribution medium not plant matter) and for a plant ALL of it comes from the air.
So everything we do is to make it easier for the plants to "eat" more CO2 from the air, how?
Nutes: Are important because it adds stuff needed for that process to take place but you cap a plants nute uptake very easilly.
Light: The more light you add the more CO2 a plant can use. So thats why more is always better if temperature is ok. You can cap light also but not very easilly.
Fresh air: Together with light something you just can't get too much of more or less. Every grow room should be viewed with this in mind.
How does your air move through the room? You want fresh air to come in low, move to the centre of the plants and THEN get sucked up through the canopy. Try to keep exhaust intake central in a position to make this possible. I use computer fans at the intake to get the fresh air fast into the centre of the room before heat and exhaust fan drags it up through the canopy for exemple. In a system where CO2 is added other rules applies ofc.
Anyway... The by far most important thing for good yeilds and quality is to make it possible for the plants to keep this process going as good as possible and that you do by realising that light is more important than air circulation which in it's turn is more important than nutes.
Both light and CO2 supply are bottle necks, nutes are not. It's very easy to give a plant enough nutes.
Your HPS made your bottle neck much wider and thats's why you see those results. It's all about widening those bottle necks. :D
Sorry for the rambling, was bored and kinda like writing hehe.
Really looking forward to your results m8, good job.
Puffzter
And increasing the airflow from 50 CFM to 70 and lastly to 90 definitely widened another such bottle neck. :hippy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffzter
Yup absolutelly.
Okay, at least now I know the yellowing leaves are normal at this stage!
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Here are some indicators to help you identify that it's harvest time; however, please note that not all of these indicators will appear on every strain.
â?¢ 50 percent to 70 percent of the pistils change color
â?¢ Plants stop producing crystals
â?¢ Plants stop producing resin
â?¢ The fan leaves and lower leaves have turned yellow and are starting to drop off
â?¢ The smell has reached a peak
â?¢ Bud mass has not increased in the past few days
Okay so based on the above, KC and Stubby are about ready I'd say, 52 days after initiating 12/12!
â?¢ 50 percent to 70 percent of the pistils change color
They' re there
â?¢ The fan leaves and lower leaves have turned yellow and are starting to drop off
Yup
â?¢ The smell has reached a peak
Oh yeah...Fabreeze candles anyone? ;)
Leggy & Jr aren't quite there yet, but I tell you what, I forget where I read that flowering lasts an average of 55 to 60 days...under the right conditions, it's so true! :thumbsup:
I can bet you that in 3 more days, it will be harvest time, I'm so stoked! :hippy: I gave the girls a good soak, no nutes. Again, some sort of "pre-flush" in preparation of the harvest! :D
Home made hoods! thinking outside the box, I like that! :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de Pacas
Well it lasted me a few weeks ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by theforthdrive
From what I've learned I could definitely do my next grow 12/12 from seed using the HPS all the way through, as K.I.S.S. as it goes, and cut several weeks of vegging. :thumbsup:
The next (and perhaps only) modification I might do is to paint the inside of the wardrobe flat white, which would avoid the few hot spots the emergency blanket has, mind you I'm debating whether or not I should: the press board has a glossy surface (eventhough it's wood colored) which might be hard to paint...
Otherwise I think I have the optimal grow cabinet setup - 150 watt HPS light with heavy duty timer, 90 CFM exhaust fan rated at 2.5 sones (the air purifier I use for my allergies makes more noise!), nice deep square pots to make the most of the floor space and plenty of leftover Oasis seeds (on top of the seeds I'll get from the bud(s) I pollinated) ... :hippy:
Man, for I guy who used to have preconceived ideas about marijuana I've sure come a long way!
:D
I just scoped one of Leggy's small leaves - milky to amber! And I know Stubby and KC have been ready for a week now, however... I'd like to give it another 24 to 48 hours, get a bit more amber trichs and pistisl...let's make it an even 60 days before harvest...man I hate sitting on my hands!
:hippy: Doodz & Doodettes here are a few choice pics! :hippy:
nice grow!
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Thanks! No comparison, this is the best grow yet, and now that I have the right light and ventilation, the next grows will be even better!
Dude that looks tasty indeed.
And plants seem very healthy and lush.
I see red eyes and occasional retardation in your close future hehe.
Puffzter
:hippy: I wanted to upload a pic of my crop but the system won't let me, what gives? :wtf: Lemme try again...
Come on!!!
Show us man :D
I don't understand, it's been doing this for the past few days...I can enter smilies manually, but the icons don't work, and the drop-down menu for the attachments isn't working ... :wtf:
Is anybody else having these problems?
A pic of the crop!