they look well nice mate hmmm
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they look well nice mate hmmm
looking good! It doesnt look like it has a PH problem at all... or anything really that I can see from that pic. Looks like normal yellowing in flower. Shes a beauty...
For me it always seems when the PH goes that late in flowering the tiny little mini leaves that poke out of the buds go first. They start curling under and looking poopy! Yours look good. Still a good idea to PH your water/nutes with your new pen so you never have to guess.
cheers mate :)Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMrGreenThumbx
my little leaves def arent doing that so all is good :) with the yellow leaves i just hate seeing them yellow, especially the big fan leaves because i have about 4-5 weeks of flowering left. since i flushed shes been fine so.. :rastasmoke: Havent got a ph pen, i got a shitty chinese thing, it does give a vague but slightly acurate reading so it will do, It reads around 7-6.8 when i probed it in different areas of the soil so all is pretty much ok. Thanks for looking in anyway man :rasta:Quote:
Originally Posted by GetThisOrDie
:thumbsup:hi char,pics as promised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
1.trimmed(bagseed)ready for harvest 21st april.
2.ready for re-veg.
3.todays pic.
4.gifted clones x 4.
5.clones taken from clones i was gifted.
enjoy mate:jointsmile:
damn busybee those are some fat buds in the first pic...
Hey charbud... I love the way a fully flushed plant looks at the end. Beautiful colored bud surrounded by fall color leaves. Gorgeous!
There was a post awhile back about best x-mas card bud shot and someone posted some fully flushed ladies... Looked so good I made it my desktop on my pc lol. Ill have to try and find the link.
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oi oi char ows the leds doin or did u send em bak. Busy how the hetk did u get that lyk dat? I want ur sekret
I found that pic I told you about.. I believe it was from a guy on here named FarmerRich?
Cant remember... check it out though these are BEAUTIFUL!
that bagseed looks fukin lush mate ! Nice to see some of the work your doing :rastasmoke: You have mates that grow, thats how you get ya clones ? Do you re-veg many of your plants or just doing the one for an experiment ?Quote:
Originally Posted by busybee
Lool a fully flushed lady is a very nice sight. Been having a couple temp issues atm so they dont looks as lush before ! Going to get a little desk fan up there...Quote:
Originally Posted by GetThisOrDie
You alright GT ? Leds are doin nuthin, i put them on one side to see if the buds get bigger on that side than the other. Nothing noticeable yet but still early days.Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMrGreenThumbx
They do look dam sexy, especially when you open them up into high res, got em on my desktop now aswell :) This beauty has to go though :(Quote:
Originally Posted by GetThisOrDie
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Nice looking grow :thumbsup:
You wrote that you are using 1x300w and 1x250w CFL bulb, are those the actual wattages or equivalents?
Yo Phatjay, thanks for looking in on my grow :)
I use the 300 watt for veg and the 250 for flower and you ask a question which i have never really understood ! I dont think its equivalent to an incadescent because its 20000 lumens and its a really really big bulb. Ill attach a link so you can see it and maybe you can tell me if its equivalent or what !
250W 8U 2700K E40 CFL Grow Light Bulb / Lamp RED on eBay (end time 25-May-10 19:30:04 BST)
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The figures for those bulbs are the actual wattage that they consume and not the equivalent (which is good :)). The equivalent values are to help people switching from incandescant home lighting to CFL bulbs and want to know what it compares to i.e. this 12w CFL = 60 watt incandescant.
Thank you for posting the link to the 250, I only know one place that sells the 250`s and they are a little pricey (I am using 125's atm) did you buy from that seller? If you have a link to the 300watt version I would appreciate it.
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I think i bought the 300 from these guys, 300 Watt 8u CFL E40 Grow Light/Lamp 6400K Blue Spectrum on eBay (end time 02-Jun-10 00:58:30 BST) Even if i didnt they are still selling at a good price for that bulb. The flowering 300 watters are harder to get hold of than the 250's but heres one anyway, same price 300w Red Spectrum CFL grow light lamp for Hydroponics on eBay (end time 28-May-10 19:24:10 BST)
I can highly reccomend the blue for veg, the plants love it but as you may or may not know the flowering side of cfls is a lot more difficult. If i were you i would maybe buy 3 125w instead of having 1 300w and a 125. This being because unless you LST your plants the 300w will mainly be growing your cola which a 125w can do just as easily. Then with the other 2 125w use them as side lighting, get all the lower buds nice and big. :rastasmoke:
Let me know what u decide to buy :stoned:
:thumbsup:hi char,thanx,and yes but only 1 mate(although i'm responsable for 2 starting-last wk)that grows:jointsmile: only dealt with outdoors before so re-veg never occured to me,so thought i'd try it.the finished plant(pic 1) was grown in a shed as experiment-it worked,so my mate gave me 4 clones:thumbsup: that beauty can stay here forever:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
Your lucky you got a mate that gives you clones ! Im going to try do some on my next grow, i tried one recently but i got impatient that it wasnt rooting so i through it away !
Got my canna pk13/14 today, feeling it may a bit too late for her to really use it to her pull potential. Lots of the leaves are going yellow as though its getting towards the end of flower even though its around week 5 1/2 out of 9. You reckon she will pick up the new nutes, get a bit greener and spur on ?
Went a bit mad on the pics today, got some real nice closeups !
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The food schedule I work to and all the others in the book it is from, start PK at week 5. The lenght of use depends on how long you flower and medium. But for a 9 week flower you add it weeks 5,6 and 7. Basically start at week 5 and stop the PK 2 weeks from harvest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
char dat bud looks nyc.. U heard ov shock ripening 4 48 hours?
should be ok then :D Thanks for the heads up.Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
Cheers mate, i think ive read about it, freezing cold water 2 days before harvest and then 48 hours darkness ? Thats what i was plannin on doin but correct me if thats wrong ! :rastasmoke:Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMrGreenThumbx
hi char,nice pics.the PK13/14 wont help with your yellow leaves,as theres no N in it.
hi char ow woz ur weekend? I fault pk 1314 cn b used 4 only 1 week? Cn it b usd mor then? Lol smokin ginger pubes u put me off now..
That is true but i thought the yellowing may slow down as it had the nutes in the soil so it wouldnt take it from the leaves. o well !Quote:
Originally Posted by busybee
My weekend was good bruv, how was urs, get lashed ? I duno bout the pk but im going to use it for a week, my girls leaves are all yellowing so it looks like she might be finishing up early ! You wana be smokin the ginger pubes !! i got some serious ones of my first grow Cannabis Forums Message Boards - Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Club, Dispensary, NewsQuote:
Originally Posted by xxMrGreenThumbx
hi matey.. Yea my weekend woz ok.. Watchd da england game tis woz shit.. If u find out mor bout shok ripening let us no.. I luk at ur 1st grow.. U gt work 2moz? Wt u do? Ow many weeks u bin flowerin? Hope the pk works x
Whats up?
It wont hurt to give it some N midway through flowering as long as you flush properly at the end. Week 5 on a 9/10 week girl should be a good time to dose her with N if she is yellowing alot.
I dont work at the moment, i havent seen much improvement with the pk but i worked it out yesterday i am 6.7 weeks through flowering not 5 :wtf: So im going to be harvestin on like the 10th of june :jointsmile: will shock ripen just for u mate :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMrGreenThumbx
im alright mate, you good ? Like i said to GT i just found out she is 6.7 weeks through flower so probs not going to give her any N as people say it ruins the taste ! going to give one more dose of canna then start flushing 2 days after.Quote:
Originally Posted by GetThisOrDie
Will upload a couple pics later..
Have you got anything to look at the Trichomes? Plants grown under CFL's generally take longer to finish, taking them at 8 weeks might be a bit early (depending on what kind of hit you want). The pistils turning brown is not a guaranteed indicator that your plants are ready, only the trichs can tell you this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
Stress ripening does work CharBud and I would recommend it, I already told GT this but he doesn't seem to believe me, which is pretty rude considering he hijacked my unrelated thread to ask about it. Darkness is just part of it though, when it was featured in High Times they also used refridgerated water. Best to Google it, I slightly modified the technique so I could incorporate another technique to aid drying featured in JC's Ultimate Grow dvd. Anyway, it worked for me, no doubt. The way I Stress Ripened is covered in my 1st grow log.
I do have something to looks at trichomes, at the moment they are mostly milky, clear with a couple ambers here and there. I know its all about the trichomes and not the pistils. Im still expecting to do the full nine weeks not 8 as im on 6.7 so basically 7 then two weeks nd hopefully she'll be done. On my last grow my trichomes were mostly milky with some amber, high was intense at first the faded quickly, so def wana get it right this time ! :stoned:Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
Gt only wants the best for his girl, im sure he didnt mean to be rude ! Ill check your first grow log out for your stress ripening technique and do a little bit of reading on google. If you wana do some reading Jay i would reccomend this for us cfl growers, sheer brilliance ! ***DrBud Takes CFL SOG to the Next Level*** - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums Im going to give it a go on my nest grow, new light and everything ! :rastasmoke::rastasmoke:Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
Ahh right, because you said 6.7 weeks, one feed then flush I added it up to 8 weeks, 9 weeks is much more like it. I did 9.5 weeks 1st time round, the weed had a really nice longlasting heady high, this time round I am going for the full 11, I'm looking to weld my ass to the couch. :D That said, my mates GF had a smoke of my last weed (she claimed to be a heavy toker) after one spliff she said "This is really embarrasing, I can't feel my legs." My mate had to carry her home! I don't think she could have paid me a higher compliment.:pimp:
Didn't mean to patronise you about the Trichs btw, just wanted to make sure ;)
edit: Thanks for the link to that thread btw, I spotted it in another thread and had already read it. But is definitely worth checking out for any CFL grower.
wtf i ent rude im far frm it.. and didnt say sry 2 u 4 it on the thread? And i woy only tryin 2 find out more about the subjekt corse i believe u.. How much more exp ova me av u gt? Wth ur reply changd..
absolutly beautiful id have to say...
keep up the good work
Haha girls who claim to be heavy tokers never are ! but atleast she admitted it..i too would feal very complimented !Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
Its cool man just wanted to say :rastasmoke: I am going to research them a bit more because i cant remember the ratio of milky to amber...bad memory !Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
Im definately going to try and do what he did. Get a mother, learn how to clone and a flower cab, constant bud :stoned:Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
We all know you aint rude mate :thumbsup: You just wana be sure in gettin the best for your girl :rastasmoke:Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMrGreenThumbx
Thank you louisanaKing...Will keep it up :smokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by LouisianaKing
The heat is killing my baby ! She got a bit of nute burn from the canna pk but now the temps are unbearable. Also the humidity is terrible, i go in there and start sweating straight away and my fan is just blowing hot air on her. This happened with my last grow when we hit winter and they got stunted because it was so cold and now so hot. The only thing i can thing to do is to swtich the lights of at the end of today then dark period till the evening then turn them on when it isnt hot ? It would still be hot in the day but it wouldnt have the light on it ? Would i hermie her in 2 weeks ?:mad: Its so hot that water is evaporating out of my water containers, i covered them up to help with the humidity.
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I dont want to harvest early because i want a good high of her but if he has to be done it will be done !
I might be able to help a little here, I had some workmen coming to do some work in my home about 2 weeks ago and I needed to move my light schedule by 4 hours (12pm on / 12am off to 8pm on / 8am off. I didn't want to stress my plants so I devised this plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
I shortened the day and night to 11.5 hours and then moved the lights on time back by an hour a day. If I had to move it the other way, I would have done 12.5 hour days and 12.5 hour nights moving the lights on time forward by an hour each day. My plants didn't seem to mind at all.
This method might be a bit too slow for you, it depends by how much you need to shift your times.
P.S. I have posted my Coco feeding schedules in my thread for you.
Damn... Ive been struggling with heat in my current grow and it definitely affects the growth. I had to dim my ballast down to 400w and vent my hood out the window. Even then it still gets hot sometimes. Some days I had to turn the HPS off for awhile and use a much smaller light until the temps came down.
Can you vent the hot air outside? Ive seen people freeze multiple 2liter soda bottles filled with water and place them behind their fan and it pulls the hot air through the cold bottles and helps a little. Do you have some smaller CFLs to finish her under if it gets absolutely too hot? Ive heard of people stress ripining for up to a week. Ive also seen a seed company advise 2 weeks of darkness for "insane" resin. Might only have to hold out for another week if you do it that way...
Heat is some bullshit!!
I hope you can figure something out because she is gorgeous and I would be sad to see her go.
Good luck!
yea mate i ad da same problem get an extraktor fan frm bnq.. Bout 30 init.. Btw ur babys lukin nyc mate..
:jointsmile:hi char,i agree-change your light schedule,how you go about it is up to you(think less stress).i always have my lights on at night-veg and flower rooms.it gets as hot in my shed as it does the loft:thumbsup: try to resist harvesting early,you'll be dissapointed(trust me,i always take an early bud-its always shit by comparison:()
:jointsmile: good luck:thumbsup:
Very good idea but like you said i havent really got enough time to shift 12 hours, would take 24 days ! Still appreciate the idea though phat :) I think really i should have thought of it before i had my lights on in that way, but even if they werent on in the day it would still be unberable hot in my loft, i think it would make a little difference. Do you rekon the heat will stop them maturing ? Would it be possible that the trichomes would just stay cloudy and not mature to amber ? Cheers phat for the grow chart, i think i left you a post last night and i have all of them on my desktop on a folder !Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
There is no where to vent the air, so i would have to drill through a wall or something and i dont really fancy doing that with my diy skills ! I might give the water thing a go but even then i dont know how long they would last till they melted, i mean its realllly hot in there ! Nearly all of the heat must come from outside because when i had the cfl on in the winter it didnt keep the room warm. Heat and the Sun are both bitches, if i were god id but a cloud over house during summer !Quote:
Originally Posted by GetThisOrDie
Was thinking this mate but i got no where to went the air ! I might be able to wiggle a brick out of a dodgy wall but i dont want to collapse anything :S Hopefully she stays kinda nice and doesnt flop on me !Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMrGreenThumbx
I took a bud of my last grow early and it really sucked ! Its just when your getting near to the end its hard not to become impatient, i havent smoked for 2months and 2weeks so its getting to me a little ! Like i said to GetThisOrDie its more so the sun than the light, i think the light would only make a little difference thinking back on my previous post. and there aint no controlling mother nature :( How your babies doing ? You really need to get a thread going...:smokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by busybee
Cheers for all the replys everyone, much appreciated :smokin:
It would take 12 days to shift 12 hours by extending or shortening the light and dark periods by 30 minutes. But your point still stands, that is still too slow for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
I would start an new thread asking this question, someone is bound to be able to help you find the best way to shift your lighting times.
...I gave 'em a short day, and a six hour night, and then another short day, and they were where I wanted 'em (initially on at 9am, and off at 3am, changed to 8pm on, 2pm off, now 8pm to 8am in 12/12 with hotter light. I know that I prolly stressed 'em a bit, but I HAD to get the damn temps outta the mid 90s, fast.
Basically, my light is on during the coolest time of the day, but some days it is hard to keep it outta the high-80s, cuz the ambient going in is 82... I've been running my fans 24/7.
Have to fig'r out a air-conditioner-y thing, fayast.
You are probably right with the maths but if i wanted to shift 12 hours a half hour a day would it not be 24 days? I'm not good at maths but thats how it makes sense in my head :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay
Its a bit late for me now to change the lights but on my next grows im going to have look into what the weather will be like at different stages of growth.Quote:
Originally Posted by CovertCarpenter
I thought of air con but theres no where for it to extract or an intake and im pretty sure you need for for an air conditioning unit. I'm going to give GetThisOrDie's idea with the frozen water bottles behind a fan. I froze 3 litres bottles and one 750 of water and im going to put the in a cooler bag and cut a hole in the side, place the fan in front an hopefully some cool air will be expelled ! Didnt need em today as its an alright temp but tomorrow im going to use em.
Weather had been good today, its a good temp in the loft and i flushed her for around 20 mins in the bath, plain water was coming out at the end so no nasty stuff she be in my bud come harvest. freshly flushed and looking gooood although a bit of nute burn from the pk.
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11.5 hours light + 11.5 hours dark = 23 hours (1 hour per day back)Quote:
Originally Posted by Charbud
12.5 hours light + 12.5 hours dark = 25 hours (1 hour per day forward)
I can understand why you were confused. I probably didn't explain it clearly.
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I was only taking into account half hour of one of the periods but does make sense now you meant both periods. Cheers for explanation :jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by PhatJay