Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
Hello, and welcome back to yet another update.
My veg room is in need of renovation. I've just been to check the others and clones and they are fine. I want to extend the space and install some thermostat controlled heating etc before winter wrecks my plans.
After a patient 16 days all clones are now showing their roots. I'm so happy that none have yet been lost. This is my first real effort at cloning and I've found success. Over the coming week I shall be potting these clones into 1/2L pots and commence a light feeding regime with root enhancers.
The three vegging plants are getting bigger. They look healthy and I've been foliar feeding daily with formulex for some reason, but I sense that their environment could be improved somewhat.
I'll add photos of the veg room progress at a later stage.
Seventeen days in to Bloom for the others and I'm also very pleased with the results so far. Three weeks in and very slight signs of difficiency. All leaf stems have a browny purple tinge along their tops (though green underneath) but sometimes this is attributed to to higher difference between day and night temps, potassium, and a couple others that I'm unsure of.
The leaves are a lush green; not to light not too dark. No signs of over fert or under fert that I know of. Erect, sharp leaf fingers (so sharp I almost cut myself). Plenty of developing bud sites with semi erect pistils as they continue maturing. The lighting is 1.2kW, aircooled and 8" from the plant tops. Good light penetration. Oh, and my oscillating fan doesn't want to oscillate, but luckily still runs.
I'm about to mix the food for the blooming ladies. They will get CarboLoad, Barricade, F1, H2, M.E Bloom, Sensi A&B, and Big Bud all to and EC of 1.4 pH 6.4. Pretty much as before!
They are drinking a good 2L per other day of feed and 3L per other day during flush periods. I allow the soil to get quite dry between applications as an earlier poster commented. The soil moisture meter confirms that I'm watering at the right time. Over the next 2 weeks I predict vast growth in preliminary bud formation. It would be nice if they totally finished early and exceeded my target dry weight as the new plants are about ready to come in but I want to do one controlled grow at a time atm.
Here are one or three pics, I'm off to the reservoir!!
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
impressive, merdevert.
some nice pics, plants looking good, lets hope everything carries on in this fashion.
Will you consider using Connoisseur Part A & B? I believe the acuracy of your grow could pnly be complemented by such a product.
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
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Originally Posted by pccdrom
impressive, merdevert.
some nice pics, plants looking good, lets hope everything carries on in this fashion.
Will you consider using Connoisseur Part A & B? I believe the acuracy of your grow could pnly be complemented by such a product.
merdevert? not sure what you mean pccdrom.. I'll consider using that new fertiliser if i can read up on other peoples experiences with it... I shan't waste any money. thanks for the gro-compliments!!
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
Hello readers, cheers for coming back.
I am now about to commence week 4 of bloom. I have some awkward news. Once again my clone supplier has fed me bollocks with regard to the strains of the acquired clones. They aint G13 nor Big Bud. They are actually some derivative of Cheese!!
I'm certain now, as the plants have just started to put out their scent, and I know what strain it is from the smell, fused with the physical characteristics of the bud formation. I'm somewhat disappointed that the clone man doesn't speak the truth. I'm not disappointed at the strain as such, I just like to know what I'm working with... Is that too much to ask?
So the big cheese plants are starting week 4 tomorrow. This evening they had the usual mix of nutes up to EC 1.5 and pH 6.5.
Within the past two days I've realised that the reddy/purpley/browny tinge on the leaf stems may be attributed to having too low temperatures at night. I installed a digital thermostat that controls the two inlet fans. One inlet is now a heated inlet, providing heated air from outside... while the other inlet brings in cool air directly from outdoors. The thermostat switches between the two fans as and when needed. The heater only come on when a minimum temperature is met (obviously).
I'm not sure if I already mentioned the fact that the two plants that had their branches tied down earlier on have actually produced more bud sites that the single plant that didn't have any branches tied down. I think tying down branches with certain strains has a positive effect on bud formation. I'm yet to try this with other strains.
Yesterday I potted the rooted clones taken from the, now blooming, 3 Cheeses. The root formation on one or two was very suprising to me as its my first ever effort at cloning with a 100% success even though I only took 2 from each plant. The vegging plants are doing very well. Plenty of internodes. I may attempt taking cuttings from all 3 then fill the bloom room sometime soon.
i'm now sensing that 8-9 weeks of bloom is not really a long time.. have I mastered the art of patients?
tune in to my next update, i'm off to watch weeds s3e11 as its just finished downloading.. check the pix!! :)
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
GREAT! even though your rep is disabled.... I added to it anyway. This is a great grow.
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
Thanks spongebobsmokepants.. I have just enabled it.. didn't know what it was at first and kept wondering why some people have green things under their country.. Now I get it.. big thanks...
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
Today, the first day of week 4, the ladies stink!! what else can I say? The well known stench of good erb is now being evacuated from the garden very efficiently via the carbon filter. Smells gooooood : )
tune in for new updates coming soon..!
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
My ladies are just starting to smell. Time to turn the filter on. I love this part of the grow!!!:smokin:
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
Hello and welcome back.
I just love being a farmer!
Today should be a flush day, but girls are doing so well that I'm tempted to give them another EC1.4-5 dose of home.grower's Magic Mix. The plants are developing really well and thus far have not shown any major signs of deficiency. I would like to make the best use of their remaining bloom time by not skimping on feeding practices. Every time I give them the magic mix they just swell day by day. I think I might compromise with the solution to give them a very mild feed of say EC1.0 that includes the full range of products at my disposal. This way, new elements will be available in small supply in the soil, as well as the probable dilution of any nute build up within the said soil. Hmmmmm, I know what I mean!!
Today I've measured the soil moisture levels and they are the lowest they have been since I started. It is almost completely bone dry; whereas my previous gauge of dryness was moist below 6" from the top of the soil. This is a good indication that it is possible that the plants really enjoy my magic mix as it is correctly balanced for this time in their growth diet. Or maybe, it is just that time where they drink a lot. The room temperature is very stable with the thermostat installed so they shouldn't be transpiring abnormal levels of water.
I don't know... I now feel like giving them CarboLoad and water. Hmmmmm... lemme see... I can't decide... Been smoking Nepalese Hash Medicine for the past week or so and have just obtained some Dutch Medicine that tastes like Mango. It's playing with my brain.
Back to the plants. I'm about to go take a look at the vegging plants. They may need a watering. They don't drink much as the temps in that space are quite low in their room. I don't want the conditions to be too perfect in the veg room else the plants will grow too much too quickly before I have a chance to harvest my test crop to ensure this new garden & I can produce beneficial erbs of the highest quality. Well, they are alive and look very ok to me; nothing a lil time under a 600W hps or two couldn't recover.
I'll post again after I finish this joint and sorted through the veg room pix and cropped and what not... don't move that dial!
Diary:02/09/07: 8 Pots of Plants
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Originally Posted by spongebobsmokepants
My ladies are just starting to smell. Time to turn the filter on. I love this part of the grow!!!:smokin:
What does your garden grow?
