My Little Clever Girl

woot.....:D :D :D :dance:

good news.... One day she will grow up and make you proud :thumbsup:

Just a quick veg Day 42 update...and it's the last day of veg, as I set my 400w HPS and 250w MH on the timer. I plan on a 77 day flower. I removed all 10 CFL's, but may set up a few around the bottoms of the pots to keep the fan leaves green and working, until they die off naturally.

I'll be using cactus juice again for this flower, but won't feed for at least 10 days. I've continued with Superthrive and am misting three times daily. PH is right at 6.8 and temps range from around 84F in the day and down to 74F at night. Two fans will run 12 hours, while one will continue 24 hrs.

I have seven remaining plants. Two are females (inc. Clever), while five have yet to show sex. I've semi-LST'd two, while fan leaf tied another two to just help the secondaries into the light. By "semi-LST", I mean that I've tied fan leaves and tied down the main stem several weeks into the growth. I purposely snapped the main stem on these two, then tied at the break. I broke them to keep control of their vert growth.

Just a quick day 7 flower update...

Two of seven grew balls and were killed today. Four out of five remaining are confirmed females. Gave them a weak drink of cactus juice today. 70 days until harvest!

Well congrats ski looks like your in for a happy harvest :D .

Is it just me and my bias opinion or does Clever look happier than the others. For me itâ??s hard to tell what her growth has been like but she looks a lot bigger:dance: . It looks much better in there after getting rid of those males.

Thanks for the update :thumbsup:

Yeah, Clever has been growing 1"/day and her secondaries are all over the place. She now dwarfs the other girls. I was a little gun shy about giving the majority of attention to one plant again, but it's amazing how tripling the light and extra bending and tying can make such a huge difference.

Thanks for looking, Clever...I'm content to keep this a really low key log, but I've been treating her with as much attention as Hardonna...

I didn't read the entire thread but I read your original posting and I was thinking that 49 days of veg seemed a really long time and then I relized you were using cfl's for veg I bet you could knock 20 days off your veg if you used the same lights that you use for flowering, just a thought

CFL's are the only way I've ever vegged. I guess I sorta like the veg process with CFL's, too...makes you really feel like your part of the process, especially when you add some version of LST. Flowering is comparatively boring, to me. And even though buds are sexy, the plants are pretty pathetic looking as your fans die off. I know I'm not making a freaking painting, but it's also why I don't clone or do hydro.

Just a quick Flower Day 14 update...

Bud sites have developed everywhere. Four big females and one little runt in the corner. I hit them all with Schultz Cactus Juice at 1/3 strength, which is 1-7-6. They've had that dilution in three straight waterings, along with SuperThrive.

This grow vegged 7 days less than my last grow, but with better everything throughout...and the plants are at least 18" taller. I've had to tie five secondaries from one plant to the wall to try to gain some vertical room.

I must say I'm pleased with Clever's performance...I was a little skeptical at first.

Nice job Ski

where do you get all your nutrients from