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Mate this is a seriously nice grow, just read the whole thing through. Without tryin to sound offensive this is my inspiration cos you make it seem quite easy but they look amazin. Once I move I'll be growin White widow thanks to this. Nice setup mate keep up the good work
lookin forward to seein the buds
Hey, that's awesome Podge! I've tried to break down what I do each day so that I can look back and the grow and relearn from my mistakes, and so that others who are new can follow what I'm doing. I think the only reason that I make it look easy, is because it really isn't that bad. If you can learn the signs of overwater and underwater, and you use a good soil, there isn't a whole lot to it. We're just growin weeds!Quote:
Originally Posted by Podge_Boro
:D
those are filling in real nice man :thumbsup: right on
Well it's Sunday, and you know what that means. Picture day!
No watering, no nutes, nothin special today. Just checked on the girls for 5 minutes, took some pictures, and everything looks good.
Took some pics with the lights off today, just for a different look.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9793/dsc00458lw.jpg
Scarlet
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Watson main stalk
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Clones
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Well it's Monday, and you know what that means. Picture day!
So, the girls got a full dose of nutrients today. That's 1 tablespoon of Grow Big and 2 teaspoons of Tiger Bloom in each gallon. They're drinking ~1 gallon per plant right now, so it makes things pretty easy with the 3 milk jugs.
In the past 3-4 waterings I haven't even bothered to check the pH, so I checked it today after adding nutes, and it's reading a bit low... around 6.0. I guess full strength nutrients drop the pH quite a bit, however I didn't alter the pH for the feeding. I want to see if it has any effect on the plant. I'm really not worried about ruining the grow. I just want to experiment and see what happens and learn. In 3-4 days if I see nute burn or pH problems, I'll know to scale back next time.
One other thing I'm noticing is that the bottom leaves of each plant are starting to die back. This makes sense, since they aren't getting much, if any, light down there. I just make sure to pick them up off the dirt or pluck them off if they're almost dead so that they dont lay in the soil and create a mold environment.
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Watson
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Scarlet
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Yeh that's what I was sayin mate, you've broke it down so well yet gone into so much detail it seems simple. Amazin work mate they're lookin awesome :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by raizla
info from another site...I don't know if it's true or false..I'm inclined to believe it...but, who knows?Quote:
I did a little more research, and at 77 Degrees F which is about the average temperature in a grow room, the T8's perform their best, giving 100% light output. The T5 HO gives out 90% at that same temperature, because like you posted it's best operating temperautre is 95 Degrees F.
It's about lumens, output....not PAR. I would research it...but, I don't know what I am doing half the time....:stoned:
This looks sweet man... Those bud sites are looking good. The bottom fan leaves will start yellowing with the progression of the flowering process...
TehNooblet:pimp:
Yeah n00b, I usually take off about 2-3 dying leaves a day now from the bottom of the plants. *shrug*
Dutch, you're right. I've read in several places that the T5's output the best at a higher temperature, however, even outputting only at 90%, they're still putting out more lumens/watt than the T8's operating at 100%. Make sense?
So today I did some cutting on Scarlet again. I'm trying to keep her as trim and neat as possible so that all the bud sites get a lot of light. Bye bye fan leaves! Any idea what I should do with all of these? I think it's a bit too early to make anything out of them...
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The girls
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Hopefully you can finally see the trichomes starting to form on the back leaves.
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...and I figure it's about time for a pepper update. Here's Cheyanne the Cayenne
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It's as clear as mud to me...:thumbsup:Quote:
Dutch, you're right. I've read in several places that the T5's output the best at a higher temperature, however, even outputting only at 90%, they're still putting out more lumens/watt than the T8's operating at 100%. Make sense?
My T5's was delivered 10 minutes ago....I love doing this shit...:rastabanna:
Well it's Wednesday, and you know what that means. Picture day!
Lol Dutch, just trust me man. T5's are better. :thumbsup:
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That's all for today boys and girls!
Here are the girls today. No water, no nutes. The trichomes are really starting to show up (at least when you view them with the naked eye). I suppose it's about time for me to get one of those 50x microscopes you guys are always talking about. Anyone have recommendations? Did someone mention something about a $50 USB one?
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I'm thinking this isn't bad for day 19 of flowering...
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Looking nice for sure :thumbsup:
I wana get one of those EyeClops things. Takes 200x macros that you can upload to you pc. Amazon.com: EyeClops BioniCam: Toys & Games but a $12 pocket microscope from Radio Shack will work just as well :jointsmile:
looking fine, Riz!
Yes, those babies are looking great!
I just compared pix with my 400W HPS at about the same time and they both look very close in blooms progress. Those T-5's were strong in veg and show no shortcomings into flower. Great job. :thumbsup: Go speed racer go!!! :dance:
I've been hanging my big T-12 tubes on an angle with shortest plants on one side and tallest on the other. Then I adjust the height tilted evenly across the tops of the plants. Even with the plants, not the floor, in other words. Am I saying that clearly? :wtf:
If bending the tops, do you try to "pinch" them before bending? If, after watering, you give the stem a hard squeeze you'll feel the fibers crunch and they will bend nicely like a kinked garden hose. Don't keep bending it, let it be and it'll heal, bend and all. There I go rambling again, I'm sure you have it under control. Very well done and keep up the great work. :D
Thanks Shovelhandle, you almost spelled my name right!:thumbsup:
I think I understand what you're saying Oc. Keep the lights even with the tops of the plants, even if some of the plants are shorter than others.
I haven't tried bending over the tops by pinching them first. Its a bit late now, but definitely something I should do during the next veg. Id be afraid to mess up the buds at this point.
The girls were definitely thirsty tonight. I needed to water yesterday, but I didn't. Camara (the first plant) always shows the signs of wilting first... as you can tell by the pictures. So, tonight the girls each got a gallon of water with 1 tablespoon of molasses in each. They should be happy by tomorrow morning.
Camara/Watson/Scarlet
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The clones need to be moved. They're getting too big too fast... Tomorrow I need to figure something out!
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I use the T-5HO 54 Watt four lamp for side lighting to suppliment the MH in veg and HPS in bloom. I use the T5 blue 6500K spectrum for veg and swap to the warm white for the first half of bloom. Now I'm at week nine of bloom and I've been using the blue again (hps and T5 side lights). I read that this helps increase trichome developement. We will see...
I've had a couple of complete grows using T-5 and they actually worked out very well. Looks like you're on your way to a beautiful harvest with your set-up. Good luck on the final product.
Sho
Shov, can you provide a link to where you read switching back to blue lighting helps with trichome development? I haven't read this anywhere. It seems possible that when using an HPS light with a T5 light, the addition of blue lighting could add to your final product, however I'm not sure it would help when using only T5 lighting (and no HPS lights). I can't help being a bit of a skeptic by nature... it's part of my job in real life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
Geez, has it been 57 days already? I swear I just started this log a couple weeks ago.....
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The buds really keep growing and growing on all of the main stalks. I think eventually they'll just cover the stem completely for a few inches.
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They're lookin unreal mate, I'm so jealous I think I'm gonna have to stop lookin at this thread. But I can't stop
keep it up, I can't wait to see the end result
Well it's Sunday, and you know what that means. Picture day!
They're still growing.... and growing....
I think I might have to take action soon. Watson and Camara are smothering one another as well as their own secondary buds (the ones not on the main cola). Take a look at the pics from the last couple days and tell me what you think. So far, Scarlet (the one on the right) is the only one I've taken the knife to.
Camara/Watson/Scarlet
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2037/dsc00506wp.jpg
One thing that I'm really loving right now, is the smell. Holy crap does it smell good in there. I don't know if it's the phenotypes I'm growing, the addition of molasses to the water, or a combination of other things, but these plants smell great! Especially Scarlet. She smells pretty much exactly like grape kool-aid. Sugary, sweet, and lightly grapey. I came downstairs after touching one of the buds yesterday and asked my girlfriend to smell my fingers. She went, "Mmmmm!" and rubbed my fingers on her neck like she was putting on perfume.
Now, my girlfriend doesn't smoke. She doesn't even like the smell of marijuana, but she loves this stuff. I can only pray that the final product smells this good. I could probably take cuttings and sell them as a new strain... "Grape Kool-Aid by Raiz." LoL!
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8278/dsc00507il.jpg
Just as I suspected, the main cola of Watson is turning into a single large bud.
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3199/dsc00521n.jpg
A couple side bud pics
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http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/2681/dsc00527p.jpg
All together now
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So I think I'm going to have to trim the fan leaves off of Camara and Watson. Is there anything I can do besides trash them? Do they have any resin/THC on them that would be worth trying to make hash out of?
Don't have much time today. I should water but really... no time. Took a picture without the flash today for something different.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/852/dsc00528hd.jpg
The top of wTson is lookin sweet mate :thumbsup:
So the server was too busy again lastnight when I tried to post. This is so annoying. Here is what I would have posted....
The girls got full strength nutes again today with their water. It's funny, I didn't trim Camara or Watson, but they're really trimming themselves. All the leaves that don't get much light end up dying off on their own.
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5577/dsc00529ge.jpg
Here is a picture of my sad cloning situation. *sigh* The stretched, overgrown plants are my own doing. I've just been too lazy/busy to do anything about it.
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6238/dsc00531yb.jpg
the server always crashes at 12 midnite CDT...for about an hour..been doing that for a year, now...:wtf:
...ever since the Great Crash of January of '09
three minutes left...see you on the other side...:stoned:
Really Dutch? I swear sometimes it's down for longer than that..... :mad:
Anyways, it always seems to be during my prime posting hours that it's down. After this grow I'll probably move on to another message board.
62 and 26, interesting day....
Here they are. I was going to post earlier... but the server died as usual. Annoying......
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Well it's Friday, and you know what that means. Picture day! What? You thought I'd take the day off cuz it's Friday? Pshhhh!
The growth really seems to have slowed down vertically. Is that what it does at this stage?
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So, anyone know the rule on posting topless pictures? I had my girlfriend lift up her shirt in front of the plants just for fun. Her boobs are small, but if you guys are like me, I like seeing any boobs! :D
I think you will be safe posting it as long as you have something green in the picture and she has a handful:thumbsup::jointsmile:.
im down for some jugs in the picture witt the ladies lol.
Plants looking great tho, keep it up buddy, I yould have did a little bit more bending but to each his own.:hippy:
~one~:rastasmoke:
~Budg~:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:
Saturdayyyyyyyy.....
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I haven't posted any bud porn in a while so here's an update.
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Scarlet
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6822/dsc00566y.jpg
Scarlet Closer
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Watson Main
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Things are going well.
Things are goin excellent my friend. The cola on Watson is lookin beautiful
This might sound surprising but I think Scarlet, the plant on the right, might give Watson a run for her money. The colas are smaller, but there are a lot of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Podge_Boro
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A couple notes...
- I watered yesterday. 1 tablespoon molasses/gallon. 3 gallons used total, and I drained out the runoff (to feed the pepper).
- The white hairs are starting to turn orange.
- Is it possible that the fan blowing on the leaves could dry them out too much? Could it dry out the trichomes???
Is it possible that the fan blowing on the leaves could dry them out too much? Could it dry out the trichomes???
I don't believe so. Some older pistils will dry up and new pistils will grow and bulk up them buds nicely.
comming together real nice my friend. that t5 and your scrog is working magic. your trichomes just keep stackin up on your buds its beautiful!:rastasmoke::thumbsup:
Today there is nothing... What's up with that?|
TehNooblet:pimp:
:jointsmile: Seriously n00b.... have I missed a day yet? You gotta realize I work a full time job, work out, spend time with my girlfriend etc etc. Oh, and this is the west coast. The only couple times I've missed a day is when these damn servers go down. :D ...and even then, I still post the pictures from the previous day.
There isn't really much to say today though. The girls smell wonderful. They're growing happily. I've still been too lazy to get better lights and ventilation for the clones, and yet they're thriving. Life is good.
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/5269/dsc00572es.jpg
I should mention that I squeezed some of the buds yesterday to see how thick they are under all those white hairs. I've read all the horror stories about how fluo's make light buds. To my surprise they felt pretty thick. Since I've got about 4 weeks left for them to fatten up, I think I should have a pretty good yield.
Another note... the white hairs are turning brown at a faster rate. Is that any sign that the buds may be getting closer to maturity?
That is a sign that they are reaching maturity, but it is not an indication of when to harvest.
Do you have a 30x-100x magnifier? When I harvested my trichomes were roughly 5%amber 40% foggy and the rest were clear. So I have a real head high with a little buzz.
What do yours look like so far? jw
TehNooblet:pimp: