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Hey bigworm - you called it, here are the pics.
Issues: The second lady is very short and stout and the leaves are kinda of dragging/drooping on the ground. I am thinking I overwatered her? Or maybe she got some sort of water lock problem because I realized today my water was kinda of high pH (7.4). I don't really know much about that. The biggest one is huge and growing upwards rather properly.
I actually raised the light by the 2nd place one to encourage her to stretch up a bit, but no dice yet. She seems to be growing at a slower rate also.
Alright the pics are as follows:
1) the whole box, big lady in back, 2nd place in front left, runt in front right, Co2 in the middle
2) the biggest lady
3) the biggest lady minus the light above her
4) 2nd place lady
5) 2nd place lady blurry close up
6) the runt (and actually a 4th one came up randomly so I put it in that pot, I figure I will just see what happens with those ladies.
Let me know what you think about the 2nd place one, it's possible I'm just paranoid.
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/o...ure860-all.jpg
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/o...-big-lady1.jpg
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/o...1-no-light.jpg
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/o...-big-lady2.jpg
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/o...2-close-up.jpg
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/o...re865-runt.jpg
secretgarden, nice looking plants! hope there all ladies! im doing an indoor grow right now and just started flowering, i was wondering if u could help me out with your c02 creation? could u explain your method and how to create a ghetto c02 tank? thanks i appreciate it a lot...i jus started a thread on my new grow, check out how ghetto my setup is!! bunch of random cfl's and then the 1000w hps, its prettty funny looking. http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...-new-grow.html
any info on that c02 setup would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again!
hey blazed, thanks for stopping by. I'd love to explain my little CO2 machine but I have to remind you, it is super ghetto.
It is actually really simple. All you need is the following:
A bottle with a top
Water
Sugar
Live Yeast
Put warm water in the bottle, add some sugar and shake it so that it dissolves. Add the live yeast, shake again. Cut a little hole in the cap of the bottle to let the CO2 out. Should take an hour or two to fully activate, but you will see bubbles as long as it is active. I shake occasionally to reactivate and when I cover the hole I can feel the pressure of it trying to escape. The yeast eats the sugar water and gives off alcohol and CO2. I've heard you can get rid of the alcohol and put in fresh sugar solution and keep the yeast alive, but I haven't figured out how yet. My bottles last about a week each and yeast costs next to nothing, so it's not a big deal to just restart the whole thing. I hope that helps. It's ghetto, but I think it is actually working.
Peace all,
:smokin:
nice little co2 setup. i think there's some posts on here about how to keep the yeast alive. hope the girls are doing well.
whats up everyone...
I just wanted to comment on a couple of things. I was looking at my set up, and it seems to me that the #1 lady was probably growing a little better because it had the other light at its side promoting more growth versus 2nd place lady only had the one on top the whole time. I switched their placements to see if there is a real difference.
These ladies are growing like crazy. They all have secondary growth (i made that up) coming from in between each node, so I imagine that is a good sign. Being near 100% indica (at least that's what they say), they are staying low and bushy with those wide leaves as advertised, so that's a good thing.
I was actually wondering if anyone out there had any experience with cloning pure indicas that are short and stocky?? I don't know if stinky is out there watching this, but maybe you have some advice on this? It just seems like every clone thing I see is about sativas or crosses, or something that has stretched a bit, making it easier to choose nice clones. Maybe I'm just bitching too much.
One last thing: Today I came and noticed that my room actually smelled a bit. Not like burnt herb, but more like a fresh green plant smell I suppose with a hint of greenery? Hard to describe, I'm sure most growers understand. I went and got some air fresheners and odor killers and put them by the exhaust fan, so hopefully that helps out. I suppose at some point I'll have to figure out some sort of carbon scrubber. Uggg.
Bubble cloner is built and runs well. I ordered my SuperThrive and ThriveAlive today, so hopefully I'll have that by the time I want to clone! I am very excited to say the least haha.
It is day 18 since they popped I believe. Any idea when I can start cloning or do I need to wait until maturity? I figure I'll go another 14 days or so before I flip the lights, but of course we will have to see!!
Peace all,
:smokin:
I have a new lady friend and she is coming over tomorrow for the first time ... the grow is in the closet BUT at night the light is obvious and of course the noise from the fan ... my question is:
If I shut the grow down for 3-9 hours (obviously depending on how things go) it won't force flowering, right? I assume not. It would be back on 24/0 in 9 hrs max, but is it stressing them to do that?
Kinda silly, i know, but what can I say, I love my ladies ;)
Thanks for the help,
:smokin:
yeah it'll stress them but it shouldn't be that bad. keep it to a minimum though. and be checking for nanners after the temporary shut down is said and done. good to hear about the good growth and the bubble cloner completion, keep up the good work. :jointsmile:
Hey secret.....
the plants look great......How old are they in the 10.28 pics? another thing...i know you like the homemaid co2 but i really dont think the CFL are strong enough to utilize the CO2 but if you think it makes a difference keep on it bro.....cant wait to see how this log turns out!
GG84 - Thanks for the advice. Hopefully I can keep the shut down to a minimum.
Killa - Thanks for stopping in! In the 10.28 pics the biggest one is 17 days, the second one is 16 days and the runt is at least a week behind, if not more since the seed membrane didn't come off for a while. These are all days since it broke the soil.
A note on the homemade CO2. I'm sure it's not putting out any sort of huge amount of CO2 and the difference might be negligible (i wish I had the time and space to do a full control test) BUT I have read that plants do better in higher temps with extra CO2. When I first started it was still pretty warm here so I figured what the hell, maybe CO2 will encourage growth at higher temps. Now during the day the box is about 82 and at night about 78, so I think I'm okay.
I know the CFLs aren't that strong, but I have something around 4850 lumen/sq ft which I thought was pretty decent coverage. Killa, could you explain why you don't think the CO2 would have an effect? I appreciate the input.
Time for work.
Peace all,
:smokin: