Just a little journal............

That sounds great Mand ;) Your lucky to take a vacation its well deserved so I hope u enjoy your self :) I wish we here in the (States)we could walk up to the market and buy seeds :sadcrying I dont even think those websites you posted mails to the US :( Yeah but we still manage to get the seeds one way or the other ;) So why dont you want to pinch with this crop? The pinching I did seems to be working great it keeps them real short and bushy, but I only did it to 3 and 1 was a male:thumbsup: Thanx Mand :clap:

Hello B :) I know the seed situation is really strange here, it's perfectly legal to buy or sell them however it is illegal to germinate them.
You can go into a growshop and buy everything you need to grow cannabis, lights, nutrients, seeds, hydro stuff, how to grow books ..........everything, but once that seed is put in a paper towel and it sprouts, you have broken the law :(


I don't think I will "pinch" because I want this to be a quick grow, hopefully finished by the begining of April ................... hmmm we'll see how that goes anyway :o
Also I am just going to try and keep the plants narrow, I don't want to bush them out too much. The reason for this is I havent got so many in there this time and I just want to try and get a little more light to the bottom buds, it's just a little experiment to see if I can improve the yeild from the lower lower part of the plant ;)


love mand xxx :)

Mand...How many flowering plants did you fit in that 6x6 area?
I'm just wondering how many I could flower under my light(1000w HPS)I'm guessing as many as I can fit in a 6x6 area...with the 1000watter I can go wider but I'm trying not to exeed 7x7.

Hello JD :) I only run a 400 watt light but I still manage to get 16 plants under it, but I do suffer from very small or imature buds at the bottom of the plant :o
That is in a area 6 x 6 feet, but with a 1000 watt you should do much better :)

Hopefully I might do a little better with the bottom buds this time as there are less plants, so when the boys have been removed there should be 5 or 6 girls left ................. there should be plenty of space ;)


love mand xxx :)


Oh on average there is usually 8 - 10 girls when starting with 16 plants ;)

ENJOY YOUR BREAK MAND :dance: :dance: :dance: HAVE A DRAM FOR ME

Hello Scobbie :) don't worry love you can count on that ;) .......... Thankyou :)





I'll just squeeze one last update in :o

Generally they are doing ok considering the time of year, however it is quite mild and the temp in the growroom is pretty decent :)

The one pic of the one on it's own is the "runt of the litter", also I'm not to keen on some of them showing there yellow bottom leaves at this stage but I think they'll be ok.

Oh and please ignore the foot, I was trying to get under the light, and it's the only pic that turned out ok :o

Also I when I re-potted I ran out of my compost, so rather than go digging around (cold and wet out :o ) I bought some from the garden centre and mixed that in.



Bye for now, take care all ......................... love mand xxx :)

have a good break mand .they are lookin good ,they feet look familiar they are the same slippers as my daughters lol have a good one.

Nice slippers Mand.

LOL yeah Mand LOL :D You should see mine LOL I have Shrek slippers cause my son wanted me to get them :thumbsup: Nice plants by the way ;)

hello Mand Hows everything? good I hope ! Nice slippers LOL, sort of reminds of lowering the lights closer to the plants .

your babies look real good , JUst harvested and really pleased with the quality. I always had a hankerin to be a stand up comic well after I smoked some of a bud a friend found me in the kitchen putting balogna in my shoes, so I just explained to her that I put it in my shoes so when I walked I would feel funny... She just looked at me and said", give me some a what you been doin ,.... so...... I handed her the bologna !

wow...... I'll try again a lil later
Gotta loves ya Mand
Bill

Mand have to thank you for the dedication to this thread. Was very informative and has given me a few ideas for soil grow. I have been growing for a year now but started with Hydro and clones right from the start. I also like the info on germanating seeds another thing am thinking of trying as I have only grown from clones. Keep up the good work and will enjoy reading further news.

JUST KEEPIN IT UP THE BOARDS FOR YOU MAND

Hello Guys :)

You know it's years since I kept a "diary" of any kind, well I used to write too many secrets down and putting secrets into writting is not always the best idea :o
However I have actually missed (well kind off) updating this journal, plus all the updates on all the other grows on here.

Hmmmm "the slippers", you know every Christmas my kids ask me what I want for Christmas (well it saves them having to think of something :rolleyes: ). Anyway for the last few years I have always told them I wouldn't mind a nice shinny new Jeep Cherokee sitting in the driveway on Christmas morning :) . However I don't know why they bother asking me as it's always the same old slippers and bubble bath waiting for me :o


Elfmannbca :) Thankyou love but it's not "dedication", it's just the fact that I talk (or write) too much;)
I have to admit though that I often "pop on" to have a little read, follow the grows and do it little posting if I can, gives me a good excuse to have a sit down with a cup of tea or coffee ................... oh and the occasional stronger drink aswell;)




The grow, well they are still alive, mind you whenever I rang home I always reminded the kids to water them.;)
I forget there exact age without checking this journal but they are a fair bit smaller than at the same age last grow, however that is to be expected due to the time of year.
I know they are still small and I would like to see more vegitive growth on them but I don't think it will be too long before I switch to 12/12.
I'm almost certain I won't pinch them this time.

I'll just add a couple of new pics :)


Thankyou guys, ............................love mand xxx:)



Oh the first pic of the one on it's own is the "little runt" ;)

i see you are back hope you had the best of times and good to see you back mand:D

:D :D :D the grow is lookin real good mand:D

Yeah they look great. Nice to have u back Mand

Hello Scobbie, Buk, Thankyou guys :)

I would love to say it's nice to be back but it's freezing here :o

I had a nice time but it was a bit restrictive going with the girls from work, I like to do my own thing ;)
Mind you one night they wanted to go to a real noisey and busy club, so I fained a migraine and told them to go without me. Anyway as soon as they set off I sat out on the villas terrace listening to the waves hitting the shore.
Although when they got back I was fast asleep with an empty bottle of Gin beside me :o


Well I want a quick grow this time so I've been in the shed tonight put them on 12/12 and switched to the HPS bulb.
I prehaps should have given then a little more time on the vegitive grow but I want them out the way for the begining of April so I can start the "Widows" for a Summer grow ;)


Hmmmm it will be intresting to see if they droop this time :o



love mand xxx:)

great to see you back mand missed grows looking go so far

Yeah Mand I would love to see how those widows do

Hello BkSkillz, Buk :) Tell you what before I switched to 12/12 last night I noticed a little "droop", and now after the first eleven hours of HPS they are definitely "drooping".
Now I know that there is no way it's the bulb doing that after only eleven hours.
Hmmm here we go again "droopiness" ....................... tell you what when ever I say the word "droopy" it reminds me of my ex ;) :)


Anyway guys not to worry I'm sure something will manage to grow and there will be a harvest of sorts at the end :)

I'll just put some pics on so you can see for yourself ;)


love mand xxx:)

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.................... tell you what when ever I say the word "droopy" it reminds me of my ex ;) :)

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Damn... that must be hitting him hard....

Nice grow Mand... about the droopiness... No idea.... ??? Maybe it's something in the enviroment?

I tell you again... I came here... started growing... you also started growing... then, you flowered, finished, and are smoking it. I still haven't flowered.

Now, you've grown yet another crop, and you've started flower (for the second time)... I've yet to flower...

I dun git eet... lol! Nice work Mand, keep it up...

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: to you!

-turtle420 :cool:
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Hello Turtle :)

Trust me he was "droopy" in every possible way ;)


As for the drooping leaves, I am honestly not going to worry, I'll just let them get on with it and see what turns out............. I had enough of all the hassel last time ;)
Plus I may be here but my mind is still on holiday:o


Turtle, please do not worry how long a grow takes love, I just want to get this one finished before spring so I am not expecting anything special out of it, I'm just looking at it to keep the "stash" stocked up ;)
By the way you're grow is looking really nice, a bit technical for me but I'm sure the results will be something very special :)


love mand xxx:)

So Are you planning on taking any other vacations anytime soon? So How many days were you on vacation for?;)

You Go Girl , your just doing it up Mand, show some of these young bucks how to grow.You should write your own grow book. GROW WITH MAND :dance: :dance: :thumbsup: .

Hello Buk :) How many Days ? ................. Seven.

Any other Hoildays soon ? ................. That depends on the finances, which are looking about as droopy has the plants at the moment :(



Hello Mobay :) I'm not really trying to hard with this lot love, to be honest the "droopy gang" are on their own. I refuse to get my "knickers in a twist" like I did with the last grow, I'm just watering them when needed and leaving them too it ;)
I am just going to continue with the HPS and see what turns out, although I will buy a new bulb for the next grow. Having said that I don't think it is the bulb that is the problem, also it is awfully cold in the growroom, that may not be helping matters in there.

I prefer stress free growing, so this grow really is on it's own;)
By the way Mobay if ever you get the oppurtunity you should try a little outdoor growing ;) , that really is my favourite way, it's just the problem of security that stops me from doing it again.



love mand xxx:)

:stoned: lookin right good mand that nute you use do you only use it when flowering:stoned:

Hello Scobbie :) The only thing I do is add a pinch of Phostrogen plant food to the water now and again.
I have no real set way of using it, prehaps every other time I fill the watering can up. Mind you I read you're not supposed to feed them a week or so before harvest ............ not sure how true that is ??????:o


love mand xxx:)

What's this?

You "threading" another grow?: )

Hello PP , How are you love ?:) I just talk too much ;)

To tell you the truth PP, I've been constantly growing for nearly eight years now and it has just become so very normal to me now.
However very very few people know about it, so no one to talk too about it:( , so I guess when I come on here ......... yes I talk too much ;) :)


love mand xxx:)

:stoned: same here mand thats why i come here aswell people to talk and learn from and since joining i must say people on this site , like yourself ,have taught me loads and its been cool whatching their grows my next one im doing a journal but i want to finish watching yours ,mobays, bucks and powders as ive more to learn ,so thanks mate:stoned:

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Hello PP , How are you love ?:) I just talk too much ;)

To tell you the truth PP, I've been constantly growing for nearly eight years now and it has just become so very normal to me now.
However very very few people know about it, so no one to talk too about it:( , so I guess when I come on here ......... yes I talk too much ;) :)


love mand xxx:)

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You can always talk to me Mand. (addy's in the sig) Nice to see you posting again and occasionally venturing in to the other forums. And if you didn't see my reply in that other thread (damned if I can remember which one), I love it when you Brit girls say "love". I really must visit the "old country" someday soon. English on my dad's side, Irish on my mom's. Then I can drink some decent beer.
BTW, nice babies...hopefully I'll figure out a way to do my own grow soon without the missus or kids catching on. When I do I really want to take a shot at the Lowryder strain.

Good good!:)

It's nice to see you're grow!:)

Looking good by the way!:D

Hello :) , Well I have been trying to post on this thread for hours now but every time I try I keep getting interupted or distracted :o


Hello Scobbie :) The purpose of this section is to talk about growing and I do wellcome that :)
The thing is with growing cannabis is that it's not just something you can just have a "natter" about with just anyone, so I like to make the most of being able to talk about how a grow is going.
Also I'm the same as you I love to see how all the grows on here are coming on, it really is quite fun and it's better than the "telly" ;)


Hello Bonsaiguy :) , yes I saw you're thread and made a little reply too it ;)
I do on the odd occasion venture on to the other sections but to be honest I don't stay for long on them, they kinda make me feel old :o , well I think the average age must be somewhere around sixteen ;)

Ah so you like the traditional British pint of beer :) . I have to say love I'm affraid I've never been a great fan of it, don't get me wrong I like a glass of beer, it just doesn't like me an awful lot I get the most horrendus hangovers with drinking beer :o However give me sprits vodka, whiskey, gin, anything like that and I can drink it "till the cows come home" and never get a hangover (well not much of one ;) )

Oh, if ever you manage to get over here "give me a shout" and I'll give you the guided tour :)


Hello PP :) I know you're mum wasn't to happy about the "leccy bill" but I don't think that will stop you growing now love ;)
I bet you're bitten by the growing bug and already planning you're next crop ;)
It's like that PP, once you start growing it's very difficult not too grow ;)








"Hmmmm an update" .................. Well the droopy gang are looking a bit more "perkier" today but there is still a slight droop to them but I'm not going to get all concerned about it because they are still growing ;)


I'll just add a few pics from earlier today so you can see what I mean :)



Thankyou all ................. love mand xxx:)

Hehehe..!:) I'm sure me and my mom will think of something.. I'm going to grow her tomatoes and Strawberries!:):D

Yes.. I have planned my next grow.. Something less "sativa'ish":)

I've got ten White Rhino seeds.. They are next!:)



BTW, Niiiiiiiiice!:)

i hope that invitation to show bonsaiguy around town can be extended to i aswell mand would love to go and burn it up with you whisky tonix style sometime by the way u should drop by my thread in closet cabinet section so i wont feel so unloved after leaving here..kinda like my sexlife...

Mand, can you addopt me?

Hello PP :) That's the way to win her over, a little bit of bribery ;)

Yes I'm affraid to say once you start growing it is very difficult too stop. I really shouldn't be growing this time of year it is just far too cold for them in my shed but I always seem to have a grow going it's what I'm used to doing:o




Hello BkSkillz:) , The guided tour ? ............... of course it does love ;)

Funny you should mention having a drink whilst smoking, I was just thinking last night I seem to have an awful habit of having to have a few vodkas with a smoke, it's like the two just go together so well.
Mind you I suppose we are all allowed our little vices :o

A "sexlife" :eek: .......... no sorry you've lost me there, I just can't remember that far back:o



Hello Da1KrayzieThug :) Hmmmm adoption, ok then love but I have aleady promised Rekap ........................... Ah well all these adoptions I guess I'll have to start another growroom up for the extra weed needed ;) :)







An update ....................... well to be honest no matter how many times I write on here or I tell myself I don't care about a few droopy leaves, I have to say that I do care and it does iritate me that it seems to keep happening:(

Anyway I'll post two pics, the first is the dreaded droop :mad: ......... the second is of the only plant that seems to not be drooping, the "runt".
You know the "runt" is such a scrawnny little thing but I really hope that it is a girl, I'm really trying my best for it ;)



love mand xxx:)

Hey Mand,

Youâ??ve got quite a thread going. Been following it for several months now and have been enjoying it. You might need to change the title soon though. ;)

The pictures you posted yesterday look good. I don't see the 'droopiness'. If there is something going on it could be the coolness of the climate in your area for this time of year.

Have you tried different soil mixture? I know youâ??ve been using â??homegrownâ?? compost. You might want experiment with a couple of plants next time using a different mixture.

Take it easy on the runt. I've been surprised on more than one occasion with the small girl in the corner.

We're all rooting for you. Keep it going.

Hello HappySmoke :) You know I have thought of anything and everything of what could be making them droop ?
It really is a fruastrating problem :( I wondered about the cold, but on the last grow it was ok but it was very damp weather and I had really bad condensation in the growroom. However I still do suspect the cold even though other grows have been alright at this time of year.

The compost ?, that is slightly different this time because when I was re-potting them I ran out and the weather was too bad to go riddling some more out so I did mix in some from the garden centre. I always suspect that but not too much.

Now my biggest suspect is the bulb but I know plants don't react like this too a bad bulb. When the bulb is no good they die (fast).
When I joined these boards I had just lost a crop of a couple of weeks old plants because the bulb was "kaput". Well I had been using it for around 6 years:o .
So I bought this bulb then and grew a perfectly average crop, no real problems at all (just a few seeds).
Then on the last grow about a week after inducing and changing the bulb, they went droopy, but "perked up" after I put the MH back in.
Then on this grow they drooped the day after changing the bulb.

Although I kinda think it's the bulb but I still can't believe it is (hope that makes sense:o )

I don't know HS, prehaps I need a less stressfull new "hobby", something like sewing, welding, flower arranging or collecting stamps .................. Hmmm on second thoughts I think I'll stick with growing ;) :)


Oh yes HS, always watch the little unassuming ones ;) . On the grow before last I had three little seedlings (don't know what they were?) and although they only produced a very small amount, it was very potent bud:)



Nice to hear from you HS .......................... love mand xxx:)

Hey mand.. The droopyness, is it that on the end of the leaves??!

Nothing to worry about.. You should know by now!:)

I had droopyness once.. It was from underwatering.. Waterd and BAM!:)


I agree with HappySmoke.. This is not a "little journal" anymore!:p

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