WHITE WIDOW & K2 IN THE SHED

Well its been a few months since my last harvest of K2 and they were spot on. i had 2 k2 seeds left and i got 10 White widow seeds from the dam.
I germinated them last week 5 white widow and 1 of the k2 seeds popped i have transferred them to pots and they have broke soil into 6 nice little seedlings.
Ive got a 400w MH system over them soil is peat moss with a mix of perlite an vermaculite ratio 1/4 parts perl +verm to3/4 peat.
ive been using superthrive since germination.
The rest of the seeds havent germinated but im not too bothered im bound to get a few females too clone in a few weeks. the shed is lined one half with mylar the other half is shelving which im going to block off and use for flowering when the time comes.
As far as nutes are concerned im using two only Bio-grow for veg and Bio-bloom for flower ive used them before and always got good results so why start messing around with something that works?
Ill get a few pics up of the set up and seedlings when they grow a bit more and theres something to see C YA LATER:thumbsup:

Think imay have got my seeds mixed up! 2 of them have the same rounder leaves and are growing quicker than the other four whose leaves are pointier and more detailed.So i seem to have 2 K2 plants and 4 white widow. Lets hope theres afew girls in amongst them!!!!

cant wait to see those pictures sounds good to me

week and a half into veg , i gave 4 of them a 1\4 dose of bio-grow yesterday the look strong enough to handle it. The other two are having trouble getting started they are tiny i hope they pick up ill just keep an eye on them. Ill get some pics up after the weekend and you can tell me what you think!

ok so i took a few pics of the grow space and the plants, the space is narrow but roomy 1m deep x 6m wide 3m high. im on light schedule 18/6 fan is on intermittently throughout day temps are 28 degrees during day and they drop to around 9 at night its winter over here. I might put a heater on timer during the night if it gets colder. 4 of the plants are coming along nicely and have just had there full dose of nutes every 2 waterings , the smaller less developed ones are still on water only but they are starting to liven up......
Well here a few pics hope you like.......?

more pics

Nice set-up, RF. I'm sure your grow will be a winner.

Shov

cheers mate lets hope so!

first alarm today- three of them are looking droopy i havent over watered, every second day so far i think it might be getting too cold temps at 28 when the fan is off but when its on i watched them drop to 20 after around 15 mins. as i said earlier its winter and we are dropping to freezing over night .... So ive put a small heater out there on a timer 1 hour on 1 hour off i gave them a feed aswell. So all i can do now is wait and see..........!!!!

It does sound like it is getting to cold, the best way that I have seen to keep the temp up is to get one of those liquid filled radiator type space heaters and set it to I guess 22C not sure I am not familiar with celcius. These heaters are very efficiant meaning very low wattage and produce a lower heat that won't shock or burn your plants and are alot less of a fire hazard.

Another way is to go to a 24/0 light cycle for your veg that way your light keeps the room warm until you go to flower. ( I use a 24/0 cycle in my grow during veg.)

LOL and looking good so far.

Jerry i had a heater lying around and i put it in last night, they still looked the same this morning, checked them again this evening and they look much better the leaves have raised themselves back up towards the light temps are holding between 27c - 29c during the day and only dropped to 19c last night. So the heater stays, more elec costs but what the f**k, as long as the babies are happy!!!!!!!

Just a hint, get some shipping pallets and raise the pots up off the ground if they aren't already. Contact with cold ground will make your plants act weird- you will see slowed water use, lockouts, and symptoms similar to overwatering.

I had to keep my mothers in a cold basement for a couple months last winter and set the heater so air circulated UNDER the pallets and kept the soil reasonably warm. The space was already set up and had previously hosted a grow, and the pallets were already there. Apparently the previous occupants had discovered that trick themselves!

Haha stinky, that reminds me of survival training back in boy scouts....making bedding out of leaves and such to keep yourself off of the cold ground while lost in the wilderness. :stoned: Oh my mind is wandering today.

Yeah have them off the ground, they seem to have recovered must have been the cold weather thats the first hurdle negotiated..........!!!!!!!!

Glad to here they recovered!!!

Still worried they dont look too happy some of them are still drooping and the lower leaves are turning slightly yellow cant figure it out temps are good and the soil ph is fine, dont understand it ?????????

ok so i havent posted for a while, been busy , but im glad to say that i now have a miniature forest growing in my shed!!!
They are 10 weeks into veg now, all of which have been LSTed around the edges of the pots and there is a lovely little canopy of fresh shoots reaching for the light.
All of which will turn into juicy colas.
Im going to veg for 2 more weeks before I switch to 12/12 and pop in the HPS.
I will put up some pics tomorrow cant get my hands on the camera tonight.
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

ok so heres individual pics of each plant and two group photos

group photo

They look generally healthy, if slightly underwatered in those earlier pics. Keep up the good work!

Those plants are looking good man. Ill be sticking around for this.:rasta::rastasmoke::pimp:

i need help the plants are now 3 weeks into flower, i have 4 females got rid of the 2 males they have stopped growing all except 1 the leaves are folding down and they look in pretty poor shape , one of my timers was on the blink its the one that switchs the heater on during dark period and the thermometer has shown that it has dropped as low as 4c overnight this must be going on for a week or so now! ive changed the timer but the plants dont seem to be recovering im feeding every 2nd watering and watering every 3 days ph is fine could the cold overnight have done this much damage? i need some advice dont want to lose them day time temps are holding 28-30c . take a look for yourself the last pic is the only half healthy one left!!!!

Be careful whit low temps...and put something under the pots, so the roots don't get too cold....:thumbsup:

ok so i think i have them back on track, got a new timer and have night temps holding at 16-18c and day temps 27-30c the plants have perked up and seem to doing well
Lets hope teres no more problems!!!!!

Everything seems to be going smoothly now the plants have perked up and are blooming again, theyve come on more in the last two days than in the 7 days previous since i got the temps sorted.
I tied the taller colas down and spread them out, its a fairly even canopy spread over about 1 metre square.
Im half way through week 4 of flowering now, so im lloking forward to some steady improvement.
Ill get some pics up in the next day or two!!

Ive transplanted for the final time, i know i know i shouldnt really have because they are well into flower but i was thinking last night, my pots are the smallest ive used for flower
mmmmm maybe i should break out the old reliables and i did.
The old pots were stuffed full of rootage so lets hope they burst out and fill these new ones.
Getting a lot of yellow leaves with red veins and stems?
is this from too many nutes?
Im not too worried at the moment the leaves in question are lower down and the buds are coming along nicely.
Anyway check them out for yourself,
Peace:rasta:

looking very nice, rf

shv

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Those plants are looking good man. Ill be sticking around for this.:rasta::rastasmoke::pimp:

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one of my timers was on the blink its the one that switchs the heater on during dark period and the thermometer has shown that it has dropped as low as 4c overnight this must be going on for a week or so now!

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This is my first time reading your thread. Good lookin buds man!

4' C is pretty dang cold. Since marijuana is approx 80% water, freezing temps cause permanent damage to leaves and stems. Anything below, say, 10' C can cause stress to the plants and slow down the flowering or growth process. Fortunately, it doesn't look like any permanent damage was done.

Good luck, and happy smoking!
Peace!

looking good RF, i just purchased some ww seeds i hope mine turn out like yours!

Looking good man

Shit i hate the Irish weather, its march and we got a snow fall today one day its 12 degrees outside the next its 6.
Im having to adjust the fan and heater timers daily to try and keep the grow space stabilized, my last grow was in the house and i didnt have this hassle.
Any way every thing looks good except the yellowing of leaves with the red veins and stems is getting more wide spread , anybody got any thoughts on this??????

O.K. heres a pic update , were 33 days into flower
everything seems fine , just fed them bio-bloom 5 mls per litre of water
ph is around 6.5
temps at 29c
still getting yellowing of leaves with red veins and stems???

Peace:rasta:

Lovin those fat buds! :thumbsup:

-not an expert, but i think yellow leaves= N deficiency

Hey RF....your plants look awesome, beautiful buds :thumbsup:
I heard that some strains get yellow leafs during flowering....

probably N deficiency, because it looks like the yellowing is starting at the tips and working its way back towards the node.

Check This Out. Good source for finding out what's wrong with your plants.

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Cheers, checked out link think you guys are right looks like n-deficiency to me.
going to give a feed of A Bowers fish blood and bone,
hopefully that will sort them out.
Im expecting the leaves to yellow and die around 2-3 weeks before harvest. Im five weeks into flower tomorrow,
This strain of WW black label usually has a 10 week flower period, PEACE!!

Buds are looking beutiful dude..

lookin' sweet

don't stress about the veins or yellowing.....you're in flowering mode a little yellowing is normal.

veins are signs of an older mature plant

Don't give any Nitrogen now! It's too late in flower. Jsut keep giving a bloom fert, and check that your soil pH is correct.
Re-potting was the best thing you could have done actually. You have no idea how much worse those plants would look if you hadn't; old soil that has peat in it DOES eventually cause pH problems, and putting your plant in fresh soil gives them a new lease on life. The bud development is very good and the plants look only a TINY bit more yellow than you would want... don't stress it... you want some yellowing near harvest.