CH9 Mixed Female CFL Hempy Grow

Damn it feels like forever......well heres the start of another grow log i started 6 days ago.

I germinated 2 CH9 mixed females on tueday..... One cracked on Weds and sproated on thursday, and the other one cracked today while at work! (At least i know my germinating method works...other than the Critically smashed seeds which are about to find the trash can)

I will be growing using Hempy Buckets again.....i will just use the coffee containers again... I will be also using the whole Fox Farm Hydro Formula(Grow Big Hydro, Tiger Bloom, Big Bloom, Open Seseme, Cha Ching, and Bestie Budz).

I will use 4 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite, as a growing medium.

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so far so good :D:D what is CH9?

my next indoor run I will be using 3 parts perlite, 1 part coco. gotta love the results hempy buckets get :jointsmile:

CH9 is a breeder which i assume is in N. America(california)....He produces only female seeds.....he uses female pollen from 5 plants to create his female seeds(his test grows show his cubing the pollen removes the tendency for female seeds to hermi).....I read about them on HG420(Mendocino(ch9 owner) has a help desk there for his seeds)....The guy is ultra cool.....always answers questions with in a day....no better person to get advice from than the breeder himself

The seeds were cheap $60 for a ten pack of female seeds....I bought four packs...His green bud(a reworked female of ed rosenthal super bud), a mixed pack of females, jacks, and citral skunk. Check his gear out.....ive only read absolutly fantastic stuff about his gear!

Yeah i love hempy buckets......i dont think ill ever try something different....my bestfriend is running hempy's vs his drip rings and the hempys are murdering the drip buckets!

Well another week has past and the plants look fine. Ive been blasting them with nutes since the second day after they sproated (ive never hit them this young with nutes, the smaller plant has been getting nutes before she even shed her shell). I ran the ppm's around 550 on a .5 meter for the first week.....im gonna bum it up a litlle tomorrow....somewhere between 800-900.

Heres some pics from then....they are 10 days from seed now and they look like different plants...ill post those pics on monday which will be day 14 of Veg.

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killa12345, looks like your plants are doing mighty fine. It looks like your hempy buckets and nute schedule are working well. I will have to do some research on CH9, as he sounds like an interesting seedster. Good luck with these ladies, and I look forward to seeing them go up in smoke!

Thanx Jakezking...CH9 is swesome.....he seems to always be lerking in my grows over at hg420...

Well its almost another week......Due to the fact my job is now killing me slowly i will only be able to update on the weekends....the reason for the odd update day...I will just go by veg days from now on.....Today is day 14 from seed....Day 13 of being feed veg nutes.

Like i said the new promotion is absolutely killing me....10-13 hr days...which is causing me more problems in my grows...other than the temps reaching close to 116F outside last week. I guess i didnt do my normal ph checks on my nutes which caused some problems this week.....I took my initial check for granted and was running my Hempy Buckets at a PH of 6.6-6.8......not a good idea.....i caught the problem after 5 days.....i ed the buckets yesterday with a new nute solution with a ph of 5.8.....It might be the reason the plants look a tad droopy...

Seems like the plants are eating all the nutes though.....i have no sights of nute burn on any leafs.....tomorrow which will be day 14 of veg will get a new week of nutes running about the same 800-900 ppm. /.5 conversion.

Well heres some pics....hope everyone enjoys them....hopefully no more mistakes!

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lookin goood. lots of nodes. doesn't even look like you have made any mistakes yet :thumbsup:

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very healthy looking! mostly indica i guess?
good luck dude! keep us updated

look extremly healthy and strong :D cant wait 2 c the budds on that monster!

Lookin' great. Might even research these hempy buckets. =x

I'mma noob still playing in dirt. :jointsmile:

Gona be lurking quite a bit. Good luck :)

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Lookin' great. Might even research these hempy buckets. =x

I'mma noob still playing in dirt. :jointsmile:

Gona be lurking quite a bit. Good luck :)

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Hempy buckets are easier than dirt,,,research them on google.....if you cant figure them out...pm me!....

looking good man i"ve been thinkin about tryin the hempy buckets maybe next grow any how good luck

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looking good man i"ve been thinkin about tryin the hempy buckets maybe next grow any how good luck

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Thanx tokr2153.....i love hempy's.....if you make mistakes.....you can fix them in days.....instead of weeks with soil....i dont think ill try another method for a long time!

Lookin great so far killa. Do you leave them in that size container until harvest or do you transplant? I am thinking of trying this on a couple clones I got rooting now.:hippy:

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Lookin great so far killa. Do you leave them in that size container until harvest or do you transplant? I am thinking of trying this on a couple clones I got rooting now.:hippy:

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They will stay in the coffee containers till harvest!

Well the plants are still growing very well, but im having a few minor problems which im having a little concern....

First....Both plants like the nutes at different levels(which i really dont have time with my new promotion).....The more indica looking plant likes it ph around 6.0-6.2....she really doesnt like the high ppms either.....kinda picky....i lowered the ppm to around 800 and everything seems fine with her for now....but my other one is gettin huge....many shoot....great growth....but she like her ppms high and her ph low(5.8-6.0).....

Second....i let my larger one i think hit the lights or got nute splash or something....i dont know it really dont look like nute burn....because its really not getting worse and all the tips look ok....its only on the top two sets of leafs.....

Other than that they look good.....the large one is going to be a bush....I can already clone her....she is starting to preflower...the smell is very skunky.....im definitly taking clones im just waiting for about 6 more days before she gets a little pruning......The more indica looking plants....doesnt really have many side shoots....the growth is definitly behind the other one....ill probably only take a cut or two from her before flowering...10 more days and then ill flip them....Ill have a picture update on sunday which will be day 20 of Veg.

I thought i post a little teaser pic.....i still have the problems i posted before ill post detail pics and a detailed update tomorrow, but heres a little teaser till then....The growth is very nice on these plants they are starting to fill out nicely.....you can see them in my homemaid rubbermaid box....enjoy the pic!

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Well its another week...im experiencing a few problems nothing im really too concerned about....

On Friday i will take clones....i havent decided how many to take but im thinking about 6 off the large plant, 2-4 off the small plant.....I will flip these plants in 7 days.....Tomorrow they will get another new batch of new nutes with some open seseme...i plant to run it a little weaker than normal....right around 1000-1050 ppm/.5 conv. ..... I follow the Fox farm nute schedule to a t except i dont repeat weeks that are the same in the schedule like weeks 2 & 3.

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Heres some pics of plant 2 aka smaller plant:

The last pic is both of them in the 22 gal rubbermaid box im runnin right now!

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Awesome grow man. :jointsmile: I'm definitely going to watch this. I'm transplanting my plants into a Hempy setup tomorrow. Good luck with your promotion.

Thank Chong...i was starting to feel like i was unwelcome here!


I really wanted to wait but the bigger plant keeps touching the lights....this is like the 3rd time.....i should of known yesterday but i was lazy....came home to a plant with a few burnt leafs.....shouldnt matter.....

Well i took clones today....today is veg day 23 and 24 days from seed.....i took 8 clones.....3 off the smaller plant, 5 off the larger plant......Also i had to tie down the larger plant its just growing larger everyday....

Im going to flip them tomorrow...i know its early, but im running out of room fast!

Here are some pics of the clones, plants in the rubbermaid box, and the larger plant tied down!

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Nice work. I can't believe how thick those stems are.

Wow, I caught this one earlier...forgot to scribe up

I'm gonna now though

BEAUTIFUL plants mate!

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Nice work. I can't believe how thick those stems are.

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Thanks again chong.....yeah the trunk at the bottom i would say is very close if not an inch thick. I would have to thank fox farm for that.....

And hempy buckets are the a pleasure to grow in.....if you have any question feel free to ask! Good luck mate...

wow just found your log. nice grow man!@:rasta:

Dang hempy buckets are rockin' right along there, killa! There is no doubt those contraptions have an effect on growth. My poolside ladies are about the same age as yours. I don't know their lineage, but being commercial I would expect pretty quick growth. My ladies may be a bit taller, but nowhere near as bushy. Your ladies are stocky as hell, reminiscent of the female East German swim teams.

I'm glad to see your ladies are healthy, and it looks like they will produce quite a few bud sites and surely some serious buds! Congratulations on your promotion - remember to enjoy life though! Work can sometimes intrude a bit more than it should, taking a strain on our minds, bodies, and souls. I hope you've got some concentrated downtime. Take good care of yourself, dude!

Thanks Jakezking.....Yeah work is slowely killing me, but i think its a better time to put in the work while my son is real young.....Hey, i knew 7 yrs of college would prepare me for something....

The plants are doing fine......the problems seemed to have stopped.....I finally realize the food wasnt the biggest problem, but the plants were just to close to the lights and sometimes when they reached in the morning.....they probably hit the lights and often.....

For the first day of bloom i didnt change the lights or the nute formula(damn job!).....All is good now!...I changed the lights yesterday, and the nutes schedule, and the plants straighten right out.....seems like the little one doesnt like Nitrogen at all!

The plants look the best since theyve hatched.....i think i got the nutes finally dialed in with this grow....only time will tell.....

Ive continued to tie down the large plant, and removed some of the burnt leaves; just to make sure the problem wasnt spreading which it hasnt!......After the clones root(which i think has already started...im seeing a little new growth at the tops of all the clones).....i plan to flower them immediately(Hempy 32oz cups/sea of green)....At that time i will remove the smaller plant from the rubbermaid box and flower it with the clones(in my clone box). The clones are 4 days from being cut!

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Well another week has passsed....and i sorta have bad news......i gave away the smaller plant.....the big plant really needed the room......so i did what had to be done......and its a shame......i really took a close look at her last night and the complete top was turning purple......i still have her clones though.....

Now on to the good news.....the large plant has hairs all over......everywhere the is a shoot...i have about 2-6 whites hairs in every position....I keep tying her down and she seems to reacting good to it.....Heres some pics of the plant today right after her feeding.

The clones are doing well....not quite ready to be removed from the dome.....everyday i give them about 2 hours out of the dome....and they seem to be reacting well to the reduced humidity....also i gave a few of the clones a gentle tug to see if they are rooted....and all of them seemed well planted...so i expect to see roots coming out of the jiffy pellets soon.

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I would definately agree, your clones are SUPER happy, well done.

What do you use as your cloning technique? Any additives? Spray in the dome for humidity?

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I would definately agree, your clones are SUPER happy, well done.

What do you use as your cloning technique? Any additives? Spray in the dome for humidity?

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I make cuts with a normal cheap sissor which i bought at Wal Mart......I dip the cuts in Olivia Cloning Gel.....i soak the jiffy pellets in half strenght Fox Farm Nutes which the feeding schedule comes from their web site.(mixture for clones and seeds).....i spray them once or twice a day with 7.0 phed water....and i leave the dome off each day starting on day 3, and i start by removing the dome for about 20 min on day 3 then hopefully 1-2 hrs by day 7 and by day 10-11 usually they will be able to deal with the reduced humidity and no dome. I can usually see roots on day 7-9.

Awesome! I'm watching man, this is fun

Went to go check on the clone and i can see some roots coming out of 3 jiffy pellets.....one clone is not looking to well. but it still early and i think she is just using all her enery to produce roots.....ill post pics tomorrow...but here a pic of my other project with a buddy of mine...OG Black haze...the only problem is they are 22 days into bloom and no buds just preflowers:

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Just let them do their own thing man, it'll come. Just kick back and watch it happen, see if you can bump up your ppm's at all to help boost final production a tad

Looking really good man. I transfered my suffering beat up plants into hempy buckets about 2 weeks ago and they have exploded! I'm just using the Lucas Formula for nutes and it is almost too easy. I'm going through so much water now, those are some thirsty little ladies. Hempy buckets FTW!

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Looking really good man. I transfered my suffering beat up plants into hempy buckets about 2 weeks ago and they have exploded! I'm just using the Lucas Formula for nutes and it is almost too easy. I'm going through so much water now, those are some thirsty little ladies. Hempy buckets FTW!

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I feel you chong.....im running the lucas formula on my haze project and they love it....not a burnt leaf on 12 plants.....and for the hempy buckets....i cant even begin to thank that man for figuring out these simple little buckets.....i mix my nutes for 2 weeks of feeding.....and the plants seem to grow themselves....just add water, nutes, and lights...cough.....maybe a little ph up here and there.....one again thanks for stopping in...come by any time...

Well all the clones have made it and they are all out of the dome....i planted them all in 32 oz gatorade hempy bottles...Out of the 8....im gonna give my friend 2 clones of both strains to make into mothers....I plan to flower the rest of them during the weekend.....i just got to light proof the clone box or i would of flipped them yesterday....ill post pics tonight!

killa, I'm looking forward to the new pics! Your grows look to be gliding effortlessly along, my friend - I'm glad to see it. You have plenty of good karma headed your way! I know I keep commenting on the grand effects of those hempy buckets, but they are amazing; Hempy had a helluvan idea there! One day I will have the courage to give them a whirl to witness firsthand their awesome effects.

I hope you have a great long weekend, my friend! Be good out there!

Thanks Jakezking......im telling u....Hempy Buckets take no effort or courage.....they practically grow themselves......The Haze pics i posted......Those are in 10 liter Mop Hempy Buckets....and the clones are in 32 oz gatorade Hempy Buckets.....man the buckets can be made out of anything sealed.....the medium is uber cheap at Home Depot.....maybe $23 total for 8 cu ft. of growing medium.....Man u gotta give it a try...it like peer pressure but back to the update....

Well not much has changed......The plants are just growing right along....I have to tie her down daily.....i mean daily...at least 3 shoots....this plant is like 4-5 ft.....but tied down to 3 ft...gotta love LSTing.....I going to change the nutes again...this time im adding beastie bloomz......not much to say other than im giving my friend that im growing the haze with 2 clones to make mothers for future grows(both strains in the pics)....Im going to flower the clones on Sunday.....I guess heres some pics:

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Heyyyyyyyyyyy Killa!! Whats up my friend?? Good to find you over here.
Your plants are looking great bro, seems like you've got everything dialed in.
Bravo!