Identification: what to do?

Ok guys i am new to this forum,although i have been browsing around I did not join until today.
A friend of mine gave me some seeds and I planted the seeds. I didn't think nothing of it until it actually grew. Its been about 5 or 6 weeks "i think" and the plant keeps growing. I really didn't pay much attention to it at first, I just water the plant every two days. At this point the Plant looks beautiful and its got a wonderful smell we all like.
basically i am now very curious about the plant and i would like to know more about it so that i can take care of it properly and enjoy its fruits if any...

If any of you know what type of plant it is and can guide me on the right direction It will be much appreciated. thanks
If you guys need better pictures let me know.

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...r/SSPX0270.jpg

I have seen a few other forum members pictures and their plant leave look much thicker and rich looking and my plant leaves look a bit thin and almost see through.Is there something i should do to enrich its look and strength?

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Originally Posted by MOBEONER

Ok guys i am new to this forum,although i have been browsing around I did not join until today.
A friend of mine gave me some seeds and I planted the seeds. I didn't think nothing of it until it actually grew. Its been about 5 or 6 weeks "i think" and the plant keeps growing. I really didn't pay much attention to it at first, I just water the plant every two days. At this point the Plant looks beautiful and its got a wonderful smell we all like.
basically i am now very curious about the plant and i would like to know more about it so that i can take care of it properly and enjoy its fruits if any...

If any of you know what type of plant it is and can guide me on the right direction It will be much appreciated. thanks
If you guys need better pictures let me know.

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...r/SSPX0270.jpg

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Hey glad ya joined man:thumbsup:and reading in here is very important as this will give you all the knowledge to grow your plant. There is no way a person can tell you what strain your growing as people breed seeds all the time. If you buy a seed from a seed bank then you will know what ya got. You might want to get some fertilizer, but start out slow with it if you have not used any yet. If you have a hydro store around you could get ferts there.

It looks pretty healthy to me so your doing it right so far so just keep doing what your doing:thumbsup:. Soon you might think about a re pot so ya might want a 5 gal pot or so and some soil thats got good drainage.

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Originally Posted by MOBEONER

I have seen a few other forum members pictures and their plant leave look much thicker and rich looking and my plant leaves look a bit thin and almost see through.Is there something i should do to enrich its look and strength?

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Just make sure ya get it in full sun as much as ya can, plus some ferts will help. But every strain looks a bit different. Your plant looks great man, just gets some ferts and it will grow much faster and might give you a greener plant as in the veg state they like a lot of Nitrogen.

Best thing is do so reading and if ya have questions, id be glad to help. Post em here or in my thread in this section.


Good luck man, i hope i was some help:thumbsup:



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Awesome thanks for the help. Here is another shot,sorry i only have a camera phone this is why the pics look crappy.

In case you are wondering whats going on in the background I live in a apartment building in the big city so this is growing in my fire escape.thing is that all my neighbors are cool and all smoke bud so i guess i am safe in that end.They also grow tomato's and all sorts of vegetables in that small back yard. At some point or another i will have to bring it into my apartment so i need to learn more about indoor growing. I will post progress as i go..thanks..

plant looks very nice I would follow the advise you just got this site is very helpful and if you dont find the info your looking for then ask a question everybody is very helpful. I also am a newbee but growing hydro areoponics, I am going for it my plants are looking awsome thanks to this site and all the helpful people I will have pic soon am working on new computor this on is windows 2000 family server that who old it is it frezzes sometimes. Your plant looks like a sativa I think from what I heard and seen on grow vedio.:stoned:

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plant looks very nice I would follow the advise you just got this site is very helpful and if you dont find the info your looking for then ask a question everybody is very helpful. I also am a newbee but growing hydro areoponics, I am going for it my plants are looking awsome thanks to this site and all the helpful people I will have pic soon am working on new computor this on is windows 2000 family server that who old it is it frezzes sometimes. Your plant looks like a sativa I think from what I heard and seen on grow vedio.:stoned:

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Just an FYI, a sativa will have a more thin leaf and an Indica will have a wider leaf, but there is no way it is 100 percent. All strains have been bread and bread again so i really believe there is no pure one or the other, like i posted its a mix of the two.


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Looks good to me, KEEP GOING:rasta:

Here is a few more pics. I have been noticing that the bottom leaves are getting yellow.I have snipped a few off ,But the question is Am i watering the dirt too much? I try and keep the watering to every two days.

I also see that in the bottom of the plant there are branches that are basically "branching" out on their own. Is that normal?
Again sorry for the stupid question i am a noob.:)

Hey man, that plant looks pretty good, but it does look a little hungry, like it could use some nutrients. You could order some top notch nutes online, or maybe there's a nursery/garden store near you that might sell some decent plant foods. I bet it will green right up for you with a light dose of good quality nutrients. If you can, try to stay away from the Miracle-Gro / Schultz / big name brands they sell at Wal Mart, Home Depot etc. Go with Botanicare or Fox Farm or anything organic if you see them.

The yellowing in the top and the bottom leaves is a sure sign that it is hungry. It is using the nitrogen in the lower leaves because it has taken all it could find in the soil, so they are yellowing out and would have fallen off by themselves if you hadn't clipped them.

Branches starting to grow out along the main stem is completely normal, you should see what would happen if you cut the main top off. I attached a couple shots of one of mine I topped, she went crazy. :) Come to think of it, growing on your fire escape, you might want to top her anyway, to try to keep her short and bushy.

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Originally Posted by MOBEONER

Here is a few more pics. I have been noticing that the bottom leaves are getting yellow.I have snipped a few off ,But the question is Am i watering the dirt too much? I try and keep the watering to every two days.

I also see that in the bottom of the plant there are branches that are basically "branching" out on their own. Is that normal?
Again sorry for the stupid question i am a noob.:)

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Might be over watered as every other day is a bit much, but id say you need to re pot your plant bro. If thats its first pot id say that you need to re pot for sure. I am not sure what kinda soil your using and if you have read any of my posts, you know then im going to tell ya to get some perlite to mix with your soil. Most potting soil has it, but not nearly enough as your soil will get all mucky and your roots will not get any oxygen and then the yellow gets worse. In my Sig iv wrote up a ''how to re pot'', if you follow it your plant will thrive. I need to go back and look again, but after the re pot id give some ferts too. Sometimes ya get yellowing from a lack of Nitrogen, but looks to me your going to need a bigger pot anyway.

You should only water when your plant really needs it. After a watering, pick up your pot to feel how heavy it is. Then in a few days, pick it up to feel if the plant has used it up. Sometimes you will water sooner and sometimes later. It depends on how much your plant uses it up. After a few times as soon as ya move it, you will know to water or not.

Your plant should branch out plenty, if your lucky you will get way more branching. The more branching ya get the more buds will grow from them. Its not a good idea to cut off leaves even if they are yellow. When your plant is done with them they will push em off. These leaves will still feed your plant so its important to have as many as possible. If you see plain out dead growth id cut it off rite where the dead part is and let the rest of the leaf do its job:thumbsup:. I say this only becouse the dead leaves can rot, which attracks bugs and bud root seems bad this year so as a prevention this would be a good idea. If ya have any questions il be back.



See ya an good luck man:rasta:

Awesome man.LetsSeeYa I did read you thread about re potting i was going to do so this week, Do you have any links or info where i can learn how to top the plant? I don't want to ruin her by cutting the wrong stuff.

As far as soil i am using some home depot brand,I don't really remember.

So let me get this straight,pertile is basically some sort of gravel that holds moisture and this pertile should be at the bottom of the pot for drainage and air?

It's simple... If you want to top it, get a pair of scissors, follow the main stem all the way to the top, choose a spot down a couple leaf nodes down from the top, and cut it off, just snip the main stem right off. Pretty much impossible to do it wrong. Just don't go too far down. 2 or 3 leaf nodes down will be good, it will bush right up for you.

Can you tell its sex yet?

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Originally Posted by MOBEONER

Awesome man.LetsSeeYa I did read you thread about re potting i was going to do so this week, Do you have any links or info where i can learn how to top the plant? I don't want to ruin her by cutting the wrong stuff.

As far as soil i am using some home depot brand,I don't really remember.

So let me get this straight,pertile is basically some sort of gravel that holds moisture and this pertile should be at the bottom of the pot for drainage and air?

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Perlite is the white chunky stuff you see in potting soil. You can buy it by the bag.

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Originally Posted by MOBEONER

Awesome man.LetsSeeYa I did read you thread about re potting i was going to do so this week, Do you have any links or info where i can learn how to top the plant? I don't want to ruin her by cutting the wrong stuff.

As far as soil i am using some home depot brand,I don't really remember.

So let me get this straight,pertile is basically some sort of gravel that holds moisture and this pertile should be at the bottom of the pot for drainage and air?

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Well it is a rock and is in yor soil now. Its the whilte small pieces in your soil.

If your soil has a fertilizer that feeds for 3 moths or sometimes it will say it will feed your plant for 6 months, DO NOT ADD ANY FERTS. Your plant will just burn up. It will work as i grew my indoor in it, but while reading i saw so many people adding ferts to pre ferted soil, that just ended up burnt, i just let the soil do its thing and everything went fine. You want to mix the soil with about 25% to soil in the pot. You mix the perlite with your soil, then use the mix to re pot your plant. Iv read that the dust is unhealthy so run water through it or ware a mask so ya dont breath the dust in. When i got mine from the nursery, they had washed it by just running water through it. Its safe just dont stick your head in the bag or anything like that and its not going to hurt your plant.

I ask about the pre ferted soil because its growing like crazy and topped or fimmed is a good idea. If not it will grow at least 5-6'. I will look around for a pic, but ya need to put ''topping'' in the search and there will be a ton of threads on how to top or fim. You just cut the very top off, but only the very new growth. You really cant mess this up as it ya cut your plant in half its still going to grow, but lets not do that.:wtf: You might catch a you tube video as i know there is one, but like i said, just cut the top new growth.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22RXgjb-Uyw

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Yeah the soil i used from home depot said that it feeds plants for up to 3 months and it does have the little white foam pebbles I think i am in my 3rd month now.I did put in two sticks of miracle grow about two weeks ago..(bad idea i see) So should i get the same soil or go with the soil and pertile mentioned above?

Just go with the soil you're using. Don't add any more ferts just yet. Add some extra perlite, because perlite promotes drainage, and drainage is good.

Ok fellas I repotted today.When i pulled the old pot of the plant the dirt stood intact,I noticed that the outer part of the soil was covered with roots so i am assuming the plant needed a bigger pot for sure. here is a picture for her in her new pot. But over night about a 1/4 of the plant got yellow (bottom area) and this got me a bit concerned. Hopefully this repotting will bring her back.
sorry for the side ways picture, I am the worst photographer ever.

Trasplant shock. She will be ok:thumbsup:

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Trasplant shock. She will be ok:thumbsup:

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No such thing man, if done correct. And all soil was intact, he said so its some other issue. Might be the fert sticks kicking in, while using pre fertted soil. You only need to water this plant throgh budding. If you add any ferts it will only burn your plant, but no big deal as your soil will feed your plant every watering. And will be washed out in time for harvest. I grew like this and worked fine, see my bud:thumbsup:its from my indoor now out to re veg, called Edna:cool:



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ok fellas i really don't mean to be a pest by posing pictures every day, but i am super exited and just want to share.

This morning i looked at my plant and its leafs where pointing straight like a little Army Cadet,LOL, i took some close pictures of the stem and in some parts there is purple color and its purple in the center of the leafs,What does the purple mean? is that normal?

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Originally Posted by MOBEONER

ok fellas i really don't mean to be a pest by posing pictures every day, but i am super exited and just want to share.

This morning i looked at my plant and its leafs where pointing straight like a little Army Cadet,LOL, i took some close pictures of the stem and in some parts there is purple color and its purple in the center of the leafs,What does the purple mean? is that normal?

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Good job on the re pot man:thumbsup:. The purple can mean a couple things iv read. One, it has an Afghani gene in it or there is a deficiency in the plant, but dont worry about it, your plant looks nice and healthy. Give it a week and it will bush out and look great as its roots will streach its legs a bit in its new home.



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Ok fellas a few days have passed and my plant when through some changes. I just want to make sure its on the right track.

1.noticed that the bigger leafs are starting to get yellow even after the repot
2.noticed that the purple color is spreading rapidly through out the stem and leafs stems
3.there are a bunch of smaller leafs and little branches coming out all over the main stem.
What do you guys think,is this all basic and normal or am i too paranoid and need to let it grow with out constantly watching it?

Your plant looks good, mon. That purple is genetic - having to do with what strain of cannabis ya got. That's a good thing, mon. :rastasmoke:

You might be dropping fan leaves because the plant got stressed, but all that new growth will make up for the loss. So you're doing fine. And it's ok to constantly watch your plant (if you want) ... just send it love when you do, not fear. Cuz they can tell ... :hippy:

I took a few more pics but i didnt think my plant is doing too good.
The lower leafs are getting yellow and purple,whats going on?

update,my baby is now in anorexic looking shape :(
but thanks to some forum members i am trying new strategy's to get her back.

the top looks nice tho.

Some top pics i just snapped. can some one tell what type of plant this is?

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Some top pics i just snapped. can some one tell what type of plant this is?

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Its a cannabis sativa L. plant!! :S2: Really, it looks like a sativa/indica hybred because of the wide fan leaves. :D

yeah broski it's just flowering....that's good lol

My babies here getting yellow and where getting tip curl but thanks to a few forum members I got her back on track.. I will post pics soon.
Here in NY out side temps are starting to drop to the 70s so now I am thinking she needs to go inside, what kind of light set up would you guys recommend?

dynagrow is the best

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My babies here getting yellow and where getting tip curl but thanks to a few forum members I got her back on track.. I will post pics soon.
Here in NY out side temps are starting to drop to the 70s so now I am thinking she needs to go inside, what kind of light set up would you guys recommend?

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actually your marijauana plant loves the mild 70-75 degree weather. Its the hot 85-90 degree grow room she doesnt like. I say keep it outside and cover it from the rain if possible. Its survived this long off mother nature, i say let her finish what she started.