Nirvana AK48 Grow Log from seed to weed

This grow has been going for a bit over a month. I've been planning this log for a while but just now got time to do it.

Let me inform you of my intensions, therories, and materials used. Any info will be much appreciated. I invite opinions and tips, if you see something wrong, don't hesitate to inform me.

I'm restarting my indoor grow. I haven't grown indoors for about 4 years. It resparked my interest since my outdoor grow went so well last season, I didn't want to stop. I purchased some Nirvana seeds earlier this year, AK48 and Snowwhite. Outdoors the AK48 did not produce well, it had a weird phenotype or something. Now the Snowwhite seed that was harvested, harvested some dense, dense crystal covered nugs, very sweet smell in bag, even sweeter broken up and the smoke...? Well, it's sweet too!

I started with 7- AK48 seeds, several of the seeds looked immature. I soaked them in a shot glass for 12 hours, til they sank. Most had cracked and started showing a grow tip. I then put seeds, tip down, into peet pucks that were already swollen from soaking. Covered the seeds then put the seed tray on a seedling heat mat, put the clear cover on and placed a dark towel over everything to hold in heat. All the seeds popped and were growing in 3-4 days. All started healthy under a bank of 2-4' 2bulb flouresant fixtures. 2-Grow bulbs, 1 soft and 1 cool tubes. When roots emerged from peet pucks I planted into 3" net pots and hydroton. I have 2 cheap DWC buckets I got off ebay. The container has it's drain holes sealed shut and uses it's drain tray as the lid. The lid has a hole in the middle for the pot and a bulkhead fitting for the air line. I only have 2 of these buckets so the others share a plastic storage container. I forgot to mention, I am using GH FloraNova products. I've used them before, hydro and soil, and like the product. I'm using both "GROW" and "BLOOM" and their matching Floralicious. I will be adding the liquid and dry KoolBloom when I get to that part. About 2 weeks away now.

So far the growth has been very healthy on these 7 seeds. They respond well to their hydroponic growing system and nutrients. At one point I put 5 plants in my custom made drip/tube system. Because of leaks and other problems they were taken out and put back in their tray. During their short stay in the drip tubes the roots of those plants were damaged quite a bit. Like they dried or rotted. All came back once put back in the hydro-tray. Under 18 hours of light a few plants started showing sex. #2 showed balls then hairs...definitely hermie. #7 turned male, and #5, the biggest strongest, turned male.

AK48
#1-?- Very strong-10 clones
#2-Hermie-strong plant-gone
#3-?-not very strong as others, smallest-5 clones
#4-?-VERY big, stout plant, HUGE shade leaves, tight nodes-5 clones
#5-Male-very strong vigor and smell-5 clones for seed
#6-Possible Hermie-strong plant-5 clones
#7-Male-gone

I also went and got some clones from my local dispesary. 3- Purple Bubba kush and 3- Northern Lights#5 x Haze. They looked well rooted but very stressed and nutrient deficient. I put them in 3" net pots w/ hydroton. After a couple days under the flouresant tubes I decided to give them a neem oil bath. Bad decision... the clones did not respond very well. The oil stuck to the leaves and seemed to suffocate them. The first 2 ( Purple Bubba ) dunked were the first to die. The others look to be pulling thru. Now the NL#5xHaze are doing good and coming out of the stress, the last PB kush looks as if it could go either way. Next time not doing that!!! I just didn't want spider mites!

I noticed that I can't add attachments to this 1st post????!?! Hopefully I can in future?!?

Why can't I attach picture files to this grow log. Did I start the thread incorrectly? What good is a grow log without pictures!? Help anyone!

Low post count,... it's anti-spam bot at work.


Post them in an "Album" under your user name, then use the "BB" code under the posted picture to imbed them in this thread.

After about 25-50 posts (not sure where the cut off is) you should be able to attach them directly to the thread.




Your setup sounds good so far, tho you've had far worse luck with the nirvana seeds than I have had, tho My nirvana strain is White Widow.

This is the gang!! Week 1 after popping!
http://www.cannabis.com/viewPhoto.ph...ef=Bleupitbudz

Here we are at week 2
http://www.cannabis.com/viewPhoto.ph...ef=Bleupitbudz

Here you can see the fluorescent lights.
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I'm going to stop here and continue on the next reply!! Hope you're enjoying!!:rasta:

As you can see no pictures just white squares with red "X's"

HELP!! Anybody...how do i get pictures up? I tried Insert Image option, cut and pasted from "My Album" to option field and hit ok?

Help!

This might help.


Copy and paste the highlighted line to this thread,.... like so! :D


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Hope I'm not making it harder than it should be :o :glugglug:

The pics are there and viewable..... Just not sure your using the right code to get them imbedded?


Girls look good BTW :thumbsup:

Finished Imbedding should look like this.


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Pic: As posted above ;)

11/1/10
The whole gang at about 1 week old. Popped in peet pots, planted in 3â?� net pots in hydroton. 2 are in DWC and 5 in a container with air wands.
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11/14/10
The gang at about 3 weeks old. Growing strongly!!
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Hereâ??s my Pre-Bloom system!! These 5 plants may have been stressed when I put them in the tubes. Their roots looked dryed out.
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/b...w-ak48-010.jpg

Removed tubes, installed mylar, returned pots to plastic container. 300ppm and I try for 5.8-6.3 but 5.5-6.8 is what I can run.
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I guess I should mention all water is filtered thru an ice maker filter to a large Rubbermaid with air wands, circulation pump, and float valve.
WATER after 24 hours is 8.0ph and 140-180ppm

Here I have a Hermaphrodite! I figure itâ??s due to the stress.
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/b...ak48-039-1.jpg

11/20/10
All together again
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Iâ??m stopping here, I hope the pictures come up!!!

Looks good so far, I was a little concerned with the first pics (looked like your babies were streching pretty hard), but later pics looked like they filled in nicely. I'm pulling up a seat!! GOOD LUCK!!!:thumbsup:

Your fluoro lights looked like a mixed spectrum? All 6500k (Kelvin temp) is best during the first 3 weeks...IMO.

@ Agoblue97: Thanks, it is going fairly well. They look tall because I waited til all were popped(2 days) before putting under fluorescents. They did fill in nicely!! Thanks for stopping by.

@ Dutch Pimp: Yes 3 different bulb colors. 6500k? Isnâ??t that blue spectrum?


Back to getting everyone up to speed!!

11/22/10
About 4 weeks and things are getting very crowded. The plants in the tray have had root damage but are very much alive.
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12/8/10
About 6 weeks old
Definitly time to take some clones
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Huge fan leaves!! AK48 #4
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AK48 #4 in front, AK48 #1 is on left and #5 is on right. Pictures taken before cloning.
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AK48 #3 is kinda a runtâ?¦!
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This is actually #1 but whoâ??s counting?! Northern Lights #5 x Haze. Iâ??ve read quite a few reviews on this strain. It sounds like killer smoke. Iâ??ve had Northern Lights but Haze Iâ??m not aware of. Hereâ??s a pic of the lil survivor.
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AK48 #1
I actually got 10 clones off this plant at 6 weeks
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This plant makes me smile  I just hope it turns out female! Fingers crossed
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This is the last of the Purple Bubba Kush clones, I hope it pulls thru. The others got dosed with to much neem oil. 
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This chicky is looking better, I think all the NL#5XHAZE are going to pull thru!
This is #2
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/b...ak48-071-2.jpg

Here is my Pre-Bloom area, kinda tight, but it works!
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12/11/10
Clones are 3 days old. Lights are just coming on.
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Look at NL#5xH #1!!! Destressed and growing well!
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Hope you have enjoyed the show so far we are all caught up to the present. I think Iâ??m going to post new pictures at least once a week from now on.

I do need some advice. Last night I emptied and cleaned the small DWC setups. One has AK48 #4 aka. the giant and the other NL5XHaze #1. The root system is beautiful on the AK, inside walls of container were clean but I cleaned any ways. The one I had a problem with was NL5XH #1, when I went to check ph I looked at the new root system hanging from the net pot and thereâ??s about 2 dozen gnats. I cleaned this container very well, cleaned as many gnats from roots and pot as possible and refilled with nutrient water, Nova Grow and floralicious 6.2ph and 950ppm. I mixed up 1Gal of Gnatrol at 2tsp per G and watered all plants with and put in all 4 DWC w/ extra in the NL5XH containers. The Giant got same just at 1450ppm. This afternoon when my Veg. lights kicked on I went in to check up on the plantsâ?¦..weirdest thing Iâ??ve ever seen! Droplets of water at the ends of the leaves at the serrations on the Giant.

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What is going on here? Anything I should be worried about?

Hello everyone, it's been awhile since posting new pics!! I have had my first successful cloning experience using the Ez-Cloner :) ! I've now moved those clones to the Pre-Bloom area and one of each over to my Bloom area. My Northern Lights #5 X Haze clones have begun to settle into their new home. One of them settled in earlier and better then the other two and is growing... well, like a weed! I'm down to only one Purple Bubba and as you'll see in the pictures it looks horrible but there is hope, new roots are emerging from the net pot it's in. I've also run into a problem with gnats, brought in by the clones from the dispensary. I spoke with the dispensary owner yesterday, he felt awful about me losing the 2 Purple Bubbas and the gnat problem. He wanted to give me 2 replacement clones but told him that wasn't necessary. Instead he hooked me up with an 8th of Cherry AK, 3 Cherry AK joints and 2 cookies!!!! Wow, wasn't expecting that but it was appreciated. To open space for the Pre-Bloomers, I've had to remove 3 of the AK48 plants that were either known male, possible hermie or weak female. I do however have clones of those that are being exiled just in case. I forgot to get pictures of the clonesâ?? root systems from the Ez-Cloner but most were hanging 1-4 inches from the cuttings. I did experience the slime on just a couple clones but in all only lost one of the 30. I will be vegging the pre-bloomers 7-10 days before setting them in the bloom room (which still needs a few final fixings). Til then Happy Holidays and thanks for stopping by!

The gangs all here! Well except those that have been exiled!
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This is AK48 #3, you may think this has a Nitrogen deficiency but this plant has always had the red stems. The soil it was put in was very rich. I'm going to keep this girl around for a little longer just to see what happens with The Giant #4.
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Here is my pathetic looking Purple Bubba Kush clone. It is the only one left of 3.
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Here's NL5XHaze #1, it's looking better, more comfortable, in its DWC.
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Here's the best of all the clones I purchased NL5XHaze #2. 3 clones were taken from her 12/22/10.
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AK48 #4 aka The Giant, looking good, doing great. The DWC system is great for this one (don't know sex). I have to change its water every other day. I can fill the container with 1300-1600ppm nutrient water and the next day same time the ppm is down to 800-600ppm and is missing about 3 cups of water. Can you say hungry bitch!? The clones that came off this plant were the last to root and one had to be tossed because of the slime.
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NL5XHaze #3 has started to sprout normal looking leaves. The first ones that came out, after neem dunking and transplanting to soil, looked a bit weird. I may just put this one into the bloom area to clear some space!?!
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Pre-Bloomers, I just got this tray and cover and they all fit nicely in it. I filled the tray 1/2-3/4" deep with water adjusted to 6.2 and 650ppm. I'll probably remove the cover in a couple days.
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Here are some new clones and a few old ones that didn't quite build a substantial root system so I decided to give them a little more time in rockwool. The top row are all clones from 12/8/10, plus the 2 left ones on the 2nd row. There are also 3 NL5XHaze clones on the bottom row left side.
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And lastly here are the 5 chosen to be sexed in my tray system that worked well earlier. Once the bloom area is finished these will be going into their own containers. I filled the tray with 600ppm grow nutes to help with root growth. I'll be switching over to bloom in 3 days.
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I hope everyone has enjoyed the update! :smokin:

Looking great bro. Happy holidays:D

Good morning!!! I haven't posted since 12/22/10 and I noticed my thread has been getting alot of looks :thumbsup: and know everyone is wondering whats been going on. Well first I'll update you with the AK48 seeds:

#1- definite male (kept 2 clones)
#2- definite hermie (kept 2 clones)
#3- female/ slow veg. but looks good once blooming
#4- FEMALE/ super veg., super bloom, super plant
#5- male (kept 2 clones)
#6- female/possible hermie stretches alot in veg. and starts flowering quickly
#7- male (compost)

Now I'll update the clones purchased from the dispensary-
Northern lights#5xHaze:
1 clone is a huge mother took 15 clones 12/30/10
Other 2 clones are healthy but not as vigorous as the first one. I've pulled as many clones as I could and on 1/8/11, I put them into the bloom area.
Purple Bubba Kush:
2 are still dead and the 1 survivor is doing better (not by much)! Spoke with the dispensary where I purchased them. They felt bad for the loss of 2 clones, the stress on the other 4 and that bringing them in to the grow area has brought on a fungus gnat epidemic(proactively working on curing this and cutting down the infestation so it doesn't reach the bloom area!). So they hooked me up with some edibles and a few Cherry AK joints!! They wanted me to take some clones but I declined (my veg area is super cramped).

A couple significant things happened last week! First was I found out that AK48 #1 is/was a male :( . But on the other hand AK48 #4 is a female :D !! I thru out 8 pre-bloomers/clones of #1 which opened some space. 4 more AK48 pre-bloomers were moved into the bloom area, now totaling 8- AK48 clones in the bloom area. I've also moved the 2 smaller NL5XHaze clones to the bloom area. They are in dirt and I clipped as many clones off I could before putting them in there, I've been reading they may explode in size (maybe 3X's)! The clones I cut 12/30/10 have seen better days, after checking temps and Ph in EzCloner reservoir I forgot to turn pump back on twice ((1/2 hour-45 mins. max. each time) :stoned: stupid). Only 3 clones are showing roots but they're only 12 days old. Last batch, I took the few that didn't root and planted them into rockwool and all had root system in 3-5 days. I've also figured out the automation in the bloom area. Tray are in, reservoir is in place and drip system is plumbed (NO LEAKS!!!). The flowering plants are looking strong. I've now got them under the 600w HPS (the one I repaired) and they seem happy and comfortable. The 600 doesn't have any adjustment because of lack of room height(standard) and tray height, not much I can do about it now....

Well here's what you've been waiting for......THE PICTURES!!!

Veg area 12/30/10 before clones were taken.
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Here are the clones that needed a bit more time, notice the roots (upper left corner); the clones in peat are NL Haze.
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Bloom area! Sorry bout the color, finally figured what setting to put it on!!
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Clones taken 12/30/10, 15- NLxHaze (L side), 15- AK48 #4(R side).
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Bloomers- #1 is on the left in the middle....he's gone now!
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The remaining 4 are about to be planted into 6"x6" containers, they're going into a tray 40"l x 13"w x 4"h, homemade recirculation drip system. Any opinions or suggestions are welcomed (better drip photos later).
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Now ready for business!
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Clones in Ez-Cloner
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*Cue music* Guns and Roses- â??Welcome to the Jungleâ?�
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Miss Purple Bubba Kush.....looking better...but not by much....!
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6 new pre-bloomers with older pre-bloomers. Notice the root systems from older clones!!!
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Buds are forming nicely, Ph was a bit high (7.8) in this pic. Notice the dripper system.....off the main line I've got 1/4" barbed "T's" w/ 2GPH drippers at the end of drip line. Any suggestions!? I've got them watering at 15 min. intervals. The lights come on at 6pm, so the pump kicks on at 5pm and 6 pm, after that they kick on every hour and half til 6 am, then once at noon. They seem to like this schedule. I had the pump come on half as many times and they didn't like that. They were folded over looking thirsty, turned pump on and could actually watch them perk back up!!
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con't

4 more clones were moved in to bloom, along with the 2 smaller NLxHaze (very back)
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Nice bud porn :hippy:
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I hope you enjoyed the update...it's 4:30a I gotta go to bed :wtf:

Looking delicious bro:thumbsup:

Can't wait tO see how Ak-48 #4 turns out! Keep up the good work!

I see everyone talking about their pics but I don't see a dang one! am I missin sumthin here?