Orangeman's 1st log!

[orangeman]

Looking much better OM!

I heard plants should be at least 6 weeks old before flowering, if grown from seed.

My plant doubled in size during flowering.

Basically if they arnt seedlings they in the vegetative state i think.

Peace :rastasmoke:

Yeah well that's obvious lol but I don't know what officially means they start vegetating. Meh doesn't matter I'll just make up one next time lol. And thanks! I'm glad they look better haha. Even though I don't know when they started vegging I know it's been at least 5 weeks so they're good enough. I'm just excited to see them flower . Btw I don't know about the one all the way to the right of the room. It's sorta lacking behind while the other ones are doing well. I hope it does some good.

[Markass]

looking good orangeman

[horror business]

I've read this in several grow books at barnes and nobles, so it's a reliable source:

As soon as the first true set of leaves emerge, the plant is technically in the vegetative state, as it's absorbing light, etc...

The plant is no longer a seedling, once it's at it's 5th node. Then it's considered a vegetating plant, but even when it's a seedling, it's still vegetating, so as soon as its first set of true leaves emerge, it's in vegetative state, and as soon as it's at it's 5th node, it's not a seedling anymore.

Kind of like, how babies are still alive once they are born, but you aren't considered an adult until you are 18. Well, no, that makes no sense after typing it.

[r00tdoctor]

Hey orangeman nice grow. A plant is considered mature when its nodes start alternating (instead of having a pair of nodes as they do when the plants are young , the plant will starts alternating nodes when it reaches maturity) just for your future reference. It is best to wait until the nodes start alternating to flower, because the plant isnt mature if the nodes are not alternating. This only apply's when growing from seed because a clone is always as mature as the parent plant. I been meaning to comment on your grow just got a lil side tracked lol.

[orangeman]

Ah that's good then because all my plants are alternating 2 are just now starting but I guess they are at that point. My fav plant has been having alternating nodes for some time. 3 days of 12/12 now. I was thinking about watering them tomorrow. Should I give them some nutes for flowering plants or for vegetating plants? I never wanted my plants to get too big. I feel so/so about flowering when I did but like I said it's all experimental and a learning experience. Obviously with my next grow they'll be allowed to vegetate longer, probably 7-8 weeks then I'll flower. They've been alive for a total of 45 days. I'll determine how I'm gonna do my next grow according to how these plants react during flowering. Also does thicker, stronger branches mean the plants will produce larger buds? If so what can I do to encourage that. Of course everything will probably naturally happen but I like to enhance things if I can lol.

[postmandave]

looking good man.the postman.

[r00tdoctor]

Give them some flowering nutes, it will help them have the extra Phosphorus they will need to start forming flowers. If your worried about your plants getting to big during flower theres alot of ways to minimize strech some easy ways are to add cfl or mh 5500-6500k spectrum light to the plants during flower(along with the normal 2200-2700k hps lighting). Dont use ferts high in nitrogen during flower because it will cause more vegative growth and will can cause the plants to strech. There are also chemicals that can minimize stretch. You could also lst,scrog,ect if your worried about height. Cannabis can double or triple in height during flower depending on the strain , and the methods you use to minimize it. If you want thicker branches get a rotating fan on you plants those things help alot. Also alot of people dont mention this but root mass has ALOT to do with bud formation the better the root system the bigger the plant will be able to yield. Use as big of pots as you can, its something thats overlooked alot of times. You can check out my current grow the link's at the bottom of this post ive got some recent close up pictures at how my buds are forming at day 8 of 12/12. It will give you something to judge you buds formation progress at since your plants are only a few days younger in flower then mine. Stop by my thread and tell me what you think lol.

[Weedhound]

Hi orangeman just thought I'd stop by and check out your grow since you checked out mine. From that last pic they look really nice. I don't have anything to offer as it looks like you already have several fine minds at work here with you so I'll just cruise through.

[orangeman]

Wow. Well so far from what I've learned my humidity is about 61% with lights off and it won't go below 54% when the lights are on. All I can say is I hope the humidity doesn't ruin the crop because there's not much I can do.

[orangeman]

Damn. I went in my room tonight and my eyes almost popped out of my head lol. Those things grew so big since I last seen them. I'm like please don't grow any higher lol. No clear preflowers yet, I think one of them is just starting to show some. I seen a little fuzzy white thing so I'm thinking that's the pistil, I hope I get a male so I can take a plant out because I think the humidity is caused by the plants because when I first started it was at 40% now it's all the way at 60%. When the lights come on it goes down though. Hopefully I don't get molded but and hopefully I get a nice harvest . Pics will be up next week. I have been busy all this week.