First time grow KC Brains Skunk #1 & White KC

[hows.your.roof]

depends on strain & where you are you are at in your grow. i usually use my pen as a gauge of how much nutrient plants are taking from solution. from there i adjust accordingly

[JackHerer]

They seem in pretty darn good shape for 10 days if you know what I mean.

LOL Guess thats why the ladies have been flashing their pistils at them for the last couple of days. :giggity:

Choped down the males & gave them a good misting using a spray can. It doesn't quite look the full hedge in the room anymore & I can see now where having that many plants has caused them to stretch a bit during this flowering stage especially with S1C hogging the limelight (insert just like a male comments here :jointsmile. Tried lifting out one of the males rockwool blocks but its pretty well stuck to the spreader mat. Although I could use a knife to cut out the sections where they are I don't think I will be able to move the ladies around

Will the Cannazym cope with the roots dying or is it likely to cause rot problems.

Sorry about the cuople of fuzzy images I have a nerve thing that makes pics a bit of hit & hope.

[Weedhound]

I use the cannazym and really like it....I think it will help for you as well. A friend of mine has large buckets that she uses and she plants a few plants in each bucket.....one is always a male and she just cuts it at the stem and leaves the roots also. Haven't seen her have a problem with it but I'd keep an eye.

You asked about topping in another thread...I'm sure you are aware that since you have turned them to 12/12 no topping now. Has to be done in the veg cycle. Or at least that's the way I've always learned it I am going to top mine in a few days and I will take photos as you asked but keep in mind my camera sucks so i won't be able to get real close.....but should be able to show you what I do. It's very simple and does help keep your plant shorter and increase the yield. You might run a search on FIM technique and LST technique on the forums as well. Those are two other things you can do to increase the yield on your plants. LST you may even want to do with the ones you have now.....it can be done at any time.

[JackHerer]

I'll have a look at the roots dailly & if I see any browning & slime affecting the existing females I'll use a pallet knife to slice out the 4 male rockwool blocks.

That was in your grow log some good info there :thumbsup: & I regularly read it although I don't have the experience to comment much yet. Will be good to see how you go about the topping & I'll do those searches.

It was for next grow of those clones I took that I am thinking about trying it out. I'll probably just grow these ones straight to get the idea of how they grow. But if I try LST in an NFT tray I was thinking there might be problems with the rockwool block trying to tip over. Bit more confidence & I'll give all these techniques a bash.

[Weedhound]

All good things come with time......you're doing very well so I'm sure you'll do fine with some new techniques....seems to me you study up before you attempt something rather than just do it and then discover you've done it wrong....that's definitely the way to go imo. :jointsmile:

[JackHerer]

Week 7 update 17 days in flower, not the most rapid change Ive seen during the grow. Plants are now on full bloom nutrients with PPM's of 810 measured today. I'm really hoping S1A stops growing in height soon as its about 4' tall now.:wtf:

The Pic order is:

Pic 1 & 2 = KC2
Pic 2 = S1D
Pic 3 = S1A

Got a few doubts KC2 might be a hermie since pic 2 shows what might be male, but if she is then its not turned that way but been so since the start of flowering. Although the bits on her that look male don't really resemble the clusters of balls that was on the male plants. Don't really want to kill her as its the last one I have of that strain.

Going to start using the bud additive next wednesday.

Other things I am looking at getting are:

400W or 600W additional light not sure the 250W is enough light.
Some Canna PK 13/14 & Canna Boost in order to boost the buds.

Any thoughts on whether these will be worthwhile additions to my set-up.

[Weedhound]

Couldn't get a super look at photo two..but I do see what you mean so keep a good eye there as it could be male nanners; I'm just not sure.

Jack your curled leaf edges kind of concern me.....are you having heat issues in your room?

More light....always better imo... the only problem is more HID light.....more heat. I haven't used those cannazym products so can't help you with those.

[JackHerer]

At the top of the plants there is a heat issue I think WH from them being to close, but its getting to the point where I will need to remove the shelf the light is hanging from and add some wood straps to the ceiling in order to get the light further away. I have the temp probe hanging about a third of the way from the top of the plant and the temp is 79. Thats why I was thinking maybe the 600W and get the light further away from the top of the plant. I think that will keep the temps about the same within the room in general where is not directly beneath the light. I have put a hole in the ceiling but not got the inline fan yet because I would have to have it wire in professionally & I am also thinking of maybe getting a grow tent. If I got the tent I could add things like the inline fan & carbon filters without needing an electrician to run wiring through the attic insulation.

Yea I'm also concerned there nanners next time might have better pics. There seems to be only a few nodes where they are & apart from one node which has two it seems to be only one at each point. I was thinking maybe give them a day or two & if nothing like pistils show then pick them all off, keeping doing so to any others that appear. If I then harvest it first & comparitivly early in the cycle I might manage to avoid any male flowers popping their pollen everywhere. With the NFT system its not possible to move the plant so its either try the above or kill it.:chainsaw::sadcrying

I'm bidding on some 600W so either get that or another one, but I'll leave the additives for a couple of weeks & if I'm feeling well off or happy because KC2 has defnitely decided to not go pre-op I'll get them then.

[JackHerer]

Couple of pics of the ladies in my closet . S1A is a bit of a tall girl :jointsmile:

[Weedhound]

They look very good jack. Any more hermie looking issues?