Raskolnikov Grows The Pot

[Raskolnikov]

Been readin' these boards for a few months now. Thanks much for the wealth of knowledge contained herein.

I've grown the odd plant outdoors, but this is my first indoor attempt. Hopefully this log can help others, as well as myself.

I ordered 10 Joey's Mix seeds from Hemp Depot.Marijuana Cannabis seeds at Hemp Depot Shipped Worldwide I have no idea what strain they are. They are supposed to be a random mix from Joey's Weed. $35 plus tax. Cheap, but I'm just experimenting right now.

I sprouted 6 in paper towel within about a week span, and planted them in 3 inch pots with some generic peat based potting mix (no nutes in mix).

They moved around from window sill to outside for a while, until I could hang some lights, where they've been since June 28th. They were 1-2 weeks old. I started with a couple of 4' Gro-Lux wide spectrum flourescents, but I don't think they liked it. They are now under 3 34W cool whites.

Transplanted June 5th, at 2-3 weeks. The roots of the older plants were just starting to crawl along the bottom of the pots. I put them in 8'x 10" (2 gallon) pails with holes drilled in the bottom. I used Pro Mix High Porosity mix, and watered them with Britta filtered tap water, which was allowed to stand over night. I added a few drops of Superthrive per gallon. Each pot took nearly a gallon of water before it started dripping out the bottom. The ph of the water was about 7, and the runoff ph was around 6 (my ph strips aren't very accurate).

Temps have been fairly constant at around 23C (73F) in the room, and 25C (77F) around the plants. Humidity is around 40-50 percent.

They are now 4-5 weeks old, and working on 4 and 5 nodes. Click the pics to enlarge.



I've numbered the plants as they were planted. 1 is the oldest, 6 is the youngest. About a week span between them.

Since I don't know what strains they are, educated guesses are welcome.

This is #1. The tallest and widest. Her and #2 got orange spots on their first true leaves when they were under the Grow-Lux. I figure it's just light burn, since no other leaves have them.





#2 has a kind of bubbly mottled texture to the leaves, even the new ones. It's the bushiest and smelliest of the bunch. In the last pic, you can see three things:

- the mottled texture
- the orange spots on the first true leaves
- and on the far left, there are some white spots. This is on a couple other plants as well. There are very tiny black specks around and on the spots. Mites?







#3 is a nice healthy looking specimen. Except for a few of those white spots/black specks.





#4 has a mutant second node. Half of it didn't grow properly. The white spot is probably housefly shit. I'm usink Konk now, for flies. I saw a couple of what looked like fungus gnats for a day or two, but they're dead now.






#5 has twisted leaves





#6 is the slowest growing. It took a looong time for it to shed it's seed casing. I had to help it a bit.





The last time they've had water was 8 days ago, when they were transplanted. I want to start giving them nutes (3-1-3), but the medium is still moist, and they don't seem thirsty at all. Should I wait until the soil is drier?

For the size of the pots, when should I start flowering? I don't want to transplant again, and I don't want the plants to get too rootbound. I'll be using lots of 24W warm cfl's because I have about 50 of them (don't ask). I'll be doing some light lst, and space isn't a problem, just the pot size.

Thanks for checking out my grow. Advice and comments are welcome.

Raskolnikov Reviewed by Raskolnikov on 07-14-2007. Raskolnikov Grows The Pot Been readin' these boards for a few months now. Thanks much for the wealth of knowledge contained herein. I've grown the odd plant outdoors, but this is my first indoor attempt. Hopefully this log can help others, as well as myself. I ordered 10 Joey's Mix seeds from Hemp Depot.Marijuana Cannabis seeds at Hemp Depot Shipped Worldwide I have no idea what strain they are. They are supposed to be a random mix from Joey's Weed. $35 plus tax. Cheap, but I'm just experimenting right now. I Rating: 5

[orangeman]

Damn Rask good job. Hope you get some good clones . I can't wait to see those plants flower they look like they're gonna give you some good buds!

[Raskolnikov]

6 and 7 weeks now. All are showing preflowers, 4 are definite female. Flipping in a few days, after I take some clones.

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[weedmaster]

looking really good rasko:thumbsup:keep up the good work.

[Rock.Steady]

is your avatar a picture of patrick duffy? he's the man!

hm, i thought it was Escobar (sp?)

ha, Duffy, fony aquaman or rich oil punk, u decide.

[Raskolnikov]

Thanks, all.

The avatar... it's actually... Raskolnikov.

Crime and Punishment? Y'know?

Anyway, #2 (my favourite) has some weird growth, I'm wondering if it's auto flowering? They're still all under 24/0.

She has female preflowers, and I know it's hard to see in the pic, but the new growth is all squiggly like it's producing buds. I think Lowrider does that as well, because of it's Ruderalis auto-flowering traits (correct me if I'm wrong), but this seems to be a sativa dom. I was thinking it could be a Cindy or hybrid, based on Joey's strains.

Any thoughts?

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[jacked420]

is your avatar a picture of patrick duffy? he's the man!

[orangeman]

Nice plants, I'd much rather know what I'm growing though. Too many different possibilities. But regardless they should be good. Joey has a lot of good strains! Honestly if they don't look like they want food more than likely they are fine. They really don't look like they need any nutrients. Also they look fine, don't see any signs of mites causing probs. You should really get a microscope so you can get a closer look. If you start seeing little tiny holes all over the place though that's a sure sign that you have a prob. If your room is clean, your clothes are clean and your soil is hi-qual sterile soil you should have no probs with mites..hopefully. And depending on the size you want them to be, you might have to transplant them again. And don't worry about flowering for another month or so. Just enjoy them and watch 'em grow for now .

[Raskolnikov]

Nice plants, I'd much rather know what I'm growing though. Too many different possibilities. But regardless they should be good. Joey has a lot of good strains!

I had trouble deciding on a strain, so I figured a variety would let me see which grows best under my conditions, but the seeds weren't individually labeled. I'd prefer to know too.

Honestly if they don't look like they want food more than likely they are fine. They really don't look like they need any nutrients.

Good, I'll wait until next watering then.

Also they look fine, don't see any signs of mites causing probs. You should really get a microscope so you can get a closer look. If you start seeing little tiny holes all over the place though that's a sure sign that you have a prob.

I have a big ass magnifying glass from my grandmother. She hung it around her neck for reading while gumming bits of whatever was in her mouth. I can't see the black specs with the naked eye. I'll keep an eye out for those holes.

If your room is clean, your clothes are clean and your soil is hi-qual sterile soil you should have no probs with mites..hopefully.

This is why I'm now going to put these straight to flower without bothering to clone. I'll start from scratch with one strain in a sterile environment. Then clone and ScrOG with an HPS.

And depending on the size you want them to be, you might have to transplant them again.

I'd be happy with 2-3' plants.

And don't worry about flowering for another month or so. Just enjoy them and watch 'em grow for now .

Thanks! I will, and I do!

[orangeman]

Honestly they don't look like they're going to need nutrients for some while now. You might wanna wait another 3 weeks before even considering giving them anything. They are more than fine right now. No need to feed em, they just need some nice clean water .