12x12" micro grow.

[Shovelhandle]

hey, good luck with this experiment, sharky! i'll be watching and learning (i never did a micro grow befo)

shov

[sharkfinz]

Thanks for everyones comments! :rasta:

The big seedling is really flurishing and the two tiddlers have been catching up to their sis in the last few days, next update will be when I can see flowers, hopefully in the next two weeks, cheers stoners.

[sharkfinz]

Hi peeps,

Well the strongest plant is showing what appear to be the dreaded balls, so I'm 95% sure it is male, everyone agree?





I am still waiting for the runts growth spurt, I am waiting and wait.......ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz I am beginning to think that as they are growing so slowly, they are likely to be fems, but for almost a month old, they are pathetically small.



I have been thinking about terminating the grow, just wanted opinions/advice before I do.

Ty stoners. :hippy:

[zebulon]

Hey Sharky...well the first really appears to be a male, but i am not 100% sure yet...don't pull it until you are 100%...
About terminating the grow....i don't know why you want to terminate them, they look good...every big plant starts as a little one....but if you don't want to smoke your own weed, and instead buy it for a ridiculously high price....well you know best...:thumbsup:

[basementbotany]

yeah man, def. looks male to me as well! sry bro. btw, don't pull the plug yet, there are people out there excited to learn a little off this! very interesting, don't quit now!

[BIGFattie]

naw dont pull it yet, wait a lil longer, sometimes mother nature works her magic. :thumbsup:

[maspino1]

DON'T terminate! if you were tired of your grow you could spend less time on it and start a
new one.
it's like those times when you get tired of something like a fish or flowers in the summer and
you leave it alone but just water and feed and then all of a sudden you start to notice
how much different it was than before
what's that saying? a watched pot of water never boils or something?
i saw it on shroomery but it's something like that

[melodious fellow]

I understand what you are trying to do, if this works more power to you.



You have to realize you are trying somthing that most of us never bothered trying, so you are not going to be able to get much advice with experiance behind it.

haha. I just recently fucked up two separate micro grows!

Learned a hell of a lot that I did not learn reading Greg's grow bible or the many other guides I have seen.

Anyway, back to this.

As someone mentioned, in a micro grow, the plant is already being subjected to rather harsh conditions.

Lack of light, sometimes lack of fresh air, small space, heat issues, etc are all potential problems in a micro grow.

In order for a micro to work, all other variables must be dialed in in order for the plant to survive in the harsh conditions of not enough light, air, etc.

In my micro grows, the largest problem faced was heat and light issues. Either too hot or not enough light (prolly both)

If this was my only problem, the plants likely would have merely grown slow and yielded slightly less.

However, combined with faulty Ph meters, my grow is dead.

Even if you have to abandon this one, don't give up on micro growing. Just make shore you start with the correct soil in the correct pots and give correct care, etc. Have everything else dialed in if you can only give 57 watts of CFLs and all the other micro problems we face.

O and regarding 12/12. I used that method on the last grow. Growth was extremely slow and none of the plants got any taller than 4 or 5 inches.

However, under 12/12, the plants flowered after a little over a month, one producing lots of white pistils and some crystals at only 3 inches tall, and it is a skinny plant.

I am not going with 12/12 again. At least until I get a good harvest to fill the jars first.

good luck, keep us updated.

peace

[sharkfinz]

Hey all,

OK, in my hesitant n00bness, I was going to abandon the grow due to me believing the plant was showing sex.. in actual fact the so called buds were actually side shoots.. a bit embarrassing, sure. :wtf: :rasta:

Anyway they have been vegging and maturing but are yet to show pre flowers, but I'm not in a hurry. The runts have grown some and the biggest is going to have to be repotted shortly and LST'd.



Biggest:




The runts:



K, thanks now stoners, update when appropriate. :thumbsup:

[sharkfinz]

Also, the more I look at the plants I am certainly thinking that they are of different phenos. If you look at the runt on the right in the last picture, it is looking (IMO) more indica dominant.. all three are different in some way, it seems like it was a mixed bag of seeds. Anyone agree?