Few Questions

[Rusty Trichome]

...I was planning on repotting all my plants today, and putting liberty 1 and 3 under the MH, do you think liberty 3 is ready for the MH, and would it be detrimental to put liberty 2 under the MH also? Or should I just leave it under my fluorescent lamp? The reason I ask is because I plan on sexing a clone under the fluorescent and will be changing the lighting schedule ;o

If you only have one grow room, I'd wait. MH is a bit of overkill if you've only got the three juvenile plants going. Once you switch, careful not to overheat them. (a raised hood for a couple days works for me) Did you mention the wattage of the MH?

...Would it be a better idea to leave liberty 2 in the non-fertilized soil and start fertilizing it?

I'm not sure a seedling that small would necessarily need nutes this early. What's the drainage ph, or do you have a way to check? Different soils have a different ph. Do you have drainage holes in all the cups? How often do you water? Was the soil with no nutes a mulch?

...Which leads me to: I'm planning on making two clones of Liberty One, one to sex it, and the other to give to a friend to plant outdoors (hopefully it's a female ), how long should I leave the lights on 24 before going 12-12?

If sativa dominant, I switch when no more than 18" tall. If indica dom, usually around 24". But I do finish in 5 gallon pots. When I was finishing in 3 gallon pots, it was 12" and 18" respectively.

...On the one I plan to give to the friend, I kinda had planned to grow it till it was a couple feet tall under the MH lamp to catch it up to the current season, will this work? How big should I let it get before transplanting?

Sorry, IDK. Beyond making sure she's acclimated to the new scenery prior to switching to 12/12, I wouldn't think there's much to worry about. I'm sure there's some 'Sunburners' here that could answer that one better, tho.

...If you clone a hermie will the clone be purely female?

A clone is a genetic copy of the donor. If she is a hermie, likely, so will her clones be.

...My first plant didn't have any odor really (the one that got killed by the hail storm) and my two plants that are doing well both smell skunk-like, does this indicate anything good :rastasmoke: or was my first plant just big on personal hygiene :wtf:?

Seeds from the same batch will often have different ways of expressing the genes recieved from the parents. Especially with a bagseed variety. Some stink good, but taste like shit. Some taste like shit, but hit you like a sledghammer. You'll have to get to know your own strain, and breed the plants with the traits you like. (selective breeding)

Next time, I would suggest filling the cups to almost full but allowing for space to add water. Soil levels that low creates a stagnant-air condition which the ladies don't appreciate.
Would cut the cups down to just above soil, or carefully slip the semi-dry rootball out, add fresh soil to cup, then replace rootball. A semi-dry rootball won't collapse when transplanting. (or in this case, adding soil to the cup)

Would transplant to larger container as soon as the leaves spread-out and cover the top of the cup entirely.

Good luck.

Rusty Trichome Reviewed by Rusty Trichome on 07-17-2008. Few Questions Hey, this is my second growing attempt (the first was prematurely ended by a vicious hail storm in the first few weeks I put my plant outdoors) and this time I'm growing entirely indoors. I planted 3 seeds (only had 5 good bag seeds and only 3 germinated), 2 in fertilized soil, 1 in non-fertilized soil as the guide I was going by (Todd McCormick's guide to growing MMJ) said to use non-fertilized soil prior to putting plants under the MH. One of the two plants (Liberty One hereafter) in the Rating: 5