Not my first grow but first grow log!

[Pedro de Pacas]

Watered the girls and trimmed off leaves with curly tips. Trimmed some from the tops to look at them under the pocket microscope...we have a blend of clear, milky and brown-amber trichs! I'm stoked! :thumbsup:

Give 'em another week and they'll be ripe for the pickin'! :hippy: Sticky leaves too meng, those buds will be sweet!

[killa12345]

You're far too kind!

The irony of this is that 4 years ago I would have scoffed at the very notion of medicinal marijuana. But after doing a bit of research I find I'd rather smoke a bowl (or vaporize one) than take a sleeping pill!

These days it's become a hobby, nay, a passion; growing a healthy plant indoors...I enjoy it! The mellow flowers are a sweet, sweet bonus-they mellow me out and make me sleep when I have insomnia!:hippy:

I believe the same thing exactly......im a naturalist....no artifical things for me.....i dont even eat salt or pepper......no pills.....cannabis is the one all cure for all for all medical ailments.....

[Pedro de Pacas]

No pics today but I'm glad to say the girls are ripening nicely. I used to be a big proponent of CFL grows, but I can see firsthand what the deal is about HPS lights. Agreed my grow setup has changed many times in the past two years, so figuring the HPS that's "just right" for my needs would have been difficult...

But after doing my homework this time around, I'm left wondering how on earth I've managed without a HPS light!:thumbsup:

Don't get me wrong, using CFL's was good learn the ropes of growing and they definitely have a place for young sprouts and vegging, but for floweringl there's no comparison!
:hippy:

[Pedro de Pacas]

Today's photos!

[Puffzter]

Word.

The main thing people are missing when growing is what plants actually need and are made up of.
It's easy to think that it's all about sufficient light and then its all about best nutes.
Not true!
The overwelmingly biggest nute a plant can get is CO2 because they are mainly made up of carbon like all living things (not counting water but water is a distribution medium not plant matter) and for a plant ALL of it comes from the air.
So everything we do is to make it easier for the plants to "eat" more CO2 from the air, how?

Nutes: Are important because it adds stuff needed for that process to take place but you cap a plants nute uptake very easilly.
Light: The more light you add the more CO2 a plant can use. So thats why more is always better if temperature is ok. You can cap light also but not very easilly.
Fresh air: Together with light something you just can't get too much of more or less. Every grow room should be viewed with this in mind.
How does your air move through the room? You want fresh air to come in low, move to the centre of the plants and THEN get sucked up through the canopy. Try to keep exhaust intake central in a position to make this possible. I use computer fans at the intake to get the fresh air fast into the centre of the room before heat and exhaust fan drags it up through the canopy for exemple. In a system where CO2 is added other rules applies ofc.

Anyway... The by far most important thing for good yeilds and quality is to make it possible for the plants to keep this process going as good as possible and that you do by realising that light is more important than air circulation which in it's turn is more important than nutes.
Both light and CO2 supply are bottle necks, nutes are not. It's very easy to give a plant enough nutes.

Your HPS made your bottle neck much wider and thats's why you see those results. It's all about widening those bottle necks.

Sorry for the rambling, was bored and kinda like writing hehe.
Really looking forward to your results m8, good job.

Puffzter

[Pedro de Pacas]

Word.

The main thing people are missing when growing is what plants actually need and are made up of.
It's easy to think that it's all about sufficient light and then its all about best nutes.
Not true!
The overwelmingly biggest nute a plant can get is CO2 because they are mainly made up of carbon like all living things (not counting water but water is a distribution medium not plant matter) and for a plant ALL of it comes from the air.
So everything we do is to make it easier for the plants to "eat" more CO2 from the air, how?

Nutes: Are important because it adds stuff needed for that process to take place but you cap a plants nute uptake very easilly.
Light: The more light you add the more CO2 a plant can use. So thats why more is always better if temperature is ok. You can cap light also but not very easilly.
Fresh air: Together with light something you just can't get too much of more or less. Every grow room should be viewed with this in mind.
How does your air move through the room? You want fresh air to come in low, move to the centre of the plants and THEN get sucked up through the canopy. Try to keep exhaust intake central in a position to make this possible. I use computer fans at the intake to get the fresh air fast into the centre of the room before heat and exhaust fan drags it up through the canopy for exemple. In a system where CO2 is added other rules applies ofc.

Anyway... The by far most important thing for good yeilds and quality is to make it possible for the plants to keep this process going as good as possible and that you do by realising that light is more important than air circulation which in it's turn is more important than nutes.
Both light and CO2 supply are bottle necks, nutes are not. It's very easy to give a plant enough nutes.

Your HPS made your bottle neck much wider and thats's why you see those results. It's all about widening those bottle necks.

Sorry for the rambling, was bored and kinda like writing hehe.
Really looking forward to your results m8, good job.

Puffzter

And increasing the airflow from 50 CFM to 70 and lastly to 90 definitely widened another such bottle neck. :hippy:

[Puffzter]

Yup absolutelly.

[Pedro de Pacas]

Okay, at least now I know the yellowing leaves are normal at this stage!

Cannabis Seeds Sativa, Growing Marijuana Pictures, Cannabis Culture

Here are some indicators to help you identify that it's harvest time; however, please note that not all of these indicators will appear on every strain.
â?¢ 50 percent to 70 percent of the pistils change color
â?¢ Plants stop producing crystals
â?¢ Plants stop producing resin
â?¢ The fan leaves and lower leaves have turned yellow and are starting to drop off
â?¢ The smell has reached a peak
â?¢ Bud mass has not increased in the past few days

[Pedro de Pacas]

Okay so based on the above, KC and Stubby are about ready I'd say, 52 days after initiating 12/12!

â?¢ 50 percent to 70 percent of the pistils change color
They' re there

â?¢ The fan leaves and lower leaves have turned yellow and are starting to drop off

Yup

â?¢ The smell has reached a peak

Oh yeah...Fabreeze candles anyone?

Leggy & Jr aren't quite there yet, but I tell you what, I forget where I read that flowering lasts an average of 55 to 60 days...under the right conditions, it's so true! :thumbsup:

I can bet you that in 3 more days, it will be harvest time, I'm so stoked! :hippy: I gave the girls a good soak, no nutes. Again, some sort of "pre-flush" in preparation of the harvest!

[theforthdrive]

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Home made hoods! thinking outside the box, I like that! :thumbsup: