First grow - Help me grow my baby, it's drooping!!

[TheWhiteRider]

1 1/2 days after the deed, the plant looks better. The leaves have started to pop up a little; they still remain droopy but much less than in the pics you see above.

I will double the dose of Grow Big today using the pH corrected water. Hopefully the plant will love it since it is not in lock-up anymore.

I will post pics when I see a more significant change.

Can anybody comment on the whole hermie situation? I will try to take closer pics of the pistils but it's hard with my camera because it doesn't like to go up close. But do the pistils coming out first make it more of a female than a male? Because I don't think reverse dutch master will work if it's originally a male.

[420F4i]

Can anybody comment on the whole hermie situation? I will try to take closer pics of the pistils but it's hard with my camera because it doesn't like to go up close. But do the pistils coming out first make it more of a female than a male? Because I don't think reverse dutch master will work if it's originally a male.

Pics!!!!

[TheWhiteRider]

Here are the close-up pics of the pistils/balls. First one is from weeks ago when the first pistils came out, and the next two are the same ones but taken today. You can see how the pistils (or at least I think that's what they are) came out, and then some balls come out underneath while the pistils turned amber. I am still running 18/6.

I think the plant is showing sex in the first two nodes because it was on 12/12 for the first weeks of its life. But on the other upper nodes some pistils are coming just like these did. I received the reverse dutch master so I will start flowering this weekend and apply it the first day and the 10th day, like the instructions say.

Do you guys think that because the pistils came out first it's originally a female plant? I am hoping this is true so that I can transform them back!!

HELP ME SEX IT! Are those balls or am I wrong?

[TheWhiteRider]

Anyone?! Please help me sex it.

[TheWhiteRider]

Could those be Calyxes? I only see one hair sticking out though, not really in a "V shape" like I've read.

I sprayed reverse dutch today, which is the first day of flowering. I am being real careful about light leaks and such.

Stinky, you said in another thread that males are in the small stems? Could you ellaborate?

Thanks!

[TheWhiteRider]

I finally started flowering!!!

I transplanted to a bigger pot (8 1/2") and started the 12/12 period all in the same day. I watered it with adjusted tap water at 7 pH and 1 drop of Superthrive. I also flushed the next day because the runoff from the soil was wayyyy too acidic. I can't know what it really was because it came outside the range of colors of my dip test... too yellow.

So I flushed at x2.5 the volume of the new pot with ~7.2 pH, but my runoff pH dip test did not stop being yellow!! I don't know why it wasn't coming down enough to be inside the scale range. So I just stopped because I had to go to work. I watered it with nute/water solution when I came home.

Now the plant is looking pretty good. Calyxes are coming out everywhere with two beautiful white pistils sticking out!! :thumbsup:

The pH seems too low (unless my fish pond dip test sucks balls...), but the plant keeps growing at a healthy rate and the leaves have perked up quite a bit.

Could it be this specific strain likes lower pH levels?

[TheWhiteRider]

Anyone care to comment!! I'd like to know what the experts think!

If no1 will comment, then I guess I'll stop updating. Not really a threat... I just don't think it's worth the time if I'm talking to myself...

Thanks to all for your help thus far.

[TheWhiteRider]

Ok, you got me... I actually enjoy posting updates of my baby!

Pics are 2 1/2 weeks into flowering. Using 1/2 strength nutes every other watering with pH adjusted to ~7.2. Tap water comes out at 7.8-8 but I don't have a way to bring it down. Is it ok to use the pH down they sell in the pet stores? Or does it have some kind of chemical that affects the plant? I still use the water even though I know 1 pH point above your plant's range could shock it. But the plant seems to be pulling through. Lower leaves are dying but I think this is natural because they had a rough childhood, lol.

Starting to look nuggalicious :jointsmile:

There are some burnt leaves because of heat stress. I had to remove the fan for 2 days while some family was visiting. It was hard to tell them not to shine any kind of light in the room at night, lol.

Enjoy and comments are always appreciated!