My sexy Afghan first grow with CFLs

[oSecretGardeno]

So these ladies are at about 20 days I think. 19 for the smaller and god only knows for the mini one. I think I may have been wrong with my timeline when I answered killa before. Anyways here are the pics:

1) The little runt
2) The big #1 lady
3) The curled leaf on 2nd place
4) Overall pic of 2nd place.

Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

[oSecretGardeno]

So I went in there today to snap a new avatar pic and I lifted up the big one to see if there were any root problems. Well it looks like there might be. There are roots attempting to come out each drainage hole. So what does that mean for me? I guess I have two options:

1) Expand the current pot by cutting out the bottom and putting it in a square pan
2) Re-pot in an entirely new pot.

I know it seems silly to think of just expanding the bottom, but the issue is that I am not sure if I actually have space for a new pot. My only option would be to move to a square pot that is taller I suppose. I have a limited foot print so I am kind of out of room. The issue with a new square pot is that I need specific dimensions to make sure it fits in the box properly, and that is why I went with the circle ones before.

Anyone use an online store to that has tons of different dimensions of pots?

Thanks!

Peace all,

-Secret
:smokin:

[oSecretGardeno]

Ok, I topped the big one. I read up a lot about the strain and said fuck it and just did it. I knew if I kept thinking about it I'd only beat myself up about it, so I did it.

I hope it will come out nice!!

I hate hurting my ladies, I almost wanted to cry when I cut her haha.

Oh well, better in the end ... I hope.

Peace all,

:smokin:

[SwishaSweetz4Me]

Ok, I topped the big one. I read up a lot about the strain and said fuck it and just did it. I knew if I kept thinking about it I'd only beat myself up about it, so I did it.

I hope it will come out nice!!

I hate hurting my ladies, I almost wanted to cry when I cut her haha.

Oh well, better in the end ... I hope.

Peace all,

:smokin:

Looks Great! Cant wait to see sum bud:rastasmoke:

[GoldenGraham84]

secret couldn't find any online stores that didn't want an arm and a leg for their product. but i come bearing a picture that will make you hopeful! this is one of my side branches. main cola is about twice that size.

[GoldenGraham84]

oh yeah and here's a pic of that opium strain.

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[oSecretGardeno]

GG84 - Good to hear from you again. I ended up getting them from bghydro.com because I had to get some other nutes from there anyways, and they had the size that i really needed (10"x10"). So hopefully they will be here sometime this week and I can repot. Oh and that opium strain: that looks like a large nugget. Almost the size of a carton! Is it yours? If so, enjoy!

The 2nd place girl still has curling leaves, although it is continuing to have new growth, just at a slower rate then the other ones. She should be getting pretty dry now, so I am starting to think it might not be over-watering. At this point I'm thinking it might be some sort of nute lock up due to the pH probs so hopefully I can work that out (pH problems explained below)

So the biggest girl has a couple leaves with some yellow spots on them now. Needless to say I spent the day researching and it is probably one of two things:

1) pH problems. I am pretty sure the last time I watered I watered with water that was like 7.8 or higher, which is not good. It turns out my tap water is just fine for the soil I'm using so I am just going to flush them all the next time I water (prob tomorrow, maybe tuesday?). If I am just using tap, can I theoretically put them in the shower and just run it for a while, or will that end up drowning them?

2) Could be a pest problem. I haven't seen any larvae or anything, but you never know. There was another user on the problems forum with very similar looking leaves, so I'll try some different things if the flush doesn't work.

Overall I'm happy with progress. The big lady is topped and so I am waiting to see how that goes. I really want to LST the other one but it is so damn short and bushy, I don't even know where to start haha.

As for cloning, I should have everything I need to start cloning this week. I am thinking I will cut clones next weekend, so the ladies will be almost 30 days old. Then I will let them recover for a few days and then start the flowering. So let's say we will shoot for flowering on maybe the 11th of Nov. I'd like to have them sexed before thanksgiving!

Keep safe all,

-secret
:smokin:

[GoldenGraham84]

no the opium pic is from a grower on here. can't remember who... about the flush: i wouldn't put them in the shower. take the time to measure out the volume of soil you're using (approximate) in each planter. multiply this by 3 and you have the neccessary amount of h2o for leaching each individual planter. e.g.: 3L planter of soil needs 9L of water for a leach. doing this once a month flushes out build-ups of fertilizer salts and can help prevent many problems. that "pest problem" could be a nutrient issue caused by the improper pH you mentioned. improper pH causes nutrient uptake issues.

[SwishaSweetz4Me]

Looks good. I had similar problems. I stopped watering so much. Seems to be Lookin Good for you. Nice Bud gg84 Anyone Know how to change my thread from closet grow to Grow Log Section?
-Swisha

Keep it good work

[icbh707]

hey guys,
ive been up to my elbows in bud and dirt. everythings cool now as over half the bud is dry and trimmed and all babies are in their 5gal pots and looking happy. i'll take a pic of the finished bud tonight...speaking of finished bud, very nice looking stuff you got there gg84. you are an artist.
congrats on the top secretgarden! you did it! how many nodes do you have? 7? you might want to think about removing the leaves that hang in the dirt. if you lift those leaves in your next pics so we can see the size of those branches i'll have a little better idea of when you could take some cuttings. now that you topped those lower guys will start to take off. lst will be very hard to do with those short stocky guys. i would top and then use the scrog to cover every inch of that box.
the ph sounds very high. mine comes out of the tap at about 7.3 and 2ml/gal of ph/down usually is just right to bring it down to 6.0. what nutes are you using?
oh crap, gotta go, they are looking good though, keep up the good work.
a little info on scrog and 40/60

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