Grow log #2!

[Pedro de Pacas]

Things seem to be progressing well since the repot, both plants are growing larger, but not much taller (I was worried a 12/12 schedule from seed would make them stretch more than is healthy).

It's pretty amazing to see the gradual differences between pictures at various stages of the grow! :hippy:

[Pedro de Pacas]

Lefty seems to be catching up in growth with righty but still looks like a runt in comparison. The added vermiculite and perlite to the potting soil seems to help preserve moisture as I watered 2 days ago and the top soil still feels moist.

I might just do the pot weighing thing and make sure the soil ain't bone dry at the bottom...

[Pedro de Pacas]

Desperately awaiting signs of sex...that's the thing about 12/12 from seed: you're never quite sure when veggin ends and flowering starts! Plants growing larger and stronger, gave them a good watering today.

:hippy:

[bigtopsfinn]

That sucks about the seeds, Pedro Sorry to hear that.

Everything else looks good :thumbsup:

I'm guessing you have some extra room in your flower chamber now... planning on filling it again?

[Pedro de Pacas]

That sucks about the seeds, Pedro Sorry to hear that.

Everything else looks good :thumbsup:

I'm guessing you have some extra room in your flower chamber now... planning on filling it again?

I've actually debated whether or not I should germinate 2 Afghan Special's and create an ad hoc vegging chamber using my CFL's, and add them to the flowering room to see if they progress faster than the 12/12 from seed, but in Chong's words "That'd be a hassle man!"

[bigtopsfinn]

I've actually debated whether or not I should germinate 2 Afghan Special's and create an ad hoc vegging chamber using my CFL's, and add them to the flowering room to see if they progress faster than the 12/12 from seed, but in Chong's words "That'd be a hassle man!"

How about just one of them? I think the problem with 12/12 from seed is that the roots don't have a chance to develop... and the root system is directly related to yield. What were you expecting to yield from those??? The ones I've seen couldn't be more than 20g dried. It sucks to run out of bud between grows... just happened to me

[Pedro de Pacas]

Got me a few of these:

» Wormie the water sensor

They look simple enough and they're inexpensive. I originally wanted one of the metal staff/dial hygrometers...couldn't find them, and seeing that I've gone through 4 or 5 already (they'd invariably fail on me) but those look simple and pretty much fool-proof (dark means there's enough water, pale means time to water).

:hippy:

[Pedro de Pacas]

imp: Put in a wormie water sensor in each pot and waited a bit. as moist as the top soil seems to be on top the bottom must be dryer as both wormies look pale. Hm, just watered the plants...the change in color ain't that drastic, can you tell which is before and which is after?

417 is before and 418 is after...perhaps the HPS light generates enough heat to dry up the wormie's surface? :wtf:

[Pedro de Pacas]

Found a supply of organic ferts: a vegging mix and a blooming mix of worm castings and bat guano. Don't ask me how one mix differs from the other...but tomorrow once the lights are on in the cab I'll sprinkle a bit of the vegging mix on the topsoil.

This way, the nutes will be gradually fed to the plants.:thumbsup:

[BigLeagueJew]

I'm curious to see how the organic fertilizer works out. I just purchased some today for my plant. What was the name of the brands you got?