My first attempt

[keagal420]

Hello viewers, I want to start by saying this is my first attempt and going all the way with it. I have started many other times before but got bugged out and removed them from the house or the yard.

I am working with a 400 Watts HPS, carbon filter, and hey are in a closet
I have 5 plants and the sex is unknown. I have them in a mixture of soil that i borrowed from a site somewere (amazing what you can find when you GooGle)
I am in about week 5 and seems to be going well. I did however rescently nuke 2 of em. But they seem ok atm. Here are a few pictures included along with this entry. Any suggestions or comments is much appreciated

keagal420 Reviewed by keagal420 on 05-19-2009. My first attempt Hello viewers, I want to start by saying this is my first attempt and going all the way with it. I have started many other times before but got bugged out and removed them from the house or the yard. I am working with a 400 Watts HPS, carbon filter, and hey are in a closet I have 5 plants and the sex is unknown. I have them in a mixture of soil that i borrowed from a site somewere (amazing what you can find when you GooGle) I am in about week 5 and seems to be going well. I did Rating: 5

[Dutch Pimp]

I usually veg for 30 days, then switch to 12/12....watch for the sex to show...transplant to a larger pot....then harvest, when ready...:thumbsup:

Good Luck...keagal420....imp:

[phatsesh101]

looks alright but i was wonderin bout the yellow one if it was 2 in the same pot or a branch, also the one next to it looks like some canoeing going on,

you want to fill out the form just in case?

[keagal420]

thanks for the replies... yes the one in the middle has 2 in it... what happened was that i put one in it and forgot i did lol. so i figured i would leave it incase one was a male then i would cut the male out about the one on the left... i have no idea what a canoe is im sorry.. if you would please enlighten me that would be awesome! thanks again... oh ps do you think i should start flowering now? are they gonna get bigger during flowering?

thanks again

[Italiano715]

thanks for the replies... yes the one in the middle has 2 in it... what happened was that i put one in it and forgot i did lol. so i figured i would leave it incase one was a male then i would cut the male out about the one on the left... i have no idea what a canoe is im sorry.. if you would please enlighten me that would be awesome! thanks again... oh ps do you think i should start flowering now? are they gonna get bigger during flowering?

thanks again

Having two plants together is going to make them compete for grow space so they more than likely will entangle each other. That's not good, may need to transplant them into separate pots.

Canoeing is when your fan leave fingers curl in like a canoe....Hence the name "Canoe"ing

Also, yes they will get two to three times the size in flower. They will experience a stretch for 40% of the time splent flowering then the other 60% of the time fattening up in between the bud sites.

On another note, you should probably invest in a pocket microscope (radioshack $12-$13) and check the trichomes when it comes near harvest time, BUT that's another conversation later down the road of this grow!

[keagal420]

Thank you Italiano715 for clearifing canoeing i have noticed that is the only one doing that... i dont know how to fix it... i flushed it thinking it was the neuts ...nothing so i just cut the food to half the strength still no change...i kindof givin up on the damn thing lol... I have invested in the magnifing thingy lol... One other thing, About the 2 plants in 1 pot thing. I am not sure which one to cut out? I can transplant due to how close they are together. I will need to cut one down just not sure which one i will do that with... The taller one i was thinking has a greater chance of showing its nuts lol But i would hate to cut such a pretty plant and find out later that the midget is male. Then i would constantly be thinking that the tall one could be the girl i let get away

[Italiano715]

. One other thing, About the 2 plants in 1 pot thing. I am not sure which one to cut out? I can transplant due to how close they are together. I will need to cut one down just not sure which one i will do that with...

Take a cutting and flower the cutting from each plant and that will tell you which one is female :-D They may both be, you never know.

[phatsesh101]

if the canoeing is isolated i wouldnt worry much just keep an eye out

as for the 2 plants it looks as if theyre competeing for nutes and one is losing but both will still come out with scares

[keagal420]

ok well i think im gonna cut the one that is turning yellow then...thanks for the advice. about the canoeing thing what could it be that is causing this? thank you for all your input! i feel more and more confident when i read the info that you all are offering me

[keagal420]

i cant do it. i ant cut one down without knowing the sex of the other... so with tht said im gonna leave it in the same pot... it doesn't really matter. I have started 12 more and should start seeing there tops sometime soon. I will keep oyu all posted and appreciate all your comments and suggestions. see you all in a few days