Emmies Grow Log - White Widow

[emilya]

you know I think this thread has the most views and post's for plants no bigger then say 6 -7inches?-lol, your doing a good job keeping up w/ it though, and they look happy...I'm sure you cant wait to get some "meat" on them.

Thank you Steezyd! More like 3 1/2 inches so far! LOL What I can't wait for is to get this first crop cured and in my pipe... but I guess I will survive until then.

I am a researcher in my real life. I bring this obsessive behavior to this hobby. My goal here on this thread was two fold; I wanted to see if we can prove the fascinating early sexing theory brought to us by WashougalWonder http://boards.cannabis.com/advanced-...ml#post2068667 , and I wanted to create a true beginners thread where a complete beginner documented her mistakes and learning curve as she figured out how to do this thing we do. This sort of resource was what I looked for on this forum as I began to research, and I am simply trying here to provide the resource that would have helped me in the very beginning not to make the mistakes that I have made.

In the future you will see me document my learning of several other aspects of this as we go on... cloning, FIM, setting up the SCRog and many other interesting things I have read about here. I will be providing links back to the articles that introduced me to the techniques every chance I get. Once we get full into flowering there will not be much of a need to document things as it pretty much goes on autopilot at that point with a SCRog and others have done a fine job in documenting the filling in of the bud sites before me. I will keep everyone informed however, as I know that many will be interested to see what sort of yield and quality I get out of this at the end.

You will see that I have already scaled back reporting a bit now as we have "rounded the corner" and now seem to have viable plants well on their way to maturity. I don't feel there is much to learn with daily reporting at the moment, as my major lesson to just let the plants do what they need to do as I control the environment for them has been learned. I made a ton of mistakes to get to this point, and hopefully I have saved someone from repeating them with my reporting. These points will now be stressed to future readers through my efforts here and in this small way I hope to give back to this community that took me by the hand, showed me friendship from the first moment I introduced myself, and within which many have become my friends. I am very proud that so many are reading this thread each day. It amazes me that we are averaging almost 60 views per day so far and I feel that I am doing some good work here with these efforts.

Thank you everyone who is reading along. I am only succeeding because of you!

Emmie

[bigsby]

you know I think this thread has the most views and post's for plants no bigger then say 6 -7inches?-lol, your doing a good job keeping up w/ it though, and they look happy...I'm sure you cant wait to get some "meat" on them.

Careful dude. You cross her and you'll have 20 teabaggers clanging all kinds of chivalrous armor in your face in her defense... BHA HA HA.

Nice log Emmie. Props. I don't do pics or logs. Perhaps I'll get it together to fix my security issues at some point.

[emilya]

Greetings fellow Cannibers,
It has been 3 days since my last update to the grow log. The pictures tell the whole story, and it is a good one as we have seen about 20% growth. Everyone is mostly a deep and happy green now and getting taller and wider by the day. Secondary leaf sets are now out on every node and developing rapidly. The size of the fan leaves and the main trunks have increased noticeably in just these 3 days.

I have noticed that the moisture uptake into all 4 is not the same. Yesterday 1,2 and 3 all needed water with the moisture meter showing dry all the way down to the bottom. Our runt, as wide as she may be was not using as much water so I let her sit for one more day. Today she was dry and got the water. I am shooting for a 3 day water cycle and have found that at the moment it takes about 3/4 cup to do that... I expect that number to go up. Emmie is watching.

I also got a surprise when 2 days ago we started getting fragrance from these babies. I was not expecting this yet and scrambled for my mouse as I ordered what I needed to make my DIY carbon filter. I have ducted the two tents together by putting the fan in the old closet (for noise reduction and easy access to an attic vent), a Y duct coming out of the closet, and then flexi ducting to each tent. The inline carbon filter will be installed at the fan output and before the ducting that leads to the attic.

Also, the first try at the SCRog table was not good enough. The screen part is probably fine, but the lower planter table was far too weak to be reliable. We are trying a bit bigger PVC and stiffer screen material after my next trip to that Hunky Man Emporium that is known by all as the local Lowe's store.

I am also very pleased to report that the local drought is over. Missouri is now seeing some medium-good grade available at a reasonable price. Just in time for the new semester and tutoring freshman/sophomore students. Emmie is pleased. :thumbsup:

Here are the pictures!

Our short (formerly known as the runt) achiever. She is by far the widest now and standing at a very proud 3".


Number 3, definitely a bit different than the rest, but with that distinctive peppery smell of White Widow. Currently 5" tall.


Number 2, recovered well and standing at almost 5"


Number 1, spent some energy eating up the first true leaves. The rest have mostly recovered and he is still growing steaily. Getting wider now and 5" tall


Enjoy that football! Go Chiefs! :thumbsup:
Emmie

[emilya]

[align=right]Let me lead off with a picture. This is a happy plant. It is our #3, the one who looks
a bit different than the others. I brought her out under an incandescent light so you could see her color better.

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[align=left]Here is the whole family! They wanted to come out to meet you guys!

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Right now they are growing noticeably overnight and now are standing at 6" above the dirt. They are all just about as wide now as the 1 gal pots. I am watering now when they need it (show dry at the bottom) at 1 cup every 48 hours or so. Sometimes they go faster and suck up all the water in 36 hours. Then they go slower for a bit. Emmie's watching...

Still no signs of sex yet nor maturity... the internodes are not coming in staggered yet. The most robust growers in the bunch are working on their 5th or 6th internode now. I am waiting for >8" before doing the first FIM to get them ready for a 10" SCRog screen height.

Since these were seeds and we are not at all sure the sex of these yet, we have a small problem. We can't put these permanently under the screen until we are sure it is only girls under there. Stay tuned as sometime very soon we will be tricking one branch into thinking it is in 12/12 on each plant.

Here are the glamor shots! Everyone smile!

Emmie

[Dutch Pimp]

When I was your age?...I would have traded anything for the knowledge you have now; about growing cannabis....:thumbsup:

"teach a man how to fish"...etc..etc....:jointsmile: GOOD LUCK!..enjoy your grow

[canniwhatsis]

One trick I did with my seedlings (because I was scared to "Bend" them) is lay the pots on their sides,... the plant will start growing towards the light,.... do this for a week or so, only uprighting the pot to water, and you have your first bend for LST "No Strings Attached!" :rastasmoke:


After that, tie, tie, tie, and flower.

I didn't FIM my 2 SCROG seed grows, but that would have been a good idea just after the first bend training! :jointsmile:


Edit,... I got 1 male out of the 4 seeds that I cracked from 2 strains (culled one due to varigrated growth) The 2 girls are SCROGed,.... one will die this weekend I think, my White Widow from Nirvana.

My last SCROG showed me a LOT!!! So this round has been MUCH easier

[rattlingdags]

They're looking fabulous now Emmy, I'm so pleased for you. Happy growing plants
Well done its so nice to see your work paying off.

[emilya]

They're looking fabulous now Emmy, I'm so pleased for you. Happy growing plants
Well done its so nice to see your work paying off.

Thanks R.... I am quite pleased with it actually! I have nothing out of the ordinary to report today. Still carefully watching the watering schedule and only watering when the dry indication is all the way to the bottom of the planter pot. I increased the amount I am giving them to try to stretch this wet dry cycle to 3 days... not sure if it will ever achieve that as they have been getting dry mostly within a 48 hour window. At 2 cups of water the soil is being saturated and a little runoff occurs. I don't think we can add any more water at each watering now. Looking for the sign when I am watering dry pots every day and will be re-potting then to the 3 gal planters.

Other than water and the good soil they are in, I have not given these babies anything extra. Temp is being maintained at a steady 75night-78day degrees. Humidity is around 50%. Water is filtered, set out for 24 hours and PH'd to 6.3 or 6.4. Air is constantly refreshed and the lights are on a perfect 18/6 cycle with absolutely no light leaks.

Tallest plants are now pushing the 8" mark and lower stems are developing well with about 3 sets of leaves. I am going to have to start thinking about FIM very soon.

Here is some veg porn for all of you. Today I have let #2 be the star of the show. Be well everyone... :thumbsup:

Emmie

[canniwhatsis]

Bummer.... pics are just slightly too out of focus to sex,... but something is forming there you should be able to tell first hand by now.


Your baby's are looking good! :thumbsup:

Your on the right track with watching for daily watering as a sign of time to up pot. My WW was about a foot and a half tall when I went from 1 gallon to 5. I let her get pretty root bound, but she loved her new home which also included a change in light cycle! :hippy:

My baby girl dies today But it's not all bad, she will be joining her many sisters before her, and will bring happiness and relief to many.

[emilya]

Bummer.... pics are just slightly too out of focus to sex,... but something is forming there you should be able to tell first hand by now...

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I like it! Its time to learn something new! I am going to get out my loupe and a flashlight today and see what I can see. I need a better camera to get in close.. anyone have any good recommendations for <$200? I'm thinkin Ebay...

At some point they are going to start showing pre-flowers, correct? And that is what I am looking for today. So far I have not been able to see any that didn't look already like leaves... but I will get real close.
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Emmie