Hawaiian Snow Grow Log #001

[bigsby]

You are not seeing a ton of growth because of the recent repot. The plants are focusing their growth underground. Likely you would have been better off with a smaller pot at this stage. The plant will stretch it's roots throughout the big pot before it fully focuses on canopy growth. With a smaller pot the roots have less room to stretch and so you get more canopy development at an earlier stage. In other words, you maximize the plants growth more quickly. Your girls will still do fine but it will take longer. See the link in my signature for some thoughts on repotting.

[Shovelhandle]

doing great! Use a Ph down solution in your water to bring it down to 6.2-6.8. If it's cool assure that the soil temp is 68-72º. The roots and the whole plant will respond positively. :thumbsup:

[bigsby]

Shov is giving you some of the best advice on offer. Get the pH right from the start to avoid all kinds of problems down the line. Ideal soil temps are also a sure fire way to maximize growth. You can do this by raising the room temps or adding a heating element under the pots. You're looking good. You've done your homework now dial it in. At this stage there is the temptation to over water and over fertilize. You seem to have that under control. Once you have the pH issues dialed in you will reap the rewards.

[malus69]

doing great! Use a Ph down solution in your water to bring it down to 6.2-6.8. If it's cool assure that the soil temp is 68-72º. The roots and the whole plant will respond positively. :thumbsup:

Will do that mate thanks for the advice. As for soil temp it's usually around 20ºC(70ºF)

Shov is giving you some of the best advice on offer. Get the pH right from the start to avoid all kinds of problems down the line. Ideal soil temps are also a sure fire way to maximize growth. You can do this by raising the room temps or adding a heating element under the pots. You're looking good. You've done your homework now dial it in. At this stage there is the temptation to over water and over fertilize. You seem to have that under control. Once you have the pH issues dialed in you will reap the rewards.

Will have to adjust the water pH yeah. I thought that 7.4 would be high. As for temps, I installed a thermostat in the room and connected one of those air heaters so ambient temps never go bellow 68º. Now since you mentioned watering/fertilizing, yeah I have avoided it so far. One question though, since I'm only watering like once every 4-5 days as things are now, should I give nutrients in every feeding or still alternate them?

Thanks again for everything guys,
Peace! :hippy:

[malus69]

Haven't been around much lately kinda busy with travelling overseas. At the moment my brother is looking after my babes and updates me from time to time with pics. So here's some new eye-candy and some questions as well (like always ).

Enjoy!

All pics were taken on the 8th of Feb. Plants are 26 days old from seed. 18 days since the tiny seedlings were moved in the pots. Latest feedback has it that they have grown 5-6cm since then all varying around 20-23cm!!! Will be coming back with more pics during the weekend so stay tuned! :thumbsup: Also did FIM on a couple just to try it out and see the end results and start getting the hang of it. Didn't seem to stop them much though height wise lol. On the contrary Hera that was FIMed is still the faster grower height wise. She got 6cm since FIMing in 2 days...



Hera, not the most dense of em all but the tallest for sure. She was the first to receive FIMing. At least they definitely start to look more like sativas now so I'm kinda relieved! :jointsmile:



FIM closeup. looks like we overdid it a little. Should have left more probably. Oh well we'll see how it goes. We only did it on 3 out of the 9 to try it out. (are those pre-flowers I see there on the nodes bellow? I wasn't there to see for myself so hard for a noob to judge from the photo )



As I said, are those pre-flowers or just new growth coming out of the nodes?



Electra is one of the most dense and thick ones. Do the leaf tips look a little curled down here what do you think? Overall the plants have been wet for a while so the soil was left 6 days without watering before it dried out enough. (around 10cm inside) This pic is prior to watering. bro didn't stick around to see reaction post watering....



Here they are all of them, they do seem a little droopy don't they? I don't know if it's from under-watering or heat (cause the temps rose 10 degrees Celsius in a day suddenly here, it's summer again!) Will check em out in the next pics on Saturday and we'll see. What do you think though? Hope he doesn't kill my babies or I'll shoot him! :gunfighter2:


Also since as things are now we are watering once a week, should we be feeding every watering (weekly) or still alternate one yes and one no? They've gotten 2 feelings in a row now and so far they seem to be ok with it. Maybe a pH problem with the water I mentioned in previous posts? Isn't it a little early to have built up already? We are adjusting it now but so far they were watered since birth with a water of pH around 7,5 at least...

Thank you all and stay tuned. More pics and updates to come on Sat!

Peace,
:hippy:

[malus69]

One more pic of Electra as of Feb 8 that forgot to upload yday!



The difference in phenotypes in between them is crazy. This one is more dense in foliage and has wider more indica like leaves too... Will be having some hard time picking a mama! :jointsmile:

PS. If the size of the photos is too big please let me know and I will adjust them in the future. I have a big monitor and it's kinda hard to tell for me sorry

Peace,
:hippy:

[malus69]

Haven't been around much lately kinda busy with travelling overseas. At the moment my brother is looking after my babes and updates me from time to time with pics. So here's some new eye-candy and some questions as well (like always ).

Enjoy!

All pics were taken on the 8th of Feb. Plants are 26 days old from seed. 18 days since the tiny seedlings were moved in the pots. Latest feedback has it that they have grown 5-6cm since then all varying around 20-23cm!!! Will be coming back with more pics during the weekend so stay tuned! :thumbsup: Also did FIM on a couple just to try it out and see the end results and start getting the hang of it. Didn't seem to stop them much though height wise lol. On the contrary Hera that was FIMed is still the faster grower height wise. She got 6cm since FIMing in 2 days...



Hera, not the most dense of em all but the tallest for sure. She was the first to receive FIMing. At least they definitely start to look more like sativas now so I'm kinda relieved! :jointsmile:



FIM closeup. looks like we overdid it a little. Should have left more probably. Oh well we'll see how it goes. We only did it on 3 out of the 9 to try it out. (are those pre-flowers I see there on the nodes bellow? I wasn't there to see for myself so hard for a noob to judge from the photo )



As I said, are those pre-flowers or just new growth coming out of the nodes?



Electra is one of the most dense and thick ones. Do the leaf tips look a little curled down here what do you think? Overall the plants have been wet for a while so the soil was left 6 days without watering before it dried out enough. (around 10cm inside) This pic is prior to watering. bro didn't stick around to see reaction post watering....



Here they are all of them, they do seem a little droopy don't they? I don't know if it's from under-watering or heat (cause the temps rose 10 degrees Celsius in a day suddenly here, it's summer again!) Will check em out in the next pics on Saturday and we'll see. What do you think though? Hope he doesn't kill my babies or I'll shoot him! :gunfighter2:


Also since as things are now we are watering once a week, should we be feeding every watering (weekly) or still alternate one yes and one no? They've gotten 2 feelings in a row now and so far they seem to be ok with it. Maybe a pH problem with the water I mentioned in previous posts? Isn't it a little early to have built up already? We are adjusting it now but so far they were watered since birth with a water of pH around 7,5 at least...

Thank you all and stay tuned. More pics and updates to come on Sat!

Peace,
:hippy:

:sorry1:I hate to :bump2: my own thread but I'm a little worried. Leaves look more alive now after the watering and are not droopy anymore but the margins/tips on some are still slightly curved down. (or at least so they tell me, I'm away remember? will have to wait for new pics tomorrow and will post em asap)
My bro did regulate the water pH down to around 6.5 last watering cause it was over 7.5... should have gotten a pH meter earlier I know but the one and only local grow shop near me was out of stock so I had to order some online and took a while to get it... should I have him test the runoffs too? and if so how exactly is this done? do you have to clean the water of any soil remains and let it sit for a while or I just throw it in the little tube and test it...? (I have one of those kits that you mix it with some other liquid in a tube and it takes up a colour...)
Sorry for being a pain but you already know how I am by now with it being first grow and all... and being away and having someone else take care of my babies makes it even worse

Peace,
:hippy:

[malus69]

I was worried a little these past days but as some wise guy told me in here, if ppl don't respond it means you are doing fine. And guess what, he was right!!! :thumbsup: It seems like I am doing fine after all.

Anyway it's Saturday today and as I promised pics update incoming! :smokin:

So let's begin with a group photo of how the ladies were on Feb 8th. It's what got me worried in the first place, seems they were just thirsty after all.



Now look at them 2 days after watering!



And here they are today!



The difference at least to my noob eyes is incredible. I'm super excited!!!

[Shovelhandle]

I bet your grow will be great. Nice strain, very clean set up. :thumbsup:

[malus69]

More pics from Feb 10th!


Antigone.


Hera 2 days after FIMing.


FIM close-up.

And some more eye-candy as of today! Plants are 30 days old now from seed and around 10-11" tall







Enjoy!
:hippy: