happys grow,

[jadeius]

hi all. sorry for not getting back with those pics, i have just come out of hospital, most off my babys turned hermie when they were placed outside in the garden, i think the shock off going from a regular 12+12 to about 16 hours of natrual sunlight is what done it, i hope they will recover they should do, i have had the male gender removed as it apears and will continue to do so, hopefully this will at least offer me some reasonable smokes around the end of september. it just goes to show how easy it is for things to go wrong haha, no probs i am still happy and i look forword to chatting with you all again peace and happyness to you all ..................... happy chappie

hey bud, glad to see you back, i was beginning to wonder! damn i hope ur all better...

[the happy chappie]

hello newgrower / jadeius/ torog
its realy good to here from you again, yes i am a little better now thanks, i had another atack of celulitus in my right leg, and had to have a long spell of hard iv drugs to bring it under control a little, i still cant get about properly yet but i am doing ok,

in answer to your question ... i normaly let my plants get to about 8"/10" then wack them under 12+12 sometimes smaller if they look like there gonna strech, i dont normaly top my girls as i love the heavy tops, if you have 20 seeds to start your next grow then i am sure you will get enough girls from them, do you remember me saying in an email to you that you will proberly need to start cloning if you want to reproduce, i think your next grow could be a good oppotunity to start that, feminised seeds are good in the fact that you know that your gonna get a bunch of ladys from them, and thats fine.. however i have had a lot of trouble trying to get clones from feminised seeded plants. if you keep your best looking girl and cross it with your favourite boy, your gonna get a whole bunch of seeds that you know has come from nice parents that will alow you to plant more seeds next time to get more girls and they should be good for clones, it sounds like you have picked a real nice plant this time mate i recon at a guess you will end up with around 9 girls if they all germinate, if you keep your best girl from them it will be a great start for you. as for the boy you dont realy have to do much with them to keep them flowering after taking them away from 12+12 they just seem to wanna keep on sowing there oats so you would not need to build a special home just for your boy, just keep him away from the rest of your girls. ........ or they will get pregnant very easily. .

most of my plants have turned hermie on me, i was as sick as a pig to learn that they had gone like that, they were all just beginning to start there early fowering when i had to go into hospital, i knew that looking after them was gonna be a big prob so they were put into the garden and green house to keep them going but the change from 12+12 to about 16 hrs of light turned them hermie. i have had all the male gender pods carefully removed and they were all pruned back heavily. they seem to have rejouvinated well and are vegging out nicely so maybe all is not lost. i cant show the early gender pics i promised as i couldn't get to them . i will try to get some pics of them shortly. ....... peace ............. happy..

[Zandor]

You will just pick some seeds but it's still smokeable bud.

Welcome back, glad to hear you are better.

[the happy chappie]

You will just pick some seeds but it's still smokeable bud.

Welcome back, glad to hear you are better.

hello zandor, its great to here from you mate, yeah i hope i can get them under control soon. i know there is plenty of time between now and finish time around end september, so i might still get luckey. they did go realy mad though, they were the baddest hermies i have seen in a long time, i have had them cut back heavily and have had all the male pods removed, they look like they are vegging out and are growing green leaf again. i will leave them in the garden and green house to finish naturaly.
i have smoked hermie bud before and sometimes its ok. these plants looked like they would over seed themselfs badly, it was a shit feeling when i learned about them , but hey thats weed for ya. ....... peace ....... happy..

[Torog]

Howdy Happy,

Well I was going to send you an email in reply to your latest one,but this will do,I reckon..lol. It's wonderful to see ya back here again ! I've already learned much from you and we need more folks like you,here. I've been praying hard for you to git better-I hope that God answers my prayers for you and your missus.

Have a good one !

[the happy chappie]

hey hiya torog, thanks for the nice words mate, its much appreciated, yeah i am back, i aint sure for how long though becourse this infection still aint down to a reasonable level, but for now i will be by this computer quite a lot, there is so much to catch up on, i hope my plants will make a good recovery, i might still be able to get some clones from them if they vegg enough i guess i will have to wait and see,
hows things your end mate, i hope you and yours are all ok and doing just fine, if you need any info just let us know. i will be interested to know how they respond in a different climate ............... peace .............. happy......

ps my hospital is still on major alert stage,. my hospital was one off the reciving hospitals for the murderd victims in the outrageous killing of inocent people last week in london. ..................... everybody here was sickend to the bone by it, i was just begining to think that london had seen the last off terrorists bombs, its been nice and quite for a long time now, ......... if i ever get the chance i will plant my weed seeds up there arses and grow some education and respect into them, let them see the real light ........ peace again mate ............... happy ..

[newgroweroldsmoker]

well, thanx for the quick reply happy
i was thinking to follow the cloning technique with the ending of this grow....the subject of crossings and see production sounds very interesting and challenging but i do not think i can do that yet....anyway, i am thinking that by the time my next grow finishes i will save up enough money to buy me one more hps unit ,600 watt this time,plus one more NFT board with tray 4x3ft.....exactly like the one i have now.....really i think i will be doing 2 seas of green in the end...one with crystal and one with papaya.....and yes....being honest i did a lot of reading on overgrow to learn more about these two strains....crystal is a cross of white widow&northern lights and papaya is a cross from afghani&KC-33...both strains are very promising and they both finish@63 days....hehehe i will feed them with nuts for 8 weeks with one week of flushing......... i'm so excited man, i am about to build and a box/room for the growing.......the dimensions will be around 7x7x7ft (planning to fill the entire space with NFT systems gradually)....i am building it with long metal bars like the ones used for selves/storage, they will be held together using screws.....for the walls i will be using white reflective material (i think it's called telon, not sure)....from one side it's white and from the other black.....also, the top of the box will be open at all times for optimal ventilation (as well with some passive air intakes at the bottom)....the smell will be exterminated by using a good ioniser/ozone generator....the air will be refreshed constantly with a window open and with common household fans.....did i forget anything?

NGOS

[the happy chappie]

hi newgrower
looks like you have got things just fine mate, i am sure you will do realy well, if you are gonna kit your room out well, then may i suggest a fine mister sometimes strong venterlation mixed with heat and fans can make things very dry, misting frequently will keep those girls fresh, just as they would be in a tropicle humid climate, if your venting and air circulation is good i dont think you will have a mould prob, sometimes i mist 5 times a day and i am sure it helps the buds become more soild and dence. think of a plant as a living matter, try to mimic its natraul habitats, i know it will help. there are automatic misters, but if you get chance to get to your rooms often then just use a hand sprayer, i have a sprayer that i pump up and just pull the trigger, i can aslo folleir feed this way as well, the weed plant will readily accept food through its folilage , this can be perticuly usefull if you have planted in small pots were it can be a problem to feed the plant properly, ........... peace ............. happy..

[newgroweroldsmoker]

hi newgrower
looks like you have got things just fine mate, i am sure you will do realy well, if you are gonna kit your room out well, then may i suggest a fine mister sometimes strong venterlation mixed with heat and fans can make things very dry, misting frequently will keep those girls fresh, just as they would be in a tropicle humid climate, if your venting and air circulation is good i dont think you will have a mould prob, sometimes i mist 5 times a day and i am sure it helps the buds become more soild and dence. think of a plant as a living matter, try to mimic its natraul habitats, i know it will help. there are automatic misters, but if you get chance to get to your rooms often then just use a hand sprayer, i have a sprayer that i pump up and just pull the trigger, i can aslo folleir feed this way as well, the weed plant will readily accept food through its folilage , this can be perticuly usefull if you have planted in small pots were it can be a problem to feed the plant properly, ........... peace ............. happy..

i do not really know what a mister is or where to get one, but, i think that if humidity goes low i will be able to rise it by placing many small plastic cups filled with water around the room....anyway, this thing will be really useful during the vegetation stage.....foliar feeding i agree is good but i do not think i will need that, this grow and the rest of them will be done into hydro, for ease,speed and final yield!!!!!

NGOS

[Torog]

hey hiya torog, thanks for the nice words mate, its much appreciated, yeah i am back, i aint sure for how long though becourse this infection still aint down to a reasonable level, but for now i will be by this computer quite a lot, there is so much to catch up on, i hope my plants will make a good recovery, i might still be able to get some clones from them if they vegg enough i guess i will have to wait and see,
hows things your end mate, i hope you and yours are all ok and doing just fine, if you need any info just let us know. i will be interested to know how they respond in a different climate ............... peace .............. happy......

ps my hospital is still on major alert stage,. my hospital was one off the reciving hospitals for the murderd victims in the outrageous killing of inocent people last week in london. ..................... everybody here was sickend to the bone by it, i was just begining to think that london had seen the last off terrorists bombs, its been nice and quite for a long time now, ......... if i ever get the chance i will plant my weed seeds up there arses and grow some education and respect into them, let them see the real light ........ peace again mate ............... happy ..

Howdy Happy,

I'm sure glad that yer back home again and I hope that you don't have to return anytime soon !

Now I wish that I had tried to work with our hermies more,like you are doing,but the electric cost was too much,during this hottest time of the year for Texas. I'm hoping to make a fresh start soon,when the cooler temps come around,the indicas that we have outdoors,are struggling in this heat,and are under-developed and stunted..with temps in the 100 degree f range ! I hope that your plants work out okay !

I was both angry and sad,to learn of the London attacks,and I hope and pray,that there are no more attacks forthcoming. We all stand with you and the British folks and we must all remain vigilant.

Have a good one !