Just a little journal............

[stickygreenlightsabr]

Yummy!

[BukDatAss]

Nice job Mand, I have my closet half way built with 2 hours of labor it should

be done. I'm going to start germ the seeds tomorrow, I'm excited but I'm

also scared I hope I do well my first grow. Oh do u recommend anything

with my soil for my seedlings I read about your horse poo but I think I'll be

hard to get here in the city, so anything else you can recommend?

[mand]

Hello S


Hello B Don't worry love, there's lots of imformation on here that will help you along with the grow
Well I do like to use my own compost, however the main reason I started using it was simply it was for free, and I just chuck everything in it grass cuttings, dead plants, vegatable peelings and yes horse poo ..........basiclly anything that will rot down easily.
However I've used bags of compost from the garden centre before, infact I might be doing that on my next grow, at the moment my compost heap is frozen solid and when it's like that it's really difficult to dig out.

So don't worry if you have any problems you can always ask the guys on here what to do, then just work out which is the best method for you




Well the tempreture has really dropped down now, frosts every night for the last few days so the tempreture in the growroom is low. The plants are still under the MH bulb but they are flowering ok, although there isn't going to be any big buds they are coming on and are spread around quite well
Oh they are starting to get quite sticky with resin as well
I'm not going to try the HPS again I'll do that on the next grow and if they have problems then I'll buy another bulb...............this lot is just going to be finished under the MH


love mand xxx

[BILL THICK]

they look real healthy to me Mand. Looks like they are going to pop out some nice buds. Odd that you had problems under your hps light . Curious to see what your findings are on that.

Why do you not think your going to get any big buds ? You pinched them once earlier, aye??

Glad to see they are coming along better for you and great journal !! :dance:

Peace
Bill

[mand]

Hello Bill I just called on before bed and saw you're post

I really don't know if the HPS is faulty, all I know is they reacated badly to it............I honestly don't know why, but if it happens again on the next grow then I'll just have to buy a new bulb.
I am trying to avoid that as they cost £30 each

Why no big buds ?............... Well Bill they just don't look right to me and the truth is I never really grow massive buds anyway
I look at it this way Bill, as long as there is enough for me then I'm happy and if the buds are a little small ...........well I just grow more plants
I am pleased to say though that they are getting quite sticky, I know you're not supposed to handle them at all, but I can't help just giving them a little gentle squeeze to see how sticky

I can fully understand why the guys on here do like to go to to various lengths with lights and nutrients and all the tech stuff..........they are simply trying to grow the best plants and buds they possibly can, and I have to say some of the results are amazing...........far better than I could ever manage.
However Bill you know me, I'm just set in my ways

Ok I'm just going to finish my last glass of Smirnoff for the evening then time for bed


Goodnight .................love mand xxx

[BILL THICK]

hi Mand! I do the same thing, can't resist giving them a little pinch and giving the fingers a little sniff ! The aroma is hard to beat. I have had some Kush plants, they are so different as far as bud structure and plant size(rather small), but WOW do they ever have a heavy pungent smell to them. Wish I could find out how to keep that smell through the drying process.?!

Have you ever considered getting a wee bit technical and trying to grow Hydro with all the fixins?? It's actually alot of fun and you might find it interesting and a bit challenging. Of course you would have to spend a lil more time at it and that may be difficult if your busy like you suggest you are. I don't know but you might consider it?

I think its great that you grow for your needs and it looks like you have got that down, that's cool. As long as your happy that's all that counts.

Well it's astonishing that you are a grandma, and just had ta tell ya you look great for a mom and a grandma both :thumbsup:

Well it's my time for sleep too, It's always nice to read your post, thanks, sweet dreams
Peace
Bill

[mand]

Hello Bill To be truthfull love I have absolutely no idea what cannabis or anything else smells like, I have no sense of smell whatsoever
Tell you what with Christmas coming up I always get perfume given me for pressies and I just haven't got a clue what it smells off................for all I know I can be going around smelling like a donkeys backside and wouldn't know

Have I considered going "Hydro" ?.............Well I have had people tell me that it's not really too difficult but I just never really fancied it, who knows maybe one day I might

Hmmm, being a grandma Well Bill it made me age an entire generation in one night
You know Bill I was actually present at his birth. You see the dad I'll call him that just to be polite, had long since scarpered of the scene.
My daughter came into labour at saturday tea time, so I ran her down to the maternity ward and a few hours later I was a granny
I have to say though if I had ever had seen a baby being born before I had mine, there is no way I would have had kids



Well I think I'm going of the subject of growing cannabis here so I'll just add a few bud pics taken today .................try and put the thread back on track
It's very cold outside now and it's very cold in the growroom, they are under the MH bulb................however the buds are coming along ok-ish

I reckon about 4 weeks to harvest...............Christmas


love mand xxx

[Rekap]

wow mand, flowers look like their comming on nicely

im going to be harvesting about a week after you, if things all go to plan...how much do you think your going to get out of your harvest? how many teenagers do you have growing in there?

[Fugitive]

Looks very good to say the least I can't wait to see how much you yield, how come you don't have a sense of smell? has it always been like that? sorry if this is a touchy subject \ its bloody freezing where im at (london) do you think it will have an impact ont he plants? maybe you should get a heater

[mand]

Hello Fugitive oh no it's not a touchy subject at all I've never had any sense of smell, to be honest because I have never had it I've never missed it
Mind you when I'm cutting he plants I can taste something off them in the air, it's a very strange and strong taste.

Yes it's very cold around here in the Midlands, I have got a small greenhouse heater which I can use, not sure if I will use it on this lot though but when I start the next seedlings then I will use it

Hello Rekap Hmmm how much ?....................Well it's not going to be anything to get excited about I'm affraid To be honest this grow has been a pain in the backside
When I started this grow I thought it was going to be a straight forward crop that would yeild a kinda average amount of bud. However with all the problems it's just going to be a really mediocore harvest I'm affraid.
Tell you what I'll just do a little update on todays problem


Well the plant which I was shocked when it started showing female flowers (I thought it was going to be male), has turned all hermmie on me
I noticed quite a few male flowers mixed in with the female buds, I tried to pick them out but they were so spread around that I would have had to cut away much more than I would have liked too.
Anyway I thought to save the rest of the crop from being at risk from pollunation I would cut it............very early but it is resinous so I have salvaged something from it

Anyway I suppose that this journal has showed just how many problems can occur when growing

I'll just add a couple pics, in the first one I was trying to show some of the male fowers, you can't see them all but near the top on the left hand side there are a couple showing.
The second pic is whats left of the plant after I had been at it with the sisscors......................she is now hanging up drying .............not a total lose though it was quite resinous so it will still be very smokeable


love mand xxx