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

[BILL THICK]

Hello B , On my first ever attempt the seeds failed to germinate, I had sent off for them from an advert in a magazine. Not one of them sprouted .
On my second grow I grew outdoors and everything went fine, I grew a few mexican stavia and some rudrails/indica both were from sensi seeds.
To say we only have a shortish growing season and not a deal of sunshine (we didn't that year) over here they grew pretty well

In 1998 I bought the lamp for indoor growing and since then I have grown 2 or 3 crops a year. I did have a crop fail a while ago because the light bulbs were just worn out with age ..................http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=22341

So I've probably grown somewhere around 17+/- indoor crops over the last 7 years.

love mand xxx

ahh haaa you see you have been being entirely too modest about your growing ability(lol) Couldn't check the boards without sayin hi to ya's. Your grow is looking top shelf.

So how you like those switchable bulb ballast ? they worth it? I would think they are a good thing.

I'm Sort of caught in the limbo of between grows myself. Finding out it can be a bit confusing. trying to finish late starters and trying to reveg and stuff (of course the theives didn't help) but learning its alot simpler to just end one and start anew. developing a perpetual growing schedule will not be all that easy I suppose but thats what I would like to establish eventually.

Got some new babies from seed and looks like my revegged plants are doing great , going to use them to start cloning. I do have a couple clones I started out of desperation when my grow got mangled but they are a bit on the scrawny side so I guess I will keep them in veg phase until my new babies are ready to flower and put them all in flower togeather.

here I am rattling on, hope all is well
peace
Bill

[mand]

Hello Bill I'm pleased to hear that everything is coming on nicely from the set back that you had

The switchable bulb ballast ?........... Well I was always told and read that it was the best one to get, so that's what I did and it does seem to be a good set up. Mind you I've never tried any of the other set up's so I don't know if they would be any better
I'll stick with mine anyway

It's good to hear from you Bill , I'm affraid I've been kinda busy here this last few days so I've not been able to get on line very much.


I'm just going to add a couple more pics showing the new growth from the pinching (topping), I think know that it can really be seen how the two diagonal stems are growing to make two new main stems.


love mand xxx

[digitaldog]

Hiya mand
Lookin good !! they`ve grown loads even since you topped em and they still lookin very healthy.
Have any started to show sex at all yet?? Was just wondering how many fems u might have there???
i`ve got 4 growin at the mo and 2 of them are showin female sex already and i havn`t even started 12/12 yet.
One of them was showin female pre-flowers and tiny pistils at 5 weeks!!
i`m gonna start them on 12/12 in a few weeks and i`ll take ur advice about topping them a week beforehand as u say u get more bud - makes sense really as u`ve got 2 stems to bud instead of one
i had a small problem with orange spots and a few yellowing leaves but i sprayed them with epsum salts and that seems to have sorted the problem( magnesium deficiency so i was told on here -- Thankyou guys)
Oh by the way i`ve got some horse shit aswell now!! hahaha works wonders don`t it.
i`ll post a few pics very soon on my own thread
been great to follow ur grow and good luck agen with the fem/male ratio
Digi

[mand]

Hello Digi How many females ?............ well usually out of 16 plants (one packet of seeds) I average about 9 females....................I can't say thats how it will be that's only the average

I have noticed one with two Pre - pubescent buds on, very tiny little pitsels at one of the nodes. This usually indicates that there is a good chance it will be female but the plant looks very male to me, tall and very stong and healthy. Usually the females tend to be my smaller plants with a more bushy look about them.....................anyway time will tell

I've always found that pinching does increase the yeild, I wouldn't say it doubles it or anything like that but it definetely produces more. Try it Digi and I'm sure you will be pleased with the results

Yes post some more pics soon, they looked super on the last ones, it will be nice to see their progress


love mand xxx

[BILL THICK]

Hey Mand .... :thumbsup: They do look marvelous, good to see your grow progress. I have two 1k hps and a 400MH for veg. Would have been nice to have my 400 MH a switchable . From the prices I checked there isn't a great deal of additional expense other than buying the extra bulb but even that isn't an additional cost in the long run due to the longevity of the bulb not using them both all the time , aye?

Are you able to get the lights close enough to the plants to avoid stretching ....LOL just teasing ya.

peace :smokin:
Bill

[BukDatAss]

So hows the growing going Mand. So how did your plans turn out for the weekend?

[mand]

Hello Bill , Hello B

Well I've not really had much time for anything just lately...........a little something called work that kinda crops up now and again to upset my plans
Now if I could just find that rich guy so I could pack in the work nonsense all together

Everything seems to be going ok, I think that some of the boys are begining to show themselves.
I've tried to do a pic of the female pre pubescent buds, I'm not sure if you can make out the little pitsels just next to the node from the pic

The other pics are just a general ones to show the mess in there, it will look a bit neater when I get rid of the boys and have a little more space.


love mand xxx



Oh I tried to get a pic of the suspected boys but they didn't turn out very well..................I'll try again later but at the moment affraid I have babysitting duties.................my grandson



xxx

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How old are they now?

[mand]

Hello PP They are 7 weeks and a couple of days. I don't usually induce this early but they have grown very well and I'm trying to get them finished before the real winter weather gets here
After this crop I think I may have a break from growing till about April when the frosts have ended....................then again I've said that before and grew again straight away


love mand xxx

[Powder Puff]

Ok..!

They are looking goood!:dance:

cheers!