sexing?

[SENSESFAIL]

Yea about a week ago i lowerd the light. and now there not stretching anymore but growing fast and beautiful lol. when i checked on them today i about shit a brick on how much they have improved. My biggest one now is startting to sex, and it has a thick stem and stinks lol. But i have a new question. On the big plant there is like redish spots on the stems but not much. but what does this meen? is it normal? they dont stay long. but i dunno if its bad or what? I will try and post new pix tonight so you can see the progress.

Thanx for your help.

[SENSESFAIL]

Well im going to be transplantting my plants into different pots. And so whats the best way of doing this?

[jamstigator]

What are they in now? If styrofoam, what I do is get the new pot ready, with a hole in the middle to accept the plant+soil, spread some rooting powder around the edge of the hole, then use an exacto knife to slice down the side of the styrofoam cup which makes it easy to pull out the whole soil mass intact. Plop in hole, even out the dirt, add a bit of water, and you're set. Note: wait until the plant is dry before doing this, since the dried soil mass is much less apt to crumble.

If it's not a styrofoam cup, then what I do is let the pot get dry, prepare the new pot as above (hole, rooting powder), then use a butter knife to slice down the sides some (but not too far), then flip the pot upside down with one hand, while holding the stem between two fingers with the other hand, and see if the soil mass slides out. If not, I tap the bottom a few times and see if it comes free. If not, turn it back over, reapply butter knife a little deeper and repeat until it comes out. The deeper you have to cut, the greater the chance you'll damage some roots, but I still think it's better than just digging in with your fingers around the stem, because that pretty much always causes damage. If the plant is healthy, it'll recover either way, but I think the butter knife approach and tapping out the entire soil mass does the least overall damage.

I also personally only transplant twice. From styrofoam cup to 1/2 gallon square pot, to 4 gallon square pot. Sometimes I skip the 1/2 gallon pot too, but the plants do better if I don't skip that one. So I have never transplanted from any pot larger than a 1/2 gallon pot, so what you do if you want to transplant from a 3-gallon to a 5-gallon, well, can't help ya there, never done it.

[SENSESFAIL]

well i got them all transplantted. But when i checked on them this morning my big one had a wilted leaf and so i cut it off. But it seems to be getting good light, im using a 150 watt bulb with a reflecter. Whats the best way to keep the plant from wiltting? Ive come to far for it to die lol, and this is the one that i fount outside.

Thanx.

[SENSESFAIL]

well everyone. my dad was in my room and he saw the lights on and so he told me to unlock that door or he was going to break it down lol, and he saw 6 marijuana plants and shit a brick. im in trouble tho, just got bitched at.

[jamstigator]

That's one reason I never tried to grow when living with parents. I grew up in a foster family, and man, they were strict. I came home on leave from the Army, and one of my foster brothers was growing pot in his room (which was my old room). I couldn't believe it. Well, his plants weren't nearly done, and he asked me for a little, so I gave him a quarter ounce. He got caught with it, and promptly told my foster parents that I gave it to him, which was totally unnecessary. They made me move out for the rest of my time on leave, so I stayed at a hotel (which wasn't bad, actually, although it was an expense I hadn't anticipated). But I was really pissed that he ratted me out, so I told my foster mother about his little grow. What goes around comes around.

Hope you don't get in too much trouble. Compared to having a kid with a drinking problem, I think a little pot is pretty benign, but they may not feel the same. ;(

[The Grim Reefer]

Is he going to make you tear them down?

It's a risk you take when you don't tell your parents. :/

Now they'll feel that trust has been broken.

[SENSESFAIL]

Yea, thats what they told be about the whole trust thing.

And yes my dad pulled them up and i started gettin a tear in my eye, i was excited about growing my bud. But one thing that was funny was that when he was holding them in his hand, my dog was just sittin the looking at them, and then he just jumps up and grabs him a mouth full lol. And right in front of my rants i was like did you injoy that boy, i wish i could have lol.

But o well, summer is comming and i will just start more outside somewhere. Im just thinkful they didnt call the law because i had 6 plants so i would be in some shit.

[karmaxul]

He was just jeolous man dont stress it.

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