Cannas WW & AK47 grow

[cannamail]

Hey all,
I've been posting here on and off for a while now and have decided its high time I took the plunge and tried a growthread of my own.
I've actally had a couple of months off this year while we got a few things together in the home but its back to it with a half dozen white widows from seeds.:dance:
They sprouted 5 days ago now (28 July) and are now sitting under 4 20W fluoros in the cellar where they'll stay til they're big enough to go under an enviro for a bit of vegging.
The soil mix is 5 parts levingtons multipurpose to 3 parts hercules coir with added lime and calcified seaweed.They've also been given some friendly fungi already as I find it helps to keep the plants nice and healthy.
No food for them as yet when they show need it'll be biobizz grow in veg followed by bloom for flowering which I'm hoping will be enough for some decent nugs. Its been a while since I've had any widow so they'll be well appreciated as WW rocks.
Its a bit hard to make any plans about scrog or sog or anything like that yet as the flowering rooms still getting the ventilation and lighting sorted so this round will be a kind of a make it up as I go grow. Hopefully it'll all go to some sort of plan though and the extra fanpower will mean bigger and healthier buds too.
The last pic is of 4 ak47 clones that I was given this week by a friend who had no room for them.They weren't the healthiest cuttings I've seen but I've repotted and given them a dose of superthrive and will get them on the biogrow next watering which should go some way towards picking them up.
Theres a male back right that I my use for seed yet will see how it all goes. It would be nice to have a rake of ak47 seeds for the futurein case they ever clamp down on the seed vendors in the UK. Plan ahead to stay stoned is the motto of the day here.
Enough for now anyway theres things to do will update as they grow.
Laters peeps,
cannamail.

cannamail Reviewed by cannamail on 08-03-2006. Cannas WW & AK47 grow Hey all, I've been posting here on and off for a while now and have decided its high time I took the plunge and tried a growthread of my own. I've actally had a couple of months off this year while we got a few things together in the home but its back to it with a half dozen white widows from seeds.:dance: They sprouted 5 days ago now (28 July) and are now sitting under 4 20W fluoros in the cellar where they'll stay til they're big enough to go under an enviro for a bit of vegging. Rating: 5

[iwantFUEGO]

nice start... hope to see you finish well.

good luck
peace

[orangeman]

Nice set up and your plants look good .

[HARDDON]

White Widow crossed with AK47 = White Russian.

22% THC, one of the strongest smokes out.

Certainly the stinkiest.

Good luck.

[dryst]

wow nice...

i got a few growing my self abotu the same age im not sure what strain it is but 1 of them looks exactly like ur fourth pic :P

[cannamail]

Hey all back again,
Thanks for the comments too, hope your plants are doing well dryst and HARDDON excellent idea about the white russian I'm going to go for it. :thumbsup: The AKs have turned out to be all girls which means no AK seeds so I'll hope to get a male from the widows for the X its got to be worth it for 22% that was a good call.
Lifes taken me away from the web a lot recently so its a been a bit difficult keeping up with the thread here let alone the board but I've taken a few snaps just for a bit of an update to keep things ticking along ok while we build the rest of the flowering room.
First couple of pics are the widows which are on about day 12. Looks like they should have been potted up on day 10 but they'll get that in the morning now and hopefully will perk up a bit in the next couple of days.Will get them under a blue envirolite too which should help then maybe its biogrow time?
Next are the ak47s. The 2 that went into the biggest pots have picked up something wicked and I'm well chuffed. They've started on the biogrow and seem to love it so will carry on with 1ml/l now.
Next 2 in the 5in pots are having a more mixed time. The smallest is doing just fine, greening up nicely but the bigger cuttings not quite so well and is picking up much slower. Guess a third big pot would have been a good move last week got a feeling I'd have 4 healthy girls then.
All in all its seems to be going ok though will pop up a few pics of the repotting over the next couple of days to show how the roots are doing and that,but leave it at this for now and just say thanks for stopping by.

[HARDDON]

Those babies look like they might be getting too much water or something. they are very beautiful but those lower leaves are yellowing awfully early.

When you transplant, use some rooting hormone powder.

[cannamail]

Those babies look like they might be getting too much water or something. they are very beautiful but those lower leaves are yellowing awfully early.

When you transplant, use some rooting hormone powder.

Yes you're right on the watering. I've moved them to a cooler spot and have carried on watering once a day as I had to before and they don't seem to need it. I'll have to change my habits with the babs by the looks of things if i want them healthy looking.

[HARDDON]

On these plants, make sure you get the water as close to 7.0 as possible. Do not over water them.

[cannamail]

Well things have moved on, we've carried on playing with the ventilation in the cellar and should have it up and running in the next few days.
The repotting of the widows went to plan and I took a few pics to show the roots and that. Pretty pleased with them actually as there was no brown, I'd worried about root damage with the droopiness but do seem to have got away with the earlier watering regime without doing too much harm. They picked right back up after a few days in the 5" pots so its onwards and upwards and they're already showing signs of needing to be potted on again and will be as soon as theres room for the bigger 11" pots.
Still struggling with the aks a bit, they're no worse just no better though I have potted them up into 11" pots yesterday which I think will help as they'd well filled the pots they were in. I'm hoping that a bit of time, biogrow and a finished ventilation system will sort them finally. I still believe one or two of them will be healthy enough for seeding with a widow male if I get one. The front right ak in the last pic is a better candidate than she appears there so perhaps she'll be the one. We'll decide for sure closer to time though as the back 2 plants are nice/n/bushy they just need to pick up first. Don't want seeds from a sick mother really thats making nature work too hard.
Thats it for now really I'll be back soon with more pics and with a bit of luck the flowering room'll be ready soon so I can show what we've come up with there and Harddon the waters sorted now as I've moved back onto dehumidified which they've always thrived on thanks.:thumbsup: