My Plant

[Chr0n1c 420]

Hey guys, I just had this plant given to me...I was told it is AK-47. The guy said I can start to bud it anytime I want. Do you have any tips when budding? What do you think of the plant (although obviously small lol).



And yes I know the quality is really bad, I had to use my webcam to take the picture.

Chr0n1c 420 Reviewed by Chr0n1c 420 on 09-18-2006. My Plant Hey guys, I just had this plant given to me...I was told it is AK-47. The guy said I can start to bud it anytime I want. Do you have any tips when budding? What do you think of the plant (although obviously small lol). http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/3434/myplantle6.jpg And yes I know the quality is really bad, I had to use my webcam to take the picture. Rating: 5

[LIP]

No offence, but the way you asked "any tips about budding" didint sound confident. Maybe give the FAQ's a once over.

Good luck. Fingers crossed its a female..

[Chr0n1c 420]

Well all I know for budding is keep it in the dark for 16 hours i believe, and under light for 8? But i was just wondering if theres anything else to do other than the ordinary stuff. But I'll be sure to give the FAQ's a read!

[budzy malone]

I 've heard that if you change the lighting to MERCURY VAPOR (the more red or pink of the spectrum as opposed to blue) also the soil content goes down (or up) someone correct (please) from 15-30-15 to 15-20-15
The rest is family recipe time.
Batguano
Fish Emulsions
Egg Shells

I wish you luck, since you have come this far, you don't want to lose it. But you MUST SEX your plant. Make sure it is FEMALE other wise NO BUDS. But you can cross pollinate if you bring some females into the grow room.
The best way to tell is by looking at the branches and if it has some tail.... it is probably female.imp: :rasta: :stoned:

[LIP]

NO NO NO.

NOT MV

OK, here we go.

To bud the plant you want to put it into 12/12. That's 12 hours complete darkness, as the plant measures the un-interuppted darkness to release a flowering hormone so that the plant actually flowers.

The best lights to use for flowering are not mercury vapour [MV], they are high pressure sodium [HPS]


If the plant has alternating internodes it is mature enough to flower, altohugh you can flower before.

If it has 2 white hairs comming out at the nodes and top it is a female, which is the plant you want.

If it has small balls, its male, and 100% useless. Theres no point in even making hash from them cos you will hardly get anything.

If it IS a female, you keep the lights on 12/12. It normally takes around 8 weeks to flower a plant, sometimes 10, and long flowering sativas can go as long as 14 weeks.

Alot of people seem to think that you can tell the maturity of the THE in the trichomes by looking at the white hairs [Pistilles] and when they turn /orange/red/brown.

This is wrong.

You tell by the colour of the trichomes. Clear is not ready, cloudy is ready and amber is too late.

Now i really do suggest you read the FAQs too, so you know all about temps, lights, ferts, heat, humidity, lumens, and ph, not to mention all the other things.

[Chr0n1c 420]

I am positive that it is a female. The guy who gave me it just finished a batch of plants and they all budded, so I don't see why this one should be different. It's just this one was small compared to the rest of his, so he didn't really feel the need to keep it.

BTW, can anybody give me a rough estimate on how much I will get from this plant if all goes well?

[JiGGabOo]

just because his other plants were female doesnt mean ur plant will be female. and there is no way we can extimate how much bud ull get.

[LIP]

Exactly. You have NO idea untill you bud it, even with femanized seeds its not 100%.

And theres no way on earth anyone can predict the future, you could over fert and burn the plant away for all we know.