Skywalker grow day 1

[babystarbud]

well i just watered, like i said in the above post and lifted the light up about 6inches, the tallest plant was just about touching the bottom edge of the reflector.

the below pics are the second smallest plant, but the best looking one, i think.

[Pezzo]

thats 3 times the size of mine! mines 10 weeks old.

one q, are the roots not at the bottom of the pot? that pot dosent look like the roots have a lot of room to breath, that mite be why it drinks so much and keeps flopping over

[babystarbud]

ive not noticed roots poking out the bottom, but i am under no illusions its getting pretty crowded in there!
i think these babies are gonna need pretty much daily attention till harvest....
if they make it that far.

i knew i should have got a puppy instead! lol

pezzo, dont dispare man, in a previous post you said your only running flourescent lights, they will get there, give them time....from what ive seen, yours look excellent for a 200watt cfl grow...keep the faith brother!

if mine make it to harvest, i will post some pics of the root ball, should be quite interesting lol:upsidedow

[Pezzo]

haha thanx man, what light u usin then?

hope urs works out, o and i know what u mean bout the puppy lmao

[babystarbud]

lol, puppies...

im using a 400 watt grolux HPS, with a power plant hood.

click here...http://www.aquaculture-hydroponics.co.uk/default.aspx

they do UK mail order, i got all my kit from them, i didnt get mail order though, i drove over to the shop, really helpfull and understanding people, i was gonna get a 600watt lamp but the guy convinced me to get a 400 because of my small space, and gave me some free vita-link nutes cos i spent over £150 or somthing.

[babystarbud]

5th day of flowering today

i think ive got the watering shedule just about right, im doing a 3 day plan on the watering, one day, a litre, next day half a litre, the day after, none.
the feed is given at full dose in the first litre watering....seems to be keeping them happy for now..

apart from that, not much to say, thares a few more hairs on it.
i am considering using another addetive to raise the "p" levels a bit, the fert its currently using is 10-9-19.....mind you, swapping for somthing like 2-10-10 might be better in 3 or 4 weeks, i dunno.

then again, if it aint broke dont try to fix it, i say...
i am thinking more P would be better though...

[OldGrowerDude]

I would switch to that 2-10-10 As soon as possible, 10-9-19 is heavy on the Nitrogen. Some varieties will grow with 0-10-10 all through flowering and not skip a beat. Looking forward to updates.

[babystarbud]

day 57 (fd7) update,

watering shedule is now every 48 hours, consisting of a 1litre flush, allowed to settle for 1/2 hour, and then a litre with a full dose of fert, allow to settle then back under the lights.

tallest plant is now 39 inches from soil to the grow-tip, the shortest is 29 inch
so much for an indica dominant! lol, i guess this growth is the result of the sativa genes showing thier faces.

none of the plants have been trimmed or trained in any way, although they are in very close proximity, 5 plants in a 2.5 by 2 foot closet, so secomdary bud site are encouraged to grow straight up rather than outward.

new growth of fan leaves displaying much more sativa/hybrid-like blades, but i guess thats normal with flowering, smaller thinner leaves.

branches and some side shoots have nice purple tones,although leaves for the main part remain a good solid green.

steady progresson of pistil growth.

soil ph has droped from an average of 7 (at the start of the grow) to an average of about 6.8, which is interesting, A, because i would have thought it would be more acid than that by now, i guess thats because of some of the very generous waterings (lol) its had.
and B, the ph of the soil direcly after feeding is more like 6.4, i guess the soil mix is helping to stabalize/buffer the ph over time.

the light has been lifted again, now ~43 inches from soil level to the bulb.
every time i raise it i keep thinking those little secondary buds are getting further away from the light souce. with the next 5 skywalkers im definatley going to try some training after seeing some of the other grows on here!!!!
itll also enable me to do a direct comparison between natural weight Vs trained weight under the same conditions with the same plant.

[babystarbud]

oh, and happy christmas to everybody, keep on keepin' on

big love

[Pasofol]

Nice log, I'm at day 15 with similar stage as yours. Some over heating in my case, hopefully not too much damage.