Tubgirls! (and not THAT tubgirl!)

[Volker]

Here's the Tubgirls as they came out this morning. Including a manorrah (SP?) for those of the hebrew faith. Happy Hannukah!

T.2 is budding away.

T.4 showed a hair a few days ago, then nothing. Now I'm seeing nubs, and thinking I may have been mistaken, and T.4 is a boy. Keeping an eye on it.

T.5 is defo a girl.

T.6 was suffering from nute burn, and then showed balls, so I killed him.

T.7 still a runt, and unsexed.

[Volker]

Well, I've been keeping an eye on it, and this morning I saw multi-nubs instead of single nubs. Which can mean only one thing: another boy. So now 2 for 4.

This is why I thought I could do 5 in the tub. Small taproot.

Gonna let this dry and stick it in the worm bucket. Waste not, want not.

[Volker]

One week into bud, and the 2 girls are doing their thing. The 3rd remains unsexed, but all I see are nubs, so I fear the worst.

T.2 & T.5, respectively.

[Volker]

Mmmm... T.2 looking sooo yummy already! T.5 is 10 days behind T.2, chronologically, and it shows at this stage. So it looks like I'm going to have 2 distinct harvests.

[Volker]

I opened the door this morning, and they're stretched bad. Here's one of the "sunflower" sticks. You can see how they pop up to the top behind the "normal" height stems. Got some growing into the lights and ballasts, too. If I raise the lights any further, I'm going to light starve the lower nodes. Side lights are in order for next grow.

T.5 is poofing away. I expect to see more development on her in the next week, as she is 10 days behind T.2

[Volker]

I raised one side, and added another light. So now 275W.

[Volker]

Well, only a minimal amount of stretch overnight, which is good. But a lot of foliage blocking light to down under, which is bad. Rather than snip leaves, I bent the ones I could out of the way, and added yet another sidelight. Which brings the total up to 300W. (303W)

I'm assuming it's ok to have a bud growing between the lights. I don't care if the leaves touch the bulb; CFLs only give spot burns at that point, and don't kill the whole leaf.

After this grow is complete, I'm going to redo the lights, with 250W on top, and 100W (mebbe 150W) in side lights.

And if/when I get enough $$ at one time to spare, HPS.

[Bree1978]

Updates????? I'd like to see! B

[Volker]

All appears to be under control now, stretch & light wise. Here's T.2, and she's just poofing away.

1. A random bud in the far right back corner.

When I bapped my arm across the bud tops to get the shot, the tops felt very solid & dense. So I gently squeezed 3 random lower popcorn nugs to get a feel for the density. Very nice!

2. A random bud up front. You can see the pink formation. I'm hoping to see more pink. I'm assuming this is a strain pheno, and not a nutritional thing.

3. This is a bud on the end of a stalk that had bapped against the ceiling 2 days ago. You can see how the pistil ends shriveled & compressed.


4. Some sticks. Aren't they pretty?

5. This is T.5, who is 10 days behind T.2, chronologically. There are a 3 branches that have poked through the screen and are budding, but it looks like a meristem cola only plant. T.2 takes up over 1/2 of the screen, T.5 barely a quarter.

[Volker]

Week 3.5

I love looking at my ladies... I could stare at them and drool for hours...