highgrade mixed + 78w of cfl

[growone]

Its me. Fditty! Naw, I got the email and didn't want to give my email, so I gabe up the acct and gave em a Hushmail add. Tryin to find all the old amigos! Glad to see you up and running.

that jogs the memory, had forgotten about that, wasn't sure they'd start shutting down accounts
i did have a email address just for my seed ordering activities, so i coughed it up, don't use it much
well, welcome back, glad to see back around, glad you found the grow, it is looking good at the moment

 

[Ditty!]

I'm here, I'm watchin!

 

[growone]

2 weeks of flowering, and still not sure if i've got a male or female
i seem to see pistils, but i do see balls, hermie or male?
this strain is supposed to have balls early in flowering, but sterile
the balls started strong, but seemed to have slowed down over the last few days

 

[Ditty!]

Lookin healthy!

hope its not a dude! I got a good feeling

 

[lince]

The plant is looking very good and she is getting big man. Hope she is an 100% lady girl

 

[growone]

the good thoughts may have done it, thanks ditty and lince!
right around 3 weeks of flowering, and flowering it is
no doubt this is a feminita, and throwing out flowers fast and furious
those rooster blooms had me down, but they don't seem to be doing much
the vendor grow logs mention they are sterile, and die off after a little bit
about 18 inches tall, quite optimistic height will be just fine

 

[lince]

happy days buddy

What do you think about FIMing in that box ? Do you think it could improve the results ? Just crossed my mind looking at the big lady you got there

 

[growone]

happy days buddy

What do you think about FIMing in that box ? Do you think it could improve the results ? Just crossed my mind looking at the big lady you got there

it's a full house in there for sure, this is how i've used this setup so far
it's a tube, light is reflected very efficiently at the main cola, and bulbs are also close to the side buds
the bulbs wrap around a christmas tree shape
haven't tried fimming yet, never know, it could increase yields
i have done LST, which worked well, but the natural shape seems to a have bigger yielder

 

[lince]

it's a full house in there for sure, this is how i've used this setup so far
it's a tube, light is reflected very efficiently at the main cola, and bulbs are also close to the side buds
the bulbs wrap around a christmas tree shape
haven't tried fimming yet, never know, it could increase yields
i have done LST, which worked well, but the natural shape seems to a have bigger yielder

Fair enough dude! Yep I was also thinking that LST could be an option but I guess if you can do nothing it's always better as the plant doesn't get stressed at all.

+rep for the info and the grow, really like the tube and how the plant is doing

 

[growone]

thanks for the rep lince, here's another installment of the grow
getting more interesting every day, really seems to be the most sativa dominant strain i've grown
smell is right next to zero, maybe a tinge of something sharp, a nice fuel oil?
now to the roosters, plenty of roosters, i tried to pluck them, but that was futile
but as promised by highgrade-seeds, they seem sterile, no sign of any fertilization
the buds are growing fairly slow, more sativa like
just about 4 weeks of flower, this will definitely be 10+ weeks of flower, probably more

 

[grow space]

Dude, u should have told me that Your having another tube grow up in here man !!!

OK, put now i am here to watch how this goes, but i pretty much know the end result-freaking dank bud with only 78 w!

 

[growone]

^^^ well, you found the place, so good to have you looking and commenting
wasn't really sure how this one would go, the sativa traits will make a challenge

 

[growone]

around 5 weeks of flower, good, solid plant
a bit of smell has appeared, but very low
i am seeing loss of green in the big fans
so either ripening faster than i thought, or my nute system is a bit low on the nitrogen
but the buds are packing it on fast now, so i'll keep going with what has worked for me in my other grows

 

[grow space]

Looking good man, keep it up...

 

[growone]

Looking good man, keep it up...

thanks for watching my mini grows growspace, always happy to have you keeping an eye on things
so time for some profile pictures, pulled her out of the grow chamber
i'd say at least 3 weeks to go, but maybe not much more
might be a faster ripener than expected, nothing wrong with that
now onto smell, there is more smell, but still pretty low
but strong when rubbed, and very nice! but unlike any odor i know of

 

[grow space]

Nice man, whats your nutes NPK?

 

[growone]

Nice man, whats your nutes NPK?

i'm a do it yourself kind of grower, i brew my own, so can't tell you the exact NPK numbers
i brew a bone meal tea from MG organic bone meal(which is 6-9-0) and molasses
1 tsp molasses, 1 tsp bone meal per half gallon of water
has an interesting smell, but is incredibly inexpensive to make, and has worked well for me

EDIT: almost forgot, i add 1 tbsp of wood ash into the mix for extra potassium

 

[growone]

closing in on 7 weeks of the 12/12
major bulk going on the bud, fan leaves are fading quick
smell has picked up some more, not a stinker, but noticeable
but when touched, wow! really strong odor is present
really cannot describe the odor, it's good, but no ready description comes to mind
there is a sweetness, got a feeling this will be a stinker after it's cut
still haven't bothered with a trichome peek yet, another week and i'll scope 'em out

 

[jfa916]

looking great can you take a picture of what the plant was im liking that set up great job

 

[growone]

looking great can you take a picture of what the plant was im liking that set up great job

guessing you were asking about the grow chamber plant was in?
it's probably easier to describe than get a good pic, but if you're still curious i'll post one up
grow chamber is a 15 by 38 inch tube made from aluminum flashing prepainted white on one side, kind of looks like a small garbage can but with straight sides
the top is the light fixture made from a steel pizza pan(painted white) with 3 light sockets, each with a 26w cfl, very cheap setup to build and operate