2nd attempt at 1st grow...problems again :-(
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scroglodyte
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hope the move went well. welcome back
newwb
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Thank you, and yes I have been using your feeding chart on Luna, the reg GH nutrient feed schedule on the others, so they get a couple hundred ppm more than her..but all is looking ok, got that sulfur burner and have used it twice, lost quite a few more plants to that rust crap, but now in the new place they seem happier! The RH is lower here, too, so I am guessing that's why I had such fungi problems at the old house, just too humid.
Not even close to being done moving, had no help the 1st week and really messed my back up again, bad.
Decided to take the rest slow since I don't have to be out the other place till mid march.
Happy 2 be back and happy growing!
Not even close to being done moving, had no help the 1st week and really messed my back up again, bad.
Decided to take the rest slow since I don't have to be out the other place till mid march.
Happy 2 be back and happy growing!
newwb
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Did everyone get this in their pm box?
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What a mess[/h]
I'm not sure if it's part of the hack, so I don't wanna hit the link =-O
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Sorry to hear you lost your postings... lots of folks did.
Some of the old-timers from here saw this coming... the site has been losing users for a few months now. So what do a bunch of experienced growers do when riu gets too weird? They start their own site...and it's a great site!! Come help us make it even better
Check us out, we would love to have your experience added to our collective knowledge. Feel free to pass the word. Have a GREAT day!!
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Some of the old-timers from here saw this coming... the site has been losing users for a few months now. So what do a bunch of experienced growers do when riu gets too weird? They start their own site...and it's a great site!! Come help us make it even better
Check us out, we would love to have your experience added to our collective knowledge. Feel free to pass the word. Have a GREAT day!!
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I'm not sure if it's part of the hack, so I don't wanna hit the link =-O
painkillerman
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u just went up to fast withppm i believe once cf inside say cf of water is 27 inside plant can be 70 these small inbalances say was27-goinf to29cf will slow ur growthway down plant adjusts (help it out drop nutes 30-50ppm till new growth speeds up )plant will use more water inturn take up more ntes,also dont adjust ur res 3 times daily this id to much n will hurt them in the end ph flux is normal
make ur res 4 time larger than volume needed(added bonus temp control in res also) to flood table and ur ph will be fine for 2-4 days 5.6-6.0 ur good 5.8 being optimal
make ur res 4 time larger than volume needed(added bonus temp control in res also) to flood table and ur ph will be fine for 2-4 days 5.6-6.0 ur good 5.8 being optimal
newwb
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Man I went to bed last night, peeked in at the temp and RH meter on the wall, and at lights on when I opened the door I couldn't find my meter! Plants grew like 4-5 inches overnight...thought that was supposed to slow down in flowering? Did I hear something that at a certain week they stretch? Sure doesn't seem like I'm into this as far as I amn, will they flower anyway even if the P&K levels were too low from when I was trying to work them up slowly? Have 2 with terminal ramhorning, over 50% of the foliage on plants, should I just yank or roll with em? I am at the full strength for the week I am in now, and let me say some of them gals are getting stankyy! And veryyy tall, some of the sativa dominant white widows have such thin branches I don't think they will handle much weight, I guess they aren't done growing, either, Luna and her tall friend are both well over 4 foot now, eikes..
**Thanks, um, painkillerman, but I am not doin a hydro grow right now, been in soil less mix this whole time, but hey..thanks for stopping by dude!
Hey kewl news, the makers of the red wizard cheap soiul I was using has a new mix almost exactly like sunshine advanced # 4..theirs is 12.99 2 CF and sunshines is compacted so its actually double, but @ 42 bucks...side by side they look alike, feel alike, drain water alike...amazing, hope it turns out to be a great product, maybe without all that fancy bailing and advertising it'll keep the prices low...here is a hoping. It's lights out now, but I will snap some pics of the ladies tomorrow after their first dose of beastie blooms (1/2 getting it, 1/2 not..)I tested the 2 gallons of prepared h20(will let it sit out all night to evaporate the chlorine in the city water I am in now) with 1/4 tsp each in it even though the P ratio is very high, it only ready 195 on PPM's...guess that can't be all bad, need to convince these girls it's time to make those flowers!!!
I keep telling them...not 1 sign of a male YET!!! and 1/2 of these are from reg seed,has to be a boy or 3 in there??!!!
Happy growing~~
**Thanks, um, painkillerman, but I am not doin a hydro grow right now, been in soil less mix this whole time, but hey..thanks for stopping by dude!
Hey kewl news, the makers of the red wizard cheap soiul I was using has a new mix almost exactly like sunshine advanced # 4..theirs is 12.99 2 CF and sunshines is compacted so its actually double, but @ 42 bucks...side by side they look alike, feel alike, drain water alike...amazing, hope it turns out to be a great product, maybe without all that fancy bailing and advertising it'll keep the prices low...here is a hoping. It's lights out now, but I will snap some pics of the ladies tomorrow after their first dose of beastie blooms (1/2 getting it, 1/2 not..)I tested the 2 gallons of prepared h20(will let it sit out all night to evaporate the chlorine in the city water I am in now) with 1/4 tsp each in it even though the P ratio is very high, it only ready 195 on PPM's...guess that can't be all bad, need to convince these girls it's time to make those flowers!!!
I keep telling them...not 1 sign of a male YET!!! and 1/2 of these are from reg seed,has to be a boy or 3 in there??!!!
Happy growing~~
Icannabis
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The ones that are ram horning/clawing I would really look at how much water they are getting and cut back and see if they recover...I would put the ramhorning plants on the out side of the light and move the short ones under the light...Luna is four feet wow...good job...and streching is common and don't worry about the plants not being able to support the weight they will be fine and thats why people use stacks anyway...look at the home depot they carry them cheap...by the way the sativa type plants will put bud on different than the indica ones...and there will be a yield hit for the sativa ones but the smoke will be almost guaranteed to be smoother and better...maybe Icannabis knew what he was talking about when he told you to switch...huh? Enjoy your trees and the bud is coming just be patient...good growing
newwb
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As far as water goes, every 3rd day they get nutes w/ 4 cups h20/6-8cup if they are in the larger 7-10 gal pots, then 3 days later all get 4-6 cups PH's water plain, then 3 days...feed...etc...
Yes..for the most part, ALL the plants under the 1000 watt are 4' and over, the slower girls I have left under the T-5, but they will all be under HID soon.And the T-5 will just be for vegging, and babies.
Yeah thought from the last showing pic of luna this would trip you out...here is the week..in pictures...The 1 sativa'ish White widow is freaking huge now, almost 4.75 feet! I keep bending it away from the light, but it seems to go right back for more..lol..
Thanks and happy growing!!
and hey for what the hack was worth, I can upload pics like the old days again!! YAY!
Yes..for the most part, ALL the plants under the 1000 watt are 4' and over, the slower girls I have left under the T-5, but they will all be under HID soon.And the T-5 will just be for vegging, and babies.
Yeah thought from the last showing pic of luna this would trip you out...here is the week..in pictures...The 1 sativa'ish White widow is freaking huge now, almost 4.75 feet! I keep bending it away from the light, but it seems to go right back for more..lol..
Thanks and happy growing!!
and hey for what the hack was worth, I can upload pics like the old days again!! YAY!
newwb
Active Member
can ya count all the tops on Luna???
Oh last night w/ h20 they had their 1st dose of beastie bloomz, 1/4 tsp/gal worked out 2 be 189 PPM, Ph'd....I used it on one from each strain, leaving 1 without (luna is my only Northern lights, so I didn't give her any)
And I ordered "root pouches" in 5, 7 gal, ones with handles in 7 and 10 gal, and some plain plastic ones with holes around the bottom in 10 gal...all plants that were root bound were transplanted into sunshine advanced #4 into their final home for flowering.
Oh last night w/ h20 they had their 1st dose of beastie bloomz, 1/4 tsp/gal worked out 2 be 189 PPM, Ph'd....I used it on one from each strain, leaving 1 without (luna is my only Northern lights, so I didn't give her any)
And I ordered "root pouches" in 5, 7 gal, ones with handles in 7 and 10 gal, and some plain plastic ones with holes around the bottom in 10 gal...all plants that were root bound were transplanted into sunshine advanced #4 into their final home for flowering.
newwb
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I can't find anything on google about a sativa dom N lights strain, except if mixed with like haze...Mines DEF sativa Dominant it also says NYCD is sativa Dom (mine looks VERY indica) and No..I didn't mis tag them, lol....wth is with these seed companies? Do I even know what I'm growing?? I do know it's going to take 9-11 weeks to flower, that's crazy!!
newwb
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Thought I would move the gals around and take their individual pics..lol...got carried away, but maybe in there somewhere you can see changes indicating the "girls" aren't "guys"?
So far I see nothing looking like nanners or balls...so I guess that's a good sign, my only worry is, entering the 3rd week or so I expected some flowers by now?
I know the bubbles finish around 8 weeks, thc snow finishes around 6-7 weeks..I was reading that NYC diesel is supposed to be sativa dom and N lights indica dom...my plants look completely the opposite, the nycd had a short bushiness with wide leaves and Luna, well, she's a long tall drink a water she is...she is supposed to be fem as well as the NYCD, and thwe bubbles came from females that were already showing sex (I got clippings b4 they totally died) and amazingly, they turned into some strong-ass plants!
I keep running into where folks will leave the plants in the dark from 24-72 hours when they flip them, get those ho-mones working, I wonder now if I should have given them that boost, and I also realized there was a very slight crack around the door letting a tiny bit of light in from the tv, etc...now I am hoping that isn't why they don't seem to be flowering yet.
I resolved the problem and now have zilch for light in there..but should I actually start counting the 12/12 time over?
Oh well, no matter, they'll be done when they see fit to be done, and that is one certainty!
This is my 3rd time trying to upload pics...every time it gets to the last damn pic and seems to lag and get stuck there..hmmm.
I was hoping to have some of these chopped before my trip to the warm sandy beach next month,a dear friend has invited me to stay with her in a place she rented for 2 months on the beach, how can I turn that down, never had a vacation in my life!! Hoping some do get harvested b4 I go..*fingers crossed**less for my kid to look after, lol.(trust me, this makes me nervous as hell!!)
Getting another light tomorrow, amazon seems to have some good deals, but I want what I want when I want it, in this case, more of a need.
I was wondering, if I got one of those parabolic things, can you hang the bulb vertically? Just wondering best way to get light to the bottom 2 feet of the darn things, there's always those snap on aluminum reflectors for CFL's...guessing that would be better than nada at all, and cheap to run to boot?
I am DEFINITELY outgrown my 5x5 square, also tossing the thought of getting a 600 digital dimmable ballast this time instead of the 1k, and then I can get a rail that will move both of them in like a rectangle?
I don't know, been looking at this, but I don't know what all extra parts I would need if I wanted to run 2 lights on it..
So far I see nothing looking like nanners or balls...so I guess that's a good sign, my only worry is, entering the 3rd week or so I expected some flowers by now?
I know the bubbles finish around 8 weeks, thc snow finishes around 6-7 weeks..I was reading that NYC diesel is supposed to be sativa dom and N lights indica dom...my plants look completely the opposite, the nycd had a short bushiness with wide leaves and Luna, well, she's a long tall drink a water she is...she is supposed to be fem as well as the NYCD, and thwe bubbles came from females that were already showing sex (I got clippings b4 they totally died) and amazingly, they turned into some strong-ass plants!
I keep running into where folks will leave the plants in the dark from 24-72 hours when they flip them, get those ho-mones working, I wonder now if I should have given them that boost, and I also realized there was a very slight crack around the door letting a tiny bit of light in from the tv, etc...now I am hoping that isn't why they don't seem to be flowering yet.
I resolved the problem and now have zilch for light in there..but should I actually start counting the 12/12 time over?
Oh well, no matter, they'll be done when they see fit to be done, and that is one certainty!
This is my 3rd time trying to upload pics...every time it gets to the last damn pic and seems to lag and get stuck there..hmmm.
I was hoping to have some of these chopped before my trip to the warm sandy beach next month,a dear friend has invited me to stay with her in a place she rented for 2 months on the beach, how can I turn that down, never had a vacation in my life!! Hoping some do get harvested b4 I go..*fingers crossed**less for my kid to look after, lol.(trust me, this makes me nervous as hell!!)
Getting another light tomorrow, amazon seems to have some good deals, but I want what I want when I want it, in this case, more of a need.
I was wondering, if I got one of those parabolic things, can you hang the bulb vertically? Just wondering best way to get light to the bottom 2 feet of the darn things, there's always those snap on aluminum reflectors for CFL's...guessing that would be better than nada at all, and cheap to run to boot?
I am DEFINITELY outgrown my 5x5 square, also tossing the thought of getting a 600 digital dimmable ballast this time instead of the 1k, and then I can get a rail that will move both of them in like a rectangle?
I don't know, been looking at this, but I don't know what all extra parts I would need if I wanted to run 2 lights on it..
Icannabis
Well-Known Member
you don't start counting your flowering time till they start flowering this takes about 2 weeks...something no one told you I bet...have you looked closely and the nodes by the stem...if you see white hairs then you've got females if you see little sacks it's male...you have to look close...but as I stated if they are mostly sativa it can take a month to flip and start flowering...sorry but you'll have to wait and you're not going to harvest before your trip...but my advice is go and enjoy yourself...there just plants in the end...and you only have one life to live...good growing and have a nice trip
