1st grow, how does it look?

What a beautiful plant! Great job! Let us know the yield!

Big healthy colas very nice

grasscropper said:

How long did it take for your tops to root?

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I chopped the top off and took cuttings on the 2nd July




The cuttings had roots showing out of the pots on the 11th so 9 days




5 days later.
Moved the light high, food and temps kept low as i didn't want them to grow too fast




I dropped the light about a week ago and upped the food and temps as i think i have about 4 weeks left until harvest so i'll build these 2 up to replace their mum. I'll take some pics of them tomorrow if i remember.

dlftmyers said:

Big healthy colas very nice

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Yeah i can't believe how big they got, she has 8 that size and probably another 8 about half as big.
They are fattening up nicely now

Can I ask your cloning method....

I just cut clones in the usual way, sharp knife sterilised by dipping in alcohol, scrape the stem a little and dip it in clonex gel.
Stick it in some freshly watered (25% strength food) coco/perlite mix and cover it for 3 days in a propogater under 18/6 lighting at 25 degrees room temp (dont touch it, don't water it, don't even look at it) after that open the vents, 2 more days take the cover off and check the pot weight, if it feels light give it another feed if not leave it alone. Once i see roots from the bottom of the pot it get full nutes and off it goes.



Heres how they look today, under 2 x 55w T5 tubes in a home made hood.
I didn't have 2 pots the same size though when i repotted them up so they are now known as mrs brown and mrs black
I have already started the training on mrs brown and will do the same on mrs black in a couple more days.

Just a couple of quick pics for the hell of it that i took while taking pics of the clones

Wow, those are looking great.. Nice fat tops!

Thanks mate, so are yours, they are looking beautiful, bet you cant wait to how much longer you got to go?

My guess is 9/14 for harvest.. will start monitoring the trichs more closely after this week. Right now I see quite a bit of cloudy but no amber trichs (outside of a few on the sugar leaves)

Beastly! That is one nice lady.

Thanks mate, i'm hoping she smokes as good as she looks

Man so nice, really want to do a nice indica within the next couple grows like that.

Very nice work and always nice to see a beginner who actually did their homework before starting.

Time for some more lights my man!!

legallyflying said:

Very nice work and always nice to see a beginner who actually did their homework before starting.

Time for some more lights my man!!

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Thanks, yeah i did a whole heap of reading before i started.

I would add more lights tomorrow if i could but i just don't have the space to do more than 1 plant or 2 if i keep them small
It's probably a good thing as i'm in the uk and 1 or 2 plants is just a warning or small fine.
I really envy growers who have the space to grow trees, i would really like to try that ... maybe 1 day

reddiamond said:

Thanks, yeah i did a whole heap of reading before i started.

I would add more lights tomorrow if i could but i just don't have the space to do more than 1 plant or 2 if i keep them small
It's probably a good thing as i'm in the uk and 1 or 2 plants is just a warning or small fine.
I really envy growers who have the space to grow trees, i would really like to try that ... maybe 1 day

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I feel you on this, it is hard not to occasionally get "grow room envy" for all these bastards posting pics of what looks like a warehouse compared to what we get to grow in. I try to convince myself that it helps me to concentrate on a single plant and doing it right, and usually that works

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I feel you on this, it is hard not to occasionally get "grow room envy" for all these bastards posting pics of what looks like a warehouse compared to what we get to grow in. I try to convince myself that it helps me to concentrate on a single plant and doing it right, and usually that works

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Good point thats why i'll tell myself next time i'm looking at a warehouse grow and wishing that was me lol

Well having two of this large grow rooms I can tell you that growing is no longer fun or neat, it's allot of work. Like as shit ton of work

Yeah i can imagine, it takes me about 10 - 15 mins a day to sort out my plant and 2 cuttings, in your case its probably like having a 2nd job ... how many hours a week do you spend in your room?

Topped mrs brown again this morning to give me 8 heads

You can now see the shape of a mainline coming