First MJ Grow. 1200W HID, x5 Vanilla Kush x1 Super Lemon Haze

medicalmary

Active Member
Hi,

So it is almost end of week 6 of these girls life and I promised some pictures so here they are.

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As you can see they are now taking up at least 70% of the canopy space in the room vs. like 35% 9 days ago.

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3 Vanilla Kush and 1 Super Lemon Haze have taken well to LST. The other 2 VKs were a different pheno that did not take well to topping. The circumference of their main stems continued to expand rather than the bulbs on the 4 lower branches. The stems split down the middle after LST, so none will be done.

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The 4 main cola branches have been trained out into a cross. This allowed 8 smaller growing sites coming off of these branches to become rather large and fill up the inside of the plant. There are now anywhere from 16-20 tops at similar distances from the lights on each trained plant.

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Here is the Super Lemon Haze. Tomorrow I going to tie those four main growing points to the side and hopefully keep her under control when the stretch occurs. I think it will be interesting to see how she takes to extreme LST as I've only see people really keep her under control with screens.

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green tomato tape is being used to LST. I like this stuff (think it made out of some sort of polyethylene) because unlike wire or string there is no way for it to cut the plants. Also, it is easier to just tape it to the pots with electrical tape, which leaves no holes or residue.

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Look at how even that canopy is if I don't say so myself.

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This is the vk that has had no training whatsoever. This strain is very bushy and seems to take to topping very well. It will be interesting to see what the different yields will be on 3 different techniques being used to train the vk. The 4 cola stems produced from topping on this plant are much thicker than on the other ones, b/c of the auxin displacement from training. So, will 4 giant colas produce more cannabis than multiple growing tops? Only time can tell...

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Someguy15

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What kind of mulch does anyone use on there indoor plants?
Lookin good man. Grizzly's Guide to pulverizing pests urges you not to use mulch because of the crap that lives in it. I am leaving my soil bare... I may put some Diatomaceous earth on top tho, obviously no single pesticide or technique is going to eradicate these bastards I got... Subscribed to see some flowering!
 

benefit420

Active Member
Looking very nice Mary. Im curious as to how the SLh will take the bending. Im going to be trying that same process. GL ill be following along!
 

medicalmary

Active Member
Hey Hey,

Flipped them to 12/12 after a full flush today. Next pictures will be nice and yellow under the HPS sun.

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Indefinately

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He Mary

Your girls are looking super fine.....

Do you always flush them before you have put them into flowering?
I flipped mine the day before yesterday and i didnt flush them.
I was planning on giving them the flowering nutes tonight ( Canna Nutes ).
Please explain why you flush prior to flowering.

All the best......
 

medicalmary

Active Member
He Mary

Your girls are looking super fine.....

Do you always flush them before you have put them into flowering?
I flipped mine the day before yesterday and i didnt flush them.
I was planning on giving them the flowering nutes tonight ( Canna Nutes ).
Please explain why you flush prior to flowering.

All the best......
It is not necessary to flush before flower. I just find it easier and keep it on my mental checklist as a good time to do it. i use nutrients at low levels every watering so I assume they have built up over time. I flushed once during veg when I had a ph/lockout problem and will flush before harvest. Also, started to increase phosphorus the last two watering to prepare them for the change. After i flushed today I added a mild nutrient solution. Hope that helps.

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deprave

New Member
Hey great job, I have 1 vk plant it is a total different pheno then yours it looks nothing alike it seems but from your description I notice some things in common such as the very thick stalk.


Untrained here she is after about 2 months veg going into flower, A bit of a runt she became root bound and didnt grow for 2 or 3 weeks during the first part of her life, was not sure if she was going to make it. She has stretched quite a bit in about 5 days flower doubled in height but thats because I had her far from the light.
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Anyhow I am on my first grow also, I read the last page of your log as this is the first time I found it but will read over the whole thing later today when I get more time. You seem to be a bit more skilled then me so hopefully I can learn some thing from you.
 

medicalmary

Active Member
Hey great job, I have 1 vk plant it is a total different pheno then yours it looks nothing alike it seems but from your description I notice some things in common such as the very thick stalk.


Untrained here she is after about 2 months veg going into flower, A bit of a runt she became root bound and didnt grow for 2 or 3 weeks during the first part of her life, was not sure if she was going to make it. She has stretched quite a bit in about 5 days flower doubled in height but thats because I had her far from the light.
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Anyhow I am on my first grow also, I read the last page of your log as this is the first time I found it but will read over the whole thing later today when I get more time. You seem to be a bit more skilled then me so hopefully I can learn some thing from you.
I'm hoping they double in size than it would be a perfect 30" canopy (minus some bottom stragglers I chop off. Anything more and it will become a problem rather fast.

Your vk looks nice and healthy. How much does it smell after a 5 days flower? Hoping to not have to get a carbon filter for a couple of weeks. Right now, you can smell them somewhat in the house, but only like 7 feet away from the exhaust port into the back yard. Don't want to stink up the block as I have some rather conservative neighbors.

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deprave

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I'm hoping they double in size than it would be a perfect 30" canopy (minus some bottom stragglers I chop off. Anything more and it will become a problem rather fast.

Your vk looks nice and healthy. How much does it smell after a 5 days flower? Hoping to not have to get a carbon filter for a couple of weeks. Right now, you can smell them somewhat in the house, but only like 7 feet away from the exhaust port into the back yard. Don't want to stink up the block as I have some rather conservative neighbors.

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Well I can not smell it till I go in the room but I am in venting to an attic 1200 CFM, I never go in the attic dont know if it smells up there or not. I dont have any buds yet, I dont think the smell has increased yet...
 

medicalmary

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Looking very nice Mary. Im curious as to how the SLh will take the bending. Im going to be trying that same process. GL ill be following along!
How are you going to lst yours? I actually found it harder after topping. If I could do it again i would spiral it around the pot from when it is very young.

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deprave

New Member
Ok well - funny I told you that I can not smell it cause just today the smell started coming in lightly in a room about 100ft away so I will need to be doing some smell prevention stuff soon (not really a big deal for my grow but still ofcourse its important in any grow) This is the first day I started to see buds. However this smell or buds are not on Vanilla Kush plant yet it is coming from my lemon skunk and sweet tooth, again my vanilla kush is sort of a mutant its very odd the way it has grown, It was drooping today again so I am not sure what the deal is with it, I think it could be rootbound again. This plant has always been a bit of an oddity and possibly a mutant of sort.
 

medicalmary

Active Member
Ok well - funny I told you that I can not smell it cause just today the smell started coming in lightly in a room about 100ft away so I will need to be doing some smell prevention stuff soon (not really a big deal for my grow but still ofcourse its important in any grow) This is the first day I started to see buds. However this smell or buds are not on Vanilla Kush plant yet it is coming from my lemon skunk and sweet tooth, again my vanilla kush is sort of a mutant its very odd the way it has grown, It was drooping today again so I am not sure what the deal is with it, I think it could be rootbound again. This plant has always been a bit of an oddity and possibly a mutant of sort.
They already smell a bit for me. I'm exhausting some of the air under my house and it is coming up through the floor into my bedroom.

tied back the super lemon haze again. Here are some pics:

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She is huge. It is going to get crowded in there.

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Also, here is a picture of the room under the HPS.

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Until next time,

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deprave

New Member
Hey mary I got a jar of ONA gel today - completely elminated all smells, really good stuff you should try it
 

deprave

New Member
dont think so, yea it smells like detergent somwhat but in my opinion its pretty pleasant like fresh air , but its all supposed to be fine, the guy at hydrostore said to put it around my grow room in cups, I just put a cup of it in the rooms near the grow room
 

bingobongo575

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so how has it ended up? Has anyone had problems with hermies with Barneys VK seeds? I just ordered 5 and could cancel my order if there are issues....
 

deprave

New Member
yea my vk has lot of problems lol but it is a rare case I am sure, it is some kind of mutant oddity.
 

medicalmary

Active Member
so how has it ended up? Has anyone had problems with hermies with Barneys VK seeds? I just ordered 5 and could cancel my order if there are issues....
All 10 of my bf vk seeds germinated. They all developed quickly and without problems. I ditched the 5 weakest and then kept the cream of the crop. They look good to me.

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medicalmary

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I've read so much in the last couple months about alchemy on RIU. I was camping in the woods over the 4th and think I found the philosophers stone. Pics after one week flowering coming tonight or tomorrow morning.

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medicalmary

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It is 92 degrees F outside right now. Suppose to hit 98 tomorrow. The grow room is at a cool 74-75 without ac.

Picture update in 3 hours after I learn how to use the macro settings on the slr. Going to water too.

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