First REAL grow! DP Twilight and FS WWxBB - tiny cab + CFL's
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BygonEra
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Thanks! Yours look very similar to the last plant I grew at about 4 weeks in - don't worry, it's probably just genetics. Are you growing from bagseed?
BygonEra
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Day 5 Flowering
Still not showing sex, but they are just looking oh so beautiful!!
I can see itty bitty pre-flowers forming on some of the nodes but no hairs have popped yet.
They got their last N-rich nute dose last watering - just going to be getting bloom nutes and Calmag from now on.
Here is the Five-O:
She's looking nice and happy. Slowly but surely catching up!
Here is the WWxBB:
Look at all of those bud sites!!
Still not showing sex, but they are just looking oh so beautiful!!
I can see itty bitty pre-flowers forming on some of the nodes but no hairs have popped yet.They got their last N-rich nute dose last watering - just going to be getting bloom nutes and Calmag from now on.
Here is the Five-O:
She's looking nice and happy. Slowly but surely catching up!
Here is the WWxBB:
Look at all of those bud sites!!
beuffer420
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Nice train job bygon!
BygonEra
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Thank you to those of you that are following my thread, it's always nice to know I'm not the only one excited (and/or care) about this grow!
I find myself checking on my babies way too many times a day.. lol I'm just really eager to see pistils. I'm also incredibly concerned about the size of my cab... hahah I probably should have considered that before deciding to grow two plants...
I find myself checking on my babies way too many times a day.. lol I'm just really eager to see pistils. I'm also incredibly concerned about the size of my cab... hahah I probably should have considered that before deciding to grow two plants...
Before flowering give a nice dose of nitrogen to minimize yellowing of the bottom leaf's. First few weeks of flowering you will be in the stretch phase. To minimize this, use blue spectrum bulbs otherwise stick with the red spectrum. 3-4'th week you will be in the hair stage. Switch back to the red spectrum if you used blue to minimize the stretching as I previously said. During this phase your bud sites will start developing hairs. 5-6'th week the buds will start growing in height and some trichome's will start developing on the water leafs (the leafs coming out of the bud sites) This phase you want to some what go heavier on phosphorus, potassium and carbohydrates. Carbs feed the microbes, which make it easier for the plant to uptake nutrients. Un-sulfured molasses is a good cheap carb. Get bud candy if you can. Mix 1 tablespoon per gallon of warm/hot water and water once a week until you start flushing, then stop. Let it fully dissolve and let the water reach room temp before watering!
Next phase is peak flowering. When your plant reaches MAX THC level. Ideally it's when you have very few amber trichome's and mostly cloudy ones.
Last phase is when your plant's trichome's start dying, turning amber. Which is when the THC turns into CBD which is great for pain relief and for people who have seizures.
Lot's of info on CBD http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/medical-use-of-cannabis-video/marijuana-tincture
Next phase is peak flowering. When your plant reaches MAX THC level. Ideally it's when you have very few amber trichome's and mostly cloudy ones.
Last phase is when your plant's trichome's start dying, turning amber. Which is when the THC turns into CBD which is great for pain relief and for people who have seizures.
Lot's of info on CBD http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/medical-use-of-cannabis-video/marijuana-tincture
BygonEra
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Thanks! Yeah, I read a bit more into N amounts during the different stages of flower and I'm still going to be giving some of the grow formula. My last (sad excuse for a plant) started showing N toxicity around week 4 in flower because I saw the yellowing leaves too early and panicked.. gave too much N and it totally ruined my harvest. Well... a lot of things ruined my harvest.. but my leaves stayed DARK green and had the claw. Lol I'm still smoking on that sub-par shit I grew.. SO ready for some good bud that isn't just a bunch of leaves. I also cut too early because I needed to move out (and I knew it would be shitty anyways). I've done a TON of reading and have learned so much about these plants in the past few months... lol this might sound dumb but I think I'm really starting to learn to "read" my plants. I've been giving them each totally different amounts of nutes and both seem very happy thus far.Before flowering give a nice dose of nitrogen to minimize yellowing of the bottom leaf's. First few weeks of flowering you will be in the stretch phase. To minimize this, use blue spectrum bulbs otherwise stick with the red spectrum. 3-4'th week you will be in the hair stage. Switch back to the red spectrum if you used blue to minimize the stretching as I previously said. During this phase your bud sites will start developing hairs. 5-6'th week the buds will start growing in height and some trichome's will start developing on the water leafs (the leafs coming out of the bud sites) This phase you want to some what go heavier on phosphorus, potassium and carbohydrates. Carbs feed the microbes, which make it easier for the plant to uptake nutrients. Un-sulfured molasses is a good cheap carb. Get bud candy if you can. Mix 1 tablespoon per gallon of warm/hot water and water once a week until you start flushing, then stop. Let it fully dissolve and let the water reach room temp before watering!
Next phase is peak flowering. When your plant reaches MAX THC level. Ideally it's when you have very few amber trichome's and mostly cloudy ones.
Last phase is when your plant's trichome's start dying, turning amber. Which is when the THC turns into CBD which is great for pain relief and for people who have seizures.
Lot's of info on CBD http://patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com/medical-use-of-cannabis-video/marijuana-tincture
Can you raise the lights at all or is this the maximum light height?
Growing is a learning curve. And it is good you are able to read your plants. Get's rid of the guess workThanks! Yeah, I read a bit more into N amounts during the different stages of flower and I'm still going to be giving some of the grow formula. My last (sad excuse for a plant) started showing N toxicity around week 4 in flower because I saw the yellowing leaves too early and panicked.. gave too much N and it totally ruined my harvest. Well... a lot of things ruined my harvest.. but my leaves stayed DARK green and had the claw. Lol I'm still smoking on that sub-par shit I grew.. SO ready for some good bud that isn't just a bunch of leaves. I also cut too early because I needed to move out (and I knew it would be shitty anyways). I've done a TON of reading and have learned so much about these plants in the past few months... lol this might sound dumb but I think I'm really starting to learn to "read" my plants. I've been giving them each totally different amounts of nutes and both seem very happy thus far.
Keep up the dedication. Hope this harvest surpasses your expectations
BygonEra
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I'd be freaking out if that were the case!!
Lol, no, I still have a good 2 feet or so I can raise the lights. I've had to raise them almost every other day. Height isn't much of a concern, my main concern is light penetration past the very top canopy... and a huge concern at that... my plants are already overlapping a bit. If I have to (but this would be a HUGE pain in the ass), I have enough room to put a shelf in the middle of the cab and have 2 separate SCROGs going on for each plant.
BygonEra
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35 days from seed, 6 days flowering - WWxBB
We have pistils!
30 days from seed, 6 days flowering - Five-O
I was right about the stretch on this one! She's REALLY exploded in the past few days!!
And here they are in the cramped cab...
Does anyone have any other suggestions on working with this space?? I'm wondering if a SCROG would help?
We have pistils!
30 days from seed, 6 days flowering - Five-O
I was right about the stretch on this one! She's REALLY exploded in the past few days!!
And here they are in the cramped cab...
Does anyone have any other suggestions on working with this space?? I'm wondering if a SCROG would help?
BygonEra
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It's been 11 days since the light switch and the ladies have almost doubled in height, especially the Five-O. Both plants are showing pistils everywhere so I think it's safe to go ahead and start the "official" countdown for each strain (55 days for the WWxBB, 50 for the Five-O hence the name lol).
Here's WWxBB @ 40 days from seed, 11 days from switch, I'll say day one of official flowering:
Five-O @ 35 days from seed:
Both together:
Here's WWxBB @ 40 days from seed, 11 days from switch, I'll say day one of official flowering:
Five-O @ 35 days from seed:
Both together:
LetsGetCritical
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Great job for first grow. I'm waiting on some northern lights x big bud 
BygonEra
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You're very right.. The canopy has really filled in and is blocking ALL of the lower light. Some of my lower leaves are dying off because of it. I added 2 15w t8 bulbs for side lighting but there just isn't enough room... I really think I'm going to have to say screw it and hit up the thrift shop again for a bigger grow cab...
Upgrade!!!