My First Grow! DIY DWC & Grow Area, SNOW WHITE FEM FROM SEED!

Hey bud,

Just thought I would pop in and see whats up.
Looks like that mother is kickin out plenty of clones for you.

Lookin at your flowering girls, nice, By now I would think those stalks are twice the size as they were when you tied them. At this point in the grow I usually check to make sure the ties are not restricting the growth. You can remove them if you need to, the plant will pretty much stay there while the buds grow.

Hey Cruzer, thanks for stopping by brother. Yea, they have definitely grown a lot haha. Next time I will do a proper scrog and let them grow into the screen instead of forcing a screen on them haha. I looked around and didnt see any ties that seemed to be hurting the plant at all. Honestly I think everything is going pretty well. I'm a little sad that there was so much vertical growth above the screen which makes it muuch harder to get the lower bud spots which is the entire reason for doing a scrog. That being said, I still think I'm going to get a good yield and some good smoke. I'm also thinking that I may be able to harvest the more ripe top buds and then let the lower ones fatten up a bit, but no one has really given me any feedback on that idea.


Well, the clones have now survived three days. I took 4 from Snow White, and 1 of them died, and I took one from the flowering girls and chucked it in some rockwool. The 3 Snow White and the 1 flowering one are all still alive and looking pretty happy. HOpefully everything will keep up and this will work out nicely with great timing to drop those in the system when these girls come out.

I couldn't do my daily data and maintenance to the girls because friends were over, so I was left with some harsher data this morning. The flower tub was down to 5.3 ph and was down an inch of water with a ppm spike up to 1010. Actually, none of it was terrible, so that is good. I added a gallon of fresh water and also through in another ounce of the Flower nutrients. My full nute base was 1000ppm, and I was thinking of getting to like 1200. So I wanted to add 1/5 of the ppm. I went ahead and just added ~1/5 of the flower strength nutes just to see what happens. I was afraid to add the other part nutrients because I was not sure of their effects on the plant, but I figured that the Flower nutrients could probably only help unless completely overloaded. After adding the water and the nutes, the ppm was at 1150, so it wasn't too far off. Is what I did okay? I am going to see if I get a reaction from them, and then debate on how much else to push them like you guys have been suggesting I do.


The mother was down to only 4" of water with a ph of 5.6 and 1060 ppms. Adjusted her back out to 5.85, 950, and 6.5" and she seems happy.

I really need to get that magnifying glass from Radio Shack because some of these buds are starting to look ripe while others definitely need more time. Is it okay to harvest buds periodically to try adn harvest them all at the proper time? Some have 100% white hairs, while others have 1/2 curled darker hairs, which means that the growth of the crop as a whole is not equal.


Just a few things running through my head, maybe you guys can help me clear it up a bit.

Alright, here are the clones, on day 3 for them


This one is in the worst shape, but not terrible.




This is the one from the flowering girls that is in rockwool, not set in the bubbler.




With their hats on


Here are the flowering girls, Day 44 of Flower



















Now, there are a few buds that are very tall, but incredibly thin, with scarce bud growth. Kinda like they are growing balls of buds instead of a full bud together.

Check it out. They are getting better each day, but why are they like this in the first place?




Oh well, here is an undershot



now, here are some of Big Momma




These pictures actually make her look like a plant!



here you can see my top job that I did early on made a squatty shrub

Awesome pics! Glad to see the cloning is working out for you! I have no doubt all clones will be a success!!
As for a staggered harvest? SURE! There is nothing wrong with that, don't take too much though, just snip a few decent looking buds in about a week or so, dry em, smoke em, if they're good come back for more. check out the GrowFAQ for some dry/curing methods for test buds like that.
With that said, from what I see you could stand to wait another week possibly two before pulling ANY buds off those girls. I think you'll miss out on some good bulking action that is probably going to occur for the next week (or 2... or 3...)
I've pointed it out before, those girls are VERY sativa, so they like to pack the weight on slow. That bud you refer to as long, but only balls instead of solid nug, the next few weeks will change all of that. Especially with you stepping up the ppm the way you have. which by the way, what you did is totally cool... if your ladies can handle it. the plant is the ultimate judge. what you told us you did sounds fine to me, i don't think it will hurt your plant. but as you said yourself, you'll just have to see how she reacts.

keep up the good work, you are kicking ass so far!


Shack

I saw your questions on stressing them. On page 53 here is how I stress them, to get more trichs and buds.
Roseman's DIY Bubbleponics Tutorial - Marijuana Growing

I'll be back later to answer your questions, bro.

Glad to see that you seem to have cloning under control - now that wasn't too hard, was it?

tmsculli said:

Fred, toooo many times have I missed the bus or been late for work because I was tending to my ladies haha.

Craig, those look beautiful man. Bubbleponics is a wonderful thing, eh? haha.

Keep it up man.

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I think it is absolutley crazy the speed they grow at, compared to my last grow.

MMMM looking tasty for a CFL grow. I like it.

Shack, yea I figured I am still a bit far away from even the top buds let alone the whole crop. I was thinking about doing the harvest when ripe per bud kinda deal because I am really in no rush to get them out. If I was SOGing than I would have shit to do, but at this point I have no problem with letting them chill a bit. I am hoping that those skinny ones do something because that's way too much stem room haha.

Roseman, I already read that this morning haha, that is actually the reason I asked you those questions, is because I was reading it and had a few thoughts about it. haha

Bob, don't you dare jinx me now boy.

Craig, that shit is ridiculous haha. Definitely a believe it when you see it kinda deal. Remember back a few months...you weren't even close to being sold on it haha.

Doja, thanks for stopping by brother. I appreciate the comment man, I'm trying to milk the most out of these cfls that I can haha.

4 day old clones has to be a record right?

Anyway sounds like youre getting back on track with the plan my man. Keep it up!

Haha, yea Knickers, it is. Surely no world record, but within this bathroom, it is setting records every second. hahaha

Sculli you gonna have a shit pile of bud man!

Plants look AWESOME! Many branches!

purpdaddy said:

Sculli you gonna have a shit pile of bud man!

Plants look AWESOME! Many branches!

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That's the plan my man! Thanks for the kind words, I'm tryin' my best brother!

ugh, waiting for 30 minutes to go by so I can have my working ph meter. Then I can do my daily dealings with them haha.

I will go snap some shots of them now though, clones too!

I'm so fucking pissed at my ph meter. I don't trust it anymore, and don't know what to do. I am activating it and calibrating it properly according to the instructions, but the readings just don't make sense. I am afraid to risk my plants' health fucking with phs that aren't correct.


On a different note, here are some pics.

Day 45 of Flower













TRIPPY


Those skinny buds are starting to fill in pretty nicely like Shack had suggested they would. I also see 0 negative effects from that additional nutrient load. That being said, the ppms dropped back down with no change in water level so they really liked the extra nutrients and ate them right back up. I'm thinking about tossing in another ounce of the Flower today.

Clones day 4







No roots yet, but they are still alive, which is all I can ask for at this point haha.

don't be afraid to leave the domes on the clones for a little bit each day. no more than a hour at the most. just encourages the plant to seek other sources of hydration i.e. grow roots. just enough to remind the plants who's boss and that they need to grow roots to survive lol. everything looks awesome. happy to hear the girls enjoyed the extra snack!


Shack

They're fine, they're gonna root - the flowering one will take longer, so be patient.

Uhhh I've had the domes on 24/7 and been opening them maybe like...3 times a day for a few minutes...

oops!! i meant leave the domes OFF for like a hour each day!
sorry about the confusion. taking them off here and there a few minutes each day is well enough.
i have no doubt these will root, if they've made it this far, they're going to be successful.


Shack

Ohhh, I figured that's what you meant, but I wasn't completely positive. I hope that they make it man, but I don't see much yet. One of them has a small white soggy kinda tip strand thingy, that's it. One of them is starting to get a brown tip.


Hopefully they will keep on trucking


Blitzted as shit,

tmsculli