Reesee
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Reesee’s first trial run grow. Bag seed 2016
Hi there, I’m a first time poster and on my first grow! I’m already an avid gardener of regular plants, so my journal does not start from day 1, but at 4/6 weeks with a recap. Please do post here if you have suggestions, I can use all the guidance I can get at this point. I started out with 4 random bag seeds in Jiffy pods, 2 of them germinated, but only 1 made it past the initial transplant. (oops, moved it too early) No big deal, since this is a trial run grow before I use my known strain seeds. After 2 weeks in the pod, I moved the whole pod to a fabric ½ gallon (5”) pouch. Soil mixture is Foxfarm + organic pearlite. From there it spent about 4 weeks in a space bucket before it grew out of it. Initially I was planning to only use the bucket for the entire grow, but quickly learned that it’s impractical, especially while learning. After moving out of the bucket, she was transplanted into a 2.25 gallon plastic greenhouse container where she remains today at 6 weeks. I say she now because I’m pretty confident that it’s a female judging by the pre-flower shoots (and from what I’ve read). She smells SO good, so it was time to move out of the house anyways. The bucket has been shut down, and now a cabinet 4’ tall, 4’ wide and 10” deep will be her new home for the duration. The new cabinet has 8 CFL (4-40w day/4-40w soft) and 2 regular tube fluorescents I just had lying around). I’m fertilizing twice a week with Dyna-gro Foliage pro.
((6 Weeks - before LST))
At 6 weeks, she’s 12 inches tall and I’ve decided to just go ahead and try to train LST. I’m using Velcro plant ties for this, and monitoring/moving them twice a day when needed. I really hope I’m doing this right… the bend of the main stalk is pretty extreme, I considered loosening it up a bit. Thoughts?
((after LST))
So, as you can see, this plant is putting out 11 point leaves. Not exactly sure if that means anything, the research on 11 point leaves is all over the place as far as what people “think” it means.
((11 pt. Leaf))
4 days into LST and it’s looking good, getting fuller (when first time I tied it looked rather light as expected). But, I check at lunch time today and BARELY exactly ½ of a point on a brand new top leaf – is yellow. Like solid yellow. All other points of the leaf are green. I doubt that it’s nute burn because I am due to fertilize in 2 days, so it’s been a while. I’m also trying to figure out watering in the plastic container, vs. the old fabric one (which I had to water daily). So I’m thinking I may have waited a little too long to water, but for extra caution, I also moved it a few inches down from the bulbs, in case it’s due to heat. Being as the new growth is solid yellow with all other points solid green, I’m leaning toward the watering issue. (yes I went ahead and gave it a good water). Any input on this would be appreciated. Do you think the bending of the main stalk caused this? (it’s not snapped or anything just bent) Temps are right around 80-82 during the day and 73-75 at night. Humidity sits around 50% +/- 10.
((main stalk LST starting bend))
((bad leaf)) hard to get a good focus on, will update later.. upper left side
So that's where I'm at now... I am not sure when I am going to start the photoperiod. Vacation is scheduled in June so I'm not sure if I should flower before then, or if I'll have enough time to. If I wait till after June to flower, I'm thinking the veg will get out of control. Also, I have some better quality 5 gal cloth buckets, on the fence about upgrading the container as well. Any input is welcome! Thanks for reading![Smile :) :)](/styles/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Hi there, I’m a first time poster and on my first grow! I’m already an avid gardener of regular plants, so my journal does not start from day 1, but at 4/6 weeks with a recap. Please do post here if you have suggestions, I can use all the guidance I can get at this point. I started out with 4 random bag seeds in Jiffy pods, 2 of them germinated, but only 1 made it past the initial transplant. (oops, moved it too early) No big deal, since this is a trial run grow before I use my known strain seeds. After 2 weeks in the pod, I moved the whole pod to a fabric ½ gallon (5”) pouch. Soil mixture is Foxfarm + organic pearlite. From there it spent about 4 weeks in a space bucket before it grew out of it. Initially I was planning to only use the bucket for the entire grow, but quickly learned that it’s impractical, especially while learning. After moving out of the bucket, she was transplanted into a 2.25 gallon plastic greenhouse container where she remains today at 6 weeks. I say she now because I’m pretty confident that it’s a female judging by the pre-flower shoots (and from what I’ve read). She smells SO good, so it was time to move out of the house anyways. The bucket has been shut down, and now a cabinet 4’ tall, 4’ wide and 10” deep will be her new home for the duration. The new cabinet has 8 CFL (4-40w day/4-40w soft) and 2 regular tube fluorescents I just had lying around). I’m fertilizing twice a week with Dyna-gro Foliage pro.
((6 Weeks - before LST))
![DSCN1574.JPG](/data/attachments/2721/2721993-b8a0041e36c5972bef552cab4c6fe463.jpg)
At 6 weeks, she’s 12 inches tall and I’ve decided to just go ahead and try to train LST. I’m using Velcro plant ties for this, and monitoring/moving them twice a day when needed. I really hope I’m doing this right… the bend of the main stalk is pretty extreme, I considered loosening it up a bit. Thoughts?
((after LST))
![DSCN1581.JPG](/data/attachments/2721/2721994-285000834494f74c878f0f68d690389c.jpg)
So, as you can see, this plant is putting out 11 point leaves. Not exactly sure if that means anything, the research on 11 point leaves is all over the place as far as what people “think” it means.
((11 pt. Leaf))
![DSCN1587.JPG](/data/attachments/2721/2721998-71626d29786978acd9fa1d883e5d44ba.jpg)
4 days into LST and it’s looking good, getting fuller (when first time I tied it looked rather light as expected). But, I check at lunch time today and BARELY exactly ½ of a point on a brand new top leaf – is yellow. Like solid yellow. All other points of the leaf are green. I doubt that it’s nute burn because I am due to fertilize in 2 days, so it’s been a while. I’m also trying to figure out watering in the plastic container, vs. the old fabric one (which I had to water daily). So I’m thinking I may have waited a little too long to water, but for extra caution, I also moved it a few inches down from the bulbs, in case it’s due to heat. Being as the new growth is solid yellow with all other points solid green, I’m leaning toward the watering issue. (yes I went ahead and gave it a good water). Any input on this would be appreciated. Do you think the bending of the main stalk caused this? (it’s not snapped or anything just bent) Temps are right around 80-82 during the day and 73-75 at night. Humidity sits around 50% +/- 10.
((main stalk LST starting bend))
![DSCN1592.JPG](/data/attachments/2721/2721979-5ca0dcd89ae5096eeb108307dbf670a0.jpg)
((bad leaf)) hard to get a good focus on, will update later.. upper left side
![DSCN1593.JPG](/data/attachments/2721/2721991-9039f13079f27a7785b356704e8754bc.jpg)
So that's where I'm at now... I am not sure when I am going to start the photoperiod. Vacation is scheduled in June so I'm not sure if I should flower before then, or if I'll have enough time to. If I wait till after June to flower, I'm thinking the veg will get out of control. Also, I have some better quality 5 gal cloth buckets, on the fence about upgrading the container as well. Any input is welcome! Thanks for reading
![Smile :) :)](/styles/smilies/icon_smile.gif)