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So what do you guys think, I'm thinking end of April to put these in flower? Today marks week 5 in the soil. I think it's safe to say I didn't get lucky enough to get autos. These baby's are green and seem to be loving the MG soil and nutes. Watering has increased to a little over a half gallon a week and I am now running mg nutes at 2/3 strength. I have a feeling the need for water will start to increase your pretty rapidly, they seem to be sucking it up real well. Temp. is 78*, humidity fluctuates between 40-50%. They now have fan leaves larger than my hands.
Not sure if the extra lights help in this stage. I have a 1000W HPS in going to borrow for the flower stage so I can really put the light to them and try to increase yield. In total I will be running around 1,700-1,800 true wattage in bloom. 600 watts 5k XPG LED + 1000 watt HPS + 2—35w 3700k tubes + 2—35w 6500k tubes. I will aim for a light height roughly 24 in from the top of the plant, unless you guys have an opinion that I maybe wrong there. I'm always open to suggestions from experience. 24 in. is what I'm running now for height. I tried closer but it seemed to be too much.
The little organs that appeared on the plants have become more numerous but are not getting any larger, at least not to the point that I can differentiate if any of these are male or female.
I am keeping the plant height as low as possible by training and topping. If left alone the plant heights would be roughly 9-11 inches as of now.
Not sure if the extra lights help in this stage. I have a 1000W HPS in going to borrow for the flower stage so I can really put the light to them and try to increase yield. In total I will be running around 1,700-1,800 true wattage in bloom. 600 watts 5k XPG LED + 1000 watt HPS + 2—35w 3700k tubes + 2—35w 6500k tubes. I will aim for a light height roughly 24 in from the top of the plant, unless you guys have an opinion that I maybe wrong there. I'm always open to suggestions from experience. 24 in. is what I'm running now for height. I tried closer but it seemed to be too much.
The little organs that appeared on the plants have become more numerous but are not getting any larger, at least not to the point that I can differentiate if any of these are male or female.
I am keeping the plant height as low as possible by training and topping. If left alone the plant heights would be roughly 9-11 inches as of now.
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Up to about 1/4 gallon of water a day now. They are starting to suck it up fast. Must be good roots down there.
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Thank you, I don't reply know what I'm doing but it seems to be working out.
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Another week down, all seems well. Had some red stem issues but posted in another thread and people seem to think it's fine. Couple more weeks and I can get these bad girls in bloom. First plant started to show its sex so I should know the sex of all of them by the end of the month they were planted within a couple weeks of each other.
Had to undergo a rearrangement of the tenth as it was getting really crowded. A lot more room to get in there now. Running hybrid 600W hps + 650W XPG 5k LEDs.
And then there's my Garden Croton to the left, was just gifted to me and I have to get her back good health. I have blue hostas in the middle of all the Cannabis waiting to transplant outside, then I have Green Giant Thuja (Arborvitae) germinating from seed in the red toolbox on the right.
The plants are not discolored like they look like in the photo, it is the light making appear that way.
Had to undergo a rearrangement of the tenth as it was getting really crowded. A lot more room to get in there now. Running hybrid 600W hps + 650W XPG 5k LEDs.
And then there's my Garden Croton to the left, was just gifted to me and I have to get her back good health. I have blue hostas in the middle of all the Cannabis waiting to transplant outside, then I have Green Giant Thuja (Arborvitae) germinating from seed in the red toolbox on the right.
The plants are not discolored like they look like in the photo, it is the light making appear that way.
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Time for an update, 
. I think I have a few males here, three I think. That only leaves me with 2 1/4 plants on my first grow, lol.
They love water, gobbling up a gallon every 2 days. Females look strong and are pushing 22" tall in veg. I will be flipping to 12/12 the first of May. I be been tapering light back off at 1/2 hour every 2 days for 10 days now.
I'm going to try my hand at autos, I have 30 seeds ordered from weed seeds.
Gorilla Glue 4 Auto Fem
Big Blue Bud Auto Fem
Blackberry Auto Fem
Mazar Auto Fem
Cream Candy Auto Fem
Bruce Banner Auto Fem
Triple XL Auto Fem
What do Ya'll think of plants 1-3? Pics are labeled
. I think I have a few males here, three I think. That only leaves me with 2 1/4 plants on my first grow, lol. They love water, gobbling up a gallon every 2 days. Females look strong and are pushing 22" tall in veg. I will be flipping to 12/12 the first of May. I be been tapering light back off at 1/2 hour every 2 days for 10 days now.
I'm going to try my hand at autos, I have 30 seeds ordered from weed seeds.
Gorilla Glue 4 Auto Fem
Big Blue Bud Auto Fem
Blackberry Auto Fem
Mazar Auto Fem
Cream Candy Auto Fem
Bruce Banner Auto Fem
Triple XL Auto Fem
What do Ya'll think of plants 1-3? Pics are labeled
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Did a little rearranging today and built a new table to get my lights a little farther from the plants, they were getting pretty close, the plants acted like they wanted to droop away from the light. On an interesting note I did a test and within one hour of shutting the HPS off the plants would stand straight back up so I had a really good feeling they were undergoing light stress though luckily I caught it and they did not suffer any damage. The strip in the pics on the walls is a blurple led strip I installed for some side lighting, the other lights absolutely dominate it and it seems insignificant to me however I'm sure the plants will be able to see it.
Did some fan leaf trimming inside to free up airflow and light penetration. I tried a couple different techniques of topping and LST, from my experience (this is only my first GROW) I prefer topping vs. LST. The reason for that is that topping seemed to allow better light penetration and air flow whereas the LST plants were extremely dense which did not allow any light to get to the lower leaves. On my next run I do plan on LST a plant to see how it turns out, but will pay more attention to it and guide the branches better. I had originally planned on Flipping these to 12:12 today but on the advice of Kyle kushman via YouTube I now have to wait a couple days before I flipped them to give the plants time to heal. I still have the plants in there that I think are male but I'm not going to remove them until I am 100% sure. All I know is I think things are looking pretty good, if anybody has comments or suggestions than please reply.
Did some fan leaf trimming inside to free up airflow and light penetration. I tried a couple different techniques of topping and LST, from my experience (this is only my first GROW) I prefer topping vs. LST. The reason for that is that topping seemed to allow better light penetration and air flow whereas the LST plants were extremely dense which did not allow any light to get to the lower leaves. On my next run I do plan on LST a plant to see how it turns out, but will pay more attention to it and guide the branches better. I had originally planned on Flipping these to 12:12 today but on the advice of Kyle kushman via YouTube I now have to wait a couple days before I flipped them to give the plants time to heal. I still have the plants in there that I think are male but I'm not going to remove them until I am 100% sure. All I know is I think things are looking pretty good, if anybody has comments or suggestions than please reply.
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The flowering has begun
Rock and roll my friend.
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Week 1 flowering complete. Plants have grown 7" this past week, from 22" to 29". Starting to get some more white hairs now. Water 1/2 - 3/4 gallon per day depending on humidity. Nutes are tiger bloom as directed every other watering. Move outside on sunny warm days for best light. Lost 2 as males. All seems well so far
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Your doing a great job my friend. And yep it's definitely exciting to watch your girls grow.
I'm an avid gardener and love growing anything and everything. It's what makes me happy.
I'm an avid gardener and love growing anything and everything. It's what makes me happy.
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Thank you @WeedHopper
Your more than welcome.
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