A Medical Grow

These plants are taking quite a bit longer to start flowering, but the wait will be worth it.
and here are some close ups of the indicas top buds.

They're looking great! Seems right on track for their age. Keep up the good work.

I've noticed some male pollen sacs emerging from the top buds.... but they don't seem to be putting out pollen.
I'm wondering if these plants are putting out sacs that aren't viable?
I mean last time I had a few of the same "pollen sacs" but they didn't pollinate anything.
pics up in a bit.

More close up shots of the indicas and tops of the plants to give an idea how they are doing at day 32 of budding.

I've given them less nitrogen, or "grow" food then any other crop, but they seem to be accepting it well.

I think the dolomite lime is keeping the ph level from fluctuating, allowing more nutrients to be readily available.

These plants are maturing fairly quickly now that they're one day shy of their 7th week.
I'm not giving them any more nitrogen, but I may add some molasses to their watering one more time.
One of the sativas is turning purple on a few branches. The plants have a sweet piney taste to them and they're extremely sticky.

one of the indica strain plants is growing some leafy bud and its just starting to show a nitrogen deficiency.
Also one of the sativa strains is yellowing but I think its just from the ph dropping.
These were taken with the Kodak so the macro isn't too impressive.

the plants are really starting to put on weight, the top buds are hard as rock and seem to be swelling pretty quickly
also the indicas are starting to turn purple.

caught in late but jus in time,yure doin a great job with those.rdr.

Thanks raider
I'm trying to keep the feeding to a minimum because I'm thinking of harvesting next weekend.
These plants are getting so heavy I had to lasso the base of the stem to the bucket to get them to stand up straight.
I then bent the lower branches over to allow more light to penetrate the canopy.
since I've stopped feeding them their leaves have changed to deep purple, although the sativas buds are turning as well.

have yu tried bamboo stakes?thats wat i use,can hold anything up..the ones in my avitar had to be staked.

have yu tried bamboo stakes?

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Yep we have some bamboo growing outside our front door,
I just don't like the idea of possible disease or fungus riding in on a piece.
....although I guess I could cut some down and dry it out for a while.

Next crop we have decided we are going to buy some "Maple Kush" clones.
It should be interesting because I've never even heard the name before, and they're going to be indica heavy.
I think we're going to veg and train them a LOT more then the last crop, which was more of a set it and forget it grow.

Starting to see some amber trichomes on the indica buds, I'd say roughly theres about 5% amber 90% cloudy.
I'll see about getting some pics up after work.

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Yep we have some bamboo growing outside our front door,
I just don't like the idea of possible disease or fungus riding in on a piece.
....although I guess I could cut some down and dry it out for a while.

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the ones from the hydro store.they come in all lengths.hold anything up.the base root line on the top soil is easiely busted if it leans.. that goes with the extra weight.

The girls are cut down and drying on newspapers, these are by far the stickiest plants we've ever trimmed.
I think this harvest makes the last one look tiny! I tore down the growroom because we plan to re-size it again, either buy new Mylar or paint the inside of the grow-room flat white and prep for a couple light tracks.

The indica strain smells of pine and hash, and the sativa has a more of a sweet aromatic flavor along with a hint of hash.
The indica is drying out on the wall partition, and the sativa is on the coffee table.
It's going to be nice to get some macro shots of the dried bud and the final weight.

looks pro.good job.

We've dried it down enough to sell a qp of both strains, I think today we're going to pick up a ph meter and stop buying the drops.
that and we're probably going to be buying materials to re-build the growroom.

nice grow i like that purp

So the ever expanding grow room is nearly finished. I framed in the room and threw up some drywall.
I haven't been growing or building anything worth sharing lately just working full-time.
I had four seedlings that I was hoping would turn out to be female, but due to neglect (lack of feeding up-bucketing etc.) they're showing balls.
they were under a 400 watt mh and were growing in some random soil from Wal-mart with dolomite lime added in.

I'm updating this because I started about 8-9 seeds today and once sprouted I will be taking pics and taking care of them properly.
this effort should prove worth it as I'll be going back to pro-mix and transplanting regularly.

Back from the dead!
started some new seedlings and we're doing it properly now lol.
got them under a 400w mh, 18/6 using Pro-Mix HP and some dolomite lime.
Nearly all ten are about an inch tall, and have been transplanted once so far.
Tap water is de-chlorinated over night and ph'ed to 6. no nutes yet.

a few starter pics.