K1Ng5p4d3's Cardboard Box Grow (hehe)

OK,

sorry i haven't taken any new pics yet to show, but my babies haven't done anything really different yet. The growth has slowed down, and i almost was afraid of root rot or somethin serious like that, cuz ive been kinda concerned about the pots im using cuz their not giving me a good enough run off when i water.

So i went apeshit again, and changed alot of shit up, lol. I went up to Home Depot, and picked up a couple more CFLs, some MG PERLITE, some MG BLOOM BOOST(15-30-15), and a timer, n a couple odds n ends.

I changed out my regular soil with 50% PERLITE, 40% MG moisture control soil, and 10% regular soil, all mixed up in my pots. Ill say this much, shits a hell of alot lighter now, and they have actually perked up a little bit since the soil changeup. Im gonna be using bloom boost EXCLUSIVELY for the flowering stage, just to see what happens, using it a 1/4 strength to start, and then slowly increasing the dose, depending on how my babies react.

Finally got me a TIMER for my lights, cuz im 3 days back into flowering now, and i just wanna make sure the photoperiod is EXACT every single day, so i dont cause stress on the babies. Well see how it turns out...

Ill take some pics tomorrow or the day after...I wanna wait n see what kind of effect the change is gonna have on them before i show you guys, so that way i wont have to post pics twice, lol

Thanks for enduring,

-K1.

Growing well after set backs,now DON'T pick the fan leaves.

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sounds better man.. yeah id rather have too many holes then not enough in the bottom of my planters ... and mixing it with perlite and your other mix.. your plants should love it becuase they will get more oxygen but keep an eye on them becuase im pretty sure your gonna have to water more often then as of now... maybe try to get the temps down a little bit unless your usin co2 but idont think u are so see if ya can get maybe another fan or two blowin in there somehow.. i did a closet grow and when my temps dropped the plants thrived in it... but it sounds like they are doin better cant wait to see the new pics... peace

are you feeding them round-up?

round up as in the weed killer? wdf u talkin bout man?

yeh, i understand my shit is lookin weak right now, and im tryin to fix alla that shit. I started with limited resources and im workin my way up. Jesus christ, sorry i cant be like the people on here who fuckin wake up one day, decide theyre gonna grow some chronic, and *poof* ten superplants instantly shoot outta their ass perfect as fuck with no problems in the process of squeezin them out of their puckered up little asshole. I appreciate the criticism tho. sure as fuck wish i could be as cool as you man, cuz if i could - god damn, id be cool.

im loadin up pics right now - ill post them in just a minute, for those of you who are interested.

Ok, new update.

Basically, i got a fuckin nonstop itch to keep changin my setup. I didnt fuck with the plants this time, just the lighting. I decided to pick up a couple more 75w daylight cfls, just to add for flowering. So now i have 2 4ft plant bulbs, 1 100w sunlight cfl, 1 100w daylight bulb, 1 150w sunlight bulb, and 4 74w daylight bulbs. I originally didnt think it through completely, and just taped them up like a fuckin dumbass. One morning i woke up, and the tape got hot and came off the light fixture, and ended up fallin on them, and it burned a couple leaves, and made shit a little worse for me.

I aint sweatin none of this though, as this is my first grow,and if i fuck up im just gonna start right back up again like it wasn't shit but a setback in time. Anyways, i went back to the depot, and i picked up some power strips, and set my shit up right so that dont happen again. All i need now for my setup is another fan blowin on the plants, and an exhaust fan, plus a carbon filter im gonna make from Wolfman's specs.

here are pics of the new setup:



theres the three high powered cfls on the wall, plus i have 3 75w cfls on the opposite wall, with one extra bulb that i need to snag another attachment to plug it in with waiting:


i enclosed my box with black trashbag on the outside so that no light can get in in the morning when i wake up before the timers turn on. I leave the flap on the bag open during the light period so the plants can breathe until i grab my other fan:



n now the plants:

heres the runt, doing well after the shock i put it through, coming along nicely lookin like a banzai tree:




Big one is thriving, lookin really healthy. im crossing my fingers for this one to start to show sex first, hopin its a girl man:





n my middle sized plant is kinda fucked up a little bit. This is the one that the light landed on, and some of the leaves instantly went limp, and within hours got crispy and fell off. Its just lookin fucked up, lol. Im sure itll bounce back though:







- so thats pretty much it for now. I aint gonna do closeups until i know that theres some typa growth in the nodes to help me sex them. Until then, im just happy ifinally got to the point where i dont have to fuck with them anymore, and i hope all the shock i put them through dont turn them male, or hermie. Is it a fact that stress can change the sex of a plant anyways? im curious, and all the shit i put these plants through, to have them all turn out female would be funny as hell, and disprove that fact altogether, lol. Anyways, im hopin for at least one female, ill be happy with that for now, and then just start two more as soon as i know i got males.


Well, thats it for now, ill hit u all back in a day or two when i get a sign of sex. Thanks for tunin in guys n gals!!

-K1.

bummp...

i just need some advise on wether or not theres anything i should be doin at this point to make sure they recover. Any opinions are appreciated...

well they look alright... whatcha feedin em? looks like you got some nute burn...

Looks good! IMO the less you screw around with them the better they do.

I agree with no drama, leave the plants alone. I know this is your first grow, so your learning alot right now. Next time you grow, there are a few things that I think you should do differently. First of all, DON'T TRANSPLANT MORE THAN ONCE. Everytime you do, your plants not only stop growing for a few days to recover, but it also stresses them out terribly, which alot of people say can cause them to be male or become hermaphrodites if they are female. They'll respond better to topping with not having to deal with recovering from repotting also. Second, if you lowered your temps by 5-10 degrees they'd grow alot better. And third, if you use miracle grow again, you need to watch the plants closer for overfertilization. If you notice anything starting to happen to the tips, just use straight water for the next 1-2 waterings. As far as nutrients, why don't you order them online? Well I hope you don't take what I said the wrong way, and I hope you don't think that I think I'm an expert because I'm not by any means trying to imply that. I'm just sharing info that I've learned, received, and read in books. I hope things go well for you and if I see any questions that I can answer I'll try to the best that I can.

i would have written all that if i wasnt so lazy...

It took everything out of me...I almost passed out.

there's nothing wrong here, you're just spamming your journal. lol all looks good. they will be fine.

chunkymunkey33 said:

It took everything out of me...I almost passed out.

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oh im sure. nothing like the novel you wrote in mine...

fdd2blk said:

there's nothing wrong here, you're just spamming your journal. lol all looks good. they will be fine.

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no way, i aint gonna spam my journal to people. all i want is advice from experienced growers. Maybe its cuz its my own grow n i got a complex or somethin, thinkin everyone elses shit looks way healthier than mine, n my babies r all piddly n sickly lookin, lol. Either way man, i wouldnt post about my own grow unless i needed someones opinion or advice. I do appreciate the visit though

N Chunky,

I didnt order online any nutes or anything cuz i couldnt afford to really do alla that atm. So i went MG for everything cuz thats what was readily available. But i will be ordering fox farm nutes and soil next time around. Gonna be goin through attitude soon to get ready n finally be able to grow somethin with quality instead of some bagseed (although the bud i got them from was some pretty good, stoney middies). At any rate, thanks both of you guys, and everyone else too for that matter, for your opinions. Its nice to know that nothing is doomed, hehe.

-K1

what i'm trying to say is, ........................ everything looks really good.

o, well good lookin out man, i really appreciate that shit, seriously.

Anyways, i woke up thismorning, checked my babies out, and....




PLEASE tell me that this is what i think it is.......

that's a female calyx.

yeahhhhhhhhhhh man, thats what i was hopin youd say. My big girls got a pussy. VICTORYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

--i guess my next question now would have to be - is it still possible that this girl will still hermie??