Grow Journal #5-12/12 from seed to finish, 400W Grow Cabinet, Hydro & Soil

[Spittn4cash]

Week 8, Day 6

As of this day "The Queen" will no longer be part of this journal. I cant give specifics now but trust me ladies and gentlemen, its for the best.

Pollination successful.

I tried to keep it simple, this is my first time *purposely* breeding

more2come

 

[Spittn4cash]

Lets see some new pics. My buds are almost as big as some of yours in the old pics now so I'm sure yours are getting huge. Lets see 'em.

Random bud footage.

 

[Gloryfades]

Still looking good. Keep it up!

 

[Spittn4cash]

Random bud footage.

more of the same...

 

[Spittn4cash]

Week 9 Day 2 of 12/12 from seed.

I had to revert back to my Veg nutes temporarily, leaves started yellowin waayy too soon. since then theyve been reaching for the stars. gettin bigger and bushier every cpl days.

with winter coming to an end I no longer have fresh cool air coming in, and the temps hit the high 80's today. my resolution will probably involve an air conitioner and a lot of duct tape.

for humidity Ive still been foliar spraying, keeps the humidity in the mid 40's, high 50's for an hr or so.

which is good bcuz I read that low humidity helps plants produce more THC. somehow a lower humidity is supposed to cause the moisture in the plant's seed pods to dry up. they begin to split open which causes some light exposure on the seeds. the plants natural reaction to protect its seed pods is to create THC cells on the seed pods to deflect and absorb light rays.

cool shit huh?

more news on the way. stay tuned. stay blazed

m'out!

 

[Spittn4cash]

Week 9 Day 2

Bubblicious Female is happy to be upstairs

BHP is gettin PHat and skunky!

THP also looking nice

Indica Dom is takin over the cabinet!

 

[mastakoosh]

looks like them buds are fattening up nice.

 

[edux10]

Nice plants; nice pics.. Your at nine weeks already? How long u think they will take.. They look like indica not sativa.. Deff not ready yet.. You think like 12 weeks? Its bagseed right?

 

[Spittn4cash]

Updates on the way.

Im gonna snap a few shots in a min. but heres the info update..


Today is Week 10, Day 2 total.

The oldest (B.H.P.) has been buddin for 4 weeks and 2 days. The next oldest (Indica Dom & T.H.P.) has been buddin for 2 weeks and 2 days. The Bubblicious FEMALE has yet to show me anything Id consider a bud so shes still vegging, IMO, under the 400w HPS on 12/12 with everybody else.

Temps have been hittin a crucial 90*F-100*F+.

Springtime fix is on the way. Im open to suggestions.

Ive ran into a stumbling block with Indica Dom. Shes been growing pretty close to the bulb (within 6"-8" of the 400W bulb) and I think either the heat stress or the last nute feed i gave her is causin her leaves to curl down and some golden browning on the leaves.

If it were due to the nutes id think all of the rest of the plants would have it too, so I doubt thats the issue. but its been a while since Ive gave her a proper flush so that may be the fix im lookin for. I'll try that first and post back when I see some progress.


pix on the way...

 

[Spittn4cash]

Week 10, Day 2. 12/12 from start.

Heres the young ones. The droopy one is "sunshine" shes adjusting to the warmer air, hopefully it didnt shock her too bad. the other two are "Bright" and "Early".. definitely showing their afghani kush indica traits.

Bubblicious Female

Indica Dom

Shots from BHP.

im open to comments and suggestions. feel free to post.

blaze one

 

[Spittn4cash]

those arent seed pods BTW

 

[Revolution101]

those look crazy, I bet they fill out real nice.

 

[Spittn4cash]

Heya REV! Thanks for the support. I see ur grow is coming along also. fantastic setup man & keep up the good work.

updates on the way

those look crazy, I bet they fill out real nice.

 

[Spittn4cash]

Week 10, Day 6 - 12/12 from seed.

 

[Spittn4cash]

 

[Spittn4cash]

 

[Runagi]

those are some sick sized buds! Envyyyyyy

 

[TheJollyBrother]

Yes very good, i presume thos fatter ones werent started at the same time or werent 12/12 from seed? look great tho SFC
lovin, it!
Jolly

 

[TheJollyBrother]

Bloody Fat calyx's n all if, as you say, they dont have seeds!

 

[Spittn4cash]

thanks for the responses guys! I really appreciate the feedback.

the only plants that havent been on 12/12 from start are bright, early, and sunshine. Bright and Early both turned out to be male (figures, the best looking plants always turn out male..) so I killed bright, and stuck early back in the veg chamber for possible future use. and sunshine hasnt shown her sex to me yet, (but im pretty sure shes the female bcuz she had more complications germinating and grew slower as a seedling..) so I dug up a nice spot outside for the plant appropriately named sunshine.

Yeah, my calyxes are swelling big time now

Calyx swelling is a major indicator of peak maturity. The lowest, oldest calyxes swell first and the swelling works its way up to the highest, youngest flowers on each bud.
At peak maturity about 90% of the calyxes will almost look seeded, they are so fat.
Three quarters to 90% of the pistils will have turned reddish brown as well. For a basic Indica this takes well into the seventh week of the flowering cycle.
By the end of the eighth week most of the calyxes will have swollen and a surge of trichome development has coated most of the buds. It is now that the development of a very discerning palate comes into play to determine the finest harvest time. Remember - patience is a virtue and often a discipline.