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Humboldt

Humboldt

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Are you sure that they are males? Off that, I was just looking at one of my plants up close and I think one might be a herm. mabe from stress or heat. I don't know if it is but one side of the nod has a hair and the other side has a little round something. I will take a pic later. The both are flow. and were clones(female). I think I rather it be a herm. so I can get some good seeds from the plants
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I'm pretty sure of two, still waiting for the other two and at this point I wouldn't mind a herm, more seeds would be cool.

Ribbet, I haven't changed the water because I'm afraid to expose the roots to the air, I don't know what will happen if I do, do you think it would be safe to lift the clone out the water to change it?
 
LoganSmith

LoganSmith

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Hey,
Air is ok, its just light that you have to worry about. Thats why you able to lift the hum. lid and spray it when it is needed. I have read that some domes have like a one inch sq. hole on the top that you can open and close when you want to. You might want to let fresh air in once a day. but don't quote me on it.:) Did you find that 500w light that I was talking about?
Logan-
 
Ribbet29

Ribbet29

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I really dont think it would hurt to expose it for a few seconds, but if your worried about it just pour fresh water into the cup over the sink, causing the old water to overflow. I mean it is an experiment right whats the worst you can do? kill your males?

I've never done it with pot but I've done it a million times with house plants, they seem to do better with fresh water. good luck
 
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#420

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a my seeds are rooting now should i on the light after the napkin part. i'ved put them in their pot already
 
Humboldt

Humboldt

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I have read that some domes have like a one inch sq. hole on the top that you can open and close when you want to. You might want to let fresh air in once a day.
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I have the dome lifted it's getting constant fresh air, I was thinking of adding air with a pulsar pump by placing the tube underneath the dome but they seem to be doing fine without it, also I haven't been to costco's yet, I may have to make do with what I've got.

I mean it is an experiment right whats the worst you can do? kill your males?
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Good point, but at the same time I want this to work therefore I do not want to kill them, I did get some rootone thinking about doing a couple from my girls, how many clones you think I could get off one plant at a time, do you think I could get away with two per plant?

420 it's ok to put them under lights now, however some people wait until they pop from the soil.

Thanks guys for your help and opinions!
 
LoganSmith

LoganSmith

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with out any problems, you might want to go for four. I took 7 and my plant and it was smaller then yours. How old are they now. You might want to read up on it because yours started from seeds, mine started as clones, so that might make a difference.

Remember not all will turn out. Keep tring with the males and when you start to see them to root and you feel ok about it them go to the girls.
GLG
 
Humboldt

Humboldt

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Thanks, my plants are little over two months, I'm pretty sure it's safe enough to clone, I was unclear on how many clippings I could safely take off a single plant, I think I will take two from each plant as I'm limited space, I basicaly want a mother and two more girls for the next round, I'm now thinking of doing two plants at a time, Keep at least one mother and figure a good rotation schedule that I can deal with.

Any ideas on a rotation schedule? I heard about the sea of green, has anybody ever done that and how successful was it? I'm thinking maybe doing something like that, you're supposed to get so many oz every month or so, that would be too cool.

Update on the clones, the clone in the MG appears to be dying off as expected and the other two still seems to be doing ok, I'm thinking about doing the girls tonight or tomorrow.

As you can see the one on the left is dying but still have hope for the other two,




I still plan on starting the flowering process this weekened, because if I do screw up the girl clones I'm safe to take clipping two weeks into flowering.

Any ideas on a rotation would be appreciated, in the mean time I'm going to find that link I saw on the sea of green while back.
 
Humboldt

Humboldt

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Holy crap look how bushy this bitch is getting only two days later, I took her out to water today and didn't really notice how bushy she was until out of the room, good thing I re organized lol I may have to arrange it again real soon if she keeps growing like this.




Check it out, you can't even see the damn bucket,







What do ya think, is she going to get much taller or continue to bush out? I also found some info of the sea of green but they are all basically the same no tuts or anything and all are saying hydro, are you able to do the sea of green using soil?
 
PartyOf5

PartyOf5

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damn those are nice looking plants. what strain are you growing? are you worried about them getting too tall?
 
Humboldt

Humboldt

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Nah I'm more worried of them getting too bushy as I have more vertical room than horizontal and I don't know the strain as they are bagseed, I did smoke the weed that I got the seeds from and it was kkiller however it was old and didn't taste to good, so I'm excited to see what it actually turns out like.


I drove two hours today to get some fox farm products and some rock wool, my luck they only had grow big and no rock wool in stock, I went ahead and grabbed the grow big as it's supposed to be excellent for vegging, I may take that drive again to get some tiger bloom or I may have to use what ever I can get my hands on, any recommendations for a good blooming solution I would be able to get at like lowes or home depot?


While I was out I picked up a bunch of small bricks at home depot (59 cents a piece) can't beat that. I needed them to raise the smaller pots/plants to the level of the rest, they are stretched enough due to lake of pots, lighting and room but they seem to be doing better.

Here are some updated pictures,

Now all the plants are about the same level,




These are the 59 cent bricks at home depot, perfect for lifting small pots,



This is the fox farm product I purchased, supposed to be excellent for vegging,



See following link, perhaps find some fox farm products near you,

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/buyfox.html


And these are some fly strips, good for all flying bastards, only buck 50 at home depot,



Note: If you use these strips you don't want to put them too close to the plants because they are extremely sticky and if it gets hold of your plant, you better be prepared to do some pruning..

All the inspiration and advise is much appreciated!
 
Micheal Kelso

Micheal Kelso

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Looking good - nice genetics on those plants man, short and bushy - I love that shit.

How long are you going to veg them? Some of them look like they might be ready to turn to 12/12 soon. Be prepared for the early flowering stretch :P

If you are going to use Fox Farm, I would just go ahead and get the whole line up for all the way through flowering. TigerBloom, BigBloom, Open Seasame, and ChaChing... I don't think the BeastieBloom is necassary since it is barely used in the feeding schedule, maybe a get a small can of it if you can i guess..

GL - keep up the good work.
 
We1

We1

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those plants look good for the kind of floros you were using.
Must be cause you have 14 of um.
Switch um all to daylight for veg (white label)
those GE's are like 3 bucks each at wal-mart.
But then again I heard if you have like 86 incadecents and a shitload of bucks
for a electric bill, you can get good results.
 
Humboldt

Humboldt

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Thanks but I don't think it's necessarily the genetics as most are taller and thinner but the one bitch is bushing like a mutha fuker, it's scaring me, I got all the seeds from the same bag so that leads me to believe they are all the same strain, however they don't look like it, hopefully I got that bag with somebodys collection of seeds and end up with multiple strains.


I plan to start flowering the two big girls this weekend, if not maybe the middle of next week, I'm thinking of keeping some of the smaller potted plants in there during flowering maybe get some short cola girls, I'm going to take some clippings from the girls before I do and hope to hell they take root.

If you are going to use Fox Farm, I would just go ahead and get the whole line up for all the way through flowering. TigerBloom, BigBloom, Open Seasame, and ChaChing... I don't think the BeastieBloom is necassary since it is barely used in the feeding schedule, maybe a get a small can of it if you can i guess..
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What do you think I am RICH!? lol wouldn't grow big and one of the other blooms be good enough?

BTW where have ya been? was wondering what happened to you!
 
Micheal Kelso

Micheal Kelso

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Just been busy, - the wifey gave me the go ahead to try and become a poker pro... been at the casinos a bunch and playing online poker alot too...

Have you seen my grow journal lately? I think I have caught up :hump:

;-)
 
PartyOf5

PartyOf5

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kinda lucky we have a worms way within an hour and half from me and there inventory is huge. one thing is think i shouldve done different is use grow big during veg but there is always next time. just checked my plants and 10 out of 13 are over 12" now in the 4th week of veg. i havnt used any nutes yet since im using ocean forest soil but next week i am going to start using open sesame for one week before going into flowering.
 
Serotonin

Serotonin

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I like your CFL lighting array. I'm going to try and fabricate something similar to that for veging and cloning in my totes. Plants look good!
 
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gst1147

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i grew some plants from bag seeds and they came from the same nug, but two completely diff plants, bc bag seed isnt always stabilized like seeds from seed banks, but the variety is nice. You can see what kind you like the most then clone it and get the same bud again or clone all the diff types and have that variety. Hows the cloning comming, might get a little better results if you blacked out the outside of those glasses as roots grow in the dark.
 
Humboldt

Humboldt

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those plants look good for the kind of floros you were using.
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Must be cause you have 14 of um.
Switch um all to daylight for veg (white label)
those GE's are like 3 bucks each at wal-mart.
But then again I heard if you have like 86 incadecents and a shitload of bucks
for a electric bill, you can get good results.
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Yeah I was recently informed that I was using the wrong lighting, I was told the ones I'm using are good for flowering, do you think I should ad some daylight to the mix when I start to flower or keep the lights as they are?



Have you seen my grow journal lately? I think I have caught up
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Yeah I'd say so, looking good I should of started my flowering sooner and now it looks like it's going to be more like the middle of next week before I can start, also I almost got enough for a 400w system, but I still want to continue this grow under cfl's, I would very much like to see what I'm able to get using them, I'm thinking about setting up my second closet into a veg, cloning and an hps budding chamber the, I'll post updates if that should happen.

kinda lucky we have a worms way within an hour and half from me and there inventory is huge. one thing is think i shouldve done different is use grow big during veg but there is always next time. just checked my plants and 10 out of 13 are over 12" now in the 4th week of veg. i havnt used any nutes yet since im using ocean forest soil but next week i am going to start using open sesame for one week before going into flowering.
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12" they getting big, so you're going to start flowering in two weeks, also is sesame a foxfarm product?


I like your CFL lighting array. I'm going to try and fabricate something similar to that for veging and cloning in my totes. Plants look good!
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Thank you, please post your lighting setup when finished, I would like to see what you come up with.

i grew some plants from bag seeds and they came from the same nug, but two completely diff plants, bc bag seed isnt always stabilized like seeds from seed banks, but the variety is nice. You can see what kind you like the most then clone it and get the same bud again or clone all the diff types and have that variety. Hows the cloning comming, might get a little better results if you blacked out the outside of those glasses as roots grow in the dark.
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Thanks for the input I can't wait to see what types of strains I come up with and for the cloning in the water it's taking way too long, I got some rootone and failed to get rock wool, so I'm thinking of ditching the male clones and trying a couple girls in dirt, I'll keep ya'll posted.


I soo want to start flowering tomorrow but I'm still trying to get my closet doors light/dark proof, I'm using a certain rod, a white sheet and got a roll of that gardening plastic I was thinking about sewing the black plastic to one side of the sheet and there's a gap above the curtain rod that beams light through, I was thinking tacking and or tape a strip of that plastic on the inside of the doors, this I think should work but would like some opinions.

Also I recently learned of emergency blankets that are light proof and shiny (would they work) If I can get a couple of them blankets that would be awesome, but I don't think they sell them locally in my area, does any body know if I can find them at like lowes or something, or is this more of a camping gear item? I would like to get a couple of these blankets but can not wait for shipping.

If I have to I guess I will use plan A at least until I can get it more light/dark proof, do you think this would interrupt the flowering process?

Here are some pictures of my situation,







If anybody has any good ideas to an inexpensive and easy way to make my type of closet doors light dark proof without damage to the doors would be appreciated.
 
Humboldt

Humboldt

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Well it looks like I'm not going to be flowering anytime soon, I'm still trying to make my closet light/dark proof and now I'm noticing strange bugs, they are like flying fleas or something, they appear to jump/hop or fly, please see image bellow.



I know it's not a very good picture, but an expert eye may be able to tell me what specie of bug this is, also what would be the best and safest route to rid of them? money is no object at this point when it comes to bugs, what is important is that what I purchase works and does not harm my plants.

I want to flower but I want things to be right before I do, I heard if the slightest of light seeps through while plants are in dark period that it will mess up the hole grow, I also heard that it's not good to use bug sprays etc. during flowering.

I went ahead and took five clippings from the two girls, two off the bushy bitch and three off the other, I used rootone and dirt for medium, I sure hope things went ok, here are a couple pictures,



The two underneath the pitchers are the male clones in water, I still want to see if they will take root.



Rootone scares me, read the damn bottle!



I'm not sure how good rootone is but I have heard that it works well, however I do not like the caution on the bottle it frightens me and made my job more difficult, also it's messy as hell to use, next time I think I will use a liquid solution and read the bottle/package better.

Oh does anybody know how long I should keep the dome on for clones in dirt, and should I continue spraying them twice a day?

Hope all goes well, wish me luck!
 
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