ledgic13's lowryder2 x ak-47 grow journal

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so i ordered on may 28, got here on june 2.
then from there with my 10 seeds i germinated all 10 in a glass of water in the dark for 24hrs...
they all cracked except for 2.

june 5th i planted. all 8 little girls...

using only love ,my hands,water and fox farms soil for 15 dollars even, i planted them

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so these are the plants from like day 5. 6 in the bucket 4 was in the pots.
i will update with more
 

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hopefull these are a little better...



ok so im down to 6 plants.

8 grew, and 2 didnt make it due to bad genetics i suppose, they just didn't grow as much as the other girls.



please if any suggestions can be made , feel free to help a brother out.
 

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Unique

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I see you have a reflective mylar, what kind of lights are you using?
Your soil looks way too wet. Even if you just took the pic after water it looks like the roots are not getting oxygen due to wet soil. Also...i see no peralite or anything in the soil....you need that to add oxyegen to the soil, otherwise the soil will compact after time and the roots with suffacate.
Let it dry out more. Your plants are little and the roots are not too deep. A little water near the base of the plant and a few inches out should be plenty. Listen to the plant, she will tell you when to water.

You are going to want to seperate those plants in a few weeks before it is too late and they root bind.
Also....what you feed the AK may not agree with the LR and vice versa. You will want to set up seperate pots so you can feed them differently if needed.

You have LR2 growing so naturally those plants will be small.
That one brown plant looks dead. I doubt it can be saved.
Seperate the plants into diff pots and add peralite.
Hold back on the watering and nutes for a minute.
Get more lights in there. Co2 is for when you have the rest of the shit down....then you can turbo charge them.

They can and will benefit from Co2 in veg....but it is best used in flower.
Spend that $100 on a hps light instead....check out craigslist for cheap ones.
 
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im growing the auto ak mix just that.
i will spilt the plant out the bin into the two white pail tonight.
so i should put all six in pails.
i only over watered when i noticed i did the nute burn and the leaves where drying up, i just started warting this way as off 4am.
i will not water until tomorrow as of knowing this.

ive got pics of my grow area in that section.
im using 5 105watt cfl 5000k, but i do have another one if i need to hook that up around .
 
jayzero

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Can't wait to see how your girls fare, man. I had one that looked just like that yellow dude up there - don't know what happened but it just turned yellow and died. Runt of the litter or something :lol:
 

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Unique said:
I see you have a reflective mylar, what kind of lights are you using?
Your soil looks way too wet. Even if you just took the pic after water it looks like the roots are not getting oxygen due to wet soil. Also...i see no peralite or anything in the soil....you need that to add oxyegen to the soil, otherwise the soil will compact after time and the roots with suffacate.
Let it dry out more. Your plants are little and the roots are not too deep. A little water near the base of the plant and a few inches out should be plenty. Listen to the plant, she will tell you when to water.

You are going to want to seperate those plants in a few weeks before it is too late and they root bind.
Also....what you feed the AK may not agree with the LR and vice versa. You will want to set up seperate pots so you can feed them differently if needed.

You have LR2 growing so naturally those plants will be small.
That one brown plant looks dead. I doubt it can be saved.
Seperate the plants into diff pots and add peralite.
Hold back on the watering and nutes for a minute.
Get more lights in there. Co2 is for when you have the rest of the shit down....then you can turbo charge them.

They can and will benefit from Co2 in veg....but it is best used in flower.
Spend that $100 on a hps light instead....check out craigslist for cheap ones.
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ok so i took your advice and spent 80 on a used 400 watt hps its came with a bulbs its red so i presume its the flowering bulbs, but since this is auto flowerer, it should fine i hope.

this bulb should be at least 38,000lumens
hopefully this will give the ladies the kick in the right direction.
 
LoudBlunts

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you said something about you nute burning them?


you shouldnt be giving them nutes at such a young age man.
 
Unique

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You got a good deal on the light and the orange one is what you need.
A MH bulb would be better at this point for veg but the HPS will work just fine.
You will see a drastic increase with your over all yeild....and come next harvest you will be looking for more lights.

Keep them on a 18/6 light cycle. If you decrease the light on those LR to 12/12 it will effect your yield greatly.

Good luck.

PS...expect your temps to increase by about 15 degrees if not more....make sure you have some kind of vent system to pipe that hot air out and cool air in.
This can be done by fans and leaving a door open alittle if you cant go all out vent system right now.
 
Unique

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PSS....Im off to go chill on the beach in puerto rico for the weekend....so you're on your own!
 
ledgic13

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all right ive got up a nice covering over the door to allow me to open the door but still have more than half the area sealed.
and ive got a fan to blow out the hot air.
then i will swith in 8 hrs in the morning and bring in air.
 

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im waiting for them to really take off.
i stand ever so vigilant on watch waiting.
patience for me shall be the key.
 
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heres an update to the madness that is the auto flowerer.

mix up a nutrient solution.
im using super tea mix. made the mistake last time of using to much to soon.

25 days in from seed.
one 95% filled tbsp of the the super tea to the gallon water, and its been sitting for the past hour.
i haven't watered since last wed.
will use the solution i made when i water on wed.
ive been misting the plants just about every 2-4hrs.
using a 20/4 l.s
temp in the room when exhausting is around 84c nice and warm, when running in air, it goes down to around 80c

any suggestions??
 

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jayzero

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Looking good, man. Seems like they just took a really long time to take root - maybe from too much watering early on or whatever. They look like they're finally taking off so hopefully they progress normally from here and don't start flowering when they're still really small! Any news on them at all...been a few days, they must have made leaps and bounds :blsmoke:
 
ledgic13

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here is some updates jayzero, and yes they are taking of like a mofo.

take a looksie,

one of my plants does look a little deformed so do critique.
 

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im thinkin most of them are males ,and i need to get som females, even if the price is high, but the guarantee is worth it.
 
jayzero

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That deformed one may just be genetic. I've seen that kind of growth come out at the base of the stalk on mine - just random, twisted stuff coming out. This one seems to have it right in early growth, though. The only other thing I've heard of can maybe be copper deficiency, but from what I gather that's pretty rare and the rest of them look fine in the same soil.

I'd maybe ease up on misting them if you're still at it every couple of hours - I'm not sure how much water they can take up through the leaves but too much may stop the plant from trying to grow bigger roots to find water. The plant will transpire to cool itself too - drawing water up from the ground to pump out of the leaves to regulate temperature. If it's always cooling from evaporating water which has been sprayed, maybe that may also slow down - it's important because water it draws up from the ground will carry nutrients along with it. I dunno, maybe someone else has some ideas on spraying vs not spraying. I didn't spray at all with mine, though I'm sure a little bit can maybe help. Too much, though, may not be so good for them. They all look pretty plump, like water-fat, if that makes any sense. I'd let them dry out a bit, maybe, and force those roots to get big and strong.
 
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well they still look like males , jays ,real proper though...
placed going with the feminised now!!

but im still letting this grow out just to be sure if there males.
and i am cuting back on the watering to let the roots grow down, thanks man.
 
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