Newbie Grow Set up

StangFreak69

Active Member
Ok, here is my set up. newbie here on first grow. I grew these from bag seeds. I have 3 plants. I have one large female (I can see the white hairs now) and two smaller males--I think. I started 12-12 on sep 1st. The two smaller plants have tiny sacks growing out so I'm pretty sure they are male. I was getting close to removing them but I took a very close look at my female and I think she may have hermied! DAMN! Anyway I tried to take a pic of the suspiscous looking pods but they are so small I cant get them in focus.

My question is- how common is it to have bag seeds that are hermied? I am a newbie but I have been careful to not stress the plant. The first photo is my set up and all 3 plants. The second photo is one of my males and the last photo is my big female. I will try to get better photos too.

Any advice is appreciated! Oh, and this site kicks ass!
 

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africangrower

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first off you should get rid of those male. it will pollinate your female using energy to produce seeds and not bud.
second, your plant looks so thin, i see those supports you have. do you give nutes?? maybe the lights were too far away from them
early on causing them to stretch like like that!!
lastly it depends if the the bagseed had hermie in its genetics, but its better go with a femmed seed, you never know if your bagseed is male or not :weed:
hope i helped:mrgreen:
 

StangFreak69

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I plan on getting rid of the males if they really are males. i'm a newb so I just want to make sure before I murder them. I started with one shop light with grow bulbs and therefore didnt have a lot of light on them. I have since added another shop light with grow lights and a spot light with a grow light and it made a big difference. I also lowered the light. It is about an inch from the top of my female. I have given nutes the whole time but not much b/c I was afraid I would over do it. I have increased my amount plus bought better nutes and it helped alot. I have also started adding molasses to my water.

I have some fem pineapple express seeds on the way from attitude! dude, thanks for the info!
 

africangrower

New Member
you should get t5 bulbs, about 3 pr more. you can find em at homedpot for like $20. it would help alot more:mrgreen:
thos look a little like pollen sacks and a little like new leaf grow. im a complete noob when it comes to determining the sex from pictures, but wait till someone more experienced in that stops by :bigjoint:
 

StangFreak69

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man, i sure hope your right. i looked at the t5 lights at lowe's and they were smaller, and lower wattage. thats why i went with these spectrum grow light. they had a higher rating too of 6500. i've read where budding needs more light so i planned on going back for more lights.
 

bigbudjohn420

Active Member
you would be better off with using five 23watt=100watt CFL your plants are 2 tall... there not geting real good light:wall:
 

africangrower

New Member
for flowering you need 2700k spectrum of light wich has a redorangish light to it. just read the box for 2700k spectrum , and get the most watage you can. bigbudjohn420 is right cfls would be a better choice. i meant the t5 fives were for vegging, if you plan on growing again. and i do really live in africa. best place to grow with no cops on your ass:bigjoint:
 
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