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colorfullyben

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Hello,

This is supposed to be a general grow journal of my little garden.

Thanks to all who share what they know...
 
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colorfullyben

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Room: 4 square meters cellar with 250cm height.
Lighting: 2X150W MH, 250W HPS
Medium: Coir, Baltic peat moss, compost & vermicompost, leonardite, perlite, vermiculite, clay pebbles, sand, dolomite lime, wood ash.
Nutrition: Bat guano, alfalfa meal, sheep manure, pigeon manure
Ventilation: 50W exhaust fan, two 25W blowers
Watering: Watered when the soil is well dry with chlorine-free tap water. Teas with guano, manures, molasses, leonardite.
Temperature: 23-27C
Humidity: 30%


Various strains, both known and unknown, will be planted for perpetual harvest.

 
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colorfullyben

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December 2, 2008

There are six plants on the lower shelf which are 88 days old, been flowering for about five weeks now. They are of two different strains of bag-seed with below-average high.




On the upper shelf, there are six plants. Three of them are 33 days old, flowering for more than a week. They're more than 10 inches long (p1,2,3). There is a seedling from a above-average high strain which is a six days old (p4). Well, there are two seedlings which are only three days old (p5), these are supposedly either of "White Widow" or "Northern Lights" strains (given by a friend). And the last one is a little "passion flower" dwelling in the garden for a while (p6).

 
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colorfullyben

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December 9, 2008

These are some of the nice buds of the garden as of today. These plants are about three months old and six weeks into flowering.




There is some "trichomic issues" going on as you can see from the close-ups :)

 
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SpoCannabis

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Not bad indeed. Looks like some late flowering herb you have there...

I'm just curious why you are wasting your time/space with strains you didn't like the effect of? Personally, I would want to utilize my small space to its full and not waste time with inferior genetics.

Looks like you are doing well though. What are you hoping to harvest every round with your perpetual setup?
 
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colorfullyben

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SpoCannabis,

Well these plants are my first grow. I just planted the seeds of the last smoke i had, which was a terribly dealt plant with seeds really all around, i suspect it also had some mold, but it still had some kind of high.

So i wanted to see the difference between a well-cared (that's being my care:) and a poorly-cared plant of the same genetics. As far, i can say that they seem much better than the other strain i grow (which had considerably higher effect, but it was from a better cared and cured plant with no seed or something). I have two White Widow seedlings on the upper shelf though :)

As for the harvest, i hope (and only hope that is) each plant will yield around around 30 grams.
 
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colorfullyben

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December 10, 2008

The other day there was a little accident in the garden and a plant got a broken little branch.

I let it dry for a day or so and giving it a try now. The high is not bad with strong body buzz, but lasts very short. Guess it won't make a bad smoke after bout a month.

 
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colorfullyben

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December 16, 2008

The two White Widow seedlings are 17 days old from sprout. One seem to have a little problem (p1) because of the early introduction to fertilizers. Both of them look like females though. The last one (p3) was a little flowering cutting i took a while ago, i smoked it :)




This plant (called Avarel) is more than three months old and the its leaves are getting yellow (p1,2). Not yet ready though, the trichomes are still clear or white. The last picture is also of a three-month-old plant from a different strain (p3).




Here are some general pictures of the garden:

 
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colorfullyben

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December 20, 2008

Well, today i ripped another branch off (didn't have any smoke), it's now quick drying on a hot plate :)




The little passiflora is growing fast. Some glands which taste kind of sweet started to emerge from the leaves and the petioles (p3). These are either for sticking purposes or they are some kind of "bug attractors!" I may have to remove it from the garden :(




I believe the both of the two White Widow seedlings are females (p1,2), they're doing ok. Since i don't want to give out my credit card number on the net, i'm kind of broke in terms of good quality genetics. So i'm planning to breed these White Widows and have some seeds if possible.

 
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colorfullyben

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December 26, 2008

I decided to use organic soil amendments only from now on. I've been already feeding the garden with molasses only for about two weeks now. Since i've been a little broke for the last couple of weeks, i violently smoked almost one third of the semi-mature plants :bashhead: Here is the ripped off garden:




The White Widow "seedlings" has flowered and they're about 15cm long. Yes both of them are females! The little passion flower (p3)also grows nice, trying to catch the cables and other plants with its long tentacles:




These two plants (p1,2) are seven weeks old and they have beautiful flowers.

 
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Core

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that name rings a bell ....do we know?...just checking....
if not...great looking plants and pics :smile:
 
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Core

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aaaha ok lol...thought you where a friend of mine i recently met....my bad mate...but i had to ask :D
 
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colorfullyben

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December 30, 2008

The White Widows are a month old. I transplanted them into 2-gallon pots and used an organic-only recipe for soil mix (peat moss, coir, leonardite, perlite, sand, wood ash, various manures and compost). They've responded quickly, a lot of new growth from the nodes.




The bagseed plants are two months old and they look pretty well i guess, very short (30-35cm), bushy and large top colas. The soil mix used for these plants was not totally organic but i've been feeding them with organic-only fertilizers for a while now.

 
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colorfullyben

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January 16, 2009

I got a new 250W HPS and set up a corner with the old 150W MH with 18/6 lighting schedule. Now i can let the dudes vegetate for a while. Some new friends in the garden by the way: peppergrass (p1), coriander (p2), purple basil (p3)




I cut this beautiful plant from a garden in the neighborhood (p4), rooted it in peat pellets. It's vigorous, will be a tree in no time. Anybody who recognizes this plant, please let me know (the mother had huge red-orange bell-like flowers hanging down from the petioles). The other plant (p5) is a Coleus and it grows very fast. Its leaves supposed to have some kind of a hallucinogen, we'll see... The last (p6) one is a seedling from a Northern Lights mother and a bagseed father, good enough, no :)




Here are the new White Widow seedlings (p6,7), they've sprouted here under 18/6 MH 10 days ago. The little buddy staring at the camera (p8) is so nervous that it keeps running around the bin all day long, i'll let it go to the earth if it insists more...

 
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colorfullyben

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January 24, 2009

Here is the alfalfa sprouts (p1) in order to prepare some alfalfa meal. Some chard sprouts (p2), a very delicious vegetable. These are some test parsley sprouts (p3), sowed a lot more parsley yesterday. The unknown plant is beautifully growing (p4). The coleus clones (p5) seem to be growing more red-purple areas under bright light since relatively less chlorophyll is needed. These are some white widow and half-northern lights seedlings along with some tomatoes and Anaheim peppers (p6).




These white widows have been flowering for about two months (flowering from seed), unfortunately i ripped off some absolute immature nuggets and they're good, no more wasting time with inferior genetics! I guess they'll be ready in about a month (p7, 8, 9).




Here are the 25 days old white widow & half-northern lights seedlings under 18/6:

 
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colorfullyben

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December 26, 2009

This plant is a two months old white widow, flowering from seed. The leaf deformation seems to be due to magnesium deficiency. It slowly goes up towards the newer leaves. What do you think? Is it normal at this stage of flowering or is it a deficiency?

 
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