Chiefs first time flower

[Chief]

Hello, im Chief and id like to share my garden in hopes of opinions and appreciated advice. As well as the bag full of questions that keep arising. My first post was 5 weeks ago, not surprising it was in the Infirmary. Since things have looked up but still appear lacking.

They are roughly 10wk from seed. Nirvanas WW, NL, and AK48. As my firsty seed purchase i was very pleased with the price through to the fast delivery. 27/30 sprouted healthy, 10/10 ww, 9/10 NL, and AK48 8/10. Hopefully i do not regret skimping in genetics. Any advice on what phenos would be nice.


12/12/09




Since plants showing preflowers have been sorted and repoted from 1gal to 5gal.

Difference in plants transplanted 2wk later




They were flipped to 12/12 2 days ago. im a little a concerned about height with light penetration, as they are approaching 3ft. a 600w hps and 400w mh are being used through out.



The results of the 600hps and 400mh have not been as expected as most appear to be somewhat lanky and thin from light related but maybe just strain orientated. Opinions?

this is a WW and a group shot



None appear to be "stacked" these are three best on overall structure



These are 3 varying ones



I transplanted into gardner and bloome blue ribbon http://www.gbsoil.com/products-gallery/gbsoil/

and some appear to be burning. This is a NL


Since being transplanted they been givin only LK at full stregnth and water as needed. Could the soil be too hot (is it a soiles mix?) should LK be reduced. The mix has no NPK#. It is Organic and resmbles many mixs ive seen recommended, i am wondering if i will need feed through flower.

5weeks


10weeks



Intreresting how the stem tappers off so quick



Thank you for taking a look comments and advice welcome.

 

[Hank Hemp]

Isn't that product your trying to grow in a amendment? Read the add you posted ok. Then when you have time read this http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=112662

 

[Chief]

Thank you. The soil was labeld as potting soil, i couldnt get it to link to the blue ribbon blend.

Description:

A composted blend of Canadian sphagnum peat moss,
screened fir bark fines, forest humus, pumice, chicken
manure, worm castings, bat guano, kelp meal and
alfalfa meal. Oyster shell and dolomite limes are
added as pH adjusters (pH = 6.5.)

Primary Uses:

Formulated for use in all indoor and outdoor container planting applications.

Also excellent for hanging baskets and raised bed planting.

May be mixed with existing garden soil to enhance soil texture, drainage and fertility.

May be added to existing soil in containers or pots to restore and improve the nutrient and physical properties.

FEATURES:

100% natural, completely organic Peat-based formula that includes Alfalfa Meal, Worm Castings, Kelp Meal, and Bat Guano.


Thank you for the link, it is an excelnt. ive browsed it more than once.

 

[Hank Hemp]

You need to do some trimming dude, check this out-http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115377

 

[Chief]

My first clones

i used the peat pellet thread as a reference,

So i take by recomending trimming that they are too stretchy? ive been amprehensive to top or trim assuming its main benny was under heighth restriction. I am three days into 12/12 would you still recomend a trim?

 

[Hank Hemp]

Look tall.

 

[SMKING IN MT]

i TO HAVE AK 48 AND ITS MY FIRST TIME GROWING. IM IN WEEK 5 OF FLOWERING . MINE ARE ABOUT 3 FT 7 IN. TALL BUT MINE LOOK A LITTLE BUSHER NOT MUCH. AND THE TRIMING THING NOT SURE SOME SAY DO IT SOME SAY DONT IM GOING TO EXPERIMENT ON MY NEXT BATCH CAUSE I DIDNT TRIM THESE ONES . ILL LET YOU KNOW GOOD LUCK

 

[Chief]

Its going on over 2 weeks and only 2 clones are showing roots and they are both from the same plant. The rest are still alive although leaves are starting to brown and die.

Is it normal for 5gal plant to take a 1 gal of water? Thats 1/2 tbl mollass 2tsp lk per plant.

 

[Chief]

Im gettin excited, i dont know what to expect. They are already too tall, i waited till most showed pre flowers to flower, so nextime starting with mature clones should really cut down heigth a lot.

1/21


went into flower a couple days later, now its a couple weeks into flower


Too tall for my likings, tghe bottoms are very twigish. But the quite a few tops are startin to poke through. This one is NL and is just a tree, the trunks as wide as a 1" popsicle stick.



This guy has had been struglin for a while. Its always been really light in color and lost quite a few fan leaves. Couple weeks ago showed burnt edges and brown spots. Hasnt progressed and has started flowering so ill hope for the best. Looks like a small yeilder but smells great, but i have no idea whaty to expect still a long way to go.

Heres so random recent pics. Nl is the biggest with ww right behind it and smelling the best, with ak really laking in camparison.

 

[kweezy]

nice girls, u must have a lot of space lol.

 

[bcell]

IMHO, they did not look nute burnt. Too much water, humidity? All looks well but so I would not worry. They are getting tall. I found WW to be a real stretcher.

 

[Chief]

Ya i got room, but all i hjave is a 400w MH and 600w HPS in the same hood. So i think my light penetration is icky. There seems to be quite a few tops popin through with a lot of budsites. So ill hope for the best.

They really havent been fed that much as they went from 1gal to 5 gal before flower, so they just been gettin lk and mollases. Maybe the lgihter color ones need some extra ferts?

 

[Chief]

aurora indica is on sale for the day. i got 20 pack $37 shipped. just a heads up

 

[barletta]

Looks great for a first, Chief Give the clones time, that is probably the most 'difficult' part of growing, because it's the time when conditions have to be close to perfect, and plants can't get messed with. I give my clones ~3 weeks, depending on the mother. I've found that even if they do pop roots after 3+ weeks, the plants are either runty, or are too far behind the plants that rooted in time to be of much use.

Any chance that you can split those bulbs into separate hoods? Your plants look nice and big, so when they start to fill out, you will want direct light on em. I would think that to get proper coverage, you would have to pick your current hood up too high from the plants, and lose valuable intensity.

 

[Chief]

Its been 4 weeks and 3 more clones showed roots I was starting to count them out, but all of em are still green and look alive so maybe even more will root. So far 11 rooted out of 23.

I ended up splitting the lights from the same hood and now the mh is hanging bare next to the hps. The one plant is well over 5' and is dificult to fit into the light footprint. Ive rotated a couple times and no plants seem to be at a disadvantage.

The girls arfe looking pretty good but im not expecting a big yeild. the 5' nl is one of the slower flowers and just wont stop growing.

Im losing a lot of bottom fan leaves, turning yellow and dropping. Im thinking cause of lack of light, could it be a nut deff? Ive fed em only 2-3 times in almost 4 weeks of flower but they were transplanted to 4gal of fresh soil prior to flower. Also It seems the orioginal 1gal root ball doesnt absorb watewr evenly. if i scratch the surface its dry but when i water it doesnt rub out the sides and the water lowers slowly.

Oh ya my aurora indica came in 7 days im excited for that. I really want to start all 20 seeds and pick some winners, but it seems to grow 20 plants big enough to clone ill be in the same situation im in now. Any thoughs?

 

[Chief]

 

[phatboyfromla]

First time? Real healthy for the first go at it.

 

[bcell]

Looking good. Wondering what strain each plant is - tall ones White Widow? How many days flowering. You will have some nice smoke this spring!

 

[Chief]

Looking good. Wondering what strain each plant is - tall ones White Widow? How many days flowering. You will have some nice smoke this spring!

The two tall ones are nl. In the group pic above NL on right 4 WW middle and 2 AK on left.

and today is about 4 weeks into flower


Does this look like over feeding?

 

[bcell]

I the leaves curling down indicate over feeding. I would lay off nutes and just water.