First True Grow, 150w HPS Micro

[AsbestosToast]

Flower Time

Flower Time

Well I figured it was time for a full update.
The ladies have been in flower for about half a week now. The growth has been explosive. Big Bud's bud sites are getting bigger and bigger, and the others are coming along nicely as well. Some very small nub preflowers are starting to appear on the Mexi's, but maybe a week till I can tell for sure. I sure hope at least one the them is female, they are getting very big!
Here is the canopy, 6 weeks old.
The Mexi's are in the back, I believe from left to right is 2, 3, then 1.
Front row from left to right is Big Bud, Ancient, Whitey.

Here is a closeup of the Big Bud

Here is the Ancient seed, starting to fill in with hairs.


I was considering waiting longer to flower, but I am glad I did it when I did, they are going to fill out that box quick! I will post more pics after a week or so when they can really get some stretching done. Thanks for stopping by!

 

[AsbestosToast]

Alright guys, just a quick little update.
I'll get some pics up tonight, but can't wait to share the news!
Sex has been established, final count is in:

Females: 5!!!!!
Males: 1

 

[hazydreams]

That dark green your seeing is the nutrient charge in the Ocean Forrest working its magic. its pretty stout in its own right. your plants look awesome though! give them some time to lighten up, no doubt as they flower the stretch will cause them to lighten up as the available nutrients are used up. that is the key, to wait until they start to tell you they need more and only then add it!

Nice job on the ratio! Now get rid of that male and make room for the 5 ladies getting ready to do their business!

 

[AsbestosToast]

Just a quick pic, I'll get more bud closeups next time because they are starting to fill in nicely! Mexi 3 got the cut, and now the 5 remaining ladies have just enough room to spread out and blossom. The 3 that were already flowering are packing on the buds, and the 2 that were late to show are starting to form buds too. I am anxious to see what my yield will be like, but no matter what the amount I consider this grow to be a complete success already. Sometimes its more important to grow in knowledge than to grow the fattest nugs.

Keep it green till next time!

 

[hazydreams]

bump for an update whats goin on in that cab!

 

[AsbestosToast]

Hey everyone,
Hope you all had a good holiday, I was extremely busy, but so was the cab! The girls got a transplant, in to a plastic storage container, and also got the undergrowth and smaller buds trimmed out. Some tip browning and leaf yellowing is occurring, but hopefully some nutrients and more root space should take care of that. They are one month in to flowering now, and are all looking pretty good.
I got them a bit mixed up since transplanting, but they are planted in a square configuration, like the 5 on a die. The back row left to right are Ancient and Mexi 1, the middle is Big Bud, and the front row is Whitey and Mexi 2.

Here are some bud closeups, Whitey is looking very nice, despite starting off behind everyone else.

Big Bud is living up to its name and growing some fat buds, here are the two top ones, the main cola and a side shoot from LSTing.

A closeup of the main cola:

Here is the Ancient bud, looking possibly the fostiest of the whole bunch!

Here are some pics of the leaf damage. This one is starting to burn from the tip.

This one is turning yellow between the veins.

Well thats it, hopefully in the next couple days I can swing by a hydro store and pic up a magnifying glass to get a better look at these trichromes!
Hope everyone's garden is happy.

 

[Chomp]

looks like you're bringing them in nice after a rough start....nice job!

Chomp

 

[StupidBoy]

Great grow thread AsbestosToast! Tagged up Have a safe and productive 2011

 

[hazydreams]

over all they are looking good. I would cut off the older/yellowing fan leaves and watch for the necrosis to spread onto younger leaves. from the looks of the new growth you might of hit them slightly hard with the ferts as the light yellow tips are indicating. i wouldnt get alarmed just yet. keep an eye on it tho.

your efforts are paying off! you'll yield a nice sack if things keep going at the rate they are at now.

 

[BC Chronic]

Plants are looking fantastic bro!!
great job on the cab/grow and I can't wait to watch these ladies explode!!
glad you are happy with the BigBud!!! Its never disappointed me...
take care

 

[AsbestosToast]

over all they are looking good. I would cut off the older/yellowing fan leaves and watch for the necrosis to spread onto younger leaves. from the looks of the new growth you might of hit them slightly hard with the ferts as the light yellow tips are indicating. i wouldnt get alarmed just yet. keep an eye on it tho.

your efforts are paying off! you'll yield a nice sack if things keep going at the rate they are at now.

Thanks as always for the advice. I actually haven't feed them any nutrients, they were getting root bound I believe from being in those 6" pots for too long. I am hoping the new transplant will fix that up.

 

[Chomp]

Actually if those yellowing leaves aren't blocking any bud sites, leave them alone. The plant is cannibalizing them and using the leaves as food. Keeping them on the plant won't hurt anything at all. Big fan leaves are producers not consumers.

Chomp

 

[Bloods]

i like your grow!
hope you get a big sack of weed
bloods

 

[AsbestosToast]

Hey everybody, I was thinking, some of the buds look like they will need to be harvested before others, unless the two larger plants start filling out real quick, so when I need to harvest, would i just flush the whole container, since I transplanted all 5 in to one community pot? Also, when should I be flushing? Is there a good indicator like trichrome development or do I have to just estimate 2 weeks from when I will want to chop?
Thanks for the help, and words of encouragement.

 

[Chomp]

OK this is just my opinion based on experience with the specific nutrients you are using, and others may disagree, but you don't need to flush. If you mean just give them plain water then you can do that for a couple waterings.

You don't want to drown them with an amount of water that equals the equivalent of 2 times the volume of your container at this point (which is what a flush really is); it will do more harm than good to your plants.

Harvesting the plants just before the lights come on will do more for taste than flushing IMHO.

Chomp

 

[AsbestosToast]

OK this is just my opinion based on experience with the specific nutrients you are using, and others may disagree, but you don't need to flush. If you mean just give them plain water then you can do that for a couple waterings.

You don't want to drown them with an amount of water that equals the equivalent of 2 times the volume of your container at this point (which is what a flush really is); it will do more harm than good to your plants.

Harvesting the plants just before the lights come will do more for taste than flushing IMHO.

:Chomp:

Hey Chomp, I meant flush as in watering as per usual with plain water. I have never heard of not needing to do this using Fox Farms, are you saying that you have used the nutrients I am using straight up till harvest and not had any undesirable effects on smell or taste? It sure would make my job easier haha. Thanks for commenting.

 

[hazydreams]

fwiw i never flushed when i was growing in FFOF. i didnt use anything other then the OF and tiger bloom to feed my plants. i laid off the fertilizer about three weeks before harvest. i guess you could consider that a "flush" but really it was just watering the plant when it needed it. hope that helps.

 

[Chomp]

Hey Chomp, I meant flush as in watering as per usual with plain water. I have never heard of not needing to do this using Fox Farms, are you saying that you have used the nutrients I am using straight up till harvest and not had any undesirable effects on smell or taste? It sure would make my job easier haha. Thanks for commenting.

Yes you can just water them as normal without nutrients and I recommend and do that myself... usually about 3 or 4 waterings before I think I'm going to harvest and up to harvest I will only give them water....

That is not what flushing actually is though.

Flushing is when you water your plants with a massive volume of water all at once. If the plants are in 2 gallon pots then a true flush would be running 4 gallons of water through the plant to "flush" excess salts out of the grow medium as a last resort to try and fix a problem.

It is a common confusion on these threads that flushing is simply watering normally without nutrients.

Hope this helps,
Chomp

 

[AsbestosToast]

Yes you can just water them as normal without nutrients and I recommend and do that myself... usually about 3 or 4 waterings before I think I'm going to harvest and up to harvest I will only give them water....

That is not what flushing actually is though.

Flushing is when you water your plants with a massive volume of water all at once. If the plants are in 2 gallon pots then a true flush would be running 4 gallons of water through the plant to "flush" excess salts out of the grow medium as a last resort to try and fix a problem.

It is a common confusion on these threads that flushing is simply watering normally without nutrients.

Hope this helps,
Chomp

I am definitely aware of flushing or leaching the toxic salts out of the medium, I was under the impression that the act of watering with plain water before harvest was also referred to as "flushing". I am most likely just mistaken, but this is neither here nor there.

My question is if I have Plant A and Plant B, and both are in the same soil container, if Plant A needs to be harvested in a week, I would water with plain water. But would this not create nutrient imbalances in Plant B, who still requires several weeks till harvest hypothetically? It's probably not a big concern, just something I hadn't thought about when I planted all 4 different strains in various levels of development in the same container.

Thanks for the help!

 

[GrowBox420]

I went to the hydro store and they were trying to sell me some solution that was said to breack apart the compounds in the soil, is this true?