Hello all, just started these beans about a week and a half ago. They have been out of the dome for 4 days now and looking very good. Just to let you know a little about my setup:
2 tents--1- 3x3 and 1 2x4
600 and 400 watts
Gonna be going hydro, rdwc
Fans/filters, the whole sha-bang.
Nutes are botanicare grow/bloom
Sweet
Liquid karma
Bloom basic
Humbolt gravity and snow storm
Floralicious
Obviously I won't be using all those nutes for each one. I'm running my trials on the bloom basic vs him bolt right now.
Temps are stable in the low to mid 80s during lights on and high 60s to low 70s with lights on.
Any tips or insights along the way will be appreciated.
Right now they are under 400 watts in the 2x4 tent trying not to get over run.
Thanks for posting sneaky.. Can't wait to see these girls in full bloom....
This is at day 10
So red, those grapefruit d-lite girls (however many there are) will be basking in some strong light. I am so anxious for my current run to be over (almost out) so I can see what 750-1000 watts can do. My last run was the first one with the 600watts, and that was only about half of the bloom cycle and now I've bumped that up even more! Maybe I can pull 1 1/2 elbows out of here this time thats just under 1 g/w at 750 watts. We will see
Had a slight accident the other day when I was pulling them out of the tent with some big girls in there. One of the little grapefruits got hung up on a branch and fell over and snapped in half, well, almost. It was still intact, just couldn't support her *fingers crossed* weight. So I had her propped up for the past couple of days just to see if she would make it. She still looked good yesterday, so instead of waiting for them all to get a little bigger, I went ahead and re potted them. The one that is in the taller white pot is the one that had an accident. It is ocean Forrest soil.
Hard to tell this early, at least for me, but I think I see 2 different phenos. Then again, I am often full of shit. So you have a look-see and let me know what you guys think.
On a side note.......come on 276 for the drawing tonight!!!
I went ahead and snapped a few pics while they are still in this old one. The first 2 pics are of the same plant and has a little bit of yellowing around the edges of the leaves, but other than that, all is going well And not counting the single leaf at the bottom, there are 4 nodes and #5 is pushing through.
For the moment at least, there is plenty of room in there. Here she is with some pics I just snapped
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Also, I robbed my 3x3 tent. That tent had 3 fans in it and one of them wasn't doing much, so I saved $20.
As for the grapefruits, there seems to be 3 different sizes. 1 that is taller and fatter (male ya think), 3 that are in the middle, and 2 that look shorter and narrower to me. All but the bigger one have leaf curling. I thought only 2 had it , but when I just looked 5 had it. The 3 xtra may have just happened because they were out of the cab during installation or because they had an indirect breeze for the first time. Guess I will have to pay close attention to the fan when I turn it on (just turned it off to see if that would help the curling).
So this update is approaching the 1 month from seed stage. Except for the curling, all is well with all but 1 of the plants. That one is one of the smaller ones and has some yellowing around the leaves. I'm waiting for this soil try dry out before watering again (obviously) with a very, very
iChat feeding to see if that helps. Just need to get some soil nutes, which will have to be next week.
Thanks for looking, and see you next time.
I finally made 420 posts!!!
Anyway,, the deficciencies have been addressed...i think The new growth looks mmuch better and i am thinking of topping them in a few days and root the tops until they sex. i was thinking of throwing them all in flower tto sex them quicker and tossing them all oonce tthey sex and be left wiith ony clonees of tthe girls.. Fiigured if i dont go hhydro all the way thru flower,, i can use hydro uuntil theey are the heeight ii want theem to be aat flower and pot tthem in myy generic ssmart potss.
So far 50% female. 3 of 6. There is 1 suspected male, but still waiting to confirm. The other 2 have still yet to show any signs of sex.
The grapefruits are only in the cloner. The plants that were topped we're put in the dark recesses of a flower tent and I forgot to take pics of them. Nothing special but they are stretching pretty good hunting down some light. Figure if they can make it another 10 days or so I may have room for them in a different tent so I don't have to throw them out. Don't really want to, so we will see. I just do much better going hydro, tend to neglect the soil plants. Go figure...