First Grow

[FormerAthlete]

They have the science to back this so am not going to dispute it.

Any chance that you could point me in the direction of that science? I’d be very interested in having a read!

 

[SlyTown420]

Regarding the "house plant"... How many hours of light is it getting in the window area now? This is the spring equinox.

 

[Barney86]

Any chance that you could point me in the direction of that science? I’d be very interested in having a read!

Im a hydro grower mate , because we measure the Res we can see exactly how much nutes the plants are absorbing hour to hour. When they finish up they kinda flush themselves anyway if you keep the feed light enough. Last couple weeks they only absorb a few hundred ppm. Feed them the right amount and you can feed right upto the chop in hydro with no difference in quality. It's more in the cure the wierd grassy/chemicaply taste gets fixed anyway.
No chance of nasty weed and no chance of losing weight due to starvation.
Not sure about soil methods but it's definitely the case in hydro/coco. Should be curing it for a few weeks anyway so a bit of a dodgy taste at first shouldn't matter.

 

[FormerAthlete]

Regarding the "house plant"... How many hours of light is it getting in the window area now? This is the spring equinox.

Sunrise at 6am, sunset at 8:45pm, so almost fifteen hours....looking back on google, it seems that the first week or so out of the tent it may have been getting more than 12hrs of darkness - and it DID shoot up in that first week too!

 

[bluenoserjoe]

Any chance that you could point me in the direction of that science? I’d be very interested in having a read!

A critical look at preharvest flushing

Pre harvest flushing is a controversial topic. Flushing is supposed to improve taste of the final bud by either giving only pure water, clearing solutions or extensive flushing for the last 7-14 days of flowering. While many growers claim a positive effect, others deny any positive influence or...

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Give that a try, took awhile to find it for you.

 

[FormerAthlete]

Give that a try, took awhile to find it for you.

Thanks BNJ!

 

[vtwin906]

A critical look at preharvest flushing

Pre harvest flushing is a controversial topic. Flushing is supposed to improve taste of the final bud by either giving only pure water, clearing solutions or extensive flushing for the last 7-14 days of flowering. While many growers claim a positive effect, others deny any positive influence or...

www.420magazine.com

Give that a try, took awhile to find it for you.

I've been assuming that flushing was a hydro practice intended to rinse away bad tasting inorganic nute elements. I'm currently experimenting with promix and organic nutes. Seems cruel to starve your lovely plants in the home stretch.

 

[FormerAthlete]

Day 45 of 12/12.

 

[bluenoserjoe]

They are starting to look right fine.

 

[FormerAthlete]

They are starting to look right fine.

The Sensi Seeds (twin ‘tops’), is charging on.....but the bag seed (8 ‘tops’) doesn’t seem to be fattening up as much.

Roughly 30% brown pistils on both plants.

Here’s to hoping that the bag seed starts to fatten up like the Sensi in these last couple of weeks!

 

[bluenoserjoe]

It will be the last two or three weeks when they pack on the moat weight. Each strain will grow different and finish at a different time.

 

[FormerAthlete]

It will be the last two or three weeks when they pack on the moat weight. Each strain will grow different and finish at a different time.

Well, they hit 7 weeks of flowering on Saturday, so I’m looking forward to the next few weeks

....and looking back at older photos, the bag seed has actually come on leaps and bounds over the last 10 days. Perhaps I should look at some kind of automated irrigation next time, so that I’m not in the tent so much and can appreciate their ongoing development a bit more!?!?

 

[bluenoserjoe]

....and looking back at older photos, the bag seed has actually come on leaps and bounds over the last 10 days. Perhaps I should look at some kind of automated irrigation next time, so that I’m not in the tent so much and can appreciate their ongoing development a bit more!?!?
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They sure are amazing to watch grow.

 

[Spimp]

Well, they hit 7 weeks of flowering on Saturday, so I’m looking forward to the next few weeks

....and looking back at older photos, the bag seed has actually come on leaps and bounds over the last 10 days. Perhaps I should look at some kind of automated irrigation next time, so that I’m not in the tent so much and can appreciate their ongoing development a bit more!?!?

Being "in the tent" is my favorite bit. Next to the smoking of course.

 

[FormerAthlete]

Being "in the tent" is my favorite bit. Next to the smoking of course.

Oh, don’t get me wrong - I could spend hours on my knees, with my head stuck through that opening, just looking at them! I just kind of get the feeling that seeing them every day, I don’t really appreciate how much they are developing.

For me, the biggest rush I’ve got from them has been seeing them after the two long weekends that I’ve gone away and left them in the care of a friend.....4/5 days each time without seeing them, and the development each time has been staggering, and got me a bit giddy.....whereas seeing them everyday, I find myself in more of a ‘for fuck’s sake will you please hurry up’ kind of mentality!

 

[FormerAthlete]

But, having said all that, I checked in on them this morning before the lights went out, and I swear they got fatter overnight!

 

[FormerAthlete]

Day 52 of 12/12.

Removed one stem from the Sensi Seeds plant (the one with two tops). It didn’t have much on it, but it was high up, and blocking light to 2/3 more promising stems lower down the plant. Will post pics once it’s trimmed.
All seems to be progressing well All the main stems seem to be fattening up nicely at the their tops, and some of the buds lower down on the bag seed stems (plant with 8 tops) seem to have kicked into overdrive to.

It feels to me like the Sensi will be ready first, but I really need to get me a magnifying glass to take a look at those trichomes!

 

[FormerAthlete]

The offending stem from the Sensi. It came from one node down from the two main growth stems. It had what you see at the top, and 2/3 little nuggets further down.
Trimmed the top back, and removed the little nuggets. What’s left in the photos will be left a couple of days to dry naturally. All of the trim is currently on a wire rack in the sun on my balcony, and will probably be given a helping hand this evening so that I can have a little go and see what it’s like! I know it won’t be the smoothest smoke in the world, but anyone got any tips for drying that trim/nugget mix quickly, to give me something that is inoffensive enough that it at least allows me to get an idea of it’s current state/potential?

 

[FormerAthlete]

Found a couple of bananas on that trimmed bud....is it worth checking the rest of the plant tonight?

 

[FormerAthlete]

Found a couple of bananas on that trimmed bud....is it worth checking the rest of the plant tonight?

Had a good close look at both plants tonight. Can’t see anymore obvious bananas, but hard to believe there aren’t more hidden beneath sugar leaves. Fingers crossed they are a recent development/reaction to my ‘darkness interruption’ events, and that they don’t cause major probs. Certainly didn’t see any at preflowering or the first few weeks of 12/12, and I was looking at them carefully.