2001vettez06
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Very depressed today, I've managed to screw up my first grow attempt. Well somewhat anyway, as today I checked on the plants and I've been keeping an eye on a couple bud sites b/c I noticed pockets that look like they could have been nursing seeds. Couple of those pockets have now opened and sure enough she's got seeds
Now being this is my first grow, I did try to read a TON on how to care and nurse the ladys to good health(I'm obsessive about new hobbies lol). I thought I had most of the bases covered, but something went wrong for them to go to seed. Several suspects so far.
1) Bagseed---I have 3 ladys out of 8 planted that were fems. The sex was determined BEFORE flower so I don't see that being an issue. However, maybe the genetics of the mid(was good mid mind you) that I wanted to try to nurse up to some decent smoke is unstable and could be one reason it got moved on the street as mid??? More apt to herm????
2) Temps were unstable for awhile around weeks 4-7 of flower. When I got my Area51 leds, I went from about 460w of Blackstar LED and T5 fixtures to about 920-940w of Area51 leds in the 5x5 tent which that sits in a 8x7x8 room. Temps for about a week were in the high 80's to low 90's. Then I put a vent in room and got them to the low 80's for about 1-2 weeks before I took the plunge and got a 10k btu portable AC unit, and now tent temps are in the high 70's to low 80's.
3) My 5x5 tent is a cheaper one off Amazon--- I have a small 20w or so CFL in my storage room that I do turn on if I need to work in and around that room or go to the 2x4x5 tent that is also in that storage room. Also, if I'm in the 2x4x5 tent, and those lights are on, that tent does face a non zippered wall of my 5x5 tent, and there is a passive vent flap there, maybe light leaked???
4) I changed light setups 3 times for the first 4 plants that were in the 5x5 tent. Initially big t5 fixtures, then to LED/T5 and finally all T5. Maybe they freaked a bit?
5) Tent is over packed now a bit. Didn't realize how much some of these plants would stretch or bush out once they flipped to 12/12. I could easily(and will next grow) go from 12-13 which I have in there now, down to 6-9 and scrog them. They are packed in there and some are up into eachother
.Never saw any male banannas, so I'm really bummed about this. It's not the end of the world mind you, but I thought I had somewhat of a handle on this since I've put so much time into research etc... trying to learn on a self taught crash course with the help of the forums.
I have 3 strains going in this tent and only one so far, the one I call G6 which shows indica and sativa characteristics is showing seeds. Gotta believe is someone in there grew balls, then he's probably happily for him, taking his money shots whenever he can, and given my current luck the whole crop is probably seeded
. Problem is, I haven't seen the little bugger, so tonight when lights come back on I'll have to hunt for the pecker(s).So I need a hug from you all and tell me not all is lost. I know it will still smoke and probably be better than some ditch weed, but man I had such high, yeah pun intended, hopes. I need to try to look at the bright side and tell myself this is all a learning experience and once I hopefully figured out what I screwed up, I can hopefully prevent it in future. Plus for personal use for me/wife/some friends it will suffice. I wanted some medical quality stuff though, and was bragging to my friend who's helped me alot that I think we could nurse good mid to medical quality given lack of seeds lol. Well, guess that ain't gonna happen now. Plus the mid we got these seeds from did the job, and I would think having it not bricked up will help somewhat with quality. If I'm lucky(which I'm not generally) maybe only a few seeds happen, but man I just can't see that happening.
Guess I'll start looking for better genetics from sammies or Nirvana and get some legit strains to grow out.
Sigh!
