TS1229JM's unknow strain grow journal fall:2008

[ts1229jm]

What strain is it: i dont know, got it from a baggie of stress

I think it is a dominant sativa strain cause the fingers on the leaves are so long and kinda skinny

Currantly in the flowering stage fo 31 days

Growing Indoor, in my closet. i have a duct going from the ac to the closet, two fans in the closet circulating the air, and a squirrel cage fan extracting the air through a carbon filter. (i made it myselfe lol looks kinda crappy but seems to work).

Temp of closet seems to be between 85 - 90 when the lights are on and 65 - 75 when they are off

RH of closet stays around 21%

I am using a Hydro setup, i think its called a bubble grow or something like that.

1 400w HLS above the plants, and 2 48" cool white flourecents shining up through the plants from the floor.

i have to fill the water every other day putting in nutes at 1/3 strength

Here are some pics (i had a lot so ill number them for reference):
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sorry here a lot of photos, its a jungle in there so i wanted to make sure i got most of my plants showing, also it was dark time so i really couldnt see what i was taking pictures of lol

please post any comments or concerns about my plants, and also how do you experts think they look?

 

[Doctor Dread]

Great lookin plants man!!

Did you LST them? What nutes are you using currently?

Dont worry about the pics, thats what this site is all about!

 

[ts1229jm]

lol to be honest im not sure what LST training is, i mean ive heard about it and seen grow journals that have used it but im still not sure exactly what it is.

as for nutes, ive been using:
DNF (dutch nutrient formula) bloom A & B
semsi cal Bloom
and DR. Hornby BIG BUD
all of them are used at 1/3 stregnth

 

[ts1229jm]

hey guys i was just watering my plants and i realized i had a question. i have noticed that all of the soil grows i have seen say to add nutes like every 5 days or once a week. so my question is, is this the same rule for hydro?

so far i have been adding nutes everytime i water, and my plants look fine, but i want the best i can get so i thought id ask for all of your opinions.

 

[StonerGrower]

Nutes should be in the hydro system from day 1.

 

[ts1229jm]

Lol yeah that’s what I thought. I tried the not feeding except for ever 4 days, and one of my plants started to look like it was getting a phosphorous deficiency, so I put some nutes in last night.

So far I have grown this strain to harvest twice before this attempt. Up until recently I was unable to meet a lot of the environmental bull’s eyes, so my crops turned out sub-par. I still am not sure if it’s a crappy strain, or just needs more TLC.

This grow however, is showing better trichome development, so I am optimistic about this round. If after this harvest it turns out to be a bad crop again i'm just going to scrap this strain and the mother because I got me some WW in the veg stage (and a clone off the WW in flowering to see its gender). But I have better nutes and a better environment so we will see.

 

[Ms.Fox]

Nice! Keep the pics comin!

 

[ts1229jm]

Ok, so I finally got a ph tester..... lol yeah I know I can't believe I haven't had or used one yet either, I feel like an idiot.

I have always known ph was a huge issue, i've read grow bibles, and bud books up the ass. So I e read my last post and I couldn't believe I was thinking about scrapping this strain with out at least trying to monitor the ph. maybe that will make a huge difference.

Well ill be posting more photos on Friday. Or sooner if I see something cool or something that makes me worry, but I figured photos once a week would show differences.

I can't wait to get home hit the bong and watch the grass grow

 

[ts1229jm]

Oh I forgot to ask, a ph range between 5.5 and 6.5 is what i think i should be aiming for in a hydro grow, is this correct?

 

[ts1229jm]

after checking the water in my res. i had a Ph above 7! man no wonder i was having problems with my trichomes. i should have known though, with almost all unknown problems the Ph should be tested. well i did manage to get it down to a 6.0 though so maybe i will see a difference when the lights come back on.

 

[Minus]

Very nice!You have a flower wonderland goin on there.

 

[ts1229jm]

hey thanx for the kind words everyone!

so last friday i took these pictures, but for some reason i couldnt figure out how to up load them. lol. so here they are on friday of week 5 of flowering. (tomorrow they will be week 6)

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ill try to borrow a better camera for the next set of photos.

 

[ts1229jm]

a little off topic of this thread, but i just rearanged my closet so that i can have an area to start flowering clones right away.

i read earlier on one of these threads about a technique a guy named Ceese, i think, was doing in which he just started flowering right when the seed popped the soil. i also saw other people asking if this would work with clones, and i have to say i was also curious because i cant afford and dont want to risk continually buying seeds.

so any way i put two WW clones down in the area i just made yesterday. i have always veged until the plants are at least 8 inches, but i am excited to see how this turns out. hopefully they are female, and hopefully they do well under 12/12 so soon.

 

[Minus]

a little off topic of this thread, but i just rearanged my closet so that i can have an area to start flowering clones right away.

i read earlier on one of these threads about a technique a guy named Ceese, i think, was doing in which he just started flowering right when the seed popped the soil. i also saw other people asking if this would work with clones, and i have to say i was also curious because i cant afford and dont want to risk continually buying seeds.

so any way i put two WW clones down in the area i just made yesterday. i have always veged until the plants are at least 8 inches, but i am excited to see how this turns out. hopefully they are female, and hopefully they do well under 12/12 so soon.

Looking good.Question:Aren't clones from females going to be females?

 

[flyfishinrock]

damn those are some monster pistils!!
i would try more in the ph range of 5.0 to 6.0 I generally adjust mine in at 5.5-5.6 so I have a lil bit of room either way.
good luck with the grow

 

[ts1229jm]

Looking good.Question:Aren't clones from females going to be females?

hey thanx Minus, yeah clones from fems will be fems, but i dont know what sex my WW's are. the plants in the pics are a different strain, i have no idea which one

 

[ts1229jm]

damn those are some monster pistils!!
i would try more in the ph range of 5.0 to 6.0 I generally adjust mine in at 5.5-5.6 so I have a lil bit of room either way.
good luck with the grow

haha thanx man, and i will definatly try to get the Ph around 5.5.

 

[ts1229jm]

yesterday was such a historic day!

Obama becomes the President elect

Unfortunatly prop 5 died....

and my babies hit thier 6th week flowering! woooo.... so now im hoping that in 4 more weeks i can harvest my girls, right now they are just trying to put on some weight

 

[Harry Red]

Man, this journal came out of nowhere.

Nice forest!!



Harry

 

[ts1229jm]

Thanx for the compliment Harry Red yeah i just found these forums in october and since i already had a grow in progress i figured i would join the fun and hopefully get some input from some expert growers.

Here are Fridays Pictures of Week 6
Day 45:

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Thanx in advance for any comments aor input.