Four on the floor

Allan Watts · #1 07-14-2007, 06:52 PM

I have been growing for a couple of years now on a very small basis. The first few grows were done entirely with CFL's. Although the consensus is that these are very weak, I found that about 5 of those 23-27 watters on 2 plants gave an OK amount. I wasn't going all serious commercial big time make a fortune on the world. This just made a small personal stash.

Well, I upgraded to a 400W HPS and for the first time I will have taken a grow all the way strictly using the HPS. I started 4 plants from seed- I got the seeds from a medical marijuana user in exchange for some of the previously mentioned CFL grown weed. The Blueberry I grew from the seeds he provided turned out to be just that, so I have some confidence that they are correctly labeled. 3/4 are of the variety called FLO. After some research I found that they are quite similar to blueberry- having come from a sativa type called purple thai and an afghan indica. The proportion is said to be 60/40 sativa/indica. Now that they are at day 24 of 12/12 and about 42 inches tall- I don't really see any resemblance to BB- But it has been So Damn Hot that I have trouble keeping the temps below 90F on some days.
The forth plant is a Northern Light, which I have grown before.

I hadn't mentioned this before but all 4 turned out to be girls! This is the first time I have done that. I have struck out before, getting 0/3. The gods must be smiling on me, which is strange, since I am an agnostic at best. I can smell the aroma of the plants from here which as you all know is quite enchanting all by itself!

Here are a few shots taken just today. F*ck the Corporate World Biatch!
(From the Afroman song- "Because I got high").

UserFriendly · #2 07-14-2007, 08:47 PM

sweet.....

Allan Watts · #3 07-15-2007, 07:58 AM

They have now reached 43 inches. Peace Love Joy- contained there in.

madcow · #4 07-15-2007, 10:06 AM

very nice ..I like!

Allan Watts · #5 07-28-2007, 03:30 PM

How are my plants doing? OMFG- They are now about one week away from harvest- In my opinion. About 10-20% of the pistils have turned orange. I have been reading from the book- The Cannabis Grow bible- By Greg Green.
I have one of those little microscopes from radio shack. In addition to this- Watch your plants daily. According to the bible- When 50-70% of the pistils have changed color- plants stop producing crystals-plants stop producing resin-The smell has reached a peak-bud mass has not increased in the past few days. 3/4 are of the type called FLO and are nearly 5+ weeks into 12/12. Only 10-20% of the pistils have gone orange on my plants. The plants are nearly 48" tall and are nearly at the top of the room I have given them in the closet. One is so tall that I put one of those tomato stakes up into it- It is becoming so top heavy that it started to fall over. I am growing all 4 females!!! under a 400 HPS.

Last week It was so hot that the grow room temps were getting near fatal. 100F!! The temperatures in Denver were near 100F! The plants did not show any signs of heat stress. They just simply failed to grow. For the last 4 days the temps have fallen- and I have cranked up the swamp cooler until the high for the day has been 80F!! Optimal growth conditions hello!!!
The bud mass is increasing. I don't want to cut them off too soon. I am watching them day by day. 1/4 is a Northern Lights that is about 14 days behind the other 3. It is a female too!! holy cow. What a grow! My first wall to wall 400HPS. I am in a state of total euphoria!!!!!!!

Thank You for all the advice I have received here. I have a BS in Genetic Biology but this has only started to help me grow in soil. The plant called cannabis! I just gave them a good dose of bone meal- not knowing that this is very important in flowering. (DUH)- I was thinking they needed N in flowering.