Hey everyone! Today marks the 8th week in flowering for our babies . We are soooo excited we have only 2-3 more weeks left hopefully if all goes well. During the last few weeks of flowering is when they really start to plump up. An advice or comments would be great! Enjoy our new pics. Thanx
Important: Everything i do or say on this site is complete fiction and is made up by me and only me. I have never tried pot and never will and i would especially never even consider growing it.
Looks good, thanks for the pictures... what kind of light are you using?
We are using a 250 watt hydrofarm MH grow light from start to finish. We have a crappy CFL that we used on them as babies, and as soon as they were strong enough we put them under the MH. This is our first grow, so we were apprehensive about the budding production that we would get with MH. However, we have been pleasantly surprised, as we have extensive budding all over our babies, and the nugs are not have any problem getting dense and sugar glazed.
We read thoroughly about the differences between HPS and MH, before we decided to go with MH throughout the grow. We feel that we will gain more potency from flowering with our MH. Even though it may take a bit longer, and the HPS nugs would be slightly larger, we are growing this for personal smoke and we are all about potency. Most of all we did not feel that with the conversion bulb that is made for our MH system, that we would benefit much, as the conversion HPS bulb puts out about 26000 lumens, and our MH puts put 23000.
As for if our babies are sativa..........We are not positive. The babies were given to as clones. They are a Washington State Medical strain, but the name is unknown.
From what we have read, i have concluded that our plants are a indica/sativa mix. our guess was about 75/25. however, other things we have read have led us to believe it may be a pure indica. In that case, we are going to harvest it at a late point in its life stage so as to produce a heavy sedative stoned. Mostly for chronic nauseas sake.
We did buy a Trich scope, and they are ALL clear right now, so we feel as though we have a ways to go.
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bumpity bump does anyone have any ideas what this strain looks like? or what kind of indica/sativa mix we have looking at? anyone? anyone? ideas? comments? complaints? questions?
Nope but you got sum sick as bud porn there. Nice Grow!!! I got a question though. You said the HPS put out more lumens than the MH so why didnt you get the conversion bulb and use the HPS during flower and the MH during veg?
The conversion bulb from MH to HPS is harder to find than the HPS to MH. Especially in the lowest watt category. So the bulb for conversion was $115. Based on the hefty pricetag, and the minimal 3 thousand lumen gain, we judged that it wouldnt be worth the money. Also, temperature is an issue in our room, and we do not have 6-10 degrees to spare for the HPS's heat. It sucks, because in order to make the MH to HPS conversion bulb, you must sacrifice wattage.
That means when you buy a HPS conversion bulb for a 250 watt Mh system, the bulb is 220 watts. Which is why it only puts out 3 thousand more lumens than the MH. If in fact the HPS stayed at 250 watts, its gain would be much more beneficial.
Why is it so hard to get people to reply? I reply to everyones forums with my helpful opinions on what they could do with their projects. I don't understand why it is like pulling teeth to get a decent number of replies when people talk about random crap and get 150 replies.
This is supposed to be General Marijuana Growing. Can I please PLEASE get some input, advice, negative feelings, anything? As a first time grower, its pretty tough to know what to expect. All of you who have been through this know that. Anything you all would like to say, is very appreciated