Sprouts Afghan Grow

Sprouts · #1 01-30-2008, 08:35 PM

In my intro I said I would start a journal as soon as I found some preflowers. Well as promised, "Sprouts Afghan Grow". All posts are welcome so post away!

I started with three seeds and two cracked. Of the two, one is showing female. Here is the setup I have been using for a little over a month now:

-50watt hps
-Miracle-Gro in 4 gallon containers

I got a 150watt hps lamp today for flowering and some bloom-booster for foliar feeding(1/4 strength of directed amount) every other day. I'll flush when she gets dry(about once a week), so those roots stay clean.

I'm going to try cloning with Rootone under my 50watt next week, just before I switch to 12/12. If they don't root, I'll throw some new sprouts under it and pray for more good fortune.

The plants are a foot or more in height with enormous, fat leaves stretching 8"! The pictures will show that I have a small jungle growing in the corner of my house. I had to get an odor absorber this week, because the smell was getting overwhelming. I've named the girl Winter. The other is being a bit stubborn about showing me it's stuff

I've got three pics for ya fresh out of the shower(her first flush): a jungle shot, an overall of the female, and an up the skirt shot of her tight internodes. I left her no modesty

enjoy.

ps a leaf was touching the lamp for a few minutes. See if you can spot it

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matman4444 · #2 02-02-2008, 06:00 AM

Damn that is a bushy one!

robbie82 · #3 02-02-2008, 08:27 AM

Very bushy, looks good, cool flower pot

Sprouts · #4 02-08-2008, 11:51 AM

I started 12/12 today. She is over 16" and has preflowers all over. THought about cloning, but I'll wait for my WW grow before I start cloning. I am going to practice cloning on a couple of sprouts I got growing under the 50watt once they get a little older. I want to see if I can sex their clones under my 150watt.

I've stopped foliar feeding, because the leaves have lost their shine. I'm thinking it is salt build up, but I'm not sure. So, I did the weekly flush, then I feed as directed, a tablespoon per gallon. I also trimmed some leaves under the canopy that were not getting any light.

I have a question about the leaves turning dark, almost black, just before I flush. Is this caused by the lack of water or lack of phosphate? If it's the phosphate, should I be adding something extra to help with this? The flushing fixes it every time, but I'd like to know why it's doing this.

And without further delay, her is pics of my new love...WINTER!

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Sprouts · #5 02-18-2008, 07:55 AM

Winter is 20" tall with 11" blades and nuggets everywhere. Now I see why Afghan is great for hashing

I will harvest once all these hairs start turning tan(1 or 2 months from now). I found some cheap bubble bags and plan on stirring all those giant leaves in a nice icy mix and straining. I'm going to dry the nuggets and use a pollinator to grind just before I vape with vaporbrothers.

After some advice, I decided to stop flushing and I found the dark tips and dry looking leaves were caused by under watering/feeding, not nute lock. I lifted her last week and she was as lite as can be, so I fed until I seen some run off. She drank almost a gallon! After 3 days, I lifted her again and she was almost just as lite

So I fed her another 3 1/2 quarts. That's twice the recommended feeding and she is loving it! I had no ideal how hungry these plants get once they are up in size.

Without further ado, here is Winter
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matman4444 · #6 02-18-2008, 10:49 AM

Whats the whole thing with bubble bags and ice do?
Ice tea?
Haha

Sprouts · #7 02-18-2008, 03:13 PM

The two ways of making hash are dry shifting through a silk screen or mixing water, ice and leaves in several bags with a screen bottom. Do a search on bubble bags to learn more. They are called bubble bags because hash bubbles when heated and maybe from the bubbles caused by the mixer in production. A pollinator is just a herb grinder with a screen which only the thc falls through. I plan on collecting some thc, then vaping the bud

Sprouts · #8 02-24-2008, 01:08 PM

She grew 4" in 6 days with lots of nuggets getting much larger. Still feeding twice a week with 3 quarts of water. The two plants under my 50watt hps have stretched so much that I'm pruning them to keep them bushy. I'll clone them, then flower with Winter under the 150watt once they show me their sex in a couple weeks. I've been keeping track of temps lately and they've been around 70 at night and 78 during the day. Other than that, I've just been waiting for some nice hash. Should come around my birthday

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matman4444 · #9 02-24-2008, 06:21 PM

What day of flowering are you?

Sprouts · #10 03-03-2008, 03:17 PM

Took a couple of pictures today. I'm keeping with the same feeding and lighting. I noticed THC glands began covering the areas around the buds in the last week or so. I've got a nice shot of it below along with an overall. I'm still having problems with phosphate deficiency on the new leaves. I have seen no burn even though I have been feeding twice that what is recommended. I'm still worried about root lock, so I may end up flushing if I keep seeing a deficiency in the new leaves.