This is my first grow.
I am using a 400w MH and have a 400w sodium for flowering, they run off the same ballast.

The soil I am using is 'BIOBIZZ ALL-MIX' It cost me £12 sterling (about $20/24 US)
Major constituents:
Peat Moss
Spaghnum peat
Worm casting
Perlite
Pre-mix

EC:2.4
pH 6.2-6.6
50ltr bag including 2.5ltr fertilizer

Typical rookie mistake, I was adding nutes from day 1.
I have stopped using nutes in the water after getting some nute burn on the leaves.
I am using tap water. My tap water has a pH of 7.5 which is way too high so I let it stand for a day or so then reduce the pH to 6 by adding a few drops of lemon juice. I was going to flush all the plants but just did the three worst affected. For the others I will just continue giving them water with nothing added. There is plenty in the soil to feed these for the next couple of weeks. After that I will add the nutes again but on a smaller scale. I was adding 7ml per litre (reccomended) 'Ionic=Grow' but will start at about 3 or 4 ml next time and, just on one or two plants to begin with.

I have lettered the plants alphabetically and Alice 'A' is my mystery seed it was showing what I over-enthusiastically thought was signs of it being a girl. It has little white pistules that look a bit like hairs. It is in fact the new leaves coming through. They look totally different to all the others. I wish I knew what strain it is. It has nodes coming out all over the place.

Of the other plants, about half of them seem to be doing better, are these males I wonder? I am hoping for about 4 females to grow and harvest so, fingers crossed on that one.

My set-up is in a spare room at a friends house, the house is empty as he now lives abroad so security should be OK.

The temperature around the plants is pretty much constant at about 78f, I know it's a touch high but I can't get it any lower. Below the plants (root level) it is more like 72/76f.

I have a home made co2 bottle and a fan blowing across the plants, it runs for 15mins then off 15mins. Not ideal but I guess it will be ok.

I will be geting an extractor fan in about 10 days, I am hoping that will bring down the temperature.

My light schedule is 24 hrs until flowering.

I lost a couple of plants due to adding nutes too early and still have one that I was going to toss but, it looks like it may pull through.

I have 9 and a half plants, (the half being half dead lol) which includes my mystery plant, I germinated the mystery one about a week earlier than the others.

Any suggestions, comments or advice will be very welcome.

Feel free to comment but please try not to hijack this thread. it is my journal after all.

The plants are now 24 days old including germination time.

The mystery seed is A or Alice which is the name I have given it.

Pics below.

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Man I don't belive it, 25 days into my grow which is from seeds and I have just found out that I can get some cuttings off a mate. I asked just on the offchance and he said, "Oh yes, I meant to mention it to you the other week!!!" DOH! What a plonker, I could have had all females guaranteed instead of spending a month or more wondering what sex my plants are. Oh well, at least I know now I can get half a dozen clones to make sure I have something to harvest at the end of all this. Stroll on the next few days, I will add some pics as soon as I have my new babies. I don't yet know what strain the cuttings are but, I have smoked it and I do know its quality. It's gonna cost me £25 GBP (approx $50 US) for 6 cuttings, is that about right? I think its worth it for all the labour and worry that it saves me.

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Lol that sounds like a statement from law enforcement. I have given names to some of my babies but as yet, not all of them. They are all lettered from A to J and the ones that I have named are all beginning with the initial, also, there is a criteria, they have to be either unisex or have another meaning. These are the names I have so far.
A, Alice (hoping for a wonderland).
C, Charlie (Girl or boy or ??)
D, Dog, (I have 3 of them including a bitch)
F, Fucker (full name is "sorry looking fucker" - it looks half dead)
G, Genie, (I'm hoping for some magic from this one)
J, Jay, (It's the name of a long time friend and also, I like to smoke J's )

So that leaves B, E, H, K.

Anyone who can come up with some cool names for these last four initials will definately get a +rep from me. If I get more than one good name for any letter I will do poll the winner gets the + (now theres an incentive lol)

WHUFC: I'm West Ham Till I Die

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Hi Barking, nice to see you've got your journal up and running, and plants looking good You've got a good plan worked out now as I said before, so hopefully things will go smoothly for you. No idea about the price of clones, sorry. But that doesn't sound too bad to me. Look forward to dropping by to see how you're getting on. All the very best for your grow mate - keep on like you are and you'll be dead on.

greenb.

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Thanks greenbehemoth. Im glad I got some acknowledgement (not sure I spelt that right!)

I'm sure this is just me being over eager but I'd like a second opinion on these new growths on my mystery plant. They look like hairs, I know it probably just new leaves coming through but, they do not look like the other shoots where leaves have developed.
Is this a sign of my babys sex or a sign of my enthusiasm. She is only 1 month old which seems way too early to be showing it's gender, especailly as I am still on 24hr light schedule.

Here's the picture.





I thought there should be two hairs when it shows itself. Is that right?

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A little to early to tell, you will either get balls growing in the area of the stipe or she will show her hair in the form of 2 pistils!

As to the letter 'E'
Name her Eden, for she is the ticket you will need for a little visit to the forbiden place

Good luck mate,
Unity

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Eden it is, thanks very much lets hope I get to paradise if it's a girl. i did think of ecstasy but that was a bit too Junkified, a bit like calling your Dog, spliff or Rizzla etc

As for the growth, after reading up I believe these are apparant in all or most plants, I thought it was a bit too soon.

+Rep for you for taking the time.

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Thanks mate
How do we give reps and how does it work?

Unity

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Nice, noticed your sig off another thread, thought i would drop in- looks good so far, best of luck- +rep.

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