been given a plant! now what?

natures.medicine

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ive inherited a plant from a freind, its a lowryder thats been outside in some pretty shit weather, the leaves are mega droopy, but all together the plant looks realy healthy. its just started to show sex ( female:) ) what do i do ? its now under a 15w fluro . but do i put it outside or keep it here !!! help please i dont want to loose this one!!!!!
 

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Uvalax

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You probably gonna want more light than a 15w. About 2000 lumens around the plant.
BUt maybe if you keep it near that window and spin it to get even lighting , you'll keep it alive. And there's probably quite a few threads about droopyleaves and you could find a pretty accurate diagnoses
 

That 5hit

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i wouuld get like 3 or 4 clamp lights with hood 42wCFL non- dimable
and a timmer and put it on 12h on/ 12h off
and then go from there
keep it indoors
 

That 5hit

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cherry popping grow technic (get a few grows under your built before jumping into advanced cultivation, learn the basic)bongsmilie

a good location, soil, nutes, lights, and co2 can only take you so far
big buds and good yeilds are based on genes and growing skills


plant life is tipicaly
2wks-1month veg 24/0 or 18/6
2-3 month flower 12/12
4 months (maybe 3) all together from seed to cured smoke


everything can be found at any bigbox store

place seed in a cup of water
check every day untill you see seed crack and or tap root
then place in a 1in deep hole covered with soil, in a 1 gal pot full of soil
now get a digital thermometer, one with a temperature and a humidty gauge
maintain lights on temps of 70-80 (with co2 you can let it go as high as 95)
at lights off stay above 60. keep humidity around 40%-60% light on/off
when you see a sprout
place light (26 or 42 watt CFL with hood and clamp) over it keeping light as close as 2-4 in. as the plant gets bigger add more light (if you use mh or hps follow light distance guidelines, you'll find out more about them as you advance in you grow skill)
now time for veg growth
get a light with hood (and put it on an on/off timer set timer for 18/6
water plants ever 2-3 days or when soil is dry
after 2 weeks of just plain water introduce nutes at 1/4 strength, every other water
inrich air with co2 if you gat it (not needed if less then 6 plants, just open a window or pump in fresh air)
after 2wks too a months of vegging its time to sex and flower
tranpants to a 3-5gal pot
if still useing CFL's double or triple the amount of lights (the more light the more dence and bigger the buds will be)
set timer for 12/12 (depending on strain plants can double even triple in size (height) in this stage)
this will show sex and flower your plants, giving you smokable buds
keep the female's they grow white hairs
discard the males they grow grape like ball clusters (pollen sacs)
discard the hermi they grow both sex (re. if it has balls on it discard it)
give it 2 wks of 12/12 then increase nutes
lights will stay on 12/12 untill finish which could be 8-14 wks depending on strain dominates :
short plant with fat wide leaf = indacas = 8-10 wks,
tall plant with long skiny leaf = sativas = 10-14 wks
by far the best way to tell when the plant is ready to harvest is by looking at the trichome
you want to see about a 50% red to white ratio. you will need a minimum 30x zoom lez microscope (radio shack)
flush plant by feeding plain water for last 2 wks (improves taste)
cut, hang, dry 5-7 days
smoke
or
cure:
place in mason jars sealed tight for 12hr
open jar and take buds out and let dry for 30m - 1hr or untill dry
replace in jars
repeat this for 2wks to a month or untill buds nolonger become wet in jar after 12hr
now smoke
or
seal away for longterm storage

rules to a successful longterm grow
1. tell NOone
2. NEVER ever break rule 1
 

oregon024

Active Member
Good luck with your plant give it light any way possible.Be sure it gets 11 or 12 hrs of black out and some air!!!Start reading on RIU thats what its for peace
 

SpicyAK

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Good luck with your plant give it light any way possible.Be sure it gets 11 or 12 hrs of black out and some air!!!Start reading on RIU thats what its for peace
If its an autoflowering strain keep it under light 20/4 the whole way through... the plant will do the rest. Now if you want some alright bud you need to invest in some nutrients and alot more light.
 

Delux83

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yes ignore the 12/12 on this plant think the peeps forgot it was an auto you can keep it in any light cycle and it should flower but at least 18/6 reconmended but 20/4 best the leaves are yellowing need to give it some N if you wanna keep it indoors gonna need way more light keep it near the window much as you can if money is an issue then just get it some MG gl hf
 

Delux83

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cant be 100 but i think i read autos show sex at around 3 weeks maybe someone else can help you with that
 

natures.medicine

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when did you water last and how do you determine when its time to water her?
i only got this plant yesterday and it was raining when i picked her up and the pot was wet so i havent wanterd . but the leaves wont be the rain because that was the only day it had rained recently
 

natures.medicine

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do you know how old it is?
im not sure i think more than a month just because of how big it is . its a realy strong plant all the stalks everywhere are solid strong.
i have about 5 cfls in a box at my mates . which is an empty grow box, would i get more bud if it was in there? apposed to outside?
 

Delux83

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we would all grow outdoors if we could no better light than the sun. the reason people grow indoors is because of stealth reasons and the ability to have multiple harvest a year. IE control the light cycle. If you have the ability to put her under the sun then i say go for it least some of the day
 

natures.medicine

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we would all grow outdoors if we could no better light than the sun. the reason people grow indoors is because of stealth reasons and the ability to have multiple harvest a year. IE control the light cycle. If you have the ability to put her under the sun then i say go for it least some of the day
thanks mate thats the kind of easy answer ive been waiting for !
 

josh b

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i suggest

take her in at night and keep chasing the sun around ur house or garden to give it maximuim light.
when the sun has gone down sick that 15w about 3" over the top of her,therefore you can still get a 12/12 or 18/6 light cycle but it wont be great.

id go with the 18/6 because you only gotta wait another month or so and the weather should be reasonable to leave her outside and get a good natural light cycle,,also she will flower properly and get alot bigger.
 

natures.medicine

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i suggest

take her in at night and keep chasing the sun around ur house or garden to give it maximuim light.
when the sun has gone down sick that 15w about 3" over the top of her,therefore you can still get a 12/12 or 18/6 light cycle but it wont be great.

id go with the 18/6 because you only gotta wait another month or so and the weather should be reasonable to leave her outside and get a good natural light cycle,,also she will flower properly and get alot bigger.
Its an auto ad its only just shown hairs. so shouldnt i be seeing bud development????
 
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