First Grow - 5 Jack The Ripper Clones

Dame my PM flared up like crazy again, and i spray underneath also... also the baking soda is a lil harsher cause it drops the ph level on the leaves so some of my leaves died off, first spray it was the small leaves on the bottom, and after my second bath a couple of the fan leaves burned also. Im still wondering if i would be able to spray them when they start getting trics and not ruin it completely.

EsotericGrower said:

Dame my PM flared up like crazy again, and i spray underneath also... also the baking soda is a lil harsher cause it drops the ph level on the leaves so some of my leaves died off, first spray it was the small leaves on the bottom, and after my second bath a couple of the fan leaves burned also. Im still wondering if i would be able to spray them when they start getting trics and not ruin it completely.

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I know it's not recommended to spray with anything during flower due to mold etc, however I much prefer having a speck of milk in my bud than mildew, and this isn't being sold to anyone. Yesterday I was at Riteaid, and very surprisingly came across this stuff for about $8. Information about the active ingredient: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_oil

read up on it and seems to have good reviews. Will head out to walmart soon and grab that.

Knock on wood but looks like lowering humidity and spraying the neem extract is working well. I will post some more pictures when I get home, it actually looks like the leaves are a lot cleaner/greener/healthier now

EDIT: Great thread for any noob grower (such as myself) whom may happen to come across similar issues:

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/8962-how-use-neem-oil-without.html

April 24: (never posted these when I took them)

my friend had a 12 ft tree of jack the ripper and it was CHRONIC. awesome sativa high.

April 26:

400 Watt HO HPS (~58000 lumens), 10 Northern Lights seeds, and 5 Hash Spice seeds in the mail

May 1:

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May 2:

Lookin good, have you sampled?

Looking good, Yea you really needed some legit lights. Im running 600 hps right now. Finally sprayed with Fungicide3 and its looking a little better, hope it works well.

slow down on pruneing
looks like your cutting way to much off

That 5hit said:

slow down on pruneing
looks like your cutting way to much off

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Hmm, well I haven't removed anything but completely dry leaves (generally the ones from the original clones that didn't get enough light when the plant started growing larger). So maybe 2 - 4 small fan leaves per plant.

I suspect it appears like I did more because I took the pictures sideways and the fan leaves aren't easily seen. I will take some at a different angle when I get home and it should look better.

Let me know if it still looks trimmed with the new pictures cause that might mean I messed something up.

Thanks.

Top pics like I said, curious if these look too thin?

May 4:

Don't worry dude, if they're truly Jack the Ripper, you got great genetics. That's a Subcool strain and his gear is top notch.

Bummer about the PM, from what I can tell it's been a growing problem in Cali, I'm glad our air is really really dry here in CO and it's not much of a problem! Good luck with the battle!

I didn't see you mention it but it looks like you started them off in 12/12? Which would put you around 7 weeks doing a rough estimate off the dates of posts and the looks of the plant? You're almost there! From what I've read JTR is generally an 8 week flowerer so you're getting close! I'm stoked to see what you produce here with those shoplights.

Nice work so far, sub'd for sure!

Ha so that first response was at the end of the first page. Allow me to post a followup post!

Neem oil is an excellent natural defender. I read an article where they used it to battle bugs as well. Also your plants look great. They likely look like they were pruned a bunch because the fluros made them stretch a little more. If they'd been under the HID light the entire time they'd be bushier and look leafier.

Coming up on 8 weeks here?

ColoradoLove said:

Ha so that first response was at the end of the first page. Allow me to post a followup post!

Neem oil is an excellent natural defender. I read an article where they used it to battle bugs as well. Also your plants look great. They likely look like they were pruned a bunch because the fluros made them stretch a little more. If they'd been under the HID light the entire time they'd be bushier and look leafier.

Coming up on 8 weeks here?

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They are at 43 days of 12/12 I believe (from memory, have it written down somewhere). I think they still need 2 weeks minimum, more likely 3 or so because I used floros for so long. But the first grow is for learning after all

Lots of white hairs, almost no orange ones. Hopefully they fatten up a lot, day 50+ is supposed to have the most growth according to Subcool.

Thanks for the interest, here is a bit of bud porn in exchange from May 6: