First grow, Alaskan Ice, AK48, PPP, 400w mh/hps, FF Soil

Kcannabis · Feb 11, 2010

ru8fru said:
just one 400w hps for nine plants right? what kind of bulb? hood? Its hard to say but thats fairly low wattage for that many plants. I assume maybe halfoz-oz per plant dried weight.

its a 55,000 lumen agromax HPS from HTG supply along with their cheaper hood. It was the better one but not the best HPS. I wasn't expecting 9 plants to make it and be female. I wanted to be sure I had 4 - 5 females so I did 10 from seed. Anyway I now realize that 400 watt is probably not enough for this area. MAybe next grow I can upgrade or something. We shall see.

Kcannabis · Feb 11, 2010

Here is the plant that I think is male. Can anyone confirm that this is a male or should I wait just a little bit longer?

Here are the pics:

Kcannabis · Feb 11, 2010

2/11/2010:
Watered the plants this time no nutes. Plants grew another 5 - 6 inches since switching to 12/12, still first week in 12/12. Pics are after watering so some look a little droopy.

Kcannabis · Feb 11, 2010

B DUB said:
Can you post updates of the alaskan ice through the grow as well? I have the strain and want to see if I should grow it.

sure will, I plan on doing a final picture collage from start to finish with each strain when done. If you want to know which ones are the AI's, in the pictures I just posted its the one on the left that has the weather station resting on it. The other AI is behind that one. The untopped AI is just about the tallest one there and the topped one is not far behind. Both are doing great. They were slow starters but have really started going good now. However, both are still not showing any preflowers yet and every other plant has already. Not sure if they are still maturing or what. They are sure looking good though.

ru8fru · Feb 11, 2010

That is a male in that pic, ditch him and make more room for your females

B DUB · Feb 12, 2010

ru8fru said:
That is a male in that pic, ditch him and make more room for your females

Personally I would give it another day or two. If those start to get any bigger then ditch it.

ru8fru · Feb 12, 2010

B DUB said:
Personally I would give it another day or two. If those start to get any bigger then ditch it.

It's a pollen sack no doubt, why wait? Don't underestimate how quickly a male will develop, if one of those sacs pop and pollinate your good females its all over, be careful.

B DUB · Feb 14, 2010

ru8fru said:
It's a pollen sack no doubt, why wait? Don't underestimate how quickly a male will develop, if one of those sacs pop and pollinate your good females its all over, be careful.

Did it turn out being male? Have you had to ditch it?

jonyappleseeds · Feb 14, 2010

sweet grow man i got sum fem ak48s on the way i looks like your doin a good job with ur plants im deffinatly staying posted on this thread

Kcannabis · Feb 16, 2010

B DUB said:
Did it turn out being male? Have you had to ditch it?

I only gave it another day or two and more sacs formed on top and I am pretty sure its a male. All of the other AK48's that are female have tons of white hairs coming out of their pistols already so ya it was def a male. I chopped it up last night, put it in oven for an hour at 170* and then made cann-butter with the leaves. Will try it out real soon here.

Thestinker · Feb 16, 2010

do you think using the topped part of a plant as a clone will work ok? i dont see why not but i aint sure.

Kcannabis · Feb 25, 2010

well I made some cupcakes with the canna-butter from the male and ate one cupcake one night. I barely noticed anything from eating one. The next day I ate 3 cupcakes and then an hour later ate 2 more. After about another 30 - 60 minutes I felt the effects really strong and it lasted about 8 hours until I fell asleep. I will definitely use the leaves for canna-butter from now on.

Kcannabis · Feb 25, 2010

2/14/2010:
nothing special, still growing pretty fast

2/17/2010:
pistols are starting to form little clusters

AK48(Topped)

Kcannabis · Feb 25, 2010

2/18/2010:

2/21/2010:
pistols are forming all over now and top leaves are starting to look crystallized. Still don't see any pistols yet on both Alaskan Ice strains. The Alaskan Ices are getting really tall now, tallest of them all.

AK48:

Kcannabis · Feb 25, 2010

2/23/2010:
pic is after watering, leaves drooped

2/24/2010:

Tallest Alaskan Ice, almost 3ft now:

Kcannabis · Mar 8, 2010

3/3/2010:
buds growing good now and Alaskan Ice's are still growing about an inch a day, over 3 feet now for untopped AI.

Kcannabis · Mar 8, 2010

3/4/2010:
Buds lookin good, more trichs appearing on leaves.

PPP Strain:
This particular plant has the very tips of the leaves turned yellow. Not sure why. All others are fine even the other plant of the same strain.

AK48 (topped):
Very healthy and developing good

Kcannabis · Mar 8, 2010

Tallest plant, Alaskan Ice that was untouched (no topping or prunning etc.) Stands 42" tall now and still growing an inch a day. Buds are finally starting to develop and thicken, still not as thick as other strains. Very sativa like characteristics in this particular plant.

Other strains buds are thicking up good and trichs are forming more on leaves and buds. A few white hairs here and there are turning orange/brown but mostly all still white.

AK48:

Kcannabis · Mar 8, 2010

I noticed this plant has a few fan leaves that are starting to get brown spots. I am not sure what the deal is with this one. It is a AK48 and has been doing fine up until now. It seems to be alright other then these leaves. I have been feeding them all the same and PH of water is around 6.25 and soil is around 6.9 according to a cheap soil tester probe. I wonder if I should try lowering the PH a little in this plant to see if it helps. Any other ideas as to what could be causing this? I looked up the plant problem FAQ and only thing I could find was maybe a Calcium or MG def or PH imbalance. Any help would be appreciated. Here are pics to show you.

Kcannabis · Apr 9, 2010

3/11/10: Tried bending the tallest alaskan ice plant and ended up breaking it, but it is still alive and I just supported the top until it heals.

AK48 (s&w), looking good, gonna finish first:

First grow, Alaskan Ice, AK48, PPP, 400w mh/hps, FF Soil

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