Laceygirls Grow

G'day all Laceygirl again, and I am so friggin excited.....

I have just picked up my new mylar tent and 400 watt metal halide light, everything is ready to go... Its not as big as the big flowering tent, but it has a flood and drain system with 4 pots, so bloody simple....

Tomorrow is Australia Day here, and its a public holiday, so its a great day to pull the shed out and make more room and find more powerpoints...lol....

Will post pics... When it is set up, I can hold 4 mother plants, they will just stay alive under a 110 watt day light warm flouro until I need them to veg, then I will throw the 400watt over them. This is something I have always dreamed of... I am now totally self sufficient.... Pot dealers can now officially kiss my arse....

My hydroguy built this whole thing for me, including the aluminium frame to hold the system... Its perfect... He even drilled the holes in the bottom of the pots for me, installed the flood and drainage holes, did all the plumbing, all I have to do, it add my stuff, plug it in and switch it on... Ya gotta love that....Gonna put the seedlings in it straight away and give them 5 days to a week of 18 hours then drop them back to 12 for sexing...

Thanks for watching... Laceygirl...

highflyby said:

Good girl

i dont even bother which scheduling anymore....Just maybe for the first couple weeks, just to keep track of them...but once their in flower....I drop any form of keeping track....I just wait for the trichs to tell me when its done


Keep up the good work lacey

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Thanks high, this has been soooo much fun....

Well here tis in all its glory... I have never been so well set up in my life... I never want to have to look up another phone number, hear another excuse or just waste time waiting anymore... If I want pot I shall just go to the cupboard, I've been smoking for a lot of years now and its about time, I got something back...

Flood and drain is soooo simple... I am having a little trouble with the temp, its 32 degrees celcius in the room, but the babies have come out of a humidity crib and its been very hot and humid for them, so I reckon they will handle it for a little while... Just until this ridiculously hot weather breaks... I can't fit an airconditioner in this tent...lol..

I have two of my crossed rhino and widow and just plain white widow and white rhino... God I hope they are female...
They are on 18 hours and will stay that way until I see some real growth then they go back to 12/12 for sexing...

wkd lil setup there. rep ++++

Lil ganja princess said:

wkd lil setup there. rep ++++

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Thanks ganja princess... I reckon its time the girls had a good go at it... You and I are standing up for the girls... And we are putting in a great representation...

I just hate the initial outlay... I did it the superlazy way, I have built systems and rooms that pack away easily over the years, but this is the only way to go... Fully automated, just set and forget, test the pH and your EC everynight, but other than that, just use your eyes... But in doing it the lazy way, it cost me more...Yeah but I'm laughing all the way to the seedbank....lol....

laceygirl said:

Thanks ganja princess... I reckon its time the girls had a good go at it... You and I are standing up for the girls... And we are putting in a great representation...

I just hate the initial outlay... I did it the superlazy way, I have built systems and rooms that pack away easily over the years, but this is the only way to go... Fully automated, just set and forget, test the pH and your EC everynight, but other than that, just use your eyes... But in doing it the lazy way, it cost me more...Yeah but I'm laughing all the way to the seedbank....lol....

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im almost there. im just wanna get some autopots now. but there bloody expensive.

Hey! Good growing. But I've got a question. How do you get your seedlings to branch out like that?

MetroidThatSmokesTheGanja said:

Hey! Good growing. But I've got a question. How do you get your seedlings to branch out like that?

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The light I use is a flouro, 2 x 55 watt propagation tubes under the one reflector, it gives off day light, not cool or blue and a good amount of heat, the humidity in my humidity chamber is 100%, the temperature is around 28-30 degrees celcius, maybe a bit warmer sometimes, I use rockwool to start the seeds and I use CANNA RHIZOTONIC and Canna products...

That's all I do, honestly..Oh and I spray them meticulously 6 times a day after they have one and two sets of leaves, I use just RHIZOTONIC from the very beginning..I soak the cubes in Rhizotonic and super low pH'd water about 5.5..only for about half an hour..

The flouro is on two bricks standing on their sides and its the perfect height for my chamber...

I hope this helps.... It could also be the strain... I'm just giving you all the info I have...

laceygirl said:

That's all I do, honestly..Oh and I spray them meticulously 6 times a day after they have one and two sets of leaves,

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i always in an out seeing ma lil ones. dont want them getting to dry now

Lil ganja princess said:

im almost there. im just wanna get some autopots now. but there bloody expensive.

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He's australian I believe, and they are a little pricey but I've seen good things... But there are other ways to do sort of the same thing... My new tent is the same thing kinda, only different..lol...It fills to a certain level then it empties then the pump stops and its all good... Reservoir feeding it, its automatic on a timer, but the simplicity of autopots is very cool... I still like to pump air to the roots, I seem to get better results, have you ever considered Deep Water Culture? Its set and forget...

ye i have but i realli anit got the space for DWC. i like ma coco. then it still feels like gardening

Your light seems a bit far away from your plants. What about the extra stem they build up trying to react the light?
I Googled it, it seems to be cool, and I like your results. I'm going to see if I can get myself some. Thanks.
Do you have any suggestions for pruning?

laceygirl said:

Hi there, thanks for the rep, Widow does take longer than eight weeks... I've learn't a lot from the white widow thread. This plant takes longer to mature, I will keep posting photos as there are some very experienced growers on here, who grow nothing but Widow, and they know their shit, that's for sure, so I am going to stick it out for 10-11 weeks depending on the trich colour. I need to buy a microscope... You should check the thread out... Its very informative...

Post some pics of your grow...

My room is really starting to stink now, even with the kick arse carbon filter I have... All good signs... Can't wait to pull it, dry it and smoke it....

Laceygirl....

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Lacy
that is where I found your thread - when I see someone who has a nice grow I check out their posts - yours is looking very good. mine is at day 25 today so I have a ways to go. will post you some pics later today - have to wait for the lights.

have a great week
ots

old time smoker said:

Lacy
that is where I found your thread - when I see someone who has a nice grow I check out their posts - yours is looking very good. mine is at day 25 today so I have a ways to go. will post you some pics later today - have to wait for the lights.

have a great week
ots

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Lacey,
here is my girl at day 25 - so what do you think?
40 more days?

have a good one

old time smoker said:

Lacey,
here is my girl at day 25 - so what do you think?
40 more days?

have a good one

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Hi there, they are starting to look good... Very healthy... But yes, you do have a long way to go 40 days at the least... I still can't get over the fact I still have 3-4 weeks to go... I am going to let this strain almost turn amber before I pull.... I will harvest when the plant tells me too...

laceygirl said:

Hi there, they are starting to look good... Very healthy... But yes, you do have a long way to go 40 days at the least... I still can't get over the fact I still have 3-4 weeks to go... I am going to let this strain almost turn amber before I pull.... I will harvest when the plant tells me too...

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Lacey

when you say almost turn amber about what percentage of the trichs? 20%? 40%? 70%? 100%? Are you looking for the couchlock? I have read that when harvesting at 20-30% it's an uplifting high, but if you wait till over 70% of the trichs are amber that is where you get the couchlock high. Since I only have 1 plant in flower now I haven't decided which way to go yet - my next grow I'll have 6 and am planning on doing half at 30% and the other half at 70% so it'll almost be like having 2 kinds. Just wondered when you plan on harvesting.

Have a good one!!!

old time smoker said:

Lacey

when you say almost turn amber about what percentage of the trichs? 20%? 40%? 70%? 100%? Are you looking for the couchlock? I have read that when harvesting at 20-30% it's an uplifting high, but if you wait till over 70% of the trichs are amber that is where you get the couchlock high. Since I only have 1 plant in flower now I haven't decided which way to go yet - my next grow I'll have 6 and am planning on doing half at 30% and the other half at 70% so it'll almost be like having 2 kinds. Just wondered when you plan on harvesting.

Have a good one!!!

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I have grown this strain before and i've been cutting it down waaaaayy to early... So I've learned thanks to everyone on this site... So I am aiming for at least 60-70% this time...

I really want to get the most from the plant and see how it goes... I've never grown for this long before in my life and I am looking at other strains that are faster as I am not a patient person, and I hate paying for electricity.... Damn the man..

It will be interesting to see how strong it is compared to my past grows... Keep in touch... Laceygirl...

G'day all how's everyone doing? Laceygirl back with more...

I had a bit of a catastrophe today, my exhaust fan for my mother tent, became unbalanced and stopped working. And today being a public holiday here in Australia, I've had to rig something up myself (note the hanging fan...lol) until I can get back to the hydro shop tomorrow..

I've also had to transplant my seedlings into these really cute little containers from this lovely lady for free (thanks Magnet Mart) just so they don't die, I'm not sure what I am going to do with them... I am going to try to sex them with the rest, but space is the issue... I'm just getting greedy...

The photos below are of my whole little set-up... My hubby completely re arranged our shed for me, so now I have the perfect work area... Snaps to him...Love ya babe... And of course the big tent, my buds are getting huge, I can't wait to see them at their full potential, and I've still got anywhere from 21 - 28 days to go, depending on the plants... I should have a field of footballs soon...

Back with more soon... Wont post anything for a few days, till something else happens.... Laceygirl....

this girl looks to have more sativa , the thin long leaves you know how long sativas can take to ripen

up to 16 weeks , time to test your patiences good luck ....rob

old time smoker said:

Lacey

when you say almost turn amber about what percentage of the trichs? 20%? 40%? 70%? 100%? Are you looking for the couchlock? I have read that when harvesting at 20-30% it's an uplifting high, but if you wait till over 70% of the trichs are amber that is where you get the couchlock high. Since I only have 1 plant in flower now I haven't decided which way to go yet - my next grow I'll have 6 and am planning on doing half at 30% and the other half at 70% so it'll almost be like having 2 kinds. Just wondered when you plan on harvesting.

Have a good one!!!

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just wanted to throw in my two cents if possible....


I have learned in the past, If you want a more uplifting high, just grow a sativa. Tryign to grow an indica, and harvesting it at 20, or even 50% is just a waste to me...


You may as well just grow some Sativa, wait till their 60-70% amber, and pull them down and enjoy

Lacey is on the right track, follow what shes doing

Keep it up lacey