Remember when you said I should get my light figured out or it would kick my ass later? Boy were you right. When the light came on today, the tall plant had grown another 4 inches and was touching it, and I had already moved it as high as it would possibly go last night... so my plan had been to remove the top shelf from my set of shelves, and just drop my bin down to the one below it... it didn't fit(I could have sworn I measured this when I bought the shelves. I ended up ripping the last set of shelves in my closet that were bolted into the walls out, then, since I couldn't find a stud in the ceiling, I tried hanging my light in a crazy way it wasn't meant to be hung, and ripped a rivet out of the reflector... jury-rigged that back together, bent the crap out of at least 2 drill bits, and fixed it(it's stronger than it was when I started). Got a crappy stud-finder from wally world, and hung the light from the ceiling like I should have done in the first place. It doesn't hang quite over the center of my grow... so when I have more plants, I'm going to have to do something about that(don't worry, I have a plan)... anyway, bottom line is my plants sat under my normal bedroom light for about 2 hours while I fixed all of this(don't think that'll herm them, right?), and I have a massive headache... but it's done, and I shouldn't have to move anything around for awhile. I also hung my fan from the wall while I was at it, so it will hit the tops of the plants instead of the bottom, and isn't using up valuable space. I also switched the table around in such a way that it will drain a little bit better, and got more room for the plants so they're not up against the wall, and moved the ballast to the floor outside of the closet(it was on the window sill to keep it cool, but I don't think it'll be a problem where it is).
Still only one plant(the big one) is showing sex organs, but at least they're the right ones. I wasn't expecting to be growing hemp trees. I hope it gets tired of this burst of growth it's going through, or there's not going to be any room for the other plant.... I know most people don't complain about that sort of problem. Anyway, will post pics tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to smoke myself into a well deserved coma.
Is this normal, for flowers to start appearing before genitals? If it's flowering, does that mean it's female, or herm? These are the best pics I managed, but I'll try to get better once the light comes on tonight. The first 2 are pictures of the nodes of the genderless plant. There could be balls there, but I think it's just new growth. The third one is a blurry picture of the flowers starting to form on that same plant.
The good news is that it was just the leaves that fried, and the new flowery-bud-like thingy that's growing seems to have been mostly unharmed. I broke off the burnt leaves. I don't think there's really much else I can do unless it's not too late to top the plant.
that looks really good!! if your going to chop her right there put something in the bed like hydroton. so the roots can get out more.
