Almost 7 weeks flowering (54 days)

Today I finally learned how to post pics on the threads! I post pics weekly at Grow Room setup, under R for Rsoeman, but I've never known how to post pics in a thread.
I broke all the rules on this grow and went against all the advise on this grow, just trying different experiments. I've done two Sea of Green grows, always started Flowering at 3 or 4 weeks. This time I started Flowering at 9 weeks ! I bought extra extra lights (85 Watt Spiral CFLs) . I learned a lot about the importance of Oxyegen (more than one air stone makes a big difference) I was on 24/7 and as someone suggesteed, I tried 20/4 for a day, 19/5 then 18/6 and 16/8 then 14/10 and then 12/12. I will NEVER gradually switch to 12/12 again, it was a big waste of time. Wasted 6 days. FLOWERING BEGINS AT 12/12 AND NOT AT THE INTRODUCTION OF DARKNESS.
I also did different experiments on Trimmiong and pruning. I hoep these pics are viewable.

You have some huge stalks on those plants. Well, we now know (no more arguing) flowering begins at 12/12. The Roseman 12/12 rule.

Dude, you got a fan leaf growing out your neck!

I'll listen to anybody that can sprout pot from body parts.

so I read at greenmanspage.com to go to 12/12 in gradual one or two hour increments. Quote the Raven!

I started doing sea of green in one tank, one plant died young, which freed up some space. Being a pothead for 38 years, I put off and postponed going to Flowering week after week, until about the 6th week, i had 5 GIANT plants. so i got a 2nd tank and moved two plants to a 2nd tank, both turned out to be females. In my first tank that had 3 plants, two fooled me and turned out to be males. Damned Transvestites. So I got one three foot tall plant in my first tank, and in the 2nd tank is one 2 and half ft tall and the other is 4 and half feet tall! Buds galore. I don't think i will do sea of green again, that is for limited space growers, I feel.

this is the 4 ft tall and two ft tall plant in one tank.

And before anyone criticises, I very well know that Mirrors are a No No, but my prescious loving wife didn't know it. I had some pieces of mylar and some white plastic on the walls when she comes home from "a sale" with those mirrors. I am so thainkful she approves of my grow, so as a loving husband, I hung the mirrors for her.

AAH, I hear ya about the approval from the the lady. My girlfriend was very apprehensive when I propositioned her about setting up the closet in our one bedroom apt. It took 7 months and my closet has been growing for about three to four weeks now. And she is actually becoming more and more interested in it as things progress. She will be even more happy when we get some free smoke out of it! Check out my journal if you have a chance I would appreciate any consrtuctive criticism
Nice looking plants cant wait till im 7 week into flowering
Peace
Matt

My wife smokes but was not intereted in growing. I am so blessed taht she has the 'whatever you want to do dear" attitude. The other day I did catch her with the $9.99 Radio Shack microscope looking at the triches or "little clear dicks" she calls them!
Matt, I'll go look at yours now.

Roots after 4 weeks.

Hey Roseman you might have said before, How many CFL's and or otherlighting do you have?

mattso101 said:

Hey Roseman you might have said before, How many CFL's and or otherlighting do you have?

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I started with 2 85 watt bulbs, (4200 lumens each) one red (cool white) and one blue (bright white) spectrum, in ten inch reflectors till about 4 weeks, when I decided NOT to do the Sea of green, but to go crazy, so i got 2 more, giving me 2 of each. Then when I decided to get an additonal tank and move two plants that were about 20 inches tall, I got 2 more, or one of each. I had 4 over each tank. Then when I started flowering, i got two more 85 watt cool whites (red spectrum). Then at about 6 weeks, I got 2 more and at 7 weeks I added 2 42 watts cool whites. I now have two tanks, one plant in one tank and two plants in other tank. On the tank with 2 plants, are 5 lights today, 3 red, two blues, 85 watts each, and on the tallest cola I got two 42 watts right on it. yesterday I burned the tips of the leaves on the cola with too close lights, and the stamens are reddish brown, the triches are milky cloudy and today I am harvesting that one big cola. I didn't get to flush the tank, but will soon for the remaining buds.

very impressive. i like what you did with the place, your wife has talent decorating. the mirrors tricked the plants into thinkinking there was more room then there was and that is why they are sooo big. j/k you obviously have thumb sooooo green. great job looking forward to the smoke report

Tell me for sure in detail how it all turns out after the first puff! Looking forward to the results! have fun harvesting

Wow Roseman those plants look yummy! Do you think the two Dual Spec II lights that SH sent me will be good enough for 3 clones? Or should I get a few more red spectrum lights for flowering? Im still going with the Sea of Green method. Things are looking good so far...soon Ill have my journal up.

what can i say. hhhmmmmm. hella fat stalks!! damn!! hella dense growth!! damn!! hella loving husband!! right on!! chest sized fan leaves!! damn again!!

My biggest cola is growing another cola off the side, and my trichs are just starting to cloud. I have to look a long time to fine one trich on the entire plant that has any color to it, so now it looks like NEXT WEEK before I havest the top tops.

looking good Roseman.
Loving the hydro and cfl pics and info.

Keep doing the good work.

Happy growing...

Hey, see those little blue scales in the green bar on this page? Next to a # number.
You click those scales to tell someone has helped you. It adds to their reputation here. Also, sign your name there too.

Here is 2 pics of my biggest top. It has a wierd 2nd bud growing out the side that you can not see good in the pic. The plant is 4 and a half ft tall, and I deliberately stretched it just to do it and see what happens. That cola is bigger than an average banana but is not quiet "coke can" size. It is about ten inches long, with one small half inch gap in it. The triches turned amber today, about the color of Amber Light beer. Some are very cloudly the color of cream or semen. Some are golden beer brown with something darker brown growing inside of them.
Before I take the tops, (tomorrow or Wednesday) I am going to drag it out into the middle of the room and take some good pics. There are 5 branches, about two feet long, that grow horizontal , with nice tops at the ends the size of a big dick! and there are three tops growing straight up, with nice tops. One branch broke off 3 weeks ago, a light fell and broke it, and I weighed those buds today and had 12 grams from the one branch. The plant has dozens of buds two inches long, maybe some 3 inches long.
In the same tank is a bushy shorter plant, full of buds, I mean dozens and dozens.

Roseman, Roseman, Roseman.

Very nice, indeed.

Is Rose your wife's name, perhaps?

Great job, man.

Here is more pics, one of a 2nd bud that is standing up. I got 5 lights on the one plant, and will harvesst the big tops Wednesday..maybe tuesday.