400w Organic Grow: Flowering Has Begun

sandmonkey

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• Aug 23, 2010

• #1

Hey all,

this is my 4th grow and my girls have been under 12/12 for 13 days.

I'm doing 3 strains (check my journal for strain background), in soil, and using the entire BioBizz line plus some extras

I let my girls veg for 2 weeks (got them as rooted clones) then switched the lights.


Flowering has definitely begun

Here's one of the Soma's. I'm loving how bushy my plants have turned out. For reference, they're all in 2 gallon pots:

Here's a Sage'n'Sour. probably a meter high, and very branchy:

and one of the 2 Ice. The smallest plants in this grow. Definitely more suitable for a SOG grow. Oh well...

 

sandmonkey

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• Aug 28, 2010

• #2

DAY 16 of 12/12:

Unfortunately I had to kill the smallest plant (one of the Ice) cuz of a spider mite infestation; as well as the fact that it was too short to get any decent light exposure.

So i'm down to 6 now. Normally I'd be worried but given the size of these girls six is all I can keep in the room right now; as next week I'll be adding a CO2BOOST pump to my room.


Here's the canopy:

One of the Somas:

And one of the Sage'n'Sours:

 

John400HPS

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• Aug 28, 2010

• #3

looking good SM very bushy girls you have there. Sorry to hear about the spider mites, how did you detect them?

 

sandmonkey

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• Aug 28, 2010

• #4

Thanks John

well as you know spider mites are really tiny, and by the time you spot them the damage is already done. I noticed that one of my Ice plants was unusually small, and that some of the lower leaves had white spots on top.

I thought it was a deficiency at first, then looked at the undersides of the leaves and spotted a few spider mites and what I think were their eggs. I immediately gutted that plant and misted the others plants neem oil just to be on the safe side. So far though I haven't seen any others, and besides Soma is supposed to be super-resistant to spider-mites.

This was my first time encountering these f'n pests. Hopefully the last.

 

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an0dyne1

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• Aug 28, 2010

• #5

looking great SM! i'm just moving into a 2 400w hps/mh set up (my girls just cracked). seeing beauties like this - minus your ice, rip - gives a guy a lot of hope.

 

sandmonkey

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• Aug 28, 2010

• #6

Here's the nute line-up. Not pictured are the Alg-a-Mic, molasses and organic red vinegar for pH down:

 

sandmonkey

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• Sep 4, 2010

• #7

Girls just completed day 24 of 12/12.

Spotted some spider mite on one of the Soma's so I sprayed all my girls with neem oil.

Otherwise they're pretty healthy.


Here's a side by side of a Soma (left) and Sage'n'Sour:

Close-up of the Soma:

S'n'S:

 

sandmonkey

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• Sep 10, 2010

• #8

today my girls just completed day 30 of 12/12

two of my plants' tops got a little burnt by the HPS but nothing too serious. I've raised the lights a bit and temps are definitely down.

Unfortunately my camera's battery just died so I couldn't take nicer pics of the plants out of the Homebox as I usually do.

But these will have to do. 1st off the family shot (note the scrawny Ice is no where to be seen in the pic. What a useless plant definitely better for a SOG):

One of the Soma:

S'n'S:

The Soma's are definitely further along. Then again they should be as they are pure skunks. I', guessing harvest for those will be in about 4 weeks. Which is perfect is I'm smoking my last Sour Diesel joint from my last harvest

 

roleone

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• Sep 10, 2010

• #9

lookin fuckin great man! I wonder how much them are going to yield? Good job

 

sandmonkey

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• Sep 10, 2010

• #10

i hope a lot, as this is the fewest number of plants I've grown in a single grow. Plus I started with 8 clones. Two of them didn't make it for very different reasons, and one of the remaining six (Ice) is just useless. But I definitely prefer fewer bigger plants than a SOG style.

 

sandmonkey

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• Sep 11, 2010

• #11

as promised, better pics of my girls at day 31 of 12/12.

i killed the last remaining Ice. Down to two strains.


Here's a S'n'S (left) and a Soma:

S'n'S:

Soma:

 

sandmonkey

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• Sep 18, 2010

• #12

Day 38 of 12/12

Haven't updated in a while.

This grow started with 8 plants, 3 starins. I'm now down to 4 plants from 2 strains

I had to leave for a few nights so I gave my plants a big watering before bouncing. When I came back it looked like one of te S'n'S plants died from overwatering :s weird shit.

It's not all bad though, as one less plant meant I had the space to install one of these today. All organic

Here's the last remaining S'n'S (my biggest plants yet!):

And one of the Soma:

I'll get better pics up on Monday, as I'll aslo be coppin some clones to get a perpetual grow going since i have the extra room. I'll probably go with 2 now (maybe PPP) and 2 more once I harvest the Somas.

Stay tuned!

 

sandmonkey

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• Sep 19, 2010

• #13

As promised, some better pics of my girls.

Here's the last Sage'n'Sour with at least another month to go:

and one of the 3 Somas, probably 3 weeks 'til harvest:

 

sandmonkey

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• Sep 25, 2010

• #14

Day 45 of 12/12

Just fed my plants with the same ol' combo of BioBloom, BioHeaven, TopMax liquid guano plus molasses.

Here's the family shot:

I gotta say, the Somas are looking really good and probably only have 10 days or two weeks tops to go. I'll feed them one more time next week then flush

Here's one of 'em:

cola:

lower bud:

and the monster Sage'n'Sour with at least another month to go. Should be well worth it: