Alt0's Grow (1st timer)

Oh and by the way
checked in on the females last night before lights went off.
everyone is fine.
the reservoir is getting dirty again so I will be changing it tonight after work.
going to give them 2 days with plain water and some H2O2 to get things opened up in the root department, PPM levels were pretty high lately.
Then decide over the weekend if I want to stick with PH balanced water till flush or give em some more foods.
I think I mentioned I have some FloraKleen that I will use a few days before harvesting to completely clear the nutes from them.
roots starting to look dull and not as white an shiny as they were
I will take photos tonight as I switch em around and clean the reservoir.
need to clean the bubbler as well but just may buy a new one like toolage just got, (the round flat bottom one)
I may have to flush with the FloraKleen one at a time in a separate reservoir as they will all be prime at different times.
Emily is showing more amber trichs every day and I feel her time is near.
will be 6 weeks this weekend.
no 4 is well near ripe as well but will both probably get an extra week.
Jess and Mona and Sandi will need at least 2 more probably 3 before done
so looks like 2 harvests at least are in order.

you dont have to flush with pure water right now, throw some molasses in the mix imo

hope everything works out for ya in the flushing! The airstone that I use works great and it's so friggin easy to clean. Just hard pressure water and some scrubbing with your fingers and it's clean as a whistle!! I'll be using 4 of them for 8 plants!

Here are some photos from when they were all out of the reservoir.
they are getting big!
I am still keeping a record of all the temps and such but not had the time to post it all lately
I will post it at some point, and include it when I send the disc off to rui with all the orig. pictures
(I have also been keeping the charts up to date as well)
the cola (if you can call it that) on Jess is longer than my arm and about as thick as my wrist.
Anyway heres the deal
Reservoir got pretty warm over the past few days
I noticed some browning roots when I took everyone out so

I cleaned the reservoir with H2O2 and hot water then refilled with FloraKleen mixed in water at 4 tsp for the reservoir (2 gal)
I took a large very clean bucket and mixed 20ml H2O2 in about 2 gal of water and sat each plant in it for 15 mins, then put them into the reservoir with the flushing agent.
Tomorrow I will again empty the reservoir and flush each plant with straight water.
I will then return to my normal feeding schedule with slightly less base bloom nutes and the FloraNectar (sweetener) for the next two weeks.
Should some ones trichs start to get real amber I will flush separately in the big bucket with an air stone in it and next to the reservoir (getting some but not full light because of room issues)
The plants are all still growing and actually doing well.
They all lost some of their fan leaves recently which I have to compost.
(except Jess who had few to begin with)
Probably due to the reduced nitrogen in the reservoir they moved the N to the growing areas.
Thats about it
bud porn tomorrow when they are out again
These girls have a few more weeks to go looking at those images
I hope they don't ripen completly before they are fuller but they are pretty big so each one will give a good amount.
I guess I will have to get a scale to tell you all what they weigh when the time comes.
Anyone have some guesses at the strains yet?
kk thank you for all the advice and support
see you again on Friday

o m g great looking stuff alto! not much longer now till your smoking with a smile on your face!!!!!! Any guess on yeild??

toolage said:

Any guess on yeild??

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nope not really,
lets just say a bunch.

I really think they have a bit to go yet before even thinking about that.
Everything I read everywhere says that most real mass as well as smell and potency appears near the end of flowering.
Everywhere it says give them a week or two more.
Now I will be scoping the trichs and won't let them get overdone,
but I am not in a big hurry and as long as they are still growing,
I will let them.

good man. they look really nice alto.

doe ray me far so la te doe

doe; a deer, a female deer
ray; a drop of golden sun
me; a name I call myself
far; a long long way to runnnnn
so..a needle pulling thread
la note to follow so
te with jam and bread

and it brings us back to doe
doe
doe

DOH!!!!

sorry but your name always remeinds me of music.

Lacy said:

good man. they look really nice alto.
doe ray me far so la tea doe
sorry but your name always reminds me of music.

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Thank you Lacy
after looking at what you are able to grow (now legally, yay!)
I take that as a big compliment.
I will do better next time, you learn so much doing this.

And, it spreads into other areas of your life.
My work at my job is better organized because of the discipline I got keeping this journal.
My daily schedule has fallen into a nice pattern due to keeping up with feeding and checking on them regularly.
And we won't even talk about how well my outside vegetable garden is doing thanks to what I learned about growing and the left over nutes!

nice little song...
I am rather musical myself, although not much of a singer lol.

OK Alto, ur da man!!!

cheetah2007 said:

OK Alto, ur da man!!!

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No you da man Mr Ganja Mr Ganja
I'm just a boy still when it comes to growing,
but I learn more each day

what...this dun mean anything dude.....i'm just on the site all day loooong lol

Hi Alto,

Sorry it's taken me so long to get around to reading your Grow Journal - a stunning piece of work mate in regard to both the quality of your grow and the hard work and level of detail you have put into your reporting. And your photos are stunning - superb job all round

You obviously have a green thumb and dearly love and care for you plants. The results prove that, and I sincerely wish you all the best for the remainder. I'm certain you are looking forward to some great times ahead.

Will pop back and see how things progress from now on. Once again thanks for all your efforts. Although our methods are different, I've found your Journal very helpful and truly inspiring.

greenb.

greenbehemoth said:

Hi Alto,
I've found your Journal very helpful and truly inspiring.
greenb.

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Awwww shucks,
Glad you got something (anything) from it sir
I will try and keep on with the reports until the end
I have them and will post em over the weekend
just have fallen behind lately with the good weather and all.
Good luck on your outdoor work
I wish I had a place that I thought it would be safe to do that.
I would get caught or robbed where I'm from.

Reservoir is completely back to normal and the girls roots all got a good bath, lol
nutes: 2 gallon reservoir
20ML FloraNectar™
10.0ML Flora Nova BLOOM™
2.0ML Floralicious Plus™

If you noticed I did not add the KoolBloom its because the stuff I'm going to try tomorrow is not to be used with any other bloom booster agents.

OK enough of all that
Bud Porn as Promised but with a twist...
Top row are my 5 plants bottom are images of the strains in the Mega Mix seed assortment I got...can you match any up?
To get you started no2 top row is same as no2 bottom row for certain...

flippin heck those ladies are beautiful

Hey man nice bud porn going there. Cant stop by for long today just dropped in and luckily your last post was an update! Keep up the good work and i hope you find out what strain is which soon!

zilluz said:

flippin heck those ladies are beautiful

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Thanks, and thanks for stopping in.

thegigglepimp said:

Hey man nice bud porn going there. Cant stop by for long today just dropped in and luckily your last post was an update! Keep up the good work and i hope you find out what strain is which soon!

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I have no idea what is what or even if they are what they are suppose to be.
It is pretty cool that the Grenadine matches Jess almost perfectly.
Just looks like she will get a bit fatter before shes done is all.
Thanks TGP

Wow Alto, those pics of yours in the top row are simply amazing, as good as if not better than most of the pics you see on the seedbank and dealer websites. Your plants are looking so healthy and what a harvest you are in for - you're doing one heck of a job.

I won't try to second guess on which is which, although there are definitely similarities. Perhaps in another week or so it will become clearer. Great little aside for you over the next while trying to "match the buds" LOL. Anyway, keep on doing your thing with those babies - they are a credit to all your hard work.

Thanks GB hope your right!

Was cleaning up in the GO yesterday as I refilled the reservoir
and came across a fan leaf from no1 (who turned out to be a boy)
anyway I scanned it and here is the result.
its a very reddish golden color in person, lol.
I pressed a few of the biggest leafs between the pages of my record book in hopes the slow cure would leave them pliable enough to use as wraps.
seems to have worked very well.
so another cool thing to do with those huge male plants when they show up.
Make hash, or make some true blunt wrappers. Can't wait to twist one.
The center leaf measures about 8 inches from tip to stem. That will make a fatty.

Nice one Alto - obviously the possibilities are endless LOL. Something else to look forward to ....