I started this thread actually as an outdoor journal but I figured since it's gone indoor for flowering due to extreme heat in south florida it's not really interesting to the outdoor guys anymore.
So here's the deal. Twin is a 24 day old sativa. She was put into 12/12 at 16 days old and 4 fully developed nodes. The strange thing about her is that she was born with two natural main stems. At the second node she naturally grew 2 branches for some reason. At the moment she has one branch already with alternating nodes and 8 fully developed sets of leaves, and the other branch doesn't have alternating nodes and has 6 fully developed sets of leaves. Every single node has secondary branches at this point in time and the lower nodes have a second node on those secondary branches while the higher ones have one node.
Setup wise she is under a 150 watt hps producing 16,000 lumens. The HPS is being fan cooled and is at a distance of 6 inches from the top of the plant. For side lighting she has an adjustable CFL fixture that has 2x 26 watt 5500k CFLs producing 3200 lumens total. The CFLs are cooled by the same fan as the HPS and they are cool to the touch so they remain 1 inch from the plant. Since adding the side lighting I have noticed extensive growth on secondary shoots so I decided to keep them. So Twin is under a total of 19200 lumens at the moment.
The adjustable CFL fixture is expandable and probably about 1 to 2 weeks from today I will use a splitter and add 2 more 26 watt 5500k CFLs for a total of 22400 lumens. At 3-4 weeks into flowering I will switch the 5500k CFLs to 2700k to boost flowering since most of her upward growth will be finished.
This whole setup and grow journal was thought up by deciding to follow SeeMoreBud's book Marijuana Buds For Less. The results of his grow were astounding and almost seemed to me like they could not be reproduced so I decided to try it myself.
So Twin is now on her 9th day of flowering. Around day 6 I noticed calyxes on the 4th node and higher and so I kept an eye on them. Today on the 9th day of flowering all of the calyxes opened up and produced pistils that are easily visible to the naked eye. To be honest I have never ever seen such compact growth on a marijuana plant in my life. One main branch is 3.5 inches long and one contains 6 fully developed nodes, while the other is 4 inches long and has 8 fully developed nodes. That's around a node per 1/2 inch! It really is remarkable. Without further ado I welcome Twin.
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Twin: Day 8
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Well I decided to start a journal to keep track of my new plants as well as not to have to write in on paper and then lose (bad about losing things). Anyways I have 7 seeds germinating in my veg box under 5 27 watt 5500k CFLs. One of them is about to break off the seed but he has also broken ground over night. I have a bunch of extra bagseeds germinating in paper towel on the bottom of my veg box (nice and warm) just in case any of those seeds are duds. I also have one plant growing outdoors and is actually 6 days old now. The summer sun here in Miami is amazing hot. It sometimes gets to 100 degress and higher.
I didn't take any pictures of the guys in the box cuz straight up those are pretty boring s there is absolutely nothing go on there, But I figured I might as well show off my outdoor sprout.
Something is extremely strange about her. For some reason she started growing her second set of real leaves as though she has been topped, but she was never topped or fimmed. Check it out its really cool. She's growing super fast though so I'm not sure if it's the sweltering sun or maybe that it's a male that's doing that.
Twin: Day 10
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Yeah super wierd the damn thing has two heads! Not sure why but it's pretty cool. Here's a little update. I decided to name it Twin. Theres another pic of another new outdoor plant. Not sure what to name it yet cuz it just sprouted but it has a little roasting on its first set of real leaves for some reason so im probably going to name it Toast. I'm actually thinking about force flowering these plants at a young age because I'm really not sure when they would start flowering if I didn't because I've never grown off season. But we'll see how it goes.
Gorgeous little genetic anomaly:
How precise is that? Pretty damn cool. I mean it's obvious it wasn't topped or accidently topped or anything it just naturally grew two main colas!
Sorry This pic sux:
Twin: Day 13
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Today I checked up on my mushroom jars and one of them is up to about 5% colonization already after just a week. The other one is really not moving it seems like it could be contaminated. This was my first time using wild bird seed so I probably didn't get the moisture content 100% right. I did notice though that the one that isn't colonizing is the one that was made from the lower parts of the wet ground wild bird seed so it was the part with much higher moisture. could easily be contaminated. My rye bag on the other hand is taking off. It's already up to 5% as well and will be ready for shaking within a week.
My plants are doing fairly well considering the ridiculous amount of heat they are getting outdoors. The strong south florida summer sun is definitely doing them well.
Twin has got her fourth set of leaves and has started work on her fifth set. One thing that worries me today though is I noticed that her entire 3rd node's set of leaves on both colas are canoeing. I've never experienced leaf canoeing before so I'm really not sure what causes it and whether I should be worried about it but I am nonetheless.
Toast is doing fine she has her second set of leaves. You can definitely see on her first set of leaves though where the sun scorched her ass good. Thus the name toast sticks.
A look at freakshow Twin:
Twin's leaves are really canoed this morning. I checked her at 8 AM and it wasn't like that, then when the sun came up a little higher at 9AM they were like that. I think it may be the pounding sun.
Twin Side view:
Little Toast:
One of my tomato plants:
Twin: Day 14
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well twin has took a turn for the worst. her condition is now much much worse. the plants leaves where the canoeing occured are now crispy... and when i say crispy i mean crispy. the previously canoed leaves are now brownish and some of the leaves have rust spots, yet they are responsive to light as they still aim upwards to the light but they are crunchy on the spots where the canoeing first started occuring. i decided to move the plant indoors under 4 26 watt CFLs at a safe distance of 4 inches and at a temperature of 78-79.3 degrees which is much much much less stressful then the 90-100 degree temperatures of the summer south florida sun. i hope it works out.
Twin: Day 15
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I had to remove the burnt growth on twin which was the entire second node on both branches. I put her inside on 12/12 with 4 fully developed nodes and 4 inches tall.
she's currently under a 150 watt hps and 2 5500k 26 watt CFLs as well as a normal house fan. the temp is maintained around 78.4 F and there is a total of 19.2k lumens going her way. hopefully she will heal back up and be a strong heavy yielder.
Here's her little setup, just for her!:
Twin: Day 17 - Flowering Day 2
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i started noticing the beginning signs of heat stress on toast's 2nd node. it is just too hot to be in direct sun in south florida right now for a young plant. toast was pulled indoors and put under lights for 24 hours until I can figure out a shady spot for her outdoors. just too risky to have these guys in direct sunlight outdoors right now.
Group shot:
Here's twin:
Twin: Day 20 - Flowering Day 5
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Notice the sweet amount of secondary branching on Twin!
And here's one more of her. Look what a difference 24 hours can make with the hps only 6 inches away and the cfl only an inch away with a higher powered cooling fan in place
Twin: Day 21 - Flowering Day 6
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I noticed calyxes on Twin today. They haven't put out pistils yet but they definitely are female calyxes. Kinda early in the game she's just shy of three weeks old and just a week into 12/12. Nevertheless she's definitely going to be female. I buried her a little deeper in the dirt today because her stem under the cotyledons were getting those little bumps they get when they wish to start new roots.
Here she is:
Here's a frontal shot:
Check out the beautiful purpling and plentiful secondary growth:
Twin: Day 22 - Flowering Day 7
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you can tell from yesterday's pics twin was hyper thirsty. i gave her 3 liters of water and she is still a little thirsty looking at the top. im not sure if i should give her more or wait till tomorrow and see if she's still thirsty.
Twin: Day 23 - Flowering Day 8
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oh my she's a sexy one indeed.
Twin: Day 23 - Flowering Day 9
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Here's a little something for the guys who like to look at girly parts. She put out pistils today. Hooray!
So here's the deal. Twin is a 24 day old sativa. She was put into 12/12 at 16 days old and 4 fully developed nodes. The strange thing about her is that she was born with two natural main stems. At the second node she naturally grew 2 branches for some reason. At the moment she has one branch already with alternating nodes and 8 fully developed sets of leaves, and the other branch doesn't have alternating nodes and has 6 fully developed sets of leaves. Every single node has secondary branches at this point in time and the lower nodes have a second node on those secondary branches while the higher ones have one node.
Setup wise she is under a 150 watt hps producing 16,000 lumens. The HPS is being fan cooled and is at a distance of 6 inches from the top of the plant. For side lighting she has an adjustable CFL fixture that has 2x 26 watt 5500k CFLs producing 3200 lumens total. The CFLs are cooled by the same fan as the HPS and they are cool to the touch so they remain 1 inch from the plant. Since adding the side lighting I have noticed extensive growth on secondary shoots so I decided to keep them. So Twin is under a total of 19200 lumens at the moment.
The adjustable CFL fixture is expandable and probably about 1 to 2 weeks from today I will use a splitter and add 2 more 26 watt 5500k CFLs for a total of 22400 lumens. At 3-4 weeks into flowering I will switch the 5500k CFLs to 2700k to boost flowering since most of her upward growth will be finished.
This whole setup and grow journal was thought up by deciding to follow SeeMoreBud's book Marijuana Buds For Less. The results of his grow were astounding and almost seemed to me like they could not be reproduced so I decided to try it myself.
So Twin is now on her 9th day of flowering. Around day 6 I noticed calyxes on the 4th node and higher and so I kept an eye on them. Today on the 9th day of flowering all of the calyxes opened up and produced pistils that are easily visible to the naked eye. To be honest I have never ever seen such compact growth on a marijuana plant in my life. One main branch is 3.5 inches long and one contains 6 fully developed nodes, while the other is 4 inches long and has 8 fully developed nodes. That's around a node per 1/2 inch! It really is remarkable. Without further ado I welcome Twin.
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Twin: Day 8
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Well I decided to start a journal to keep track of my new plants as well as not to have to write in on paper and then lose (bad about losing things). Anyways I have 7 seeds germinating in my veg box under 5 27 watt 5500k CFLs. One of them is about to break off the seed but he has also broken ground over night. I have a bunch of extra bagseeds germinating in paper towel on the bottom of my veg box (nice and warm) just in case any of those seeds are duds. I also have one plant growing outdoors and is actually 6 days old now. The summer sun here in Miami is amazing hot. It sometimes gets to 100 degress and higher.
I didn't take any pictures of the guys in the box cuz straight up those are pretty boring s there is absolutely nothing go on there, But I figured I might as well show off my outdoor sprout.
Something is extremely strange about her. For some reason she started growing her second set of real leaves as though she has been topped, but she was never topped or fimmed. Check it out its really cool. She's growing super fast though so I'm not sure if it's the sweltering sun or maybe that it's a male that's doing that.
Twin: Day 10
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Yeah super wierd the damn thing has two heads! Not sure why but it's pretty cool. Here's a little update. I decided to name it Twin. Theres another pic of another new outdoor plant. Not sure what to name it yet cuz it just sprouted but it has a little roasting on its first set of real leaves for some reason so im probably going to name it Toast. I'm actually thinking about force flowering these plants at a young age because I'm really not sure when they would start flowering if I didn't because I've never grown off season. But we'll see how it goes.
Gorgeous little genetic anomaly:
How precise is that? Pretty damn cool. I mean it's obvious it wasn't topped or accidently topped or anything it just naturally grew two main colas!
Sorry This pic sux:
Twin: Day 13
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Today I checked up on my mushroom jars and one of them is up to about 5% colonization already after just a week. The other one is really not moving it seems like it could be contaminated. This was my first time using wild bird seed so I probably didn't get the moisture content 100% right. I did notice though that the one that isn't colonizing is the one that was made from the lower parts of the wet ground wild bird seed so it was the part with much higher moisture. could easily be contaminated. My rye bag on the other hand is taking off. It's already up to 5% as well and will be ready for shaking within a week.
My plants are doing fairly well considering the ridiculous amount of heat they are getting outdoors. The strong south florida summer sun is definitely doing them well.
Twin has got her fourth set of leaves and has started work on her fifth set. One thing that worries me today though is I noticed that her entire 3rd node's set of leaves on both colas are canoeing. I've never experienced leaf canoeing before so I'm really not sure what causes it and whether I should be worried about it but I am nonetheless.
Toast is doing fine she has her second set of leaves. You can definitely see on her first set of leaves though where the sun scorched her ass good. Thus the name toast sticks.
A look at freakshow Twin:
Twin's leaves are really canoed this morning. I checked her at 8 AM and it wasn't like that, then when the sun came up a little higher at 9AM they were like that. I think it may be the pounding sun.
Twin Side view:
Little Toast:
One of my tomato plants:
Twin: Day 14
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well twin has took a turn for the worst. her condition is now much much worse. the plants leaves where the canoeing occured are now crispy... and when i say crispy i mean crispy. the previously canoed leaves are now brownish and some of the leaves have rust spots, yet they are responsive to light as they still aim upwards to the light but they are crunchy on the spots where the canoeing first started occuring. i decided to move the plant indoors under 4 26 watt CFLs at a safe distance of 4 inches and at a temperature of 78-79.3 degrees which is much much much less stressful then the 90-100 degree temperatures of the summer south florida sun. i hope it works out.
Twin: Day 15
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I had to remove the burnt growth on twin which was the entire second node on both branches. I put her inside on 12/12 with 4 fully developed nodes and 4 inches tall.
she's currently under a 150 watt hps and 2 5500k 26 watt CFLs as well as a normal house fan. the temp is maintained around 78.4 F and there is a total of 19.2k lumens going her way. hopefully she will heal back up and be a strong heavy yielder.
Here's her little setup, just for her!:
Twin: Day 17 - Flowering Day 2
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i started noticing the beginning signs of heat stress on toast's 2nd node. it is just too hot to be in direct sun in south florida right now for a young plant. toast was pulled indoors and put under lights for 24 hours until I can figure out a shady spot for her outdoors. just too risky to have these guys in direct sunlight outdoors right now.
Group shot:
Here's twin:
Twin: Day 20 - Flowering Day 5
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Notice the sweet amount of secondary branching on Twin!
And here's one more of her. Look what a difference 24 hours can make with the hps only 6 inches away and the cfl only an inch away with a higher powered cooling fan in place
Twin: Day 21 - Flowering Day 6
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I noticed calyxes on Twin today. They haven't put out pistils yet but they definitely are female calyxes. Kinda early in the game she's just shy of three weeks old and just a week into 12/12. Nevertheless she's definitely going to be female. I buried her a little deeper in the dirt today because her stem under the cotyledons were getting those little bumps they get when they wish to start new roots.
Here she is:
Here's a frontal shot:
Check out the beautiful purpling and plentiful secondary growth:
Twin: Day 22 - Flowering Day 7
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you can tell from yesterday's pics twin was hyper thirsty. i gave her 3 liters of water and she is still a little thirsty looking at the top. im not sure if i should give her more or wait till tomorrow and see if she's still thirsty.
Twin: Day 23 - Flowering Day 8
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oh my she's a sexy one indeed.
Twin: Day 23 - Flowering Day 9
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Here's a little something for the guys who like to look at girly parts. She put out pistils today. Hooray!
