The new girl

Hey guys,

I'd like to start off and thank all the growers that our helping out us newbies. I'd be lost without RIU. I swear I read the FAQ 1000x and it still never gets old.

Ok. I was lucky enough to come across a Pineapple Express clone. When I got her she was in a plastic cup with fully developed roots. Unfortunately, like the newb I am, didn't think to write down the day I got her on a calender. LESSON LEARNED! Its had to have been a few weeks now, if not more, but maybe you guys can tell based on growth.

Well, here she is....



Lights: (3) T5 Fluorescent Bulbs / 24 hours a day. I know this is looked down upon by some people, but I'm excited.

Nutrients:

I'm using Pure Vida's Grow & Floralicious Plus. I'm following the instructions on the bottles and feeding by the 'feed, water, water' method. I have a thirsty meter in the soil, but I'm kind worried so I put my finger 2 inches down and see if there is dirt sticking to my finger to tell when I should water it.

Temperature:

I recorded this at night time so it was a lower temperature. Since i put a low powered fan on her, the HIGH: 76 degrees F and the LOW: 68 degrees F.

In the long run, I'd like to mother this one and produce clones of it. If you can tell, I recently pinched the top of the plant to promote a bushier plant. I am buying the Recipe for Success kit tomorrow. Its a kit with some good nutrients in it, including sugar daddy. So I will be adding that to her next feeding.

Please guys, give me some feedback. Any suggestions, comments, questions are appreciated!

It is well established, but. . . . based on indoor, outdoor, type and height of light, type and amount of nutrients, the growth can be very differed. It looks at least 4 weeks old to me, but it is hard to tell. Unless you are selling it and need acurate information to tell the buyer, I would say the age of the clone doesn't matter. If you are ready to hard veg it, or bloom it, that is where the time makes a real difference.

One point, maybe, if you used a digital camera, and you took pictures as you were going along, wouldn't they have a time stamp of some sort in the properties?

The Good Doctor said:

It is well established, but. . . . based on indoor, outdoor, type and height of light, type and amount of nutrients, the growth can be very differed. It looks at least 4 weeks old to me, but it is hard to tell. Unless you are selling it and need acurate information to tell the buyer, I would say the age of the clone doesn't matter. If you are ready to hard veg it, or bloom it, that is where the time makes a real difference.

One point, maybe, if you used a digital camera, and you took pictures as you were going along, wouldn't they have a time stamp of some sort in the properties?

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Great point, but I just started taking pictures of it. I was kinda nervous about recording any of this.

Seems to me that you are doing just fine on your own.The only thing that i would do is take of some of the bottom foilage.About the bottom 2/3 cm the yellowing leaves there dead or dieing any how.Takeing the bottom few leaves and brances out this will force the girl to fill out a little more.But the internodes are nice and compact this is good you want to keep the light has close to the top has possible without burning the plant.Make sure that you flush the plant it is has important to flush at least once or a couple of times during veg has it is in flowering.When it comes to flowering the plant flush at least 4 times through the grow with water set at 5.5 and then leave to stand for a couple of hours then feed all on the same day by doing this you will only need to feed/water once a week twice at most.Also put into a large tub the biggest that you can fit in the grow room.The bigger the tub the bigger the yeild also don't be watering every other day you will do your self no favours.By letting the plant dry this will force the plant to send out more small roots speader roots to seek out moisture.And if the plant is dry this is how to get a nice root structure.Good luck peace keep green.

Well if you are nervous about the authorities. . . posting it on this site. . . ? you dig

What kind of light are you using?

Do you have a local Hydro Store? If so. . . you can get some co2 pucks and give her some co2 and thicken her up. . .

@ tyke1973: Thank you for your response. The yellowing leaves were something I was worried about. I heard that the plant will drive the nutrients out of the bottom fan leaves as a part of the growth. I'll trim them down tonight. Thanks.

The Good Doctor said:

What kind of light are you using?

Do you have a local Hydro Store? If so. . . you can get some co2 pucks and give her some co2 and thicken her up. . .

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I'm using T-5 Flourescents. I do have a local store with CO2, but I wanted to wait until I had the clones going and when I have a more established grow room. I do talk to her and give her an occasional blow job hoping that gives her some kind of satisfaction. But maybe my stinky breath is working against her lol

I will post more pics in a few days. I'm getting the sugar daddy today for this weeks feeding.

Talking is great for plants, the vibrations and Co2 are wonderful for her! You can give them Co2 at any point, I would just suggest that once you start, don't stop. Remember you can run a room hotter with Co2(they prefer mid 80's instead of the normal mid 70's), and to only put out Co2 when the lights are on. They generally only take it Co2 while light is on them. Also I love to have a stereo on while the lights and fans are running, helps cover up the ran sounds, and once again plants respond!

used right and that floricous plus should make up for any cal-mag deficiencies

I use Floralicious my self, it borders on expensive. . . lol

The Good Doctor said:

I use Floralicious my self, it borders on expensive. . . lol

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what else do you use? What about sugar daddy?

Just to give you guys some more pics for today.

Pineapple Express



This was my first time topping a plant, and its great to see good results.



Hope you like the pics. I just got in 2 White Russian clones (white widow, ak47??). I'll post some pics next week when they are more camera friendly.

Ok guys. New update.

These are the White Russians I was talking about. These are pictures of when they first arrived. They were started in an aeroponics machine. It looks like there wasn't a lot of light or the light was to far away so it's really stretchy and weak. These are 2 pictures of when I first got them, and put them in soil cups to start off.
Earlier:


WR:
Now here they are with mama pineapple. They are watered fairly often, about every other day. The roots were huge, so I think they are drinkin a lot. As soon as they work out the stress, I'm pinching and taking a few clones. Normally, I'd think that people would object at such a young age, but they were in the cloning machine for a few weeks and they look good enough to try.

PE: She's doing great. I'm ready to take some clones off of her on Wednesday. I'm gonna try to start with 3-5 clones (INSERT ADVICE HERE).



The leaves were a little weird on the WR. Check it out. Advice please!

Is the humidity to low? This was recorded at night.

Here's some more pics.

PE Before clones:



PE After clones:


NOTE: I was late to upload these pictures. These were taken about 3 days ago.

I didn't post pictures of the clones at this time, because they look terrible.... I can't take pictures of them when they aren't ready to be seen.

THE GOOD:

At the present time, MOST of the clones' leaves are standing back up.

THE BAD:

I have been having a REALLY bad humidity problem for some reason.... The clones are in rockwool cubes on a tray, inside a dome. I have a heat mat underneath them with only 1 t-5 fluorescent over top. I mist them/dome twice a day and keep the dome vents closed.
HUMIDITY: 35-41% !!!!!!
Temp: 75-85 degrees
Nutrients: Rooting gel / Rooting hormone solution in distilled water. It gets misted with distilled water also.

White Russians:
Today I transplanted them into their own 2 gallon smart pot with grow and super thrive nutrients.
Pics coming soon.

Feedback appreciated!
Thanks for reading.

A few days later, a few more pics...



Clones are looking better, they agreed to photography:



Most have stood up, and a few are slowly standing. No roots yet.
Still have a bad humidity problem.

Clone Box Details:
Temp: 75-91 (91 because it was a nice day out. I shut the heating mat and the temp went back down.
Humidity: 35-41%
Nutrients: 1/2 strength-Root hormone / distilled water mist

Is there a way I can move this to the grow journal forum?

Thanks for reading