First Grow Stealth Bubbleponics

[Ray Fox]

Hey guys, as promised here are the new pics. There aren't any close ups of the flowering because actually there isn't much to photograph... yet. However, since entering flowering there are tops all over the place, so many we can't count em even. You can see the main colas sticking out and then we tied them down again. Can't wait till these babies flower and the buds start growing!!! Let us know what you think!

 

[motif]

Hey guys, as promised here are the new pics. There aren't any close ups of the flowering because actually there isn't much to photograph... yet. However, since entering flowering there are tops all over the place, so many we can't count em even. You can see the main colas sticking out and then we tied them down again. Can't wait till these babies flower and the buds start growing!!! Let us know what you think!

damn that looks so fucked up haha

i hope it turns out well though mane

i got 2 females outta those ones i had under cfls under my desk, now under my new 600watt hps hortilux bulb with sun system reflector. HUGE improvement. two very different looking strains, we'll see how they turn out

 

[Ray Fox]

damn that looks so fucked up haha

i hope it turns out well though mane

Damn dude you think they look alright? We're training them to stay down so the buds have plenty of room to grow (They still have a good 2 x 3 x 2.5 ft so we're not worried ) First timer mistake with the net though, we added it way too late and this is what we get for it. A good SCROG is fuckin hard man.

Oh well. The plants look good though, nice and healthy with big strong stems. We're two weeks and one day in 12/12 but aside from the crazy number of tops and a few tiny signs of sex there really aren't many signs of flowering. This next question may sound horribly amatuerish to seasoned growers but... when do the buds start!?!? Hahaha.

i got 2 females outta those ones i had under cfls under my desk, now under my new 600watt hps hortilux bulb with sun system reflector. HUGE improvement. two very different looking strains, we'll see how they turn out

Indica? Sativa? Show us some pics Motif! Here's a pic of our babies after we got back, before retraining them.

 

[Ray Fox]

HELP!!! We're approaching 3 weeks into flowering on wednesday and still not a sign of flowering. Nothing. Just lots of tops everywhere. IS THIS NORMAL??? What could the problem be? They've been on 12/12 for 3 weeks now and we haven't seen any changes except continuous growth. Is this because of possible light contamination??? Need help!!!

 

[motif]

HELP!!! We're approaching 3 weeks into flowering on wednesday and still not a sign of flowering. Nothing. Just lots of tops everywhere. IS THIS NORMAL??? What could the problem be? They've been on 12/12 for 3 weeks now and we haven't seen any changes except continuous growth. Is this because of possible light contamination??? Need help!!!

your fine, if you dont veg your plants for 5 full weeks, it will take longer for the plant to flower. Your fine. What you shoulod be noticing right now is white hairs coming out of alot of the axillary buds (leaves branching off of leaves). Bud formAtion should begin forming around week 5 i would guess....

i started my first day flowering on these two girls on 4-15-09, and one is significantly more mature than the other and it is showing a lott of white hairs, while the other less mature one is barely showing its white hairs. They are both 2 days shy of 2 weeks. dunno if that helps you at all, but thats where im at with mine right now

 

[motif]

oh and the growth you noticed is normal, that always happens after you switch to 12/12. aka stretching. the plant pretty much doubles in size when you switch to 12/12.

 

[Ray Fox]

Right Motif, but the problem is there isn't a single white hair. Not one. Lots of tops. And the sex of the girls is very clear, but not one pistil is coming out.

Oh and two of the three plants were vegged for 4 weeks and 4 days and the third was vegged for 3 weeks. So do we need to flower for a longer time now?

oh and look for some pics tonight. They're ENORMOUS. Plus long story short, the scrog half failed.

 

[Ray Fox]

Here they are guys, pics of the girls. Yet still no pistils. Does anyone know whats up???

- Ray Fox

 

[Ray Fox]

So apparently it takes 15-30 days for the babies to start flowering in soil, is this the same for DWC?

Wow. We honestly don't know what we'd do without RIU.

 

[jigfresh]

Hey ray fox... I'm just joining the party, so forgive me if I missed anything. I read everything, just don't know if I remember it all.

About the flowers, mine started showing after 11-12 days of 12/12.

My guess is a possible light leak to make them think it's veg time? But that's a guess, I'm on my first grow so I'm no expert.

I know you can't stand in your grow space and close the door like I can to check, so maybe try to get a camera with a timer in there and set it, close the door and see if you see some light.

One thing that is good, all the plants look happy.

keep us posted.

EDIT: I was just thinking about it, and you would have to have a pretty good light leak to make that happen. It's really confusing. At least they are healthy, buds should arrive someday?

 

[Ray Fox]

EDIT: I was just thinking about it, and you would have to have a pretty good light leak to make that happen. It's really confusing. At least they are healthy, buds should arrive someday?

Hahaha at least! Thanks so much for checking up Jigfresh. There are some tiny light leaks but that should be okay, right? A small airvent, a slit in the side for the air from the fan, another tiny one for the outlets. But that's it. We sure hope they start soon. So Anxious!

 

[jigfresh]

I don't know if it's the number of leaks as much as the light that could be coming through. I don't remember when you are running the lights, day or night? But I would think you would need either a house light bulb that shines directly through one of the holes, but even then it shouldn't get the whole place light enough to mess things up. If you are running the lights at night and during the day the sun can get directly at those holes I think that could be doing it, but you would need the sun to shine in the window directly on it (i would imagine). Weird man. But I'm here for the ride. Also, the more they veg the more they should produce.

 

[Ray Fox]

I don't know if it's the number of leaks as much as the light that could be coming through. I don't remember when you are running the lights, day or night?...Weird man.

Actually we have them off during the day and on at night. And also the box is turned so the door is facing the window. We should probably turn the thing just to make sure one of the walls of the box is totally blocking out any extra light. Easygrinder says its the early flowering time and the lack of veg time. We're gonna go with that most likely but regardless it looks like its gonna take longer to finish. Our guess: about a month, making it exactly 7 weeks flowering. Any bets on how long?

 

[jigfresh]

Any bets on how long?

Are you guessing they will finish a month from now??? I don't think so.

I think my plants have a month left and they have been showing flowers for 35 days.

I don't know how much you read of my journal, but I have been trying to figure out when harvest will be, and it keeps changing. First the 'flowering time' of a plant (ie 9 weeks for my Hindu Skunk) is the amount to harvest from sign of the first flowers. I thought it started at 12/12. Second I thought that with my setup of using a big dwc with tons of bubbles and 650w in a 2x3 space would make sure I finished early. It may finish early, but right now I am at the beginning of week 6 flowering and I'm positive they have more than two weeks till finish, so if they do finish early it will only be few days.

I'm not trying to say you won't finish early, just that finishing early isn't as easy as it may sound.

Either way, you definitely have more than a month to go. Damn things take to long if you ask me, haha.

Also, I'd agree with easygrinders assesment as well. Might want to turn the thing so the door doesn't face the window for good measure anyways.

 

[thor369]

well, my fastest strain to be flowered, and done,. was about 6 weeks from 12/12, i had some take 11 weeks from 1st flower, total of 13 weeks. it is all in strain/genetics you are working with.

all i can recommend, is when you think it is really done, pick a lower bud, slow dry it for 3 days, in closet, and try it, and ask yourself, is it really done, i bet it isnt. 1 week can almost double the length the stone lasts, trust me. by doing it this way, to choose a harvest date you gain 3 days from testing the cut piece, and then, if you choose not yet, wait 7 more days, try again, this will be 10 days from 1st cutting your last taste. repete if needed 1 more time. you want some of the THC to change into the other helper canabinoids, CBN/CBT i think they are. you have to mature the crystal a bit, waiting 1 week to 10 days more really can be a big differance.

you will see it when it matures, your buds will swell up, the calixs will go into like a false seed mode, and the calexs will get 3x to 5x bigger all at once, the buds will look like they took a big breath, and swelled up. and about 50% to 75% of the hairs will have changed color, or shriveled up into its calex.

 

[Ray Fox]

well, my fastest strain to be flowered, and done,. was about 6 weeks from 12/12, i had some take 11 weeks from 1st flower, total of 13 weeks. it is all in strain/genetics you are working with.

all i can recommend, is when you think it is really done, pick a lower bud, slow dry it for 3 days, in closet, and try it, and ask yourself, is it really done, i bet it isnt. 1 week can almost double the length the stone lasts, trust me. by doing it this way, to choose a harvest date you gain 3 days from testing the cut piece, and then, if you choose not yet, wait 7 more days, try again, this will be 10 days from 1st cutting your last taste. repete if needed 1 more time. you want some of the THC to change into the other helper canabinoids, CBN/CBT i think they are. you have to mature the crystal a bit, waiting 1 week to 10 days more really can be a big differance.

you will see it when it matures, your buds will swell up, the calixs will go into like a false seed mode, and the calexs will get 3x to 5x bigger all at once, the buds will look like they took a big breath, and swelled up. and about 50% to 75% of the hairs will have changed color, or shriveled up into its calex.

Hey Thor, thanks so much for the info man, so glad to have you along for the ride. Unfortunately we're not in your state and we're under a little time constraint so we're hoping the babies will finish up soon. Thanks to guys like you, Motif, Easygrinder and Jig all lending a hand we've gotten an incomparable amount of tips and advice.

We still gotta pluck all the leaves, maybe add some more lights. We've been adding Stealth Hydro bloom nutes with every watering and are still pinning down any long shoots and stems to the net. Long way to go yet but we're hoping these babies can finish in about 6 weeks... don't really have a choice. Time constraint scrog!!! Let's see if its a mission impossible?

Look for more pics in the coming days.

 

[cream8]

hey looking brother!!

 

[smoote1987]

Hey Ray,

Came across this and i just thought you'd enjoy it.

Scrog Design Suggestion

 

[Ray Fox]

Hey Ray,

Came across this and i just thought you'd enjoy it.

Scrog Design Suggestion

Wow haha that's so weird. Wonder how big the whole thing was... Anyways guys here are some more pics as of today.

 

[smoote1987]

Wow haha that's so weird. Wonder how big the whole thing was... Anyways guys here are some more pics as of today.

You can kind of get a sense of scale from the size of the CFL, but i was mainly showing you an example of how someone attached the scrog to their plants container.

Your plants look great btw.