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Night Claptoman

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YOU SHOULD NEVER WATER YOUR PLANTS ON A DAILY BASIS. N E V E R.

you should water when the plants need it. mine are in a pretty advanced stage of root binding and there's really low % of soil without roots so the water really doesn't hold for long. I water once every 2-5 days. if it was hot in there for a day probably they lost more water. if it was high humidity and pretty low temperature it can take even 5 days until I water them again.
in normal conditions where the roots aren't bound so badly you should be fine watering every 5-7 days. just like in the vegitative state.

also you need to give the plants some clean water every now and then to clean up build up salts.
it might not be written on the fertilizers but with marijuana you usually give way more fertilizer than to other plants so you should treat it differently.

if you'r still unsure about when to water just check about how much the pot weights when its dry, water it, weight it again and then water again when you feel its closer to the weight it had when it was dry.

40cm is a great size to start flowering.
Northern Lights doesn't strech too much during flowering, you should expect a final plant size of maximum 1m. probably about 80cm.
Anyhow, if a plant does strech too much you can LST it at the first 3 weeks of flowering without causing too much damage.
 

Flower Pot Men

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Night Claptoman

I think Iam doing not wrong then ..
they are 40 cm and I water every 4 -5 days ..
Bought some CANNA terra Flores today so let the BLOOMING BEGIN!!!!!!!!!:joint::joint::joint::joint:
 

Flower Pot Men

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Just a thought ,,,,

I ve been looking at my plants today ..Man the stems are tick ...anyway There are 3 in the cupoboard ..
And really i wonder how Ima i ever gonna get more in there ?
See my last pics

The three are so big I might be able to squeeze one more in there but I cannot see how people grow 10 + plants in +/-1 m2??
 

Night Claptoman

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Night Claptoman

I think Iam doing not wrong then ..
they are 40 cm and I water every 4 -5 days ..
Bought some CANNA terra Flores today so let the BLOOMING BEGIN!!!!!!!!!:joint::joint::joint::joint:
congratulations~

Ahh well might as well post some new pics ...:O)


I wonder if i should put a mesh in,.....SCROG...

I better read up on it ??
SCROG is nice, but you'll need to adjust the growth on a daily basis. Meaning more work.
If you decide to go SCROG do it ASAP.

If your colas are even and you have enough height left you can just let it grow naturaly.

Just a thought ,,,,

I ve been looking at my plants today ..Man the stems are tick ...anyway There are 3 in the cupoboard ..
And really i wonder how Ima i ever gonna get more in there ?
See my last pics

The three are so big I might be able to squeeze one more in there but I cannot see how people grow 10 + plants in +/-1 m2??
Easly - you grow smaller plants. You flower them much sooner.
You get 10+ (you can even 30) clones, veg them until they fill up the room horizonticaly and then flower them.
They won't need to grow as big as yours so you cut on the veg time and they will fill the entire erea so all light will be used.
You also won't need any kind of training (maybe FIM if you think its neccery) because you'll have enough colas at the top of the canopy anyway.
 

Flower Pot Men

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MHHH colas .....


Lol
Late addition . for completness
Day 32 28/04/2009 Watered all 3 with CANNA terra flores @ recomended Dose

I think I ll water tomorrow again ..
JEEEEEEEEZZ they are big plants now ...Just number 2 still never made any BIG fan leaves ...The ther 2 look great ...
2 pics just before light on . 2 mins befoe light on as I never open the closet ...wihtout light on ...Hope this pays back
 

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Night Claptoman

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1. have you sprayed the leaves?!
2. never start with a full dose. you can put how much fertilizer you want to marijuana as long as you introduce the fert to the plant heighering the dose each time.
 

Flower Pot Men

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1. have you sprayed the leaves?!
2. never start with a full dose. you can put how much fertilizer you want to marijuana as long as you introduce the fert to the plant heighering the dose each time.
! Yes i spray them ..sometimes at light out ....Never at light on on only with clear water ..

I worked my way to100%
I started with 20%
 

Night Claptoman

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! Yes i spray them ..sometimes at light out ....Never at light on on only with clear water ..

I worked my way to100%
I started with 20%
You shouldn't spray the leaves at any stage except with cuttings that doesn't have a root system.
If they have roots they can do fine without foliar watering\feeding.

Water on the leaves promote 2 things you really don't want - rot and leaf burn.
In the flowering stage the high humidity can even cause bud rot. You don't want that.

Have a great weekend - Tzvika Clapton.
 

Flower Pot Men

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Thanks Night Claptoman

Just I know of many that do spray leaves with clear water ..this is to create mist which would naturally c\occur
AND ONLY at light off for the reasons you mentioned ..

My cupboard is getting really full
The plants are growing amazingly
I still fear having more then 5 in this cupboard ..The space might not be enough ..
Anyway Stil no sign of sex ...Hope it wont be long now /
Dead excitedto see if I have some females ..
If not i just cry :O)

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Day 35 -01/05/2008 Wattered all 3 with CANNA TERRA FLORS at recomended Dose
 

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Night Claptoman

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Thanks Night Claptoman

Just I know of many that do spray leaves with clear water ..this is to create mist which would naturally c\occur
AND ONLY at light off for the reasons you mentioned ..

My cupboard is getting really full
The plants are growing amazingly
I still fear having more then 5 in this cupboard ..The space might not be enough ..
Anyway Stil no sign of sex ...Hope it wont be long now /
Dead excitedto see if I have some females ..
If not i just cry :O)

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Day 35 -01/05/2008 Wattered all 3 with CANNA TERRA FLORS at recomended Dose
I'm still totally against sparying the leaves.
In flowering its a real no-no.

Don't worry about space - you rather let em form a screen and use all the light than having too few plants and lose light.

Hey
before i forget
MY DIY cool tube Costs 7 EUR



Never ever will i run without one ..
Dropped 5 Deg Cel instantly ..
Lights lowered !! ...Great :joint::joint:
Looks nice!
Isn't the intake a bit too blocked for air though?

And you might want to consider using thoes reflective heavy duty duct tapes instead of this white one, just in case of over heating.
 

Flower Pot Men

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Intake ...me I will take the dremmel at it tonight after lights out :O)
I want a bit of a bigger intake space ...but it works great

The tape is heavy duty Heat resitant tape ..Its specially for this sort of thing ..... and reflective / silver is another illusion
plain white reflects MUCH better !
..mmhh where is that webpage again about wavelenght / light / refectiveness ..
Anyway ..thats what I read :hug::hug:

Thanks for the input always good to have more eyes looking ...

Deffinately need to take the dremmel to the intake ...
 

Flower Pot Men

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actually mylar type of reflective material is way batter than flat white. reflects about 20% more light.
mylar type ??mmhhh thanks dude I have a look into that stuff ...

Day 38 I watered again all 3 ...they are quiet thirsty at the moment ..:O)

Still havnt had the dremmel out yet ...will surely do ti this weekend
 

Flower Pot Men

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I am doing ok ..But i have one plant growing a little bit bigger then the 2 ...Should I tie it down ?

Its only abut 2 inch but i dont wnt it any worse ?
What I do ?
 

Night Claptoman

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2 inches is not something that worth attendance. it will probably even out anyway.
if it gets any worse you can tie it down then.
 

Flower Pot Men

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mmhh yeah I think i better leave it ..
I just put an inch of cardboard under the other 2 pots ...

Looks good ...

Wonder how long untill sex ...Need to read up on that bit ..
 
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