KronDonSmoker
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They definately looking nice and bushy I cant wait to see what kind of buds its gonna produce 
My first "official" grow thread with pics, and questions (comments are appreciated)
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420Marine
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Kiki well technially I don't have SLH the breeder I got them from swears thier only super skunk (I say only in relation to how much better from what I've heard SLH is) but, to answer your question probably in about 2-3 weeks...the reason being I just transplanted a week or so ago and want to really build a solid root base up again.
Kiki007
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yep - I'm transplanting to 5 gallon pots today (from 3 gallon) - i will wait 10 more days, then flip to 12/12.
Kiki007
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there's a post on RIU about transplanting -- if you follow the directions-- your plants will have no shock or disturbance... I've transplanted 3 times this grow (yes, one of my many newbiness mistakes), but my plants have never showed even the slightest signs of slowed growth.... so for me 10 days will be fine....
420Marine
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kiki what pot size did you start in..I started in a 6'' diameter and am now in a 12'' diameter although I would have loved to have broken it down more (maybe from 6-8-12) But I don't think 3 transplants is a newb mistake. Also don't know if you are going to transplant during flowering but from I've read it's not recommended (although maybe if I read this post you elude too it would give me a better insight into the transplant process). I may end up going with 5 gallons myself simply b/c I have to let them veg longer than I want too but I can't do diddly about it atm. Can't wait to see what kind of buds you get particularly the freebies.
t0rn
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You want as little stress as possible during the flowering phase. Transplanting or doing anything drastic like this in the flowering phase will reduce your harvest. It's not like in veg where your plant has time to re-acclimate to its surroundings. Flowering has a set amount of time (dependent on the strain of course) and doing anything drastic will reduce yield. Transplanting for a 3rd time during veg seems a little overboard, unless you're trying to veg to like 3 ft. before you flower. When you transplant before flowering you should give you plant about 5 days to start really poking through and get a foothold into the new medium before you send them off to the races. Using a b vitamin supplement while transplanting is also recommended, something like superthrive or any specific b vitamin supplement.
KronDonSmoker
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Great info thanks that will help me out in the long run as well
mayor juana
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Looking good buddy! I'll have some pics with 6", 8", and I think I have a couple of 12" going. That soil just recently needed the lime addition. They are usually pro-active in fixing things like that but now I'm just adding dolomite to every bag so I might not know when they fix it.
Kiki007
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hey 420- papertowel method to rockwool cube - rockwool cube into soil in a 3x3 square platic "pot" if you will (more like square plastic flimsy thingie)... anyway, from there into 1 gallon pots, then into 3 gallon pots, and tonight putting into 5 gallon pots. (newbie f**kup). But - NEVER any slowed growth or problem, as I followed the instructions here on RIU where you pot your current pot inside the new pot, (so you're pre-packing the soil around the old pot so that it's already molded for you) - then you pull the plant out of the old pot, and slide right in to new molded pot.... it's perfect and doesn't disturb your roots.
t0rn
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The correct way of doing that is the completely cut the bottom off the pot. You can't just wait for the little side holes to let roots grow into the new medium, it would take like a week. Why not just go from the 1 gallon during veg and toss into the 5 gallon or even the 3 gallon during flower?
I would hate to cut the bottom off my 1 or 3 gallon containers to put them on top of a 5 oe 3 gallon container, they're kind of expensive. If you were talking about putting grow bags on top of grow bags with the bottoms cut off then I would be concerned with the stability of the thing.
Kiki007
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hey t0rn... I think maybe you misunderstood me.... I didn't plant pots inside of pots.... I was referring to creating a mold of the old pot inside the new bigger soil/pot so that everything pulls out smooth and doesn't disturb the roots - and I didn't cut any pots... if that makes sense.
On a side note, you're right- I should have just went from rockwool to 1 gallon, and then to 5 gallon..... but that was my mistake as it is my first grow. I have 6 new ladies coming right behind my grow now and they went from rockwool to 1 gallon pot. they will be put in 5 gallon pots in a while -- so I won't be mnaking the same mistake twice.
Take care.
KronDonSmoker
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I think about that when im blazing sometimes I want to make a pot that has like dried cocoon the bottom and that would somehow detach once you place it.in the bigger pot give it a twist to unlock it the medium stays in the pot comes up and can open up invade its a big bushy planthey t0rn... I think maybe you misunderstood me.... I didn't plant pots inside of pots.... I was referring to creating a mold of the old pot inside the new bigger soil/pot so that everything pulls out smooth and doesn't disturb the roots - and I didn't cut any pots... if that makes sense.
On a side note, you're right- I should have just went from rockwool to 1 gallon, and then to 5 gallon..... but that was my mistake as it is my first grow. I have 6 new ladies coming right behind my grow now and they went from rockwool to 1 gallon pot. they will be put in 5 gallon pots in a while -- so I won't be mnaking the same mistake twice.
Take care.
Coco. Not cocoon Damn auto correct
420Marine
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Just an update today..I was in the process of taking pics and my batteries died 
BUT the girls look great 19 inches is the average for all of them so I couldn't be happier..one plant looks a little "bare" in the middle but I accepted that due to the serouis damage she took when I had my PH/MG problem...I had some serious nute burn apparenly as well (my fault I went straight from week 2-3-4 at full strength each time 
. This ended up affecting the entire crop. So I have been flushing them since last week and today's the final day of that. Once I'm done with that next week I'll start feeding them at half strength for week 4 I"m actually currently still in week 4 plant maturity wise and I will be (hopefully not too much longer) for the time being. Next week if I can I'd like to try hygrozyme as well but at 36 a liter I may have to wait on that as well
BUT the girls look great 19 inches is the average for all of them so I couldn't be happier..one plant looks a little "bare" in the middle but I accepted that due to the serouis damage she took when I had my PH/MG problem...I had some serious nute burn apparenly as well (my fault I went straight from week 2-3-4 at full strength each time . This ended up affecting the entire crop. So I have been flushing them since last week and today's the final day of that. Once I'm done with that next week I'll start feeding them at half strength for week 4 I"m actually currently still in week 4 plant maturity wise and I will be (hopefully not too much longer) for the time being. Next week if I can I'd like to try hygrozyme as well but at 36 a liter I may have to wait on that as well
t0rn
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I was pretty ripped when I wrote that, clearly misunderstood you.hey t0rn... I think maybe you misunderstood me.... I didn't plant pots inside of pots.... I was referring to creating a mold of the old pot inside the new bigger soil/pot so that everything pulls out smooth and doesn't disturb the roots - and I didn't cut any pots... if that makes sense.
On a side note, you're right- I should have just went from rockwool to 1 gallon, and then to 5 gallon..... but that was my mistake as it is my first grow. I have 6 new ladies coming right behind my grow now and they went from rockwool to 1 gallon pot. they will be put in 5 gallon pots in a while -- so I won't be mnaking the same mistake twice.
Take care.
@420- Goin' full blast at week 2 will do that. I probably shouldn't have smoked that last bowl because I forgot what I was going to write. Looks like you've got it dialed in now though man. I'm barely starting to use full recommended nutes on my larger plants, some of the more finicky ones I'm still at half strength and even they they can sizzle just slightly at the tips.
420Marine
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yea decided to go 1/3 to start back up since they are very large plants and probably do/will need nutes when it's time to take care of them after today. IF that's too much then I'll dial it back to 1/4..gotta have some play to work with. I really am shocked that they burned considering it's organics (basically bat guano) but I guess SHIT happens WAKA WAKA (you'll appreciate that if you know who fozzy bear is)