First Grow - Dr. Atomic - Atmoic Northern Lights

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Just started reading this thread about an hour ago I love your progress, and the fact you keep us updated regularly. You should have probably saved one male colned a female or sacrifice one of your females for seeds.
 
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Those were great pics. Not that I like gazing at balls.... but still. :)
For my next grow I am using some Oasis seeds-- NorthernLights2 is the parentage. So I'm keeping a keen eye on your babies.
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Day 47

Temperature: 80 (average)
Relative Humidity: 35% (average)

FLOWERING DAY 11

Sorry about the delay. We have withered the girls back down to 3. The 4th one grew balls, fucker!

Anyways, they are growing well and they are stretching for light / expanding. I expect heavy flowering to commence in the next few weeks. I fed them yesterday with Advanced Nutrients Big Bud, and the GH 3 Part (heavy bloom feed). They hit 550ppm and still want more. They are going to be flushed probably tomorrow, and then we are going to hit them harder with nutrients.

You can clearly see a lot of pistols/top bud formation. You can also see the difference in plants. The smallest one is a hardcore indica, and was our runt. The other two are completely different (but the same as one another). Very tall, and since flowering the nodes have stretched. I think these two will give me at least an ounce each, maybe more. I'm expecting less from the small one, but the small one is the one I am looking forward to.

I should also state that the HPS we are using seems to be loosing its brightness/burning out. So far HTG Supply has given me a defective ballast and two defective bulbs. Should have the new one by this weekend. They are a stand up company and replaced everything no questions asked. I wish I would have been able to use the Metal Halide for vegetation. Oh well, 3 out of 10. We learned a lesson. We're going to be taking clones next grow, and then starting that cycle.

Sorry for the delay in updates.
 

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sucks to hear about all the males, none the less you are doing a good job. i will be keeping an eye on this one. i want my first grow to be NL's
 
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Hey man look great. you can buy a conversion MH Bulb that will work in HPS ballasts. Are you going to lollypop the plants. By removing the bottem branches so all the power goes up to the main colas. Now is a good time to start this. This also helps with air cirulation around the pots and root base. I reccomend removing the branches from the bottem 1/4-1/2 the plant. This will not effect your yield, wait yes it will it will make it higher if anything. Do more research on this topic if you want. it works well.
 
oscarmiya

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Yea, sucks the other was a male bro. Your ladies are lookin sexy though. You should still get a decent amount of bud, atleast enough provide some high quality badass smoke for you and your buddy till next grow.. Speaking of.. whats your next grow's strain going to be? I was looking at the G13 Haze Feminized or one of the other G13 Mix's Feminized but I'm still not 100% sure. Another question I was wondering is... now that you've grown these.. are you thinking of setting up a Veg Area to keep some what of a monthly harvest or just stickin with one room start to finish 3 month grow?
 
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mattso101 said:
Hey man look great. you can buy a conversion MH Bulb that will work in HPS ballasts. Are you going to lollypop the plants. By removing the bottem branches so all the power goes up to the main colas. Now is a good time to start this. This also helps with air cirulation around the pots and root base. I reccomend removing the branches from the bottem 1/4-1/2 the plant. This will not effect your yield, wait yes it will it will make it higher if anything. Do more research on this topic if you want. it works well.
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I have a Metal Halide conversion bulb, but it blew out after 3 days of use. I just never got around to having HTG send me a new one. Now that the HPS is burning out, I am having them replace both. So we will have MH for the next grow. And we will be lollipopping, thinking about keeping some of the lower branches as clones. We will see. Definately going to lollipop though in the coming days.

Marktwang said:
sucks to hear about all the males, none the less you are doing a good job. i will be keeping an eye on this one. i want my first grow to be NL's
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They are a good strain. It's just bad luck I got 7 males! haha. I recommend, they are easy to grow.

oscarmiya said:
Yea, sucks the other was a male bro. Your ladies are lookin sexy though. You should still get a decent amount of bud, atleast enough provide some high quality badass smoke for you and your buddy till next grow.. Speaking of.. whats your next grow's strain going to be? I was looking at the G13 Haze Feminized or one of the other G13 Mix's Feminized but I'm still not 100% sure. Another question I was wondering is... now that you've grown these.. are you thinking of setting up a Veg Area to keep some what of a monthly harvest or just stickin with one room start to finish 3 month grow?
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Well I'm actually moving soon so I will have my own place to set up an area in. However, I doubt I will do the veg room until I move back home for school again. Me and my friend were considering a clone area/veg area for the current setup. I'm not so sure what he plans on doing but we will figure it out before I leave. I'm definately doing feminized seeds from now on. I don't care of some of them hermie, 2 hermies a package is a lot better then 7 males! :)
 
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wonta said:
You were so intent on no clones what made you change your mind.
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Just my GUESS.... He changed his mind because he is dissappointed with the Male to Female Ratio and doesn't want to head down that dissapointing road again.. Takeing some clones from his known ladies ensures the fate of his carefully watched after babies. Just my guess.. and what I would have done also in his shoes..
 
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Day 50

Temperature: 77 - 82
Humidity: 30%-35%

FLOWERING DAY 14

The girls are looking better. They started showing more and more pistols/white hairs. The bud sites are showing themselves and everything is going smooth. The stems have gotten thicker and they have increased in height. They will be fed with a nutrient solution around 650ppm in the upcoming days. I am going to wait another week before we add Advanced Nutrients Overdrive (pushes oil/resin production into high gear).

Enjoy the pictures. Thanks for stopping by!
 

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jordann9e said:
I love this journal!! I'll keep my eyes peeled...
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Thanks for the kind words.

sportsguy1598 said:
Hey man still lookin good I'm sure you'll get some top quality bud from those girls
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I appreciate it man. I know we will get some good bud from them. There are clearly two different types of the strain here. I am looking forward to comparing them.

wonta said:
You were so intent on no clones what made you change your mind.
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It's easier to get more predictable results. If you clone once, you can keep cloning and essentially make a perfect growing environment for a plant and perfect growing because you know exactly what to do.

oscarmiya said:
Just my GUESS.... He changed his mind because he is dissappointed with the Male to Female Ratio and doesn't want to head down that dissapointing road again.. Takeing some clones from his known ladies ensures the fate of his carefully watched after babies. Just my guess.. and what I would have done also in his shoes..
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This is also one of the reasons :).
 
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