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V4 is looking great, although she's taking forever! She's at day 63 today, and before I watered, I checked the trichs and I'm only seeing a few errant amber resin heads here and there. Many of the pistils still have to turn as well, so she's got a few more days -- but patience is a virtue, and...

I'm thinking I'll let V4 go over 60 days for sure. V3 may be done around day 55 or so, but like I said, I'm going to harvest the tops first and let the lowers fill out a few more days on her. V4 is going to be the late bloomer though, as she's still putting on weight daily and doesn't appear...

Here's V3, one of the other original four Vortex girls. I kept her along with V4, as she was too unique to get rid of. I bought a grow tent and threw her under my 150W Hydrofarm to flower her, four days behind V4. Before flowering her, I trimmed off a bunch of lowers since I was dealing with...

Here's some updated pics of my lime green and yellow lady. She is definitely looking more and more Apollo dominant, especially with the spear-shaped, knotty dreadlock buds and extended flowering time. This is the sativa in her shining through, and the knotty buds are also due in part to my...

Thanks for the comments guys. I appreciate it. V4 is indeed a beautiful plant -- and to think, I originally only started three seeds, but my gut told me to pop a fourth bean and V4 is what I got! I have clones of all four going now as well, so I'm interested to see pheno variation when I...

Here's my best attempt at cannabis photography. . . I took these pics yesterday and tried posting them up here on RIU, but for whatever reason I couldn't get the website to download them yesterday. Anyway, as you can see, the lowers are thick as hell, and she smells out of this world. I can...

I like to keep mine 16" from the highest cola, just to keep heat down. Some people say that's too far from the plant, but I even go so far as raising to almost 24" the last two weeks of flower. Trust me, it's worth it. You're not going to get the correct footprint from an HID if you have it...

Thanks Sub! I see the resemblance in the colas for sure. I think the other smaller Vortex I have in the grow tent might be more Space Queen dom, judging by the bud shape and different smell from this one. . . V4 is looking great, and my hat's off to you for the great genetics and the badass...

Thanks bro, hopefully these pics will do. I took these pics a week ago, so they're not exactly up to date, but they're better shots because they're not under the HPS. She looks way better just since these pics, especially in the resin department, but I'll post up a REAL good photo shoot on day...

Lookin good! Only 4 more weeks. . . .

Well, not much new to report really. We're trucking along nicely, and right at about the halfway point with my biggest girl. She's starting to get nice and greasy, with resin forming like cake inside the buds. The sugar leaves are starting to powder up with resin, but as most that may have...

Yes, I also use tap water. Since I happen to live in a metropolitan area, the municipal water here is pretty good and I let mine sit out for three of four days before use and have never had a problem. I pH test it, and I usually have to use a couple drops of a citric-acid based organic pH down...

That's a good call, but if you use the catalytic carbon filter, doesn't it remove all the minerals in the water as well? If so, then you'll have to use cal-mag periodically, but if not, then the carbon filter sounds like something worth investing in for sure. Thanks dude.

Tap water is a risky game with organics. If your water supply has cloramine, then you're screwed -- even using an air stone to bubble the water for a couple days won't get that stuff out, and it fries organics. If you just have chlorinated water, don't use it until it has sat out and/or...

Don't take this the wrong way bro, but this sounds like a really bad idea. Your 9 bigger plants are pretty far into the game to be trying a new method, especially of they're already stresses or deficient. Besides, the plants are supposed to veg in the 7 gallon pots long enough to where they'll...

Here's a nice string of pics of varying quality and lighting. I took her out to clean and disinfect the grow area, and figured I'd take a bunch of random shots while I was at it! She's frickin' wide as hell, and not easy to maneuver around, that's for sure. I've been rotating her under the...

Hang in there bro, that's what makes this shit so cool -- it's challenging! You'll bounce back and get some dank-ass crops soon enough!

Today was the only chance I'd have for a few days to be home during lights out, and be able to take a quick picture with flash and the closet cfl on without being all orange from the HPS. I watered her earlier this morning, and she's really forming some nice budsites, even on the lowers. She...

The blue filtered 235 cfm was a 6" fan, made custom by an independent company called "Foothill Filters." There is a 235 cfm Vortex fan with 6" duct ports, and that runs right around 200 bucks. I opted for the inline Vortex with 6" ports also, but forked over the extra money for the highpower...

Thanks guys! The great thing about this supersoil is how trouble-free and easy it is, but you have to maintain a "hands-off" approach and let it work its magic, otherwise you can do too much. I love this supersoil!