1st Grow NL using HPS

I think the flowers started to show 2 weeks ago. Still have lots of time to fatten up. If I don't lollipop them next time they should be shorter with same about if veg time using the defoliation.

I'm looking at the post I pot up on Feb 26 and you can't really see any flowering yet. I'm excited to see how much mass they put on in the coming weeks.
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Oh another lucky idea. At least it appeals to my novice sensibilities. I took the plastic foot/base off a large desk top fan and suspended it upside down. The 6 inch clip on fans circulate air but they aren't strong enough to get the canes swaying gently. The big fan does though. As it oscillates it also softly swings my secondary CFL. Not sure but having the light move around a little kills the shade.
It's a 2w x 4L x 6ft tall tent. I'm trying to utilize vertical space since I have limited floor space.
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I'm being impatient with myself. I should probably go traditional and straight watering, in between nutrient+water feedings...but I'm not. I don't think nature varies the osmotic pressures so wildly. I'm going to do 350-500 ppm and 1k-1.2k ppm on feeding days. I'll keep watching the EC and pH values on the run off and adjust. And of course watching the plants response. I wish I had more space so I could do this the right way and have control and test plants.
 

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Upgrading the lighting to led next grow. Only 1 plant in that space next time too. Moving it around less then I did this grow. Lost a big top by accident.
More solid training plan as well. Lollipop and defoliation I'm now thinking work against each other.

Today's pic. Day 30 on 12/12.
 

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Today's pic's, day 33 of flower. Under 400w HPS with supplemental CFL on the edges, 2x4x6 tent.

Hypnotized by how frosty they are. So pretty.
 
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Day 36. They are now needing water every 24hrs. I'm hoping that thirst means the buds are going to really thicken up
 
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You can see that the ladies are a bit too leggy. I let them veg for 2 weeks too long. Would have worked great if I had twice the space. Had to whack a bit of growth. It was painful.

I think with the lighting I have, 30 inches total height, plus defoliation training and topping, I should get decent bud from the canopy to the base. 2 plants, 4 wks veg.

Not sure why the color came out the way it did. The tones on the beer bottle and my hands seem normal. Maybe the frosty buds screwed up the camera : )20160326_214029.jpg 20160326_214239.jpg 20160326_213612.jpg
 
Still not ready. Day 48 of flower. Lots of fresh light yellow pistils showing all over the buds. Almost no amber trichs seen.
I think it's going to go about a week or more over the breeders estimated flowering.


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Just under the main colas are these sticky little buds. Trichomes are still mostly clear all over. Day 52 of flower.
 

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New stigma on all the buds. Trichs char and cloudy, but almost no amber at all. They are continuing to pack on mass. It's day 56 of flower. They were supposed to be done in 50 days. It looks like they may go to 70. I'm going to continue Lightly feeding them.
 

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As long as your not getting foxtailing, and it's continuing to swell.. I say keep it going... I've noticed longer flowering strains seem to cure out better. I'd be only using an organic light tea or strait flush though, this close to the end. If you could, double check for light leaks on your next dark cycle, it only takes a slight glow to throw flowering time way off. Are you going to reuse your soil?
 
12.9 Oz of wet trimmed bud off just one plant. At 34 Oz of wet trim now, with one last plant, the biggest one still ripening in the tent. Hoping to beat a gram per watt once it's all dried and cured. Thanks for everyone's help.

The harvested stuff is drying in hanging baskets, and then going into boveda jars after 3 days.
 

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