200 w cfl grow, by DANfour20

harris hawk

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Sounds and looks like you have it under control - also had a miss-understanding of the "pre-flower" stage when i started '; always adding a week or 2 after the breeder's flower time. Thanks for the reply and sharing - which is the best way of learning -seeing it
 

lahadaextranjera

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Sounds and looks like you have it under control - also had a miss-understanding of the "pre-flower" stage when i started '; always adding a week or 2 after the breeder's flower time. Thanks for the reply and sharing - which is the best way of learning -seeing it
What it is, they are still in veg stage for the first 2 weeks of 12:12. They will still be on veg nutes til day 10-14 roughly. (Day 7 on that photo but they hate N).

Book times are a guideline and a microscope should be used to determine trichrome stage and when to cut.

Sativa high is cut earlier and indica couch lock high is cut later on.
 

DANfour20

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What it is, they are still in veg stage for the first 2 weeks of 12:12. They will still be on veg nutes til day 10-14 roughly. (Day 7 on that photo but they hate N).

Book times are a guideline and a microscope should be used to determine trichrome stage and when to cut.

Sativa high is cut earlier and indica couch lock high is cut later on.
I ordered a cheap 60 x microscope attachment for my my phones camera of ebay. Should help me determine when they are ready. I want to wait for the couch lock so would that be 75 percent amber triches? I know you can wait too long also and it degrades the quality.
 

harris hawk

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I ordered a cheap 60 x microscope attachment for my my phones camera of ebay. Should help me determine when they are ready. I want to wait for the couch lock so would that be 75 percent amber triches? I know you can wait too long also and it degrades the quality.
that scope will work wait no more than 80% amber color 20% milky - one will all ways have some clear
 

lahadaextranjera

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I ordered a cheap 60 x microscope attachment for my my phones camera of ebay. Should help me determine when they are ready. I want to wait for the couch lock so would that be 75 percent amber triches? I know you can wait too long also and it degrades the quality.
Dan, what happens is that they turn slowly. First they go from clear to milky, then when most are milky you get a few ambers.

The x60 will work fine. Make sure you use a strong light.
 

DANfour20

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Dan, what happens is that they turn slowly. First they go from clear to milky, then when most are milky you get a few ambers.

The x60 will work fine. Make sure you use a strong light.
Lol I dunno, you tell me... I'll harvest when a majority are amber if it goes past 8 weeks. If its an eight weeker then most should be amber around the eight week mark?
 

DANfour20

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Definitely female.
This is the twelth day since I switched to 12/12, do you think the progress is slower than it should be? My friends are really going now and he told me he was 5 weeks in before but then yesterday he said he was three weeks in and it makes me feel like my plants are slow.
 

lahadaextranjera

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These are my friends, when I took the photo he told me he was 5 weeks into flower, but yesterday when he looked at the PIC he decided he was 3 weeks into flower lol.

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Well the first thing I notice is that he has loads of one and three bladed leaves. This is sign of stress. It looks 3 -4 weeks (on a slow strain) in not 5. He needs to pullback on the N and increase with flower food for PK.
 

DANfour20

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He uses canna a and b and grows in bio bizz, he got some of the pk boost I showed you in the other thread and has started giving this as well now.
 

lahadaextranjera

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He uses canna a and b and grows in bio bizz, he got some of the pk boost I showed you in the other thread and has started giving this as well now.
Uh, is that canna a and b for coco, Aqua, hydro? And with the soil? Why is he using nutes for an inert medium in soil?

Lol I had to buy some canna prof soil and I've been putting bio bizz nutes in it. All soil though.
 

DANfour20

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Uh, is that canna a and b for coco, Aqua, hydro? And with the soil? Why is he using nutes for an inert medium in soil?

Lol I had to buy some canna prof soil and I've been putting bio bizz nutes in it. All soil though.
Canna Coco I believe, and he was growing in coco at first but last 2 bags he bought he got bio bizz (I thought that was coco and worm castings etc)
 

DANfour20

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Update, 1 month (29 day month) and 2 days since I switched to 12 12 and 19 days since first signs if flowering.

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Plant 1

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Plant 2

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