2014 Indoor Sunshine Grow

WattSaver said:

Everything looks good ISK, and you still have one of each strain. My auto crosses are not auto in nature. They both are showing signs of hard core sativa's, they look like the different types of mist/haze I've grown.
So have you found it easier to grow in the 2gal compared to the 2L? I'm betting by the end of this grow, you'll be purchasing more 2gal pots.

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Yes, I have one from each strain and they are all doing well.

The eldest (in soil) is now starting to show preflowers, as I've been moving her into the dark room at night...this plant will take until October to finish

The 11 litre bucket (~3 US gallons) is less work than the 2L, which require watering every second day, the bucket goes near a week between watering....it takes about 2.5 litres per feeding, and I let her go bone dry before feeding again.....she's about 32 inches tall now and is doing quite well....this will be the best producer of the bunch

I had said on my Mexican grow that I would never use a 2 litre pop bottle again, but somehow it just happened.
The Dwarf Low Rider is doing great in the 2L pop bottle, in fact it's the youngest (June 3rd) and has the most matured buds (I like this stain so far).
I would consider using a 2L again with this strain, but then again the one I killed in the bucket was doing extremely well
Since it's small enough to move around, I'm still putting it under CFL's once the sun sets....this tag-team approach is working better than I expected

cheers

Indoor Sun King said:

I was watering my plants this morning, and was draining any stale water still in the reservoir...then the plant broke off at the base, clean break.

I had noticed that the stocks are thinner at the bottom and get thicker as they go up. (they all do this) so I figure it may be from a lack of wind, as it has been so calm here and I don't use a fan

May need to add supports for the others.....damn I'm choked as this was the plant with pre-flowers (Dwarf Low Flyer started on May 19th)

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aw damn that sucks. You considering adding a box fan or something to strengthen up those stems?

Indoor Sun King said:

Twice now I have burnt leaf tips as they will grow 2 inches over night..... by morning the leaf had grown inside the CFL ......I do allow 4 hours of darkness, just don't like going 24/0 even with auto's

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With ya on that. Think they deserve a break even if they supposedly do fine on 24/0. Honestly I seem to see a lot more growth between the time I go to sleep and wake up (where they get a short dark period) versus the rest of the day when lights are on the whole time. Not sure if it's coincidence or what...

ayr0n said:

aw damn that sucks. You considering adding a box fan or something to strengthen up those stems?


With ya on that. Think they deserve a break even if they supposedly do fine on 24/0. Honestly I seem to see a lot more growth between the time I go to sleep and wake up (where they get a short dark period) versus the rest of the day when lights are on the whole time. Not sure if it's coincidence or what...

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Stems are doing okay now, it was just bad luck or maybe a bit of carelessness

Indoor Sun King said:

Stems are doing okay now, it was just bad luck or maybe a bit of carelessness

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Lol yeah it happens. I snapped off part of my auto chemdogs tap root trying to transplant it -.- same day I pulled off the tip of that same plants leaf trying to wipe off some perlite dust loool. Hard to keep our hands off these beauties

Good wk of growth for all 3, looks like a foot to me. Wish I had some pre-flowers.

July 20th Update

Pic 1 - the "Early Miss" (in soil) is just not doing much....it has preflowers after I started giving it dark hours
Pic 2 - this is my buddy's "Early Miss" who is having the same issue with it not flowering, his doesn't even have preflowers
Pic 3 - my buddy's "Revolver" (started April 15th) - doing extremely well
Pic 4 - My "Revolver" .....getting big
Pic 5 & 6 - my "Dwarfed Low Flyer" ....rather impressed with this little gal, considering it's sprouted on June 3rd
Pic 7 - group pic

cheers

Looks like both the revolver and low flyer are flowering well, hopefully the early miss get it together soon before she becomes a dried up spinster.

WattSaver said:

Looks like both the revolver and low flyer are flowering well, hopefully the early miss get it together soon before she becomes a dried up spinster.

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exactly...early miss (the spinster) may be punted from the island soon

Isk, you grew those from sun through a window? Gosh, they look great. Impressive.

S'Manta said:

Isk, you grew those from sun through a window? Gosh, they look great. Impressive.

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thanks S'Manta....this is my third grow with indoor/sunshine.... this year I have auto's so they can finish before winter

Indoor Sun King said:

thanks S'Manta....this is my third grow with indoor/sunshine.... this year I have auto's so they can finish before winter

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Very cool. One day I'll try an auto just for fun. I like your avatar, too.

I'm here for the rest of the ride, definitely liking the revolver in the blue!

BcDigger said:

I'm here for the rest of the ride, definitely liking the revolver in the blue!

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thanks BcDigger...I also have a friend growing the Revolver and Early Miss...will be posting a few of his pic's along the way

August 1st Update

Hot and sunny here.... temps are starting to exceed 80F in my living room but only for a few hours then back down to mid 70's

pic 1 - it's all about picture perfect framing of the shade

pic 2 - the old dirt dwelling spinster is just starting to bud

pic 3 & 4 - my hempy's are doing well, I'm happy with their progression

pic 5 - the garden flowers "Zinnia candy cane" get any left over food, to which they have responded well considering there are several plants in that tiny pot

Wow the hempys look so good! I must try this on my next grow. The smell in your house must be... not so subtle, no? I grow a candy cane from the same breeder as yours. It's on my balcony and I can't even open my door because it's reeking! Looking forward to see how that low flyer finishes.

Missy Green said:

Wow the hempys look so good! I must try this on my next grow. The smell in your house must be... not so subtle, no? I grow a candy cane from the same breeder as yours. It's on my balcony and I can't even open my door because it's reeking! Looking forward to see how that low flyer finishes.

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the x-girlfriend dropped by the other night and said she could not smell it until she entered the living room.....the room gets very good ventilation with a cool ocean breeze so it never gets too bad unless there is no wind

I don't worry about it, as I have never received a complaint....but have had neighbours complain about the second hand smoke

Wow that Dwarfed Low Flyer is really fattening up!

WattSaver said:

Wow that Dwarfed Low Flyer is really fattening up!

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thanks Watts, she's doing well for only being 63 days old....the breeder says 7 weeks of flower, but they seldom are right

I'm still putting her under CFL's from about 9pm to 6:30am but give her 4 hours of darkness.

during veg the CFL lights helped allot but I'm not so sure they are doing any good during flowering, but doing no harm..... I sure won't be using the HPS like last year's nightmare

August 10th Update

Both hempy's are doing great, the 2L is getting close as I'm even seeing a few amber trichromes, but yet the plant overall needs more time...2 weeks more, the blue bucket will be another week or two beyond that

The dirt dweller is doing okay but slow as hell....it will be a Halloween harvest

The Zinnia flowers have some white powdery mold on them, so I keep it a fair distance from the gals.

Indoor Sun King said:

August 10th Update

Both hempy's are doing great, the 2L is getting close as I'm even seeing a few amber trichromes, but yet the plant overall needs more time...2 weeks more, the blue bucket will be another week or two beyond that

The dirt dweller is doing okay but slow as hell....it will be a Halloween harvest

The Zinnia flowers have some white powdery mold on them, so I keep it a fair distance from the gals.

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Ya I'm still lovin that revolver, definitely gonna try it. how many days from germ is she?