Hope all you old guys don't mind me shamelessly copy/pasting a long post from my journal... Either way here it is. Oh... these are 4 weeks 1day into 12/12. Thinking they have 7 weeks left to get fat.
So I finally spent a bit of time to take some proper pics. I turned off the 1k and brought out a flouro tube along with a normal incandescent to light things. Used my wifes 8 MP Casio camera. $90 camera takes really good pics. The plants are looking great. There are a few very big fan leaves that are getting some heat stress mixed with wind burn. I've been leaving them be for 3 reasons. 1. I figure they take the brunt of the heat, so as to protect the leaves behind. 2. They are taking the wind head on, again protecting the leaves behind. 3. I think always best to leave big fan leaves as they go with big branches which yield big buds. Do you guys reckon I pull them to expose the other leaves to light and airflow? Or maybe because they aren't helpful in a state like they are? Let me know what's you guys thinks.
Also, sorta bad news but I think I have a plan to tackle it. My first plant in the system. (the Top left one) I'm not sure if it's because it has first crack at the water, or because the water is most oxygenated at the beginning or what.... BUT the damn thing has grown too many roots and damed up the tube. There is water dripping out the hole it is in. For the moment I have a cup catching it (you can see it in one of the pics). What I'm planning is to rig a cup to hang from the tube catch the water and I was going to put a tube from the cup to the rez, so the water can just drain back home. There is absolutely no way of getting at the roots at this time. No freaking way, so I think that will be ok with the cup. Hope others don't follow suite and clog things more. Grrrrr. I waited too long to put them into 12/12. Oh well.
On to the pics....
Bottom Row
Couple shots from above:
Some of the bigger buds:
These two are on the bottom row. Looking nice:
Frosty!!!:
This is a shot of the smallest little plant I almost didn't think would make it... looking good now. (you can see the cup on the left):
Reaching for the stars:
Upskirt: