First Time Indoor Grow for Medical Cannabis. Need Feedback, Good and Bad!

Discordantmindfck said:

stuffs looking fresh man cant wait to see those buds start building!

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Thanks Discord. The short one, I LST'd to see what happens, and all the bud sites are turning towards the lights now. The others are already getting more and more dense everyday.

The buds are really getting dense. The one short, stalky one that I did a late LST on, is exploding and has bud sites clear down to the bottom stalk. Amazing! The other one I LST'd them in a very unusual pattern and getting the same results now. Id say, at least 1 more month before harvest, at least for the short stalky one. I also took a clipping from her and already, its rooted. So, Ill have a steady strain of goodness coming from here on out.

Looking good bro. Did you clone a clipping off a flowering plant? How did that work? All of my nodes coming off my stem ALL have budsites.

Bird Gymnastics said:

Looking good bro. Did you clone a clipping off a flowering plant? How did that work? All of my nodes coming off my stem ALL have budsites.

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Yea, the way I fimmed em,I have like 12 colas, so I could spare one so I took a bottom flowering mini-stalk. So far so good. I have done it before with spectacular results. I did it almost a week ago, and its already taken root. Another week, and Ill transfer it into the finishing pot. Veg this one for about 2 months, scrog this one, and fim her like I did the others. The other clipping, I am making her the mother so I will have an endless supply of clones. Whats cool though, is this late in the game where I took the clipping from, is already starting a new shoot. It will never mature enough by the time I harvest, so I'll clip and clone those ones and switch them back to 24 hours and have enough for a mother and to have 2 for my scrog.

Very well done. I didn't know you could clone flowering nodes. Can you post pics? I am curious to see how they look?

Bird Gymnastics said:

Very well done. I didn't know you could clone flowering nodes. Can you post pics? I am curious to see how they look?

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Sure, Ill put some up tonight. Its scary at first.......they wilt REAL BAD for about 2 days, then outta know where.............POW !!!!!! Just transplated it last night, so shes still alittle shocked. But looking good for the most part.

Well, they seem to progressing well. Got one Indica dominant and 3 Sativa dominants. Took a clone from the Indica, as you can see from the pics, its doing well and starting new growth. Got it on 24 hours constant till she starts taking off. They are really starting to take off now that I got em taking full nute strength with no problems. Keeping up the CO2 and misting with carbonated water with astounding results. The Sativas are gonna take a little longer to finish, but thats typical. Im guessing another 5-6 weeks before their done. My Indica should finish up in about 3-4 weeks. But, what do you think so far?

Some of the Sativas were getting so heavy, it was bending the tops of the stalks. So, I had to tie em up with thread. But, kinda worked out nice because I was running outta head room. All the bud sites turned towards the lights. So, I took all the stalks and bent them completely vertical and tied em up. That happened last week and they are doing better now then they were before.

Told you I'm subbed Looks like one of your plants presents with the same fan leaf curling as mine...you located the problem yet?

ValiD said:

Told you I'm subbed Looks like one of your plants presents with the same fan leaf curling as mine...you located the problem yet?

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Nope, but its just my sativas that are doing it. I'm guessing because the leaves are so thin and long. More of a weight issue. People have said its over watering, under watering, nute deficency, ect. But as you can see, it has not affected them at all. Thriving like a mo-fo. Also, I'm trying a new method called "wicking". Google it. I have been doing it now for about 2 weeks with great results. Also, try making your own CO2. Use baking soda, with a self made dripper of vinegar ( I used a sandwich bag with a tiny pin prick in the bottom corner of the bag, suspended over a bowl of baking soda ) or, if you have heat problems, and if you can get hold of it, dry ice. The bi product of "melting" dry ice is CO2, plus keeps your grow op cooler. I just ordered some, and a 5 lb block was like 10 bucks. use a little bit of it, then keep the rest in a deep freeze. And like I said before, been outdoor growing for 15 years, this season, but first indoor, and its a bitch to play mother nature.

Yeah yeah, heard the very same thing about overwatering and over heating, even though I wasn't overwatering and 28-29 degrees I think it's acceptable for a cannabis plant...it's curious anyway didn't ever see weed with leaves big like that in it (because I'm guessing they'll be swollen by the bud at some point, mine sure curled in a lot towards the bud) but hey, there's a start to everthing

I will look into wicking, might come in just handy. And thanks for the ice cube tip thing, I think I've heard of this method producing CO2 naturally and quickly some time in a biology class in the 8th grade. Ice cube bags work as a charm, they're so cheap and you have ice in no time. Yeah, catch ya on that playing mother nature thing Outdoors I've just grown tomatoes, cucumbers and mostly vegetables but I like the whole growing green for personal use idea and I love gardening more and more every day. It's good to have multiple hoobies heh...might just pay good one day lol. You never know though.

Think about it? Where I live in the states, during peak flowering, it will get 100 degrees and never seen em hurt. Just more watering. And as long as you have your pots perferated, your good. Sometimes, there is no reason why things happen the way they do, it just is.

Welp, My baby girl, Indy, ( my wife named her, how cute ) is being harvested Monday morning. Im at about 30% amber right now, so, by Monday I should be 50/50/. My other sativas, I will say about another 3 weeks. Its been a fun journey, but like all good things in life, they all must come to and end. Wait, I forgot, I got me a clone for inside so I can have a mommy to take from in the off season and my outdoor ladies are already started. I love my Indicas. She has exploded over the last 3 weeks. They are almost always dead on when it comes to determining flowering time. I will post pics of the harvesting process and maybe start a new thread on it. Maybe even do a video. But I am guessing about 2 and a half onions from her. Now the other 2, Im gonna get an ass load from them. Cant even guess till closer to harvest. I fim'd the hell outta them, and lst'd in an unusual manner, and it has payed off emmensly. The stems on the other 2 I have to tie up cause the buds are to heavy. I LOVE when that happens.

Sounds good man...can't wait to see the pics

Well, doesnt look like much, but for getting the proper lighting on them only 3 weeks ago, not too bad. I also found a way to take pictures at high magnification by tearing apart an old pair of binoculars and attatching it to my camera. But all in all, Im happy with how she turned out. About a half dried I figure. Just imagine how nice it would have been if I had those HPS from the get go. LOL gonna add pics next of my sativas. They are wild looking. and Getting thick.

Ok, these are the other 2 and my clone. The branches for my sativas I actually snapped, then supported with thread. Since then, they have taken off. There are buds everywhere. And the snapped branches buds have all turned upwards creating, what looks like, a bunch of main colas. Look at some of the pics and you can see there was one branch I snapped twice, it is in the shape of an "S" now, and doesnt need to be supported anymore. What do you think? It was a drastic measure to snap em, but, I have had many an outdoor branch snap, and they were fine. So I figured, what the hell. But, just now getting the trichomes on em, so I figure about another 4 weeks or so till harvest. But keep in mind, there are only 2 plants, short of the clone which I just now pulled out and put into 24 hours, in that room. I have seen this type of bud production outside, but being this is my first indoor, is this normal?. There are so many bud sites, I cant count em all. Its almost like a "scrog".