Germination has commenced!

As you can see I've changed things up a bit. The reflector was really DIY but extremely simple and effective. This is how I have it set up currently.

looks nice whats thwe wattage you have there, and how much vertical space do you have?

Have you given any consideration to possibly cutting the emergency blanket? Might allow better airflow.

blowincherrypie said:

Have you given any consideration to possibly cutting the emergency blanket? Might allow better airflow.

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Done. Temp is now stable at 78-80 and drops down to 63 at night. Works great, and made an improvised reflector with the emergency blanket and a piece of wood. Works great.

As for vertical space Adjorr, unfortunately only 3'. I'm going to be LSTing them to keep them short and bushy as possible and fill as much space as possible. I know it's not ideal but with the wattage I have, I still think I should be able to get a substantial yield. I have 3 3 gallon buckets but they take up a lot of height. Would I maybe be better off getting something wider, and shorter, or should I proceed with my 3 gallon buckets?

im growing in 3 gallon fabric bags and my girls are 1 1/2 feet tall with no LST at abut 6 weeks old. make sure you get them into there final containers asap as autos dont like to be transplanted, it will stunt there growth if done to late. Im growing 2 polars right now, one is displaying more sativa like traits, the other is more indica. The sativa dominat has shown to be a little mroe sensative to nute burn and ph problems then the indica dominate. I figure they have about a month and a half left and im hoping they double in size between now and then, my second 180w LED FiNNALY arrives today so im hoping growth will pick up again once i have it setup, its been pretty slow the last week or 2. heres a couple pictures you can see how one is taller with thinner leaves while the other is shorter with dense foilage and wide leaves. I germinated both directly in the 3 gallon bags.

Adjorr said:

im growing in 3 gallon fabric bags and my girls are 1 1/2 feet tall with no LST at abut 6 weeks old. make sure you get them into there final containers asap as autos dont like to be transplanted, it will stunt there growth if done to late. Im growing 2 polars right now, one is displaying more sativa like traits, the other is more indica. The sativa dominat has shown to be a little mroe sensative to nute burn and ph problems then the indica dominate. I figure they have about a month and a half left and im hoping they double in size between now and then, my second 180w LED FiNNALY arrives today so im hoping growth will pick up again once i have it setup, its been pretty slow the last week or 2. heres a couple pictures you can see how one is taller with thinner leaves while the other is shorter with dense foilage and wide leaves. I germinated both directly in the 3 gallon bags.
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I'll make sure to transplant my seedling into her 3 gallon bucket tomorrow probably. It looks like the two other seeds are definitely dead, 100% sure of that now. Guess I should be germing my 2 Northern Lights x Big Bud auto's to replace them

thats to bad about your other seeds but yup no time to grieve start germing replacements! id recomend germing them directly into there final pots to save yourself the danger of transplanting autos

Adjorr said:

thats to bad about your other seeds but yup no time to grieve start germing replacements! id recomend germing them directly into there final pots to save yourself the danger of transplanting autos

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Yeah I probably will do that once I set up my second cabinet area down below where I'll use as a vegging room for the plants I plan on moving into guerrilla grow locations, and also I plan on having some smaller plants in there to use to get seeds with. I may try flowering one or two widow widow's as soon as they sprout, just to get some seeds and experience with breeding. Not sure what I'm going to be doing about that.

Took the liberty of doing it now, pour three pots of soil and have all the seeds that haven't sprouted sitting on top. Will upload a picture or two in a bit, Susan sure is looking like one happy lady though!

Well folks today has been one awesome birthday. Bought myself a $300 bong, at half price for $150! She's a real beaut and my friends and I have been enjoying her all day. I haven't decided upon a name yet... but I will think of something! I'm so fried guys! Cheers!

what im doing is i have 2 autos and 2 photoperiods. my plan is to run 18/6 the whole way until the autos harvest, and then start flowering my white widows. so when i harvest my autos ill have 2 plants that have bene vegging for 10 weeks or so ready to flower, going to be sweeeeeet! then i can move the plants so i have 1 180w led above each of the widows. im hoping they'll be monsters when there done

That sounds nice! I'm going to have 2 NLxBig Bud autos as well as my last surviving Polar Express auto with my Black Russian (who by the way is growing like crazy) down beneath. I'll be growing more plants outside and all my seeds are now sprouting so I guess I've gotten the hang of it! I've got one Super Cheese, Amnesia Mystery, and Northern Lights x Skunk going as well as a few White Widow x Big Bud. Hoping to find some good outdoor grow spots. I've got a few in mind but I'm worried about people. It's down in a ravine with a creek, the spot is sort of a peninsula with fairly good lighting. I'm going to plant thorn bushes all around the spot and add extra foliage to disguise the spot but I'm still worried about how close it is to the condominium developments on either side of the stream up the steep forested hill. Growth in the area is crazy and in a month itll be all green and lush. Only concern is the smell may alert a potential passerby. Any advice from anyone on the subject?

Hey guys! Update here - not positive on the days but things appear to be coming along nicely. I think Susan is about to start some rapid growth and I've already started to LST her, going to be trying to LST all the way around the pot. Most plants may not even wind up being grown - or may go to other people, so don't be alarmed by how many plants I have. I'm just experimenting mostly at this point, due to some completely unrelated legal matters I need to stay careful! Anyways here's some pics of the young plants.

Btw the largest plant thus far is on day 8. I feel like she's a little small for day 8 but as I said I'm anticipating her to pick up in growth relatively soon. The others are all around ~4-6 days old. One seems to be stretching a lot not too sure if my plants are close enough, let me know!

Day 9 and Susan looks to be doing well, I can count six additional fan leaves that are about to grow. There's a set of four of them, is this normal? I believe the third true leaves set has 4 instead of 2 but I may be wrong. Looking pretty good though, and I think I was right on the growth increase.

So it seems I'm really getting the hang of things. Have not failed to germinate any other seeds although I do have a few shaky looking ones but they should turn out okay. Susan already has a total of 10 fan leaves, and tomorrow will be day 10. Check out these pics, I finally figured out how to utilize my space below DIY style and I used the cage for my fan to hold 14 lights above, and made a probably less than stellar reflector with my emergency blanket, being cooled by a fan sucking the hot air out. I put my timer on 12/12 for this space below and am going to be flowering from seedling. Not quite sure as to what I should do for smell... it's not an airtight container, I suppose I could make it one though, but I'm in need of buying a 4" carbon filter and fan set already, shelling out 200 for the small yield I'm going to be getting below doesn't quite seem worth it although I'm sure they will come in handy in future grows. Would an ONA bucket be sufficient, seeing as they won't be large plants the smell won't be as large either will it haha. Let me know what you guys think, here's some pics.

Which one is susan? I don't see any plants with 10 fan leaves.

HolySmoke420 said:

Which one is susan? I don't see any plants with 10 fan leaves.

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The biggest one. They're small, but she has 10 true leaves.

Looking damn fine today! Lights are off for the night down below so I can't get any pics to update right this second, but damn, I really have plants coming along!

My Polar Express is about to hit week 3. I've kind of messed up LSTing her, I believe I did it too soon and the leaves are touching the soil. She's looking alright now, and my other plants are coming along nicely as well. I'll upload pictures later tonight, my apologies for the lack of updates!

has it really been 3 weeks already? wow time flies. good to hear your plants are doing good!