Hello everyone! I am in the middle of my first grow and it isn't going so well at all(30 days into flower). 4 of my plants have hermied and 1 might be hermied now(think I found a seed). Before you say I stressed out the plants causing such things, read my setup and tell me if its either me fucking up or I just got my seeds from the wrong breeder or strain.
First let me give you a little background on myself when it comes to growing and the setup I am running. My family has been growing for many years, but this is my first year growing. So I wasn't a 100% noobie going in, but still, my first grow. I have 1 5x5 tent and a 4x4. I bought my seeds from the seed banks attitude and thevault. Thevault honestly seemed better with good customer service, but they need to update their stock more frequently, hence the reason why I had to go over to attitude(I really wanted the white russian and ak-47). I did a good amount of research when it came to breeders and what I specifically wanted, serious seeds seemed like a good fit(Simon). I honestly hope I just did something wrong in my grow, cause I have heard that his reputation is extremely good, and the last thing I want to do is hurt someones reputation due to a mistake of mine that I just overlooked. The strains I bought were serious happiness, motivation, ak-47, white Russian and a few others. The only ones I am not growing currently is the white russian and AK-47, wanted to save those for the second round once I got a feel for my growing area. I also got a few freebies and threw one in there just to see what would happen. The freebie hasn't hermed. Its the tall ass one to the right in the 5x5.
There were 7 in the 5x5 and 3 in the 4x4. I had to get rid of 4 in the 5x5 due to herm. The 5x5 tent is a gorilla brand grow tent bought brand new. and the 4x4 is an apollo brand that sits in the closet. I noticed the herm second week into flowering(pic below) and I also started a thread here on these forums when it happened because I was in denial. So lets get into the grow environment to see if stress actually caused the herm... My temps range between 68-80. But on average stay around 73, 68 is at night. I use flora trio nutes, RO water, calmag, and hydroguard. My nute schedule is in the pic below. I have a PH meter and PH kit so I can make sure the meter is on target. I have always kept my PH at around 6.0. Humidity, had problems the first 2 weeks due to low humidity(16%), didn't seem like it was affecting the plants much, but I still bought a humidifier, hung up wet towels and so forth to bring the humidity levels up around 60% for the rest of the veg. Nutes, had problems in the beginning on 2 plants, they were experiencing cal/mag def. But quickly fixed that just by upping the dosage of cal/mag. Other than that, it has been smooth sailing. I grow dwc, my res temps have always been around 68 degrees with insulated reflective gear wrapped around each 5 gallon bucket. Roots have been pearl white basically throughout the whole grow, you can see pics on my other threads, but if you want to see them again I can always upload more pics. I have a big fan blowing above in the tent, one small going just above the plants/under the light, and one down below sitting on the ground(same for both tents). The air exchange/circulation is rather good. Also I should mention, I topped all the plants once during veg(I think the 2nd week) except for 2 out of the 10 plants. The only problem I had was that it was a little crowded I guess in the tent, but the plants looked healthy. Also, there were no light leaks what so ever.
Today, one of my plants in the 4x4 has something weird on top of the bud, looked brownish and almost like a seed... So I took some tweezers and gently pulled it out, I still can't tell. It was brown, but I could easily squish it with ease. So im not 100% sure. Its probably my best looking plant too! Have had zero problems with that plant, 100% green leaves throughtout its life. SUPER FROSTY so far and basically just looks delicious. I took a close up pic on the bud where I pulled the brown looking seed from(literally right on top of the bud). Also, I am doing a little LST, but EXTREMELY LIGHT, nothing intense what so ever. Just moving the branches a little to the left or right(you will see the strings in the pics.
Please tell me what you think, am I doing something wrong that I am not seeing? Or do I just get shitty luck with the genetics I received. Thanks everybody! Happy growing!
First let me give you a little background on myself when it comes to growing and the setup I am running. My family has been growing for many years, but this is my first year growing. So I wasn't a 100% noobie going in, but still, my first grow. I have 1 5x5 tent and a 4x4. I bought my seeds from the seed banks attitude and thevault. Thevault honestly seemed better with good customer service, but they need to update their stock more frequently, hence the reason why I had to go over to attitude(I really wanted the white russian and ak-47). I did a good amount of research when it came to breeders and what I specifically wanted, serious seeds seemed like a good fit(Simon). I honestly hope I just did something wrong in my grow, cause I have heard that his reputation is extremely good, and the last thing I want to do is hurt someones reputation due to a mistake of mine that I just overlooked. The strains I bought were serious happiness, motivation, ak-47, white Russian and a few others. The only ones I am not growing currently is the white russian and AK-47, wanted to save those for the second round once I got a feel for my growing area. I also got a few freebies and threw one in there just to see what would happen. The freebie hasn't hermed. Its the tall ass one to the right in the 5x5.
There were 7 in the 5x5 and 3 in the 4x4. I had to get rid of 4 in the 5x5 due to herm. The 5x5 tent is a gorilla brand grow tent bought brand new. and the 4x4 is an apollo brand that sits in the closet. I noticed the herm second week into flowering(pic below) and I also started a thread here on these forums when it happened because I was in denial. So lets get into the grow environment to see if stress actually caused the herm... My temps range between 68-80. But on average stay around 73, 68 is at night. I use flora trio nutes, RO water, calmag, and hydroguard. My nute schedule is in the pic below. I have a PH meter and PH kit so I can make sure the meter is on target. I have always kept my PH at around 6.0. Humidity, had problems the first 2 weeks due to low humidity(16%), didn't seem like it was affecting the plants much, but I still bought a humidifier, hung up wet towels and so forth to bring the humidity levels up around 60% for the rest of the veg. Nutes, had problems in the beginning on 2 plants, they were experiencing cal/mag def. But quickly fixed that just by upping the dosage of cal/mag. Other than that, it has been smooth sailing. I grow dwc, my res temps have always been around 68 degrees with insulated reflective gear wrapped around each 5 gallon bucket. Roots have been pearl white basically throughout the whole grow, you can see pics on my other threads, but if you want to see them again I can always upload more pics. I have a big fan blowing above in the tent, one small going just above the plants/under the light, and one down below sitting on the ground(same for both tents). The air exchange/circulation is rather good. Also I should mention, I topped all the plants once during veg(I think the 2nd week) except for 2 out of the 10 plants. The only problem I had was that it was a little crowded I guess in the tent, but the plants looked healthy. Also, there were no light leaks what so ever.
Today, one of my plants in the 4x4 has something weird on top of the bud, looked brownish and almost like a seed... So I took some tweezers and gently pulled it out, I still can't tell. It was brown, but I could easily squish it with ease. So im not 100% sure. Its probably my best looking plant too! Have had zero problems with that plant, 100% green leaves throughtout its life. SUPER FROSTY so far and basically just looks delicious. I took a close up pic on the bud where I pulled the brown looking seed from(literally right on top of the bud). Also, I am doing a little LST, but EXTREMELY LIGHT, nothing intense what so ever. Just moving the branches a little to the left or right(you will see the strings in the pics.
Please tell me what you think, am I doing something wrong that I am not seeing? Or do I just get shitty luck with the genetics I received. Thanks everybody! Happy growing!
