World Of Hempy

gr865 said:

Looking good Watt,

I am only 31 days for germination, if I go to 12/12 will they show sex or do I need to wait till the 6 week and the are mature enough to show sex. This is all new to me.

Thanks

GR

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You can flip them now it will take 1 to 2 wk to show sex. nug's can see sex in 6 to 9 days, not me I have to wait longer to be convinced. Then back to 18/6. It will add some time to your overall grow time.

And to clarify it's not 6wks for a natural showing of sex but a fully mature (throwing out branches) 6 to 8 nodes this is much closer to 3 months old. The reason I said they would start to flower outdoors in six wks is because the solstice is in 6 wks and the natural light will be 12/12 or less.

hey Watts...will you continue the dark chamber routine, or just let them go natural sunlight hours?

Wattsaver is the sour diesel outdoor girl starting to smell outside? Man you are lucky to grow outdoors.

Indoor Sun King said:

hey Watts...will you continue the dark chamber routine, or just let them go natural sunlight hours?

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No more chamber, I stopped several days back, and both are continuing to add hairs. Going to pull down the tarp this weekend and put up a black fabric screen on the frame. I expect them to grow up 6 to 12" more. But hopefully the buds will be large and pull the branches down then I'll have to support them, which is the kind of problem I'd love to have.

sky rocket said:

Wattsaver is the sour diesel outdoor girl starting to smell outside? Man you are lucky to grow outdoors.

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When I was tenting them and I'd open it up at 6am the scent from both was really strong. Right now the scent on the deck is minimal. But it's early in flower, we'll see what it's like in 6 wks.

Outdoors is really great, you just can't beat the sun. It still is a semi stealth condition, my HOA most likely would give me shit. But I've followed the states guide lines with a 6' fence to seal the area from the public and it isn't visible from any public viewing area. The laws here in CO are the best in the country right now. Hopefully more states will follow soon. If enough states legalize then the feds will have to decriminalize. But I would like to talk to my electric meter reader to see how many decks have a plant going.

WattSaver said:

You can flip them now it will take 1 to 2 wk to show sex. nug's can see sex in 6 to 9 days, not me I have to wait longer to be convinced. Then back to 18/6. It will add some time to your overall grow time.

And to clarify it's not 6wks for a natural showing of sex but a fully mature (throwing out branches) 6 to 8 nodes this is much closer to 3 months old. The reason I said they would start to flower outdoors in six wks is because the solstice is in 6 wks and the natural light will be 12/12 or less.

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Watt, my plants are 34 days from sprout. counting the two nodes I removed when I put the soil cap on I would have 8+ nodes. Hoping to see sex soon.
GR

Day 21 from transplanting from Solo Hempy Cups to these 2 gallon Hempy's on 7/31, or day 38 from sprout.

Before cutting back for mainline training.
8/17


Cut for training
8/18


Day after cut for training
8/19


Have had these under 12/12 to determine sex. My cabinet is good for three or four plants so going to sex, see what I have and make the decision on which ones to keep, hopefully I will have to make that choice if they are all Ladies. I hope at least half are of the female persuasion but will take what I get. If more than four I will have a couple to give away, anyone interested? LOL


GR

Cut and tying for ML,

From the 12 o'clock position, CC/BBGA 1 through 5 with WW in the middle.



Note some at cut at the first node some at the 2nd, it depended on the symmetric's of the plants.

More later,

GR

Made a bad cut on the WW, not sure of the effect yet, give it a couple of days growth and we will see.

I've had to start supporting and reining in the outdoor beast, and planning for the future.
I gotta be able to get in and out of the hot tub.

Hey GR I personally have never started a mainline or topping event below the 3rd node. So I'll be very interested in your grow. Please keep us posted as it goes.

WattSaver said:

Hey GR I personally have never started a mainline or topping event below the 3rd node. So I'll be very interested in your grow. Please keep us posted as it goes.

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Watt,
I have already cut the first true leaf and two nodes above that when I transplanted to get the plant deeper in the Hempy and develope root along the stem.
So actually the first cut was at the 3rd node on some and the 4th on the other.

I am not going to rush the process as I have in the past, not trim as much and give it some grow time before 12/12 which I have not done in the past.

I took them off 12/12 for sexing, going to just train all then see what I get. Hope all 6 are not males, LOL, would be my luck.

GR

By the way beautiful grow there Bud!!

hey everyone just wanted to say hi and keep up the good work!

OK, this morning I trimmed to 8, most were trimmed at the second node but did one or two at 1st node. They were fed last night and are now tied to spread. Going to give them 10 days or so of growth before going to 12/12 . Last night during feeding the solution going in was 920 ppm and a pH of 5.66, checking the solution after it passed threw the medium it was 980 to 1090 ppm and a ph of 5.62 to 5.74, so not all that bad. I will water next with pH'ed rain water at 5.6 then resume regular feeding @ 900 to 1000 ppm. Feeding/watering at present is every two to three days, but they are beginning to consume more so will feed every two days until they begin to consume solution in 1 to 1.5 days then begin daily feeding.
Going to alter the Lucas formula I have been using during the last month of flower, GH Maxi Grow 5-15-14 @ 7 grams per gallon to GH Maxi grow @ 4 grams and GH Kool Bloom @ 2 to 3 grams or however many grams it takes to raise my ppm to 900+. I expect 2 or less grams to achieve the ppm I am striving for. I plan on cutting all nutes two weeks prior to harvest and begin flush with straight pH'ed rain water.

They look nice, can tell I pruned heavy but not as heavy as the past and I will leave the fan leaves on the plants till I go 12/12 and see sex then I will remove the lower fan leave, also remove the males if there are any, hoping there are none and I can give the three or four plants to a friend who live deep in the woods, he has been wanting some plants from me for awhile. Said he has tried but can't grow from seed, so I said I would give him a plant that is in flower.
I will not flower as long as I did the grow, going to watch tric's closer this time and harvest earlier. Try and get the more uplifting high and more CBC for back pain and insomnia.

Peace out,

GR

Hey GR, I'd watch it with the KB. I used it a while ago and it made a bunch of my strains hermie. They never hermied on me before and didn't after I ran them again w/o the KB. I may have used it a little heavy but not sure. All I know is I will probably never use it again. Just a heads up!! Hope you don't run into the same issue I had. Peace!!

Shaggn said:

Hey GR, I'd watch it with the KB. I used it a while ago and it made a bunch of my strains hermie. They never hermied on me before and didn't after I ran them again w/o the KB. I may have used it a little heavy but not sure. All I know is I will probably never use it again. Just a heads up!! Hope you don't run into the same issue I had. Peace!!

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Hey, thanks for the heads up!
I will do more research before I try it. Last grow was just Maxi and like what it did and very simple but hard to judge because of my Fk up's during the grow.
I am very please with the growth I am getting now with the 7g/gal Lucas, as I was in the straight perlite grow.

Thanks again,
GR

As I said last my watering last night was with 5.62 pH'ed rain water.
Gave them a good flushing, I was rushed so did not check the liquid coming out of the drain hole.
The CC/BBGA are very squat and thick trunk, and thick leaves. I have not grown any Kush yet but I think this has Kush traits.

White Widow


C1

C2

C3 What a plant, she (?) spread wide from the beginning of the grow.

C4

C5

Top row right to left. WW and C2 & 4. Bottom row C1, 3 & 5
CYA next time.

GR

@ GR 9 out of 10 times the male is faster, more stretchy grower. So hopefully you only have one dude. And if 3 is a dude you might have to do some limited seed work

Well, here we are at day 56, hope to go into 12/12 next week, these plants are so squat I expected more vertical growth, but they are moving well.Will be curious to see how much they stretch.

No major problems to note at this time. I have begun watering/feeding ever 36 hrs. or so. Could probably go every 48 hrs. as I know the coco coir hold much H2O but most are emptying the reservoir in at least 30 to 36 hrs.

GR

Today is day 5 of 12/12, started flower after exactly 2 months of veg, growing in 2 gal. Hempy buckets and Mainlining all plants. I like the structure, and they are started to stretch. My CLW SS400 is 18" from the plants tops. One thing that is strange, C1 leaf color is not as dark as the other CC/BBGA plants and it is the one that it's leaves are curly like. The others are like regular indica cannabis leaves. Hoping it is a fem, should be real nasty buds.
The WW is showing sex, a fem., not sure about the rest yet. Feeding every 36 hrs. and tucking leaves, way to many plants for my space. Hope they all show sex soon so I can reduce the number of plants in there, hoping for 3 to 4 fems, if I get more then I will put them up for adoption.

WW is 23" from floor, 15" from top of mix, the rest are around 19 inches from floor and 11 inches from mix, except C2 is 15" from floor and 8" from mix.

Top left to right, C5, WW, C2, Bottom left to right, C3, C1, C4


Side views to show structure of the manifolds. Left to right, C3, C1 and C4

Left to right, C2, WW and C5


Peace out,

GR

Gr865 2 month veg is a long time. You sure have patience. What wattage are you flowering under?

sky rocket said:

Gr865 2 month veg is a long time. You sure have patience. What wattage are you flowering under?

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I am growing under the CLW SS 400 LED, for flower it is around 350W, may try going to a 400W HSP for my next grow.
The Mainlining takes an extra couple of weeks to shape or I would have been in flower a couple of weeks ago.
I remember in the 60's I had a psychedelic poster, it was of two buzzards sitting in a tree and one is saying to the other "patience hell, I going to go kill something".
GR