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#659526 - 02/18/13 07:56 PM (11 years, 1 month ago)

Seeds were planted Dec. 18 and Dec. 25. Sorry I'm starting this journal late but I'll try to be complete and thorough.

First attempt was in Miracle Grow potting mix and ended half-assed due to conflict with partner, who has NO knowledge or care but has THE PLACE! :laugh:

He also made everything unnecessarily complex and difficult. They got spider mites because he brought them in from outdoor vegetable garden and he consistently under-watered them (thought starving them for water made them stronger!?!). Then he harvested them too early and dried them too quickly. We ended up with 2oz from about 12 plants. Well, I can't give him all the blame since I absenced myself. We've worked things out and I'm fully in charge of this grow, so I'm over there at least every other day to inspect, prune, etc.

This is a super budget grow with second-hand and home-made T8 fixtures, in 4-5 gal plastic buckets in a 4'x5' area. Half the bulbs are 3000K and half are 6500K. The only REAL money is in the bulbs. BTW, that's 50,400 lumens in 20 sq. ft. or just over 2500 LUX (?)

I've read a shitload here and elsewhere and I'm violating some rules, at least according to a lot of the "common" wisdom. :grin:

I re-used the spent MG potting mix from last grow, re-invigorating it with home-made worm castings (25%) and coated dolomite. I used fresh MG in one bucket to get a comparison.

We started with 6 buckets and 25 plants. My "buddy" started his bag seeds in a 6" pot, en-masse and told me about it a week later! I then pulled out my 7 seeds I had saved from quality weed (you know, a seed every couple ounces kind of weed) that I had been saving for years. His is from generic so-so weed that's full of seeds ($50/quarter weed). So, mine started a week later than his. I started mine in single starter-packs.

Surprisingly, the traumatic transplanting didn't seem to bother the plants too much. I split them in groups. 5 of mine germinated and one died. In total, we had 25 plants! Not really the way I wanted but he's a bone-head and insisted we plant them all.

Some were culled due to being out-competed (I expected this). One plant busted out in male flowers at about 4 weeks. Others displayed their sex and widely varying ages, one of which JUST showed itself after 2 weeks of flowering!

So, we're down to 11 females in 4 buckets. At least I hope they're JUST females. I'll keep an eye for hermie traits.

Some of the plants took off like crazy and, to keep everything even, I've experimented with LST and HST. I was SURE some of the taller ones would be male, but they turned out to be female! Many branches too!

ALL of them look to be Indica dominant, if not totally. Please judge for yourself. The plants from my seeds (3 females from 4 plants)are showing the most aggressive flowering.

Since the goal is to go on the cheap, I'm using MG Bloom Booster at 1/2 strength. To the point of flowering, nothing has looked nutrient deficient, so the initial mix apparently was sufficient. I also have epsom salts on hand in case of Mg deficiency. They've received two waterings now with the half-strength nute mix. Other than that all they've received is straight tap water that's sat out for several days to a week to air out.

I am not a complete novice when it comes to growing, having gardened quite a bit in the past. I also have a have some knowledge of biology.

Let's see ... what else? Trying CO2 supplementation but we've had to keep the door open due to high humidity from rapid growth as of recent. We have an electric heater on thermostat but haven't needed it much since winter has been mild.

First photo is of entire setup at 4-5 weeks from planting seeds (or 3-4 weeks post germination). Second photo is of a primary leaf on 2-14, and the last photos are of a male I culled on 2-14 showing internode distance and overall height at two months. Last photo is dated today (2-18) and is the space with thee of the remaining four buckets/11 plants. Very short, no? I figure it's due to lots and lots of light.

Thank you! Comments and questions appreciated!

Following pictures are as of today, 6 and 7 weeks respectively, two weeks into flower. Second picture is MG and has one of the biggest plants. Third one is the younger and of better lineage. Note more flowers.

Edited by zzzzzz (03/11/13 04:03 AM)

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