1st Time Grow White Widow & Seedmakers Autoblue

[soysawce]

By the way what are these buckets that i see with massive roots in them how do i make one of these buckets?

 

[spring2012]

ISmokes said it best!

 

[peanut0862]

Go to the How to Grow section and look at this topic (What are Trichomes? Trichome 101 ) it shows pictures and tells you all you to know

 

[soysawce]

I read that . I think my trichomes are still clear im really not that sure. But it looks like my plant is a hermie? ill take a pic and show it when i can

 

[spring2012]

please do. Nooooo! Not a hermie! Lets hope no. Many folks think they are but do not have one. ISmokes has some experience with hermies.

 

[Greenhouse250]

hermie ref. pic:

 

[soysawce]

Mine doesnt look anything like that i already have buds but it looks like its starting to hermie on the buds? or maybe this is more buds sprouting i have no idea ill show some pics tomorrow

 

[Greenhouse250]

First pic is "perfect hermie", this is the "imperfect hermie" do you have what looks like yellow bananas like this one...

 

[soysawce]

dont look like that either lol

 

[Greenhouse250]

Then i'd have to think you do not have a hermie.. Post pics anyway...

 

[spring2012]

Your probably showing calyxes ( spelling ) in the flowers well they kinda are the flowers. That is normal. I just posted some pics on my journal but the quality is low. You may be able to see what I'm talking about.

 

[soysawce]

Well i dont have my camera till another few more hours. But i was looking at the little auto blue the new one and its already has a few pistils and its so small lol. My other plant took weeks before it showed anything.

 

[donpaul.p]

by the sounds of it id have to say its just the seed pods starting to swell, do they look like little round balls with a white hair coming off them, this is called foxtailing, its when the plant produces more flowers on the buds and then the buds get really fat, have a search around for foxtailing in cannabis, and you will find plenty of pics about this, its just the plant going into over drive to produce flowers so it can get more chance of getting pollen from a male, these seed pods swell up late in flower and if you give one a squeeze it should just squash if their is no seed inside it,

i had an auto that gave me 2 seeds but it did not go hermie and i did not put pollen on it, so pollen can come from anywhere, so if it has these seed pods then give 1 or 2 a squeeze or squash with something to make sure their is no seed inside, if its hard then you have seeds, if its soft and squashes then its an empty seed pod, i dont think you have a hermie but without pics its hard to say, but at a guess id says its either fox tailing, or its just the seed pods getting fat towards the end of flowering, if i had a good camera id take some decent pics of the ak447 cross cheese and show you what im talking about

 

[donpaul.p]

with the auto id say its starting to flower, ive had autos flower from around week 2 from seed, and some of these autos have been between 4 and 6 inches high when they start flowering, this is why im breeding autos to try and produce a good yield every time, this last bluematic i harvested has given me less than a 1/4, id say once its dry ill be lucky to get an 1/8th from it,

 

[soysawce]

Yeah i looked up foxtailing on google images it looks just like that . Should i do anything about it?

 

[spring2012]

Damn DP. Foxtail? I thought I had that term down 100%. Glad I read your post. I better go back to MJ 101 with respect to terminology!

 

[donpaul.p]

no foxtailing is all good mate, means more bud for you when you harvest, its basically the plant going into over drive to try and stay alive long enough to get some pollen, so they produce new flowers on top of the other flowers, this is what i think is happening to yours, you cant be to far from harvest then, ive not had fox tailing happen to my plants yet so cant really advise on when to harvest, what id do is check the trichs at different levels on the plant, and if the trichs are 100% cloudy then you can harvest away. but most like the trichs to go slightly amber, say around 10% amber, this gives more of a couch lock affect, basically the trichs start off clear, these contain very little thc, then when they are all cloudy they are at the peak of thc production, then when the turn amber this means the thc is degrading and turning into cbd, its this cbd that gives you more of a couch lock affect, so it depends what buzz your after, if you want to be knocked on your back and dont want to move then go with 10% amber, but if you want more of a daytime uplifting smoke then go with 100% cloudy with very few amber, the choice is yours, just dont harvest till the plant is as much cloudy as possible, but even after harvest the trichs will continue to change for a couple of days, this is why we dry it in the dark, it stops the chlorophyll process and stops the bud tasting grassy

 

[spring2012]

no foxtailing is all good mate, means more bud for you when you harvest, its basically the plant going into over drive to try and stay alive long enough to get some pollen, so they produce new flowers on top of the other flowers, this is what i think is happening to yours, you cant be to far from harvest then, ive not had fox tailing happen to my plants yet so cant really advise on when to harvest, what id do is check the trichs at different levels on the plant, and if the trichs are 100% cloudy then you can harvest away. but most like the trichs to go slightly amber, say around 10% amber, this gives more of a couch lock affect, basically the trichs start off clear, these contain very little thc, then when they are all cloudy they are at the peak of thc production, then when the turn amber this means the thc is degrading and turning into cbd, its this cbd that gives you more of a couch lock affect, so it depends what buzz your after, if you want to be knocked on your back and dont want to move then go with 10% amber, but if you want more of a daytime uplifting smoke then go with 100% cloudy with very few amber, the choice is yours, just dont harvest till the plant is as much cloudy as possible, but even after harvest the trichs will continue to change for a couple of days, this is why we dry it in the dark, it stops the chlorophyll process and stops the bud tasting grassy

Thanks DP! I Know this info helps Soy and myself! The Auto#1 is damn close. Gonna pull her out in a few and have a good look with the 30x scope..

 

[soysawce]

I took off a little nug and popped open a few of those green thing i saw on it i see little white seeds should i chop this down before it attacks the white widow?

 

[TG40]

I only have 8 100 wat eq 23 watt daylight bulbs . Should i get some more lights?

Bro, your going to see a huge differance with the 400 watt hid. I have one 600 watt in a 7x7 room that I built and could easily use another 600. It's doing a good job and cfls are good but you your gona get deeper penetration with the hid. What size is your tent again. You were running a tent aren't you. Ahh shit there all starting to blur together. I remember now you had a 4x4 set up. You will love the 400 watt upgrade. The only problems you might have is heat. So you would probably want an air cooled hood I'd go 6" a 6" inline fan and you should be good to go. Nothing against cfls I've been using 23 watt cfls for the first 2 weeks of veg and then switching to the hid. For the amount of your gona spend on the 400 you might as well spend a little more and get a 600 with a dimmable feature at least this way when you get ready to expand you can. I have a 400 in my 4x4 tent which has done a good job but I wish I had a 600 in there now. Like I said the problem is the temps. Just my 2 cents. By the way if any of this spelled wrong its because I'm high as f$&k right now.