Flower Child's First Grow: Seeds- Soil- MH-HPS Sun- 2013

Flower Child said:
Yea Spimp but HID is also kind of scary. I'm always afraid that when I leave the house the fans will stop and the tent will catch fire. Thats the biggest reason I run the lights at night. You see this is my second hood. The first one i received didn't work- the bulb would flash on for a second and then go right out......When I sent it back, the store called me and said it made a hissing noise, burst into flames and started a warehouse fire for them when they plugged it in.:thedoubletake: Seems it was wired wrong from the factory. That left me with a healthy respect for heat and electricity.:bitingnails:........but theres no denying it yields good results:cheesygrinsmiley::peace:
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If you HID gives out get LED less stress and heat......
 
Harley001 said:
If you HID gives out get LED less stress and heat......
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I thought about LED back when I was in the planning stages but the cost of the one I wanted was prohibitive (especially since I wasn't sure I would go beyond a first try at growing). Now that I know I can grow these plants, I find myself a bit envious of all the LED folks like yourself. When I do upgrade it will definitely be LED's!:):peace:
 
Hey Dharma, ran across this old picture and thought of your babies who aren't growing much yet. It's a pre journal pic from when my plants were sickly 2 week old seedlings! Only a couple leaves on them!
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Amazing what 2-3 months can do!
 
Cool- I figured seeing how pathetic my girls were in the beginning would ease your concerns about your little ones. Once they take off you will be amazed!
 
OMG I just hit a bowl of bomb #2 to make sure she's ready and there was a vaguely familiar unpleasant taste. I dumped the bowl into my hand and sure enough there were 3 singed seeds lying there. This is the plant that sprouted a nanner on a bud a couple weeks ago. When I picked it off it got squished and now it looks like I have seeds as a result. On one hand its thrilling, because from what I understand, these should be female seeds:cheesygrinsmiley:.......But on the other hand I hate cleaning seedy weed so I hope it didnt affect too many of them:straightface:.
The seeds looked quite mature and I think I read that the bud start to degrade when seeds develop? Now I wonder if I should harvest all of them right away?:hmmmm:
Oh well, better seedy weed than no weed at all!:cheesygrinsmiley:
 
DharmaBud said:
Stop everything your doing...put the bong down...Step away from the bong...Harvest your seeds now! You will wish you did in the morning!!!! LOL!
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LOL- yes sir!:)
I'm actually debating whether to just leave them in the dark a day and harvest them all tomorrow or let a few of them(pineapples) go another week or so. I took a few samples from the pineapples that I will test this morning to see what the high is like.:bong: Wow- finding those seeds caught me totally off guard- sure hope it didn't get to all of them.
 
Flower Child said:
LOL- yes sir!:)
I'm actually debating whether to just leave them in the dark a day and harvest them all tomorrow or let a few of them(pineapples) go another week or so. I took a few samples from the pineapples that I will test this morning to see what the high is like.:bong: Wow- finding those seeds caught me totally off guard- sure hope it didn't get to all of them.
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If you do have seeds, check and see how mature they are.
 
Hi Mcloadie. The seeds were hard, big, brown, and were full of white plant material when i broke one open. Phone was dead so I couldn't get a pic, but I'm guessing they are ripe. They came from a bud that was at the bottom of the plant- it has me worried what I'll find in the top buds. When I watered last nite, I looked for more seeds but the buds are so sticky and full I would have torn them apart looking for more. If they are going to seed, shouldn't I harvest right away?
 
Mature seeds are as good a sign as any that she's ready to chop!

Yay!

:cheertwo: :theband: :woohoo: :blunt: :thumb:
 
Thanks Graytail! Unless someone chimes in and tells me I should wait, I think they will all be chopped down over the next couple of days. I just tried a bud from a pineapple and it was good so I will be happy with them no matter what. :)
 
Or you could always chop it slowly from the bottom up like I did ... :cheesygrinsmiley:

Take off a couple branches at a time - work your way out and up, let the rest keep maturing - really makes the top colas fat n sticky when you finally chop 'em.
 
Good idea, however I think my girls are pretty much the same all over the plant- wouldn't know what to leave behind. Plus, I'm just worried about too many seeds if I delay much longer. A few seeds would be welcome but ultimately, I'd rather have good weed than hundreds of seeds. :cheesygrinsmiley::peace:
 
Here's what was left of my Northern Lights Auto when the trichs finally started turning amber - chopped it yesterday. I smoked about an ounce, and it looks like there's about 3/4 oz left. :cheesygrinsmiley: It's 31 inches tall, for reference.

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P.S. Anything that's gonna get seeded is already seeded. The weed will keep getting better as long as the trichs stay clear or cloudy, seeds or no seeds.
 
why cant you have both?
if you have seeds and the others may well just have them too and no matter when you pluck your girls they will have them so just wait til you want now:)
Flower Child said:
Good idea, however I think my girls are pretty much the same all over the plant- wouldn't know what to leave behind. Plus, I'm just worried about too many seeds if I delay much longer. A few seeds would be welcome but ultimately, I'd rather have good weed than hundreds of seeds. :cheesygrinsmiley::peace:
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Graytail said:
Here's what was left of my Northern Lights Auto when the trichs finally started turning amber - chopped it yesterday. I smoked about an ounce, and it looks like there's about 3/4 oz left. :cheesygrinsmiley: It's 31 inches tall, for reference.

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P.S. Anything that's gonna get seeded is already seeded. The weed will keep getting better as long as the trichs stay clear or cloudy, seeds or no seeds.
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Cool- I could see taking the pineapples bit by bit like that. If I clipped off all the lower branches they would have no leaves left, but it sure looks like your girl did just fine without them.:cheesygrinsmiley: Oh and good to know about the seeds. I was under the impression that the pollen lingered and that the plant would just keep making new seeds till you harvest. Thanks
DharmaBud said:
Good Weed Day FC!!!
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Good Weed to you too Dharma!
fish cake said:
why cant you have both?
if you have seeds and the others may well just have them too and no matter when you pluck your girls they will have them so just wait til you want now:)
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Thanks fish- I guess I will wait with most of them now that I understand they won't be pumping out new seeds constantly. When I checked them last night, two of the bombs had a couple ambers each so I'm chopping them in the morning, The rest of the girls have a temporary reprive!:cheesygrinsmiley:
 
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