HeavyChevy59 - First Grow - Mars II 400W - Happy Frog/Ideal 420 Soil - 2015

[Colesdad]

Sub'd

 

[HeavyChevy59]

Thanks for the info subnoise I appreciate it.

 

[HeavyChevy59]

Hey Colesdad, Thanks for stopping by and checking out my first grow. Feel free to jump in and criticize anytime you want, I appreciate all the help I can get.

 

[Colesdad]

Hey Colesdad, Thanks for stopping by and checking out my first grow. Feel free to jump in and criticize anytime you want, I appreciate all the help I can get.

Nope, never criticize sir, only just suggestions I'm here to learn too!

 

[HeavyChevy59]

What's up everybody, I just wanted to post an update on Groot, he bounced back from the lst. I tied Groot back down to keep that top below the nodes.

Just a few hours after

After a 6 hour nap

Tied back down

 

[Subnoise]

Thanks for the info subnoise I appreciate it.

Any time buddy.

 

[Colesdad]

Go Groot go!

 

[Antics]

I'll sub up dude

 

[HeavyChevy59]

I'll sub up dude

Thanks for the sub Antics, I appreciate all the support I can get.

 

[HeavyChevy59]

What's up everybody, I'm now halfway through week 4 of veg I've been wanting to post an update I just haven't had the time. I have already tied down Mary Jane and Scarlett and gave them both a light defol. I also trimmed a few leaves from Groot and tied that main top back down some more. All 3 plants seem to be showing pre flowers but I can't tell if their male or female yet... well I'm not seeing any white hairs coming out of them, I'll try to get some pics later. I read somewhere on here that cannabis plants don't reach their true potency potential if their not allowed to reach sexual maturity before forcing them to flower, so my question is if a female plant is showing calyxes but not white hairs, would she be considered mature or not.

 

[HeavyChevy59]

I just took a look at Mary Jane and it looks like she has 2 white hairs coming out of one calyx so far, but it is kinda hard to see I only have a small 5x magnifier. I bought a 30x/60x jewellers loupe that should be here tomorrow, so hopefully we'll know the sex of all 3.

 

[Antics]

Here's a pistil I took a closeup picture of a while back. The actual size is really, really small. The big stem you see on the left side is actually just a fan leaf petiole, to give you an idea how closely I zoomed in.

 

[Black Thumbs]

Showing hairs is 1 way or once they start to stager there leaves(like one more in front of the other instead of dead opposite).If your after biggest yields,the longer veg more bud sites

 

[Colesdad]

Heavy,
Are you continuing to adjust your light so that is 18 inches from the tallest plant? I reread the beginning of the journal, but, I have another light question. You started at 36in, then lowered to 30in, then lowered to 18in from the top of the tallest, correct? A what point in the seedling phase food you do the adjustment? Just curious. I'm dropping my beans in a few days, and will start my journal about a week after they actually start growing.

 

[HeavyChevy59]

What's up everybody, my 30x/60x loupe came in yesterday. I took some pics of the pre flowers, but I still can't tell if their male or female so hopefully you guys can help me out.


First up is Groot

Pre flower #1

PF #2

PF #3

PF #4 & #5

PF #4

PF #5

 

[HeavyChevy59]

Here's Scarlett

Pre Flower #1

PF #2

PF #3

 

[HeavyChevy59]

And here's Mary Jane

Pre Flower #1, well I think it's a pre flower

PF #2

PF #3

PF #4

 

[HeavyChevy59]

Heavy,
Are you continuing to adjust your light so that is 18 inches from the tallest plant? I reread the beginning of the journal, but, I have another light question. You started at 36in, then lowered to 30in, then lowered to 18in from the top of the tallest, correct? A what point in the seedling phase food you do the adjustment? Just curious. I'm dropping my beans in a few days, and will start my journal about a week after they actually start growing.

Yeah I'm still keeping the light about 18" from the tallest plant. I raised it a day or 2 ago, it was about 15" from the tallest plant, now it's about 19"-20". When I first dropped the plants in their containers I wasn't paying attention and had the light to low which I believe is what caused MJ's second set of leaves to grow in deformed. So I would suggest starting off with the light at 30", then once your plants have about 3 sets of true leaves drop the light to 24" and watch for signs of light stress or stretching, after a week or so drop the light some more. As long as you pay attention to the plants as you gradually drop the light you'll be fine.

 

[Antics]

Groot: first one looks almost male, but the rest all look female, so 99% sure that'll be female.

Scarlet: Leaning towards female here too.

Mary Jane: Also leaning towards female.

Give it a day or two. If they're pistils, you'll see two white hairs coming out of them. If male, they're going to be growing on stalks.

Female preflowers are also much more elongated than the male preflowers.

 

[arellanobrian]

Plants are looking great man cant wait to see how the harvest turns out I will be watching and as for the lights I would say once you flip the plants to 12/12 you may want to let the lights get a little closer to discourage so much stretch and one the flowering you wanna have as much light power on the buds as possible without sacrificing on coverage of course