My First Grow... Afgan x Mazar

MagicCannabus said:
I don't have an exact date set, but that's probably fairly close to when I'll be ready to throw mine 12/12. My biggest plant is taking off like a rocket. Might be even sooner than I expected.
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I was talkin to Insider, but I guess the three of us are on similar schedules!RoorRip
 
lookin pretty good so far. you've got a nice looking setup for the space you have available. Just remember, growing requires a little TLC and a lot of patience.
 
whats up fox! congarats on the grow. i started from the beginning and it looks like your gettin er dun, but not all lumens are created equall. cfl's are energy effecient but the 'lux' or briteness drops off at about 4-6" thats why you can look directly at them from a close distance. you have to keep them super close to the plant for good results. hid's like mh/hps have a penetrating output that will burn its image on your retina from 15-20' away. also w/cfl's you have to take in to consideration plant height when calc. lumens psf. 2000 lum.per sqft is a good minimum for an hid or cfl grow but since distance is key w/cfl it is 4000 lum per cuft once your plant hits 12" since light at the top isnt hittin the bottom you have to light the top and sides. thats why LST is good for cfl cause you can bend your plant down and runnit along all the lights instead of under just one and allowing the bottom flowers acces to light and giving them room to go up and bud. LST'n aint hard, but its necessary. check out my completed thread in my sign.line it has pics of 3 lst'd plants and one that was not from my 1st grow. also theres examples of cfl proximity and ventilation and of course, what you get in the end. good luck and big yields!!! :cool: +rep for being a grower
 
nbk380 said:
whats up fox! congarats on the grow. i started from the beginning and it looks like your gettin er dun, but not all lumens are created equall. cfl's are energy effecient but the 'lux' or briteness drops off at about 4-6" thats why you can look directly at them from a close distance. you have to keep them super close to the plant for good results. hid's like mh/hps have a penetrating output that will burn its image on your retina from 15-20' away. also w/cfl's you have to take in to consideration plant height when calc. lumens psf. 2000 lum.per sqft is a good minimum for an hid or cfl grow but since distance is key w/cfl it is 4000 lum per cuft once your plant hits 12" since light at the top isnt hittin the bottom you have to light the top and sides. thats why LST is good for cfl cause you can bend your plant down and runnit along all the lights instead of under just one and allowing the bottom flowers acces to light and giving them room to go up and bud. LST'n aint hard, but its necessary. check out my completed thread in my sign.line it has pics of 3 lst'd plants and one that was not from my 1st grow. also theres examples of cfl proximity and ventilation and of course, what you get in the end. good luck and big yields!!! :cool: +rep for being a grower
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thanks for all the advice, i'll take a look :rollit::thankyou:
 
UPDATE: the lil.... well i don't know the sex, but let's hope girls!.... are doing great! they are past where my last plant died, so this is officially new area to me! no real need for pix, i'm gonna wait till the secondary leaves come in. I mean the three-leaf leaves. I'll probably switch to 12/12 around the 23rd or 24th. How long does it take to see signs of sex after switching to 12/12? usually? I am gonna be gone the entire first week of March, so i don't want male balls busting all over my pretty girl... assuming one might be male (hope not! heaven forbid both).

Anyways, has anyone seen that CNBC special called "Marijuana Inc"?? It's interesting, but I HATE how the Bush Drug Czar says that people are growing "poison"!!!! How the hell can he call marijuana poison when it helps so many people!?!? that stuff pisses me off to no end. such ignorance. It sucks that we are a species that is so subject to brain washing/social conditioning. Most people never take it upon themselves to find the truth. They would rather just listen to shit they're told to listen to. Okay, off my soap box...

Pix when they grow a bit more.
 
haha, like the saying goes, "if you have a friend that talks feverishly about the benefits of hemp and legality of marijuana, they smoke a lot of pot!"

Little update, two pix.
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The second pic is a closeup of the bagweed. When the leaves were first coming in, they were dark, the stem was purple, but the new growth (easily seeable by the lighter green, much more like the AxM) seems much more like the AxM. I'm wondering if the leaves that first grew had problem? maybe it was over watering back then? that would be completely possible, as I had problems getting the plants started and may have watered a lot. The AxM is doing great! :) growing like a little fiend! I'm sticking to the hands off model, possibly giving a tiny bit of water each day, more or less when the top of the soil is dry. Life is busy as hell, but I guess that's good cuz it keeps my mind off the plants. I really like the hands off approach, allowing the plants to grow on their own.
 
Lookin good Fox, especialy the AxM.
I think they are big enough to have dry and wet periods, i mean water when cups are light and soil is dry an inch down.

!-correct me if im wrong-!​

:peace:
 
Insider said:
Lookin good Fox, especialy the AxM.
I think they are big enough to have dry and wet periods, i mean water when cups are light and soil is dry an inch down.

!-correct me if im wrong-!​

:peace:
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yup, exactly. I'm gonna wait a lil bit before I water again. I'll start using nutes in about a week or so.
 
UntamedFox said:
yup, exactly. I'm gonna wait a lil bit before I water again. I'll start using nutes in about a week or so.
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be VERY careful using nutes this early in the game. It's really easy to burn your babies when they're small. one of my NL plants never did fully recover from that mistake.
 
damn, hard to believe those pix were just a few days ago, the plants are actually starting to take off. I am gonna wait till i get a new camera to take pix again. The cam i was using was the icam on my macbook pro. I have to disconnect the internet, power, printer and ipod to move it, too much of a pain in the ass. I should be getting an 8-10MP camera.
 
UntamedBong said:
RoorRipWhat up Fox looking perrtty hurry up and get a new cam.:cheertwo::rollit:
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damn strait bong! bout time u joined the site. If anyone is wondering, Bong and I are buddies. We play Xbox Live a bunch, our names are exactly like they appear if anyone wants to join us!

I'm getting the camera tomorrow, i think. My little 'uns are doin fine, both are growing their first set of 5 point leaves, so precious :rollit:
 
I got my 10.1MP camera, it's amazing!!! the pix are awesome, but there's a problem.... for some reason, they won't upload to the site..... what do i do?? i keep trying by selecting each file and trying even to upload one at a time... HELP!!!!
 
think these guys are right. i was having the same probs. you gotta get the pics sorted. dying to see how your babies are doing compared to mine. bit scared you might give me an inferiority complex though.

smell ye later as they say.
 
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