Without your sweet breath they will be low on carbon dioxide. They won't just miss you, they will crave you
My First Time: AK47 & Gold Bar Kush
Without your sweet breath they will be low on carbon dioxide. They won't just miss you, they will crave you
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I made it home and I'm pretty sure that the ladies missed me.
Gbk went through a growth spurt and drank all of the water in her swick.
The little ladies look healthy. AK47 auto clone and GBK clone both have new growth. Columbian Gold and Cinderella 99 got kinda tall and leggy but that was expected because the light was up high for AK clone. The leaf experiment is still clinging to life.
AK47 looks like she put on some weight. I usually prefer my ladies to be petite but I'll encourage her to put on all the weight she wants.
The leaf experiments in the bubble cloner didn't make it. The second AK clone has roots and will go into soil tonight. The tall GBK clone seems to be doing ok for now. The other clone that is starting roots is a cutting I took from a gardenia that I've had for years.
Everything seems ok for the most part. I'll pot the Ak clone tonight and put the two babies into bigger pots so they can all be about the same distance from the lights and still sit on the swick. I'm not sure what else needs to be done.
They haven't had any nutrients in 2 or 3 weeks. Should I give them some?
Gbk went through a growth spurt and drank all of the water in her swick.
The little ladies look healthy. AK47 auto clone and GBK clone both have new growth. Columbian Gold and Cinderella 99 got kinda tall and leggy but that was expected because the light was up high for AK clone. The leaf experiment is still clinging to life.
AK47 looks like she put on some weight. I usually prefer my ladies to be petite but I'll encourage her to put on all the weight she wants.
The leaf experiments in the bubble cloner didn't make it. The second AK clone has roots and will go into soil tonight. The tall GBK clone seems to be doing ok for now. The other clone that is starting roots is a cutting I took from a gardenia that I've had for years.
Everything seems ok for the most part. I'll pot the Ak clone tonight and put the two babies into bigger pots so they can all be about the same distance from the lights and still sit on the swick. I'm not sure what else needs to be done.
They haven't had any nutrients in 2 or 3 weeks. Should I give them some?
AK47 in flower looks great. Her leaves are happy enough that she can take a few more nutes - change from 5 to 7, or 7 to 10 or something about 1/3 more each feeding.
Of the plants you pictured, AK47 is the only clone large enough for nutes. In general, clones like their nutes sooner than seedlings. I would use plant water (or water with some transplant nutes,) for the first watering, when AK47 dries next time, try full strength nutes (Full strength for her young age.) For the other clones, I would wait until I see new growth after transplant, then turn on the flow of nutes.
Of the plants you pictured, AK47 is the only clone large enough for nutes. In general, clones like their nutes sooner than seedlings. I would use plant water (or water with some transplant nutes,) for the first watering, when AK47 dries next time, try full strength nutes (Full strength for her young age.) For the other clones, I would wait until I see new growth after transplant, then turn on the flow of nutes.
JohnnyC
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They look great bro
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Thanks Rad. I feel like AK is doing well so I wanted to wait for your opinion before giving her and GBK any nutes. I think they will both be dry enough to feed tomorrow. I hadn't thought about the first AK clone possibly needing some also.
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Thanks Johnny. I never quite know what to expect after being gone a few days.
alantesla33
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[/quote]When plants are in veg, you want them to grow roots more than anything else. To grow good roots, they have to go looking for the water. After they grow good roots, they can grow good buds.[/QUOTE]
Amen! Enter bone meal & blood meal for us soil growers. Bone helps the foundation and blood blooms buds.
Amen! Enter bone meal & blood meal for us soil growers. Bone helps the foundation and blood blooms buds.
Every nutrient schedule is a little different, but once you start feeding nutrients, you generally keep feeding nutrients about once every 7-10 days (often with a watering in between.) Once in flower the amount of nutes often doubles or bloom nutes are added. Watering happens more frequently so feeding might be every 4-7 days. At about 4 weeks into flowering, (if the plant looks to be thriving on the current level of nutes - like AK47,) feed 30% more nutes and/or add a snowstorm (trichome building) nute.
That's a general guideline I have used to interpret the factory recommended nutes schedule. A lot of times the factory recommended guidelines are for the max plants can handle, and some plants can handle less than the max. When I used the BioBizz line of nutrients, 1/2 strength seemed about right for veg and almost full recommended strength for the later half of flower. Their schedule changed amounts slightly, week by week, especially in flower. Doc Bud recommends a more realistic amount of nutrients, so I underfed the first few plants. I now follow those recommendations as written.
Did I mention your AK47 has some great looking buds?
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I just finished playing in the garden for now. I measured GBK and she is 22 inches across and 20 inches tall. I think she could use some more room soon but I don't want to set up the 36 inch tent yet.
I repotted the two seedlings and potted the second AK clone into 3 gallon pots. I should be able to fit the second GBK clone in there when she is ready if I throw out the leaf experiment.
I also decided it was time for AK to start getting some UV so I replaced the cob on a 10w flood light (2.2w actual) with a UV chip. If she needs more later, I have another chip and a couple of drivers that deliver the full 10 watts.
Lets see if AK responds well to the UV. It is pretty low wattage so I'll leave it on with the other lights at 18/6 for now.
I still need to mix up some nutes for the big girls.
I repotted the two seedlings and potted the second AK clone into 3 gallon pots. I should be able to fit the second GBK clone in there when she is ready if I throw out the leaf experiment.
I also decided it was time for AK to start getting some UV so I replaced the cob on a 10w flood light (2.2w actual) with a UV chip. If she needs more later, I have another chip and a couple of drivers that deliver the full 10 watts.
Lets see if AK responds well to the UV. It is pretty low wattage so I'll leave it on with the other lights at 18/6 for now.
I still need to mix up some nutes for the big girls.
JimmyJames905
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I just finished playing in the garden for now. I measured GBK and she is 22 inches across and 20 inches tall. I think she could use some more room soon but I don't want to set up the 36 inch tent yet.
I repotted the two seedlings and potted the second AK clone into 3 gallon pots. I should be able to fit the second GBK clone in there when she is ready if I throw out the leaf experiment.
I also decided it was time for AK to start getting some UV so I replaced the cob on a 10w flood light (2.2w actual) with a UV chip. If she needs more later, I have another chip and a couple of drivers that deliver the full 10 watts.
Lets see if AK responds well to the UV. It is pretty low wattage so I'll leave it on with the other lights at 18/6 for now.
I still need to mix up some nutes for the big girls.
Go easy on that UV light. Ultraviolet is an extremely energetic wavelength. To give you an idea of its intensity the wavelength above ultraviolet is x-rays. You can easily burn your plants with ultraviolet light. Try not to give them any more than a half hour a day usually at what you would consider your "peak noon hour" period.
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Thanks Jimmy. I'll go put it on a separate timer right now.
JimmyJames905
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Perfect. Just keep an eye on things. If they start to burn it will appear as a wrinkling on the upmost leaves. Proceeded by pale leaves. That's sunburn for plants.
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Thanks Jimmy. I'll go put it on a separate timer right now.
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Cool UV picture
22" across and 20" high is a pretty good size for flowering. If your veg lights are intense, I'd grow her up to 26" high. If your veg lights are wimpy, (like my T5 CFL), and there is space to share a tent with AK47, you might consider going to flower with GBK.
Here's hoping your AK47 is as good as mine - I took my first 2 hits of the day 5 minutes ago and my consciousness is firmly in the brain category of 'really stoned.'
22" across and 20" high is a pretty good size for flowering. If your veg lights are intense, I'd grow her up to 26" high. If your veg lights are wimpy, (like my T5 CFL), and there is space to share a tent with AK47, you might consider going to flower with GBK.
Here's hoping your AK47 is as good as mine - I took my first 2 hits of the day 5 minutes ago and my consciousness is firmly in the brain category of 'really stoned.'
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Cool UV picture
22" across and 20" high is a pretty good size for flowering. If your veg lights are intense, I'd grow her up to 26" high. If your veg lights are wimpy, (like my T5 CFL), and there is space to share a tent with AK47, you might consider going to flower with GBK.
Here's hoping your AK47 is as good as mine - I took my first 2 hits of the day 5 minutes ago and my consciousness is firmly in the brain category of 'really stoned.'
I never thought to get a pic of the UV by itself until I looked in the tent after starting to move the power cords around to get the UV on its own timer. I saw that and had to share.
I bought the metal to make frames for the new lights today and should have some assembled soon. I've been tempted to add another light above GBK and will go ahead and do that in the next couple days. There is no way I could fit her into the 32" tent with AK. She will either have to wait or I'll have to decide where to set up the 36" tent.
I'm glad to hear that your AK is so good. I've looked in the tent a few times today and wondered if I could trim a little bit to try out.
The next 25-30 days will make a huge difference in the THC content and related effects. Any thing you try now is a waste of the your time and the plants energy. You might as well toss a bud in the trash on harvest day.
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JimmyJames905
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My First Time - AK47 & Gold Bar Kush
If you're a interested in a low cost flower cob try the Vero 18 BXRC-17E4000-D-74. They're $12 CAD each and you can run 5 on a very cheap Meanwell HLG-120h-C1050
They are red AF! Bridgelux markets it as a HPS replacement and it pumps out that 650nm-750nn reds (and infra red) you can't get from any other cob.
Here's the vid I made.
PAR Testing the BXRC-17E Vero 18. Tent test. - YouTube
If you're a interested in a low cost flower cob try the Vero 18 BXRC-17E4000-D-74. They're $12 CAD each and you can run 5 on a very cheap Meanwell HLG-120h-C1050
They are red AF! Bridgelux markets it as a HPS replacement and it pumps out that 650nm-750nn reds (and infra red) you can't get from any other cob.
Here's the vid I made.
PAR Testing the BXRC-17E Vero 18. Tent test. - YouTube
DemonicAngel
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Re: My First Time - AK47 & Gold Bar Kush
Oh neat they are starting to say Cobs are the future. Well not starting but they are gaining more popularity as time moves on.
