HydroponicFireman
Well-Known Member
So it has begun...
This is something I've never done before, so I decided to document it. I'll be doing a grow journal about re-vegging which will be limited to:
1) growing from (NON-feminized) seed
2) flowering as quickly as possible with limited vegetative time
3) identifying and eliminating males ASAP
4) switching all remaining females back over to veg light cycle
I may also be practicing cloning those females but will most likely do that in another thread if I choose to go that route.
I will spare you the process of sprouting from seed. I'm sure you've seen seeds pop and grow some fan leaves before. I started them in a 50/50 water/hydrogen-peroxide mix until they popped open with a tap root and then put them in a soil mix (Fox Farm Happy Frog & perlite mix). I grew them for about 3 or 4 weeks until they got about 6 nodes of fan leaves.
Having never done this before, I was unsure of how quickly you could start to flower such a young plant. I usually grow for at least 3 months before flowering but wanted to give this a go instead of wasting time and nutrients growing males. I have seeds from my last crop and want a 100% female crop this time around WITHOUT feminized seeds.
Here are the first pics, these plants are about 3-4 weeks old and from this point I will be documenting the process:
Starting point (with and without LEDs on):
Some pics closer up of individual plants:
Some may be a little pale green on the newer growth, showing some low-level N deficiencies, I accepted this to a certain amount due to fast growth and the fact that some of these wont be making it (RIP) anyway. I will be dealing with the nutrient deficiencies after males are identified and during the 2nd veg cycle which will be quite a while....they will be cannabis bushes before harvesting.
This is something I've never done before, so I decided to document it. I'll be doing a grow journal about re-vegging which will be limited to:
1) growing from (NON-feminized) seed
2) flowering as quickly as possible with limited vegetative time
3) identifying and eliminating males ASAP
4) switching all remaining females back over to veg light cycle
I may also be practicing cloning those females but will most likely do that in another thread if I choose to go that route.
I will spare you the process of sprouting from seed. I'm sure you've seen seeds pop and grow some fan leaves before. I started them in a 50/50 water/hydrogen-peroxide mix until they popped open with a tap root and then put them in a soil mix (Fox Farm Happy Frog & perlite mix). I grew them for about 3 or 4 weeks until they got about 6 nodes of fan leaves.
Having never done this before, I was unsure of how quickly you could start to flower such a young plant. I usually grow for at least 3 months before flowering but wanted to give this a go instead of wasting time and nutrients growing males. I have seeds from my last crop and want a 100% female crop this time around WITHOUT feminized seeds.
Here are the first pics, these plants are about 3-4 weeks old and from this point I will be documenting the process:
Starting point (with and without LEDs on):
Some pics closer up of individual plants:
Some may be a little pale green on the newer growth, showing some low-level N deficiencies, I accepted this to a certain amount due to fast growth and the fact that some of these wont be making it (RIP) anyway. I will be dealing with the nutrient deficiencies after males are identified and during the 2nd veg cycle which will be quite a while....they will be cannabis bushes before harvesting.
