cdd10
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Idk I haven't looked I might need help determining the sex kinda I'll take a pic real quick.
My first grow guys!
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Matt420Aus
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Your plants don't looked to stretched at all, they are growing well and your doing great.
Like I said in a previous post you cant really determine sex until they are 40-50 days old for sure, just be patient and let them grow.
I finished setting up my new outside grow area, I had to take a small ladder over there at 2am to prune back some of the leaves on the trees surrounding them as the spot was a bit shaded but I think its looking pretty good and ready to go. Im thinking of moving them out there just before sunrise as their light cycle is 5pm-11am at the moment so I don't want to move them in the night and throw them straight into dark where a whole day of sunshine and then a normal night schedule would be less shock. Ideally id slowly move them outside 1 hour a day till they were hardened off but I don't have time for that (part of the reason I didn't choose a spot that has direct sunlight for 12-13 hours light some other places).
Let me know what you think?
Like I said in a previous post you cant really determine sex until they are 40-50 days old for sure, just be patient and let them grow.
I finished setting up my new outside grow area, I had to take a small ladder over there at 2am to prune back some of the leaves on the trees surrounding them as the spot was a bit shaded but I think its looking pretty good and ready to go. Im thinking of moving them out there just before sunrise as their light cycle is 5pm-11am at the moment so I don't want to move them in the night and throw them straight into dark where a whole day of sunshine and then a normal night schedule would be less shock. Ideally id slowly move them outside 1 hour a day till they were hardened off but I don't have time for that (part of the reason I didn't choose a spot that has direct sunlight for 12-13 hours light some other places).
Let me know what you think?
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cdd10
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Yeah I figured they weren't showing yet and thanks man! My kerala has a ph problem im pretty sure.... Idk maybe my pen is off I cleaned it and have it soaking but I added dolomite lime to it and watered it a while ago and the pH read 4.8 but read 5.8 last watering.. I think it needs calibrated and cleaned Idk.. We will see if the lime helps kinda weird though I have all same soil but others are reading fine.. Your grow area looks awesome!
Greenthumbntraining
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R u hiding those n the woods? Lol
Greenthumbntraining
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Ur plants r getting big bro
cdd10
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Yeah they are. I think the kerala should be bigger though. I just know it's that pH problem.. I guess I'll give it a week and see if that lime starts to bring up the pH..I didn't feed it anything this time. No cal mag or anything.
Greenthumbntraining
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The kerala is feminized ri?
cdd10
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Nope its just a regular freebie seed.. Screw this pH of the water I'm not gonna pH it no more. I mean in the wild they aren't pH'd lol I'm just gonna water the damn thing and not try and get so technical with it. I'm still gonna use the nutes but the water takes on the soil pH right as it's it from what I hear right. I think I'm trying to get too fancy with pH just regular water lol
TitoM
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good call I NEVER ph my water when I grow In soil.
i go by wat thy say KISS "keep it stupid simple"
hydro is a different story.
cdd10
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I just look at them growing outside I'm sure people don't pH the damn water outside no reason I should lol maybe that's why I'm having a problem with that one plant. For some reason I wanna say it's a magnesium deficiency. My grow Bible thing says the leaves can twist and be yellow like they are. I added some Epsom salt to my water tonight because I didn't feed with nutes or cal mag or anything. I know it's not heat stress I mean none of the other ones have any signs of heat stress and they are taller..I do have a question should I use distilled or tap water?
Matt420Aus
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I just use tap water, because I don't have a reverse osmosis machine connected to my taps, and I use way to much water for my tomato and herb plants, my soil weed grow, my hydro reservoir to bother with distilled water for any of it.
The key to tap water though is you want it as soft as possible, this means there are less things put in the water when it is treated, the more stuff in the water (minerals) the harder the water will be, often this is a necessity in many areas because the water untreated is to poor (use your EC or PPM meter to see if you have one). My water is about 0.3 EC which is 150ppm this is fine for Cannabis, but I would say much higher is not advisable and 300+ is going to cause you issues with any strains that are temperamental.
I actually transplanted my girls tonight even though they are going to get the shock of that + the dark spell till sunrise + sprayed with pyrithium to keep the bugs off it was still better than doing it at a time when people could have spotted me going there. Nobody ever will see me going there at night so its perfect as long as I stick to that. I went there in the day to set it up because it would have been impossible to do that at night time but that is last day trip till I have cut down and will dump the soil collect the pots and wait till next season for another round (probably from clones of one of my other grows at that time).
Hope they take and will do well outside, its a little late in the season but we will see, I guess it just means a lower veg time so if they do get to flower it will be lower yields from less growth.
PH meter should be calibrated every month and make sure before and after you wash it in distilled water, it will ensure a more accurate reading each time.
Try to keep it simple as well is my view, I have just used potting soil that contains a mix of organic nutrients that are slow release, and while this could be to little while they are young it seems to be going ok so far, have not fed any extra nutrients and probably wont till they are at least another foot higher, then just a mild tea probably. I tend to use more foliar spray also which contains weak nutrient solution, once every 3 days and 2 day plain water solution.
Have had no issues with nutrient deficiency yet or PH issues, usually runs out at 6.2-6.5
The key to tap water though is you want it as soft as possible, this means there are less things put in the water when it is treated, the more stuff in the water (minerals) the harder the water will be, often this is a necessity in many areas because the water untreated is to poor (use your EC or PPM meter to see if you have one). My water is about 0.3 EC which is 150ppm this is fine for Cannabis, but I would say much higher is not advisable and 300+ is going to cause you issues with any strains that are temperamental.
Haha Green, no not in the woods. I am not going to describe the area but its close enough to be convenient and stealthy enough to be hidden, and no people will go there unless they saw me going there and were curious, so I go really late at night.
I actually transplanted my girls tonight even though they are going to get the shock of that + the dark spell till sunrise + sprayed with pyrithium to keep the bugs off it was still better than doing it at a time when people could have spotted me going there. Nobody ever will see me going there at night so its perfect as long as I stick to that. I went there in the day to set it up because it would have been impossible to do that at night time but that is last day trip till I have cut down and will dump the soil collect the pots and wait till next season for another round (probably from clones of one of my other grows at that time).
Hope they take and will do well outside, its a little late in the season but we will see, I guess it just means a lower veg time so if they do get to flower it will be lower yields from less growth.
PH meter should be calibrated every month and make sure before and after you wash it in distilled water, it will ensure a more accurate reading each time.
Try to keep it simple as well is my view, I have just used potting soil that contains a mix of organic nutrients that are slow release, and while this could be to little while they are young it seems to be going ok so far, have not fed any extra nutrients and probably wont till they are at least another foot higher, then just a mild tea probably. I tend to use more foliar spray also which contains weak nutrient solution, once every 3 days and 2 day plain water solution.
Have had no issues with nutrient deficiency yet or PH issues, usually runs out at 6.2-6.5
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Matt420Aus
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looking good, hope mine will grow as fast as that outdoors
My ones inside have recovered a lot in hydro, have ton of tops and they are starting to stretch up
My ones inside have recovered a lot in hydro, have ton of tops and they are starting to stretch up
Matt420Aus
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I think I am going to veg out for like 2 more weeks , that will make close to 4 weeks veg time. how about you?
cdd10
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That's about how long I'm gonna go too!
cdd10
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I just topped that one so I think I'm gonna start flowering week after next. When I do switch to 12/12 should I leave that MH bulb in for a week? It's a MH Conversion bulb. Don't ask me why but I didn't know when I first started that a digital ballast didn't require a conversion bulb lol
