CFL grow Nirvana AK48

tamjam69

tamjam69

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maturesmoker said:
Nice start! Another UK grower here :-) Very well thought out set up.......Tesco's keeps us UK CFL growers happily supplied with bulbs! Have you got any 6500k 'daylight' or 'blue' in there? Harder to find on the high street but can be got online here.

I grew Nirvana AK48 several times because for 'cheap' seeds they are very very good in my experience. No thrills, just very stinky buds that can get pretty big :-) You will love it.

I'll subscribe to this one to watch them finish, they look excellent btw so far.

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hi maturesmoker thanks for the comments

all i have at the moment are softwhite bulbs, like you said i think i can only find them online, i have checked all the local shops that stock bulbs but cannot find them.

as for the nutes im gonna go without until flowering now and purchase some biobizz big bloom when the time comes.

the cuttings didnt seem to do very well so they were destroyed, plus i didnt fancy having 9 plants lol

will be posting more updated pics in the next hour.

cheers
 
tamjam69

tamjam69

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heres some more pics showing lots of new growth.

i was a bit worried that from topping them i was going to wait alot longer for them to finish, but with the way they are growing i might be wrong!!!

should i expect a bigger yield?? ( i hope so) if so why doesnt everyone do this to their plants

lots and lots of lush green leaves









 
maturesmoker

maturesmoker

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They look really good. 'Topping' does not slow things down at all, you see almost immediate growth of the 2 new tops, never fails to amaze me! What it does is to redistribute the growth hormones so all of the side shoots will also begin to take off. The BIG advantage to topping or LST, and especially under CFL's is that it allows you to present a fairly level canopy of budsights within a few inches of the bulbs. CFL's do lack penetration so this method works well.

Those Nirvana AK48's do yield well. I can see that you have things well under control there, healthy green plants. BioBizz is good stuff too, I use it myself.

Nice grow :-)
 
tamjam69

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right here gos, i was going to leave them and not bother posting any updates for a few days but i just couldnt help my self!!!

i took a look a minute ago and its really starting to look green in there.

the new to be main colas are really taking off and are nearly on their third nodes !!!

here are my girls (i hope)







 
tamjam69

tamjam69

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maturesmoker said:
Nice, very nice :-) When are you planning to flower those?
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hello again people, since the last pics i have had a little problem, on two of the plants the bottom fan leaves are like this, this being the worse one, i have moved the lights further away as i think they were a bit close, and they havnt had any nutes for over a week now.



but they are growing away very well, the new growth is really getting messed up as there is so much of it!

im hoping when the stalks get longer all the leaves will have some space and spread out.

and when would you guys put these in to flower ? i was going to give them another week or two to let those leaves spread out

ive also got some biobizz all mix in the post, so will be repotting them into 1gallon-2gallon pots as these are to small i think.

again thanks for the comments and let me know what you all think



 
tamjam69

tamjam69

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hello again heres another update.

the plants were really starting to smell so i had no choice but to move it all up in the attic ( i have children !!!! ) heres a pic



the two plants with the leave problems dont seem top be getting any worse either.



and they have all been re potted into larger pots, this time i have used John Innes no.2 and vermiculite.

the people have refunded me my money as the didn't have the biobizz all mix in stock!



 
Anjinsan

Anjinsan

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you are underestimating the stink of the strain.

They WILL stank up your whole place if you do not consider some form of odor control.

Maybe a ionic breeze type device in the room? Not in with the plants mind you...hell not even within 6 or 7 feet of the plants...(the ionic devices work...maybe too well that's why you want a bit of distance between the plants and the device) but in the vicinity of them.
 
tamjam69

tamjam69

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Anjinsan said:
you are underestimating the stink of the strain.

They WILL stank up your whole place if you do not consider some form of odor control.

Maybe a ionic breeze type device in the room? Not in with the plants mind you...hell not even within 6 or 7 feet of the plants...(the ionic devices work...maybe too well that's why you want a bit of distance between the plants and the device) but in the vicinity of them.
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thanks for the advice but it hopefully wont matter now that they are up in the attic, as long as the smell stays up there.

i could put a few air fresheners by the flap in the ceiling maybe that will help

how do they look to you by the way?

cheers
 
tamjam69

tamjam69

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and do you guys think it would be good to put them into flower now?

is it best to give them 48 hours dark before?

thanks again
 
mysticcobe

mysticcobe

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i just switched mine straight to 12/12 and it didn't affect it in any kind of negative way.... im gettin ready to chop her next week after 3 1/2 loooong months!!!!
 
Anjinsan

Anjinsan

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tamjam69 said:
thanks for the advice but it hopefully wont matter now that they are up in the attic, as long as the smell stays up there.

i could put a few air fresheners by the flap in the ceiling maybe that will help

how do they look to you by the way?

cheers
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they look good...they will stink triple what they do now when in full flower. Hopefully that stank stays up there.
 
maturesmoker

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Hi again tamjam,

Those look good. The repot will do them good and if there is an issue in that old soil the roots will stretch into the fresh stuff :-) Do you have a PH test kit? Well worth a fiver and the manual kits last many grows. Might be worth grabbing one and getting the PH under control now that they are in fresh soil, can only help.

In that cabinet I'd personally flower them NOW! They are going to more than fill that box in the 2 weeks after you switch. You will be fighting to contain them. Its a stinky strain you have chosen but I never had odour control when I grew in my loft and never had a problem but as you say air fresheners are a good idea.

Couple of links for the cheap PH test kit and PH down........ a good investment :-)

PH test kit. You want the 'narrow range' kit, it measures PH pretty accurately from 6.0 up to 7.6 and you ideally want your water to be in the range of 6.2 to 6.4 in soil. So long as you know you are watering within the correct PH range you will few worries as the grow progresses :-) Just a few quid.

PH down You will only need the PH down, again a few quid but makes a big difference. Literally a single drop or two in a 2litre bottle of water can drop PH dramatically and will last for many grows.

Hope this helps you, you're on your way to some great stinky buds there!
 
tamjam69

tamjam69

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maturesmoker said:
Hi again tamjam,

Those look good. The repot will do them good and if there is an issue in that old soil the roots will stretch into the fresh stuff :-) Do you have a PH test kit? Well worth a fiver and the manual kits last many grows. Might be worth grabbing one and getting the PH under control now that they are in fresh soil, can only help.

In that cabinet I'd personally flower them NOW! They are going to more than fill that box in the 2 weeks after you switch. You will be fighting to contain them. Its a stinky strain you have chosen but I never had odour control when I grew in my loft and never had a problem but as you say air fresheners are a good idea.

Couple of links for the cheap PH test kit and PH down........ a good investment :-)

PH test kit. You want the 'narrow range' kit, it measures PH pretty accurately from 6.0 up to 7.6 and you ideally want your water to be in the range of 6.2 to 6.4 in soil. So long as you know you are watering within the correct PH range you will few worries as the grow progresses :-) Just a few quid.

PH down You will only need the PH down, again a few quid but makes a big difference. Literally a single drop or two in a 2litre bottle of water can drop PH dramatically and will last for many grows.

Hope this helps you, you're on your way to some great stinky buds there!
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hello maturesmoker i have got a ph testing kit and im using my tap water after it has been outside for 24 hours, its between ph 6-7
 
tamjam69

tamjam69

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right i couldn't wait any longer !! the timer was just set to go of at 8pm and will be back on at 8am, this will give me enough time to check them when i get home from work. and my gf seems to think i spend more time with the plants then i do her:cuss:

the big ass cfl should be here by saturday and will be fitted asap, i will have to re arrange everything.

that will be nearly 500w of mixed spectrum !!.:leaf:

hopefully i dont end up with all males or i will be :wall:

i still have 6 more ak48 seeds and about 20 of the little plant in the pics that a friend gave me. im really hoping to harvest in time for xmas !!!!:bigjoint:
 
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