Thinking like grandma grow.

Alexander Supertramp

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Ya thats the thing with CFLs. You have to keep them so close to be most effective. Which means constantly having to move them. If you have HID do not be scared to put young plants under them. I am keeping the 400 Hortilux about 20 inches above the canopy. And as you can see plants vegged under HPS do not stretch like many would lead you to believe.

#5 is definitely male. And #4 has preflowered also and is female for sure.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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Hopefully I will be able to sex all of by this weekend and get the females cloned and in their final 3 gallon homes. Then give them 7-10 days to get settled and then make the flip to 12/12. Probably around Valentines Day. If it is only 2 or 3 females then I may go 4 or 5 gallon and a bit longer veg.
 

Nutty sKunK

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Looking good man! Keep it up. Although I did notice it was reading 80f at the root level? Try bringing it down to 72-75 as the tops are getting a little heat stress :)
 

Alexander Supertramp

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when you sex you should show some update pics :)
The preflowers are so tiny I could never get a pic of them!
Looking good man! Keep it up. Although I did notice it was reading 80f at the root level? Try bringing it down to 72-75 as the tops are getting a little heat stress :)
Thanks and welcome along. That not heat stress but low humidity. Canopy is comfy. I prefer lights on temps around 80 and dark temps around 65-68
 

Alexander Supertramp

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when you sex you should show some update pics :)
The preflowers are so tiny I could never get a pic of them! I will sort the boys from the girls in pics when I update this weekend. I have a friend thats going to take the males for pollen collection.
Looking good man! Keep it up. Although I did notice it was reading 80f at the root level? Try bringing it down to 72-75 as the tops are getting a little heat stress :)
Thanks and welcome along. That not heat stress but low humidity. Canopy is comfy. I prefer lights on temps around 80 and dark temps around 65-68. Plants are just 3 weeks today from sprouting. I think they enjoy the temps.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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Weekly update later this morning.....just a little something to start your Sunday.....these guys really kick it.......





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Alexander Supertramp

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Center is #4 and lower right is #1 the only 2 confirmed female so far.
The other 3 still undetermined. As you can see I had a hot spot in my medium mix at last transplant. You can never stir your mix enough when cooking it. I got lazy and burned a few leaves. Minor glitch and new growth is right on track. But could have been avoided with a bit more care on my part. So I went ahead and transplanted 1 and 4 and the 3 unknowns into 3 gallon pots. Pinched the single and 3 blade leaves but left the branches to clone in a few days. Pretty straight forward so far. I will give them 7-10 days to get use to their new pots and recover from cloning and make the flip to 12/12. Seems Valentines days is going to be about right.




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Here is #5 the first male to show. He is going to remain in the 2 qt and go right into 12/12. I wanna collect some pollen from this one to spunk on #4 for sure. Early birds get the sperm...




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My batteries went dead on the camera. So I will post some individual plant pics as I clone them and continue to sex.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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When I described the ingredients in my mix I said 1 tablespoon of Espomas Garden Tone(3-4-4). When in I meant to say Espomas Plant Tone(5-3-3). For some reason I always get the two mixed up. I do use the Garden Tone but not on indoor plants. Sorry the mistake and confusion.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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Well it wasnt the batteries it was the camera itself that took a crap. I will get by the pawn shop in the next day or so and pic one up. Good news though, another female has appeared, #6. So 1,4,6 are girls. And out of the remaining 2 I am thinking at least one is female. So I am pretty sure its going to be 4 females out of 6 beans, so that makes me happy. No doubt by this weekend we will know for sure.
 
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