Newb's first grow C99 X 2

crispitycrunchity

crispitycrunchity

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Hi there and thanks for checking this out! I am a new grower and I decided to start a journal. I'm a little late in the game for starting a journal, but that's ok. Any advice or support would be greatly appreciated.

Strain: Female Seeds C99
Soil: Straight FFOF
Water: From the tap
Lights: 400W MH/HPS. Also used 8 5000K CFL's for seedling stage
Growing in a 32" x 32" x 60" Tent
Ventilation: S&P TD100X plus ducting
Container: 3 Gal Nursery pots

Today marks exactly 3 weeks from when I popped the seeds! So far I am pleased with the progress. :bigjoint:Lemme know what you think.



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Po boy

Po boy

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looking great! i just harvested a couple last month. get ready for the stretch! i knew they would stretch like crazy but i was really surprised. one was five feet with 4 colas and the other over four. great plant to grow and the aroma is extra low and they smell great, like lemon pineapple. GL
 
crispitycrunchity

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Weekly update!! Today marks one month from when I started the germination process so I am calling it their one month birthday. I FIMed (and hopefully didn't butcher it) with some light LST and when I did the bottoms bushed out quite a bit. They have recovered from the shock and are now starting to grow vertically again with TONS of new growth. My girls are currently sitting at about 7-8 inches tall. I'm pleased with their progress and maybe one or two more weeks and I will flip them.

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Po boy

Po boy

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looking good crisp! i'm telling you, i love Cindy weed. keep posting pics occassionaly. GL
 
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puffdatchronic

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They look great man. Very sativa.. How is the smell? non existent I would guess...

I flowered mine at 10 inches and it has finished around 45 inches.. your looking at 4 -5 x stretch with cindy... so you need to feed her heavy for the stretch phase.. plenty of N and some cal/mag if you have it or epsom salt and tap water..

But they look very good, can't wait to see how they go..
 
crispitycrunchity

crispitycrunchity

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What is up my friends! Time for another update. So today I went to my local hydroponics store and bought some nutes. I got Cutting Edge Solutions 3 part MGB because, frankly, it was cheap and I'm poor. It seems to have all the right stuff in it so it should work out fine. I also swung by Lowe's and picked up a Brita water filter. Improved my tap water tremendously. I gave my girls their first half strength feeding today and they seemed to like it. They are currently sitting at about 9 inches. I measured the distance from dirt to bulb at my lamps maximum height and it came out to ~40 inches so I think I will flip this upcoming Tuesday. As for smell, it is pretty non-existent unless I'm handling the plants, then it is a citrusy smell, but not overpowering at all. If I don't touch them, then there is almost zero odor. Also, we got Pistels. :mrgreen:

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tikitoker

tikitoker

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Cindy takes well to bending also, at least mine years ago responded within hours. Excellent strain, very trippy high. 7-10 potency
 
tikitoker

tikitoker

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when you flip keep her under the MH for the first 2 weeks. This will drastically reduce the stretch. Then HPS after that until last 3 days. And then MH for the last 3 days and also an additional 3 day 100% dark, then chop.
 
crispitycrunchity

crispitycrunchity

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Sooooo. These babies are bushing out like crazy. Check out the difference 3 days made. I punched some holes in the lip of my pots and am using twine to bend the stalk over. I figure that a little LST would be good for them and wouldn't you know it I was right. I also tuck the big fan leaves below the nodal growth to try to allow them to get as much light as I can. Started them on nutes as I said before and so far so good. Gonna flip tonight after I get home from work. I plan on following tikitoker's advice on keeping them under the MH for the first 2 weeks before swapping to the HPS. I also germinated a Lemon Kush and we're gonna see what happens when we do a 12/12 from seed on that baby. You know, for science. Worst case scenario, I lose a freebie seed.

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Stevieh

Stevieh

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Hey,

wow there looking good :D

When you say our gonna do 12/12 straight from seed .... Like not even letting it get its first fan leaves .?
 
crispitycrunchity

crispitycrunchity

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No no, I'll let her get her first five bladed fan leaves under my CFL array first on a 24/0, then put her in with the others. I just put her solo cup in there with the Cindy's so I can take the picture with all of them together. :)
 
SilentGreen21

SilentGreen21

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Looks awesome! Pulling up the chair to see how you do. IMO you don't need to use MH first 2 weeks of flower if you feed her properly and super cropping to minimize the stretch. If you are looking for yield put them on straight HPS on 12/12. You could even add a MH or CFLs with 6500K color on the side if you want.
 
crispitycrunchity

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Two days into flower! I changed my mind and decided to go with the HPS from the beginning. They're took a couple of days to adjust but now they're starting to pick it up. I got a feeling these two are gonna fill up my tent haha. My Lemony Kushness is currently sitting under 6 5000K CFL's and is two days from sprout.

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crispitycrunchity

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Day 5 of flower and cousin business is a boomin'! The stretch has started and we'll see how high they grow. They are currently growing at about two inches per day. Shits like bamboo, I swear. One girl is getting lanky and the other is getting bushy. Genetics I suppose haha. I over fed a bit and the tips are slightly burnt but nothing serious. Lemony Kushness is almost a week old and is doing well. One or two more weeks and into the flowering tent she goes!

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crispitycrunchity

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Happy post-Thanksgiving for my fellow Americans and happy today for everyone else! My girls are growing like crazy. Lanky is almost 2 ft tall now and Bushy is about 5 inches behind but is starting her growth spurt. 10 days into flowering as of today.

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