1st Grow... 6 Weeks In.... Questions

an oz a plant is definitely possible. strain is a big determiner, in addition to light, soil, veg time
from what i've seen, you should be able to get 1/3 of a gram per watt of light
1/2 gram a watt is also quite doable, the very best growers can get 1 gram per watt
take all this with a grain of salt, a lot of factors will determine your harvest weight

Im up to 18 26 watt CFL's

you're good for light, just have to wait it out at this point
same with me, about 3 weeks to go after a long weed drought, every f'ing day drags waiting

So I pretty sure that I need to flush my plants but was wondering how much room temp water to run threw them?? till a lot runs out the bottom??
Thanks Guys
-DoughBoy

well still wondering about the flushing......."Thinking I may have a salt build up" but yeah day 22 of flowering Pic's

Happy Canada Day all Canadian RIU Brothers
-DoughBoy

oh canada..... not too much when flushing this erly u got a sativa dominant pheno there so donot over water... star with a half gallon . slowly wait till water runs out the bottom . god job bro i see u also got a green finga... my dad is at day 30 of 12/12. looks similar but more bush cus the indica phenotipe influense on his plants that are both tall , finger like leafs and bushy. u gonna wait at least 50 more days .

thanks for the reply greenlanter..... when do most RIU members start their flowering count when they actualy start their 12 n 12 or when they see the first pretty white hairs show? I started counting when I could tell they where female..... So im on day 31 of the 12 n 12 well im expermenting and have them on a 11 n 13 and so far love sleeping in....
-DoughBoy

i think i've seen both ways used here
the breeder that i got my beans from gives the harvest time in days from the start of 12/12
and your plants couldn't be much nicer, fine looking main cola's
on the flush, some go with a 'plenty of water' flush, others just stop nutes and do their usual watering routine

depends if u knw wtf ur groing or if u want to go csi and get micro ... some strains take sevend days of 12/12 to show sex , sum times the conditions of the plant has a lot to determing too .... like my seed said b4 u got a sativa dominant pheno so take ur time read a good book and wait... u maida taken two weeks 12/12 until confirming ur gurls so lets say day 40 sumthing of flowering . just my opinion and knowledge.................

So today is 5 weeks or 35 days of flowering..... the urge to take a sample is almost overwhelming.... Good thing my buddy's crop has finally cured!! N e ways I didn't document this but in order to keep the canopy all level at about week 2 of flowering I tied one of the plants down and the other I used the pinch and bend technique after which I staked her down to keep her from straitening back up...... it seems like the pinch and bend technique sent her into flowering overdrive as her buds are 3 times as big as the others....sorry would be more pics but my cam went dead....I'll get some batteries b 4 next weeks update...
Keep it growing
peace
-DoughBoy

i know this is ways back, but i remember at the start of the thread, you were trying to figure how tall they would get
i think i said you might see a 3 times stretch, just curious how tall they have gotten, they looked pretty sativa, which does stretch quite a ways

growone said:

i know this is ways back, but i remember at the start of the thread, you were trying to figure how tall they would get
i think i said you might see a 3 times stretch, just curious how tall they have gotten, they looked pretty sativa, which does stretch quite a ways

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there a little over 2 feet now but if I wouldnt of bent one over and tied the other one down they would be well over 3
-DoughBoy

So in battling with the chlorine content of the local tap water I was wondering what was the best way to get rid of it......I wouldn't worry about it but its so strong that when I drink the tap water... I can really taste it... its almost as bad as taking a mouth full of pool water....... I have a bottle of fish tank water conditioner that removes chlorine and other heavy metals..... will the water conditioner hurt the plants?
-DoughBoy

to get rid the chlorine taste and other chloro stuff - just boil it and let it cool down
that does get rid of oxygen too, so shaking it up a few times before watering will put the air back in