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bigbud2012

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sorry to be jumpin on ya post but have spoken to u before because im using the same flowering liquid your using on this plant its been going now for almost 68 days flowering and the hairs on the pistil are a nice yellow n brown colour which says to me time to trim and chop and cure time!! :O) but who thinks i should leave it a bit longer or just get on with the job of trimming and drying????also have the problem ofhaving other plants in with this one and if i were to mess around with timings or lettin git dry i may miss out as im now bang on harvest time but have watered them not only a hour ago lol
 

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bigbud2012

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looking great aswell jamiee just watch out on your height of your plants u dont want to be making another box just for them giants to fit in lol
 

bigbud2012

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grab some curly or straight long cfl.s and get rid of that lamp your using down at the side u will find that if u use the sides of a bulb ull get more coveradge of light onto the side of your plant because if u look at my picture u can clearly see there arent any buds at the bottom because of low light coveradge on the plant which is my next problem to be solving myself.
 

jamiee

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its ok, cheers i orderd a 45w curly 2700k i wil get some more in about 2 weeks. its in a normall small room so im ok on hight
 

bigbud2012

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id call u a lucky fu** then lol im just on the experimenting side of it.i think im at harvesting time now myself but dunno wether to just cut the stem let it dry or wait until my compost is dry then cut it but at the same time dont want to ruin my harvest time because of the hairs that are now a nice yellow and brown colour which i wanted..
 

jamiee

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lol how big is your plant? im just experimenting too really i didnt think i would make it this far and to get a female from 1 seed. iv never harvested before so idk. have u cheked the trichs with a scope. iv read that you should give them 48 hours of dark befor u chop them because they know there guna die.. iv just used the last bit of my plant food do you know of any good ones i can get from ebay or anywhere like that
 

jamiee

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Im thinking of getting some PK 13/14. i wanna pk spike my plant about half way through my 5th week
 

bigbud2012

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PK 13/14 bloom booster im thinking of gettin some myself to finish this tricky one off to see f i can get more out of it before it entirelly wraps buds around the stem which its nearly doing now...about another week or so i reckon....one plant was topped whilst young to stop it from growing over about a foot and the one u can see the pic of is now 1ft and 5 inchs tall..trying to get a tall one going but need more lights but until then just got 2 babys goin and this one....
 

bigbud2012

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yep also checked trichomes some are brown n clear half n half and then some clear white ones at top so not that ready but saying that the 2 hairs should be turning brown and yellow and when they do its then time to harvest....thanx for the info on the dark hours before harvest.im just using paper strips in a box to dry out my first cut one which i think i got too excited and chopped it too early lol but as they say ""try try try again and then ull succeed in the end"and then into a jar for about 5 months drying process nice n ready for the summertime smoke up lol..trying toget some pics so will be back with them....
 

jamiee

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Is that how long you have to cure for 5 months, I can't wate to smoke mine .. I don't think I will chop it early but I thought u only had to keep the buds in jars for a cupple weeks after hanging them
 

bigbud2012

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depends if your like me and yourself a bit unpatient lol but apparantly the longer u leave your buds to dry n cure in jars in a cool dark place the better they will taste and smoke and the smell could be better and higher than when its moist or even wet..
 

bigbud2012

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not looking forward to opening my jars after every 12 damn hours then leave the lid off for 4 hours then back on for another 12 hours then take lid off once more for 2 hours and so on until dry....lol wtf
 

bigbud2012

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Picture 247.jpgPicture 234.jpgPicture 254.jpgPicture 252.jpgPicture 256.jpgthe second picture is what i chopped down tooe arly because i just couldnt handle the smell comin from it so i decided to chop and now curing it but now can see the buds are tiny so just testing with that one lol the 3rd picture in is the one im now worried about and needed to know wether it looks ready or not to be harvested... the 4th picture is the 1ft and 5 inchs plant which is what ive got left along with 2 other babys .....
 

jamiee

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Nice grows man! Are those done with cfls? How many watts? How much do you rekon I will yeid from my 1 plant I'm just wating on a 45w 2700K bulb coming and ill be getin some in a cupple weeks n add some pk 13 14.
 

bigbud2012

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do yourself a big huge favour and a pat on the back after uve done it and go and buy a 125 watt red spectrum cfl bulb they are about 25 quid but knowing what ebay is like there may be even a cheap one u can get from there....they are the big ones that have the power lead and base to screw the bulb into ....e40 fixture i think! off the top of my head without opening my grow box again" lol im running 2 cfl lights that are only 7 watts but kick out a huge 3000k lumens so thats 6000 lumens allready and alng with that i have a 40 watt cfl at the back and a 20 watt the other side and above that i have the huge 125 watt cfl sideways and another normal cfl beside that to create a red and blue spectrum above the plants .....ive worked out that out of 6 lights im using it works out to be around 9000 lumens so they have taken there time to grow because on a slight budget over christmas.but now thats gone i could maybe get some more and as for your question on how much u could grow then it all depends on how long ur going to let it grow as ive grown mine now for 68 days so far and i reckon myself another week or 2 just about and ill be harvesting ....
 

jamiee

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Cool cheers man, I do actually have a 125W red 2700K on the top of the plant with a reflector. Good look with your harvest mate
 

jamiee

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My 14w bulb has just burned out :-|. theres not much light in there atm. I should have a 45w by tuesday-wednesday i dont have the money to buy more bulbs right now but should in about 2 weeks its starting to smell a bit now. not realy like weed but like a bit minty lol in picture 1 and 11 is this normall to happen?
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