greenbehemoth
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Know you've seen it before but I AM going to keep this simple (that goes for the grow AND the journal). Don't have the resources to go all out on a grow room, and can't grow indoors anyhow due to visitors etc, so apart from germinating my seeds, and bringing them in at night for the moment, my plants will be outdoors 24/7 pretty soon. I'm in the UK and although the weather has been kind for the last couple of weeks, that could change for the worse at any time, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Just doing this journal in case any other UK growers are interested in how I get on.
OK, first things first. I purchased four feminized seeds about eight months ago and stuck them in the fridge (had big plans at the time but they fell by the wayside). They are called "Cinammon":
Flowering period: 9 weeks
Yield: Medium , maximum possible
Harvest outdoors: Mid October.
Type: 95% tamed Sativa
Spicy and very high in quality !
For sativa lovers, we chose one with a cinnamon smell and exceptional buzz. Based on a rare Jack H. pheno-type. Can be put under 12/12 hrs after one week. Maximum yields indoors are possible, by putting the best flowering individuals together (6-7 out of 10). Please note they do reach height! (approx. 1,5m) Perfect performance outdoors amongst orange or olive trees.
Just pretend you didn't see the bit about the orange and olive trees LOL. They were the only feminized I could see/afford at the time which were suitable for outdoor growing (having looked at a lot more websites now I would have chosen differently). Anyway, put them 1/2" down in 3" pots of MG Moisture Control compost, they popped three days later, and put them under florescent light 24/7. Three days later they looked like this:
OK, no need to tell me - they stretched. But I figured out why (too far from light) and I sorted it out. So, by keeping under the light by night, and placing outside in the sun by day, after one week they looked like this:
A couple of days ago I transplanted into one litre tubs and decided to change the MG for a more basic, but good quality compost and 25 per cent perlite. I also took the opportunity to bury the thin stems as much as I dared (my new pots are not that deep, so I couldn't get them quite as low as I would have liked). They didn't suffer at all. I soaked them well and let them drain for a couple of hours before the transplant and they popped right out of the 3" pots intact. In the last two days they have transformed to this:
The stems are feeling really strong now, and the leaves are looking healthy and real perky. So far so good.
Am waiting on delivery of some more feminized seeds, this time "New Purple Power" which have, apparently, been bred to grow in cold, wet climates. They are real quick flowerers, so although time is getting on I'm hopeful they will still produce the goods before the first frosts, provided I get some more good weather in between LOL. Will add these to my journal as I get them going.
I think for less than two weeks old they're not looking too bad, considering they are just sitting outside during the day and under a florescent light (which isn't even a cool one) at night. Time will tell. Let me know what you think.
Grow well,
greenb.
Know you've seen it before but I AM going to keep this simple (that goes for the grow AND the journal). Don't have the resources to go all out on a grow room, and can't grow indoors anyhow due to visitors etc, so apart from germinating my seeds, and bringing them in at night for the moment, my plants will be outdoors 24/7 pretty soon. I'm in the UK and although the weather has been kind for the last couple of weeks, that could change for the worse at any time, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Just doing this journal in case any other UK growers are interested in how I get on.
OK, first things first. I purchased four feminized seeds about eight months ago and stuck them in the fridge (had big plans at the time but they fell by the wayside). They are called "Cinammon":
Flowering period: 9 weeks
Yield: Medium , maximum possible
Harvest outdoors: Mid October.
Type: 95% tamed Sativa
Spicy and very high in quality !
For sativa lovers, we chose one with a cinnamon smell and exceptional buzz. Based on a rare Jack H. pheno-type. Can be put under 12/12 hrs after one week. Maximum yields indoors are possible, by putting the best flowering individuals together (6-7 out of 10). Please note they do reach height! (approx. 1,5m) Perfect performance outdoors amongst orange or olive trees.
Just pretend you didn't see the bit about the orange and olive trees LOL. They were the only feminized I could see/afford at the time which were suitable for outdoor growing (having looked at a lot more websites now I would have chosen differently). Anyway, put them 1/2" down in 3" pots of MG Moisture Control compost, they popped three days later, and put them under florescent light 24/7. Three days later they looked like this:
OK, no need to tell me - they stretched. But I figured out why (too far from light) and I sorted it out. So, by keeping under the light by night, and placing outside in the sun by day, after one week they looked like this:
A couple of days ago I transplanted into one litre tubs and decided to change the MG for a more basic, but good quality compost and 25 per cent perlite. I also took the opportunity to bury the thin stems as much as I dared (my new pots are not that deep, so I couldn't get them quite as low as I would have liked). They didn't suffer at all. I soaked them well and let them drain for a couple of hours before the transplant and they popped right out of the 3" pots intact. In the last two days they have transformed to this:
The stems are feeling really strong now, and the leaves are looking healthy and real perky. So far so good.
Am waiting on delivery of some more feminized seeds, this time "New Purple Power" which have, apparently, been bred to grow in cold, wet climates. They are real quick flowerers, so although time is getting on I'm hopeful they will still produce the goods before the first frosts, provided I get some more good weather in between LOL. Will add these to my journal as I get them going.
I think for less than two weeks old they're not looking too bad, considering they are just sitting outside during the day and under a florescent light (which isn't even a cool one) at night. Time will tell. Let me know what you think.
Grow well,
greenb.
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