First Journal, First indoor attempt

HEY RIU! This is my first grow journal, so expect a lotta updates. So here's what i'm working with.

2 babies at 14 days as of today.
3 babies at day 33

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These ones are day 33
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"Big haus"
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This ones is also day 33, but she's in ffof, and she smells already? Like i can totally put my nose up to her, and take a whiff. Definitely a noticeable fragrance.
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Using CFLs
x2 42w 2700k
x3 26w 2700k
x2 26w 6500k

Passive air intake, with a 120mm (supposedly 74.4cfm) exhaust fan. Temps look reasonable. Between 78-83+ when lights are on. and about 64-70ish when lights are off.

Nutrients:
Shultz Bloom Plus (10-54-10)
Alaska Fish Emulsion
Peters 20-20-20

Water:
Rain water

Any question, comments welcome! Mind you this is just some regular seeds I've found in some recent "mid-grade" stuff.

-6 string

Nice plants. Mine smells too, it's not even two weeks old. They are both in FFOF as well. Good looking grow. Going to have sub to this one. You should use more 6500k for veg and more 2700k for flowering. 80% ratio I think it was.

Why are you using rain water? Do you test the pH level before giving it to the plants?

They look good man. nice shade of green, and sound like an awesome set up. ill be following this one. -sub.

mr2shim said:

Nice plants. Mine smells too, it's not even two weeks old. They are both in FFOF as well. Good looking grow. Going to have sub to this one. You should use more 6500k for veg and more 2700k for flowering. 80% ratio I think it was.

Why are you using rain water? Do you test the pH level before giving it to the plants?

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They're on 12/12 right now, because of the immense stress i put the through earlier in their life. I had used some SHITTY soil for the first 3 weeks. At this point, they're in 12/12 so i can finish them, and order me some auto flower seeds. I use rain water because the pH in it is about 6.2-6.5 and my tap water is close to 8.0. Yes I always test it before i add water.

This one is drooping. I cannot figure out why either. When the fan leaves curl upwards, that's an indication that it's heat stressed. This plant is not heat stressed. my pH is right. Nutes are full strength. Been giving them full strength the past 2 waterings.
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This one however, looks great. Fantastic node growth starting. Also the fan leaves and fingers look almost glossy at the top. I'm guessing that's another sign of a healthy plant.
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Checked my MIN/MAX temperatures this morning. Last nights highest in the grow room, was 87. The coolest was 63degrees F. It's average temp is about 77.

EDIT: Just thought of something. Both the plants shown here, are in MG soil. The one drooping, might be because of the nutes in the soil, and what i'm feeding it with my water. Which is only tea, fish emulsion, and peters 20-20-20. I'm thinking that it might be tooo much for "lil-droopy". Who knows, could be genetics, i have no fkn clue. Only time will tell i suppose.

Bump.

Not a single person in this WHOLE forums has apparently never encountered my "drooping" problem.

This amazes me.

mine always seam to droop when they need water. after i water them they always droop a little more but after about 2 or 4 hours they have bounced back and stand strait up.

Mine always droop when they need water too.

Update: Day 36 For the 3 big ones.
Day 17 for the 2 little ones.


Of course, the most stinkiest one..
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"Big Hauss"
This one is my healthiest of the few. Tons of node growth. Healthy looking fan leaves. Beefy main stalk. Overall my best one. Not sure if this one is starting to pre-flower yet or not. Looks like tight growth at the very top. Sex still undetermined.
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Sprout: A Sprout: B
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"Lil droopy"
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Not bad, they are all looking pretty good, 'cept lil droopy. Hopefully the mass amount of water i gave it will help it.

Things are looking better by the day. My "Big Hauss" Looks like she's pre-flowering. but i'm unsure what sex it may be.


They're up above thier respective pots.
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"Big Hauss" If you look closely at the node here. Looks liek a tiny bud forming? Or possibly a male pollen sack. My buddy has seen this one up close, and swears up and down it's female. I Can't tell as of yet anyway.
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Top of Big Hauss, up close it looks like pre-flowering.. *shrug*
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With each passing day, this one stinks to high heaven, and it's so young...
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Seedling: A
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Seedling: B
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"Lil droopy" Seems she's recovering well, i've concluded the leaves curling was due in part to a strong nute watering.
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My bubblelicious had the same things as your Big Hauss does on the nodes. They turned out to be more leaves. I posted a pic on my journal if you wanted to check it out.

mr2shim said:

My bubblelicious had the same things as your Big Hauss does on the nodes. They turned out to be more leaves. I posted a pic on my journal if you wanted to check it out.

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Very nice grow ya got there man! And i did some googling, and found something that might prove my Big Hauss being a female.

(Please note, this is not a pic of my plant, this is one i found!)
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Note the calyx there. Now on my plant, you see a tiny ball, and the node set of leaves. What i'mn thinking is (still too early to tell but..) That little ball may be the calyx, of a female plant. Guess we'll have to wait and see..

(Actual picture of big hauss for comparison.)
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I hope they do end up being hairs! I'd like to see mine get some soon. Still nothing. Really nice grow you have going btw.

mr2shim said:

I hope they do end up being hairs! I'd like to see mine get some soon. Still nothing. Really nice grow you have going btw.

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Thanks for taking the time to see my thread man, i appreciate the thanks.

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Here it is today, Big Hauss. I'm really leaning towards thinking this one is a male. :S

Try to look real closely to the top part of this pic, note the little balls, that looks like pollen sacks. But, they may also be a calyx..

Quick question, when the calyx does come out on a female plant, how long does it take the pistil to shoot out?

Thanks!

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Here's a shot of Big Hauss, just a few mins ago. Calyx, or male ball? Or is it still too early to tell?

Male!!!!!!!!

Looks like a male but if it were my plant I would give it another day or two max.

mr2shim said:

Looks like a male but if it were my plant I would give it another day or two max.

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I'm probably going to give it a bit more time than that, to be doubly sure. Maybe another week to be safe?

Yup, the more and more i look at Big Hauss each day, the more i can tell it's going to be a male. Not much of a loss really, it's just some mid grade shit, i threw in the ground. I actually expected a few males.