An update is much needed as I have been hunting hermies for some days now and have been incredibly busy with such a tedius and seemingly nominal task. But it appears it has worked and my hermies are slowly producing less and less bananas, as i call em.
So far it does not look like they have spread and I hope to god they do not produce seed, I am expecting to get one or two seeds- think it would be nearly impossible to have removed the nearly 100 plus banana hermie heads and not have leaked any pollen- but i gave it my best effort. One or two seeds wont destroy me, but plants full of seed because I just didnt slash these two hermies will have me in tears. Lets hope that doesnt happen, I have no intent to be a breader at this time- would be a dream retirement job though! At this point the less seeds the better, unless there coming in the mail, which I need to do very soon.
Clones are doing ok, well 2 of them are, pretty sure quite a few are dead at this point, and I am pretty sure I may have to resort to cutting clones of my second mother to ensure I get the full 6 clones I am hoping to veg.
The Bagseed Girls Just hit their 6 week mark, which means they got another injection of bloom terra- thats their 3rd shot of it, every 2 weeks. Do to some plants having purple stems I up'd the doseage for some of the plants- seems they need more food. And I have yet to have any serious burn so they should be fine with a stronger dose.
I am starting to get very excited as they are definitly forming out and filling in. How much more should I be expecting in this last 3 weeks of growth? I am hoping I hit the ounce per plant mark, at a minimum, I think its safe to say a couple of my plants will provide that, based on how they look now, but for a couple other plants it seems they have a while to go.
When you look at the pics, notice how Fran and Pat look like they are behind schedule compared to the others, they are certainly slower developing Sativa's and I am debating whether I should leave them for 10 to 12 weeks insted of the 9 I planned for all plants. The other 4 should be ready by week 9 for sure, but those two are tall skymonsters. Only problem with prolonging their harvest- is I want to have the clones vegging in the MH bulb that runs of my HPS ballast- and right now that ballast is being used to flower the Bagseed Girls. So hopefully by the time I get around to that I already have the other 400 watt Hps ballast I am ordering. That way each room, veg and flower, has an HID with CFL and FL side lighting.
Temperatures have averaged around 76F and have not gone over 86F. Seem to have corrected that fan with the bathroom extractor fan.
Now for the Porn, its getting better and better, both the buds, and my bud porn skill. I used a double flash for these- one on a remote sensor that creates a perfect fill light, so the colors your seeing are about as true as my camera can achieve. It also makes those crystals sparkle. I also moved them out of the room into the darkness to snap more quality photo's for ya. Hope ya enjoy the porn, dont hesitate to critique it, trying to become a master pornsmith takes advice along the way.
But here it is:
First two are the always thirsty Andrea
Second two are the Skymonster Satvia Fran, first one's a full body, second is a close up
Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh, are Heidi- one full body, two upclose
Eigth, Ninth, and Tenth, are the recovering hermie's upclose photo's of Helga
Eleventh, Twelveth, and Thirteenth are recovering hermie Holly's upclose photo's
And Fourteen through Seventeen are Pat, another one of the tall sativa's. Pat has an incredible amount of dense side branching. The first pic of Pat shows her full body, the second shows her developing cola way up in the air, and the third shows her fur's not quite hairs- still white, and the Final pic is one of her side branches Cola, and it looks nearly as good as the top one. Pat has promise.
I am holding in there, dont think these hermies are gonna cripple my crop- or even the plants they infested!
I have been swamped at work- put in 60 hours! So I have got a lot of your journals to catch up on, I am off to do that- look forward to seeing whats happening, as always- you guys, and occasional girls- make this site the best community on the net! Thanks again!
Any comments- you know I love to hear em.
OB
. Stay tuned, the other 4 are really showing off now that the other 2 have lost their appeal, its as if they are trying to get my attention. Rapid growth, rewarding and exciting- the best part of growing minus the hermies.
