Gastanker
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you can use a seltzer bottle. They call em soda sipons for some reason - http://www.giantsavings.com/isisosibral2.html
Or get a cracker like you take whip-its with - can find these in most head-shops for like $10-20
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Or get a cracker like you take whip-its with - can find these in most head-shops for like $10-20
greenzebra
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Or just make a cheap DIY co2 bottle:
1. Get any bottle you're going to throw away
2. Fill it up halfway with water
3. Pour in a bunch of sugar
4. Put a packet or two of yeast in
5. Make a hole in the cap big enough for a pencil to fit through.
6. Screw the cap on
7. Plug the hole in the cap with your finger and shake the bottle
8. Voila, co2.. Shake as needed (when you see your ingredients seperating)
When you shake it up you should feel air push out from the hole at the top when you let off.. Thats the co2 being created by the yeast that is feeding on the sugar and expelling their waste.. As I understand it anyhow. I just put mine by my fan and it seems to work just fine. It will start to smell like alcohol and bread after you shake it up each time, but that's completely natural and doesn't hurt your plants.
1. Get any bottle you're going to throw away
2. Fill it up halfway with water
3. Pour in a bunch of sugar
4. Put a packet or two of yeast in
5. Make a hole in the cap big enough for a pencil to fit through.
6. Screw the cap on
7. Plug the hole in the cap with your finger and shake the bottle
8. Voila, co2.. Shake as needed (when you see your ingredients seperating)
When you shake it up you should feel air push out from the hole at the top when you let off.. Thats the co2 being created by the yeast that is feeding on the sugar and expelling their waste.. As I understand it anyhow. I just put mine by my fan and it seems to work just fine. It will start to smell like alcohol and bread after you shake it up each time, but that's completely natural and doesn't hurt your plants.
bakedat420
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Happy 4:20!Stay High!
bakedat420
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Females!
so i jus went into my flower room to check on my babies after the lights came back on...and...2 FEMALES!...my biggest (beatrix) and my lil'est mila(which actually was still in veg) are girls!...needless to say mila is now in the flower room...i think i also have identified a male...the others havent seen anythin yet...so now my day has gotten alot better!
so i jus went into my flower room to check on my babies after the lights came back on...and...2 FEMALES!...my biggest (beatrix) and my lil'est mila(which actually was still in veg) are girls!...needless to say mila is now in the flower room...i think i also have identified a male...the others havent seen anythin yet...so now my day has gotten alot better!
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fureelz
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Hannan isnt a male is she? 
KolorBlind
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bakedat420
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hannah i havent been able to notice yet...the ones i have noticed are of a different strain...i will post some pics tomorrow not sure if you can see the pistils tho cause when i try the digital zoom it doesnt focus
KolorBlind
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Well if youre camera has a macro mode use it with no zoom. Otherwise get a magnifying glass if u hve one and use no zoom. Zoom is your enemy when its a digital zoom, optical zoom is the only way to get good clear pics. If none of the above methods are available just get the camera as close to the plant as possible and use something to steady it (mini tripod is best if available) and that should produce a better pic than zooming. As long as you can get the camera to focus well, the pistils should be visible in the pic, remember the pic will be about 3-6 times the size once you post it. As long as its focused well, the size of the image alone should be good enough to see pistils. hope that helps.
KB
greenzebra
Active Member
Congratulations on the females man! It looks like everything is going real well too. Hopefully you'll end up with a lot more of them. You could always plant that male outside somewhere in case you decide to pollinate a branch or something.. If not, make sure to get it outta there!
bakedat420
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UPDATE
another female
!!! that makes 3(beatrix, kiss, and mila)...4 unknowns and 2 males(april
and angie)
(placed outside)so far...have pics but have to upload on another computer my wont upload pics(couldnt really get any good ones of some pistils
)...so now that i have some females flowering i have questions...gastanker kiss-ass...ok sooo when can i start adding some molasses and how much per gallon water...can i add some flower nutes(suggestions?) to the superthrive(1/4teaspoon per gal.) and molasses or is that too much?...right now each plant is taking about 1/4 a gallon per like every 4 to 5 days....when can i start cloning and "lollypopping"...leave the top cola and like 3-4 nodes down?...anyways like i said i will try and get some pics up tonight...time to smoke to the new female!...stay high!
another female
!!! that makes 3(beatrix, kiss, and mila)...4 unknowns and 2 males(april and angie)(placed outside)so far...have pics but have to upload on another computer my wont upload pics(couldnt really get any good ones of some pistils)...so now that i have some females flowering i have questions...gastanker kiss-ass...ok sooo when can i start adding some molasses and how much per gallon water...can i add some flower nutes(suggestions?) to the superthrive(1/4teaspoon per gal.) and molasses or is that too much?...right now each plant is taking about 1/4 a gallon per like every 4 to 5 days....when can i start cloning and "lollypopping"...leave the top cola and like 3-4 nodes down?...anyways like i said i will try and get some pics up tonight...time to smoke to the new female!...stay high!
bakedat420
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PICS
ok heres the pics i promised eariler finally got em uploaded...like i said you cant really see the pistils but i tried for KB...
Beatrix:
Beatrix in flower room:
My 3 girls...mila, kiss, beatrix
all of em in flower room..3 on left unknowns:
ok heres the pics i promised eariler finally got em uploaded...like i said you cant really see the pistils but i tried for KB...
Beatrix:
Beatrix in flower room:
My 3 girls...mila, kiss, beatrix
all of em in flower room..3 on left unknowns:
KolorBlind
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Haha, that is awesome man. Thanks for taking some pics for me 
You can actually kinda see th epistils in the first pic, and they definately look like females from the overhead pics too!! Your plants look freaking GORGEOUS!! I love how dark green the leaves are on Beatrix!! 7 out of 8 of my seeds have sprouted now and they are looking SOOOOOO much healthier than my last grow! Its such a great feeling when things just go right every now & then isn't it? haha!
Don't know if you've noticed my new thread or not but you're more than welcome to come check it out. To think, if my first grow had gone well we would still be neck & neck lol. I only WISH I had 3 beauties like that right now, in due time though. Again, thanks for taking the pics.
+rep for the magnifying glass
KB
You can actually kinda see th epistils in the first pic, and they definately look like females from the overhead pics too!! Your plants look freaking GORGEOUS!! I love how dark green the leaves are on Beatrix!! 7 out of 8 of my seeds have sprouted now and they are looking SOOOOOO much healthier than my last grow! Its such a great feeling when things just go right every now & then isn't it? haha!Don't know if you've noticed my new thread or not but you're more than welcome to come check it out. To think, if my first grow had gone well we would still be neck & neck lol. I only WISH I had 3 beauties like that right now, in due time though. Again, thanks for taking the pics.
+rep for the magnifying glass
KB
Gastanker
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Your plants are looking amazing! Well done for sure. I'de start adding molasses now. I add a tablespoon per gallon and use it every watering. You should prolly add bloom nutes as well. I'm not really one to recommend brands as I only have expirience with what I'm currently using. Here is what I do - keep in mind that most probably wouldn't recommend my approach:
I keep three separate watering containers - Veg has vigoro all purpose plant food 24-8-16 diluted to 1/10 strength, flower has flora nova one part bloom 4-8-7 tbls per gallon along with 1 tbls molasses, and the third container just has molasses. I am growing multiple strains which develop differently from eachother so i customize each watering. My plants will either take 2 cups water every day or 3 cups every other day - i prefer the everyday. So when I water I mix the three mixtures depending on the plant and its age. I generally start with just veg, then half veg half flower, then just flower, then half flower half plain molasses, then just plain molasses. I use my nute mixes every day and flush every few weeks.
I keep three separate watering containers - Veg has vigoro all purpose plant food 24-8-16 diluted to 1/10 strength, flower has flora nova one part bloom 4-8-7 tbls per gallon along with 1 tbls molasses, and the third container just has molasses. I am growing multiple strains which develop differently from eachother so i customize each watering. My plants will either take 2 cups water every day or 3 cups every other day - i prefer the everyday. So when I water I mix the three mixtures depending on the plant and its age. I generally start with just veg, then half veg half flower, then just flower, then half flower half plain molasses, then just plain molasses. I use my nute mixes every day and flush every few weeks.
Gastanker
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Oh yeah, I forgot to comment on the clones/lollipoping. You should take the clones now - reverting from full flower back to veg is a pain to wait for. Did you want to lollipop? If so just take all your cuttigs from the bottom - feel it out for each plants on how many to take - if the shoots are short they will grow close to the stalk and fill in the main cola but if they are already branchign way off then cut them. I took off around 4 nodes on each plant. Another thing you could do is grow em bushy and just cut off the smallest shoots to use for clones.
bakedat420
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awesome man im soo grateful for all of the advice!...alright ima take the clones probaly tomorrow that way i can go get some root hormones, pots, and some more soil...so pretty much if i take clones it kinda automatically lollypops it...if i clone now it wont stress them into hermies will it?
Gastanker
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none of my clones have hermed. two of my 6 plants each grew one set of balls on a lower branch - most likely light stress and not cutting stress (hopefully the seeds I made are feminized
)
bakedat420
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light stress like not enough light?...anyways found another female today!!! 4 females 2 males 2 unknowns...havent noticed any sacs on my females so hopefully no herms...so if i do get a herm i wanna put her outside or somewhere else right cause it will fuck all of em right...and it will still be decent bud jus seeds in it right?...anyways time to smoke to my new baby girl...stay high!
KolorBlind
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Thats awesome man, grats on lady #4. Named her yet?
bakedat420
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number 4 is mallory knox! hannah and jessie jane still an unknown
Gastanker
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Light stress as in light leaks or exposed to light during lights off period. Congrats on the new girl! If you get a genetic hermy you might as well ditch it unless you want to make hash or hash oil. A genetic herm will get soo seedy that the smoke will be pretty unpleasent. If you get a female to later herm on you then it will only produce a couple bannanas and if you keep up with them you should be fine - can also use this pollen to make feminized seeds.