Whitewidow-ak48-hindu kush 4' t5 grow

here is my new grow...
outline:

lights - 8 bulb 4'x2' t5, all grow bulbs. love this thing!
just a few inches over the plants, temp stays around 77

plants - soaked 5 white white widow and 5 ak48 (nirvana) on 3/21/08, planted 3/22
as of now i have 5 AK and 4 WW, (ill get pics tonight if you're lucky) and one AK is mutant with 3 sets of leafs instead of 2.. his name is tripod. 3AK and 3WW are all about the same size and maturity makes it easy to use the flouro. right now i have 5 bagseed in some water i will plant tonight, as well as 10 hindu kush (nirvana) that i will be planting sometime during this grow.

out of this i will be picking 1ww, 1ak, and maybe 1bs for a mom. i will be keeping pretty detailed records all through till drying. i want to establish a SOG

this weekend im rebuilding the room, will probly frame in the bottom (floor is cold concrete) and frame in the veg room right outside the flower room and hang up some panda. as well as installing some door locks. room is behind 3-4 locked doors.. call me paranoid

im probly going to order another T5 like this for the flower room, and i am looking at this growroom software Growtronix, Greenhouse Controller and Grow Room Computer Automation System
other then that i would like to buy/build a hydro system once i get some mothers picked.

thats all i can think of right now
thanks for reading!

Jr.

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just planted 2 of the nicer looking bagseeds that pop'd... this will just be for fun and as grow room fillers once i find out the sex of the others...

also need to repot this weekend ....add that to the list

content coming soon, i promise. got to find my camera.. think its at the office

temp 78

DAY 31 of veg

4WW all 7-8" tall and 10-11 leaf sets
4AK all 4.5-6" tall and 8-11 leaf sets
2BS one 5 leaf set, one 3rd leaf sets
one runt ass AK that is a month old and is an inch tall... it is a horrible plant that deserves to die
but for the sake of science i will let it live. for now.

most in 3 gal pots
the best AK and best WW are in 5 gal pots
(most nodes, shortest, most rugged, fastest shoot growth)

think iv decide to put the BS at a secure outside location
ill let em veg a little longer and once the weather gets a little better ill go for a hike

i also installed a DIY co2 bottle behind the fan (sugar, water, purple... i mean activated yeast)

i mist them a couple of times a day, they seem to like it. but i will stop once flowering starts
hopefully this coming weekend
still a few things i need to get to finish up the veg and flower rooms.
sorry for the lack of pics, the room isnt done yet and they arent that really exciting to look at?
once i have it the way i want it, and its something to be more proud of you guys can check it out
(untill then i am aware i will get about the same amount of traffic, i can deal)

J.r

DAY 40 of veg
looked at them last night... and all the WW are showing sex... 3 female and i THINK a male... but ill keep an eye on it...
(ww are all 12-15" tall)

lights are still on 24/7... once the clones i took are stable ill put into flowering

DAY 41 veg
looked closer during watering last night... 6 females, 3 ww and 3 ak. one ww i THINK is a male and the mutant AK... tripod.. isnt showing sex yet...

i took more clones and putting the big ones into flowering 2moro (need to get a better timer, with a ground) the clones will probly go into flowering too in a few weeks

i will probly move the male off once i know for sure, and collect some pollen to cross back with my fav WW and cross with the ak48... what would that be called!? and maybe later with the hindu k

right now i have 8 plants that are almost at 6 weeks of veg, and 26 clones (20 of which are from females) in 2 DIY easy cloners. it worked out nicely that the 2 favorite most rugged plants in the bigger pots are both female.
so if i keep one of each plant as a mother and flower the rest of the clones that leaves me with 6 big plants and 14 clones... then once i decide the 2 i like the best ill flower the other 4 in a few months.


i have used no nutes other then whats in FF ocean forest mix, and superthrive with every watering.

got pics but im tired... night all!

GROW DAY 42
DAY 1 of flower

picked up a grounded timer and a 4" duct fan from the local hydro store.. after i get done with yard work i will install it

i see the first faint root hairs on the first set of clones

peace

DAY 46, 4th day of flower

got some pics for u

here is the Best AK48 at day 36 of veg



Best WW at 36 days veg, taking clones


First sec of clones taken on day 36 of veg, in bubbler 11 days?


second set of clones taken at 40days veg, been in the bubbler 6 days


the 2 bagseed, 28 days old... spent most of it under T5s


3ww and 4 ak, 3 days on 12/12

my christmas tree farm

sorry for the absurdly large pics

bump... nothing? really?
comments, questions?

oh yea i moved the male WW to a sunroom in some bay windows (no chance of anyone seeing him, at all)... really interested in breeding him, hes very talk dark and handsome. leaf is very dark, almost black/green when its not under the T5's.

and i still haven't added any nutes...im thinking i will start at 2 weeks in 12/12... heard good things about tiger bloom, figure ill pick some up this weekend. anyone have any experience with it?

the AK with 3 leaf sets (tripod) seems to be a male... so i moved him out with the other male.

so 6 females

Looks good Bro, should do alright, plants look nice and happy anyways

GROW DAY 49, 1 week in flowering

thanks toker! i just pulled the clones from the males (6) so im down to 20 clones, 10ww 10ak
big girls got some nutes last night..MG
the tallest WW grew into the light over night... only a little bit of burn damage.

put the smaller BS into flower since we have room, and the taller one will go outside next fullmoon, so he will be a week after the big girls, and then maybe 10-14 clones will go in if they all make it... slow root growth.

Hey Hemlock,

Damn, those babies look beautiful! I've been thinking about using T5's for flower cabinet I am building. 2'X4'X6', 200cfm exhaust fan and circulating fans... what do ya think? Will it stay cool enough if the ambient temps are in the mid 70's?

~Rock~

THANKS! they get a lot of attention haha

i love it, it went way beyond what i expected in veg, hopefully it will do just as well in flower, i haven't changed the lights out from full spec yet.

i think your set up sounds fine! its about what we are working with.. 2.5'x8'x7'-.5" (under stairs)... the light fits perfect with room to move it around on both sides and about 5' + of clearance for the area that the lights cover.

my rooms was also naturally in the 70s and with this light i added just a regular oscillating fan and never had a temp prob (never over 90's) i have seance added a 6" inline fan on the exhaust and i notice when the lights come on it will start at about 68-69 and go to about 74 while i do whatever in the garden... then it stays like that throughout the day (i usually leave the flowering room flap open during the day (no smell yet, and i plan on adding CO2 so it will change) but i dont think you will have a problem.

when i added 6 CFLs (mixed kinds) it jumped to mid 90's real fast.. so i took those out. i plan on addinf more t5s to pretty much box the whole thing up, you can link them together pretty easy, and even in growing at 2 diff heights it seems to still work fine, i can only imagine it will work better with a SOG. i already have the stuff ready for HPS if we want to. but we will se how this works

GROW DAY 54
picked up some tiger bloom, some big bloom from the hydro and statyed feeding them that.
took 17 more clones and put em in rockwool... so as of right now i have 10 in one bubbler, 10 in another and 17 in rockwool under a humidity dome
so 37 clones... hopefully some will take haha

hey man nice grow, been keepin an eye on this, im just completing my ak48 grow and have harvested one of my 4 ladys last week, hung her to dry for 5-6 days and today the buds are dired and in jars, let me tell ya...

this ak48 strain is kick ass, very sticky but the hit is very hard and strong, the smell is other worldly and best of all it was very straightforward to grow.

you wont regret the strain my friend, good choice, i just wish you could feel what im feeling right now (just smoked a blunt of this ak shit and its 10am here haha)

wish i could be there, lol!!! what kind of yield did you get off your plant gethigheveryday?

i havent got scales but i reckon about 15-20grams of this plant dried, but this is the smallest out of my other 3 which im yet to harvest.

its unreal how good the smoke is man, the taste is the best iv ever tasted.