Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by TarMac » Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:44 pm
just another quick update before I head off to work Ill post more picture then next, I took my fuchsia out of the grow tent and have it in the living room its making a good conversation piece and my mom stop and scooped up my little bougainvillea clone. Im sad but at the same time I felt like I had to many plants in the grow tent. My light timer finally came in happy about that and bought a 5 pack of Cheese Quake while i was at it. but anyhow heres just a couple of picture
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- SB #0
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- Deep Purple
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by SisterMaryElephant » Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:30 pm
How are you feeding those, what is your pH?
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by TarMac » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:42 pm
I am not using any type of feed but what's in the ocean forest for the veg state and plan to switch to subcools mix. I'm new to indoor growing I've grown outdoors just with soil like ocean forest for years but only with vegetables I've haven't had any experience with cannabis thou. I had an old friend from college he's an old timer look at my plants to check out two plants the leafs are droppy he said he couldn't tell because one of the plants was from seed bag so it could be genetics. Idk myself thou I'll take ph reading tonight or 2morrow morning
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by SisterMaryElephant » Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:49 pm
I certainly wouldn't count on that soil taking cannabis plants through a several week vegetative cycle without supplementing nutrients. Nutrient problems can be compounded by not having the right pH to facilitate uptake. Don't ignore pH and don't be afraid to give them nutrients as they grow either. You should always check the basics, temp/humidity/pH so you know those are good if other problems arise.
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by TarMac » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:09 pm
So I came home from work to a horrible site the timer that controls my fan and exhaust fan failed and my temperature in there was high I could feel the heat before even opening the grow tent. I don't know how long the fans were off but I can say the heat affected some of my plants. On SB #0 Whats your advice on her? When I touch the leafs they feel a little rough instead of smooth like my other plants.
never really used a test kit for my grows
Ph read for SB 0
SB 0 this is usual for a cannabis plant?
The only Veggie thats made it this far
My other Bag Seed #00
Now for The TGA team I by chance got lucky on Qrazy Train and TGA list this strain good for the pacific northwest areas and out of all the cannabis sprouts the Qrazy Train were the last to be germinated but are the best looking out of the group
First lady up is Deep Purple
Now my Qrazy Train Collection
I looked up more TGA strains and Im hunting down The Void, it's suppose to be another strain good for the pacific northwest area.
Real question is what is ur advice on SB 0 the dark areas are a little rough
Whats your take on it SME?
Im looking for another timer as well Im still using the one that failed I reset it but I need to replace it fast.
I'll leave with a group picture =]
- temp and humidity with fans off
- Wk4 temp & humidity.jpg (56.5 KiB) Viewed 2464 times
never really used a test kit for my grows
Ph read for SB 0
- Ph reading for sb 0
- wk4 Ph test SB 0.jpg (20.88 KiB) Viewed 2464 times
SB 0 this is usual for a cannabis plant?
- SB #0 the dark patches are rough to the touch
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- wk4 SB 0 2nd angle.jpg (24.99 KiB) Viewed 2464 times
The only Veggie thats made it this far
- My Jalapeno sprout
- wk 4 Jalapeno.jpg (22.7 KiB) Viewed 2464 times
My other Bag Seed #00
- SB#00
- Wk 4 SB 00.jpg (27.87 KiB) Viewed 2464 times
Now for The TGA team I by chance got lucky on Qrazy Train and TGA list this strain good for the pacific northwest areas and out of all the cannabis sprouts the Qrazy Train were the last to be germinated but are the best looking out of the group
First lady up is Deep Purple
- Deep Purple
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Now my Qrazy Train Collection
- Qrazy Train #1
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- Lady # 2
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I looked up more TGA strains and Im hunting down The Void, it's suppose to be another strain good for the pacific northwest area.
Real question is what is ur advice on SB 0 the dark areas are a little rough
Whats your take on it SME?
Im looking for another timer as well Im still using the one that failed I reset it but I need to replace it fast.
I'll leave with a group picture =]
- All My Ladies
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by TarMac » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:05 am
Just did another quick check on the girls the timer for my lights is working great, the one for the fans is working as well for now. A thought came across maybe the dark marks on SB #0 is from the cold temps at night? I have the light 17'' from the tops of the plants. But I did have the light much closer last week. Another reason a hydro set scares me if something electrical fails. But I guess everything has pros and cons right
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by rkymtnman » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:43 am
hey tarmac,
just checking out your grow and some of the pix. is the temp really 63F? i would go for closer to 80 degrees for Veg stage and for the young sprouts especially.
and don't let hydro scare you off. there is something called a "hempy bucket" (google it) that is the simplest form of hydro. no moving parts. but it's technically hydro.
good luck with the grow!
RKY
just checking out your grow and some of the pix. is the temp really 63F? i would go for closer to 80 degrees for Veg stage and for the young sprouts especially.
and don't let hydro scare you off. there is something called a "hempy bucket" (google it) that is the simplest form of hydro. no moving parts. but it's technically hydro.
good luck with the grow!
RKY
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by TarMac » Tue Oct 08, 2013 7:17 pm
thanks for stopping by and for the advice rkymtnman yeah Keeping my temperatures up is a challenge for me.
Today I was able to stop by my local grow shop and after an hour of talking to the manager I picked up some Dr.Earth Fish meal. I test my plants soil and the Ph result showed neutral across the board but there is a lack of food for my plants in the N-P-K areas. I started from seed in the ocean forest we are in wk 4 1/2 or so. So the food supply must be low now. I tested SB #0 Ph was good but no food. The Ocean forest I'm using has been sitting for around 5 or 6 months.
The 2nd test was on the soil, I wanted to see if the soil itself was bad.
After a long talk with the manager about all types of growing subjects she also helped me pick out some food for my ladies.
I left the shop with some Dr.Earth
I took about an 1''-1 1/2'' of top soil off for the fish meal to go ontop
then placed new ocean forest ontop of the fish meal
After I was all done with the fish meal, watered and mist
thats all for now lets see what Dr.Earth can do
Today I was able to stop by my local grow shop and after an hour of talking to the manager I picked up some Dr.Earth Fish meal. I test my plants soil and the Ph result showed neutral across the board but there is a lack of food for my plants in the N-P-K areas. I started from seed in the ocean forest we are in wk 4 1/2 or so. So the food supply must be low now. I tested SB #0 Ph was good but no food. The Ocean forest I'm using has been sitting for around 5 or 6 months.
The 2nd test was on the soil, I wanted to see if the soil itself was bad.
- Test results for 6+ old ocean forest
- Wk 4 Ocean forest soil test.jpg (46.39 KiB) Viewed 2453 times
After a long talk with the manager about all types of growing subjects she also helped me pick out some food for my ladies.
I left the shop with some Dr.Earth
- Dr.Earth Fish Meal.jpg (34.57 KiB) Viewed 2453 times
I took about an 1''-1 1/2'' of top soil off for the fish meal to go ontop
- some of the girls waiting in-line to get dressed
- Wk4 add line up.jpg (30.62 KiB) Viewed 2453 times
then placed new ocean forest ontop of the fish meal
After I was all done with the fish meal, watered and mist
- after all the ladies top dressed then covered
- Wk4 after additive group line up.jpg (34.21 KiB) Viewed 2453 times
thats all for now lets see what Dr.Earth can do
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by SisterMaryElephant » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:49 pm
I'd be shooting for pH closer to 6.5 than 7.0 too...
The fishmeal will help some but cannabis needs more than just NPK (and it'll want more P when you flower) so watch for deficiencies.
I actually think hydro is easier (and better) than soil but you do have to make sure everything works. DWC is great but if you add a controller bucket or use RDWC it's easier to maintain. Pros and cons is absolutely true...
The fishmeal will help some but cannabis needs more than just NPK (and it'll want more P when you flower) so watch for deficiencies.
I actually think hydro is easier (and better) than soil but you do have to make sure everything works. DWC is great but if you add a controller bucket or use RDWC it's easier to maintain. Pros and cons is absolutely true...
Disclaimer:
I still use HID and I'm NOT an LED expert. All of my LED knowledge is from other parties or research so I can't say from first hand experience one way or another. I also run a medical grow consulting business in SoCal.
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Re: Pacific NorthWest GFP
by TarMac » Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:07 pm
Hey everyone just another quick update. I think the issue to my SB# 0 was mainly cold temperatures at night I have a heater in there now on a timer. I'm waiting on some food for the girls to get here, I'm trying my best to stay as organic as I can but any how sadly my only jalapeno was attack by my chicken =/...I got distracted and yeah well the jalapeno was hurt quite a bit. But anyhow I think I got lucky when I went and bought my nutrients but hey its all about learning for me =)
I went on a limb on the soil I guess curiosity got the best of me. But In the final flowering stage Im going to use a mix of ocean forest and pot of gold by Dr.Earth but I saw this....
I re-transplanted the girls to test out this soil before moving to their final stop for their flowering stage. Now I'm debating when & how Im going to start trainning the girls. I think Ill do each of the canni ladies in different stages of topping and LST and at different node sites. Playing with the thought of mini Scrog with a tomato cage
most of the girls got the tips of their leaves timered back a little bit
SB# 0 showed dark discoloration before the fish meal and now...
Sb# 00
Now for the TGA collection
Deep Purple
Qrazy Train #2
Qrazy Train #1
ill do a more detailed post with my next update
I went on a limb on the soil I guess curiosity got the best of me. But In the final flowering stage Im going to use a mix of ocean forest and pot of gold by Dr.Earth but I saw this....
- HomeGrown POTting Soil
- Dr.Earth Soil.jpg (62.22 KiB) Viewed 2439 times
I re-transplanted the girls to test out this soil before moving to their final stop for their flowering stage. Now I'm debating when & how Im going to start trainning the girls. I think Ill do each of the canni ladies in different stages of topping and LST and at different node sites. Playing with the thought of mini Scrog with a tomato cage
most of the girls got the tips of their leaves timered back a little bit
SB# 0 showed dark discoloration before the fish meal and now...
- Wk 5 Sb #0 from seed
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Sb# 00
- Wk 5 Sb #00 from seed
- Wk 5 SB#00.jpg (20.85 KiB) Viewed 2439 times
Now for the TGA collection
Deep Purple
- Deep Purple wk 5 from seed
- wk 5 deep purple.jpg (25.95 KiB) Viewed 2439 times
Qrazy Train #2
- Qrazy train #2with 4 1/2wks from seed
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Qrazy Train #1
- Wk 4 1/2 from week
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ill do a more detailed post with my next update
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