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ICB,

At least I have Q2 and her daughter to finish this grow.

The freind in California, who sent me these seeds, said his friend who is a grower/breeder had done the feminized trick to these seeds. I started with 5 Querkle and 2 Grand daddy Purple's. 2 of the Querkle did not germ and the other one that did got taken out when the CFL light crashed into the plants. So that left me two, during trimming I started the clones from Q1, four of them, and started one clone from Q2 when I was thinning it out. Only one of the GDP germed but it crashed on me two days after emergence.

My buddy in NM and I ordered together and I now have 5 WW, 3 Ice, 5 Afgan, all feminized. Next grow will be 2 WW and 2 Ice. I can do 4 in either reg. grow or Mainline.

I also have 10 free seed from our purchase, nondescript, so not sure what I will do with them. Maybe after a few more grows I will plant them all in one grow and hope for the best.

: I really like this light, but withholding judgement until I see how the flower goes.; Q2 and clone under the CFL SS400.jpg (583.32 KiB) Viewed 2882 times

: Q2's clone, hard to see but definitely a lady. :~} Oh yeah!!!!!; Q2's clone yippy..jpg (65.34 KiB) Viewed 2882 times

Peace out,

GR

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Re: New to the GFP

by gr865 » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:50 am

Day 7 of flower

See some but not that many pistols just enough to know they are ladies.

Not drinking that much but doing some stretch, about 4 to 5 inches last week. I would have expected more stretch, maybe this week. Did fix a couple of minor light leaks this morning and took some pictures.

Temps and humidity holding steady,

71 to 75 degrees
56 to 61 RH

I will be watering tomorrow or Wed. morning. May have to begin watering them separate as Q2 is drinking more than her daughter.

: Under the SS400, day 7 of flower.jpg (174.31 KiB) Viewed 2870 times

: Regular light - day 7 of flower.jpg (172.75 KiB) Viewed 2870 times

: Q2 day 7 of flower.jpg (151.94 KiB) Viewed 2870 times

: Q2's daughter day 7 of flower.jpg (144.64 KiB) Viewed 2870 times

: Tinkerbell flying around the top of Q2s daughter LOL day 7 of flower.jpg (134.95 KiB) Viewed 2870 times

Peace out,

GR

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Re: New to the GFP

by SisterMaryElephant » Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:59 am

I'd still want that humidity lower during flower and the temps a bit higher, if possible. I assume the spots I see are just hot-spots reflecting off the mylar (watch those too btw) but other than that, they seem healthy.

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: New to the GFP

by gr865 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 9:21 am

SME,

Got my temps up to 78 with lights on and 72 off.
RH is still at 60 lights on, and 63 lights off.
Ordered new fan and filter, dehumidifier has to wait, $ problems.
Yes that is reflections off the Mylar, I rotate the plant at least daily, most of the time multi times during the day.

Question?

I have been using 600 to 700 ppm nutes. I was reading last night and read that I should be at 1300 t0 1500 ppm during flower. What is the correct number to shoot for?
Today I watered and nuted with 975ppm, just want to get it right.

: Q2 11-6-13 - 1.jpg (165.69 KiB) Viewed 2863 times

: Q2 11-6-13.jpg (76.12 KiB) Viewed 2863 times

: Q2 11-6-13 - 2.jpg (88.99 KiB) Viewed 2863 times

: Q2 11-6-13 - 3.jpg (85.38 KiB) Viewed 2863 times

: Q2's daughter 11-6-13.jpg (164.69 KiB) Viewed 2863 times

That's it for now.

Peace out,

GR

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Re: New to the GFP

by ItsCurtisBaby » Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:45 pm

Hey GR,

Great to see you have some pretty ladies on your hands! After all this work, I know it feels good. Must have been painful to see Q1 get chopped.

I'll be watching Q2 closely, can't wait for her to grow up!! Timing should be good to help me decide how much trimming I will be doing the next time around...

ICB :mrgreen:

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Re: New to the GFP

by SisterMaryElephant » Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:02 pm

There is no one specific number to shoot for based on stage of growth. I use the Lucas Formula, in hydro, for the entire grow. What matters is how healthy the plants are. If the lower PPM shows signs of deficiency then raise it, if the higher PPM starts causing problems, lower it.

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Re: New to the GFP

by gr865 » Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:26 pm

Thanks Curt, any help I can be just ask. I can kill them with the best of them. LOL

SME, They are just not giving me the stretch I was expecting and wondering if it is not nute problems or deficiencies.
I have not figured out the Lucas formula yet. I am just going with the GH recommendations.

One thing I have noticed with this Mainline grow, that is that the branches that broke and I attempted to make work are much smaller than the good mainline branches. I really noticed it on Q1 the fifth branch that was a single was twice as thick as the other branches. The two small ones on Q2 are barely growning compared to the rest of the plant.

I will be trying this again, next grow I want to have 4 mainlines in the box, two WW and two Ace. Hasve an order in for White Rhino, which will be the next falls grow.

GR

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Re: New to the GFP

by SisterMaryElephant » Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:34 pm

Could be genetics or just accidently good environmental conditions. If you want to give them more food, try it. You can always readjust if it's too much.

LF just uses the bloom and the micro and it uses the same strength (PPM/EC) for the entire grow. LF was designed for hydro though, so I have no idea what that would do in soil.

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Re: New to the GFP

by gr865 » Thu Nov 07, 2013 11:27 am

Day ten of flower,

Well at today's measurement the ladies have grown about 7 inches since the start of flower, not sure how much more they will grow, but I really don't expect much more. The profile of this plant on TGA's website says they are a short squatty plant, so this may be it. I got room for more growth.

They are looking good and healthy, pic's soon. More pistols daily.

Peace out,

GR

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Re: New to the GFP

by gr865 » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:22 am

Just a few pics taken with today's feeding/watering.

Q2 has grown about 10 inches in the past three weeks, 11 days of that under 12/12. Q2's daughter not as much and also not as much pistol growth as Q2.

Cut a lot of undergrowth back today, some hidden shoots and fan leaves on the lower portions of the plants.