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 FugueRider
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 First Grow - NYCSD (Completed) 
#226028 - 05/13/09 07:02 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Here is the area where that I set up for my grow. This first pic is what it looked liked before I worked it into shape. The final growing area is two and a half feet by three and a half feet.
Here it is after I was done. The pics kind of suck, but you get the idea.
 
My light (400 Watt unit) has six inch ducts coming off of the light. So I have duct coming off of the light and out of the grow area.
It feeds down to the bottom of the door area and is expelled into a room where there is plenty of FAE coming in through an open window.
The duct on the left provides input of FAE into the room.
The whole thing is covered up with the blue sheet to keep it totally light proof for when I get to the flowering stage. The duct off to the right is for the input of fresh air. I just didn't see any need to cut it off yet. Also, the ghetto looking yoga bricks under the sheet are temporary. I just need to get another O clamp to bring the duct out far enough that the sheet doesn't' block the heat air coming out of the grow area. That will be fixed shortly.
I got five seeds (NYC Sour Diesel Kush) on a trade, and started to germinate them about a week to a week and a half ago. I forget exactly. Four of the seeds have sprouted, and one is about an inch and a half tall.
I will transplant them when they are a bit bigger (I guess).
So far, I have the nutrients that will get me though veg. I am going organic from the get go. I am heavy into organic and quality foods. So I figure I will do it for my plants. It is also true with everything else in life that garbage in = garbage out. So why the hell wouldn't it be this way with plants.
So that is everything so far. Any input is appreciated.
 Peace
Edited by FugueRider (09/05/09 03:37 PM)
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: FugueRider]
#232298 - 05/26/09 03:15 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well, all of my seeds germinated. Three of them however, died after I planted them. The guy that gave me the seeds said it may have been because the nutrients in the soil killed them, and to use neutral soil after germinating them next time.
At any rate, of the two survivors there is one that looks really strong (at least to me). They were feminized seeds, so I hope that the strong looking one is a female. Taking for granted that it is female, I am going to clone it in order to maximize my grow area (which can accomodate about seven to ten plants....depending on what size pots I use.
In the mean while, here is the strong one:
 
For now, I am wondering how big I should let this thing get before transplanting it. It is presently about five inches tall.
Edited by FugueRider (05/26/09 03:28 PM)
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: 81renaissance]
#234068 - 05/29/09 09:44 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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OK, I just transplanted. My plant has about six inches of height. The picture below isn't my own though. I didn't have the presence of mind to take my own picture while I was transplanting because I wanted to get it done with as quick as possible so as not to traumatize the plant. The roots in this image (harvested from the internet) is almost what my roots looked like. My roots were maybe like about three quarters of what this one looks like.
I was pretty surprised. I didn't expect my roots to be that developed yet. Is that about normal? I am just curious. I have been using advanced nutrients, and their whole trip is getting the roots to be as strong and rotund as possible (from what I understand anyway). I started using them a while back, and have since been advised that I should have waited. But it is too late now. I started them off at about 250 ppm, and have slowly bumped it up to about 500 ppm so far. I am wondering if the nutes are worth the bread I laid down for 'em.
Also...the guys at the hydro shop said that 1200 ppm is the outer limit of where I would want to go. So I was going to slowly push the ppm's up to about 1000 and stop there. But I would like to throw that past the board and see what peoples think.
Peace
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: FugueRider]
#235091 - 06/01/09 04:04 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Here is a pic of my plants this week. Actually, this is just one of 'em. The other one seems to be coming along fine, but the genetics just don't look as strong as this one. It is a lot wider than it is tall. At its widest point, it is barely shy of one foot wide, and the plant is five inches tall. I am pretty sure it is female. It has those characteristic "hair" looking things. I tried to take some pictures of it however, and my camera just ain't good enough. I gotta let the thing get bigger and then I'll post about the sex.
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: FugueRider]
#237717 - 06/08/09 06:28 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Big Bummer - I woke up this morning and found that my light was off. I hurried off to the hydro shop to find out what was busted, and it turned out that my ballast was out. So I bought a new ballast. The bummer thing is that it is possible that my lights had been off for a little over twelve hours at that point. I can't know how long, but twelve is possible. The guy at the store said that if I got the plant back onto its veg cycle, that I ran the risk of my plants maybe becoming hermaphrodites (taking for granted that they are both females). So he said I should go ahead and start flowering them. It was my first day of summer school, and I really didn't want to miss the first day and fall behind. So I had to take his word for it and rush home to get the thing set up. I didn't have the time to post and check with others about the matter.
So at any rate, I started my plants on a flowering cycle today. I am kind of bummed because they were really starting to take off, and were growing nearly an inch a day. Anyway, one of them is thirteen inches tall and has six nodes. The other one is eleven inches tall and has five nodes. So I am committed now I guess. At any rate, here is what I got:
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: FugueRider]
#239945 - 06/15/09 05:53 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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The genetics of these plants have really diverged. One is growing really tall...really fast, is a lot thinner, and is just under two feet tall. The shorter one is a lot more bushy, has a lot more shoots and is about five inches shorter than the tall one.
BTW - How long does it usually take for the sex of the plants to clearly manifest.
Also, given the attributes of the plants [(tall and thinner) vs. (shorter and bushier)]...does anyone have any idea which on will be a heavier yielder? Or does it not really matter. Just an idle curiosity.
Peace
Edited by FugueRider (06/15/09 05:56 PM)
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: Triptonic]
#242374 - 06/23/09 09:32 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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These two are of one of my plants:
 
These are of the other one:
 
I am thinking they are looking female. But since I are new, then I are seek help.
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: Inverted]
#242419 - 06/24/09 12:24 AM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Inverted said:
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Ojom said:
They both look like females to me. Not the best camera work, but I can easily see hairs in both pictures.
Don't confuse pistils with stigma... They tend to look nearly like female hairs if you aren't quite comfortable with sexing plants... just a thought. I recommend posting clearer pics in a day or few and I will for sure be able to tell then! Until then get fucked up and try not to think about your babies!
 Agreed
 This is a picture I took a while back when I had the same questions, that is where you look and you will see white hairs coming from there, its unmistakeable.
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: Yungpunk]
#245384 - 07/02/09 07:42 PM (15 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ok, here are the pics of my plants for this week. My camera ain't the greatest, but I tried.
Here is the first one:
And here is the second one:
 
Can any old hands tell the sex yet? I am thinking female, but I am also not real sure of myself.
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: geokills]
#247443 - 07/08/09 10:28 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Alright - This first pic is of the two plants looking healthy in general. I had to pull the really tall one over and tie it to the wall this morning since it is almost six feet tall now. (I turned it when it was under two feet.)
Here are some of the leaves looking nice and healthy...each leaf iss from a different plant.
 
Here are some of the chutes up top that have some pistols on them...but not very many:
 
I know these pics are kind of rough, I just can't get too close to be able to focus very well with my camera on the pistols.
Also, I am feeding it with Advanced Nutrients. I am using their sesni bloom 1 and 2; F1; H2; Big Bud and Bud Candy.
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: Triptonic]
#249618 - 07/15/09 07:29 AM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Here are some pics as I end week five of flower. There is at least enough flowering action that I can get a decent pic with my camera. Overall however, I just feel worried...like something is broken with my grow. There is no light leak. I know that for certain. Maybe this strain just has a REALLY long flower time.
I posted on Roll it Up.org, and some guy told me to reduce the lighting to 6/18 to help induce flwering. What does anyone here think of that. I'm not going to do it unless I get other confirmation that it may work to get this thing going a little bit.
 
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: FugueRider]
#253698 - 07/23/09 10:51 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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I ordered my Blue mystic and Mango from there a couple of weeks ago. Nice shipping right(the time and packaging method). The 5 free seeds you get are Mazar x Afghan. IIts supposed to be an Canabiss cup 2nd place winner crossed with Afghan to increase the yield. I planted one of each of mine and all 3 sprouted.
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: 81renaissance]
#254974 - 07/25/09 04:39 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Here are some pics. I think up until now, I have been thinking that the buds were new leaves that were growing. I thought that the pistils would just keep on sprouting, and then somehow become the buds. I opened up my closet this morning and thought "Jesus, those look like buds"! What do y'all think. The pics may not be good enough. If they are not, then I will wait another week and post some fresh ones.
   
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: Data]
#259303 - 08/03/09 09:26 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Well, my two plants started budding just fine. One of them is still budding just fine. Of the two plants, it is the one I always thought was stronger and the more vibrant of the two. Here are pics of that one.
  
The one that has kind of halted its budding process appears to be dieing. I have no idea why. There is no mold. I haven't changed the nutrient/feeding cycles. It just has kind of halted its growth and now appears to be dieing. The leaves are curling up, and are turning brown in some spots. It looks like nutrient burn, but I am pretty sure it can't be because nothing has changed in terms of nutes.
It is not a huge deal because I wasn't planning on using those genetics anymore anyway. That plant has been stretching like a maniac. It is like a border collie that really just needs to be outside. So I have a bunch of clones from the strong plant that are ready to turn as soon as this flowering cycle is through. I thought the flowering would be through sooner than it is, so those clones are getting a little bit bigger than I would like...given the way the other ones stretched. It would have been nice though to get a swell harvest of smoke from it. I don't know what I can do though unless someone here has some ideas.
Well, that is all for this week. I'll keep checking in for any ideas about what to do about this plant that seems to be dieing.
Peace.
Edited by FugueRider (08/03/09 09:32 PM)
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FugueRider
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Re: First Grow - NYC Sour Diesel [Re: FugueRider]
#266363 - 08/16/09 09:28 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Here is the status of things. My plants seem to be doing pretty well. Here are some pics of how they look. Of the two plants, one is definitely going to be a significantly heavier yielder. I have about eight clones of that one that are vegging under flourescents, and that are ready to turn as soon as I harvest these. So these are pics of that plant.
  
Both of my plants have started to show trichomes during the last week. I went out today and bought one of those little pocket microscopes from Radio Shack that magnifies to 100x. The trichomes are iconic little mushroom looking things, and maybe five to ten percent of them are starting to turn milky.
So my question now is when I should start flushing nutes. I have heard to start flushing as soon as I start seeing milky trichomes, but would like to check in before I go ahead and start flushing.
So what do y'all think?
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