150w HPS in stacked Rubbermaid - HGL GROW !

[hgl]

Update 17 Fev 2010:


YES!!!! They got better in only 1 or 2 days!!!

Those pics were taken yesterday!

PS. My friend just called me to tell my that at this very moment... they look even more healthy and he told me that the small plant you see on the picture is almost the same size as the other one!

Wohou!!!

Many thanks for your help and time! More update to come

 

[mad librettist]

so how did you fix it?

 

[hgl]

I watered them 16 February with 20-20-20 diluted at about 1/3 recommended strength!

Other than this I don't see what I did differently!

 

[hgl]

Here is a video of my box!
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=124cynt&s=6

 

[hgl]

Update 24 Feb 2010 :

Update 24 Feb 2010 :

Hey! Some new pix for you guys! They are all very health (I think)!!!!!

Do you think I should transplant them in bigger pots?

I'm currently building a small mother/clone cab in a different box...

My plan is to clone all of them to determine which of which plants are female or male and keep 2 mother.

One of them have some weird coloration on the new leaves.... anything I should be worried of?

 

[hgl]

With the few last pic... can you tell how many time I can let them go in those little Styrofoam cup before I need to transplant them in bigger pot?

Thanks!

 

[mad librettist]

I imagine that by the time they are ready, you can just loosen the root mass a bit by gently squeezing and rolling the cup in your hand, then just pull on the plant. The whole root ball will come out in one piece. Then you can watch, and if the roots start to go around the outside, it's time to repot.

How long this will take really varies by everything.

 

[JustaGuy420]

Those guys are looking pretty green and nice. Good luck man. I'll be watching this.

 

[hgl]

Update 1 March 2010

Update 1 March 2010

Some new picture of the baby!!

I think they are doing pretty good so far!

The following picture is the plant on the bottom right

Side shot:

Top shot:

The following picture is the right plant in middle row

Side shot:

Top shot:

Thanks for watching

 

[hgl]

Update 13 March 2010

Update 13 March 2010

Alright guys, some update for ya'll!!!

I transplanted them in bigger pots!

They where in Miracle Grow Potting Soil (.14 - .14 - .14)

They are now in this mix :

5L Garden Soil (dirt)
2L Miracle Grow Potting Soil
2L Perlite
1L Vermiculite
3 tbsp Bone & Blood meal

The plants on the right side of the picture were LST'ed before the transplantation... I remove the tie so they look weird... gonna re LST them soon! Just want to see what happens without tie Is the plants going to go back full height?

In one or two week I'll cut off the top of each plants and try to root them, veg them a bit and put them in the flowering chamber to find my female and then get rid of the male...!



peace

 

[hempknowsis]

lookin good man

 

[hgl]

Update 22 March 2010 : Clone were made

Update 22 March 2010 : Clone were made

Picture from 15 March 2010

After those picture we made some clones with the top of almost each plant! This is what we ended up with...

Picture from 22 March 2010
We managed to clone only 5 of them... 2 are uncloned because not very ready... one was LSTed and the other isn't big and strong enough to take cut from it...

The top of one of the plants we topped to take our clone

Group shot! The cab is getting filled up slowly! I like it

The clone were taken 2day ago! Hopefully I'll see roots very soon so I can put them in bloom to know WHICH ARE MY FEMALE!!!

 

[MeanBean]

Looks great, Lots Of nodes, lots of leafs, still little babies!

 

[hgl]

I am very anxious about my clone.... :S

I topped the plants at about 4 nodes from top. pelled away the last node. dipped in rooting gel. planted them in jiffy peat pellet. squeezed them in place. and vaporized them...

What could go wrong?

 

[hgl]

Update 28 March 2010

Update 28 March 2010

Some update for you guys! We are building a second smaller rubbermaid box that will be used to house the mother plant and the clone for a perpetual grow thing... (hopefully)

All plants are doing very good!

One of the clone is starting to have mold on it but is still green.... other 5 clones are looking very nice! No sign of roots 1 week after cut... hopefully they'll do fine in the next week! I'll get you some picture soon!

I took picture of all plant, side shot and top shot. I'll try to upload them all one time... I have 3 LSTed and 4 normal... they all look very very different!!

Here is a picture of one of the plant... very bushy and healthy! Hopefully it will be a female!

Cab is looking very good!!! Woot!!!

 

[j-villain]

Hey, man. Good save. Just started reading this today; I would've helped sooner but everyone here seems to know their shit. Kudos, people. Go to your nearest garden store and get some fungus/mite spray. They should have a combination spray real cheap, already in the spray can. I used to use that stuff weekly and never had a problem with it. I can't remember who makes it, but it says "organic" on the front. I'm a water guy too. It seems you are competent with the nutes, though. Wish you the best on the femmes, later.

 

[lowrydergrower]

everything is looking really nice, this should be fun to see how this turns out.

 

[hgl]

Update:

All the cloned died except one... and it's one that I didn't identify so I don't know from which plants it came

We installed the HPS lamp,builded an carbon filter and a mother/clone box...

I'll have some picture soon!

 

[j-villain]

oh, yeah. one more thing. if you use tap water (i did), let it sit for 24 hours or so before watering. you probably knew this, but it can be fatal to your plants in certain areas. Also, I'm back in the states now and will be back to business soon. Awesome.

 

[hgl]

Update 10 May 2010

Update 10 May 2010

I've switched the Rubbermaid box to HPS.... April 12th ! It has been almost one month and they really kicked off! They are still in 24/24 light cycle!

They got a bit too close to the light so I chopped some of them yesterday... We just need to remake the carbon filter and all should be good! The first filter we made was too thick so the air doesn't go that well trough the filter!

When we finish the filter... those baby are going to full 12/12 !!!

I took 35 clones agains and this time I think I got them to roots all!!!!

Jiffy pellet + Cloning Gel + hot, humid box + 54w of 6500k CFL.... paradise! They almost all showed roots within 10 days!