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My nursery seedlings are stretching too much, and...

Midnight Rider has 2-3 weeks left, so 300w over one plant at this stage is not critical

Yesterday, I moved one of the SS150s from the Midnight Rider tent to the nursery and moved the 3500k (~ 45w) from the nursery to Midnight Rider tent- not that I expect it to do much, but it can't hurt
 
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Big Mex is ~ 7-10 days from plucking

This is the first time growing her that I actually have some calyxes

I just changed its' nutes and reduced ppm by ~ 25%; now ~ 400ppm. May cut them in half in 4-5 days for 4-5 days then go to flush

Pics tomorrow
 
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always be flowering! thanks for the update. what a fun hobby; i procured some buy from the local dispo, and once again, connot compate to homegrown.
 
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PetFlora said:


Natural light spectrums contain not only the reds and blues, but obviously a ton of spectrums those lights do not

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thank you. i appreciate the response but i was thinking something a little more along the lines of published findings re: mono, di, or tri-chromatic illumination inducing mutations.

i definitely agree in the power and alchemy of sunlight (as well as other complex natural forces). i have seen numerous extremely healthy and vigorous plants grown vegetatively under di and and tri chromatic led grow lights. blooming not so much, though i have seen plenty of impressive results using those same fixtures supplemented with various types of 'white light.'

re: the power of sunlight argument - based on that argument wouldn't HID lights produce inferior flowers and ultimately induce mutations? i understand that these lamps have more complex and 'complete' spectra, but they certainly do not emulate sunlight.

i do recognize the importance of a well-rounded, complex spectra including non-PAR frequencies... even green has non-photosynthetic, developmental importance. i believe, however, that a complex, 'well-rounded' spectra dominant in blue and red could grow (and bloom if you got a little UV in there) very well.
 
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Nursery

Yesterday I added fresh nutes and the elbow from pump to tote separated so plants missed a few feedings. I noticed a good bit of wilted plants a few hours later. The plant in the right tote (lower right) was really bad. You can see one leaf did not survive. I am pleasantly surprised that she looks so good this morning

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Midnight Rider

She is a polyploid that I pollinated with a G13 male from the same seeds. Polys can be twice as potent.

The 2 primary colas (bifurcation) are in the lower left and far right. Both are donkey dick size. By spreading them out the lower branches are getting bathed in light consequently developing very nice colas as well


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BigMex

She is from Med-Man Silver Skunk Bx1 that I pollinated with BigMex male. Pic of lower portion was taken with flash, making it much easier to see all the ooey-gooey trics



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plastochron said:
thank you. i appreciate the response but i was thinking something a little more along the lines of published findings re: mono, di, or tri-chromatic illumination inducing mutations.

i definitely agree in the power and alchemy of sunlight (as well as other complex natural forces). i have seen numerous extremely healthy and vigorous plants grown vegetatively under di and and tri chromatic led grow lights. blooming not so much, though i have seen plenty of impressive results using those same fixtures supplemented with various types of 'white light.'

re: the power of sunlight argument - based on that argument wouldn't HID lights produce inferior flowers and ultimately induce mutations? i understand that these lamps have more complex and 'complete' spectra, but they certainly do not emulate sunlight.

i do recognize the importance of a well-rounded, complex spectra including non-PAR frequencies... even green has non-photosynthetic, developmental importance. i believe, however, that a complex, 'well-rounded' spectra dominant in blue and red could grow (and bloom if you got a little UV in there) very well.
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If you need scientific convincing, you're going to need to search on your own (and it my not be published), but consider this...

The reason why hps grows so well is simple- the spectrum it contains is highly conducive to quality cannabis, although it tends to cause a lot of stretching, while creating a lot of heat. Neither is good for indoor tent growers

Supplementing (or veging with HID (cool whites) makes for shorter bushier plants. Adding >600 reds at the flip makes for potent trics

Put them all together in one light and voila. Amare Technologies is among a small handful of led companies who understand how to optimize cannabis harvests
 
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A couple days ago I added ~ 2ozs of DM Zone to both rezes. Midnight Rider did not like it. Within 24 hours lots of leafs turned yellow and are dieing

Since BigMex is 95% red hairs I took the diluted nutes that I had just started her on a couple days ago and moved them to MR

Now flushing BigMex < 200ppm

Pics tomorrow
 
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Thinking it's time to go dark on BigMex as > 90% of the pistils are red. The few whites are at the very top of the colas

Thinking the pistils should continue to darken

Thoughts?

What's making me question is... the first pistils appeared back on Jan 28/29= ~ 45 days

Indica dom finishes quicker, but even Midnight Rider looks close

Could it be the Solar Specs finish plants faster?

FYI, I never get cloudy or amber trichs, even looking through a jeweler's loop

Pic 1-2 are BM bud close-ups

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3-4 Midnight Rider.
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Midnight Rider leafs are still turning yellow and the tips are definitely dieing.

Going to flush her for the rest of the day. Will increase flush cycles to one per hour
 
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BigMex is fattening up like crazy

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The nursery has really taken off under the Solar Spec 150! Note how tall the BigMex clones are compared to their mother at this stage: she was much shorter. They have stretched so much I thought they might be males. No, just the combination of the ufo 3500/5000, which provides more yellows
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Midnight Rider has recovered but, has lost a lot of her bulk. Her clones are looking very good under the SS 150
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BigMex Thankfully, I still haven't gone dark. She is definitely getting fatter, and only at day 50 from first pistils[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Note how dense she is between 20-30” BELOW the SS 260. No pop corn, just golf balls. Now that’s penetration

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Midnight Rider has recovered from the Zone mistake, but will likely harvest ~ 20% less than I would have.(Trust me, you need Zone my hydro store said). She continues to smell like grapefruit. Anybody know where that comes from... WW, WH or G13?

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Clones observations are interesting. The BigMex is much more prone to Mg deficiency, as can be seen due to light green leafs. I added Epsom salt to the foliar spray. Newer leafs look normal[/FONT]

This points out one good reason to use individual net pots when doing F & D with mixed genetics, as opposed to filling the tote/tray with rock.

As soon as I harvest the big plants these will be separated so specific nute requirements can be met

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Purple on main leafs

Purple on main leafs

I have never seen this before. At first I just thought it was a reflection of the mixed spectrum from the SS 260. But I looked closer today and no, this is integrated into the leafs (pics tomorrow)

This is my 3rd grow with Silver Skunk, although this is plant is my cross between the original BX 1 Blueberry Cheesecake and BigMex
seeds

Could this be the infamous Purple Haze showing up?

I still haven't gone dark and still no cloudy trichs at ~ 52 days from first pistils
 
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What blows me away the most is how thick she is > 24" below the light

Hi-Intensity LEDs for the win, unless you're growing in a short cabinet/space

Sigh! My camera just doesn't capture it fully

Pics 1- 3 are BigMex. I just turned off the SS 260.

The 2 lowest buds that I took a pic of last week have been drying in a thick paper bag. I just hit a small sample about 10 minutes ago. It's steadily creeping up.

May have to delay my motorcycle ride.


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And the take down begins

And the take down begins

I will do this over 2-3 days, saving the largest colas for last

65g + 78g. Probably 3-4xs this much is left

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I have been known to forget a few weigh-ins along the way, and have been accused of dishonest reporting later on. I swear it was refer madness :biggrin:

So these are low hanging fruit, although some of the branches are ~ 12" long

The Larf and leafs (36gms) are actually quite potent. I gift them to a buddy, who has been smoking earlier trimming results.
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He has also smoked the finished product from last 2 harvests, and is quite impressed with the early samples. This will be significantly better due to more trichs per blade
 
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