First grow 10 strains 1kw advice welcome

[Ghost25]

I wanted to try a bunch of different strains for my first grow, I love sativas so I went for at least half of the strains with sativa like qualities, I also wanted to try a number of the well known classic strains. The strains are:

Northern lights
Durban poison
White widow
Jack Herer
Sweet tooth
Fruit (autoflower)
Cheese
LSD
C99
Critical mass

For medium I am using a mix posted by user Phillthy:

1/2 bale of Promix BX
1 bag Fox Farm Fcean Forest
1 cup bone meal
1 cup blood meal
1 cup dolomite lime
1 cup earth worm castings

I inoculated the mix with additional mycorrhizae and bacteria with Mycogrow in the soluble formulation.

I germinated the seeds directly in the soil in solo cups under 24hr light from a 14 watt LED then I added some 24 watt 6700k CFLs first five and later three more for a total of eight CFLs plus the LED all the time 24/0. I moved them to bigger pots (1 gallon I think) topped them and but fucked up and they stayed in the small pots too long so now they're in pots in the 2.5-3.5 gallon range and starting to catch up.

About five days ago I moved them under a 1000 watt EYE Hortilux, mounted in a Magnum XXXL on a 18/6 schedule. For ventilation I have a 550 CFM fan with a carbon filter which also cools the hood. I also tied most of them down to keep them short.

My biggest concern is that they were planted Jan 22 and germinated a few days after but they are still quite small (they did grow with very short internode lengths.) My grow area is about 6' tall but most of my plants are less than 12". How far off from flipping to 12/12? Any other suggestions?

 

[frankenstein2]

Can we get some shot's of the room with the 1000 watter and the plants under it. Would be a better tool for me to use to see when I would flip them. A lot of the timing of the flip has to do with strain , it's stretch, and total available space for the plants. From what I can see I would give them a week or two before I flip them. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Ghost25]

I saw preflowers on two plants so I went ahead and flipped them. I'll get some more pics up later.

 

[Ghost25]

Here's an update. 12/12 started 3/15/14 these were taken 4/20/14. I put some worm castings on the soil because I was worried they might not have enough nutrients. I also started feeding with Maxibloom. A few plants got light burn, I have since raised the hood but it is still very low (the Cheese and C99 are contacting the glass) I will raise it but I need to get someone to help me.

The Fruit is doing well, and I want to know if I should harvest it. It's been 88 days since I planted the seeds and most sources say autoflowers should be done in 50-60 days. I looked at the trichomes under a scope they seemed mostly cloudy; no amber. I don't want to harvest too early but I feel like it's been a long time.

Fruit in daylight

 

[Ghost25]

 

[Ghost25]

Found a few amber trichs on the upper most buds of the Fruit so I cut the top and hung it. Letting the lower buds mature a few more days before I harvest them.

 

[Midnight Tokar]

I got Dinafem Fruit as a freebie and grew it out. It only took 70 days total with 7 weeks flower and had 10% amber trichs. It only yielded about 1/2 ounce and was really frosty. The taste and smell was definitely grapefruit, the high was very heady and good for doing things. You definitely can't use it for sleep.

 

[Ghost25]

Yep the Fruit was a freebie.

The Durban Poison suffered some light burn and appears to have hermied, I found maybe 5-7 or so stamens they were all at the upper most part of the colas. I cut the top 1/2" or so off of each. Should I just kill it? I would really like to save it but I would hate to fuck up every other strain in the room. What do you think?

 

[Midnight Tokar]

I didn't see where you said how long the DP has been flowering. I would probably just keep a real close eye on it, especially if you think it was caused by the light stress. If they are in the last few weeks of flower I wouldn't worry too much at all. Just keep an eye out for nanners and pinch them off until harvest.
I probably wouldn't have even cut off the top, just pinched the few nanners you saw and watch.

 

[JointOperation]

toss it bro.... our toss it outside to finish up.. u got a few weeks u can continue it outside and still pull a harvest and not risk your entire room.. i tossed out a few plants that are 6 weeks into flower.. ill run them until 8-9.. from end of stretch . not from 12/12 , i did this last year with a few hermis and it worked great . so i did it this year.. too .. i ran a seed run.. and found 20 females.. 2 hermis. those 2 went outside.. and lost 2 females from a fuck up on my part.. but i just tossed 2 out yesterday to finish out flowering.. and not seed my others..

 

[Wu Wei]

Hey Ghost, the plants are looking nice great job. What seed company is your cheese? And have you tried getting that fan you have and blowing it directly up at your light, that can really help to keep the space between your plants and light cooler.

Peace Brother

 

[Ghost25]

Tokar: Flowering was started 3/15/14 for all the plants

JointOperation: Putting it outside isn't really an option, I don't have any sunny spot to put it and I'd like to keep a low profile even though the grow is legal. I examined the whole plant and didn't find more stamens. I'll keep a close eye on it and if more pop up I'll cull it.

Wu Wei: The Cheese was also a freebie and also Dinafem, she was fast and hearty, but grew taller than I expected for an indica dominant. She also smells a bit like shit but I don't mind. I have the fan blowing at the top of the canopy, the 500CFM fan cooling the hood is sufficient to keep the glass warm to to the touch even after 12 hours with the light on.

 

[Wu Wei]

Wu Wei: The Cheese was also a freebie and also Dinafem, she was fast and hearty, but grew taller than I expected for an indica dominant. She also smells a bit like shit but I don't mind. I have the fan blowing at the top of the canopy, the 500CFM fan cooling the hood is sufficient to keep the glass warm to to the touch even after 12 hours with the light on.

Ah cool I hear dinafem has some nice gennetics, cheese can be very vigorus and hearty I understand to much stretch on her! Cheese is normally a very potent stinky skunk smelling strain, it could be the dinafem version has different genetics? Ah right I see! That is a beast of a inline fan it must be damn loud in that shed! That it awesome that it keeps the gladd warm to touch evan after the 12 hours great job... Nice grow!

Peace Brother

 

[Ghost25]

I just culled the Durban poison. It probably had the fattest densest colas of any of the plants and it smelled wonderful but I found a few more stamens and I decided it just wasn't worth the risk. Oh well, I moved some stuff around and now the Critical mass is getting more light so hopefully she gets nice and big.

 

[Wu Wei]

I just culled the Durban poison. It probably had the fattest densest colas of any of the plants and it smelled wonderful but I found a few more stamens and I decided it just wasn't worth the risk. Oh well, I moved some stuff around and now the Critical mass is getting more light so hopefully she gets nice and big.

That is good to hear she had nice fat dence colas and smelly too it proberly was a good idea to cut her if you were finding more stamens! They will all have more light to share now and I am sure critical mass is a nice yielder, should be really nice! I think you have done awesome for your first grow fair play... I wouldent kick yourself over the hermi buddy

Peace Brother

 

[Granger2]

Midnight Tokar's got it. You can also put a vaccum close to the areas with a few nanners. It's suck some of the tiny bit of pollen they produce. Just keep an eye out when trimming, and you can maybe get a few fem seed and maybe crosses. These plants haven't hermied. This a something many plants do out of frustration. Their main purpose is to reproduce. So at the end they'll make a tiny bit of pollen. Good luck. -granger

 

[Ghost25]

So it's been 52 days since the flip and most of the buds are still looking pretty scrawny, some have buds but they're small like the LSD some barely have hairs like the Jack Herer. The exceptions being the Fruit which has been flowering for a long time and C99 which is shaping up pretty nicely. Any ideas? I've been pretty good about keeping light out and my timer seems to be working although I haven't verified that its going for exactly 12 hours.

 

[Wu Wei]

So it's been 52 days since the flip and most of the buds are still looking pretty scrawny, some have buds but they're small like the LSD some barely have hairs like the Jack Herer. The exceptions being the Fruit which has been flowering for a long time and C99 which is shaping up pretty nicely. Any ideas? I've been pretty good about keeping light out and my timer seems to be working although I haven't verified that its going for exactly 12 hours.

Hey Ghost, what nutrients are you feeding your girls? How big are the pots they are in? Do you have any updated pictures?

Peace brother

 

[Drek]

I would've kept the banana's. All they would've done is give you a few feminized DP seeds. A little bonus at the price of seeds these days.

Looks good tho man! They look a little scraggly with all the roughage near the bottom, but at least they look healthy!
I'm finishing up some DP at the moment as well.

 

[RonSmooth]

So it's been 52 days since the flip and most of the buds are still looking pretty scrawny, some have buds but they're small like the LSD some barely have hairs like the Jack Herer. The exceptions being the Fruit which has been flowering for a long time and C99 which is shaping up pretty nicely. Any ideas? I've been pretty good about keeping light out and my timer seems to be working although I haven't verified that its going for exactly 12 hours.

52 days isn't a long flowering period. IME, they will fill out in the last couple weeks of flowering. The underdeveloped buds may not be ready for 70+ days.

Are the main colas dense or airy?