Neilspotshop - 400w Grow and Show

[Guest]

Hey guys well my lights finally arrived , I still am waiting for the ventalation ducting and stuff so i can split the extraction in two so i can get the intakes right down by the bulbs.
Still got one light on with some vegging plants under there.
So i have these germed and in soil
Swazi rooi bart (african seeds) x3
Blockhead (spice of life) x5
Mountain High Mix x5
Kill Bill ( Reservoir) x3
Mississippi Mud (JLP) x3
plus a couple of Durban poison x skunk by sam and have a couple more germed with the last couple of swazi rooi bart waiting to be planted but i have run out of pots.
So i have 34 seedlings including the 8 maroc's and then i have the rooted cascadia and 7 more rooting and the remaining 6 seeds to be planted. I plan to do about 20 plants in the 3 gallon pots some soil some coco.
Well here they are i wont be boring you with many vegg pic's, probably start a new thread for flower but thought needed pic's to explain.





Now the Swazi rooi bart hadnt germed after 4 days but thats not surprising how long ago African seeds stopped selling. The Durban x skunk have a reputation for being hard to germ too.
So i have done this before i would recommend it if you haven't tried normal germing first as theres a bit of a risk. Basically i cut the seed casing's with a sharp knife. In the past i use to cut down the crease in the seed. But what i tried this time is made a small cut split on the front of the seed IE. the opposite end of where the seed was connected to the pod. By enlarging the hole slightly i found the tap root and then enlarged the hole so that the tap root was almost not restricted at all. In the case bellow i opened up the side a bit more rather then the front. although the pic's dont really show it within and hour or so the tap root had moved slightly to the side and started growing out after a few hours and was planted.






I was drunk when i started and damaged one of the Durbans but all the other were cut and have tap roots so lets say 4/4 germ and all the swazi rooi bart were given 4 days nothing and now all have germed.
Like i say don't blame me if you destroy your expensive seeds but it works for me.
The only problem i have is i germed the Durban to replace the swazi but now i got both on an another note i plan to reproduce the swazi rooi bart as they seem bit hard to find now, will also do the same with the Durban assuming i get a male and female as it would be nice to have some fresher seeds of this. Red Durban or Durban rooi bart might be cool too.

Yesterday i collected a couple of packets of pollen from my Cascadia male and he still have a lot left to give.
Have a great day !

 

[BeAn]

Hey Neil, things are lookin awesome from where im sat...great job.

Have you got plans for the pollen or ya just flowering them out for shits n giggles, sorry if you've already posted this info...lol.

Be safe man, and keep keepin it green!!

 

[Guest]

Hy Mate, Thanks. I cant wait to see some buds i am very low on green but got some hash to get my by.
Yes i am going to make Cascadia f2's, I only got a few seeds left so want some more for keeping. Plus the parents are trainwreck arcata cut and love potion so there could be some interesting plants in the f2's. I have some love potion f2's on the way to me aswell though.
I have also been thinking about a cross i was going to do cascadia crosses with doublesourdieselxcitral (limon)but they turned out to be hermi's rather than males.
so just the f2's and then going to store the rest and possibly make a cross with something from my seedlings. But i guess i could hit up a hashberry with a bit for fun to see what i get.

 

[DoobieDuck]

Boy neil are you a busy boy? Going to be....I did that chop thing when collecting as well. Congrats on the new lights...you will be busy...Dr. Duck.

 

[Guest]

Hey doobie yes pretty busy at the moment
I got the cuttings idea from a thread on here, could well have been yours!?
Best of luck with your growing!

 

[BeAn]

Damn right man, Wreck and LovePotion...those F2's are gonna be hella stellar lol..


Good luck with the grow dude, you know i'll be watchin' n'a learnin'...

Keep it green!

 

[Guest]

Have to see how many seeds i get but if your interested i am sure i could find you a few, once there ready!
I killed the two Limon shemales, The last thing i want is hermi's so they had to go.
In there place i have kept a couple good looking indica leaning males from my canna biogen mix.



Good luck with your grows!

 

[Guest]

hello neils
DAMN brother you are doing some nice work over here, yup some F2 cass cant be anything but a smart idea!!!

and hey do a little research for yourself and see if you can find any male pics of the DESTROYER from canna biogen, and if you get graced with one take FULL vantage of it a hit a branch or two of EVERYTHING in your garden!!

i have a mixed pack canna biogen and i dont care if 9 of the ten are lower grade strains just as long as i get ONE destoyer i'll be freakin happy as one can be...
very nice brother

 

[Guest]

Hey Jaws thanks for stopping by! I will keep a look out for that Destroyer but wont have any more of he mix till next round.
I decided not to keep the two mix males but i took the top from the best one and have it in water waiting for pollen to drop. It stinks of lemon and hash had nice branching/nodes and hollow stem, so i think i am going to hit up the hashberry with it but thats it.
Unfortunately the OHaze finally showed preflowers today and it was male so was cut down there and then.
I am germing 2 more kill bill and mikado and hopefully three swazi rooi bart to replace a few seeds that didn't make it above soil.
Figured i should get the camera out and a bit of practice in for when the girls start making fat buds so heres a couple

The Mandala 1# seem to be ok in the mini greenhouse. Starting to see sex on a couple of them. They had there first feed of biobizz today.

Indoors.First up hashberry from clone topped once but pretty bushy



Cascadia now has quite skinny leaves, looking good i think!?



Practise for catching those tric's with the camera. Cascadia.





Good luck with your grows and keep it green!

 

[BeAn]

Damn sexy...

P.s. thanks for the offer...

 

[Core]

shure are ...love the pics!! ...you got a real hang for taking pics...and growun also love the show ...should drop in more ...But so little time with work nowadays....

 

[DoobieDuck]

Neil did you get a new camera....yur practicing looks great! Dr. Duck.

 

[Mr GreenJeans]

Wow neil the super closeup of the cascadia is unbelievable! Nice camera work dude!

All look good from here - I'm specially keeping an eye on your Durban x skunk - got some freebies of the same from SB and curious how they'll grow out.

Lovin the variety in your garden, awesome!

 

[Guest]

Hey doobie thanks means a lot! No new camera yet lots of practise though tripod is at full reach so going to have to get creative from now on.
Hey MGJ Thanks i was pretty pleased too! Yes the durban is an interesting one, it seems like there could be nice plant or two in there. I didn't have any germ problems ether. I have the last few of them to put into the room this morning assuming they pop there heads above soil should have over 30 plants in the new room plus the seven maroc's.
I have put 1 of the durban x skunk and one hindu kush x skunk in canna coco. I am hand watering them at the moment.
Good luck with your grows!

 

[Bacchus]

Looking good Neil

 

[Dr Dog]

Looks awesome bro. YOU have some really healthy plants. Can't wait to see some porn from them

 

[dav zap]

Looks great

Looks great

Hey man your photography is very good as well as your plants look smashing good. I'm a 400w grower too. Looked like one of those fotos was in a greenhouse?

 

[Guest]

Hey Bacchus thanks! good to see you here, Feel free to hit the bong anytime!
Hey Dr Dog, your just in time, at three weeks the hashberry is already getting frosty and the Cascadia isn't far behind!
Hi dav zap welcome!! thanks pleased with how things are going so far Yes that is a green house well a very small one. I got it to start the plants in but i been kinder lazy and left them in there.

O yes i had an accident, well i left the males to themselves for a few days and they dried out still i got quite a bit of pollen. This mean though that i wont have too many of the hashberry cross.
pollinated Hashberry bud.



I will do an update in the next couple of days as things are progressing.
Have a great weekend and good luck with your grows!

 

[Guest]

Hello again
First up is Hashberry, this plant was a bit small when switched but hey will still yield some frosty indica. She is under the 400w and at just over 3 weeks flowering. Only a closeup as i want the hole plant pic's in natural light.





Next up is the Cascadia. Also under 400w at about 3 weeks and doing well, though i think she is going to take longer than the hashberry.








The 5 mandala in the mini green house have been doing well. Today i threw out the two males. I have one confirmed female and i am quessing/hoping the other three are female. I need to transplant and train them maybe tmoz



Things in the 1200w room are going better heres just a couple of the plants in there.
This is from the mtn mix i think its probably kalimist x deep chunk
this and another one have massive leaves, with one starting like a ducksfoot completely webbed.



And this is one of 7 maroc's, most have shown female as they should being female seeds. They are going to have to make way so i can transplant more of my indoor plants so they wont be in here much longer.



Thats it for now will see what i can about some plant shots.
Good luck with your grows!

 

[Rosy Cheeks]

All that beauty under a 400w... geat job NPS. I don't know if someone said so already, but you can start your seedlings and clones in the all-mix, I never had an issue.