Sensi Seeds Northern Lights Feminized x3

[Budget Buds]

Hello IC Mag After alot of differing opinions and experiences from members here regarding Sensi seeds Northern Lights strain , I've decided to do a full journal documenting my experiences. It's going to be in real time so there will be days or weeks between updates.

Comments and questions are welcomed BUT keep it respectful to everyone

Media: Living soil custom mixed: Trifecta + , Peat Moss, Compost, Perlite
Lights: Viparspectra XS 1500 Pro
Nutrients: Trifecta + Organic Nutrients 05-10-04
Tent: 24"x 24"x 56"
Ventilation: AC Infinity Cloudline T6 with environmental controller, 6 inch AC Infinity oscillating fan for air movement

Day : Zero (0)

All three seeds are being germinated via paper towel method .

More updates to come

 

[Creeperpark]

Hello IC Mag After alot of differing opinions and experiences from members here regarding Sensi seeds Northern Lights strain , I've decided to do a full journal documenting my experiences. It's going to be in real time so there will be days or weeks between updates.

Comments and questions are welcomed BUT keep it respectful to everyone

Media: Living soil custom mixed: Trifecta + , Peat Moss, Compost, Perlite
Lights: Viparspectra XS 1500 Pro
Nutrients: Trifecta + Organic Nutrients 05-10-04
Tent: 24"x 24"x 56"
Ventilation: AC Infinity Cloudline T6 with environmental controller, 6 inch AC Infinity oscillating fan for air movement

Day : Zero (0)

All three seeds are being germinated via paper towel method .

More updates to come
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I would love to see how these turn out. I'm riding with you. Thank you for posting friend.

 

[Budget Buds]

18 hrs later 2 of 3 have split the seed case and have root tips beginning to peak out.... Seeds seem to be fresh, properly dried and viable. We will wait till tomorrow and take another peak

 

[kro-magnon]

Good luck with this grow, really curious to see what will come from those seeds.
Sensi made some colab recently with different breeders, I might try the Cali Haze from the Humboldt Seed Co colab. I have been interested in HSC work for a while they use big numbers of plants to breed, it wasn’t done on this scale for too long

 

[CannaZen]

Nice I'm going to sub I'm interested.

 

[Budget Buds]

Good luck with this grow, really curious to see what will come from those seeds.
Sensi made some colab recently with different breeders, I might try the Cali Haze from the Humboldt Seed Co colab. I have been interested in HSC work for a while they use big numbers of plants to breed, it wasn’t done on this scale for too long

I have two hsc blue berry muffins in the back yard right now, terps out of this world but hella sensitive on nutes..... they make decent genetics IME, They were the 1st two to start flowering out of the different strains I have....

 

[Budget Buds]

Update: 24 hrs later :

18 hrs after that :

All three seeds popped well, I've added them to 18 oz solo's with my custom living soil mix

 

[Budget Buds]

Update: Day 03

Seedlings were lanky due to me not having them under proper light, I rectified that last night and they're doing good.

 

[Budget Buds]

Update: Day 09

 

[Budget Buds]

Update Day 11 : Plants are getting root structure down pretty good, I plan on transplanting tomorrow into 2 gallon buckets .

 

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Hopefully these turn out like really good northern lights from yesteryear

 

[Budget Buds]

Update: Day 14

I transplanted all three plants into 2 gallon buckets on day 12 , the root structure was already out growing the solo cups space. I bumped the power up to 75% on the light..... All plants are doing great . Leaf structure reminds me of a solid mostly indica strain

 

[kro-magnon]

They look nice and grow pretty fast for Indicas, do you plan to let them grow naturally or you want to cut their apex?
They are vigorous and look happy with their growing environment, good luck with the rest of the journey, I'll check how they do. So far

 

[Budget Buds]

They look nice and grow pretty fast for Indicas, do you plan to let them grow naturally or you want to cut their apex?
They are vigorous and look happy with their growing environment, good luck with the rest of the journey, I'll check how they do. So far

I'm going to let them do their thing, I want to see natural growth characteristics before I do anything in the future with the clones and seeds I'm going to make with them.

 

[Budget Buds]

Update : Day 20

I watered them last night, I noticed that all of the plants already have roots sticking out of the drain holes in the bottom of the buckets, I have a lack of overall space 60 cm x 60 cm so I'm going to source some 5 gallon square pots and do one more transplant here sometime in the future. coming from using HPA this is a foreign part of growing to me considering I used to take 3 plants to maturity with a 5"W x 5"H x 20" L fence post jacket.

Plant growth has exploded in the past 6 days, I'm seriously impressed with that aspect of the genetics at this point. The leaf structure appears to be an indica dominant hybrid in origin and look similar to a peak seeds bc NL I had previously.

My soil is teeming with small insects crawling around, No flies of any kind as of now which is great cause I dont want flying insects inside my home. The trifecta + nutrients seem to be of good quality, I'm hoping I can take these to maturity without needing to amend the soil or add any additional nutrients but time will tell.

Pics from today :

 

[kro-magnon]

Seeing roots poking out of the pot is normal, it doesn't mean they lack space, I'm afraid 5gallon/20L pots for 3 plants in such a small space is way too big, the plants could be way too big for the size of the tent or they won't use half the soil in the 5gal, it depends how long you keep them vegging. Seeing how big they are at day 20 I would switch to 12/12 around day 30, more veg could force you to keep only 2 of them or get a bigger flowering space for the 3.
They look really happy so far, good job.
PS: What's HPA and 5x5 fence post jacket ?
Edit with 60x60cm, I'm not sure you can fit 3 5gal pots, they should make max 20x20cm and at this size the pots are far from 20L.

 

[ReprobateMind]

Looking forward to seeing how these turn out

 

[CharlesU Farley]

Update : Day 20

I watered them last night, I noticed that all of the plants already have roots sticking out of the drain holes in the bottom of the buckets, I have a lack of overall space 60 cm x 60 cm so I'm going to source some 5 gallon square pots and do one more transplant here sometime in the future. coming from using HPA this is a foreign part of growing to me considering I used to take 3 plants to maturity with a 5"W x 5"H x 20" L fence post jacket.

Plant growth has exploded in the past 6 days, I'm seriously impressed with that aspect of the genetics at this point. The leaf structure appears to be an indica dominant hybrid in origin and look similar to a peak seeds bc NL I had previously.

My soil is teeming with small insects crawling around, No flies of any kind as of now which is great cause I dont want flying insects inside my home. The trifecta + nutrients seem to be of good quality, I'm hoping I can take these to maturity without needing to amend the soil or add any additional nutrients but time will tell.

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With your next grow, you may want to consider switching from plastic to fabric containers. Your root production will explode:

Why do experienced growers still use plastic pots?

Fabric pots have been around for quite a while now. I know this is not a popular opinion but I believe, for indoor soil growers, fabric containers are the best innovation (with the possible exception of LED lights) in the past 25 years. Here's some videos to illustrate why I feel this way...

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[Budget Buds]

Seeing roots poking out of the pot is normal, it doesn't mean they lack space, I'm afraid 5gallon/20L pots for 3 plants in such a small space is way too big, the plants could be way too big for the size of the tent or they won't use half the soil in the 5gal, it depends how long you keep them vegging. Seeing how big they are at day 20 I would switch to 12/12 around day 30, more veg could force you to keep only 2 of them or get a bigger flowering space for the 3.
They look really happy so far, good job.
PS: What's HPA and 5x5 fence post jacket ?
Edit with 60x60cm, I'm not sure you can fit 3 5gal pots, they should make max 20x20cm and at this size the pots are far from 20L.

So they arent root bound, but considering the growth I assume here in the next few weeks they will be, I've found 5 gal square pots that are 12L"x12W"x12H", They will fit in my space barely. As for them running out of space overall in the tent, I have another chamber not being used right next to the chamber there currently in that would easily house one flowering plant as a contingency plan in case they do get too big .

That being said I wanna see the plants show pre flower pistils before I flip, that way I know for sure there female and mature enough to flower.... I usually see pre flowers between nodes 6 and 11 depending on genetics........ I also have to have them big enough to pull several clones off of each of the plants so I can continue to work the genetics after these particular plants are completed . I plan on reversing a clone and producing selfed feminized seeds from at least the best of these three so I can have the genetics for the future. I dont like having to buy the same seeds twice and if they work out well I'd be happy to give them out to members here too if they wanted to try them....

HPA is high pressure aeroponics and the fence post jacket is a square piece of plastic that covers wooden fence posts, I'd take end caps and use silicone to seal the ends, drill 3 inch holes in the tops for the plants, use net cups and neoprene collars and the plants would sit in the open air of the jacket and be misted by aeroponic emitters....

I'll enclose a picture so you can roughly visualize what it is But it was my standard way of growing indoors for the past 10 years or so, Once you learn the process there isnt any way out there that will outperform it

With your next grow, you may want to consider switching from plastic to fabric containers. Your root production will explode:

I know they would, But I dont like using fabric pots indoors, too much of a hassle for me to use, IME they cause messes when watering and cause the soil to dry out alot faster then a plastic pot will, I use the hell out of them outdoors where mess isn't an issue and the garden hose is right next to the plants

 

[kro-magnon]

With plants vegged long enough to show pre-flowers you will definitely need to move at least one of them, seeing their vigor they should get pretty massive and quickly overgrow the 60x60cm space. But it's all good if you have another space ready to use in this case.
The system you've built looks exactly like the most expensive one sold by GHE, I don't remember its name but you certainly know it. A friend used the GHE system, he had some great result with it but he had to be very tidy and precise in his dosages because one mistake could have terrible consequences when plant's metabolism is pushed to its limit all the time.