Here we go again... #14

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** 1/10/2021 - Since set 1 is getting close to flipping, I decided to go ahead and give then their 1st shot of nutrients using FF Big Bloom (1 TBS), Grow Big (2 TSP), and some Cal-Mag (5 ml) to help support the minimal ingredient of calcium in FFOF. By transition week they will be given Big Bloom, no Grow Big, Tiger Bloom, and 1/4 TSP of Open Sesame. They are starting to get alot taller now and looking very, very healthy! Since fixing the gaps with the lights, I have had to re-arrange positions under the lights.

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** - since fixing the gaps between my lights, I had to re-position...

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** - 01/17/2021 - Sunday. Well yesterday my son came over and inspected my 3 plants and found 2 of them are males. They were removed immediately. So today the 1 left (it is a female) is getting flipped today to 12/12 schedule ( 8 weeks and 3 days old) and also changing out my lights to 2700k (I realized that I did not use my 5 gallon pots, it's in a 3 gallon pot.). Set #2 - 1 got transplanted into a 5 gallon pot and am awaiting for more soil so I can transfer the other 2. It seems lately I have been able to determine sex by the end of week 6 of vegging.

***Some good news after all!*** Since I had enough soil from the other 2 pots, I reclaimed it, de-rooted it as it was still somewhat fresh and was able to get a 2nd plant re-potted in to 5 gallon pot. also being in the sun (It's such a very nice day today) I looked and saw it was a female, hooray! I took my other re-potted plant outside to give it some fresh air and sunlight as well and saw it was a female as well, 2 for 2... Did not have quite enough soil to do #3 plant but did the same for it and also saw it was a female, 3 for 3!!! Not bad, went 4 for 6 out of all the seeds germinated. At least these 3 will be very close to timing, 2 are on the same day and the other 1 week later...

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** - finally received my order of more FFOF and was able to finish transplanting of my last plant into 5 gallon pot and put them in my other room for now as I need another week or two to flip to flower since these are behind the other one now going through transition and should be done by tomorrow into full flower stage.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

That's great news so you got 3 females which are pretty near the same age as mine. Which are a few days past 8wks veg. Yes sir i've been tying, trimming prepping for the flip.

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** 01/27/2021 - I come home from work only to find Plant 1 drooping ( I usually water on Wednesdays and Saturdays as I know the cycle for this one for water, always on Wednesday) so I go to water it and I take a close look at my bud sites and SAD TO SAY this one went male!!! I can't believe my luck here lately!!! Thank goodness that my other 3 are females for sure and in my other room as I extracted the male out of the room and I threw a garbage bag over it before moving!!!

 

[ChadWestport]

Doh! Well, glad you caught it now. Did it herm on you are is it a pure male? Do you see any female pistils?

 

[NuggetMan]

right at the junction where it was topped there were the 2 white hairs sticking out on both sides of the stem. This was just before I flipped it to flower. After transition week it was full blown male. so I had to eliminate it. It did not hermi (where I did have this happen to me on my last grow, 4 of them! but these you can see the mix in the buds) as when the so called "buds" where just starting to really show is when I noticed "this doesn't look right!!!" Broke out the magnifying glass and I'll be darned they were ball sac clusters just really starting to take shape so I caught them really early before they had a chance to do anything. Looks can be deceiving sometimes... and no female pistils anywhere just small leaf tips...

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** 01/30/2021 - Tomorrow marks the end of 8 weeks in vegging state for plants 4 & 5 and so transition week begins tomorrow. I already moved them back from my other room and will start 12/12 transition late tomorrow afternoon (have to switch my t8's out again). Now Plant # 6 is 5 days behind these 2 so I will wait until this Friday to move it as well. As you can see I have done my lower trimming of unwanted small stuff but left the fan leaves because they will still produce energy and drive it more towards the tops, and I have done my LST to them as well so dropped the lights down to within 3 inches from the tops. Opens up the center of the plant so it gets a lot more light.

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** 02/07/2021 - So last Friday the last plant was in 8 weeks into vegging ready to be flipped, it got moved out of the other room into the "flowering" room. I will post pictures as time goes by...

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** 02/21/2021. Today marks the end of 3 weeks into flowering for plants 4 & 5. Also today marks the end of 2 weeks for plant 6. They are starting to bud up nicely! I will next be feeding just Beastie Bloomz by itself for the next nutrient feeding as today they get just plain pH 6.5 water. They are pretty big for just 3 plants!!!

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** 03/13/2021. Hi everyone, yes it's been a while but here we go... Tomorrow will mark the end of 6 weeks into flower for plants 4 & 5 and the hairs are now just starting to change color. Yesterday plant 6 ended 5 weeks into flower. To this point 2 feedings of Beastie Bloomz was fed, 1 by itself, the other with the rest of the FF regimen, and Cal-Mag as well. All I have left to use is Cha-Ching for final feedings then water/molasses til harvest. I think I have 2 Sativas and 1 Indica. Does this make sense? Since #6 is a week behind and being Indica, it should be ready at week 8 earliest, 9 sounds prime, 10 might be too late? The Sativas I usually do weeks 10-12. Here's the three...

 

[NuggetMan]

Plant 4:

 

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Plant 5:

 

[NuggetMan]

Plant 6:

 

[NuggetMan]

Just a matter of time now....

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Way to go there NuggetMan those are some very green plants there that are in the the bloom phase. Plumping up coming your way soon

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE*** - 03/28/2021 Sunday. Today marks the end of 8 weeks flowering for plants 4 & 5. This past Friday was the end of 7 weeks of flower for plant 6.
So according to all that is known, Plants 4 & 5 (Sativas) have 2 weeks left til primetime at 10 weeks (window being 10-12 weeks). Last feeding of only Tiger bloom and Cha-Ching was done yesterday so from here on out it's water & molasses (gives me 2 weeks of "flushing" before harvest). These sure do look really nice now! Really have to keep a close watch on these 2.



Plant 6 (Indica) has 1 week left til it's primetime at 8 weeks (windows being 8-10 weeks) this coming Friday, it was watered the same as plants 4 & 5 so it only gives me 1 week of water & molasses (only 1 week of "flushing") This one was so spread out it was time to stake the poor girl up, and I can see the difference in the bud growth, it's getting close fast as the hairs are already changing and looking very sugary.

Here is Plant 4:

 

[NuggetMan]

***UPDATE Continued*** Here is Plant 5:

 

[NuggetMan]

Here is Plant 6: This it what is was all spread out: Now after getting "Staked": and the rest: