Tangy G13 Grow (Amsterdam Genetics)

[Peebz]

Got my second grow under way whilst my first grow is finishing off. Thanks to some adjustments in my grow room with some very helpful tips from Big P PaganRich and Super D D.A.A.S.69

This grow is 2 X Tangerine G13 and 1x Barney's 8 ball Kush. Been loving a bit of cypress hill again recently and a kush lying there. Nothing like the west coast kush but hey, it's start.

Soaked them all in plain water for 36 hours, both tangy sprouted tap roots but planted all 3 at this point.

Pot date march 10 (first pic) second picture is from tonight. Both tangy have started their 2nd set of leaves and the 8 ball just behind. Starting nutrients tomorrow at quarter strength

8 ball kush closest to camera

 

[alltatup]

I can't see in the pink light, but sounds like you're off to a great start!

 

[Peebz]

Sorry about that. Pictures were an after thought. I'll pull them out tomorrow and get better ones in natural light.

These are certainly off faster than the auto's I grew.

 

[alltatup]

So this is your first photo grow? I LOVE growing photos...

 

[Peebz]

Here's a couple better photos from today,

Getting some spotting on the leaves of the big tangy soso Start on some watered down nutrients today.

alltatup I grew 3 diesel autos and a LSD photo together. The auto's are done and just finishing the photo after switching her. I think I prefer photos. More the choice on when to flip them, incase a small problem happens you got time to sort it. As far as yeild/potency/difficulty I couldn't say after 1 grow.

 

[alltatup]

Hey Peebz, I notice water droplets on one of the leaves: the light might be burning the leaves through the water droplets. I never leave water on my leaves.

Autos mostly tend to look so small to me. I guess I consider them too genetically modified, and I do not want to sacrifice approx. 20% of my flower to Ruderalis genetics. I really like the pace of photos, and the relationship I develop with my plants throughout the grow.

 

[PaganRich]

I prefer photos too mate...I do like watching your grows...First time I`ve been called Big P..an honour indeed mate though if I told my mate about that he`d start with Prat and work his way up Reckon Atu`s heavily on the money with the water droplets...stay mellow mate

 

[Peebz]

I should know that by now gad dam it. Thanks for that alltatup. Started on watered down nutes any ways as we're into week 2. I'll get them in the 25L pots next week.

Yeh the auto's I grew were certainly miniscule compared to the monster I've got in the flower tent and as you say the genetic modification isn't cool. I wish I had space to grow regular seeds and do some pheno hunting. Maybe one day.

Thanks PaganRich, I'm on a 100% success rate in my career! surely im an OG grower now right 😉

 

[alltatup]

I hear you Peebz about pheno hunting, but I also enjoy the variety that can be found in one chemovar. Cannabis really does have infinite variety...

 

[PaganRich]

You`re doing alright Peebz-looking very sweet mate

 

[Peebz]

So that's us almost at week 3. Day 19 I believe.

All plants going great, I added some foxfarm grow big to the feeding bottle this week.

Both the T13's are a bit taller than the 8 ball kush but all hit 4 nodes high so I topped them all and fed till a bit run off. I'm only watering every 2-3 days and amount them reach for the water but drying out in shy of 2 days now so I'll transplant in 5 days and up the power on my light.

Strange thing I noticed was on the bigger tangy one of its leafs have morphed into a single fan leaf. Weird. But seems the leaf damage I caused didn't stunt it any. Happy days

 

[alltatup]

Yes, Peebz, those beauties have outgrown those cups! I'd transplant sooner rather than later

 

[Peebz]

Thank alltatup, I can see all the roots in the bottom of the cups and unsure when best to transplant. I could transplant them tomorrow but I don't want to be very stress them as I just topped them yesterday.

 

[alltatup]

Peebz, I'm not even a soil grower, so maybe I'm alarmed needlessly. I thought the rule of thumb was then the leaves span wider than the rim of the pot, it's time to transplant.

Here's the solution in my humble opinion: consult with the girls; if you see absolutely no sign of root problems, you are probably correct to wait a few days to avoid stress, and I probably over-reacted. ;-}

Like other folks have said on the forum: the girls will let us know what they need if we are finely tuned in to them. I continue to work on listening to them.

 

[Peebz]

Since this is my first time starting in a solo cup (second time ever) germing seeds I'm was going by some guys in the Cali legal business and start them small and transplant a few weeks in.

I had a peak in today and they have noticebly thickened the new leading colas. So will transplant tomorrow and that's on the 3rd week now that you got me all nervous haha.

 

[alltatup]

Now I feel nervous too!! I'll be waiting to see them make it through the transplant with flying colors!

 

[Peebz]

That's the plants at day 21 and they are ready for transplant for sure, drying the cups out in less than 2 days and they pretty big.

i had planned to transplant today but I forgot to brew my compost tea yesterday to activate the soil first.

This time round I am also using some ammended soil. My soil mix is (makes roughly 25L),
-Half a bag of non brand multi purpose compost
-10L worm castings (bought from internet as my worm bin was infested)
- 250g fish blood and bone meal
- 400g chicken manure pellets
- 200g bat guano
- 5L perlite

Compost tea is
dry
-Handful of worm castings
-Handful of compost
-Half handful of fish blood and bone meal
Wet
- Gallon of RO water
​​​​​​-5ml Kelp
- 2 teaspoons of molasis

I also bought a cheap lux meter to see what my light was doing. Going by manufactors guide, some figures off the internet and the light meter. iv got the light a good bit closer. My lux reading at the plant is just over 5000 and par value is about 800.

8 ball kush has tight internode spacing and going to be a short plant, the 2 tangy G13 have taken off and ready for a new home tomorrow.

​​still very new to all this and really no solid data out there so time to just throw some educated guesses together and see what happens.

 

[alltatup]

I find the lux meter very helpful. Now I really understand why the plants that don't grow into the "sweet spot" for light during flower have smaller buds: not enough light.

 

[Peebz]

Certainly highlighted the flat spots in my light. Couple inches here or there made a difference of 1000lux

 

[PaganRich]

Peebz Morning mate and hope you`re mellow...if you got on with those 20l airpots they do a 10l and 1l...the 1l is having a laugh cost wise but the 10`s I use for seedlings up to 20`s and found that really helpful as a stepping stone between the two...just a thought mate but looking good