Test Grow - Day 30

Well, it's been one whole month since I started this endeavor, and I think it may be getting close to time to flipping this baby over to 12/12 under my HPS. You can see she is just bushing out like crazy! No training, topping, or FIM yet, because I'm not exactly sure what to do haha. I've read a bunch of tutorials, but its like my plant doesn't match any of the photos. Oh well, here's some progress shots.

The big question I have for myself is, do I attempt to take some clones? I don't really have a space to put any clones, so I'll need to pick up another tent, or construct some kind of veg room. Ideally, that is what I would like to do, but I'm a bit limited on space with my current set up. If I wanted to do that, I'd need to do some serious re-organizing.

I had hoped to have 3 or 4 clones of other plants in there with her right now, so I would be taking 4 or 5 plants into flowering (there are two adults in the house, so we can have 6 flowering plants). But, I can't justify going into flowering with just one plant. And, I don't really want to wait for the clones to catch up. Ugh...decisions, decisions.

At any rate, things are looking good. We finally finished a huge project at work, so I should go back to updating this thing at least a few times a week, if not more. Stay green!

Test Grow - Day 24...WE HAVE A GIRL!

That's right! It looks like she's actually a she after all! When I looked up close yesterday morning, I couldn't quite tell for sure, but now that she's had another day, I think I see some beautiful pistols! I didn't bother resizing the photos, because you really need to see the full size images to actually see them. But, check it out for yourself!

Damn, it feels good knowing I didn't do all that work for nothing (so far!) Now, all I need to do is keep her stable and happy until I snag a couple more clones, then flip into flowering and bring her to harvest! I'm really worried about light leaks however, and those in turn making her hermie.

She seems to be doing much better now, and she's growing like crazy! Not really getting any taller, but she's definitely getting bushier, as I've seen her horizontal growth explode with no training. Although, this is bag seed, so it's a crap-shoot on what strain it is. Still a long way to go, but it feels nice to be making some more progress.

Take care and stay green!

Test Grow - Day 19

Whoa, sorry about that. My weekend was incredibly busy! Anyway, enough excuses, time for an update! But first...some photos!

She's definitely getting bigger! But she's also doing some weird stuff...just above the first node of the stem, it appears the side of the big fan leaf has split a little, and down at the bottom by the first node, a whole bunch of leaves are on their way out. Here's some better pics of that:

Do you see what I mean? The leaves look all crumpled up and stuff, and I have no idea why? I think I'll be taking these photos over to ICMag's new grower section and see what those guys think (or, feel free to comment!). This may be entirely normal, but I wouldn't know, since I've never grown anything before. Anyway, here's a few more pics of the new leafage.

On an unrelated note, I have a very large project going live at work over the next week and a half, so updates might only come every other day, or maybe even once a week. I'll do my best, however, to stay on track with daily updates. Take care and stay green!

EDIT:
I decided to upload the full resolution versions of the photos. Check this link to view the album. Make sure you hover over the image, click the gear, and then click 'View Full Resolution' to get the full-size image.

Test Grow - Day 15

Well, she seems to be continuing the gangster lean. I remember that when I first put her into the dirt, it wasn't very deep. I'm thinking I might need to put about half an inch to an inch of soil around the base of the stem. Not really sure quite yet. Gonna let her continue to do her thing, and see what happens.

She's getting bigger and bigger every day, it's pretty amazing just how fast the process is happening. She has her first 5 leafer! Looks exactly like any and every cannabis leaf logo I've ever seen. It feels nice! I'm definitely going to get into growing vegetables and spices in the future. Anyway, enough rambling. Pics tomorrow night, since I've gotten off track somehow.

Have you visited Homegrow.co yet? If not, you definitely should check it out! Make sure you sign up and swing by the forums! Seed giveaways and resources for growers local to Colorado, as well as the energy of an up-and-coming community. Stay green!

Test Grow - Day 14

Wow! Two weeks already! Man, time is just FLYING by for me. Well, that's good I guess...means I'm one day closer to harvest (hopefully)! But you're not here for my disbelief, you're here for an update! Well, lets start off with some pics then.

As you can see, she's got a bit of a gangster lean! lol. Actually, I'm a tiny bit concerned because it doesn't seem like the stem is fattening up quite yet. I may actually have to tie her up from the base. I haven't seen anyone else having to do that though, so hopefully the stem thickens up a bit and she'll be able to support her own weight.

While I have your attention however, I do want to give a shout-out to a new site that I've been frequenting. It's http://homegrow.co and it's a site run by another local Colorado grower. I actually had the same idea a couple of weeks ago, and was delighted to see someone had already made a site and some forums dedicated to legal growers in Colorado.

Even if you don't live in Colorado, you should definitely check the site out. And if you're from Colorado, you should already be there...if not to connect with other growers, but at least for the free seed raffles! Clones and seeds that growers donate will be distributed to the members via drawings, as well as just grower kindness.

So come check us out! And tell em ginga_ninja sent ya! Stay Green!

Test Grow - Day 13

Sorry, no pics tonight :(

I've had an incredibly busy week so far, and just haven't had 5 minutes to take a couple of photos and give a proper update. I'll be taking pics tomorrow night and hopefully have a little more time to write a decent update! Until tomorrow, stay green!

Test Grow - Day 12

Not much of an update today, and I doubt that I will even get a chance to take photos tomorrow. Just busy, busy, busy! At any rate, the plant is doing great. Seems to be loving the 24 hours of light she's getting. It would seem that in this instance, no news really is good news!

Stay green!

Test Grow - Day 11

Sorry about not doing the part 2 post last night. There really wasn't much of an update to be honest. She still looked pretty bad, and I was sure I had killed her. Well, much to my surprise, she has seemed to bounce back! I'm pretty happy, and the lights are now on for 24 hours solid. I'm hoping this kills my drooping issues, and she stays nice and perky!

So yeah, she's definitely looking a little better! I also hope the 24 on will help dry the soil up a little bit, because I think I might have been a bit overzealous with the initial watering. At least it was with pH balanced water. I've included a couple of shots that weren't close ups, to give you a better idea of the overall size. These are 3 gallon pots, roughly 10.25" tall. Distance from the light to the plant is roughly 4" to 5". Ignore the humidity, because as soon as I move it out of the dirt, it plummets to around 29-30%.

Also, please ignore the ducting just hanging there. It's left over from testing out my ventilation setup earlier. All-in-all, I'm pleased with my ventilation setup, as temps have kept themselves between 75 and 80 degrees without any help. Summertime will be another story lol. Stay green, see you all tomorrow with another update!

Test Grow - Day 10

Sorry about missing the update last night. My wife and I ended up hanging out with some friends and by the time we got home, I was too tired and wanted to go to bed. When I got up this morning though, the plant was not looking too great. Another set of leaves had begun to sprout, however, the plant was extremely droopy. I went ahead and transferred her to her new home anyway though.

In the second photo, you can see my stats. Ignore the high of 90, I had the thermometer about an inch away from one of my CFL bulbs for about 10 minutes and it spiked. However, that temp is still a bit higher than I wanted, so I put a fan in the grow tent, and have been letting it run a while, so hopefully the temps will get back down towards 76-79, where it has been staying since day one.

I really hope she rebounds. Only time will tell. If she's looking better tonight, I'll post up some more pics. If she doesn't rebound, I'll at least post an update.

Stay green!

Test Grow - Day 8

Wow, when I woke up this morning, she had perked right up! But, by the time I got home, she had slumped back down again. That's when I noticed that there was a bit of a pattern going on. My light schedule has ben 20 hours on, 4 off. But, I think I'm going to change it to 24 on, 0 off. I've seen this recommendation all over the web, and it a couple of books, so it seems to be a tried and true method.

I'll be asking a friend tomorrow who has experience growing whether I should do this or not. At any rate, I'm pretty sure I'll be transplanting her to her new home this weekend in some Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil in a 3 gallon pot. Here's to hoping! See you guys tomorrow with a photo update!

Stay green!