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[hejdaman]

Hi, guys! ​

I have a new update on my grow right now. I put up a newbuilt 33w lightfix, and i hung up two pc-fans in chains. It looks kind of s/m bondage-like,but i think it is going to work fine. I have pics before and after.

Plus i have good news about the pictures in the future. All the time i had an effect what´s name was "daylight". So it made the pictures brighter, even in the dark. I found a new effect that was named flourecent. So now i take good pics.


Here´s a pic of how i hung up the fans. It is kind of provisionally solution.


And here´s a before-picture.


After. This picture is taken with the "flourecent effect", so it´s quality is much better.


And this is the kind of lamp that i use.


And i think i am going to take more close-up´s of the plants later. I took pictures of the plants, but they wore bad so i´m not going to post them right now. But i will post a overlook pic so you can see how they are and stuff.

Here you can see the three O. Lowryders. I higher ed the reflector to get some more stretch from the plants. Not much, just 1-2 inches. What do you think of that? Should i maybe lower it again?


And here it another one.



And here is two of my newest buys. A pH-tester and a soilmoisture-tester. There both a very good help. I think everyone thats growing should have the soiltester, and the pH-tester.







I´ll be back in a couple of hours with some good pictures of the plants. The FIM i did on one of them was kind of unecessary, i will post a pic of that. And i will post a pic of the one that i have L.S-Trained, and the week old Easy Ryders. I´m going right now. See you in a few.

/H.

 

[hejdaman]

And i have a question too. The store that i go to have a special offer on 36 w CFL bulbs. It is a great price. 3 for 100 kronoer. It is about 14-15 dollars. But there is one thing thats keeping me from buying them. The are kind of frosted on the glass.
Maybe the frosting in some way is stopping the light from reaching the canopy.?

Do you think that i should buy them? Maybe they are worthless for growing.

 

[hejdaman]

I´m back! ​

Here is a pic on the L.S.T. You can see i used copperwire to hold the bigger leaves a side so the lower buds get some light.


And here you can see the stem. You can see that it´s just tilted. It´s my first L.S.T. so i am still in practice.


And here is the one that i topped. I don´t know what it does to the plant, but i think she has grown taller. Correct me if i´m wrong.


And here she are to the right. The one on the left i haven´t done anything to. She´s all natuale.


The two Easy Ryders.





I am planning on transplanting the E-R´s tonight. My plan is to cut off the bottoms of the pots they are in now, and put them in bigger ones. The Tiered Transplant method. The pots they are going in are 1-2 gallon pots, just like the ones the other girls sit in now.

Should i?

https://www.autoflower.org/f44/fds-guide-hefty-autos-2884.html

 

[Mellow Yellow]

Looking good man, I'm looking forward to your grow.

 

[hejdaman]

Do you think that i should tier-transplant the E-R´s tonight? Just cut off the bottoms on the smaller pots, maybe an inch. And then put them 3-4 inches deep in a 2 ½ gallon pot.

It is a good idea? Maybe i should just transplant as usual?

 

[hejdaman]

New update.​

I tier-transplanted the Easy Ryders. I accidentially cut a couple of roots when i was cutting off the bottom of the pot. But they are just fine.

The L.S.T is doing well, and is reaching for the "sun".

The plant i FIM-topped have grown two topbuds. Is this normal? Has anybody seen this before? The second, and third pic in the album is of this plant.

That´s about it really. Exept, i harvested my first Lowryders yesterday, and i hung them up on a clothing-hanger in my growtent. With the light off, of course.


http://imageshack.us/g/41/img20120119183805.jpg/

 

[hejdaman]

I think the tallest plant is growing two buds on the top instead of just one. And when i topped it, it just shot up, and grow real tall. It could be becouse i topped it, or it could be that i pulled up the light becouse i wanted some stretch.

My question: Should i maybe top the ER´s, (or maybe just one of them) before the show sex?

I made the pictures a little bit bigger so you can see how they have grown.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/img20120115192659.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/img20120118102258.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/img20120119183902.jpg/

And here is a pic of the lemontree-clone i got from a friend a couple of days ago.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/641/img20120118094443.jpg/

 

[hejdaman]

Hi, everybody. ​

Now here´s a new update. It have been happening a whole lot since the last update. The low stress training have payed off i think. It really shows now that they have been trained. The Easy Ryders have rooted themselves, and stands steady now.
I got a GHE Bio essentials (microfertilizer) and a microscope a couple of days also.
So when i give nutrients once a week now, i use Atami´s Root stimulating fertilizer, and ATAzyme (enzymes that prevent over/underwatering, over/underfertilization), plus GHE Micro essentials every other week.

I would really like tips on a nutrientschedule that works for me. I also have Atami Bloombastic, Terra Leaves, Terra Max (for the bloomingstage). How would you guys recommend to feed my plants?

I got a whole lot of new pictures of my grow. I have pictures of my dried harvest, that i am curing right now. I don´t know how much it is yet, but not as much as i thought it would be.
And i have pictures of my tied Easy Ryders, and my Lowryder #1´s.

The plant i performed the F.I.M-topping method on about a week ago. And it have begun to grow two colas. It looks really cool, and i hope it can grow a lot bigger in the future. Here are four pictures of this plant and i have put it side by side with another plant that´s in the same age. The two tops are almost the same size as the other plants top, as you can see.
http://img543.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=img20120122183957.jpg

And here are four more close-ups of the branches i have tied down.
http://img267.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=img20120122184310.jpg

Here is my first L.S.T-project. This one have one big cola that´s a lot higher up then the one´s i have tied. The ones i have tied are the ones i think need more light so i tried to pull them apart.
http://img837.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=img20120122184711.jpg

This is one of my Easy Ryders. I was thinking of waiting with training this one, until maybe a week or so. But i tied this just now. It isn´t tied very hard.
http://img829.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=img20120122184806.jpg


And i have a question also. that i hope to get an answer to. I was thinking of putting some more soil in the ER buckets. The buckets are 10 liters, and mine are only filled up to 8 liters. I ran out of pottingsoil then i was transplanting them. Now i have bought a bag of 5 liters pottingsoil, that´s very high on the N.
So now to my question: I am thinking of flushing the soil to get rid of the N. How can i dry it the fastest way?

And here is two pictures of my first indoor harvest. I had to take down one of the Lowryder #1 early becouse she didn´t drink her water. The soil didn´t dry out, but the leaves wore dry as h*ll. It wore probably a blockout of some sort.
And then i have pictures of my gifts i got from growshop the other day. Plus my little lemon-cutting i am trying to root.
http://img38.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=img20120122182917.jpg

If you have any questions, or something you want to tell me. Please just send me a mail, or just post in this thread. All feedback is very welcome.

/h.

 

[hejdaman]

New update.​

I have germinated 6 new seeds.

The first seeds i soaked was the feminized Joint Doctor´s Easy Ryder. The same strain as i grow right now. I really like that it´s getting big. It is the AK-genes that shows. They are 3 weeks old soon, and they are as tall as my 5 weeks old Lowryder #1´s already. I can´t wait to see how they will progress. I germed three of those.

The other seeds i soaked are Flash´s Purple Mazar. I have heard good things about it, but i really was looking for the Jet 47 or Cobra, but they wore all out, so took the third best. And i germed three of these too.

I will start to light these with a new blue 125w cfl-bulb for the first 8-10 days. But then i will switch on my new MH-light. If it works with my ballast i use with my Hps right now.
I have ordered a 250w MH lamp, that i will use for the first time ever growing with a metal halide-bulb. That´s going to be very interesting. I just hope it doesn´t get too hot in the closet for the babies.
I have made orders on different things, from the growshop lately. A order on a 400w Lightwave digital ballast, with a cooltube reflector and bulb. And of course venting-stuff to attach to the cooltube. The 125w cfl-bulb, and the MH-bulb. It was very expencive, i can tell you that. But i know that in the end, it will be worth it.

Then i have an update on the LR #1´s and the Easy Ryders too. I have put them all in my 90x90, 250w Hps tent. They still have their original cfl lighting that they had in the closet. This is so i can get some more of the blue spectrum in there, and fill the spaces that don´t get any light.

I transplanted two of the LR #1´s into bigger 2 ½ gallon containers. One of them is still sitting in her 1 ½ gallon pot.

I will post pictures in a few moments, but right now Seventh Heaven is on so i have to go.

/H.

 

[Muddy]

LOL, sounds like you've been spending a lot of money to get yourself set up. I think when you are finished you will have a great grow room. I'll be watching to see how everything does for you. I'm betting you will do great.