I've grown out a few nl from Nirvana, they all yielded over 2zips each, a couple under only CFLs, but they sure took their time getting finished. I had one go 110 days and felt like she could've went longer. But ime, the nl is an easy grow. Glad I chose it as my first
New Grower First Grow - Northern Lights/Pineapple Express/Sweet Tooth (Autos)
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My 110 plant was a nightmare lol. But it was also because we had an unexpected early, longer and colder than usual winter here. My house is very old and since we're in an area where typically we only have a couple of weeks of real winter a year, isn't set up with central heating. Fought cold temps for that entire grow. But she had some really pretty color.
Update time!
So I'm moving the girls today to our new apt. Pretty nervous about it lol. My tents been sitting in my living room this whole time and it's pretty cool in here even though it's summer. The temp in the room stays at a constant 75f and the temp inside the tent has been pretty consistent @ 84f. At this point I'm a bit worried about temps because when I move the tent will finally go in a closet and there is no AC vent in there. Granted I will be able to leave the door open most of the time but I'm still a little worried.
I plan on getting a better fan. A real inline 4" fan so I can dump this duct booster that I should have never bought. I'm also going to end up getting a real filter as I have thoroughly scared myself from reading this forum and living in an apt. I will continue to use the duct booster if I need a bit more help with temps and I will add the DIY pencil cup filter to it that I was originally planning on doing as my main filter.
On that note, can one of you kind gents tell me when I can start expecting the smell to punch me in the face? I plan on getting the fan soon, but I figured I had until around week 6 or so before I need to get the filter. The longer I can go without it the better.
As for the plants, they seem to be doing well. I still felt like they were going kinda slow, but I've now accepted the fact that the PE is going to be short and bushy. Maybe the NL will be a bit taller and more spaced out. I dunno if that's good or bad as I'm a total noob, but this is what I get for having my lights so close. At least they are looking very healthy I really don't care.
I've fed them only once @ the last watering which was Wednesday. Today is the 4th day of no water. When I put my finger in the pot it still feels a little most and it's nice and warm. I was trying to water every 3 days but I think that might have actually been a little too soon. Hopefully I get to water tomorrow which will be 4 full days of no water. I would do the pick up test but it's a bit hard because of how I have my pots setup. It's very hard to pick them up since they are crammed into my Tupperware container. I actually have some auto watering stick thingies that I plan on using once the plants get a little older.
http://www.amazon.com/Hydrospike-Hs...8&qid=1402850754&sr=8-6&keywords=tropf+blumat
Heard good things about those after googling it.
Now for the pics!! behold my babies have grown a little! The main stems have finally turned green! I was waiting for this moment lol.
So I'm moving the girls today to our new apt. Pretty nervous about it lol. My tents been sitting in my living room this whole time and it's pretty cool in here even though it's summer. The temp in the room stays at a constant 75f and the temp inside the tent has been pretty consistent @ 84f. At this point I'm a bit worried about temps because when I move the tent will finally go in a closet and there is no AC vent in there. Granted I will be able to leave the door open most of the time but I'm still a little worried.
I plan on getting a better fan. A real inline 4" fan so I can dump this duct booster that I should have never bought. I'm also going to end up getting a real filter as I have thoroughly scared myself from reading this forum and living in an apt. I will continue to use the duct booster if I need a bit more help with temps and I will add the DIY pencil cup filter to it that I was originally planning on doing as my main filter.
On that note, can one of you kind gents tell me when I can start expecting the smell to punch me in the face? I plan on getting the fan soon, but I figured I had until around week 6 or so before I need to get the filter. The longer I can go without it the better.
As for the plants, they seem to be doing well. I still felt like they were going kinda slow, but I've now accepted the fact that the PE is going to be short and bushy. Maybe the NL will be a bit taller and more spaced out. I dunno if that's good or bad as I'm a total noob, but this is what I get for having my lights so close. At least they are looking very healthy I really don't care.
I've fed them only once @ the last watering which was Wednesday. Today is the 4th day of no water. When I put my finger in the pot it still feels a little most and it's nice and warm. I was trying to water every 3 days but I think that might have actually been a little too soon. Hopefully I get to water tomorrow which will be 4 full days of no water. I would do the pick up test but it's a bit hard because of how I have my pots setup. It's very hard to pick them up since they are crammed into my Tupperware container. I actually have some auto watering stick thingies that I plan on using once the plants get a little older.
http://www.amazon.com/Hydrospike-Hs...8&qid=1402850754&sr=8-6&keywords=tropf+blumat
Heard good things about those after googling it.
Now for the pics!! behold my babies have grown a little! The main stems have finally turned green! I was waiting for this moment lol.
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My northern lights looked really bad after I took her out of the car. Her leaves were drooping pretty badly and it just looked bad. I really hope she isn't stunted now or worse. I blame my gf's crazy ass driving. I'm so stressed now. I can't even check on them until early in the morning as we aren't finished moving and we are sleeping at the old place for one more night.
I'm going to go nuts if my plant dies. =(
I'm going to go nuts if my plant dies. =(
Looks like I worried for nothing. It's 2 days later and she is doing wonderful. Do any of you guys know when I will need to make sure I have a filter? about what week? I'm currently on day 17 and the smell isn't really strong yet. I get a little whiff of a faint smell when I open the tent now but I had 2 att guys in my closet installing internet and one of them was curious about what the tent was lol. I told him My gf loves tomatoes and we were growing them. He never suspected a thing.
I know i'm going to need a filter sometime soon!!
I'm also a bit worried about my PH though nothing has gone wrong yet. My old tap water was really hard and had a PH of like 8. I used it to water my plants and I never had any ph problems with my
OF. Even when I added ferts to it. Now my tap water is like a 7.0 so I'm hoping that lower number doesn't screw me over with this OF soil.
I really can't afford to spend a lot of money on a ph pen and all that jazz. I'm using GH drop test atm. So far My plants are looking really good though with no signs of any problems other than maybe a little heat stress on the leaf of my youngest. Plan on ordering my 4 inch inline fan asap. I need to control temps a bit better.
Pics - Taller one is Northern Lights and Shorter one is Pineapple Express, small one is Sweet Tooth. Both older ones = 17 days, Sweet tooth = about 10 or 11 days old.
I think I see pistils in both those shots? Can anyone confirm for me that both plants are female.
Seems like this site resizes my pics to be pretty small. It's a bit easier to see what I'm talking about in the pics I have.
http://imgur.com/PcKzUcu
http://imgur.com/pFBliWz
I know i'm going to need a filter sometime soon!!
I'm also a bit worried about my PH though nothing has gone wrong yet. My old tap water was really hard and had a PH of like 8. I used it to water my plants and I never had any ph problems with my
OF. Even when I added ferts to it. Now my tap water is like a 7.0 so I'm hoping that lower number doesn't screw me over with this OF soil. I really can't afford to spend a lot of money on a ph pen and all that jazz. I'm using GH drop test atm. So far My plants are looking really good though with no signs of any problems other than maybe a little heat stress on the leaf of my youngest. Plan on ordering my 4 inch inline fan asap. I need to control temps a bit better.
Pics - Taller one is Northern Lights and Shorter one is Pineapple Express, small one is Sweet Tooth. Both older ones = 17 days, Sweet tooth = about 10 or 11 days old.
I think I see pistils in both those shots? Can anyone confirm for me that both plants are female.
Seems like this site resizes my pics to be pretty small. It's a bit easier to see what I'm talking about in the pics I have.
http://imgur.com/PcKzUcu
http://imgur.com/pFBliWz
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