ok i had one other one before this but fryed it with fert. but i have 5 small plants going and they were stuck in liter bottle bottems for about 2 months maybe more i m not for sure i m scared they're root bound and i just transplanted them into some like 2 gal containers cause i have an idea they've been pretty stunted in their growth cycle since it slowed so much and they range from 8-11" tall and they are in a bad place and need them out soon but cant take them anywhere else so i cut their hours back to 10hrs of light cause from reading far too many sites about pot lol i did this in hopes they will start the flowering process and i ve seen a few pictures on small plants budding and even if i get a few good buds outa the 5 i ll be happy for my first real try if they bud how many grams do you think i could get out of 5 small plants of that size assuming they are all indeed females and would it be any stronger (i doubt it but thought i d ask) being they were small plants i just have the odd idea they might be a little more concentrated since its so small and less buds,stems,and leaves to support next time i m planing one plant and taking very good care of it and possably putting some money into making a bubbler system please leave as much info as you d like i would love to hear what everyone thinks since i m so excited about the whole process thanks wpot2006
They all most certainly would of been root bound.They normally would not need to be left 2 months before flowering. But as long as they look healthy don't worry now you have repotted them things should get better.What light source do you have? This will determine your final yield. Obviously the more of the right sort of light they get the more buds you will harvest.Now you have repotted them there should be no need to add any fertiliser (probably right to end of their grow period). You can flower a plant at near enough any size but change the light to 12 hours on 12 hours off. This is the standard for flowering. You must be very strict doing this make sure its at exactly the same time every day. Any variation will slow things down and may cause female plants to start producing male flowers.(Cant stress enough the importantance of keeping this 12/12 period constant.) If you give them as much light as possible dont overwater or over fertilise and keep your photo period constant you should still get a good harvest.
Forgot to mention the strength of the plants is determined by harvesteting at the correct time and growing them as healthly as possible. The most important factor though is the strain of seed you grew from. Plant size makes no difference.
sadly the seeds arnt from the best weed we like to call it "bronic" its like green brown bud and it had many seeds but i figured i could prevent this from happening by my harvest time but my light sorce are two of those new twist floresents i try and keep them close and they dont put off much heat and i have one of our old christmas light timer on them and i have it set to when the lights come on i have a fan come on as well if you could give me a second opp. on temp. and humid. that would be great i ve read some things but always like second opp. and i have a picture if i can figure out how to post it i will it looks to be a great reference it shows the cycle on a bud and how it grows when to harvest and when its too late and befor i transplanted them and up till now i ve been scared to use fert. cause of the first time i tried and fried them what would have been a good fert and could i still use a small amount i want to up load some pics but i ll have to wait thanks oh grams any guesses on what they could put off and what they prolly will? thanks again
The amount of bud that you will get can vary alot. Assuming the plants are healthy and a good strain, have proper lighting and assuming the plants will double in size from an average of 8" to 16" tall by the time they are ready to pick, you might expect 3 to 5 dry grams from each plant. I would estimate at 1/8oz per plant. If you don't have enough lighting or the wrong type of light, the plants will still bud, but the buds will be small and fluffy. The stronger your lights, the tighter your buds will be (denser). Compact florescents (CFL's, the swirly tube bulbs will work ok, but there is a few things you need to know. MJ needs about 3000 lumens/sqft. Good quality CFL's, the 23 watt ones, will output about 1500 to 1600 lumens/sqft. This means you need at least two 23W CFL's/sqft of plant coverage. Cheap CFL's will say they output 'equivalent to a typical 60W' or something similar. Good ones will have the lumen rating on the package, maybe even right on the mini-ballast itself. The CFL's come in different sizes and lumen ratings, so make sure you know what you have. Because CFL's have a relatively low lumen output compared to the high pressure lamps, they have a much shorter effective lighting distance (ELD). The full 1600 lumens of each bulb will only reach 6 inches, it dissipates after that. Keep your plants as close as possible to the bulbs without burning your plants. Usually somewhere within 2 inches. CFL's can actually be very effective for doing a SOG system (which uses dwarf plants). The other thing to know is that the type of light you need for vegetation stage is in the blue spectrum (cool), the type of light you need for flowering is more in the red spectrum (warm). Use all cool white CFL's for veg stage, and use a mix of cool white and warm white bulbs in flower. Warm whites by themselves don't provide enough of the blue spectrum that the plants still need for growth. If you have to economize, just use all cool whites. So to recap. 1. At least two 23W (1500 lumen rating) CFL's/sqft. 2. Keep plants within 2 inches of bulbs, without burning them. 3. Cool whites. If you have 5 plants, at the size you are talking about, you can prolly do 2 to 4 plants/sqft. So say 2 sqft. You need at least 4 CFL's, or your plants will not produce very good buds. If you've got the plants each in a 2Gal bucket now, you are gonna have alot more area to cover. 1 plant/sqft. You will definitely need more CFL's. You prolly don't need a fan to reduce heat, but you do need to move the air. With just 5 tiny plants you won't need to worry about stem strengthening and you can get away with just opening the closet door every day and checking your plants. The breeze from the door and you moving around will be enough to exchange the air.
the area they are in is hot they were in a cool box but they're now in a hot and humid garage attic thats the reason i put the fan up there from what i saw the temp gets close to 80 something hopefully now more since i saw that clorificaion stops at 90 something and i think the humid. gauge is broke cause it says its high lol it might be right cause the roof started leaking laswt year and with the heat and water from the rains we get in WA it could very well be as high as it says it is (cant think of the reading it gave me) but what should i do to do the sea of green or sog method? like i think i said i love talking about this and could go on and on for a very long time well thanks feel free to give as much and as many tips as you would like thanks wpot2006
SOG = Sea of Green You don't really have to do anything to do the SOG method. It's just a technique that uses small plants instead of growing large ones. If you want to know how to do a proper SOG setup, there is only 2 principles you need to know. Grow fast and harvest often. Normally, you would cut clones, root them for 1 to 2 weeks, then veg them for 1 to 2 weeks, then flower them for 6 to 8 weeks. You would do this in 3 cycles, so every month, you are cutting new clones, flowering a new batch and harvesting an old one. At the start of flowering, your plants will only be about 6 to 8 inches tall, and by the time they are done they will be 12 to 16 inches tall. There is 2 potential problems with a SOG setup: 1. SOG relies on a steady supply of clones. If your crop gets diseased or the grow gets infested, the whole thing is in jeapordy, since all the clones share the same genetics. It's as if you have one plant. 2. SOG relies on a massive number of plants to be able to produce any considerable yields. At 2 ounces per month, you would be looking at 50 to 100 plants in your grow at any one time. You could end up facing charges for trafficing if you get caught, and it will be very hard to beat if you had a SOG and the legislation in your area mandates that 50 plants qualifies as cultivation for profit. Some regions are much less tolerant, some more.
Keep temperature between 70 an 80 if you can. You will find if you flower the plants properly it will be a lot stronger than the weed the seeds came from. Do you know how to sex the plants? You must remove all the male plants these are no good to smoke and will pollinate your females ( this is what produces seeds in your weed). Sorry if you know this already but if not read up on how to sex the plants. The humidity is not as critical as the temperature but late in flowering it can lead to mould and encourage pests. A fan blowing on the plants should sort this out though. Good air circulation is a must for healthy fast growing plants. I use the SCROG (screen of green method). Place a net above the plants and as they grow upward through the net carefully bend them over weaving them in and out of the net as they grow. Do the same with the side branching. This enables the whole plant to receive a uniform amount of light as it is basically being trained sideways. Using this method weaving the plant around the net you can cover your complete grow space evenly ( you could do it with one plant if you wished but obviously this would take longer). When the plant starts to flower properly let it grow straight up. I normally end up witha sea of two foot colas. If you are growing a strain that tends to stretch a lot this is an excellent method. Having a net is a lot easier than trying to tie down every plant. If youv'e replanted each plant into two gallon containers with fresh soil they should not need fertilising whatsoever right untill the end . As for the harvest if you stick to the 12/12 light cycle with no interuptions (does the space remain dark when the lights are out?) the weight will depend on how much light they get. Read up on lighting then try and get a better light. If you bought a 400W HPS light you could still harvest several ounces of good bud. A decent light will pay for itself many times over. If this can't be done beg borrow or steal as many flourescants as you can. My first HPS light only cost me $30 off an Electrican who was replacing the lighting in a factory. It was called a HPS Lowbay light exactly the same thing as a commercial grow light except the ballast was build in. Type lowbay light into the e-bay search bet you will get one for less than $60.
ok so they've been on the 12/12 light cycle since monday well i actually have them on 11/13 for safty reasons how long befor i can sexualy id them? from what i ve read males will show signs after two weeks and females will start growing buds after about 3 weeks i m posting this just to double check cause i ve read a lot and i just want a second opp. and to double check i figure better safe then sorry thanks
Much sooner than that. Males could be starting to flower at 2 to 3 weeks. When male flowers open, they release pollen. They can release small amounts of pollen even before the pods open. You should see signs around 1 to 2 weeks, maybe sooner, so keep yer eyes peeled. You will spot the males before you spot the females. Look in the nodes, where new shoots grow. At 1 to 2 weeks, males will have little pods. The pods will start to grow from the intersection at the node, and later on the shoots. As soon as you start to see pods, remove the plant. Use a magnifying glass even. If you can see the pods with your naked eye, they can pollenate anytime. At 2 to 3 weeks, females will have thick little white hairs (not the pairs of green spikes at every node). The white hairs will seem to grow out of the new shoot (which will become the bud). Even if you find white hairs, you should still keep checking for pods all the way through the flowering period. You could have a hermaphrodite.
