yup that sound right get that tea going

the maui waui is coming along nicely. i'll flip for sex soon. don't want to waste a bunch of soil if i don't have to. the 2 SL girls in the flowering room hit 7 days today, and are doing well.

2 x SL @ 14days 12/12
1 x SL @ day 1 12/12
3 x MW @ day 1 12/12

all of the SL girls look healthy and ready to put out. the 3 maui waui are coming along nicely, just waiting to determine sex. lastly, the 7 SL clones have thrown roots, and have been transplanted.






better pics later when i water them.

Shortbus , how long does it take for the plant to go back into veg stage after sexing? I have not used regular seeds for years but now I have 5 plants from regular seeds and want to do the same for the same reason. Did you change the nutes too or did you just flip the lights?

i grow organic. i only feed water from start to finish, so i can't really help with the the nutes question. generally from seed, it's best not to flip the lights until the plants have become sexually mature. alternating nodes, and/or pref flowers are the best ways to tell if your plants are mature.

re-veg times vary. it has a lot to do with your experience as a grower, as well as your experience with the strain. there's subtle changes that happen as the seedlings grow into maturity. predicting when they are on the cusp, and acting on it will allow you to determine sex with little to no re-veg time.

during my first run of southern lights at 5 weeks from seed. when watering i was observing the new growth. what i saw were nodes sprouting in pairs still, but offset about an inch. so i took a close look at the small very new growth, and could see that the nodes would be fully alternating by next week. this gave me the impression that they were on the cusp of adulthood, but still no pre-flowers. later that day i got some really good advise from 4u. he suggested that i put my plant's in darkness for 48 hrs. so i thought about it, and it actually makes a lot of sense. the amount of darkness is what drives flowering. when the lights go out, the plants stop producing antiflorigen. after 8-12 hours of darkness the anti florigen has be suppressed enough that when he lights go back on the next day, the increased levels of florigen will be able to react with the phytochrome to produce flowers. maybe immature plants need extra time to lower their antiflorigen levels. so giving them 48 hours of darkness gives them enough time to decrease the levels enough to induce flower production to begin.


many many bongs rips then started to ramble...hope this helps

Thank you, rambling is ok, let the info flow.

looks killer

just a quick update.

21 days today, for the 2 X SL girls
and 7 days today for the 3 x MW and 1 X SL

still cannot determine sex on MW yet.

200 worms on the way. all ready to go

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Nice DIY...............but what's the light for?

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very nice setup there..

SB your light does not need to be on top of them just a light in the room will work. You place your worms in the lower tray and let them eat their way up.

saturday will be 4 weeks for 2 X SL, and 2 weeks for 2 X MW & 1 X SL

one of the 3 MW was culled today, it was a male

just dropped 2 x c99 from toa into a glass of water...and away we go

where did you get the c99 shortbus?

from trillions of atoms

oh..... I was wondering...... I'll be watching....... I want to run some one day.
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glad to have you along for the ride

estimated arrival from ebay was 15th-19th for the worms...still no worms :-(
update on the MW...got 3 pheno's
1 - stretchy, sativa-ish leaves, turned out to be male (culled)
2 - stretchy, indica-ish leaves, ended up female, heavy LST inc.
3 - short, good node spacing, sativa-ish leaves, turn out male, but a very pungent fragrance when you rub the stems, sticky too.

wrapped 4ft reflectix around a 5 gal bucket. did some heavy trimming on the short male, and placed the him in the 5gal bucket. anchored a shop light with a 23watt cfl. covered the top with a 7gal smartpot...lol i'll take pics tonight when the light goes back on. you gotta see this . placed him right next to the passive intake on the armoire. i think the passive air movement should keep him going well enough for 2-3 weeks to harvest the pollen.


pics tonight

male flowering room:





MW short sativa male:





2 X SL 4weeks





1 X SL, 1 X MW, both 2 weeks





7 X SL in veg, and both c99 seeds germ'd and are in rr plugs






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