I figured an update would be in order before people start thinking I killed it. I'm having a problem with my phone (verizon) not emailing my pictures to my comcast address. What does that mean? Well, I had pictures of the harvest, the new supplies i bought, the hash oil I made out of all the leaves, and the plant itself. When a group of Mexicans (i have them on video, i'm not being racist) broke into my truck, they stole my damn phone with the mini-sd card thats got all my damn photos and videos on it.
This is the only picture I have from around harvest time. This is after I cut it up, before reveg and transplanting. After the plant revegged itself, it got transplanted.
- A big problem from the last grow was that I put it in a small container (less than 1gal). I dont think i'll have this problem with a 7gallon bucket
- Another problem was lights. I flowered under all 23w cfl's @ 2700k. Thats not bad, but I kept feeling like I needed more light - the 23watt bulbs just didn't seem to penetrate enough. Right now I have 2x42w bulbs and 2x23w bulbs, that gives me 130watts, somewhere around 8000-9000lumens focused on a 1'x1' area, the 42watters are BRIGHT.
- Another problem was pH! I learned never to try and guess what your ph is. I guessed and ended up with a ph in the high 7's / low 8's! This time around I got a ph test kit so I can at least test the water I put into the soil. Bottled water = 7.0 , Bottled water w/ nutrients = 6.4.
- My biggest problem, the one that affected the yield THE MOST - was a spider mite infestation I was totally oblivious too the whole time. My guess is I got infected from leaving the plant outside on sunny days to get better light. I now have bottles of insecticidal soap and neem oil to kill these fuckers if they show up again.
At the end of it all, I was left with about a quarter of speedqueen - a really nice, heady smoke. On top of that I was handed down something from God. Better than anything you could ever buy - I was handed down the ability to grow my own marijuana, theres no turning back now!
This is where we are at now... After a 2 week revegg period, and a 2 week veg period - I switched to 12/12 and we officially start round 2
Wish me luck! THIS IS THE LAST ROUND. After this round I cut it, hopefully it'll smell better(i've read when you just cut the buds off from the main stem it doesn't allow them to dry right). I'm strongly considering moving on to another strain. Theres nothing wrong with SpeedQueen - it will always have a home with me
I really didn't like spending all that time on the bagseed and have it come up male - i'd like to avoid repeating the process if I can. Before the next outdoor season starts i'm planning on ordering some femmed seeds.
I tied some of the branchs down so they spread out more and get better light - i'm hoping the next week or so of 12/12 i'll start to see the nodes stretch out more. It doesn't look so big, but theres a whole shitload of new leaf sets exploding in that lil area - my camera cant really go into it that good.