My second grow - Northern Lights (nirvana)

[ScrawnG]

It's good to see that the leaf burn has disappeared. Looking good as usual, man.

[greeny909]

Originally Posted by ScrawnG

It's good to see that the leaf burn has disappeared. Looking good as usual, man.

You know, that's funny, because I never even thought of that before. Do you mean the two closeups on day 9, with the slim brown stuff around the edges ? I thought that was just the way that the plant was (and it came out more in the closeup picture), because the exact same thin brown line can be seen on the backside of the leaves in the middle veins. Have you seen other pictures of a seedling/young plant that was burnt that looked like mine with the slim brown line all around ? It looks way too even to me to be leaf burn from the lights, so do you mean from the soil or something ?

Those two pictures are quite a bit larger than the actual real life seedling, so maybe those edges look exagerated perhaps. And I do usually light the plants in a strange way when I take pix, so maybe that has something to do with it also, lol.

I had a few CFL burns on my first grow towards the end of the grow, and they'd usually be a small yellow/brownish spot somewhere on the leaf. If the plants on day nine were actually burnt, then I guess I'm lucky that they corrected themselves, because I didn't do anything at all to correct the problem, since it never even occured to me. The CFL's are at the same distance from the plant which they've always been, which means as close as possible.

[ScrawnG]

Well, it looked to me like a bit of a nutritional deficiency. That kind of dying material usually starts at the extremities and works it's way in as the plant pulls nutrients from it's own growth. Looks like it's cleared up though, if that's what it was.

[greeny909]

Originally Posted by ScrawnG

Well, it looked to me like a bit of a nutritional deficiency. That kind of dying material usually starts at the extremities and works it's way in as the plant pulls nutrients from it's own growth. Looks like it's cleared up though, if that's what it was.

The soil I'm using has too many nutes in it for seedlings almost I think. I read that some people say the same thing about Fox Farm soil, that it might be too strong in the beginning for seedlings.

But, yeah you're right, if there was any problem, it's gone now, so I guess it doesn't matter. I still think that the weird lighting had something to do with it maybe. Maybe I'm too stoned when I snap the pictures sometimes, but I like the way it looks when the light comes from the bottom and not the top.



Not much happening with the plants, just vegging.

DAY 19

[ScrawnG]

Those babies are growing fast! Are you going to keep a mother and try cloning this round, or do you think you'll take a break in between again?

[greeny909]

Originally Posted by ScrawnG

Those babies are growing fast! Are you going to keep a mother and try cloning this round, or do you think you'll take a break in between again?

Thanks ! I still believe that the heat is slowing them down somewhat, but I'm not too concerned about that, as long as they stay healthy. This will also probably be my last journal on this forum, because I joined another larger forum (icmag) that just has way more people there, and there is more of a chance that very experienced growers will give advice to me on my thread. I'm looking to learn as much as possible from people who've been around the block. I don't have any issue with this forum really, but it makes no sense for me to run two identical journals on two seperate forums. I'll continue updating this one until the end, but I'm probably done after that.

I don't think I'm going to keep a mother and do clones just yet. I'm not set up for that yet, and I don't have the budget to spend anymore on any growing supplies for the moment at least. I will probably take a pause again after this second grow is completed. I will most likely be going away for the winter holidays somewhere, and nobody can tend to my plants if I leave.

[greeny909]

DAY 24

I topped all four of the plants a few days ago. The heat in the cabinet is still hot (about 95 w/ lights on), but it's the middle of the summer, so the only one to blame for that is myself. The plants are probably growing a little bit slower because of the heat factor, but I'm not going to complain, because the plants seem healthy. They're not really tall at all, but that's a good thing, at least as far as I'm concerned.

[greeny909]

DAY 24 (continued)......





And here's something funny. One of my compact flourescents broke today, it was my fault because I was careless. I broke three of them on my first grow, so I'm doing ok so far with only 1 broken bulb. Well, anyhow, I went to a local hardware store and picked up a new one and this is what the package looked like. Notice the sticker in the upper right hand corner.



I knew something was hiding behind that sticker, so I pulled it off.



I know that that number doesn't mean anything at all, but I found it funny anyhow. Also one other thing that was weird with Maxlite bulbs: I purchased a 30 watt daylight Maxlite CFL which was rated at 1900 lumens. They also had a 25 watt daylight CFL (also from maxlite), that was rated at 2000 lumens. That makes no sense at all, their ratings are obviously totally messed up and they've been changing/updating their packages.

[greeny909]

DAY 27

I transplanted the four plants into larger pots a couple of days ago. This is the third transplant so far. They're currently in 1.5 gallon pots. I also started doing some bondage on them.

[Sabbath_666]

Originally Posted by greeny909

Thanks ! I still believe that the heat is slowing them down somewhat, but I'm not too concerned about that, as long as they stay healthy. This will also probably be my last journal on this forum, because I joined another larger forum (icmag) that just has way more people there

just checked out that forum out of curiousity and not to be picky it looks like GC has way more members. maybe people just aren't as active over here. IC does have a very active coco forum which is cool....

GC= Threads: 150,711, Posts: 1,645,937, Members: 63,761

ICmag = Threads: 60,400, Posts: 1,103,18, Members: 25,495

[greeny909]

Originally Posted by Sabbath_666

just checked out that forum out of curiousity and not to be picky it looks like GC has way more members. maybe people just aren't as active over here. IC does have a very active coco forum which is cool....

GC= Threads: 150,711, Posts: 1,645,937, Members: 63,761

ICmag = Threads: 60,400, Posts: 1,103,18, Members: 25,495

Wow, I never would have figured that GC has more members. There's very little action here at least on the grow journals section. Somebody can post an update and days will go by without anybody even replying. Usually on the other forum, you'll have many more replies, and for somebody looking for feedback and advice, especially if they're a noob, that's a good thing. And since I use a 150 HPS when flowering, I like their 150 HPS section, which has over 200,000 hits now.

[buzb8lvr]

I would say icmag definitely has more active posters than here. There are also a lot of breeders that post there so that's where I go to get info on genetics and breeding. As far as the Nirvana NL, I grew out a few in the past and it was a hardy plant with very nice yields. Not the most potent stuff but good. I had a small heat issue myself but she put out a lot of bud anyway. I have some pics of a LST'd Nirvana NL in my gallery.

[greeny909]

Originally Posted by buzb8lvr

As far as the Nirvana NL, I grew out a few in the past and it was a hardy plant with very nice yields. Not the most potent stuff but good. I had a small heat issue myself but she put out a lot of bud anyway. I have some pics of a LST'd Nirvana NL in my gallery.

That's good to hear ! I just checked out the pictures of the Nirvana NL in your gallery, and it looks very nice indeed ! Now I know what I can look forward to when flowering comes around.

I also noticed that you had some C99 pictures. I've been very curious about trying out C99 for a while now. I've heard that it's extremely low odor, did you also find that to be the case ? Did the C99 grow much larger in height than the NL, since the C99 is mostly Sativa I believe ? How did the smell from the NL compare to the smell of the C99 when growing ? I've also heard that C99xNL cross is a very low odor plant.

[noDi420]

Nice looking plants bro, keep it up

[buzb8lvr]

I love C99 so if you can find the seeds I highly recommend it. It is indeed low odor and what odor it does have is very floral and doesn't smell like MJ much at all. I'm not saying if a cop got a big whiff he wouldn't know what it was but it is much less obvious than most. I didn't find the NL to be as low odor as its reputation suggests but it's not too bad. Cindy is quite a bit more stealthy in my book.

Cindy is more stretchy than NL but with LST and a little topping you can keep them close to the same height. You can also give the C99 a little less veg time than you typically would give an Indica-dominate plant.