All the way from Cairo

Hello there!
My name is Kodez (not really.. just what my friends call me) and uhh.. I'm new to the whole growing scene. I've been living here basically since i was 10 and any of you who've been to Cairo know we don't have weed... just hashish and some locally grown weed that's the Egyptian equivalent of mexican dirt weed. Anyway, I'd been making due with the shitty stepped on hash but about a month ago my friend got some weed mailed over from D.C. and while we were hitting it, he threw some seeds at me.. so i thought i'd try em out. Out of 13 seeds, 7 sprouted and 1 of those died (fuckin bird).. i have 6 plants now.. all about a week and a half old. Before anyone says anything, i know i probably dont have a good chance of getting nice buds from these seeds so when i got the idea, i also ordered some from a seed bank in Amsterdam.... which i'm hoping wasn't a scam.

So i've been reading up on the subject and i'm going to start a grow log on here. I'm not using any lights or any other electric equipment for that matter because as you know, Cairo is close to desert climate. I have 3 plants in three 10cm pots and 4 in two 20cm pots now and im going to wait till they grow some more and then transfer em to some bigger ones. I'm a newbie so i'm probably going to be asking a lot of slightly retarded questions .. so if i do, toke before you post an angry reply . Here's some photos of my babies:

4 days:






10 days

 

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't been replying to anyone but it took me a while to learn how to find my post xD.. too much grass. Anyway, I've transplanted the bigger ones to new pots.I did mess it up a little bit cos the soil was too moist and stuck to the side of the pot... It's a learning experience . I'll upload some photos of my plants as soon as i get home from work.
Thanks for reading!

 

Here's some more recent pics for ya. Two or three are doing really well but, as you can see, one of them has again been attacked by a bird (the one missing a leaf ). Sorry for the way the pics are posted, imageshack is a bit retarded .

17 days










23 days

 

Thanks bro, I'll keep in touch with your grow journal.

 

So It's been about two months and i havent heard from that seedbank in Amsterdam. I don't wanna be too incriminating because my money might have been stolen by one of the mail couriers or something but just to be safe, think twice before u send money to Buy Marijuana Seeds and cannabis seeds from Holland - high quality marijuana seeds (cannabis seeds) - It may save you a hundred euros.

 

So a couple of my plants started getting sick about a couple of days back. The bottom leaves are yellowing and developing some spots. It looks like the new growth is still pretty healthy but.. this bein my first grow and all i do have some concerns. I've read that as the plants start going into bud they tend to do that so they can pack the bud. The plants are around 6 and a half weeks old or 7 weeks, so is that normal? We've had a pretty rough week (weather wise) with the temp goin up to around 130 at afternoon sometimes. Could that be it?

 

I know man.. it was stupid on my part. Too bad it took me longer to realize it than it took to mail the money. My friend just got accepted into a college in Holland though so he'll be sending me primo seeds for not a lot of money in a few months .

 

Hey German! As soon as i get back home, man. They've grown quite a bit since the last pics.

 

I have some inbetween pics also but here's the most recent pics ones:

46 days

Plant #1 (I call her Happy):








Plant #2 (A.k.a "Str8 Shooter")







Plant #3 (Viper!)




Plants #4 and #5 (Brosef and Lax)

 

Few questions for ya guys:

1. Why do you think the first two plants are doin a lot better than the others despite them having been planted roughly the same week? (The only thing i can think of is that i started those two in a different type of soil.)

2. I have lost faith in estimates of flowering and bud that i get off the web. Mostly because it's based on lights and indoor growing and so doesn't apply to my outdoor grow. From the pics and the age... how long do u think it'll be for the biggest plant?

3. I wanted to get some cuttings of Happy. When is the best time to take those without stunting growth or interrupting its natural cycle? What are the things i should keep in mind when taking a cutting? (I dont have access to any rooting gel or jiffy pots in Cairo so i stopped looking at videos and books.. there's always stuff i cant get.)

4. I gotta seperate the last two plants soon, yea? Should i wait till i find out their sexes? (I'm thinking it might not be such a bad idea to have em in the same pot if they're both females.. and in case they're both males i can just move em downstairs in the same pot .. its more convenient.)

Thanks for stopping by my grow journal!

 

Yea the nute deficiency is definitely apparent. I did just feed them some a couple days ago. Again, my main problem is that i live in a 3rd world country. I'm sure there are ph meters being sold somewhere but i have no idea how i could go about finding em.. language barriers and all. Same goes for the fertilizer.. i think i dosed it properly cos i had my friend read the arabic instructions but still.. i dunno. We had a pretty rough week last week (temperature wise) so i think that's what was burning the bottom growth but if u look at the new growth it looks like they're getting healthier.. fertilizer appears to be working . How do you think i should go about separating the two plants?.. im worried about the roots.