New account calls for a new grow diary

So I am unable to log in to my old account so decided to make a new one.

I've grown many times before but I've never perfected The art. I usually use great genetics and while my harvests have been good and of decent quality it can always be improved. So this little grow is more of a test to improve on my current method.
Due to some unfortunate circumstances I wasn't able to buy seeds from a good seed bank but my friends dad had some bag seed laying around and gave me 13 of them, 11 sprouted though 2 were pretty weak so I pulled them. he said they were jack herer though I suspect that not to be true as I understand jack herer is sativa dominant and the plants all seem to be indica dominant apart from one. So chances are they are different strains.

I have purposely decided to keep the plants small in order to shorten the grow time as this grow isn't about yield but quality. (Though I still hope to get atleast 4 oz.)

Here are some photos of them at 5 weeks 3 days from germination

They were all topped at the start of week 4




I plan to flower them at the end of week 6. If they aren't the size I want before flipping I may consider an extra week of veg.
if anyone has any advice or any handy tips let me know.

 

Thanks for the questions man.

I am currently using a t5 set up for veg. I'm not sure on the wattage but I will post a picture of it.

for flower I will be using a 60 HPS.
They are in a coco perlite mix and I am using advanced nutrients CoCo sensi grow a&b with advanced nutrients B52 and Canna Rhizotonic about once a week for the veg cycle and will be using sensi bloom coco a&b, canna boost, canna pk13/14 for flower.
My PH stays around 6-6.5

 

600w HPS*

 

Thanks man. Do you think 4 ounces from the 9 plants at this size (20 cm tall (before flower) with 4-6 main colas) is a realistic expectation. I'm expecting 14 per plant but I could be very wrong and only get 7g per plant.

 

Wow man you have done really well!!

 

Here is an auto purple I had a long while ago man. Unfortunately this had to be cut down 2 weeks early due to it turning into a hermie. I didn't want it to compromise my other plants. Still was really happy with it because it was my first ever purple weed.

 

Update how do things look? I've noticed he new growth is my lighter in colour than the large fan leaves. I don't know if this is a problem or not , what do you think?

 

Quick update. i switched to 12/12 just under 3 weeks ago and after 2 weeks sex started showing. I got one male which is being kept in a second room for potential breeding and I have a hermie on one cola which I am keeping an eye on. If only that one cola grows sacks I will snip it off.

Anyway this is 4 days after they started showing sex

Also I am now starting to notice the leaves are more sativa style which is odd because when the plants were smaller the leaves looked very indica dominant

 

Sorry about photo quality. I'm using an old iPod as a camera

 

I've been having issues keeping the temperature below 80 degrees and you may notice small white spots on the leaves which I suspect is the start of a spider mite issue. I've been spraying them with water and bio dish soap until I get some neem oil. Both of these problems are something I usually get but generally the spider mites have never caused me an issue dispite the mild leave damage.

I'm also waiting for a couple large jack herers to finish off flowering in the next couple weeks at which point I can spread these small plants out a bit which isn't ideal but it'll be ok

 

So today my worst fear became a reality. Ive had a mass case of Hermies. I was expecting this due to them being bag seed but I'm not going to give up. I will remove pollen sacks as i find them and hope for the best. I've come too far to start again and need the money asap. A shame but I can work with it.

 

Hey man only just saw that you responded. At the moment the plants are pollen sack free. When they inevitably grow back I will post a photo on here.

 

So here we are on week 3 day 6 of flower. The flowers are really forming now and trichomes are starting to cover all the leaves. There is a very strong citrus orange smell to them too. The density of the buds has amazed me. They are rock hard. The pollen sacks haven't caused much of an issue. I check the plants twice a day which usually takes me about 45 mins.