Dandaweedman

That's better

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On the 3rd of april...

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Germed on the evening of the 3rd, the following evening I took a peak and only 1 had a tail showing but a couple of others had cracked.
The evening after that I checked the baggies and found these lil cuties...

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And yesterday...

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Cerebro

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Dandaweedman

I have been wanting this one for a long time
I haven't read too many bad reports about the Kali, intense anticipation is in the works.

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Peace seeker

ka-li ka-li ka-li (sounds like some Zulu tribe song doesnt it?)

i bet you re excited!



Lookin fwd myself to start the haze x purple

Dandaweedman

I am excited, course almost every germination get's me excited.
Doesn't take much at my age

Haze x purple sounds good. You need a second house to just grow in... wait, so do I

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i ll rephrase the 70's classic to

some many strains, so little time

Dandaweedman

Yeah, tis true.
But seed addiction is an illness I hear, sadly treatable only by more seeds

And just for you guys, the VBxR... well 2 bud shots.





The coloured pistils are starting to come out only 7 days after the last pictures.
They are 47 days flower I believe. 6 weeks and 5 days.
Any guesses as to how long these babies are going to go? The pistils haven't even come close to the bulking up stage so I assume at least 2 more weeks LOL

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shes a perky one, isnt she?

love the bushyness

farmergiles

Very bushy! I`m not even gonna try to guess the finishing time but she`s well on the way.

Edit- Kali Mist? I`ve heard good things about that one. And Serious` other offerings (AK47 and Chronic spring to mind) have aquired notoriety.

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Peace seeker

good point SAF

mentioned it myself in another thread

products that have been on the shelf for a while (or in high/low temps), tend to do alot of damage to the plants

some chemical reaction takes places and they turn caustic

Dandaweedman

Bushy they are Farmergiles, good for growth, bad for trimming

Well SAF, I have to agree. A nerve bomb is not what I need either, funny I prefer the Sativa doms then hey?
I guess I need to move around some at all times and an indica would put me on the couch.
The crosses with Kali in it seem to turn into very nice plants as well so there IS more than one way to skin a cat

Kosh, I guess part of my reasoning for using the J-cloth germination method is so we don't have to commit space and mix to cups until we know they are viable.
And for the old seeds we have it combines a tried and true germ method with the pre-soak some people tend to use to soften the seed pod before placing into the mix.
I know what you mean about the root. After about 5 days the Sabretooth x A11 already had roots running around the bottom of the cups, but indoors it is about size more than root in some ways.
When I pot up I tear the roots with my hands so I work under the assuption I am stressing them.
I think it is important to break that circle.

The pictures I take are a kind of log file unto themselves that is true. We post few compared to what I take.
But I like to take pictures of things I want to remember about each strain/cross.
The colouration of the pistils in the second part of flower, the look of the pistils.
Looks really are what draws the eye to a cross and makes you want to try it...
and I loved the Rosetta stone because of the bright white pistils on most plants.
Taking the same picture for each plant would assist you in determining the growth rate and the overall look of a certain pheno tho and we do that as well.
The log book is where we keep general growing info. Veg times, germ times, flower times. Interesting growth traits, plant issues, how much our ever present thrips like a cross/plant.

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the rosetta stone bud, was one of the nicest buds i ve ever seen

farmergiles

Same here, if the roots have started to circle round the bottom I tease or pull them out, better stressed than rootbound IMO.

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Dandaweedman

Calcium occurs throughout the entire plant.
It is used for many processes in the plant, however, calcium is most important for the growth process.
It has a regulating effect in the cells and contributes to the stability of the plant.

Calcium is not a very mobile nutrient in plants and it is, therefore, important that a sufficient amount of calcium is always available in the root environment, so that it will be continuously available for absorption by the plant.
In the case of a calcium deficiency, the older, larger leaves will show the first symptoms of deficiency.
It often affects the leaves just above the bottommost leaves just like with a magnesium deficiency.

A calcium deficiency is recognisable at the occurrence of yellow/brown spots,
which are often surrounded by a sharp brown outlined edge.
In addition, the growth is curbed and in serious cases the result of this is a greatly reduced yield.

The yellow/brown spots surrounded by a sharp brown outlined edge that are found on the leaves, are characteristic of a calcium deficiency.
The symptoms of a calcium deficiency often appear quickly, within one or two weeks of the first spots being visible on the older leaves.
The spots usually start as small, light brown specks that increase in size over time.
After about 2 weeks, the older leaves show ever increasing spots and the spots also often appear at the edge of the leaves, like a potassium deficiency.
Be that as it may, the differences between a calcium deficiency and a potassium deficiency are in most cases easily distinguishable.
With a calcium deficiency the spots have a sharp outline and do not start
exclusively at the edge of the leaves.
Lag in development is often already noticeable within a week into deficiency.
The older leaves die off slowly and yellowish spots may appear around the dead spots.
The bloom is also slowed down and the number of pistils remain low. The pistils also turn brown prematurely.

A deficiency can occur by:
- Insufficient or incorrect fertilisation.
- An excessive amount of ammonium, potassium or magnesium int he soil/unsoil mix.

What to do?

If the EC value of the substrate or the soil is too high, it can be easily rinsed out with pure and if necessary acidified water.
If the soil contains insufficient amounts calcium, then it can be applied in the form of dolomite, hydrated calcium sulphate, or lime nitrate.

Be careful with fertilisers containing chloride.

Additional Calcium can be applied through the nutrient solution by means of liquid lime fertilisers such as a calcium nitrate solution.
Acid soil often contains insufficient amounts of lime. Good potting soil and Coco substrates are already limed
Lime, in its free form, can be easily absorbed by the plant.
As lime in the plant is not very mobile, the symptoms will not disappear where it concerns older leaves.
The development, however, from that moment on will take a normal course,
without showing any further deficiency symptoms.

In addition to the problems caused by calcium deficiency in the plant, problems can also arise due to calcium deficiency in the soil.
Calcium deficiency in the soil often goes hand in hand with acidification of the soil.
As a result of the acidification of the root environment, phosphor amongst other elements becomes less available for the plant, while various heavy metals become more available, which can lead to the
poisoning of the plant (for example aluminium, manganese and
nickel).
Too much calcium damages the plant and results in curbed development and dark green plants.
An excess of calcium can further lead to Manganese, Zinc and
Magnesium deficiencies.
In some cases it can also to copper deficiency

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Lost my own thread for a while.
Ahhh good to be back.

Haven't been to the grow area much lately, working too much.
I'll get some pics in the next day or so though.

The Kali are doing well I think, but the Sabre tooth x A-11 is looking a little under nourished... well the ones in the small veg anyways, the other veg area is doing well.

Mota did a cross of this but didn't release it as far as I know. Might have to ask him why not?

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farmergiles

You been working in the thread mines Dan?

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Not as much as I would like, work is terrible busy lately.
I have a feeling the great and illustrious Bud Head is going to find an easy way out
Gotta work on 5 or 6 threads around the blue nowhere some day.

I am disappointed with Sagarmatha seeds. They only have Western winds and Yumbolt as femmed.
Tony told me that they wouldn't be available in the foreseeable future.
When he told me I was sooo pissed I wouldn't get to run western winds and kali close together.

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