Hello peeps ,

Im well into the grow now and thought i should start sharing the pic's and stories ! Are we all sitting down witha nice joint and a refreshment ?



Lets begin !

So this year i decided to go all Passion 1 fems , sprouted 10 got 9 and was happy with that. I started alot later this year as an experiment and to try to keep the height down ! Thats not happened ! ! HAHAHHA thats another story ! So here is the 1st part of the story

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So they looked ok and nice and happy ! on the 31st may09

But then for some strange reason one died ? or got eaten ! so thats left me with 8 of the little devils. Still plenty to work with to ensure a good winter !

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So this is about 24th june 09 i think so they are coming along nice by now. All looking happy and keeping warm in the summer sun ! ! Ish !

But then .............................

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and then.............................

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2 different sets of problems ! only effecting 2 plants at this stage. I started giving them the Bio Grow feed as per last year and the 2nd picture i think is N diff started to pick up so that was looking promising. however the claw like problem is still persistant today and annoying the piss out of me ! ! It cant be over fert because im not giving her any now ! ! I will put some more later stage pics to show how bad the problem is now !

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Sucks hey ! Anyone got any suggestions on how to combat this ?

I have no idea.. New to all this, I hope someon will be along soon that can help you.. They certainly do look a bit sad
Nat

Hiya Dabeef,

Sad to see your plants looking so poorly.
Fill in your profile mate and this will help people to advise you on how to combat this, most info in the post about the medium used, ferts and any thing else that might have contributed would also help.

Peace,
GG

put them in bigger pots and get more air to them.

Cheers Mr goblin , valid points noted

Before i fill in the profile i can tell you straight off the bat that they are

All passion No1 femms

All grown in local garden centres award winning potting soil

In 6 Ltr black stealth plastic pots

Only given Bio grow ( started at 1ml per Ltr and then read last years threads and realised i should be using 2ml per Ltr ) DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH

Always tended to each day , never left to completly dry out

Watered with a combination of rain water and outside tap

And all started about a month later than last year and much much bigger ! !

Basically the same set up as last year. They dont look all that sad if im honest Could be alot happier agreed and thats what me and you are here to solve. The great weed dectectives ! !

Mr Leet

What size ? and why ? Space is an issue you know

see not to sad


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THE HORRIBLE SPOTS


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the dose of Bio grow seems to have put a little control on it.

I hope ! !

And here is a pic of a sickish looking girl in the pot ( most pots are this size ) Is it worth putting them in bigger pots ?

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how will this effect the grow and is it to late as they are flowering now which is nice !

Later dudes

Answers on a post card as this bear is off to do bear stuff

we have flowers


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granted this one could be happier in the leaf department but hey the other 5 are farkin massive and going hell for leather ! ! !

some people have suggested that the brown spots could be from a fungal infection and more ventilation is needed the door is always open and the vent is usually open at a crack during the night and auto opening during the day when its hot enough to force it open So tonight i went to the oppersite panel to the door and put loads of holes at the top, middle and bottom with a sharp pointy thing and now have about 30 holes ( 5mm max diameter )

do we think this will make a difference if not to the brown spots at least to the air flow which i thinks ok anyway at the mo.

Cheers all

i named this picture ...could be happier

Just you wait ! im predicting big things ! ! ! check out the canopy in the background ! ! heheh

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They look really good mate - just make sure you keep plenty of air flowing in there - it will be cooler at night soon, and there will be more condensation about.

Good luck.

Andypotatoes,

cheers dude they are starting to get me juices flowing ! ! !

Last year i had them going in the same green house with no holes until late Oct very early Nov and the bud rot hit just then

I managed to save about 90% thought so im hoping i will be scoring in the 99% this year

Any tips on stopping condensation are very welcome. ( plastic windows in the girls house and a gravel floor )

Cheers dude

High Dabeef,

What potting soil did you use, it looks like they are deficient of one or more micro nutrients from what I can see, personally I would go buy some thing like westlands multi purpose with added john innes, remove them from there pots and remove as much of the old compost without braking to many roots and re pot them in the new compost. If the compost your using has been made locally by a garden centre did you ask if it had been sterilised and micro/nutrients added after the composting process, use a well known branded compost as I mentined, except miricle grow of course. Always use the best possible compost you can get, it's the most important thing on my shopping list.

Good luck,
GG

the potting soil reads as ..........


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This is supposed to be award winning and all the plants in my garden are in this and they love it but i do take on board the above. When i opened the 1st bag of compost from there this year it looked very different to last years , more mulch and twigs !

They are in 10l pots cos i just checked ! ! do you think they would benefit bigger pots and as they are all a week or 2 into flowering now ?

Cheers Mr GG have a toke on me

Well flowering nice now and really going for it ill or not ! ! ! the sickest plants are flowering the most ? ? Im ging to go down to a grow shop this weekend and have a chat about bigger pots, foilage spray, Bud boosts etc etc an see where this takes me.

Here are some pics of the girls in action

This is the right hand side of the green house

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busy busy

some canopy


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nice and lush

alot of super croppping going on

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and the happy buds !

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Looking Great M8......Well into flower.....Happydayz


Peace
MM

Cheers MM they are looking good im off to water the buggers now as its been a scorcher today

The potting soil your using is sound going by the ingredients mate, could it be heat stress in the greenhouse with thos crispy lookin leaves.
Some nice looking buds forming there.
e2a: It looks like the potting soil is to strong for young plants/seedlings looking at them younguns now.

Peace,
GG

well a few days of nice weather and things are looking good. Adding top max this year and so far i think there is a makred difference. It still seems the sickest plant is doing the best and furthest along. Anyways please feel free to have a look and say what you want


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Fantastic stuff dabeef, fattening up nicely!

Are you going to remove all the dead stuff ?

HI d|t

I am taking leaves off at the moment but wasnt sure how much of a hair cut i should give them ? I was thinking that as i dead head and look after all the other type of plants in the garden that this should benefit them and incourage the growth and goodness to the buds / fruit

Im getting out there today and moving stuff around to give them a better share of the light, also taking one out and letting her sit on the patio by the house

Cheers and peace out




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If I were you, I would plant them in the soil directly next year - the pots are a little small for plants that size.
Remove all dead and dying leaves now, try and really open the plants up so the air can get around them, and avoid any congested areas. Make sure the plants don't touch each other if you can. Keep as many vents open as possible, and watch for droplets of condensation from the ceiling, or any rain ingress as the weather worsens..

Good luck - they look reallly good.

Cheers Mr spuds !

Taking one out side will free up some space which will be nice ! but im really going to struggle keeping them all apart as they are so big and i dont have any other options to place them ! ! I am using a lot of string to pull branches closer and hold them together . Im going out there soon to have a dabble so we will see the results after ( and post the pics )

Cheers

Beefy Buds mate

I have the same problem with yellowing leaves - although mine are not as far advanced as yours in flower -

Worrying times as we enter the final lap

Good luck -


SL

yes, like andy said, remove anything dead and nasty looking

i do it indoors, anything yellow, brown, rusty etc all gets removed, i either remove the entire leaf or it its just on the end you can trim it off, leaving the leftover clean bits.

good luck with the grow, should be a cracker

Cheers d|t

Had a good bash today at all the leaves but got plenty more to do ! ! ! will post some pics soon as they are swelling by the day ! ! i predicting 3 weeks for 2 of the girls as they are the ones with the worst leaves and it seems they have reacted and pushed the bud growth far quicker than the others that are looking a lot greener. For the others im thinking weather permitting 1st 2 weeks of October

Peace out and cheers for the pic ! ! !

so a week or so has past and boy are things getting bigger ! ! !

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the trouble now is the amount or lack of space ¬! ! im really concerned as i cant seem to do anything about it . Its to late to cut, its to early to cut and my neighbours are freaking me out ! ! !

Any suggestions are more than welcome to aid with this little issue ! im moving the tom plants outside this weekend so this should free up some more space but other than that this is what i have to work with ! ! ! ! ( not that bad i admit )

NOM NOM NOM ! ! !

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remember keep on trucking



Peace out !

Looks like you've got some great buds coming along really well in there, that Passion #1 is nice and early.

Only thing I can suggest is is keep pulling them down if you can anymore with your staking and tying. I'd imagine that they've finished stretch now though and that you will be OK.

Cheers net2-3

they are getting some more serious treatment come the weekend

things are looking good fingers crossed ! taken most of the yellow leaves off and seperated the plants a bit better , although i did it after taking this pic !

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Is the yellowing just something that we have to put up with or is it getting the right balance of everything to prevent it ? Seem to always get towards the end of the grow and used to it now

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Lovely pics, your buds are coming along really nicely . It seems to me quite a few people in pots are having trouble with the yellow, I think it is from the plants being pot bound and the only way to get around this is another potting up into very large pots probably around the start of flowering or putting them in the ground. Your pots really do look quite small for the size of plants too!

Cheers dude ,

Silly question but if they were put into bigger pots earlier , would that not make them bigger ?

cheers

Possibly but I don't think sticking to small pots is a good method of keeping your plants smaller. Personally I would top and train and/or start the plant later to keep it to the right size, with a hungry annual like cannabis I think you're going to have trouble if you don't provide it with adequate root space throughout it's life.

net2-3 cheers , the strange thing is that i started them a month later this year and they have got bigger ! next year i will keep track of the potting up dates and maybe work towards a much larger pots with maybe fewer plants in the green house and maximise the return from 3 huge trained mummas ! !

cheers
peace out

Time for some porn

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Filth

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Slut

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Wowsers ! i just made a mess in my trousers !

So what about the bigger picture !


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This is a 7ft green house by the way and the base is nearly a foot below where it should be.

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looking good at the mo

and this is one i put outside about 4 weeks ago , also doing well and forming some great buds

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I think for harvest i will be doing it as and when required as they all seem to be at different levels ! never straight forward is it !

Enjoy and peace out till next time

is it a problem if you take some buds off before others ? You might not be able to see but some buds are coming up to 70 % of the pistels brown and other buds on the same plant that are about 30%

Last year i only had to do this to one plant and there didnt appear to be any negative effects

Cheers

nice loooking plants shouldnt do any damage taking the riper buds off one plant and leaving the underfinished buds on there iv done it myself and there was no noticable problem. you had many mould problems iv had a few bits of my blueberry in the bin due to it, the thicker the bud the worse the problem especially on bits where its held up by string.

Buds are looking absolutely fantastic, bet you can't wait to have them drying.

I've done staggered harvesting before, I think it's well worth it on outdoor plants, I found the bits left behind carried on filling out and ripening nicely