beginner needs some feedback (1st timer)

[alberry]

hey guys, im a first time grower and i kinda need some advice with 'where to now?' haha

i have 4 larger plants and about 5 smaller babies, would anyone be able to give me some tips on my larger loves?

how far off do you think they are from harvesting? and do you think they look as though im doing everything pretty good? or do i need to do more to bring out the best they can be? ie; trimming? nutrients? how will i know when its time to start harevsting? out of the 4 larger ones, 2 are pretty bloody big now and the other 2 are a little slower due to my dogs digging them out about 5-6 weeks ago (learnt from my mistakes, are now outta reach from the pups haha).

 

i havent really used any kind of nutrients apart from some tomatoe type osmocode with a organic soil and then just a water every 1-2 days, all outdoor growing, they are female clones and i recieved them as babies around end of septemeber. oh n i used some seaweed stuff that came in a bottle and i attached to my house and it automatically diluted it for me.

 

also my other half, better half i'll say wants me to get rid of some as i have accumalated a few now, and she isn't a lover of the green as i am. approx if i was to sell privately somewhere? somehow? what would i get for one of the smaller ones? and what about the bigger ones? the dude i got em off who owed me money for a job i did (decking and spa installation) and ran short of money to pay wages offered a few of us some plants instead until he comes up with the money (which still has not been seen, but im pretty content with my babies, and he was a good bloke in a struggle as most of us are at the moment with the economy fuckin us in the arse whenever they get a chance, so ya get what ya get and u dont get upset as i say to my neices and nephews) and he told me that each of the plants would produce me about a pound?

does that sound about right? i dont know the actual name of the strain or anything but he did mention something to do with them being a skunk? (if i remember right)

           

so as you see, im a rookie on growing, but am loving every day of it, going out into my garden is my sanctuary and a place to chill out for a tad after a hard days work, but just need some guidance on to 'what do i do now?' haha

 

 

 

cheers guys appreciate + open to any feedback

peace

 

 

[louise]

Hi Alberry and welcome to the forum... you might have missed that part of the rules that appears in red at the bottom of each page...

 

WARNING/DISCLAIMER The OZ Stoners cannabis community contains information regarding cannabis & other drugs; it is designed for mature (16+) audiences only. This site in no way condones the use of cannabis by minors. The content here within this cannabis community is for educational & entertainment purposes only. Any buying/selling or trading of illegal cannabis seeds, clones, flowers, resin or oil is strictly prohibited within this cannabis community.

 

So, sorry no one will be able to help you price price plants for sale.

 

From what I can see in the pics, they do look like a skunk variety and they have reverted to vegetative growth, ie none of them is currently flowering. Harvest time wont be until April/May, but if you put the large ones in the ground and let them grow large... you could see a pound or 3 come harvest time.

 

Just as an aside... the tomato plant in the last pic looks pretty swish for a potted specimen... what ever you are doing there - do the same with the weed and it will boom.

 

If you could get some better focused shots of the foliage, we'll be able to see if there are any lurking problems.

[alberry]

Hi Alberry and welcome to the forum... you might have missed that part of the rules that appears in red at the bottom of each page...

 

WARNING/DISCLAIMER The OZ Stoners cannabis community contains information regarding cannabis & other drugs; it is designed for mature (16+) audiences only. This site in no way condones the use of cannabis by minors. The content here within this cannabis community is for educational & entertainment purposes only. Any buying/selling or trading of illegal cannabis seeds, clones, flowers, resin or oil is strictly prohibited within this cannabis community.

 

So, sorry no one will be able to help you price price plants for sale.

 

From what I can see in the pics, they do look like a skunk variety and they have reverted to vegetative growth, ie none of them is currently flowering. Harvest time wont be until April/May, but if you put the large ones in the ground and let them grow large... you could see a pound or 3 come harvest time.

 

Just as an aside... the tomato plant in the last pic looks pretty swish for a potted specimen... what ever you are doing there - do the same with the weed and it will boom.

 

If you could get some better focused shots of the foliage, we'll be able to see if there are any lurking problems.

hi louise,

shit sorry i didnt even see that bottom part, thanks heaps for clearing that up for me

 

i being reverted to vegetative growth  a good thing? is that a normal part of the process?

ok i will get onto it and upload some more closer photos, thanks heaps for ya reply btw

wow ok so i still have a fair way to go before harvesting? so from a seedling to a fully grown plant what is the average time?

sorry for picking your brain haha appreciate ya help!!

 

i thought i was doing exactly the same with that tom' plant as i am with the weed haha im kind of winging it all , i'll take more notice, and work on it.

 

thnx louise

[louise]

No worries Alberry, some of us are actually here to share information with new growers.

 

In a nutshell... cannabis grows vegetatively when the days are longer and the nights are shorter (growing 'vegetatively' simply means not flowering... just growing leaves, stems and roots). Cannabis begins to flower when the nights lengthen enough to trigger flowering (in Aus that's *generally the middle of summer, Jan/feb). When people grow indoors they usually put their lights on for 18 hrs during veg and then change the lighting to 12 hours on and 12 hours off (or 12/12) to get the plants to flower.

 

When you got the plants in Sept and put them outside, they will have begun to flower in the short spring days, but as the days got longer during Oct/Nov they will have stopped flowering and returned to vegetative growth. This is just what happens when you take a plant that has been growing in 18/6 lighting and put it outside in the spring.

 

From seed to finished flower can take as little as 3 months to as much as 9 months depending on when and where you plant the seed. For example, considering where we are in the season I could...

 

...plant skunk seeds indoors under 12/12 lighting and be harvesting buds from small plants 3 months later, or

 

...plant the seed outdoors in the next few weeks and harvest from small plants about 3-4 months later, or

 

I could wait until September and plant seed outdoors, let it grow until flowering commences the following Feb and harvest one hell of a lot of buds about 8 or 9 months after planting the seed.

 

I'm a few degrees in latitude north of you so your flowering may begin and end a little after mine, but where I am the nights are long enough to trigger skunks and similar strains to flower around the end of January, begining of Feb. The nights remain long enough for flowering outdoors right up until the end of Nov.

 

If you start from seed rather than cutting next spring you wont need to worry about flowering and then revegging, because during the seedling stage cannabis plants don't respond to the long nights by going into flower. Generally, *for the southern half of the continent anyway, by the time plants have grown through the seedling stage the days are long enough to keep them growing vegetatively.

 

The major difference between caring for tomatoes and caring for cannabis is in the watering. Tomatoes prefer to have a consistent level of moisture, whereas cannabis prefers the soil to go through a wet/dry cycle.

 

So keep up small amounts of water to the toms regularly, but leave the cannabis until the pot has dried off enough to lose about half it's wet weight. Just water the cannabis thoroughly (so a good stream of water comes out the drain holes) and pick up the pot... feel the weight... that's the wet weight. When you water the toms, check the weight of the cannabis pots... if they feels significantly lighter -  water thoroughly. Otherwise just water the toms, admire the plants and walk on by.

 

The feeding requirements and pot to plant size is similar. The seaweed extract is good... provides a lot of trace elements. If you didn't use all the 'hose on' a once a month light hosing with seaweed would be beneficial... but not during flowering. If you used up the 'hose on'... buy a bottle of the stuff you mix up (cheap as chips at the supermarket) and add it to your watering can fortnightly, this you can do right through flowering. And the toms too, feeding needs, as I said earlier, are similar.

[alberry]

your unreal, thank you so so much louise, that helps me a great bloody deal

at least i have a idea now of all these words etc that havent made any sense to me haha

i got some more pics here to put up, a closer shot for all to see how im going with it

[alberry]

               

 

   

 

   

 

    

[louise]

Thanks for the pics, yep everything looks ok... one thing I'd do is slap some white paint on the black pots, it will keep the roots much cooler come the real hot weather. A water based ceiling white adheres well to the plastic.

 

Oh, and that really big one in the black pot (sixth photo), I'd give her a hair cut... about a third off the top, or a bigger pot or into the ground (mind you, if you plant it in the ground it will get very big).

 

Happy growing, lou

Edited January 1, 2014 by louise

[anon_eighteen]

Your plants look awesome man, good luck with your grow im looking forward to seeing how they turn out 

[alberry]

thnx man i'll keep an update on them. take it easy, peace

[alberry]

Thanks for the pics, yep everything looks ok... one thing I'd do is slap some white paint on the black pots, it will keep the roots much cooler come the real hot weather. A water based ceiling white adheres well to the plastic.

 

Oh, and that really big one in the black pot (sixth photo), I'd give her a hair cut... about a third off the top, or a bigger pot or into the ground (mind you, if you plant it in the ground it will get very big).

 

Happy growing, lou

you are a absolute gem louise thank you for all ya help, i'll keep an update on them

happy 2014 to you