indicando - RoadRunner #2 - 03/07/11

[indicando 2]

Here, Starts my journey of AutoFlowering Strains

Down the shop, we had just few options, after research on flavour and potency

I came back with 9 seeds of Dinafem - RoadRunner #2 and 3 seeds of High breed Lowrider #2 Regular

Soaking 6 RR#2 gonna let them sprout, haven't made my mind yet if putting them indoor under 250W HPS

in soil or in DWC system..or on my balcony in soil...the thing I don't like about balcony is that they get few

hours of direct sun..but I don't wanna hassle about power fail just want to let them grow 'careless'.

I should flip a coin, when it's in the air I will know what I really want

I won't be posting much pics for the moment, but I'll keep the journal so I can keep track of what and when I've done stuff

Peace friends

'

[Romeu9 491]

how many hours of direct sunlinght indi?

Good luck

[indicando 2]

thanks tokage,

Romeu about 4 ..I worrie about the potency and resin production but they should grow fine..

I have basil and begonia in the same spot..they just grow fine

The spot is really safe, being away for a lot of hours you never know what is going to happen to the ballast and light in

general...having plants like you have it's way more relaxing isn't it?

[Romeu9 491]

Hey Indi

Cannabis plants, wen in the wild, they need a minimum of 3-4 hours of direct sunlight to be sucessfull, so you are in that limit, maybe the yeld will be smaller, I dont know, maybe its a good thing you are doing this so we can learn from that. Thanks, hope you are sucessful.

About this you asked: "having plants like you have it's way more relaxing isn't it?" What do you mean? So i can aswer properly...

Take care

[indicando 2]

Must refrase that,

from my personal experience having a plant or more plants in a guerrilla grow or even around your house

you feel way more confident and calm then having 800W HPS running for 18 hours a day

A plant cannot do damage, an electronic ballast can fail, power can fail...bulb could blast..there are casualties

you don't wanna play with when playing on this thin line...I would be more confident with a DWC system with no need of power for that and maybe LED lights but having the thought of the danger when your away from home just wrecks your mind up..

Anyway I will put them on the balcony, and when I can I'll move the pots around to get more direct sunlight

[Romeu9 491]

I see now.

I move my plants across the terrace, everyday and several times a day so they are always under direct sunlight... In summer I manage to have a total 9 hours of direct sunlight on them

Once the daylight is over I move them to the kitchen where I have a CFL 160w as the kitchen main light, just for rising the photoperiod to the 18h.. (talking about vegging plants).

I had a CFL that burned a few months back, that same that was as a mainlight in the kitchen, it was a China made one, double spectrum 125w ; I changed it to a 160w blue spectrum this time but from China again, the envirolite had gone out of stock :s

this one is the one that burned, just to show you how I have it....

Take care and good luck my friend

[indicando 2]

Ok, my balcony small setup

45x45 pot it's 42L ...bottom has loads of clay pebbles

soil it's still cellmax light mix so I won't need to add any nutes..

here's the first pics

This is a flower of Begonia

and this is how they lay on the balcony

[indicando 2]

11/07 (7 days old from seed)

Sad news, the last 2 days heat

killed 5 young babies..just 1 survived...

3 seeds are soaking right now..hope they will catch up

[indicando 2]

17/07 ( 13 days from seed)

RoadRunner2 #1

And these 3 have just 6 days, I'm gonna leave them under T5 for few more days

so I don't have to worrie about the sun being too strong for the seedlings...

This was a funny one, showing how I recycle

[Romeu9 491]

Hey indi

You can aclimatize the seedlings by putting them in the sun at early hours in the morning and later in the day, until they harden up to the wonderful light from above

Anyway they are great, good luck my friend!

Take care

[indicando 2]

21/07 (RR2#1 18days / RR2#2,3,4 10days)

Yesterday I put the little 3 one outside and today also, I repotted one of them since was falling, might do to the others as well later..I have a new friend on the balcony, I dont know her name if any of you could think a name I'll give to this mantis

[indicando 2]

22/07 (RR2#1 19 days / RR2#2,3,4 11 days from seed)

Had some problems with 2 seedling that fell off, the stem is damaged, so I put soil over the stems of all of them

and this is how they look today

[indicando 2]

24/07 (RR2#1 21days - RR2#2,3,4 13 days )

The older one, has showed her pistils

two are dying looked fine 2 days now, they got worse..well if 2 survive I will be happy enough

[indicando 2]

29/07 (RR2#1 26days - RR2#2 18days )

Temperatures have dropped, it's nice 25 degrees the #1 showing her pistills and the other one too young but still survived

[indicando 2]

04/08 (RR2#1 32days - RR2#2 24days)

[Romeu9 491]

looking good

[indicando 2]

080/8 ( RR2#1 36days / RR2#2 28 days )

[indicando 2]

18/08 the picture is from the PAST! lol today my mind is pretending to be funny...

46 days for the #1

[lamsbread 1,369]

looking nice, you can really start to see those pistils as your buds form.