1st journal-Sensi Star/LA Ultra/NYC Diesel

[SensiStarFan]

I have been working out my next flowering cycle and it is looking like it is going to be a good one. The 5 plants I have flowering now should be done in about 24 days give or take a few. Once this cycle is done I will put 3 more NYC Diesel (good pheno clones) into flowering immediately after harvesting this crop. There are also 5 more Sensi Stars in veg from clone. If the LA Ultra ends up being good I have 3 clones from her vegging now as well. All 11 of these plants are pictured here. The reason the plants on the left in the one pic look yellow is because I ran out of CFL's with the correct K rating and the one bulb on the end puts out more yellowish light. In addition to these 11 plants I germinated 10 Original Sour Diesel seeds from Cali Connection that have all germed and popped out of the soil. They are seedlings still but hopefully they will be big enough 3-4 weeks from now that i can take clones and throw them into flower as well to see what I have for females. And I germinated the last 5 Hashberry seeds I had, 4 of them germed and popped out of the soil so they will go through the same process as the Sour Disels. So if all goes well I will start my next flowering cycle with 5 strains and 25 plants.

-SSF-

 

[Gixxerman420]

Looking good Sensi, but those CFL's seem a little high? I have no doubt you got it going on though, I've seen the rest of this journal too!:rofl: how tall about are these girls in the first picture?

 

[SensiStarFan]

Looking good Sensi, but those CFL's seem a little high? I have no doubt you got it going on though, I've seen the rest of this journal too!:rofl: how tall about are these girls in the first picture?

Good eye Gixxer! I raised them up so I could take these pics without the lights blocking the plants and I forgot to lower them back down. Thanks for reminding me!!!!!!!!! All 11 of these plants were topped about 10 days ago and range from 10-14 inches tall.

-SSF-

 

[fruity86]

looking good sensi

 

[bullhorn10]

Hey Sensi...
Im new to this , and have been following you're beautiful journey .
How do i keep up with this journal ?
Thanks.

 

[SensiStarFan]

looking good sensi

Thanks fruity

-SSF-

 

[SensiStarFan]

Hey Sensi...
Im new to this , and have been following you're beautiful journey .
How do i keep up with this journal ?
Thanks.

Hi bullhorn10, welcome to the site and thanks for the compliment. When you have a thread open, at the top of the thread you will see a button on the right side at the top that says "thread tools". If you click on that a sub-menu opens. Click on "subscribe to thread". Then whenever you log into the site and click on "User CP" (button is on the left at the top of all pages), it will bring up all of the threads you are subscribed to. This way you don't have to search through the forums for threads you want to keep track of.

 

[SensiStarFan]

Couple overhead shots of the canopy below the two 600 HPS:


Some bud porn of the good NYC Diesel pheno @ Day #47 of flower.



I also found a way to adjust the light setting on my digital camera. Through trying the different settings I found that by setting it to "Tungsten" (whatever that means), the pictures look normal and the yellow glow from the HPS lights is gone. This will make it much easier to take detailed photos without moving the plants out of the closet away from the HPS. The first pic was taken with the normal camera setting and the second pic is the same spot on the plant with the "Tungsten" setting, and the other pics here were also taken in the flower area with the HPS lights on though you can't tell:


And lastly, I wanted to update the seed growth on the good NYC Diesel pheno. At the end of three weeks of flower I painted some pollen on her with a Q-tip from an LA Ultra male I had. The spot where I painted on the pollen is busting with seeds and none of the buds around the seeded bud are showing any signs of seed growth so it seems to have worked well (sorry the last pic is blurry):


-SSF-

 

[niteshft]

Nice shots SSF and great tip, I'll have to take a closer look at my camera. It's a digital SLR so may have that option as well.

 

[SensiStarFan]

The Sensi Stars are @ Day #32. I made the mistake two days ago of feeding them from a stronger batch of nutes I had mixed for the LA Ultra and today I noticed some nute burn. It doesn' appear too bad. Stupid of me though.

Thanks niteshift!

So 3 days ago I made the mistake of giving the Sensi Stars a little too much food and I am seeing a little nute burn. It isn't much, just a little here and there. I gave them plain water today, their next feeding. If I am going to be honest with this journal I have to show my mistakes too so here are a couple pics of the mistake I made, buds are still forming nicely though: (EDIT: At least I hope this is the result of a little too much food and not some other unseen issue)


-SSF-

 

[420_Osborn]

Buds are lookin so good!

 

[SensiStarFan]

Buds are lookin so good!

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to 420_Osborn again."

:doh:

-SSF-
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[bho_expertz]

Good looking plants here ... Green mojo !!!

 

[SensiStarFan]

Good looking plants here ... Green mojo !!!

Thanks bho! I know you are growing out those Mandala strains so here are a couple pics of the 4 Mandala Hashberry I germed. Small seedling, I know......boring pics.



Not any news on the plants today. I ordered two new 600HPS bulbs that I plan on using starting my next grow cycle and they came today. Anyone use "Ultra Sun" HPS bulbs before?

-SSF-

 

[Rosebud]

Hey Sensi, how long did it take your seeds to pop?
They look good.

 

[SensiStarFan]

Hey Sensi, how long did it take your seeds to pop?
They look good.

Hola chica, como estas?
Anyway....
, and the pic of them in the previous post was taken today. These were my last 5 Hashberry seeds and 4 germed. I also germinated 10 "Original Sour Diesel" from Cali Connection and they all germinated in 30 hours and are as big as these Hashberry in half the time. I am posting those in the Cali Connection Growers thread.

-SSF-

 

[Rosebud]

Thanks, i didn't know when to expect mine to pop. I see you did not follow Mandalas instruction, you rebel. That is great 4 out of 5 germed. Are they straight seeds, no auto or fem or anything?
Did you get my pm?

 

[TheKlonedRanger]

Jeez...how much room do you have? I keep telling my wife we need to upgrade so I can grow more. That may be why we don't.

I wanna see that hash berry!

 

[420_Osborn]

Rose I've never follow breeders advice on germ'ing seeds...They say just put it in soil right? No pre-treating?

I like to crack the seed in a shot glass and wait for a taproot before I sow in soil...Never failed me yet.

 

[SensiStarFan]

Hi Rose,
The seeds are regular seeds. I germed 5 of the 10 Hashberry I got at the start of this journal. 4 of the 5 germed but only one survived past germination and grew and it turned out to be male. So I went ahead and threw the last 5 in a glass and again 4 germed. This time all 4 that germed have grown into seedling so hopefully I have better luck this time. I got back to your pm a few minutes ago

TKR,
LOL, it's not a lot of room. I have 5 plants in flowering under the 2 600HPS and I can use as much as 35 square feet (7x5) if needed. I have 11 plants (3 strains) vegging that are all in 2 gallon pots and then I have another 14 seedlings (2 strains) in 16 ounce cups. The veg area has 25 plants (5 strains) in it but the plants are still small, the entire veg space is only taking up about 15 square feet. So all together I have 30 plants total in 50 square feet of space.

Osborn,
Glad to see your Sensi Stars in your journal. A few months from now we can be comparing smoke report notes

-SSF-