Pr0digal_sons not so Prodigal season.

Seeds soaked in peroxide and superthrive solution for 24 hours.

First 72 cell tray of seeds planted 1/11/12. Pro-mix seed starting mix was used to fill the cells.

Placed on my heated bathroom floor tile... Wait shouldn't this be in the ghetto grow thread?

1/17/12 hooks and seedlings


1/20/12 more sprouts and seedlings.

1/23/12 After 3 days of neglect while I was out of town. Tray sat on a table near south facing window. Not what they needed but it kept them alive. I used my 15 minutes of free time for the week and hung a light for them.

 

[Sethsquatch]

Your plants are looking really good. Nice work!

 

[PaulG]

Hey, Pr0d, your starts are really looking great
Am enjoying your photos a lot.
Good luck at transplant time!

I'm only using 1175 lumens per sq. foot with T12's - maybe what's why
sometimes I think my plants look kind of puny.

Your seedlings are really coming along - looks great, Pr0!

 

[Pr0digal_son]

I have been bumming about slow growth,and now I find myself wanting things to slow down a bit.
Plants are starting to branch a lot under the halide.

Buds!

Plant numerous seeds per cell and I guess this happens. Stubborn one...

Trying to root

Some of these are on 7 and 8 leaf sets and only 4 1/4" tall. Is that good or should they be taller?

Hoping this guy starves to death...

 

[PIC 1]

Your plants are looking very, very happy! I like that "electric magenta" background in the 1st photo, theres no stopping that plant....its reaching for more light...nice

"Buds" on any plant is a good thing and yours are firing up early! Which plant is that?

Stubborn seedlings or not, its still another healthy looking plant.

Dense growth is what you want, taller plants with futher apart leaf sets causes week support in the long run. Hmm.....I was trying to get that point off to someone else here, but I think they misunderstood...in a bad way, oh well

Starving "Lady Beetle" is a good thing........ha, she'll be ready if the pests arrive
I'm glad your MH is working out for you, Can't wait to see those plants outdoors

Greg

 

[Beehunter]

Plants look awesome! Hope that lady stays hungry but doesnt starve to death. ya need her to stick around just in case!! I love those low squat plants! easier to keep them under the lights that way What plant is that who is try to grow roots out of his stim?

 

[Pulpiteer]

Wow, great pics! Looks like your grow is coming along great. Keep up the good work!

 

[romy6]

Plants are looking great Prod. When do you plant on putting those puppies outside?

Jamie

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Plants are looking great Prod. When do you plant on putting those puppies outside?

Jamie

The weather has been good up here. Rule of thumb is Memorial Day weekend. Last year I waited until then and missed out on two 80° Weeks of good growing. Playing it by ear but I worry more about night and ground temps than high temps.If nights temps are high 50s low 60s they will go in the dirt. Thanks for looking.

Wow, great pics! Looks like your grow is coming along great. Keep up the good work!

Thanks pulp... I have been following your glog and I'm impressed at the growth you have gotten in a short period of time.

Plants look awesome! Hope that lady stays hungry but doesnt starve to death. ya need her to stick around just in case!! I love those low squat plants! easier to keep them under the lights that way What plant is that who is try to grow roots out of his stim?

7 pot primo. I have seen them grow roots closer to the soil. Those are atleast 1/4" above soil. I thought that was cool. I am calling it my Kordell Stewart pepper. If anyone remembers him they may get the humor.

Your plants are looking very, very happy! I like that "electric magenta" background in the 1st photo, theres no stopping that plant....its reaching for more light...nice

"Buds" on any plant is a good thing and yours are firing up early! Which plant is that?

Stubborn seedlings or not, its still another healthy looking plant.

Dense growth is what you want, taller plants with futher apart leaf sets causes week support in the long run. Hmm.....I was trying to get that point off to someone else here, but I think they misunderstood...in a bad way, oh well

Starving "Lady Beetle" is a good thing........ha, she'll be ready if the pests arrive
I'm glad your MH is working out for you, Can't wait to see those plants outdoors

Greg

Greg that plant is a green scorpion.This specific one had the typical 3 cots but the leaf sets were only two. I fried a few leaves testing my halide but it is chugging along nicely. My electric magenta background is just a red plastic tablecloth to protect the table I am growing on. I try to get decent pictures at whatever cost. I have 10 strikes against me... halide lights...flouro lights.. dim basement lighting..cellphone camera... If anyone saw me trying to get some of my snapshots I would surely be institutionalized. On my stomach like a snake... pacing around cursing,and smacking myself in the head.

 

[patrick]

Man am I sorry it took me so long to check out this thread. Great looking plants P-s.

Couple of things I read that I may be able to help with. You wondered if three cotyledons meant a cross. The answer is nope. Just a weird thing that happens quite a bit. And secondly to get your plants to grow vertically you need to move the lights farther away from the plants. Make them stretch to get that light. You've got some serious growth along the stems and that's a great thing but you need to give them some height so light can get through. Once those babies are on full time sun you're going to have some monsters. Awesome job.

 

[stc3248]

Hey, if your little friend gets hungry send him to me! Unfortunately I have plenty of food for him!

 

[Sethsquatch]

What is your light setup? I'm curious because I am thinking about investing in a MH myself.

 

[Spicegeist]

love that branching, looking good

 

[Pr0digal_son]

Man am I sorry it took me so long to check out this thread. Great looking plants P-s.

Couple of things I read that I may be able to help with. You wondered if three cotyledons meant a cross. The answer is nope. Just a weird thing that happens quite a bit. And secondly to get your plants to grow vertically you need to move the lights farther away from the plants. Make them stretch to get that light. You've got some serious growth along the stems and that's a great thing but you need to give them some height so light can get through. Once those babies are on full time sun you're going to have some monsters. Awesome job.

Thanks for taking the time to peruse,and for the info also.

Hey, if your little friend gets hungry send him to me! Unfortunately I have plenty of food for him!

I have tons of these at work. They might be the Asian lady beetles or whatever. The still eat aphids. This one must have came in after I was giving the plants some sun.

love that branching, looking good

Thanks Spice. I will keep taking pics of the morouga and BS plants for you. These guys that want the DNA testing can pony up the $. I'm glad you started that thread. I have plenty of real life stress. This new hobby is my Serenity.

What is your light setup? I'm curious because I am thinking about investing in a MH myself.

I just started using the halide actually. My life had been so crazy that I really neglected my plant as far as lighting. I have a t5 which I will say has been way overhyped by the cannabis community. I am looking for solid starts to plant out in spring. People wanting to be more discrete and hide their "crops" might want this light. Or even folks who want to try seed to ripe fruit with flouros might try it. It kept the plants compact for sure. I had a hard time keeping good temps with it but my growing quarters had a lot to do with that. I have a 6 bulb t8 fixture also which I think is way more versatile. I have some of my flower starts under it now. It is a "Ronco" light... Set it and forget it. Good for my lifestyle. The 400w halide is a magnetic ballast. I opted for the cheap open reflector. Mine is in my basement and no grow tent so no need for fancy hoods and vents. I don't believe there is any magic nute,light,soil. A tiny bit...in my case very tiny bit of sense goes a long way. That being said I have noticed a very big difference since changing to the halide lamp. I am getting major branching and undergrowth. Leaves are getting larger also. Now is that due to their age,nutes,and higher humidity? *shrugs* I am very new to this but I have to say the light is helping a lot. For the price it is worth grabbing one to tinker with. Mine was around $125 with the crap reflector. Hope I helped you Seth. Maybe my longest post to date haha. I took some allergy meds.... Well it said something about causing excitability in small children. Yikes! Thanks for stopping by.

 

[spongey600]

I have been bumming about slow growth,and now I find myself wanting things to slow down a bit.
Plants are starting to branch a lot under the halide.

what kind of plant is this?

 

[Pr0digal_son]

what kind of plant is this?

Thai hot ornamental. They grow very fast and bushy. Might get 12". It will put out 500 peppers.

 

[The Howster]

Great looking plants! That MH is really working for you.

 

[PaulG]

Great update pr0d! The plants look really good. Those chinense? look
really healthy. A lot of my annuums have those root nodules on the low
stem. Plant those under ground and the roots will shoot out!

 

[Spicegeist]

Thanks Spice. I will keep taking pics of the morouga and BS plants for you. These guys that want the DNA testing can pony up the $. I'm glad you started that thread. I have plenty of real life stress. This new hobby is my Serenity.

I hear you. When given the chance I can just sit and stare at my seedlings indefinitely imagining what they're going to look like, the crosses I want to make etc...

 

[spongey600]

Thai hot ornamental. They grow very fast and bushy. Might get 12". It will put out 500 peppers.

the reason i asked is i took some seeds form a supposed Choc hab X Red hab pod and planted the seeds and the plant look almost identical to that picture check it out.

 

[slashroot]

Damn I'm jealous, that's some amazing looking plants! Keep posting