UPDATE:
On 6/22 (6 weeks from germ) I noticed fem preflowers on 2 out of 4. One looks like it could be a potential male, and the other is showing nothing. The one thats showing nothing I do hope is female--it was the straggler that I stunted trying to remove seed shell. My straggler somehow topped itself above the second node and turned into a bush..in the beginning the plant just looked like a little green ball. I was surprised by one of my females--shot up quick, tall, much spacing between nodes, but definitely female.
Please be patient w me Farmers. Its been miserable hot in Denver and I was battling 95F temps in my flower tent. Luckily I just filled tent and hadnt flipped yet, so no REAL (jk..they suffered) damage done. Prob set back my flip schedule another 10 days. It was 95F w ballasts turned down to 50%! Had to just leane off HID for a few days and let ambient room light and flooding light from the veg cab to illuminate tent. Ive spent literally everyday the past 2 weeks hawking Craigslist for a portable..finally scored 9,000 BTU portable for $90 yesterday. A TRUE LIFE SAVER!!
The testers have ALMOST been completely hardened off and soon will be enjoting their new life under the 1000 MH. Ill be vegging for a minute, since my flower tent got pushed back, but plenty of time to grow a tree. I have the 9 TRUE (I count only once 5 blades are on a leaf) node emerging now on all but the runt..shes only 2 behind. Im hoping my other 2 will show sex soon so I can knock out topping and cloning up my fems all in one shot. Testers have only been fed compost and guano teas, but this last feeding they were given FloraNova ~200 ppm.
Ill try and get some pics up today. First I have to figure out a way to exhaust my AC (about 15-20 ft from window) AND reconfigure my 2 rooms. Had one vent exhausting 2,000 in bloom and 1,000 in veg, but my 90 degree bend behind my veg coming in is KILLING my fans efficiency. BTW, at the beginning of the heat wave I swapped my 6" CAP for an 8" CanFan HO. The plan today is for my fan to connect to a wyee connector. The straight end will go to the flower, the "split" will go to another wyee which one will go to veg and other to AC. Can HO 8" is 737 CFM, which I hope is enough for what im trying to setup. If AC starts kicking off bc not venting fast enough Ill put my 6" CAP on the AC.
Still fighting, Hazey, still fighting..a losing battle it sometime seems.
Cheers,
primo303