Atomic NL Test Grow

I was lucky enough to be selected to try out some of Doc Atomic's Atomic NL seeds, so long as I could document the grow complete with (and maybe most importantly) as many photos as I can supply throughout the entire process, as well as notes on how it was done, and my comments and opinions as a grower and consumer.

So let us begin the journey, and I will do the best that I am able.

For starters, I will include a link to Doc Atomic's breeder page for the Atomic NL, which has some nice pics of the chunky lady's I am looking for in my own garden.
http://www.dratomicseedbank.com/atomicNL.html

Here we have a nice lil bag of healthy looking seeds (not in original packaging):
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Got some moist paper towel ready to sprout them in:
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Seeds are nestled in and the journey has begun:
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(Yes, I am somewhat behind with the posting and whatnot, but I am a Stoner, and a Patient, with a garden to tend, so I do what I can, as I can)

Here are the seeds after approx 48 hours, almost all of them have at least cracked, with many protruding rootlets, and even some cotyledons (seed leaves) showing:
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Aint they lil cuties? :)

Thru this stage, I completely gapped on photos, sorry. I will do my best to give as complete a description as possible.

After approximately 60 hours, I selected the 28 healthiest of the sprouted seeds, and planted them in some of my soiless mix in red beercups, and put them into some domed trays, along with some clones for another project. The remaining seeds were discarded.

As they grew into little plantlets, I realised that my timing was a little off. The plants in the flower room were going to need a some more time to finish up. As a result, my 28 lil Atomic NL plantlets spent more time than intended in the florecent powered (21hrs a day) veg area, and almost all of them exeperienced a bit of 'seedling stretch', although there were 2-3 runtier ones that were probably glad for the extra time to develop before being moved to HID lighting.

Here are the 28 Atomic NL seedlings, moments after being transplanted from red beercups to 1 gallon nursery pots, and buried a little deeper to counteract the stretch. Each plant was individually numbered for later tracking. They really liked the move from florecent (21hrs per day) lighting to 1000W of MH (24hrs per day).

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right on ybg! *tagged*

It is about a week or so later and the Atomic NL plants are comming along nicely, time to spread them out a bit (and add a few companion plants to the grow room as well). In addition to the 1000W MH, I added a 1000W HPS. Plants are still recieving 24 hrs a day of light, as they have been since being moved under HID lighting. Also recieved thier first (weak, ie %50 strength) feeding at this stage.

Most are comming along nicely:
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Some of the (runty) others are a little bit mutated:
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Besides those few, most are quite healthy and normal looking:
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Here they are, spread out, and with the HPS added, and a few of the companion plants trying to horn in on the photo (I tried to tell them to get out of frame, but you know):
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(Please ignore any companion plants that you may occasionally see in this thread, as it is devoted entirely to the Atomic NL)

looking good ybg! I cant wait to see how this turns out....ive always been impressed with doc atomics gear, and i like the mix spectrum(hps/mh)...pulling up a chair for this one :bongin:

Mutants, mutants , mutants. Cool YBG, bring it on. Peace GS

cant wait for some of those cuts to someday make their way to ca

:strokin:

i dont know what that smiley face is "strokin" but i thought it was hilarious alongside these photos

anyways...yeeee ive been waiting for these journals to start

Taking a seat for this one.

Here we are with the next installment, the plants are little over 2 weeks older than the last photos....

Now that they have been in the 1 gal nursery pots for a bit under the mixed light (1000W ea of MH & HPS) they are really putting on some major healthy growth, and the stems are getting thickened up nicely. The runts/mutants have also put on some growth and even started to normalize a little as well. On with the photos....

Here are a couple group shots of the Atomic NL in 1 gallon nursery pots:
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Now some individual close up shots:
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a lil bit mutated but recovering
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The side branches on this mutant wanted to be boss, but its recovering:
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same with this 1:
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As I transplanted them into 2gal nursery pots, I took a few shots of the roots, and before and after pictures:
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They were all very similar:
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So its been not quite a week since the transplant and last photos, took a few quick shots to note growth, root development, and some early sexing.

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Note the visible pistilate hairs, a sure sign this is a female:
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Less than a week since transplant and the roots are already pushing out the bottom:
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Hope you all have enjoyed the updates,
YBG

looking great YBK

Great show so far. Does everyone use one of those large rubbermaids for mixing there soil mix? I know I do, high five YBG.

lookin great

Been about 10 days since the last set of photos. Plants are still recieving 18hrs/day of 1000W HPS & 1000WMH.

Keeping a close eye on the crop, and by now pretty much all of them are showing some sign of sex. (By letting them stay in that size pot a bit long, they get a tiny bit of root circling, which will encourage many plants to show a sign of sex) In some cases, particularly with males, it can be difficult for a begginer to judge sex by eye at such an early stage (still in vegetive lighting), but I have done it a few now, and do not second guess my determinations anymore. (You should be sure for yourself when sexing) Any sign of male-ness earns a quick death.

Picture format is (mostly) as follows:
Plant identification, whole plant, close up(s) of sex

I may have flaked on a few, but the sex of the plants have been marked, and are visible in the identification shots. Also some of the close up shots may be hard to make out, but I did the best I could without a macro lens.

Here are a couple group shots just before I sex them all:
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And now the sexing photos:
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To be continued.....

Cont....

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I took some pictures of the males root systems after I killed them to note root development:
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Lovely healthy plants. Killed off all the males, and spread the girls out so they have more room to grow. At this point I switched from a mix of MH & HPS to 2000W of HPS only, still at 18hrs/day.

Hope you have enjoyed the update.
YBG

Great job so far dude, keep up the good work. Peace GS

Just popped in with the cam real quick a few days after sexing and transplanting. Looking healthy and happy, starting to be a lil bushy at the bottoms.

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Thats all for now, more later.
YBG

Hey dude, so how many females? Peace GS

Of 28 sprouted and veg'd Atomic NL plants, 15 showed me thier cute lil pistils....

The 13 showin me thier balls died......

Carrots... ;)
YBG

Awesome, pretty close to 50/50. Peace GS

So crippled today.... got a ton of work to do in the garden.... can't.

Instead I thoght I'd pen another update on the Atomic NL, since I'm nowhere near caught up on it, and.... I can.

It has been almost 2 weeks since the last quick set of photos, plants have been vegging away happily, turning into happy little bushes under 18hrs per day of 2 X 1000W HPS. In fact, so much growth has occured, its getting darn bushy in the lower canopy.
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As I pruned these ladies, I retained multiple individually labled clones of each one, to become future moms if selected as a winner.

Picture format for this series is (generally) as follows:
Identification, close up of lower bushiness, bushy whole plant shot, and pruned whole plant shot

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In this shot you can see 2 complete branches growing where there should be 1....
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Gapped, here it is pruned
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#14 is also a bit of a mutant, you can see 1 'flattened' branch that eventually splits into 2 completely seperate branches
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In this shot you can see that the branches on this 1 are not directly opposite each other, but rather step up 1 at a time per side
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Now the lower portion of the canopy can breathe nicely.
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Here is the upper canopy after pruning
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At this point the girls all went into a 24hr dark period to initiate flowering, and then on 12/12 with 2 X 1000W HPS, and switched to flowering food.

Hope you have enjoyed the update, more to come......
YBG

So this set of pics was taken about a week after the last set. Pre-flowers are forming all over the place, and the girls seem to be enjoying the airflow in the lower canopy.

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Just the few quick shots this round, more to come.....

YBG


*Just a quick reminder, I am way behind in my posting, so none of these shots are current as I post them.....*

Thanks again dude. Lookin good so far. Keep up the good work. Peace GS

Time for an update, around a week or so since the last set of pics, grabbed a few quick overall shots:

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As I took these shots, I also did my regular examination of the plants with an eye out for abnormalities, problems, ect. Sure enough, a couple popped up with some odd characteristics.

#14 has been on the 'lil mutant' list for a while now, and I noticed some more mutations comming up:
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getting closer as we go......
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what the heck is that down in the junction of the fan leaf stem and side branch stem?
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These odd growths are not on the upper or lower sections of the plant, just the middle section. To me these look like either the beginings of male sex parts, or possibly a mutation that is providing additional flowering sites, or both. In any case way it bears keeping an eye on.

#16 also has some some growths starting in the same locations, at the junction of the fan leaf stem and the branch proper, but on this plant they start in the middle and continue right to the top, where the growths appear to be forming additional flowering sites.
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I will be keeping a close eye on these 2....

That's the update for now, more to come....
YBG

Very cool grow! Loving the pics and especially the weird mutations lol, and additional flowering sites? SOUNDS GOOD :P

About 4-5 days after the last set. Took a couple of general overall shots just after the lights went out. A lot easier to see the true lush green color of the plants without the HPS lamps on.

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Thats all for now. More to come....
YBG

the second to last pic is wicked cool, i like

3-4 days since the last pics

#14 has been on the watch list for some time, for mutant traits, and possible hermaphrodism..... long story short, she has boy parts, and must die......

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Those may be hard to see, but they are boy parts poppin out on that bitch, she/he had to die...
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#16 is still on the watch list... for now. I will let it develop a little further to see if it is just the extra flower site formation, or also confused about its sexual identity.

More later,
YBG

Lookin great- keep up the good work

Not quite a week since the last set of photos.

Popped in just before lights came on, and snapped a few quick shots. Several of these girls are really starting PHatten up, and even the more leggy of the girls are developing nicely. Room smells strongly of baby puke & skunk cabbage.

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Thats all for now, more to come.

YBG

Their color is b-e-a-utiful. Beautiful green.

Again a couple days since the last shots, popped in for a couple quick photos.

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More to come.....

YBG

Sweet, great job bro. Peace GS

Another couple of days since the last set, another couple of quick shots, with the HPS on.

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More to follow....

YBG

Almost a week since the last photos, I popped in just before lights on to take these shots, in fact 1 HPS lamp came on while I was snapping the last few.

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So they are starting to look nice, a lot of potential chunkyness comming on. The ladies are also starting to develp thier own scents, most varying away from the general 'baby vomit' aroma they all started with.

Still getting fed pretty steady. No abnormalities in the room. The environment is generally easier to control in the winter, though some abnormal weather this year has me riding the controls pretty hard.... once again starting to think of investing in a controller to do the work for me.

Later in this same day, I took a deeper look into mutant #16...... but ya gotta wait.... :)

Those photos, and conclusions from same, in the next instalment of YBG's Atomic NL test grow.

YBG

ooooooooooohhh yeahhhh -- nice man
keep these beautiful shots coming

Lookin real good my friend... Ill make a tread when im done with my/your sis m and mezma xD so every one can see your sweet fenos in a hydro set up xD

As promised....

This series of pictures was taken at the same time as the last set. After the overall shots I gave #16 its daily close up exam....

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From afar, it looks like many of the other plants in the room, ie: comming along nicely. At the top crown of the plant, the mutations previously noted before still seem to be producing an 'extra flower site' at the junction of the true branches and the fan leaf stems. Little buds are forming there. But from the bottom of the 'top crown', down through the lower branches, the mutation looks a lot more like definitive boy parts.
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Certainly not one I want to continue in the garden any longer. Smells nice tho, and even sorta sticky already. Oh well.

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As I cut it up, I could see upon even closer examination, that there were also male parts forming inside the flowers as well. Glad it was culled.

It is now well and truely dead. The clones retained from it were also destroyed. All in all, there were only 2 hermi plants in this batch of sprouted seeds, both which didnt show untill well into flowering. This ratio seems pretty normal to me, and not indicitive of any problem as such. They also showed later in the plant's life cycle, which is both less of a problem in terms of 'screwing up a crop', (ie not paying close enuff attention to your grow), and in addition, problem seed batches will tend to have a much higher incidence rate and show hermaphrodism much more rampantly and much earlier in the grow cycle (even whilst vegging in some cases). Sometimes using artificial foods and additives can also cause these later type hermi's in an indoor garden.

In short, I do not consider this a problem, and well within acceptable losses for a seed crop (along with the male plants).

**On a side note, Mr. Cripple is in full effect, so pictures are not current as I post them, but some time in the not too recent past.**

Hope you enjoyed the update, more later.
YBG