Flowering log / Picture log

[daihashi]

So since I gave up on my regular log I am going to at least do a flowering log. This will pretty much be a picture log only going into detail when asked. I'll post pictures 1-2 times a week but will take pictures every day so I can do a time lapse animated gif.

Here is the new cab I built. I tested it and with just the circulatory fan and the exhaust fan it stays about 82 degrees at the canopy.

Tomorrow is the real test as this will be their first time in a decent sized grow space with some real lighting (400 watt hps vs 320watt CFL).

I watered them with bloom ferts tonight in the dark. I'm hoping the additional light will have noticable effects in the first week.

The plant in the 3 gallon pot is the Beast. I'm hoping she'll be a big yielder.

The 2 plants standing higher in the back are ones that have yet to sex.

The 3 up front are all females also. Well they just sprouted their first hairs the yesterday/this morning.

[BobBong]

Groovey..
I like the box.

[daihashi]

Groovey..
I like the box.

thanks.. it's the first time I've built anything.

I meant to buy alot more studs for the frame but somehow miscalculated big time at the hardware store/forgot and I wanted to get it together asap as my plants were getting squished from their current grow space. So I made due with what I had.

Cost me $40 to put together, not including the cost of a jigsaw and a drill (another $60). I don't count them because they're reusable items.

I may build another better box after this grow now that I have a little more expierence.

current box measures 6'x3'x3'

[daihashi]

temps with the plants in the room are about 82 degrees and 48% humidity if I keep the ambient temp in my house about 72-75 degrees.

That's with the light 19-20" away. I am going to see about installing a second box fan tonight to help bring in cooler air from the outside.

Hoping to get the temps sub 80's so I can lower the light to say.. 16" away.

so far though the plants seem to be loving the new grow area. I retied down my big plant now that she has space to spread out a bit.

I may have to do a scrog because she's getting so unruly. However being that this is my first grow I'd rather stick to one technique that I feel I've learned fairly well.

Transplants for the smaller plants into their final container will probably happen tomorrow evening right before the lights go out. Give them all evening to try to recover from the shock of being transplanted.

[daihashi]

forgot to add, I got 1 male today. I moved him to the quarantine closet to see if he'll change his mind.

I also chopped up one male who decided he was definitely a boy with his grandiose balls for all to see. He was in quarantine.

I cut him up and ran him through the food processor. No boys are going to bust a nut over my girls!

[daihashi]

update:

The last plant finally showed her pistils. 5 out of 7 plants I had in veg have turned female. Pretty good ratio I'd say.

They seem to be loving the hps light. I think I'm going to hold back on cutting the intake hole. They seem to be enjoying life at 82 degrees with only the circulation fan and exhaust.

I'm pretty excited to have had so many turn female.I may go ahead and transfer them into their final pots today now that I know they're all female.

[theelectrician]

good work:) keep us posted, know whacha mean bout scrogging ,just tie some limbs down myself. goodluck

[daihashi]

Pistils on the big plant are starting to get nice and resin covered. Saw a few thick "drops" of resin hanging on most of the pistils.

I'll see if I can get a macro shot tomorrow morning before I go to work.

Transplanted 2 of the plants last night and did the other 2 this morning. Retied everything down since they're now in their final pots. I don't suspect I'll be tying them down anymore after this. 2 months till harvest probably.

The big plant I'm contemplating going from it's existing 3 gallon one to a 5 gallon pot. I'd have to add about a week onto it's flower time.

Would it be worth it from a quality standpoint? Or should I keep her in her 3 gallon pot so she puts more energy into making some potent buds instead of more foliage.

Any input will be appreciated.

Thanks

:thumbsup:

[daihashi]

Would it be worth it from a quality standpoint? Or should I keep her in her 3 gallon pot so she puts more energy into making some potent buds instead of more foliage.

Any input will be appreciated.

Thanks

:thumbsup:

foliage should read roots.. Making more potent buds instead of roots.

Any input anyone?

[daihashi]

it's hard to believe that my plants have only been in there about 3 days (3 days with light).

Plants are growing pretty rapidly now. I've only got my 5 females as I was able to find the males pretty quickly.

Pistils are shooting out of everywhere and I think there's bud formation, but honestly I've never grown before so I don't know what the beginnings of bud formation looks like.

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

edit: the close ups are not of any of the main stems.. it's of one of the smaller side branches. My bigger cola's/main stem are even more impressive. Lights went out as I was taking pictures so I had to stop with just those 3.

Plants have been in 12/12 for 11 days so far. Really it's only in the last 3 days (since I built the bigger cabinet with HPS) that they really exploded in growth. I guess HID is a huge step up from CFL's.

Enjoy.

[daihashi]

cut an intake hole in the grow cabinet today. I wasn't comfortable anymore with the temps sitting at 82 degrees. Mostly because one of the taller stems had the edges curling upwards, a sign of heat stress. I think it can stay at it's current position with the new intake in place.

It's a 20" box fan just like my exhaust. It was on clearance today at target for 10 bucks!!! couldn't pass it up.

I posted this in basic grow also but here are some pics of my big plant.

I'm having problems getting direct light to the main stem/the side shoots. It's been LST'd to hell and back and am wondering what else can I do aside from pruning some of the leaves.

I don't want to prune but I don't see any other options. If anyone looks here and has some ideas please let me know.

Pic 1: Side view of the plant entirely
pic 2: overhead view of the plant.
Pic 3: Me parting open the plant from the side.
Pic 4: Me parting open the plant from the top (sort've).
Pic 5: Bonus Macro shot of one of the tops of one of my smaller/medium stems. 12-13 days in 12/12 now.

[daihashi]

Just an update. With the new intake I put in yesterday my temps at the tallest stray branch/cola is 80.3 degrees, about 2-3 inches down it's staying at a nice breezy 75.

Very pleased with the results. I went ahead and raised the other smaller plants to just below the height of the stray cola on my big plant now that I know it's safe temperature wise.

I watered my plant last night. Before i only had to water about once a week in my tiny cardboard box setup but it looks like here with the bigger room and HPS beaming down on the plants it looks like the evaporation rate is higher.

This morning I woke up to check on my plants and they look like they just exploded in growth over night and perked up. They were definitely rootbound. I'm going to be transplanting my biggest plant from a 3 gallon to a 5 gallon pot. I'm hoping this will help the branches stuck under the top foliage to stretch a bit.

I'll probably have another picture update Saturday or Sunday Evening.

[daihashi]

Moved big bertha from a 3 gallon pot to a 5 gallon pot this evening shortly before lights went out.

The 3 gallon pot was just about as deep as the 5 gallon one (due to it being a square pot). Because of this I wasn't able to put any soil beneath the plant when I repotted; only on the sides was fresh soil put in. Hopefully this still helps. I only used promix. I chose not to use any fox farms ocean forest on recommendation of psteve since it's loaded up with lots of Nitrogen.

I know this will add a couple of weeks onto my flowering time (1-2 weeks) but a few other members said she needed to be repotted and I had already been contemplating doing it.

Hopefully this will allow the plant to stretch a little more so the cola's beneath the canopy can get some light.

The bigger pot did not really give me any additional LST room.

Bummer :(

The other plants are really growing fast though. I just transplanted them recently (2-3 days ago) and they look like they're already back in full force. This seems to have been the case with all my transplants so far with this grow. Perhaps something to do with allowing the plant to get a little rootbound before transplanting. Who knows.

Pictures coming saturday/sunday evening.

Going to start using molasses and sweet at the next watering. I will have 1 plant that I will use neither on just for comparison/test results.

[daihashi]

Also don't know if anyone counted the visible flowering tops in the overhead picture but there's 26-27 cola's (you can't see the rest of the budsites beneath the top sites but trust me they're there.) in that picture.

Overall there's probably about 35-40 colas total on this plant. Hopefully it all comes together like I'm hoping and I get killer yield. I can't wait to see what the dry weight yield is on this plant come harvest.

[daihashi]

Not sure if I'm going to post pictures this evening. I just spent yesterday and today flushing my plants.

They were having some odd issues that were coming off as heat stress but the temperature 8" away from the bulb was 80 degrees. Most of my canopy is about 16-18" away right now.

After flushing one of the pots I found the initial run off to be at 5.7!!!! :wtf:

I flushed the 3 gallon pots with 3 gallons of water where the ph stabilized at 6.5 (they had just been transplanted 4-5 days earliear from 1 gallon pots so I figured this was good enough).

My big plant, it's initial run off was at 5.2!! YIKES!! I don't know how this plant was even growing.

I've flushed it with 15 gallons of water but the ph is still at 6.1. I will probably run 3 more gallons through it and hope to hit 6.3-6.5.

I should've flushed long ago and this was my mistake. The plants were just showing such good growth I decided to go as long as I could without flushing.

I'm going to give them a few days and then do another mini flush (going to water half of their pot size) then I'm going to immediatley follow the flush with a heavy watering with 1/4 dose nutes.

I've drilled holes into the sides of the pot to help them dry out faster so I can get back to my normal watering schedule.

Sorry, hope to have pictures wednesday or as soon as they show improvement; whichever comes first.

It's odd though, despite the fact that my PH was so low my plants were still growing pretty fast. These plants are pretty hardy and seem to be able to take alot of abuse.

Makes it great for learning on your first grow.

:jointsmile:

[daihashi]

PH of my main plant is up to 6.4 now. Going to start watering all my plants with distilled water ph'd at 6.8.

Hopefully that will enable me to get to the end of flowering before I need to do another flush.

[daihashi]

ahh.. I love the smell of dank when I walk into my apartment. It's just strong enough to be a faint smell in the air that you only notice initially upon walking in.

Luckily for me I live in a very small complex and we don't have regular maintenance men or visits from people doing work on the apartments.

However I will have to do something about the smell soon. I just don't know what. I don't think my box fan would work very well with a carbon filter on top of it.

I may try to see if I can get away with air ionizers of some sort.

On an actual plant note; my plants are looking great. The smallers ones that were flushed 2 days ago have most of the leaf curl out of the leaves. I suspect another 1-2 days and they'll all be completely flat again.

The main plant in the 5 gallon pot still has some curl in the leaves. It's hard for me to say if they've gone down or not yet but I believe they have. Another 1-2 days should tell me if the plant is good to go.

I plan on giving a 1/4 dose of nutes/bloom booster next feeding and give it a serving of molasses + sweet ph'd at 6.8.



ps: does anyone use any air ionizers (like ionic breeze and the like)? I'm curious how well they grow. I thought about buying two. One by my bedroom close to the door that leads to the living room and another one by the door in the living room that leads to the bedroom. that way I have two ionic breezes back to back to filter what the other doesn't catch. Really I'm only concerned with the smell getting to the living room.

I wish this wasn't shunned upon by our society. I think the smell is fantastic.

[rottenfork]

looks great man , those last pics are one healthy looking mama!!!
dont know about ionizers mate sorry

[daihashi]

man what a craptastic week this has been.

1. Had to flush all the plants.. pain in the ass and time consuming.
2. HPS bulb goes bad after only 2 weeks!!!! Had to buy a cheap replacement ASAP.
3. Burned my hand on ballast. You really don't know those things are hot until your hand is right next to them. I accidentally smacked my hand against it while installing my carbon filter I made.
4.Went to check room Temps about 1-2 hours after I installed said Carbon filter on the exhaust Axial Fan (box fan) and an A/C filter on the intake fan (also an axial box fan)to help reduce light leak and the temps jumped only from 78 degrees 8" away from the canopy to 82 degrees 8" away from the canopy.

Oh that's not the crap part. Upon backing away from the cabinet I manage to spill 3/4 of a brand new bottle of sweet. I haven't even gotten to use it yet let alone open it. I have no idea how it just spilled open.

5. Girlfriend doesn't seem to understand the meaning of "please do not turn on the lights in the bedroom" and now it looks like 2 of my plants are having problems flowering from what I'm guessing is light leaks. They have a few pistils here and there but overall they just aren't progressing like the other 3 plants. Now that I've sort've remedied the light leaks I'm going to give them about 2 weeks to see if they start kicking out some pistils and swell a little bit.

Pictures will come this Saturday. Despite the holes I drilled in all the pots my soil is still moist. I'm hoping they are dry enough to water again by this weekend.


Update I'm sure most people will enjoy. I have about 10-12 colas right now that are about 1-1.5ft long (these are side shoots that turned into main colas.) and has budding all the way from the top down to the main stem!

Then I have about another 15 colas or so that have budding going down for 8 inches or so. This is just on one plant.

My other 2 plants that are looking healthy look like they're going to have about 8-12 colas each that will probably have at least 1 ft of buds on them each by the end of harvest.

I'll take pics. They haven't progressed much since I flushed them but I'll take a pic or two of the foot longers. Looks like it's going to be pretty decent yield my first time out.

From 6 plants I'm hoping for 10-12 oz. For 3 plants I'm hoping for 8oz or a little less.

My big plant that has 30+ colas. I've calculated it and let's say that each cola only yields about 1/4 oz dry weight. That would still be about 7.5 oz dry. I'm being conservative and will be happy to get 3-4 oz off that one plant.

However this is my first grow so I'm not really expecting much. Mostly because I don't know what to expect at all as far as yield goes.

[daihashi]

despite what alot of people have said I went ahead and trimmed about 10-11 *KEY* leaves on the plant.

Key being that they were blocking ALOT of light to the middle area where I could be getting some stronger budding/pistil growth.

I don't think people truly understand when I tell them that there is literally no place for me to tuck or LST to anymore.

I'll be doing minor pruning occassionally. Maybe 1-2 leaves once a week or so just to get more growth to the lower portions. However I don't want to get too carried away as I do know that the leaves are the plants storage area for food basically. However my plant has so many damn leaves on don't think the 10 I cut off + 1-2 weekly will harm it at all.

[daihashi]

ok.. so I couldn't hold back.

Here's a pic of my monster plant. Well one of the colas (side shoots) I talked about anyway.

Pic 1: Showing the actual length of the cola from the main stem to the top.

Pic 2: A shot away from the cola. Trying to show as much of it as possible while seperating the rest of the plant.

Pic 3: Another shot, similar to pic 2. A little sharper image though.

Pic 4: Lower into the canopy where you can't see.

Pic 5: even FURTHER down into the canopy where you can't see.

Keeping in mind the problems I've had this past week or so what do you guys think? I'm hoping they fully recover and start to swell soon.

[daihashi]

Forgot to add. This is day 19 of flowering.

[daihashi]

with the light leak issue addressed it seems that one of my late bloomers has started sprouting out alot more pistils.

Before it was like 1-2 per node.. this morning I woke up and there was like 8-12 per node. Was afraid I'd have to chop her.

Soil is still pretty moist. I like for it to get pretty dry I was hoping for it to be dry by saturday but I may have to wait till sunday or monday to feed them.

Here's my first feeding schedule for them:

1/2 Dose of Age old bloom (Full dose is 5-10-5)
5ml Botanicare Bloom Booster (0-12-8)
1tbsp Black Strap Unsulphered Molasses
1 serving of Sweet (don't know the exact dosage off the top of my head).
PH water to 6.8

I've thought about throwing in a scrog to go on top of my LST right now but honestly it would be too difficult to water the plants at this point. I don't know how I would reach the back plants with a screen in the way.

[rottenfork]

keep it up man!!
youll be toking on some nice buds in no time!!!!:D

[daihashi]

keep it up man!!
youll be toking on some nice buds in no time!!!!:D

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Despite the plants growth I've felt like I've been moving backwards in progress instead of forward.

It's good to hear some positive every once in a while to keep yourself motivated.

[daihashi]

Fed the plants today, the soil felt slightly moist but the pot weight suggested to me that it was time to just go ahead and water.

I fed them the following:

1 Tbsp Molasses
5ml Botanicare Bloom Booster
1 Tbsp Age Old Bloom
15ml Sweet
Water PH'd to 6.8

The 3 gallon pots drank just under 1 gallon and the 5 gallon pot drank slightly over 1 gallon. Not bad I'd say.

3 of my plants are looking pretty awesome. However 2 of my plants seem a bit lanky. Looks like they were stretching for the light as the nodes spacing are further apart.

The only thing I could think of was that these 2 plants were in the back of the room and maybe they were affected by light leak.

I've remedied the light leak and 1 of the plants really started to start shooting out some pistils. The other is still slow.

So today I've gone ahead and re-LST'd these plants to try to create some additional shoots to make it a little more dense and put them in the front of the room to get better light.

Here's a photo of the entire room:

pic 1: Picture of the entire room posted February 26th.
Pic 2: Picture as of 12pm today.
Pic 3: Overhead shot

Sorry it's really hard for me to get good pictures with the HPS on. The color makes the plants look smaller when they actually have a little bud on them and are pretty large but you should be able to see the growth that has occurred in the last week and a half.

The plants in the front have been LST'd one last time and raised to be even with the canopy. The plants in the back have not been re-lst'd and are sitting even on the ground with the big 5 gallon plant in the middle back. their canopy is as tall as the big plant now.

[daihashi]

I've decided to show growth in pictures I should continue to 2 pictures. One overall shot of all the plants and then 1 shot of one of the colas.

These pictures will be the same angle each post (with the occassional bonus shot) and will compare with the previous week's posting.

So to get this log down that track here are my 2 shots this week

Pic 1: Shot of all Plants Feb 26th
Pic 2: Shot of all Plants March 8th
Pic 3: Detail shot of cola Feb 26th
Pic 4: Detail shot of cola March 8th

edit: Yes those cola shots are the same cola shot at pretty much the same angle.

[daihashi]

I keep forgetting to add this to my picture posts.

This is day 22 of flowering.

Hoping to flower for about 50 more days or so.

[daihashi]

Here are some bonus pics of the main plant. Something to look at until the weekly picture update on saturday/sunday.

Day 25 Flowering.

Pic 1: Overhead view of my plant.

Pic 2: Example of 2 cola's easy to spot from the front. Notice how budding goes all the way down. It continues most of the way to the main stem.

Pic 3: Sideview Overall picture of the plant. Mostly to show that there are MANY cola's that are like the previous picture (30 or so).

Pic 4: another sideview/overall pic from a different side/angle.

Pic 5: Side view of the cola from pic 2. Was only able to capture about 3/4 of it's length on camera.

[daihashi]

I couldn't resist. 1 more before tomorrow.

pic 1: The Cola from last week March 8th
pic 2: The same cola today, March 14th

edit: Forgot to note. This is day 28 flowering. Hopefuly another 5-6 weeks and I'll be done.

[daihashi]

well. Looks like I'm going to have to flush a couple of the smaller plants instead.

They are coming out at ph 5.9. One of them is acting like it has heat stress. This is likely due to ph issue.

While 5.9 isn't horrible (still out of range for soil though)it's far from ideal.

Since I fed them today, flushed them two weeks ago, and they are not stressing too bad I will wait a few days to flush them again. I am running low on sweet ( I spilled 3/4 of a brand new container 2 weeks ago or so) so I want them to try to uptake some of the stuff I fed them today.

I will probably run the flush on tuesday or at first signs that they are getting worse. Which ever comes first.

It was my own fault. The first time I flushed them with 3 gallons of water since I had just gone from 1 gallon containers to 3 gallon. I thought this was enough. I probably should've done at least 6 if not the entire 9 :(. It was really weird because the PH was stablilized 2 weeks ago at 6.5

Any one have any thoughts on that? I know no one is really participating in this thread but some input on the fluxuating ph after a flush would be helpful.

:stoned:

[smok3y]

Nice grow box man..:thumbsup:

Plants are looking good, cant wait to see the finished product..
Good luck:thumbsup::jointsmile:

[daihashi]

Day 29 Flowering

ok I went ahead and flushed 2 of the smaller plants. I will do the other two at the next watering.

Here are the weekly pics

Pic 1: Overall shot March 8th
Pic 2: Overall Shot March 15th
Pic 3: Shot of Cola March 8th
Pic 4: Shot of Cola March 14th

edit: Please use the oscillating fan as reference for plant growth. On the 8th the plants were standing on about 8 dvd cases each. Today they are standing on none or 1-2.

Combine the fact that I've been lowering the plants with their vertical growth. Not bad. :thumbsup:

2 of these plants are very indica and 3 of the plants are very sativa. It's interesting because the seeds came from the same bag.

[daihashi]

Just incase anyone is curious.... they do smell fairly strong. Reminds me of Sour/NY diesel.

Crystals are starting to form on the leaves and the buds have fattened up slightly. This is all from a bag of shwaggity. From what I can tell the genetics aren't bad the grower (probably mexigrown) just didn't do the optimal job harvesting it.

From what I can remember though this stuff was really good.

I save all my seeds and label them ranking them in 5 categories on a scale of 1 - 10.

Aroma, Density, Flavor, Quality of High, overall.

This one had an overall ranking of 6 and a High quality of 6.

At the time the aroma was not all that great. It was fairly dense though.

So hopefully I can bump this up to a 9 overall ranking after harvest.

I wish I had taken some clones off my big plant. She's so beautiful and I'm suspecting will be a decent yielder (3oz +, hoping for 7oz+ though based on 1/4 oz dry weight per cola.. there are about 30 main colas and 10-15 smaller ones.)

[daihashi]

well no picture this week. The batteries are dead and don't feel like getting any because I'm a sick baby. heh

One thing interesting to note is that 2 of my smaller sativa dominant plants are starting to outgrow my very large sativa dominant plant.

Also the buds are completely different. On my 2 smaller sativa plants they seem to be producing fluffier buds and on my larger sativa it seems to be making really dense buds.

Crystals are forming but they're tiny tiny. Hopefully as the buds plump up so do the trichomes.

[daihashi]

Forgot to mention. Today is day 36-37 of flowering.

[SnSstealth]

looking great dai!!!
:Smokebong:
whiskeytango

[daihashi]

man.. I went to check my plants this morning before I left for work. Everything looked as normal. Then I decided to enjoy the fragrance of each plant. I just gently touch a flower top on each plant and smell the scent on my fingers.

Well of interesting note 2 of my plants smell very unique.

The 3 sativa dominant plants all smell very similar however the two plants that are either a hybrid or indica dominant smell unique. One plant smells alot like lemon!!! The other plant smells alot like some kind of mango or papaya.. a type of meaty fruit like that.

I really wished I had taken clones now, oh well. I should have an interesting variety of smoke come harvest. :thumbsup:

[daihashi]

Welp. watered 2 of the plants today with plain water.

3 of the other plants got a flush. I had two plants that were sativa dominant that have needed a flush probably for the last 2 weeks but I had been putting it off because they were still showing good bud growth. Well the leaves were starting to show eagle claw symptoms so I flushed them with 9 gallons of water today.

My big plant I didn't think needed a flush but I ran the runoff PH just incase. It was right at 6.0, it may have been lower as I didn't wait to find out if it was going to drop another 1 - 2 points.

I ended up having to flush it with 65 gallons of water!! YEESH!!! That's 13 times what is recommended. I finally got the ph stable at 6.6. I gave it a full dose 1 gallon serving of nutes.

Geez, peat is a pain in the ass. I think from now after I transplant them into their gallon containers I need to use 100% soil instead of my fox farms/Promix mixture I'm using. I was trying to save some cash but it's proving to be a pain in the ass toward the end here.

On another note I believe a number of my plants may be rootbound. I'm not sure if I should just go ahead and leave them be or go ahead and transplant them into new containers. I have up to 6 weeks to go since I'm halfway through week 6 of flower.

Going to post this in basic growing section and see what people suggest.

[SnSstealth]

d....are you using fox farm ocean forrest? how big are the pots? gimme your specs, well....put your specs in so myself and the true experts, stinky, rhizome, wh..we can tell ya alot more if you give us all the info...few pics will be great too.....we use ALL fox farm for ours...in 3 gal pots....had a situation kinda similar...may just need to make more drainage holes....the fox farm nutes are made to be takin by their ocean forrest organic soil mix too....

:smokebong:
whiskeytango

[daihashi]

d....are you using fox farm ocean forrest? how big are the pots? gimme your specs, well....put your specs in so myself and the true experts, stinky, rhizome, wh..we can tell ya alot more if you give us all the info...few pics will be great too.....we use ALL fox farm for ours...in 3 gal pots....had a situation kinda similar...may just need to make more drainage holes....the fox farm nutes are made to be takin by their ocean forrest organic soil mix too....

:smokebong:
whiskeytango

My pots for the smaller plants are 3 gallon pots. The big plant is in a 5 gallon pot.

All the plants are in a 50/50 Mixture of fox farms ocean forest and promix.

I just flushed them yesterday and they already have additional holes in the pot for drainage.

I'm confident 3 of the plants are rootbound but with up to 6 more weeks to go I don't know if I should go ahead and repot them or just let them deal with it for 6 more weeks. I'm not sure exactly how long these should flower due to the fact that they were bag seed but I can tell that they are not even close to being done. New calyxes and pistils still popping up. 95% white pistils on all the plants.

I haven't even bothered looking at trichome color yet due to the fact that they look like they still have a long way to go.

I probably won't have pics until this saturday. What do you think SnS? Transplant or try to hold off?

I know transplanting will probably give me bigger buds but it'll probably add another week or two onto my flower time :(.

[daihashi]

pulled the plants from their pots and they are very much rootbound. What a disappointment.

I'm going to go ahead and transplant them all tomorrow morning and deal with the added time on the plants

I'd rather have quality plump buds instead of mediocre buds just because I was trying to hold out for 6 more weeks. In reality 6 weeks is still a long ways off.

[SnSstealth]

great call D... i agree 100%..we have 2 plants we are gonna do that with too...wierd

:smokebong:
whiskeytango

[daihashi]

great call D... i agree 100%..we have 2 plants we are gonna do that with too...wierd

:smokebong:
whiskeytango

I've always had great luck with transplants not stressing out after I move them into a new pot. They seem to keep going on as if nothing ever happened. Let's hope this does the same.

:jointsmile:

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Dahashi,

Try alternating nute formulated water and plane water, plus cut out the mollasses and just use the sweet stuff or horticultural sugars if you continue adding sugars. I cut mollasses out of my formula and never had problems since.

When I water I use one gallon each 5 gallon bucket about every 3rd day. Again alternating plane and nuted water.

I also use the fox farm nute program to the T. and add nothing more nothing less. Keeps it simple.

Very nice looking plants by the way, Your going to need a lot of support rods for them, they look like they are going to be heavyweights.

JG.

[daihashi]

Dahashi,

Try alternating nute formulated water and plane water, plus cut out the mollasses and just use the sweet stuff or horticultural sugars if you continue adding sugars. I cut mollasses out of my formula and never had problems since.

When I water I use one gallon each 5 gallon bucket about every 3rd day. Again alternating plane and nuted water.

I also use the fox farm nute program to the T. and add nothing more nothing less. Keeps it simple.

Very nice looking plants by the way, Your going to need a lot of support rods for them, they look like they are going to be heavyweights.

JG.

Yeah I started alternating nutes and plain water about 2-3 weeks ago.

I just transplanted all my plants today. 4 of them from 3gallon pots into 5 gallon pots and my big plant went from a 5 gallon pot into a 7 gallon pot. It's amazing how it got so rootbound in a little over 1 months time.

Got some new pics today too. Here we go.

Pic 1: Overall shot. March 14th
Pic 2: Overall shot March 29th.
Pic 3: Cola Shot March 14th
Pic 4: Same Cola Shot March 29th

edit: They yellow on the leaves is from the HPS light. For some reason it didn't show up in the cola shots last time I took the pic.

Also of interesting note, bud growth on the smaller plants is growing way faster than on my monster plant.

Checked out the trichs today. Pretty much 90-95% all clear or a little cloudy. I did come across one trichome that had barely a little amber down toward the bottom of the gland. That was kind of weird. I searched all over the plant for more amber but that was the only one. Guess he was a rebel without a cause. lol

:thumbsup:

[daihashi]

Geez I always forget this part for some reason.

Today is day 42 of flower.

[daihashi]

Just for fun.

Pic 1: Cola shot Feburary 26th
Pic 2: Same cola shot (in previous post) March 29th.

4 weeks later. This thing has really filled out. I guess it just seems slow since I see them every day.

edit: Those are the same cola in both pictures. I've made sure to take consistent pictures of this cola for a growth reference. :thumbsup:

[twitch]

it looks like the grow is in ur walls lol

but those are some nice looking stativas how long do u think u will be flowering for? i am almost at day 70 and my stativa is almost done

good looking grow man

[daihashi]

it looks like the grow is in ur walls lol

but those are some nice looking stativas how long do u think u will be flowering for? i am almost at day 70 and my stativa is almost done

good looking grow man

I'm not sure. I'm thinking anywhere between 3-6 weeks out. All my trichs are still clear/barely cloudy and the plants appear to just be making new calyxes/pistils. Not really plumping up yet.

At this point I'm just going to check the trichs once or twice a week until I see about 10-20% amber.

[twitch]

yea yours looked like they havent hit that fat grow spurt lol but it
looks like it will be an amazing grow

[daihashi]

yea yours looked like they havent hit that fat grow spurt lol but it
looks like it will be an amazing grow

Yeah. I definitely can't wait for that fat growth spurt that makes everyone's buds look like they should be on the cover of high times magazine (*cough* jerry garcia *cough*) lol.

Hopefully it'll be sometime in the next 2 weeks when the plumping starts. :thumbsup:

[stinkyattic]

Damn do those look good.
I see you have lots of side drainage... I'll bet that you wold not have had such good results without it- those plants are HUGE- you have them at about 5-6 main leads per pot? I can't quite tell, but they look bad ass. Little K def going on in an earlier pic but whatever; you'll get to harvest no prob!

[daihashi]

Damn do those look good.
I see you have lots of side drainage... I'll bet that you wold not have had such good results without it- those plants are HUGE- you have them at about 5-6 main leads per pot? I can't quite tell, but they look bad ass. Little K def going on in an earlier pic but whatever; you'll get to harvest no prob!

The small pots have about about 4 mains each and about another 6 that are close to main cola size.

The big 7 gallon pot has like 20 mains and another 10 that are contenders.

The symptoms showing earlier (multiple symptoms actually)were from being rootbound and me being in denial.

I didn't expect them to eat up 2 more gallons of soil in only 4 weeks time.

Thanks for stopping in stinky. It's always good to have bragging rights that the Princess of Cannabis.com stopped by my log :thumbsup:

[stinkyattic]

Thanks for stopping in stinky. It's always good to have bragging rights that the Princess of Cannabis.com stopped by my log Y'alls making me blush. Seriously I'd hang out a lot more in peoples' logs if I didn't have to spend so much time playing babysitter... lol~ it's been a week...
I CAN'T WAIT to see harvest pics. How aggressively do you plan to flush them? Are you going to try to force yellowing before harvest, or just do a couple good plain-water-to-runoff waterings in the last week?
I'm VERY impressed all around by the condition of your plants.

[daihashi]

I CAN'T WAIT to see harvest pics. How aggressively do you plan to flush them? Are you going to try to force yellowing before harvest, or just do a couple good plain-water-to-runoff waterings in the last week?
I'm VERY impressed all around by the condition of your plants.

Eh, I'm not really sure. I mean I honestly started this grow for some of my friends. I decided to start growing for people with MS, POTS, gastroparesis, etc etc that I know since marinol is so expensive and often leaves sides that alot of med patients don't like compared to the real deal.

Since I don't actually smoke (I vaporize) yellowing the leaves wouldn't be necessary for me.

And some of them can't smoke because their parents would freak out if they found out their 24 year old was smoking some MJ, despite the fact that they try to buy them marinol.. makes no sense to me.

Some of them can't eat it either (gastroparesis or crons) so I was going to make a green dragon type deal for them.

I guess what I'm saying is I'm not sure how aggressively I should flush since the intent of this grow was not really for me, although it's looking like I'm going to have plenty for myself here.

What would you suggest Stinky? I've heard you say you work with med patients.

edit: Oh and I'm not impressed by my plants, but I'm impressed that you're impressed, lol. I made alot of mistakes unintentionally. So many in fact I think my next grow will be almost flawless. In that respect I'm fairly thankful I tried to troubleshoot my issues myself most of the time instead of relying on the forums every time a problem arised.

Also stinky, do you know anyone with conditions I listed? I am particularly interested in MS, POTS and gastroparesis and what those patients like to smoke (strain). I've read the strain/med thread and searched but don't ever come up with any hits and if I do then the strain that is recommended is not available in seed form from any seed banks :(

[stinkyattic]

I'd do a proper flush just because the end result will be smoother all around, and less chlorophyll is good even if you are doing concentrates.

As for conditions, of the ones you listed the only one I have experience with (not personally) is MS, and for that, I've gotten good feedback on Jillybean aka Space Jill, and Pure Power Plant.

[SnSstealth]

hey dai...i got crons, thanks for the guts mom...and WW, diesels, afghans(kush, black domina)..any of the heavy hitter indicas work quite well settling the guts..imho
:smokebong:
whiskeytango

plants look amazing D..i grew out some sensi PP once...very clean high...good for daytime, or medicating and retaining clarity, and quite a pleasant taste..more woodsy than you would think

[daihashi]

Thanks guys.. I appreciate the input. Wanting to really get something that will benefit the people i'm trying to help out and those suggestions are a big help. :thumbsup:

[daihashi]

I normally don't do this but here's a middle of the week bonus shot from my sexy ladies.

I hadn't actually looked at them in a few days and they've really seem to be thanking me for the new space I gave them in their 5 gallon pots.

Here are some shots of what it all looks like now

Pic 1: Shot of the Canopy
Pic 2: Another shot of the canopy
Pic 3: Shot of a cola top with my hand behind it.
Pic 4: Shot of another plants cola top. Color came out great on this one.
Pic 5: Shot of my monster 7 gal plants cola. It's thinner than the rest but feels alot denser. I'm still hoping it'll plump up though.

[daihashi]

Pic 6: Another plants cola top

I have so many of these fat colas I don't know what to do. They haven't even began to plump up yet. These are just more calyxes that are growing. I can't wait for the fattening phase.

:thumbsup:

[SnSstealth]

lookin nice D! i am quite impressed:thumbsup: hope mine are half as fat in 2 weeks...think your ahead by that...i am at day 37 today...looking good though man...
:smokebong:
whisekytango

[daihashi]

lookin nice D! i am quite impressed:thumbsup: hope mine are half as fat in 2 weeks...think your ahead by that...i am at day 37 today...looking good though man...
:smokebong:
whisekytango

I'm on day 47 or 48 of flower. So about a week and a half difference between us.

Yeah they just snuck up on me. I think growth halted due to them being root bound and now that I've given them some more leg room they've thanked me by showing it up top with some nice calyx production.

BTW Congrats on the mention in High Times!

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

I had no idea your grow was looking that good.

I would start to stake up those colas, they look to be leaning already.

They look ready to put on weight fast so I would be prepared.

Great work Dahashi you are well on your way to buds like mine.

[daihashi]

I had no idea your grow was looking that good.

I would start to stake up those colas, they look to be leaning already.

They look ready to put on weight fast so I would be prepared.

Great work Dahashi you are well on your way to buds like mine.

Thanks JG, Thing is that most of them are staked up/supported. You can't really see in the pics but I have long bamboo skewers that I use to hold up the colas.

Geez I can only hope my buds look as fat as yours. I already know they're not going to be high resin producers like yours because of their genetics but if I can make them look fat and swollen like yours I'd be very happy.

:thumbsup:

[daihashi]

Also I had my only 2 friends that know about the grow come over last night and give it a smell test. To see if they smelled the same things as I smelled.

Without giving them any direction I asked them to touch a flower top and then smell their fingers and tell me what it smells like.

They both agreed (I brought them in seperately so they wouldn't be influenced by each other) that two of them smells sort've like a mango/Starfruit, the monster one has an orange/lemon scent to it, and the 2 other smaller sativa's smell kind of lemony/skunky.

I didn't get massive resin production like I wanted but at least I got some fruity smelling crops.

I'm hoping the taste will complement the smell. :jointsmile:

[SnSstealth]

mix my resin with your yeild.....that would be dank...lol
:smokebong:
whiskeytango

[daihashi]

Trichs are still clear/barely cloudy. I'm getting antsy over here and wish they would hurry up. I want to experience the fruits of my labor :stoned:

[bombdiggity]

shit they look fuckin sweet man.

way to go!

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Daihashi,

You are going to have to be paitiant. I saw you are around 45 days into flower, you may be in for another 30 days, I harvested mine in the 70s or higher days. If you really need bud I heard Stinky has a way to enjoy your grow while it finish's off. Judging by the size of your plants that should not be an issue.

[SnSstealth]

day 39 for us!!! hang in there D, they are looking gorgeous:jointsmile:....I may be cutting the top 5in off one of the plants and dropping the light in a week...just an idea, check out what JG is talking about...is it stickied or linked anywhere JG? I would be interested in checking that out...getting LOW on headies...and I gotta few more weeks too...lol

:smokebong:
whisekytango

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Sorry I am not sure:(

I just remember someone mentioning it in a tread I responded to. My guess is somewhere in the FAQ section, Plus Stinky seems to be following this log so we may get an answer directly from her:)

[daihashi]

Daihashi,

You are going to have to be paitiant. I saw you are around 45 days into flower, you may be in for another 30 days, I harvested mine in the 70s or higher days. If you really need bud I heard Stinky has a way to enjoy your grow while it finish's off. Judging by the size of your plants that should not be an issue.

Nah, I'm never hurting for bud. I make good money and I always have hookups for the reggie but never the good quality $60 an 1/8th kind of stuff. It was just smelling so fruity and good today I wanted to snip a bud. I resisted though. After busting out my microscope hoping that maybe some trichs had turned amber so I could harvest a little nug. No such luck.. all clear/barely cloudy.


I'd rather have my bud be the best it can be before I decide to take a sample.

[daihashi]

day 39 for us!!! hang in there D, they are looking gorgeous:jointsmile:....I may be cutting the top 5in off one of the plants and dropping the light in a week...just an idea, check out what JG is talking about...is it stickied or linked anywhere JG? I would be interested in checking that out...getting LOW on headies...and I gotta few more weeks too...lol

:smokebong:
whisekytango

Are you just trying to keep an even canopy? I accidentally chopped 4" off my big monster plant and I was so sad. I can't imagine doing it voluntarily.

Your grow is looking so good. It's amazing how far lighting technology has come and you guys are a part of exploring a new territory.

I'm already planning out my next grow. It should be interesting. I'll be experimenting with Stomata and Auxin manipulation.

I'll also have a secondary cabinet running a 600 watt hps. My current cabinet will be rebuilt to hold a 400 watt MH with a 7200K color bulb.

oh I have so many cool ideas for this next grow. :thumbsup:

[SnSstealth]

sweet!!! sounds like ya got the next one planed good:thumbsup:
yeah, i want the canopy a lil more even, and we did have that one plant go like a foot above the others, and its been flowering faster than the others by a good week!!! so i will take off the tops, lower the light, and harvest the rest of that plant with the rest....good reason for an early bio-assay....lol
i would LOVE to get this fucker to go hermy on a bud, lil brown bag and a penlight, talk about SERIOUS F1 vigor...lol, but it grew so fast it stretched the nodes bad....if it goes hermy, I will just top it early so it stays squat....
:smokebong:
whiskeytango

[daihashi]

checked in on the plants today. For some reason during lunch I had a really good idea to drop the temps in the room where my cabinet is setup.

What was the idea? Try closing a couple of vents in the other rooms. I'm not sure why I didn't think of this earlier.

For some bizarre reason my temps have been climbing as the canopy has gotten taller. I'm not really sure why this is. The top of the canopy is about 8-10" away from the light and always has been. Previously my temps had been stable at 76 degrees or so. In the most recent week my temps are at about 80-81 degrees.

Closing a couple of vents in my apartment allowed the cabinet to get down to 75 degrees. YAY.

With all that said, my plants are looking fantastic (I think anyway).

I'm starting to question the big plant. It seems to have buds that are bit more airy compared to the smaller plants. In addition to that they are no where near being as plump. Kind of a bummer. I was really hoping to get 4+ oz off that plant but I'm not sure if I'd even get 2oz even with the mass amount of cola's it has. This is probably just me being pessimistic.

My buds aren't frosty but my god have they gotten super sticky in the last week. If I barely touch a bud and then touch my fingertips together it feels ike they just got stuck to some insect sticky paper or something. Very tacky and sticky. I'm pretty stoked.

I'm thinking of just watering with nutes each watering for the next 2-3 weeks. That's about 4-6 waterings. Reason being is that I will start flushing immediatley after that for the next week and a half. I want to try to force feed the plants as much as possible before I need to start flushing prior to harvest.

I think the plants should be able to handle about 6 normal nute feedings in a row.

[smok3y]

Lookin real nice man.. Will be watchin this one through dude..:thumbsup:
:jointsmile:

[daihashi]

So what did I do today.

1. Watered/fed all the plants
2. Did some pruning as many of the plants were unruly.
3. Broke a cola!! :mad:

God I'm so mad. I broke a cola that had been bent really bad earlier. It looked like it was healed so I took off the splint and it was holding the weight pretty well. I rotated the pot kind of hard and it just completely gave out.

It was barely hanging on just by the skin. I went ahead and made another splint and twisty tied it all together in several spots in hopes that it will heal together.

It wasn't a main cola but it was a pretty decent size. Would probably double in size in the next 3-4 weeks.

Let's hope that it heals. If it's wilted and falling over by tomorrow afternoon or friday morning I'm probably going to chop that cola and hang it up to dry.

I'm pretty ticked... grrrrrrrrrr

[daihashi]

by some miracle it looks like that cola is going to live on. None of the leaves are limp or wilted looking.

Let's hope it continues to hang on for dear life. As odd as it sounds I really don't want to have to dry/smoke this cola. Well I don't want to dry/smoke it prematurely.. let's put it that way. :thumbsup:

[Cede2Weed]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
This has been an awesome thread, almost an nice as your crop! I really admire your patience. The broken cola would have been just the excuse I needed to start taste testing.

Best of luck in the home stretch!

[daihashi]

That broken Cola is still holding on strong, I think it just might make it. These plants are so strong it's amazing the things they can come back from.

Pictures are going to be coming tomorrow. They are really starting to put on some mass now but are still showing mostly clear trichs.

[bombdiggity]

thats amazing that the cola is going to make it. I marvel at this plant.

[smok3y]

Good to hear you'v manged to save the cola.. :thumbsup:

Any pics?

[daihashi]

Here are some long awaited pics.

First I'll be doing doing seperate posts in this thread for each of the ladies. Each girl will have about 3-5 pictures each.

Then I'll follow it up with the side by side comparison from the last picture date to this picture.

[daihashi]

Lady Number 1:

This plant is very interesting. Originally it looked very indica dominant. This plant was also a scraggler. A runt if you will. IT's growth was always slow and never seemed to put on the length that the other plants did.

This plant has recently shown accelerated bud growth in the last 2-3 weeks (this is around the same time I transplanted. coincidence.. I think not!). Since that time the buds have gotten very very sticky despite the apparent absence of frosty/heavy trich formation.

I love the smell of this plant. It smells of Mango/starfruit and within the last week the plant has also taken on a candy/bubblegum flavor scent. So imagine a pink bubblegum that also smelled like mangos.

The buds are very very top heavy. If I shake the branch gently from lower to the main stem then it will continue to shake for about 15-25 seconds after my hand has been removed from the branch.

Picture 1: Overall shot of the plant.
Picture 2: Top view shot of the plant
Picture 3: Close up of a bud
Picture 4: Another close up of a bud

[daihashi]

Lady #2:

This sexy Lady has been one of my favorites to watch grow. She has several long sexy cola, or legs as I like to call them, covered in buds from the top all the way to the main stem. Very heavy cola's with sticky leaves and buds although there is no heavy trich's forming.

She smells like a orange/lemon combination. Definitely a sweet citrus/acidic smell to it. I love lemons and I love oranges so let's hope that the smoke is similar to the smell.

All though there is no heavy trich formation the buds on this plant are very sticky. If I use 2 fingers to touch the plant and then touch my fingers together they will stick and give a good bit of resistance before they come apart again.

This plant is also the one that suffered the broken cola. It's been hanging on well considering but it doesn't seem to be healing. As I was moving it back from it's watering station (the bathtub) back to the flowering chamber the cola finally broke. It was again hanging on by a thread. I could foresee this being a problem and the point of the break was not looking so good brown/black... I was also concerned about it being a point of infection. I made the hard decision to go ahead and cut it for ease of maintenance and to protect the health of the rest of the plant. Sacrafice 1 smaller cola for the life of the plant.. don't even need to think twice about it.

Picture 1: Overall Shot of the plant
Picture 2: Shot of a cola. Couldn't capture all of it on camera in detail without backing far away.
Picture 3: A not so good close up of one of the buds.
Picture 4: Shot of the broken cola
Picture 5: Close up of the break point

[daihashi]

Lady #3:

This plant is pretty much Lady #2's twin sister. They are very similar to each other with only very slight differences.

Lady #3 is also very tall and sexy. She has many legs/colas that are covered with buds from top all the way down to the main stem. Her buds are very sticky and smell like oranges, unlike Lady #2 which smells like a combination of orange/lemons.

Not much to cover here because she is so much alike to Lady #2.

Picture #1: Overall shot of the plant
Picture #2: Shot of one of the colas.
Picture #3: Close up of one of the buds.
Picture #4: Another close up of another bud.

[daihashi]

Lady #4:

This one is a late bloomer. Took a very long time for this one to start taking off in bud and pistil formation. At one time I had seriously considering trashing her to make room for the other plants instead. I'm glad I decided to hold on. Despite the fact that she looks to be about 3 weeks behind the other plants I think it's going to be one of my bigger yielding plants.

Her main cola is very wide and densely covered with buds that have not began to plump up yet. this plant is still heavily producing calyxes and pistils. With very little to zero hairs turning red yet.

This plant has a scent very similar to any of the diesel strains. This plant is already sticky and has some visible trichs. I'm hoping this plant will put on the resin I couldn't get from the other plants. This is all because of the crap genetics. However it's amazing to see how much better the buds look/smell and feel compared to the original it came from (mexican shwag brick weed).

Picture 1: Overall shot of the plant.
Picture 2: Shot of the main cola. You can see the top part of my hand at the bottom of this picture. Should give you a decent reference for size of that cola.
Picture 3: Shot of another smaller cola

[daihashi]

Lady #5:

This is the original lady. She started 4-5 weeks before the other. She was my only survivor out of an initial set of 18 plants. Very strong and robust she made it through all of the horrible things I did that the other plants couldn't tolerate.

It's amazing the strength this plant has to bounce back. Had I taken care of her properly I have no doubt that she would have made some very fat buds.

Unfortunatley me and this plant have a love/hate relationship. She was very beautiful, lush and looked promising in vegetative state. However in flowering she's never really matched up to what I felt she should have looked like. Her buds form at a very slow rate. In addition to this her colas are very small in comparison to her sisters that started vegetative state 4 weeks before she did.

If I had to do it all over again I don't think I would have allowed for the plant to go into flowering with so many colas. Has in the neighborhood of 50 side shoots. Of which 30-40 are colas or trying to be. Give a second chance I would cut all the scrawny shoots and only would've have left the strongest looking 15-20. I would've given the plant a week and a half to recover and then I would've lollipopped the first 3-4" of the bottom of the remaining colas. Given it another week to heal and then put it into flowering. I think this would've given me better results. All in all I think the problem is that the plant has too many cola's for it's size. Dividing nutes between all these colas as well as all of them fighting for light through a tight/crowded canopy I feel has let to the lack of heavy weight production we see here.

This plant I think will still give me about 3 oz if I'm lucky. Originally I was anticipating around 5-7oz or so, but I've given up hope on this plant putting on any bulk. It has tons of tiny budlets that will never mature and it's too late for me to strip them without herming the plant. It's a shame too.. it smells orange/citrus like with a combination of diesel. Really unique scent.

Picture 1: Overall top view of the plant.
Picture 2: Cola shot
Picture 3: close up of a cola

[SnSstealth]

jesus D...gorgeous ladies man...i cant wait to see weight per plant...insane lookin plants man...
WT

[Shovelhandle]

ya, gorgeous plants, Bub. :thumbsup:

Shov

[daihashi]

Just before I forget:

Day 57 Flowering

ok with that said.. here are some shots of the broken cola. I took shots pre trim and post trim. The cola is now hanging in my closet to dry and will hopefully make it's way into a mason jar or canning jar in the next few days.

[daihashi]

jesus D...gorgeous ladies man...i cant wait to see weight per plant...insane lookin plants man...
WT

Thanks, that means alot coming from you and Shov considering your log and the grows I've seen him do.

Thanks guys I appreciate the comments. Hopefully I'll have a smoke report for you guys in the next week-week and a half if I'm lucky.

:thumbsup:

[daihashi]

ok.. well I went ahead and decided to vape a raw nug.

I am so high.. definitely not low. LOL

This bud is definitely not mature but it will be a nice smoke. I'm sure this mostly has to do with the fact that I use a vaporizer but there wasn't any harshness to it at all; it was very smooth actually. It just tasted slightly like plant.

Of interesting note there was a background flavor of something fruity. Which is interesting because this came off one of the citrus smelling plants. This flavor is more like berry, grape.. really fruity, not citrus though. It's not strong but I'm hoping that the flavor will come out more during the drying/curing process.

The high is a real clear headed high. This is probably due to mostly the clear trichs. I find that I like this high. I am very productive this way and I can still enjoy the high. However I definitely feel I would enjoy it more if the trichs had been all cloudy with 10-20% amber. The trichs were all clear with some cloudy and like 1-2 amber trichs on the entire bud that was used..

If anyone else has anything else they would like to know about the smoke let me know. I'm really friggin high right now.. lol I think i'm going to go watch harold and kumar and just laugh my ass off now :).

:thumbsup:

[daihashi]

ok.. so I'm pretty much back to normal now. 3 hours of being stoned from smoking what would've been probably .25 grams of weed dried. I was definitely pretty lit.

I'm going to give it another go here in about 1-2 weeks and see what it smokes like when it's dry. :thumbsup:

[Cede2Weed]

envious I am

Looking great! Glad to hear they taste great too!

[daihashi]

you know.. Sunday will be day 64-65 into flower. Trich's are still all clear. I'd like to begin flushing but they don't look anywhere near being done :(.

I'll never grow shwag bag seed again. Only known good genetics for me. I don't like not having a rough estimate on how long it takes this plant to complete a flowering cycle...

blah!!!!

[daihashi]

oh and if anyone's interested.. that broken cola only came out to 4 grams when dried out. It doesn't even really look like bud. I bet it probably could've been 8-12g if it had made it all the way to harvest :(

[Cede2Weed]

So are we going to get a compare and contrast on the taste/effect of the early harvested cola versus the fully matured?

Just awesome looking plants!

[daihashi]

So are we going to get a compare and contrast on the taste/effect of the early harvested cola versus the fully matured?

Just awesome looking plants!

I'm letting it go through the full curing process. However this plant will probably taste or smoke like the final product. All the trichs are still clear and I will not harvest until the trichs are mostly cloudy with 10-20% amber.

Smoke report on the way in the next week or two. :)

[hatch]

Great Job My Brother!!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:~~~~~~~You will Be Glad you Cured it slow:thumbsup::thumbsup:


:pimp::pimp::pimp:

[smok3y]

Nice :thumbsup:

Cant wait to see the final product... :jointsmile:

[daihashi]

Plants are looking great. I think my big monster plant (plant #5) will be ready for harvest in the next 2-3 weeks. It's finally putting on a *little* weight.

Trichs are about 50/50 or maybe 60/40 Cloudy/clear.

I'll be giving the plant about 1 more decent feeding and then I'll let it dry out really well over the course of a week before I begin flushing it once every 3 days over the course of two weeks following the 'dry out'.

I'll stop watering about 4-5 days prior to putting the plant in the dark. It'll stay in the dark for 3 days until I finally cut it.

I gave the large plant a pretty decent pruning. Most of the leaves on it were pretty damaged and were not working efficiently anymore. This opened up lots of the undergrowth where there were just 1 -2 pistils forming. Now that the plant seems to be plumping up I've exchanged some food stores (leaves) in order to get a decent amount of light down to these little budlet sites so they don't go to complete waste.

These little popcorn budlets will turn into butter or green dragon or something similar.

Here are a few trich shots from today. Not as impressive as other grows but considering this is mexican brick shwag I think they look fantastic. I took something disgustingly ugly and turned it into something cute. I can't quite say sexy... that's reserved for Jerry Garcia's grows (JG).. lol

These are all shots of different buds on Plant #5/Monster plant.

I'll be taking individual shots like last time of all the plants next week. Look forward to it :thumbsup:



BLAH.. for some reason pics aren't uploading on my laptop/air card. I have a friend on my main computer right now. Have to wait for them to get off so I can upload some pics from there.

Stupid sprint air cards acting up.

[daihashi]

Here we go.. trich shots.. or really close up bud shots in attempts to show resin production

These all came from Plant #5/monster plant

[daihashi]

Here we go.. trich shots.. or really close up bud shots in attempts to show resin production

These all came from Plant #5/monster plant

I actually took these shots from the bottom of the canopy. The buds at the top of the canopy are hard to see the resin/trichs on because of all of the white pistils. Once the pistils start to die/dry the top buds will look very crystally. I'm satisfied with this mexi brick weed grow so far. Looking very respectable for what it is/was. :thumbsup:

[Cede2Weed]

Outstanding, Daihashi! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

If that is from the bottom, I can't wait to see the top.

[daihashi]

Here are some more pics of the bottom of the canopy on plant #5. The tops look no where near done but the bottoms are ripening quite nicely. Just hope they don't out mature the tops.

Day 66 flower... all of them mexi brick shwag seeds. :thumbsup:

[Cede2Weed]

Party at Daihashi's! :D

They look better everyday. This has been a great log :thumbsup:

[daihashi]

So I decided to just do a half cure on that bud that was in the mason jar.

When it was all said and done it weighed out to 4grams dried. Things I've learned about curing and drying....

Wait till the bud dries and the stem snaps in multiple places. If it only snaps in 1 place on the stem you need to wait longer.
The plant will smell like plant for a good long while.
The plant will especially smell like plant if when you put the buds into the jar you don't snip it away from the stem. Take this extra step, I bet it really helps with flavor/aroma/further drying time when you do this prior to placing it in the jar.
A bud harvested about 4 weeks before it's due is not really worth harvesting at all (unless like in a situation like mine where the cola just snapped off). My buds were super airy once they dried out. So much so that you could kind of pick up a bud and see between the calyxes/pistils and tiny bud leaves.
Raw nugs smoke nothing like a dried nug and nothing at all like a half cured nug. Don't vape or smoke any raw nugs, just wait it out for 1-2 weeks and have it cured slightly. You will appreciate your grow so much more if you do.


With that said. Smoke report in about an hour. I'm vaping up right now and so far so good. Loaded about .5 grams into the volcano. :jointsmile:

[hatch]

Look's Great, Stand Proud:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Hell I've Smoked Some Mex. Brick Weed That Would Rock Your World:rastasmoke::rastasmoke:

:pimp::pimp::pimp::pimp:

[Cede2Weed]

eruption alert :stoned:

[daihashi]

so plant #5 is about ready to start getting flushed. Nearly all the trichs are cloudy.

Tomorrow plant #5 will be getting 1 more light feeding and then I'll start flushing with 15-20 gallons of water once every 3-4 days for the remaining week and a half to 2 weeks.

Tomorrow I'll have full profile pictures like last time for each of the 5 ladies.

I'll also try to get some comparison pics since it's been about 2 weeks.

hopefully in a month I'll be able to give an initial smoke report on this matured plant. I'm really glad to be able to get this plant out of the way. it took up way too much room and it's cola's never did put on the mass I wanted. It's a relief to be able to utilize that light on my other plants soon.

:thumbsup:

[daihashi]

Picture time.. Ladies have profile pic updates as well as comparison shots from 2 weeks ago. Enjoy

[daihashi]

Lady #1:

This girl smells so savory. I honestly get hungry and start salivating slightly when I pick her up and her aroma fills the air. I can't wait to smoke her up.

Pic 1: This is an overhead view of the plant. Notice how the tops are drooping over. Even with support these colas are bending to the weight of the top buds. Very fruity/candy like scent.

Pic 2: size of cola in my hand wrapped around it snuggly to give an idea of how big the cola tops are. After I took this shot I found a cola that was probably about an inch bigger around. :D

Pic 3:Bud close up shot. You can see here that it hasn't started swelling yet and still probably abotu 4 weeks out from harvest.

Pic 4: Another overhead shot.

[daihashi]

Lady #2

Pic 1: Overall shot of the plant. Looks like it's nearing it's completion date soon. I'd say a week after the big plant. This one will start getting flushed next weekend.

Pic 2: Close up of the bud

Pic 3: My hand wrapped a bit tighter around the bud to give an idea of size/girth.

[daihashi]

Lady #3:

Pic 1: Overall shot of the plant. There are some red/amber hairs but most of them are still white an the plant hasn't started swelling yet from what I can tell. It seems to be behind it's sister (Lady #2) and it's buds aren't nearly as dense like Lady #2. Lady #2 feels like a rock when you give her a gentle squeeze. This plant is *slightly* fluffier.

Pic 2: Shot of one of the main colas

Pic 3: Hand wrapped around the cola top to give idea of size. I removed that hair from the buds when I saw/felt it.

Pic 4: Little macro shot

Pic 5: Another Macro shot

[daihashi]

Lady #4:

To be honest she's not my favorite lady but she's turning into my pride and joy. She has so much bud on her it's unreal. This plant was a real scraggler growing up and even throughout most of flowering. It's within the last 3 weeks that she really started blossoming and getting some serious mass.. Even with both my hands I can barely wrap my hands around her main cola.

Pic 1: Overall shot of the plant. You can tell she's going to be a pretty decent yielder. I'm stoked

Pic 2: Closer shot showing top of the canopy. No way I could get the main cola in on this shot. It's way too tall.

Pic 3: 1 hand wrapped around the cola. Not even at the thickest part (although it is pretty thick in that area, if I go up just a bit it get's at least 1-2 inches thicker). You can kind of see where my thumb ends up and see where my fingers are. I'm grabbing this cola very firmly. IT's fat in deed!!! I can't wait for this baby to start swelling up. I'd say she's about 5 weeks behind her sisters. I'm not sure why though.

Pic 4: This is a shot of the backside of the plant/backside of the main cola. Amazing :stoned:

[daihashi]

Lady #5:

The original. The beast that ended up being anything but beastly. She's about 2 weeks out from harvest and flushed her with 10 gallons of water today. I will flush her again in about 3 days with 15 gallons of water, and then again in 3 more days with 20-23 gallons of water.. and then another final flush of 30-35 gallons of water.

Really get the chlorophyll broken down.. wash out the salts/ferts all in hopes of aiding the curing process.

Pic 1: Overall shot of the plant

Pic 2: Shot showing the top of the main cola and how far down it goes with continuous buds. It may be skinny but I bet the fact that it has buds all the way down to the main stem will help compensate for the yield. I'm not sure about quality though.

Pic 3: This plant doesn't have much cola girth, so instead I took a tape measure to show how tall that cola is with buds. It was kind of hard to hold the tape and cola while trying to steady my camera in the other hand. Didn't help that I just smoked some killer herb. heh



Pic 4: Macro shot. Not as good as any of my other plants but better than what I've been buying/getting.

Pic 5: Another macro

[Shovelhandle]

Great job of photos and information.

This grow log forum is really some fine entertainment as well as educational. I love it here! :rasta:

Sho

[daihashi]

update:

I pruned the hell out of plant #5. I decided to just go ahead and harvest it in 1 week instead of 2. I did a heavy pruning of the popcorn budlets and the plant finally looks like how it probably should've looked all this time.

I put all the budlets in a trash bag and filled it about 1/3 of the way (13 gallon bag.) here are some pics of plant #5 now.

I'm not too concerned about herming. I'm going to keep a close eye on her to make sure to get it out incase it herms. Actually a more accurate term would be I would gently remove it from the grow area and then just chop it.

I am unimpressed with this plant and I'd rather have the room for my other plants to put on more resin/more weight. The big plants sits right in the center of the room hogging up all the good light.

I've been thinking about chopping this plant for the last 4-5 weeks. My only regret is that I didn't chop it back then instead.


Pic 1: Plant after heavy pruning. Doesn't she look pretty now?

Pic 2: Same as above

Pic 3: Overall shot of the budlet "trash".. the small cola over to the right is pretty decent. Small nugs but really crystally. I'm saving that one to dry/cure. I didn't mean to cut it but might as well go ahead and smoke it if possible.

Pic 4: Close up of budlet trash

Pic 5: My hand in the picture to give a reference of mass/amount of the budlets I cut off the plant.

[daihashi]

I'm going to cut all the little tiny buds away from the stem and get the "wet weight". I'll be sure to post it just incase anyone is interested.

[daihashi]

Ended up getting 225 Grams of wet budlet trim. I think this will come out to be about 50-60grams when dry. I'm going to throw them in a paper bag right now.

[hatch]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:Great Job My Brother,:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Now sit Back & In-Joy:D:D:stoned::stoned:


:pimp::pimp::pimp:

[daihashi]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:Great Job My Brother,:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Now sit Back & In-Joy:D:D:stoned::stoned:


:pimp::pimp::pimp:

Thanks. I'm sure this budlet trim will turn out to be some decent cannabutter.

We shall see!!! :thumbsup:

[daihashi]

So the budlet trim is now curing to further break down the chlorophyll and activate as much of the pyschoactive potency of the budlets as possible.

The big plant was flushed yesterday with about 50 gallons of water and then stuck in my closet. It will sit in this closet for about a full week (I know only 3 days is needed but I want to try to let the plant wash out as much as possible.). After this I will chop/trim the colas and hang them up.

I have another plant that's about ready (Lady #2 I think). I'm going to begin flushing her with 15 gallons of water every 2-3 days. Initially I'm going to be doing a 30-40 gallon flush on her though. Get most of the nutes and salt out in the beginning and then let her slowly yellow on her own with some help from me by doing the flush every 2-3 days after that. She'll be getting flushed here in a few hours. :thumbsup:

[bombdiggity]

nice plants i bet your stoked!

or stoned, i should say :thumbsup: ;) :jointsmile:

[killa12345]

Wow....i cant tell u how good your mexi swag came out...a little longer then expected but well work the wait....keep up the great work....cant wait to see the final totals and pics:thumbsup:

[daihashi]

cut down plant #5 yesterday. It's dried out quite a bit.. I have to say I feel I'm not going to be impressed with the yield on this plant. Maybe 2 oz at best. The bud is very airy. I have a feeling that this bud was probably still a long ways to being completed since it was pretty much the poster child for mexican sativas. Very thin finger like leaves, monsterous growth. It probably could've stayed in there for another 4 weeks but I needed the space to give the other 4 plants better light.

I'm making some butter right now with some of the lower buds I cut off a week or so ago.

I have so much trim here I bet I could make 2 whole sticks of *STRONG* cannabutter. Can't wait till it dry's out. It's in a paper sack in my closet right now. when you smell in the bag it smells so fragrant. I love it.

:hippy:

[greenatik]

whatsup daihashi, thought i'd mention how good your plants look. hairy and coated in resin, just the way I like my buds.


:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[daihashi]

Here is plant #5, Harvested and thrown in the mason jars for curing. She only yielded about 2 oz, but I probably harvested too early and also I put the plant through hell and back. I probably had it rootbound for 6 weeks at one point. I'm lucky she didn't go hermie on me.

My other plants are smaller and look like they're going to yield more than this one.

Again this is was grown from seeds out of a bag of mexican brick weed/shwag.

Picture 1: Close up bud shot.
Picture 2: All the buds loaded into my weighing bowl on the scale.
Picture 3: Weight on the scale with just the bowl on it
Picture 4: Weight of the scale with bowl + buds
Picture 5: Buds in their curing jars.

[daihashi]

I should also note that I also got an ounce of budlets dry from this plant 2 weeks ago and I have about another 2 ounces of dry crystally trim and more budlets in a brown paper bag right now.

so 2 oz of buds and about another 3 oz in trim and budlets.

First batch of budlets made some incredible butter :thumbsup:

[SnSstealth]

lookin good D!!!
whiskeytango

[Cede2Weed]

Amazing grow, Daihashi!

Very impressive:thumbsup:

[Shovelhandle]

Good job D!

[smok3y]

looking good man :thumbsup:

:jointsmile:

[daihashi]

looking good man :thumbsup:

:jointsmile:

Thanks, I haven't updated on the rest of the plants in a while. Honestly they all look like they're doing nothing.

I pulled them out of their 5 gallon pots and they're rootbound again!!!!

sigh.. They are taking way too long to flower and this time I am not going to repot them into 7 gallon containers like I did last time.

I just don't have the space.. and honestly I don't feel like investing more time into waiting for them to recover and start putting on mass again.

They are not rootbound bad but they are definitely throwing symptoms and trying to tell me they are not happy.

I may be chopping another plant this saturday or sunday. I'll try to post pictures then.. 2 of the remaining 4 plants can't hold up their own weight. Luckily my new cabinet fits 4 5 gallon plants very well and I can prop all the plants up in the corner to help support the weight.

New pictures soon. Promise :thumbsup:

[jessejames12345]

looking forward to it :) Nice supply by the way, looks like she was cured just right

[daihashi]

man, for those of you wondering what the heck has happened to this thread.. well.

It seems that I hit the reset button once I moved the plants from their old cabinet that had many light leaks into a cabinet that I built that has been light-proofed.

The plants all started bursting out in white pistils like crazy. And are still putting on more and more white pistils. I suspect that I was having slow ripening due to the light leaks and now things are speeding up.

On another note all my plants are root bound again. I really don't have the space to upgrade them to bigger pots so they're just going to have to deal with it. I hate to do that to them but I have no choice.

I'm currently over 100 days into flower and getting pretty frustrated. I though keeping the lights off in my bedroom when the HID's went off would be enough to ensure that the plants were having their "Dark Period" but it seems that wasn't the case.

I'm a bit frustrated to say the least.

[Shovelhandle]

I understand sativa can go 16-18-20 weeks in flower. What kind are your plants?

[daihashi]

I understand sativa can go 16-18-20 weeks in flower. What kind are your plants?

most likely sativa as I'm sure it came from mexico however they look like a sativa/indica hybrid just by going on their leaves. Some more sativa than others.

[Revanche21]

awesome! will be watching the last of the ladies get taken down :)

[jakezking]

daihashi! Dude, those are some pretty wicked looking buds for coming from some Mexican dirt weed. It's really amazing when you take an ordinary seed, and through good care produce some good buds. I look forward to seeing more pictures of these ladies, as the text is pretty intriguing.

[daihashi]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to take down 3 of the ladies tonight. Stand by for details and pictures.

I need to just get on with it. I don't particularly enjoy wasting 109 days on flowering.

The last plant I'm going to leave flowering just because it is such a beast of a plant now.. I can't imagine what it will be like when most of the hairs are red.

Stay tuned.

[daihashi]

Chopped Lady #3 today.

Here are some shots. I'm going to estimate 3 oz in buds or close to it and another 2oz in trim/budlets.

Just to give you a reference of the colas I'm holding out in front of the cabinet... those are 2x4's that make the frame of the cabinet you see in the picture.

The cola is almost as wide as a 2x4 and thicker across. The buds are very tight and compact

[illnillinois]

I have had SO much fun reading and looking at the BEAUTIFUL work you did.

I think this has been one of the BEST thread i have ever read. A++
:jointsmile::thumbsup::thumbsup::jointsmile::thumb sup::thumbsup::stoned:

[daihashi]

Here are some pics of Lady #1 and Lady #3 harvested

Pic 1: Weight of Lady #3 on the scale. It was teetering between 75 and 76 grams.

Pic 2: Partial weight of Lady #1 on the scale

Pic 3: Remaining weight of Lady #1 on the scale

Pic 4: All the jars that were used to pack up the nugs. 9 full jars in all.


Total weight between the two ladies is 150grams. Or approx 5.4 oz.

I should note that this is bone dry weight. Nugs crumble if you press them ever so slightly. Very very dry weight.
This may seem good but given the flowering time I feel this should've been more. Oh well. That's what I get for messing around with crappy genetics.

[bombdiggity]

Congrats on your harvest! Sorry that it doesn't meet your expectations yield wise, but its still 5.4oz, shit I'd do backflips if I could grow that much :thumbsup:

bud looks mmmm mmmm tastey!

[SnSstealth]

congrats!

[daihashi]

I have 2 more plants that I need to hang/dry.

They aren't really ready but I'll probably do this tomorrow just so I can move forward with my next crop.

[greenatik]

hey daihashi :thumbsup:

looks like you will have plenty to smoke and I would have to say that mexican schwag is not bad genetics. many great plants come from bagseed and schwag thru proper care. but bagseed will cause frustration in harvesting times, some plants will need 100 days some will be ready early.

overall i think it was a great grow and look forward to your next grow. :)

[jakezking]

daihashi, dude, that is a fine lookin' haul, and after smokin' many different strains, some mexican red hair ain't the worst thinig in the world. I just had 2 puffs of some mexican schwag, and I can't complain too much. Those 9 jars look pretty good. I wonder if an orange or lemon peel in the jar would soften them up a bit, and maybe funk with the flavor? Seems like I read a peel or a green leaf in the jar would give them a bit more moisture. Anyway, dude, I'm rambling - sorry to do it in your log, but I like getting comments in my log, so I wouldn't mind it so much.

Be good out there.

[daihashi]

daihashi, dude, that is a fine lookin' haul, and after smokin' many different strains, some mexican red hair ain't the worst thinig in the world. I just had 2 puffs of some mexican schwag, and I can't complain too much. Those 9 jars look pretty good. I wonder if an orange or lemon peel in the jar would soften them up a bit, and maybe funk with the flavor? Seems like I read a peel or a green leaf in the jar would give them a bit more moisture. Anyway, dude, I'm rambling - sorry to do it in your log, but I like getting comments in my log, so I wouldn't mind it so much.

Be good out there.

No worries. I like people interacting in my log and sharing ideas. It will only make my grow better the next time around. Who wouldn't want that? :thumbsup:

[daihashi]

hey daihashi :thumbsup:

looks like you will have plenty to smoke and I would have to say that mexican schwag is not bad genetics. many great plants come from bagseed and schwag thru proper care. but bagseed will cause frustration in harvesting times, some plants will need 100 days some will be ready early.

overall i think it was a great grow and look forward to your next grow. :)

Yeah I'm well over 100 days and very frustrated. Hence chopping them down. I have some quality genetics I'm eager to try out for this new grow. Combined with the vast amounts of knowledge I gained through this grow I think this next harvest is going to be twice as good.

[stinkyattic]

Hey- I haven't stopped by in a while but boy oh boy did that harvest come out lovely. That's really nice work!

[daihashi]

Hey- I haven't stopped by in a while but boy oh boy did that harvest come out lovely. That's really nice work!

Funny you should reply. I'm actually in the middle of trimming my last plant. I totally forgot about it. I put it in the dark and forgot it was there.

The soil is bone dry and if you picked up the plant you would think it had been cut and hanging for a while..

lol so the drying process on this plant should be short and sweet.. then on to curing with the other 3 plants.

I'll post the weight from this plant#4 and plant #2 probably sunday.

The high is pretty nice.. A very nice thinking high.

[stinkyattic]

The high is pretty nice.. A very nice thinking high.That explains a lot.

[daihashi]

That explains a lot.

I think you'd enjoy it.. It's mellow enough to not feel overpowered, but strong enough to not feel like you're smoking shwag. I'd say it's probably higher than mids quality but lower than "dro". Somewhere in the middle.

I have some Sour NL x Nevilles Haze getting ready to be geared up for the next grow. I just need to wipe down and clean/paint the inside of my cab. :thumbsup:

Looking forward to growing some real genetics this next grow.

[daihashi]

For all those interested.. Here's a cola off of plant #4.

It's not completely trimmed up yet but I got all the big leaves off.

Picture #1: picture of one of the cola's from plant #4 next the a pint mason jar.

Picture #2: Oh? Where did the mason jar go? Picture of the cola pressed up against the jar. Completely eclipsing the jar. It's about 3" wider than the jar.

I have a few cola's like this and a bunch more medium size ones. What's funny is that this plant was the runt of the bunch and I debated chopping it early into flower.

My oh my how this plant grew up and turned into a beautiful woman. :jointsmile:

[Dutch Pimp]

Nice grow....daihashi....:greenthumb:

[SnSstealth]

:thumbsup: very nice d......
WT

[daihashi]

I should mention that cola is as thick around as the Mason Jar :stoned:

[SnSstealth]

lol....i got that....damn thats big...

[Shovelhandle]

whoa, that's a "jughead" kola man. Nice.

[Forwhat420]

Very nice run!!! I see that it took over a 100 days. Thats those mexicans for ya!!! I too have fought that 100 day battle of the mexican but it turns out a good smoke. Anyway congrats and big buds on the next!!

[daihashi]

Didn't get any pictures of it on the scale.. But Plant #4 weighed in at an even 4oz.. trimmed and bone dry

Working on weighing in the last plant right now and then I'll have a total combined weight for this grow. :thumbsup:

Edit: Combined weight for lady #1, #3, #4 and #5 is 11.5oz so far.

I will weight lady #2 today and get a final total weight.

I guess this isn't bad for 5 plants? I'm not sure.

[daihashi]

ok.. Plant #2 yielded a little over 3 oz. 86 grams to be exact.

So my total yield this grow from 5 plants was about 14.5 oz.. Or almost a pound.

I still feel like I should've gotten more yield but considering this was my first grow ever I'm going to count it as a success. :thumbsup:

Now time for a celebratory smoke!! :jointsmile: :stoned:

[anbesol]

And how do they taste?

[daihashi]

And how do they taste?

None of them actually had the flavor that their scents portrayed. They have a slightly spicy yet smooth flavor to them.

Plant #4 sends me soaring to the moon

Plant #1 is a very nice mellow thinking high

Plants #5 was not all that great. I smoked all of it in 1 week when I was extremely sick and in some pretty serious pain. It really helped alot. Being in pain probably took away from the high; but the weed killed all my pain so I'm guessing it was at least decent stuff.

Plants #2 and #3 Are soaring thinking highs. The high is sort've in between plant#4 and #1

I'm pretty pleased with the results considering where the genetics came from.

[BigWeed]

Hey man I have to say nice job on your first grow. I also have to give mad props on helping out your friends. Oh yeah I also wanted to say a good strain for pain is White Widow thats what I grow and what I use for my pain and its a easy plant to grow and clone I have others but this one does the job.:rasta::rastasmoke::pimp:

[daihashi]

Hey man I have to say nice job on your first grow. I also have to give mad props on helping out your friends. Oh yeah I also wanted to say a good strain for pain is White Widow thats what I grow and what I use for my pain and its a easy plant to grow and clone I have others but this one does the job.:rasta::rastasmoke::pimp:

Thanks man, I appreciate the kind words. :hippy:

I'm actually in the process of making some green dragon for two of my friends with MS. Neither one of them like to smoke and would like to discretely dose in public when needed.

I'm having a friend with POTS/Gastroparesis as well as two friends with Crohns swing by sometime this week to get a "care package" from me. :thumbsup: Everything being given out for free of course. I don't believe in charging the sick for medicine that grows naturally from the earth.

I think I've also gotten one of my MS friends interesting in learning how to do her own grow. Trying to help out where I can. :thumbsup:

What else have you grown besides white widow that you can recommend for pain that won't couchlock a person? It's pretty important that they remain functional/coherent while relieving their pain. I've already got my next grow planned but I can always mix it up a little bit. :jointsmile:

[jakezking]

daihashi! I'm already looking forward to your next grow, and find it hard to believe that was your 1st! You did an outstanding job, and your friends are lucky to have someone as generous as you around to help them make life easier - we get by with a lil' help from our friends! May you be an example to us all, and may the karma come back to you.

Aloha and good night!

[BigWeed]

Thanks man, I appreciate the kind words. :hippy:

I'm actually in the process of making some green dragon for two of my friends with MS. Neither one of them like to smoke and would like to discretely dose in public when needed.

I'm having a friend with POTS/Gastroparesis as well as two friends with Crohns swing by sometime this week to get a "care package" from me. :thumbsup: Everything being given out for free of course. I don't believe in charging the sick for medicine that grows naturally from the earth.

I think I've also gotten one of my MS friends interesting in learning how to do her own grow. Trying to help out where I can. :thumbsup:

What else have you grown besides white widow that you can recommend for pain that won't couchlock a person? It's pretty important that they remain functional/coherent while relieving their pain. I've already got my next grow planned but I can always mix it up a little bit. :jointsmile:


The other strains I have going now is GDP,Ak-47,Durban Poison,Blueberry. The one I use when I want to function is the DP its mostly sativa and it wont hit you as hard and it leaves you feeling good gives me the giggles hahaha. I also have some Lowriders coming in should be this week maybe I want to try a auto flowering strain.:rasta::rastasmoke::pimp:

ps. Try to find a nice sativa there real good for that up feeling kinda high I like to stick with the Indicas I like to be knocked off my ass.Peace Id give you some K+ plus but its not working right now.

[SkyGrly]

too funnnny... LOVE your disclaimer! :clap:

[SkyGrly]

hhmm, wait... I'm new to this site- are the disclaimers necessary?

[daihashi]

hhmm, wait... I'm new to this site- are the disclaimers necessary?

Well, I am not actually growing. All my plants are props.. that happened to weigh 14 ounces or so when it was all said or done :thumbsup:

You can put up your own disclaimer if you like. :thumbsup: