Strawberry Lemonade,3 weeks flowering

[RideTheWave]

Well 2 of my 3 plants turned out to be females,the male was promptly executed once the first budding started.The plant in the green planter is a Strawberry Lemonade strain,my dad's friend grew it for bout 8 years. It's a sativa plant and i believe it's going to produce some good fluffy nugs. I recently redid my whole set up and put up a heavy tarp with grey inside and white walls as well so it all reflects. As well as I hooked up a heavy duty reflector unit with a Eye Hortilux Blue bulb,it's 400 watts and provides about 29,000 lumens to the plants which is promoting vigorous healthy growth.

As of recently I found a very good garden store called worms way and picked up a small bottle of Sugar Daddy(Magnesium 1.6%, Sulfur 1.75%), Earth Juice Bloom Formula (0-3-1,noticed healthier and more blooming after 3 or 4 days) and small bottle of Earth Juice Grow (2-1-1).

I mix 2 Tsp of sugar daddy,1 1/2 Tbsp Bloom juice per gallon of water usually every watering,every couple of days i leave out the bloom,then leave out the sugar daddy in waterings.

These 5 pictures are of my strawberry lemonade plant, it's grown very tall since I topped it and started flowering.

[RideTheWave]

These next 5 are of my blue dream strain that i managed to get a seed of this winter. It's become extremelly bushy but has many flowers forming all over and many of the hairs and leaves are producing lots of crystals already The really odd thing is it's starting to bud and have flowers form on the stems of fan leaves as you can see in the last picture. I've never seen a plant do that before or maybe i've never payed to close attention.

[nwodreciffo]

What kind of lights are you using?

[RideTheWave]

Eye Hortilux Blue HOR,it's a 400w MH bulb.

[nwodreciffo]

Did you use that light to veg. aswell?

[blazeone08]

Is that mh your using for flowering to? and are you adding any other lights or just using the mh for the whole grow?

[RideTheWave]

Had a 200w MH bulb and couple flourescents for the vegetative. but the work light that supported the 200w shorted out and i have yet to fix it. and i had to take down the flourescents for the hanging fixture i have now.unfortunately cash is tight at the moment but they seem to be doing fine under the one light

[invalidentry]

are you in ri ?

[RideTheWave]

Nope not in Rhode Island,why do you ask? Checked today and the bushier plant still has more flowers growing along stems of the fan leaves

[invalidentry]

worms way is not to far from the ri border i have a mmj card in ri and im looking for other strains to trade

[RideTheWave]

Nope,dont live anywhere near the RI area actually. This is my first professional grow and I was wondering if it's normal for the plant to start growing flowers on the stems of the fan leaves? I have a picture to show what im talking about. I've never seen that actually happen on a plant before. Anyone else know whats up with that,like if it's normal? oh not to mention a small handful of hairs are turning partial pinkish/orange in small blotches.

[RideTheWave]

Was checking my plants out today and got some pictures. The flower in the picture is much more crystally but the x5 lens was to small to focus my camera in. My strawade plant has some thickish branches but growing flowers all over as well as forming on the stems of leaves.

My 2nd plant has become just a bush for the most part. Trim and prune this one about once a week due to the bushiness.


have been cutting some of the fan leaves off after the flower stem has grown bout a quarter inch above the regular stem. Wondering if this is a bad move or not,but it seems to promote alot more growth after a day or 2. Usually do that every 4 or 5 days to a couple leaves,and usually get rid of the biggest fan leaves every week to week and a half.

[RideTheWave]

Any advice?

[irydyum]

I have been cutting some of the fan leaves off after the flower stem has grown bout a quarter inch above the regular stem. Wondering if this is a bad move or not,but it seems to promote alot more growth after a day or 2. Usually do that every 4 or 5 days to a couple leaves,and usually get rid of the biggest fan leaves every week to week and a half.

Those large leaves, unless they are dead, are the carbohydrate factory and light catcher for your plant. It isn't a really healthy practice to remove all of them, doing so has resulted in all of your smaller leaves making up for it, and will probably cause leafier bud. It's forcing the plant to make greenery to grow when it should be focused on flowers, ya dig :thumbsup:

[RideTheWave]

Thanks Iry, my pops had told me I should be plucking them.I think he might have misworded what he said. For the most part I havent been going crazy on removing them,just a few here and there every while. Even then I didnt pluck more than maybe a couple cause I'd rather not stress them to death. But mainly the one's I've picked are the big ones on top blocking out light to everything beneath.

[RideTheWave]

Just recently picked up a little 10$ grow light,has a nice red spectrum for flowering phase and stuff and provides about 750 lumens.Going to get a replacement bulb and throw it in my black light fixture and hook it up behind the plants. With that in,prob raise it to around 30,000-31,000 lumens.I put in a 250 watt heat bulb to heat up the room as it's been getting very cold downstairs. I do have an intake and outake fan set up as well so it wont get to hot either.

My strawberry lemonade plant is starting to flower really nice and expand. The first and 3rd pics are of some of the forming buds from the top and mid section. The last picture is a x5 magnifyed view of pic 3,somehow caught the light right and you can see the tons of crystals forming. I've heard of a couple sprays that enahnce the amount of trichomes that form as well. For the last week or so though I've been kicking around the idea of clipping the 2 bottom most branches,they're flowering and all but forming very slowly.

[RideTheWave]

My blue dream plant is forming alot more flowers randomly on stems all over. But mainly the buds that are already formed are starting to become really dense as well.

[Barrelhse]

Those large leaves, unless they are dead, are the carbohydrate factory and light catcher for your plant. It isn't a really healthy practice to remove all of them, doing so has resulted in all of your smaller leaves making up for it, and will probably cause leafier bud. It's forcing the plant to make greenery to grow when it should be focused on flowers, ya dig :thumbsup:

Excellent comment on the leaves- if I may add, they still function at the end of life when they give up color. They are returning their last stored nutes to the plant, again so it can concentrate elsewhere. (I still kinda pick and prune at 'em, though.)

[RideTheWave]

Yeah I feel like a bit of a dope for the leaves,but thank goodness I hadnt plucked much. Really appreciate the advice,but one thing that stumps me though,is it normal for flowers to start appearing and growing up the stems of the fan leaves? I've noticed buds growing on the stems in straight littles rows on some of the leaves. Seems a lil odd,but this is my first grow so im not to sure. As well as should i get 2 more of those cheapy lights for an extra bit of light to the sides?would be an extra 1500 lumens for like 40 watts. Havent been able to get out to my garden place due to construction,turned it into a 45+ min trip going around all the construction,detours and traffic.

[irydyum]

Really appreciate the advice,but one thing that stumps me though,is it normal for flowers to start appearing and growing up the stems of the fan leaves? I've noticed buds growing on the stems in straight littles rows on some of the leaves.

Can you get us a picture of what you are talking about? I have seen some strange things on this site, and if you get a picture up, I can likely put you in the right direction.

[RideTheWave]

I put an arrow to show you the flower that sprouted on the stem of a fan leave,unfortunately the leaves are blocking the next flower forming on the stem next to it. unfortunately the camera phone i have is alright but not that good.

[GetThisOrDie]

The girl that I have growing now is from some medical bud I got from Baltimore. She has some flowers that are growing up the stems like you have. I dont know what strain she is but if you close your eyes and smell her... its like someone is holding a cup of fresh roasted coffee to your nose. When I come home at night my basement smells like someone just brewed a batch. It is very healthy and seems ok here. Your plants look great by the way!

[RideTheWave]

Well it's been a little while since i've posted anything. My plants are doing pretty well,been watering them with a mixture of Sugar daddy,Earth Juice Bloom and a drop every now and then of this super thrive vitamin per gallon of water. This is my smaller plant,it's alot bushier and has some really nice and thick buds.

[RideTheWave]

Ok so this plant has something weird going on with it,I havent been able to figure out what it is. The first picture should show you,but in description some of the older fan leaves are getting light yellowish splotches on the leaves. Inbetween the veins is this brownish discoloration happening and it almost looks like it's ozone damage but I dont own an ozone generator. Im d wondering if it's from to many nutrients,I watered with pure water yesterday and flushed my plants with 2 gallons of pure water today.

[perpetr8r]

Looks like a bit of nute burn. Back off on the ec a little bit and should be good. How far along are they? They look well into mid phase of flower. The leaves look wet.. if you are foliar feeding them I recommend you don't as you may cause a mold issue in the buds. They also look a lil over watered, let them dry out before you feed them again.. they will love you for it. Last thing is it looks like you are stressing your plants as evidenced by the 3 pronged (?) leaves..in my limited experience when that happens it is usually due to stress on the plant.. but I'm no expert. Buds look nice :)

[drudown11]

buds are looking nice. I don't know for sure but i have heard bad things using superthrive in the latter stages of flowering. Ive read that it can sometimes prolong the flowering stage adding a week or two to the finishing harvesting time. Then again that is just what i have read on the internet.

[RideTheWave]

Actually they are dry in the pictures, I think the wet look might be due to the way i edited the photos ,tryed to make them clearer from my camera phone. I really havent used super thrive to much,maybe 5 times in total. Even then I used 1 drop from an eye dropper to add it to the total water supply. But thank you for the tip on the misting,kinda glad i've been to stoned to remember to do that the past 3 days lol.

As far as the Strawberry Lemonade(green planter) goes, I stopped using nutrients on friday. Been using pure water since,and I flushed out the SL plant with 2 gallons of water today. Not going to water this one for prob 2 or 3 days,im thinking it's more than good at the moment. One weird thing is,i found one of the fan leaves had like all these uniform purple color on all 5 of the leaves. But that was the only leaf to even have that.

All in all thought I appreciate the suggestions and everything,this is going extremely well for my first grow. That Strawberry Lemonade is looking to be some good smoke,the buds are just covered in a hazy white,like powdered sugar on a fresh out of the pan funnel cake. Despite plucking some fan leaves I shouldnt have,it's pretty buddy and not to leafy. But good god they are some of the most resinated,crystally,sticky leaves to touch. Im looking at making some hash or a nice stock pile of keef.

[RideTheWave]

Things have been going pretty well since last time I have posted. This plant has not been any trouble at all this whole time,for some reason it didnt experience the nutrient burn like my other plant. Which is really odd because they recieved the same amount of nutrients/water. I have a x3/x5 magnifying glass I used to look at the crystals,which are still all clear and 80% of the pistils are white. I've stopped using nutrients in this plant as well too,only pure water.

[RideTheWave]

Flushed this one out pretty well and managed to stop the nutrient burn that was happening. The hairs on the top buds have pretty much turned color but they still have new growth forming and shooting out more white hairs. I got a a pic with my digi cam with a x5 magnifying glass in front of it for a semi good shot of the biggest cola. Those white hairs growing up are some of that new growth that appeared about a day ago. Not to mention in the other pics you can see the more bottom most nugs still have mainly all white hairs as well.I have a fan aimed at the plant/soil to help with the final flushing and just fresh air gets to it and the other plant.

I dont know when I should harvest because alot of the higher up buds/top have like 80% orange/red hairs and have some new growth with decent amount of white hairs forming. As well as the lower down buds are still growing and mostly white haired,so im a little confused on what to do.

[RideTheWave]

Still has some more new growth coming up,but in less abundance though. Clipped off some of the burnt out/effed up leaves as well,but one weird thing is some of my fan leaves have turned purplish. So have some of the other leaves around my plant but I havent noticed any of them turning since I flushed it out and aimed a fan at the soil. Im wondering should I cut them or whats going on?

[LOC NAR on probation]

Go by the color of the trichomes. Do a search on them or harvest it's here.
Looking good but it maybe time already.

[RideTheWave]

Hah this one seems like it's still another couple weeks or something. It's got alot of fat buds and more are still to come. Im going to try and regenerate this plant if possible.

[RideTheWave]

Well the top halfs of the branches are more developed and mostly red hairs with some of that new growth. The bottom halves are still all white and growing for the most part. What should I do about that?

As well ass,whats with that leaf in the last pic?

[lamapot]

Pay attention to your trichome coloration, depending on how heady you like your smoke it may be time to harvest.

[RideTheWave]

Mind telling me or linking me something explaining that a lil more indepth?Like the more milky trichomes the more body high compared to head high and vice versa

[lamapot]

It appears you are growing a vastly sativa dominant hybrid on one hand, and indica on the other.

For the sativa dom (Lemon), you will be looking for the milky 'white' trich's as to retain the heady cerebral high of the strain. Probably hitting 10% amber for maturity.

The indica dom (Blue Dream) will want nicely golden 'amber' trich's, almost like a nice dark pure maple syrup color. Push as far as you'd like in % amber.

This is my preference, accentuating the effects of each residual strain. If you prefer more of a "head high" over "body high" and vice versa - it is entirely up to you how little or how long you let them grow.

Nice job, as well man. =)

[F1SEEDS]

looks good man:thumbsup: all id say is stop useing SUPER THRIVE its not really ment to be used in the flowering period of MJ plants .

to much of a good thing can be bad for MJ plants man!



peace and love

geeman

[RideTheWave]

Haha sweeeeet,thank you for that tid bit of very useful info Lama. (Lemon)Most of the top buds are 80% milky,spotted maybe 1 or 2 slightly amber trichomes on one of them. Going to see if I can save some of the lower branches to regen,this one has such a crisp skunky smell to it. Im hoping the clone I took will root as this is one strain I'd like to save. Originally from the 70's and my pops friend built it up for bout 8 years, I lucked out on picking this one out of the batch. Unfortunately it looks like it's gonna have a bit of a lower yield,possibly due to me plucking some of the fan leaves.Oh well,I still managed to grow some awesome nugs for my first time :D

As far as the superthrive goes,I only used it a couple times. I have NOT used it in probably a month,due to no vitamin analysis on the bottle. As well as it's extremelly concentrated,I didnt want to mess up my nutrient program with it. Screwed up though and forgot to write down my nutrient watering and over nute'd it. Flushed it 2 days in a row with gallon and a half each and they were fine. I've stopped watering the Strawberry lemonade plant as well,I've heard not watering the last week or so increases resin/helps drying process.

Lastly can anyone recommend a good way I should dry and cure these?Like a personal favorite that works well,not that I'm slamming CannCom's method. Im just open to any and all ideas

[darealbrain]

for youre first grow you should keep it simple.hang the plant in total darkness and with a low humidity.this site has help me out as im new myself.alot of other people do alot of trial and error type grows,but this is your first and only batch and you can totally ruin it with mold which is not reverseable like over nute and all the other things that happens to a grow while growing.so keep it simple and then try all the other stuff (with your clones)like brown paper bags and stuff that can mess up all the hard work that you have put in.also check on the driing plant every day looking for mold,but do not touch the plant.just my 2cents and what i do with my meds.good grow and get better

[RideTheWave]

Well I just chopped my strawberry lemonade yesterday and trimmed it all down. As well as I checked out my Blue Dream plant, bout 95/5 milky/amber. Getting ready to pluck her in a couple days:D. Back on topic,I cut all my trim leaves down and gathered them all into a paper bag and folded it over couple times and put it in my closet to dry out. Whats a good way to tell when their dry and ready to run across a screen for hash? I ended up hanging just the whole plant to dry as it's got alot of room around the buds for airflow to get them all. I've been wondering though,does the plant need to dry in complete and total darkness,kinda how the dark phase is during flowering?

[lamapot]

Make certain it is a very dark (may as well say total darkness) and cool place.
Hanging as you are is good.

You will be able to tell when the trim is ready just by touching it, probably 6-10 days depending on how packed the bag is.

You will definitely want to cure the bud as well.

Edit: Mind doing a close-up of the cola? =)

[RideTheWave]

Got some better pics of my drying plant. The buds are starting to tighten up nicely and you can see the crystals all over still. One thing though it has a more grassy smell and but it's still got a light funky smell in it,is that normal during the drying process? I've got twelve pint sized mason jars to use for curing as well as two bigger gallon sized glass jars with tight lids. So far I have yet to see mold forming,knock on wood!

[lamapot]

:rastasmoke:

[F1SEEDS]

hi man
so how much do u think ull take from that plant?

peace and love geeman

[RideTheWave]

At most I'd say a z and a half for the first one,and it's probably 1 more day of drying.Took a nice nug off it today to sample,so probably by tomorrow it should be dry enough to cure. The indica plant,im expecting probably 2 nd a half max,as it's got a lot of tightness and density as well as a LOT more buds formed. Blue dream was definitely the major load of my crop,but unfortunately today I've found 3 seeds in a cola. Not to mention a bunch of banana looking things coming out of the flowers with the pistils. Looks like it got pollinated though cause I havent found any pollen sacks or any male flowers. Oh well,but on another note within the next 1-2 days I'll be receiving a mama of Blueberry Kush and Great white shark. Hopefully everything goes through alright,I'll start up a new log for those and finish out this one.


*note: Took about an hour to type this out,kept zoning out after the sample bowl of strawberry lemonade*

[ninjatoker]

i know this is an old post but the strawberry lemonade coght my eye, what are the genetics to this strain???