Shov's Bubblegum Grow

[Shovelhandle]

Continuing from my thread started on the Closet/Cabinet page...

28 days. lights 18/6.
Pre nuted miracle grow/vermiculite/perlite/peatmoss soil
Neptune organic seaweed/fish furtilizer (half strength)
Miracle grow all purpose (half strength)
1 gal Water w/tsp molasses (once)
Flushed (nute burn, <G>)

4 plants in 2 buckets (one is a triplet)
4 plants in pots (spares)
Window box of plants (spares)


Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

Sorry, no pics. I don't seem to have the upload icon anymore. Suggestions?

[BlueBear]

Congrads on being the first to start a thread in hear. There may be some jellous people... LOL //Green Fog
Adieu

[Shovelhandle]

si merci,

I could (did) post photos on my other thread ???

wtf, shov

[Pezzo]

damn u was the first one! wel done m8 :D

[Pezzo]

i cant put up picz either, its the log forum not u

[LIP]

Well thats funny. There's no picture upload icon. Oh well, this wont be much of a forum untill thats sorted out lol.

[Shovelhandle]

Well thats funny. There's no picture upload icon. Oh well, this wont be much of a forum untill thats sorted out lol.


I know. That sucks, huh? <G>

Sho

[LIP]

I guess they're still fine tuning it, i mean, a grow log NEEDs pics otherwise it's not as helpful. A picture says a 1000 words.

Take it easy...

[Weedhound]

Shovel can you just sketch us a few quick drawings? Please make sure things are to scale exactly. Thanks....

[LIP]

Shovel can you just sketch us a few quick drawings? Please make sure things are to scale exactly. Thanks....

It'd make no differnce, he wouldnt be able to upload them..

[Shovelhandle]

why bother? Lip is dead anyway.

Shovelhandle

[LIP]

Lol ;)

How ya doing Shov. Hope your alright. I might get a mods attention about the picture upload icon missing.

[Shovelhandle]

yes! I'm good. lol

as far as the grow, I'm looking ahead to 12/20 when I go on eight day holiday to Florida. At seven weeks of veg I'll shut off the lamps for 36 hours and go on to 12on-12off. I'll use the same lighting for that first week of flowering while I'm away and add the 250W HPS when I get back. I figure it may only need water once during that week, so my brother will see to that.

[LIP]

Sounds like a good idea. Yeah, the plant should be fine, it may be a bit droopy when you come back, but as you know, thats nothing to worry about, a quick water and it's all happy again. I've got some 90% sativas on the grow and some pure indicas, should be a nice harvest, depending on what the female/male ratio is, but it shouldnt be too bad. I've already grown this sativa before, it's me own strain, Some of the seeds have the ruderalis traight from the ruderalis skunk i put into the mix. Shame it was displayed in all the seeds, but meh, i dont care,. It's got a killer smoke. At a sensible estimation i think the THC content for the sativa is probably about 18%

This indica is a nice short fat bushy one, well, most of them are, but it's really good for medicinal hash, the resin production is crazy, it's up there with WR at 22 - 25%

And any hash made from it would be killer.

Cant wait for the knock out smoke lol.

Cant wait to see your pics either, i hop they sort it all out lol.

[Shovelhandle]

Sounds like a good grow going Lip. If we were neighbors we'd swap weed. Nothing like variety (and free).

Week 5
each of two buckets has a 12"-14" monster plant and a nice healthy smaller plant of 8" lots of vegitation. I also have four smaller pails with a plant in each that are doing well. They took some Neptune organic seaweed/fish emulsion fertalizer last week.

The window box sized planter had over forty decent plants crammed into it. I thinned it down to ten. I would hold the stem near the soil with thumb and index finger and pull the stem out, leaving most of the roots in place, do disruption of the 10 remaining plants. I plan to give them to bro when he gets his shit together. Meanwhile, I've moved them to thier own light, a 250 HPS and timed it for 12-12. I want to experiment with a nutritional suppliment containing Sodium Phosphate, Potasium Bicarbinate and some amino acids and vitamins. No added sugars, salts or preservatives. The idea is to use this for flower developement. I'll try it on one or two of the window box specimens and one of the small pail plants.


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Shovelhandle

[Abattoir Dream]

The window box sized planter had over forty decent plants crammed into it. I thinned it down to ten. I would hold the stem near the soil with thumb and index finger and pull the stem out, leaving most of the roots in place, do disruption of the 10 remaining plants. I plan to give them to bro when he gets his shit together. Meanwhile, I've moved them to thier own light, a 250 HPS and timed it for 12-12. I want to experiment with a nutritional suppliment containing Sodium Phosphate, Potasium Bicarbinate and some amino acids and vitamins. No added sugars, salts or preservatives. The idea is to use this for flower developement. I'll try it on one or two of the window box specimens and one of the small pail plants.

it will take some time for those to flower if they arent already on internodes, if i were you, i'd wait for one of your own to test it, it should be fine...

jus my 2 cents

[Shovelhandle]

Thanks, Dream

I just want to see if it's toxic to these plants before I try it on any of the major plants. Then I will be able to compare the results of using the suppliment.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

and here are the plants... (http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?p=1132751#post1132751)

[Shovelhandle]

Funny thing, ADream. One of the flowerbox plants has female pistils.

Last week I changed things around. I enlarged the grow space to 4' x 4'. I put the flowerbox in there with the other plants and added the 250W HPS. The lighting is 18-6. Photos on the other thread.

Shov

[Abattoir Dream]

sounds good, i think you can put pics up now... im not sure, but they said its fixed now... nice growin man ;) keep it up...

(im gonna go look at the pics now...:))

[LIP]

Yeah, it's fixed now :)

Yay for pics!!!

I cant wait!

I looked at some on the other thread but i had to go out :(

[Shovelhandle]

yup, the photo icon is here. I will continue to post updates here, including photos. Right now the news is; the one flowerbox plant that showed is a Male (not a female) it took a day for me to see that.

Shov

[LIP]

Damn :(

Good luck with the others!

[Shovelhandle]

Thanks,
not a problem though, I have way to many plants going in the area. I'm sure it should work out to plenty of fems.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

At six weeks we saw the first plant go to alternating. This is the largest plant, one of the larger plants that were FIMed a little over a week ago. These plants are really growing some tops (photos aren't so great).
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Left bucket has a large FIM plant and the triple leaf which isn't cropped. The right bucket has the largest plant and a smaller one, both FIMed.
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Here are the "back-up" plants. A box of nine LSTed and four smaller pots. Again, sorry for the poor photo.
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Best regards,
Shovelhandle

[stinkyattic]

Looking good, Shov!
Way to represent the Northeast...6 weeks... damn. Very bushy!!!!

[Shovelhandle]

OK, the next one in the flowerbox to show is a FEMALE.

Right next to her is a nice healthy green specimen with the exception of one leaf that has one yellow section and one half yellow/half green section. Different!

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

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[LIP]

That's what i like to see!

[Shovelhandle]

No photos today. But I did manage to burn a few leaves on the lamps.
Getting close to 12on -12off (next weekend).
This week I fed with the fish-kelp ferts and P/K suppliment. The two tallest plants in the buckets are 18" and 24". The 24" is female.
Another one of the flowerbox LSTs show female too.
The TopMax was delivered today. And the 2700K lamps should be all here by Wednesday.

Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

Here are the plants "drip drying" after their flush before I put them back under the lights. I discovered another male in the flowerbox and removed it. I also rearranged the LST a bit. Lots of top action on the FIMed plants but difficult to see that in these pics.



Later this week I'll rearrange the lights and plants, change the (2) T8 and (4) T5 lamps from 4200K to 2700K warm white. I'll likely stay with the one 250 HPS for early on as the total watts is 530w. As the plants take up more room I'll add the second 250 HPS.

The plants will go through a 36 hour dark period before they begin 12-12. The nutes will be the same Neptune Fish/kelp with TopMax.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

sorry, I tried to jump on the sideway photo and edit but I didn't manage to get it right before the 5 min.

Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

ok, no more neck cramps....

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Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Another male gets plucked from the flowerbox...

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Ok, no new pics today. But I did rearrange the plants, lights, fan and reflectors. Basically, I just raised everything to make room for future growth. The Fim-ed tops have not totally recovered but not doing too bad. The new growth has been healthy.

Also, today starts 12 on-12 off. I had hoped that the flowering lamps would all be in but not yet. I'll go pic up the (2) T8 lamps that they do have in stock tomorrow. The lamps will actually be 3000K not 2700K but close enough for the price. I did the veg with 4100K cool white (which some folks claim are all but useless) instead of 6500K. I think the plants look pretty good inspite of that : ]

I pay less than $2ea for the 34wT8 and $9ea for the 54wT5.
The side lighting fixture is a brand new (4) lamp T5HO from Ebay for $40 w/lamps! The (2) 250w HPS are a trip, I've never seen their likes. Self contained ballast, like a CFL. It has almost instant on but restrike time is similar to traditional HPS lamps (it takes a few minutes to relight if you shut them off). I picked two of these up for free when I consulted on our church's lighting upgrade and these were removed. To hold these lamps I bought (2) new, 250w hi quality photographer's lamps with switches and ceramic sockets w/ reflectors from Ebay ($20ea). I figure that I can use them with 85-125w CFLs when these HPS lamps are done.

So, no new pics but a little look at some of the hardware I'm using for this econo-grow.


Shovelhandle

[doco]

Thats a great deal on the HO T5 Shov - I just paid $140 for a new 4 bulb 6500K New Wave HO T5 and I thought that was a good price!!

Your plants are looking wonderful - looking forward to watching them flower - I just started flowering mine last weekend too so its gonna be fun to check out the similarities & differences.

[Shovelhandle]

That is a good price. The best price I found for a new highbay fixture like yours was $119 with my professional discount. My T5 fixture has a white reflector. The polished reflector is nicer but I did consider the price.

I have been watching your grow too. It will be fun if everything continues!

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

12/30
One of the smaller pots = Male. I'll deal with it tomorrow.

I lit the second 250w HPS and installed the two 3000K 4' T8s. I have to see how temps go. That's 780 watts now.

Shov

[Abattoir Dream]

they look ALOT bigger than the last time i saw them...

well done...

lol good luck

[Shovelhandle]

Here's the grow. Not a great pic, just want to show the layout and relative size. There are a couple more 2' x 4' cardboard sheets w/mylar that I removed to access and photograph the grow.

The right hand plant in the bucket is a female and 26" tall, in the left hand bucket the plant is 22" but has not shown yet. The flowerbox is home to about 5-6 LSTed plants, one is female. There are also other few plants here and there. Any males had been dispatched.
They are all doing pretty well, I think.

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Shov

[Abattoir Dream]

thats what me like fe see

[kindprincess]

lookin good shov, whats the head count now?

love, kp:p

[Shovelhandle]

There are two main buckets with a major and minor plant each. The flowerbox has, say six and maybe three other pots.

So, down to 13 plants.

Shov

[kindprincess]

can't wait for their new wigs to pop out...

love, kp:p

[Shovelhandle]

Wigs are going to pop?
Should I buy a syling brush? <G>

As far as the cropping is concerned, I still am waiting to see how I did. Maybe I Fucking missed!

Shov

[kindprincess]

i like to see the wild do's myself:D

you know, hair all over the place?

love, kp:p

[Shovelhandle]

BTW, there are 14 total, seven in the box.
I have the one fem in the box, I wanted to wait for a second and then pull the rest, leaving the two LSTed fems. But I think I'll go and remove the plants from "her" side of the box and wait (hope)for another fem out of the remainders.
Princess,You really in BVI? We're going to Tortola in May (if I didn't already mention that elsewhere).

Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

whoa...the second largest plant in the buckets looks that it will be a male. Please, send positive vibes that it is not.

Thanks,

Shovlehandle

[LIP]

*Crosses fingers that it's a female*

[Shovelhandle]

ty.
one of the "stand-by" plants in the small pails is female. I gathered up the transplant materials this afternoon and brought them in to warm. Maybe x-plant tomorrow am. I'm thinking of a 3 gal even because the plant is maybe 12-14" tall.

Shov

[kindprincess]

hi shov, sorry, but i'm not in bvi (anymore) but thanx for the thought! who knows, maybe one day you'll all be at my place as judges for kp's cup! :D

pixies?

love, kp:p

[Shovelhandle]

Maybe 12-14"...

Try 9" lol
She is the runt of the crop so far but now has a 5 gal pail to call her own. We'll see if she can put out some bud in the next 8-9 weeks.

I removed the two males in one 6 gal pot, one was a beautiful 24+" and the other was the triple leafed plant. : [

So, the count is down to 8 plants, 3 or 4 have shown female (forget without looking).

L8R

Shov

[kindprincess]

pics! pics!

.....please?....

love, kp:p

[Shovelhandle]

I am headed out to pick up the new 3000K T5 tubes. I'll photo the grow later today.

Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

Some plants have shown sex and the males have been 86ed. This is where we are at now with four fems and still three to decide.


Here's an "undecided" living in a smaller pail. Quite dense growth on the bottom of this plant. The top was FIMed and the leaves are very mutated.
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Thes next two photos are of the largest fewm plant (26"+) and a pot-mate who has been tied out to get some light. These two have been FIMed and each look a bit different.
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Here is a fem in the flowerbox. Her two box-mates are doing well but have not shown yet. Hoping for fem as we have pulled a few males out of the box already.
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And finally, the runt fem that I put in the larger pail a couple of days ago. Her and the other small poted plants seemed to have wetter soil and related growth problems than the others. Hopefully this 9" fem can turn on in the next eight weeks or so.
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Shov

[stinkyattic]

You know shov, I've heard an old wives' tale that for strains capable of producing the full 11 leaf blades, if they actually do it, it means they are happy!!!!
(I think you have happy plants!)
I'm going to pick up my pepper seeds this PM... my friend was supposed to dro pthem off but has been out sick this week... those little PPPs I have going for a sativa-influenced outdoor seed crop are ready to be flowered! They are going into 12/12 tonight!

[Shovelhandle]

: ]

[Shovelhandle]

"Undecided" is the last male, which is too bad because it took to the FIM really well. The top leaves after the cut were very twisted and deformed but many tops were starting there, it could have produced a nice top.
Oh well, so all three plants in the box are females.

So, a total of six females, all looking real good. All the containers looked a little dry so I'll water them with the K/P suppliment and TopMax. Last time I fed with the fish/kelp ferts w/ molasses and TomMax. Next time I'll just water.



Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

Almost two weeks of 12-12. Many bud sites on each of the plants.

Here is the flowerbox with three lst. They look very healthy considering they grew up in that box starting with over a hundred others, living in the shade of the other plant buckets. Folks thought that removing the other plants would disrupt the root system and such. That does not seem to be the case here, fortunetly. They don't show any signs of lamp burn or other trauma the other plants experienced. It is difficult to see the bud sites, but there are quite a few. These are bonus plants.
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Here is Runty. She was recently transplanted from a small black pot (see earlier pics). I think she experienced nute lockup due to overwatering and fertilizer but it is curious as I watered/fed each of these plants the same. Some plants just didn't dry out as quickly as the others, I guess.
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Here's Big One and her side kick. She has some lamp burn and other minor problems but is growing pretty well with tons of bud sites on all the branches.
The side kick is basically a single main branch, kind of looks like one of the lower branches of the Big One.
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Thank you for the look-see

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Plants are all doing great. I do have to do some major arranging this afternoon as the geometry of these plants and the grow space are not optimized. As you see, I have one big mother of 35" with her sis, the wee one, less than 12" and the three in the flowerbox. I had been tying down the three but decided that they could get more and even lighting by standing them up, so that;s what they are doing now. The Big One is going to have prime space, as it is going to provide most of the yeild. The other two vessels will have to be fit in as best as I can. The lighting is one 4 lamp T5 for side lighting, a 2 lamp T8 on the top and the 2 HID lamps for the top/back.

I'll photo some bud when I do this arrangement. Oh ya, the grow space really smells from the fish/kelp furts that have spilled on the floor and decomposing. I'll shovel that up best I can and save it in a bucket of soil to finish composting.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

She's Big. <G>

Shov

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[Abattoir Dream]

:) I like big one... lol

that sucks most of the good plants were male, but i guess it just happens...

great log

hey... do you really live in the orkney islands?

[LIP]

Looking good so far, shame about the males, but i've done grows before where 70% were male, and other grows where 100% were female... i guess it's literally ALL about luck lol. I supose not only with sexing, but also infestations and all the like.

[Shovelhandle]

OK, I just did a page with three photos andeverythink and it's nothere,

I'll try and upload pics firsto.
[attachment=o113795] This is a pic of the top of Big One.

Shovel

[LIP]

OK, I just did a page with three photos andeverythink and it's nothere,

I'll try and upload pics firsto.
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Ahh, nothing better than seeing a lovely plant, maturing into a proper woman!

[Shovelhandle]

Top of the big One.

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[Shovelhandle]

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Tha three fems in a boat. Hadr to photgraph as they have nice, stinky buds hidden everywhere!

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

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The three fems in a boat. Hard to photgraph as they have nice, stinky buds hidden everywhere!

Shov

[SDK SLAYER]

Looking good dude :greenthumb:
keep up the good work....

:hippy:
Slayer

[brookerosebud]

how big is the "boat" and WHAT is the boat? i like the idea...

love, brooke

[Shovelhandle]

It's a window "flowerbox", Brooke. All the plants started from this box, hundreds of them. I took a few out early on and put 'em in buckets. Then I had to thin the boxes eventually as they were tight as could be. Now that the females are all sorted out and the males removed I had these three plants LSTed to the sides. As I have 2'x4' of side lighting, I had to let them stand up to get the best light. I took a day or two, but they straightened right out.
The box measures aprox. 30" x 7" x 7".

The plants in the boat really have a different statute to them, like they're dancing together...salsa or something. They look very happy to me.

Thank you...Shov : ]

[Shovelhandle]

I don't live in the Orkney Islands, Orangeman. I'm just taking a virtual vacation from Antartica to Orkney Is. to Gough and plan to canoe up to Cape Town. lol
Im actually in New England, USA.

Shovelhandle

[LIP]

I don't live in the Orkney Islands, Orangeman. I'm just taking a virtual vacation from Antartica to Orkney Is. to Gough and plan to canoe up to Cape Town. lol
Im actually in New England, USA.

Shovelhandle

Shame your not in the real England. We could smoke up.

[Abattoir Dream]

I don't live in the Orkney Islands, Orangeman.

hahahahaha... that was ME lol

i was jw, cuz my mums uncle or somethin lives up there, hes got loads of land... i wanna go there sometime... and plant some pretty flowers...

[Shovelhandle]

sorry Abattoir Dream and Orangeman.
I often have many windows open at the same time and I'm always confused..... :)

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

one of the plants in the flowerbox. nice photo, I think. I set it on my desktop. <G>
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This is Runty. Doing pretty good, actually.
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Shov

[Shovelhandle]

AD, I have a globe, shows S. Orkney Islands near Antartica. Where's yer uncle's spread? Up north there? Just curious, like I said I'm in NW New England. Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

Here's "Runt" now at 14" tall.
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These three are looking very good. 15-18" tall now.
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"Big One" and her bucket-mate. 36" tall
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Shov

[canuck grower]

Hey shov, those buds look tasty! I like that critter you've got in the first pic too. :jointsmile:

(if you mentioned it before I forgot, what kind of seeds did you plant?)

[Shovelhandle]

Thanks Canuck. The figurine is one given to me long ago by one of my baby sisters. (they're all grown up now) They used to give me little trinkets like that and I still have 'em. His friend "the worm" fell out of the pot and busted.

Seeds, well, as the thread is titled "Shov's Bubblegum Grow" I'd guess that it's..........BUBBLEGUM, an old New England strain.


Shov

[canuck grower]

Can I blame the early hour? ... I was sober as a judge so I guess I'll just have to take my lumps on that one. Sorry for the dumb-ass question. :jointsmile:

[Shovelhandle]

So Canuck...where you be from, anyways? LOL

Now we're even.

Shov

[canuck grower]

lol, beautiful British Columbia man. How about you? It was fucking gorgeous out today I hiked up a mountain and blazed a couple joints with some friends. Good times! :jointsmile:

[LIP]

Looking good my man, i'd love to smoke some of that with you.

[Shovelhandle]

I'm about 50 miles south of Montreal. 45° lat

I would smoke some with you all but there seems to be some travel issues. <G>

Shov

[Bree1978]

I'm enjoying reading the log!! :jointsmile: Bree

[Shovelhandle]

Buds are fattening up and getting stinky. The "Big One" is really shakey to move around with that top cola so heavy. Runt and the three in a boat are doing the same. He's a pic of a couple of the "Boat Buds"

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Shov

[canuck grower]

Dude that is hot!


I'm about 50 miles south of Montreal. 45° lat

I would smoke some with you all but there seems to be some travel issues. <G>

Shov

Ha ha, yeah it's a bit far for me too! I go to Ontario and sometimes Montreal now and then though.

-c :jointsmile:

[Shovelhandle]

Canuck, you said that your buds look tastey, just about tempted to pull off a little bud. These are 35 days of 12-12 , about 3 weeks left. Looks and smells sweet and red hairs make it look just about done. Yum!
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Shovelhandle

[LIP]

Damn they look nice. I'd love to sample some of that.

[canuck grower]

Ha ha yeah you know what I mean then! Maybe we will when we plan to harvest just to test it out but we'll see. Most likely we'll just chop it and sample it then! :jointsmile:

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, Shov. Nice thread, man. I've been keeping my eye on this one, seeing as the JOURNAL might include a little BG action in the near future. Looks like you're on your way! Good luck, man.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Shovelhandle]

yes sir, thanks!
I'm really anxious to get going on something different. I've only done BG for four years, maybe but it seems like 10! <G>

Shovelhandle

[Shovelhandle]

First images are of a couple of the "Big One" buds. They are hard and all the hairs are red. No new bud growth or fresh white pistels. Trics are still mostly clear.
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These plants are different pheno than the Big One, with less branching and more compact bud sites. They are having a growth spurt this week with lots of new white pistels.
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I have trained the Big One's cola to the same height as the Runt and the 3 girls in the boat and lowered the T8 fixture to within an inch or two of the tops of all these plants. I have flushed the Big One but am continuing with topmax and molasses for the other plants. Discontinued P/K suppliment and nutes.

So, about two weeks left, more or less...

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Here's the Runt. Very healthy and happy! Having itself a nice growth spurt. Sorry the camera angle and frame isn't the best.
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Shov

[canuck grower]

Lookin' good man! Looks like lots of pistils per calyx as well on the plants in pics 3 & 4. That bitch is trying hard to get laid! :jointsmile:

[doco]

Looks great Shov - sick grow man!

I don't like this new grow log area though, I keep forgeting you and Canuck are up here, tucked away under the staircase. :p

[Shovelhandle]

Thank you, man. It is looking pretty good. These BG buds never have grown as dense and rich as this.
Well, where are the other grow logs then, Doco?

Shov

[doco]

I guess I'm thinking of Indoors/Cab-Closet/Hydro/Outdoors - those have been the traditional ones and then they put this new Grow Log one a few months back but thy buried it in the Grow Lounge, which I only occasionally visit. It shouldn't be a sub forum, it should be its own, out there with the rest. But thats just my two cents. I just gotta go with the flow and try to remember to get up here more often cause I like your setup and wanted to watch it along the way but kept spacing that it was in a sub forum. :jointsmile:

[Shovelhandle]

Well I first started in the cab-closet thread, which it really isn't. It is just a very compact grow area. It is also flexible as the mylar panels are just hung on wires and are moved to access the plants and to make more or less room as needed. I put the mylar on pieces of 2' x 4' or 18" x 4' cardboard.

Shov

[socialistpete]

That looks like some good ass sticky. Great log. Cant wait to see the end result!!!!!!

[Shovelhandle]

Thanks Pete. I'll definetly show the rest of the story.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

This plant, the "Big One" has a different phonotype than the rest of the grow.
I actually tried to supercrop it back in week six but "FIM". I did have some other cropped plants grow as I expected but they were all males. Whachagonado?
Anyway, some of the lower buds are still producing a couple of new pistils here or there, but generally it's dying. I'm Watching the trycs closely! Mostly clear, few cloudy and a couple are amber. Maybe one more week (that would be right to schedule, Feb-23)
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Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Now the Most Wee, Runty!

She was slight, not so vigarous but healthy and beautiful! So,I kept her around and transplanted her into a big bucket to grow into. It didn't help much. She is what she is. Probably will mature a little late.
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Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Well, I started the grow with a 30" window box and well over a hundred seedlings. As I thinned and took out transplants. I still had have a dozen left in this box at sexing time. No one ever, at all gave these six plants any right to live. Six ended up male and I pull em. Here are the maining three girls. They are pretty heavily budded. Very dense. They also may take an extra week or so to mature. Mostly clear trycs and some new growth.

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Shov

[Shovelhandle]

sorry for the stonage ...I had HALF a Dozen in the boat...-3 males = 3 Fems.

Shov

[canuck grower]

Those all look great shov. The Big One is a motherfucker! :)

We might end up harvesting at similar times... I should get a pic of Mercedes up on my log, she's got about a week left too (I think).

-c :jointsmile:

[Shovelhandle]

I'm looking at the trics every other day now. I just noticed what looks like a little bit of bud rot on the Runt's cola. I pinched it out and removed it. I don't want to spread it, but there's not much time left anyway (gee bud rot, that plant was right in front of the fans and the RH was pretty low....I dunno).

The Big One and it's spur may be the next to be cut after the Runt. It's been quiet lately, all the hairs are dried up, plenty of clear trics left though.

I'll probably leave the trheee girls in the boat until last, as they still have active bud growth.

L8R

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

All cloudy trics with very few ambers on the Big One and Runty. I put them in a dark place with a fan for 48-72 hours before I pull them. The Boat Girls still have many clear trics.

Here is Runt's flowers. Here's a couple of Big One's nuggets.
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Shov

[Shovelhandle]

I trimmed and hung the Big One, it's Side Kick and the Runt.

The Big One trimmed was 5+ Oz wet. The top cola was 2 Oz. wet. Smells and looks nice.

Here's the Big One's buds in a vase before I hang 'em in a warm, dark place.

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Shov

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

LOL! My what a lovely bouquet! Beats the hell out of roses.

[1chronic]

Amazing bouquet, I'd love to get one of those anyday.

Great grow :) :jointsmile:

[Abattoir Dream]

hahaha looks mint...

nice grow man ;)

[Shovelhandle]

<G> I saw Stinky make these bouquets with fresh cut bud. I thought it looked pretty cool.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Here's dry bud from the Big One. It dried very fast, it's actually too crispy :< That plant totalled two ounces of trimmed, dry bud. I can't wait to check it out!
I tried the other pheno bud this noontime. Three hits and I'm still wrecked, two hours later. I wish I could burn one up with y'all.

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Shov

[canuck grower]

2 oz, nice one shov! Looks pretty good too. I wish you could burn one with us as well. :rastasmoke:

I had the same problem drying my buds. I think next time I'll try hanging the entire plant, what leaves are left & stalks and everything so it takes longer to dry. The smoke was a bit harsh.

-c :jointsmile:

[Shovelhandle]

I usually dry the same way, it's the location and the time of year that fooled me. The cellar is usually a nice slow dry, but during these cold winter days the furnace keeps the cellar warmer than the living areas.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

...and still going.

The girls need to ripen a little bit more. Trics are still mostly clear.
Mmmm, looking fine. 18"-20" tall, all bud.

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Shov

[Tache420]

Como mola tu cultivo de interior, yo ahora estoy en ello, jejje.

[Tache420]

:420thought: Ya te digo.

[Tache420]

:420thought: Ya te digo.

Esta precioso.

[Shovelhandle]

Muchas gracias, Tache.

Shov

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

::mrs. g, walks in, looks around furtively, drops her green overalls, and squats over shov's plants, aiming a hissing stream of nitrogen loaded evil right at the tender greenery::

HA! Take that you male chauvinist!

[Shovelhandle]

"Oh, my!"

sez Shovelhandle

[SDK SLAYER]

hahaha....mrs. G : that's not nice....LMAO....nice 1 Shov :greenthumb: keep up the good work m8 :weedpoke:

:hippy:
Slayer

[Shovelhandle]

Thanks, Bub.
What's with the nick and the ghoulish avatar, SDK?

Shov

[canuck grower]

hey shov, how those trichs lookin'? or have you been staying away now that mrs. g marked them as hers? ;)

i am getting impatient on mercedes here, she is getting the chop in a day or so!

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

::mrs.g walks in with distilled water in a spray bottle, and a soft cloth, tenderly cleaning the little darlings, and flushes their soil.::

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, Shov. Man, those things are sure lookin' purty. LOVE the pic of the vase.

Hey, I have a question. I've asked this question to at least 2 or 3 other people, but then I forget to check back on the thread for the answer, and I forget what thread it was on so I've never gotten an answer.

Anyway, how do you post your pics like that WITHIN the text as opposed to attaching them? Do you upload them somewhere else and then link them?

I just think it would help for my new log so I can be a little more narrative.

THANKS in advance.


GOOD GROW, man. Fo sho.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Shovelhandle]

What I usually do is first upload the five pics or so on the attachment tool. While they are uploading (dialup takes a while), I begin typing text. When the upload is complete you again select the attachment utility, which will now have the names of all your uploaded photo files. Just put the curser wherever you'd like the photo to appear in the message and select the photo file you'd like to put there. Continue for all the rest of your photos.

G/L

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

As they should be, they are the best of the grow. Three plants in the same vessel (the blasphamy!). These three plants weigh in at just under 8oz trimmed. And the aroma is way nicer than the other three. Smells like 4 star hotel soap (ok, so I'm not a professional taster <G>) Official tasting will be in another few weeks (not that I won't test a popcorn or two as a pre-taste).

This is before they were trimmed, actual no-flash photo.
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Here be them naked and ready to hang for a while. Aweful, isn't it? <G>
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Shov

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

Oh the humanity![attachment=o122517]

[canuck grower]

Those are some fine looking buds shov! I'd like to toke that weed for sure. :jointsmile:

[Shovelhandle]

Thanks. I hope to get some good final photos of the cured buds. These photos really don't show much of any detail for some reason (I suck, the camera sucks, I dunno).

Shov

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

It's the camera.

[TheGreenFog]

What I usually do is first upload the five pics or so on the attachment tool. While they are uploading (dialup takes a while), I begin typing text. When the upload is complete you again select the attachment utility, which will now have the names of all your uploaded photo files. Just put the curser wherever you'd like the photo to appear in the message and select the photo file you'd like to put there. Continue for all the rest of your photos.

G/L

Shov


Hey, Shov! I remembered where I asked the QQ! That's a first. LOL. Thanks, man. That will help me for my next log...if and when I ever get it up...NICE BUDS, SHOV.

Thanks. :D


Oh the humanity![attachment=o122517]

LOL....



The Fog :rastasmoke:

[hempplaya]

congrats on such a successful grow Shov, i can't wait to get out on my own and be able to grow indoors where i know it's safe. still not sure as if i wanna give the outdoors a shot or not yet :( can't wait to see them final cured pics :)

[blank_21]

Heya Shovel

I'm growing bubblegum from BuyDutchSeeds and wanted too seek your advice.

I've been reading up on when to harvest according to trichomes.

Some people say you should harvest when the trichomes are all clear because they are mostly THC and that opaque trichomes contain CBD which has a negligble effect on THC.

Others say you should harvest when half the trichomes are opaque,because the THC levels are highest.

If ive read correctly then you harvest when all the trichomes are opaque, also that u've been growing BG for four years.

What influenced your decision to wait for all trichomes to be opaque and did you experiment with other techniques? Is this the best way for BG?

Thanks alot
Peace:rastasmoke:

[Shovelhandle]

yes, I tried picking the herb at different stages and decided on the "medium well done" stage. I guess we're all getting use to that heavy buzz around here. I am looking forward to this new grow with a new strain. I'll try different stages of "ripe" with it when the time comes.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Here's the last three plants that grew up together in the windowbox (3 girls in the boat). Boy, they didn't do bad inspite of the abuse of flourescent lighting and all being in that same little planter. <G> They are potent and smell wonderful too! This photo is of the (3) main colas which weigh dry almost half an ounce each.

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Here are the colas in a three quart (BIG!) mason jar with the minor nuggets.

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Thank you all for participating in this, the first web-log for me and also the first log posted in the new Grow Lounge/Gro Log section.

Shovelhandle

[canuck grower]

That bud looks pretty damn good man! 1/2oz colas aren't too shabby either. :jointsmile:

[stinkyattic]

Well shov, it's a good thing your camera is good... those crystals look mmmm-y up close!!! You vermonters just keep on showin' em how it's done, word.

[Shovelhandle]

Thank you. I started growing when I lived in Revere, Mass. in 1970. : ]

Shov

[Bree1978]

This log looks great, your harvest looks great. Much love twords you! Thank you for sharing Shovelhandle!

Happy Growin' and Tokin' :jointsmile: Bree

[Abattoir Dream]

man... u know ive been meanin to drop by n say hi...

but instead i might have to say 'bye and stay high!'

homie love...

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

Here's the last three plants that grew up together in the windowbox (3 girls in the boat). Boy, they didn't do bad inspite of the abuse of flourescent lighting and all being in that same little planter. <G> They are potent and smell wonderful too! This photo is of the (3) main colas which weigh dry almost half an ounce each.

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Here are the colas in a three quart (BIG!) mason jar with the minor nuggets.

[attachment=o123506]

Thank you all for participating in this, the first web-log for me and also the first log posted in the new Grow Lounge/Gro Log section.

Shovelhandle
You tidy people upset me. Why are there no toast crumbs on your table?

[Shovelhandle]

Three colas, weigh in at 1.5 oz.
Nice but the camera doesn't catch the shiney very well.
I'd like to fire up a few Js with my chums here.

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Mrs Greenjeans, you can't let that upset you. It's not a dinning room or kitchen table. It's the sunporch and we aren't out there as much in the winter. I eat my toast here at the computer in my office. (still, no crumbs though...sorry)

Sho

[Shovelhandle]

sorry about the missing photo (GD fool, I'm not even buzzed much)

Gotta fly though, maybe later.

Shov :(

[SDK SLAYER]

Well done Shov....looks real nice....bet it tastes nice too.... :stoned: don't u just lurv them 1/2oz colas :jointsmile: I got 4 that size on my WS bitch....:smokin:



What's with the nick and the ghoulish avatar, SDK?

hehe....This is my online gaming handle....Skillz Dat Killz is my clan :D obviously not an Iron Maiden fan or you would have recognized Eddie up there....hehe

I had my threads moved here to the Grow Log section....The WS thread in particular has a lot of info that I would like to share with more ppl....:greenthumb:....check my PP thread for a link to my weed video's :D

:hippy:

Slayer

[Shovelhandle]

Shur I are! (a Iron Maiden fan) I'm just not very tight on any details of artists. Heavy Metal is fine music, man.

I bet that I have seen that thread but prolly forgot the details....<G>
I'll scan back and see it though. I have a coupole of half assed photos for my present grow log that I'll post up. WS...(sorry, what is it? <g>)

Shov

[Shovelhandle]

Well done Shov....looks real nice....bet it tastes nice too....
Slayer

I haven't smoked much of it yet. The first plants picked are very tastey and stoney....whoa! I might have shared a little too much of that first plant (just under 2 oz.).
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The last three plants out of that windowbox I just weighed out into three 1/2 oz. jars and some loose nuggets. They are about a week from completely cured where I can put them in cold storage and smoke some of the nuggets.

I finally figured out White Skunk and found your other grow logs. I knew I had been there before. <G>

Shov

[stinkyattic]

hahha nice boquet!
take THAT down to the hospital next time ya go visit yer grandmama, lol... stuff a couple tulips in that shit... see if the nurses suddenly start looking a their watches and wondering if it's lunch time yet...

[Elim420]

does 18/6 mean 18 hours dark n 6 hours light, or other way around i cant find any information on this ANYWHERE!!!

[LIP]

does 18/6 mean 18 hours dark n 6 hours light, or other way around i cant find any information on this ANYWHERE!!!

18 light, 6 dark, and it should be COMPLETE dark, no interupptions.

This is vegative.

Flowering is 12/12 - 12 on and 12 off and it's even more important to keep it pitch black for the full 12 hours as the plant measures the darkness and releases a flowering hormone.




Theres all the information your ever going to need in the growing forums.

[Markass]

some nice looking buds :)

[LIP]

I forgot to put that, rofl. They do look nice, it'd be a pleasure smoking some with you.

[Shovelhandle]

ty, folks