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Shovelhandle
02-11-2007, 06:59 PM
I had these precious few seeds given to me (11) so I'll try and make something of them. I figure that I'll try to clone one of the females and also polinate some bud for seed stock. The time line for this grow will be "seat of my pants", that is, I may veg for less than 8 weeks before sexing and flowering.

No photos yet (of a planter full of dirt...lol) Though I have put all the 11 seeds in one of the windowbox planters like I am using in my Bubblegum Grow. I'll be using a 250W HID to start (for the first couple of weeks) with but will doing the rest of the grow with my flourescent luminaires. I'll also be planting two other planters with some kitchen herbs (3 varieties per planter).

Shovelhandle

Shovelhandle
02-14-2007, 02:26 PM
Ten of the eleven seeds have sprouted. Still not really photo-worthy yet. None of the fine herbs have shown yet though. Nice and warm with the 250W lamp in the utility room (same place I started the BG grow).

Shov

canuck grower
02-15-2007, 05:09 PM
hey shov, 10/11 is pretty damn good! I'll be keeping a watch on this log. :jointsmile:

You're making me look bad because I've been putting off starting my new log. ;)

Shovelhandle
02-15-2007, 09:42 PM
Thanks Canuck, but I'm just anxious for some different high. I've been smoking this great Bubblegum for years now.

Actually I jumped the gun...the 11th broke out right after my last post. Probably not much to post for a while (we hope).

Shov

stinkyattic
02-15-2007, 09:48 PM
That's why ya got 11 Shov!
So you'd be guaranteed 10 poppers!
:D
That x is very nice.
Vigorous growth, lighter green, wide leaf blades.
I kept a mom of it when I bailed.
She's still doing great despite her plant-sitter's inexperience with indoor growing!

Shovelhandle
02-15-2007, 10:05 PM
Yup, got 11. The afghani with the medley (prolly Bogbubble, Bogglegum and Blue Moon Rocks) sounds yummy, no? I hope to have a nice mother too as well as seed stock. I'll likely have to start an outdoor grow of BG when I return from Tortola in May just to have enough smoke.

Shovelhandle

stinkyattic
02-15-2007, 10:10 PM
Hey Shov I've got moms of both bogglegum and BMR, and soon to get my hands on some SourBubble seeds if all goes well in Toronto this week.
If you reveg your burliest male Af X BOG I'll see what I can do about getting a BX going on those. That was kind of in the plans before I had to ditch.
Shoot me an email.

Shovelhandle
02-16-2007, 10:55 PM
Seems like the seedlings did not like their home. They stretched something crazy for that 250W lamp. I had one fall over and shrivle up like It was planted in a sandbox on the 4th of July. Another one, leaning for the light broke over and it isn't looking good. So, I had to run out an get a shop light out of my shop. Clean it and paint the reflector. bought new 5K lamps, bought chain, hooks and such and set it up for these plants. I'm feeling pretty good with the soil, as I've used the same batch last time. I think the lights will turn them on. I put the 250W HID away for now.

Shov

Shovelhandle
02-19-2007, 01:49 PM
Seedlings are looking good, eh?

I plan to germinate a couple of bag seeds also, just for the halibut.


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Shov

canuck grower
02-19-2007, 09:49 PM
yeah they look great shov. :) hope you get lots of girls.

Shovelhandle
03-01-2007, 07:50 PM
Here's a little over 2 weeks growth for the Afghani X Bog Medley. The Three Little Pigs are bagseed of unknown origin and age. Probably pretty old as they didn't want to wake up very well. Only these three popped out of a dozen seeded.

I'm still using (2) F32T8 5000K lamps for now. When the BG grows finish I'll move them to the other lights.

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Shov

stinkyattic
03-01-2007, 07:51 PM
Diggin' the leaf structure on those fat little girlies!

canuck grower
03-02-2007, 02:47 AM
Healthy lookin' seedlings ya got there shov. :) I like those fat leaves too. Got similar ones on my northerns.

Shovelhandle
03-04-2007, 12:05 AM
Today I moved the Afghani X BOG Medley, bagseed grow. I cleaned the area and the equipment from the Bubblegum grow. I hung two (2) lamp T-8 5000K reflectorized fixtures and set up the (4) T-5 for later side-lighting. I plan on doing a number of different things with these plants (cloning, seeding) but the trick is, I plan on using the mentioned 344 watts of florescent lamps using the day-light lamps for vegging and the warm white 3000K lamps for flowering. I'm starting with 12 seedlings now and hope to bring at least six females and a male to flowering.

Back it up, Bruce....First off this morning, I noticed a plant wilted flat :eek:
I watered it and hoping for the best. I'm not used to these small pots. Usually I have as many as 200 seedlings squirming around in a planter. :)
I think it's gonna make it though. I drilled drain holes in the three pots that didn't have 'em and set all the pots in a plastic tray.


Shovelmaster

stinkyattic
03-06-2007, 08:57 PM
I like those fat leaves too. Got similar ones on my northerns.
Well wouldn't ya know, I was doing a little reading... The BOG used NL#5 as a breeder when he was developing his Bogglegum strain! That explains a lot about some of the leaf structure I've seen pop up in that mix!

If the NL-style leaves are any indication, a couple traits that his NL derived strain are also supposed to carry are:
-low odor
-mold resistance
-creeper stone
-lightning fast finish, as little as 44 days :eek:

Oh and shov, my prodigy put her Afghan x BOG girl into flower last week... pics to come if I get over there to see her, lol :D

TheGreenFog
03-07-2007, 05:31 AM
Sup, shov...nothing to add. But looking forward to the new log. Checkin' in. Ping!

Lookin' kickass so far. :D:D:D


The Fog :rastasmoke:

Shovelhandle
03-08-2007, 08:50 PM
I went away for a few days this week for work. Meanwhile, we got this cold-ass weather. The grow area dropped to 60*F. Not much progress at that temperature, so I added a 250W HID for the heat. Well, we hope for better days ahead.

Shov : J

stinkyattic
03-08-2007, 09:15 PM
Yeah we got that here too... temps dropping to 0'F overnight... they say this is the end of it, just tonight, warming up tomorrow, and after that, more springlike weather. Keep warm!:D

Shovelhandle
03-12-2007, 04:30 PM
Well, here's a photo of the plant flat. As I said, the plants didn't do much growing during that cold week that I was away. I watered them up good, expecting tempuratures in the mid-high 70s to dry 'em up pretty quickly. Such was not the case. They looked cold and wet. I have one plant in ICU (no cameras permitted...<G>)

The three bag-seedlings are almost two weeks old (since planting). They are doing pretty good, I think. They have the yellow band around the stem.

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Shov

canuck grower
03-13-2007, 12:54 AM
Heh, hope that plant in ICU recovers quickly. I think the bagseedlings look good too. They're about what I got in 2 weeks so I hope it's good. ;) The afghanix's are a bit small but look pretty good other than that. :jointsmile:

Shovelhandle
03-14-2007, 03:38 PM
into 10" to 12" pots. All looking fine this am (the ICU plant is stable).
I lit the additional (4) lamp T-5 side light fixture and removed the 250W lamp I was using for a heat source. It's still not too warm but close enough.

Shov

Shovelhandle
03-16-2007, 09:10 PM
First three are the newer, bag seed plants. Almost three weeks. They look like a nice hearty indica, no?

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Here are three of the nine Afghani Xs. The others look as well as these but for the one sick one.

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Shov

canuck grower
03-16-2007, 11:56 PM
They do look like a nice indica. Bright leaves, almost lime green. Very cool.

The afghaniX on the far left looks awesome!

-c :jointsmile:

Abattoir Dream
03-17-2007, 12:49 PM
they look great man... I have some mystery seeds that grow almost identical to those...

lets see if i have any pics... ...:) yeh i do, they arent great though..

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Shovelhandle
03-19-2007, 06:06 PM
I FIMed the three bagseedlings and eight of the nine AfghaniXs.
Everything is looking nice, though it's not that warm there, low 70s.

Shov

Shovelhandle
03-23-2007, 03:40 PM
Here are some of the Afghani X Bog Medleys at six weeks from planting seed.

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Here are the (3) bagseedlings at almost four weeks. All the plants shown have been FIMed. It's strange, when I cut it I really couldn't see what I was doing very well though I tried to be most careful. After a few days I see a missing stem here, a whole leaf there...<G>

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Here's an overhead view. There are some fat leaves in there!

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Shov

stinkyattic
03-23-2007, 05:09 PM
Looking very nice Shov!

canuck grower
03-25-2007, 06:30 AM
The leaves are staying really fat even as they get big. They look great man! :jointsmile:

Shovelhandle
03-25-2007, 09:41 PM
Thank you. the little darlings are growing like weeds. Hopefully They will start to sex in the next couple of weeks I'll probably use the first fem for slips (mom). I'd also like to polinate a fem with the same Afghani X male for seed stock. Any comments?

Shov

Markass
03-25-2007, 10:25 PM
looking good..:thumbsup:

Shovelhandle
03-31-2007, 06:53 PM
These nine afghani X BOG Medley are very hearty and stout. about 9-10 nodes each. Seven weeks since planting

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In the front row, against the T-5s are three bagseed plants they are every bit the same characters as the AfghaniXs. At only 5 weeks since planting, they have a few less nodes. And actually, all the plants have been FIMed almost two weeks ago.

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Two days ago I did feed them with MG All Purpose 24-8-16. <G> I just thought these plants looked so tough that they'd like it! lol I think I make keep these in veg for probably three more weeks to let the bagseeds have a total of eight weeks. If these are anything like the BG I've been used to, they should start to show sex any time now and definetly within 10 weeks of vegging.


Shov

stinkyattic
03-31-2007, 06:59 PM
These nine afghani X BOG Medley are very hearty and stout. ........ I just thought these plants looked so tough that they'd like it! lol

Shov

Great... that was the aim... mission accomplished! :D STILL looking good Shov!

Shovelhandle
03-31-2007, 07:08 PM
I forgot to mention, over the past weeks the grow location was very cool most of the time. In the low-low 60s.... I've not used any HID lamps, which is also "the aim" I think it's growing along very well and I wonder what the effect of the low temps are (maybe the stoutness, no stretching...I dunno. Whadu think?)

SHov

Markass
04-01-2007, 03:34 PM
I don't think temps are going to affect stretching much if any, shov...looks like those fluoro's are nice and close..that will definitely keep them nice and bushy if you keep them as close as possible..

I'm doing a little expirament myself with my flowers..got that cool tube and the lamp's within 6 inches or so of the tops, and they don't seem to be stretching quite as bad as they were when it was like 17-19 inches..growth is picking up nicely since it's gotten closer.

1chronic
04-01-2007, 10:41 PM
Grow is looking great Shov. I'll be sure and check back soon!

Shovelhandle
04-02-2007, 02:08 PM
Shovelhandle wrote ..."These nine afghani X BOG Medley are very hearty and stout. about 9-10 nodes each. Seven weeks since planting"

I don't know how I thought that but today I counted six - seven nodes on all all the plants, even the younger baggies. I dunno why. Modern mathh, I guess. <G>

My thought with the all flourescent is energy efficiency. I had as much as 780 watts of lighting in the same area during the last grow. Often I used the HID just to warm up the plants some. I think the vegging is going just as well this time. We'll see what happens when flowering. Last time only some of the plants were close to the HIDs and the results for all the plants were very good.

Oh, and thanks for the advice, folks.

Shov

foxysox
04-02-2007, 02:19 PM
Hi shov!
I've got one of the girls from that BOG x (Afghani dream x stinky's homegrown line) in flower atm and she is starting to smell amazing, like perfume... just like her afghani dream ancestor. I'm not sure what other phenos are gonna pop up but the one I'm running is shore nice!

Shovelhandle
04-03-2007, 12:41 PM
I took some cuttings from the bottoms of the plants. They are not identified as to parent so sexing will have to wait. It's just a trial run of my cloning technique on these 12 or so. I am using MG rooting dirt and clonex powder. Lighting is from a 26W CFL (as is the heat source). At night I move it to the top of the fridge (76°).

Well, I can't get the picture utility to work...maybe later.

Shov

Shovelhandle
04-03-2007, 04:47 PM
I also used leaf shine in place of wilt-pruf.

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Shov

1chronic
04-03-2007, 08:09 PM
Great stuff! I love clones.

Shovelhandle
04-07-2007, 06:25 PM
Here are the three six week old bagseed plants. Just like the Afghani, they have some monster fan leaves as well as totally perverted top knots from the FIM. Thay are all really healthy though, only problem would be the occasional lamp burn.
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Here are a few of the Afghani at eight weeks (the side lamps are shut off for the photo).
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Here are all the plants huddled together. I hope they start to show sex soon, I'd like to remove the males and space them out a bit.
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After 5+ days the clones are not doing so great. I have 4 that look fine and the rest failed. I'll have to try something much different next attempt.

Other early spring seedlings are doing great are Sweet Basil and Curley Parsley. Also, I had to put (5) Eastern Hemlock plants in a windowbox for now as it's snowing to beat the band here. :P

Shov

Shovelhandle
04-10-2007, 01:06 PM
I decided to go to 12/12. The plants have not shown sex and they are very crowded.

I changed the lamps to 3000K and fed the plants molasses, P/K suppliment, Fish/Kelp food and TopMax.

Shov

Shovelhandle
04-16-2007, 07:20 PM
First male to show was a bagseed. So it got cut. Three others (Afghani) showed female. Many others are close to showing, I must check them every day now.
Grow area is flooding, I'm pumping out 4-6 times a day now.

Fed 'em molasses, P/K suppliment, Fish/Kelp food and TopMax again.

Shov

Markass
04-16-2007, 07:30 PM
hopefully you'll have a good female/male ratio, shov..plants look happy in the pics :thumbsup:

Flooding? That doesn't sound good..

I'm 3 1/2 week into flower now with my blueberry's..they're doing pretty good :)


Enjoy your third rep block :)

Shovelhandle
04-16-2007, 11:14 PM
Thank you, Markass. The flooding is an annual event pretty much. It could be fixed if I had the money. But, so far pumping it out every spring has worked ok.

I see your grow is doing quite well for a modest setup, (much like my own grow). I've never smoked BBerry (heard that it's great, they sing songs about it!) , or most other exotics. Maybe someday...

The rep block and the little quote is interesting, but I really haven't figured out how that works really. I try to mark some "reps" but it seems that I've already "repped" everybody <G>.

I'll post some pics next weekend, hopefully most will be sexed by then. I'd like to keep one Afghani male to get some seeds.

Regards!

Shov

Markass
04-17-2007, 03:18 AM
Thank you, Markass. The flooding is an annual event pretty much. It could be fixed if I had the money. But, so far pumping it out every spring has worked ok.

I see your grow is doing quite well for a modest setup, (much like my own grow). I've never smoked BBerry (heard that it's great, they sing songs about it!) , or most other exotics. Maybe someday...

The rep block and the little quote is interesting, but I really haven't figured out how that works really. I try to mark some "reps" but it seems that I've already "repped" everybody <G>.

I'll post some pics next weekend, hopefully most will be sexed by then. I'd like to keep one Afghani male to get some seeds.

Regards!

Shov

As for reputation...I guess it's basically just a way of saying good job..Yeah, you've gotta spread it out though, can't give it to the same people too often..I'll be waiting for the pic update :thumbsup:

TheGreenFog
04-18-2007, 03:01 AM
Hey, Shov. Plants looking good. Nice and bushy. That flooding thing sounds like a bane, for sure. Must not help with your humidity in flowering. Hope all is well. Looking forward to flowering pics. Congrats on the three Afghani ladies. If they are what I think they are, I'm looking forward to seeing how they turn out.

Be cool, Shov.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

Shovelhandle
04-18-2007, 08:09 PM
Ya know what? I've had some control problems with this wild weather, the flooding, the power outages.....so I check my plants two days ago and see that they lights are not on, so I reset the timer. I guess I got it wrong because today I check...and the lights are off again. I was still about 6 hours off on my timer. Doh!
Third's the charm, I hope. <G>

Shov

Shovelhandle
04-24-2007, 03:25 PM
After two weeks of 12-12 all the plants have preflowered.
There are six Afghani fems and one bagseed fem crowded into the grow area.
I have two males segregated for now to polinate the designated "seed bearer"

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Shov

evertking
04-24-2007, 05:26 PM
very nice plants!!

stone_sensation
04-25-2007, 07:36 AM
Yeah, looking awesome, I'm growing some afghanis myself. Not looking so good though :( need more light hehe!

Shovelhandle
04-25-2007, 12:26 PM
So far, I'm only lighting with 344 watts of flourescent lighting. I don't know how well it will see me through flowering.

Shov

stone_sensation
04-25-2007, 01:02 PM
344w total of CFL bulb? Isn't that like equivalent to 3000w spectrum?

xcrispi
04-25-2007, 04:59 PM
Hey Shov ,
Really nice lookin lil bushes esp. for just cfl's . Keep up the good work bro. -n- hope you yield bunches .
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:

TheGreenFog
04-25-2007, 05:38 PM
Nice looking plants, Shov. Looks like a friggin' dungeon down there, though. They might feel that they are being punished. LOL


344w total of CFL bulb? Isn't that like equivalent to 3000w spectrum?

What does this mean? Are you asking if his CFLs are all 3000K spectrum? I'm not sure I comprehend this post. Am I the only one? :what:


The Fog :rastasmoke:

Shovelhandle
04-26-2007, 03:13 PM
I am using no CFLs at all on these plants, only 4' T-8 (4) and T-5 tubes (4).
For flowering I'm using the 3000K lamps...for veg I used 5000K lamps.

Shov

Shovelhandle
04-27-2007, 01:52 PM
At week eleven (started 12-12 a couple of weeks ago)

so, the sex ratio ended up as...

Bagseed (broad leaf indica) (2) fem, (1) male

Afghani X Bog Medley (5 fems, (3) male

So, I have six fems under the lights and the two "lovers" in a honeymoon suite.

So how's that?

Shov

stinkyattic
04-27-2007, 02:47 PM
Heya Shov, I've got some good news for you...

That Af X BOG... the one I'm running right now, from the same seed crop, at approximately one week left to harvest, she is turning a deep rich maroon color. Temps are not dropping below 68 either. This is under pretty standard growing conditions. The bud leaves have rich purple undersides and the buds themselves are starting to show a nice tint too. I absolutely for SURE plan to reveg this plant as a mother, as I'm extremely happy with this pheno in terms of bud density, vigor, smell, cola size, plant structure, and now COLOR too!
She's a great candidate for playing with temperature or that purple stuff.
Stopping by the post office tomorrow AM w/goodies.

Shovelhandle
04-27-2007, 06:27 PM
Here's a pair of those plants that I'm going to polinate for seed stock.

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These have maybe six weeks to go. Temps have been pretty cool this Spring, usually around 60-62°. The plants are doing pretty well though.


Thanks, shtinky

Shov

Shovelhandle
05-02-2007, 08:56 PM
I polinated each day for 4-5 days, I'd knock the male flower open into a (Stonedware) shot glass and use an artist brush to put the pollen from the glass to the female pistals. After a few hours from the last blast I washed and dried the plant good and dry overnight befor joining the hen house. The male stooge gets his neck wrung and buried in the shtt pit. <G>

Shov

Shovelhandle
05-06-2007, 05:44 PM
Actually, these two are Bagseed plants that look just like the Afghani Xs.
All the plants are doing very well. The only glitch was a little nutes got spilt on some fan leaves and I cut away the burned parts.
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These next two photos are Afghani Xs.
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This last photo is an Afghani X seed plant.
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I'm still using Neptune kelp/fish emusion, K/P capsules (desolved, of course), molasses and TopMax.

Another 4-6 weeks...

Shov

Shovelhandle
05-21-2007, 02:34 PM
Sorry for the long delay in posting. I've been on holiday in the Virgin Islands. : ) The grow had a plant-sitter, but none of the feeding and attention I give them. (How do you fuck up watering? By letting the water hollow out the soil around the stem down to the roots.) Anyway, they are looking great, as soon as they dry up a bit I'll give them a little nutes.

Well, here is a shitty pic of an afghani (left) and bagseed (right). The photo does not show a small fraction of the buds growing on that afghan. I'll get to more, better pics later this week.

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Shov

stinkyattic
05-21-2007, 03:01 PM
Stocky little girl, eh?
Sorry about the spring seeds Shov... things have been pretty screwy around here lately, not that it's much of an excuse. I'll make it up to ya next time I heap up to the Northeast Kingdom.

Shovelhandle
05-22-2007, 03:57 PM
No problems without the sativa seeds. Someday I'd like to try someting different but I'll keep growing this season no matter.

I fed and tried to open up the plants to light this am. I did manage to split a heavy cola. I just pushed it back into the middle for now. I'll tie-rap it to another stem for support later.

Yesterday we tried some buds I removed a few weeks ago when they got lamp burned. It's got a great stone already, but the flavor was a bit harsh.

Eva ting's gonna be alright.

Shov

Shovelhandle
05-25-2007, 02:41 PM
Outdoor photo of another Afghani x Bog Medley by Foxy Seeds (left) and another bagseed plant (right). Both are identical Stinky!

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The bagseed plant up close.

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It's getting close to harvest time, only molasses for nutes this week and next. Then flush.

Shov

Shovelhandle
05-30-2007, 01:40 PM
I checked the bagseed and the hybrid plants and all have 100% clear tricomes and are still growing new hairy buds, so I figure it may be a couple of more weeks until harvest. I was planing on not giving them any more nutes this week and for the rest of the time, but does anyone else have an idea about this? Would the last three weeks without nutes be ok?

I'll get a cola pic later this week. : )

Shov

TheGreenFog
05-30-2007, 02:41 PM
Looking forward to the harvest pics, Shov. Looking good! :)


The Fog :rastasmoke:

Shovelhandle
06-01-2007, 02:37 PM
Here's another pic of an AfghaniX. It's over two feet wide and many of the colas have collapsed into the plant from their weight! That top in the center of the plant is one heavy branch! There are others laying towards the back.
The flash (second pic) really distorts the tricomes and pistals.

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Shov

stinkyattic
06-01-2007, 03:27 PM
Dammit now I have the munchies just from looking at that!

hydrocannabis
06-01-2007, 08:20 PM
omg. thouse look really great.

Shovelhandle
06-01-2007, 08:56 PM
Thank you for your kind sentiments, friends.

Shov

Demeter
06-01-2007, 09:07 PM
Those girls look like linebackers, gorgeous! Beautiful grow- I look forward to seeing the thick and sticky harvest!

Shovelhandle
06-05-2007, 08:15 PM
Well, I'ts going to be at least one week before any of these buds will be ready for harvest. I checked this morning and at 226 days ( a little over 16 weeks, eight weeks of flowering), I see all clear trics and a couple, three cloudy ones. <G>

So I cut two little branches and I'm drying them to see wtf is up. The bagseed plants are still growing and budding. They had two weeks less vegging.

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Shovelhandle

Bree1978
06-06-2007, 01:48 PM
Things look good, bummer that the wait has to be a smidgen longer...silly plants, do you think that they know you want to smoke them? lol....they're trying to hold off the enevitable...!
Did you loose your four good clones while your were lapping up the sun in the V.I.s?

:jointsmile: Bree

Markass
06-06-2007, 08:44 PM
looks like things are going good for you :thumbsup: those are some nice flowers

Shovelhandle
06-06-2007, 10:06 PM
yup, a little slow but getting there!
thanks

Shov

postmandave
06-06-2007, 11:17 PM
exellent looking plants and the buds look superb man top job shove:thumbsup:postmandavey

Shovelhandle
06-07-2007, 05:01 PM
I put it into darkness this morning and will hang it to dry tomorrow night. I polinated it around five and a half weeks ago and it is looking very nice indeed. It is a Foxy Seed Afghani hybrid. I think it should be good smoke too. I'll post a photo when I trim it tomorrow.

Shov

Shovelhandle
06-07-2007, 08:47 PM
Here are the two bagseed plants at 15 weeks. Although they got put to 12-12 the same time as the AfghaniX they are not as mature.
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Closer pic of some bagseed bud.
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Here are the rest of the plants, four afghaniX and two bagseed.
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Here is the grow area closed up. It is in a dark room so the opening is to help ventilation.
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Shov

stone_sensation
06-07-2007, 08:52 PM
Very nice mate can't wait to see outcome :D

r00tdoctor
06-08-2007, 07:34 PM
Those bagseed plants look nice , so do the afghani.

Shovelhandle
06-10-2007, 12:23 PM
http://boards.cannabis.com/attachments/grow-log/140008d1181074397t-shovs-afghani-x-bog-medley-spring-grow-100_1594.jpg

These little buds (10"+ long) dried enough to try to smoke.
VERY sticky.... Very heady, I was laughing out loud at myself as I wandered around the hut trying to remember what I just forgot! Just from that one bowl full 6 seeds fell out of the buds! Surprise! : (
Now I don't know what the other plants may be doing. I carefully inspected and watered each plant every other day and never saw a banana or flower. Maybe some pollen survived the wash on the polinated plant.
Whatever, the pot is stoney. I need to get some testers and try some more.

Shov

stinkyattic
06-10-2007, 01:07 PM
VERY sticky.... Very heady, I was laughing out loud at myself as I wandered around the hut trying to remember what I just forgot! ......
Whatever, the pot is stoney. I need to get some testers and try some more.


MMMMM Shov may I nominate myself for the Testing Comittee? Save them seeds!!!! :D :D :D If you find more I'll trade ya!!!! I've had some spectacular feedback from that line... Can't wait to play with it some more!

Shovelhandle
06-10-2007, 03:57 PM
ok, I have another professional tester coming by at 1:30. I should have plenty as I polinated a complete plant (and they're all pretty good sized)

Tomorrow am I'm headed into Yankee territory for a week (western NY state).

I think the afghaniX will all get cut when I return (next Saturday).
I'll have to wait see on those bagseed plants.

Shov

Shovelhandle
06-15-2007, 11:09 AM
Just back from my trip (early!)
I have to check trics in a few minutes, but the seeded plant I had drying is chock full of healthy, dark seeds. Hundreds fell out as I pulled the buds off the stems and the rest of the bud is still loaded with 'em.
The herb smells very strong, though I really can't describe it, only as sticky sweet. YUM!

I'm not done a lot of "testing" yet, but I have so much work to get done that I'll have to wait until this evening (again). My testers say that it's kick ass shit though. I think I may agree.

Shov

Shovelhandle
06-15-2007, 02:16 PM
The plants have been flowering for 10 weeks and no amber trics, and just a few cloudies. It looks like the bagseed may finish first, although it's still snowy looking from the white hairy colas. The Afghanis pistols are mostly red and orange, but still putting out white hairy buds here and there...

11 weeks starting Sunday.

Shov

Shovelhandle
06-15-2007, 02:40 PM
...after 10 weeks of 12-12.
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Shov

Shovelhandle
06-18-2007, 12:16 PM
The four AfghaniX plants are cut and hanging, the two bagseed are in the dark for 36 hours until I cut and hang them. Then I'll put the AfghaniXs in paper bags to finish drying.
The seeded plant is dry and is curing. It produced hundreds of beautiful seeds and the herb looks and smells wicked nice.

BTW, the two bagseed plants turned out quite different from each other. One is all finished with red hairs and one still has the two large white colas.
I'll put up some photos soon.

Shov

orangeman
06-18-2007, 01:26 PM
Wow. I hope I don't have to flower for any longer than 9 weeks lol. If I have to flower for 10 though, I will. Just going by the wattage of lights, your conditions are totally different from mines. I hope in the end I have nice fat colas like yours though! :thumbsup:

Shovelhandle
06-18-2007, 02:56 PM
Thanks, O-man. It takes what it takes for the plant to finish. I called it a game at ten weeks of flowering (16-18 weeks total).

Puff, Puff, Passs......

Shov

Shovelhandle
06-19-2007, 04:58 PM
Obviously, these two plants (Y and Z) came from different mothers' seeds. I just cut and trimmed them today. They each weigh in at 4+ oz., as seen. I can't wait for them to dry and cure. They look and smell like good herb, and I've never saved seeds unless it was from exceptional herb.

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Shov

stinkyattic
06-19-2007, 05:15 PM
Pic 1 could have gone a bit longer for sure
Pic 2 looks more on schedule
Either way, holy crap those are beautiful buds! The uniformity on the first set is really nice. And you have no burns or anything... yum...

xcrispi
06-19-2007, 05:38 PM
Looks sweet shov.
Props. and happy smokin bro.
Crispi :jointsmile:

Shovelhandle
06-19-2007, 06:07 PM
Thanks! "Y" sure could have gone longer but Y and Z both have 50/50 cloudy-clear trics so after 10 full weeks of flowering, I cut 'em both. I sure hope that white plant is good. : )

I've tried the seeded afghani, and boy it's no slouch! Very good buzz!

Shov

hydrocannabis
06-20-2007, 07:48 AM
holy crap indeed. so about how many watts did U use for thouse beautiful plants. and did you have any fans in UR grow box.

well I say U did a fabulous job.

Shovelhandle
06-20-2007, 11:53 AM
Thanks again,
I used 334 watts of 4' flourescents (4) T-5 and (4) T-8. I added a 250W HID for the last six weeks. I use a little 12" box fan to blow air into the grow box. Nothing fancy, just enough to stuff the seven plants in there (2'X4').

Shov

Shovelhandle
06-20-2007, 12:05 PM
I'm sorry that I couldn't show how the FIM worked on all the plants, but they just looked short and thick. Some developed two thick main colas, others grew as many as 8 main branches with smaller tops. The weights appear to be about the same, 3+ ozs for each of the (4) afghaniXbogs and 4+ ozs for the bagseed plants. The seed plant is only about 1/2 oz, dried with some of the seed removed. I think the FIM worked really well for this size grow. The only thing I may do different next grow is to remove some undergrowth, the little bottom branches.

Shov

Bree1978
06-20-2007, 02:46 PM
This is a super good log, shov! Good job on X and Y, my mouth is watering! They look so very healthy and even! Let us know the smoke report of the bagseed, eh?

:jointsmile: Bree

Shovelhandle
06-25-2007, 03:22 PM
Well the plants are all dried and into the curing jars.
The two back jars are the four Foxy Seed Afghani-Bog Medley. Total weight, four ounces of nice bud.
The middle jars each have one bagseed plant and weigh over one ounce each.
The front jar is what's left of the seeded plant, another Foxy Seed Afg X Bog.
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To sum it up, a little over six ounces of dry buds. Costs; about $15 for soils and nutes. 334 watts of flourescent lighting for 18 weeks with 250W HID added for the last four weeks.

What do you think of this grow, effiency wise? : )

Shov

hydrocannabis
06-25-2007, 09:11 PM
yumm yumm.

Shovelhandle
07-01-2007, 11:22 PM
Herb is all dried and curing. Some samples tested by my friends show that it's all good shit. I find the head high is real positive. I like it a lot. I have not been able to sort out the different highs of each of the 3 varieties. Takes time, and lots of herb. <G>

Sho

Weedhound
07-01-2007, 11:31 PM
how can we trust your friends? We don't know them....they don't know us. I say you send every single one of us a sample and we may write back and let you know how we liked it. If you don't hear from us, send more. :D

Sorry I missed the boat and just got here but looks like you did a great grow Shov. Good work. :thumbsup:

Shovelhandle
07-02-2007, 01:08 AM
my friends have lots of experience. But in fairness to all, I will send samples to the first 200 people. Let me know if you prefer joint, bowl or bong and I'll blow a hit into my PC for you. Let me kow how that works, WH. :)

Shovl

hydrocannabis
07-02-2007, 02:01 AM
lol. WH.

Shovelhandle
07-03-2007, 02:12 PM
Testing, one two.....

The herbs are very good quality. I haven't been able to get through a joint in one sitting, usually takes three. Whoa!
The aroma has yet to be determined as much of the herbs are still curing and still smell like hay. The seed plant, which was cut weeks earlier has a great fruity smell and smooth taste as well as surprisingly potent for a full seeded mother. I love it.

The holiday is here and I hope to have more opportunities to wrangle some more taste tasters into service. : )

Happy Independance Day, fellow Americans!

Sho

Sir Bliss
07-03-2007, 02:31 PM
Been keeping my eye on this grow for some time now. That's great to hear everything is going according to plan. A successful grow always = a happy day (well actually..many, many days :stoned:) Wish all the best to you, man! Good luck with everything and enjoy that sweet, sweet herb. :thumbsup:

Shovelhandle
07-03-2007, 03:20 PM
have a couple of Z Buds! : )
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Sho

Demeter
07-04-2007, 10:31 PM
Beautiful! Happy fourth of July!

Shovelhandle
08-05-2007, 01:08 PM
Well, after over a month of curing and testing I announce the grow a success.
The bagseed plants produced very tasty, herb. Two distinct varieties, both have a nice happy head buzz, good anytime from wake n' bake to bed time. The Foxy Seeds Afghani X is similar in every way to the bag seed plantw except they didn't produce the fat colas.
I harvested these at 10 weeks of flowering and the trics were still 50% clear with very few ambers. This gave the pot the high we were looking for.
Hmmm, I'll touch off a bowl soon and head off to church.

Sho

stone_sensation
08-05-2007, 03:14 PM
Glad it all went good mate, I too am harvesting my Afghani and it doesn't have as big colas as other plants I've seen, probably also due to early light leaks in my grow.

Shovelhandle
09-04-2007, 03:12 PM
Well, back in April I cut slips and tried to set some clones. I only got four to take root and I put them outside because I was going to 12-12 indoors. Here's the one remaining clone (others were got by bugs and rodents when they were wee.

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The plant is growing on it's side (the two foot long stem is staked to the ground). All that can be seen in the photo is the buds on the tips, but actually, each stem is loaded from end to end. The plant probably has six more weeks to flower.

Sho

Shovelhandle
09-21-2007, 08:12 PM
Well, it's two weeks later and the plant was up above all the other growth. So, I bent all the branches over. Yup, snapped them right over, like I've done many times before. The buds are really growing and I still think four more weeks sounds right.
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...and now it's very difficult to see this plant.
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Sho

Demeter
09-22-2007, 02:20 AM
excellent stealth grow shov!

Shovelhandle
09-26-2007, 03:01 PM
Checking for trics this am, for the first time. They are mostly cloudy but no ambers yet. I'll keep an eye on it. I'd like to see the bud change colors from the frost, but we haven't had any yet! Unusual, but we love it, another nice sunny morning here on the Canadian frontier. It won't be much longer before harvest. (Harvest moon tonight)

Shovel

ProGroWannabe
09-27-2007, 12:43 AM
I agree with the above post, awesome stealth Shov! Sorry I'm a little late getting here.

OahuLocal
09-27-2007, 03:01 AM
Looks good man keep it up

Shovelhandle
09-27-2007, 12:37 PM
Sorry I'm a little late getting here

Well, this plant has been patiently waiting for you. <G>
It's been growing outdoors since April.
Thanks for the support folks!

Shov

foxysox
09-27-2007, 03:37 PM
Wow- you can barely see the sneaky little gal among all that grass.
Did that af x bog really take 10 weeks to finish? Damn.
Nice work all around!

Shovelhandle
09-27-2007, 06:52 PM
oh ya, and it was < 50% cloudy!

And now I have two of the inbred Foxy Seeds afghani hybrid plants that have shown sex in less than six weeks of 18/6.

Shov

Shovelhandle
10-02-2007, 12:16 PM
Well, this is my last post on this grow. The clone was ready to pick. But someone beat me to it. Fuckers!

Shovelhandle

stinkyattic
10-02-2007, 01:50 PM
Oh shit Shov. That sucks bad. I'm hearing more ripoffs than usual around our area- one of my good buddies just lost a huge crop up central VT- seems there's an increase in local pressure since the borders are so tight. Every single person I know who did outdoor this year reports significant, or even total, losses.
I'm really sorry to hear about that.

illnillinois
11-19-2007, 02:23 AM
Orzy HIT ME UP!