3 blueberry seedlings

[Markass]

God I LOVE those and I'm not even growing them!! I can almost smell them from here.:) :jointsmile:

they smell very amazing, weedhound..I absolutely love the stone from blueberry..won't get an insane amount from these three ladies, but I should get enough to do further testing on the smoke :stoned: :thumbsup:

[Markass]

I snuck in earlier...I'm very impressed so far..

[Weedhound]

OOOO that is looking good. First you get all the budsites and they look kind of wimpy....then during the last few weeks they really take on their bulk. :thumbsup: You're just seeing the start.....much more fun to come.!!;) :cool:

[Markass]

here are a few pics I just took...trichomes are starting to push out a bit..and I can hardly imagine what to expect...but I think it will be wonderful...:stoned: many good pics to come...:thumbsup:

[budsmoker only]

damn nice plants, and beautiful pics.... so jealous, how much longer do you think they got?

[Markass]

damn nice plants, and beautiful pics.... so jealous, how much longer do you think they got?

63 more days :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

not that he's counting.... yeah, fun is just starting....:thumbsup:

[orangeman]

here are a few pics I just took...trichomes are starting to push out a bit..and I can hardly imagine what to expect...but I think it will be wonderful...:stoned: many good pics to come...:thumbsup:

Now this is what I have been waiting for. Those flowers are lookin' lovely! Keep it :D

[Weedhound]

Like your new avatar too. ;) :jointsmile:

[JuniorBud]

just read wholeeeeeee log looks excellent ...very jealous!! good luck.:D

[Markass]

I thought I wouldn't do anymore messing, but each day I've been tightening my strings a bit more as the branches grow up to the light, gonna keep them as low as I can to try and expose as much light as possible..will be topping all flowers next grow, the topped one is so much easier to tie and shit..not a big monster..6 good budsites on it..couple skimpy ones..gonna be a surprise how much I harvest...really have no idea what's in store for them..but I'm hoping I'm doing them a huge favor by being ocd with getting as much light to bud sites as I can..more pics in a few days or so :stoned: :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

From the looks of things so far....you may be harvesting more than you think. Growin' great! :)

[Markass]

From the looks of things so far....you may be harvesting more than you think. Growin' great! :)

plant is already showing lots of trichomes...absolutely beautiful :thumbsup: if buds continue developing at least the pace they have been I think I'll be rather pleased with the results :stoned:

[Markass]

just took these..

[Weedhound]

Looks like you have a good start on what should be a pretty good yield as well....BB's don't come up skimpy at the end and you've got the lighting for it.....seems like your new lighting has made a huge difference. Right tool for the right job. :thumbsup:

Mark when you grew before what kind were you growing? Are you familiar with the mexican brick weed? Someone gave me some seeds from their stash and I'm wondering how they would be if you could grow them sinsemilla for one thing and then not press the entire finished product into a big lump and ruin all the trichomes. I'm not too impressed by the smoke but I wasn't with my oz of russian either (which was crammed with seeds) until I grew it under better conditions in my hydro.

[Markass]

Looks like you have a good start on what should be a pretty good yield as well....BB's don't come up skimpy at the end and you've got the lighting for it.....seems like your new lighting has made a huge difference. Right tool for the right job. :thumbsup:

Mark when you grew before what kind were you growing? Are you familiar with the mexican brick weed? Someone gave me some seeds from their stash and I'm wondering how they would be if you could grow them sinsemilla for one thing and then not press the entire finished product into a big lump and ruin all the trichomes. I'm not too impressed by the smoke but I wasn't with my oz of russian either (which was crammed with seeds) until I grew it under better conditions in my hydro.

I've smoked a lot of good mexican stuff and a lot of bad mexican stuff...the plants never turned out good, but if you had a girl all the way through with no hermie it may be good. I wouldn't do it though to be honest considering if you have good genetics..I'd much rather grow a more potent strain if I had the choice...mexican stuff is low potency for sure..even if it's better stuff. I'd substitute a few bb's instead of the mexican beans weedhound..:thumbsup:

ps..my mexican plants from before were okay, but looking at those and these...these just look so much better, and have FAR more trichomes at this point..I have about 20 ounces or so of seeds and stems from the last year of smoking this mexican stuff around here...the seeds are useless to me, even the ones from the better stuff. I know conditions could've attributed a lot, but my last mexican seed grow was 1/4 females..rather go feminised myself.

[Weedhound]

Yeah I think you're right Mark.....I might throw them outside along with my haze plants but on reflection I agree with you that they probably are not worth my hydro and paying for lighting etc... thanks. :)

[Markass]

Yeah I think you're right Mark.....I might throw them outside along with my haze plants but on reflection I agree with you that they probably are not worth my hydro and paying for lighting etc... thanks. :)

Yeah, outdoors I would give them a shot...let em get nice and big...be able to get rid of the males easy rather than growing them for nothing indoors for a couple months..

I sure wish I had the space to do an outdoor grow...yield seems very promising..good luck with that :thumbsup:

[Markass]

humidity is going to be a bit higher now that it's warming up and shit outside...curious, what humidity percent is in a caution level for mold? It's about 60 right now, I don't expect it to get too much higher, but can someone enlighten me how easy or difficult it is for mold to form on my buds?

Another thing is that I've got one fucking little insect...don't know what it is, but he's gnawed on a few of my leaves, just taking bits and pieces, nothing bad at all, nor is it reproducing, I fucked with sticky traps and they didn't unravel right so I've got like 3/4 of a sticky trap, but maybe the fans will blow that little fucker into it or something and he'll stop munching on my foliage..

[Markass]

Tonight I added about a foot of ducting to the open end of the c/t and put a 5" pc fan in the end of it to boost air induction. It helps plenty. c/t was never too hot to the touch in the first place, but now I could keep my hand on it for as long as I needed to. Makes me feel a lot more comfortable if the glass is cooler. By luck my pc fan's cord was just right to meet an extra power supply cable. Was planning on getting a/c powered 5" fan. I can't put this one on timer..I just have to manually unplug it which will be the shits, but for now, I'm tighter on cash than I would like to be, and this only cost me $2 for a hose clamp with similar or equal results. I'll have to have my bro plug it in when lights come on at 7...That's the only downfall..but meh, it does what I need it to.

[Weedhound]

Can't help you with the humidity question Mark....all I know about it is that when the plants start flowering they can become fairly sensitive to mold, fungus etc....you may want to invest in a de-humidifier....more $$$ :(

I don't really check my humidity in my plant room but it is constantly blowing either heat or a/c air into the room so i think my humidity is pretty low around my plants. At this stage you don't want to lose them to disease!!:wtf:

[Pezzo]

stick em outside :D lol joke, talk on msn more man i dont read these forums much anymore

[exhashsmoker]

How are they smelling? Do they stink the house bad?

[Markass]

How are they smelling? Do they stink the house bad?

they smell wonderful...as for raising a big stink, nah...my closet door's cracked open during lights on when I'm here and my room gets a bit of an odor, but I think the cool tube also plays to remove a lot of the door from my grow space and pump it into the attic :D :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Go up to the attic and take a few deep breaths....see if it works. :D :stoned:

[Markass]

Go up to the attic and take a few deep breaths....see if it works. :D :stoned:

lol

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, Markass. Lookin' good man. I keep wanting to say it looks like you have a heat/circulation problem in there...but I guess it's just the BB strain that makes them look like that?? Anyway, I'm really liking what your room is looking like. Looks so familiar, man! ;)

Good luck with that humidity problem. Those suckers are sensitive to mold, so becareful. Let us know if it improves. :thumbsup:


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Markass]

thanks fog, I had a previous heat issue for a little while that was fixed by cool tube. heat stressed looking leaves are what you're talking about I presume? none of the newer growth is showing it and temps are 60-75 now :) :thumbsup:

Here are some pics...keep fucking with settings trying to find the best ones to fuck with...these are all bud sites from my topped plant..it has 6 big sites, two of them are the main tops, they stretched up to the light which pissed me off, but now they're gonna make me happy with yield...

[Markass]

here are the other two main cola's and one more bud site from the topped plant..believe it or not, I can rub fingers over trichs on leaves and it has a light blueberry odor..:stoned: :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Look great!!! :thumbsup:

[Tomthehippie]

How many days have they been in flower man? :)

[Markass]

How many days have they been in flower man? :)

tom, they're 20 days into flowering..tomorrow makes three weeks :) :thumbsup:

[Tomthehippie]

cheers mate! :)

[Markass]

cheers mate! :)

just read your thread, hope you stay safe, tom...

[Shovelhandle]

smells nice? bonus points! <G>

Shovelhandle

[Tomthehippie]

just read your thread, hope you stay safe, tom...

No worries man! Things are looking gooood! :)

[Weedhound]

How far are you in Mark...21 days? You are going to get a GOOD yield if so....my buds are just starting to poke out at 21 days.....yours already are putting on some height. Keep up the photos! :)

[Markass]

How far are you in Mark...21 days? You are going to get a GOOD yield if so....my buds are just starting to poke out at 21 days.....yours already are putting on some height. Keep up the photos! :)

yup, 3 weeks today...I hope you're right, weedhound..I'm making the best I can out of this cool tube...I've had it for 3 weeks, since the day I started flowering. I haven't raised it since then. I've only done some lst'ing...if the buds continue to develop at the same pace or faster, I should be quite happy with them :stoned:

I'll probably post some more pics this weekend...trichs are starting to form more and more...7 more weeks should be amazing...:thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Well I'm thinking around week 8-9 we're ALL gonna show up at your house to "test" your grow....if it does not pass muster we will remove the offending floral material immediately so it does not affect your house. :S2:

[Markass]

Well I'm thinking around week 8-9 we're ALL gonna show up at your house to "test" your grow....if it does not pass muster we will remove the offending floral material immediately so it does not affect your house. :S2:

:) lol

Did you get my e-mail?

[Weedhound]

No.....will send you IM and make sure you have correct address......my e-mail thing junks everything.....even the good stuff.

Damn....would not let me rep......try again mark....assume you got address from you-know-who. :thumbsup:

[Markass]

No.....will send you IM and make sure you have correct address......my e-mail thing junks everything.....even the good stuff.

Damn....would not let me rep......try again mark....assume you got address from you-know-who. :thumbsup:

I added you to my messenger list

[Weedhound]

ok cool. ;) So here is why I use Reverse Mark......yesterday I did two screwups w/my grow Somehow I got the ph down to 4 on one of my buckets....god knows how.....but discovered it a few hours later. Plant looked ok but they are in day nine of flowering (day 10 today....second Reverse spray) and I have a 150w light I use when I spray them so that I can turn off the big momba light. Guess I had the light too close (about 1 foot away which I thought was fine but plant disagreed) and suffered some heat stress. Both of the ones I F..d with were the MK feminized plants....of course. BUT armed w/my Reverse my screw ups aren't fatal! I'll tell you at LEAST one good F up in every grow....that's my motto!

Thinking about what you said w/the mexican.....my hydro friend grew some seeds from same batch and you are right.....she ended up w/some seeds in her grow even though she didn't stress them. She said she never saw any nanners on the plants and she's a long time soil grower but nonetheless.....hermie!

[Markass]

Thinking about what you said w/the mexican.....my hydro friend grew some seeds from same batch and you are right.....she ended up w/some seeds in her grow even though she didn't stress them. She said she never saw any nanners on the plants and she's a long time soil grower but nonetheless.....hermie!

Yeah, mexican bricks are for nothing except money. Makes perfect sense to me for them to have the genetics tweaked somehow to always produce male flowers to make seeds...1. They can leave lots of plants and let the seeds fall out of the buds and grow back for next season 2. weed = some weight...weed + seeds = LOTS more weight. That's exactly what they want. If the first hypothesis isn't correct, I know the second one is.

[Solosan]

good lookin blueberry's.

[Markass]

good lookin blueberry's.

thanks :thumbsup:

[Markass]

It's kinda hard to get good trich shots, I have about 1 camera angle I can use to take pics, other than that, I can't get pics from any other side..really cramped space, but there's a couple good pics here :thumbsup:

I've got a good friend of mine about 50 miles away who's willing to go find something as far as fungicide for me and bring it down my way...could just save me.

These flowers are so amazingly beautiful! I hope I don't lose them...

For anyone who cares and doesn't know about my fugus/mold issue, here's a link to inform you what's going on.

http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-growing/112848-closet-humidity.html

[Markass]

something else I just noticed is that my thin rope I used is cutting into my main stem on the topped one :( anyone got a suggestion? seems rather cut into there, I can't believe I haven't noticed this..I had a loop tied and the rope fed through it so that it would freely move and not be tied..but I guess that didn't work too well..

By this time, I've already taken care of it. I loosened it and moved the rope down a bit, I did the right thing didn't I? rather than letting it continue to suffocate it?

[Demeter]

You might want to tape the stem that is cut- it will heal up then. Electrical tape works well; I had a stem totally snap and it was good as new with tape.

For lsting, they make green tape that velcros - it works well to tie plants.
Or snip up some pantyhose, that also works, though you may not have a pair handy :D

[Markass]

You might want to tape the stem that is cut- it will heal up then. Electrical tape works well; I had a stem totally snap and it was good as new with tape.

For lsting, they make green tape that velcros - it works well to tie plants.
Or snip up some pantyhose, that also works, though you may not have a pair handy :D

nope demeter, not among the items in my dresser, lol..I've been using yarn and it seems to work good..nice and soft. still in the lasso dealy so it won't constrict the stems or anything...

as for taping it, it's maybe 1/8" of a cut into one side of the stem, there was a lot of pressure on it there..will tape it up though just to be safe..thanks :thumbsup:

[TheGreenFog]

Hey, man. Nice looking plants there!! I feel like I'm looking at my own log the way you take your pictures and the way your HPS just barely shows through on some of them. The plant looks of a similar strain as well. Anyway, looking good, man. Those flowers are really starting to grow. Lots of pistils! :D Just wait until the 6 week explosion...you will be a happy camper.

Damn, man...that sucks about that LST thing. I guess that just goes to show that you gotta keep your eye on your ropes when you are bending plants. It is a craft that requires frequent attention...which is why some growers don't even bother to do it.

One thing to keep in mind with LST obviously, is that it is going to much more of a daunting task during FLOWERING as opposed to vegetative state. Especially during the first three weeks. During the first three weeks of flowering, the plant grows to between twice and three times its size, so people thinking about LST during flowering want to keep this in mind so that the plant doesn't '"hang itself with its own rope!" I would probably removing any ropes that were used to LST during veg and add new ones for flowering, keeping an eye on how it grows.

Too bad you learned the hard way, Markass, but hey, we all do at one point or another and it's good for other's learning purposes! Gnarly stems there, bro...and your plant should be fine as long as no fungus or disease gets in through that opening. Tape it up and you should be fine. Good log, man. Be back to see more. Looking forward to seeing the last few weeks of your grow. I predict a very good yield for you, man, from what I've seen at least. :D:D:D


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Markass]

thanks fog, and that's the first thing that came to mind when demeter mentioned it...I taped it up right afterwards. yeah, the loop it was in, was caught by the knot and it wouldn't let it freely move..I've adjusted it now :)

[Matt the Funk]

Just dropping by to say nice job with the plants:thumbsup:

[orangeman]

Those ladies are lookin' damn fine. Makes me smile hard when I look at em :). I hope you get something for that humidity and get everything under control. I don't want you to lose those fine buds :(.

[FreeVenice]

Looking great, I hope it works out.

[Scarlet Sky]

more pix pleez :D

[Markass]

more pix pleez :D

I love taking pics, but I would love it even more if I could get better shots of these buds...you can see those calyxes bursting with joy :thumbsup:

Would you comment on the progress so far for me? As for your initial prediction of fluffy/spaced buds...what do you think? I've got the humidity issue but my buds are coming along fine still...started giving them a bit of kool bloom, they didn't have a bad response, they seem to like it.

[Weedhound]

God those are lovely. :) :thumbsup:

[orangeman]

Damn man, I'm loving the progress. How's it smelling in there? :D

[Scarlet Sky]

looking good so far, very blueberry ;)

you'll see what we mean about fluffiness in a couple of weeks, and esp after harvest. imo, not the nuggiest in the world, but your's look better than mine....

kudos :p

[Weedhound]

Well they are gorgeous. So there. :)

[Markass]

looking good so far, very blueberry ;)

you'll see what we mean about fluffiness in a couple of weeks, and esp after harvest. imo, not the nuggiest in the world, but your's look better than mine....

kudos :p

thanks, scarlet :thumbsup: :stoned:

[Markass]

Got some good fungicide finally, friend of mine was running to home depot and I had him pick this up for me. Schultz makes this stuff, $5.89...got dehumidifier ordered and it should be here the first to middle of next week...I may take some new pics later for you guys if you want..buds are still looking very beautiful and growing good :thumbsup:

still don't see how I could have a ph issue on one and not the other 2, but I'm considering lowering the ph just a bit on the water my topped plant gets that's showing what appears to be ph issue...

[Weedhound]

Looks good Mark. Keep up the good fight.:thumbsup: Will check back later for pics. :)

[Markass]

here are some pics...aren't they pretty..? :stoned: :)

[Weedhound]

They look good and healthy in those photos Mark. :thumbsup:

[TheGreenFog]

Markass, the plants are looking very nice. Those buds look good and dense. How's your humidity now? They will be looking really good in a couple of weeks. :thumbsup:

What kinds of nutes are you using again? Got any extra juicy-juice in it?


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Markass]

Markass, the plants are looking very nice. Those buds look good and dense. How's your humidity now? They will be looking really good in a couple of weeks. :thumbsup:

What kinds of nutes are you using again? Got any extra juicy-juice in it?


The Fog :rastasmoke:

Thanks for stopping by, fog..Humidity is still around 60% during lights out and about 30-40% with them on...will be getting my 45 pint dehumidifier tomorrow or wednesday

As for nutes, I'm using schultz 5-30-5 bloom plus and koolbloom..

Cycle goes koolbloom/plain water/schultz/plain water/koolbloom..figured that would be about the best cycle for them...koolbloom has definitely boosted the blooming up since I first gave it last sunday..

[Weedhound]

photos soooooon.....

[TheGreenFog]

Thanks for stopping by, fog..Humidity is still around 60% during lights out and about 30-40% with them on...will be getting my 45 pint dehumidifier tomorrow or wednesday
COOL!


As for nutes, I'm using schultz 5-30-5 bloom plus and koolbloom...

Nice. Sure looks like it's working.



Cycle goes koolbloom/plain water/schultz/plain water/koolbloom..figured that would be about the best cycle for them...koolbloom has definitely boosted the blooming up since I first gave it last sunday..

Looks like you're dosing them right. I can still not figure that out with soil completely. I know there are general rules, etc...but hydro just seems more clear cut...but hey, that's why there are OPTIONS! :D Good growin', Marko Polo.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Scarlet Sky]

i've heard some good stuff about kb. hope it works good for you. buds are impressive...:D well done. gotta love that light...

[orangeman]

Wow. I'd be tempted to sample a bud with the way they're lookin now lol.

[Markass]

Looks like you're dosing them right. I can still not figure that out with soil completely. I know there are general rules, etc...but hydro just seems more clear cut...but hey, that's why there are OPTIONS! :D Good growin', Marko Polo.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

Yes, I'm sure I will be doing hydro soon in the future...there's a bit more to it, but as far as regulation goes, I love the ability to control absolutely everything very easily with hydro...ph, nutes, stuff like that..I think PH has been giving me a kick in the rear on and off throughout this grow, but not too much I've been able to do about it..

[Markass]

i've heard some good stuff about kb. hope it works good for you. buds are impressive...:D well done. gotta love that light...

thanks scarlet, you were one of the several people that I have to thank for giving me advice and answering my questions this go-round..you helped me get them here and so did everyone else :thumbsup:

[TheGreenFog]

Orangeman...PATIENCE grasshopper. No good comes from early samples...especially that early. :)

Yes, Koolbloom will definitely work. I know Bluebear uses it as well.

Hydro...well, I guess you would say there is more to it, but once you get everything set up, it pretty much runs itself if you have everything automated. Just keep things in check and switch out the water religiously. It's definitely more accurate, I'd have to say. But, you gotta love soil as well, it is from Mother Earth! :D:D:D


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[hayze21]

thanks scarlet, you were one of the several people that I have to thank for giving me advice and answering my questions this go-round..you helped me get them here and so did everyone else :thumbsup:

Hey Markass great looking plants man......Hope u dont mind but I would like ur opinion on my plants too.....im growing 2 dutch passion bb and 1 S.A.G.E....They are into there first week of flowering 12/12 under warm light cfls until my hps gets here this week 400w.....my nutes are 3 part gh with a little cal-mag...also have some liquid karma and mollasses for the later weeks....:D

ps...waiting to see some pistils.....lol

[hayze21]

Hey Markass u out there...lol:)

[Markass]

they look good man...keep them happy, you'll start seeing buds in another week and a half or so..:)

[hayze21]

Thanks Mark......apreciate the input:thumbsup:

[Scarlet Sky]

a wise man once said:

"patience is a virtue..."

:p

[Weedhound]

Yeah well he's dead now...:stoned:

[Markass]

Yeah well he's dead now...:stoned:

lol, true

[hayze21]

a wise man once said:

"patience is a virtue..."

:p

Yes i thought patience died a long long time ago.lol....sorry Mark for hijacking ur thread.........Hey Scarlet missed u sweets.....wink...wink...

[Markass]

Got dehumidifier today, thing is freaking HUGE! It fit in the space I had allocated for it though, rough measurements indicated it would likely fit, or be off just a tad, but I'm good...my only concern now is if both of my duct fans may need to run to pull this heat out of here...getting kinda warm pumping all that air back out...

Anyone able to comment on accuracy of thermometer/barometer combo? my barometer on my thermometer was telling me around 60%, but when that dehumidifier was turned on, it read 90% as room humidity..within about two or three minutes it was down to 35% :D I'll be monitoring it over the next couple hours to see how it does as far as temps and humidity levels..

probably will get some pics taken later :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

That thing is a BEAUTY!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Well done Mark!!!!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

PS is one barameter closer to the floor?

[hayze21]

Got dehumidifier today, thing is freaking HUGE! It fit in the space I had allocated for it though, rough measurements indicated it would likely fit, or be off just a tad, but I'm good...my only concern now is if both of my duct fans may need to run to pull this heat out of here...getting kinda warm pumping all that air back out...

Anyone able to comment on accuracy of thermometer/barometer combo? my barometer on my thermometer was telling me around 60%, but when that dehumidifier was turned on, it read 90% as room humidity..within about two or three minutes it was down to 35% :D I'll be monitoring it over the next couple hours to see how it does as far as temps and humidity levels..

probably will get some pics taken later :thumbsup:



Wow Mark that thing is huge but im sure it gets the job done and then some....lol....im going to need one soon too......biting nails..something small since my cab is tight already...lol

[Markass]

That thing is a BEAUTY!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Well done Mark!!!!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

PS is one barameter closer to the floor?

I'd say that the dehumidifier and the barometer both are around the same level...

[Markass]

temps on humidifier getting to 90 of the air coming out, in mixing with the room air, the room's maybe 80...having it a bit warmer is better than having mold as far as I'm concerned..tomorrow I'll power up in-line duct fan as well and see if it pulls any more air out of there or not...

[Markass]

Here are some pics..I didn't take a bunch, but it shows you the progress :):thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Beautiful.....beautiful. How's the rh?

[Markass]

Beautiful.....beautiful. How's the rh?

well, with my light on in the closet, I wasn't much liking the idea of running the dehumidifier in there, so I put it right outside the door to do its work on the air in my room, set to 40, RH is 45 in the room right now, is maybe 45 in my closet...dehumidifier works, I've just gotta figure out the best way to run it...definitely has to be in the closet during the day, that's when humidity levels get dangerous...and I honestly wasn't even going to run it tonight, but it rained a lot today and the humidity was climbing up past 50 and I didn't like that, so I'll give it a try in the room and see if it'll do enough to the air in here that passes into my closet with the door cracked.

This is a good dehumidifier...$80 shipped for refurbished model...refurbished I say..? yes, it beats the hell out of $200 for me right now that's for damn sure.

[Weedhound]

Oh I think it's great and most likely your last hurdle as well as far as enviromental control goes. Your cool tube, dehumidifier etc are all pieces of equipment you will use for years for growing whether hydro or soil. Great buy I say! :thumbsup:

[xcrispi]

My free standing rh meter , and the digital display on my dehum. are w/ in 5% of 1 another . Once dehum is plugged in it takes a min. or two for dehum. to give an acurate reading Mark .
Hope it works out all right for you and doesnt pull the water right out of the pots , keep an eye on moisture level in them .
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:

[Markass]

My free standing rh meter , and the digital display on my dehum. are w/ in 5% of 1 another . Once dehum is plugged in it takes a min. or two for dehum. to give an acurate reading Mark .
Hope it works out all right for you and doesnt pull the water right out of the pots , keep an eye on moisture level in them .
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile:

will do, crispi thanks for the advice :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Wow....didn't think about it over drying....can it really do that? Take the moisture from the pots?

PS X-C....the F seeds are kind of macho.....already popped skins and i can see some stem action happening. :thumbsup:

[xcrispi]

Wow....didn't think about it over drying....can it really do that? Take the moisture from the pots?

PS X-C....the F seeds are kind of macho.....already popped skins and i can see some stem action happening. :thumbsup:

Hey W/H ,
My first real hydro grow was indiv. buckets non recirculating , not tied together and the bucket closest the dehumidifier was empty twice as fast as the other 5 . It pulled moisture right out of hydroton I think .
Crispi :jointsmile:

[electrokamax]

What do you think about that? http://gallery.cannabis.com/data/612/medium/Blueberry.jpg

[Markass]

looks good man

[Markass]

hermie time....I knew they would probably get pissed because of the added heat, but I can't have this mold shit...gonna keep dehumidifier in my room now and have it dehumidify the air that's going to be going into my closet...damn..

I plucked with tweezers all little flowers I could see...mostly 1 or 2 nanners in a bunch, probably picked 10 or so of them...only on one plant so far, I raised light a few inches and am hoping they don't get any worse...if so, I guess I'll have some feminised beans but at least I wont have a bunch of moldy smoke..that's how I have to look at it.

[orangeman]

Aww man I was hoping you were hermie free with this grow. Ah well the buds still look amazing so I'm pretty sure it'll still be worth the wait :D.

[Weedhound]

Herms....i agree Mark, definitely better than mold..... I read a very interesting article about plant transpiration and rh today. High rh definitely causes issues in addition to mold i discover....it can actually kill off parts of the plant because of too much water in the air=too much water in the plant. Glad you got the monster going :thumbsup:

[Markass]

they're gaining some weight :) week 5 flowering, not much longer to go now :thumbsup:

dehumidifier works great...I'm not sure how much it runs in a 24 hour period...but I'd say I have it shut off at least 12 hours and it gets about half full...a lot of water..22 1/2 pints roughly..this thing works great. Only bad side is heat it makes in my closet, but I'm tired of a moldy odor from my buds. They'd rather be warm than be attacked by mold, I'll guarantee it. Been on hermie patrol and haven't really seen any more, but it's likely I will, especially considering the stress the koolbloom will be doing to them, but oh well..It's my only option. Air was still too moist in having dehumidifier in my room and letting air go in under crack of door..

[Weedhound]

Mark those look like christmas trees in the photo. You are going to come away with some excellent smoke when you are done. ;)
They are really stunning.....very good job...especially with all the issues you had to deal with along the way. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Tomthehippie]

Looking realy nice man!! :D

[Markass]

Mark those look like christmas trees in the photo. You are going to come away with some excellent smoke when you are done. ;)
They are really stunning.....very good job...especially with all the issues you had to deal with along the way. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

thanks weedhound, in the end I think I will have some decent buds...I don't think I'm going to yield as much as I had initially wanted, but I think I will see at least a few ounces...I can still pick up some good regular weed from time to time when I can find it and I should be able to stretch it for a while until I can get situated into my own place that I can grow in..this is my last time doing it here at home, but I've got everything I need to do it again, the proper knowledge and some kickass genetics..:D

btw, that's a pic with the lights off, I may take some more later..clustering out more, I'm hoping the blooms will get through those guard leaves and to the light..they're sure trying to..

[healthy_ganjaForest]

you got yourself one healthy little forest!

[orangeman]

Wow Mark those look just amazing. I'm really happy for you man I bet that shit knocks you out xD. I hope I get something like what you have man that's beautiful :)

[Markass]

here's a couple more I just took...The smell of them is so amazing...

Orangeman, with time and patience comes success...You'll learn your p's and q's to growing, I was in your shoes not even that long ago. You've got all the help you need from all of us.

[orangeman]

Lol yeah I'd love to smell them too, and yeah I've learned a lot here. I mean a whole lot of stuff I should have known lol. But the best experience is self-experience to me. I'm glad I'm getting all this early so later on in my life I'll already have the experience for it. I love Cannabis :).

[Shovelhandle]

Beauty colas, man! Just beautiful.

Shov

[MOBABN]

im gone for a month or so and you come out with these beautiful buds!!!!! Good Job Man, wish i could smell those buds man even with a hermie you will have amazing buds to puff on!!!! Ive been busy too......

[Weedhound]

That's a super lookling plant Moban. What kind? How old?

[MOBABN]

I dont wanna Hijack Marks thread, sorry for postin bout my plant and not yours man, your a cool guy im sure you wont mind too much last one promise...... It is a SweetToothxShoreline(Texas strain), was started on March 20th....Going into flower tonight, it already stinks my flower room up and i only have two of those babys.

[Markass]

no worries, that's a nice looking plant man :)

[Markass]

still coming along good...here's some pics..main cola on my right plant, and a little bud pushing out some slight purple, maybe I'll have a beautiful purple plant or two by the end...definitely not from cold temps, that's for sure...

[Markass]

first pic is of the one that's looking good as far as a nice cola goes, wish it would fatten up some and stop growing vertically, second has a bit of purple at the top..

[Weedhound]

How many more days??

[Markass]

How many more days??

well, I'm totally new to the whole trichome measurement thing, but I do have a 30x scope and will use it to confirm time of harvest...going at least half amber if not 3/4...dead couchlock, baby...I hear CBD is more effective than THC at affecting the body, and that's what I need..I love the heavy buzz.

Given that, I think I'm gonna be going at least until June 07...that would make 10 weeks from start of flower, and I think it's about right, but I'll be checking trichs here and there to make sure it hasn't for some reason matured early.

Can anyone give me some insight...Okay, what I'm shooting for is 1/2 amber to 3/4 amber....at that point I shouldn't see any clear trichomes at all correct? I'm just for some reason thinking it may be difficult to determine considering there are literally probably millions of trichs on the plants...I've seen pics to help, but can anyone just shed some light on this for me? I've never used a scope to determine time of harvest, nor have I ever made a harvest. thanks everyone..

:thumbsup:

[orangeman]

Can anyone give me some insight...Okay, what I'm shooting for is 1/2 amber to 3/4 amber....at that point I shouldn't see any clear trichomes at all correct? I'm just for some reason thinking it may be difficult to determine considering there are literally probably millions of trichs on the plants...I've seen pics to help, but can anyone just shed some light on this for me? I've never used a scope to determine time of harvest, nor have I ever made a harvest. thanks everyone..

:thumbsup:

I don't know how they judge but I'm guessing they look at every bud on the plant and judge by the color of most of the trichomes they see on the buds..I really don't know. But as for harvesting I'm wondering now when I should cut too lol. I think I want do it when most are cloudy. Hopefully I only have to flower for 7 weeks, that'd be perfect.

Btw those are some beautiful trees man. I just love how that looks haha. I bet you're excited eh?

[Weedhound]

The buds closest to the light will mature first generally. It becomes a matter of diminishing results after awhile. Usually, imo, you will see about 5-10 percent clear ones even at the end. Try to pick a bud in the middle and follow the same one if each you can or the same two or three. If you look at a different bud each time you're going to get some cattywampus results. ;)

[Markass]

I don't know how they judge but I'm guessing they look at every bud on the plant and judge by the color of most of the trichomes they see on the buds..I really don't know. But as for harvesting I'm wondering now when I should cut too lol. I think I want do it when most are cloudy. Hopefully I only have to flower for 7 weeks, that'd be perfect.

You harvest when it's about the right buzz for you, I stay away from a more buzzy feeling..lots of regular sativa dominant stuff here, I don't care for it...Indica comes close to numbing my body, makes me feel very relaxed...it's so amazing :stoned:

I'm also considering cutting my buds nearest the top, which will mature first probably before some of the lower ones, then once I've done that I maybe could lower my light some, has anyone ever done a harvest that way?

I have however a couple times gotten some sativa dominant stuff that just konked me out...looked at it under scope and it was nearly all amber, was some heavy shit.

remember orangeman, don't cut it too early, you'll get nothing. make sure you see those trichs getting cloudy first, even if it takes longer than you want

[Rock.Steady]

that purple tip is absolutely amazing.
Outstanding job!:clap:

[Markass]

The buds closest to the light will mature first generally. It becomes a matter of diminishing results after awhile. Usually, imo, you will see about 5-10 percent clear ones even at the end. Try to pick a bud in the middle and follow the same one if each you can or the same two or three. If you look at a different bud each time you're going to get some cattywampus results. ;)

okay, but remember that at least on my topped one with lots of big budsites they are all about the same level...the other two plants grew differently, I really think it would put a lot of stress to cut off a top portion of those other two, but the plant would probably deal with it and keep going, right? thanks for input about watching the same bud, that's a good point..I will however check lower parts of others to see how the ones a bit further away may be, this is all new like I said, but it should be a wonderful experience.

Watching them get this far has been a very unique thing that I never would've thought I would do. It's just like any other flower only much more individual. Marijuana helps me so much every day and I don't know what I would do without it..And I get to make one myself, and care for it for four months..good stuff :stoned: :thumbsup:

I've got a damn good buzz right now :D:rasta:

[Weedhound]

Hi Rock.. Mark wait until you actually have to cut the thing down.....you'll be really sad until you start snipping away and then you'll be over it. Your plants are fairly unique in that they are pretty even to the light all the way around. You certainly can cut the upper buds and let the lower ones finish. That was my plan for my last grow until I had the rootbound issues.

[Markass]

Hi Rock.. Mark wait until you actually have to cut the thing down.....you'll be really sad until you start snipping away and then you'll be over it. Your plants are fairly unique in that they are pretty even to the light all the way around. You certainly can cut the upper buds and let the lower ones finish. That was my plan for my last grow until I had the rootbound issues.

cool, thanks. I'm 3 months in, 1 more to go...as long as this stuff doesn't end up tasting nasty and moldy when it's dried and cured, I'll be a happy camper :) for some reason I'm thinking though that the remaining musty odor may go away once the buds are dry and all of the water is out of them..we'll see..either way, when you rub your finger on any trichs, that shit smells POWERFUL :D that koolbloom gave it a real kick to the smell of it since I started using it.

[CattyWampus]

Mr Markass

You are growing christmas trees in your closet? Why would you do this? If you take your trees and put them outside in the sun they will stop smelling like marijuana.

[Markass]

Mr Markass

You are growing christmas trees in your closet? Why would you do this? If you take your trees and put them outside in the sun they will stop smelling like marijuana.

okay?

[postmandave]

Markass very very nice grow mate , i gotta try this blueberry man . Mobay is doing a blueberry grow for xmas i may just do one myself ,it looks onwe awesome smoke you got coming. top thread.the postman.

[Markass]

Markass very very nice grow mate , i gotta try this blueberry man . Mobay is doing a blueberry grow for xmas i may just do one myself ,it looks onwe awesome smoke you got coming. top thread.the postman.

thanks dave, I think it will be fine smoke, I'd definitely recommend it, very frosty stuff

[postmandave]

what seed bank do you recomend for blueberry. ive heard it can be very fussy on the nutes mark .how did you find it.the postman.

[CattyWampus]

You should buy your blueberries at the food store and not on the internet.

[reality0]

You should buy your blueberries at the food store and not on the internet.


stop posting idiotic things...

but as for markass, great grow man :jointsmile:

[orangeman]

You should buy your blueberries at the food store and not on the internet.

Don't be so weird lol. And Postman I think you should get some DJ Short BB's. I never seen anyone grow DJ Shorts BB plants out.

[Weedhound]

Leave him alone you guys. He's obviously a few bricks short.

Mark....looking good as always. :thumbsup:

[Markass]

what seed bank do you recomend for blueberry. ive heard it can be very fussy on the nutes mark .how did you find it.the postman.

These were from a friend's dutch passion grow that had a few hermies and made him some beans...they're f2's, but apparently are feminised blueberries...

I've heard great stuff about dj short's blueberry, but the feminised for those are outrageous...dutch passion feminised is a bit cheaper, but is still kinda pricey...I would say it's well worth it though...

certainly didn't like the amount of nutes I first started giving, but I backed off to a more acceptable amount for them..

[Weedhound]

Yes I had two last blueberry/afgahni seeds left when I started my hydo growing and popped them in my setup. One turned out to be male and one finished but I remember them being very sensitive to nutes at the begininng but really loving lots of nutes at the end.

I bought some Master Kush feminised seeds and have had mixed reactions about them. Out of four seeds one died as a seedling and one of three remaining ones was a very poor grower. The other two look great but at those $$$ you'd like better than 50% success rate.

[hayze21]

My grow is the complete opposite my Dutch passion bb's are loving the nutes..... its my S.A.G.E that is being a biatch with the nutes....lol

[Markass]

Hey everyone, just got done flushing all three of them...good grief that was a lot of work and actually started as an accident..but is something I've probably been needing to do badly..10 minutes after I water them, my catch saucers are overflowing with orange nasty looking runoff...all three of them went in the tub and had a couple few gallons ran through. I just got done a few minutes ago, I went ahead and put up a bit more reflective material covering the white spot..I don't know why the fuck I didn't do that when I started this grow, it sure reflects more light than the flat white, that's for sure..I can tell that just by looking at it. that was fucking hell doing all of that shit...wasn't much of a mess though, the mylar sitting under my buckets doesn't let water get under it, and I can just put a towel on top of it..

I'll probably take some pics sometime, not much going on right now, after my hermie episode I've observed seeds starting to form in some calyxes, and I think it's slowing the production lots, and I'm just hoping that it's going to continue to bloom female...I would hate for any of them to turn male at this point...

those of you wanting dutch passion blueberry feminised just may be in luck, I may be up to my elbows with beans in the end, sure would be nice to only get a couple though.

I think the roots have really engulfed those buckets, which could by why it's so hard to get water to drain through, or I just need to give them more than a half gallon..which may be a next step. I gotta make sure I don't overfill them anymore, or get some giant catch pans that I can empty without removing buckets from the room..

my back is KILLING me...we did a group of 20 people at 8:00 right when we closed at the restaurant, and then I come home to work for a couple more hours...bong time, good friend of mine let me borrow this one until I can get him $20 for it, used to do bongs every time I smoked, but since I broke mine I've been smoking from my pipe and doing the bong on special occasions...this is one of them :D Big isn't it? :stoned:

also, check out the owl that my very talented friend is carving out of marble with his caveman tools for a good friend :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Mark nice bong my man! Worth breaking the other over maybe? :D
That owl is looking lovely...the man has talent....I could never do that but sure appreciate those who can. :thumbsup:

So had to work on the smelly monsters eh? Yeah, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet for them.....ungrateful things. Give them an inch and they'll take a yard every time... :D :D

[Weedhound]

Oh one q I forgot....can you really tell there are seeds growing inside? How can you tell?

[Markass]

Oh one q I forgot....can you really tell there are seeds growing inside? How can you tell?

k, the calyxes were partially spread open and I could see a tiny ball inside some of them, this was a couple days ago and now it's hard to notice it, but a few of them are looking more swollen than the others and I expect beans to be forming inside those..note the little green/white specs inside the calyxes, these are the best pics I could get to show you...I'm the kind of person that sits in there for over an hour easily looking at every single bloom...I love it, and this was very noticeable for me at first, but now seems harder to spot.

[Weedhound]

Actually yes I can see what you mean and those certainly do look suspicously like seeds don't they.... On your next grow try the Reverse...you see the kind of things I do to my plants (always with the best intentions of course :D ) and not a seed in the bunch since I started using it. ;)

F*cking trichomes ALL over those buds. Jeez, thats sweet. :thumbsup:

[Markass]

Actually yes I can see what you mean and those certainly do look suspicously like seeds don't they.... On your next grow try the Reverse...you see the kind of things I do to my plants (always with the best intentions of course :D ) and not a seed in the bunch since I started using it. ;)

F*cking trichomes ALL over those buds. Jeez, thats sweet. :thumbsup:

thanks, and yeah I will DEFINITELY be investing in some of it. and next go around I think I'll be quite knowledgable of hydro and I'll make me a few waterfarms and do hydro. This time with dirt I kinda understand why most people prefer hydro...I've had unstable PH throughout and have had some problems with nutes, with hydro I really don't think that would happen at all...

As for the seeds, I bet someone like tok or another experienced breeder could easily identify whether or not the culprit is a seed forming or not...I bet they are quite familiar with it.

trichs are starting to look very nice indeed, here in a few more weeks I'll start taking a couple calyxes and see what color they are.

I'm so much more satisfied and happy with the formation of the one that was topped and lst'd...I tied the main stalk down all the way until it was topped, when it was topped it had 4 other nice bud sites grow up and catch up to the main 2 tops, they're all six nice big buds at the same height now. had I done that with the other two and properly managed so that the other bud sites came up with the rest, I would have so many right now, but you learn as you go, eh? that's my game plan for next time. top all of them a couple times at least and keep all sites tied to same height. damn fine hobby it is :thumbsup:

[Tomthehippie]

Hey man! yea there seeds. Ur plant or plants have turned hermaphrodite! All mine have done the same! iv spent the last day trying to sort them out! :S Check for bananas on the bottom half of your plant near the stem! Ul find signs of pollen. Its a bitch! BB is so hard to grow and prown to stress - they easily turn on you.

U need to remove all the bananas asap! As the more there are the more seed your going to get! If seed gets over 10% thc production will halt!

Sorry man! itâ??s a bitch, im well pissed off with mine - theyâ??ve had all the love in the world!

if uv got yahoo add me man! can have a chat bout it! theres a few things u can do to help!

[Weedhound]

Tom sounds like you've seen a few seeds along the line there in your growing days...;)

Here's my new theory about hermies.....God wanted to make sure mj didn't die off because he knew the great properties of it so he built in that safety measure......anyone buy it? :D

[Tomthehippie]

lol nah man! this is my 1st ever batch to tern on me!! :( im gutted! thought id achieved a decent bb grow but thatâ??s so hard to do! :(

Itâ??s the strain - its gotta be a perfect grow all the way! Perfect environment and everything! Its def a strain im going to keep growing just so I can conker the bitch! - I had a problem with my bulb half way into the grow! Light turned off for a few hours it must of stressed the strain to much!

Im guessing in Markassâ??s case it was the high humidity - the majority of other strains would cope with problems like this but not bb!

[Weedhound]

Well we shall see how my Reverse does here....I have one f BB seed going right now....same as Mark's strain there. I have a lot of faith in this stuff so I guess it will be put to the test on her.....I have yet to complete a grow without at least one major incident....my record is intact w/my present grow....I about fungus sprayed them to death. :wtf:

[Chronic Chrissy]

I'm.sill.always.watching.markass...

[orangeman]

I was wondering something about flushing. Does it matter what you use to flush your plants? I have a sink downstairs and I want to use that when I flush my plants because I don't want to bring them upstairs to the tub. Does it matter if the water is hot or cold? And how do I know when to stop giving them water lol?

Also I want to see what topping can do..On my next grow I might try LSTing my plant and then topping to see what happens lol. I wonder how many tops I'll get. When should I top my plants? Like how many nodes should they have?

[Markass]

I was wondering something about flushing. Does it matter what you use to flush your plants? I have a sink downstairs and I want to use that when I flush my plants because I don't want to bring them upstairs to the tub. Does it matter if the water is hot or cold? And how do I know when to stop giving them water lol?

Also I want to see what topping can do..On my next grow I might try LSTing my plant and then topping to see what happens lol. I wonder how many tops I'll get. When should I top my plants? Like how many nodes should they have?

water is all...I used plain water from the tub faucet, it doesn't matter as long as you have them somewhere they can drain off...I poured enough water through until it was nice and clear...you have seen what topping does, pal..I topped mine a couple of weeks before 12/12, let it have a week to recover and another week of good growth before switching the lights. I wasn't going for an insane amount of tops, I just wanted them to be nice and big, and at the same level. that's exactly what I got from it.

when I topped it, the main canopy halted growth for a couple days, then formed two tops, as those two tops began recovering and starting new growth four other ones caught up from the lower areas of the plant and gave me my 6 big buds on the topped one.

the other two have lots of small bud sites that are uneven and vary greatly in sizes...

[Markass]

leaves are still being affected by whatever my problem is, even after the flush. this thursday will make 7 weeks flower...

[Markass]

buds have slowed nearly to a halt on vertical growth, the tips haven't done much within the past several days, however they continue to bulk up and get denser..can see some swollen calyxes making me suspicious that it's where my seeds will be, but maybe I'll just see a huge cluster of flowers come out of them :D

thanks for checking them out everyone :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

Mark...what nutes are you using again? And room temp?

[Weedhound]

And what color are your stems and petioles?

[Markass]

Mark...what nutes are you using again? And room temp?

I had been giving this schedule: schultz water koolbloom water schultz, every 3-4 days or so feeding, ehh..room temps are warm, 80-85 but nothing can be done right now about it..

[budsmoker only]

damn those look amazing,
all kinds of trichomes on those babies...
havnt looked at this thread in awhile and am glad i did...

[Villui]

what seedbank blueberry?

[Markass]

what seedbank blueberry?

these were some f2 fems from a friend's grow that had a few hermies...dutch passion was original breeder

[Villui]

thats awesome man i cant wait to do mine

[TheGreenFog]

"Nice looking flowers, man."



lmfao :S2:


...no, but seriously nice flowers. :D



The Fog :rastasmoke:

[orangeman]

Damn, gettin closer to the end haha. Those plants sure looks like they were worth the time. I'm considering cloning now though, I don't like the idea of hermies at all. Even if buds still are potent I don't want hermies. That's just the way I am :p. I'm not saying they turned hermie because they were feminized but I just rather avoid all possibilities. But I'd be happy to have your plant seeded or not haha they look gorgeous :stoned:

[Weedhound]

Orangeman.....look into a product called Reverse made by DutchMasters. Works excellently against hermies.....I speak from personal experience. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[TheGreenFog]

OK, so this REVERSE is sprayed on in the first couple weeks of flowering, RIGHT? And you do this EVERY time you flower, as a preventative measure, right, not a reactive measure? Am I correct? I know nothing of this process, obviously...but I will soon, I hope. :D


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[orangeman]

Wow...I might still end up cloning though due to the fact that it just seems easier than starting from seed if you already have a viable mother. But that Reverse stuff makes me smile :). I'm gonna get some and if I ever get a hermie I will test it out. Btw how long does plants have to be exposed to light during the dark hours before they start to react to it? I had to go down stairs earlier and I used a flash light to look at the plants and look at humidity. It only took me about a minute.

[Weedhound]

Orangeman imo....you are pushing the line with that kind of thing. You never know which time will be the time they say "'The World Is Ending" and start hermie-ing instead of "boy, there's that guy with the flashlight again...he never lets us sleep" ;)

My sad story is this....my first grow had 15 or so viable female plants.....four hermied (or was it five?) due to various reasons...all stress related.

My hydro guy recommended Reverse.....Fog it is used as a preventative and you use it as foliar spray on day 1 and day 10 of flower. Including this grow I have had 17 females since that first hermie experience and not a single hermie in any other them so far. While obviously it's better not to stress your plants despite my good intentions I manage to do at least one doozy every grow including overpruning, overnuting, undernuting, the molasses experiment that burned the plants and the fungus spray debacle on this grow. Still not a banana to be found....ever. It's said to be 95% effective in preventing male flowers and the 5% male flowers that could appear will positively be sterile.

Straight from the horses mouth.....my hydro guy. :thumbsup:

[orangeman]

Yeah I know Weedhound lol. I'm honestly not trying to go in there when they should be resting but I probably wont be over here the whole week and I needed to see how they were doing :p. I only bothered them once in flowering which was today, also today makes week 1. Friday I should have pics.

[TheGreenFog]

Thanks, WH, pretty much what I thought, but wanted to hear it from someone who had experience with it. Thanks. Definitely something to stock up on. :)

Hey, O-man, some people who just can't resist going in during the dark period for whatever reason (curiosity or just because they can't work on them during day) put a green light in the flowering room and work from that. Apparently that is supposed to not be "seen" by the plants, therefore not affect them. Just something to think about. Not sure about how true it is. Sounds logical, but...who knows. :)


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[orangeman]

Yeah Fog I heard about that. If those green lights work with just green regular incandescents then I might buy one for my little lamp light that I have in the room that I used to turn on during the vegetative stage when I wanted to go in there in the dark. I'm going to clean out my room after this grow is done because I'm really considering sectioning off my room so I can have clones. Due to my situation I'll probably set up one section off for clones and use that to immediately flower and see what sex I have. When I find out I'll take more clones from the plants and kill off the males and flower the female mother and later on flower the clones. I don't have any room to keep a mother alive for as long as I'd like. Oh and one question. Does mother plants suffer if they become root bound? I mean if I'm just using it for cuttings I don't guess it'd be affected would it?

[FreeVenice]

Amazing

[kindprincess]

is reverse the same as ethrel?

mark, looks good, i think you have it all under control. happy harvesting!

love to all!

kp

[Weedhound]

Kp I've never heard of that one.....what does it do? Same thing?

[mobay]

If the plants are sprayed with Ethel early in their growing stage, they
will produce almost all female plants. This usually speeds up the flowering
also, it may happen in as little as two weeks.

[Weedhound]

Ahhh, no this is not the same thing as that.....it simply keeps any hermie traits in a female plant from appearing....ie......no hermie nanners.....a male will still be a male and a female a female. Strictly to fight hermi-ism. :)

[Markass]

added some epsom salt to water they got today, we'll see if it helps them...

if anyone with experience of a sulfur def and used epsom salt to fix the problem could let me know maybe how much I'm going to have to use to see good results or any other info about it really...that would be great.

thanks guys..:thumbsup:

I'm taking it that once my leaves start to become softer again rather than all dry feeling it could be improving? can't tell much difference so far..gave them water at about 3:30..

[Weedhound]

Mark I honestly don't know what will happen with the leaves.....sometimes leaf damage is a done deal.....just the new growth looks healthy. In a sulfur def....??? that's how much I know.

Your buds sure look like heaps of goodness. :thumbsup::jointsmile:

[stone_sensation]

I bought Epsom salts too and watered them for a possible magnesium def. I only used half a teaspoon per gallon just to slightly adjust them back to normal as they are only in 1st week of 12/12.

[r00tdoctor]

Mark, I would say to try foliar spraying them instead of watering with it. It is done by many rose/garden people. Try a 1/2 tablespoon per gallon foliar spray one time and then again 7-10 days later. Using epson salts in soil can change the soils ph. So I would stick to a foliar spray , also it is highly soluble so it makes an exellent foliar spray. Also when You foliar spray you will know that your plants will have "instant access" to the epson salts micro-nutrients. I should have told you this when I recommended epson salts but didnt even think to mention it. Well now you know! Hope it helps.

[Markass]

Mark, I would say to try foliar spraying them instead of watering with it. It is done by many rose/garden people. Try a 1/2 tablespoon per gallon foliar spray one time and then again 7-10 days later. Using epson salts in soil can change the soils ph. So I would stick to a foliar spray , also it is highly soluble so it makes an exellent foliar spray. Also when You foliar spray you will know that your plants will have "instant access" to the epson salts micro-nutrients. I should have told you this when I recommended epson salts but didnt even think to mention it. Well now you know! Hope it helps.

thanks root doctor...I'm really weary of foliar spraying this late into flower personally, as for a lowered soil ph, that isn't an issue. I believe the cause to this problem in the first place was a slightly high ph, which would be my 7.5 or so tapwater...maybe even using it in the soil will offset it enough to lower ph to a more likeable level?

there doesn't seem to be any new leaves being affected, nor the ones that had been getting much worse...hopefully they're fine now..I may give them salt water one more feeding before more nutes though, I donno we'll see how it comes about..

[r00tdoctor]

Ic , Foliar spraying early in the day (about 15 minutes before your lights normally turns on) on the undersides of the lower leaves shouldnt be a problem. I only suggested that way because the micro-nutrients would be available to the plants right away and it wouldnt affect your soil's ph and the plants would have all day for the moisture to evaporate. Im glad there showing signs of recovery! Another feeding with mild epson salts shouldnt hurt but be cautious dont let there be to much buildup. You might even want to wait a few days back to your normal feeding scedule and then give them the second dose of epson salts. Glad I could help. And ill be watching to see these girls harvested.

[Markass]

seeing cloudy trichs on 1/3 of them so far, the others will be shortly behind I'm sure, but the one showing cloudy is DIRECTLY under the light, so it's getting tons of light, and is getting quite dense if I must say...you guys don't get any pics until thursday or so though, you'll be surprised :thumbsup:

anyone let me know if it's going to be hands down easy to notice 50/50 amber/cloudy..? seems like amber trichs are really noticeable, however it's not as easy as I thought to see cloudy or clear, but I'm capable of it..

took a couple small popcorn pieces to give a try, probably not the best part to take for a sample, they're underneath everything but they've got some cloudy's..:)

[Weedhound]

I have the same trouble..... can see the ambers ok but not the cloudy or clear very well so I let Paul choose. Those little mini doobies look nice.....smoke report please. :jointsmile:;)

[Markass]

I have the same trouble..... can see the ambers ok but not the cloudy or clear very well so I let Paul choose. Those little mini doobies look nice.....smoke report please. :jointsmile:;)

I'm with you on that, I found it rather difficult to distinguish clear from cloudy, you've gotta look incredibly close, but I figure amber is right there distinctly and should be rather easy to spot..I'll let you know once they dry out, maybe will be dry by tomorrow morning and they'll get wake and bake...certainly the best time to tell what a buzz is like.

[Weedhound]

ANY time is the best time imo, lol. A/c man is on his way out so had to roll the seedlings into the other room. I'm so glad he's coming FINALLY!

I don't have much trouble seeing the amber ones but that's about it. I find it REALLY hard to be able to see trichs on the plant unless I cut a tidbit off. Can't seem to get the focus right. :stoned:

[Markass]

ANY time is the best time imo, lol. A/c man is on his way out so had to roll the seedlings into the other room. I'm so glad he's coming FINALLY!

I don't have much trouble seeing the amber ones but that's about it. I find it REALLY hard to be able to see trichs on the plant unless I cut a tidbit off. Can't seem to get the focus right. :stoned:

ehh, I can get a good idea in having it near the plant, but you wont see me cutting down until I have a piece on my desk that tells me for sure..glad you finally are getting that fixed, bet it'll sure help

[atsar]

markass,your plants are brilliant,shame about the unknown problem you've encountered but looks like you're nearly finished anyway,so wouldn't worry,looks like it'll be nice

[Markass]

markass,your plants are brilliant,shame about the unknown problem you've encountered but looks like you're nearly finished anyway,so wouldn't worry,looks like it'll be nice

thanks man, they sure are looking nice, I think I'll be happy:) :thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

8 weeks.....getting close.....:thumbsup:
How are those samples coming? :smokebong:

[Markass]

8 weeks.....getting close.....:thumbsup:
How are those samples coming? :smokebong:

still feel kinda moist, regardless in the morning I'm gonna burn the two little pieces to see what it does, then I'll post and say what happened with it..

[whisky]

woa i wasnt looking around youve definately come far:) whats up markass! brilliant plants! this last week is so nice where you are thinking about chopping those things *drool* well be anxiously waiting for those pics:thumbsup:
whisky:jointsmile:

[Bree1978]

Everything looks really good, Markass. I can't wait to see the smoke report and the harvest!

:jointsmile: Bree

[Markass]

I sure wish I would've taken a bigger sample, once they were dry there wasn't much...I got three hits from it, only 1 nice good one, but it rumbled my tummy and I got the munchies now, and I think it's got a slight kick to it so far, it's a good sign for me, there'll be a couple more nugs cut off of each in about a week I'd say. damn I wish I had taken a bigger sample..it does indeed work though, nothing heavy yet but it certainly works! :thumbsup: couple more weeks should be ready :stoned:

[Markass]

in other words, I can say that if I had packed even probably a half of a bowl of this, I'd be pretty stoned right now...not to my liking yet though

[Weedhound]

Yeah, its amazing how much goes away in the drying process....when you trim all the little buds they look like they're worth it....then after they are dry you think....what did i do all the work on those little 1 hits things for? Glad you got something going from your small amount. :thumbsup:

[Bree1978]

I sure wish I would've taken a bigger sample, damn I wish I had taken a bigger sample..it does indeed work though, nothing heavy yet but it certainly works! :thumbsup: couple more weeks should be ready :stoned:

This is the point where you have to tell yourself, no accidents...as in "OOPS, was that a bud I just *accidentally* broke off.....aw well I'll dry it.....tee-hee."


Good Luck fighting the wait.....and only good things to come if three hits gave you a feeling!!

:jointsmile: Bree

[Weedhound]

This is the point where you have to tell yourself, no accidents...as in "OOPS, was that a bud I just *accidentally* broke off.....aw well I'll dry it.


Oh yeah, definitely. :thumbsup: You can get alot of buy time "breaking" things. :jointsmile:

[Markass]

seeing isolated amber's one one of them, gonna watch all of them close, another is showing me cloudy and some buds milky, the other plant I'm not sure about, I can't get back to check trichs on any of the buds...have to raise light and move shit around for that and I'm lazy...not much longer to go :thumbsup:

[xcrispi]

WOW
3rd pic a cpl. posts bk. is the shit . Hard work is paying off bro.
Crispis proud w/ what you've done w/ them beans . :thumbsup:
Peace
The Crispis :jointsmile:

[Weedhound]

I just got something lovely in the mail....I love it....it's wonderful.....Thank you. :thumbsup: Nicer than the photos even. :yippee:

[Markass]

I just got something lovely in the mail....I love it....it's wonderful.....Thank you. :thumbsup: Nicer than the photos even. :yippee:

wonderful, I expected it to take several days...glad you like it :thumbsup:

[doco]

WOW! That pic 3 deserves to be in a magazine! Great looking grow Markass. Looks stanky too, I'll bet that room smells incredible. I love a stanky grow room. :jointsmile:

[Bree1978]

Wow, great pics!

:jointsmile: Bree

[Duke420]

mmm, blueberry!

glad to see you being so patient and caring. It's really hard to not freakout when you have probs with your children.

good job!

can't wait for the smoke reviews. :thumbsup:

[r00tdoctor]

Those buds look tasty can wait to see them all manicured and finished. Glad to see they pulled though there problems.

[Markass]

thanks all you guys for the kind words, support and advice throughout this grow, I give it another week and I'll probably be happy with the amber count..got 30x jeweler's loupe, it's a lot more versatile than my scope in means of measuring in a cramped space..however I still do think that my scope has more magnification on it..loupe is enough to be able to tell though, certainly will use scope for confirmation..

[Weedhound]

Those really are looking great Mark....give us a new trich report soon. They look SOOOOOO juicy. :jointsmile:

[Markass]

we're majority milky for all 3 of them, week or so to go I bet...flushed them earlier and got pics..

chopped off a couple lower branches that weren't exposed to light so wont develop too much more, yes, I know crispi...lol a relative that recently had a birthday is coming this way and I told them I'd have a surprise in a couple weeks..gotta keep that promise :thumbsup:

this is one of the only tied down ones, no topping...

[Markass]

this is the topped one, I love how it grew a lot better, and will top all future grows and lst like a mofo..:thumbsup:

[Markass]

the other lst'd one...it has a nice cola..and the two little samples...

[Weedhound]

Omg...those are absolutely dreamy. Excellent job....really excellent. LOVELY frosty layer on the buds and surrounding leaves..... :thumbsup:

[Rock.Steady]

verrrry tasty lookin nugs.
Nice Job:thumbsup:

Rock.

[Tomthehippie]

Looking good man! can u let me know the dried and wet way in. il compare to mine as mine were left with out topping or lst. :)

[Markass]

Looking good man! can u let me know the dried and wet way in. il compare to mine as mine were left with out topping or lst. :)

I don't know that I'll be measuring wet weight, I may just wait until after it's dried and I put it away to cure for weighing..I'm on with a hand scale and it may be difficult to weigh, but we'll see...

thanks guys :thumbsup:

[Shovelhandle]

Looking nice, Markass. Like the others, don't forget the trimmed photos and weights! I'm about a week or two from harvest. I'll do the same, Bub.

Shov

[Markass]

Looking nice, Markass. Like the others, don't forget the trimmed photos and weights! I'm about a week or two from harvest. I'll do the same, Bub.

Shov

cool, man..seems like there's a few of us on just about the same time frame...:thumbsup:

[Shovelhandle]

Boy, that would be one great smoke-in if we were to live in the same area! <G>

Maybe locally we could do that. I know some of the ladies on board are in the Mass area and I get down that way quite a bit (next weekend I pass through Worcester/Shrewsbury, visit my girl and go to work in Norwich, Ct. on Monday). But I would only have my last grow to sample.

Shov

[orangeman]

Damn that topped one looks nice. I'm gonna top my plants next time and hope that I get somethin like that haha. Nice plants :). I wish I could smoke some of that haha.

[hempplaya]

Congrats on the grow can't wait to hear what the dry weight of that is. I like that 3rd pic on the previous page too :jointsmile:

[r00tdoctor]

do you have anything planned up you sleeve for next grow?

[Markass]

do you have anything planned up you sleeve for next grow?

well I'm planning on learning hydro this summer, and seeing what all there is to it, not certain whether it will be in my interest or not, but I like the persistency with it more..with dirt I've been nearly guessing on ph, or what's in my soil...I've had problems with ph and this sulfur deficiency, I just think it may be in my interest to do hydro..

this is the last time at home though, once I get moved away into a safe place I'll be starting it back up, I hope to get a place with either a full basement or cellar one...I'll finish vo-tech in december and then will be ready to move away, I could do another grow in between there

today makes 9 weeks, my girls are running pretty dry now...some more leaves dying off due to high ph I think, I've flushed them one good time and they've been getting clear water for a couple weeks now, I think I'm gonna try to let them finish without watering, it should be within a week that I harvest, I really don't want to especially flush again, cause it could be up to a week before they're completely dry..and I don't want them full of water when I chop..

[Weedhound]

The chopping.....:clap: :dance:

[Markass]

two more of my sample victims, no bud pics for you guys, not much difference..

[Weedhound]

So any other testing besides the first one?

[Markass]

not yet

[Markass]

went ahead and took some pics while I was checking trichs...they're still blooming pretty good..some lower bud sites still all white hairs,

[hempplaya]

god damn those girls are lovely :jointsmile:

[Markass]

looked in today and saw a couple dead calyxes...time to cut them....no heavy odor though, we'll see what happens. glad I made it :)

[Markass]

here's the rest of them, I'm expecting seeds, I just don't know how many...

[atsar]

nice:rasta:

[Markass]

ended up with 3 huge blocks of roots..oh yeah, the dirt was in there too..no big root ball or taproot...all fiberous roots spread out in the entire bucket...any dirt growers see similar results? Now I know why the drainage was so poor...

[atsar]

yeah,noticed that with 1st grow,i found adding gravel to the soil is a big help though

[Markass]

yeah,noticed that with 1st grow,i found adding gravel to the soil is a big help though

did it help get it to form a nice taproot?

[TheGreenFog]

Those look nice, Markass. Looking forward to seeing them trimmed up and weight, etc. Congrats on a good first grow.

Round of applause for Markass. :D


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Ok...it's more like a diamond of applause...I'm in too much of a hurry to fix it. Congrats. :)


The Fog :rastasmoke:

[Rock.Steady]

YUMMY NUGS DUDE!!!:thumbsup:

Rock.

[atsar]

if by taproot you mean great huge thick roots spread throughout the medium then yes,though still a fair load of the small fibrous roots too,i use a smoooth gravel for an aquarium rather than coarse or sharp,helps water get to the roots and helps drainage

[orangeman]

No manicuring yet? Anyways those buds are so coated in crystals. I want a bud man I swear lol.

[Markass]

I've trimmed all I think I'm going to trim off of it..I had a friend come by to help me get that out of the way..what's left on there that's dead or doesn't have trichs will probably be removed when I smoke it...can't make the buds look too pretty because of those nasty dead leaves..

I cut this off to weigh it...it was about 27-28 grams wet...I'm expecting each of these to weigh a good quarter I hope...these are from the plant that had six tops..nearly all identical only some are a bit fatter..near the tops I can see 15-20% amber on most of them which makes me happy..

once it's dry I'll have total weight for sure...got 12 (1) quart jars today...thanks for the comments everyone...

for the record this is my third grow, other two never made it much into flowering though for various reason..

[Markass]

if by taproot you mean great huge thick roots spread throughout the medium then yes,though still a fair load of the small fibrous roots too,i use a smoooth gravel for an aquarium rather than coarse or sharp,helps water get to the roots and helps drainage

I'll probably give that a try next time if I'm not doing hydro..

[Weedhound]

WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!! 1/4 oz BUDS!!! In spite of the drainage issues etc!!! GREAT JOB MARK!! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

Beautiful, beautiful. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Weedhound]

god those are good looking even the second time around. :clap::clap:

[Shovelhandle]

Great log, Markass! It's been interesting following this grow, man. The end result sure looks to be top shelf.

Please continue with the curing and the smoke report! Thanks.

Shov

[Markass]

thanks, yourself and a couple others have given me advice that has put me here...the lack of odor really worries me and discourages me...I was wanting something uber stinky...but no biggie, it seems to smoke okay from what I've tried...can't wait for a fatass bud to be dry so I can pop a pinch of it off and throw it into the bong bowl...you'll be in the same position as me soon..your buds come down here any day now right?

[hydrocannabis]

hot dammmmm. your crop looks fucken great.

[Weedhound]

So Mark did they smell really strongly until you picked them? That's what mine usually do...then smell like mown grass until they are fairly dry....then the nice smell comes back. The only one i've had that kept the same smell the whole time was the Master Kush....the one I just picked is the same as usual ....no real smell yet so i wouldn't be worried about that especially since you have TONS of lovely trichs glopping all over those buds.!!

[JackHerer]

for the record this is my third grow, other two never made it much into flowering though for various reason..

Looks like third time lcuky then :thumbsup: Really nice buds some of those cola's look like Popeyes forearms. :jointsmile:

[Markass]

So Mark did they smell really strongly until you picked them? That's what mine usually do...then smell like mown grass until they are fairly dry....then the nice smell comes back. The only one i've had that kept the same smell the whole time was the Master Kush....the one I just picked is the same as usual ....no real smell yet so i wouldn't be worried about that especially since you have TONS of lovely trichs glopping all over those buds.!!

they didn't have a heavy odor most of the way through...I think it may have had a lot to do with the ventillation...sucking everything out of the room, but looking now..I guess we'll see once it's all cured...

[r00tdoctor]

Nice grow mark im glad to see those juicy buds make it all the way through the life cycle. If you want a super stinky strain maybe go with some smelly ass skunk or diesel strain in a future grow heh. There aromas should start to come out after a nice cure, im sure once they go though a good cure those buds will smell lovely when you open up the jars.

[Shovelhandle]

Yup, the smell gets better with curing in the jars. I don't know what blueberry smells like though. I'm sure the potency will be right there.

I did pick a couple of buds early and I'm watching the trics every day.

Shov

[Markass]

dehumidifier is getting after the drying bit...the piece I weighed that was an ounce yesterday is 11 grams this morning..I think it will only take a couple days to get these puppies dry..95-99 degrees fahrenheit @ 35% humidity is drying them out quick

[Weedhound]

I did pick a couple of buds early and I'm watching the trics every day.

Shov


Heh, heh, as do we all....:thumbsup:

[orangeman]

Yup, the smell gets better with curing in the jars. I don't know what blueberry smells like though. I'm sure the potency will be right there.

I did pick a couple of buds early and I'm watching the trics every day.

Shov

Does it really matter if they are in glass or plastic? I have a big Folgers container with that aroma seal top and I plan on keepin' my buds in there lol. I heard some where that plastic changes the taste a bit..I never noticed it.