RacerX's 9/04/2006 Update

Update!

Gone for 5 days. Came back to mixed feelings, although Ive established that I am far to busy to grow without having any roommates. I lost one of the soil females, but I means Ill have some early bud to smoke. The other 3 females are in critical condition, but the leaves are raising back up so I think were in the green. The final female thats been under the 400...well its banging! Amazing what some extra light and ventillation can do. I am really excited about it, should give me about 4-5 grams of some premium stuff. Its really swelling. Were at day 42+ give or take, however the trichromes are starting to get a little cloudy. Most likely, I will give them another week and have to harvest. They are not worth the hastle of moving in the car.

The hydro is a mixed bag. I came back once again to the G13 having outgrown the lamp, even though I raised it 4" before I left, giving the plant about 8" of space from the hood. I dont know what to do with the plant. The stem is so large and thick and strong I cannot bend it. Its grown to 3/4 of an inch at the base and its nearly 1/4" at the top. The buds are sparse, since lots of the plant is stretching, so I am hoping they fill out. The Trainwreck...looks amazing. I have grown TW before and this is turning out just like it (only a little smaller). The buds are so big the LST stem cannot support the main cola. Pinesol smell, super sticky. I managed to clip off a branch on accident, so I dried it for a few days and then tried it. Smelled WONDERFUL, but the smoke was a little acrid of course, however I expected much worse. What I didnt expect, was for it to work so well. Heck, I would be happy with the potency right now (just doesnt last long), so I can only imagine what another 4 weeks is going to do. The roots are just nuts on the G13, they take up 1/4 of the 20 gallon tank.

The 4 site DWC is doing well...and not. Ive got thrips, and even a spray of habenero pepper water didnt help. The 5 days of dry heat really brought them out. I am going to try a harder concentration. Sucks because they are about 3 weeks into flower, but better now then later. That aside, the plants are doing great, especially the Alaskan. Its got a great odor and quite a few bud sites. The Cindy 99 is still very small, not sure what happened there, but the MK Ultra's are also getting some good bud development. Finally, the Afghani Kush is...well...shes a trooper. I havent had space to transplant her to a larger area, so she was confined in the 1 gallon DWC for 5 days. She had 3" of water when I came home!!!!!! Stretched out and confined, she has some good smelling buds. They will be scarce, but they will still be there!

On with the pictures! First is the setup, overflowin! Next are the soil female that is banging, and proof of what this strain can do when given what it needs.

The Alaskan Thunderfuck and MK Ultra and then the G13...and then the Trainwreck. I am pretty sure I am going to have to go back to TW. Its just such a potent, beautiful, and stinky strain.

A few more random ones and the current smoke. Some Halloween (I have got to find me some seeds or clones for this one) and some beautiful cold water hash.

dude those are amazing how much longer do they have

I can almost smell the stink coming off those

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Originally Posted by bobbydabud

dude those are amazing how much longer do they have

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The soil ladies have about 2-3 weeks Id say, but I am right in the middle of moving so I will probably give them until next week and then cut em since I have to go out of town for a few days again. The G13 and Trainwreck are about 2-3 weeks behind those, but I have a hard time imagining the Trainwreck taking longer then 3-4 weeks. Its just looking so pristine. The rest of the plants have around 5 more weeks to go. Im stoked cause it should enable me to get a few phases of bud.

I did this grow to get back into the groove of things and get my feet wet with hydro again. Im enjoying myself and amazed at the abuse mj can take. My little experiments have been great as well and have taught me much. I had help on my previous grows which made sure I didnt make any horrible mistakes, so now Ive made some intentionally to see what happens. Love it. I knocked off a fan leaf today on the G13 trying to move some stuff around. The leaf is 8" in diameter. I am definitely going to keep this plant going after I harvest as I must have copies.

My biggest news is that by next week, I should be all moved in, the hydro will have a lot more space to breath in and 2 400watt lights instead of a 400 and 250. The other grow area has a 1000watt and 8 great plants about 4 weeks into budding. They consist of Sensi Star, MK Ultra, Romulan, and AK47. The AKs are some runts if I have ever seen any. One was stuck in flowering, the other flowered way early and is about 1/3 the size of the rest of the plants. They are in 3 gallon pots, 25% perlite. 200cfm in and 200cfm out, aircooled hood. Temps get nasty when its hot but average temp is nice. We managed to get 4 nice Cindy 99 seeds plants growing under the T5 HO, they are loving it, just topped them yesterday (at about 6-7 nodes). Got a good feeling about them, hoping for 3 females for mothers. However, this weekend, I am picking up 30 clones. Half Trainwreck and half Cindy 99. They look gorgeous, rooted, ready to go. 4 will go Hydro, 6 will go mother, and 20 will get flowered after 2-3 weeks of veg in soil. We have a new spot that is about 8x6 which will get a 1000 watt and 600 watt or if we can vent enough... 2 1000 watt lights. My other house is going to take awhile to get started, as some events have advised me to wait a couple months. Ok, thats it I think.