Jerry Garcia's Blue Widow, Blue Apollo, and Mystery Seed From Start to Finish

SsnStelth,

I think I vegged for 6 weeks, Now I wish I did 5 weeks of veg. Basically I normally do a 6 week veg but these plants seem to be sativa dominate and just took off, they were 12 to 18 inches tall when I put them into flower.

Puffzter,

Yes this is somthing I have done every grow that I have done. And I get the same question every time to. And every time I don't notice any bad side effects. Infact I feel it helps! yes the plant needs to photosynthasize , but when you have huge fan leaf's blocking all the light to the lower portion of the plants the big fan leaves are making up for what the bottom is missing and stunting growth below. So what I feel is happening when I do this, the plant just lost a portion of its ability to produce chloraphyle so to compinsate the buds begin to grow faster and bigger. I say this with confidence because of my last grows yeilds were very high, so I ain't changing nothing in my style of growing.

Thanks for checking in guys.
JG

Thanks for that
*looking for my razor blades*

:)

Puffzter

They are really great, look like they will yield a sh*t load.

JG, your ladies are super fly TNT, brother! And, thanks for those awesome nature shots of your BC vacation! Those are some incredible vistas for certain, and I imagine they are simply awe-inspiring in person. One day I will have the pleasure of traveling to that part of the world.

I appreciate the insight into the fan leaf trimming. All I have ever heard and read informed me not to cut the fan leaves, but I have not had an opportunity to test this supposed fact. I'm glad to see you have had such opportunity and your experience has taught you otherwise. My dad always told me - "don't believe everything you read or hear." Looks like he was right again!

As always, your log is very informative. Thanks for sharing it! Have a great weekend!

Last Night I had to modify my grow box to accommodate my plants!

They are still going up and had outgrow the highest point I could hang the light. In fact 3 were higher than the bottom of the light. I had some space available above the box and was able to add another 11'' in total height to the box giving me a total of 6.5' of direct light to the plants. I think I will be able to make it now if they stop stretching soon. I did consider Late LST but I do not have any Horizontal space and with the extreme crampness of the box any strings or wires will increase the chance of breaking something when moving them around during the rest of the grow.

I did give them a watering of plain water and seem to be requesting this every 4 days now. Keep in mind I still have them in 2 gallon buckets and seem to be doing fine and showing no signs of being root bound. I know this sounds weird "6' plants in 2 gallon buckets" Well the only thing I can think of is between the FF nute program and the use of MG Moister Control soil is working similar to a hydro grow and the plants are receiving all there needs in a small space. When I cut down my last crop and removed the soil from the root balls the actual root systems did not take up that much space. This is just an opinion and observation.

The buds on the plants are starting to really grow and look very promising I am going to wait on pics just to give a better week by week update and comparison.

Also thanks for the support and stopping by Hydro and Jake
Jg

Well after seeing Pufftzer's log and seeing his male plant un-potted. I decided I am going to transplant my babies to 5 gallon buckets tonight but modified by not filling the entire bucket, therefore adding only about a gallon and a half of grow space. This will add 75% more space than current and should be enough to put root boundness at bay. While not adding to much height to the overall height of the plants.

My feelings are this should go smooth and I will post pics of this delicate process tonight when lights come on. But for now its off to get some soil.

JG

Looking good jerry, you definitely know your way around soil and FF :thumbsup:

Tonight I transplanted all 12 plants to 5 gallon buckets and all went well no broken branches or damaged roots :thumbsup:

First pic is after I added 3 inches of soil to the bottom of the pot.

Second pic is when I used an old long knife and went around the side of the entire bucket to loosen the soil, I then lifted the plant at the base of the stalk. Tapped on the bucket edge and fell right off. I then placed gently in new bucket and filled with soil.

Third pic is before soil was added

Forth pic job completed and watered with weak nute solution of 1 tsp. Grow Big, 1 tsp. Tiger Bloom, 1 Tbs Big Bloom and 1/4 tsp Beastie Blooms.

Sorry no forth pic

Here are some random pics of my plants tonight some in the box and a few group shots from outside the box.

A few more