yet another first timer grow log

theyve been in flower for two weeks as of tomorrow and one is looking very good, the other is doing OK but not great, a lot of my lower fan leaves are turning yellow on the smaller plant. i noticed this happens in a lot of grows, should i worry about this or is it just something that happens as growth is focused more and more in the newer areas of the plant? anyways, here are a few pics to show how theyre comming along, getting nice and big now.... Ive been LSTing like crazy..... let me know how they look

first pic is the smaller of the two
second pic is the biggest one before i LSTed today
third pic is the bigger one after being LSTed
fourth and fifth pic are of the flower sites on the bigger plant

beautiful plants:thumbsup: should get a nice yield...good luck:jointsmile:

Keep the pics coming.

yah. they R beautiful plants. and the bud sites look great so far.

man stoners seem to for get stuff a lot don't we. well I do.
but what kind of light did U say U R useing for the flowering cycle?

well what ever it is UR plants look great.

how tall are they? i cant really tell by the pics and i was just wondering

but beautiful plants by the way:thumbsup:

im not sure how tall they are since ive been doing a lot of LSTing, the main cola is wrapped over half way around the pot already though, here is a pic of the bigger of the two with a lighter so you can get a rough idea of her size

Ive only been posting once a week with updates but i was floored by how nice my ladies buds are popping out so i had to share a couple shots with everyone. this is at 18 days into flowering.

those look amazing! Could you post a picture of the inside of your tub, the top part? I want to see how you have your lights arranged. I have a lot of CFLs and did a closet grow, but doing that, took up my whole closet. So, I was thinking maybe a grow in tubs like yours would be more convenient for me. How do you have the lights attatched?
Peace :rasta:

here is a pic of the top of my tub, my lights are mounted to the inside with a 5 light fixture(the type you would put in a bathroom vanity or something) mounted the fixture to the tub with 2 screws from the hardware store and then wired them with an extension cord, you can get all the detailed info on how to make one here: http://boards.cannabis.com/growroom-...b-growbox.html

my tub is the same but i used 46 gal tubs and a 5 socket fixture for the lights instead of the 3 socket fixture, then for my fans i put one computer fan at the bottom of the tub blowing in to the tub and then one computer fan on the top of the tub blowing out(so it sucks the hot air hot and blows it into the closet) i use the two fans instead of the one on top and an elbow piece of pvc like in the original, im not positive about the cost but i think its around $100-$115 per grow tub.

the original tubs in the how to post hold one heavily LSTed plant, i havnt tested it but i figuer mine can handle two per tub since its about double the size

My girls have been in flower for 3 weeks now, not much change since my last bud shots. Ive been giving them Open Sesame with every watering and ferts with every other and they're loving it.

dammmmm there looken real good. I wish mine looked that good.

Thanks xmk. Yeah, your buds look nice.

its thursday and that means time for another update, i had some trouble this week, i was over fertalizing and i ended up burning my plants pretty bad, at least the smaller one, the larger one handled it pretty well... just a couple of yellow leaves but ive lost about half of the fan leaves on the smaller one, probably not going to get a huge yield from that one but the bigger one is still looking amazing :rastasmoke:

first pic is the smaller one and the last two are the bigger one, ill post all the budshots in the next post.

ok, now for the best part, the bud shots :jointsmile:

first shot is a bud from the smaller plant, you can tell the bud formation is about a week behind that of the larger plant.

rest of the shots are from the mother plant(wish i would have tried taking at least a few clones from her)

P.S. forgot to mention in the first post this is week 4 of flower now, so ive got hopefully about 3-4 weeks left, probably 4

thats a great little set up you got there xmk, them ladies look real fine, keep up the good work bro:thumbsup:

thanks weedmaster. So we enter week 5 of flower, not much has changed, im still losing fan leaves at a very fast rate, i thought i had burned them but for 3 straight waterings i flushed the plants and still no change. The smaller ones down to its last few fan leaves but buds are still looking great so im just going to leave it and start back up with the ferts and nutes, i also picked up some black strap molassis that i will start giving them every now and then. Couple of the pistils are starting to go brown, a few trichomes are turning cloudy but most are still clear, ive got less than a month left now and these babies are making my mouth water :rastasmoke:

bud shots

yummy yummy, looking really good bro :thumbsup:

yah bro.there looking like the bomb.

if i were u id be so excited id post up a cot and move in with them

haha well i havnt gone that far yet but i did break off a little bud a few days ago, should be dry tomorrow, Itll smoke harsh probably but itll give me an idea of what to look foward to, ill post pics of the dried bud tomorrow along with my normal update.

today marks day one of week 6 of flower, only a few more weeks to go now, i plan on chopping somewhere around the 9th of august, theyll be 8 weeks by then and hopefully ready to chop, Ive only got a few more waterings before i have to start flushing, im going to start flushing 10 days before they come down so theyll taste nice and smooth with no chemicals still in them, the larger girl is definitly starting to mature as you can see and the smaller one is probably about a week behind... her pistels are just starting to turn brown, i think i might push her to 9 weeks but we'll see how the next two weeks go

first shot is the smaller one
second shot is the larger one
first bud shot is from the smaller plant
and last two shots are from the bigger one

wow they look great.

I am :mad: at how bad and how long mine R takeing to flower.
and I can't get any help on from the ppl on this site as to why my plant is flowering so slow.

well URs look great as hell.

mine R 5 weeks flowering and should look like URs do. but they do not:(.

xmk
Be sure and scale them after your done.I'd like to hear how much you ended up with.

ill be sure to post a full weight and smoke report once she finishes, the sample i took of her is done drying, couldnt get any good pics but ill let everyone know how it smokes :jointsmile:

looking fantastic xmk,a great grow bro.:thumbsup:

i forgot to post my smoke report, i couldnt get any good pictures of the bud but it was so sticky that it stuck to my fingers when i was trying to load it in my bong, the tast was very smooth, maybe a tiny hint of citris and very green, probably some of the best tasting stuff ive had, it was still harsh though, my fiance and i were both hacking pretty good by the end of the bowl which i expected with all the chemicals and stuff. when i picked it the weight was .9g and once dry it was down to .2. The high had a delayed onset, we smoked the bowl and neither of us felt anything but then about 5 minutes after we finished we were both stoned as fuck, lasted a long time too, usually we toke up about 45-50 minutes after the first bowl but we didnt smoke again until about an hour and a half after the first bowl. Over all it was a great high(both body and head) that lasted a very good amount of time.

my bigger plant is maturing faster than i though she would, over half her pistols are brown and almost all of her trichomes are cloudy with a few turning amber, that being said i think im going to chop her on thursday, i need at least a few more days to flush her and i plan on leaving her in the dark for 2 days before harvest

They look great. Especially the one you will be chopping first. Do you know what strain they are?

Nice Grow!

yep, theyre both papaya from nirvana seeds, i want to hold off till thursday to chop but all my leaves are now yellowing, even the ones close to the buds, if it keeps getting worse i may have to take her down even earlier

I had a plant that had all the fan leafs fell off in only 3 weeks into flowering. and it flowering and got big as hell.

anyway they look great. and hey U got any new pic of them from the top of them.

sounds like a great smoke,all that love and affection has paid off, good one bro.

ill hopefully post some good pics in the next few days, my rommie just got a new 7.0 megapixle camera and ive been taking my shots with an old 4.0 megapixle so hopefully she'll let me use it. in the mean top heres a shot of both plants from the top, these were taken thursday when i did my update.

Ive been waiting for today for about three months now, i harvested my big girl, here are a few pics, im going to push the smaller plant another week or so, shes hit a growth spurt and i wanna let her grow and mature a little more, maybe get a narcotic couch lock of her if i can wait til the trichomes turn amber. either way heres what i got off the larger plant, ill post a weight once the buds are dry

the first batch of my stuff is just about dry, should hopefully be able to get a weight on it tomorrow, it doesnt look like a lot, maybe around an ounce if even but the crystals and high from this stuff is insane. I got a new grinder and grinded a small amount of it up last night to sample and after about only half a bowl i was totaly floored. its an intense body and head high, the heady high kicks in first and about half an hour after i smooked i suddenly couldnt stop sinking into the couch or move for that matter. either tomorrow or wed. ill post pics of the dried bud, a weight and pics of the last plant which i will be taking down on wed.

nice,
congrats on the good smoke.

i just looked through your log. You shouldn't have lost that many fan leaves. Looked to be a MG problem. did any of your ferts have that in them?

my stuffs finally done drying. Ended up with 37.85g or about 1.3oz. I was hopping for 2 oz but overall i cant complain, the stuffs potent as fuck and ive still got another plant to chop, Ill probably end up with somewhere around 2.5 oz and im keeping it all for myself :rastasmoke:

ebsters i think youre right, i really messed up my feeding schedual, i didnt use the fox farm feeding chart and ended up being a few weeks behind on what nutes i should have been giving them. They got open sesame for about a week and a half longer than they should have and then only got one or two feedings of cha-ching and beastie blooms. Just some things ive learned to improve on for my next grow i guess but i dont think i did too badly for a first time grow

more pics

ok so those last set of pics didnt all turn out too well, you cant really see the quality of the buds. Got a hold of an 8.0 mega pixle camera. I think these pics do the buds a little more justice. Enjoy

beautiful work my friend...enjoy your harvest and hopefully many bountiful more will come from the knowledge gained after each grow! smoke that shiiiiiiiiit

DANK! :jointsmile: I personally thank you for inspiring me :D

XMK congratulations on a super grow, them buds look yummy yummy, enjoy :thumbsup: