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so the Gods Gift is a amazing strain. I've smoked it on more then one occasion and it will treat you oh so well. Your plants have me in awe on how they look. sorry about your scroched plants.. i've been in the same boat. Now when everything is all said and done are you gonna do a smoke and weight report?
oh, of course :D
gods gift is liked by more then just us smokers. its the only strain that keeps getting repeatedly topped from deers/animals. who wouldn't want to eat OG kush x GDP
thnx for stopping by bro
well, here's an update of one of the outdoor crops
i think that they are liking the A/N heavy harvest
all these plants were extremely heat stressed a week ago
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peace everyone :jointsmile:
just have to say that pilav smells oh so sweet all of a sudden. very sticky and a definite pineapple zest to it. was able to put together a drip for her while im gone this week. she should get 32 oz every 24 hrs. just PBP & molasses, and calmag.
peace everyone ill post some pics on monday or so (hope everything goes as planned :o) :jointsmile:
greenatik, have a great holiday vacation, my friend! Your outdoor beauties are looking exceptional! I can't wait for updated pics on Pilav! It sounds like you have a nice system set up for her, and she is sounding sweeter than ever!
Be good out there!
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I hope you had a good 4th too jake :thumbsup:
just a couple pics for today
it seems like I have quite a bit of time left... what does everyone else think? I am at day 53..
she is getting frosty and stinky and sticky, ill try and get a good photo of the frost later this week
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peace
greenatik, Pilav looks awesome. To me, it looks like she is getting really close to being done. I couldn't quite tell, but it looks like most of her trichs are cloudy? My guess is since you are coming up on Week 9 of Flower, Pilav is just about ready.
I can't wait to get a smoke report and weigh in from her!
I actually think she might go 70 days. she has a lot of new vertical bud growth, new leaves and 70% of the hairs are still bright white. the picture is kind of hard to see what I mean, but since she has a lot of sativa, she could go for another month.
Ill take some better pics tonight when the lights flip :jointsmile:
How is MIQ doing jake? Did the beans finally show up?
PS - Last night I found a HUGE spider inside the PC case.... How he got in is still a mystery... Its completely sealed except for the intake/exhaust...
I'm glad to hear Pilav has continued growing. I'm hoping MIQ continues growing like she has been. And, I'm really looking forward to new pics of Pilav! It's nice watching her grow, and it helps me relax a bit - taking my mind off MIQ and her growth. I hadn't thought about the high sativa content of Pilav; I should have noticed how thin her leaves are. I've been chomping at the bit to try a good sativa. I figure I'll get a few more grows under my belt before trying one. I bet she is going to rock your world!
MIQ is doing well. Her pistil development really seems to have slowed down, but her buds seem to be elongating, so I'm guessing she'll begin to develop pistils again as she plumps up. I gave her another dose of Super Bloom today, and hopefully it won't rain to flush her bucket, so the bloom nutes will have a chance to hit her system. But, I still don't have any beans yet. They should show up this week, if they make it through the blockade. However, I did get some bagbeans from my bro-in-law. He and my sister are actually germinating a few too. I'm looking forward to what these beans will do - my 4 are popping and should be ready for jiffy pellets tomorrow. Luckily I'm far enough south that I shouldn't have a problem starting another outdoor grow this late in the season.
Crazy how insects/arachnids can find their way into just about anywhere. I have not done much research on good v. bad insects/arachnids, but is a spider a bad thing to have around your plant, as I figure it may eat all of the bad bugs?
Be good out there, my friend!
a little update of these babies... im almost positive the gods gift is female, it came from a feminized seed. the black kush likes to stretch a shitload . everything is looking good for the most part
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and here's pilav.
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greenatik, your outdoor plants are looking outstanding, but I need to wipe the resin off my eyes as just looking at Pilav got them all sticky! Dude, she is a superstar, and you're going to have some high times ahead of you!
Thanks for the updated pictures! I see what you're saying about the new pistil development. You must be a super patient individual, because I would be cutting her down at this point. I definitely need a loupe to check trichs! Super fine work, my friend!
yeah I have come to realize that I must be patient with growing. If it takes 100 days to get bud, I am going to wait until pilav is dried and cured for a good week before I try her.
I am in disbelief of how big my gods gift has gotten. Probably because of all the extra soil space - its in half a bag of good soil and has grown about 2 feet this week alone :D
Sweet plants. Your going to have a nice harvest.
thanks for the encouraging words shov, I really hope so!
going to have some good pics later on this week :D
oh i can't resists taking pics of this bitch. hope yall don't mind... slow connections beware big ass pics
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check out the new bud development/hairs
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probably going to start to flush late next week, well depending on how it looks until then... trichs look clear to me so probably about 2-3 weeks total left im thinking. i have also lowered the temperatures drastically to bring out the lavender :)
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Dang! You must have been a photographer at GlamourShots in another life! But, it doesn't hurt to have an incredible model in front of the lens, eh? As always, I am set back into my chair to take all of Pilav's glory in. Even with the bit of burn left on her, she is a true beauty, my friend! And, there is no doubt in my mind, she will have beautiful effects on your mind!
You have done an outstanding job with Pilav, and I'm glad her time is nearing the end, so I can read her about her curing process, weight, and smoke reports! Also, how are your outsiders doing these days?
Be good out there, bro!
Hey Jake! Thanks for keeping my log company :D I have a little bit of photography experience, but I am no professional ! Just love taking pictures and I love plants, which makes for good photos :rastasmoke:
I will be flushing pilav on Monday giving it a shitload of molasses and just water for 5-6 days, then just water for about 4 days after that. then will be pulling pilav and instead of chopping, I will be boiling the roots. A very experienced grower buddy of mine said it works wonders, so we will see?!? Then I will hang the whole plant upside down in the case and let it dry with just the intake/exhaust. While it is drying I will be constructing my new micro setup, which should be quite fun..
It is going to be very hard to control myself from smoking pilav early. I really want to give it a good cure before the initial smoke
The outsiders are... well... I guess the pictures can explain that :D
I just hope a lot of them are females, the 3 or 4 best ones still haven't shown sex, but I am hoping for the best
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This plant is the plant that my buddy didn't think would come back. When I first attempted to salvage it I had to take off 80% of the leaves because it looked 90% dead. Just left the few good looking leaves there were, and bam, 2 weeks later it's doing a lot better. nothing phenomenal compared to the others, but I am pretty sure I saw baby hairs on it today.
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going to start my flush tomorrow!
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When you say a shit load of molasses, how much do you use per gallon.
Why boil the roots, what does your buddy say it does?
Kudos to you for such a nice harvest.:hippy:
thanks for the kudos 80205 :D
For the molasses, I have been giving it 1/2 tsp per gallon since week 4 of flower. i will be stepping it up during flush to 1.5 tsp.
and my buddy, actually a really good grower that I just met and has been hooking me up with clones, said that boiling the roots can add stress to force things (not sure exactly what) out to the buds.. something along those lines... he told me about it after a bowl of white widow x gdp x gdp hash and the details are foggy but it makes sense. i'm sure someone on here has heard of it. ive read of other people that do other manipulative techniques (total darkness) the last couple days to add stress to produce more resin
actually, im going to look into this right now, i'd like to find out :D
greenatik, I saw your post in another thread regarding bonsai'ing limbs to allow concentration of growth on the main cola and using such technique on some/all of your clones. I was just reading a bit, and came across an interesting technique called "limbing."
I am repasting an excerpt from Robert Connell Clarke's Marijuana Botany which may be of use to you. This excerpt was freely available on the internet not in violation of any copyright law, and its reproduction on here represents no such violation.
I hope it helps you.
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Limbing is another common method of pruning Cannabis plants. Many small limbs
will usually grow from the bottom portions of the plant, and due to shading they
remain small and fail to develop large floral clusters. If these atrophied
lower limbs are removed, the plant can devote more of its floral energies to the
top parts of the plant with the most sun exposure and the greatest chance of
pollination. The question arises of whether removing entire limbs constitutes a
shock to the growing plant, possibly limiting its ultimate size. It seems in
this case that shock is minimized by removing entire limbs, including
proportional amounts of stems, leaves, meristems, and flowers; this probably
results in less metabolic imbalance than if only flowers, leaves, or meristems
were removed. Also, the lower limbs are usually very small and seem of little
significance in the metabolism of the total plant. In large plants, many limbs
near the central stalk also become shaded and atrophied and these are also
sometimes removed in an effort to increase the yield of large floral clusters on
the sunny exterior margins.
yes, thank you jake! only difference is that bonsai scissors make the shoot grow back 1/2 as big, rather then pruning, which completely removes the node. I am pretty sure either way will work well for my application !
so i guess its time for an update :cool:
got lots of pics to share :jointsmile:
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and more...
one of my gods gift outdoor, from the plant in last post, last 2 pics
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from back left to right... mystery purple clone, about a week since rooted, black kush, mr. nice (g13 x hashplant), purple kush, purple voodoo, mystery purple
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some of my bigger ones... so stoked the drip works, no more watering, just observing :D
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reveggin 'white widow' and 'the chronic'
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and of course pilav... started noticing signs of burn, AGAIN! so I said forget molasses, just water from here on out. 5-8 more days me thinks..
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mm cant wait to smoke
Beauty pics, Bub. Lovely plants.
thnx shov :jointsmile:
can't wait to see my outdoors later this week :stoned:
greenatik, dude, you have a mass of green on your hands, my friend! I can't wait to see Pilav strung up and drying; and, I'm super anxious to read a smoke report of her - she is amazingly beautiful. Your outdoor ladies are getting FLIPPIN' HUGE! And, you have an incredible strain assortment. There is no doubt you have some green thumbs, bro!
As for boiling the roots, I ran across another excerpt from the above-quoted source about this technique. It appears it doesn't do anything except lengthen the dry time -
I don't know if that helps at all, but I thought I'd pass it along. Keep up the incredible work with these ladies, my friend! I hope this post finds you and yours well.Quote:
Boiling attached Cannabis roots after harvesting whole plants, but before
drying, is an interesting technique. Originally it was thought by cultivators
that boiling the roots would force resins to the floral clusters. In actuality,
there are very few resins within the vascular system of the plant and most of
the resins have been secreted in the heads of glandular trichomes. Once resins
are secreted they are no longer water-soluble and are not part of the vascular
system. As a result, neither boiling nor any other process will move resins and
cannabinoids around the plant. However, boiling the roots does lengthen the
drying time of the whole plant. Boiling the roots shocks the stomata of the
leaves and forces them to close immediately; less water vapor is allowed to
escape and the floral clusters dry more slowly. If the leaves are left intact
when drying, the water evaporates through the leaves instead of through the
flowers.
damn, thanks jake, you always have relevant information man! I was skeptical about boiling the roots, and now it doesn't seem to do enough for me to waste the time! just going to chop her and hang her upside down :D
she is looking good, if ya can see past the burnt leaves... at least I am already 75% done trimming!
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here's some pics of bickey's plants :jointsmile:
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check out my little garden :jointsmile::jointsmile:
sorry for the pic manipulation.. for security reasons of course:pimp:
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this one is been getting A/N heavy harvest, well a few have, and its definitely working
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pilav was harvested tonight.. :D:D:D
buds are hanging, drying... awaiting consumption. :food10:
she has been in the dark for the last 48 hours. she smells great and is covered in thc. I used sweet citrus the last week 1/2, and she smells completely different now. Probably could of taken her another week, still white hairs on top of a few buds. w/e I need smoke, and I want to get my new run underway.
anyways enjoy some pictures :stoned:
oh yeah.. what do you think i yielded? seems to be a lot for 9 day veg on a almost dead clone.. i also broke off a main branch that was quite large, plus a lot of small buds already smoked :D
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just celebrated harvest with a g-bong hit of scissor hash and shit load of hairs. :giggity: :giggity:
the outdoor ganja girls
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Nice work Greenatik....pilav looks yummy, can't wait for the smoke report...:thumbsup:
And the outdoor girls looking great...:jointsmile:
hell yah bro. thet all look great.
thanks guys :jointsmile::jointsmile: i feel accomplished now.. seems like it took forever !! 77 days all together.
those pictures really don't do any justice i was in a hurry and the lighting sucked, ill get some good bud shots when they are dry. and a weigh out. and smoke report.
I can't wait for my new setup. much bigger cfls, lots of wattage :D
peace
edit* 77 days total for flowering - + about 20 days. the plant was about to die after being outside for a week, then it was brought inside, and vegged for 9 days.
anyways the buds are fluffy and yield will probably be lower then guesstimated. ive sampled small dry buds already, super good stuff :food10:
i want to wait for at least a week cure and get a couple, better smoke reports from buddies. here is a mini smoke report.
it has a nice smell to it even though most the buds need about 2 days left before the jar. singes the nose on the exhale and it is smooth at first with a definite pineapple-y taste. mellow at first, but has a hard kick about 5-10 minutes in. lots of laughter and munchies. it also makes my mind wander.
anyways, im high right now, and thats the pre-cure smoke report
also would like to point out that in the picture of my outdoor girls, the bigger ones are about 5 ft tall. all other plants are over 3-4 feet. looking awesome and all the supercrops were a success.
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and im out
greenatik, Pilav's hairs are INSANE! She has to be an amazing smoke. As beautiful as she was in life, she must be even more beautiful curing and smoking! I can't wait for some good dried pictures of her.
And, your outdoor ladies are becoming monsters, dude! I'm looking forward to seeing them begin flowering. You are certainly going to wind up with quite a bit of weight from them, and I hope they turn out to be as potent as Pilav!
Glad to see all's well with you, my friend!