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Green Crack.....mostly small golf ball to popcorn buds. pretty dissapointed with the two clones I got form the MMJ co-op of this strain. I have been leaching for a week and will cut both of them this weekend.
Smells excellent...but buds are small ....should be very stoney
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Purple Berry Kush
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My Big DDD Affgoo girl
She has some streach marks....hope she keeps filling in....should get some excellent weight off this girl.
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A very nice bud.....need it to fill in the last 14 days.
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That last pick,... I've never seen anything like that!? :wtf: How far along, and which strain is this? Is it possible that your might damage stunted the plants?
Here's a shot of my Blueberry that's in week 8. Might have to take it to 9.5 for the effect I'm looking for ;)
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Beautiful....I have one vegging and I took two clones yesterday from it.
I believe my crop A will need to go an extra week...because of the light issue.
in this grow?
it's a ton of work to keep it up.
We are watchin for sure. I cant imagine how much work it would be to maintain that size of crop.
Did those stretchy buds ever fill in?
Ok...I found something two or three days ago and today comfirmed it...different strains require.....more or less water than other strains...meaning not all strains take water the same....the Green crack that I thought was doing poorly and wanted to harvest and get out of the room...I decited to just flood it and see what happens to the yellowing leaves....well what happened was lots of bud growth....I mean ton's these two plants are like a sponge....water...water...water...I now believe they were starving for water...even though I was watering them just like the kush and afgoo...I believe they need to be watered every day now...and water till the overflow disk is nearly full...they are really comming around and I will let them go the last two weeks they need.
October 13 will be a full 8 weeks....56 days from 12/12 for crop A the Afgoo, Green Crack, & Purple Berry Kush....I believe the will all need an extra week because of the lighting being interupted for those 5 days and messing some of them up to start revegging....some are just starting to have the yellow bottom flowers.....which is a normal cycle of two to three weeks to go.
Also....the buds are starting to roll over and get very heavy and will need to be supported...I am going to get 50 bamboo 5' stakes at the grow shop today and get them supported....additionally since I have not done much LST with the monster 7' high blue dream....and am going to try and get all of them tied down today....it a huge task....and I will have try and round up some help.
I took 70 cuttings yesterday and they are on the cloner....the first batch was a complete loss....transplanted them too early and put them in the veg area too early....now I made a new cloning area....with a 4' double tube t-5
in a seperate area....I have 25 spray tips shooting water and I added 2 air stones to the mix and a $9 air pump from petsmart....this baby is killer now plenty of spray and air to make happy clones. Right now I have Kypronite, blueberry, purple kush, blue dream, Grand Daddy Purple, and some purple berry kush on the machine.....will see what happens by next weekend.
Some of the buds are still pretty airy...and not super solid...some are rock hard....and some are in between....looking forward to the results:rastasmoke:
Sure hope everyone is interested in this grow log.....and Man there are ton's of up's and downs to growning this many plants indoors.
Good luck to anyone who takes on the task of starting an indoor grow and a grow log......failure and success is just part of the game.....its what you do with that information and defines you as a grower.
Weeddaddy
You've only got a few weeks to go for some! Keep rolling!
And during flowering, transpiration rates go way up, more water is required!
GrandDaddy Purple
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Black Berry Kush
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Blue Dream
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I believe they are starting to fill in.....I believe it will just take a little longer
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Funny....I believe I know what the problem was....My father visited and said hey you need to raise your lights....well I shurgged....I believe I am right....but they guy is your dad....so what the heck I raised them a foot...and bam...they started to streach.....I have finally lowered them back to the original level....:(
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Looking good overall though....Started some advanced nutrients Bud X Factor
for the last 2 weeks till I start flushing.....I believe 2 weeks will be about right as I look at the tricombs and they are still pretty clear and very few are amber in color....man the frosting is very heavy and sticky....when it gets on your hands....the smell and it's so heavy....you have to spray down your clothes with fabrize...to keep it off everything else.
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Two more weeks and this baby will be right where I expected it to bee.....a major elbow:thumbsup:
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A Nice harry bud
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Well I got the pictures uploaded....The highs and lows of growing are amazing...really.....reminds me of the stock market up one day down the next.
The major advice I can give all "NOOB" growers is do your research...and if your believe you are right....do not....I repeat....do not make any changes to your garden....unless YOU BELIEVE....it is a good reason....raising those lights and the power intreuption....put my grow in a major spin....I am trying to climb out of.....additionaly when you make changes....make small ones....and make sure you visit at least 2 times a day after any changes.....I should be harvesting on October 13.....but I believe I will need two additional weeks to recover from those two problems.
The good problems is crop B....Blue Dream, Grand Daddy Purple, Black Berry Kush are looking very good in flowering.
Crop C in the veg area....Ny Diesel, Purple Dragon, Kypronite, Grand Daddy purple and perfect and I am not going to repot as of yet....still in 3 and 5 gallon containers....I have the 15 gal ready....but If I do it prior to harvest...those baby will explode.....I know they will....and I will have another space problem.....Planning.....Planning......when I say explode....I seen them grow a foot a week for 3 weeks in a row....then you have a problem.
Comments are welcome......
The curling of the sugar leaves in the last picture hints at some sort of issue, but this far through you shouldn't have any major problems.
weeddaddy, been following your grow... i have to say very impressive it amazes me how good your ladies have turned out! def wish I could do it like you... I was just wondering if you could give me some tips on feeding... or what your schedule was.. def appreciate it! keep it up man looks awesome!
Yep, the plant is near the end of it's life and it's dying. Great looking grow! I've grown some sativas that are lanky and foxtailed. They need lots of time to finish. The payoff is some really nice stash.Quote:
Originally Posted by khyberkitsune
Shov
I believe you are correct....it will should be very be nice stash...my friends can not wait for their medicine.
marcaka....I use mostly advanced nutrients....but that is not all there is to growing....I learned most of what I know from growing from following the excellent growers on this site, by reading all the posts about growing, then read the two books growing bibles cover to cover...I re read them often...I love the magazines....urban grower....maximum yield....rosebud...go to you tube and have watched every video of urban grower and sticky finger koma...and may others....I then take all those ideas and advice and make my own plan as to growing....we are limited to the number of plants here is California....I have a small family grow co-op....and when I started this indoor grow idea....I wanted it to be prepetural....it has to be that way to keep the medicine flowing to my people....
Growing outdoors is a ton easier than indoors....I mean it is night and day...
I have major experience with outdoor growing, but with all the rip offs happening I want it to be safe...so I moved indoors.
Growing indoors is tough.....I mean real tough....problems happen...and if you have done your research....you can deal with them logical....but....if you have not....you will see many posts on this site from someone...asking about how to solve the problem....
I have only read a few of your posts on you grows so I am not up to speed, but I can tell you....you have to PH your water....6.4 to 7.0 is tap water...and that is not what you need....if you can not afford a digital ph meter at least get a pool kit....that will get your PH close....Make sure your soil drains very will and put a clear water disk under your pot....water till you see run off....then go pick up the pot...that will let you know how it feels full...then after two days...pick it up...most of the time you may not need to water....but when the last 2 to 3 weeks of flower you may have to water every day.
Then other thing...it looks like you are taking too many leaves off your plants way too early....only take leaves off when they start to yellow....the lolly-popping your are doing is way to much and that is costing your yield.
Also...go from clone to 1 gal for a max of 2 weeks... then to 3 gal for 3 weeks and finally for a grow tent 7 gal for the final.....you need to re-pot right before you get root bound.
my schedule is as follows:
Veg:
Sensi grow A
Sensi grow B
B52
smaller pot...need more feeding schedule... so this is daily....flush every 3 day with PHed water
1 cap of seawood liquid
and bat guanno for a special tea
once a week
I veg for 30 to 45 days
Flower:
Sensi bloom A
Sensi bloom B
1 cap seawood liquid
Bud candy
Sweet Raw
every other day and pHed water in between
The 5, 6, and 7 week is the same but a add Bud X factor to the mix
The soil I use is a mix of pro-mix, worm castings and peralite....use plenty of peralite....you want that drainage.
Your next grow start a grow log....it forces you to put what is happening on paper...take lots of pictures....you will always go back to them many times...I do so at least once a week....
Good Luck
I really appreciate the advice and I will def have to start doing more reading I have read the bible and it has helped I am just having a really hard time with leaves already and they havent gone to 12/12 yet... I will start posting hopefully you can swing by and give me a few pointers :thumbsup: appreciate your knowledge
stay smokey
I belive the girls are back on track now...all the extra veg growth and now turned back to flowering.....I have some very interesting plants....I mean REAL interesting cola tops....5 days ago I bent over all the tops that veged out and tied them down right at the thick part of the cola...now all that growth is flowering and I have a few colas that small buds growing right at the lights ...I have the lights lowered a little more...and now I am reducing the temp in the room to 75 with light on 65 light off....and I have the lighting reduced to 11 light and 13 hours of dark....this weekend I am going to start adding a cup of ice to 5 plants every dark period to see if the calyx's will start to really swell and turn purple.....like they should....hence the name "purple berry kush"....
Talked to the breader who created this strain and the guy who I got these clones from about the problems....he has an excellent outdoor grow and none are ready to harvest....he said everything is 2 weeks late....so maybe this is a 9 to 10 week flower.....I have not every grown this strain....so I have no experience with the timing of harvest ....the tricombs are all clear and plants are still have all their white pistals...very few swelling calyx's.
The next two weeks will tell me what is happening. Visited two very nice outdoor grows today...and they are just starting to harvest.
Picture's this weekend.
and opened up the grow room.....make a huge difference. all plants have good spacing right now...the blue dream were over 7 feet tall and really got away from me....Sativa's.....just get huge quickly in a grow room....and I made the mistake of not topping or LST until it was too late for my room...I still have 4 in there and they are manageable with the reast of my grow which is mostly indica. This weekend I checked every plant took off a garbage bag of yellow leaves from all those babys....I would say 2 weeks and we should be right where I want to be.....I figure I lost 2 to 3 weeks with the light interruption and the revegging they did....buds are still growing on some plants and the calxy's are just starting to swell on others. My hands were covered in sticky gooy sweet smelling stuff....
I am just hanging in there....still taking clones from some of the mothers in the veg room....Started some Dream Queen from an excellent mother....I saw the finished plant that had over 5 pounds of dry come off of it outdoor.
Adding the airstones to the cloner has made a huge difference as they are rooting in about 4 to 7 days and ready for soil in 14 days with huge roots.
Outdoor growing is easy...indoor growing is challenging.....I am here for the long hall.....lets see what we have in 14 days.
Well it has been challanging with that light intruption issue....but I am very encourged as of this morning....bud are getting tight....calyx's are swelling, lots of frosty tricoms....buds are still growing and some have white hairs still but I am very happy with the progress over the last 7 days....I should be harvesting this Friday....per the original schedule.....but I believe only 2 plants will be ready....It may only take 7 to 10 additional days...but a ton of progress has happened in just 7 days.
Crop B is well on the way now as the Grand Daddy, Black Berry Kush, & Blue Dream are really flowering excellent now 4 weeks to go for those.
Crop C is ready to put in the flower room right now....just no room. I may just take out the mothers....there are 5 of them...put them under some floros for 2 weeks and change the MH blub to HPS and go to 12/12....in two weeks they will be ready to go into the flower room and have a jump start on flowering. Crop C is going to be very interesting all Sativa & and some hy-bread: Including kypronite, Purple Kush, Grand Daddy Purple, NY diesel.
Clone's are just starting to get some great root stock...some have been transplanted to 4" trays.....I have giving some serious thought to a "Sea Of Green for Crop D. 2 tables 20 plants per table in 3 gallon pots under 2 1000 hps...I will have the clones and they will be veged for about 14 days. I will continue with the same 15 gal pots for the rest of the grow.
Any thoughts?
Pictures on Friday.
The highs and lows are amazing on growing indoor.....Outdoor....I never....ever thought this much about my grows....... I thought a lot about getting ripped off....:)....but not much about the growing part.
Girls are on their way....lots of crystals....heavy tricoms....caylx's starting to really swell....starting at the bottom of the cola...they look very good and as they go up to each bud site...Tomorrow is officallly the harvest date...but I am going to let them go another 14 days, because of the light interuption that happened. If these colas with all those bud sites finish like I see them doing right now....I should have a fantastic crop. Still feeding them and have not started flushing. I am going to go one more week till I start flushing.
The Dream Queen is very close...the buds are small and very hard with beautiful orange to brown hairs and really sticky and the smell is mouth watering.
It been a long process for grow A. Grow B is buding nicely...the Blue Dream, Grand Daddy Purple, & Black Berry Kush have nice starting buds looking good, and I started a Purple Dragon on 12/12 as i had some extra room.
Veg room is ready to move into the flower room....just waiting for harvest all those Vegging plants need to be repotted into 15 gal containers...I just do not have that kind of room.....it may be possible...
Pictures tomorrow at day 56.
cant wait for the next post, hope all is well and that they fill out nicely :)
Just took these off the cloning machine....pretty nice roots on these babys
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Blue Dream
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Grand Daddy Purple
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Lost a ton of time on the re-vegging
the Colas are still growing
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Here is what I am going through with the light interruption
Check out this photo...you can see the cola right at the green tape...then all the revegging flowers above that ....the bud is hard below but only flowering the top 6 to 8 inches.....it really has me frustrated. Some buds are very close to harvest some are 2 to 3 week off.
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are done pretty fast as the lights were about ready to go off.
And the the light intruption problems I have had....I do not want to even take any chances.
Good luck.
I'm failing to see any promise in those pics, what little that I do see looks mite infested.
I really do feel bad for ya, there's a TON of potential in your grow, but a couple mistakes seem to have F'd it up.
Day 56, so 8 weeks in? even on a lanky sativa it should be better! The light issue must have been more than you let on.
We are all with ya bro, no sense in trying to hide or cover up an issue.
Your girls should look closer to the following pics!
Day 45,
Pic 1: Blueberry, Indica, was a clone when set to flower, needs another week, week.5
Pic 2-4 Durban Poison, Sativa. Needs 3-4 more weeks.
These are day 45 pics,... nearly a WEEK behind where you should be! ;)
thanks for your comments....yes the light intruption is a major problem...from what I read about it....I could of lost 4 to 6 weeks from it.
As, I am not going to give up...I am going to keep doing what I am doing.
As far as I can tell...I am not hiding or covering up any issue....a grow log is
what is happening to you the good and the bad and how you deal with it.
I am commited to this grow and grow B & C....
But thanks for the comments.
Sorry, that was kinda an asshole post and I didn't explain myself clearly. :glugglug:
I just scrolled back thru, and again missed the length and nature of the light interruption, just that something happened about day 35-38?
Were they off for 36 hours or something?
I've lost power to my room, my girls got 6 hours of light then about 4 hours of dark before the wife woke up and flipped the breaker. Then a bit more than 2 hours of light before I realized that it should have been off.
My timers are mechanical and need power to keep accurate time. I got my timers re-set and they got their 12 hours of dark.
Everythings been happy since then, I never experienced excessive stretch, or even a slow down in growth on any of the plants in the room all spaced 3 weeks apart in flowering.
But your talking about possibly loosing a month and a half!? :eek: I must be dense and have missed some key information. That's where the coverup comment came from.
I know you are wanting to see a turnaround for your effort, and it's been a great show so far! :thumbsup: But sometimes it's just easier to hack and re-set. Your already almost an entire flowering cycle behind by your own post. Watch the Trichomes, get what you can and cut your losses.
Get a fresh set of girls under the lights and in just 2-4 weeks longer than your already looking at you'll pull a great harvest! :hippy:
That is why I am going to put all the plants 24 total in the veg area on 12/12 now....keep all my clones out of the veg area....and start them in veg just as soon as I harvest the 22 plants in the flower room and move the plants out of the veg area and into the flower area.....that is why I have a major amount of clones on the cloning machine and have started the clones with large roots in soil. I am setting this move for two weeks.
I am setting this up, so if I have to do just what you said...no time will be lost. Believe me....I think about this almost evey hour of every day.
Thanks,