All stage grow log w/ lots of pics

harris i was reading in another thread about cutting off all fan leaves, when i was about 10days from harvest i cut all the fingers from the leaves leaving just enough leaf to still take in light.

i noticed doing this made my main cola soar in wieght and fattened right up, i would try it out on one plant and see what happens and if you like it just do it that way towards the end.

another nice trick is when they are 1-2 weeks into flower chop off everything not getting light(mostly the whole bottom of the plant including small grow shoots) and she will take off like a rocket.

the root system is enough to support what was already there and by taking away a good 30% of useless plant matter she now has more energy into making buds on the tops rather than making whispy crap on the centers to the stem.

food for thought!

your plants look great by the way flush them out while you have time.

All I have to say is :thumbsup:. :)

wow these last few days the girls have just packed on Tric's and size. It's amazing. It's like i could take a Calyx pop it on a ring and ask Dutch lover to marry me. (it's that crystaly)

So we last fed on the 16th, which was 8 days ago. We've only been giving them pHed water and i gave them a semi flush (just over watered them all by about 1 L) i'll do that again today.

What is the least amount of time between last feeding and harvest? As well, Can i tell if they've used up a lot of the stored nutes by the lack of fan leafs. or how the yellowing is progressing

no need to hurry when your at the finish line, give her about 5 more days of just water then let her dry out and start to wilt just a tad then chop her :)

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Originally Posted by brookerosebud

i was going to suggest that you breed, if you have good genetics. i've got my f1's started and having a blast!

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Wow, I just was re-reading some posts and it just occurred to me that â??f1â?� isnâ??t your strain. Itâ??s your first cross. Wow, that only took 2 weeks. Anyways what did you cross and what traits are you breeding for?

Have you looked into how particular traits are transmitted in cannabis.
Such as bud size, potency, leaf type (sativa/indica), smell and so on

I would like to know about the type of dominance for each as well as the number of genes controlling each. I really donâ??t want to have to figure it out through breeding as that will take quite a while. I have a book on cannabis breeding, I guess itâ??s probably in there.

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Originally Posted by brookerosebud

males can be a good thing too...:D that sounded bad...

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I have a humorous book on Cannabis. One wonderful quote from it

â??when growing cannabis males only take up space once fertilization occurs.
This shows that mother nature is consistent if nothing else.

that is hilarious! I'm going to use it as my signature!!!!!!!! I've loved reading the log. Bree

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Originally Posted by harris7

Anyways what did you cross and what traits are you breeding for?

Have you looked into how particular traits are transmitted in cannabis.
Such as bud size, potency, leaf type (sativa/indica), smell and so on

I would like to know about the type of dominance for each as well as the number of genes controlling each. I really donâ??t want to have to figure it out through breeding as that will take quite a while. I have a book on cannabis breeding, I guess itâ??s probably in there.

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I am curious about the same things. When you cross...how do you know which traits will be passed along and so on...

Makes for an interesting topic of discussion...I'm sure there's a thread out there about it. I'll have to find it.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by TheGreenFog

I am curious about the same things. When you cross...how do you know which traits will be passed along and so on...

Makes for an interesting topic of discussion...I'm sure there's a thread out there about it. I'll have to find it.


The Fog :rastasmoke:

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Well â??traitsâ?� are called phenotypes. Which have very interesting relationships to genotypes.

One phenotype can be caused by two different genotypes.

Say leaf shape Indica leafs or sativa leafs.
The alleles for indiac are I and Sativa S
So in Cannabis there are three possibilities
II or IS or SS
Now lets assume indica is the dominant allele
So if the I is dominant then a plant with:
II or IS will have indica leafs
And only the plant with SS will have sativa leafs.

It gets a lot more complex than this, but welcome to the field of genetics.
Itâ??s what Iâ??m currently studying in school.

The problem for me is that several kinds of relationships can exist between alleles
Sometimes when you have two (IS) both express and you get a half way look
Thatâ??s call co-dominance.

My problem is that I need to know the relationships between dominance and each trait when I breed for it. And to find out what it is myself takes like 3 generations of breeding.
Which I donâ??t want to do.

Here's a little mini update for you all: we put Hog into flower 8 days ago, and it has grown 6 inches since then!!! We are proud of the big gal, but a little annoyed that she will be hog-ging the grow space (pun intended lol)!!

Pics to follow later.

Here are some pics of the fattened buds!!

[attachment=o115255][attachment=o115256][attachment=o115257] These are taken from 2 different plants, both the Dutch Treat strain.:jointsmile: