Vanilla Kush (LST) by ChArBuD

After seeing Vanilla Kush as the cannabis cup winner 2009, i thought i have to grow this ! So thats what im doing.

Vanilla Kush:
Type : Mostly indica
THC: 22%
Characteristics : Fragrant and potent

"Vanilla Kush is an incredible new Indica-dominant strain and is one of the most fragrant, full-flavoured and potent plants that Barneys Farm have ever offered. Vanilla Kush genetics come from Kashmir and Afghan. The intense aromas from large, dense colas â??heavily speckled with red and gold trichromes â?? bring to mind wild vanilla and lavender, accented with lemon and orange peel. Once lit, the floral and herbal aromas become more concentrated and the smoke offers sweet flavours. Vanilla Kush grows to about 55- 60cm in height indoors and takes her cannabis seeds 60-65 days to flower. Outdoor harvest time is the end of September. Her THC is strong of 22%. The strong, long lasting high allows the mind to relax and eases muscle tension."

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The seed is feminised from barneys seeds; which people give mixed reviews. I will also be growing this plant with an LST technique, pictured below. Im doing this technique because im using CFL's which have really bad penereation, this technique will help me get an even light coverage over the whole plant.

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I will be using the same setup as my last grow apart from soil and pot. If you didnt see my last grow have a look here :

http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...ome-watch.html

For Veg i will be using a 300 watt Blue spec Cfl and a 250 watt cfl red spec for flowering.

The seed wont be germinated for a couple of days as im still preparing my grow area.

Watch it go from seed to bud !

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Peace
Charbud:rastasmoke:

Tuned in.

I'm subscribed, gotta love the LST threads...

Finally finished setting up.

Seed went into germination minutes ago. Using the paper towl on a plate technique, should be sprotuing in 2 days, so will check back then.

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Charbud :stoned:

Planted today, leaves should be showing in 2 days :)

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Shoot.

Charbud:rastasmoke:

Com on brotha, i thought i id see buds by today my man:D Looking forward to this one:rasta:

First set of leaves came through today.

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Looking for a name for my new girl, any ideas ?

Charbud

How bout Char-lene?

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Originally Posted by redtails

How bout Char-lene?

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Perfect name Charbud, i like it:rasta:

I do like it although would prefer a name without char in it !!

Has been a while, i am sorry, but been very busy. shes got a lot bigger and is looking like shes going to be very bushy !

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piece :rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by Charbud

I do like it although would prefer a name without char in it !!

Has been a while, i am sorry, but been very busy. shes got a lot bigger and is looking like shes going to be very bushy !

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piece :rastasmoke:

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Looks nice char, some fat leaves for sure. Prolly going to be a big bush like you said:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Charbud

I do like it although would prefer a name without char in it !!

Has been a while, i am sorry, but been very busy. shes got a lot bigger and is looking like shes going to be very bushy !

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piece :rastasmoke:

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She looks awesome char! Vanilla thrilla ftw.

pics???????????

Sorry guys i am very busy and its been showing on my girl, shes got all brown spots and growth is really slowing down, i think its because i didnt bake my soil before i used it so there are loads of bugs in the soil munching on the leaves when im not around. This will have to stop ! so she will be relocated to a different location inwhich no bugs or any other pesky animals can get to her ! or if you guys have some suggestions to get rid of the brown spots and the pesky pests as the same time she will stay put.

Nitrogen injection tomorrow due to poor growth so hopefully the future will be bright for her !

Still undecided on a name, Vanilla Thrilla did make me laugh a lot Joel, so thats no1 at the moment.

Heres the damage
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As you can see, not much bigger than before,

Hopefully saveable

hope u guys been getting high as kites

Charbud:rastasmoke:

By the way you do need to open those images to really see the damage

Yo charbud. Ive only experienced bugs once and that was on my first grow of the year, I used a simple water + soap solution and sprayed the area, and my plant, but not the soil. If this fails, then I dont know much else because I dont have much experience dealing with those little pests.

Tough situation, do you know what kind of bugs they are? Hopefully we can save her!

Fresh growth doesnt seem to be getting the spots but am going to spray a little aswell. also tranplanted her today, very nice roots. so atleast something is going well..

Great to see a VK started! I hope you're able to get the bug issue under control - the transplant will help I hope! =)

I've got 4 VK about 1 week in at the moment. They too look to become little bushes! I'm going to stick around here and see how things go - maybe I can get some insight into what to expect with this strain as the girl gets bigger and bigger!

Name suggestion: VicKie (VK for Vanilla Kush...) :jointsmile:

haha nice suggestion dayzt. Ye, it will be nice to compare whats happening with each others plants. The bug issue is under control now and fresh growth is coming through nice n' green ! also started the LST. Nitrogen fix also gave her a little growth boost, Will upload a pic soon for you all.

Charbud

Here's a pic update of my up-coming round of VK. A few more weeks and I plan to take up to 8 clones from these - 2 of each. The back right plant is a Barney's Crimea-Blue which barely survived and is now bouncing back with 3 tops...should be a nice plant to get cuttings from as well...

Enjoy! :S5:

wtf are you gona clone you could cut the top of those little plants but it would probly kill em wait atleast untill they show sex....chill out on those babies

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Originally Posted by crf70rider

wtf are you gona clone you could cut the top of those little plants but it would probly kill em wait atleast untill they show sex....chill out on those babies

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So quick to judge... ;) read my post a little closer - I obviously can't take any cuttings for at least a few weeks yet. They're going through quite the growth spurt right now though, so it wouldn't surprise me if there's enough lower growth to cut for clones in 2 weeks, maybe 3... even since this last picture here, there's been a ton of growth due to receiving their first light veg-nute with the last watering.

These plants will also get topped (maybe not all 4 VK - not sure yet). They're at the point right now where I could start LSTing them but i've opted to top them instead. Come to think of it, I may LST one of them just to see how this strain reacts to it...

I have started my LST. Again sorry for lack of pictures but i will upload some tomorrow ! I have heard topping can be risky because of the high stress it causes the plant which can sometimes cause less yeild than if it werent topped. Anyway, my still unnamed baby girl is reacting well to lst, alreasy see the lower branches coming out and up which will be great when i bud her as im using a cfl. two weeks and im guna flower my biatch. Anyway, very high, hope you lot are too. piece..............of cake ! ahaha

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Originally Posted by Charbud

I have started my LST. Again sorry for lack of pictures but i will upload some tomorrow !

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:thumbsup:hi charbud,see you here tomorrow then,i cant wait to see your girls!:jointsmile:

Here's a pic update of my VK's after only 3 days... i'm impressed with the growth and just how healthy these plants look at this stage already! The middle-back one is starting to stretch more than the others...haven't decided for sure if/when i'll top/fim it, but it's just starting it's 5th node now so we'll see. The last thing I want to do is stress the plants, especially this early on.

Char...sorry, I didn't mean to 'hi-jack' your journal thread! Just say the word and i'll move into a seperate journal thread of my own. =) ..can't wait to see your pic update!

Cheers! :jointsmile:

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Originally Posted by Dayzt1

Here's a pic update of my VK's after only 3 days... i'm impressed with the growth and just how healthy these plants look at this stage already! The middle-back one is starting to stretch more than the others...haven't decided for sure if/when i'll top/fim it, but it's just starting it's 5th node now so we'll see. The last thing I want to do is stress the plants, especially this early on.

Char...sorry, I didn't mean to 'hi-jack' your journal thread! Just say the word and i'll move into a seperate journal thread of my own. =) ..can't wait to see your pic update!

Cheers! :jointsmile:

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If you fim a few, i know you will love it. You will get a bunch of tops and you can lst. You will get bigger buds lower on your plants. Just my experience.

Looking good Car my man:rasta:

time for an update !

shes gotten pretty big as I have been feeding her miracle grow and she has been LOVING it. The LST is also working very well and the lower branches are the same height at the top as a result. I am going to start flowering next week and have decided to FIM her to see what happens and hopefully get a higher yield. Any tips would be helpful.

Picture time..

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Also havent decided on a name !!

Looks good:thumbsup:

If you decide to FIM or top, give them at least two weeks to recover before flowering :twocents:

Happy growing :jointsmile:

Better go do it now then !

Checked it today and its seemed to have gone a little bit brown around the edges. Did i do it wrong ? I used clean scissors when i made the cut.

Will upload a pic later but would appreciate the reasurance that this is normal !

I think you're ok, the plant will seal up the wound and nothing's gonna grow out of it. It'll be the shoots from the lower nodes that should start to become the 'tops'.

So i topped it ? I still dont understand why it went black!

Can you tell me anything more by looking at the pics ?

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Help is gratefully appreciated finn:rastasmoke:

Looks good to me! I've seen the sap all sorts of colors, it's just sealing itself up.

hows ur babys doing? They look beautiful.... Cn u take a pik ov the plant showin the lst im gna av a go at it.. Hope it goes wel mate

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Originally Posted by Charbud

So i topped it ? I still dont understand why it went black!

Can you tell me anything more by looking at the pics ?

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Help is gratefully appreciated finn:rastasmoke:

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Looks great Char:thumbsup:, i think you will like your plant after it starts growing out. I fimmed last year, but thinking i was topping it. My mistake turned out to be this:hippy:

This was my fimmed plant last year and in the second pic is where i fimmed it, you can see it healed well. Yours will do the same and hopefully you will get more top's then i got, which was seven:jointsmile:

Good luck man:rasta:

oh fimmed iz 2 top a plant instead ov 1 big cola? Ur bud looks sexc mate

Green thumb check this thread i posted, it shows you how to LST with diagrams and explanations...http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...ining-lst.html

Ill also upload some pics of mine to show you how i did mine but you gonna have to wait a couple days for htose depending on how busy i am !

Lets see ya, nice to know your still tuned in, those buds lookin mighty fine ;). Ye im hoping for 8 tops, the fim seems to be recovering and it looks like its growing again. I plan to flower soon and the new tops havent fully developed, would this be a mistake to start flowering now ? would the buds be really small or should I give it another week to establish the tops then flower ?

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Originally Posted by Charbud

Green thumb check this thread i posted, it shows you how to LST with diagrams and explanations...http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...ining-lst.html

Ill also upload some pics of mine to show you how i did mine but you gonna have to wait a couple days for htose depending on how busy i am !

Lets see ya, nice to know your still tuned in, those buds lookin mighty fine ;). Ye im hoping for 8 tops, the fim seems to be recovering and it looks like its growing again. I plan to flower soon and the new tops havent fully developed, would this be a mistake to start flowering now ? would the buds be really small or should I give it another week to establish the tops then flower ?

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Hey man:hippy: If i were you i would give er a week to heal up a bit, but it really didnt take long for new growth to happen. In your pic's it looks like new growth has started already, so i wouldnt think it would be long before ya can flower it. When ya got time post a few pic's. I really liked the Fim last year and i think you will too, plus you get more colas:thumbsup:

Oh and im always here, just gotta be in the mood to post:smokin: but il be around man:rasta:

Its that time !.. well time for a mega post as i have been very busy today.. I flushed ready for flowering, and then discovered the holes in my container werent big enough, thus meaning there was about 25 litres of water sitting around my plant... to let the water out i had to take the whole plant out and discovered a huge root system which wasnt what i was expecting for one plant.

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The i popped her back into her original container plus bigger holes. Also swapped my bulbs for flowering ! woop woop.

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Had a couple problems with my gyal as well though. some leaves are starting to go slightly yellowy/green. Obviously nitrogen deficiency but i havent fed it to her for about a week so i wouldnt have thought it would have gone yellow in that amount of time.. also the leaves are a bit wilted..over watering ?

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I also discovered some brown spots, not sure if this is nitrogen burn or the damage from the pesky house flies which hover around her. Heres a pick of one of the pesky fukers.

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Also the fim had worked out fine and i can already see 2 new tops but these could grow into more, bit too early to tell !

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