First Grow - Bag seed, soil in a cabinet.

[Farmer Rich]

Here's a couple more pics from the grow..

The Christmas Tree was the first male.. it started flowering under 24 hour MH lighting. Grew balls, so we hung some more on it for a few days. He and his two brothers are now deceased..

The other indica is Carmelita. The sativa is yet to be named..

Damn, gardening is fun!!!

Farmer Rich

[Farmer Rich]

Hey Everyone,

When and how much molasses should a person use during flowering? Are there any concerns in regard to the nutes being used, or the strain? My one inquiring brain cell is dying to know..

Here's another pic of the girls.

Thanks, Farmer Rich

[Farmer Rich]

Hey all!

Here's some updated pics of my girls at the end of week 2 of flowering and week 10 of the grow.

I have 2 questions I'm hoping I can get some advice on:

1. I have 1 sativa (Candy) who appears to possibly be hermi. I plucked the starting male buds (6 in total) and haven't removed her from the box yet. Should I continue to pluck or get her the hell outta there?

2. Carb loading - when should I add molasses during flowering?

:jointsmile: Farmer Rich

[Shovelhandle]

Rich, I've used molasses every third watering during flowering. One or two tablespoons to the gallon. I had nice buds either way.

Cool update.

shvo

[Farmer Rich]

Hey all!

Here's some new pics of the girls after a major pruning over the last couple of days. My logic was to get them over the stress, provide plenty of light into the canopy and not mess with them too much from week 3 to harvest.

The pics of the buds are fairly high resolution, please take a look and see if you agree on the trics.

Shov, thanks for the recommendation on the molasses.. I'll be starting on it shortly.

:jointsmile: Farmer Rich

[Farmer Rich]

Hi all,

Thought I'd post an update with pictures of the girls at week 4 of flowering. My grow box is singing along with day time temps of 77 and dropping to 67 at night with the heater. With the 6 females I'm hoping for 4-6 oz from the grow. Bag seed is definitely fun.. never know what you'll get! I have two, one primarily indica and the other all sativa that are MUCH crustier than the others in terms of trics and have high hopes for these two.

When do you normally start seeing the pistils change color? Mine are all still nice and white..

:jointsmile:

Farmer Rich

[godofganga]

hey that is a really sweet setup that you have there.

i hope that i can get mine to look that good.

[Farmer Rich]

Thanks! 600 watts of HID lighting in 8 sq. ft. rocks! If you go with a lot of light, plan your cooling well. It can potentially cost as much or more than the lighting.. I'm scared shitless to add up what this box ended up costing.. In terms of the electric bill, it's gone up by $50+ a month, nearly doubling. If the first harvest turns out good, the box will nearly be paid for. I'm guessing 6-8 oz. will basically pay for the initial outlay of $$.

Good luck on your grow!!

:jointsmile: Farmer Rich

[Farmer Rich]

Hey all,

Here's some new pictures of my grow. That's Corina in the pic with the lighter. This is week 4 of flowering and her cola is filling out nicely, just wish she was crustier with trics.

The next pic is Kashmir, she was FIM'd in the early stages of vegetation and appears to have 6 smaller colas growing. She is a nice and crusty girl!

Mary and Jane are on the right side of the box and are looking sweet, but will take longer to ripen.

Next is Candy, the little sativa that looks like she make take her time in finishing flowering..

Last but not least is a pic of one of Carmelita's buds.. she's a crusty girl too!

So here's my feeding schedule until finish.. comments would be appreciated!

Mondays - regular flowering nutes..

Thursdays - molasses (2 tbsp per gal), I always put a quart of water per plant, so 1/2 tsp each.

I'm guessing that the buds should have about 50% red pistils 2 weeks before they're done, is this a good assumption??? If correct, I was going to flush, and reduce the water until chopping them.

What do ya think??

:jointsmile: Farmer Rich

[Farmer Rich]

Grow Log Update - Week 5 Flowering

1. Started adding molasses once per cycle - Ber' Rabbit, non-sulphered, 1 tbsp per gallon
2. Many plants are showing false seed pods (better be!!) with pistils starting to turn. The false seed pod part is freaky..
3. Carmelita's top leaves are turning purple and she's getting crustier with trichs every day!!
4. In process of building a drying box.. speeding up construction!!
5. Planning on incremental harvest to let the lower buds finish. Any tips on this?

:jointsmile: Farmer Rich