Bubba Kush Grow log w/lst topping future scrog

[Shovelhandle]

I hope your pests have gone for keeps.

I read your posts but don't have a lot to add really.
G/L

Shov

[chrisdl805]

Well week 5 is almost done and the buds are starting to swell up nicely and are already very dense and solid little nugs. Trichome production is coming along nicely and the tips of the pistols are starting to all turn red/orange. I'm not sure how many week strain Bubba Kush is but I read on Thseeds website that Sage N sour has a 9 week flower. The SnS nugs are a little bigger but the BK are more dense just a little smaller. I'm guessing they need at least 3 weeks more, if not four. I'm not going for a couch lock effect so I'll probably harvest when I have a 10% amber ratio.

On a side note, I had to flush the plants a week ago due to very high ppm runoff on a few plants, plus they hadn't been feed plain water for far too long. Only half the plants were yellowing in the fan leaves, but I flushed all the plants. The ones that were yellowing now look to be yellowing even more. The 4 bigger plants were nice and green but one has started to show some weird wilting and the tips are brown but not dry and crispy??? I wonder if I flushed out all the nutes and they started feeding on themselves? Is it okay for fan leaves to start to turn yellow in week 6 of flower? The 4 that are yellowing are still really heavy and will need a few more days to dry before feeding but the big 4 got feed today. I wonder if the Co2 has any part in the smaller plants that are yellowing. Perhaps the bigger plants are able to take the co2 and the nutrients but its too much for the smaller plants. Would it be wise to mix up 2 different strength of nutes and use a lower ppm on the yellowing plants? The bud leaves are dark green and buds are forming nice just nit as big as the other plants.

[chrisdl805]

Well its day 49 of flower and the nugs are getting bigger everyday! I got this $70 bad ass microscope, not your typical shitty pocket microscope, to check out the trichomes. On all the bubba kush they look to be 50% cloudy 50% clear, and on the Sage n Sour they look 60% cloudy 35% clear and 5% amber. How long does it normally take to go from cloudy to amber? I'll be checking them everyday from now until their finished. The BK have started to stink real good just in the last week or so, but the SnS has smelt like skittles for the last 2-3 weeks. As far as crystal production, the BK's nugs are very well coated with trichomes, but not so much on the bud leaves. The Sage n Sour is covered with white crystals on the nugs and on the leaves so I'll have some nice hash to be made. As you can see in the pics some of the fan leaves are dying. Part of it was caused by too high ppm runoff caused by not enough fresh water in between feedings. Plus I think the plants with the most yellow/brown leaves were planted in a mixture of coco and peat moss, and didn't have the correct ratio of lime added throwing of the ph. If I had planted all of them just in Coco I think my yield would have doubled, but you live and you learn. Anyways here's the pics :thumbsup:

pic 1- my biggest Bubba kush
pic 2- 2nd largest BK
pic 3- My only Sage n Sour
pic 4 3rd largest Bk
Pic 5- another Bk

[chrisdl805]

a few more shots

[chrisdl805]

Well its coming to the end of week 8 of flower and the girls are still alive so that's always a good sign :thumbsup: The Sage n Sour has just started to turn amber in the last few days, probably 5%. So I think I will give her one or two more watering's with some final phase and she's ready for harvest. I was a bit surprised to see the amber in the middle of week 8 because all the research I've done on SnS says that its a 9 week flower. I guess its not off by much, but I was wondering if the Co2 had anything to do with speeding things up? All the nugs are super dense especially the Bubba Kush. I haven't been able to find out the flowering time for Bubba Kush. So far most the trichs are all clear to cloudy so I think they have at least a week to 10 days more. I need these to hurry up and finish because my veg chamber is to full and getting smaller by the day.


I have taken I few sample cuts, 2 from the SnS and 1 from the BK all from small side branches. One of the SnS is already in a jar curing and the other two are still hanging up in a closet. I took a few shot of the 2nd SnS branch that I cut last night. Let me know what you guys think! Keep in mind its just a small side branch that was cut early.

[chrisdl805]

I took a few more sample cuts, one of the Sage n Sour and one of the Bubba Kush. Again both are small side branch's, no colas yet.

Also I had to go over to IC to find some other Bubba growers and it looks like the average harvest time is at day 70 :wtf: Which is interesting because they look like there done, but all the trichomes are still clear to cloudy. Looks like I have at least 2 more weeks on the Bubba, day 56, but I'll keep checking trichome's everyday and won't go past 30% amber. On the other hand I think I will harvest the 3 small Bubba's I have in 5-7 days so I can have some morning/daytime smoke that won't knock me on my ass. I also found out that Bubba isn't a big yielder, which makes sense because none of the flowers look bigger than 4-5 grams. At least I vegged them for a long time and topped a lot of branches, plus all the Lst had to help. So on my 3 big Bubbas I', hoping for 3-5 ounces per plant. And then on the 4 small Bubba's maybe an ounce per plant. The SnS looks to be at 5-10% amber so I think she will be done within a week. I gave her her first does of final phase yesterday, and will give her at least one more watering with the final phase before harvest. She looks to be a decent yielding strain. Even though all she's been through, spider mites, root aphids, lockout, ph problems, ect. I think I'll get 4-6 ounces off her.

I was able to sample the fruits of my labor on some of the SnS that I had cut on 4/20. It had only been flushed with plain water for about a week when it was cut but there wasn't any snap crackle pop when smoked. The ash did burn black though with very little gray But it got me high and tasted OKAY. I know with a proper cure it will be some awesome smoke

The first five pics are all the Bubba and the 2nd page will be the sage n sour

[chrisdl805]

And here's the SageNSour

The Bubba Kush branch was 8 grams wet and the Sage n Sour was 4.5 grams wet.

[805dnbhead]

man, that sage n sour is some of the nicest herb i've ever smoked. bubba too of course. can't wait to hear your final harvest weight. looks to be good!

[chrisdl805]

Well I was forced to harvest the 4 smaller Bubba Kush plants today. One had a light Spider mite infestation and they were moving from the fan leaves to the bud leaves on all the lower small growth, so they are out of the flower room, and soon to be hanging up to dry. I was planning on harvesting these 4 this week but not last night so it was definitely a bummer. I have been using the spider mite predators about every 2 weeks. It's the container with the 3 different species, and they were the 500 or 5000 predators containers which were the bigger ones soooo.. I don't know what else to do to kill them so late in flower other than predators and me pulling every leaf with signs of mites. Any tips??? I went thoroughly through the other 4 big plants and they had some mites on the lower fan leaves, but nothing to freak out about. I just had to removes the leaves, smash any mites I could find and throw away the leaves. I hope I can keep them under control for another 2 weeks so i can let the Bubba do her thing. Plus I am going to try and re-veg my best to Bubba's cause I was a moron and didn't take any cloans of her I have already trimmed one plant and its hanging to dry. I have 3 more to go...The first one came in at 111 grams wet so I hope for an ounce dry. My hands were SOOOOO sticky from all the trimming it was ridiculous. I would just about glue my fingers to a stem while trimming. Made a nice little hash ball from my hands and the scissors. Anyways will update with the wet weight from the other 3 later today. I also might be cutting down the SagenSour tonight, gotta check the trichs when the lights come back on.

Hey 805dnbhead, yeah the SnS is some of my favorite herb to smoke, the smell, the taste, the high. All amazing. Since were close maybe we could work something out. Let me know and I'll give you my email.

[805dnbhead]

what it do? lets see some pics of that big sage n sour!