Mandala Hashberry log #1

[Joel]

Yo crew, long time since Ive grown so please let me know if there's any conflicts in the following set up, this is going to be my log for the grow as well.

I intend to grow 4 to 5 at a time.
Light : 400w MH/HPS electronic switchable ballast.
Soil : Schultz Potting soil with peat moss, perlite, composed organic materials, and lime for ph balance. (0.08 - 0.12 - 0.08) N-P-K
Pots : 5 3gal pots

Planning on maintaining a straight water feed until 4th node arise's and then start feeding it real food. I will have pictures set up as soon as my seeds get here and are ready to go. I would also like to tie the plant for it to develop more cola's, so if anyone can shed some light on how to do so, please do it would be most kindly appreciated <3. :rasta:

If anyone's wondering I purchased these Hashberry seeds, they are from Mandala Seeds. I hear good things about them so I hope these turn out for the best, but hell with some help from you guys it should go just smooth.

Drop a line, more then welcome ~ Joel

Joel Reviewed by Joel on 07-29-2009. Mandala Hashberry log #1 Yo crew, long time since Ive grown so please let me know if there's any conflicts in the following set up, this is going to be my log for the grow as well. I intend to grow 4 to 5 at a time. Light : 400w MH/HPS electronic switchable ballast. Soil : Schultz Potting soil with peat moss, perlite, composed organic materials, and lime for ph balance. (0.08 - 0.12 - 0.08) N-P-K Pots : 5 3gal pots Planning on maintaining a straight water feed until 4th node arise's and then start feeding it Rating: 5

[Joel]

Can anyone shed any light on how I can LST the plant into developing more shoots? Any help here or thoughts about the medium.

Also my tap water comes out a 7+ PH so I think Im going to go with bottled, comes out at 6.3 PH. Keep everything much more healthy and thriving. Bought a nice PH kit at walmart LOL.

[Joel]

Awesome, zero response's. Anyway I'll keep it going with our without the support. I haven't been able to upload pictures because my computer is broken, but to update I have 9 seeds now going, 4 Hashberry, 5 Bag seed. Light and everything all set up. Using Schultz Potting soil with Peat moss, Little value's of N-P-K, and lime to balance pH. Anyway I will have pictures arising soon, nothing funs happening now anyway :P :rastasmoke:

[ditdotter]

I have grown out most of the Mandala straines, but I haven't tried the Hashberry as of yet . I have the seeds just do not have the time or space.
From what I have seen if the Hashberry is a short Indica like the Satori I would not top. Even for a short plant they produce quite a bit of bud on a sizable main cola. Since you are starting from seed I would veg for at least 6 to 8 weeks, which should give you a plant of about 16-18 inches going into flower. Which should give you a plant of about 25 to 30 inches after strech. Do not feed for the first several weeks, only Ph'd water. Then you can start gradually increasing the amount of nutes from 1/2 to 2/3 to full over the next couple of weeks. ( I use the full lineup of Fox Farms Nutes). Hope this helps a little. Good luck.

[Joel]

I have grown out most of the Mandala straines, but I haven't tried the Hashberry as of yet . I have the seeds just do not have the time or space.
From what I have seen if the Hashberry is a short Indica like the Satori I would not top. Even for a short plant they produce quite a bit of bud on a sizable main cola. Since you are starting from seed I would veg for at least 6 to 8 weeks, which should give you a plant of about 16-18 inches going into flower. Which should give you a plant of about 25 to 30 inches after strech. Do not feed for the first several weeks, only Ph'd water. Then you can start gradually increasing the amount of nutes from 1/2 to 2/3 to full over the next couple of weeks. ( I use the full lineup of Fox Farms Nutes). Hope this helps a little. Good luck.

Hey man yea thanks, so after the last few weeks this is what has been going on.
I have 1 Hashberry Female and 1 Unknown sativa female. Hashberry is just at 6 weeks old and the Sative unknown is 6 1/2 weeks old. I have another plant growing but is too small if I intend to flower soon so I might just chop him.

Feeding with Schultz Liquid Plant Food once a week and the rest with PH'd water. The PH of my water concerned me a little bit as its in the 7.0 - 7.4 range but the plants seem to be taking very well. I should have pictures next week! I hope to be flowering within the next 2 weeks.

Thanks for the info dit. <3

[fourkicks]

hows tricks man. looking forward to your log.im a firm believer in l.s.t. i was always restricted height issues(not personally) so i have allways used it. after 10 days bend the stems back and forth to get them strong. and then when they are about 5 inches i just bend them straight on to the side of the pot.tie them with them green plant ties(soft ones) and wait for it to grow back up to the light,then bend it around the pot again..its great for promoting side growth and leads to a crazy looking plant with just a few fat main colas..:rastasmoke:

[Joel]

I got the LST down on the Unknown Sativa. She is very very bushy. Im excited for the flower and I anticipate it will take me 55-60 days to flower. Then I plan on curing for a week and a bit after the drying. Also could someone fill me in on how to sift all the THC from the left over plant after harvest :jointsmile: Thx guys

[ditdotter]

If I were you I would take 3 or 4 clones from the Hashberry before you put it into flower. The clones make better plants than the ones from seed. I think if you drop the ph of your water down to 6.3 you will have better results. The grow I'm doing now is all Mandala from clones... Kalichukra, Satori, and Mandala #1. They were all veg'ed for 8 weeks the Kalichukra and Mandala #1 were 32 inches tall topped going into flower. The Satori was 26 inches going into flower. After 4 weeks of flowering the Mandala #1 plants are about 50 inches or more tall with multiple colas. The Kalichukra is about 60 inches tall with multiple colas and the Satori is around 50 inches with just single colas. Damn nice looking plants all.
They were fed Fox Farms Nutes from the beginning every other watering. The other watering was (is) just plain ph'd water. The attached picture is a Satori plant that was harvested last month. It was 30 inches tall at the finish and produced over 2 oz of dried bud.

[Joel]

I dont know how to lower my water's PH unless I go out and buy distilled water wich is PH corrected to 6.3 My hashberry is about 17 inchs tall, just showing sex now. I will attempt to clone.

[ditdotter]

It's very easy to lower the ph of water. All you need is plain vinegar. If you do not have a ph pin they are not that expensive. My tap water runs about 7.0 if I add 17 cc or 1tbls plus 1/2 tsp of apple cider vinegar it will test close to 6.3. If you are adding nutes to the mix it will take less vinegar to lower the ph.