step right up to see irydyum's GHSco.-all orgainic-giant tree extraviganza w/ a twist

[bigtopsfinn]

WOW :jointsmile:

After looking at pics of what people call "the real Arcata Trainwreck" and looking at yours, I'd rather have yours (and mine that I grew out also ) You'll be very pleased with the smoke I'm sure Nicely done.

[irydyum]

Thanx for those kind words Finn. I hope it lives up to all the hype. I have only had legitimate trainwreck once before, and it was years back, I'm excited for the reintroduction.

Btw, smoked a lil nug of AMS and I'm having a hard time typing.

[BeFree]

Wow, I've been gone far too long. =D Glad to see you (iry) and Shakezoola doin' the tagteam. Those babes look absolutely fucking gorgeous.

I did make a move from Oklahoma to Washington, so hopefully I can get my card and start up without any concerns.

You guys take it easy and most importantly, have fun.


be

[headshake]

what it do be? what's good with ya? i hope all is well.

i can't say that we tag teamed it, as i'm merely daniel-san to his mr. miyagi! i have learned tons and become a better grower. but i do help him tag team pipes and bongs
and shit!

all i did was post the initial pics cause he was too lazy.

glad to see you back! don't be a stranger.


-shake

[irydyum]

Trainwreck is officially cut at 65 days. Looks wonderful, I can hardly wait to see what it turns out to smoke like. I noticed a couple of the tiny lower buds had a seed or 2 in them, but I expected that. Stupid trainwreck hermie. But, it doesnt seem to have a bunch, and the buds are rather large, so I don't really care much about the beans. It's funny how nothing else has seeded. I wonder if hermie pollen can be sterile to other plants, but not to itself? Anyone have any scientific insight on this?

Anywho, here's a few pics from the trainwreck on chop day. I still have one AMS going, and from the looks of it, she will only last another day or 2.

Pic 1- Trainwreck stripped of fans
Pic 2- Trainwreck cola
Pic 3- Secondary buds

[superskunk1]

The ladies look beautiful :thumbsup:
I have been wanting to do trainwreck or AMS but have read/seen to many stories of them herming.

But your ladies are making me re-consider purchasing from GHSco

I do have a few from them in veg right now that I would like to flower soon.

When I get the chance to post a log hopefully you can drop by, the setup is very similar but I feel like I need more space. How much space do you have between each lady?


:jointsmile:

[irydyum]

Your observations of AMS and TW are right, they both have a tendency to hermie. All of mine have, fortunately, they appear to be sterile for the most part. I had one TW so bad in the beginning I had to chop it about 3 weeks into flower.

As far as space between each lady, by the end of flower there was about negative 6" between them. I'll put a couple pics here to show you how much they filled my space.

[superskunk1]

Great pictures shows exactly what I was wondering.

I wasn't to sure if they would grow right all bunched up together but they look fine there. The setup has 2 hoods with a 6in inline fan to cool them down, so the temps stay at 78 most of the time. Your ladies look great and you said the temps stay around 84??? Not to sure but I thought high temps slow down growth but this log is making me rethink what I've learned.

I did have another question sorry to clutter up your thread but when did you transplant into 5gal? I have the same square pots but I'm deciding if it's ok to transplant during flowering?

Thanks for sharing

[irydyum]

Temps are something that you learn to deal with if you have to. I'm about to buy 2 air cooled hoods for my lights because I'm fed up with it. They may do even better with cool temps, unfortunately I won't know till next harvest. I'm sure they won't get worse though.

I transplanted them about a week before I switched to 12/12. I noticed crazy growth crazy fast for the first 3 weeks they were in em. The extra root space plus the stretch from flower they looked like they were on plant crack. They didn't really stop growing up until about week 5.

In retrospect my next grow is going to be sea of green again. I just had these seeds and had to start something, so I figured I would give them a try. I have trusted genetics lined up for the next one and it should be a great show.

As far as transplant during flower, everyone has their thoughts. I feel that the extra root space and nutes would outweigh the eventual strangulation of your plants. I have never done it, so I can't speak from experience. However I have never stressed my plants by transplant either. I use all the same soil and I just use an identical container as a form to fill soil around in the larger container. With a nice tight little negative pressed in the new soil, I slide the roots out and they fit like a glove in the new container. I water and they never miss a beat. If I thought it was necessary I wouldn't hesitate to transplant one of mine in flower. Just my :twocents:

[superskunk1]

Sounds good I might just transplant, they show roots at the bottom of the square pots but I also heard that it is a good thing.

If you are investing I'm air-cooled hoods I would make sure they are sealed, like I said I have to and any crack will make it harder to completely remove the heat in each hood. I managed to put a peice of duct tape around the areas that I suspected of having a air crack.

There are many advantages, you can have the lights closer and let the ladies hit the glass and not have to worry about them getting burned.

Thanks again and I hope your next grow goes perfect, a green thumb like yours needs good genetics.