first time growing cannabis

[PhatJay]

Flush is between 7-14 days, depending on grow style and medium. The dark period you are talking about is called Stress Ripening, give it a google, there are mixed opinions about it.

[1thcbomb]

started my plants on bloom, so with any luck i should get a nice harvest. thanx everyone for ur comments. i'll post pics in a couple of weeks then harvest pics. keep smoking and growing. :rastasmoke:

[PhatJay]

started my plants on bloom, so with any luck i should get a nice harvest. thanx everyone for ur comments. i'll post pics in a couple of weeks then harvest pics. keep smoking and growing. :rastasmoke:

Just keep an eye out for nute burn and red stalks (excess phosphorous). Looking forward to seeing the pics.

[1thcbomb]

Attachment 283170Attachment 283171hi everyone, here is another pic only a lil over 3 weeks before harvest, i do hope these buds get bigger over the next couple of weeks.

[PhatJay]

I would have expected her to fill out a bit more more than that. She is not hungry and looks healthy so I don't know why she hasn't filled out more. I had a look at the pic for the strain on two seedbank sites and the bud in the picture looked really small, yours look bigger than that pic already.

[1thcbomb]

if i'm wanting bigger buds i might try growing big bud or big bang next time, not really impressed with how this strain is turning out

[PhatJay]

LST. should help next time round or you could try sog or scrog, those big colas are stopping you getting your light nearer to the rest of the plant. A better yielding strain will also help.

I think most first time growers are disappointed with the amount of bud they get. I grow White Rhino which is a big yielder, a friend of mine who has growing pretty much locked down was able to get 12oz of good bud (White Rhino) under a 600w HPS, but he had 4 smaller plants not one big one.

Also bear in mind that a lot of people exaggerate how much they crop.

[1thcbomb]

i have 2 plants at this stage both look the same in amount of bud they have on her, i also have 2 thc bombs just satrting to flower hope i get big buds off them as its a high yealding strain. might get some white rhino seeds and try them. thanx for all info mate. i'll keep u informed on how they grow and how much bud i get off them. :stoned:

[PhatJay]

How old they are also makes a massive difference. I was judging them as 5 weeks old, but in another thread you have said they are 4 weeks old. Your week 3 pics looked good, if these are 4 weeks then these look good, if they are 5 weeks then they might be a bit behind. Just 3 days can make a big difference...

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ml#post2096069 < 2 pictures of the same bud taken 3 days apart.

You have done fine for a first grow. Also... even though this is supposed to be an 8 week strain, I would be tempted to push one of them to 9 weeks (depending on how they look).

[1thcbomb]

yea mate like the idea about pushing towards the 9 weeks to try and get the most out of them, just dont want to leave them to long, need to get a 30 x magnifier to see when the tricombs start turning amber. is it about 90% amber tricombs for harvest? liked the pics of ur buds wouldnt beleve they were taken 3 days apart looks fat mate. for a bigger harvest what plant do u reconmend?