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Placed the girls in Spring Water and Mykos-root biological. Trying to sprout 11+ year old seeds that have been in storage at room temperature. Not ideal but have managed to get a few beans to take off. Have thousands, so it is just a function of math as to how many I have to plant. Have been placing 10 beans per cup. Will get 3-4 to sprout-except certain strains! Have had the Juicy Fruit and Romulan mix sprout all the beans!
Am including a few "ringers' in this next grow. Have some female beans from ILGM and MSNL - good ones - Banana Kush, Girl Scout Cookies Extreme, good 'ol Gorrilla Glue#4, and of course Wedding Cake. Had a taste of GSC from last batch, not much but enough to make me want more.
Most of the ILGM & MSNL sees popped!
The slots that are empty were for 11+ Year old seeds. Little bit more difficult to germ since these seeds were stored at room temperature in the garage! Still, I am finding some that will work for this next run.
Moved the Babies from the tray to their new home for a few weeks. First time I have tried the Extreme Gardening Azos Bacteria. Like most folks I thought, "Bacteria Bad." Well I have proved to myself that is just not the case. I tried using LESS THAN recommended and I can tell you the results are TWICE as good when I grow without it! Azos is a keeper! Will be adding it to future grows! The "Root Zone" is super active and LOTS of FAT ROOT GROWTH! Love it! These Babies are thriving!
This week the Babies started drinking more in the smaller pots. Time to move up! Was amazed at the growth of the roots when transferring to larger pots. The plants were almost root bound! Thank you "good" bacteria. Root growth was HALF of what I am seeing with Mykos & Azos. Was confused at first by it...but after seeing the growth - I'm a believer now! I transferred 2 ILGM Gorilla Glue#4, 2 ILGM Wedding Cake, MSNL Banana Kush, GSC Extreme, G-13 Haze, White Widow, 3 Home-crossed White Extreme Haze (G13/WW/EXT2), and 4 Home-crossed Extreme Cookies (GST/EXT2). I have 7 that are Feminized, the rest are just regular seeds with 50% chance of Fems. I will do what I can to sway the odds a bit. LST Training will begin again in about 3 days. Thanks.
This week the Babies were introduced to LST Training. Some took really well to it like the White Widow - she stretched out those (soon to be) lower branches to make a lot of room for big Colas! I was a doubter if LST Training would work or if it would stress out the plants too much to make it viable. After the last run, and reading tons of posts here, I can say I have the confidence to give it a try! Thanks to this Community! MUCH THANKS TO ALL!!!
I missed a week. This week in Flower I had to remove a few males that were showing their true colors! They wanted to "soil" mu Ladies - so they had to go! I germed 7 Females, 8 unknown. I had to remove 3 males from that were WW/G13 and WW/GSC. Still keeping an eye for any "new" males. Put up first SoG net. Plants going through their pre-flower stretch. They have almost doubled in size. Still looking good, nice and green. They look happy. I always play drums and guitar 3-5 times a week with them. Laugh if you want but the plants seems to like it...and they will bring me goodness in the end! I would like to say I meant to do this but it just happened that way. They are my Rock and Roll Girls!
Had to pull another big Male! Left a hole in the canopy. Within just a few days that hole was covered. They are stretching and pulling in closer to light. Did not do the last LST Training session and now they are a little taller and not as bushy as I had hoped. Oh well, better luck next grow. In the meantime, we have plenty to do to see this grow through. Thanks, Mark.
No more Males! Canopy kept being "cut out" because of removing males from the Grow.
The girls have started to blossom. Internodal length looks good. Need to fill in those branches with yummy colas! The stage is set....how good will this Harvest be? Only time will tell.
Thanks for visiting! See you soon!
This week the Ladies just received the stinky stuff - Earth Juice Bloom - which is basically Bat Guano and Kelp. Good for plants just don't breathe in over the container. Have to sit this out for 24 hours and add the Mykos just before feeding. Plants love this stuff! If you ever wondered where that "stinky goodness" came from.....
Just another fun week watching the young sprouts make it to Bloom. They stretched pretty good there for a while and now the Ladies are really putting on weight! 😎
This week has been all about cleaning out the under brush! Had about a half pound of leaves!
The Ladies are moving into their final phase....won't be long now. Cannot wait for a taste! Enjoy the eye-candy!
This is a sad week for my grow....found a male that was hiding but not before he managed to ruin the whole crop!!! It happens. However, the male was a GSC Extrema so may look for some crosses like GSC/Banana Kush, GSC/Extrema Wedding Cake, etc.
Trying to make it sound good. I have been moping for days. So much work goes into this and not to get the results you are after, is disappointing.
Anyway, I will pull these very soon and start again!
Thanks to all those that supported this grow...sorry to let you down!😞
This is the last week. They are currently in the dark getting ready for Chop, Chop in a day or so.
Only doing water this week. Checked my TDS and it was around 80PPM. Pretty low since we have added the RO system.
The smell hits you when you open the cab like a freight train. Some smelly treats in there!
Going skiing in a couple weeks. So stay tuned for next grow! 😎
Good News!!! I found a single Hermie that had a few branches with seeds! I thought the whole Harvest was going to be junk. It turned out to be better than I expected. So, never give up!
This combination grows really well and the smoke will knock you on your butt, literally! I took a hit and folded like clothes out of a drawer! Whoop. Right on the floor! The G-13 is very prominent in this pheno.
This is same as the other WW/G13 but has the added Extrema into the mix. The growth was crazy! This is a powerful combo! Strong plant! She is the largest of the plants. Have not gotten full weight yet, but man is she heavy!
She is small but did not get to run a full cycle. That's what happens when you mix indica and sativa in the same cab. She has got some good structure and weight. Sorry, only the one photo.
Found 1 more Male this week. Too bad he was looking really bushy! He is relegated to the dust bin. Girls were stretching a lot this week, especially the Banana! The canopy is filling up after removing those pollen-sack twigs. Hopefully that was the last of them. Hard to adjust the buckets once net is in place. Still playing for them. They are still happy and looking good! Thanks for stopping by!
@Roberts,
You hit the "Nail on the head" with that comment. Yes, it is VERY crowded now. Going to reduce the number next time. But it took seeing how you good guys grow! Thanks for the education! 😀
@Roberts,
Yea. I am actually hoping for males! Need to germ fewer. Just wanted to make sure I had enough! Quality over quantity. Next run will be ALL Females and fewer of them. So I can give each one the love they deserve! Thanks for commenting! Grow on!
@homerjgangia,
Thanks Homey! You are a legend in these parts. Thanks for stopping by my grow. Have been mesmerized with your work. Hoping to be as good! Thx. 😀
@DreamIT,
I dream of IT. Mainly because I'm a Computer Geek - since before it was cool! Happy to have another IT Guy stop by. After seeing your work, I am honored. 127.0.0.1 Boy! 😀
@Vt_Kind,
That Banana is a keeper. Going to re-order this strain for sure! She is getting HUGE (for my grow at least - have seen some scary large colas on this site). Smells delightful! 😀
And we chase cats off for doing that on our garden!!! Lol looking good mate. Lots of variety too. Happy growing and nothing beats the horror that hits you when you open a bag of Megacrop!!!! That stuff is stamped down , smudged then dried , Unicorn shit .....
@Ganjagrandaddy,
Funny! If our cats smelled that bad, I would have to take them to the Vet! Love the variety! Different strains for different pains! Thanks for stopping by! 😀
@glasseye19,
My first Banana. Humidity varies, must have just watered. It settles down. The main thing for me is that it is lower during last few weeks of flower, to prevent mold. Have never had mold as a result. Thanks for taking a look! Will keep a GlassyEye on you too! 😬
False alarm! The Male I thought I found was merely a Hermie. All the others were safe! Got a decent Harvest. Had to chop them a llittle early since we are going skiing soon and did not have time to make a full grow. They are all hanging from the ceiling of the cabinet (that's the last picture that looks upside down). From there to curing! Plenty of frosty goodness when I get done playing in the snow!
I feel for ya, Bummer😕..
Luck with the next EXPERIMENT👌...
First time I've heard anyone using vanilla, Why?
Does it feed the soil? Is it similar to molasses?
Inquiring minds would like to know😏...
@Homeboy981,Put around 40KM(20miles) on the ARCTIC CATS yesterday in 6 inches of fresh snow
with the temps around -15c, BEAUTIFUL ride.. Woke up this morning to -32c, ------- COLD😵!!!
Something about a polar vortex sending the super cold, -35c overnight tonight with winds making it
feel like -42c, ------- COLDER!!!!
-40c and -40f are the same, gives an idea how cold it is, the dogs won't stay outside for very long, constantly
scratching at the door to come inside, can't really blame them though.
Happy New Year!!!
@northernMike,
Sure Love to play in the snow! Got back from 7 days fresh powder almost every day! Love the fluffy stuff! OK to visit....would not want to live in it tho. Ironically it was colder (bone chilling cold) when we got off the plane in Dallas, and it was only 45 degrees. I was skiing with just a t-shirt and light jacket at -1 in the Rockies.
The vacation was the main reason for cutting this grow short.
Homeboy981
