Week 11 - Week 7 of Flower
10/13 thru 10/19/23 -
Day 71 Thur 77
10/19 - I did a little defoliation to let some light get to the buds below. She is still bulking slightly but mostly just waiting on her trics to change. Her top leaves are practically neon yellow even with Nutes. I have 5 others going right now and she is the only one showing that. I could have over fed her but I think it’s probably the chlorine in my water. I keep saying I am going to either leave my water out a day to let it evaporate off or install a filter for it specifically but I just never find the time. I think I will now for my next grow. Other that she is looking beautiful and smells like sweet like vanilla cream. Really hard to describe but it’s very nice. See you next week and Happy Growing Everyone!!
10/17 - Its much colder now and the humidity is down to around 45 -50 % so the resin production is kicking in full gear now. I took some close up shots to see about where she is at and she is mostly cloudy with some clear and no sign of Amber yet. If you see Amber tell her I said hi by the way and I am waiting on her to show up!! I am really debating on my harvest time. As of right now I’ll probably do her last nute feeding sometime around 10/21 and then start her flush. I’ll put her in 48 hours darkness around 10/28 give or take. It all really depends on where her trics are as I really want about 10 - 20% amber so this is a very tentative schedule.
10/16 - She is starting to get frosty now!! Her calyx’s are starting to swell and her pistols starting to recede so I may have to up my timeline. I’ll take more tric pics later this week to see where she is at and update my estimated harvest date if necessary.
10/13 - Everything going along great. She is just bulking up now and her pistols are at around 40 - 50% red. I took some high resolution photos just to see where the trichomes are and I think another 2 weeks per my preferences. She is starting to yellow a bit on top and I am still feeding about 1/2 strength nutes. I’ll probably wait another week to 10 days and start my flush.
Wow buddy!! super nice buds
What an amazing grow so far - good job and well done 🤝
Happy Growing & cant wait for your upcoming weeks 🌱
Cheers, Bud Boutique 👩🌾
Thanks Bud Boutique!
This has been a great grow for me as I think I have finally figured out most of the basics. My next challenge will be growing photos for a more consistent bud.
I’ll come take a look at what you have going. If your doing any photos I’ll be watching lol
Happy Growing!
Thanks! I see you’re growing a Banana Purple Punch Auto from Fastbuds. I got a few free seeds from them I’ll be trying out so I’ll have to keep an eye on your grow.
Happy Growing!
Thanks Bugsby!! It was a Great Harvest! I got about 750 grams wet weight so hoping for around 5 oz dry lol I know I won’t end up with that, probably more like 4 1/4 after cure and stems. I’ll be posting soon.
I have to give credit where it’s due and that would be my lovely wife! Lol she saw me trying to dry on lines hanging across my tent and was “umm I could fix that problem for you” and that’s what she got me. They each have 24 different clips and they fold up after use. I just love ‘‘em lol
I used to put my paper towels on the heat mat but I stopped going that. That heat can introduce pathogens and I’ve since found out that although there are more than one germination method, temperature doesn’t make much difference. What you’re trying to do is soften the shell and heat certainly helps that but the juice ain’t worth the squeeze. I started sanding the seems very lightly and that allows moisture inside which will hasten germination. I started using CulturedBiologix Dr. Root, which is just an instant tea, that I mix in water. You can ph it if you wish but it’s not a deal breaker because you’re not trying to uptake any nutes for two weeks anyway. Mephisto is notoriously finicky early on so all you want is root accelerators if anything for two weeks with an auto. IMO. So after I scuff the seeds I soak them overnight in a shot glass. If they sink sooner then just pour the water you soaked them in onto the paper towel and with sterile tweezers I place them point down on the paper towel and fold like everyone does. Then I place the baggie vertically with the points aiming down. They should start to work down in about two days. Then I put them straight into a 3gal container. Anything bigger is unnecessary IMO. I’ve seen Del from NightOwl (the best auto gear IMO) pull 30 grams out of a 3gal fabric container.
Good luck!
Yea I like to keep it pretty simple. Just PH’d water and a napkin in a baggy/Tupperware outside in the shade for 2 days. I don’t use many supplements until about week 2 and then only foxfarm trio & Calmag.
I always found the KISS method works best for me haha Keep it simple stupid.
I’ll check your grow out as well. Curious to see the same strain but with different breeders.
Happy Growing!
Happy Growing!
I couldn’t believe it myself when I weighed it! I think I just got lucky with a bigger than average plant. That being said I am extremely happy with this strain too. Going to grow it again for sure.
I leave a 62% Boveda (1oz) pack in and still burp my jars doing the cure. They are more for a backup if I forget to burp them.
I’ll be checking your grow for your dry harvest pics!