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Bruce Banner
Sativa Hybrid
4x8x6.5
Wish
19300 BTU Portable
Whynter
light spectrum, calendar, grow stages
California Lightworks
Indoor
Room Type
Topping
weeks 12
Defoliation
weeks 18
UVB
weeks 18, 20-21
Soil
Grow medium
19 L
Pot Size
2.84 L
Watering
0
Germination
Comments 1
NoVC01
Did not document Seedling Stage from germination through seedling transplant in photos. Seeds soaked 14 hours in distilled water, paper towel method, sprouts to seedling coconut coir pellets. Grow is Fall/Winter. The room housing the tent is blacked out. Behind the tent a window has been covered with plywood, sealed with weatherstrip and holes drilled to accept 6” diameter screened vents for fan ducting. Fans are ceiling height. Added to the intake is a downward duct to drop fresh air to the floor. SETUP 4’x8’x6’6” grow tent 2 - 6” 420 cfm fans (in/out) 2 - clip fans (circulation) 2 - 15 amp surge protectors (1 for fans/heaters, 1 for all fixtures, UVB timer and UVB) 2 - mini space heaters (winter) 1 - portable AC (summer) Lights - California Light Works (CLW) - Solar System 550’s (3 total). The Lights - replacement equivalent - 600-watt HPS bulbs - using less energy. Lights are chained via rj11 data cables to a CLW-Controller. Allowing, manipulation of the light spectrum at different RWB (red,white,blue) percentages and for various stages of plant growth. The controller is mounted outside the tent. From “sprout to finish” one can pre-program the controller for an entire grow. The light fixtures do not chain. That means a lot of cordage gets tied up out of the grow area, as can be seen in the picture. Attached to the two outside light fixtures are CLW - UVB kits (2 lights 24-watt Fluorescent each, 4 total). The sunrise/sunset controller feature gradually ramps lights on and off (dawn - dusk). Personal setting - 15 minutes each. Ramp up/down included during program On/Off. Soil - Kellogg Organic Plus - raised bed and potting soil. Containers 2” coconut coir seed starting pellets and 5 gallon fabric grow bags.
Used method
Paper Towel
Germination Method
12
Week 12. Vegetation
81.28 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6
Normal
45 %
21 °C
19 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
PH Down 0.793 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 0.793 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 0.528 mll
Comments 1
NoVC01
Week 12 Day 7 End Grow Program (8 full weeks). One plant didn't like the Cal-Mag and yellowed a little. Plant recovered and is bushy green and tolerates Cal-Mag.
Used techniques
Topping
Technique
14
Week 14. Flowering
76.2 cm
12 hrs
27 °C
6
Normal
45 %
21 °C
19 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
PH Down 0.793 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 0.528 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 0.528 mll
Comments 1
NoVC01
Preflower Program 2 weeks duration (weeks 13 day 1 to Week 14 Day 7
15
Week 15. Flowering
76.2 cm
12 hrs
27 °C
6
Normal
45 %
21 °C
19 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
PH Down 3.91 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 3.91 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 2.6 mll
Comments 1
NoVC01
Off to the races!
16
Week 16. Flowering
76.2 cm
12 hrs
27 °C
6
Normal
45 %
21 °C
19 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
PH Down 0.793 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 3.91 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 2.6 mll
Comments 2
NoVC01
The genetics are spectacular. The plants are green through and through. Extremely few dead bottom leaves. I top my plants at 4 nodes. Sometimes I prune the bottom "falf". The bottom buds go to the wife for edibles. Most grows I chase the water amounts. This time when they established, I choose .75 gallons as follows: Day 1 Feed, Days 3, 4, 6 water (Ph down, Cal-Mag). I skip the day before feeding and the day after. Gives the plants better nutrient absorption (imo).
18
Week 18. Flowering
91.44 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Strong
45 %
21 °C
19 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 7
PH Down 0.793 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 3.91 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 1.3 mll
Comments 2
NoVC01
Week 17 tested the UVB bulbs lights off just to see their footprint. Maxed out the light canopy using the carabiner attached to the ceiling cross members. So far grow has been stellar and then I let them grow to 24” during growth. Now the canopy is 25”, plants stretched to 36.” Should be a 30+” canopy to accommodate the UVB exposure. Could have used the extra 6” from growth. Other previous pictures show same strain with different leaf patterns. To me it seems the seeds were F1/F2 and at least the one reverted back to a parent. Sugar leaves are frosting. Taller colas have been LST/Supercropped to maintain canopy. One Chocolate Kush cola I kinked over and it knuckled nicely. The buds on it really like it. Jury is out on the Bruce Banner. They are frosty and a little sticky but! Chocolate Kush will produce very large nuggets. Week 18 Day 3 All plants defoliated to improve bottom light exposure and bud development... Heat adjustment hassle. Outside intake air in 30°s. Room will run 78° during the day heaters off. Nighttime goes to 60° if I forget. So, the hassle is turning on the heaters before I close up the garden for the night. Settled for heaters off day/on night. Now 78°/70°. Still have to monitor outside air temps, Old school ways say top at four, never get rid of the fans. Will add defoliation in the third week of flower to my toolkit. Remembering the early 70’s, armed with Mel Frank’s “How to grow Marijuana.” and a large room full of growlux grow bulbs repleat with homemade tin roof fixture hoods. Growing scraggly assed sativas. Disaster! Total investment 0. Tommorrow Week 19 Day 1 Begin UVB @ 15 minutes on the hour 10am - 3pm (or when attached to crossbars or flower stretch complete and able to maintain canopy +24”). Stretch this grow was 36”. Canopy fixed at 24.” Adding 1/64th tsp dry P & K to nutrient mix.
Used techniques
Defoliation
Technique
UVB
Technique
Grow Questions
NoVC01
NoVC01started grow question a month ago
Looking for heavy foliage indica plants before and after defoliation. Point me to your grow. After 50 years of top at four nodes, never remove fans I decided to add defoliation to the toolkit.
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m0useanswered grow question a month ago
Its dense but I don't think you need it. Keep up the airflow and its gold.
20
Week 20. Flowering
91.44 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6
Strong
45 %
18 °C
19 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
PH Down 0.793 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 3.91 mll
Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm
Tiger Bloom 2.6 mll
Comments 2
NoVC01
Week 19 Day 1 Begin UVB Wk 19 (or when attached to crossbars or flower stretch complete and able to maintain canopy +24”) Stretch this grow was to 36”. Canopy fixed at 24.” Wk 19, Day 1 start UVB between 10am - 3 pm @ 15 minutes on the hour. (1½ hours total exposure). Wk 19, Day 4 footprint: 10 am @ 30 minutes; 12 pm @45 minutes; 2 pm @ 30 minutes. (1¾ hours total exposure). 1/64th tsp of both P & K added to the existing nutrient mix. Experiment! On week nine of soil feeding schedule. Week 20 Day 1 Feeding Schedule @ Wk 10 (start of week 5 of flower). Wk 20 Day 1 UVB footprint: 9 am @ 15 minutes; 10 am @ 30 minutes; 12 pm @ 45 Minutes; 2 pm @ 30 minutes; 3 pm @ 15 minutes. (2¼ hours total exposure). One heater running. At sunrise tent temperature 64° F. (outside air 28°F) Thought was, in the mountains at night it gets cold and then hot during the day. So now I am running 60°± - 78°. Week 20 Day 4 flush all plants @ 1 gallon per plant using FoxFarm’s Sledgehammer. Plants starting to get ugly. Calyxes these plant are quite large. Makes the buds look like oatmeal with a sprinkling of brown sugar. The plants will never be extremely frosty. Probably mid range not high THC. Of course this is only one week of UVB exposure. Result of extra P & K Wk 19 Day 1 - plants reacted differently, some had a little crimson in the stalks and stems, others a little yellowing a few leaves. Might have caused the flowers to stretch some. Not at toxicity stage. Two of the sevenplants were effected. Stick to the soil feeding schedule stupid!
Used techniques
UVB
Technique
21
Week 21. Flowering
91.44 cm
12 hrs
24 °C
6
Strong
45 %
16 °C
19 L
3 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 2
PH Down 0.793 mll
Bush Doctor Sledgehammer - Fox Farm
Bush Doctor Sledgehammer 2.642 mll
Comments 2
NoVC01
Week 21 Day 1 Start of week. Week 11 of Soil Feeding Schedule. Last nutrient feed before harvest. Trichomes still clear. Calaxys swollen big time. Pistils turning inward copper orange. Still some white. Couple of plants, flowers still trying to grow. Causing some foxtailing or this could be the result of the extra P,K. End of Flower Program - Day 7 of Week 21. Moving into Finish program. Sledgehammer once a week, weeks 22/1 and 23/1. All I did was top at 3, light prune, light defoliation. Nutrient feeding stopped. Ph water only. It certainly is Fall in my garden. One BB plant hasn’t turned yet. The CK grew as expected. This was 00 Seeds Sensi-star version. The runt seedling grew into a beautiful plant. BB were freebie seeds. I did not pay much attention to them. Both plants different phenos. One produced sativa like leads. The other put out a lot of weaker laterals. Whatever the sativa in the hybrid showed through. Unknown sativa hybrid. Lots of flower laden branches bending from the weight. Can’t wait to see her unleashed alone.
Used techniques
UVB
Technique
Grow Questions
NoVC01
NoVC01started grow question 23 days ago
Finish Program. Between Wk 22 Day 1 (1/26) & Wk 23 Day 7 (2/8) guess the Week /Day of Harvest? Showing trich photos. Dilemma is: Another week of flower then finish or right to finish now and let the trichs cloud. Finish is heavy blue, white and decreased red w/ UVB
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All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 23 days ago
Ich würde ernten die sehen schon übereift aus. Ab diesem Moment wird der thc Gehalt immer weniger. Und die Pflanze wird ab jetzt langsam eingehen.
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Week 22. Harvest
Happy Harvest Day!
Chocolate Kush - 00seeds
Spent 113 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
10/10
Rated
893.01 g
Bud wet weight per plant
4
Plants
81.28
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Comments 1
NoVC01
HARVEST I hate trimming. All employed bud trimmers should be given raises Chocolate Kush (sensi-star) I take the strain for granted. Been growing and using the mazur cross for a long time. Yield was Number 2 this grow. This is a good plant for medicine. Not ready to review. DRYING RACK About drying, I grew up in the age of hanging plants upside down to dry because it increased the THC.. Can argue, but it was a myth. Still I continued hanging upside down for years. Always hated the wait! Bought the rack, 8 tiers. Handles my harvest. The drying process is quick 2-3 days. You must monitor the moisture, or it will quickly suck it right out of the weed. The rack provides a quick route into cure. Sprout to finish!! Under The Wild LED Sky.
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Week 22. Harvest
Happy Harvest Day!
Bruce Banner - Seedsman
Spent 113 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
907.18 g
Bud wet weight per plant
2
Plants
81.28
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Comments 1
NoVC01
I hate trimming. All employed bud trimmers should be given raises Bruce Banner: (Yield 10.1 oz) These were freebie seeds Had 10 beans landed up with 2 plants. A 3rd sprout did come up in the batch. Yield wise BB comes in last. The two phenos I grew had much potential but I didn’t tend to them. One plant shined through on its sativa side in its structure. The other was closer to the intake air and purpled some it was bushy and put out a lot of weak but flowered laterals. At top of rack, dried quick (first to jar). Flowers are a silver blue-green. Taste is familiar, a mild version of being “that” weed one likes. Now I know it has the musty taste of early Jamaican weed during the columbian era. Turns on fairly quickly, serious mood, a little intense and somewhat introspective. Much later you realize your down. Sprout to finish!! Under The Wild LED Sky.
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Week 22. Harvest
Happy Harvest Day!
Sativa Hybrid - Seedsman
Spent 113 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
1020.58 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
81.28
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Comments 4
NoVC01
I hate trimming. All employed bud trimmers should be given raises Sativa Hybrid (yield 10.6 oz) I called it. The weed has haze in it!. Smoked a dub while writing this. High as a kite. Pretty happy! Put it down a couple times. Long lasting. Cured, this shit will be good. Wish I knew its origin. Nice to smoke some green weed. Second to manicure and jar. Buds are loose thai bud green and rather sandy looking. This was the 3rd sprout that came up in the BB batch. Yield wise this plant comes in First. Was the plant that had a flower on top of one of the mains. She put out a lot of heavily flowered branches and some big colas. Sprout to finish!! Under The Wild LED Sky.
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