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1st Grow Ever : BruteBucket & Cob led

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Week 8
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TheOutlawBubbaKush TheOutlawBubbaKush
6 years ago
As I put in the title of this diary, this is my first grow. I did a lot of research before hand, and spent a decent amount of money building my setup and buying all the necessary parts to have a successful grow. I read lost of info and even made a paper journal I took notes in while reading and watching grow videos. I wanted to get away from buy cannabis at the dispensary because they are now charging exorbitant taxes and restricting dosages. I was hoping to grow a classic looking plant, but just keep it small with LST. And when my plant started to send out big branches after I FIM'd and tied her down, I thought I would get 5 or 6 nice colas at even height (that was the goal). But...my plant just kept branching. Instead of having a main trunk with top cola and a few side branch colas, my plant has branches that come off the main branch and then more branches that come off those. It became a tangle of long skinny shoots coming up from all over the plant, and most of them started to flower. On Day 46, out of frustration of my plant putting energy into so many skinny little shoots, and not looking like I thought it should, and being a noob grower thinking this plant is behind and won't form quality buds because it's some kind of mutant,...I cut a lot of the shoots off. Not sure if that was the right move 1 week into flower, but i cut about 15 long skinny shoots off and lots of leaves. It did open up the canopy some and let more light in, and the next day she was another inch or 2 taller , so it didn't slow her down. All week I've been upping her nutes to full strength. The food and calmag come in at around 800ppm and then with the other stuff it measures around 1200 PPM. She has shown NO signs of nute burn so not sure if I should keep her here or push the nutes a little harder. The flowers are starting to fill in, I still feel like they don't look like everyone else's and hope they will turn out ok. I'm guessing she'll go longer than the 75 days, probably closer to 85-90? Humidity has been low for last 2 weeks also. Really dry air here right now. I put water trays and wet towel in grow area but it never gets above 35%. Just bought portable humidifier to help. Doe's she look normal? Will these buds fill out? Reassurance needed. Thanks
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Thegermling509
Thegermling509week 8
Youre doing nice! As for your plant not looking like others, they had different (better) phenotypes or its the growers techniques. Either way, shes growing past the high amounts of stress you have thrown her way. Its a good thing you cut off the "skinny" branches that wont amount to much, not bad thinking for your first grow! Good thing you did that because the energy from the plant and your nutes wont be wasted anymore. I dont know if you know this, but if you have limited height space, always remember that when a plant starts to flower, she could double in size, some strains triple or even quadruple in the stretch weeks (1-3 weeks of flower). I want to grow this strain too, so Ill keep my eye on your grow!
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Thegermling509, thanks. I appreciate the support. It's been a learning process. haveing never seen the flowering cycle I'm not always 100% sure I'm doing the right thing.
PigBearMan
PigBearManweek 1
The lady is about to take off her bra...👌
Quexos
Quexosweek 7
Again, a masterful job of tying your girl down and using all of your space! I was thinking about your height problem. Do you have the kind of Trash Can that has handles? Those usually will "nest" like the smaller 5gallon buckets. You can cut them to make spacers. That would give your about 6-8 inches per spacer. Inverting a second bin, and putting it on top might also work.
Quexos
Quexos
@TheOutlawBubbaKush, Sorry, I couldn't remember if your grow bucket was on top of the fridge. You could probably still make a spacer. I turned one of my buckets upside down so I could invert the top. I used Gorilla Tape and to secure the upside down bucket on the inside and outside then added the silver tape. You are 14" from the light. That should be plenty as long as your little girl stops stretching. Sorry I couldn't come up with an idea to help you out!
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Quexos, yes, my space is actually already two stacked trash cans. But I can't go any higher because it's all sitting on top of my refrigerator. Lol. I live in a small space. The top cola is about 14" away from light. The heat is ok but if it keeps growing upward, it'll get into danger area. I don't want to supercrop just yet though. Fingers crossed.
Teamdirtbag2
Teamdirtbag2week 5
Great Job this is a great strain. Just beautiful and stinky. I like it alot. I have one starting to purple up. Good Luck Bro 👊
Teamdirtbag2
Teamdirtbag2
@TheOutlawBubbaKush, you should be very happy, it will get even more exciting.
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Teamdirtbag2,thanks! It's my first grow and it's getting exciting.
Quexos
Quexosweek 6
That is one bushy little plant. You are very creative with your LST techniques! Has there been any damage when removing her from the bucket? She looks difficult to stuff back in the tiny space.
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Quexos ,thanks. My "bucket" is a 32 trash can with a side door. So up till now it hasn't been a prob but soon she'll be too big for the door.
tsaukn
tsauknweek 4
This is a great diary! Looking forward to seeing the final results. I am new to autoflowers, and have been struggling with figuring out the right PPM per week. I was only doing 100 Week 1 and 200 Week 2 Day 1 so far.. Gonna switch it up next feed and get them up to 350/400 by the end of the week.
bobo420
bobo420week 10
She's doing great, good job! putting on some nice weight too ;)
EnYouPee
EnYouPeeweek 8
Wow that things has exploded! Awesome. I doubt that any healthy and vigorous plant will really fail to produce at least something, so no worries there ;) Mad branching alright, some plants just grow that way, it seems. I'd let it settle into its flower another week and then maybe cull some of the ones that aren't fattening up enough. The thing looks hardy enough to have no problems with that. But don't worry about having cut small branches, like you've said there seems to be no sighs of slowing down/stunning. New growth should stop at this point. Seems to me that the buds will fill out nice, the distance between nodes seems tight enough. Maybe lollipop it later? (defoliate the leaves + flowering sites at the bottom, which are getting less light). But yeah, i'm no expert here, just throwing ideas round. I'm sure others will chime in too, ideas be flowing. It's always easy to over love the garden and worry. Peace.
Marquise_ao_Sul
Marquise_ao_Sulweek 6
ya nice LST! Im learning to try some day.. :-) happy grow
frags
fragsweek 6
Nice brother supher healthy and bushy!
Jaindoh
Jaindohweek 6
wow that bushiness. For it to veg for this long, you will have a monster a flat, wide even canopy that warms my heart!
Jaindoh
Jaindohweek 5
doing great! esp for first time! training is amazing! next time dont chicken out on defoliation... and try supercropping some of the lankier, fewer-noded limbs, instead of the leaves XD good going with the para cord. Usually i use the wire ties like twist tie on roll, except i use the rubber-coated thicker wire for little loops around the branches and use the twist tie to tie THAT to the pot. No stretchy. The para cord is working surprisingly well so far and your canopy is very much the correct shape.
frags
fragsweek 3
Her leaves looks like cabbage 😅 She really growing fast like rocket! Awesome👊
Jaindoh
Jaindohweek 3
Doing very very well! This is very promising, and i will like, and actively follow your journal =)
Zannabis7
Zannabis7week 1
Looking like you are off to a mighty fine start. Killer photo of her coming out with her helmet still on. Ready to do battle! Best wishes on the rest of the grow. - Zannabis7
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarmsweek 12
Awesome lookin lady! She’s really starting to frost up! I don’t see any pistols/white hairs that have turned orange yet so I think you have a bit of time to go yet!
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@TheOutlawBubbaKush, yooo looking tasty!!! It’s almost time!!
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@TheOutlawBubbaKush, damn that’s awesome!!! The end is near!
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@TeflonDonFarms, yeah. Can't see any in these pics from a few days ago but in just last few days I'd say 10-15% on each cola has started to turn orange. I know it's not much, but after all this time I'm hoping to see a finish line somewhere down the road.
Quexos
Quexosweek 8
All that LST produced a ton of bud sites. That's a good thing!!! En and Jon are correct I think. Cull away all the lower buds that are robbing your main buds of needed energy. By the time you are done, you will end up with a nice haul of bud for smoking and making butter, etc. You are doing a great job.
Quexos
Quexos
@TheOutlawBubbaKush, I think its the genetics of the plant. I've read tons of descriptions of strains then looked at the grows on different sites. They rarely look the same. Also, those buds are going to change a lot over the next several weeks. When you look back at these photos, you'll laugh.
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Quexos, thanks. I was just worried that I fucked up or this plant was a mutant.
Quexos
Quexosweek 5
Very nice use of cords to hold down your branches. I'm a few weeks behind you. I'm watching your training methods closely so I can stuff as much green in my bucket as possible. I couldn't see how you attached your cords to hold down the branches at the bottom. They look like they are holding down the main branches but I don't see how you connected them to the wall of your bucket/pot.
Quexos
Quexos
@TheOutlawBubbaKush, Thanks! I'm looking at my bucket and I have the space to set up something similar. I appreciate it!
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Quexos, hi. I pre drilled some holes around the top lip of my grow bucket. I then ran sections of wire through the holes, wrapped it around the outside of bucket and fed back in a hole to secure it. The LST cords are then tied to that wire. It's a little messy but working.
Hellhazard
Hellhazardweek 14
Congratulations on the first harvest. Fun, wasn't it! even though at times it can be stressful .
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Hellhazard, thanks. hopefully the first of many.
Quexos
Quexosweek 14
Gratz! Beautiful buds you grew there! That was a helluva yield for a space bucket.
TheOutlawBubbaKush
TheOutlawBubbaKush
@Quexos, thanks. It was a hell of a ride. I learned a lot. Thanks for sticking with me.