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Coming in strong to start the week. Think I got my timer problems solved finally. Gonna up nutrients and fim 1 of the bananas. Or maybe think about it and wuss out...lol
Headed into week 3 less confident than week 2 after losing my runt to a sex change. Have a new appreciation/fear of minor disturbances in the light cycle and tiny indirect light leaks. Have an electrician coming this week for problems in my living room. Fingers crossed my girls wont even know he was here😓
Finally grew the bells to do some trimming and try FIMing on 1 branch each. Think I missed though 😂. Thinking might be time to flower after this week... what do u guys think? I'm anxious to get a successful grow under my belt but gonna take a couple clones before just in case.
4/13 This week has been a blast so far! Experimenting a little with trimming and Fim'ing and getting good results. Getting a feel for Lst and starting to get my little system down for it. I dont even care I went way overboard on my budget anymore, this is exactly what I wanted :)
Getting ready for flower. Gonna double check for light leaks and make sure everything is as good as i can get it. They have filled out quite nicely and I feellike all my work has paid off so far :).l
Nervous and excited for my 1st flower cycle! Spent probably way too much time worrying about light leaks and trying to prevent them. Also figuring out how to fight the humidity. I hopefully the weather doesn't get to cold for me to keep some windows open.
It did get too cold. Should've kept my mouth shut.
5/1-modified trellis net and turned each square into 4 squares. Was way too big to have any use. Raised it up about 3 inches now I can start fresh with a more functional setup. Have a max of 9" in height left and should try to keep it to 7 just to be safe. Hopefully it doesnt get outta hand.
Still fighting humidity issues. If I keep my windows open it's down in the 40's but the problem is it's still getting down in the 30's at night. So when the lights are off from 330am. to 330pm and I'm working its climbing up into the mid 60's. Dehumidifier isn't helping much. That's $100 I wish I had back.
Hoping I can finish out without any catastrophic blunders. Any advice anybody?
5/14 nervous going forward but luckily I've got lots of solid advice this weekend so I'm at least pointed in the right direction. I'll do my best to make u guys proud✊
5/22 last day of week 4 flower. Got a stomach bug and was MIA for a couple days. Managed to feed but looks like a touch of nutrient burn so I'm gonna scale back the nutes a tad. Buds are starting to look pretty neat 😎
Hoping I wont have to worry about height much anymore. That would be amazing. Bananas pistols are turning orange in some spots. Is that normal or do I have a problem? Light burn maybe? I will be asking lots of questions from here on out so please chime in and help a brother out. Not sure what to do about nutes to fatten buds or how to go about lowering nitrogen. I stopped using the grow altogether last feeding worrying about nitrogen toxicity. Also how did I become an apprentice already? I dont feel like I've earned it yet so the pressure is on to live up to it haha.
5/29 last day of week 5. Have definitely learned some things for my next grow. Hoping my buds bulk up decently before harvest or I'm gonna have a a ton of little tetious nugs to try to mess with, but I will definitely walk away having learned a lesson from it.... And plotting vengeance haha
5/26 feel like I can see a difference in 24hrs since defoliating and feeding. That pleases me 👌
5/23 Appear to have a slight touch of nutrient burn....please look at my pic and give me input. Scaled back nutes for next feeding but hadn't planned on doing anything else unless it appears to continue. Only maybe 10-15 tips affected between both plants so I'm not overly concerned. Should I be?
5/30 getting excited and nervous. Think I f@#$ed up defoliating and stunted my bud growth....or I'm paranoid and/or impatient. Either way it's been a lot of fun. Could use guidance from anybody who's done this before for the final weeks. I've read so much throughout this grow that its hard to keep it all straight anymore. Point me in a direction and I'll go that way. Gotta finish strong!
6-12 last day of week 7, the end is near. Flushing with flora kleen and trying to make sense of what the trichomes are saying to me. Got a better tool for it coming in 2 days. Thank you all for following and keeping an eye me! I'm very thankful I found this site and am able to be a part of this great community.
6-10 Defoliated again to try to get most light to buds possible for the final push. Thinking it can only help at this point or do nothing.
The buds that aren't developing as well and look worthless cant get more worthless so why not right? Lol
6-6 According to the breeder's flowering time I have 2 weeks on the SPK and 3 on the strawberry banana. Started giving just water today. Nervous about the grand finale 😕
6-17 not seeing any amber yet. Buds are fattening up so it's working in my favor at the moment. Its be amazing if both plants were ready at the same time.
Hitting the home stretch. Looking forward to my 1st harvest but still have drying and curing left to not screw up. I think my yield is gonna be a bit disappointing but I have an idea what to do next time to try to fix it. Just flushing and trichome watching from here. I guess u could say just "watching the grass grow" lol
6-22-18 trichomes are boring me. Im like a kid wanting to play with his new puppy but the puppy just sits there looking cloudy and refuses to do anything amber :(
6-21-18 mostly cloudy with no amber still. Tempted to harvest but buds seems to be gaining size still. Anybody got a rough idea long I have left based on trichomes and how you would do it? I'd love to have hear as many methods/theories/thoughts as possible.
6-20-18 1st day of week 9 flower and no amber trichomes yet. Glad I started flushing early cuz still no real signs of nute deficiency. Next grow I will be more diligent about watering to run off and testing ph. Finally got ph of runoff up to 5.7 after 2 weeks of flora kleen and 7-7.5 ph water. Had no idea so much crap could build up in the soil. I had no signs of a problem so I didnt think I had 1. Glad harvest is running a little late so I have time to keep flushing and try to fix it. According to breeder timeline should be harvesting Spk today but doesnt appear ready. Could botched defoliating or not enough watts br delaying maturity? Or is this fairly standard?
HELP I NEED AN ADULT!!!! Do the purple leaves mean the plant is dying and I need to harvest now before it gets ruined? I read something the other night that said that and now I'm stressing out. It said purple is no different than yellow and when most the leaves change color it's time to harvest before your bud gets ruined.
Been flushing for 3 weeks now. Hoping my misunderstanding of the breeders timeline helps counteract my misunderstanding of nutrient build up and I dont get nasty smoke. I thought since I did light feedings more often and never had nutrient burn that all nutes were getting consumed. Based on the looks of my runoff, i think that was not the case. So I'm now under the impression I'm in my final week or 2. Got a new bigger tent and more watts for my next flower. Thinking of using small tent for veg cuz humidity is an issue and doing some kind of constant 6 plant rotation. You guys are stuck with me now! Haha
2 part question about harvest and flushing. I read that if most leaves around buds are turning color (purple in my case) you need to harvest soon before plant dies, is that accurate? If so my runoff is still the color of an ale after 3 weeks of flushing, is that normal or bad?
Totally normal. Beautiful plants you have really hit he feeds perfectly. Doing it the way you did with the watering lighter amounts more often can really help. !!! Pull one off the fan leaves off and taste the juice from it. If it tastes salty or quite acidic (a little is ok) then you will need to flush !!! IMHO those lady’s look ready I would start the flush now and you can expect after 10 days they will have changed to various shades of autumn. It’s a natural process and shows that she’s not loaded up with nutrients. Message me if you need more info.
Considering harvesting tonight. Should I wait and do the 3 days of dark? Is it ready? I'm struggling making the final calls on my 1st run....check the pics and help a brother out lol.
Harvested over the weekend and just jarred up what felt dry to the touch. Still have some drying and some on the plant I'm waiting on to mature. Looks like I will probably have 6 quart mason jars when it's all said n done. Spk is pretty larfy but the strawberry banana looks like it needs to be in my lungs. Tried some spk I took off like 2 weeks ago and 1 hit got me lit. Made my girlfriend try it last night and she had the same result. Gonna try the banana tonight when I'm done being productive.
7/15/18-finishing harvest tomorrow after noon. Gonna see what 84hrs of dark have done to what is left of the girls. I think I could potentially end up with another 1.5oz or so if everything went well. Waiting til it's all cured to weigh it. I think I've stolen 12g of dried bud so far for samples for friends and myself. Both strains pack a decent punch. I'm very happy with my 1st grow regardless of what hapoel s with the extended dark experiment
The buds have a nice amount of purple to them and look like they should be models for high times or something. They were too crowded and possibly not enough watts as well so they are looser than I would like and the majority are smaller too. I didnt think the flavor was anything special, which is probably my fault but everybody else has said it was good. It certainly packs a punch. 1 hit and I was trying to take pictures for my diary but was just playing with the zoom on the camera and indiscriminately swiping and selecting things lol. Also I feel like I need to add that with the strawberry banana in the tent with it I ended up with 178g so that's just about 1g/watt.
Spk grew relentlessly and was making the strawberry banana look bad for 90% of the grow. I light fed and trained with increasing amounts of defoliating as well and nothing I did slowed it down or hurt it. Good strain for my 1st grow. I'm gonna try to do it better for my 2nd. I counted like 40 kolas or something like that during preflower so it was too crowded + not enough watts I'm guessing. Buds were small and kinda loose as a whole. The 1s that had space and light are amazing. As far as the site goes....I fucking love it! Great experience, great people, great way to spend my time as far as I'm concerned. Thanks to everyone who followed and viewed. I hope it was worth watching. I'd like to give a special thanks to those who went out of their way and dedicated a lot of time to coaching me and answering my questions. I couldn't have had such a successful 1st grow with out all the help and I appreciate the hell out of it!!!! Hopefully I made u proud with the end result.
This 1 was definitely trailing in growth pretty much the entire grow but narrowed the gap right before I switched to 12/12. As flower progressed she kept that momentum and developed bigger buds than the spk along with more trichomes. My friends kept saying they shouldve been in a magazine. If they were, I'd buy the poster and hang it on my wall. I'm a light weight but I took 2 hits and was ripped for like 3-4 hrs and started doing yard work and other projects. The spk was my favorite for most of the grow but the strawberry banana took its spot. I started with 2 but 1 hermed on me and 1 of the clones I gave a friend did also due to the weird weather we had. Something to watch out for.
It started off slow and didnt pick up momentum til 5 weeks of veg or so. If you are growing it be patient. It saves the best for last. The buds were amazing to look at but not photogenic. Pics dont do it justice. The spk was very photogenic. All in all I'd guess this was an easy strain to grow and good for beginners. As long as u dont stress it too much and start popping out sacs. Again I love the site and thanks to everyone for checking out my 1st grow! If you were somebody who took time to help me and teach me things, I will forever be grateful and even though I couldnt pick you out of a crowd, I consider you an invisible friend👊✌️... (also 178g total with the spk) ((and just under 7g of kief)) lol
Anybody out there use tents much or have a handle on max height going into flower if plants need to stay 3ft or less? Got a 5ft tent and I'm highly stressed about low stress training to keep as short as possible. Haha
2 strawberry banana and 1 sour patch kids. Both hybrids. Sour favors sativa more and strawberry banana favor indica "according to leafly"
@DeathCrusher92,
I apologize for any typos. My uncle is is in the hospital in rough shape and I got wrecked with my cousin telling stories and trying to put out good vibes. Not looking for sympathy or attention just smoke 1 and think good shit if u read this. Good thoughts lead to good things✌️
Is it better to trim as much as desired all in 1 shot or is it better to do a little every couple days? I wanna clear out the weaklings blocking light?
@Herbalize, Thank u! I feel pretty good about how they've turned out. There's some things I don't like and will try to do different next time but all in all I feel like there isn't much for me to beat myself up over. Honestly it's way better than I expected for my 1st time. I should quit worrying and just enjoy it haha.
@DeathCrusher92,
Thank you! I actually ended up getting rid of them with tweezers and a mix of dawn dish soap and water spraying thoroughly 2x a day. I had just got the clones tho so they didn't have much time to infest. Will never go to that dispensary again though. I panicked and went to Walmart and got 3 different organic sprays but didn't wanna stress them too much so I tried the soap. Was trying to buy a little time to let them acclimate but it seemed to do the trick. From what I've read we will need every trick in the book and some new 1s for those little bastards lol
@Beans, for your spider mite problem I highly recommend Captain Jacks Deadbug. https://www.amazon.com/BONIDE-PRODUCTS-250-Ready-Captain/dp/B001VJ4FYQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1522295362&sr=8-2&keywords=captain+jacks+deadbug You can use either the "ready-to-use" spray or concentrate. Hope this helps 👍
@Herbalize,
To answer your questions...yes they were clones and the bigger 1 is a different strain and had way bigger leaves to start. I've been researching but mostly equipment strains and plant training. Been trying to interact on the app for almost 3 weeks but it didn't work properly. Discovered the actual site and now I'm like a kid at Christmas! First batch of clones had mites when I bought them then I had some timer problems while out of town for the weekend and came back to nanners on 1 and early signs of flower on the other. Yanked them and pouted for a day then got back to it more determined.
I actually just read that the other day. About to post some trichome pics and seek guidance cuz I'm not sure if it's time to harvest or not....having a hard time telling the stages apart. Check em out and let me know what u think.
@Jaindoh, cool thank you. I got a trillion pics lol. I could post farther away 1s if it would help. I'm so close I just want it to be optimal. I cut a few little crappy nugs off each on Monday and they are dry now so I'm gonna try it out and see how it is :)
@Beans, edit: the new pics are more close-up than the old pics, you can give it until they get less floppy and more erect, less plastic and more glass, maybe 1-3 days with monitoring. You're inside the window but not the optimal timing.
heres the guide i use
http://www.growweedeasy.com/harvest
I was having same problem with humidity like
You , also at night was over 60
Try it with second ventilator
The big tower vents they cost on amazon from 40 - 60 $
For me it’s helped a lot
Let them on at night time
Hope you get it under control
Best wishes
Nice job with LST! You can keep training till you have your desired shape. Cut all unwanted branches & leaves off the bottom 1/3 after
a 2-3 day recovery she will explode back to life even bigger and stronger✌️🏻
@PharmaZ,
Thank you, i think I'm getting the hang of it. I took some clones yesterday so I'll give it a few days then start shaping. Thank you, training is low stress for me too when I can get reassurance I'm not gonna screw it up lol
Off to a nice start! I Use to use tents till I needed more space. Best way to keep them short if you're limited to space would be to either;
-Mainline
-Some Low Stress Training
-Topping/Fim
But @DeathCrusher92 is right about plants doubling in height flipping from veg to flower, sometimes a bit more. My Royal Gorilla Diary shows this as I started off in a tent but soon had to move them, as they grew more than twice the height during the flower stretch. Scrog net can also help. Looking at your pics, you're fine and plants are female.. You'd know if they had sacks 😱 Any queries, feel free to drop me a comment. Good luck!
I think that's a righteous plan 👍. I just decided I needed a hobby. Something to do to look forward to and entertain myself. I had tried growing years ago and loved it even tho it turned into a disaster. So I decided to get a cheap little set up and give it another shot. Ideally I'd like to have a tent for a few mothers from strains I decide need to be part of the family then 1 for veg and 1 for flower. I wanna learn how to do all styles of growing and techniques and really just understand the ways of the plant . I've never bought smoke from a dispensary. I probably could've bought a 10yr supply from my people with what I've spent already haha. Worth it tho I'm having fun and learning!
I've noticed some of my young and middle aged leaves were kinda folding up like a taco. I came across something that said that is from sodium build up in the soil. I flushed them fed them watered them fed again. Should I flush again to be safe or just keep an eye on it? Flushing is a major pain in the ass with my set up. Normally when I give just water, I'll water til a little bit runs thru the bottom but probably no more than a few ounces. Is that gonna screw me if I keep it up?
Right on, good looking out. I'll make sure I stay on top of it. Had to make my own cables to hang em to increase available height. I dont want to get to the end and light burn it. I would probably throw a tantrum and put for like a month hahaha
Right now I have a 300w vivosun and a 240w growant. 135w draw on vivosun and 85w on growant. I actually have a 2nd growant to replace the vivosun for flower but have been doing a side by side with the 2 to see if I could pick 1 as superior. I cant really compare cuz they are 2 different strain but I hoped growant would blow away vivo from the claims the company made and research I did. Although growant draws 50w less and might still be winning.
Need all the advice I can get about nutes and pruning heading into flower. Want to dominate the 2nd half of my grow and walk away with a decisive victory! I also want that in RIP City tonight -GO BLAZERS!
Now I've had 3 plants ruined from deciding to spend the extra $5 and get a timer with the ability to run 8 different programs and select days of the week. The $13 timer instead of the $8 timer has ended up costing me $70 in lost clones, roughly 160 miles in gas and time from 2 trips to get clones and was $5 more expensive to top it off. I discovered the problem finally but I think I'm gonna shoot it with my shotgun to make myself feel better. If it wasn't the screwed up light cycle then I guess my face turns plants male. 😡😡😡😡
@Jaindoh, I'll try it out next time. I think I'm gonna try harvesting the top buds tonight or tomorrow and letting the lower undeveloped buds have a more tkme then give them 3 days of dark. I'd prefer to harvest before the work week. I dont wanna have to do it after work.
@Beans, if you do it before you flip to 12/12 you can get a little mini stretch from the hormones.. and then the real stretch, afterwards
which is good
i feel like i saw multiple outlets tested potency and yield 48hr dark before harvest vs not and found nothing but the maturing and extra little resin wave you seem to get are still worth it - taste etc
Beans
