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@dalemac
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September 25 > Harvest at dawn for the big girl. The usual routine... except I shot a time-lapse video this time to play with the camera I won last year. Clipped the top buds first - then the base. Took me 2 hours to wash all that -rinse - repeat.
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Well this was an interesting summer with this pair of girls.
I learned that I don't really need a container larger than 10 gallons in order to grow very large plants (in my neck of the woods anyway). Now when I say large I mean how much space they take up on my patio. I'm allowed to grow 6 legally but 4 eats up pretty much the whole patio. And the reality is I don't need to grow plants that large. The outdoor yield will last well into next year for me and everybody I know. So next summer I plan to do much more serious pruning to limit the scope and shape of the girls I grow outdoors.
I also learned that I don't need an inverted tomato cage style support if my container is larger than 5 gallons. The Durban I grew last summer was in a 5 gallon container and there's not enough weight in there to keep her grounded. Once up to 10 gallons you won't want to lift the container much and there's enough weight in there to keep things stable.
At the moment I've listed 450g as a dry weight for both plants (updated to 458g final). I haven't actually weighed the 2nd plant yet and won't even trim her for about a week or so (I'll be back to update diary). The first girl came in at 235 grams. I got pretty ruthless throwing away small budlets and trim this morning as it took me 4 hours to take this big girl down and wash her up. That's only because I spent half a day yesterday trimming Cream & Cheese and moving Northern Lights around... and it's been over 95 degrees both days... so I'm ready for a rest. Cannabis harvesting is not easy labor.
Diary note > There was a software malfunction a week or so back and I was unable to add a new flowering week, whereupon it was determined there was a limit of 26 weeks at that time... so I didn't add any more weeks after that until the harvest week. When I added the harvest week, it appears the malfunction had been corrected because I COULD HAVE added a new flowering week at that time. I think there's only a week missing. Differences can be noted with dates on the photos.
If I had a problem this summer it's because I was too anxious to get going after a long winter nursing shoulder surgery and I didn't pay proper attention to the lighting ramifications when the instructions were there for me, and subsequently started too early. Next year I plan for an early crop of auto flowers to keep me occupied until the proper time for a regular crop.
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September 30 > Trimming and processing complete. I really manhandled the big girl with the Trimbag, largely because I knew I was gonna have a pound of herb on my hands (way more than I will personally consume) and I wanted to minimize my hand trimming. So when I say manhandled here, I mean I ran it through the process TWICE, using about 40 rotations/spins each time. It probably would have helped to be a tad drier, but we're entering a cool spell now and we've run out of time. Mother Nature has decided to turn off the heater... which has turned my Purple Berry Kush a nice shade of purple... but that's tomorrow mornings's harvest... <sigh>... anyway... where was I... oh yeah... AMNESIA... <hehe>
Trimbag generated trim on 1st pass = 217 g
Trimbag generated trim on 2nd pass = 90 g
Trim generated by hand after that = 186 g
Final bud weight for big girl = 223 g
Clearly, comparing weight of trim generated by hand vs by the Trimbag here you can see the result of my "manhandling".
Little girl was in a 10 gallon pot and generated 235 g buds and 360 g trim.
Big girl was in a 15 gallon pot and generated 223 g buds and 493 g trim.
Final total bud weight 458 grams for both plants.
Hope anybody following along learned something this summer. I did.
😎
The trick is to not make the same mistake twice. That's kinda why we're all here. Kinda. ✊
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@MyStery21
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im starting to have concerns about this plant. she's been growing slow but in the same cycle as the Pineapple Glue.
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@R1pp3r
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Sigue manteniendo su misma altura, pero se ah estirado bastante a los lados.
Ah llegado a expandirse unos 8cm aproximadamente a los lados ya lleva unos 53x53 cm aprox
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@R_Dub
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Easy grow the FoxFarm plant yielded 53 Grams of bud and 14 of trim, the Recipe420 dropped 61 and 68 grams plus a 29 grams of trim. Like everyone else it seems my experience with FoxFarm soils are ....interesting the Recipe420 girls took nutes like a champ and the soil didn't get compacted stayed nice and airy, the FoxFarm soil is considerably denser retained water better but did not take nutes well AT ALL. It may be me but I'm going to try either my own mix or a different blend. No shade good soil just..weird. Chopped them and hung them whole in the GGT 4X2 dried them at 60-70 degree F, and 58-62% humidity for 10 days, trimmed and placed in CVault tasted one bud in the process and holy smokes she hits 😀 this aint no dispo stuff
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@siL01337
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Now we have Monday.... And I think I will cut the baby's on Friday....this day marks the end of week 9 of flower....
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@EtnoGrow
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well everything is going well without pests without at least not noticeable or minimal deficiencies surely, which leaves us calm, potassium soap and neem oil were purchased but it was not applied at the end, it will be the next one, after this pruning work a new one was installed scrog mesh and as you can see we also did with some or one at least the 2nd largest an attempt at sog, so it's like a mixture, then this big ugly mesh, we change it for an ideal girl what we want is that it doesn't grow too much in that The mesh helps us, well, we also change and go to flowering officially when we see that the plant is already flowering by itself, we spread a little so that the small 5 small pots grow a little more, the intensive pruning is to compensate for the ventilation that The temperatures may still be somewhat high, the air circulation in general, my closet is 60x60x160cm, so it comes in handy, it seems to me that we have carried out a good sativa plant by taming it in such a small space and it is I am proud, in addition to having the other copies as well, I hope I have taken advantage of the space and the light as best as possible, that was the idea.
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@CannabisAprendiz
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Esta es una genética de un olor muy fuerte y pesado se siente intenso desde la vegetación , es una variedad muy resinosa con unos colores morados hermosos , probando las flores cuando terminó el secado y ahora curando las flores se siente un sabor terroso , al principio no me gusto ya que nunca había probado este , pero después al seguir fumando se siente un sabor final muy agradable.
Esta genética se conservará para futuros cruces y experimentar algo nuevo.
muy conforme con la producción de cada clon
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07.07. F9
There’s a moment in every grow when you stop looking at individual plants…
…and start looking at a canopy.
I think this week was that moment.
Four days can make a surprising difference once the stretch begins. Every morning the tops seem to have climbed a little higher, every evening the canopy looks a little fuller. The topping has completely changed the way these girls are growing. Instead of racing upward with one dominant stem, they’ve become a team.
Every branch wants a seat in the front row.
Standing in front of the tent now feels different than it did a couple of weeks ago. Back then I was still shaping the plants. Now they’re shaping themselves.
That’s probably my favorite part of growing.
You spend weeks making small decisions—when to transplant, when to top, when to wait instead of interfering—and then, almost overnight, everything starts making sense.
The AutoPot system has settled in beautifully. The plants are drinking on their own schedule, the roots have obviously found what they were looking for, and all I really have to do now is observe and guide.
Less correction.
More trust.
The canopy is filling in exactly the way I’d hoped. New growth is vibrant, side branches are stretching with confidence, and the structure is becoming surprisingly even. Looking across the tent, it’s hard to pick a single leader anymore.
That’s a good problem to have.
The next challenge won’t be growing bigger.
It’ll be growing smarter.
As the stretch continues, airflow, light penetration and canopy management become far more important than simply adding more leaves. Every decision from here on will influence what these flowers look like a month from now.
This phase always reminds me that great harvests aren’t created during harvest week.
They’re created right now.
One careful decision at a time.
And if these first nine days of flower are any indication…
The Tropical Ice Cream One is finally starting to reveal what she’s capable of.
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@DaedalusGrow
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Sie ist ein richtiges Monster geworden🤣😜 146, Max in meinem Zelt sie hat vier Zwei Fette Haupttriebe bekommen die neben Triebe können sich auch sehen lassen. Weiterhin haben sich sehr viele Blüten gebildet. Ich bin gespannt wie sich die Gesamte Pflanze noch entwickelt👌 @Fast_Buds bis jetzt finde ich sie einfach Mega!🌱🍃😱
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@Piablo
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Lessons learned from week 1 of my first grow so far:
the best watering solution I found so far is a mix of distilled water from the store and filtered tap water. with a final ph of 6 and ppm of 20-40.
a little ph buffer goes a bloody long way. Use with caution.
performing tasks like mixing solution and potting a germinated seed are best performed without a phone (camera) in one hand.
the seed germinated within 24 hours using paper towels. I planted after 36 hours.
After 24 hours of potting, the stem was already shooting up, and I turned on the lights, set to an 18 hour schedule. I wasn't quite ready for this, so it took me some time to research and get the desired humidity and temperature.
At this point I added more nutrient in even quantities of FloraGro, FloraMicro, and FloraBloom, according to instructions. Perhaps a little early though, although after just one 18 hour light cycle this plant is shooting up like a rocket and showing leaves.
I bought a fan for the inside of the tent and propped it up on a box, and a humidifier to bring the humidity from 40-50% to around 70%.
Since it's a winter grow, I have to periodically increase the temperature to keep it at 25 °C. The intake fan, humidifier, and inside fan are significantly lowering the temperature. I'm also experimenting with finding the right humidifier settings since the humidity seems to increase a lot when the lights go out, and the machine is still new.
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@xbabybitchx
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Hello errrbody.
Another week down for the gals, and let me tell ya whuuut. I am proud of myself, these look so much better than my previous grows!
I did a feed after i took these photos~ I'm thinking they will be another 2 weeks! which gives me perfect time to start new girls! Trying out pink lemonade! weooo
anyways nothing to say, i need a new tent, so something i have to do asap lol.
hope yall been safe n keep it sleeeeezy.
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@Cannabotanica
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Pour cette 20ème semaine, le SCROG explose littéralement. La nappe de fleurs canopée + sous canopée fait bien 25-30cm d'épaisseur. J'ai compté une centaine de têtes sur moins de 20cm2. Les fleurs sont enormes et commence a resiner pour la AK Skunk (landrace). Tres beau SCROG
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@krst97
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I really enjoyed growing this single plant in a small space like a first indoor experience. The end result is not exceptional but it is fully acceptable for the setup and the period in which the plant has grown. I very soon hope to bring more serious diaries to really start having fun.