ShLUbY's Garden

[ShLUbY]

Latest project going right now, Texas Butter from Greenpoint Seeds. Popped a 10 pack, and had 100% success. I used the following methods for sprouting the seeds:

1) Soaked in a glass of water for ~24 hours (until i saw the radicle start to emerge)
2) Sterilized a tupperware container and moistened a paper towel in it, then put the seeds between the paper towel and put the lid on. Stored the container in a warm place. Waited ~48hrs for growth.
3) Transplanted the seeds to solo cups of my regular soil mix. Made sure the roots were facing down, and the still attached seed coat was lightly covered with soil and that was it!

Here they are ~ a month into their journey. Texas butter is a Stardawg male x Oregon Kid's Banana OG. The stardawg is a sativa dominant hybrid, and the OG is well... OG haha. I'm already seeing stardawg leaning phenos in this sample, with a few very OG looking phenos as well. I'm hoping to find a Banana dominant profile. The stardawgs have nice side branching early on though, haven't even been pinching them yet. The OG dom phenos are typical little/no side branching. I may end up having to top the OG dom plants to get them to start bushing.



The yellowish plant in the front is a confidential cheese. It was an extra that needed a home I'll be popping some Jelly Pie and Cookies n' Chem here in the near future too.

Cheers Everyone

 

[ShLUbY]

White Widow around 7-7.5 weeks. One of my heat stressed plants that were left over from the summer. She recovered decently but just never took on the vigor that I know she's capable of. This cola looks fire still though



Had a bit of a thrip problem on this batch too, but I'm getting them under control pretty well in the other areas of the grow. Nice thing about thrips is they're really easy to get rid of haha.

 

[MustangStudFarm]

Had a bit of a thrip problem on this batch too, but I'm getting them under control pretty well in the other areas of the grow. Nice thing about thrips is they're really easy to get rid of haha.

Thrips have been bad in my neighborhood for the last couple of years! Thankfully, they never got inside. I don't spray my plants, but I spray the outside of my garage and the entrance ways. Last time that I got them, I think that they came in on some hay. Curious, what did you do to fix the problem? Capt Jack?

 

[ShLUbY]

Thrips have been bad in my neighborhood for the last couple of years! Thankfully, they never got inside. I don't spray my plants, but I spray the outside of my garage and the entrance ways. Last time that I got them, I think that they came in on some hay. Curious, what did you do to fix the problem? Capt Jack?

yeah captain jacks is the go to for thrips. it only takes a couple applications and it pretty much wipes them out the first time because their life cycle is long enough that its easy to break. three applications max should take care of them no problem. thrips have become so common with grows. i think they come in on various grow store products as well, like peat moss and what not. but its hard to battle sometimes because i'm away from the garden so much the past 2 years being at school. i only get to come work on it on the weekends and have to balance my school work, home life, work life, and gardening life haha. i can't wait to graduate in May. It's going to be glorious.

 

[projectinfo]

yeah captain jacks is the go to for thrips. it only takes a couple applications and it pretty much wipes them out the first time because their life cycle is long enough that its easy to break. three applications max should take care of them no problem. thrips have become so common with grows. i think they come in on various grow store products as well, like peat moss and what not. but its hard to battle sometimes because i'm away from the garden so much the past 2 years being at school. i only get to come work on it on the weekends and have to balance my school work, home life, work life, and gardening life haha. i can't wait to graduate in May. It's going to be glorious.

Have you tried covering your soil with plastic to block part of their life cycle where they drop into the soil and make more larva?

 

[ShLUbY]

Have you tried covering your soil with plastic to block part of their life cycle where they drop into the soil and make more larva?

i guess i didn't realize that the larval stage was in the soil. that's good to know for sure, thanks for the info. Never studied the life cycle of thrips. they're so easy to get rid of with the captain though. I'd rather just spray a couple treatments than try and cover the soil. I sprayed for the first time last sunday and I did some poking around today, didn't see a single living one anywhere. I'll probably spray again this sunday and next sunday and that should pretty much take care of them.

 

[ilovetoskiatalta]

i guess i didn't realize that the larval stage was in the soil. that's good to know for sure, thanks for the info. Never studied the life cycle of thrips. they're so easy to get rid of with the captain though. I'd rather just spray a couple treatments than try and cover the soil. I sprayed for the first time last sunday and I did some poking around today, didn't see a single living one anywhere. I'll probably spray again this sunday and next sunday and that should pretty much take care of them.

I had one battle with thrips during a veg period. I did five treatments which was probably one too many but this stuff works well. I used a hand pump air sprayer(like the one I use for the water seal on my deck, obviously not the same one) and soaked the plants and the soil. Underside if the plants was where they hang out. I would do it in the tub and it was pretty painless.

Look up Spinosad Monterey Gardens:

https://www.amazon.com/Monterey-LG6135-Garden-Spinosad-Concentrate/dp/B002BP12LI

http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/spinosadgen.html

 

[ShLUbY]

I had one battle with thrips during a veg period. I did five treatments which was probably one too many but this stuff works well. I used a hand pump air sprayer(like the one I use for the water seal on my deck, obviously not the same one) and soaked the plants and the soil. Underside if the plants was where they hang out. I would do it in the tub and it was pretty painless.

Look up Spinosad Monterey Gardens:

https://www.amazon.com/Monterey-LG6135-Garden-Spinosad-Concentrate/dp/B002BP12LI

http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/spinosadgen.html

that's what i'm using, captain jacks is spinosad A and spinosad D (or something). but yeah the shit works man. and it does drip into the top horizon of my soil, so i'm sure there's some effect from that on the larvae. just hope its not killing anything else in the soil

 

[ilovetoskiatalta]

that's what i'm using, captain jacks is spinosad A and spinosad D (or something). but yeah the shit works man. and it does drip into the top horizon of my soil, so i'm sure there's some effect from that on the larvae. just hope its not killing anything else in the soil

I have never looked at my runoff under a scope but I do use photosynthesis plus and I did not notice much change. I reuse my soil and I use a mix of liquid and dry amendments. Thankfully I only had that battle once. Good luck.

 

[ShLUbY]

Little update, Texas Butter one day shy of 6 weeks and they're doing great! Starting to see some sexes showing... 6 confirmed females (let's hope they stay that way ) and 4 likely males. I refer to them as likely because their parts are still very small, but do not look like a calyx structure in any way, they have more of that rolled up look to them. It's always nice when they show during the veg photoperiod. I will not cull the males until I am absolutely sure. Of the females, I have one very OG Kush looking pheno (the banana I hope), two very stardawg looking phenos (hopefully some insane frost production), and three that are a mix of the two. Can't wait to flower these ladies out and see what they have to reveal! Not sure how long i'm gonna wait to flower, but probably within the next 3 weeks.

The confirmed females are: back middle, back right, right middle, and the three in the front row.



The soil that that these are in is a very easy mix:

base: peat (40%), OM 20% (a mix of store bought EWC, Malibu's, and my personal EWC), and pumice (40%)
nutrients: Organically Done's Organic Easy (all purpose) at 2.5-3 cups per cubic foot, basalt rock dust at 1c per cubic foot.
composted for 4 weeks before using, had a beautiful fungal mat during the first week, then we mixed it all up a few times over the remaining composting period.

I will be using a bloom product by Organically Done as a topdress after the first 2-3 weeks of flower. I will apply 1/2 cup (mixed with compost) to each plant and mulch it.

Does it get any easier?!?!?!?!?! Cheers!

 

[ShLUbY]

Day One for this Shangri-la beauty. Net size is 3x3, i'll be very pleased if i can fill out 3/4 of it. I don't think I finished the grow report for this strain last time I was on here regularly, so I'll try and do her the justice she deserves. This is a fire strain from jinxproof. I really enjoyed the smoke from the first run. Very lemony sweet aromas.

 

[ShLUbY]

Here are the Texas Butter females, culled the males yesterday (all had shown sex by 7 weeks of veg under 20/4 cycle). Ended up with 7/10 females!!!! hoping to narrow it down to 4 after the first run, then 2 after another run... and decide if either of them are worth holding on to after that. Yesterday I defoliated a few of the larger upper fan leaves to let some light down into the lowers. Trying to decided if I want to top these girls or just keep pinching them/let em do their thing.

The front left plant in the 1 gal is a confidential cheese** . The rest of them are the Texas Butter.


Here's one of the two stardawg leaners. They look almost identical.


Here's a more BananaOG dom


Here's what I'm considering a hybrid between the two


I'm really liking this 315CMH light. Good light distribution, quality spectrum, and noticeable difference in node structure with the confidential cheese. Really bushing the girl out with minimal training.

I plan on taking cuts of these BananaOG real soon and transplanting the mothers to 5 gals for flower. I think I'm gonna end up having to top them just to make sure they don't stretch too much. Cramming 7 plants into a 5x5 is going to be quite a task... which is a good problem to have I guess. I was not expecting to get lucky enough to have 7 females. I would have been happy with 4 haha. I will be flowering them under a 600HPS and not the 315CMH.

That is all for now friends. I'll have some harvest picks of the White Widow this weekend, and the progress on the Shangri-la trellis after the first week. Until next time....

 

[SlownLow86]

I love following along with your grows, man. Your attention to detail and the way you thoroughly convey the information is top notch.

Subbed.

 

[ShLUbY]

I love following along with your grows, man. Your attention to detail and the way you thoroughly convey the information is top notch.

Subbed.

Hey thanks a lot my friend. I'm glad to hear that the content is good. I wish I had more time to dedicate to growing and sharing right now, but I'm always happy to come around when I have the time. I'm looking forward to 2019. I'm finishing my undergrad in May and I anticipate some excellent grows to come

 

[ShLUbY]

Couple shots of the White Widow I took down today around 9 weeks of flower. I didn't record the exact date I threw them in so that's my best guess.





More updates to come over the weekend. I have the next 4 weeks off of school!

 

[ShLUbY]

A quick peek of the veg room. Just picked up this Blue Horti from my the local shop. Really like the spectrum on these and can't believe I wasn't using them before.



Four of a personal favorite, and well documented on here, the Brainwreck. Getting ready to flip these ladies. Canopy is looking fantastic and is sure to be stunning. I'm sad that these are in 5 gals, wasn't anticipating waiting this long to put them in, but i'll give them a healthy dose of Bloom Mix a couple weeks into flowering with a hefty helping of homemade worm castings. I need to harvest a bin in the next few days.



Here are some Confidential Cheese chilling in the pumice style sips. These sips work excellent. It has been a very successful method for growing.



.... and after a few failed attempts at cultivating this strain, the Perkins Cut of Cannatonic (high CBD, <1% THC. The first time around, I was having soil pH problems and she just wouldn't take off. The second time I got her was just before the summer... and summer did not go well for me this year, basically shut down the garden for a couple months because of heat. Now the third time is the charm! Just rooting up now...



so speaking of that pH problem I was having before.... and I think calliandra may have mentioned this to me but i'd have to go back and reread the conversation, I'm pretty sure my soil had just gone extremely bacterial, and I had lost the healthy populations of fungi in the mixes. So... I'm going to start brewing fungal teas and hit them just before flower, and about 4 weeks into flower for good measure.

speaking of fungi... I did see a couple small little brown mushrooms (LBMs we tend to call them while foraging the wild) in one of my flowering containers, they were quite ephemeral as usual and I forgot to get a pic before they disappeared

Flower update to come this week, as well as update with the Texas Butter pheno hunt.

Until next time...

 

[ShLUbY]

Made some quick work of the worm bins today and got myself ~3 cu.ft. of fresh castings!





Gorilla Glue just went into flower (@Greenthumbs256 32" from floor to tops)



Shangrila about 10 days into flower (figured out i had the light on 400w for some reason, so turned it back up to 600w)





Brainwreck about 4 weeks into flower





... and the veg room got a major hair cut and is responding very well!



that about covers it!

 

[DGrowers]

Read through your whole journal over the last week or 2, have to say I am impressed! Just beginning my grow journey, think I will use the SIP method along with living soil.

 

[ShLUbY]

Read through your whole journal over the last week or 2, have to say I am impressed! Just beginning my grow journey, think I will use the SIP method along with living soil.

Right on man. Glad you enjoy the content! If you have any questions feel free to post or ask anything here! I'll do my best to help out. Honestly, living soil is the easiest way to grow, and I think it's a great way for a beginner grower to get into growing cannabis. Do you have any gardening experience to lean on or will cannabis be your introduction to cultivating plants?

 

[ShLUbY]

Threw some worm bedding together today. Leaves from my leaf mold pile, hydrated peat moss, and the drainage material that didn't pass through my sifter from the previous bins. Added a few handfuls of Oyster Shell Flour, Basalt rock dust, and mixed everything up real well. Then I put about 80% of the bedding in the bin, put a layer of outdoor compost and a few tbsp of various amendments, put the rest of the bedding down, more outdoor compost, a few more tbsp of amendments, and put the worms and their previous meal on the top. spritzed some water down on the compost/amendment layers and placed the piece of panda film lightly over the bin. Should be good to go!

Here's a shot of the mixed bedding