SuperSkunk Manifold

[H.A.F.]

beautiful buds HAF, i smoked GDP back years ago, loved it, havent seen it around here since.

When I bought beans all I wanted was fems, high THC, and one listed for "beginners" or "easy to grow" because - why not???

The Superskunk description fit this profile (and has delivered) but my first grow I rushed (those juicy brown ones). It was a strain I remembered from high school, but it was sticky, and smelled like a skunk hiding in a pine tree. When you open the jar though, there's not much smell, but once you grind it there is a strong cheesy, spicy smell. Not the skunky smell I expected (and wanted LOL). But it is a very pleasant smell. After I grind it it's like opening new coffee, you just have to smell it for a bit.

 

[H.A.F.]

beautiful buds

I got a hand-crank bud trimmer, and they work pretty well. If you ever think about buying one, get the smallest cheapest one you can find. They all work the same. What is amazing is the amount of sugar and trim you get. What I did with the hermied plant was trim away the non-sugar fan leaves then snipped off every bud (most were about the size of a nickel)and ran them through green while they were still big. they shrunk to nice dense pea-to-peanut-sized nugs that taste sweet. When they are fresh, the are also less brittle and will lose less trichomes off the buds.

I sifted through the nugs that were small enough green to fit through the screen (about 3/8") and dried that to enjoy immediately, and dried all the chopped up sugar leaves and ran them across a dry-sift screen. I think I like that better than bubble hash for taste and appearance, because the dry-sift can be done gently. I got a t-press for long term storage of the goodies, each puck is half gram.

The top 3 are from the bubble-bag hash, bottom is the dry-sift.

 

[diggs99]

You got this stuff down very well HAF

I have learned so much reading your posts. You certainly know what your doing . good stuff man

 

[H.A.F.]

This is the dry-sift screen I made. The base has a piece of 12x12 tempered glass, then a 120m screen on the next one,rare-earth magnets to hold it together, then a lid to keep dust out. Just drilled a finger-hole in the bottom to poke the glass out easily,

 

[H.A.F.]

You got this stuff down very well HAF

I have learned so much reading your posts. You certainly know what your doing . good stuff man

Heck no! This is my 5th grow, and the first was an abortion that grew 2 bonsai plants (bag-seeds) for 180 days and yielded 14g from one plant and 7g from the other LOL

I had gnats and found a different forum when looking for the answer, then I learned by reading. Knew nothing about the lighting requirements, so I think they went in and out of flower about 3 times

The second was better, but with zero-cash and amateur-jerry-rigged equipment and a 300w blurple LED. I think I got an ounce.

That was when I decided that if I am going to spend 4 months growing a plant, I need a 4-month harvest, or a 2-month harvest and a rotation.

I budgeted the money I was spending on bud into getting better stuff. I still do that, and try things like the bowl trimmer, different nutes, different soils, using that same budget now that I don't have to buy lights, fans, or other top-dollar equipment.

 

[H.A.F.]

@diggs99 I like learning, and teaching. You'll rarely hear me say "do this" or "don't do that" unless I have specifically tried it and it was a miserable failure - even then I'll just say 'think about it, this is what happened to me'

I'll gladly give my opinion, or try to explain why I did something since the exact same thing may not work in all circumstances. That said, once I have found something that works I have also probably researched it enough to know why it works. - then when you understand why, you can adapt to changes better. I think that's why I can explain it.

But so far the Fox Farms soil and nutes and the quantum boards have met my needs. I may upgrade the lights but probably stay with QB's.

This means I have no interest in soilless, coco, dwc, etc, types of growing. I won't comment on those threads because I don't know. I prefer to become 'expert' at one thing and be able to adapt to changes like different strains, different seasons (heat or AC) and still produce quality flowers.

 

[H.A.F.]

I have a 300w and 1200w veg/bloom LED in storage. I thought about using the big one for the clones, but I just hate the incriminating blurple glare

 

[diggs99]

@diggs99 I like learning, and teaching. You'll rarely hear me say "do this" or "don't do that" unless I have specifically tried it and it was a miserable failure - even then I'll just say 'think about it, this is what happened to me'

I'll gladly give my opinion, or try to explain why I did something since the exact same thing may not work in all circumstances. That said, once I have found something that works I have also probably researched it enough to know why it works. - then when you understand why, you can adapt to changes better. I think that's why I can explain it.

But so far the Fox Farms soil and nutes and the quantum boards have met my needs. I may upgrade the lights but probably stay with QB's.

This means I have no interest in soilless, coco, dwc, etc, types of growing. I won't comment on those threads because I don't know. I prefer to become 'expert' at one thing and be able to adapt to changes like different strains, different seasons (heat or AC) and still produce quality flowers.

I couldnt agree with you more.

Get good at one thing, rather than mediocre at a bunch. I too am using FFOF and hand watering, i dont see any reason to change either of these methods moving forward, i enjoy both and am understanding/dialing things in every day with the soil grow. I have considered automated watering but dont see it happening anytime soon.

The plants seem to like FFOF, its easy to use and very forgiving for newer growers like myself , its easily available in my area.

The main upgrade for me will be lighting i think. Although i like my 600w mh/hps, i think i will enjoy the simplicity of using cobs/leds. Not having to worry so much about heat or extraction. I will also be upgrading away from this t5ho that im currently vegging my newest space cookies under, im just not liking the progress compared to vegging under the mh. Lucky enough, i have until Jan 31 to return it, so im sending it back and prob gonna buy qbs and diy or just buy another 600w hood and ballast and run my mh for veg

 

[H.A.F.]

Deja vu.

Flash pic comment I just made, then I get this pic. A big fan leaf in the middle can hide 2-3 other cola at this point. I don't know what anyone else does, but I just poke it down with a finger. If it's stubborn then I snip it.

 

[H.A.F.]

Although i like my 600w mh/hps, i think i will enjoy the simplicity of using cobs/leds. Not having to worry so much about heat or extraction. I will also be upgrading away from this t5ho that im currently vegging my newest space cookies under, im just not liking the progress compared to vegging under the mh.

^^^ this

I know mh is metal-halide? and it gets hot and has a vent on the light?
t5ho was a character in star wars?
No comment LOL

I am sure there is be a difference between cob, led, qb/led, strips, spectrums, u/v and all that other stuff. These are all things I would consider if I was dumping a ton of cash into a start-up company. What is your goal?

I am still driving a 2006 Tacoma. I know they make better vehicles. I know there is diesel, electric, hybrid, etc. that's all good, but what I have I thought about before I made the big purchase. It met (and still meets) my needs, and I will continue to drive it until it dies

So lighting wise I know blurples work OK, but I don't prefer them. I have the spares I mentioned above which I'll probably just hang onto for emergency temporary lights when my big QB's die - while I order a new one or an upgrade.

CFL's work as well, really slow, but you can rig up 'chandeliers' that can do the job in a pinch and/or work great for seeds and clones. That is my back-up plan for when the 135w QB dies - while I order a new one or an upgrade

Find what works for whatever you are trying to do, but read a lot because the 'good lights' is expensive to experiment on until you find what you like.

 

[H.A.F.]

I think I guessed wrong picking the other clone to be the success. The one I didn't re-pot is starting to show signs of life. I may have to try and get into that little shrub and prune away some old stuff, but I'm SCARED! LOL

updated - but I went ahead and did it. snipped 4 crispy old leaves off each plant.

and lo and behold there are new little leaves under there.

 

[H.A.F.]

Seeing just a little tan on the new leaf tips, but I can't tell if its nute burn at this point - or even if those are leave tips

Raised the lights a few inches to be safe. Seeing some stretch on some of the tops now that I quit flattening them out.

But I have yet to get to this point in the grow without snipping off crispy-edge fan leaves before. Last grow I was cutting the dead tips off the leaves to try and save them as long as possible. Progress!

 

[Gollyboy]

Thanks for the reply haf I'm hoping as it's my 1st time growing 2oz a plant which will tide me over to the next crop I'm sticking with coco going to mainling these 4 zkittlez mainling 4 blue cheese then do one cheese one zkitllez and see what I have the most yield off using same nutes and light

 

[H.A.F.]

Plain water this morning before lights out.

This time was just a half gallon to make her use the nutes already there, in a few days I'll water and check run-off to see if she did.

I have found that if you water (plain) and the ppm is low enough on the run-off that she can take nutes, you can just let it sit for a few hours, then feed.

 

[H.A.F.]

So here's where I am at:

 

[H.A.F.]

 

[H.A.F.]

Not trying to misrepresent the size of the plant. It's still tiny

 

[diggs99]

Nice looking plant tho

 

[H.A.F.]

I don't think I have actually mentioned my 'goal' weight-wise.
The light is a 260w, with a flower footprint of 3x3
Half that 260w, or 130g in grams is a decent grow (scrogging and filling the 3x3) for a newbie, closer to a gram per watt for the masters.
-I am only in a 3 gallon pot,
-it won't fill a square meter,
-I put myself low-to-mid-range between newbie and expert,
-this grow is going smoother since I'm not Jones-ing
-mainlining produces denser nugs that keep more weight
All things considered I put the goal at 130g (650g wet), but I think 100g dried isn't a tough ask.

 

[H.A.F.]

One clone is taking off, and it is from the better of my 2 last plants. Since I repotted the one on the left a week ago, she has another few days to show some love. If not then the one on the right gets all the light to herself

Since this may go crazy I am holding off dropping a bean. It would probably be better to wait until the furnace isn't on 24/7 drying the air out anyway.