My first grow

[growforgood904]

Damn Jerry thats gonna be one big as cola!!! That thing is towering!!!! freaking awesome man!!!!

 

[Jerry Garcia]

JG I think I know what they are: They are "SOMEGOODSHITJGStrain" !!! lol

I sure hope it turns out to be that SOMEGOODSHITJG! I gave the top cola a gentle "squeeze" the other day just to feel how dense it is (VERY is the answer) and my fingers smelled like they had been stuck up a skunks ass! It usually smells pretty good, but damn, it made me tingly inside!

My girl and I were going to make up our own names for them...before I screwed up shorty she was going to be "T-REX" because, believe it or not, she was WAY bigger than the rest of the plants. It hurts my soul every time I think of that, because I really think she could have been something special. Oh well, at least I kept her alive and got to her produce something in the end!

Damn Jerry thats gonna be one big as cola!!! That thing is towering!!!! freaking awesome man!!!!

Thanks GFG! Every time I pull them out for inspection and pictures I'm truly amazed myself! If it continues to grow together it could feasibly be well over a foot long bud! Awesome!

 

[skeeterleg]

They will be JG, I have no dought!

I am just amazed how the main stem is so freaking long while the other limbs stayed short. Its cool as shit!!!

I loaded some new pics today. If you get bored check out my little scraggly weeds. lol

 

[Jerry Garcia]

Sorry it took so long, I've been busy and sleeping instead of updating. I know, I'm a slacker. Anyway, let me give a quick run down. Things are going swimmingly. Little ones are coming along, big girls are happy with their A/C...and I'm happy they are happy. I saw a couple gnats today, but no large concentration of them or anything. We'll see.

Lets get right to the meat and potatoes of the post, shall we...?

Shorty. Looking good.

Wide Girl. Her top bud is starting to grow new little projections (seen better in the next pic...freaking awesome!

Tall girl. Doing well.

Her top

Colorful middle buds

Finally, one of the side buds

That's it. Sorry its rather terse, but I'm tired, so I'm going to crash now. Enjoy the photos.

 

[Sleepless]

Lookin good! I think that you're going to be VERY satisfied with your yield, those buds look scrumptious. No worries about sleep, bro. I'm sure we could all use a little extra. on that note, goodnight.

Sleepless

 

[Babs34]

Awesome job with the sand...time to incorpoorate molassas into your feeding schedule...if not done so already? Soon you should be stepping back from the nutrients and feeding with only water (you aren't using tap, are you?) AND molassas..........wait til we talk about "tea."

 

[Jerry Garcia]

Lookin good! I think that you're going to be VERY satisfied with your yield, those buds look scrumptious. No worries about sleep, bro. I'm sure we could all use a little extra. on that note, goodnight.

Sleepless

Thanks man, I was so tired when I posted those pics and now I'm awake at 6am...go figure.

I'll be happy with any yield, so if its big that will just be a bonus!

Awesome job with the sand...time to incorpoorate molassas into your feeding schedule...if not done so already? Soon you should be stepping back from the nutrients and feeding with only water (you aren't using tap, are you?) AND molassas..........wait til we talk about "tea."

I actually thought about giving them a water-only feeding, but its so hard for me to NOT give them nutrients. So they got some big bloom and tiger bloom. The feeding schedule says to only give nutes every other feeding...I am really trying to throw as much as I can at these girls now to see how much they can take.

As for molasses...well I've been giving them that with every feeding since I switched to 12/12. I just pour it in with the other nutrients, shake it up, and voila! I've been using ~2 tbsp/gallon, though I don't like to actually measure because that stuff is possibly the stickiest substance I have ever seen and doesn't come off the measuring spoon. But the girls seem to like it enough.

I've been using distilled water most of the way through. I purchased brita filter not so long ago to use for this, but the pH is really high, like 7.9! So its fine for using with the Tiger Bloom, because that stuff really lowers pH, but unless I add some vinegar it's not good for watering (I think that caused some lockout issues before...).

So, I think I'm on the right track. I probably should not have given them nutrients yesterday. I didn't use more than the recommended dosage, so I'm not worried about burning them, but I am slightly concerned about salt buildup. But they just got flushed 2 weeks ago, so I'm sure they'll be fine. If not, I've learned another valuable lesson

 

[kingdick]

have you ever grown outdoors?
if so maybe you could give me a few tips

 

[Jerry Garcia]

have you ever grown outdoors?
if so maybe you could give me a few tips

I have not, sorry to say. I would think it is much easier than growing inside however. Just be careful during the night cycle that your plants aren't near any street lamps or exterior home lights as this could stress the plant and turn it hermie. Good luck

 

[Babs34]

Sorry Jerry. I tend to get a little caught up with some threads and their pictures, lol.
No lie, for those few minutes I'm peering at the pictures, it's almost as if they are my own personal plants sitting right next to me.
Damn, I really do need to start a new grow. I just don't know if I'm willing to go through all that hard work (and money) again just for the strain I have.......bagseed.
My next grow simply MUST be a sativa!
No matter what, your harvest will be rewarding.
And BTW, I say growing outside is even more difficult. Having to sneak around to care for your plant.....ward them off from being exposed to even more bugs.......and the fact that deer just LOVE the plant. I'll take the indoor grow any day.
However, no matter what anyone says......nothing compares to natural sunlight. Nothing.

 

[Tatan]

Thats very nice Jerry, congrats, your plants are looking beautiful. Looks like Im back in time to see your harvest

 

[mared juwan]

Yea Tatan, I was wondering where you went. Good to see you back.

Jerry, plants are looking wonderful, man. And I think that was the first ever use of the word "terse" in an RIU post LOL.

 

[Tatan]

Yeah.. I missed you guys, my computer was broken, but now im back.

 

[Jerry Garcia]

Good to have ya back Tatan! Hope you're computer problems are behind you.

Thanks Mared...lol

 

[Jerry Garcia]

So it's 2:30 in the morning and I don't really know what day of flower it is. I would go back and see what I said last post, but I don't care. It's around day 44 and thats close enough.

Plants are budding away. Getting stinkier by the day. I'm about ready to start checking out some trichs in the next day or so. Exciting.

So I've got a concern now with tall girl. It seems her leaves are dying off much like wide girl, but for tall girl I'm concerned because it is the leaves coming out of the buds that are dying! I'm concerned they will die too far into the bud for me to remove them, leaving some leaf material that could potentially mold. I want to just snip them now, but wanted some input first.

Here are some pictures. Enjoy.

Shorty. Doing well. Getting thick. The main cola is one solid bud top to bottom.

Close close up of her top.

Wide Girl--her top bud is getting quite wide itself...

A nice close up of her top

Here's a top-down shot showing the leaf decay situation. You can see it in the above image as well. They just all keep on dying.

Tall girl. Doing fine. Except her leaves are all dying off.

Here's a top-down shot showing the leaf death on her as well. I just don't want the leaves to die inside the buds and create an opportunity for mold.

Some lower buds

Close up of one healthy lower bud...

And the babies. One male gone, just waiting for the rest. All are going to get topped/fimmed very shortly...probably once sex has been determined. I may throw them back in veg for a little while after topping to let the colas get a few nodes on them before flowering for real.

I think the sand made watering a real problem, as the water tended to channel towards the edge of the pot and down. Even pouring slowly didn't really help. It's nice to keep out the critters, but I don't think wide girl got enough at yesterday's feeding, and might be wilting every so slightly today because of it. I'll try to work something out tomorrow when I water again (but with on pH'd distilled water).

 

[Tatan]

Hey Jerry. I think the yellowing of the leaves is normal, althogh it seems to be a little too soon. As far as the molding once the leaves die... I would think the leaves might just dry off instead of getting mold...


Shorty is still my favorite... looks like the main bud is really getting thick... but damn.. all your plants have really nice buds now... Wow Jerry theyve filled out a lot in thje time ive been gone... very nice bud.


The young one are looking nice as well, congrats.

 

[Jerry Garcia]

Hey Jerry. I think the yellowing of the leaves is normal, althogh it seems to be a little too soon. As far as the molding once the leaves die... I would think the leaves might just dry off instead of getting mold...


Shorty is still my favorite... looks like the main bud is really getting thick... but damn.. all your plants have really nice buds now... Wow Jerry theyve filled out a lot in thje time ive been gone... very nice bud.


The young one are looking nice as well, congrats.

Thanks man. The more I thought about it the more I realized the leaf material desiccates as it dies off, meaning there won't be much left to mold as you said. And it does seem pretty early to be losing leaves, but I think I had a slight pH issue while you were away (seems like you were gone forever!) and it led to some lockout issues. I have since resolved that issue, but the damage has already been done. I think I just pushed the leaves towards their eventual demise a little quicker. The buds still look awesome though, so for its all good!

As for shorty...yes she is a thing of beauty indeed! She is really just thick the entire way down the stem, and her little side buds are a couple inches long themselves. I lamented a few days ago fucking her up so bad during her adolescent days, as she would probably be as big as the other girls right now and producing twice the yield had she not been stressed. But at least she is producing something (and something stinky at that)

 

[Babs34]

For what it's worth, I still say you should back off from the heavier nutes and try to up the N just a bit. Also, the blackstrap molassas would serve as a decent source for what I think may be a magnesium defficiency. Molassas is also a good source of iron, calcium and potassium.
While using your scope to check those trichs, check the underside of those leaves!...better to know of even a single gnat now, than later. You will want to take care of that ASAP should it be a bigger problem than you originally thought. You won't want to deal with that problem with your next grow.
Definitely try to keep those fan leaves healthy as possible in their last days, because once they go---that bud will dry out right on its stalk and lose its ability to show you anything worth looking at under that scope.

 

[Jerry Garcia]

For what it's worth, I still say you should back off from the heavier nutes and try to up the N just a bit. Also, the blackstrap molassas would serve as a decent source for what I think may be a magnesium defficiency. Molassas is also a good source of iron, calcium and potassium.
While using your scope to check those trichs, check the underside of those leaves!...better to know of even a single gnat now, than later. You will want to take care of that ASAP should it be a bigger problem than you originally thought. You won't want to deal with that problem with your next grow.
Definitely try to keep those fan leaves healthy as possible in their last days, because once they go---that bud will dry out right on its stalk and lose its ability to show you anything worth looking at under that scope.

I've been using the molasses, and I went pretty sparingly on the nutes last time. They will be getting some water later this evening but there doesn't seem to be much more I can do.

There has been a gnat or two still lingering, so I'll check the under side of the leaves too.

I was wondering what would happen once all the fan leaves are gone...but there are still lots of other leaves around the stem (at least here are for wide girl).

Also, I noticed by humidity ballooned to 60% in the middle of last night. It was back to around 40% by the time they went to bed however. I'll keep an eye on that situation too.

 

[Babs34]

One last suggestion...aerate your soil.