First Med Coco Grow - finished

[#1Raiderfan420]

Bumputy Bump Dump Bump.

Looks too great for me to comment.

Thank you my friend. I am getting nervious now about the harvest, trimming,drying and curing part. I don't want to fuck anything up now. I have house guests now through the 1st, so I have to sneak down to the room. I am glad they look like they won't be ready until atleast then.

 

[bender420]

Thank you my friend. I am getting nervious now about the harvest, trimming,drying and curing part. I don't want to fuck anything up now. I have house guests now through the 1st, so I have to sneak down to the room. I am glad they look like they won't be ready until atleast then.

Bro I was feeling just like you, but drying and curing will not be a problem for us man. I mean look at your grow, its is pretty much flawless.

I am feeling more confident, because I did some testing for drying and curing on some little nugs, they smoke ultra nice even without a proper cure.

Yeah you will be good. I am planning on a cutting at right about day 60

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

I put potatoe slices on the top of the medium this morning to see how bad the gnats really are. I place a few slices in every pot. The idea is the gnats larvae will be attracted to the potatoe and when I remove the slices tonight I will have a good idea of the infestation. We'll see how well his works.

 

[wonderblunder]

Where did they bring them from?
They could be original kush seeds Bro, the shit that all the different kush strains come from.

Kush refers to a subset of strains of indicacannabis. The origins of Kush cannabis are from landrace plants mainly in Afghanistan and sometimes, Iran, Pakistan, and Northern India,[1] with the name coming from the Hindu Kush mountain range.[2] "Hindu Kush" strains of cannabis were brought to the United States in the mid to late 1970s and continue to be available there to the present day.[3]

Oregon

Making me wonder what I got. This is all coming form word of mouth, but I believe both other parties involved are credible. I have smoked the same PK, that my friend is telling me the seeds came from. All word of mouth, could be some random bagseed, but he brought them back specially for me, and he aint the kind of guy to yank my chain

Did some reading and found that PK was a cut taken from UV, that is why it is a clone only, but the original seeds were from an old crew named Trichome Tech. As far as I know, UV seeds aren't available. So I wonder what wonder has.

Bumputy Bump Dump Bump.

Looks too great for me to comment.

Tanks for the little research. I wonder what wonder has too! Fuck. But whatever, I got enough going. This helped toned down my excitement for the PK in the event that it is not what it is.

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

Oregon

Making me wonder what I got. This is all coming form word of mouth, but I believe both other parties involved are credible. I have smoked the same PK, that my friend is telling me the seeds came from. All word of mouth, could be some random bagseed, but he brought them back specially for me, and he aint the kind of guy to yank my chain




Tanks for the little research. I wonder what wonder has too! Fuck. But whatever, I got enough going. This helped toned down my excitement for the PK in the event that it is not what it is.

Bro I am sure it is dank if it is your buddy that gave them to you. Probably not pk though. I have buddies that grow bag seed and if it turns out great they guess what it is and name it that. lol Bottom line is good smoke is good smoke. Maybe you can come up with a new name like Wonder Kush!!

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

I put potatoe slices on the top of the medium this morning to see how bad the gnats really are. I place a few slices in every pot. The idea is the gnats larvae will be attracted to the potatoe and when I remove the slices tonight I will have a good idea of the infestation. We'll see how well his works.

So I pulled the potatoe slices out tonight and did see a couple fungus gnat larvae under a couple slices. I also have some flying gnats and some other little dark round bugs that move very fast accross the top of the medium when I disturb it. I am so fuckin pist. I am sure now that I never got rid of them weeks ago when I first noticed them. The plants don't show stress and the buds still look sticky sweet, but I am sure I probably dealt with some stunting. It is hard because I don't have anything to compare to, but I have noticed the last few weeks the bud growth has been slow and some yellowing on the tops. I am less than two weeks out so I am not gonna go crazy with treatments, but will give them another heavy dose of the biolinks and maybe some cinnnamon on top of the coco. I don't seem to have the same problem in the veg room, but I will be giving the babies a good azatrol bath and treat the flower room before I move the vegging girls in there. I will most likely drop down a pot size to 5 gals to let the coco dry out a little better for the next round.

 

[theloadeddragon]

put some cinamin in your mix, and you will never get them..... try not to water quite as often, your yields suffer from it

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

put some cinamin in your mix, and you will never get them..... try not to water quite as often, your yields suffer from it

Thanks Dragon for the help. I have heard of the cinammon thing, but I was going to sprinkle on top of the medium. Are you saying to water it in? I water every 3 days, I watered every other day during the stretch. I have never let the plants wilt though. Do you think I should go longer? Also, I noticed my trays weren't completely draining and had some standing water in a coupld spots. I plan on raising one end of the trays a little higher for the next round which should eliminate the standing water issue. I have also been reading about diatomaceous earth and putting a layer of it on top of the coco. Do you have any experience with this?

 

[theloadeddragon]

that works fairly well.... but if you do use it, remember it holds water Really well .... and drys quickly.... expensive round here, its most commonly used for pool filtration and livestock feed.... getting Hydro grade is very uncommon and expensive to order (unless you know where to get it cheep??).... I have entertained the idea of using as a root media..... but never got around to it, so I can't say I have used it personally, but mane o mane! I smoked some dank nugs grown in it

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

that works fairly well.... but if you do use it, remember it holds water Really well .... and drys quickly.... expensive round here, its most commonly used for pool filtration and livestock feed.... getting Hydro grade is very uncommon and expensive to order (unless you know where to get it cheep??).... I have entertained the idea of using as a root media..... but never got around to it, so I can't say I have used it personally, but mane o mane! I smoked some dank nugs grown in it

I did find some on the net that didn't look to expensive. I also understand the pool stuff doesn't work the same for plants. I think I'll ask the hydro store I go to about it.
I sprinkled my whole jar of cinnamon on the top of the the coco. Man, you can tell how many gnats there are when you put something down that they don't like. They didn't like the cin and started buzzn around. I probably saw 15-20 of them. Anyway, we'll see how the cinnamon works and I will let the pots dry up a little more.

Here are some pics

The Trichomes are milky

The big picture

 

[Sr. Verde]

Damn man your doing what I one day hope to do....

I just looked through your entire thread from the start

 

[wonderblunder]

Looking damn good in there. I have had some battles with the gnats as well. Cinnamon goes into all soil mixes now(excellent advice from TLD), and I ended up just planning full scale attacks on them. Turning over the top soil daily will help them not settle in and burn up their larvae with the light. I also used several products(all sprays) such as Fox Farm Don't Bug me, Insect Killing Soap, and Captain Deadbugs Brew. Neem oil also has proved to keep them out of the flowering room. I use Dyna Gro Neem oil for my soil and Einstein oil on my leaves. All in all I plan my attacks so I can conquer flower room, veg room, and clone area all in one sitting so that they don't have a chance to move over.

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

Damn man your doing what I one day hope to do....

I just looked through your entire thread from the start

Was there enough pics for ya? lol Thanks for checking out my grow Brother and thank you for the compliment.

Looking damn good in there. I have had some battles with the gnats as well. Cinnamon goes into all soil mixes now(excellent advice from TLD), and I ended up just planning full scale attacks on them. Turning over the top soil daily will help them not settle in and burn up their larvae with the light. I also used several products(all sprays) such as Fox Farm Don't Bug me, Insect Killing Soap, and Captain Deadbugs Brew. Neem oil also has proved to keep them out of the flowering room. I use Dyna Gro Neem oil for my soil and Einstein oil on my leaves. All in all I plan my attacks so I can conquer flower room, veg room, and clone area all in one sitting so that they don't have a chance to move over.

I totally hear you man. I have used sticky pads, biolinks (garlic/yucca extract), azatrol up until 3rd flower week, and safer soap. I have read dozens of articles on the little bastards and many threads from several sites. Because they have a 28-30 day life cycle, you have to make a multi-pronged attack when dealing with them. The best way is to empty the room, sterilize evreything and start over with the right control methods. Before I move the the vegging plants into the flower room, I will make sure they are out of the room. I also will be using a layer of diotamaceous earth to form a barrier on top of the coco. This shit is supposed to kill many bugs..it slices them up. It is amust have for my future runs.

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Life Cycle of Fungus gnat

The life cycle of fungus gnats is shown in Figure 1. A female fungus gnat may lay up to 300 whitish eggs in clusters of 20 to 30 or more on the surface or in the crevices of moist soil or potting media rich in organic matter. Eggs hatch in about six days. Larvae feed for 12-14 days before changing into a pupa, which is formed inside a silken pupal chamber in the soil. The pupal stage may last 5-6 days and adults live up to 10 days. The life cycle from egg to adult requires approximately 4 weeks depending on temperature; development time decreases as temperatures increase, as is true of most insects.

 

[theloadeddragon]

Multi pronged attack is right...... three to four Full sterilizations, implementing precautionary measures...... even if you think they are gone...... do it again.... Larvae is also tracked in via fruits, veggies, especially potatoes and bannanas....... Fungus gnats Hate Citrus If your water is basic, using lemon juice to ph the water also helps deter the buggers from ever coming around (though cinamon does a good job too, it will eventually break down and filter out through your media)...... The best Preventative measure for fungus gnats and the many other harmful bacteria, fungai, and other pests, is Not Overwatering! Not letting the media get too cold, too hot, or suffocate...... and not exposing the media to foreign materials.....

For example.... I got a pesky mouse that keeps delivering acorns into "special" pots in my flowering room! Just the Maui Skunk and the Twilight.... interesting huh? Well, the acorns coating (protective shell) releases bacteria, and breaks down into toxic sediment deposits in the soil, killing roots, and ruining the microbiotic environment!

 

[HookedOnChronic]

right on man those are beauties, u gonna harvest any before xmas?

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

right on man those are beauties, u gonna harvest any before xmas?

No man, I am waiting now. I had some little nugs from a branch that broke of a couple weeks ago, smoked well so I am stoked to try the finished product. I figure since I started almost 3 months ago, why not wait it out at this point. It is tough though.

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

I got a pesky mouse that keeps delivering acorns into "special" pots in my flowering room! Just the Maui Skunk and the Twilight.... interesting huh?

That is interesting. lol He actually leaves them there huh? Maybe he is placing bets for the other mice.

 

[HookedOnChronic]

icic but raider i was also trying to get at the point of different highs at different trich colors, were u lookin for all amber?

 

[theloadeddragon]

he is going for pain releif

 

[#1Raiderfan420]

icic but raider i was also trying to get at the point of different highs at different trich colors, were u lookin for all amber?

he is going for pain releif

TLD is correct. I am planning on flushing when 20-30 amber if all goes right harvest should be around 40-50% amber. Although I enjoy a uplifting high at times, this is more for pain releif and a deep body high. Also, since it is pk I would like to let it do what it does best. I may grow some deisel or green crack in the future for the heady or upper high, but this strain is known for is deep body high/ cerebral high. That's why I love it.