250w HPS Club And Help Guide

10acjed

Active Member
Wow, thats a beauty Broseidon. Nice fat kolas, full growth all the way. Great job. I notice you hang it with the leaves still on, any particular reason?

Trying to upload some good friday bud porn. Need some advice on the looks of one, its not quite there but I can tell its getting close and want to know when I should stop the nutes. RIU uploader is not cooperating at the moment. To be continued......

Finally got it to work...

First are Pheno 1 (of 3) this is about middle of the three, buds filling in and fattening up, starting to see orange hairs...

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And this is Pheno 2, this one is the farthest along from the looks, they started filling in and fattening up first, and has more orange hairs.
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Im new so I really have no clue. I see the orange hairs filling in and start getting nervous. I am out of tow next weekend, and wasnt planning on harvest til at least the following Sat.

Does it look like I am good til then? Figure 14 more days from now..... Really worried more about Pheno 2, as the first one looks like it has 2 maybe 3 more weeks

I will be inspecting with the scope tomorrow so I will know a little more..
 

Dr. Kundilini

Well-Known Member
Thanks. There was a thread the other day that went back n forth about it.. Got ugly lol...

I am just going with the learn as I grow technique, trying something different each time. However I doubt I will ever feed nutes right til the end, just would rather do a couple str8 waters, minor flush. But I will try that way with my next grow.

I read about the total darkness. However if you cant for whatever reason, dif strains etc, is it ok to just not water them for the last 4 - 5 days and clip?
I think you would be fine if you just withold the H2O for the last few days. I did the "4 days in the dark and no water last year, but I really don't know if it adds that much. I am convinced that flushing before harvest makes a much finer end product. Almost everything I did last year was straight out of "Marijuana Grow Basics" by Jorge Cervantes and some info from the internet. I have had several small outdoor grows for personal use over the past 40 years, but there is always so much to deal with "outdoors". There is so much more control "inside".
Those are some delecious lookin' colas you got there. The last two(orange) do look more mature than the first two.
 

L33tGanjaMan

Well-Known Member
Thinking about 3 weeks left on one of mine, seeing alot more orange hairs. The other two are still white.

First two is a nice kola, seeing side growth on a few now, getting fatter.



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This is a lower nug on the other one, seeing quite a bit more orange than the others.
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A couple other pics in my journal, linky is below in Green

EDIT
Can I get a group consencious on what you guys think.. I cropped this one and zoomed in best i can. thinking 3 weeks at least at this point, but want to be sure....

This is a top on my lower growth, easier to get a clear pic being it shades the yellow hps..
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Hey dood, things are coming along nicely huh? :D

I would agree that the last plant in the pic has at least another 3 weeks to go, how long she been going already?

Also, have you hit those plants in the first pics Hard with Nutes or is it high Temps? I see some 'crispy' dry leaves?

You gonna use a scope to check the Trichromes before you get the Samuri Sword out? ;)
 

10acjed

Active Member
I think you would be fine if you just withold the H2O for the last few days. I did the "4 days in the dark and no water last year, but I really don't know if it adds that much. I am convinced that flushing before harvest makes a much finer end product. Almost everything I did last year was straight out of "Marijuana Grow Basics" by Jorge Cervantes and some info from the internet. I have had several small outdoor grows for personal use over the past 40 years, but there is always so much to deal with "outdoors". There is so much more control "inside".
Those are some delecious lookin' colas you got there. The last two(orange) do look more mature than the first two.
Thanks. Im getting nervous like a new father lmao...
Yeah my plan, I am leaving out the last nute feeding and doing h20 + molasses the last 3 feedings. Right now my schedule is h20 + molasses tomorrow, next nute feeding would be tues/wed. So if she looks like she is close I will just do h20 + molasses on tues/wed, then again on sat and go without til the following sat and cut then. That would be 3 h20 feedings and 7 days without h20 before harvest.
Not really a "flush" but 3 h20 feedings and I'll probably just dump a gallon through each time and let it flow out. Im not a stickler on the "purity" but I do like better taste, and smoother smoke.

Cant do darkness as I have 3 other plants that are not ready, probably a 3 week harvest, one plant each week judging from what I have seen so far. They start getting fat, then the orange hairs start coming in..

Never got my dry KoolBloom. Its ok to keep with the Liquid KoolBloom right? I know its not for the final stages, but being I dont have the dry it wont hurt to keep using the liquid will it? (talking about the ones that have a few weeks left, obviously I dont mean flushing with koolbloom, but just incase i was misunderstood)

Also, have you hit those plants in the first pics Hard with Nutes or is it high Temps? I see some 'crispy' dry leaves?

You gonna use a scope to check the Trichromes before you get the Samuri Sword out? ;)
Nah, thats just good old Newbie Nute Burn.. LOL... Thats what happens when you listen to some guy on an internet forum that say soil grows dont need to worry about Ph...
Should never have left the 250W club for advice :wall: You live and learn tho...

And yes, going to get the scope tonight, starting to check trichs tomorrow.. Will update then, well no I wont I will ask more questions then...
 

stoneslacker

Well-Known Member
Thanks. Im getting nervous like a new father lmao...

Never got my dry KoolBloom. Its ok to keep with the Liquid KoolBloom right? I know its not for the final stages, but being I dont have the dry it wont hurt to keep using the liquid will it? (talking about the ones that have a few weeks left, obviously I dont mean flushing with koolbloom, but just incase i was misunderstood)


And yes, going to get the scope tonight, starting to check trichs tomorrow.. Will update then, well no I wont I will ask more questions then...
The GH "Keep it simple" feeding schedule does not use dry koolbloom and shows feeding liquid koolbloom at 2.5-5.0mL through ripening. On an 8-9 week strain I usually use it at 2.5mL weeks 3-4 or so, 5mL weeks 5-8 and then back off to 4 and step it down the last 7-10 days of ripening.
Edit: I don't really count the first 7 days after the flip in my flower time. This is a transition period imo.

Then I flush for the last 8-10 days. I started to flush when trichs were about 30/60/10 (clear/cloudy/amber). I flushed my last batch for 8 days, using clearex the first day, water w/sweetener for 2 days, clearex one more time then sweetener till day 8. Trichs ended up at about 10/75/15. Then I let them dry out for about 3 days before cutting them. The smoke has a couple weeks of cure on it and tastes and burns excellent. The trainwreck is really sticky and potent and the blueberry smells like a fruity skunk.
 

10acjed

Active Member
Wow stoneslacker, I couldnt have asked for a more perfect response. I got the scope today and will be looking them over tomorrow am, they are due a h20 now so I am going to add a tsp of unsulphered cane molasses for all of them, next nute feeding would be tuesday so I will check the trichs then for 30/60/10 and see where it is at.

And just so I am certain, the trichs are frosty stuff we see with the naked eye correct? Just need the scope to see them closely?
 

Broseidon

Member
Thanks for the compliments everyone! Can't wait for that first bowl :)

Wow, thats a beauty Broseidon. Nice fat kolas, full growth all the way. Great job. I notice you hang it with the leaves still on, any particular reason?

Trying to upload some good friday bud porn. Need some advice on the looks of one, its not quite there but I can tell its getting close and want to know when I should stop the nutes. RIU uploader is not cooperating at the moment. To be continued......

Finally got it to work...

First are Pheno 1 (of 3) this is about middle of the three, buds filling in and fattening up, starting to see orange hairs...

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And this is Pheno 2, this one is the farthest along from the looks, they started filling in and fattening up first, and has more orange hairs.
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Im new so I really have no clue. I see the orange hairs filling in and start getting nervous. I am out of tow next weekend, and wasnt planning on harvest til at least the following Sat.

Does it look like I am good til then? Figure 14 more days from now..... Really worried more about Pheno 2, as the first one looks like it has 2 maybe 3 more weeks

I will be inspecting with the scope tomorrow so I will know a little more..
I read through this thread and I thought I'd give it a try

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/533475-i-will-no-longer-trim.html

Last grow (my first) I chopped her up and trimmed her and she dried in about 7 days. I want to get closer to 14 this go around so I hung the plant as a whole. If it's still too wet when it's close to 14 days I'll trim everything and space out the buds.
 

Kalebaiden

Well-Known Member
I just got word that I have to get rid of my plants. It's too late to move them away from here cause their too big and I don't drive. I can't give them to anyone so I'm chopping them down tonight.
 

stoneslacker

Well-Known Member
I just got word that I have to get rid of my plants. It's too late to move them away from here cause their too big and I don't drive. I can't give them to anyone so I'm chopping them down tonight.
Man Kale, hope your avoiding any real trouble. Hate for anyone's freedom or livelihood to be threatened by such a non-threatening plant. Stay safe and keep us posted.
 

stoneslacker

Well-Known Member
Wow stoneslacker, I couldnt have asked for a more perfect response. I got the scope today and will be looking them over tomorrow am, they are due a h20 now so I am going to add a tsp of unsulphered cane molasses for all of them, next nute feeding would be tuesday so I will check the trichs then for 30/60/10 and see where it is at.

And just so I am certain, the trichs are frosty stuff we see with the naked eye correct? Just need the scope to see them closely?
This chart is helpful
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Edit: I will say that I have had weed that was too amber and it was not just couch-locky, it was more like good night weed. The worst one was Grape God at like 50-60% amber. I would smoke some and wake up a couple hours later like "wtf?". I like mine with the majority cloudy and some amber, keeping in mind they will still ripen some as they dry and cure.
 

10acjed

Active Member
Man that does suck. Sorry to hear it.

This chart is helpful
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Edit: I will say that I have had weed that was too amber and it was not just couch-locky, it was more like good night weed. The worst one was Grape God at like 50-60% amber. I would smoke some and wake up a couple hours later like "wtf?". I like mine with the majority cloudy and some amber, keeping in mind they will still ripen some as they dry and cure.
Wow I never knew the trichs dictate the buzz. What great information. Thanks..

I like the mix so I am going to let them get a little amber on this one since its the first. Next one I will get a little sooner for the energetic buzz..

What % should they be to get the buzz that doesnt make me want to order pizza and ice cream? :bigjoint:

Psst: Some nice pics in my journal....
 
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