3rd Time's a Charm: 6 Plants, 96 Colas

Day 95, Day 8 of Flower

Holy fucking stretch boys. My 3 babies in the back absolutely shot to the moon with some thicc ass stalks on the middle plant! I had to pinch the stems until they popped (not sure what the terminology is) to slow down growth on the middle plant. Seemed to work pretty well but god damn these things grew 1.5-2in a day!

Hopefully we're done with all the stretching. I could have done some defol but figured in order to slow down vertical growth I'll just leave them to suck energy and get rid of them when I do my final defol around week 3. (thoughts?)

Buddies plants caught up pretty well, his middle plant is also thicc (they both might be bruce banner, I couldn't keep track of which strain is which on mine lol)

Been doing 4L watering per plant every other day. They seemed to like it a lot.


Comments/questions welcome!

Lagged said:

Day 95, Day 8 of Flower

Holy fucking stretch boys. My 3 babies in the back absolutely shot to the moon with some thicc ass stalks on the middle plant! I had to pinch the stems until they popped (not sure what the terminology is) to slow down growth on the middle plant. Seemed to work pretty well but god damn these things grew 1.5-2in a day!

Hopefully we're done with all the stretching. I could have done some defol but figured in order to slow down vertical growth I'll just leave them to suck energy and get rid of them when I do my final defol around week 3. (thoughts?)

Buddies plants caught up pretty well, his middle plant is also thicc (they both might be bruce banner, I couldn't keep track of which strain is which on mine lol)

Been doing 4L watering per plant every other day. They seemed to like it a lot.


Comments/questions welcome!

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Damn, vegging for 95 days, you definitely have patience! But they look great, keep it going!!!

piratebug said:

Damn, vegging for 95 days, you definitely have patience! But they look great, keep it going!!!

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Hey man, thanks for the kind words!!

We had environmental issues early on with low temps that stunted their early growth. That combined with going straight from seed to 5 gal pot put us back 2-3 weeks. Total veg time was 88 days, but should have been more like 65-70. Still, that's a long time.

I wont be doing 16 colas again, takes too long to veg out and very difficult to train a plant whose max height will be 2ft lol

Day 101, Day 14 of FLOWER

Hey ya'll,

Another update for you. Plants are doing great...a little too great. Struggling to reduce stretch - might end up supercropping the back plants.

Raised the fan in the back today as it was pelting the back plants. Finally got the humidity under control, time to start backing it off. Lights jacked and 100%

We're seeing some nice sings of early flower, plants stacking nicely. Major defol/lolipopping coming next week. Stay tuned.

Are these from the ILGM heroes pack?

Recently harvested some of the Bruce Banner and Black Widow, it is nice bud.

Some Bruce pre curing:

Great job man and thanks so much for your thread. I learnt so much from you as I am about 3 weeks behind yours. Best!

quazyqual said:

Are these from the ILGM heroes pack?

Recently harvested some of the Bruce Banner and Black Widow, it is nice bud.

Some Bruce pre curing:

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Yes sir they are. First time buying some legit fem'd seeds. Pretty happy with the genetics so far. That bruce banner looks awesome, nice work man!

Lagged said:

Yes sir they are. First time buying some legit fem'd seeds. Pretty happy with the genetics so far. That bruce banner looks awesome, nice work man!

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Yeah so far I'm really digging ILGM seeds.

All have germinated no problems for me and the genetics seem strong so far.

Good luck with your plants!

Yande said:

Great job man and thanks so much for your thread. I learnt so much from you as I am about 3 weeks behind yours. Best!

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Thanks man, glad I could be of service. Send me a pic of yours in a pm, would love to see what you have so far.

quazyqual said:

Yeah so far I'm really digging ILGM seeds.

All have germinated no problems for me and the genetics seem strong so far.

Good luck with your plants!

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Yeah we had 100% germination using paper towel method. So nice not having to start 12 seeds to end up with 6 plants lol especially when mainlining

Day 109 from seed Day 22 Flower

Hey ya'll

Another update for you here as complete week 3 from flip and start week 4.

Gave all the plants a healthy defol removing large fan leaves, targeting bud sights for light penetration. These ladies have been chugging water like you would not believe. Still giving them full strength bloom and cal mag on feed days (F-W-F-W). Temps have been getting high (high 80's), still figuring out how we are going to get that under control. For the most part we have been spot on when it comes to VPD so that's nice.

We're on cruise control now, time to see these bitches bulk up.

Day 116 from seed, Day 29 since 12/12

Hey ya'll

Another weekly update for you here on our mainlining grow. We've tallied up the tops and discovered we have about 120 colas (50 in the back, 70 up front).

Plants have been growing nicely, still battling high temps during the day (reaching 88-90). I think that may be the reason why the middle plant in the back is growing strangely.

Plants are pretty much on cruise control now, just checking daily for anything PM, deficiency, or critter related. We did discover some gnats so blasted them with some nematode SF's.

ILGM says these are 8 week strains, I wouldn't expect these to finish in 4 weeks, probably more like 6 at this point, we'll see how they progress.

Comments/questions welcome!

Thanks

Some lights off porn for ya'll

looks great man.. i have been having issues with temps as well, i started about the same time you did and my plants are still tiny as fuck..

edblings said:

looks great man.. i have been having issues with temps as well, i started about the same time you did and my plants are still tiny as fuck..

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Thanks for the kind words, friend.

If you have a grow journal thread PM me the link, I'll see if I can offer some advice.

Day 123 since germ, Day 36 since flip

Hey ya'll

Checking in here as we are approaching the midway point of flowering. Plants seem to be doing very well and look like they're gearing up for their next bulk phase.

My 3 lovely ladies in the back started putting on some heavy weight. I woke up yesterday to some horizontal colas! Immediately set up a second scrog for support.

I would recommend to anyone that has mains/stalks that are leaning to no procrastinate on setting up that scrog. I let them hang for 2 days and on the 3rd they were falling all over the place.

I've added some P/K Boost by Lotus into my feeding regimen for the back plants. F-W-F-W pHing a little lower now to between 6.5-6.8. Will hover at this pH for a little and then start working my way back up slowly.

I have two methods of feeding that I alternate: full strength Boost+ 3/4 strength Calmag+3/4 strength Bloom on one feed. The other is Full Strength boost + full strength bloom + molasses. They seem to be liking it.

Temps are still getting high with the heatwaves lately. Approaching 88-90 lights on, 80-83 lights off.

I've managed to figure out how to control the humidity. I pre-dehumidify the room 1hr before lights off, turning the dehu to "on" and not set to a specific humidity level. This combined with added airflow and an extra intake from the house let us keep the humidity in VPD rage during the day, and at night never exceeding 63-65 now, so very happy with that.

I can't really speak on the front plants, though the one on the left is looking really nice! I don't really know what my partner feeds/pH's. I'll have to have him create his own account lol

I tried to pair up the plants with pictures of their cola directly after for my plants. The last 3 colas are the front plants.

Questions/Comments/Advice welcome!

Thanks guys!

Damn dude!!! That is lookin' fine. I'm hoping to be that lucky.

Lagged said:

Thanks for the kind words, friend.

If you have a grow journal thread PM me the link, I'll see if I can offer some advice.

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i appreciate the offer, that's very kind of you. I believe my issue is using ANutrients in tap water, after reading more. I really should have brushed up on my growing knowledge before I dove right in..
Next grow won't be using AN. Thinking of switching to a dry nutrient line like General Hydroponics that way I can change the pH if I need to. Unfortunately I didn't really keep a grow journal this time, but I'm at about 90 days and flipped my plants before I normally would have (size wise) because I'd like to wrap it up and start a new grow with the clones I started along the way.
By the way your plants are still looking awesome! Good for you

meangreengrowinmachine said:

I'm trying for 12 plants 8 koalas each... I'm on my last topping now! Good luck man!!!

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Mmmm, koalas.

Day 130 from germ, Day 43 since flip

Hey ya'll

We're getting there! We've completed 6 weeks of flower on these babies (which are supposed to be 8 week strains). I estimate we still have 3-3.5 weeks left on these.

I had to go ahead and add another scrog on my plants in the back. My buddy staked his stalks instead of scrogging (he likes to rotate and move them around)

Seeing some real nice bulking. We adjusted the fan setup in the lung room and moved it much farther away from the box. The idea is to get some of that humidity farther away which will also allow us to remove the dehu from the room to lower temps. We also added 2x AC Infinity AXIAL 4.7x4.7 intake fans (each rated at around 100cfm). Hoping this will help bring some fresh air in and again, help with the humidity and temperature.

Still feeding/watering the same as we've been. Running out of bloom nutes so going to have to pick up some more this week, but that's what amazon is for!

Overall, really happy with where my plants are at. Currently getting our drying/curing area established to prepare for harvest (again, probably 3 weeks or so)

What do you think?

Lagged said:

Day 130 from germ, Day 43 since flip

Hey ya'll

We're getting there! We've completed 6 weeks of flower on these babies (which are supposed to be 8 week strains). I estimate we still have 3-3.5 weeks left on these.

I had to go ahead and add another scrog on my plants in the back. My buddy staked his stalks instead of scrogging (he likes to rotate and move them around)

Seeing some real nice bulking. We adjusted the fan setup in the lung room and moved it much farther away from the box. The idea is to get some of that humidity farther away which will also allow us to remove the dehu from the room to lower temps. We also added 2x AC Infinity AXIAL 4.7x4.7 intake fans (each rated at around 100cfm). Hoping this will help bring some fresh air in and again, help with the humidity and temperature.

Still feeding/watering the same as we've been. Running out of bloom nutes so going to have to pick up some more this week, but that's what amazon is for!

Overall, really happy with where my plants are at. Currently getting our drying/curing area established to prepare for harvest (again, probably 3 weeks or so)

What do you think?

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They are beautiful ladies.