Heyyyo Chris, sry havn't posted much latley, still around though and check the forum when I can and had to stop by your wonderful weed museum!!! heh I'm tellin ya people, Chris has the best damn pictures of plants man, it just really gives people a great view of the plant and what its different parts look like. UP CLOSE lol I bet it can be a pain and take time to upload all those so thanks for the time and effort again man...
Heyy watsup man. yeaa long time no talk. lol. and thanks for all the comliments man. =) yeaa it is a pain takin these pics.. especially since my camera.. well.. my moms camera.. lol.. isnt that great.. its just a cheap camera.. probly costs like $60... but once i harvest this plant.. and sell an O.. im gonna buy a new camera.. get a nice 12-14 megapixel one with a nice zoom and macro lens. =) cant wait! and ill be upgrading to a 250 watt HPS.. adn still have a few CFL's along the sides. Its nice to have sum1 thank me for all the time and effort. =)
I am thinking about only updating "fully" once a week.. i know she'll be done on a few weeks anywayz.. but this journal is not as popular as teh last one.. soo taking 30-40 pics.. 2 times a week.. lol. is just gettin a bit much.. since theres not many ppl following along.. its not even the pics that are a pain.. its taking her out of the closet.. cuz all the wires are hanging.. and she's so big, so wen i pull her out.. she gets caught on everything. and it bends branches and stuff. =/
Im thinkin ill take her out on Tuesdays.. adn take pics and watnot.. and then on fridays.. ill take pics of her while she's in the closet. =)
Everything looks groovey this go round, except is this one looks even bigger?? I'd have to go back and look at the first one and compare, not sure but those stems look super long and tall!!! woohooo I agree with someone who posted before saying she looks like a movie star with all those lights lol it looks really cool like that. Sucks that you ran out of smoke, did the 1st WW go fast or is it just about that time? I can image its hard to wait that extra couple weeks for it to get bigger but its prolly worth it. I think your idea to harvest half then the other half would work pretty good. It definetly seemed like it took a while to cut it all the first time so that would give the second half time to bud out more I supposs...
lol. yeaa this ones bigger.. instead of only 3 weeks in vegg.. this one went almost 5 i think? in between 4 and 5. =) i actually did it on accident.. i wrote the wrong date on my lil sticker.. soo i thought she was younger. lol. then i found the original paper with her sprout dat and was like holy shit! lol.
yeaa i know.. it sucks not havin any weed. =( im gonna harvest a branch off her soon.. once i can find a small/decent one. but i wanna give her like another week b4 i do. and idk. i was comparin pics the otehr day.. adn this 1 seems to be flowering at about the same speed. =)
and yeaa i was looking up tips about WW.. adn a fe websites said she will be ready in 8 weeks.. but if u wait 9 or 10.. she will really frost up ALOT! and the buds will continue to grow as well.. but they said the frost will almost double in the last 2 weeks.. adn thats wat i want. lol. adn im also gonna give her 24-48 hours of darkness the last 2 days.. and i MAY cut back the lights to 8 hours of light ON and 16 hours OFF.. the last week.. thats supposed to stress her out and make her increase the resin production... we'll see tho.
yea i wanna try to harvest 1/2 on week 8.. adn the rest on week 9 or 10.. but idk.. we will see wat happens. lol. and yeaa, it took me like 2 days to harvsest 1/3 of the plant. lol. im a bit of a perfectionist wen it comes to that. lol. but its worth it. =)
What did you say again with the harvest time, is it the longer you wait the more up head high or is it the shorter you wait that encourages the sativa high? I may have it all wrong, it may be more complicated than that, I cant remember...
yup yup.. u got it right man. =) the EARLIER u harvest (the plant will have more CLOUDY trichs rather than AMBER trichs.. and trichs give u the INDICA "stone" couchlock high.. sleepy high. lol) the more of a SATIVA/Uppy high u will get.. and the longer u let it go.. the more amber trichs are on the plant.. and so the more INDICA stone high u will get. =)
Also, I've been trying to learn more about the c02, I remember you said you used a homemade method and it seemed to work pretty good...Sorry if you said it before but I just cant remember, can you give the run down on c02 again plz...how to mix it, when do you start using it, and how often does it need to be refilled and all that stuff?
its fine.. its pretty simple.. you just get a 2 liter soda bottle or juice bottle.. (it doesnt have to be exactly 2 liters) and pour 1 cup of sugar in.. and 1 tablespoon of active dry yeast in as well. u can find the yeast at shaws or w.e... like 30 or 40 cents a pack.. madd cheap. lol. but yea so after u add that.. u just add warms water.. you wanna fill the bottle up about 3/4 of the way to the top. =) and shake it up a bit (with the cover on or with ur hand over the top.... lol. i now us stoners forget simple things like that). until all the sugar and yeast are mixed properly.. i eve like to add a little HOT water in the bottle 1st.. before i add the sugar and yeast..adn shake that up a bit at 1st. that seems to help. =).
and yeaa, so after u have it all mixed up.. find some tubing.. like the kind u find from a fish tank.. and get a knife.. or hammer and nail... and make a SMALL hole in the cap... **make it as small as u can at 1st.. and try to fit the tubing in.. and then slowly make it bigger as needed** cuz u want the tube to be as air tight as possible.... and thats all u need to do! =) then jsut place the bottle above ur plants.. since Co2 is heavier than air.. it will fall to the bottom.. soo its good to have it above your plants. it will not be active at first.. it takes a few hours for it to work.. and it will last about 2 weeks. and u wanna shake it up every few days.. cuz the stuff tends to settle to the bottom. and it actually workds really really well. adn its REALLy cheap!! u can find a big bag of sugar for like 99 cents at sum stores.. and i got 3 packs of yeast for $1. which is about maybe... 6 tablespoons?? and the water is free.. adn the tubing is free. =) the only thing that might cost a lil bit of money is the tubing... if u dont have any at ur house. but if worse comes to worse.. i think u can use a straw?
Well, I'll end with thanks for keepin MJ alive, keep growing and keepin takin those badass pictures. Its fun for people like me who dream of growin one day lol
no problem man. thanks for stoppin by adn thanks for all te compliments. glad i could help ya out.. i always like to help ppl out as much as possible. and i pray that i can watch u grow sumday too man!! i really do. u BETTER tell me if u do decide to grow!!! lol. i wanna be the 1st one to know! =) lol.
This round is going to bee a good one i can tell, once the WW is all done curing i think the mystery will be ready to cut. Youll be pretty busy for a couple weeks lol.
yeaa, shes doing great!! the buds are growing more and more EVERY day... its looking great. if she keeps growing at this rater.. by week 9 or 10.. shes gonna be HUGEEEEE!