DemonTrich Grow Journal-- BF Laughing Budda and BF Pineapple Chunk from seed

pic update for 6/5. i added some Great White Mycorrihaze(sp) to ALL pots. i made a hole, then poured some in, then watered everything last night. got that free (actually have 2 packets) at last weekends indoor growers expo. the other packet i added to my light warrior tub and my ocean forest tub and mixed thoroughly.

pics of pineapple chunk and laughing budda (popped in h2o on 5/3), and pic of the one slow grower making a comeback.
pics of 3 NL13 clones i got on 5/13---awesome growth!! gonna put in flower in a week, maby week and a half.
pics of cuttings i got also on 5/13


pic 1- 2 pineapple chunk and 2 laughing budda, 3 on top are NL13
pic 2- 2pc and 2 lb in middle, 3 nl13, 2 nl13 in each corner, and the 1 lower center is the PC straggler
pic 4 and 5 nl13
pic 6 PC straggler. the one that WILL survive and produce awesome medicine (fingers crossed) this was germd same time as other PC abd LB plants.
pic 7 PC and LB

Subbed in here mate if that's all right, anything to do with Barneys Farm Laughing Buddha has my immediate attention, I grew it maybe 3 years ago and still say it was the best weed I ever grew. PS never greew pineapple chunk but its supposed to be a good un as well good luck mate.

come on aboard. any tips, likes, dislikes for the LB? it looked killer in the pic and the description sounded excellent.

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Sorry for the like bombs bro, but i really like how you got your journal all detailed out. Very tight thread.

Nice pics there Demon, lovely and green. Pic 6, the one you refer to as the straggler has the look of a revegging clone, with non serated leaves. I know its not and its from seed but just saying. Pleased to see your temps up at 88 and no ill effects visible,mines are mid 80s too due to the unseasonably hot UK weather we've been having lately and I've been getting a bit paranoid, but the condition of your plants at 88 degrees reassures me.

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Sorry for the like bombs bro, but i really like how you got your journal all detailed out. Very tight thread.

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no worries, like bomb away. lol

bilbo, my tent temps are 79* lights on and 68* lights off. never got any higher that 79*. most likely going to need a dehumidifier for the flower tent. i cant get below 43-50 r/h in veg tent. and yeah, the straggler seedling is funny. she is getting some decent leaves growing now. she is the seedling that can....make it to a 2.5oz yeild (fingers crossed). lol

the PC and LB are growing everyday. nice big fat leaves. did a thorough inspection yesterday for any bugs. everything looks nice and clean. very healthy plants. in another week or so, i think i might start a weekly neem preventive treatment, as well as fimming the nl13 veg plants and possibly the PC and LB plants.

I grew out a Pineapple Chunk about 2 years ago, and I absolutely loved the strain. It is one of my favorites. It was an extremely stinky plant. It had a very strong skunky smell that lingered 3 houses down on each side of my house. I was really paranoid. It was my first indoor grow, and I hadn't invested in a carbon filter yet. The Pineapple Chunk was the strain that encouraged me to get one. Lol! It did have a pineapple smell to her with a very strong skunky overtone. After the cure, something reminding me of cheese seemed to work it's way into the smell. Like I said before, I loved it! I got around 2 ozs. of really dense nugs. I had a more indica leaning pheno that finished up around 56-63 days of 12/12. It stretched about 16" after the flip. I flipped when she was about 18" tall. From what I've heard the sativa leaning phenos stretch alot more, and they take alot longer than the recommended 55 days to flower. Anyways good luck!

Laughing Buddha grew quite tall with a long main cola, we got 3 ounces per plant and grew 3 at the end. one went weird small and bushy and looked like hermieing so we binned it. other just kind of stopped half way through, so we binned that as well. But the remaining 3 were superb, relatively odour free until it came to the drying then it stunk the room out for about a week. there was a noticeable increase in quality ( more than usual ) between the bud or two you smoke when the plant has just dried ( I know you are not supposed to do this and be patient for the cure, but come on, we all try a little taste ) and the quality of both the stone/high after it had cured for a couple of weeks. Once it was done it wasn't particularly the strongest smoke, but still was no wimp either, but the FUN you get from Laughing Buddha is the best ever. laughs all the way, it seemed years since I smoked a weed that made you feel like when you first started toking, like when you just got the giggles and laughed a lot. Great for music and movies. Only drawback maybe is sometimes the buds are a little fluffier and airier than usual, but still weigh. And if you have slightly lower temps then it can take a while to finish, mines last year finished in October and at the end up had flowered for 80 days. But it does say on the seed pack to give it an extra week or so to gaive it that wee bit extra oomph, anyway good luck, will watch with interest.

transplanted the 2 PC and 2 LB yesterday into 3 gallon pots and added some more FFOF soil. also gave them a little boost of some sugar daddy and root 66, 2ml each per gallon of 6.5 ph'd water to help with the transplant shock. day later and they dont seem to be effected at all. i did however fak one of the transplants up by not putting enough new soil under in the new pot before putting the girl inside. going to wait 3 days the fix the issue.

I started my plants out in FFOF soil before transplant, and they loved it! People that say it's to hot for seedlings don't know what there talking about. It's def one of the nicest soils out there has a ton of good stuff that plants love. Congrats on the current growth everything looks really healthy get ready for LST soon!

Update for 6/12

I FIM'd the 2 PC and 2 LB today. im hoping i did this correctly. please take a look at the pics below to confirm (thanks). the NL13, from what ive read, do NOT like to be topped or fimmed. so those will be LST'ing this weekend. the seedling straggler is coming along decently for what it is. the dome is now removed, and moved into the light slightly better. no leaf issues yet, so i think she will be ok. going to up-pot this weekend as well, got some roots showing out the drain holes. also added another 5" clip fan to the veg room. the NL13 plants ALL got veg nutes, per the technaflora recipe for success. the Pc and LB are showing NO signs of Nute def, so h2o only they get. also may add some silica into the watering regimine. the PC and LB are getting big, nice FAT bushy plants for their age.

thinking of adding EXHALE CO2 bag to the veg tent. read alot about it, seen them at the grow show, and why not, its only 30 bucks for an estimated 6 months of use.

so thanks for looking once again.

sorry cant help you on the topping/fimming, but I think all looks well so far!

edit: oh also, seeing a lot of mixed reviews on the exhale grow bags; with a lot of people calling it a gimmick. But there are people claiming 1500 ppm in 4x4 tent running a full exhaust so who knows. If you get them let me know what you think!

The FIM job looks beautiful to me. The plants look good as well. If you don't mind me asking how long you planning to Veg?

Sad,
thanks bro!!! ive read a TON of good and bad reviews about the co2 bags. the earlier bags were great, the new are crap. supposedly banged out at the plant w/o any quality controll. also, they have a 6 month shelf life from when they are made. supposedly you dont know when their made, nor how long sitting on shlef. which means you have NO idea on the longitivity of the bags in your grow area. im going to call exhale tomorrow and talk to a sales guy. i spent about a hlaf hr at the grow show talking to the guy. but i wasnt able to get a test bag to see if it works. My guy ive been getting my meds from for the last 6 months (pineapple express AWESOME FIRE!!!!!) uses the exhale co2 bags and swears by it. he says awesome growth in his veg and flower rooms. and asks me why im not running them. he helps me with my garden when i reup, and answers questions when i have them.

F.White,
thanks for the post. as far as how long to veg..... was thinking 16-18" tall was an average number i keep reading on here. im going to attempt to flower the 3 NL13 plants behind the PC and PB AND the 2 PC and 2 LB at the same time. if i run into light/room constraints, ill ditch one or 2 of the NL13's as those (imo) wont be as good as the PC/LB strains. i would really like to FIM the PC/LB plants one more time before flipping to 12/12. this is my first grow, so i dont want to get too crazy with things. this grow is a learning grow. the next grow ill start trying different technics and nutes. do you think i should flip them now, or? im always open for ideas, and thoughts.


gonna hit the PC and LB with some nutes next watering. technoflora recipe for success nute kit is what im running. it was free, so why not. ive got a ton of other flower/bud builder nutes from grow shows, but havent really read up on them to see if they are good or not. and im not sure what strain it is, but as im walking down my basement steps (about 3/4 way down), the smell is O SO GOOD!!!!!!! holy shit, something smells wonderfull. which leads me to believe when they are in flower, my DIY monster carbon scrubber better be up to the task of removing the smell. i also have some odor absorbant cinnamon apple air fresheners ill place in the basement, and 1 in the basement stairway.


thanks RUI for all the page visits, comments, and help. i would be lost, actually i would still be a buyer of my meds and not growing my own!!

Your plants look wonderfully green demon, so far so good, havnt done any FIM'ing myself but we live to learn. Good Luck, watching with interest.

thanks Bilbo! we'll see in a week if its working or not. i transplanted the seedling today into FFOF amended soil and a 1.5 gallon pot. roots were coming out the drain holes a little, and watered. hope she likes her new bigger home.

Demon,

In my opinion with the space you have I would FIM once more at 24". Then I would wait about 3 days (so the new growth can get a headstart) then flip. Usually this creates an somewhat even canopy. I don't know much about the strains you are running so I can't say with certainity but I hear the LB like to stretch and the PC stays pretty tight. That being said I wouldn't let the LB get over 24" before the flip. I'm subbed in and will be following closely.

thanks will do!

watered everyone today. since I FIM'd the PC and LB plants the other day, and my other 3 plants are getting bigger, i decided to supercrop the 3 of them, was rather easy to do. now about the other plants. i was now told he may have made a mistake about the strain he gave me a month ago. he said it could be his strawberry cream (kyle kushman). can anyone take a look at them and post up an guess. below are the plants in question, and super cropped. they are either NL#13 or strawberry cream (kyle kushman). what ever they are, they have some purple stems about 1/2 way up the plant.