Elephant Bud

jasper2478 · Jan 29, 2010

DaveCoulier said:
They dont look ready for chop in two weeks. How far along are they? Dont worry about the seeds. They'll often just fall out of the calyx's when ripe. If you're really worried, you can always give the plant a bit of a shaking and they'll start to fall out.

Well they i started sexing them around dec 1st but i had a major heat problem for around 2 weeks before i figured it out...As a result it took them forever to show.I think the temp was in the 50s wen i had heat prob...so overall id say roughly a month and a half give or take .... For the plants i put in after my heat problem im noticing them off to a faster start already....Thanks
ill wait it out ....

jasper2478 · Jan 29, 2010

mr.smileyface said:
I knew BC was fraud. I dont see know 1250 sqaure metre

ya i dont see 1250 either ...but i also do see knocked up broads at an early age....Im sure this is goin to have some sort of consequence....Regardless my round 2 is goin to be intense....Think 70 of these ladies.....around a 1ftto a ft and a half currently vegging.Ill give them a reall test...where theres no pollen around...you also have to take into consideration this be my first grow aswell...Im still learning and im sure ive done things to my plants that many others wouldnt....Im happy to get this far ....And will be much happier when i get to chop these....

IgrowUgrow · Feb 3, 2010

Good Job on the grow so far but from what I see, It doesnt look like these plants will yeild what www.bcseeds.com claims they will yeild. Also bcseeds say that elephant bud can go to 34% potency, ok I call bs on that because if it was I imagine it would have won the cannabis cup at least 10 times, also that means it is twice as strong as White Widow and I doubt that. But saying what I have said I believe you are doing a great job on the plants and who knows those buds could swell to 3-4 times the size they are now and look like a snow ball. Also since it is a High yeilding strain make sure you keep the humidity down because big dense buds are prone to mould and bud rot. Can you get some close ups of the buds with the flash on so we can see the trichomes development.

jasper2478 · Feb 3, 2010

IgrowUgrow said:
Good Job on the grow so far but from what I see, It doesnt look like these plants will yeild what www.bcseeds.com claims they will yeild. Also bcseeds say that elephant bud can go to 34% potency, ok I call bs on that because if it was I imagine it would have won the cannabis cup at least 10 times, also that means it is twice as strong as White Widow and I doubt that. But saying what I have said I believe you are doing a great job on the plants and who knows those buds could swell to 3-4 times the size they are now and look like a snow ball. Also since it is a High yeilding strain make sure you keep the humidity down because big dense buds are prone to mould and bud rot. Can you get some close ups of the buds with the flash on so we can see the trichomes development.

Thanks.....ya they dont loo like im goin to yeildanything clse to wat they say...They are looking dense tho and im sure they have lots more growing to do yet....
I have like 47% humidy at the moment..
I dont have a fancy camra....or even a camera with a flash......I use a camcorder and just zoom in on it....Is sometimes difficult to get a steadyshot but i tried....
Overall i cant wait to chop these girls....

garthsr · Feb 3, 2010

jasper, nice grow. i never post before but i thought it was time. i have been watching this grow from the start. as i to have some elephant bud seeds. i live in the states and i did get mine. allthough it took a long time. nervana is much faster. that said bc seeds did not scam me. but as for the seeds i will be growing mine when i get back home i'm in the philippines now. sorry to see how much crap you put up with on this journal. what i'm saying to the haters if you dont like this jouranl be a man and change the chanal dont give crap to the man its hard enough to share grow. again thank you jasper nice job

westchef · Feb 3, 2010

i smoked some dank in the phillipines back in the day...Subic bay and manilla..

You should bring some seed back with you...Mail them to your cousins house from there shit!!!!!!!!

garthsr said:
jasper, nice grow. i never post before but i thought it was time. i have been watching this grow from the start. as i to have some elephant bud seeds. i live in the states and i did get mine. allthough it took a long time. nervana is much faster. that said bc seeds did not scam me. but as for the seeds i will be growing mine when i get back home i'm in the philippines now. sorry to see how much crap you put up with on this journal. what i'm saying to the haters if you dont like this jouranl be a man and change the chanal dont give crap to the man its hard enough to share grow. again thank you jasper nice job

madcatter · Feb 4, 2010

Jasper they are coming along nicely.... how many days in flower now?

tinyTURTLE · Feb 4, 2010

they look great. in those pics they look about to get PLUMP.
three and a half weeks or so?

jasper2478 · Feb 4, 2010

garthsr said:
jasper, nice grow. i never post before but i thought it was time. i have been watching this grow from the start. as i to have some elephant bud seeds. i live in the states and i did get mine. allthough it took a long time. nervana is much faster. that said bc seeds did not scam me. but as for the seeds i will be growing mine when i get back home i'm in the philippines now. sorry to see how much crap you put up with on this journal. what i'm saying to the haters if you dont like this jouranl be a man and change the chanal dont give crap to the man its hard enough to share grow. again thank you jasper nice job

Thanks ....Now thats a first a post if i ever seen one...The elephant is a nice plant ....Im sure your going to enjoy it...I kno i cant wait to try some...

jasper2478 · Feb 4, 2010

madcatter said:
Jasper they are coming along nicely.... how many days in flower now?

My guess would be around 50 days give or take....My whole heat ordeal really set me back....Further than id like to admit. Im thinking the end of the month a these girls wil be chopped...Really they have no choice ...i have no choice but to making room for my others....My veg room is so full i cant even get in the room without removing some girls to make a path...There all over a foot some almost 2 if not more....it looks like ill have to turn my veg room into a flower room....I have pictures taken for my clones as they grow and all my other girls including the europhia rapdido,big mama,wonder women fast ak,and green crack...But i will not be showing those in this journal... bongsmilie

All the other girls are not journal worthy yet...imgoin to wait till i can show them off...I really think im off to a better start on my second round....I think im getting away from soil as well....I think im goin to try just straight perilite if anyone knows of any useful links please post...Im trying to scrape all the info on it as i can.....

jasper2478 · Feb 4, 2010

tinyTURTLE said:
they look great. in those pics they look about to get PLUMP.
three and a half weeks or so?

Ya i think their goin to fill out nice....im pushin for the end of the month

jasper2478 · Feb 4, 2010

Heres some pics of wwxsw...I am thinking of flushing her after one more feeding...Any debate on it?I plan on 2 week flushes phed water with mollasaes nothing else...
Ill bump my thread later with some kmak pics update....

buckets · Feb 4, 2010

Hi Jasper:

Hey man, I think I may have figured out why you're not looking at a big yield. I invite anyone and everyone to correct me if I am wrong here but I believe that we're supposed to take into consideration that the root system is pretty much equal to the size of the actual plant.

If you have a genetic that has promised a big yield, you still have to provide enough room for the roots to grow large. If you want 4 pounds per plant, which is what I'm hearing Regular Elephant can do, then you still need to give it a huge ass container for the roots. I'm talking an every day garbage bucket with some drill holes at the bottom of it so the water can run out of it.

Try it out of your next grow. Rapido fantastico also has a big yield so see if a garbage bucket of good soil mix increases your yield.

Your soil mix is also important. I just posted a question in the outdoor growing section about chicken manure and worm castings. I'd like to know what people think about these ingredients in our soil mix.

Thanks Jasper. :weed:

Buckets

jasper2478 · Feb 4, 2010

buckets said:
Hi Jasper:

Hey man, I think I may have figured out why you're not looking at a big yield. I invite anyone and everyone to correct me if I am wrong here but I believe that we're supposed to take into consideration that the root system is pretty much equal to the size of the actual plant.

If you have a genetic that has promised a big yield, you still have to provide enough room for the roots to grow large. If you want 4 pounds per plant, which is what I'm hearing Regular Elephant can do, then you still need to give it a huge ass container for the roots. I'm talking an every day garbage bucket with some drill holes at the bottom of it so the water can run out of it.

Try it out of your next grow. Rapido fantastico also has a big yield so see if a garbage bucket of good soil mix increases your yield.

Your soil mix is also important. I just posted a question in the outdoor growing section about chicken manure and worm castings. I'd like to know what people think about these ingredients in our soil mix.
Thanks Jasper.

Buckets

10 gallon grow bags they have lot of soil....
Im switching to straight perilite after i finish all the soil...I feel ya on the root thing tho i kno that it is getting tight in their....Be sucking water like crazy....I hear perilite is the way to go tho....I think it would give you more of a root system as well....If you kno of any useful links to perilite grows please let me kno ...

NickNasty · Feb 4, 2010

What your talking about are hempy buckets. And they don't really produce more than any other method but they are pretty easy to maintain if you know what your plants need when they need it because you are supplying all the nutes as needed . BTW If you go this route I would use a perilite/vermiculite mix because perilite doesn't retain water well and will not work as well on its own. You can google hempy buckets to see other grows but here are a couple threads that may help you.

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/59705-hempy-collective.html
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/158397-dagamblers-4k-hps-99-plant.html

You can also search around this site Im sure some other people are hempy grows here. Anyways hope this helps bongsmilie

buckets · Feb 4, 2010

Thanks Nick Nasty...

Could you or anyone please educate myself and others about what the differences are between: perilite/vermiculite?

I've asked several ganja friends of mine and they don't know either.

Can I get both of them at a hydroponics store or where can I get the stuff?

Jasper...since you're growing in soil...big container of some kind with holes in the bottom and think of a good soil mix is what I'm using this summer outdoors. My own research on the net has told me to go with lots of organic soil, sand, and one or both of worm castings and chicken shit. With hydro crystal for outdoors since it gets hot...and the crystal holds water. Plus the perilite/vermiculite mix. Just so you know what I'm going to do with my elephant outdoor strain.

Wishing you well, :clap:

Buckets

NickNasty · Feb 4, 2010

Perlite is hard and porous and holds a lot of air
Vermiculite is kind of soft and spongy and retains a good amount of water

You use perlite to add air to your medium and vermiculite to add water retention to your medium
and yes you can get them both at your local hydro store
Here are a couple pics

Perlite

Vermiculite

jasper2478 · Feb 4, 2010

NickNasty said:
What your talking about are hempy buckets. And they don't really produce more than any other method but they are pretty easy to maintain if you know what your plants need when they need it because you are supplying all the nutes as needed . BTW If you go this route I would use a perilite/vermiculite mix because perilite doesn't retain water well and will not work as well on its own. You can google hempy buckets to see other grows but here are a couple threads that may help you.

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/59705-hempy-collective.html
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/158397-dagamblers-4k-hps-99-plant.html

You can also search around this site Im sure some other people are hempy grows here. Anyways hope this helps

Thanks i didnt kno where to start...Ill look into the vermiculite as well but talking to the hydro guy....He said all perilite is the way to go ....it wont bother me if i have to water them every 2 days...Or every day if need be...I was told perilite holds enough for 2 days....but will look into the whole idea before i jump into it...

DaveCoulier · Feb 4, 2010

jasper2478 said:
Thanks i didnt kno where to start...Ill look into the vermiculite as well but talking to the hydro guy....He said all perilite is the way to go ....it wont bother me if i have to water them every 2 days...Or every day if need be...I was told perilite holds enough for 2 days....but will look into the whole idea before i jump into it...

Your hydro guy is dumb, imo. It wont hold enough water to last two days on large plants. Hempy buckets with just perlite suck dick.

Go check out some grows using only perlite, and you'll see the plants growing very slowly until the roots finally hit the reservoir. Thats with 6 or so hand waterings a day..

Perlite also doesnt hold onto nutes for shit, so another knock on it. Vermiculite goes hand in hand with perlite for that type of grow. Retains water, and nutrients.

buckets · Feb 4, 2010

Just wanted to write in and say thanks to Nick Nasty for that bit of information.

Very helpful!

Buckets

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