First Closet CFL Grow

kochab · Jun 7, 2008

toolage said:
This is a picture of the very bottom branch of stretch. Do you think its safe to cut the whole branch off? If so I'll go ahead and chop that one down and hang her out to dry.

Sure man, if you wanna cut that one whack it , trim and hang it.

BCMango said:
if that part of the plant is ready why not? you'll put her into shock but you never want to have your buds over ripe

cutting branches does not shock the plant. Ive kept extra plants around in the past just for a live smoke plant(to cut bits here and there off for smoke) while I was waiting for the rest of the crop to finish.
The colas to the live smoke plants always finished with more or the same weight as the plants colas that I let go like normal and finished @ the same time as the rest as well (crop was from clones)

toolage · Jun 7, 2008

I just want to know if I chop it is it safe? I just dont want it to kill it lol, pretty big branch.

She mailed them last wendsay. She said she's gotten things in 7 days but its a 2 week max mailing period. We'll find out!! lol.

I wouldn't mind taking this lower branch off if it doesn't hurt it in the long run while it's flushing. If it doesn't Im sure it would redirect alot of its energy to the actual fimmed colas. This branch just somehow got ridiculously huge for some reason.

kochab · Jun 7, 2008

toolage said:
If it doesn't Im sure it would redirect alot of its energy to the actual fimmed colas. This branch just somehow got ridiculously huge for some reason.

yep thats about the jist of it right there. My live smoke plants colas usually weighed more than the colas to the plants that I didnt pick anything off of (I never smoked those live smoke colas before those were ready, it would be a SIN :spew:

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and sometimes branches just decide to fight for light like mad. that one obviouslly has and it won over the lower part of the plant for sure. lmao

BCMango · Jun 7, 2008

Wish I lived in the US and near you Tool cuz once I get the jist of things I might try crossing strains

toolage · Jun 7, 2008

kochab said:
yep thats about the jist of it right there. My live smoke plants colas usually weighed more than the colas to the plants that I didnt pick anything off of (I never smoked those live smoke colas before those were ready, it would be a SIN)

and sometimes branches just decide to fight for light like mad. that one obviouslly has and it won over the lower part of the plant for sure. lmao

sweet man, I cut that branch and trimmed it up a bit. I have it hanging right now and won't open the door for the next week.

BCMango said:
Wish I lived in the US and near you Tool cuz once I get the jist of things I might try crossing strains

haha no doubt man, what country you in?

BCMango · Jun 7, 2008

toolage said:
sweet man, I cut that branch and trimmed it up a bit. I have it hanging right now and won't open the door for the next week.

haha no doubt man, what country you in?

Canada >.> , oh my friend pretty much just left but he brought me the BC Mango plants , I took off the 1st and 2nd set of leafs off of 1 plant

toolage · Jun 7, 2008

Alright, so I got me a mini-harvest now. I cut the lowest branch off (not even a cola) and trimmed it and now is hanging to dry. After the trimming, it all weighed out to an ounce wet. Here's a few pictures of everything.

BCMango · Jun 7, 2008

toolage said:
Alright, so I got me a mini-harvest now. I cut the lowest branch off (not even a cola) and trimmed it and now is hanging to dry. After the trimming, it all weighed out to an ounce wet. Here's a few pictures of everything.

dang very nice harvest, hope my plants / seedlings will reward me well to :spew:

w0bi · Jun 7, 2008

Looking awesome tool! Glad to see you gotten some bud, how have u smoked any of it yet?

kochab · Jun 7, 2008

toolage said:
Alright, so I got me a mini-harvest now. I cut the lowest branch off (not even a cola) and trimmed it and now is hanging to dry. After the trimming, it all weighed out to an ounce wet. Here's a few pictures of everything.

looks great bra. :hump:

Im putting in my guestimate weight @4-6 ounces wet from the rest of the plant based on how much that was.

BCMango · Jun 7, 2008

toolage said:
Alright, so I got me a mini-harvest now. I cut the lowest branch off (not even a cola) and trimmed it and now is hanging to dry. After the trimming, it all weighed out to an ounce wet. Here's a few pictures of everything.

I'm gonna gess about 5.6g dry

BCMango · Jun 7, 2008

kochab said:
looks great bra.
Im putting in my guestimate weight @4-6 ounces wet from the rest of the plant based on how much that was.

if that's your gess then I'm gonna gess about 22.4g - 33.6g dry

bates3skcWEEDMAN · Jun 7, 2008

looks good bro looking real good my buds look sooo sticky come check my journal by goin to the link below

those buds look yummy

t0k3s · Jun 7, 2008

looking good man :blsmoke:

thegigglepimp · Jun 8, 2008

Looking good man! Good practice on drying and curing

Keep it up! Hope this sample smokes well!!

toolage · Jun 8, 2008

BCMango said:
dang very nice harvest, hope my plants / seedlings will reward me well to

Thanks man, a little TLC and patience is all you need, well that and proper equipment lmao!

w0bi said:
Looking awesome tool! Glad to see you gotten some bud, how have u smoked any of it yet?

I haven't smoked any off of this branch yet, I want to dry it properly before I do that. I did smoke a couple of small buds at the bottom of the plant, but they weren't nearly as mature as this branch!! I can't wait for a taste test!!!

kochab said:
looks great bra.
Im putting in my guestimate weight @4-6 ounces wet from the rest of the plant based on how much that was.

Yeah man that sound's about right. This branch didn't it even near as many buds as the other colas do.

BCMango said:
I'm gonna gess about 22.4g - 33.6g dry

I hope I dont get 22.4 grams lol. I'm hoping for ATLEAST an ounce off of this girl! If a 4 foot sativa doesn't give me atleast that, then I'm never growing sativa again lol!

bates3skcWEEDMAN said:
looks good bro looking real good my buds look sooo sticky come check my journal by goin to the link below
those buds look yummy

hey man thanks for the kind words. Yeah I'll stop by and take a peak in, glad to hear everythings going welll!

t0k3s said:
looking good man

hey tok3s, nice to see you again!! Thanks for the kind words!

thegigglepimp said:
Looking good man! Good practice on drying and curing Keep it up! Hope this sample smokes well!!

Yeah man definently good practice. I'll let you know in a few days how the sample is, I'm definently ready to try it out!!

Thank you all for your support and kind words! Hope everyone is doing well this morning, I've got to go change the water and start flushing. Anyone recommend flushing with superthrive?

email468 · Jun 8, 2008

i believe flushing should only be done with RO/distilled water and if you add anything it should be a rinsing solution like Flora Kleen or Final Phase.

I mean if you are going to add nutrients to the rinse water - why bother rinsing at all since you are rinsing to get rid of the nutrients?

toolage · Jun 8, 2008

email468 said:
i believe flushing should only be done with RO/distilled water and if you add anything it should be a rinsing solution like Flora Kleen or Final Phase.

I mean if you are going to add nutrients to the rinse water - why bother rinsing at all since you are rinsing to get rid of the nutrients?

sweet, I was goiing to use Flora Kleen, but right now am a little low on money from the bills. I was asking that because a local grower that I know, says he always flushes with Superthrive incase the plant goes into shock from going from nutes into water. He doesn't ween his plants off of nutes to get ready for flushing, instead he just puts superthrive. I wanted to get a 2nd opinion on this, so thank you very much email! I'm going to just go with pH balanced distilled water!

email468 · Jun 8, 2008

toolage said:
sweet, I was goiing to use Flora Kleen, but right now am a little low on money from the bills. I was asking that because a local grower that I know, says he always flushes with Superthrive incase the plant goes into shock from going from nutes into water. He doesn't ween his plants off of nutes to get ready for flushing, instead he just puts superthrive. I wanted to get a 2nd opinion on this, so thank you very much email! I'm going to just go with pH balanced distilled water!

I'll elaborate a bit if you don't mind.... my understanding is rinsing or flushing at the end of a hydro grow (not sure about soil) is supposed to help the plant use up any remaining stored nutrients. This is desirable since unused nutrients can adversely affect odor and flavor! And while water is very good, the rinsing agents are designed to bind with the nutrients and purge them (along with other undesirable things). So using a rinsing agent may be a very good idea. I'm honestly not sure if this helps - but i usually flush with a rinsing agent for about 3-5 days then the last 2-4 days i use plain water - depending on how long i flush.

And if you noted the idea that unused nutrients are undesirable, then you'll also understand the importance of keeping the nutrient level as low as possible (while giving the plant all of the nutrients it needs and desires) which is quite the balancing act!

Alto · Jun 8, 2008

toolage said:
Anyone recommend flushing with superthrive?

I thought that was a vitamin for growing/making roots?
I am going to start flushing in 3 weeks with GH FloraKleen
going to run that for a full week then plain water till trich color is as desired.

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