Has anyone tried Dr. Krippling's Incredible Bulk?

dubekoms

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I run this indoors the smoke is heavy and nice all around I do not get monster buds or yeilds... and it finishes early I have a few phenos and they all come out about the same :)
Yeah my c99 is definitely going to yield more but honestly the incredible bulk buds look sooo much more frosty its ridiculous. Smell is out of this world too, I'm getting deep pungent incense, hashy, black liquorice notes that makes your mouth water. Nice and dense to. Another pic :bigjoint:Picture_20165924085922.jpg
 

fearnoevil

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Well it's been a while, just forgot about this thread, but anyway, I ended up vegging my IB's for, believe it or not, until the middle of April, or about THREE MONTHS, lol. After weeding out the runts, I ended up with four Incredible Bulks, a couple of Money Makers and a Bubba's Gift - the BG was the smallest while the IB's were huge, and not very impressed with the MM's.

I vegged them in 5 gal buckets, kept the BG and MM's in the same buckets and transplanted the IB's to 10 gal containers, but they were so tall I decided to lay them on their sides (also due to the 10 gal containers being too short, forgot to measure before transplanting, lol). Here's some pics ;?D

These is from early February, the pic in the middle is of the IB's and the last pic is from April just before moving them to the flowering room.
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Unfortunately, I mostly took videos of the in between periods, but I do have some pics after the transplanting. They look a little shocky, especially considering that some of the root ball wouldn't fit, even laying down in the short 10gal. Oh yeah, I forgot but in the middle pic you see a bucket to the right which held a FB Girlscout Cookie Auto, wasn't at all impressed with the results, decent yield for an auto, but fluffy buds and not very reminiscent of GC imo.

In the last pic, if you compare the far 10 gal to the closest one, the far one was my first attempt, and as you can see a LOT of the root ball wouldn't fit that way, lol. So in the nearest one you'll see one container nested inside another, and what I did was to cut the bottom out of one and that allowed the whole root mass to sit below the surface. Next go round, I'll veg in 3 gal containers and no more than 8 weeks of veg too ;?).
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Later, closer to harvest, I was down to four IB's, one BG and one MM. So just six plants nearly filled up an area that I normally fit up to 14-16 "regular" sized girls. The total time in flower was at least 10 weeks, lost track of the exact date I switched to flower, but it seemed like 11 by the time I got done with the flush.

Oh yeah, on closer look I forgot there's a tall lanky thing in the first pic on the right, that was an Afghan I was trying to find an outdoor "guerilla grow" location, but ended up chopping it when nothing was available (it was a freebie and I didn't like the looks of it at all). Wish I had more bud pics, I should see if there's a way I can get stills from the videos I took ;?)
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Unfortunately, don't have any pics of the chop, it was a LOT of work, I just got buried. Ended up with just shy of 3 pounds, 2 of which were from the IB's alone.

PROS: As for a smoke report, loved the high and flavor of the IB, potent, nice mellow stone and will put you to sleep at bedtime (I use it in place of sleep meds). The scent wasn't as strong as I was hoping for but still a decent terpene profile. BIG CON: The buds were WAY dense, the densest I've grown, and even with a big dehumidifier going 24-7 at the end, while flushing for 10 days, the humidity spiked above 60% a few times and mold set in on several of the biggest buds, ended up losing at least a couple of ounces of dried bud. That is a problem I hate dealing with, so until I decide to spring for a commercial dehumidifier, I'm probably going to pass on growing this again.

The BG also had a nice strong high, more crystals (that's the bud in the far right pic above) and a better scent/flavor profile, berry-like with some citrus, but not a big producer all things considered. Didn't find much to recommend the MM, not a bad strain, just not up to what I'm looking for, and a little too lanky with smaller buds.
 
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fearnoevil

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One thing I've become religious about is flushing. Over the past couple of years I've been sticking to roughly the following regimen.

1) Three weeks till chop I give one last strong dose, followed by two more feedings, every other day, of just Kool Bloom and molasses. During this time I begin to trim leaves (I don't do much during the grow, just clear the lower canopy and remove large fan leaves that are blocking light to lower buds, mostly in the center of the plant). At the end of this phase, I've trimmed about 25-30% of the leaves including all the large fan leaves. Since I'm going to start the flush, I don't want the plant to have a lot of nutes stored, so they'll be forced to use everything stored in the rest of the plant and buds.

2) Two weeks to go I start the flush, and I really want to flush the hell out of them (and I don't use anything but water cuz I don't want anything artificial getting absorbed). So I run a hose over and fill them to the brim, then use my large shop vac to suck this out of the drain hole at the bottom (I run modified Hempy's). I repeat this a couple of times, so about 3-5 gals of water per plant each flush, which I do every two days for 10 days. The last time I really get all the water I can possibly get, even tip the buckets to get the last bit sucked out of the reservoir of the Hempys. I continue to trim leaves until about 75% are removed.

3) The last 4-5 days no watering, cut the light to 8 hours, and during this time I trim almost all the remaining leaves, just leaving some around the buds, especially the smaller ones, to help with a more even drying process. But the largest buds will be pretty close to where they will be when trimmed, and cuts that time easily in half.

4) I cut and hang individual branches, fairly close together but not touching. I run a fan on low and down below, not directly on the buds. The first 3-5 days I keep the humidity around 40%, then over the next few days (depending on how the moisture content "feels") I'll let the humidity creep up until it's between 55-60% (temps around 65-70 F). I leave them curing in this manner for 7-10 more days until the stems are still bendy but getting close to finished. At this point I've removed most of the remaining leaves, then cut the stems into shorter lengths and put them in those large, double-thick, paper lawn bags, about a quarter full, then fold em up several times and clip them closed. They cure this way for another week or so (opening the bags sometimes a couple of times a day at first, depending on moisture content, this is important to avoid decomposition), same temps and humidity around 50% or less.

5) Then it's trim time, which goes fairly quickly (compared to how I used to do it), probably 60% time savings, but then I take too long trimming, I know, I just get really anal about how each individual bud looks, lol. But it's still a pita ;?D When done, I'll put them in large vacuum seal bags, taking care not to suck all the air out, which seriously squashes your buds, takes a little practice, then I put them in the freezer for a couple of days. I can't swear 100%, but I honestly think this helps with the flavor and scent profile.

All in all, while it's a chore, it's a labor of love as I see it. And I KNOW that this results in some of the smoothest and cleanest smoke I've ever produced, and my friends all agree. In the end it's just what works for me, hope it helps others who are looking for the same thing ;?D
 
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fearnoevil

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Thanks, they're nice and dense, also barely any popcorn nugs.
I agree, not a lot of popcorn, or if you will, even the popcorn buds are like thumb-sized, lol. But mine never quite developed the intense scent profile I was hoping for, but the yield was BIG.

Sadly, as I posted above, the IB's produced the most dense nugs I've ever grown which, of course, almost always result in mold, guaranteed, at least in my neck of the woods. I'm going to need a serious commercial strength dehumidifier before I grow another strain like that.
 

dubekoms

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Yeah man I hear ya, the nugs were dense as fuck even with some heat issues. Sorry about the mold dude, shit sucks. I only grow in a small closet so a small dehumidifier fixed my rh. Seems like a good commercial type strain, not the best smell or high but definitely not bad either. Makes up for it in yield and vigour. Bag appeal is nice too. I would grow it again. Nice job with the grow you killed it!
 

fearnoevil

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Thanks Dub, really appreciate that :bigjoint: Yeah it definitely does live up to it's name, even though I fed them silica throughout the grow, and had some strong thick stems, I had to tie the shit out of those branches they were so heavy, a few snapped before I could get to them all, reminded me somewhat of some Heavy Duty Fruity I grew a long time back, not so dense but buds so big the weight was snapping branches left and right.

Also, ditto on the vigor, and they could take heavy feedings without so much as a burnt tip, really surprised me how high I could push the nutes, wish I lived in a drier climate, I'd love to have pushed them another 10-14 days, but once I saw those tell-tale signs I knew it was done.

So now I'm on to my next grow, still looking for the Holy Grail, lol, think I'll try some of DJ's Old World Genetics (F-13 Throwback/Shortbread looks interesting) and maybe some Brother's Grimm Apollo 13 if I can get my hands on some of them beans
 
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yankeetransplant

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Yeah my c99 is definitely going to yield more but honestly the incredible bulk buds look sooo much more frosty its ridiculous. Smell is out of this world too, I'm getting deep pungent incense, hashy, black liquorice notes that makes your mouth water. Nice and dense to. Another pic :bigjoint:View attachment 3666055
Just aquire 3 of the.Docs IB....going in next crop....White Widow extm.(pic attached) and some cali.dream in current crop from Elephantos (INSANE gentetic) 35+ yr grower so pretty fussy...LOL...I will comment on the Doc IB when I finish them..YT
 

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dubekoms

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Just aquire 3 of the.Docs IB....going in next crop....White Widow extm.(pic attached) and some cali.dream in current crop from Elephantos (INSANE gentetic) 35+ yr grower so pretty fussy...LOL...I will comment on the Doc IB when I finish them..YT
Damn that widow is lookin frosty! Definitely let me know how those incredible bulks turn out for you man. Make sure you got plenty of airflow and low humidity because the colas get extremely dense, like hard as a rock dense....nothing to complain about tho :blsmoke:
 

yankeetransplant

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Your cutting would suggest that its a VERY short Indica dominant plant...the strains descriptions say its a taller plant and to get them into flower before they are bery tall due to aggressive stretchout...I am sure every plant does not act the same, but was yours a tall plant with a big stretch or short as your cutting suggests...your cutting could have just been taken from a thick, stout shoot and is deceiving...
 

reuben rubbish

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It was a cutting from when my friend topped his plant so it was initially short..... then it went mental and leaves became more sativa and growth more stretched so I topped it and trained with super cropping when in flower buds weren't massive as it's outdoor with limited direct sunlight (6 hours) but they were dense and covered in resin and crystals .
 

yankeetransplant

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Damn that widow is lookin frosty! Definitely let me know how those incredible bulks turn out for you man. Make sure you got plenty of airflow and low humidity because the colas get extremely dense, like hard as a rock dense....nothing to complain about tho :blsmoke:
I still have 2-3 weeks to finish current grow before I can move in the IB...current grow has my WWx and CaliDream...the CD were from seed and a cpl of them WILL NOT finish at the 8wk spec listed...the IB seedlings have just been topped and looking good..see if I can get a cpl pictures up..sorry, I am a grower, not a photographer but pics ok to see whats going on...1 is current full crop pic (WWx and Cali.Dream), the other is IB seedling wating for a permanent spot under the big girl light....just added a side bud pic of Cali Dream...pic was at 6wks of flower and it has INSANE resin development...cant wait to get a paper around a nug!!! I have no experience with the C.Dream so looking forward to it...regards.YT
 

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Hi guys I'm new on here but not to the art of growing. My incredible bulks arrived today and after reading this thread I am very excited on getting them in. I will keep a proper journel and share all my results with you guys.
What is the biggest yield plant you have grown ?? and how much did it yield per plant ?? Many thanks in advance
 

yankeetransplant

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I am just a little ahead of you...mine have just been topped but are still in the nursery...I.have another 10 days or so before I can transplant them....the marketing descriptions are clearly exagerated...there will not be Boxing glove size buds or anothing CLOSE to that...it IS a great yielding strain with solid buds that produce better than average THC percentages....of course a lot depends on the seeds u crack too...buying seeds is like playing the lottery...it has been my experience (37 yrs.growing), that u have to crack at least 50 seeds to find that one jewel that properly represents that strain...I am also VERY fussy compared to others, but there are a LOT of considerations finding that special plant..realistically, u will get better than average yeilds and quality meds...But, do not expect some mutant giants as the descriptions leads you toward...
I personally am looking for a Heavy Yielder for a possible plantlet set up and this one will fit the bill providing the heights can be controlled...I will also provide pics and info as I grow them out...they have ALREADY shown signs that they are heavy feeders...I currently have 4 strains in the nursery and those have needed a little high nutes than the rest....So, they get a high ppm top watering and then can sit in with everyone else...regards, YT
 
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