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Shawangunk Skunk

Shawangunk Skunk

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I wound up consolidating all 5 plants again. Upping the light time on the autos since they don't care while slowly reducing the light on the photoperiod plans. I'm currently on 17/7 and want to get that number down to 15/9 by the time I bring the photoperiod plants outdoors. The autos will probably be done by the time that happens.
Here is a consolidated pic...
Photo Cali hash on far left, Brainstorm on far right.
Autos in the middle- Crit on left, Diesels right.

Brainstorm is really taking over.

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tha nube

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ha i wish i had your problem lol im having trouble keeping it cool enough with cfls...;/ and sweet thats not bad at all i was dicouraged looking around seeing how much the brand new ones are but i neglected to check craigslist or ebay;// either this run or the next i will be upgrading my little rinkydink area, definately stoked to see how the hps works for ya tho. and that brainstorm is a beast lol is it still vegging? they tend to stretch out a little more when you switch them to flower so that will be a hog;/ as far as pruning goes as long as its still in the veg light cycle i would say go for it, trim away any spots or leaves that might be sucking energy and revert that energy to places you want it. Getting pretty aromatic with 3 of them flowering though??
 
Shawangunk Skunk

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Oh- forgot to mention lights...

Now with this 400w HPS I think it's about 50,000 lumen, 2700 k, I kept the fluorescents- 2,700 lumen x3 bulbs (2@ 2700k, one @ 6500k), plus 2 CFLs, 1,600 lumen, 5000k each.
Total lumen over a 2'x 4' space = 64,000 lumen.

That HPS was a big lumen upgrade!
 
tha nube

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ahhhh now i see;/ if they are going to eventually make it outside i would let her fill out , that will be a monster what are you planning on starting next? or are the clones destined for the basement?
 
Shawangunk Skunk

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tha nube said:
ha i wish i had your problem lol im having trouble keeping it cool enough with cfls...;/ and sweet thats not bad at all i was dicouraged looking around seeing how much the brand new ones are but i neglected to check craigslist or ebay;// either this run or the next i will be upgrading my little rinkydink area, definately stoked to see how the hps works for ya tho. and that brainstorm is a beast lol is it still vegging? they tend to stretch out a little more when you switch them to flower so that will be a hog;/ as far as pruning goes as long as its still in the veg light cycle i would say go for it, trim away any spots or leaves that might be sucking energy and revert that energy to places you want it. Getting pretty aromatic with 3 of them flowering though??
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Yes, I have the Cali Hash and Brainstorm still vegging. They're my clone Mammas for the moment. I'm thinking of waiting until June with them, then repot to 30 gallon and move them outside and see how big I can get them to grow. Let them go naturally under the sun and harvest in fall just for fun.
I've got 8 clones I'm waiting on now that I will keep under the lights. I would like to try and force one to grow pollen and bring another to seed. Plus I am sure I will make a few more clones before June.

Definitely having fun playing with weeds!
 
tha nube

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mmm i can almost smell it;// its hard to tell without lookin at the trichomes, maybe stop feeding now and watch your leaves, when they start to yellow the plant has used the remaining nutrients in the soil and moved on to drawing food from the leaves then chop her down and start the dry/cure process? looking so good tho lol
 
tha nube

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autos are quick:)
other than getting a handheld microscope to check the trichs <---
you can wait until all the pistils are orange ... since you are a few weeks ahead of me this is where i plan to learn from you X )
 
tha nube

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and how soon from when you noticed pistils did your plant look like it actually had buds? you know me im impatient;// probably not the best attribute for a grower lol i mean it keeps puttin out pistils but thats it !?
 
Shawangunk Skunk

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tha nube said:
autos are quick:)
other than getting a handheld microscope to check the trichs <---
you can wait until all the pistils are orange ... since you are a few weeks ahead of me this is where i plan to learn from you X )
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Thanks ... The Crit has a few orange pistols, not many. And will be my first plant to harvest. I'll stop feeding it and slow down the water too and see what happens. Took this close up last night.....

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Shawangunk Skunk

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tha nube said:
and how soon from when you noticed pistils did your plant look like it actually had buds? you know me im impatient;// probably not the best attribute for a grower lol i mean it keeps puttin out pistils but thats it !?
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I think it was a few days since I noticed the white hair/ pistols before it got a bud look. Then just got fuller every day. And stinkyer too. It was probably about a month ago on this Crit. So I'm guessing that's about how far away you are now.
 
tha nube

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those are some pretty sweet closeups, its frosty all the way to the leaf tips! that looks dank as shit too lol :eyesmoke:
 
Shawangunk Skunk

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I'll take pics before I cut them down... I still don't think they are quite ready yet. The Crit auto looks like it will be first with the diesel a week or two behind it.
 
tha nube

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!!!! :clap: those ladies are sexy lol are you going to make hash or anything from your trim? but geez they look gooood;/
 
Shawangunk Skunk

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Thanks Nube!
I'm still researching posts on how to harvest... Not sure if I try to make hash or cannabutter or maybe canna oil with the trim.
 
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