Mr. Nice Critical Mass grow

ColoradoDreams said:

(1). What type of lighting did you have? 4 60w cfl (6400k), 2 85w cfl(6400k) and 6 45w cfl(6400k) for vegetative and 16 26w cfl(2700k), 4 18w cfl (6400k) for flower. I believe in mixed spectrum for flower with cfl...

(2). How did you determine when to harvest? 20% amber, 80% cloudy trichomes.

(3). How many days/weeks did you flower before chopping? I flowered for 9.75 weeks, or 66 days...

(4). What was your dry yield per plant? I got 6.7oz to 8.5 ounces all topped after the 5th node.


Buds filled out after week 6... huge.....

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thats quite a harvest,you did that w/cfls how long did u veg

flower pharm said:

thats quite a harvest,you did that w/cfls how long did u veg

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Veged for 10 wks, or 70 dys. I had some Agent Orange that gave me only 1.9 ounces a plant before. CM is a very high yielding plant. One of the highest yielders out there. One of my favorite to grow... my first CM grow was 2011 (Dec). Harvested only 2.25 ounces a plant. I did not purchae those through Mr. Nice. Came from Colorado Local...

how many lights?

I have decided today I will be taking clones to determine the sex of everyone. I will be experimenting without using any root simulator. Cutting at 45 degree angle, shaving a thin layer at the bottom of cuttings and placing in starter cube. Lighting will be indirect, once rooted they will be placed in 1 gallon pots and placed under 23 cfl @ 2700k. Once sex begin to show I will be discarding all males of course and placing clones in the with the rest and switch lighting to 1000w HPS.

Began germination of CH9 Super Haze one of the free seeds I got from: http://www.worldwide-marijuana-seeds.com/ will be vegging until I decide to switch to HPS and 12/12 for Critical Mass

Other free seeds included:
(1) CH9 Climax Auto
(1) Kannabia Bcn Diesel
(1) Kannabia Speedy Gonzales Auto

Quick update:

Last night I made the cuttings and placed in starter cubes soaked in water with a small amount of Advanced Nutrients Grow A & B. Cutting looked as if they were going die, leaves dropping on all. I sprayed down the dome and placed under lighting, when I checked this morning everyone looked GREAT!!

I am confident that they will ROOT.

ColoradoDreams said:

Veged for 10 wks, or 70 dys. I had some Agent Orange that gave me only 1.9 ounces a plant before. CM is a very high yielding plant. One of the highest yielders out there. One of my favorite to grow... my first CM grow was 2011 (Dec). Harvested only 2.25 ounces a plant. I did not purchae those through Mr. Nice. Came from Colorado Local...

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What was your drying and curing method?
How long did it take to dry before starting your curing process.

I was thinking of drying for about 7 days and curing 7 days.
On my previous grow I screwed up this process by quick drying, and my buds smelled like grass, but bag appeal and smoke was great!

Dont know where you reside, but here in high ass altitude Colorado, its bone dry... I live at 8100ft and indoor growing during any season has it benefits of its own when it comes to drying and curing here. So I like to hang dry for 3-5 days because the humidity is so low. The stems are right on the brink of breaking or break at 3 to 5 days usually. Then I paper bag for 24-36 hours to get rid of all remaining grass smell and it helps!!! Buds dont get smashed in the bag and after the bag drying is complete, I fill a quart mason jar (s) 80% full, which on my scale is usually a half ounce...so the quart masonjar works great...! I open the jars for 5 to 10 minutes to prevent mold and level out humidity in the jars and bud... do this 3-5 times daily for a month, you can still smoke it during curing, but the more you cure, the better the smoke, taste, the smell and appeal are top notch! I have a jar thats 16 months curing and is very strong, but remember, the longer you cure, the risk of degrading thc is an issue after about 5 months, depending on the strain... I am talking about opening and closing the jars daily, not just leaving it in the jars...

All but (1) are sexual mature. Pre-flowers are showing on (5) of the (6). I have posted pictures to help with deciding who is a male and female. What yall think??

M1: Male
M2: Male
M3: Female
M4: Female
M5: Female

M1:


M2:


M3:

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M4:


M5:

Just finished planting 4 Critical Mass seeds from Mr. Nice in 1x1 RW cubes.
I sat down to look around and stumbled on this. Count me in on watching this finish up.

Since I have discovered which are males I have been pulling them out of the cube to determine if any roots are developing. The female clones I have not removed. If they are doing anything like the males, they should be coming through the cube within the next 3 to 5 days I expect.

NOTE: "I AM NOT USING ANY ROOT SIMULATOR ON THESE CLONES."





The dome, I use a hot towel to create a warm and humid environment.