n0tmycupoftea's PC Grow G13 Labs Northern Lights X Skunk // Dinafem Critical + AUTO

n0tmycupoftea

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hey n0tmycupoftea, looking great m8 and just another 2 weeks :-) I`m sure you`ll reach and or exceed your 1/2 ounce. it is fun growing in a pc box, wud never have thought it cud be done though. good luck and happy growing
Hey man thanks!! Youre looking real good on your grow too, you have so many bud sites it's ridiculous.

Dude, how did you get that shot? Is that a macro settin on your camera, or did you shoot thru a magnifying glass?
Phone < 40x loupe < plant. Had to take a lot of shots because i couldnt keep a steady hand lol.





Stay tuned everyone updating with pics shortly.
 

n0tmycupoftea

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Day 50



So I've designated a couple of spots on the plant where I check trichs to see if she's close to being ready and what I've found is that she is still pushing out new trichs as well as pistils on some of the top colas; so my 2 week estimate may be longer than I had thought but we'll see. Other than packing on the trichs she's been packing on the weight as well and just looking really good overall. I will probably stick to my plan of ending nutes this weekend and just feeding straight water and/or 3% hydrogen peroxide until the last week of harvest where I'm going to switch over to FloraKleen and flush 2-3 times before chopping.



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n0tmycupoftea

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Day 53



"And the truth shall set you FREE!!"- Jim Carrey (Liar Liar)

Sure... why not? I cut her loose of any lsting I had done to her (pretty late, had planned to do it sooner, I should've done it a week ago at the very latest but spaced it). This will probably be my last update until the day of the chop. Just a couple of pics of her showing off the colas and her new found freedom from being bound.


These are just the 4 main colas on the left side of the container, there are 3 more on the right side that are about the same size.



Cola 1 & 2: These have been pretty much hidden throughout the grow in the pictures. I tied them down pretty good but still had an opening in the canopy to allow light for them. I'm hoping these last 2-3 weeks being untied they will grow and fatten up a bit more as they stretch towards the top.

Cola 3: This is the main cola. The last pic is a shot upward from the very top of the rack so you can see that she's filled out from the bottom of the rack all the way to the top of the cola. Pretty excited to chop her down and see what she weighs.

Cola 4: This was a cola that I did minimum training on, it lagged a bit because lack of light being pushed up against the sidewall of the case, but after some canopy control she started to flourish.

Note: You may notice that the orientation of the colas may differ from previous shots. Since my rack was attached to my container, that left me the ability to pull the container out, water her, and rotate her every feeding. So in some pictures my main cola is on the right and in some, on the left.

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In the last pic Cola 1 is not present because her stem was too far out for me to get a shot of it.
 

kook420

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i had a question after lurking around awhile,at the beginning of your grow how often did you manicure your plants if at all?
 

n0tmycupoftea

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Shizz is looking good tea keep up the good work
Thanks man been following your grow and your girls are looking real good!! I shouldve gone rubbermaid instead of pc case lol

i had a question after lurking around awhile,at the beginning of your grow how often did you manicure your plants if at all?
I didnt manicure my plants at all during veg, purely lst and supercrop. Once flowering hit i just tried to keep things tidy. So i did some manicuring however it was at a minimum, i would say probably 2 fan leaves and/or low bud sites every other watering if needed because of space and redirecting growth (again not for yield but for usable space).

I would never manicure if i had an adequate amount of space available to let the plants grow. The thing with micro grows is that you can lst and supercrop but due to space issues youll either have tall big top colas by not trimming with ridiculously small popcorn nugs, or decent sized colas and decent sized popcorn nugs with trimming (just my opinion).
 

emannn2010

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hey dude, u got more than 1/2 ounce there :-), if mine looks 1/2 as good on day 53 I`ll be super happy ;-) good luck and happy growing
 

kook420

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hmmmm well thank you for the help iv been pondering on what to do when they are older.
specially since i still cant decide to just lst or scrog as well.:peace:
 

n0tmycupoftea

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hey dude, u got more than 1/2 ounce there :-), if mine looks 1/2 as good on day 53 I`ll be super happy ;-) good luck and happy growing
Crossing my fingers man, looks can be deceiving lol

hmmmm well thank you for the help iv been pondering on what to do when they are older.
specially since i still cant decide to just lst or scrog as well.:peace:
From what I grew and from all the reading I've done and comparing of people's grows, I would say lst all the way for a pc case. With a scrog you're going to have to let the plant grow/veg a lot before you have a decent canopy. Afterwards you'll throw it into flower where it will just bush out even more and stretch towards the light. Just thinking of all that work and all that cramped space gives me a headache. Then you also have to figure out how you're going to water her properly with a thick ass canopy and bushy leaves all over the place. Not to mention being able to thoroughly check her for mold, disease, etc.

Below are pics of a pc/cab/tent scrog. All the same idea.. however you can see how much room the plant has already taken up to develop an even canopy worth scrogging in the pc and how much the grower has left to develop colas; not very much.

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From left to right: PC ScrOG, Cab ScrOG, Tent ScrOG

Impressive progress n0tmycupoftea!
Thanks man!! Next round I'll be following in your footsteps and go deep water culture :P
 

n0tmycupoftea

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Day 60



UPDATE!!

Couldn't resist, got a day off... surprisingly, so I decided to take some time and carefully go over my little stinky one and while I did, snapped a few pics. She's still pushing out some new white pistils and I've completely removed the middle canopy to allow light to the lower sites which I have noticed have made a HUGE difference in their size. Some of the little popcorn nugs are actually developing fan leaves the size of my top colas!

Actually at a crossroads here. Do I harvest in 2 different parts or just harvest everything on one day? The top colas aren't even done yet nor show any signs of finishing this week like I had hoped. Trich count has gone from 70% cloudy, 30% clear to 70% cloudy, 20% clear, and maybe 10% amber... (actually lower than 10%). I'm aiming for at least 80% cloudy 20% amber roughly.


Now onto the pics!!


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Took a picture of the dynamic duo colas with a lighter for reference. Remember that the main cola there actually is filled all the way down to the rack, so there are still parts of it you can't see in the pic.


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Popcorn buds growing up to be big kids.


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And how she looks as a whole.
 

kook420

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loookin sweeeeeet an dankkk over there :eyesmoke:
i bet your stoked for that chop.wait it out you know it will be worth it
if you see a few colas done but the bigger ones arent ready do you mean chop the little ones while the big boys are still maturing?
and if you do mean that and im not just high then what we be the outcome fatter tops now that you got ride of the ready to go smaller kids
 

CoolDudeStuff

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Hey man, almost 10 days from last update, have you harvested? I mean, time for some bud porn or what? :-o
Nice job, nevertheless!
 

n0tmycupoftea

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Hey man, almost 10 days from last update, have you harvested? I mean, time for some bud porn or what? :-o
Nice job, nevertheless!
Shes still alive and kicking. New growth almost every other day and more and more pistils shooting out. Ive decided to harvest in two parts. Taking the top heads off this weekend and leaving the rest to thrive some more.

Why I was torn over this was because the top colas that have swelled so big look so dank and awesome that i wanted to do the 72hrs of darkness before chopping her down to force the buds to swell up more. However i decided for such a small grow that harvesting in 2 parts is going to be more beneficial yield wise rather than leaving the popcorn nugs as small as they were. Already they are fattening up nicely!! Ill have an update and more pics this weekend.


I also took a sample nug that is almost dried and cured (took it about 2 weeks ago) so ill have some sort of preharvest smoke report.


Thanks for the interest guys!!
 
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