decided to give this grow its own thread & get it separate from the other grow flipped the light 12/12 on june 10th growing 4 plants in happy frog using gh 3-part flora nutes as well as general organics nutes & addatives as well as molasses im using a galaxy 250-400w. switchable ballast i plan on harvesting in mid august getting a lot of bud sites
things are going good & my clones are starting to root ,bud sites are developing i got more stretch than i bargained for but all-in-all its coming together all of my grows of this have had me trippin at one point or another but in the end every grow has given me very good results & a good finished product this has delivered everything i wanted when i bought it & then some
its been 16 days since the flip & theyre starting to bud the stretch is still going on i had to raise the light again the stretch should slow down soon im gonna feed again in the next couple of days everything seems happy & healthy
for my next grow im gonna set up a different way of mounting my screen & not install it untill about 14 days after the flip this is one strain you gotta control its kind of deceiving when its young how mediocre the growth is but after the flip youve got a monster on your hands that once the buds start loading up they will definatly bend & occasionaly snap stems this stuff has stretched to the point the screen is gonna be useless things are still gonna be good its just every grow you learn something & i just learned if youre gonna veg this stuff tall be prepared to take extra measures to controll it theyre about 1ft. taller than i would like them to be
after a few weeks in the jar this stuff is very good pine tar /fuel smell & flavor this nug was grown in coco now we will see if the dirt comes out any better this stuff sparkles pretty good too these pics are of the same bud just flipped it opposite to get a shot of the other side
im running a little behind on things i wanted to have done im a day late on feeding i found that although youre not supposed to have to check the ph on the general organics the ph was pretty low for soil [5.0'ish] & after 2 feedings was having issues with deformed leaves i now raise the ph to 6.5 & the issues have subsided after receiving a tip from 1 of the people watching my thread [scroga] i found molasses does actualy raise the ph. i sprayed for mites i havent encountered any yet but by the time you see them its too late i use an organic based spray about every 10-14 days
theyre starting to produce little buds im having to supercrop to keep my canopy as even as i can i sprayed for mites last night ill feed this afternoon i hate to see the weekends go but every day is one day closer to my next harvest im starting to get excited as im getting things together for a 4th grow & im gonna pay close attention to pheno #3+ ill have plenty of babies to pick from this is starting to get good in spite of me underestimating the stretch im just gonna have a lot of bent & sagging limbs but i can think of worse problems to have
the weekend is pretty much shot but im finally caught up i fed the transition schedule of the gh 3-part nutes & molasses im also using botanicare sweet for the high amount of sulphur which seems to work out well with this strain every 3rd feeding i use the flora series nutes as my security blanket against nutrient defiencies im only feeding at 75% of the reccomended strength as im sure the soil is releasing nutrients as well my goal here is to keep nutrients available but not overdo it also fed my rooted clones for the first time today to me the dirt is more work than hydro & my 4th grow i think is gonna be hydro again at least thats the direction im leaning im also wanting to give my room a makeover my last grow gave me good results for an improvised e&f tub ive been eyeballing other strains but the truth of the matter is i already have this one going & im sure there is better to be had but this one is working out very well & you know that old saying about a bird in the hand [lol] in all reality this strain has a lot going for it
hey bro can i use bontcare sweet mix in my feed an flush with molasses
this time im gonna start topping & training my clones well in advance in an effort to get larger buds & better canopy control everything else is going good & im getting a lot of bud sites ,no bugs or spidermites & pretty good color all-in-all things are looking very good its true this strain dont produce large buds but even the lower growth produces easy to trim rock-hard little nugs pretty much '0' waste & my room is wall-to-wall bud sites
an overal view of my ''lanky'' canopy
not much change but the bud development is still gaining & theyre enjoying the feeding i gave them no sign of ph issues or any nutriend defiency a sure indicator good things are coming
one plant is lagging behind the others in bud development pheno#3+ seems to be the most stable & i think im gonna continue to develop it as i like its structure & bud development thus far i seem to of loaded 1 pic twice
pheno#3+ so far is still my favorite & i have babies from it it seems to have a little stronger stems & slightly shorter in stature its hard to tell where one plant ends & another starts but this pic is pretty filled with #3+ i only have 1 #3+ in this grow next grow im gonna bump that up to 3 of them & 1 PHENO #3
A HAPPY 4TH. TO ALL!!! what i see this morning only reinforces my thoughts about pheno#3+ its turning into leader of the pack
either today or tomorrow im gonna feed with the organics im in the process of gearing up for the 4th grow & make no mistake about it im wanting to go hydro/smart pots again im just figuring out how im gonna arrange my grow - medium its gonna be rockwool 6'' blocks lowered into the 2 gal smart pots & then a mixture of coco , perlite & happy frog soil to go around the sides as far as im concerned its too easy to fill my res. & put it on the timer & i cant deny the results of my last grow which made me pretty happy especialy after a couple of weeks cure time i topped my clones yesterday topping,training & pruning is a have - to with this strain pheno #3 is still giving me good results too its in the center pic & looking good next grow im selecting only the best & heartiest babies for the next grow which will have its own thread & a frame-by-frame detail of the hydro set-up im gonna put back together