The Ultimate Growing Competition
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J.James
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Very nice! Great job Opie, How does she smell?
Opie1971
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I really can’t give an good description right now, my sinuses are really screwed up right now.
What I can smell is citrus above about everything else, with maybe a little berry thrown in.
Mysturis420
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Right now my flower tent is smelling like sour raspberry bubblegum but if you just take a quick whiff while just passing by it smells a little like sweet coffee I've found that coffee smells lead to the bubblegum smells up close I once had a pre 98 bubba leaning fugu kush that smelled like coffee untill you pinched a bud or gave the plant a shake then it smelled like straight bubblegum
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Mysturis420
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Posting a pic here due to sketchy number 
H.A.F.
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Mornin!
My intricately designed PVC rack with the handy-dandy clips was not designed for a harvest of this many limbs... Improvise, adapt, overcome.
Since terps are being discussed the dry-closet smells sweet. Not really fruity or floral, more like candy. Just from repetitive grows of this 20-pack of seeds, the ILGM Superskunk (Afghani & Skunk #1) hasn't produced the "skunk" smell I remember from the 80's. It goes through a distinct change as it cures. When it is dry it has a sweet smell, but after about a month it gets a cheese smell. Not like old-sock funky cheese, but like fresh parmesan. Once it is ground though, it smells exactly like juicy-fruit gum.
So, no skunk, but definitely one to try. For you breeders, it's close enough to the land-race strains to maybe do some good with your genetics for breeding. And it definitely lives up to it's 52-ish day flower window.
My intricately designed PVC rack with the handy-dandy clips was not designed for a harvest of this many limbs... Improvise, adapt, overcome.
Since terps are being discussed the dry-closet smells sweet. Not really fruity or floral, more like candy. Just from repetitive grows of this 20-pack of seeds, the ILGM Superskunk (Afghani & Skunk #1) hasn't produced the "skunk" smell I remember from the 80's. It goes through a distinct change as it cures. When it is dry it has a sweet smell, but after about a month it gets a cheese smell. Not like old-sock funky cheese, but like fresh parmesan. Once it is ground though, it smells exactly like juicy-fruit gum.
So, no skunk, but definitely one to try. For you breeders, it's close enough to the land-race strains to maybe do some good with your genetics for breeding. And it definitely lives up to it's 52-ish day flower window.
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H.A.F.
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Just wanted to add that, all kidding aside, everyone's plants look great, kind of jealous. My vote is still up in the air so good luck!
A couple of take-aways from my grow.
Small pots are bad. No matter what issues you have, it will multiply them.
ILGM seeds are good. If you get them to harvest, you will reap the rewards.
I have two135w lights in the flower room, but these were basically under one of them. Maybe one and a half.
I'm not sure which data you use (wet or dry), but what would 2.3lbs wet (1040g), or about 200g dry work out to for a 135w light, and for both when figuring the grams/watt or whatever?
I mean, if it's just simple math I see 200g under probably 230-ish watts. realistically, they took up 2/3 of my flower room, so 270w would make that 200g/178w. So not too bad considering. If it's more complicated I'd like to learn.
A couple of take-aways from my grow.
Small pots are bad. No matter what issues you have, it will multiply them.
ILGM seeds are good. If you get them to harvest, you will reap the rewards.
I have two135w lights in the flower room, but these were basically under one of them. Maybe one and a half.
I'm not sure which data you use (wet or dry), but what would 2.3lbs wet (1040g), or about 200g dry work out to for a 135w light, and for both when figuring the grams/watt or whatever?
I mean, if it's just simple math I see 200g under probably 230-ish watts. realistically, they took up 2/3 of my flower room, so 270w would make that 200g/178w. So not too bad considering. If it's more complicated I'd like to learn.
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Go go n chill
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Super
frosty
Go go n chill
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Man that is a good looking garden
Opie1971
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Yeah she’s a good one, I’ve got some clones off her. I’m gonna put one in a bigger pot, and maybe use one for breeding.
Mysturis420
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Quick pic showing some tricomes enjoy day 32 flower
Kushash
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Looks like a great smoke!
I've been trimming and trying to thin out the overcrowding in my flower room.
I am curious about the purple stems on your plants.
I remember you had a discussion with someone about the purpling in early flower.
Is that a strain that is known for purple stems?
Not busting balls.
I asked in another thread in the LED section if anyone can tell the difference (without knowing the strains) between purple stems on a plant that naturally develops them and another plant with purple stems that should not purple but do purple because of cold or stress.
Some excellent growers were in the thread and no one would say they can tell the difference.
I'm trying to see if there are ways to tell the two apart.
Can anyone here tell when purple stems are strain related or caused by something else without knowing the strain?
Here is a nice little explanation and link from an edu.
http://landresources.montana.edu/nm/documents/NM9.pdf
Purplish-red discolorations in plant stems and leaves are due to above normal levels of anthocyanin (a purple colored pigment) that can accumulate when plant functions are disrupted or stressed. This symptom can be particularly difficult to diagnose because cool temperatures, disease, drought and even maturation of some plants can also cause anthocyanin to accumulate. Certain plant cultivars may also exhibit this purple coloring.
homebrewer
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Growers have a tendency to over-diagnose 'issues' in their garden. We've seen that in this thread actually. We've also seen the results, lol. In my experience, the only thing that a grower should be looking at is the leaves. If the stems are purple but growth is lush and healthy then the color of the stems just is what it is. On the other hand, if the leaves appear on the smaller side and overall growth seems to be slow or stunted, that's when I've seen unnaturally dark stems and petioles. The sign that there is an issue is in the leaves and the lack of vigor. The color of the stems is just a byproduct. In my experience, that slow growth is usually an issue in the root zone (poor drainage, too much water retention, low air flow to the roots, those sorts of things) which could be caused by the environment too.
Mysturis420
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My current pheno of raspberry moonshine that I'm running in the comp almost always has purple stems thru out veg and then they go normal for flower this is my first plant to do this I definitely did have stress when they where young but this has happen before when I didnt have problems here a pic look how the purple stops and fresh green begins 
and the near harvest the purple starts coming back I think sometime the purple stem thing is strain/light intensity/nute differences and they all play a role differently with each strain I rarely pay attention to purple stems and pay attention to leaves like hamebrewer said
and the near harvest the purple starts coming back I think sometime the purple stem thing is strain/light intensity/nute differences and they all play a role differently with each strain I rarely pay attention to purple stems and pay attention to leaves like hamebrewer said- Status