First grow Heavyweight Fruit Punch
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lmoore2680
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Damn those are looking good
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applejohnny
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I'm really impressed by your grow and journal so far. And very useful to me since I'm wondering when to start to flower my 3 heavyweight fruit punch plants. (about 1 ft tall now after doing uncle ben's topping technique).
What is your estimation of how much your plants will increase in height during flowering ? I have read from 1.5x for indica and up to 3x for sativa. Reading back, you seemed to flip them at 18". Can I ask how tall they are now and how tall you think they might grow ? Thanks.
What is your estimation of how much your plants will increase in height during flowering ? I have read from 1.5x for indica and up to 3x for sativa. Reading back, you seemed to flip them at 18". Can I ask how tall they are now and how tall you think they might grow ? Thanks.
highspeed6
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yo I recently got some fruit punch beans and im very happy with what im seeing at the moment, I have 4 plants all together 2 heavy weights fruit punch and 2 Hawaiian skunk haze, all 4 have just finished up week 4 of flower.. the fruit punch to me seem to be flowering faster than the Hawaiian skunk haze but this Is my first time growing so im new and don't know what to really expect, im using a 4 bulb t5 pioneer jr lighting set with 6500 k spectrum, I know Iv heard your sposed to use 27k but what the hell, anyway I came across this thread and figured id help bring it back to life! iv posted some pics of my ladies.. that being said, I know they have done a whle lot of stretching because they are over 5 feet tall! I vegged them under 2 23w cfl's each.. so each plant had 2 23 watters from seed for about 7 weeks, before putting them into flower.. im thinking I might have vegged a little to long under the 23 watters.. they are just starting to get frosty, im giddy as shit lol, if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to drop a note..
oh yea,i have them in 5 gallon pots, with fox farms ocean forest (only fox farm soil around), and have been using nutes as well, "big bloom" for flowering.
anyone know about how much I can expect to yield from these plants? I read somewhere that a guy using my same lighting got 2 ounces??
thanks to all who respond and stay lifted!
oh yea,i have them in 5 gallon pots, with fox farms ocean forest (only fox farm soil around), and have been using nutes as well, "big bloom" for flowering.
anyone know about how much I can expect to yield from these plants? I read somewhere that a guy using my same lighting got 2 ounces??
thanks to all who respond and stay lifted!
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highspeed6
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im also starting a new grow, I just popped 1 strawberry blue, 2 golden tigers, 1 cotton candy, and 1 more fruit punch, but like I said in my last post I think im gonna veg them a lot shorter than last time. all my beans came form herbies 
, the pics in my last post are about a week old, my ladies will have finished up week 5 of flower on Wednesday.
, the pics in my last post are about a week old, my ladies will have finished up week 5 of flower on Wednesday.
Figgy
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I've been updating my journal a couple times a week here, so it's definitely not dead.
Good to see yours are doing well. Mine are pretty much trouble free and on autopilot now in week 4. I'm hoping to pull at least 6oz dry, which I think is possible. That big girl in the back left I'm being optimistic and hoping for 3 off of her. Good luck with the rest of your grow.
highspeed6
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ah yea sorry I meant the other forum was dead.. my lights are 200 w t5, id be really happy if I got 3 oz with using only that amount of lighting.. I see you have a 600w hps, you should def get a nice yield off your grow. how long did you veg for figgy?
highspeed6
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mine also did some stretching once put into flower and finally stop around the end of week 3.
applejohnny
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Thanks for that. I'm planning to flip them at 2ft (if I can remain patient). Here's a pic at 1ft high..They were topped above the 2nd node and are now starting to show preflowers. 400w MH (with magnetic ballast as you can see from the stripes)
Figgy
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Looking good. Flipping at 2ft is going to give you some trees for sure!Thanks for that. I'm planning to flip them at 2ft (if I can remain patient). Here's a pic at 1ft high..They were topped above the 2nd node and are now starting to show preflowers. 400w MH (with magnetic ballast as you can see from the stripes)
highspeed6
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yea I think vegging about 2ft tall is a good rule of thumb for decent sized plants, I vegged mine for 6 1/2 weeks and they got so tall after flipping that I have to use sticks to keep my tallest lady standing up!
highspeed6
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figgy your lady is looking nice, I see multiple bud sites that will prolly fill in and give you some nice colas! I was looking on herbies website and it says 8 weeks for flowering time, but iv heard that you should harvest when the trichomes are just right, I don't have a scope to see the trichomes up close so I figure ill just harvest at the 8 week mark or maybe 8 1/2 weeks in.
I was looking on herbies website and it says 8 weeks for flowering time, but iv heard that you should harvest when the trichomes are just right, I don't have a scope to see the trichomes up close so I figure ill just harvest at the 8 week mark or maybe 8 1/2 weeks in.
Figgy
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I'm picking up a scope for sure. All 3 are within maybe 1.5 weeks of each other. I'm going to wait until the largest one has maybe 20% amber trichs, then harvest everything at once. If everything stays within 1.5 weeks of each other there will be some difference between each 3, and I can hopefully get a good idea of how I will like the last seed I have of this.
Right now there are going to be 6 main colas, but there are another 20 or so bud sites that are just below those. They get great light now, but I'm not sure how they will come out in the end.
Right now there are going to be 6 main colas, but there are another 20 or so bud sites that are just below those. They get great light now, but I'm not sure how they will come out in the end.
highspeed6
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yea my best bet is to aquire a scope too. as for harvesting everything at the same time, that should be fine with your main colas but the lower bud sites (pop corn bud) you might want to wait and see if they are ready, im noticing that my colas are frosty already and are more developed than my lower bud sites
applejohnny
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Figgy, I'm looking forward to the day when we can compare smoke reports.... 
Figgy
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Absolutely! It's tough watching these grow at what seems like a slow pace. July can't get here fast enough.Figgy, I'm looking forward to the day when we can compare smoke reports....