Headband and OG Kush grow (LST)

After getting loads of tips from RIU, i decided to join in august and here is my first grow journal.

It's a DIY set up with the following:

400w HPS ballast, given to me by a friend for free (his wife had stopped him growing - the poor lad!!) so cost = bag of weed from my first grow.

• Bulb - Phillips Master SonT PIA for both growth and bloom phase. - 22.50 euro. (replaced after using the last free bulb for previous 2 grows)
• Various pots from the past (also bought some extra for around 15 euro)
• Coco and some potting soil (80-20% mix) - each grow around 10 euro max
• Hydrokorrels (already had a bag but around 4euro)
• Have used Plagrond grow products previously, but this time using Bio Nova organic grow (5-2-4) 9.99 euro and a super blooomer 13-14 PK from BN as well (also free from a friend who stopped growing - baby arrived)
• during veg there was basic feed pellets that were mixed with the coco. I am going to look at changing this for future grows as you don't have much control on clones being over fed.
• Spray bottle (already had)- with collected rain water (also free) for spraying leafs/foliar feeding.
• Canes (washed and sterilised)already had these from some Creepers I bought for my roof terrace)
• Buckets for water storage _ I have been using tap water and storing for 24-36 hours before use.
• PH meter - 8 euros
• White/Black sheeting (the grow shop only had 30m so I had to buy it - 30 euro)
• Hook and chain - 4 euro
• Fan with hook - 24 euro
• Standing fan - 12.99 euro
• Duct tape - 2 rolls 5 euro
• 2 Timers - 14 euro
• Ventilation ducting- around 15 euro - connected to main house ventilation that is vented out through roof.

Around 140 euro in total. 3 grows so far.
This is all I can think of just now. But will add to as I go along.

during the summer I have vegged my plants both outside on my terrace and also by the window. then moved under the light for the 12/12 bloom.

So with this grow I am actually into the 4th week of flowering so will give an account up until then.

Below some pics of the set up that are also in the 400 watt club thread (included a shot of a previous bud with a lighter from my fav coffeeshop)

So here are some shots just as they were going into 12/12 (I done this by darkening the room each night after 12 hours of sunlight) although the natural light was reducing so they had actually started showing signs of hairs before this.

As I sad before, the OGK seemed to stretch (as you can see in the pics (they are on the left) so I decided to try LST....which I was quite nervous about but hey, nothing ventured nothing gained. I even ended up super cropping one of the OGK by mistake, which was cool as this has had no diverse effect, and you can see the bend strengthening all the time (have also added shots of that.)

Bugs!!!!Yup, I found some bugs, the shot I have uploaded is from one of our houseplants, which you can see has bugs on it (not sure what - but they had also got onto my ladies - grrrrrr!!) My wife bought some Antibladluis (anti leaf lice spray) which I treated the leaves with, (scary foamy shit!!!) and then rinsed with rain water. It seemed to do the trick.
I have also added a shot of a wee jumpin spider that has been chillin in the cupboard (an RIU thread by XxNinjaxX told me that this should be okay - so he's still in there)

So quickly moving forward in time, we are now at around 4 weeks of bloom. the buds are forming very nicely, the trichomes are spreading over the leaves and its slowly getting there - only 5 weeks to go........

Again, suggestions are welcome people(s)

Hey DST! man you have some nice looking plants there, nice and healthy! luv the LST too, Great work man

Thanks for that caddyluck. Man, the end of summer is a real bummer. My previous clones had all been brought to life throughout the summer months and natural sunlight. I checked my little DIY clone cupboard this morning and some of them ain't lookin too great (I took 6 of the HB, and 1 OGK clone)....think I will go out and buy some additional fake sun for them, the one OGK clone is already "Broon bread" as we say....and 2 of the HB are looking ropey.

luckily I still have some OGK beans left, but the clone came from one of the nice dark greenies pictured above.....that's what happens when you get lazy with ehm I guess. I also have a bag of HB seeds - quite a few to spare actually....see pic.

Before i start, the door that leads into the outhouse (where my grow cupboard is)has a gap at the bottom of it which due to the design of the house I am unable to block. this is also used to bring fresh air which is sucked in naturally with the ventilation system that constanty runs throughout my whole house. upshot, no weed smell in house, downside, bugs can easily crawl into nice warm outhouse. Its about a 3mm gap and there is a ledge of about 3 cms leading up to the gap. I was thinking of applying grease to the ledge. suggestions welcom.

Last night i was given some free beans that were left behind by a tourist. See pic, they are Dame Blanche, and Orange Cal Orange Bud. Has anyone ever came across Dame Blanche before? So will be kicking these off shortly.

I am nearly 5 weeks into flowering - give or take a day or so - and all seems to be going to plan.

The LST's OG Kush plants have had no side effects from the late LST (2 weeks into flower)

I have attached a few pics with names. I am liking the look of the Headband that I topped, the 2 main colas are doing well, and the side branches are also doing fine. The headband girls are generally about 2 and a half to 3 feet high and I should get about 1 - 1.5 oz of each plant (fingers crossed.) You can grow them bigger, but due to space i went more compact, gets light to as much of the plant as poss.

Enjoy.

So we are now over the 5 week mark.

Everything going to plan at the moment, although had a recurrence of leaf lice, have sprayed again being careful not to spray on buds of the effected plant. Again a continued monitoring as it will be a gutter if I have to chop them down early......

This is my first LST and it appears to be working out. I hadn't thought of LST'ing at first, but I had uneven heights as the OGK girls had stretched in veg. Will be interesting to see if this produces more bud....?

Enjoy the pics, off to roll a fatty

Laters.

couple more weeks of feeding then flush time...or am I getting ahead of myself. Patience. Pictures taken this morning just before the sun came up.

lookin good man, nice and frosty!

thanks for stopping by caddyluck!

Looking good man, how long does the headband take to flower?

cheers mcone (BTW- what clan is McOne?....i only ask because I'm a jock)- my last set went for 9 weeks, want to see if leaving it longer makes any difference.

Yesterday morning I went in to my grow cupboard to discover mildew on 2 of my plants leaves - the OG Kush (thought it was mould, I guess mildew is some form of mould.)

Anyway, rushed off to the garden centre and came across Silinal by ECOstyle. You mix like 1.5ml of the concentrated gloop with a litre water...then spray on the offending plants. Checked this morning and it certainly seems to have helped.

I also bought a moisture cleaner. basically a small plastic box with a bag of salt granuals in it (my humidity was up over 70.) I think this is down to the crap wet weather coming in and me not turning my ventilator up enough. Plus my circulating fan died of death last week....the 2nd in 4 months!!! Lesson learned: Keep all the elements of your grow room up to scratch.

Half way through week 6, last couple of feeds over the next week. Will post more pics at the weekend, hopefully will have got rid of the mildew.

DST said:

cheers mcone (BTW- what clan is McOne?....i only ask because I'm a jock)- my last set went for 9 weeks, want to see if leaving it longer makes any difference.

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Actually, it isn't a surname, it is an alias, M.C. One. Thanks for the info my man.

So its Friday and the weather is completely kack. Even if I don't go out for a drink I always tend to go out somewhere on a Friday. I work from home and today has been the first cold day in the house. I even gave in at the end of the day and turned the heating on!!

Anyway, as you can see, looks like rain or something (hope so as I am running out of RW) Not really had enough to give the plants but have been spraying them with rain water occassionally, which in hinesight I think gave them the bloody mildew, which I am still treating them with Silinal - which has taken away most of it, but I must have missed some bits. So tonight I took all the offending plants out and inspected thoroughly. It also gave me the chance to take a few snaps after I had skinned up a joint and messed around a bit.

pics - weed maths - a comparison. I beleive the Headband is a cross of Sour D and OG Kush - you can certainly taste both - and funnily enough at different times, and in my first grow there was some diff smelly buds out of the various hb seeds. anyway - first two bits of weed are purchased, East Coast Sour diesel, and OG Kush, then the Headband is from my last grow and also the OGK kush home grown - from my last grow.

One of the LST - The Three Little Birds,

the branch i sup cropped has weed growing at all sorts of strange angles. will post more pics but it takes so long to upload. back in a bit.....

looks bomb bro, i recommend a dehumidifier if your rh is over 50 in the last weeks. looks great but its coco so dont flush till the very last week!

I have had these clones on the go since the start of Sept - believe it or not - they basically all got leaf lice - which i also had on my main plants - grrr. Anyway, that seems to have been eradicated, although some of the leaves have been left looking a bit buggered - So the clones have been revived over the last month and the growth just recently kicked in. 1 of the HB i have removed (looks like it will die), and the OG kush is dead (I only had one clone - was trying to keep the no. of plants down) I do still have some beans though.

i also have the pack of Dame Blanch which i may grow...mmmn. Has anyone ever grown it?

I have also uploaded some more shots of the big girls buddies.

Enjoy the weekend

that headband looks great. its an og kush sour d cross right? you should check out my boys howak47 thread on my own cross sour d x bubba kush!!!!

Mr. Bitti said:

looks bomb bro, i recommend a dehumidifier if your rh is over 50 in the last weeks. looks great but its coco so dont flush till the very last week!

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cheers for that Mr Bitti, i flushed 2 weeks in previous and was thinking of letting it run longer with the nutes (I always seem to have loads left.)

will look into the dehumidifier (although the little Bison salt capsual box - whatever it is - seems to have brought it down to around 50) but I think it will be tough over the winter.

chitownsmoking said:

that headband looks great. its an og kush sour d cross right? you should check out my boys howak47 thread on my own cross sour d x bubba kush!!!!

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I believe so, although I have read about back crosses, etc, i stumbled across some seeds in a bag from a coffeeshop...and these are clones of clones from the decent mammas, so the genetics seem to have settle down (first batch got a wack of seeds) Will check out your own blend, sounds funky