RIU, You chose it, I'm growing it. Fucking Incredible!

Things turned shitty really fast and I ended up chopping them down last night.

Here's the deal best I can explain it....

I have a 4x4 tent which the plants were in. That tent had a 4" fan on it to exhaust the heat.

I had an 8x3 closet that I was trying to get my 2x600w lights running in for my soil vs. hydro grow. The temps in that closet were reaching 97+ degrees and I couldn't think of a good way to resolve that problem so I purchased an 8x4 tent.

I setup the tent and got everything running and it was still about 95 degrees with the same fan running slightly more efficient due to the configuration in the tent vs. the closet. Still unacceptable.

The tent is going to need another fan to viable.

Now here is where the brain started racking. The hydro plants in the soil vs. hydro are sad and small so I don't actually want to burn my 600w lamp over them. I'm going to give them away to a friend to take care of them, reveg them and get them stronger and flower them.

I am going to keep the soil plants going in the 8x4 tent and the plan was to move THESE plants into the 8x4 with the soil plants and take the fan from this tent and put it on the 8x4 tent. Then my 8x4 tent would have to sets of flowering FI about 5-6 weeks apart.

Well, I opened up the 4x4 tent last night and I was looking through the plants....seeds. Not a LOT of seeds, but we were able to easily identify about 5 or 6 and I decided to harvest early. I chopped down the plants last night. I know they didn't get a full flush, but I've never really been a believer that it matters, so now we'll see. I'll give these a good dry and cure and I'll bet they are just fine.

I couldn't put these plants in my brand new tent with my next batch of FI if there's hermies in there.

What I have to say about FI so far....

Crazy colors in the buds, especially the lower buds. Didn't see the strange purple hues in the tent with the lights on. Pretty looking buds, but overall me and my trimmer/helper both agreed this plant grows A LOT of foliage. I was worried throughout the grow about leafdrop...fuck that, this plant is a goddamn salad. It really grows a lot of leafy matter and I can see why it becomes "fucking mediocre" in the eyes of some people. I can tell straight away it's not the dankiest bud, but really does look good. It will take a smoke report (which is weeks away) to really know, but I don't think I"ll ever grow this again (after the soil ones finish).

I'll be out in search of a different strain, overall I would avoid this one. I had more trouble with this strain than many others, there were 2 plants out of my six that were the actual purplish changing healthy pheno's that ARE worth keeping, the others were pretty regular. Just nothing memorable there, they are bud plants, just eh.

Thanks again for playing....here's some pictures.

Uhmmm...no guess on yield yet. I have no idea how dense or how fluffy these will be. The plants seriously grew about 80% leaf/bud ration. I've certainly had MUCH MUCH better pheno's.

Sorry to hear about the seeds. Don't feel bad, I got em too. (I think someone in my condo complex is growing dude mj plants lol.) It amazing how fast shit can go downhill in the last couple weeks.

Sorry, but it's comforting to know I'm not alone in the hermie boat And since you have more grows under your belt, I don't feel so noobish!

great grow anyways was fun to watch cant wait for a smoke report!!

yea wicked grow man!!

what strain u trying next?
try a dutch or cali company, i also got pretty leafy nugs off another canadian breeder

HookedOnChronic said:

yea wicked grow man!!

what strain u trying next?
try a dutch or cali company, i also got pretty leafy nugs off another canadian breeder

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I vote reserva privada OG #18
or Matanuska tundra!
or matanuska mist (cause it smells and tastes like mint!)

Ya know....I trimmed up all of those plants and we didn't see a single seed after seeing them in the tent. I know they are in there and fortunately only a few looked really mature. I didn't see a banana anywhere for sure, but coulda been a few days ago and it's now gone, but regardless, they got chopped.

This strain was like growing lettuce, it really, really was. Just shit tons of leaves, both fan and most remarkably though pedal leaves. Just shit tons....I have more weight in scraps then buds by a long shot.

I now actually have to figure something out to do next, but I gotta leave town and won't be back until mid-month. I gotta wait until I get back to solve the cash problem so I can pick up some clones and I already ordering the fan online today that I need to get the 4x4 back up and running. I ordered it using paypal with money I have from selling some other shit.

Like I said, the buds look really pretty and if you are into leaves it had some great looking ones, but I'll be excited to make the move back to SoCal strains for a little bit and I think I'll grow soil on my next few grows. It really was quite a bit easier, except watering does seem to be a little bit of a bitch.

laserbrn said:

Ya know....I trimmed up all of those plants and we didn't see a single seed after seeing them in the tent. I know they are in there and fortunately only a few looked really mature. I didn't see a banana anywhere for sure, but coulda been a few days ago and it's now gone, but regardless, they got chopped.

This strain was like growing lettuce, it really, really was. Just shit tons of leaves, both fan and most remarkably though pedal leaves. Just shit tons....I have more weight in scraps then buds by a long shot.

I now actually have to figure something out to do next, but I gotta leave town and won't be back until mid-month. I gotta wait until I get back to solve the cash problem so I can pick up some clones and I already ordering the fan online today that I need to get the 4x4 back up and running. I ordered it using paypal with money I have from selling some other shit.

Like I said, the buds look really pretty and if you are into leaves it had some great looking ones, but I'll be excited to make the move back to SoCal strains for a little bit and I think I'll grow soil on my next few grows. It really was quite a bit easier, except watering does seem to be a little bit of a bitch.

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Do you have any ideas on what strain you are going to be growing next? Or even just a couple you are considering?

watering is a bit of a bitch, but i just love the look of soil plants, so beautiful

I don't have any ideas yet on what strain is coming next. I will probably go to a dispensary and pick something up. I love growing from seed, but I'm running out of cold winter months to get this done so I need the fastest solution possible.

Hey Lsr...sad to see you cut those so early...they had at least 2 weeks more to go. I can say that as soon as i can find my SD card for my camera i will have a pic up for you of true F.I. You might be able to tell some similarities, or differences. Like i said...it's the real deal, bought from the breeder himself, so it's a guarantee. This ONE little bitch is so stinky it's ridiculous, my room stinks so bad it's like someone just hotboxed it with some really heavy dank smoke.

HookedOnChronic said:

watering is a bit of a bitch, but i just love the look of soil plants, so beautiful

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LMAO!!!!! Stop smoking so much weed...it's actually enjoyable to do it, and the plants respond well to human interaction.

homegrownboy said:

Hey Lsr...sad to see you cut those so early...they had at least 2 weeks more to go. I can say that as soon as i can find my SD card for my camera i will have a pic up for you of true F.I. You might be able to tell some similarities, or differences. Like i said...it's the real deal, bought from the breeder himself, so it's a guarantee. This ONE little bitch is so stinky it's ridiculous, my room stinks so bad it's like someone just hotboxed it with some really heavy dank smoke.

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I'm not too worries about it. They were pretty mature although chopped a little bit early. They could've easily gone a couple more weeks, but with the seeds poppin' up I'd rather just chop'em down.

Overall the strain seems so weak I don't really even care. I'm happy to move on to some other shit. I fly out tomorrow and I'll be back on Sunday night so probably NEXT monday I'll start the search for the next strain and the next project.

This strain was reported back by many as being pretty weak sauce, I agree it's weak sauce and the guy that helped me trim'em? Not very impressed either. It's not that they aren't pretty, it just doesn't look like bud looks these days. I'm sure it'll be perfectly fine, but I'm going to look for something that's more "fire" than this is. Mediocre bud w/ seeds in it? Ah, no thanks.

And like I said earlier there were 2 plants with really good pheno's that if I had a full tent of I'd probably be very, very happy, but the others were garbage.

If you grow fire or you grow schwag, it's pretty much the same amount of work. I'm working on transitioning from schwag but being perpetual, clones keep beating seedlings off the starting line.

I'm not sure I would ever have tried a strain called FI. It would be a hard sell to my people with that name unless it really lived up to it (in which case there would be no need to 'sell' it). This has been an interesting thread though. Thanks.

shnkrmn said:

If you grow fire or you grow schwag, it's pretty much the same amount of work. I'm working on transitioning from schwag but being perpetual, clones keep beating seedlings off the starting line.

I'm not sure I would ever have tried a strain called FI. It would be a hard sell to my people with that name unless it really lived up to it (in which case there would be no need to 'sell' it). This has been an interesting thread though. Thanks.

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Didn't FI win the cannabis cup?

MatanuskaValley said:

Didn't FI win the cannabis cup?

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Well, this thread isn't really over, I now have 6 more of them in flower. I don't remember how far along exactly they are, but they are in soil and they look really good. I'm not super pumped on them, but it would take me longer to start over at this point and I now have plenty of space so I may as well finish these out.

Hopefully these will endure a bit less stress as I added Cal-Mag Plus from the start (what a difference) and other than that they have just been doing there thing. FFOF is great soil and thus far I haven't done anything but water them. at the very first sign of a leaf twist I watered with Cal Mag Plus and they seem to be doing just fine.

So I haven't completely abandoned this strain and that first grow was so rough that I'm not even really sure it was a fair shot at it. So we have no to follow up right behind it and maybe it'll change my mind. The problems I have with the strain though are genetic, I don't think this will solve any of those problems.

Back to soil i got lost awhile back with the hydro thing. Always wanted to try it, but I love my soil! Nice table of buds there bro. Very nice

hey laserbrn...shit happens eh. Nice red hues in those pics but they do look like they lack a bit of substance, Saying that though, the hanging colas look well nice. As I said before, I am sure you'll have a nice grin on yer face after smoking it, always the way with something you make yourself I feel.

Peace and good luck with things to come....whether they be in soil or hydro.

DST

i havnt poisted much on this thread ....atleast notfor a hot minute.... sizzle....
but i felt that everytime i past threw this thread bernie trashing his grow and the whole time .....
im thinking this grow is not bad ...not at alll actually it was kinda amazing.... no pun intended....cough
I think you set the highest standards for yourself....
And all in all those buds loook tasty to me....
As for the seeds .... it may have lowered the potency but the beans are not cheap....
You bought a 10 pack u should know......right...smile....
I would have went with a more familar strain....
I looked long and far and havnt seen FI at any club.....
and i think thats why riu chose it....
In conclusion i know how it feels to put all your time and effort into a grow and come up a little short....
However after i released it to my patient the feedback wasnt bad at all,,,,sheesh.....
Remember some people just want to smoke and dont care about all the names and different strains....
Im sure theres a market for that F!
Great work Bernie! + rep

323cheezy said:

i havnt poisted much on this thread ....atleast notfor a hot minute.... sizzle....
but i felt that everytime i past threw this thread bernie trashing his grow and the whole time .....
im thinking this grow is not bad ...not at alll actually it was kinda amazing.... no pun intended....cough
I think you set the highest standards for yourself....
And all in all those buds loook tasty to me....
As for the seeds .... it may have lowered the potency but the beans are not cheap....
You bought a 10 pack u should know......right...smile....
I would have went with a more familar strain....
I looked long and far and havnt seen FI at any club.....
and i think thats why riu chose it....
In conclusion i know how it feels to put all your time and effort into a grow and come up a little short....
However after i released it to my patient the feedback wasnt bad at all,,,,sheesh.....
Remember some people just want to smoke and dont care about all the names and different strains....
Im sure theres a market for that F!
Great work Bernie! + rep

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Thanks for the words. I still have a soil batch goin' and I'm thinking about trashing them. I now have the ability to run 3x 600w's and try to start all over. Tomorrow I'm heading to some dispensary's to see if I can find any kind of quality clones. There has to be something out there.

laserbrn said:

Thanks for the words. I still have a soil batch goin' and I'm thinking about trashing them. I now have the ability to run 3x 600w's and try to start all over. Tomorrow I'm heading to some dispensary's to see if I can find any kind of quality clones. There has to be something out there.

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Good luck with the search Laserbrn, will be tuning in to find out what you decide on.

Peace, DST