Unknown strain, 6 weeks flowering

welfare train · Oct 29, 2009

Well here is a plant we have had flowering for about a month and a half. It was topped right away and then the tops were lst'd down and it really gave us a lot of good colas.

She is under about 8 cfl's and temps stay constantly in the mid 80's with the lights on.

The soil is organic miracle grow mixed with blood meal and fed fish emulsion during vegging.

Been feeding it super bloom and molasses during flowering.

How does it look and when does it look ready to harvest?

Here are the pics:

d r0cK · Oct 29, 2009

looks good bro!!! head down to radio shack or your hydro store and grab a magnifying glass ( loupe ) and take a look at the crystals ( trichomes, little mushroom lookin things ). when they are about 50 - 60% amberish color theyre ready. do this quick as you are gonna wanna have time to flush ( or leach ) your soil before you harvest.

good to see good buds coming from a cfl grow!!!! +rep

glockdoc · Oct 30, 2009

how long u veg for? whats ur watts lumen count? what u give it for veg?

welfare train · Oct 30, 2009

glockdoc said:
how long u veg for? whats ur watts lumen count? what u give it for veg?

Thanks for the replies guys. :leaf:

It vegged for around a month or so and it was fed blood meal and fish emulsion during veg.

Not sure on the lumen count but it has 8 23 watt bulbs surrounding it. I can take some pictures of her in the grow box later tonight when the lights turn back on.

She is gettin real stanky now. I'll probably pic up a microscope thing at radio shack like d rock said. I saw some there for like 12 bucks last week.

blizzie420 · Oct 30, 2009

looks damn good bro! Yummy

jolly8541 · Oct 30, 2009

Whats up with the leaves yellowing so early into flowering? I grow under floros too and mine have never done that. Also have you ever tried to harvest your plants in stages? I find that when you use floros the light doesn't penetrate to the lower part of the canopy. Which I find to be about 6" from the bulb. I prune and use lst to try and get a solid canopy across my grow space.

Around 8-9 weeks there are usually a few dominant buds and I harvest those. After you cut those main buds, the canopy just explodes and those remaining buds get fat as hell. Just continue flowering and harvesting, after the 3rd x the plant is uaually toast and needs to be vegged or tossed out.

By the time you're at the 3rd harvest you could of theoretically grown out several clones or started new seeds. Then start the process all over again.

welfare train · Oct 30, 2009

jolly8541 said:
Whats up with the leaves yellowing so early into flowering? I grow under floros too and mine have never done that. Also have you ever tried to harvest your plants in stages? I find that when you use floros the light doesn't penetrate to the lower part of the canopy. Which I find to be about 6" from the bulb. I prune and use lst to try and get a solid canopy across my grow space.

Around 8-9 weeks there are usually a few dominant buds and I harvest those. After you cut those main buds, the canopy just explodes and those remaining buds get fat as hell. Just continue flowering and harvesting, after the 3rd x the plant is uaually toast and needs to be vegged or tossed out.

By the time you're at the 3rd harvest you could of theoretically grown out several clones or started new seeds. Then start the process all over again.

I lied i think the plant has been flowering for about 7.5 weeks and we plan on harvesting the main colas first and letting the smaller bud fill out for at least another week or so after the plant has been chopped. Thanks for the advice :bigjoint:

mattso101 · Oct 30, 2009

no no dont harvest yet please dont its not ripe at all trust me. Your gonna 3-4 weeks for sure!! no less than 3 for the entire plant trust me it nowere near ready!!

If you leave you will double the yield of the plant! your ganna want most of the white hars to ture orange. 7.5 weeks is way to early for any strain. Anotherthing I have found plants flowered under cfls and floros need longer to ripen aswell. I would let it go 10 weeks of total flower time longer if you can handel it. Your yield will be way bigger the plant will be way more potent and also way more flavorful

Think about it you have been growing this plant for months now and your gonna want it to grow out the best it possibly can right? There is no point on harvesting early and ending up with crappy weed. let it go to 10 weeks you will thank me later when your toking you dank 11-12 weeks would be the best it looks sativa dom

D.J.D.W · Oct 30, 2009

looking great man , i love the one in the back ground in the beer cup.. shes a winner

welfare train · Oct 30, 2009

mattso101 said:
no no dont harvest yet please dont its not ripe at all trust me. Your gonna 3-4 weeks for sure!! no less than 3 for the entire plant trust me it nowere near ready!!

If you leave you will double the yield of the plant! your ganna want most of the white hars to ture orange. 7.5 weeks is way to early for any strain. Anotherthing I have found plants flowered under cfls and floros need longer to ripen aswell. I would let it go 10 weeks of total flower time longer if you can handel it. Your yield will be way bigger the plant will be way more potent and also way more flavorful

Think about it you have been growing this plant for months now and your gonna want it to grow out the best it possibly can right? There is no point on harvesting early and ending up with crappy weed. let it go to 10 weeks you will thank me later when your toking you dank 11-12 weeks would be the best it looks sativa dom

Oh no I don't plan on harvesting now. I was planning in waiting at least another 2 weeks. I just plan on harvesting a couple times from the plant. I want to chop the main colas in about 3 weeks and then let the smaller budsites fill out for another week or two before i chop them.

mattso101 · Oct 30, 2009

ok good wait 3-4 weeks for sure. feed it one more time aswell then flush for two weeks. you will be rewarded you plant looks very nice

d r0cK · Oct 30, 2009

your microscope thing will tell all.... harvest only whats ready.

whiterhyno420 · Oct 30, 2009

looks bad ass

welfare train · Oct 30, 2009

mattso101 said:
ok good wait 3-4 weeks for sure. feed it one more time aswell then flush for two weeks. you will be rewarded you plant looks very nice

Thanks for the help, would you recommend flushing with molasses or just water?

This isn't my first grow but it's the first one that is going smooth without any problems (last grow outgrew the box

)

Here are some more close up pics i took earlier this evening.

shandeezy · Oct 31, 2009

bammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

welfare train · Nov 1, 2009

shandeezy said:
bammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

lol thanks man. Way to fucked up right now to posts pictures. Halloween and all ya know fuck take it easy guys :blsmoke:

propcannibis · Nov 1, 2009

id say flush with molasses for a week then flush with water

welfare train · Nov 1, 2009

Here are some pictures I just took of her. She smells sooooo good :leaf:

The first picture is our grow box. Don't mind the physically handicapped plant to the right. That one has been messed up since day one.

00hotrod34 · Nov 3, 2009

Damn nice bud!
+rep

welfare train · Nov 3, 2009

00hotrod34 said:
Damn nice bud!
+rep

Thanks

Here are some pictures I took about 20 minutes ago, the last picture shows how we topped her and then lst'd the colas that were created from topping.

:leaf:

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