I'm pretty sure you're the only one who is second guessing your grow techniques after pulling 550 grams off one plant
It's done man! It's finally done, I've been a long for the ride since the start and jesus christ has this thread been popular. I find myself coming back every few days with a fucking book to read, a very informative book at that.
I hope this thread is kept for a long time as I'm sure I'll be reading over it several times when I try to mimic your entire grow. Thanks so much for all the information provided and enjoy your holiday
Also just a question in regards to lighting, sorry if you mentioned this in later posts that I may have missed. You stated earlier that once flowering you switch immediately to a red spec HPS then for the last 2-3 weeks switch back to your dual spec (depending on density) now I'm just wondering did you switch back to the dual spec or just keep the red HPS all the way through?
Much appreciated man! I know your right too, i guess i was just expecting just a bit more but things didn't quite go exactly to plan, have been quite unwell for most of the grow unfortunately, so when things had to be done they took alot more effort and it was hard to put ALL my heart into it, so i'm SUPER appreciative of everyones feedback and encouragement, aswell as my beautiful better half for helping when it was impossible for me alone. I swear she has magic hands and her hippie ways have a dramatic effect on the outcome i'm sure of. If something smells different or not quite right, honestly Ms Flowa would be the first to know or tell me i'm forgetting something.
I'll be sticking around don't worry
having a small break, let the outdoor do her thing, i Loooooooooooove my outdoor erb, even with the few mites you get along the way I just feel it has a different kick, but this will be the first time i have grown Jack x Skunk outdoors
Gonna be a stinking dream, I KNOW IT!! JUST starting to shoot white pistils and i can smell her with the back door open. PUTRID. I'll be able to get a good 8 weeks minimum flowering as the inspection is so perfectly timed, well sort of LOL tomorrow morning i have to find a hiding spot, The land agent will smell it but won't see it. As usual hehe..... not much i can do really put it in the shed and i can smell it down the road with the humidity building up.!!
My lighting was swapped around as per usual, I initially started with the Redder HPS to get things growing faster and more stretchy, (not a stretchy strain but) and went to dual spec agro philips lamp which puts out an equal red but more in the Orange area, and an added Blue/purple and actually smack on the UV spectrum. But my clear glass will reduce some minor amounts of UVA, which is not really researched as much as UVB for plant growth... not to say it doesn't have some sort of an effect... There is only a few growers around using UVB additions also which i believe increase your trich production and molecular structuring. IT DOES change the look of your Colas. Guaranteed, i've done enough grows with and without to notice a HUGELY noticeable difference.
I don't agree with that, especially in a system such as this.... try 5-7 days and you will see little bunches of flower sites, about that time will tell you where they will grow and how they will lean. Pump the plant with the right amount of food, and hit her with the right amount of light, and THIS is a must i say, if you want your buds to appear more quickly, then rid the system of any 'GROW' nutrient. This will just hinder the effect and enhance the nitrogen levels in your medium./more leaf. Beef it up with some potassium and silica, hold off on any phos for the first few weeks otherwise premature flowering happens and you can end up with tiny brown 'seedy' like pot. Potassium is the food for the beginning of flowering, anything else is either useless or an additive. By that time you should of built the plant to be able to survive a mild drought, this way she will be starving for food, and when you give it, she will already be thinking she's coming into season with the instant change in chemical reaction. Most growers i have bumped into that have had tiny brown seeds in pot, is usually because there system is loaded with acidic salts, thus the plant tries to reproduce and throw some seeds in the mix all the while each individual white hair thats attached to a newborn calyx will continue to grow and mature, but hold a tiny crappy bad tasting seed, and some strains, or depending on nutrients and how they are used can determine how many calyxs there will be on the flowers, and if they all seed, well there goes your flavour. Alot of these growers will swear black and blue there is no seeds, until you mull a bud throw it in a cup of water, give it a stir to soak up the water, and the little brown seeds not more than 1 mm in length will be there for all to see floating on top. I've showed all to many. IF i ever get it.... i will photograph them ofcourse as they are small enough to miss but enough to change the entire batches flavour. The longer you flower with seeded calyxs, the worse the taste and energy goes to producing unlivable, and immature little brown seeds. I was always taught to never get eager and give more nutrients than the given sized plant can demolish through
