Here we grow...

grapesnowcone said:

It will probably give you a decent head high without a body buzz.. What day of flower did you cut it? It sure looks tastey though..

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Lets see, Week 9 day 6 of flower, so day 69 of flower is what I was in last night when I cut off this little flower off. To be honest I'm probably gonna end up taking a couple more before it's all said and done... this plant is sooo tall that there are unfortunately many lower buds that are just going to remain popcorn, I'm not complaining, I'm just saying. So I've got a lot of lower growth to play with without really hurting my overall yield. All the flowers appear to be ripening uniformly which is cool, looks like I'll be chopping the whole gal down at once i guess.
I agree she looks tasty, I checked her out under a x45 scope this morning and was amazed at all the trics I could see, none of them are swelling yet, but holy moly, they're were so dang many of them!

If you crush a bud a little in your fingers and then smell the air and your hand, it's absolutely intoxicating.
Oldest leaves are still yellowing every where but the veins, then turning entirely yellow, then they start to get crispy on the ends and around the edges and they fall off. The entire process takes a while but I'm still noticing it happen... bummer...

I think I'm going to switch my feeding to organic here for the final few feedings... I'll probly only water this plant about 8 more times before she's done.
I bought some Jamaican bat guano, Peruvian seabird guano, and earthworm castings, to which I will add some powered kelp extract and either some Big Bloom or some liquid karma (i have more big bloom so that one will get used when the karma runs out)... anyway, I'll take that dry mix and put it in a tube sock or some pantie hoes and chuck it in a 5 gallon bucket with a bubbler under neither it and leave it for 24 hours... I got this brew from a fellow on this site, it is entirely organic and he had good results with it. I don't know, it just seems like it might be a better way to finish this girl out, maybe try my fox farm regiment on another strain on down the road... all i know is that this plant isn't digging it, or perhaps she isn't digging the way I'm giving it to her is a better way to say that, because it's showing. I'm actually considering doing that organic feeding I just mentioned and supplement it with some cha-ching so the FF line up isn't left entirely out in the rain entirely...

I watered with 2 and a half gallons of well water cut with RO water:
6.42 ph 1/2 gallon
6.32 ph gallon
6.20 ph gallon
I did this yesterday. I need to go away for a few days so before I do I'm going to give her a couple small drinks of this brew to tide her over...


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Maybe this will work better for my girl, gonna brew for around 24 hours....
All this went into just over 1 gallon of Well water cut with RO water to PH it to about 6.3 before brew began

Peruvian seabird guano
Jamaican bat guano
Worm castings.
1/2 tbs of maxicrop liquid seaweed
1/2 tbs of liquid karma
1/2 tbs blackstrap molasses.


it's been brewing for about 12 hours and i'm going to let it go for another 7-8 hours before I use it. Instead of making a tea bag i just emptied all the ingredients into a bucket and have stirred them together very well to make a soup out of all the dry ingredients (I didn't have any pantie hoes to use for a tea bag, yet). I saw another guy doing a organic growing using this mix and he had good results, I'm just tired of watching all the leaves fall off this girl.... they are still dropping... and it seems like they are going on their own now even before they get crispy, yellow leaves with only slight browning are now on the floor when I checked on her several have dropped... they used to stay on the plant until they were as crispy as can be. My gut is telling me that I've been wrong the whole time, and that I'm just burning her... maybe organic at the end will help her through...

I watered again this morning with another brew of tea, slightly stronger this time... she seemed to love the last little dose she received before being left alone for a few days

about 1300ppm's
PH around 6.6 (this brew's ph goes up!) I start with 4.7 ph well water and by the time I've brewed for 12 hours the tea's ph is around 7! Didn't expect that!
The old damage looks awful on the leaves but the buds themselves look amazing! I can't believe the difference I can see in 3 1/2 days... up till this point I have been tieing down the limbs, now i'm having to tie them to keep them from possibly snapping the branches... the plant is leaning a little under the weight of the buds.
Like I said the leaves are embarrassing to show pictures of so be kind, and constructive, I know I screwed up, but I've been actively working to correct the issue, learning from every step, sometimes it bothers me more than others that mistakes were made, but in the end I'm going to have some unique smoke so that continues to encourage me. Here's a few pics of where things stand. I think I have about 3 weeks left,

they look tasty reguardless
did u get the problem under control

moash said:

they look tasty reguardless
did u get the problem under control

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Well, I'm not sure to be honest with you Moash, I think I've still been underfeeding her in my effort to not cause any burn, as you know the new leaves took damage right after I flushed and it was permanent damage (ie. it wasn't going to get green again)
since then I've managed to keep her alive and growing despite the old leaves looking like hell, the newest growth on the plant is green and lush, for what its worth and the buds look, feel and smell wonderful. I'm sure it's cost me some final dried weight from the mistakes but the flowers are looking good all things considered. How much longer do you think I have, week 11 starts tomorrow.

hard to say
but at least 4 weeks
hang in there

I'm hangin' on the edge of my seat man, this is the most fun I can ever imagine possible from gardening...
new found respect for you and everyone else that's growing, you all are truly freedom fighters and I salute you all. By growing our own we are keeping our hard earned money out of the hands of terrorists and we are ensuring that it feeds our economy instead of buying IDE's and RPGs.

Yo Ruiner, those buds look awesome. It should be some nice smoke, worth the long wait. I hope to have to tie up some buds too, lol. I agree 100% about growin our own. More money to elec. co., most lamps are american made, etc. F the drug cartels. Keep up the good growing and learning.

I couldn't have said it better myself bro. Me and the Wife are going to get pics taken today SWEET.
So back to the matter at hand it looks as though everything is going pretty good. the ladies look Ravishing I cant wait to smell her on my finger tips. lol...
so when are you coming back to the homestead. let me know if you need anything.

maniacal420 said:

Yo Ruiner, those buds look awesome. It should be some nice smoke, worth the long wait. I hope to have to tie up some buds too, lol. I agree 100% about growin our own. More money to elec. co., most lamps are american made, etc. F the drug cartels. Keep up the good growing and learning.

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Same to you man, happy grow, big buds to you! and thanks!

Daukness said:

I couldn't have said it better myself bro. Me and the Wife are going to get pics taken today SWEET.
So back to the matter at hand it looks as though everything is going pretty good. the ladies look Ravishing I cant wait to smell her on my finger tips. lol...
so when are you coming back to the homestead. let me know if you need anything.

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Thanks for checking in and commenting man, a few weeks left and I'm finally done with this one.... this 'Ravishing' plant will soon be ravaging your brain stem! Damn I wish you could stand here with me over this puppy and take it in with me... it's almost too overwhelming sometimes... we'd be fuckin hugging and jumping up and down squealing like little kids bro... or maybe that's just what I'm doing inside every time I unzip the door.

TheRuiner said:

I watered again this morning with another brew of tea, slightly stronger this time... she seemed to love the last little dose she received before being left alone for a few days

about 1300ppm's
PH around 6.6 (this brew's ph goes up!) I start with 4.7 ph well water and by the time I've brewed for 12 hours the tea's ph is around 7! Didn't expect that!
The old damage looks awful on the leaves but the buds themselves look amazing! I can't believe the difference I can see in 3 1/2 days... up till this point I have been tieing down the limbs, now i'm having to tie them to keep them from possibly snapping the branches... the plant is leaning a little under the weight of the buds.
Like I said the leaves are embarrassing to show pictures of so be kind, and constructive, I know I screwed up, but I've been actively working to correct the issue, learning from every step, sometimes it bothers me more than others that mistakes were made, but in the end I'm going to have some unique smoke so that continues to encourage me. Here's a few pics of where things stand. I think I have about 3 weeks left,

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nice plants they look really chronic

Thanks 420.

I need to get some good closeups now if I can because the plant is really starting to explode with tricome growth... and get those amber hews we love so much...
won't be much longer now, I'm really in the home stretch.

just for documentations purpose here's what I did copied from another thread:

watered with 1 gallon:
1/8t cha-ching into 1/3 gal well water, 2/3 gal tea.
about 6.5 ph
and 1440ppm

(it was 1300ish ppm's before adding the cha-ching, I didn't even bother ppm'ing the last 2 cups with cha-ching in it, final ppm estimate though is above.)

Can you tell I'm keeping myself away lately, being on here makes me more anxious for something that's still 3 weeks away, and then another 2 at least ...
She's not near as thirsty as she's been so I'm probably only going to water every 5 days or so until she's done.... current tentative chop date is Oct 9th

Looks like they've added about 1/3 to 1/2 weight since last update. Almost doubled in size. 14 weeks is along time,lol but should be worth it! I think that my unknown sativa is gonna be similar. Got any plants ready for round 2?

maniacal420 said:

Looks like they've added about 1/3 to 1/2 weight since last update. Almost doubled in size. 14 weeks is along time,lol but should be worth it! I think that my unknown sativa is gonna be similar. Got any plants ready for round 2?

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Yea man, I can't wait to smoke some after a nice cure, I'm tentatively planning to do 5 fem'ed AK-48's in my DR next. I'm also going to add a screen in and try to do a scrog. I can't help it after seeing how the side buds blossomed on this plants two main bent colas...

I'm no pro at Soil but it sounds and looks like you are feeding them way to much for soil... You are almost giving them Hydro Levels.... Narrow down on nuets and let that soil dry out if you flushed it! They are burnt! All Herb is good herb but it can always be better...

Talk to them, maybe they will tell you what they need!

Cheers!

Huge buds... but i think you may of over fed them a little.