[CFL] Lemon Skunk! [Clone]

C.Indica said:

Day 52 Flowering; Xena!
I'm finding more and more bananas..
I chopped a whole cola today,
bud by bud so as to leave it's large fan leaves.
4 colas left, and they're fat.

I'm charging my batteries as we speak, major photo update later,
don't worry guys, you didn't miss anything yet.

Things are coming to an end.
I'd like to leave as much bud as possible on until day 60.
I don't know if this will be reality.

Check out my Bonsai Mother journal!
All the action is going to be on her for several weeks while I prepare the next setup.



Since I come from the PNW, most of the bud we get up here is Indica or at least 50/50.
When I get to smoke true Sativa, I'm usually out of town. And it always has an extra layer of leaves on it, frosty as all hell. It's almost like the standard of Sativa for me.

So I decided to leave some skinny sativa leaves on the larger buds, It's not like I'm selling it all anyways. Any little nugs that get clipped off or whatever get trimmed to perfection.

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well bananas this late in flowering shouldnt be a worry................

Day 56 Harvest; Xena!
October 19, 2011
I found mostly milky, with some amber spots.
I feel I got her at an almost perfect time.

I left one fatty, and trimmed it neatly.
The rest of it was seperated into seperate nugs, and has a small layer of leaves, and then some buzzcut buds that got clipped off during trimming.

The harvest was great, my room smells dank as fuck, and even this early bud that didn't finish drying is getting me baked.
I can't wait to smoke the 4-week proper cure stuff.


It's been a great ride.
Xena was given to me by a good friend on the Fourth of July.
She vegged out for about 58 days, and flowered for 56.
It's been a great ride, with some strong genetics.
I'm so fuckin' stoned right now it's hard to think.
And I've only had a couple hits off a tiny nug of semi wet bud.
Fresh weed is like fresh vegetables, nothing better.

Overall the technique, inspired by SimonD!, worked wonders for this single plant grow.
However, on the insides of the colas I noticed undeveloped sides of nugs.
This is a combo of bud density, and the CFL's I used.
Hopefully, next grow will be a 400w MH, and If I grow a plant this large again,
the bud count will go up from 5 to 20.
So many lessons learned this grow, that's what it's all about right guys?
Keep your colas growing vertical, or they'll have all their leaves on one side.
The goal is an ounce, we'll see if we made it.
I didn't weigh wet, I'll weigh dry, that's when it matters anyways.



Thanks for the help guys, hope you enjoyed the gardening

Vegetative 2

Veg 6

Veg 13

Veg 17

Veg 21

Veg 38

Veg 51

Flower 3

Flower 17

Flower 27

Flower 37

Flower 45

Flower 53

Harvest (Dry/Drying)

Awesome Harvest dude! Did you have many seeds, or did you manage to cut all of the bananas off before they pollinated your girls?

Bananas began to appear on day 49, I chopped on day 56.
Even if they pollinated, nothing formed.
I still haven't split buds up, but I'm really not expecting seeds.

It's cool, I'll be looking at a nug, and see some bananas on it, it's just strange smoking male flowers, y'know?
I took 3 clones, they are the bushiest fattest clones I've ever seen.
The best one becomes my new mother, and the others become some good food.

I'm flowering one clone right now, single cola in a 20oz soda bottle.
No goal. I'm expecting like 6g or something, haha.
It's more of a joke until I move, and get to use a 400w MH.

I might to a proper smoke report later, but so far this nug that just dried, is basically some of the best bud I've ever smoked.
And I grew it myself. It's amazing.
After it cures for 4 weeks.. Ooooooohh man.

Pretty impressive with CFL. Great job C. Nice nuggz!!

MEGAyielder420 said:

Pretty impressive with CFL. Great job C. Nice nuggz!!

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Thanks, coming from a gardener like yourself, means a lot!

I got to weigh in the buds..
I only got around 25g...
Not quit that one ounce goal..

But damn close! And by FAR the best grow I've had.
This stuff is all primo too, the frostiest stuff I've ever, ever layed eyes on. I didn't realize how frosty top nugs could get.

Can't wait to unleash this pheno under a 400w.

Very nicely done Will you be updating pictures of your 20oz* bottle plant?

congrats on the fine work mate.......

HighLife4Me said:

Very nicely done Will you be updating pictures of your 20oz* bottle plant?

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I suppose I haven't made a thread for it.
I should make it it's own thread, but I'll throw some up here whenever I can.
I got a few shots, just need to charge batteries before I can pull them onto comp.
They should be ready, but it's really nothing much to see.

She's on like day 3, and I can see the growth tip 'bulging'.
Waiting for hairs to pop out.

del66666 said:

congrats on the fine work mate.......

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Thanks Del, thanks a lot.
This was 160w of CFL, imagine me with 400w of MH.

Fuck uploaded the wrong picture..
Here you go, this is Alpha, day 13 Flowering.

I guess I'll just update her here.
Once I move out this thread will be toast.

Glad to have you all here, I honestly forgot how strong the genetics were already until flowering this little unhealthy clone.
Even after lower leaf deficiency, and upper leaf bear clawing (over-fert? at the same time as underfert?)
The bud keeps getting fatter and fatter.

I owe you guys an update, and my camera is charging.
Today is day.. 17 I believe.

Day 17 Flowering; Alpha!

I removed several lower leaves today, as they were yellow and no longer photosynthesizing.
No need to have a plant hydrating useless solar panels.


He's hungry.

I cut more drainage in the bottom today, and flushed her with Micro Nutrient water.
Hoping to remove salts and calm down the bear claws, while keeping her lower leaves around.

I didn't notice any pink hairs today, they were a quite low % on the last plant.
Pre-Flowers are already fat and covered in Trichomes, always a good sign.

Here's Alpha!




Oh I ruined it.. I shouldn't have gone back and looked at this..
But here's what Day 17 was like on Xena..
She had 10 weeks Veg though, and almost tripple the wattage.