First Grow: Are My Girls Looking, Okay?

I would go with just plain water so you have a basis of what drowning does for your smoke and bud. Just a recommendation but think it over and I will be here to watch, cant wait. You wont be disappointed at all my friend.

Peace

BKB

I'm thinking that the AK is ready now, as she kinda looks like the first one did (only a week earlier than last time). From what I can tell, there are a decent number of amber trichs already on her. I'm looking into getting a better scope - right now I only have a 15x, and I'd like to get a better look at the trichs to be really sure. If I can get a 30x scope in the next few days, I may be starting the drowning sooner rather than later - if the scope agrees with what my eye sees at the moment...

-Mandi

Got a 40x LED lighted pocket scope on the way...should only take a couple days to get here I hope (gotta love ebay). If my eye is good, the scope is going to show that she is ready to go. I'm going to wait the few more days until the scope arrives, just to be sure. I don't want to take her too early and waste a good plant on a hasty harvest. I can force myself to use restraint...LOL If the scope isn't here by Friday, I'm gonna toss the bitch into the deep end!

-Mandi

Hey Manditroy you should use plain water for about 3 days then use Molasses for 3-4 days. You might not want to change the water daily that shit gets heavy but it would cut down on the stink

manditroy said:

I read your thread on the drowning with molasses... It sounds like it was a bit better than with just plain water, huh? I don't really mind the smell of molasses, but what do you think about maybe changing to either just clear water - or a fresh bucket of the molasses water - after a few days. That would cut back on the stink from the water in the bucket as it ferments, and the plant would still be getting its feed on with the fresh stuff. What do you think BKB?

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Yeah Chief, I think changing the water every day or two would keep the smell down. I'm gonna do this first one with just plain water though. I've got a plan to try a side by side test on some AKs I have vegging now. They are cloned from the same plant, so it would be a fair comparison - one with, and one without, molasses. I've got an update on my girls coming in a bit (have to load the pics, etc.). -Mandi

Here is my AK48 girl...had to string her up because her biggest cola got so chubby it fell over - luckily the wall stopped her from going too far. It definitely looks like she is going thru her plumping stage!


This is the AK48 we call 'Fat Ass'...she's at about 3 1/2wks into flower now and starting to bud pretty nicely.

These are the Short Rider girls...the right one is a week or two from finishing. The one on the left is her top 'Shorty' -in bud for 3 1/2wks.

Just got the ebay notice that my scope wasn't shipped until Wednesday...that means it's not going to show up until next week, I'd guess. That AK cola is leaning hard on her restraints, so I'm just gonna start the drowning tomorrow I think. It will likely be near the nine week point by the time she gives up the fight anyway. Will keep you posted on how she does with her swimming lessons!

Man manditroy,
I'd wait on the short ryder until you see flowers bulging out of the tiny leafs. Just feel her with your hand and when she feels dense not sqeashy you'll be ready. At 9 weeks I'd start flushing her or drowning her. This strain was a plant and leave kinda strain. So wait it out till the very end. Oh and flush or drown her this plant will taste like chicken shit if you don't.

That's a good idea with the side by side comparison. I added Sugar Daddy to the water when BKB and Illumination discussed using Molasses which helped accelerate the leaves turning yellow when I drowned Joni.

manditroy said:

Yeah Chief, I think changing the water every day or two would keep the smell down. I'm gonna do this first one with just plain water though. I've got a plan to try a side by side test on some AKs I have vegging now. They are cloned from the same plant, so it would be a fair comparison - one with, and one without, molasses. I've got an update on my girls coming in a bit (have to load the pics, etc.). -Mandi

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Man your AK and Short Ryder have some fat colas. What a great problem to have, colas so big you have to tie your girl down. Fat ass and Shorty are budding up nicely

manditroy said:

View attachment 1548104View attachment 1548102 Here is my AK48 girl...had to string her up because her biggest cola got so chubby it fell over - luckily the wall stopped her from going too far. It definitely looks like she is going thru her plumping stage!


View attachment 1548103 This is the AK48 we call 'Fat Ass'...she's at about 3 1/2wks into flower now and starting to bud pretty nicely.

View attachment 1548105 These are the Short Rider girls...the right one is a week or two from finishing. The one on the left is her top 'Shorty' -in bud for 3 1/2wks.

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Thanks Icannabis - I definitely plan to drown her...she's just finished 8 weeks now and is feeling pretty firm. I've got some issues on her with the uppermost fan leaves on the colas - had a day of freakishly warm weather where she seemed to get heat stroke and they've gotten crispy. The buds don't seem to be bothered and they're making okay progress I think.

Icannabis said:

Man manditroy,
I'd wait on the short ryder until you see flowers bulging out of the tiny leafs. Just feel her with your hand and when she feels dense not sqeashy you'll be ready. At 9 weeks I'd start flushing her or drowning her. This strain was a plant and leave kinda strain. So wait it out till the very end. Oh and flush or drown her this plant will taste like chicken shit if you don't.

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I'm all for experimentation for the good of the group! LOL
It will be a while since I'm only just about to put them into flower, but I will make a full report on the test in about nine or ten weeks or so...

Fat colas are indeed a problem I don't mind encountering! It seems she has a dominant cola, even though she was topped for 4 (the others are much smaller). Shorty is in a losing race with Fat Ass, but she's trying to keep up...there is going to be some serious bud on that girl in another month. I don't know for sure, but I kinda expect her to hit the record on harvest weight - looks like she's adding buds daily.

CHIEF PUFF PUFF said:

That's a good idea with the side by side comparison. I added Sugar Daddy to the water when BKB and Illumination discussed using Molasses which helped accelerate the leaves turning yellow when I drowned Joni.

Man your AK and Short Ryder have some fat colas. What a great problem to have, colas so big you have to tie your girl down. Fat ass and Shorty are budding up nicely

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Did you get a scope yet?

The scope came Friday afternoon...I'd already put the AK into drowning mode early that morning. I took a quick peek, and she looked just as I expected - a good amount of cloudy trichs, and fair number turned amber already. She doesn't seem to be drinking a noticable measure of water yet...is that normal? When will she start to suck it up fast? I hope I don't screw this up and damage her!

Bro relax you have not damaged her at all...You are drowning her so you are killing her, dont sweat it. I was telling Chief that it might take a day or three before you notice the water level going down, just be patient, some times it can take a week, 4 days, 10 days. Just keep her drowning with 12/12 light. Take some pics and post plz

Peace

BKB

bekindbud said:

Bro relax you have not damaged her at all...You are drowning her so you are killing her, dont sweat it. I was telling Chief that it might take a day or three before you notice the water level going down, just be patient, some times it can take a week, 4 days, 10 days. Just keep her drowning with 12/12 light. Take some pics and post plz

Peace

BKB

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Thanks BKB! I was hoping I hadn't done something wrong since I saw others post that they needed to top off the drowning plant every day. It's now been two days and I've yet to see any noticable water used, but I'm guessing that will change soon. Who would have thought that my previous skill at killing plants would come in handy some day...

Here is the largest cola - it has to be tethered to keep it somewhat upright. There is a second one that is a bit smaller, and two others that aren't in the same league. The 4 cola topping turned out to produce rather inequal results, but its all good. If it can be smoked, I will count it a success! -Mandi

Hey Manditroy it will take time for your plant to start drinking the water but when she does, it will be a shit load. You will be topping off her water level daily if not a couple of times daily Make sure plenty of water is inside the pot, that was my problem at first, not enough water inside Joni's pot to drown her properly. Check out BKB's pics when he drowned his plant it showed me what I did wrong.

Thanks Chief...do you happen to have a link to the drowning pics you're talking about? I watered my plant until she started to drain, then kept going...once she wasn't absorbing any more, I poured directly into the outer bucket until she began to try to float. I used a quart bottle of peroxide as a weight to keep her down - it was the heaviest thing I had on hand that was clean and safe for her. I just checked her, and finally (three days in) she needed to be topped off. It must start all of a sudden, because I checked her about six hours ago and didn't notice much of a change...

Hey guys...quick question - Does anyone know if there are things missing from distilled water that my plant would actually prefer to have? I know distilled is good to keep ph and impurities in check, but will it cause any deficiencies?

manditroy said:

Thanks Chief...do you happen to have a link to the drowning pics you're talking about?

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+1 here, I had a look through bkb's grow and didn't find it. It's a long while till I harvest but I'm interested nonetheless.

Also, glad to see the grow is going so well. I read this thread all the time, you've helped me more than you know

Hey Razzta...glad to have you aboard! You can always come here for help - Chief, BKB, and I, will help wherever we can. If I don't know the answer, I can probably point you in the direction of a grower, thread or link where you can find out what you need to know... -Mandi

Razztafarai said:

+1 here, I had a look through bkb's grow and didn't find it. It's a long while till I harvest but I'm interested nonetheless.

Also, glad to see the grow is going so well. I read this thread all the time, you've helped me more than you know

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Hey Manditroy here's some pics of Joni drowning, make sure there's plenty of water inside of the plant's pot as well as in the bucket you put her in.