First grow: Nirvana WR and NL, 600w (PICS)

sneekpunk

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Very nice plants! I will be sub'd from this point on. Better late than never i guess. LOL I cant wait to see some harvest pics of the northern lights.
thank you dude! glad to see you made it before the grand finale haha. yeah i thought i'd be more excited for the White Rhinos, but all the Northern Lights are looking so damn juicy! they smell better than the WRs in my opinion too. 1st chop should be in about a week wooohoo
 

sonar

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Damn they look fucking awesome. You said LSTed the first one? It's hard to see it's so full.

I'm so glad I didn't get rid of my two NL they are looking pretty good at about 2 1/2 weeks. I took one out the woods sunday and as soon as I actually get a day that isn't raining the other one is going out. I have a feeling they are gonna get huge outside if they make it through til the fall.
 

McFonz

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your room looks AMAZING, but you have at least 2 weeks for the rippest.

There are a lot of things that delay flowering - any light leaks, nute problems, heat \ colds etc.

But your plants look amazing - you really shouldn't care much beucase it seems your heading one hell of a crop in a few weeks!


Don't move your plants this late in flowering - it could only do problems. You will also knock off resin heads with every movement so you would probably better touch them as little as possible.


Have you started counting the flowering cicle since you flipped the lights or since the first hairs popped?
8 weeks flowering means 8 weeks since the hairs started to pop until its ready to harvest.
 

sneekpunk

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Damn they look fucking awesome. You said LSTed the first one? It's hard to see it's so full.

I'm so glad I didn't get rid of my two NL they are looking pretty good at about 2 1/2 weeks. I took one out the woods sunday and as soon as I actually get a day that isn't raining the other one is going out. I have a feeling they are gonna get huge outside if they make it through til the fall.
thanks man. yeah I LST'd the 1st NL and 1 WR. I started it when they were about 7" tall if i remember correctly. I started flowering when the other (non-lst) plants were a foot tall so i only got 2 big offshoots from each which made huge colas. I could only imagine if they were able to veg longer and make more shoots. And that's great that you kept the Northern Lights. I agree they'll probably get HUGE and thrive outdoors with little work.

looks like primo smoke to me..i forgot are they all from seeds? or are they clones?
hell yeah man i can't wait to actually smoke it! yeah they're all from fem seeds ordered straight thru Nirvana. thanks for sticking around

your room looks AMAZING, but you have at least 2 weeks for the rippest.

There are a lot of things that delay flowering - any light leaks, nute problems, heat \ colds etc.

But your plants look amazing - you really shouldn't care much beucase it seems your heading one hell of a crop in a few weeks!


Don't move your plants this late in flowering - it could only do problems. You will also knock off resin heads with every movement so you would probably better touch them as little as possible.


Have you started counting the flowering cicle since you flipped the lights or since the first hairs popped?
8 weeks flowering means 8 weeks since the hairs started to pop until its ready to harvest.
jeez how long is this gonna take?! haha jk i just want to smoke this beautiful herb. Ok i'll take your advice and move them little as possible from now on. solo shots we'll have to wait till harvest.

And actually hairs started to pop the 1st week of flower and that was 9 1/2 weeks ago. It's just odd cause Northern Lights is supposed to be mostly indica which would mean a quick 60 day flower right?

thanks a lot for the comments and all the help dude i really appreciate it. i wish you could enjoy the first smoke with me haha!
 

McFonz

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It is odd, but for now focus on keeping things straight and finish it up properly.

For your next grow make sure to clean the room VERY well, use new medium and check for light leaks.

The best way I know to check for light leaks is to fire up the 600W, close the closet and shut the lights down in the room its in.
You should see if light escapes. In the same way light will enter.



As for harvesting, I tried on my run to do the job this way:
1. manicure everything.
2. shut the lights off for 2 days.
3. chop down and hang. (I let most dry on the screen itself as I ran a SCROG)
4. Wait a week or so. Let dry with only a small fan running in the room without reaching directly to the buds. When a branch snaps rather than bend it is dry enough to be smoked. It shouldn't snap completely but it should bend.
5. Chop down the big buds first and jar 'em up. You should always fill your jars LOOSLY (never press it down) and leave 20% (minimum) or air in the jar.
6. To chop the smaller buds chop the branch from the start and chop the buds directly to the jar.
7. Burp the jars daily for a week without moving stuff around if you don't have to. Then burp once every 3 days for the next 3 weeks. Then its good for long-term storage if needed.

While handling the crop use powder-less latex gloves and never press stuff down not to breake the trichomes.
The stuff that will stick to your gloves is VERY high quality hash - finger hash. Freeze the gloves for 12 hours or more and it should be peelable easly.
I also save the leaves - until 3-4 weeks before chopping it goes to the MJ compost pile. Then fan leaves are kept in a plastic bag for Butane Hash Oil making and the bud leaves are kept for water hash making.
This time I plan on drying down the leaves after making water hash and use them for BHO as well.
The leaves left after making BHO will join the compost pile.

That way you recycle (which is good for the planet), make some kickass fertilizer (which is good for your pocket and plants) and don't have to throw MJ plant matter to the garbage (at least much much less, which is good for your security). And of course - you make some BHO and hash. (Which is good for your head :D)

The only con about it is the use of butane. Its not that cheap. But if you don't want to spend money on butane just use it in a separate batch of water hash making.
 

sneekpunk

Member
It is odd, but for now focus on keeping things straight and finish it up properly.

For your next grow make sure to clean the room VERY well, use new medium and check for light leaks.

The best way I know to check for light leaks is to fire up the 600W, close the closet and shut the lights down in the room its in.
You should see if light escapes. In the same way light will enter.
cool thanks for all that info i'll probably harvest exactly like that. i'm gonna clean my closet as well as change some things around and i might put a veg section in there too but that's getting ahead of myself. As for the butane oil, i was looking into that and it looks cool but i'm retarded when it comes to doing stuff like that right. I was thinking of making some cooking oil with the leftover hash trimmings. Have you made any butane hash oil?

just took a look at the pictures from yesterday.....LOOKS DANK!!! good job!
thank you so much man!
 

chb444220

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damn man.. i was just drooling over ur pics.. lol. and dying to see sum new updated ones!! cant wait to see them!! soo how many plants do u have in total?? and 1 more question.. and i am postitive u have this sumwehre in ur journal.. but im just bein a stoner... adn lazy... wat wattage is ur HPS?? im thinking about finally upgrading to one in a few weeks.. once my WW is harvested.. gonna sell an O for $500 and buy an HPS.. and debating between 250 watts and 400 watts... i can only grow up to 3 plants tho.. soo is it worth gettin a 400 watter?? or should i just got for the 250??
 

sonar

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damn man.. i was just drooling over ur pics.. lol. and dying to see sum new updated ones!! cant wait to see them!! soo how many plants do u have in total?? and 1 more question.. and i am postitive u have this sumwehre in ur journal.. but im just bein a stoner... adn lazy... wat wattage is ur HPS?? im thinking about finally upgrading to one in a few weeks.. once my WW is harvested.. gonna sell an O for $500 and buy an HPS.. and debating between 250 watts and 400 watts... i can only grow up to 3 plants tho.. soo is it worth gettin a 400 watter?? or should i just got for the 250??
Go with the 400 if you think you can keep it cool. I have a 250w and even thats get really hot.
 

sneekpunk

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Here's a tutorial by a member no longer active - same way I do it:https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/188124-diy-honey-oil-extractor-using.html

Visit my 400W journal for some dry nugs pictures I just took and proud of :D
cool thanks for the link. and i just checked out your pics they're awesome it's crazy how much you got off your light!

damn man.. i was just drooling over ur pics.. lol. and dying to see sum new updated ones!! cant wait to see them!! soo how many plants do u have in total?? and 1 more question.. and i am postitive u have this sumwehre in ur journal.. but im just bein a stoner... adn lazy... wat wattage is ur HPS?? im thinking about finally upgrading to one in a few weeks.. once my WW is harvested.. gonna sell an O for $500 and buy an HPS.. and debating between 250 watts and 400 watts... i can only grow up to 3 plants tho.. soo is it worth gettin a 400 watter?? or should i just got for the 250??
ha thanks man! my light is 600 watts and it's hot as a motherfucker. personally i think if you're gonna keep it at 3 plants than go for a 250 watter. i'd say a 400w only if you someday plan to expand. And an air cooled hood on it would make a world of difference. here's a link to the 250w club if you want to skim through it and see what other guys did:https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/128751-250w-hps-club-help-guide.html
i especially like this 250w pic (TheFucknChrOnic) View attachment 954114 hope this helps ya!

P.S. I'll post an update by tomorrow sorry i was just hoping the next pics would be of harvest but guess nert.
 

chb444220

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wow thanks man. yea im gonna go check that link out now. =) and wow.. i feel MADD dumb! lol. just saw the title of ur thread sais 600w... lol. Durrrrr. sorry.

but yeaa, i was thinking the 250 would probly be best.. i want to eventually grow more.. but im still livin wit my mom.. and right now i dtill dont have a job yet.. had the same 1 for 5 years.. adn new boss came in and let every1 that had been there for a while go and hired all new ppl for $8.. aoo i have like NO money right now.. adn so i probly wont be leavin here for a while.. lol. and her rule is i can only have 3 plants growing at a time.. soo i'll just go with the 250 watter then. that should be plenty for 3 plants. and plus im gonna have sum CFL's along the side as well.

thanks for the info and the link as well. gonna go check it out now. adn kk. cant wait for the pics!! keep up the great work man!
 

sneekpunk

Member
wow thanks man. yea im gonna go check that link out now. =) and wow.. i feel MADD dumb! lol. just saw the title of ur thread sais 600w... lol. Durrrrr. sorry.

but yeaa, i was thinking the 250 would probly be best.. i want to eventually grow more.. but im still livin wit my mom.. and right now i dtill dont have a job yet.. had the same 1 for 5 years.. adn new boss came in and let every1 that had been there for a while go and hired all new ppl for $8.. aoo i have like NO money right now.. adn so i probly wont be leavin here for a while.. lol. and her rule is i can only have 3 plants growing at a time.. soo i'll just go with the 250 watter then. that should be plenty for 3 plants. and plus im gonna have sum CFL's along the side as well.

thanks for the info and the link as well. gonna go check it out now. adn kk. cant wait for the pics!! keep up the great work man!
haha it's all good! it's funny cause i still live at home too and my mom knows about my plants as well. She doesn't have a limit though cause she smokes as much as me lol.
 

sneekpunk

Member
hello hope everyone is doing good! the buds haven't really fattened too much but they get more and more crystaly everyday. I hope to be chopping a couple within a week.

the funky White Rhino that looked worse than the others has yellowed way faster than the others which makes me think it wasn't getting ENOUGH nutes. I was thinking i gave it too much initially. I kinda wish i would've given them another week of feeding but i didn't know they'd take so long.

(pictures taken on 5/25 on DAY 70 of Flowering)
photobucket is fucked so i had to imageshack them, hope it works.




next pics are mainly Northern Lights






below is White Rhino


the funky White Rhino

and last is a shitty blurry pic but it's a good example of the natural color.
 

McFonz

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cool thanks for the link. and i just checked out your pics they're awesome it's crazy how much you got off your light!
Yours seems like it would yield more :D

hello hope everyone is doing good! the buds haven't really fattened too much but they get more and more crystaly everyday. I hope to be chopping a couple within a week.

the funky White Rhino that looked worse than the others has yellowed way faster than the others which makes me think it wasn't getting ENOUGH nutes. I was thinking i gave it too much initially. I kinda wish i would've given them another week of feeding but i didn't know they'd take so long.

(pictures taken on 5/25 on DAY 70 of Flowering)
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As your growing some straight forward Indicas I'd wait 2 weeks from now to let more trichomes turn amber. It will give you a more narcotic and couchlocking effect, better taste, better looking buds and more yield.
You could give them another week of light feeding and then flush and give straight water for a week.

If you'll chop in a week you'll get a more heady high with much less couchlock.

If you don't have the next generation ready to fill the box think about leaving a few plants in there another week to have 2 stashes to choose from.

That "funky" WR sounds like a weak specimen - just remove it from future grows. Some indeviduals are weaker than others. They grow slower, more suspectible to stuff and have problems faster.
 

sneekpunk

Member
That "funky" WR sounds like a weak specimen - just remove it from future grows. Some indeviduals are weaker than others. They grow slower, more suspectible to stuff and have problems faster.
yeah that's totally what i was thinking. A couple months ago I didn't really understand phenotypes and all that. If it were now i'd never have put it in flower but it still looks like it will yield some chunky bud. I just hope the smoke was worth it

they seem alot chunkyer since last update. thats going to be a nice harvest man.
thanks dude! and yeah I guess you're right looking back at the pics. It's like kittens or puppies you don't notice they've grown till you see pictures haha.
 

McFonz

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yeah that's totally what i was thinking. A couple months ago I didn't really understand phenotypes and all that. If it were now i'd never have put it in flower but it still looks like it will yield some chunky bud. I just hope the smoke was worth it
Oddly, the plants that were the frostiest off the ones I grew were the weakest.
Look at my Lemon Skunk - 1\2 of the plants DIED with the same treatment others recieved and flourished. They yield TERRIBLY. They have no vigor at all. BUT the product is FIRE. Even that its really not my type of high (electrifying type of high) I can't deny its DANK.
I have a friend willing to pay 50% more on the Lemon Skunk than on my other strains. Oddly, I don't sell weed so when its done its done no matter how much money he is willing to spend but you get my drift.
 
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