Joe's Grow Show Pt. 1: The Coco Diaries

[Thejoeybrown]

nice root ball. im chilling here.. bored out of my skull. i have to top my little ones soon.

yeah snapping branches suck. hah.. i guess that is part of the gig.. at least is was not a main cola that would sting a bit.

loading a bowl here,
bowl up,
chris.

Ya. Trade damage I guess lol. Technically it was a main cola. Lol. If you look close I am doing a main line so I topped above 3rd node and those 2 are my new main cola. Now she's back to one. Lol. I topped her one good one the day after it broke to give her a head start and I will be giving the rest their second topping this weekend. Then a 3rd top about a week later and then I will probably just do some LST and let them grow without any stress for a couple weeks before I flip. I'm trying to do all my topping early so they are strong when I flip

Ya man boredom is the devils plaything. Hahah. I kno you aren't as mobile as you would like but can you top them with no help? Give you something to do and it's therapeutic. Lol. Throw them in the clones. Just a thought

 

[jipp]

Ya. Trade damage I guess lol. Technically it was a main cola. Lol. If you look close I am doing a main line so I topped above 3rd node and those 2 are my new main cola. Now she's back to one. Lol. I topped her one good one the day after it broke to give her a head start and I will be giving the rest their second topping this weekend. Then a 3rd top about a week later and then I will probably just do some LST and let them grow without any stress for a couple weeks before I flip. I'm trying to do all my topping early so they are strong when I flip

Ya man boredom is the devils plaything. Hahah. I kno you aren't as mobile as you would like but can you top them with no help? Give you something to do and it's therapeutic. Lol. Throw them in the clones. Just a thought

yeah man i can top them my self. im just waiting for them to grow a node or two.. beside they are to short to see anything. lol.. im gonna have some short bushs this round.

 

[jipp]

i just looked the afghans aree ready to be topped. as soon as the wifi lemon aliens are ready ill top them all at the same time.. im gonna have some real short bushs i think.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

yeah man i can top them my self. im just waiting for them to grow a node or two.. beside they are to short to see anything. lol.. im gonna have some short bushs this round.

Hey bushes aren't a bad thing. Lol. Ya man I wasn't implying you couldn't handle that lol I just didn't know if that's why you weren't topping them but definitely better to wait till they are more than ready. One of my problems is topping too early and occasionally I do lose a few days while they recover. I keep telling myself to wait and too a few nodes down instead of pinching the new growth tip. Lol

 

[jipp]

Hey bushes aren't a bad thing. Lol. Ya man I wasn't implying you couldn't handle that lol I just didn't know if that's why you weren't topping them but definitely better to wait till they are more than ready. One of my problems is topping too early and occasionally I do lose a few days while they recover. I keep telling myself to wait and too a few nodes down instead of pinching the new growth tip. Lol

yeah i hear ya. i look at them and they are so short im thinking well hell im gonna have to lift up there skirts to top there ass.. and i want my topping to have some of the shoot sticking up not pinching right at the base im told as this helps keep the plant from splitting at that weaken node. so i was told 3/4" but you know i do not know if ill get that from these short fuckers.
morning shot of my kids.

we have solo #2 in the blue cup, pfx ( alien bubba basically ),pepper plant, clone of #3 pancake which needs to be topped, wifi 2,kush,wifi 1, fat leaf afghan, runt afghan, 93 afghan. lol.

that fat leaf afghan the shaggy dog is gonna cause me head ache as they grow.. as it has fucked with my head so far, if i would of never got these odd phenos to me at least of afghans. i probably would assume all MJ plants were suppose to reach to the sky. lol.. so one would think over watered.. i wonder how many people will get on my case about it as the grow goes. we will find out, its would easy to do unless you have personal experience or are informed with of one of these fuckers at some point...
laughs,
chris.

 

[Irietime]

What up guys. New beds for all the girls to sleep in today. Successful transplanting all the way around. The roots were actually way more developed than I thought but I wanted to get them in better Coco as I suspected a little drainage issue. I put a layer of hydro corn on the bottom of the new pots to help with that.

I did have a little mishap a couple days ago my clothes got caught on an LST tie I had on one of the girls and snapped one of her tops off (oops). She will be fine just a little behind on the number of tops now.
Here's a few pics of before and after as well as some root porn for @justiceman, and a pic of the poor girl who got her arm broke.

How you guys doin?

Plants are looking really happy!!

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Plants are looking really happy!!

Thanks brotha. They definitely are. I will say in my attempt to do all the topping and stressing early to allow the babies to grow unbothered for as long as possible I'm walking a fine line. Lol. Some may have benefited from some extra time before the stress. Buuuut all in all they are doing great. I'm super happy with what I saw in the roots. I will continue my plan and give them a few days I will do another topping then one more. Shooting for the "8 top" mainline on all 7. I think in another 2 weeks or so they will be at their strongest thriving. I think by the time I flip I will be adding another 1000w dimmable to the room. 7 plants will be pushing the footprint as it is and I plan on doin 12 each run once I've gotten it all dial d in with a few runs. I have a veg/clone room so I'm hoping every 6 weeks I can throw them into the loom room and re fill the veg room. 6 week veg and toss em in bloom so it may get crowded in there

 

[Irietime]

Sounds like a good plan. Look forward to watching it go down! Peace

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Sounds like a good plan. Look forward to watching it go down! Peace

Right on. Lol. Now just gotta get off my ass and take care of all the shit I'm procrastinating on. Too busy at work lately no time for anything. Blah.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Little update cuz I'm bored. Nothing much to report all the girls are doing good. Some of them are growing through their awkward teenage years but are very healthy and will grow out of it. Here's a pic of the white widows. Going to top them all again then just LST to let them grow stress free for a couple weeks

 

[justiceman]

I like those roots man. Nice and thick! Very nice flowers as well. Good to see.:smoking:

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Workin that manifold. 3 of the 7 got their (probably) last topping. I will probably stick to LST with and canopy management from here out unless I change my mind. Lol

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Just wanted to drop this of the cookies. The cure did her right. I love the amber trichs.

 

[Irietime]

Looks like some bomb dense nugs!

 

[Irietime]

Plants are looking sweet too!:)

 

[incogneato]

Just wanted to drop this of the cookies. The cure did her right. I love the amber trichs.

Good lawd!!!! I want to smoke some of that shit! Well one sir...starts slow clap

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Good lawd!!!! I want to smoke some of that shit! Well one sir...starts slow clap

Haha. Thanks bro. It's soo smooth and a nice white ash. Good genetics is what I'll attribute it to. Now to see if I can keep the quality up with new genetics. I'm hoping to find a keeper of each between these and I have 6 more seeds of each to choose from. I want to get my hands on some @thunderfudge genetics but not quite sure where. I feel ignorant. Haha

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Looks like some bomb dense nugs!

Plants are looking sweet too!:)

Thanks brotha. I'm ready for them to start taking off.

 

[incogneato]

Haha. Thanks bro. It's soo smooth and a nice white ash. Good genetics is what I'll attribute it to. Now to see if I can keep the quality up with new genetics. I'm hoping to find a keeper of each between these and I have 6 more seeds of each to choose from. I want to get my hands on some @thunderfudge genetics but not quite sure where. I feel ignorant. Haha

I agree on the thunderfudge. He has a log here, I know there are a few seed banks that have his gear on IG. That is definitely some good genetics you ran but you deserve credit for growing them right.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

What up guys. Not much to report, but I guess no news is good news. Lol. I'm actually really happy because (I think) I'm done with my topping and it should be just some LST and canopy management now. I topped them all pretty early for each topping because I wanted to do all the high stress as early as possible and give them the rest of their veg to grow with very little stress.

The first couple weeks were filled with making adjustments to the feed (the Jack Herer are definitely light feeders compared to the white widow) and making cuts causing them extra stress. It has been 2 full days since the last topping and today after worked I noticed the vigor starting to return and they just looked happier. It has been a tiring first few weeks for them. Lol

Now I get to sit back and observe. Let them do their thing and thrive.

Time to fine tune. None of these girls will be limping in to the flip. They will cross that line in full stride.