Shady’s Natural Selection… Round 4: More Strains & Growing Pains

[Shady]

Shady Nug Shots… Round 5’s Cure

Man Shady I really like the DUD #3, reminds me of Joes DUD mom. Whats the smoke like on her? Keep up the great work!

-Lil Zayne

Whaddup Lil Zayne! Thx for stopping by and the very kind words... DUD #3 is packed with resin and hits you in the forehead with the chem flavor and a hint of OG. :mmm



Shady Nug Shots… Round 5’s Cure

Here’s a few more nug shots from Round 5. Cured to perfection for over 6 weeks…

Blue Hellfire x Kali Mist #2…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/BHxKM2-1.jpg

Blue Hellfire x Kali Mist #3…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/BHxKM30.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/BHxKM31.jpg

Raskal’s OG #3…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ROG30.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ROG31.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ROG32.jpg

Master Kush x Bubba Kush…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MxB0-1.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MxB1-1.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MxB2.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MxB3.jpg

Double Underdawg #3…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DUD30.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DUD31.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DUD32.jpg

:cool

 

[winta]

dam shady still killin em! nice cure bro i bet the smoke is killa!

 

[caliogk]

I bet that larry 3 was a delightful treat.

Great work!

 

[Shady]

Shady’s Testing… A new lineup

dam shady still killin em! nice cure bro i bet the smoke is killa!

Thx winta! These buds are smooth knockouts... :punch

I bet that larry 3 was a delightful treat.

Great work!

Thx for checking out my journals caliogk! Hmmm, I haven't grown the Larry OG yet, but I was recently gifted some Larry OG beans... :thinking

:icon_spin:

Shady’s Testing… A new lineup

Recently, I was gifted some special genetics from a good friend and talented farmer. I’m very grateful and excited to finally run some of OG Raskal‘s gear. I’ve spent plenty of time deciding which beans to pop and hope to find some killer phenos... So here’s the new lineup, with the Guava 13 starting the list from TopDawg Seeds and the next three from OG Raskal Seeds:

• Guava 13
• Purple Urkle x The White (fem)
• Socal Master Kush x The White (fem)
• Alien Kush F2

This time I’ll sort the picts by strain starting with a quote to my Guava 13 Test Grow…

:hi:Greetings fellow farmers! I’ve been a big fan of all Chemdog related strains and TopDawg Seeds for quite a while now, and I’m honored to be chosen by JJ-NYC, to test Guava 13, which is Guava X(HP13 X HP#1/Double Dawg) Backcross. Double Dawg is Chem Dawg D X Afghani#1 backcrossed. Guava was a Stardawg pheno, and Stardawg’s lineage is Star Dawg = (Chemdog #4 X Tres Dawg). Finally Tres Dawg = Chemdog D Bx2. As for the Hash Plants, HP13 & HP1, I’m still searching for more info on those strains… :icon_dizzy:


Additionally, I’d like to thank Logic for making THC Farmer a place where we can grow together and have access to amazing genetics… :nod

On Saturday at 4:20 pm, germination began on four Guava 13 beans after shady selection and scarification. 24 hrs later on 8/8/10, all 4 beans had popped. Just after midnight, all beans were planted into rockwool cubes that had been soaking in a shady nute mix set at 195 PPM and 6.10 pH. Let's get this party started… :party

Guava 13…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Guava130.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Guava131.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Guava132.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Guava133.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Guava134.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Guava135.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Guava136.jpg

Purple Urkle x The White…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/PurpleUrklexWhite0.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/PurpleUrklexWhite1.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/PurpleUrklexWhite2.jpg

Socal Master Kush x The White…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MasterKushxWhite0.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MasterKushxWhite1.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MasterKushxWhite2.jpg

Alien Kush F2…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/AlienKushF20.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/AlienKushF21.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/AlienKushF22.jpg

The new Shady Lineup…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ShadyLineup.jpg

Today, most of the seedlings have breached the surface on their first day of light…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ShadyLineup0.jpg

:rock

P.S. Here’s the last nug shots from Round 5, Sensi Skunk #3…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/SensiSkunk30.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/SensiSkunk31.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/SensiSkunk32.jpg

And a lower bud site with several Sensi Skunk #3 S1 beans…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/SensiSkunk33.jpg

P.S.S. Figured I'd toss up an edited quote to Round 6's Testing of LED's and the beginning of the cure:

:weed-sign:
Shady Nug Shots… Curing Begins on Round 6

Okay, Round 6’s LED harvest finished drying on Saturday and was ready for the cure…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/LEDRound6.jpg

:cool I'm in the zone... Might as well update Round 7 in case there are any shady lurkers in the cuts...


Shady Update… Round 7

Just a quick update on Round 7, going into Week 7, and ready for a res change…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Round72-3.jpg

Last week I finally added the screen to keep these girls in their place…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Round71-3.jpg

So much variety and such an uneven canopy as usual…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Round70-3.jpg

:whew

 

[true grit]

Yeah bro! Lookin uber dank! Cant wait to see your new gear that got cracked!! Everything is lookin killer man! You will love the white mk, its some of the best smoke i have...period.

 

[Skunkmasterflex]

FIRE!.....cant wait for the new run of shady beans popped, im pumped for ya bro! all 4 of the new ones should be amazing. ill be watching this one like usual. Good karma to you on finding a great pheno from each!!:sun

 

[justiceman]

Damn dude not messing around I see!. You got some new genes going now ay. Can't wait to see what those look like under you thumb mang. I expect some Fire from those beans.:rasta2:

The nug quality on the LED test run looks impressive to say the least. Seems Like LED can produce some great resin quality no doubt.

 

[Shady]

Shady Update… Round 7

Yeah bro! Lookin uber dank! Cant wait to see your new gear that got cracked!! Everything is lookin killer man! You will love the white mk, its some of the best smoke i have...period.

Whaddup true grit! Thx bro... I could only hope to find a keeper like your White Master... She's gorgeous! :happy

FIRE!.....cant wait for the new run of shady beans popped, im pumped for ya bro! all 4 of the new ones should be amazing. ill be watching this one like usual. Good karma to you on finding a great pheno from each!!:sun

Sup SMF! Thx for the good karma and kindness... I hope to find some special ladies in these seedlings! :cool

Damn dude not messing around I see!. You got some new genes going now ay. Can't wait to see what those look like under you thumb mang. I expect some Fire from those beans.:rasta2:

The nug quality on the LED test run looks impressive to say the least. Seems Like LED can produce some great resin quality no doubt.

Thx justiceman! This set of seedlings is going to be a real treat... And soon I'm gonna pop a few more Double Underdawg and Chemdog's Sister once my White D arrives! It's gonna be a packed party up in here...
:party0023:

Shady Update… Round 7
Admittedly, I haven’t spent much time in the Shady Bloom Room this round. Aside from being my second run in coco DTW, I haven’t changed the watering frequency and have been doing res changes every other week. For the most part, my pH has been absolutely stable around 6.0 and I think it should prob be around 5.8 in the next Round. Until then, here’s some shots at the beginning of Wk #8…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ShadyR71.jpg

Due to the uneven canopy and heat stress, the upper leaves and ones near the center are deficient even with two flushes during bloom…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ShadyR70.jpg

Now for the bud shots, first is Chem’s Sis #1 that has the largest cola this round despite an early nitrification and burn from being too close to the HPS…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ChemsSis1.jpg

Chem’s Sis #4 is furthest from the HPS and also had too much Nitrogen early in bloom…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ChemsSis4.jpg

A shot of DUD #3 in the center of the tray closest to the HPS…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DUD30-1.jpg

A shot of a diff DUD #3 on the edge of the tray (closest to the open bathroom door) with less heat stress. She’s a keeper…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DUD31-1.jpg

I only ran one MxB this round, but will seriously consider a monocrop in the near future…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MxB0-2.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MxB1-2.jpg

I might have to seriously consider culling my OG, now that I’ve got some new genetics in the cuts…
[FONT=&quot]http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/OG-1.jpg
:icon_dizzy:
[/FONT]

 

[TrichromeFan]

Here’s a few more nug shots from Round 5. Cured to perfection for over 6 weeks…:cool

Man,
Shady, you got some serious passion and skills with taking care of all those ladies!:rauch08:

6 Week cure? Outta site! DJ Short style in the house!

I gotta try that myself once I get things running again. Lovin' my build, but ready to be a grower again, not just a builder.

Thanks Shady.

-TF

 

[edux10]

Due to the uneven canopy and heat stress, the upper leaves and ones near the center are deficient even with two flushes during bloom…

what do you mean by this? Wouldnt flushing make them deffeciant?

 

[sfzoo]

edux, i think he means..since there were 2 flushes that should have negated any lockout situations.

 

[HighTolerance]

As usual, killin it son. Great work on everything. Excellent buds, photographs, and glass. Cheers.

Happy to be back on the farm, started with some Shady Bud Porn of course.

 

[justiceman]

Lookin good shady! Those nugs are still damn frosted regardless of the Mg, or N issue you have. So those are in coco right? Would you say you got a lockout or they are just deficient? And If you somehow got lock out what would you attribute it to?

 

[Shady]

Shady Round 7… The Final Flush

Man,
Shady, you got some serious passion and skills with taking care of all those ladies!:rauch08:

6 Week cure? Outta site! DJ Short style in the house!

I gotta try that myself once I get things running again. Lovin' my build, but ready to be a grower again, not just a builder.

Thanks Shady.

-TF

Thanks TF! This new job has got me back into my main passion of construction as did your super clean MPB room build... :cool

what do you mean by this? Wouldnt flushing make them deffeciant?

Sometimes I second guess my self and honestly I think if there was a lockout, the deficiencies would have cleared up after a flush. Since they didn't and seem to be concentrated directly in the center of the tray and closest to the HPS, I'd say it's a combination of moisture stress, high light intensity, overwatering, and too high of PK boosters... :thinking

edux, i think he means..since there were 2 flushes that should have negated any lockout situations.

Yeah... then again, who really knows? :itwasntme

As usual, killin it son. Great work on everything. Excellent buds, photographs, and glass. Cheers.

Happy to be back on the farm, started with some Shady Bud Porn of course.

Whaddup HT! I'm glad someone likes that sick custom glass... I've got some more eye candy in this post... :mmm

Lookin good shady! Those nugs are still damn frosted regardless of the Mg, or N issue you have. So those are in coco right? Would you say you got a lockout or they are just deficient? And If you somehow got lock out what would you attribute it to?

Thx mang! Yeah Round 7 is B'cuzz Coco and Chunky Perlite in a 1:1 ratio, drain to waste... I think these girls could use a coco specific nute like Canna... maybe some more TLC from me and a chiller for the res... :icon_dizzy:



Shady Round 7… The Final Flush

It been quite a hectic last couple of months with the new job. Luckily the automated system has kept me from missing any feedings, although I haven’t posted the last two res changes and the girls haven’t received my full attention or love. The following photos were taken on 8/22/10 at lights out…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Round71-4.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/Round70-4.jpg

Chem’s Sis #1…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ChemsSis1-1.jpg

Chem’s Sis #4…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/ChemsSis4-1.jpg

Double Underdawg #3…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DoubleUnderdawg30.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DoubleUnderdawg31.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/DoubleUnderdawg32.jpg

Master Kush x Bubba Kush…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MasterxBubba3.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MasterxBubba0.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MasterxBubba1.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MasterxBubba2.jpg

OG Kush…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/OGKush-1.jpg


And here’s a couple shots from the Shady Veg Station… I’ll start with a Master x Bubba in veg…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/MxB-2.jpg

Then there’s the Grape Romulan…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/GrapeRomulan.jpg

And the auto flowering CVK #4…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/CVK4.jpg

Back to Round 7, where I began the final flush on 8/25/10 (Day 60)… Here’s a couple shots taken yesterday on Day 65…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/R7FinalFlush0.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/R7FinalFlush1.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/R7FinalFlush2.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/R7FinalFlush3.jpg

And back to the Shady Veg Station to see how the clone of Raskal’s OG #1 is doing…
http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/RaskalsOG10.jpg

http://i858.invalid.com/albums/ab146/ShadyRoundFive/Round%20Seven/RaskalsOG11.jpg

:whew

 

[Socachi]

Hey Shady diggin those new genetics you've got but Im especially liking that Chemdog's Sister. So, from all the different strains you've grown so far what is turning out to be your best producer and quality smoke.
I realize this may change with the new beans, that Guava has really caught my attention.

Congrats on the new job... Socachi

 

[winta]

ahhhh we're at the final flush once again! lookin yummy again that master bubba is something special!

 

[Socachi]

Shady so are you about ready to pull the trigger on that UC system?
What type of chiller will you be using?
What's the ventilation looking like?
Window ac size?
Nutes?
CO2 tank or burner?
I take it you'll be in the br where you had the tent.

I want to see lots of pics and the great detail you're known for. :confused0059:

Do I seem a little impatient. :dull

Does any of this sound familiar?? :giggle

 

[true grit]

Still lookin killer bro, even with time constraints!! Tell ya what tho bro, my coco gals are loving the AN...switched from AN 3pt to Sensi AB Grow and the teens are flourishing...using Connie in flower and same thing...no more 3pt for me but they all seem to be diggin it....

 

[Dirty White Boy]

Very Nice, diggin the chunkyness of those buds...

 

[justiceman]

Damn dude even though your real busy with your job those nugs still look great! That DUD 3 always looks awesome. Can't wait to see how the GR turns out too.