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Big Bad John, my first growing experiment.
I love a good smoke but i have never tryed growing before now so im a complete newbie.
Why did i choose this strain? its simple, a friend gave me a few seeds, thanks dude ;)
Thanks Green81 ;)
Well it seems this strain & breeder are getting alot of bad publicity both here & on many other websites but someones got to give them ago, right?
This little experiment of mine is firstly to see how well i can grow them indoors & to see what they are like for cloning, then secondly, the biggy, the outdoor experiment, will it really re-emerge & grow wild in the UK?
Remembering im a new grower you can laugh at my mistakes & setup now.
My setup, a wardrobe lined out with baking foil lol & 4x 100w 4u energy saving lightbulds, thats it, no fans, vents or feed.
As i said, i grew from seed, starting with 1 bulb & adding more accordingly, things were going really well untill towards the end of the veg phase, the plant was dehydrating, the leaf tips were all browning all over the plant, the main stem & all the stalks were redding, (redding was cured by giving less hours light) all i could do was to keep watering it to keep it alive, now i keep the pot in a bowl to hold the water.
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/2.jpg
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/6.jpg
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/7.jpg
Now, the plant has been in the flowering phase for 5 weeks & still i havnt given it any feed & durring this plants life time i have messed up badly with the light scheduling, almost half the hairs are turning orange & the buds are very small :(
Theres only one thing i can do, trick the plant back into the veg phase & feed it & put it under a 600w hps lamp, so i did & its made a huge difference ;)
Now the plant has just been tricked back into the flowering phase & im waiting for my first harvest, im planning on harvesting all the side branches & letting the top go to seed, then taking as many cuttings as i can & planting them out in the wilderness ;)
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/bbj21.jpg
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/bbj22.jpg
But im still having the problem of browning leaf tips, see below, can anyone tell me how to cure this or even whats causing it?
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/bbj23browningtips.jpg
I love a good smoke but i have never tryed growing before now so im a complete newbie.
Why did i choose this strain? its simple, a friend gave me a few seeds, thanks dude ;)
Extract taken from Pukka seeds webby
"Big Bad John (auto flowering)
"You heard of the low rider well this is the high rider"
Big Bad John (auto flowering)
Type Indoor/Outdoor
Flowering 7 weeks
Yield 400-450g/m2
This variety has been a long time coming and definitively confirms that the times they are a changing! As believe it or not this is deciduous herbaceous perennial strain!
For those of you that are not that horticulturally aware this means it has the ability to re-emerge after it has died.
Yes the seeds and not so commonly the plant can over winter and re-emerge come the spring, as in this little, or should we say big beauty will auto flower once it is established - if left to be it will set seeds, then these seeds will grow and then these plants will do the same thing so on and so forth ad infinitum!
For those of you that have still not seen the light, this means that it can grow wild and if left unchecked will colonise the areas where it is placed! in one season it can produce 3-4 generations of offspring and as each generation matures they will do the samething!
In plain English this variety can grow wild and colonise - if left will come back with a vengeance every season there after!
This strain has similar genetic characteristics as the Long John Silver (auto flowering) variety however is more productive both in yield and active ingredients compared to its more mellow younger brother.
Other seed banks have tried to buy the entire supply from us to stop these seeds hitting the market for fear of what this would do to the seed industry! But lol this is more important than mere money! - let these seeds go forth and prosper and re take what is rightfully theirs :)
Thanks Green81 ;)
Well it seems this strain & breeder are getting alot of bad publicity both here & on many other websites but someones got to give them ago, right?
This little experiment of mine is firstly to see how well i can grow them indoors & to see what they are like for cloning, then secondly, the biggy, the outdoor experiment, will it really re-emerge & grow wild in the UK?
Remembering im a new grower you can laugh at my mistakes & setup now.
My setup, a wardrobe lined out with baking foil lol & 4x 100w 4u energy saving lightbulds, thats it, no fans, vents or feed.
As i said, i grew from seed, starting with 1 bulb & adding more accordingly, things were going really well untill towards the end of the veg phase, the plant was dehydrating, the leaf tips were all browning all over the plant, the main stem & all the stalks were redding, (redding was cured by giving less hours light) all i could do was to keep watering it to keep it alive, now i keep the pot in a bowl to hold the water.
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/2.jpg
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/6.jpg
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/7.jpg
Now, the plant has been in the flowering phase for 5 weeks & still i havnt given it any feed & durring this plants life time i have messed up badly with the light scheduling, almost half the hairs are turning orange & the buds are very small :(
Theres only one thing i can do, trick the plant back into the veg phase & feed it & put it under a 600w hps lamp, so i did & its made a huge difference ;)
Now the plant has just been tricked back into the flowering phase & im waiting for my first harvest, im planning on harvesting all the side branches & letting the top go to seed, then taking as many cuttings as i can & planting them out in the wilderness ;)
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/bbj21.jpg
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/bbj22.jpg
But im still having the problem of browning leaf tips, see below, can anyone tell me how to cure this or even whats causing it?
http://i582.invalid.com/albums/ss270/Yes-i-Cannabis/bbj23browningtips.jpg