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

[Thejoeybrown]

Dropping some pics. Noticing the trichomes really mushrooming out. Hard to see on pics. Need a better camera. Lol

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Dropping some pics. Noticing the trichomes really mushrooming out. Hard to see on pics. Need a better camera. Lol

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Wanted to show the color change on the fan leaves especially the under side. She thinks it's autumn.

 

[chronic68]

nice crystals forming

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Daily photos. I'm definitely hitting the fun zone. I could see changes in color and trichome production overnight today. Normally not so blatant tho. I'm getting excited. Gonna let them ride

 

[Thejoeybrown]

nice crystals forming

Thanks bro. Ya I can tell it won't be the biggest yielder ever but i knew GSC was that way but I'm hoping more for quality over quantity.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Sometimes I forget how much the HPS takes away from the overalls look on the plant. ESPECIALLY in photos. I finally took her right out in front of the room in the shade on a beautiful day and got some shots. WOW is it a huge difference. It was week 2 of flower last time I took out in natural light and it is week 6 now. What a difference.

Still have a couple weeks yet but things are starting to ramp up. Trying to keep her happy. Going to Harborside tomorrow to check out some seeds/clones to get next run in motion

 

[Thejoeybrown]

I'm at 6.5 weeks right now. You guys think it will go 11+ weeks? I'm leaning toward yes. lol I'm trying to judge so I can adjust my nutes 3 -4 weeks before harvest

 

[Thejoeybrown]

And some trich shots... I need to get some under natural lighting to get an idea o what's going on but just playing around with my loupe.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Sometimes I forget how much the HPS takes away from the overalls look on the plant. ESPECIALLY in photos. I finally took her right out in front of the room in the shade on a beautiful day and got some shots. WOW is it a huge difference. It was week 2 of flower last time I took out in natural light and it is week 6 now. What a difference.

Still have a couple weeks yet but things are starting to ramp up. Trying to keep her happy. Going to Harborside tomorrow to check out some seeds/clones to get next run in motion

I love how the leaves all turn purple on the underside only for now. Like autumn. So pretty. I wish I would have taken cuts from this girl. I won't let that happen again.

 

[Irietime]

Sometimes I forget how much the HPS takes away from the overalls look on the plant. ESPECIALLY in photos. I finally took her right out in front of the room in the shade on a beautiful day and got some shots. WOW is it a huge difference. It was week 2 of flower last time I took out in natural light and it is week 6 now. What a difference.

Still have a couple weeks yet but things are starting to ramp up. Trying to keep her happy. Going to Harborside tomorrow to check out some seeds/clones to get next run in motion

That frost is caking up!! Yeeehaaaa!!

 

[incogneato]

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And some trich shots... I need to get some under natural lighting to get an idea o what's going on but just playing around with my loupe.

Judging by that one clear shot in the middle I'd say you might go 10 weeks but that's just a guess. Every plant is different.

I love how the leaves all turn purple on the underside only for now. Like autumn. So pretty. I wish I would have taken cuts from this girl. I won't let that happen again.

You could monster crop her. Take a cut now and just reveg it.takes awhile but you keep your cut.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Coco growers... @justiceman mh question is this.

3 weeks prior to harvest according to my nute schedule I should cut the big bud and give overdrive for 2 weeks. For longer flower I add the weeks to the big bud weeks so it is still only 2 weeks of overdrive and 1 week flawless finish for flush. If I switch to the overdrive for 2 weeks and say I still have more time should I give the flush for as long as it takes? Or do I start giving plain water at the very end if she isn't ready? It's hard to tell when I'm 3 weeks away. Lol

 

[Irietime]

I can't tell ya, hopefully some one with more experience will chime in, but my plan is to give nutes til week 8, then straight ph'ed water til the end, whether 10 or 11 weeks or somewhere in the middle

 

[Thejoeybrown]

I can't tell ya, hopefully some one with more experience will chime in, but my plan is to give nutes til week 8, then straight ph'ed water til the end, whether 10 or 11 weeks or somewhere in the middle

ya that's what I was thinking as well hit you are in soil right? I'm worried being in Coco that I shouldn't do straight water. I was reading the flushing nutrient Flawless Finish and it has small amount of magnesium sulfur and nitrogen. I'm not sure if it would be ok to use for more than one week if need be. I wasn't planning on using straight water at all but I don't want to over do it with the flawless finish.

 

[incogneato]

ya that's what I was thinking as well hit you are in soil right? I'm worried being in Coco that I shouldn't do straight water. I was reading the flushing nutrient Flawless Finish and it has small amount of magnesium sulfur and nitrogen. I'm not sure if it would be ok to use for more than one week if need be. I wasn't planning on using straight water at all but I don't want to over do it with the flawless finish.

I did just ph'd water for 2 1/2 weeks but I only have one run to go by.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

I did just ph'd water for 2 1/2 weeks but I only have one run to go by.

That's good to know. No ill effects that you noticed? I wouldn't think so that late in flower as it is using uo the stored up nutrients but I don't know so I'm trying to gather some info.

 

[incogneato]

That's good to know. No ill effects that you noticed? I wouldn't think so that late in flower as it is using uo the stored up nutrients but I don't know so I'm trying to gather some info.

Nothing that I could see. They didn't even really fade that hard. There is quite a bit of stored nutrients in the plant and im sure some residual in the coco. I've seen plenty of seasoned growers flush just water for 2+ weeks with no I'll results. I'm going to compare some time between flushed and un flushed to see if I can tell the difference.

 

[Farmer P]

Nothing that I could see. They didn't even really fade that hard. There is quite a bit of stored nutrients in the plant and im sure some residual in the coco. I've seen plenty of seasoned growers flush just water for 2+ weeks with no I'll results. I'm going to compare some time between flushed and un flushed to see if I can tell the difference.

I had the same experience. Two weeks went by with hardly any fade. I did a third week without even ph'ing the water and finally got some good fading. And I was only growing in 1 gallon pots. I didn't add extra water, I just did my regular 30% runoff. I'm thinking next time I'll start the first week with a big flush like 200% runoff and see if I get better fade. One of my plants got cut down with only 1 week flush because I got a new clone and wanted to stay under the legal limit. It was the worst smoke of all the plants. I'll also add that the first plant I gave Floral Nectar almost all the way til the end and it was the best and stickiest. That also could have been because of the weather causing the drying to last much longer than the others. (it was colder and more humid) Unfortunately I don't have an a/c or humidifier set up yet.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Nothing that I could see. They didn't even really fade that hard. There is quite a bit of stored nutrients in the plant and im sure some residual in the coco. I've seen plenty of seasoned growers flush just water for 2+ weeks with no I'll results. I'm going to compare some time between flushed and un flushed to see if I can tell the difference.

Thanks bro. Ya after you said that I did a little more reading I think I've made a decision. Lol. I'm going to introduce the overdrive today being the first day of week 7. Two weeks of that will put me at the beginning of week 9. Then one week flawless finish and plain pH water for any time after that.

 

[Thejoeybrown]

Photo bomb. Doing my best with the shitty hps lighting, but I did take it outside the door for a second to look at the trichs and see where I'm at. Getting very milky. So far I'm very pleased with this girl.
The pic that is not in hps light is called "snowstorm". Lol