Junk's Growing Log

Wishbone · Aug 24, 2018

SmithsJunk said:
Thank you.

If it gets any bigger we'll be able to use "it" as a telephone pole, hehe. She is somewhere around 10-11'. Griswald Jr is about 7'. Hard to get pictures that really show their sise. I hope my Tiger Bloom gets here today. Cult Hydro said between the 24th-30th but last time I ordered from them it only took 3 days. Ordered Sat. When I start feeding them TB every 4 days along with the Krazy Kelp, then Beastie Blooms (every 6 days), you're gonna see a major growth explosion (my prediction). I wouldn't be surprised if they break 13', maybe even 15'+. That stuff works great.

I am learning a whole lot from this grow. Next year I plan on growing monsters. I'll try again if these hit my target yield of 15lbs+ and have potent flowers. I need to fill the pots to the top and duplicate the fan leaf pruning I did while the last three were in the tent. That pruning created the triple stalked plants. The Griswald and Jr were never pruned and they took on the classic Christmas tree shape. It's easier to get the nutes to a plant that sise if they're split between multiple stalks. Keeping them big and bushy helps protect them from some of the high wind dtorms we get here in the fall. Mountain weather an all.

OK, I'm stoned and runnning on here, hehe. I can't believe I'm still getting baked off of that Royal Nepal Kush I grew last year. After smoking it every day since last November you'd think I'd have tolerance by now. Though, when I smoke it with my friends they go all derp. Good sh*t Maynerd.

Hell ya, I’m going to look into kush next year for an earlier finish. Remind me again how much you pulled on last years crop?

SmithsJunk · Aug 24, 2018

Wishbone said:
Hell ya, I’m going to look into kush next year for an earlier finish. Remind me again how much you pulled on last years crop?

It was Royal Nepal Kush (Nepal Kush x Royal Dane). Pulled over 6lbs from 3 plants. RNK was bred for massive amounts of resin and it's very potent. I've extracted well over 20% with a rosin press. If you can find it, buy it. I have one bean left and I'm going to use it for breeding either way it turns out. Can't lose these genetics.

SmithsJunk · Aug 24, 2018

SmithsJunk · Aug 24, 2018

More mite pics.

WhtChocolate · Aug 24, 2018

SmithsJunk said:
Thank you.

If it gets any bigger we'll be able to use "it" as a telephone pole, hehe. She is somewhere around 10-11'. Griswald Jr is about 7'. Hard to get pictures that really show their sise. I hope my Tiger Bloom gets here today. Cult Hydro said between the 24th-30th but last time I ordered from them it only took 3 days. Ordered Sat. When I start feeding them TB every 4 days along with the Krazy Kelp, then Beastie Blooms (every 6 days), you're gonna see a major growth explosion (my prediction). I wouldn't be surprised if they break 13', maybe even 15'+. That stuff works great.

I am learning a whole lot from this grow. Next year I plan on growing monsters. I'll try again if these hit my target yield of 15lbs+ and have potent flowers. I need to fill the pots to the top and duplicate the fan leaf pruning I did while the last three were in the tent. That pruning created the triple stalked plants. The Griswald and Jr were never pruned and they took on the classic Christmas tree shape. It's easier to get the nutes to a plant that sise if they're split between multiple stalks. Keeping them big and bushy helps protect them from some of the high wind dtorms we get here in the fall. Mountain weather an all.

OK, I'm stoned and runnning on here, hehe. I can't believe I'm still getting baked off of that Royal Nepal Kush I grew last year. After smoking it every day since last November you'd think I'd have tolerance by now. Though, when I smoke it with my friends they go all derp. Good sh*t Maynerd.

Griswald and Jr. privileged to aid in the nicknames.

SmithsJunk · Aug 25, 2018

Grow Log 8/25/18

SmithsJunk · Aug 25, 2018

WhtChocolate said:
Griswald and Jr. privileged to aid in the nicknames.

Was a great choice on your part. Thanks.

SmithsJunk · Aug 25, 2018

Grow Log 8/25/18 #2

Banana Ice Cream #1 (Aka, Jr) Smallest plant with best flowers so far

Her bracts are very large

Banana Crack

Banana Ice Cream #3

Orange Creamsicle, furthest along and seems to be the spider mite's favorite dessert

Idunnoes, finally beginning to flower

WhtChocolate · Aug 25, 2018

SmithsJunk said:
Grow Log 8/25/18 #2

Banana Ice Cream #1 (Aka, Jr) Smallest plant with best flowers so far
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Banana Ice Cream #2 (Aka, "Griswald" @WhtChocolate (c)2018)
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Banana Crack
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Banana Ice Cream #3
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Orange Creamsicle, furthest along and seems to be the spider mite's favorite dessert
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Idunnoes, finally beginning to flower
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Respect SmithsJunk!
Man I am anxious to see your yield this year. Keep the updates coming!

SmithsJunk · Aug 25, 2018

WhtChocolate said:
Respect SmithsJunk!
Man I am anxious to see your yield this year. Keep the updates coming!

Thanks, hehe. I post updates almost every day. I will keep posting all the way through curing and even rosin extraction like I did last year. This forum is like a ghost town from Dec-May. Except for the indoor growers. I have a whole page where we were talking about gaming and computers last winter, lol.

SmithsJunk · Aug 25, 2018

The three Banana Ice Cream are so different from each other it's like they're completely different strains. This is my first year growing from seed so I don't know if this is common but it doesn't seem like the strain is stable yet. They were great seeds though and I'm actually happy for the varied genetics especially if the effects of the flowers are just as varied.

Need to get the jacks bolted onto my trailer so I have room to put up my tent. Where I'm placing it will be directly in the way of one rear jack. I'm having a rough time getting down on the ground to attach them because of my hip replacements and nerve damage. I have a plan that might work with clamping the jack to the bracket with a vise-grip clamp so I can drill the holes and bolt it up. It'll be so nice not to have that slight lean to my 5th wheel. Its messing up how my shower drains, the water tanks, and I already have trouble balancing without that extra hassle.

SmithsJunk · Aug 26, 2018

Grow Log 8/26/18

Ran out of Cha Ching and because of a problem with USPS I still don't have my Tiger Bloom. I mixed bat guano with today's food so they get some nitrogen. The way they've been sucking it up there shouldn't be a problem with a burn, hopefully. These have been some really whiney bitch plants though.

I really feel blessed living where I do.

WhtChocolate · Aug 26, 2018

SmithsJunk said:
Grow Log 8/26/18

Ran out of Cha Ching and because of a problem with USPS I still don't have my Tiger Bloom. I mixed bat guano with today's food so they get some nitrogen. The way they've been sucking it up there shouldn't be a problem with a burn, hopefully. These have been some really whiney bitch plants though.

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How far along in bloom? I’m wondering when to pull back on the N. Mine is a whore and still loving half concentration since flowering.

SmithsJunk · Aug 26, 2018

Grow Log 8/26/18

It's still a trip to me that these Banana Ice Cream are the same strain. Every day they look more and more different.

Random garden flower pics.

The Banana Crack is growing in very weird ways. One of the branches is twice the sise of the main stalk and has a densely packed cola of big flowers. The rest of the plant has longer internodal gaps and smaller blooms. I think this has to do with the slight re-veg. Maybe this cola escaped it and continued developing. Crazy.

SmithsJunk · Aug 26, 2018

Ok, so I think I know what I want to do with the clones I'm going to take. I'll tent grow them big enough to clone. At the same time I'll grow my last Royal Nepal Kush bean and hopefully I can force it male. I'll compare between my monster clones and their clones to see which ones I want to be mothers and pollenate tha others with the RNK. I'll keep the mothers as houseplants since I'll need little light and they shouldn't need a tent. I can keep them warm through the winter or just flower them once the seed crop is finished. Flip the seed crop as soon as possible and get them done before it gets cold. If I can pull off RNK x Banana Crack and Ice Cream, I have a good possibility for giant resinous Kush trees & colas with that sativa buzz.

I can do this I think.

SmithsJunk · Aug 27, 2018

WhtChocolate said:
How far along in bloom? I’m wondering when to pull back on the N. Mine is a whore and still loving half concentration since flowering.

Sorry, saw this post but forgot to come back and answer it.

Every strain is different. Some like nitrogen a lot more and will continue to like it during bloom. Maybe I'm wrong on this but I just try to read my girls and if they seem to need nitrogen I'll keep supplying it. My plants are not a good example to follow. They flowered prematurely then re-veg'd because of the forest fire smoke. If it helps, most people's plants are about 3-4 weeks into bloom right now. Maybe pick up some nutes with a small source of readily available nitrogen, like I'm doing with the Tiger Bloom. I'm diluting it to 25% of the reccommended dose and will work my way up with a 25% increase each week until they seem happy. Make sure if you have any overlap between nutes that you compensate with a reduced %age. I would suggest using nutes that are designed to work together. Mixing and matching can cause problems for us novice growers. Example, I'm using Fox Farms Tiger Bloom and I'll be buying some FF Big Bloom to go with it as soon as my Krazy Kelp is finished. Luckily for me Krazy Kelp's ratio of NPK is ver similar to Big Bloom but much more concentrated, so I can dilute until I can afford some Big Bloom.

If you want to try out FF to see if a matched set of nutes can help it's around $25-$30 for a three pint (total) Fox Farm Trio (Tiger Bloom, Big Bloom, Grow Big). It is only enough to test it out. To get it in gallons runs about $120+, buying separate will cost $150+. It doesn't get much cheaper for prepared nutes. There are a lot of A+B(+C) nutrient solutions out there and they're separated for a reason, ie; calcium and sulfur in a liquid suspension will bind together into a solid and sink to the bottom. It's very bad for any hydroponics and even limits the available nutrients if mixed before using in soil.

My plants did very well last year with Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom, and Beastie Bloomz. I only had an uptake issue once and it was solved with a Sledge Hammer flush. I know you're doing your own nute thing but wanted to throw this out there for you. I would have done the Trio from the beginning of flower this year had I been able to afford it. My guess is that I wouldn't be having the nutrient problems I am now if I had.

Sorry about running on. I'm on a lot of pain killers this morning and they make me blah blah blah...

WhtChocolate · Aug 27, 2018

SmithsJunk said:
Sorry, saw this post but forgot to come back and answer it.

Every strain is different. Some like nitrogen a lot more and will continue to like it during bloom. Maybe I'm wrong on this but I just try to read my girls and if they seem to need nitrogen I'll keep supplying it. My plants are not a good example to follow. They flowered prematurely then re-veg'd because of the forest fire smoke. If it helps, most people's plants are about 3-4 weeks into bloom right now. Maybe pick up some nutes with a small source of readily available nitrogen, like I'm doing with the Tiger Bloom. I'm diluting it to 25% of the reccommended dose and will work my way up with a 25% increase each week until they seem happy. Make sure if you have any overlap between nutes that you compensate with a reduced %age. I would suggest using nutes that are designed to work together. Mixing and matching can cause problems for us novice growers. Example, I'm using Fox Farms Tiger Bloom and I'll be buying some FF Big Bloom to go with it as soon as my Krazy Kelp is finished. Luckily for me Krazy Kelp's ratio of NPK is ver similar to Big Bloom but much more concentrated, so I can dilute until I can afford some Big Bloom.

If you want to try out FF to see if a matched set of nutes can help it's around $25-$30 for a three pint (total) Fox Farm Trio (Tiger Bloom, Big Bloom, Grow Big). It is only enough to test it out. To get it in gallons runs about $120+, buying separate will cost $150+. It doesn't get much cheaper for prepared nutes. There are a lot of A+B(+C) nutrient solutions out there and they're separated for a reason, ie; calcium and sulfur in a liquid suspension will bind together into a solid and sink to the bottom. It's very bad for any hydroponics and even limits the available nutrients if mixed before using in soil.

My plants did very well last year with Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom, and Beastie Bloomz. I only had an uptake issue once and it was solved with a Sledge Hammer flush. I know you're doing your own nute thing but wanted to throw this out there for you. I would have done the Trio from the beginning of flower this year had I been able to afford it. My guess is that I wouldn't be having the nutrient problems I am now if I had.

Sorry about running on. I'm on a lot of pain killers this morning and they make me blah blah blah...

No worries SJunk, I appreciate the info. Started half concentrate of flower fuel....1-34-32 last week. We will see.

Have a better week this week!

SmithsJunk · Aug 27, 2018

WhtChocolate said:
No worries SJunk, I appreciate the info. Started half concentrate of flower fuel....1-34-32 last week. We will see.

Have a better week this week!

Thanks. I'm ordering some liquid cal/mag to see if it will get my re-veg'd girls back on track.

SmithsJunk · Aug 27, 2018

Grow Log 8/27/18

justiceman · Aug 28, 2018

Looking wonderful in here! Man I sure am glad the smoke has died down. I'm seeing a lot of huge cola sites starting to form up. You better get ready for some serious harvest work :D

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