Well, it's Saturday already! My life is flying before my eyes! I DO NOT know where the time all goes! I swear sometimes the ONLY thing that keeps me sane & grounded is my little garden! It's amazing how much stress relief it provides. It's almost like my time with the plants, "re-sets" my clock (and everything else)! I don't know how I'd get by without it!!
Well, enuff of my bitching... Not really allot to report since my last update. Everybody seems pretty happy. Since we're not too developed yet, I won't bother posting pics each week of individual plants...unless there's something worth looking at. As you can see tho, flowering is underway. I will say that I'm very impressed with the structure on all of BOG's gear I've grown. This run is no exception. Nice structure and good, solid branches that won't go snapping under some weight.
In this shot, the Lifesavers are in the middle, Sour Bubble and Sour Strawberry to the left and Sour Grape (& chocolope) to the right. One of the Lifesaver phenos has a wonderful sweet, candy-like smell already that is very strong even now. It's looking like it;s going to be the better of the two yielders too so far. (As mentioned above).
Maxy Pad - Group
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I did re-organize in the veg tent a bit. I've been meaning to do this forever, and couldn't sleep cause of being stressed out the other night, so I just pulled an all-nighter and fooled around in the garden...
Maxy Pad - Veg Tent
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This just kinda lets me separate out the seedlings and get everybody closer to the light source. I REALLY need to add a veg tent. One of the reasons I've been flipping smaller is because I run out of room vegging awful quick. Once I've locked in on 3-4 strains I like that will meet my needs, I can concentrate on them and not have to be running as many strains at a time. I'll probably ALWAYS add one or two new ones tho! I LOVE the hunt!!! In the meantime, I'm just going to run fewer plants and start vegging a little larger. I CANNOT WAIT until I find a more permanent space so I can set up the way I want to, though! I've had to almost completely "re-learn" everything to scale down to the little tents! It's been a challenge...but a fun one & I love learning more about our favorite plant! My problem now that I've re-done the veg tent is that I have a 4' Bad Boy T-5 and an UNO 4' VHO T-5 lights sitting here unused!!! That's gonna keep me up night too! :facepalm: On well...Haha! Here's what's running now...
Maxy Pad - Veg/Seedlings
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The larger two in the back are the Blueberry S1's I've been SO excited about!! My pH got off just a tad (recalibrate, recalibrate, recalibrate!!) but I caught it pretty quick thanks to my 3-drop kit back-up, so I don't think it's going to cause any problems. (Thank you, God)! Again...these are S1's gifted to me (Thanks Chem)!! of an old-school "keeper" Dutch Passion blueberry. According to Chem, he and a partner were going through as many as it took to find that special lady and she showed up on number #35 I think he said. Chem tells me it's killer in ALL departments...flavor, potency, yield, color, frost...this gal has supposedly got it all!! In front are two of the Grape Stomper X Tahoe OG BX. The potency of this gal should be through the roof! Thanks again Chem for all your generosity!!
Maxy Pad - Veg/Seedlings
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And speaking of Chem' generosity...here's a pic of the (Sannie) Selene X Holy Princess. There are 2 Bogbubble seedlings right next to these, but I failed to get a pic (srry). They are looking healthy and good too.
Maxy Pad - Veg
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On this side of things, we've got allot of BOG gear in various stages of vegging. Lifesaver, Sour Strawberry, Sour Bubble and a few others including the chocolope. The chocolope grows so damn fast it's hard to get any real size to it without it being lanky due to it's mostly sativa genetics. (It's chocolate Thai X cannalope haze). I've tried topping, pinching and tying her down and letting the branches grow up to become the tops! If I could figure out how to get the yield up on the chocolope more, I'd run more of it. It's a delicious, very enjoyable plant to smoke!!
Maxy Pad - Sour Bubble
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I like to get some opinions on this from you seasoned Sour Bubble afficianados out there...
When I was trying to sex this plant, I kept thinking it was looking more and more male. The preflowers were really not distinguishable. They were just little round nubs. I finally went ahead and up-potted it and then flipped it. A few days later I noticed pistils coming from the top node. I figured it was female and just left her to do her thing. Over the course of the next few days, the plants indistinguishable preflowers formed into male balls! They weren't on every node though. Now I'm positive there were no light leaks or other stress that might have caused it. All the plants right beside this one were fine. It was localized to this plant. It seemed to me that the plant just seemed confused. Maybe I confused it by flipping it before the preflowers were fully formed.
At any rate...I simply removed all the male ball sacks and have been watching closely for their return. I have found a couple since then...but not but maybe 4 or 5 and they do NOT seem to be growing back at all on the main stalk. Only on the lower branches, It's also possible I simply missed these when I was removing them. It is also just as possible that these have formed and grown back since being removed. I really can't say which. If they are coming back, they're not coming back profusely. So my pan is to keep picking them off as I find them as long as only a couple show up. If it breaks out in them...of course she's gone. I'm really just hanging onto it because it's a sour bubble! haha! If it was most anything else...it would've already been gone! My question for you folks (and I'd LOVE your opinion here please BOG) is do you think I'm just kidding myself? I want to believe it may be all female from this point on. Is it possible that one can revert to being 100% female even after a few male flowers at the start of bloom? She and her clones are taking up space, light and nutes...so if this is a waste of time, I'd like to bite the bullet and (as much as it will hurt) eliminate her now.
All opinions are very much appreciated. Thanks for dropping by! Best to all! -Max
