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

[Socachi]

Shady looks like you got bowls full of meds. When's the party bro :party0023:

 

[LEBDOG]

Great Job Shady! Great Journal too! Can't wait for the next one...

 

[supasticky]

Nice little collection you got goin lol lots of fire to smoke on. That mystery kush looks dank as fuck.

-Supa

 

[Raiderfan420]

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P.S. I’ve picked up several 2 gal Smart Pots, one large bag of chunky perlite, and one bag of B’Cuzz Coco for Round 5…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/CocoPerlite.jpg

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Very nice, I am going to run the same thing in my next flower. Is that B'Cuzz Coco Fiber or coir? Do you plan on flushing the coco? I notoced today that I had some setiment run off while I flush a few small pot of 50 chunky perlite/coco coir. Also, what are you going to veg in that you transfer to flower?
Those jars look like a gourmet collection, yum yum.

 

[HighTolerance]

Nice to see everything is moving along.

I went through your pictures, and man you are one hell of a photographer, even crazier grower. Honored to just know someone like you over the forums who can take care of business.

Strain: Chem Dawg's Sister
Grower: Shady (Crazy Photography skills)

A wonderfully centered and balanced picture of the infamous Chemdog D's Sis. Although not the main cola, it looks fantastic.

http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ChemsSis13.jpg

 

[Shady]

Shady Update...

good shit! i think that mystery is gonna be real bomb!

Hell yeah winta! Thx for the positive vibes brah... :cool It's hard to believe, but the Mystery Kush is looking even better in the cure.

Looks likes sweet smoke Shady.

I appreciate the kind words once again M.S.T.!!! Sweet aromas are emanating from the 707 Headband jar every time I burp it... :mmm

Shady looks like you got bowls full of meds. When's the party bro :party0023:

No doubt brah! :party It's like a mini club in my cupboard...

Great Job Shady! Great Journal too! Can't wait for the next one...

Nice to see you here again LEB!!! Round 5 is just around the corner, but this journal is going perpetual. I figure I've got to post a Round 5 thread in the Cali Connection forum, so Swerve will see my Raskal's OG and Chem Valley Kush in bloom... :giggle

Nice little collection you got goin lol lots of fire to smoke on. That mystery kush looks dank as fuck.

-Supa

Thx for sticking through my lengthy journals Supa! Everything seems to be on fire this round... :whew

BTW, I'm looking forward to your upcoming journal. Seems like you said it was gonna happen any day now... ;)

Very nice, I am going to run the same thing in my next flower. Is that B'Cuzz Coco Fiber or coir? Do you plan on flushing the coco? I notoced today that I had some setiment run off while I flush a few small pot of 50 chunky perlite/coco coir. Also, what are you going to veg in that you transfer to flower?
Those jars look like a gourmet collection, yum yum.

Thx buddy! Yeah it's B'Cuzz pure coco fiber... All of the Master x Bubba clones in hydroton, from my 2nd shelf's ebb 'n flow tray will be transplanted into coco and 35% chunky perlite. The seedlings will remain in hydroton cuz I don't want to screw them up... :thinking

Thx again for the compliments brother... :tongueout those little jars are small, but filled with goodies.

Nice to see everything is moving along.

I went through your pictures, and man you are one hell of a photographer, even crazier grower. Honored to just know someone like you over the forums who can take care of business.

Sup HT! Thx so much for the extremely kind words, and I'm honored to be nominated, but I'm just a rookie with a lot of time to practice my skillz... :D Too bad you didn't wait until tomorrow for April's POTM, cuz winta already nominated my Master x Bubba macro...


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Shady Update…

Yesterday I finally harvested the Purple Kush (last plant in Section A), and tomorrow I will water Section B for the final time before harvest on Day 70. The seedlings and clones for Round 5 are ready to go. Here’s a quick shot of the 1st Raskal’s OG seedling ready for the flip and sexing…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/RaskalsOG10-1.jpg

http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/RaskalsOG11-1.jpg

Okay, time for another look at Section B…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/SectionB-3.jpg

And a quick close-up of a cola from the 707 Headband in the foreground…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/707Headband-4.jpg

Continuing onto the Double Underdawg #2 in the background…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/Dud20-5.jpg

With a close-up of DUD #2’s top left branch of the previous picture…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/Dud21-4.jpg

Then there’s the DUD #4 that I topped…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/Dud4Topped-4.jpg

Can’t forget about Chemdog’s Sister #1…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ChemsSis1-2.jpg

Or Chem’s Sis #2…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ChemsSis2-2.jpg

Now for the shady surprise I mentioned recently; one plant in Section B hasn’t been photographed the entire round… :smirk The Bubba Kush. This plant unfortunately did not stretch and barely made it to the screen, while nearly being shaded by the Purple Kush for the entire round. When I discovered the 707 HB was a hermie a couple weeks ago, I also found a couple premature seeds on the adjacent Bubba Kush.
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Luckily most of Section B appears to be unpollinated. Now, I proudly present the Bubba Kush with a nearly mature bean and a couple more that will hopefully be mature by harvest…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/BubbaKush0.jpg

http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/BubbaKush1.jpg

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[Socachi]

Shady the CDS2 is looking fine man, that's one awesome cola. :harvest: Your OGR is looking real good, nice pattern good color. The one I have that auto flowered has a great smell and looks like it'll have some real good cola's once she goes to flower. Just need some room in there 1st.

 

[Socachi]

Shady you've been talking about going coco, have you had a chance to see this thread? Coco

 

[supasticky]

Yah bro. I was going to do a grow "strictly for education" flouro grow, and I still might. I just don't know if anyone on the farm will benefit from it. It seems like everyone is already beyond that lol and I don't have the area to put up a legit setup. Maybe I will though if people think it would be beneficial to the farm......

Those buds are looking dank bruh. Cant wait for those Raskals!

-Supa

 

[Socachi]

Yah bro. I was going to do a grow "strictly for education" flouro grow, and I still might. I just don't know if anyone on the farm will benefit from it. It seems like everyone is already beyond that lol and I don't have the area to put up a legit setup. Maybe I will though if people think it would be beneficial to the farm......

Those buds are looking dank bruh. Cant wait for those Raskals!

-Supa

Supasticky speaking for myself I'm all for it. Quality info is always helpful to us newbies. I say start that grow bro

 

[Shady]

Shady Bedroom...

Shady the CDS2 is looking fine man, that's one awesome cola. :harvest: Your OGR is looking real good, nice pattern good color. The one I have that auto flowered has a great smell and looks like it'll have some real good cola's once she goes to flower. Just need some room in there 1st.

Thx buddy! I think I need to get my OG back into Round 5... I'm out of room as well. :itwasntme

Shady you've been talking about going coco, have you had a chance to see this thread? Coco

Hahaa, yeah you're the absent minded professor... :tongue0011: I had already posted a couple days ago in that thread, but I def appreciate the heads-up and any good coco links are also welcome... :cool

Yah bro. I was going to do a grow "strictly for education" flouro grow, and I still might. I just don't know if anyone on the farm will benefit from it. It seems like everyone is already beyond that lol and I don't have the area to put up a legit setup. Maybe I will though if people think it would be beneficial to the farm......

Those buds are looking dank bruh. Cant wait for those Raskals!

-Supa

TF1 FTW... Don't be scared off by the big boys on the Farm... :giggle We can't all be ballin' out of control. :pimp:

Supasticky speaking for myself I'm all for it. Quality info is always helpful to us newbies. I say start that grow bro

No doubt brah, I agree and this post is for you Supa... ;)



Shady Bedroom..

This morning I watered Section B with R/O for the last time until harvest. Then I took apart my bed…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ShadyBedroom0.jpg

After the bed was out of the way, I vacuumed the floor…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ShadyBedroom1.jpg

And finally setup a Sun Hut LG with a temporary Fluorescent fixture for the photo op…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ShadyBedroom2.jpg

Tomorrow is gonna be a long day... :smirk

 

[Skunkmasterflex]

oh snap, shady is about to get naughty in a tent set awww shit lol....:)

 

[winta]

ok shady got the tent tworkin! :)

 

[FrostyDank]

healthy looking dank plants youve been growing shady. Keep up the good work. cant wait to see some dry shots of the next harvest

 

[Socachi]

Alright Shady got the tent going. Is that a 4'x6' tent and what's the black thing on the wall w the blue tape around it?

 

[supasticky]

Sick! Are you still going to be using the bathroom??
Im going to be getting this closet going pretty soon. Thanks for the kind words guys:damnhippie:

-Supa

 

[Shady]

Shady Preparations…

oh snap, shady is about to get naughty in a tent set awww shit lol....:)

:D Hahaa, yeah brah! I put all my bad girls in there for now...

ok shady got the tent tworkin! :)

:giggle The instructions were pretty basic, but I'm glad I finally got the tent upstairs cuz my mothers were gettin' burned on the bottom shelf...

healthy looking dank plants youve been growing shady. Keep up the good work. cant wait to see some dry shots of the next harvest

Thx for checking out my journal FrostyDank! Round 5 is gonna be a good one too... dry nug shots, healthy bud shots, sexing of seedlings, shady experiments in coco... :cool

Alright Shady got the tent going. Is that a 4'x6' tent and what's the black thing on the wall w the blue tape around it?

Right on buddy... That's a Sun Hut LG which is 35.5" deep, 54" wide, and 84" tall... :thinking Just big enough for me to put my Shady Veg Station inside and leave enough room for tall mothers on the floor in front. BTW, that's actually the back door access panel with green trim...

Sick! Are you still going to be using the bathroom??
Im going to be getting this closet going pretty soon. Thanks for the kind words guys:damnhippie:

-Supa

Sup Supa! I'm glad you're gonna pull the trigger... You'll do fine! :friday:

So here's my shady game plan... Start Round 5 in the bathroom, purchase a 1000W and build a frame to hold it and the 600W in the bedroom. Then install a portable AC in the bathroom with drain directly into the tub, and exhaust into the attic bypassing the bathroom vent fan. I will air cool both lights which will be in 6" hoods on an independent duct with either a 6" HO Can Fan or an 8" Max Fan and exhaust through the bathroom ceiling. Carbon Scrubbing with a 8" Max Fan and either a Can Filter 75 or 99.

After Round 5, I may upgrade one last time to an Undercurrent setup for the 1000W, seal the bedroom, swap the portable AC with a mini split and add a CO2 generator or tank with controllers... Well, that's the plan on my unemployment and harvest schedule. :itwasntme




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Shady Preparations…

Alright, Section B is in cruise control until harvest. Here’s a quick shot of my fav, the Chemdog’s Sister/D, pheno #1…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ChemsSis1-3.jpg

And since I plan on culling the 707 Headband, I figured I’d take another look at her…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/707Headband-5.jpg

Just a quick peek at the ghetto setup in the Shady Mother Tent until I can get some better lights in there. Today I fed them the same mix as last time. This shot was taken w/o the flash and all of these girls were severely damaged from being scrogged by my T-8 bulbs on the bottom shelf of the Shady Veg Station…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/Mothers.jpg

Time to check on the Shady Veg Station; I finally have moved my future mothers down to the bottom shelf and lowered the lights after wiping everything down…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ShadyVegStation-5.jpg

Here’s a close-up shot of the future mothers on the bottom shelf…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/FutureMothers-2.jpg

Round 5 couldn’t have been timed better, as the seedlings and clones in the 2nd shelf’s ebb ‘n flow tray are nearly root bound…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/EbbnFlow.jpg

As soon as the 2nd shelf is mostly emptied, I’ll be able to transplant the clones from the dome where they have been growing for quite some time. Today I changed the nute juice in the tray with the same mix as last time…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/ClonedSeedlings-2.jpg

So I decided to take out a couple Master Kush x Bubba Kush from the 2nd shelf and see how they look. Here’s one that I topped and supercropped…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/MasterxBubba0-6.jpg

http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/MasterxBubba1-6.jpg

And as I’ve mentioned before, I like to do shady experiments to teach myself first hand different techniques and results. Here’s a comparison of an untopped Master x Bubba on the left with the topped and supercropped one on the right.
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/MasterxBubba2-3.jpg

http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/MasterxBubba3-1.jpg

Finally, after taking the shots, and inspecting all the plants on the 2nd shelf, I realized that I had a slight Magnesium deficiency and the res needed 2 gal of topping off with 7 ml/gal of CalMag, which brought the res from 745 PPM down to 697 PPM. The pH dropped from 5.77 to 5.67, and I will add a slight amount of base tomorrow afternoon to raise the pH slightly for better Mg uptake.

Ok, I finally opened that bag of B’cuzz Coco pure fiber…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/BcuzzCoco1.jpg

And I got some R/O ready…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/BcuzzCoco0.jpg

Here’s the first run-off at 355 PPM…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/BcuzzCoco2.jpg

Then I flushed the coco once more…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/BcuzzCoco3.jpg

The 2nd run-off measured 252 PPM…
http://i808.invalid.com/albums/zz2/ShadyRound4/Round%204/BcuzzCoco4.jpg

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Since I’ve never used coco before, I’m open to suggestions on these results and a better way to flush, unless these amounts seem fine…

 

[HighTolerance]

Shady bro, you are good to go. Under 300ppm is great, you shouldn't have any problem. Usually I flush the coco with 1/8-1/4 dose of nutes with Great White and molasses, to get the nice coco buffer action going along with introduction of all the wonderful innoculants with enough ppms and sugars for them to eat and start their palaces in my little pot of coco.

Looking at the dizzy icon you posted it really looks like you are tripping, you ain't got nothing to worry about. Really hard to mess up in coco, and any mistake is very easily fixable.

Once you start growing in coco, you will slowly start to become one with coco. LOL I know you are already one with your plants but once you fall in sync with coco, you have to really try hard to screw up.

MikeGreenThumb wants to turn to coco, I am gonna link him some posts from here to get him started, if you don't mind.

 

[HighTolerance]

Just went back to look at you old pics, damn that master bubba is straight fire. Very nice yield too. You had her in the corner and she did you good, I bet right under the light she could go crazy.

You remember I called out the master bubba when she was a little girl, something about that cross I just cannot get over. I love Master and I love Bubba and togather it will just be a dream come true, they are both amazing pain killers too.

CD S/D are looking fine. I am speechless on the DUD, that stuff looks like it is the medicine of warriors.

Sweet tent man. I reckon you are gonna have a blast.

Damn, the CJ is strong, I find my self rambling on and on.

 

[Shady]

Looking at the dizzy icon you posted it really looks like you are tripping, you ain't got nothing to worry about. Really hard to mess up in coco, and any mistake is very easily fixable.

Thx for the support HT!!! Yeah I'm not tripping yet, just trying to determine if I should flush in a Smart Pot to prevent all that runoff of coco debris... Also, if I have to flush the entire bag, and not let it dry out, when am I supposed to mix in the chunky perlite and transplant... when everything is moist? :thinking LMAO, I'm such a newb... :giggle

Just went back to look at you old pics, damn that master bubba is straight fire. Very nice yield too. You had her in the corner and she did you good, I bet right under the light she could go crazy.

You remember I called out the master bubba when she was a little girl, something about that cross I just cannot get over. I love Master and I love Bubba and togather it will just be a dream come true, they are both amazing pain killers too.

CD S/D are looking fine. I am speechless on the DUD, that stuff looks like it is the medicine of warriors.

Sweet tent man. I reckon you are gonna have a blast.

Damn, the CJ is strong, I find my self rambling on and on.

Ahh no worries brah! I too am a big fan of Master Kush and Bubba Kush... So far, this cut leans closer to the Bubba Kush with that coffee smell and a hint of Master Kush in it. I swear this plant is bullet proof... :smirk Time to blaze a bowl of some dank...