First Grow In 6 Years - Chemdog, Berry Ryder, Northern Lights

[ayr0n]

Just go by the trichs now Ayr0n, those breeder times have so many variables like environment, light, temps, humidity. Going by the trichs has never failed me, regardless of strain, indoor, outdoor, whatever, the trichs rule...

Still gotta grab a lupe or something but def gonna go by the trichomes. The tent smells like rotten skunk meat or something...putrid lol. Hopefully that's a good sign.

Here's an update:

Berry Ryder - Day 48 from sprouting:

Northern Lights - Day 46 from sprouting (Defoliated most fans leaves just to see the difference - don't kill me! ):


Look at this damn chemdog. IDK what to think about it...I want to kill it but on the other hand I'm interested to see what else it'll do:


Annnd here's Pine Time (Pineapple Punch):

Sorry, I don't actually know how old the pineapple and chemdog are but I'll go back eventually and figure it out lol...


I'm not sure how to estimate dry weight from looking at the plant, but the biggest cola on the larger Berry Ryder looks about the size a dry OZ would look to me so I'm guessing it's going to end up around 1/4-1/2oz, probably 1.5 zips off that plant if I had to guess (lowballing it). Still don't believe I'll hit the 5oz goal with these 4 but it's been a great learning experience and it'll be amazing to smoke some bud that I grew for the first time...That really tall NL might end up suprising me - it's got a ways to go and is by far the biggest plant in the tent - It's also the only one that still has almost all white pistols and all green leaves. Looking like a lot of popcorn bud on all 4, but there's some decent colas forming. We'll see

 

[GroErr]

Looking good in there, don't worry about the yield, you'll learn and improve on that as you go. Whatever you get should last you to the next round coming up...

 

[polo the don]

What's up? Haven't had an update lately. I know those girls are still growing. I'm sure GroErr would like to see them too.

 

[ayr0n]

What's up? Haven't had an update lately. I know those girls are still growing. I'm sure GroErr would like to see them too.

My bad bro - we drove down to Cedar Point for the weekend. Gonna be home n a few hrs

 

[ayr0n]

Looking good in there, don't worry about the yield, you'll learn and improve on that as you go. Whatever you get should last you to the next round coming up...

Thanks man. If I get ANY finished product tht would be an improvement from the past attempt so I won't worry too much about weight. Besides when I was dealing n my teens I've never really had a need for more than a few O's. Maybe when I find a strain tht I really like I'll start focusing on pushing it to the limits, but for now keeping them alive until harvest will suffice lool

 

[ayr0n]

The BR's are starting to really frost up

 

[ayr0n]

The smaller Berry Ryder will probably be done before the big one. It's using up the last of the resources in the leaves n pushing out trichomes + pistols are receding quicker / darkening up. Gonna grab a lupe tomorrow n start watching the trichs.



Pine Time:

Rezdawg X (still growing all crazy):

 

[GroErr]

Looking nice and cold in there, like the looks of that BR, should be tasty

 

[polo the don]

Are you sure this is your first real grow? Looks like you been doing this for years.

You really got it going on ayr0n. Nice work my friend. Wait till next grow when you use what you've learned on this one to make it better next time. Every grow will be better and better till it's just second nature.

Like GroErr said that berry ryder is fukin amazing. Bet that bitch smells good too.
Get yourself a scope soon and start watching them trichs, they never lie. I don't even really check trichomes anymore I can just look at the plant and tell nowadays but I learned that by watching trichome colors. There are many factors that tell me when a lady is done but trichs always tell you the truth. Breeder times are a lie.

I can't wait to hear how your first buzz is from something you grew yourself!! Nothing like it.

Keep it up. Don't sweat the petty things, pet the sweaty things.

 

[Letstrip]

Looking good man!

 

[ayr0n]

Looking nice and cold in there, like the looks of that BR, should be tasty

Can't wait to try it out. Seems like all the buds in the "middle" (halfway up) the plants look a lot more mature than the tops (frostier, more red pistols, swollen more). Just got a lupe today so we'll see what's really going on soon.

Are you sure this is your first real grow? Looks like you been doing this for years.

You really got it going on ayr0n. Nice work my friend. Wait till next grow when you use what you've learned on this one to make it better next time. Every grow will be better and better till it's just second nature.

Like GroErr said that berry ryder is fukin amazing. Bet that bitch smells good too.
Get yourself a scope soon and start watching them trichs, they never lie. I don't even really check trichomes anymore I can just look at the plant and tell nowadays but I learned that by watching trichome colors. There are many factors that tell me when a lady is done but trichs always tell you the truth. Breeder times are a lie.

I can't wait to hear how your first buzz is from something you grew yourself!! Nothing like it.

Keep it up. Don't sweat the petty things, pet the sweaty things.

Haha yeah bro I didn't even make it to the flowering phase on my last attempt. My girl flipped on me one day and ripped them all out a couple months into veg.

Getting real close now...Not too far off from chopping a couple of em. Got all the stuff around to start drying in a separate tent w/o odor...I can definitely see why people chop too early all the time - it's damn tempting lol. Checking out the trichs tonight

Looking good man!

Thanks boss. Starting to get excited llol

 

[ayr0n]

Looks like ~5% Amber, 80% cloudy, 15% clear? On both berry ryders. The smaller northern lights is looking like almost all milky trichs

 

[polo the don]

Looks like ~5% Amber, 80% cloudy, 15% clear? On both berry ryders. The smaller northern lights is looking like almost all milky trichs

It comes down to personal preference in the end. Is this just for you? That matters. If you wanna sell some you would want to wait awhile. IDK maybe flip that 5&15%. 15% amber will give more of a stone and a good stone lets customers know it's good and you did a good job. Also if your selling it waiting will give you more mass wich is more weight and more money. If it's for you chop to suit your needs/wants. Being an auto let it get completely done because no matter what you hear autos are a lil weaker so to speak. They have a higher CBD percentage and CBD kinda works against the psychoactive part of THC so get all the THC you can. Try some at different stages of ripeness to see what YOU like. I'll tell you what, my auto smoke, although weaker than my other smoke, is still soo much better than the commercial high grade I've seen and sampled. So no matter what your shit will be better than anything you can buy on the street. You'll see.

 

[GroErr]

Well said polo, experiment a bit with harvesting in stages. Always nice getting to harvest time

 

[ayr0n]

Well said polo, experiment a bit with harvesting in stages. Always nice getting to harvest time

I've been kind of weary about harvesting in stages...especially with my bad luck w/ herms. Do u think taking side colas would be stressful enough to make them try a last ditch effort to reproduce n put out balls?

It comes down to personal preference in the end. Is this just for you? That matters. If you wanna sell some you would want to wait awhile. IDK maybe flip that 5&15%. 15% amber will give more of a stone and a good stone lets customers know it's good and you did a good job. Also if your selling it waiting will give you more mass wich is more weight and more money. If it's for you chop to suit your needs/wants. Being an auto let it get completely done because no matter what you hear autos are a lil weaker so to speak. They have a higher CBD percentage and CBD kinda works against the psychoactive part of THC so get all the THC you can. Try some at different stages of ripeness to see what YOU like. I'll tell you what, my auto smoke, although weaker than my other smoke, is still soo much better than the commercial high grade I've seen and sampled. So no matter what your shit will be better than anything you can buy on the street. You'll see.

I'd definitely like to try them at different stages to get a better feel for my preference. Maybe I'll just take a side branch off each BR tonight, and let the rest wait for another week+. The big northern lights has a ways to go but the rest of em are looking like just about prime time. As far as I can tell all the top / main colas still have a lot of white pistols, but the stuff in the middle, side branches, etc, are looking ready...I always thought people that harvested in stages took the top colas first and let the lower stuff develop more, but my situation seems backwards??

 

[polo the don]

I don't think taking a couple of branches will stress them at all. Yes, normally tops are done first but I have see lower branches finish first. Maybe because they have less bud to finish. I really don't know why but go with it. I know this is getting really exciting for you.

 

[GroErr]

I don't think taking a couple of branches will stress them at all. Yes, normally tops are done first but I have see lower branches finish first. Maybe because they have less bud to finish. I really don't know why but go with it. I know this is getting really exciting for you.

Yeah, no worries on stressing them the last few days, you're talking within days of eventually harvesting the whole plant. They wouldn't have time to hermie or anything like that. It may even help them produce some more resin thinking they're going to die off soon, that's kind of the idea of putting them in the dark for a couple of days before chopping, now that's stress and it's never caused any issues for me, other than maybe some additional resin

I've found much the same indoor at least, the buds towards the bottom are usually more ripe than the top. Not sure why that is but it's been pretty consistent indoor. Outdoor they tend to finish up top first, not sure what the difference is or why. The JTR I just pulled had some ambers on the bottom buds, while the tops were very white but almost no visible ambers. I waited until I saw some ambers on the top buds then pulled it. Based on this I would tend to harvest the bottom/middle branches first if I were doing incremental harvests. I've seen a lot of people post about harvesting the top buds to give the bottom buds a few more days but from what I've seen that's backwards. Perhaps lighting type affects this, haven't used anything other than LED's and this current CMH indoor though.

 

[Picnicbill]

Noticed these girls aren't growing vertically...like at all. Just fatter longer leaves. I thought big temp differences from dark/light period caused stretching normally but they are changing from mid 80s to mid 60s n won't grow legs ...looks like a little phosphorous lockout on 2 of the northern lights - getting stunted growth n dark purple new growth. I'm switching to 24/0 light until I find a way to heat up the night temps n calibrating the ph meter right now to find out if it's a ph issue contributing...got heat stress on a few as well - light was too close. Moved it up a couple inches n threw another fan on.

View attachment 3201344 View attachment 3201346 Here's one of the NL that I think is getting phosphorous lockout - hard to tell from the pic but the new growth is definitely dark purple n this one is lagging way behind the rest. Let me know if you guys have any suggestions

Here's my bag seed plant early on....looks pretty similar to yours. Unfortunately mine went male. Sure don't know if that's a trait. Looks like you posted July 15. Any new info?

 

[ayr0n]

Here's my bag seed plant early on....looks pretty similar to yours. Unfortunately mine went male. Sure don't know if that's a trait. Looks like you posted July 15. Any new info?

I believe it's a genetic trait because all 3 chemdogs displayed those wierd leaf deformities and the other strains I've got going haven't shown any signs of this. Check this one out:

Rezdawg X (still growing all crazy):
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[ayr0n]

I don't think taking a couple of branches will stress them at all. Yes, normally tops are done first but I have see lower branches finish first. Maybe because they have less bud to finish. I really don't know why but go with it. I know this is getting really exciting for you.

Yeah, no worries on stressing them the last few days, you're talking within days of eventually harvesting the whole plant. They wouldn't have time to hermie or anything like that. It may even help them produce some more resin thinking they're going to die off soon, that's kind of the idea of putting them in the dark for a couple of days before chopping, now that's stress and it's never caused any issues for me, other than maybe some additional resin

I've found much the same indoor at least, the buds towards the bottom are usually more ripe than the top. Not sure why that is but it's been pretty consistent indoor. Outdoor they tend to finish up top first, not sure what the difference is or why. The JTR I just pulled had some ambers on the bottom buds, while the tops were very white but almost no visible ambers. I waited until I saw some ambers on the top buds then pulled it. Based on this I would tend to harvest the bottom/middle branches first if I were doing incremental harvests. I've seen a lot of people post about harvesting the top buds to give the bottom buds a few more days but from what I've seen that's backwards. Perhaps lighting type affects this, haven't used anything other than LED's and this current CMH indoor though.

Alright guys I think I'll go for it. Got a lot of preparation to do first but there will be some buds drying before the end of the night lol. Not planning on doing any fast curing to test, just gonna let it all cure properly. I've still got a nice stash to get me by until these are ready to go