5 o'clock's subcooled garden.....

[genfranco]

hey 5 i was thinkin of growin tga beans for my next grow but ive always wanted to try the o.g kush and ive seen the beens on sale from reserva privada no 1 i know in the uk has smoked this ive still got 5-6 weeks on my nycd so still got time to decide by the way ur grow room looks good mate keep it upras

Shit .. I have to say that og kush is one of my favs... grow that shit!

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

i like a good early shower, especially preflowers. which beans in particular you talkin or all of them?

Vortex showed preflower at 4 weeks, by 4.5 I could tell it was a male and put it in flower to harvest some pollen.
DQ, JTR and Chernoyble were showing in the last half of the 4th week. All appear to be females but the preflowers are so small that they could form a stalk and show male..... Still waiting on the rest, slower showers are usually females

hey 5 i was thinkin of growin tga beans for my next grow but ive always wanted to try the o.g kush and ive seen the beens on sale from reserva privada no 1 i know in the uk has smoked this ive still got 5-6 weeks on my nycd so still got time to decide by the way ur grow room looks good mate keep it upras

Grow whatever you want to smoke. I grabbed the TGA beans because I read so much about them and wanted to check the hype. I will branch out to others as I try the strains that catch my eye. The God Bud and OG Kush are on my list, as well as others. I just watched the MSNBC show about pot in America and worry about being able to get beans through the mail in the future so I may stock up on the strains I'm interested in and
keep them for future grows. I like the set up I have as it lets me grow several strains at once and get rid of the ones I don't care for (or am not impressed by) while keeping the ones I do. I know not everyone has this kind of a set up and may not have this kind of room to dedicate to growing but I'm blessed and hope to keep it that way. I've put alot of time and money into getting to where I'm at and will give advice on the strains I grow with a smoke report at the end of the grows to help others decide what they may want to try (or which to avoid).

 

[Jester88]

hopefully ill be able to report on the deep purple and make ma own assumption on the querkle.

im so jealous right now guys lol

 

[tahoe58]

yea ain't that the truth. all the mass variety od strains and everyone's doing sumthin a little different. its almost impossible to choose. There are no wrong answers. Only individual choices for whatever reason at the time the decision or choice was made.....simple choices made difficult by tireless work of those many breeders ..... a puff to all those breeders! May your resting place be green. Walk On!~

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

Quick update. JCII #2 is the only hold out on showing. Everything is showing female so far. The caylax don't have any hairs yet but all are spear shaped. The Vortex male had round tiny balls so unless they somehow supprise me thats 6 female, 1 male, and 1 not yet showing.....


Still waiting on the Snowdawgs and other Vortex to get repotted. They will probably be tonight I just have to remember to pick up some more pots.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

damn good ratio 5! and a helluva strain to start breeding with too! virtual high 5's all round!!

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

damn good ratio 5! and a helluva strain to start breeding with too! virtual high 5's all round!!

It's almost to good. Makes me wonder how many of the uncracked beans are boys...

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

haha have faith 5 im praying that ill get a good ratio and hopefully all different pheno's i wonder how seed co's select their beans to go into each packet like do they just put all the seeds from loads of plants into a draw and pot luck, i know ive had all beans from one order be male but it wasnt tga lol

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

haha have faith 5 im praying that ill get a good ratio and hopefully all different pheno's i wonder how seed co's select their beans to go into each packet like do they just put all the seeds from loads of plants into a draw and pot luck, i know ive had all beans from one order be male but it wasnt tga lol

I assume that's how they do it.....

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

I am leaving town for a week and was looking for my suitcase in the basement. When I found it it was covered in mildew. So I went to the store and picked up 2 dehumidifiers. 1 for the grow room and 1 for the rest of the basement. I also picked up a used sealed hood so I can get rid of the open wing reflector and hopefully some heat. I asked the hydro guy about something like clay pebbles for the bottem of the pot instead of pea gravel. He turned me on to something called Diatomite. It is like rock except that it is from a fossilized lake bed and is supposed to be filled with good things for the plants. I am going to repot one more time before I leave and hopefully they will be ready for cloning when i get back.....

 

[tahoe58]

.......He turned me on to something called Diatomite. It is like rock except that it is from a fossilized lake bed and is supposed to be filled with good things for the plants......

is that anything diatomaceous earth? if it is it is diatoms - early life forms from lake beds? the nutritional value can be quite significant I think. I'm gonna do some searching for info. Thanks for sharing that! Walk On!~

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

Camera is broken so no pics for now. Transplanted the 7 into 1.5 gallon pots using the soil mix I made up and put some Diatomite rocks at the bottem instead of pea gravel. It's made from a fossilized lake bed and is supposed to have alot of nutritional value for the plants.

All but JCII#1 have shown possible female growth at the 6th or 7th nodes. The Vortex #2 is still in the flower room and is putting out more pods at the nodes but hasn't realy took off yet. The Chernobyl plants showed the best root development when I removed them from their pots for the transplant. I may have done it a little early as none of the plants roots were really filling up the soil yet. The dehumidifiers I bought yesterday have brought the flower room down from a near 70% to a respectable 43% this morning. I also picked up another sealed reflector and am getting rid of the open bat wing as it makes to much heat this time of year. It will come back in the winter if I grow then. I put the LUX HPS bulb in the new hood before I put it in and switched my ballast setting.

The JCII #1 has thrown out a strange leaf and the next node it started 3 leaves per node. I looked at it closer and found the 1, 3, 5, 7 finger development was 1,3,5,6,7,9 and the first row with 9 was the odd leaf. I hadn't noticed the missing fingerearlier, where it should of had 7 it only had 6. It is the slowest one with node development even behind the JTR's. All 7 plants have 10 or 11 nodes. The second node growth on the DQ, both Chernobly, and the JCII#2 has 4 nodes on them, almost big enough to clone. I will be leaving Monday for a week to Florida. I have someone I trust that will do the 1 watering I will need done on Thursday night then I will be back the following Monday. I hope to have a new camera by then. When I get back I will be taking the tops for clones to flower for the test run before I cut the lower nodes for clones. This will give the lower 5-6 nodes time to get long enough that I can cut my clones from above the first node thus creating another branch instead of taking the whole thing. I may do it Sunday night before I leave so they will have time to start to root while I'm gone. I cleaned the cloner the other day. I cleaned the baskets and everything. I just need to fill it with ph'ed water and turn it on.....

I also transplanted the 2 SnowDawgs's and the 2 Vortex from the plastic cups into the pots I just took the other plants out of. I will wait for the DQ's to get a little bigger. DQ #7 was out in the sun to long the other day because I couldn't get back in time to bring the plants in before it got into the upper 90's. I think the top of the soil cooked the stem because like the Vortex it had a very skinny stem below the soil line. It had wilted this morning so I did with it what I did with the Vortex and put it in some water. In an hour it had perked up. This one is about a week and a half behind the Vortex when it happened to it. Lets hope this one isn't to small to root.....

Lower node growth has taken off on every plant except the JTR's and JC#1. They are tight nodes with uniform growth and don't seem to have stretched at all. Both look very similar.

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

I'm back and i'm scared to see them after being gone a week.... Not that my bro-n-law doesn't know what he's doing but I know he used tap water that didn't sit out long enough to get rid of the chemicals..... I'll get things situated tonight and let everyone know what's up.

 

[tahoe58]

welcome back ...... look forward to pulling up a chair again ....

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

Light's came on and I was expecting more than what I found. They had thickened up but hadn't grown like I expected. The soil is pretty rich and has fried most of the lower leaves but the plants look overall healthy. They need more light but I don't want them to take off to quickly and get out of hand before I can emptie the flower room. I had unhooked the filter right before I left so i could hook up the second vented hood and came home to an awful sickly sweet smell through out the entire house. Needless to say i hooked it up as soon as the lights came on. I will get some pic's up later tomorrow.

I've been gone to Florida for a week and just got back today. I unpacked and did laundry then made dinner . Fed my daughter and put her and my son to bed. Put in shock and balanced the ph in the pool (which is green from all the rain while we were gone) Watered the plant's, emptied the dehumidifiers, and put string on some of the plants in the flower room that are falling over from their weight. Caught up on everyones threads ( thanks Westie for the 7 page read) and am too tired to take pic's.....

 

[mr west]

lol not my fault ppl go on and on on my thread lol. Good to see your back and with it again, im doing a mercy chopping today 1 hgfs cheese at 66 days all cloudy trichs so shes coming down to make room and so on lol the ride never stops or slows down lol

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

Been gone for a week on vacation so it's time for an update. All seem to be doing great except for the Snow Dawg #4. All the lower leaves have died and it looks like shit. Never treated any different than any of the others so i don't know what's up with it.

The Chernobyl's are the biggets by far. They have the largest leaves and the best node growth. They look like they are going to be big plants so I may try to take smaller clones so they don't screw up my multi strain canopy. Both are very similar.

The Plant's haven't gotten any sun in a week so I put them outside. The DQ went into shock and had to be brought back inside after only 20 minutes in the sun. The leaves all curled up and the top started to wilt. It's a little sensitive to the light and heat I think. I put it in the window inside where the air was on and it came back in an hour or so. I will put it out again later when the sun isn't so hot.

All the others are enjoying the light. Nothing like the sun to put on growth. The JTR is a cross made from JC. The JTR #2 has very similar mutations in the leaves as the JC#1. Random blades out of place and even numbered leaves. I think the JTR will carry similar traits to this JC. The one thing the JTR doesn't have is the tripple node.

I haven't given them any nutes yet because the soil is so rich. They still have alot of soil to stretch out in so I won't be giving any for another week or two. I think the bat guano has burnt the lower leaves a little but haven't effected the plants to much over all. I will be taking the tops this week in hopes of getting these into the flower room by the end of the month.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

lookin grand there 5! im envious of your multi strain grow, i need another bedroom...

the DQ doesnt like the heat eh? hmm not a good omen for me, i might have to hold off till the winter months to let them fly...

keep up the good work 5!

 

[mr west]

aint u gonna put a 400w for summer don?
Things looking good for the future 5 mate be ur excited?

 

[It's 5 o'clock somewhere]

lookin grand there 5! im envious of your multi strain grow, i need another bedroom...

the DQ doesnt like the heat eh? hmm not a good omen for me, i might have to hold off till the winter months to let them fly...

keep up the good work 5!

Thank you but a multi strain grow can cause problems when it comes to nutes. Some can take more than others. The soil mix I used is strong and the Chernobyls love it but the Snow Dawg and some of the other plant's show signs of it being too rich..... The Vortex male is 2x as tall as the week I left. It has nuts hanging everywhere. I will try to get some pic's of the flower room tonight. Anyone heard from Gen. Franco?

aint u gonna put a 400w for summer don?
Things looking good for the future 5 mate be ur excited?

Excited yes!!!! Nervous that something will go wrong also.....