The TGA Growers Club

[Don Gin and Ton]

cheers Mayne! hope so their just getting a pumping with pk13/14 this week so the next 3 weeks should see her swell... fingers bloody crossed

 

[HookedOnChronic]

nice DON! DQ has now taken high interest in my books, u got any full plant pics?

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

ill snap some tonight they're some leggy trees.

 

[Hobbes]

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I've got some JillyBean, Jack The Ripper and Pandora's Box near harvest, here are a Pandora's Box, JillyBean with a Chemdog. Jillybean front left, Pandora's Box front right, Chemdog rear. They're not at the same age of flower so size comparison isn't valid, first time growing all three.

For scale - the buckets are 5 gallon and 12" across, the canopies are 16"-18" in diameter with the tallest colas 12"-14". The Chemdog in back is on a 3 gallon bucket (~12") so it looks much bigger, about the same size in reality with bigger colas than the PB but much smaller than JB. My Jack has small colas, not sure if it's the pheno or the weak bulb.

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I like Pandora's Box best so far, a bit dissociative. Nicely potent, more so than the samples of Jack The Ripper I've harvested and decarboxylized in a toaster oven.

I'm properly curing some Jillybean now but Jack and PB should be another week or two, I had a weak Solarmax light bulb that really reduced yield and slowed flowering, now replaced with a Hortilux Super HPS. Some of the Jillybean colas were absolutely sick on one plant, fat juicy and sticky, like it's dripping syrup. Smells like candy.

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[Don Gin and Ton]

looks the business hobbes! plenty of colas plenty of buds!

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

nice DON! DQ has now taken high interest in my books, u got any full plant pics?

 

[Hobbes]

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Don how do you find those buckets for root growth? Do you have any pictures for comparison?

thanks

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[Don Gin and Ton]

http://www.airpotgarden.com/store/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=5L10Pack

believe it or not these are the top colas of the plants from the pic above

ive not actually seen what the root ball looks like its the trial run but the pics speak for themselves!

 

[HookedOnChronic]

not bad those are some leggy bitches gin, looks as though id top those if i ordered em

and hobbes, nice plants any close ups of PB?

 

[Hobbes]

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Wow. Thanks Don, I'll be ordering half a dozen of those right quick to run a side by side test myself. I've been interested in those buckets but have seen little about them around.

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[NickNasty]

Hobbs there are also other types of pots that do basically the same thing. One is called smart pots and the other is a paint that you paint on the inside of your pots or you buy pretreated pots.
http://www.smartpots.com/
https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/9114-spin-out-chemical-root-pruning-2.html
http://horticulturespecialties.com/index.php?cPath=30

All I believe make for a healthier root environment and better nutritional uptake which equals to healthier and more productive plants. I have no personal experience with any of these yet but my friend is doing a couple plants in some smart pots and they are all more vigorous.

 

[Hobbes]

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Thanks Nick, I'll look into them.

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[Don Gin and Ton]

not bad those are some leggy bitches gin, looks as though id top those if i ordered em

man i did last run and it was a big mistake. ill try and dig through my journal for comparative pics from my last run of the same tho i cant really say the exact cause of the difference could be the topping could be the airpots?!

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Wow. Thanks Don, I'll be ordering half a dozen of those right quick to run a side by side test myself. I've been interested in those buckets but have seen little about them around.

yeah i was going to do a thread on them when im done and show the root balls comparison and final weight etc the dope has bag appeal but to be honest is nothing special in the complexity department. a good all rounder.

subs other new hybrids from the journals ive seen look to be much better producers.

i was thinking of crossing something into it to bump the yield but didnt have space or decent males to use. a cross with something like critical mass/ the rework of big bud or something with extra flavour like heavy duty fruity or trainwreck would really bring something to dairy queen imo

 

[haze2]

Hobbes any good help on that Pandoras box and Jilly, food habits, most important??

 

[aagiants1]

heres an update...I have one pheno thats stretched like crazy...They're starting to stink...Can't wait till they get some crystals!

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

nice bush aagiants! how many weeks in are ya just a couple id wager, should be starting to frost up anytime!

 

[HookedOnChronic]

nice pics don, were those 2 side by side pics comparing normal pots to the air pots?

and good to know about the topping, how tall were yours before flower and how bad did they stretch?
thx

and hobbes any Pandora box shots? yours looks lovely

 

[jackdirty]

Hey guys. Remember when I posted pics of my first run of TGA gear and someone (forget who) mentioned the lack of color? I want to thank that person because it got me thinking and I finally figured out that I was underfeeding in the last half of flower. I gave this round of plants a nitrogen boost near the end and the Jillybean went crazy with the colors. These are clones of the first plants. I'm still having some kind of ph issue with the burnt leaf tips but I'm thinking some lime might help out.

Jillybean #2: this is the dreamscicle pheno. Smells and tastes like orange cream custard in a very dank way.

Jillybean #1 is a very low yielder. More sharp in citrus taste than the #2 pheno, almost chemy.

My sour grapefruit Chernobyl only got slight hints of color from the N boost but I thought you guys might still want to see.

Another strain that stays pretty green is actually my favorite. I urge you guys to all give Vortex a try. This #2 pheno might not look all too impressive in the pics but it is the cream of the crop as far as smell, flavor, and potency. Look for the shortest pheno that smells like dog poo. That is the killer.

I just planted some Qleaner seeds today. I'll keep you guys posted. -/\/\ared

i just shit myself haha looks good.. ive noticed adding nitrogen in the last half of flower has kept my girls green as fuck and healthy lookn buds too...but sometime i over do itand it seemsmy girls start shooting new groth on top of buds sometimes..

 

[Hobbes]

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What are you guys using for Nitrogen and how much per gallon?

I've started using it in flower too, to keep the solar pannels and air circulation system fully functional until harvest.

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[Don Gin and Ton]

canna A & B

A & 40ml B per 10L of water. N-P-K 5-4-3.