GHS - BIG BANG grow journal

[weedyweedy]

Here is a picture of one of the buds that has been isolated inside the tent away from the others. It is very light coloured, not dense, very airy, still smells like peaches and is covered in trichomes. I don't know whether it could be mold or just where the light hasn't been able to get to it......Some of the buds from the dryed lady were the same when I cut but once they dryed they seemed fine..
Should I just do the same as last time?
There is quite alot of weight there which I really don't want to lose, maybe I should just keep it isolated and wait and see how it looks when its dry..
any advice or experiences with this?

I don't see molds though. Maybe it was just an airy batch?

The sucunat has complex carbohydrates that aids in plant growth and bud formation. I think it works like molasses...
They say it also makes the buds taste sweeter.

I will definitely watch out for your next grow! You have street cred now cos of the green thumb you got in there!

I dig the avatar by the way!

 

[jebus2029]

Yeah those buds look fine to me too. I think it's just the lower ones that got less light. Next time you can try cutting the big buds from the top and leave the smaller ones for another week or two. This will give them time to develop and pack on weight.

I've used sucunat before. Like Weedy said, they are full of carbs, great for the plant, and it is also suppose to sweeten them up. I had some good success with it before. Plus you can buy a bag of it for about $6 and it will last a long, long time.

 

[Huh??]

Haha,I misread your post and thought you said there was definitely mold.So I was sitting there for like 5 minutes staring at the pic looking for it.
Looking at that pic reminds me of smoking big blunts of that shit(I'm I big smoker).I ran with it twice indoors,plus I did a small outdoor grow last year and most of it was big bang.
It looks great Joe,great job man!

 

[grow4joe]

I don't see molds though. Maybe it was just an airy batch?

The sucunat has complex carbohydrates that aids in plant growth and bud formation. I think it works like molasses...
They say it also makes the buds taste sweeter.

I will definitely watch out for your next grow! You have street cred now cos of the green thumb you got in there!

I dig the avatar by the way!

I think you could be right..
I'm drying them slightly quicker than I should do but the rest of the buds will dry properly..

Thanks for the info.. I'm going to ask about it when I pop down the hydro store, hopefully they will have it or something similar..

Sounds good..

Yea I though it could do with being freshened up slightly, had the same avatar since i've been on here I think! but thats me all over, I don't like things changing, very difficult to deal with!

 

[jebus2029]

They may not have sucunat at the hydro store. I get mine from health food stores. They will have bottles of carbo-load that is essentially the same thing just more expensive. Or stuff called sweetbud. They are both liquid form I believe. Sucunat is granular.

 

[jebus2029]

Oh, and good news. My nutes just came in!!! I whipped up a gallon with grow big and did a foliar spray since I already watered them today. Just in time too. They were starting to yellow a little from lack of food. Plus the tips on one of the KCxB was browning and getting crispy. Hopefully tommorow they will be lush and booming. Got a 6" axial fan in the mail today also. Moves over 200 CFM so I think I can bring the heat up a little and temps shouldn't be a problem anymore.

 

[grow4joe]

Yeah those buds look fine to me too. I think it's just the lower ones that got less light. Next time you can try cutting the big buds from the top and leave the smaller ones for another week or two. This will give them time to develop and pack on weight.

I've used sucunat before. Like Weedy said, they are full of carbs, great for the plant, and it is also suppose to sweeten them up. I had some good success with it before. Plus you can buy a bag of it for about $6 and it will last a long, long time.

Thats what I did to the other girl, harvested the top and then let the buds underneath get a few extra days of light, then I turned my light horizontally so that the one plant I had left got a good dose of the 400w HPS from top to bottom, seemed to do the trick, just should of left those buds on there to ripen up a bit.. hope that makes sense, i'm pretty stoned..

Haha,I misread your post and thought you said there was definitely mold.So I was sitting there for like 5 minutes staring at the pic looking for it.
Looking at that pic reminds me of smoking big blunts of that shit(I'm I big smoker).I ran with it twice indoors,plus I did a small outdoor grow last year and most of it was big bang.
It looks great Joe,great job man!

Thanks Huh??.. Much appreciated man..
I love me a blunt (when I have sufficient supplies that is! ) but you can't beat a big ass bong! ::

They may not have sucunat at the hydro store. I get mine from health food stores. They will have bottles of carbo-load that is essentially the same thing just more expensive. Or stuff called sweetbud. They are both liquid form I believe. Sucunat is granular.

Oh, and good news. My nutes just came in!!! I whipped up a gallon with grow big and did a foliar spray since I already watered them today. Just in time too. They were starting to yellow a little from lack of food. Plus the tips on one of the KCxB was browning and getting crispy. Hopefully tommorow they will be lush and booming. Got a 6" axial fan in the mail today also. Moves over 200 CFM so I think I can bring the heat up a little and temps shouldn't be a problem anymore.

Thanks for the tip Jebus..
Gonna have a pop round some of the health food shops, see if I can find it..
Sounds like you got your s**t down my friend.. they should love the new nutes!

 

[jebus2029]

I hope I got my s*** together. They look like they are suffering. The first sets of real leaves are all twisting and getting ruffled. Some are yellowing or browning and getting crispy. I think they were starting to starve. That or they overdosed on sucunat. When I gave them some yesterday I accidentally dumped too much in. Not sure if it would hurt them or not, but when I picked the cups up they were stuck to the dish underneath.

Oh and I picked up a fish tank air pump. I've heard you can oxygenate the water with it so the roots get more O2.

 

[grow4joe]

I hope I got my s*** together. They look like they are suffering. The first sets of real leaves are all twisting and getting ruffled. Some are yellowing or browning and getting crispy. I think they were starting to starve. That or they overdosed on sucunat. When I gave them some yesterday I accidentally dumped too much in. Not sure if it would hurt them or not, but when I picked the cups up they were stuck to the dish underneath.

Oh and I picked up a fish tank air pump. I've heard you can oxygenate the water with it so the roots get more O2.

Hhhmm, one of mine did the same, leaf twisted, it seemed to grow the same as he others though..
have you got any pics you can bung up there, always helps to try and diagnose something that you can see.. Have you tryed flushing your plant with plain PH'd water? incase it is an overdose..

A fish tank pump, hhmm let me know if you notice any changes, should be able to pick one of them up cheap ..

 

[jebus2029]

I'll go take some picks real quick.

And the air pump I got at walmart for $6. It's for 3-5 gallon tanks. I'm going to melt a hole in the lid of a water jug and put the hose in it with some space around it to let air escape. If I do notice a difference I'm going to get another. One for plain water ane one for nute water. Or maybe I can find a splicer to run 2 hoses off it.

 

[jebus2029]

Ok here are the pics. I am a bit worried that I might have given them too much sucunat. Coated the roots or something. I've sprayed them a few times and each time water came out the bottom so at least it washed off a bit. Gonna give them just plain water tomorrow. How much bigger should I let them get before transplanted them? I don't want to let them get root bound but I don't want the soil breaking apart if I do it too soon. Also I killed the fan inside and temps are staying at a nice 78.5F and I opened a heat vent so roomtemp is 68. So I shouldn't get anymore cold stress problems.

#1-small KCxB-Leaves curled up on sides near stem, you can see the purple underneath showing
#2-Church-all kinds of gnarly
#3-another pic of Church
#4-Big Bang-1st set of leaves twirling
#5-big KCxB-1st set of leaves yellowing and 2nd set is pointing to the side(leaf at top of pic)
#6-small KCxB-different angle
#7-air lock for CO2 bottle-put a little water in it and should help with smell of yeast fermentation and it will bubble so I know when to replace
#8-tubing for air pump
#9-air pump

I also have a ozone generator that I will use only if the smell gets too strong, but I'd rather not since it is suppose to be unhealthy to inhale.

 

[jebus2029]

I'm thinking all the defects are due to the cold, or at least I'm hoping so now that I have fixed that problem. Plus the newer growth looks pretty healthy.

 

[imthezookeeper]

yea i think big bang sacrifices potency for yield, those are huge colas

ive smoked kong before, well that was the name given when i got it, but it was BOMB, top 10 smokes ever

stoked to see your next one bro!

the "Kong" is the best smoke i ever had !!that buzz was something special..cant wait

 

[weedyweedy]

Weee! Joe is enjoying his well-deserved harvest! Good times! Happy curing Joe

 

[grow4joe]

the "Kong" is the best smoke i ever had !!that buzz was something special..cant wait

I can't wait untill those seeds are available! I'm going mad! Soon as there in, i'm on it!
How was the taste etc..?

Weee! Joe is enjoying his well-deserved harvest! Good times! Happy curing Joe

Thanks Weedy..
You know I am!
I made some flapjacks with the rest of the dryed girls trim on weekend, had to add a bit of bud too i'll post some pictures later on..

 

[Huh??]

You should look into buying some bubble bags.
I saw a five gallon five bag set for $60 on ebay a few months ago,I went to my hydro store and asked them to order them for me.A week later my bubble bags were at the store for me to pick up.
Man,I love the taste of some bubble hash from a fruity strain.

 

[scottish lad]

there is a cheaper way of making bubble hash if ya intrested al post the link

same method to start bucket,water,ice but after the crystels have been removed from cuttings . you let it settle for few hours then start to extract the water .

G4J - so whens ya next growand what strain you going for m8 ?

 

[grow4joe]

You should look into buying some bubble bags.
I saw a five gallon five bag set for $60 on ebay a few months ago,I went to my hydro store and asked them to order them for me.A week later my bubble bags were at the store for me to pick up.
Man,I love the taste of some bubble hash from a fruity strain.

Got my bruv to go halves with me, gotta get one soon though! I'm waiting untill the rest of the buds are dry, then trim em' up and that will all go with the rest of the trim ready for to make some sweet bubble!
Theres a little place not too far from me who sell them, along with 420 jars and plenty of decent seeds ect.. next day delivery and they send the items using a different company name.
Post some pics if you make some!

there is a cheaper way of making bubble hash if ya intrested al post the link

same method to start bucket,water,ice but after the crystels have been removed from cuttings . you let it settle for few hours then start to extract the water .

G4J - so whens ya next growand what strain you going for m8 ?

Thanks man, is it the gumby method? or may it be something like this?
I did read a thread or something on the internet about this cheap and easy way, but i though, f**k it, if my bruv wants to go halves then its only £25 each for the real thing and he will make some hash with his trim too, so mine isn't going to get hogged!

Strawberry Diesel and Kong...
Starting as soon as I get back from Canada which should be Mid April..I'll post a link on here when it begins! My bruv should be growing Black Honey Haze at the same time so it will be very interesting..

 

[grow4joe]

Thought I'd chuck a few pictures on here just to liven things up a bit while the weed dry's
I made some flapjacks, or as i have called them, FlapBangs!

Some of the smaller buds are dryer than the thicker ones so I have removed these from the gang and trimmed em' up and placed them upright in jars, with the lids off.. They smell great! They have changed from a fresh, mouthwatering peach smell to a very spicy, thick peach smell! I love me a spicy weed!
The buds I thought were moldy are fine, a little bit airy but they smell great too, even though I quick dryed them!... although they took as long as the others did to dry!..
Well, technically they're not 'dry' yet anyway, just ready for the jar's, opened jars for now, then i'll start closing them up tomorow and burping etc.. ect..

The curing buds are banging
They smell like a cheesy apple! Every time I pop My jar the smell fills the room! I gave my friend some (for a small donation to the 'help the grow4joe organisation ) and he loves it! ::

I still need to get myself a few new jars though!

First two pics are of one of the smaller buds that came down from the hanging rack tonight.. (i say its small, its not actually that small! just small in comparison to the others)

The rest are of the flapbang's i made! I had some trim left over from the cookies, 4.5grams, so I added about 1.5 grams of bud to it..

I roughly ground the bud up with my fingers as I put it in my ceramic pot grinder. (if anyone can jog my memory as to what it's real name is, that would be much appreciated.. )
I then ground it down even more finely, picking out any big bits of stalk. Then I added the rest of the trim and gave it another go with the grinder. I mixed up my flapjack mix with 3tbls of water, 60grams of melted butter and added my ground up weed. I mixed this up for a minute and then placed the mix into a small oven dish lined with baking paper. I placed the oven dish in the pre-heated gas mark 4 oven for 25minutes or until the edges were golden brown. I then split it into six pieces while it was still warm and covered the top with a thin layer of melted milk chocolate and left it to sit in the dish until the chocolate had cooled..

Bon Appetit

 

[rasclot]

Thought I'd chuck a few pictures on here just to liven things up a bit while the weed dry's
I made some flapjacks, or as i have called them, FlapBangs!

Some of the smaller buds are dryer than the thicker ones so I have removed these from the gang and trimmed em' up and placed them upright in jars, with the lids off.. They smell great! They have changed from a fresh, mouthwatering peach smell to a very spicy, thick peach smell! I love me a spicy weed!
The buds I thought were moldy are fine, a little bit airy but they smell great too, even though I quick dryed them!... although they took as long as the others did to dry!..
Well, technically they're not 'dry' yet anyway, just ready for the jar's, opened jars for now, then i'll start closing them up tomorow and burping etc.. ect..

The curing buds are banging
They smell like a cheesy apple! Every time I pop My jar the smell fills the room! I gave my friend some (for a small donation to the 'help the grow4joe organisation ) and he loves it! ::

I still need to get myself a few new jars though!

First two pics are of one of the smaller buds that came down from the hanging rack tonight.. (i say its small, its not actually that small! just small in comparison to the others)

The rest are of the flapbang's i made! I had some trim left over from the cookies, 4.5grams, so I added about 1.5 grams of bud to it..

I roughly ground the bud up with my fingers as I put it in my ceramic pot grinder. (if anyone can jog my memory as to what it's real name is, that would be much appreciated.. )
I then ground it down even more finely, picking out any big bits of stalk. Then I added the rest of the trim and gave it another go with the grinder. I mixed up my flapjack mix with 3tbls of water, 60grams of melted butter and added my ground up weed. I mixed this up for a minute and then placed the mix into a small oven dish lined with baking paper. I placed the oven dish in the pre-heated gas mark 4 oven for 25minutes or until the edges were golden brown. I then split it into six pieces while it was still warm and covered the top with a thin layer of melted milk chocolate and left it to sit in the dish until the chocolate had cooled..

Bon Appetit

tasty lookin mate njoy ur flapjacks mate