My First Grow And Journal

[alotaball]

THanks you guys!.. Really appreciate it ... Im so stoked.. I think I found my new addiction.. cant wait to try the fruits of my labor.. If u guys were local I would invite ya

 

[Greather420]

THanks you guys!.. Really appreciate it ... Im so stoked.. I think I found my new addiction.. cant wait to try the fruits of my labor.. If u guys were local I would invite ya

We can pass the virtual Dutchie pon De Left Hand Side

 

[alotaball]

Well I just snapped a couple of pics.. My back is tore up right now so I really didnt want to move the ladies out to take pictures.. so I just snapped a couple under the HPS.. Sorry. Fig a couple of these girls got about 2 weeks to go .. and the rest 3+

One side of the tent

Other side

Couple random pics
Shes turning purple from the inside out

One of the Hindu Kush girls

The other Hindu Girl

Querkle Cola

One of the Chem Colas .. she has a way to go .. all white hairs still

Ill do a some better updating once my back stops hurting .. I hate injections

 

[alotaball]

well I got bad news.. I made another thread about it.. I found 2 of my girls had hermied .. Found 2 male flowers on the querkle and a 4 on the purple kush .. both of these plants came from friends at the collective.. I got them because I needed to fill up the other side of the tent with my CHemdog trees lol. I dont know if it was genetics or not. I went and rechecked for light leaks.. and I found 2.. right where the plants were.. but I check all my other plants.. the 2 chemdogs the 2 blue dreams the other querkle (from a different source) and both the hindu kushes.. not one male flower. So I dont know if it was from the light leak or bad genetics... maybe they are not hermie genetics and the light leak triggered it.. Im thinking the others might NOT have hermied because they are from seed and maybe more stable.. either way I have clones from the 2 strains that hermied .. so i will attempt to flower them again and watch em closely to see if they HERM with no light leak.

SOOOO long story short.. I cut down and harvested the querkle.. it was the closest to finishing.. had all cloudy trichs.. I planned to harvest the purple kush also but decided to cut off the one branch that I found banana's on .. and give her another shot.. she had all clear trics and is loaded so im just checking her every night inch by inch to see if anymore come back now that I fixed the light leak.

Here is some photo's of the premature querkle harvest.. So sad.. think she would of been beautiful!.. but I couldnt risk it .. one of the hermie flowers I found on her had actual yellow pollen that was on the stem too right by the soil.. SO im hoping that it didnt do any damage to my other girls.. It was 3 inches from the soil and she was away from the fans .. SO my fingers are crossed..

Here's the pics

Looks like it will still be smokable .. we will see what the quality is

Here is the other one I found the banana's on .. she is looking loaded and is pretty sativa look so has a while to go.. I hope she makes it with no more banana's popping now I fixed the light leak.

And one of my Hindu kush just so there is something positive in this thread LOL

If anyone has any tips for telling if my other girls were pollenated .. I would be interested in knowing about them .. I looked and I see brown/red hairs on all my strains but none in concentration.. its all the same depending on how far they are from finishing.. I cant find any buds that have tons of brown hairs or anything .. the only plant that had lots of brown hairs was the one I harvested.. and I think that was just cus she was closest to being finish.. who knows .. my fingers are crossed.. Im thnking the worse and hoping for the best lol. Feel free to comment guys .. tonight is day 40 flower I believe.. I will do some more standard updating soon

 

[steeZz]

I know I am in no position to give advice... but if anyone is considering strains for their first grow.. this hindu kush is amazing .. it has been beautiful green the whole grow.. never got burnt from nutes.. never reacted to my bad ph when I was using a drop kit before I bought a meter.. Stays nice and compact... Just durable.. never stressed after transplants.. just kept growing ..

Where would I go about buying a meter and testing the PH for my plants?.. clueless when it comes to soil O.O
and I envy you in the nicest way man, your plants are looking gorgeous. this journal has given me hope that I will grow some bomb plants!


-ps. i'm local, i wouldn't mind an invitation

 

[alotaball]

Depending how local you are .. there is a VERY good shop in RIverside .. Called CAL WEST HYDRO.. they are really nice .. always give discounts.. helpful with questions.. I have been to alot of shops and they are the best imo around here. Also if you buy a ph meter there they will show you how to use it and calibrate it . Thanks for stopping by my journal.. should be some really nice stuff coming soon .. they are all looking good and should be ready in the next couple weeks

 

[alotaball]

So I been getting the replacement girls ready .. I took a ton of cuttings from some bigger plants I had.. first time cloning on purpose( did it once when a branch accidently got snapped off). I really wanna learn how to train (lst top supercrop) to improve my results and yield.. also so my canopy is alot more even.. SOO this is my Alien OG that I started to LST tonight.. hows it look? I want her to go in once on of the other girls finish in flower... Ill start training all my clones once they root and I put em in small pots. Feel free to comment .

Also trying smart pot on this one

HERE is the cuttings I took.. should have roots soon its been 4-5 days
I have laughing buddha from barneys
Alien OG
Querkle
Hindu Kush
Purple Kush

 

[steeZz]

Wow your plants look really good and healthy, and everytime I see those colas up above i get more inspiration.

I'm in the high desert, so riverside isn't too far from me haha. I'll have to look into that store for when I buy the stuff for my veg room.

 

[peaceloveandpaws]

Bummer about the bananas man, querkle still looks good tho. At least it was close to finishing, not a complete loss. I am hopeful for your pk. Now that you got the light leak fixed hopefully she stays a full she. On a lighter note - everything else looks fucking great! I am jealous at how full your colas are! I bet the pk turns out just fine.

 

[alotaball]

im hoping paws.. its been 2-3 days since I cut em off and fixed the leak.. no more have shown up but im still looking very night .. I cant wait to see how they finish.. thanks for following along paws.. been lonely over here

 

[steeZz]

Would throwing a black sheet over my tent during lights off cure this problem, I don't want light leaks lol.

 

[alotaball]

well heres an update on the Querkle plant I had to take early.. she is pretty crispy on the outside and ready to start her cure in the mason jars.. I think I will loose about 10 more grams to moisture weight.. but she weighed in at 83.2 Grams...
I cant wait to see what my other plants yield when fully ripened .. I still have 9 more to harvest later this month

Im pretty happy with that considering she only flowered for 5 1/2 weeks.. prob would of been a qp if she went the distance.

Heres a couple photos.. she is sooo purdy and smells like fruity pebbles

 

[steeZz]

Holy.............

Looks like something that grows under the ocean.


...and 83 grams off one plant?.. I'm hoping to get atleast a QP from my crop hahahaha

 

[alotaball]

LOL ya the coloring is insane.. I love it .. cant wait till the next one is done to see how much it yeilds when it goes the distance.. Im not quit as sad after weighing it all... I also sampled a bud last night.. and it is fire.. only last about 2 hours though but it was potent.. made me a little numb lol.. has a really grapey taste.. and it smells so good.. Under the circumstances I am pretty happy.. BUT CANNOT WAIT till i get to harvest the rest.. they look chunkier and frostier by the day

 

[steeZz]

Lol all the things you said right now is the perfect combination of words to kill someones patience. I can't wait to flower haha ahhhhhh.

But your nugs look better than 95% of the stuff I see in clinics, which is hilarity to me.
I swear homegrown is the way to go, it's like weedporn in my bedroom haha.

 

[alotaball]

Steez I was thinking the exact same thing.. it smells looks and smokes better then alot of the stuff I normally get from clinics.. Its like torture now because I cannot wait to see how the rest finish when fully ripe.. AHHHH .. o well im sure it will be worth the wait.. Now im just imagining all the clipping and trimming im gonna have to do.. its a shit ton of work.. this plant took me a few good hours and it was only 2-3 feet tall. The Chemdogs I have are over 5 feet each.. that is gonna take DAYS lol

 

[steeZz]

OH SHIT. I take back my previous statement and can officially wait to flower, but then again I have a girlfriend for a reason

trim trim trim trim trim.

 

[alotaball]

little update .. buds are filling in nice ... I think im gonna get more then anticipated ... I cant wait.. heres a couple pics of the girls... I smoked a little too much so im not gonna try to label the photos.. but .. enjoy the bud porn

Day 44 FLOWER

I took a couple videos too.. ill try to update with those later .. only got a couple weeks to go on most my girls Feel free to comment

 

[steeZz]

Wow man, those colas look effin gorgeous!!!! I obviously have the right mentor, bahahaha

I'd be happy if my whole yield comes out to one of your plants haha.
Maybe if I grow them close enough they'll turn into a superplant like yours?


lol props man.

 

[alotaball]

lol thanks Steez.. im really happy how they are coming out.. dont forget .. FREE SMOKE for people who volunteer to help trim LOL