Grow #4 - Purple Wreck in Coco
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Im going to finish going through your journal after I ask you a few questions. Awesome looking plants by the way. Do you always trim off all your undergrowth? I've alway just left mine. Is there a benefit? Also what are you using the bamboo sticks for? Also what are you growing in. Those clones look super healthy what did you use to root those? Kinda looks like rockwool but im not sure. Thanks and sorry for all the questions in your thread.Just starting week 6. Super smelly and sticky at this point. This plant is turning out to be the first one I have grown that looks like the pictures I drooled over while researching how to do all this
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greenghost420
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wow awesome pics! i want some!
duudical
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Thanks man! Okay here goes:
1) This is only my 4th grow so I am experimenting with all kinds of shit - my last two grows I have trimmed the undergrowth because it just put out pretty worthless buds since the light wouldn't penetrate the canopy to reach them that well. I am thinking of adding some side lighting to see if I can't reach those lower regions. But the trimming has definitely worked. Lollipopping them like that does allow the plant use the available energy to bulk up the larger buds. So I do recommend it, especially if you don't have gnarly lights.
2) The bamboo sticks are there for me to tie branches to so I can get them arranged in a way that gives them fairly equal light; I also go through and take out or trim back any fan leaves that are covering lower bud sites that would otherwise receive good light and develop. The bamboo is cheap, available at any home, garden or hydro store, and super easy to work with. I do want to work in a ScROG system soon, but I need a larger tent first. I do a lot of training on my plants due to the limited height, so these bamboo sticks allow me to keep the height down while making sure light is getting to everything.
3) I have cloned in soil and rockwool. Both worked, but these are in rockwool and are looking great - remember that a lot of their vigor comes from the plant they were cloned from, so make sure you clone from a plant that is strong and healthy. I am building a aero cloning machine which will be better - but I do think the rockwool works great - only tradeoff is that it usually takes about 10 days+ to root, whereas people get roots on aeroponic cloners much faster - usually within a week or so - so that is the way to go if you can swing it, lots of plans online to DIY or you can find one at your local hydro store.
Great questions man! I am learning as I go. I just keep reading, researching and trying everything I can to grow these incredible plants to their fullest potential.
Stay tuned and I would love to hear of you experiences and what you have found works for you.
I have an Arjan's Ultra Haze #1 in there as well which is turning out to be something special - 3 of the 4 clones you see in the pics above are from this plant. I also have a Chemdawg that I have vegged for a while and a C99 waiting to go into flower. Dude, I need a bigger tent soon
greenghost420
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describe the smells ur smelling
Thanks for taking time to answer my questions. To be honest with you I feel I waisted my time with side lighting. I used 23w cfls and hung them between the plants. I think if they were the 2700k temp cfls for flower and larger they might have made a difference. I have a journal on another site which ill be transferring over here to so I pop my here and paste the link. Oh btw I ordered some purplewreck seeds today since I liked your grow so much. Gonna try 1 plant outside and one under 300w of LEDs and 150w cfl.Thanks man! Okay here goes:
1) This is only my 4th grow so I am experimenting with all kinds of shit - my last two grows I have trimmed the undergrowth because it just put out pretty worthless buds since the light wouldn't penetrate the canopy to reach them that well. I am thinking of adding some side lighting to see if I can't reach those lower regions. But the trimming has definitely worked. Lollipopping them like that does allow the plant use the available energy to bulk up the larger buds. So I do recommend it, especially if you don't have gnarly lights.
2) The bamboo sticks are there for me to tie branches to so I can get them arranged in a way that gives them fairly equal light; I also go through and take out or trim back any fan leaves that are covering lower bud sites that would otherwise receive good light and develop. The bamboo is cheap, available at any home, garden or hydro store, and super easy to work with. I do want to work in a ScROG system soon, but I need a larger tent first. I do a lot of training on my plants due to the limited height, so these bamboo sticks allow me to keep the height down while making sure light is getting to everything.
3) I have cloned in soil and rockwool. Both worked, but these are in rockwool and are looking great - remember that a lot of their vigor comes from the plant they were cloned from, so make sure you clone from a plant that is strong and healthy. I am building a aero cloning machine which will be better - but I do think the rockwool works great - only tradeoff is that it usually takes about 10 days+ to root, whereas people get roots on aeroponic cloners much faster - usually within a week or so - so that is the way to go if you can swing it, lots of plans online to DIY or you can find one at your local hydro store.
Great questions man! I am learning as I go. I just keep reading, researching and trying everything I can to grow these incredible plants to their fullest potential.
Stay tuned and I would love to hear of you experiences and what you have found works for you.
I have an Arjan's Ultra Haze #1 in there as well which is turning out to be something special - 3 of the 4 clones you see in the pics above are from this plant. I also have a Chemdawg that I have vegged for a while and a C99 waiting to go into flower. Dude, I need a bigger tent soon
duudical
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Awesome! Can't wait to follow that one. Make sure you get me the link to your grow once you get it on RIU. I am stoked to see it grow outside - bet that will be quite an incredible result. Thanks for the lowdown on your experience with the side lighting. Under a 300w LED + CFL you should get some amazing results. My son (adult) and I quick dried a couple of smaller buds last night just because were were anxious to see how it was. Even little popcorn stuff quick dried on a light bulb was pretty nice. Very pleasant and super happy smoke. Letting it go at least until Sunday and then I might take her - or I might harvest a few buds and let the rest go another week - not sure yet. Just checking her out with the scope every day to see how she progresses trichome-wise. Right now they are about 50/50 clear/cloudy, but I would like to see at least 25% amber before I harvest the whole thing.
Keep me in the loop on your grows - would love to swap notes and learn some shit together.
duudical
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It is definitely a slightly sweet, fuel smell. The Tangerine Dream and Nothern Light Blue that I harvested last cycle were both super sweet and fruity smelling. This one is different for sure.
eastcoastmo
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Duuuuude you got a wicked strain in themat PW hey, she looks stunning and i could only imagine the high 
top work man!!
top work man!!
greenghost420
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mmmm sounds good
duudical
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I know. I like getting lucky like that since I ordered exactly 1 seed of this - ha ha. I love the happy high that the early buds have provided....can't wait for this to mature and cure a little. Should be amazing.Duuuuude you got a wicked strain in themat PW hey, she looks stunning and i could only imagine the high
AnotherDude
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Very Nice PW, I have a few going myself.
duudical
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Going to harvest her tomorrow so I thought I would take some last pics. Put her in the veg cabinet so I could get some of the actual color. Not really purple, though the little buds I dried turned very purple in about an hour after cutting them off of the plant:
Glad I have another of these going in the flowering tent - really great plant.
Glad I have another of these going in the flowering tent - really great plant.
duudical
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And here is the Arjan's Ultra Haze #1. This plant is intense. Super thick stem, humungous leaves, really starting to open up and flower now too - still has at lease 8 weeks to go, but it is progressing along nice. To keep the height down, I did some gentle LST and tied her to some bamboo sticks to try and manage her. Not sure how much more she will stretch, but we shall see.
duudical
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What I am going to replace the PW#1 with is this Chemdawg from HSO that I have grown from seed. I am sure I will have to get a taller tent in the middle of this one - which I plan to, or else I would be kind of dumb putting her in there. Really lush plant. I also tied her down quite a bit to the bamboo sticks.
duudical
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So I harvested her and got her all trimmed up last night. Now, the waiting game 
The PW#2 I have in the tent now has like 4-5 weeks to go still and likely won't produced this much since it was a little clone that I am flowering in a smaller pot just because of room. But I am anxious to see what the slow-dried bud is like. We hit some quick-dried stuff last night and it was very, very happy and nice.
The PW#2 I have in the tent now has like 4-5 weeks to go still and likely won't produced this much since it was a little clone that I am flowering in a smaller pot just because of room. But I am anxious to see what the slow-dried bud is like. We hit some quick-dried stuff last night and it was very, very happy and nice.
eastcoastmo
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Wow dude that PW looks amazing hey it is really purple isnt it...Nice!!
The Chemdawg looks to be a nice plant too, she'll give you some good dank too
it is really purple isnt it...Nice!! The Chemdawg looks to be a nice plant too, she'll give you some good dank too
rfun
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Is that Reserva Privada PW? If it is, do you ever have a problem with them clawing up on you? I've grown them twice and for some reason they claw on me, both times. I've tryed everything first I thought it was overwatering so I cut back a bit. Then I thought it was to much N so I changed that up but still nothing. The first time I grew it I topped it and it gave me some small buds but decent not popcorn. So the second time I figured I would try no topping and just some light manicuring at the bottom and they turned out to be straight garbage. I get the purple color and the heavy trichs but bullshit buds all fluffy from top to bottom. This time I lollipopped 2 clones of it and I am hoping for better results cause I got 16 Clones that are in veg right now, ready for 12/12 in about 2 weeks. Then again all these clones are from 1 seed. So last week I germed the other 4 in the pack and only 3 cracked open. Figured it might be the pheno. Any input from you would be great. Does your pheno get the purple hue? These are the 2 I have in 12/12 right now. Theyve been in for 20 days. Everything looks good just cant get rid of that damn claw.