Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

[st0wandgrow]

This couldn't be more perfect. Listening to David and the boys while I smoke my first Kali Bubba. This is the next level as far as I am concerned. The way I grew her was not pretty. I completely underestimated the stretch on her even though I knew better. She needs to be placed into flowering by day 21 or else do not plan on taming her. We fought and battled each other from the third week of flowering on. I will grow her again no doubt. I have two clones of her. I just need some space. She does yield well. I am cutting her tonight. I cut a branch 5-6 days ago because I couldn't wait any longer. That is what I am smoking now. I will throw up some flower pictures. Not pretty but so effective.

The smoke is very smooth and very spicy. The strong sweet spice of Kali Mist overpowers this pheno. This is exactly the flavor I remember Kali Mist being. I am trying to undervalue my excitement. I honestly taste no Bubblegum in her whatsoever and if I smoked this with a KM lover I have strong doubts that they'd believe BG is in there. On the flip side I am overwhelmed at the taste and smell. Pure KM.

The high is full on motivating and clear. Very up high. This is not for the novice. I absolutely love this kind of high in the daytime. I am going to go and play some David Gilmour for the KB clones I have. I feel strange even calling it Kali Bubba. There is no Bubba in it. I will be working with this strain. I have 15 more ceeds.

So cool! You are making me drool here! KM is my absolute favorite (before it was re-worked). Clear headed and motivating, but yet dreamy and blissful. It had a very up-opiate effect for me.

Looking forward to some pics ....

 

[Mad Hamish]

This couldn't be more perfect. Listening to David and the boys while I smoke my first Kali Bubba. This is the next level as far as I am concerned. The way I grew her was not pretty. I completely underestimated the stretch on her even though I knew better. She needs to be placed into flowering by day 21 or else do not plan on taming her. We fought and battled each other from the third week of flowering on. I will grow her again no doubt. I have two clones of her. I just need some space. She does yield well. I am cutting her tonight. I cut a branch 5-6 days ago because I couldn't wait any longer. That is what I am smoking now. I will throw up some flower pictures. Not pretty but so effective.

The smoke is very smooth and very spicy. The strong sweet spice of Kali Mist overpowers this pheno. This is exactly the flavor I remember Kali Mist being. I am trying to undervalue my excitement. I honestly taste no Bubblegum in her whatsoever and if I smoked this with a KM lover I have strong doubts that they'd believe BG is in there. On the flip side I am overwhelmed at the taste and smell. Pure KM.

The high is full on motivating and clear. Very up high. This is not for the novice. I absolutely love this kind of high in the daytime. I am going to go and play some David Gilmour for the KB clones I have. I feel strange even calling it Kali Bubba. There is no Bubba in it. I will be working with this strain. I have 15 more ceeds.

I last had KM almost a decade ago now!! Wow time flies. I remember the bud as being everything but dense. Weird shaped almost stringy, calyxes stacked into these little arms sticking out in all directions. First time I had it I couldn't sleep at all, didn't even come close to feeling sleepy. Was a spicy-sweetness I still remember clear as day. Lovely herb, really it is!

 

[May11th]

I have some cali mist mixed w alaskan thunder fak, I hope it survive s, they are old seeds and arent showing that they are fast growers.

 

[May11th]

I love these blueberries, and they love me back, so easy to grow and man they just love the attention, I dont hear mych of bc bud depot but I hope to do them justice.

Blueberry , organic ss/ recycled and amended, with a dose of tea too. Using aloe vera each day, not diluting with water or anything and its not hurting them that I know of, they are in 1 gal grow bags and they are 4 weeks old and between 8-11 inches tall and very very similar in phenos so far.

 

[st0wandgrow]

GGG Grape Puff:




8 of the 10 sprouted, but one is a funky mutant that is not looking promising. I'm going under the assumption that I have 7 to work with here. Never had a bean not germinate for me, so I don't know where I effed up or if I just got a bad batch?? Kinda disappointing, but I'm hoping for 4 or 5 girls to sort through .....

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

GGG Grape Puff:

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8 of the 10 sprouted, but one is a funky mutant that is not looking promising. I'm going under the assumption that I have 7 to work with here. Never had a bean not germinate for me, so I don't know where I effed up or if I just got a bad batch?? Kinda disappointing, but I'm hoping for 4 or 5 girls to sort through .....

My nicest SunMaiden was a mutant. She straightened herself out with time.

 

[st0wandgrow]

My nicest SunMaiden was a mutant. She straightened herself out with time.

Good to know. I won't give up on him/her just yet then.

 

[May11th]

Going to buy some new seeds this weekend, anyone have suggestions for strains to look into, I need to go through everyones grow to see which ones I like, I want short to medium, long lasting buzz and aroma and taste, but taste isnt my main priority I just need something strong that diesnt wear off in 2 hrs and doesnt take 13 weeks to flower lol

I been looking at god bud, og#18, holy grail kush, cheese, skywalker og, and bubba kush.

 

[Mad Hamish]

Going to buy some new seeds this weekend, anyone have suggestions for strains to look into, I need to go through everyones grow to see which ones I like, I want short to medium, long lasting buzz and aroma and taste, but taste isnt my main priority I just need something strong that diesnt wear off in 2 hrs and doesnt take 13 weeks to flower lol

I been looking at god bud, og#18, holy grail kush, cheese, skywalker og, and bubba kush.

Barney's Farm LSD. Not usually a huge Barney's fan, but the LSD is FAST, it is POTENT, and it tastes great too.

Outdoor season has started here I've got some critical+ already hitting the third node, and just popped some beans from a small breeders and growers collective in the UK. They were hand-delivered to my house here in South Africa, completely non-commercial gear. My mate who dropped them off for me reckons it's the best weed he's ever smoked. Seeing as he can't remember the name, I believe him. And my mates over in the UK don't mess about. Going to be fun to see what they can do!
100 percent germ in 3 days, short stalks, doubled in size overnight, all great signs of danknessss approaching!

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Skywalker OG has fire phenos if you catch one. I would love to see the Holy Grail run too. You can't go wrong with these.

 

[May11th]

Well looks like lsd, thanks madham, and gandalf, ill get some hgk too, then after looking at mycomasters c99 I think I must grow some too.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Calling all gurus. I have found this on my Bubblegummer and two of the Pineapple Express phenos. I am thinking it is a calcium issue stemming from a ph issue. I did water the plants with 5.6-5.7 RO water in the past. My bad not checking the ph of my new RO system. About 2ish weeks ago I caught this and started to use Earth Juice Natural up and down. I was thinking it may be toxicity issue but I have only feed my teas with ppm of 600-700 max. I was going to up the ppms soon for the bulk of the flowering. Here are the pictures. These are from the bigger fans and are from the middle to the top of the plant. Thanks for looking guys.

I wanted to revisit this and tell you what I have learned from this.

1. Do not overuse teas. Period.
2. Make sure your mix can handle the ph of your RO water. Make sure your amendments are correct and that your microlife is active and ready to handle ph swings.
3. Never let your mix dry too much.
4. Listen to people smarter than you.
5. Read and learn as much as you can on your style only.
6. Don't be afraid to go outside the rules if you know it is right for you. I am using my well water right now because it is the right thing for my current mix. My well water's ph and ppms are great. I have a mix cooking right now that will handle my RO's low ph.

Here are some leaf and flower shots from today. I am really loving the LOS way. Living Organic Soil is very rewarding for me.

OB Ripper Leaf

OB Ripper Leaf

Starlet Kush a few days ago

Starlet Kush a few days ago

Starlet Kush a few days ago

Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

A week dry Green Poison on left and my third ranked SunMaiden pheno on the right. I cut the SM a week early just to sample it. I had too.

Sun Maiden cut 15 mins ago. Sweet candy chem.

I decided to keep the Green Poison. Great smoke. So smooth and I have not even cured it.

 

[May11th]

Did you fix the ca issue gandalf? I ran into one a week or so back , I cant stand my plants looking sickly. Great looking bud you have there, id love to smoke that right now! Im about to smoke some ss so goodnight everyone. Peace!

 

[Mad Hamish]

Gandalf, I just have to mention, I looked at your soil mix and amendment list you posted, can't recall if it was here or on another board. It is an incredible amount of interacting components mate. I was thinking you'd only really need a tea on the second run with it. Microbial activity alters pH, right, so if the micro life is too dense so to speak it could cause some serious swings in pH. Bacterial activity makes it go acidic doesn't it? So wouldn't a more fungal tea be better suited to that first run? I mean whatever microbe goes into your soil is going to THRIVE. Then the BSM also is just going to add fuel to the microbial fire too. Just thinking out loud here, but I know your soil mixes are well limed and properly cooked, so I was thinking it is completely possible that you had the pH lockout because your microbes were literally in a kind of microbe heaven, multiplying and doing their thing at a super fast rate and that caused the issue... Like I said just a thought I've been mulling over in my mind.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Did you fix the ca issue gandalf? I ran into one a week or so back , I cant stand my plants looking sickly. Great looking bud you have there, id love to smoke that right now! Im about to smoke some ss so goodnight everyone. Peace!

Yeah. That was fixed right away. Just pointing a past flaw.

Gandalf, I just have to mention, I looked at your soil mix and amendment list you posted, can't recall if it was here or on another board. It is an incredible amount of interacting components mate. I was thinking you'd only really need a tea on the second run with it. Microbial activity alters pH, right, so if the micro life is too dense so to speak it could cause some serious swings in pH. Bacterial activity makes it go acidic doesn't it? So wouldn't a more fungal tea be better suited to that first run? I mean whatever microbe goes into your soil is going to THRIVE. Then the BSM also is just going to add fuel to the microbial fire too. Just thinking out loud here, but I know your soil mixes are well limed and properly cooked, so I was thinking it is completely possible that you had the pH lockout because your microbes were literally in a kind of microbe heaven, multiplying and doing their thing at a super fast rate and that caused the issue... Like I said just a thought I've been mulling over in my mind.

That was just a basic mix without the amendments to handle the ph. I am now running the TLO mix. I swear my ph was so low and I overfed the plants with teas. I was dumb. I did put a lot of ewcs in the mix too. I thought that may have problematic. I think it is a must to go back over your mistakes. Since I made the changes with my water's ph and cutting back on teas it has been smooth sailing. If anything I need to tea up just a bit more now.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

Teas are so damn fun! Feel like I'm a professional chef when brewin. Little bit of dis, dash of that, pinch of bat shit and BAM kicked it up a notch.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

So I have a question about used soil that I want to reuse. I had some "reggie" plants I grew in mostly organics (mix of peat, roots, perlite, and HF soil conditioner) but used some free synth nutes on em in flower. I inoculated with ACT a couple of times during flower. Anyway should I flush this soil before amending/cooking? I have some huge roots in there also. Will this just be fuel for the bennies while cooking, or should I remove them?!

 

[Steelheader3430]

Hey Gand is that a standard 35 mm lens cap?!

 

[Mad Hamish]

That was just a basic mix without the amendments to handle the ph. I am now running the TLO mix. I swear my ph was so low and I overfed the plants with teas. I was dumb. I did put a lot of ewcs in the mix too. I thought that may have problematic. I think it is a must to go back over your mistakes. Since I made the changes with my water's ph and cutting back on teas it has been smooth sailing. If anything I need to tea up just a bit more now.

OK got it now. Just found the recipe you posted... Can't see anything going wrong in that mix mate. Wowowowow. No wonder your plants are so friggin happy. I have a LONG way to go...

 

[May11th]

4 weeks since showing sex.
Carmelo

Smells of fruit roll ups with a hint of nitromethane
4.5 foot tall from top of soil
Been feeding a tad too much so going to calm down and just give plain water next, shes been drinking a ton, 2 gallons every watering , every 2-3 days.
She is is recycled organic soil thats been ran through 2 generations without being amended, I had to top dress last week but the soil is prob shot after this so time to mix it in with some new coco I have, I have a ton of soil now from fox farm of, coco, roots organic and some ss, like 8 or so totes just laying around cooking lol where do you guys put all your cooking soil, im running out of room in my grow space.



Ps I need a good camera lol my phone doesnt cut it .