Stoneslacker's 250w micro, hempy, scrog - Blue Hash, Afghan Kush Special. Cheese

[stoneslacker]

Me too stone! Love the foldgers...lol. I currently use 2l bottles and 1gl buckets.

I used the 5qt sterlite handy pails before. Nice and low profile, not much taller than the folgers cans. I'm using
2 gallon buckets this round and I like what I am seeing so far.

Looking quite amazing my friend! You noticing any difference in bud quality with that LED?

Thanks bro. I am not sure, but they definitely look good so far. I have noticed some considerable size though. Hard to tell if that is from the buckets or the LED.

I am thinking about getting a second Kessil, I love the light versus heat output.

I was really hoping the Blue Hash would color like your Blue Thai did. Now I am just hoping she will finish soon.

Hey stoneslacker awesome grow man i've been watching you'r grow for a while now as I got 2 blue hash at week 5 12/12. I am still relatively new to growing and thanks to your journal its helped me a lot along the way so thanks for that, much appreciated. Ive been looking at the bud development from week 5 onward in your pics but its hard to get a clear indication of how much they packed on, how much would you say the buds gained from then till now?

Thanks for the interest and post Ryz. Looking at them everyday it is hard for me to tell how much the put
on over the weeks without looking back. It looks like alot of mass was put on since week 5.

I'll start my update with the BH and see if these pics will show a bit better the development.


Day 36/Today day 60

She looks like she put on around 1.5x more mass since week 5. She keeps getting bigger too it seems.
Here is some more BH pics.

Cheese is not developing too much more. She is more or less finished and now just waiting
on the BH to finish.

AKS is really fattening up. She is a squat little bush but she has put out some fine colas.

 

[eastcoastmo]

Looking amazing as always Stoney that cheese just looks too good to be true ha ha. I reckon she will put you on your arse old school style!!

 

[steeliesteve]

Looking great in there! That Cheese has me drooling too.
My girls have been on life support this week. We lost power 7:30 Sunday night and got it back 3:30 Thursday morning. Snagged up the father in laws generator and limped by but it cost about $50-$60 a day to run. I havent gotten a deer yet but I'll be out with my son this weekend. Its his first year actually hunting himself and I cant wait to see him get his first deer!

 

[stoneslacker]

Looking amazing as always Stoney that cheese just looks too good to be true ha ha. I reckon she will put you on your arse old school style!!

She sure looks like she will pack a punch. If she tastes as good as she smells I will be very happy.

Looking great in there! That Cheese has me drooling too.
My girls have been on life support this week. We lost power 7:30 Sunday night and got it back 3:30 Thursday morning. Snagged up the father in laws generator and limped by but it cost about $50-$60 a day to run. I havent gotten a deer yet but I'll be out with my son this weekend. Its his first year actually hunting himself and I cant wait to see him get his first deer!

Damn that sucks. Seems everyone north and south of me got hit, power flickered here a couple times but never went out. Good luck this
weekend I hope your boy bags a giant and makes your weekend.

 

[eastcoastmo]

I'm jealous bro make sure you give us a smoke report too mate, would be interested in how she goes compared to the other beauties

 

[stoneslacker]

Well I think we are about there. Looking to harvest at least the Cheese and AKS tomorrow night putting them at day 66. If those 2 don't kill me I will attempt to take down the BH.

I changed my scrubber and did some modifications to the cab and I might try to run a 4th plant next run. If I do I will pick up another of these Kessil 150s and see what
kind of coverage I can get with some plant rotation. If I run 2 Kessils it would still be less wattage than running the 2-3 cfl's I've been running.


Took just a couple canopy pics tonight under the MH. It's hard to see the new open space but it would be on the back left side. With a minor adjustment to
the 250's position and another Kessil I think I can pull it off. Kinda excited to give it a try.

Cheese up front and Blue Hash in the new back area.

Shot of how the plant would sit in the new area.

Soon as I get these 3 chopped I'll do some more modifications and hang the LED back there and adjust the 250's position and see what I think.

 

[eastcoastmo]

God damn they look good man, i so wish they could make a scratch and sniff app, i bet it smells awesome in there

Cant wait to see what you do to get the 4th in there too man, definitely looks doable

 

[SomeGuy]

Run another plant man! I was only gonna run four but snuck a fifth in there. Beutiful scrog. I always think my scrog is kinda ugly until it buds. . Lol.

 

[stoneslacker]

Thanks guys. Decided to take the AKS down tonight. Pics soon

 

[stoneslacker]

Ok took down the World of Seeeds Afghan Kush Special and am I glad I did. She was so full of leaf it took forever to trim. She definitely finished up well and looks nice and ripe.

I must say that I am pleasantly surprised by the size of her colas. She filled in very well all the way down her arms and really has some density. Still she was not very well suited
for SCRoG style growing and overall was not my favorite plant to grow.

Harvested at day 65, breeder recommended 50-60 days. Bud is in 13"x9" pan for perspective.

 

[SomeGuy]

Looks like it will be pretty decent man. I love the point before harvest and after its all in jars. Lots of work inbetween there. Lol

 

[FuckJeffGoldbloom]

Wow stone, great job mate.

You make it look like you run them under a 600w i swear, great job with the 250!

FJG

 

[Javadog]

You make it look like you run them under a 600w i swear

This.

Your pre-harvest shots take on the effect of an optical illusion
when one registers the power used.

JD

 

[stoneslacker]

Looks like it will be pretty decent man. I love the point before harvest and after its all in jars. Lots of work inbetween there. Lol

Thanks SG. She looks like she will be pretty decent smoke. I definitely don't enjoy trimming as much as I seemed to the first crop I ever took down. At least I learned to take the hardest to trim one down 1st, a lesson it took a few grows to learn.

Wow stone, great job mate.

You make it look like you run them under a 600w i swear, great job with the 250!

FJG

This.

Your pre-harvest shots take on the effect of an optical illusion
when one registers the power used.

JD

Thanks guys. It's hard to get a good sense of scale in pics. Tried to show some size scale with the fiskars in the pics. Definitely think I did pretty well this round though.

It is hard to maximize multiple strains though, so there is still room for improvement there I think. Next round I may just limit it to
2 strains, although it is hard to sacrifice the variety I end up with. If I can fit the 4th plant in there I may go with a 2-1-1 format, with 2 Koshers, 1 Thc Bomb, and one TBD.


Cheese and Blue Hash come down tonight. Pics later

 

[whocares100]

IME DWC is probably the most productive method I've seen. You can really grow some massive plants if
you have your system dialed in. That being said there is a lot of maintenance involved with keeping a smooth running system.

Hempys are a nice balance between DWC results and soil ease of use. No pumps or air lines to worry about or buckets to clean with rez changes.
A bucket full of perlite will take you all the way through a grow cycle with little to no worries. A nice simple and low effort system, ask away if I can clear up any questions about the hempy system.



Perch is my favorite by far. Just egg wash, roll in flour with salt and pepper or a bit of Lawrys and pan fry in a bit of oil. Doesn't get any better than that.

There is something about trudging through a field of trees until that one perfect specimen catches your eye. Only thing that would be better is if we get a bit of snow before I go tree cutting.

I heard u may have some snow??? better roll it up my friend

 

[ADriftingGinger]

I thought the cheese would be the first to come down but good reasoning in the aks lol. I have to ask why the MH in late flowering? I've heard of it in early flowering to cut down on stretching but never late.

 

[stoneslacker]

I heard u may have some snow??? better roll it up my friend

Just a dusting where I'm at. Cold temps though so will have to roll it up anyway.

I thought the cheese would be the first to come down but good reasoning in the aks lol. I have to ask why the MH in late flowering? I've heard of it in early flowering to cut down on stretching but never late.

In the end it didn't matter, they were all a pain to trim. The MH does offer a small bit of UVB, not a major amount but some. It helps with the picture taking also.

 

[stoneslacker]

Well they are all chopped and hanging. Trimming is a labor of love, but labor nonetheless. Nearly 5 hours trimming 2 plants. I think I have trimmers elbow.

Cheese is definitely my favorite this round. Smells so skunky and good. Really old school smell and look to her.
Cold temps the past week really brought out some purple in a few of her buds. She doesn't have the thickest buds but I will definitely grow her again on looks and smell alone.

Blue Hash takes the largest plant title this round. She is really impressive, nice thick dense buds and almost zero popcorn. I can't wait to get a final weight on her, I hesitate to venture a guess but think she should end up over 80g.

Peace

 

[ADriftingGinger]

I kinda thought photo taking had alot to do with it . If things get much colder where im st I might hsve to throw in my 400w MH and hope it pumps out enough heat. This 250w is barely doing the job. Lol and everyone worrys about heat being to high here I am worried about the opposite.
Dude everything looks delicious I wish I could sit there and hsve a smoke test. Im really interested in what the blue hash smokes like.

 

[stoneslacker]

I kinda thought photo taking had alot to do with it . If things get much colder where im st I might hsve to throw in my 400w MH and hope it pumps out enough heat. This 250w is barely doing the job. Lol and everyone worrys about heat being to high here I am worried about the opposite.
Dude everything looks delicious I wish I could sit there and hsve a smoke test. Im really interested in what the blue hash smokes like.

Thanks ADG. I definitely enjoy the colder weather especially for growing.

I am also anxious to try them out. The BH smells so sweet, like ripe blueberries with a back hint of dank. The cheese is where my attention is locked right now though, I wish you all could smell her just amazing.

Peace and Happy Thanksgiving!