Brobo's Thread for the Bro's (and Sisters, too)...

[Bobotrank]

Hey thanks Donnie. I appreciate it. Looks like I'm gonna have a shitload of hash, too.

Last night I took down the SCROG. All of it.

I went in yesterday morning to see how my Equisetum tea was working (seemed to be doing fine on parts that it made contact with). Upon starting to dig around, I noticed that the Agent Orange was getting ravaged by the PM. I was pretty bummed, but couldn't find any on the Deadhead, and I couldn't see any on the Lambsbread. I decide to chop the Orange down, and then as I'm finished I see the Lambsbread, upon much closer inspection, is just breeding the shit down in her lowers. Before I cut anything else though, I check out the OG again. Not a fucking trace, ANYWHERE. Thank god. The Deadhead was mostly cloudy trichs, too, so I don't feel too terrible about her coming down 5 days early. She yielded like a winner. Really thick, heavy colas. The Lambsbread and AO were just fucked, though. All and all I think I probably got 2-3 ounces of smokable cumulative... but man, the amount I was throwing into the hash pile was massive... in the ounces range. I bagged it all up, and threw it in the freezer chest. I bet there were at LEAST 6+ ounces of really really nice bud that got chucked. The plastic bag was so heavy I bet there was more. This was going to be a massive harvest.

So that is where I stand right now. I'm 100% gutted, and was practically in tears as I Edward Sciccorhands'ed the whole thing. I've got the dehue set to 40-45% rh, and the flowers are drying (hopefully not just molding more). I was vigilant as fook trimming off that PM. If I could see it starting to creep up the bud, I just chucked the whole thing. Yes, I had a very bad attitude while I was doing this.

I don't need to wash the weed before I hash it, right? The bubblehash process in itself is what washes away the spores?

Oh, and lastly. This is why you don't SCROG mother plants. I knew there were going to be problems, but not to this effect. PM isn't anything I'd ever had to deal with before. Learn from my dumbass. Only mainlines from now on.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

ah shit man you didn't throw all that trim in wet did ya? if so pull it out n dry it. the end result will be much better yield. leaves just stick together when you freeze em wet.

no, no need to wash it. no point man PM touch wood is one of the few things i've managed to avoid so far. bugs and creepy crawlies i've had in droves but PM is a whole nother bitch

 

[Bobotrank]

Uh oh. Well, it's in there. 14 hrs now. Fuck me, lol.

Thanks Don. Appreciate your help, brosef. Hey, we're all in it together, eh? Hope you're having a good day, man.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

not the end of the world but i'd be in there pulling the bigger popcorn out to dry on a tray bro

days going well. almost afraid to say it. shit goes bad when i do haha

hope your all good bru

 

[Bobotrank]

Yeah, definitely heading down to do just that. Stupid Bobo!

Glad all is well in your camp, Don. Have you given a run at the ol DWC yet?? I'm gonna have to pop over to your pad again to check it out.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

well funny you should mention that brobo,

I've been getting bits n bobs to make a hydro cloner with a root medium and without. when momma's big enough i'm going to try and grodan clone a branch while it's attached to the plant and then remove it. going to start work on the mini dwc cloner tonight too though.

 

[Bobotrank]

That sounds badass. When I get a moment I'll pop over. Be well brotha!

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

nee prob's man, i've just been up to check and she has better fog than the heated prop i got in the next chamber. already thinking i should have done bigger lol

thinking a cake save on top would do ace if i can get a not very deep bucket the same size. might be a hard as tough. bell clouche' i think is the real term. i'm calling mine ghettooooooo

 

[Bobotrank]

Hey man as long as it works, right? I've had some ghetto stuff work better than the posh, lol. Sounds like a badass little rig man. You can always make another one that is bigger

 

[ReefBongwell]

That's really disappointing... haven't had that yet hope i don't! that and mites are about the only two common ones i haven't had to deal with yet... and crossing my fingers i don't or at least it's not for a long time... i couldn't handle that shit this harvest.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

Hey man as long as it works, right? I've had some ghetto stuff work better than the posh, lol. Sounds like a badass little rig man. You can always make another one that is bigger

I already did this clone is going in it all being well. Don't see need for rockwool etc but I've got some anyway if this goes tits up.

have a good one bo bro

 

[Highlanders cave]

Hey buddy I feel bad for you. I was reading about your Lambsbread chunking out more every day and then next your garden is gone. I'm sure you did the right thing as far as taking everything down but yeah that must of been real hard, especially since the plants had really come along nicely. That's a lot of dough too bro that's tough.

Well what's on deck now bobro : ?)

.....maybe a maintenance dose of a good pm killer would be good to incorporate into your routine after you get everything clean, like once a month or every few weeks. Good luck brother

 

[Bobotrank]

That's really disappointing... haven't had that yet hope i don't! that and mites are about the only two common ones i haven't had to deal with yet... and crossing my fingers i don't or at least it's not for a long time... i couldn't handle that shit this harvest.

Yeah man, total failure over here, lol. Not fun, either. I understand the feeling everyone else goes through when they're chopping down all their hard work, and throwing it in the bin.

I already did this clone is going in it all being well. Don't see need for rockwool etc but I've got some anyway if this goes tits up.

have a good one bo bro

Of course you did. Did you say that and I missed it? Either way, I like the way we think. Teamwork! Thanks man. I still need to get to your thread. Didn't go anywhere but here yesterday for fear of seeing beautiful bud pr0n everywhere.

Hey buddy I feel bad for you. I was reading about your Lambsbread chunking out more every day and then next your garden is gone. I'm sure you did the right thing as far as taking everything down but yeah that must of been real hard, especially since the plants had really come along nicely. That's a lot of dough too bro that's tough.

Well what's on deck now bobro : ?)

.....maybe a maintenance dose of a good pm killer would be good to incorporate into your routine after you get everything clean, like once a month or every few weeks. Good luck brother

Thanks HC. My own dumb fault on this one, I'm afraid. Maybe that's why it stings a bit more. At least I have a couple ozs to get me through until the next harvest. Everything is drying in the tent right now with the dehu on, and as soon as it's dry enough to throw into jars I'm washing everything. Scrubbing. Pulling out. Vaccuuuuum! Bleach. The whole 9 yards. The Lambsbread was looking amazing, you're right. That thing was going to yield a ton. The smoke from that one is great daytime fun, too. Perfect for listening to music and bopping around the cave, getting stuff done.

So the plan is... I'm going to continue using the Equisetum tea. I sprayed some on a couple succulents outside that had black mold spots on them, and a couple days later the spots were all gone, and the plants looked stoked. So I'm going to continue to use that as a treatment/preventative/whatever. Will probably cary some sort of regiment into the next flower cycle as long as possible. I think the stuff works well, I just think my over vegged, under trimmed canopy was too much for it to take.

Here are the strains I'm working with.

Blueberry
Purple Alien OG
LA Cheese
Trainwreck
Headband
Girl Scout Cookies

Then waiting for sex on:

Pandora's Box
?p x Space Bomb1
Choco Chunky Monkey
Bubbleberry

They should be showing any day... I had three of the ?p's, and one threw out some nanners the other day for me already, so hopefully the other two that aren't showing yet are a couple fems. Bubbleberry and Pandora's both have great node structure, really tight and purdy. 8 weeks since they popped their heads up, so aaaannnny day...

Thanks for swinging by everyone. You keep me happy when I'm sad.

 

[Bobotrank]

Blueberry Mainline

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

Dude are you cloning in situ? I'm going to soon. If not what are the big green bits man?

 

[Bobotrank]

lol, no they are the velcro tie downs.... I do a wrap around the stems, and then you can see the white on the one pulling it down on the lefthand side.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

sort of supercropping without the knuckle. smart.

 

[Bobotrank]

Exactly... more of a LST really, but they're nice because they don't dig into the branches like some of the different wires out there. And they are easy to adjust... They're velcro and so they just stick to the side of the smart pots. I'm happy with the stuff.

If you haven't tried mainlining yet, I couldn't recommend it enough. Even if you don't spend all the time in the world getting everything the same length, it still does wonders.

 

[jigfresh]

Hey bud. I'm really sorry to hear about things. At least you got some smoke to hold you over. I hate PM. Suck you had to mess with it as well.

Those strains you are wroking with are like an all star line up to me. Should be good.

Thanks for swinging by everyone. You keep me happy when I'm sad.

Last edited by Bobotrank; 02-28-2013 at 09:12 AM. Reason: last part was a little too much.

I'm bummed I missed the gushy stuff.

 

[Bobotrank]

Thanks Jig buddy. I feel the same way when trying to look on the bright side. It could have been worse. There could have been nothing salvageable.

Oh, the edit? It was something along the lines of "keeping me warm when I'm cold" (which only my wife and furry dog get to do!). I didn't want the dog reading it and getting jealous!

The good news is... 15 weeks! Hell yes. So psyched for you... and to feel it squirmy wormin' around in there is even better man! <<<HHB>>>