Coco grow - Super Silver Haze, Blue Cheese and Trainwreck

So I've switched the timer to 12/12 now and here are pics at the end of day 2 12/12 (39 days in coco)

They are spreading/stretching out already. I can really see the main branches (colas to be) coming through now since FIMing.

I will be trimming lots of lower growth next week, leaving one lower branch on each for cloning in a couple of weeks time. If I took clones now, they would get too big and unmanageable before I have room to flower anything again, so it's all about the timing. Anyway.....here's the pics....BC (far), SSH (middle), TW (near).........enjoy!

Mammath said:

Yeah sounds like a plan.
Pot size is always relative to how big your gonna grow ya plants which is what I didn't know.
I'm sure by the time you finish though, those pots are gonna be chockers with roots.

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thanks man.....as you can see above......flowering now. After just 5 1/2 weeks since seed. I am v impressed with the coco so far! I just hope it can keep my roots happy enough to support them all through flowering.

nice grow read the hole thread
=REp!

wtffgr33n said:

nice grow read the hole thread
=REp!

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cheers mate. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read though my grow. Welcome on board!

I spent some time this morning adding support for all my plants. I want to support them all individually in their pots (instead of a large screen or netting), as I still want to be able to move the plants around and have the possibility of removing any males or hermies that might still show themselves.

So I've put a central stake in each pot and fitted a 25 cm diameter plant support ring to the stake, one for each pot. This will allow me to support and tie up/down branches as required on each plant. Pic update tomorrow!

SnowWhite said:

I spent some time this morning adding support for all my plants. I want to support them all individually in their pots (instead of a large screen or netting), as I still want to be able to move the plants around and have the possibility of removing any males or hermies that might still show themselves.

So I've put a central stake in each pot and fitted a 25 cm diameter plant support ring to the stake, one for each pot. This will allow me to support and tie up/down branches as required on each plant. Pic update tomorrow!

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Hey break out the stakes Snowy
That sounds like someone who's expecting some serious buddage
hehe...

I think they'll stay quite stocky at the size your flowering them and they'll support themselves.
Then again, I do love how MJ out does herself in flower
So best be prepared.

Looking forward to the pics.

Thanks for the comments Mammath. I'm hoping the plant rings will help add to the buddage a bit as they are also for training the growing branches to maximise on my FIMing, as much as they are for supporting the buds when they come. That's why I've got them in early. I'm just trying to give my plants the best possible chances of giving me a bumper harvest here. At the end of the day, that's what we are all trying to achieve I guess! hehehehe

I ran out of time to take pics today before my room went dark. But I'll have the camera ready tomorrow morning, which will be the 6 week mark.

Yeah I understand what your saying.
I use my watering rings as the first stage of LST and it works perfectly for opening up the plants.
I'm interested in seeing your methods and what you use to achieve the best results.

pics as promissed......usual order of play.....






I have had to raise a couple of the SSH's up on bricks. The one in the very middle is quite a heavy indica pheno, this is on 2 bricks and is growing so squat with fat leaves. It has a lot of branches after FIMing that are only just starting to stretch out now. The Trainwrecks are my favourite so far though, they are just so vigorous and healthy. One of them in particular is just growing beautifully, it's the one that fell over as a seedling, it's my still my favourite!

Next update will be Friday after 7 days of 12/12. Till then.........

Really great work dude. Love the rings. Setting up is great.
I like the sound of the indy SSH pheno. Save me a piece of that!
I look forward to that ropey TW pheno.
Good growing Snowy, I like it!

Mammath said:

Really great work dude. Love the rings. Setting up is great.
I like the sound of the indy SSH pheno. Save me a piece of that!
I look forward to that ropey TW pheno.
Good growing Snowy, I like it!

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Thanks mate. I'm v pleased with the rings too. I think they will be a regular addition to my grows from now. I'll try and showcase some individual plants next update so you can get a better look at what I'm talking about. It's hard to get good photos in my increasigly cramped conditions though!

just bumpin' the pics.....

SnowWhite said:

pics as promissed......usual order of play.....

I have had to raise a couple of the SSH's up on bricks. The one in the very middle is quite a heavy indica pheno, this is on 2 bricks and is growing so squat with fat leaves. It has a lot of branches after FIMing that are only just starting to stretch out now. The Trainwrecks are my favourite so far though, they are just so vigorous and healthy. One of them in particular is just growing beautifully, it's the one that fell over as a seedling, it's my still my favourite!

Next update will be Friday after 7 days of 12/12. Till then.........

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looks good, will be watching from here ++

what is your soil mixture?

that looks great man good setup, are you going to lollipop them to get more air thru them? subscribed

donkeyote said:

looks good, will be watching from here ++

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Cheers man, welcome on board!

tkjoe said:

what is your soil mixture?

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I'm using 100% coco.

liljheazy said:

that looks great man good setup, are you going to lollipop them to get more air thru them? subscribed

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thanks mate, good to have you on board too!

I have already trimmed quite a lot of lower growth and any main branches that I can't get through a plant support ring will ultimately be trimmed as well, so yes, kind of lollipooping them. I will take clones from the next time I trim lower growth.

I think trimming of the lower growth is really important at producing monster buds.
It focuses all the plants energy on the growth that gets the most light.
I usually do two major trims during a grow.
One when going into 12/12 and one during.
I like your style Snowy
Tell me what your plan of attack is with those rings?
How are they all stretching at the moment?

I'm always late to the damn party....

really nice clean grow from start to now snowy top marks, your girls look uniform and real healthy!

am in for the ride but i need a space in the back to skin up tho

couple questions, do you water coco like you would water a soil grow, by letting it get dry in between waterings, or is it more like a hempy watering schedule? Also, is it true that you can reuse your coco? If so that would really cut down on soil costs....

Mammath said:

I think trimming of the lower growth is really important at producing monster buds.
It focuses all the plants energy on the growth that gets the most light.
I usually do two major trims during a grow.
One when going into 12/12 and one during.
I like your style Snowy
Tell me what your plan of attack is with those rings?
How are they all stretching at the moment?

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Agreed mate I like to trim and prune and tie up or down, whatever is needed. The plan for the rings this grow is to let the branches stretch through them a bit more, then I will get out my wire and start fixing them in place, I'm trying to keep all branches evenly spaced with room to grow and fill out. The nice things about the rings is I can move them up the support cane for adjustment as the plants grow. I'm hoping to achieve a bit of a SOG here I guess. But taking it a day at a time, so not really sure what the final outcome will be.

Next time round, I will use the rings much earlier in veg to really LST them out wide, then I might consider adding another larger support ring above to continue training through, but I'm just kinda thinking out loud here and I'm always changing my mind as well. Or I might just net/screen my entire space, IDK yet. But the largest buds I have seen on this here interweb are always well very well supported!

There will be lots of pics this Friday and with the way they are growing at the moment, the branching out should be coming on nicely!

Don Gin and Ton said:

I'm always late to the damn party....

really nice clean grow from start to now snowy top marks, your girls look uniform and real healthy!

am in for the ride but i need a space in the back to skin up tho

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The party hasn't quite started yet mate....so I reckon you're just in time!

so have a hit on this my friend and pull up a chair, there's plenty of room for all!

I think this party needs some tuneage now the numbers are increasing......bit of funky, wonky, acid bass from Mr Luke Vibert......

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Thanks for the kind comments and welcome on board Don!