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FirstCavApache64
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Thanks, it's been a fun ride but they're ready to come down any day now. The OG Kush is really getting yellow and I don't want to push it much further with it. Probably going to chop it a week earlier than I'd like because of the bleached tops but it will still be around 11 and a half weeks so it's pretty close. The Steve Lemme OG plants will by close behind and then it's drying and trim jail for a couple weeks.Looks awesome
This light is great for spread and penetration looks like it's pretty close to my old cob light. The COB got a little deeper in the canopy but had a really small footprint. Next run with this light I'll focus on keeping a really flat canopy and work the par up nice and slow. 700 watts is a lot of juice for 16 square feet and I've learned to respect it.
buckaclark
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Well done,wish I had smellivision.lol
FirstCavApache64
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Thanks Buck, it's not as good as what you're smelling right now I bet, but it's nice and rank. With no carbon filter in use this whole grow the house has taken on a lovely kush funk lol. If I get any of the Skunk Ass beans to pop that I just planted I think the wife will be encouraging me to hook up the filter for the next run. Hoping that Sour D crossed with Skunk 18 is going to be a stinker of some kind. It's been years since I grew any skunk crosses so I'm sure it will be fun anyway it goes.
I'm debating on when to chop the outdoor girl from this run. It's doing so well with zero budrot or PM this late in the season I want to push it as far as possible without getting rot or freeze damage. I'm thinking first week of November but who knows what nature has in mind.
agare$969
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Excellent looking buds mate.
HydroKid239
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They are turning out awesome. Good job on taming that light to be good to your girls. Also loving the bud structure you got going on. Can’t wait to watch them finish up.
FirstCavApache64
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Thanks, I wish I could give the OG Kush more time but it's decided it's time and is in heavy senescence. I'm dreading trimming these as I left a lot more leaves than usual when I lollipopped them. Going to be a busy couple weeks and the new Chikimasa scissors are going to get a workout on a full chop for the first time.
HydroKid239
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For the sake of my trimming “trigger fingers” I have spread out when I’m chopping. Seems like they all fall in line with it as far as readiness is concerned. I’m heading out to chop another from outside in a couple hours before the sun rises. Thick patches of fog are headed my way & I don’t need that in my life lol. She’s been up a week longer than I’ve wanted her up.. but I didn’t want to set a newly chopped plant in to dry with a plant that’s already been in there for a week+. I wanted to hang that baby whole, but the plant needs to be washed. I don’t have a swimming pool to dip it in, so 5gal buckets it is.
FirstCavApache64
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I've got a bud wash candidate on my hands too. We have a couple days of rain next week but it's shrugged off all the other rain so far so I'll see how it looks.
FirstCavApache64
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I chopped most of the main cola's on the OG Kush tonight and I'll finish taking the other tops tomorrow morning. There was a lot of dead fan leaves in the buds and it was a pain to cut each dead leaf out with nail scissors. It's a good lesson on patience trying to do detailed work with shaky hands lol. The buds are nice and dense with a great kush funk to them. Drying room is around 65-68 degrees which is about as cold as I can get it with humidity around 55%-60%. Should be adequate for be drying but not quite perfect. I'll post up some pics tomorrow as I was just trying to get as much trimmed as I could and skipped taking pics. Going to be a busy week for chopping and getting everything taken down in time. 12 weeks is a long flower cycle, I'm looking forward to a break just vegging babies after this for a couple weeks.
lusidghost
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Can you pop the leaves out with your fingers? That's what I usually do.
I feel the not taking pictures during harvest. I always intend on doing it, but I forget and then I touch a plant with gloves and it's on after that.
FirstCavApache64
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Some of them I could, and did, but most were yellowing with green bases that were still really stuck in the bud. I probably could have left them but I was worried about bud rot as some of them died and rotted in the thick part of the bud. I hated handling the buds so much and prying them open to cut out the leaves but I don't want to worry about rot as I'm busy taking the others down. The other two plants are much better off and should be easier to trim other than some foxtailing.
FirstCavApache64
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The main cola's are chopped and hanging...phew. I think I'll leave the lowers until the very last so they can ripen up better.
I got a good surprise today as 3 Sour Bubble from BOG Seeds decided to pop up and all had stuck helmets. Two are off and the thirds going to come off on its own I think. I'm super excited to try and get these BOG Seeds plants up and running for the next run. The Sour Cindy is finally working it's way out of a slow start and looking nice. The Purest Indica plants are doing great in my veg tent at a buddies. Very uniform and healthy looking little babies. Should be a fun time deciding on what makes it into the flower tent.
I'll be taking the tops off the bigger Steve Lemme in the next couple days and then it's on to the frosty pheno Steve Lemme to wrap things up. No signs of mold or any bud rot so if I can just get through the next week or so I think I'll be in good shape.
Hope your plants are doing great!!
I got a good surprise today as 3 Sour Bubble from BOG Seeds decided to pop up and all had stuck helmets. Two are off and the thirds going to come off on its own I think. I'm super excited to try and get these BOG Seeds plants up and running for the next run. The Sour Cindy is finally working it's way out of a slow start and looking nice. The Purest Indica plants are doing great in my veg tent at a buddies. Very uniform and healthy looking little babies. Should be a fun time deciding on what makes it into the flower tent.
I'll be taking the tops off the bigger Steve Lemme in the next couple days and then it's on to the frosty pheno Steve Lemme to wrap things up. No signs of mold or any bud rot so if I can just get through the next week or so I think I'll be in good shape.
Hope your plants are doing great!!
Budzbuddha
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Get those Ganja Grams brother 
About a pound LOL
Looks good.
About a pound LOL
Looks good.
FirstCavApache64
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Thanks, I'm hoping for 10-12 ounces once it's said and done. Bout 3/4's of a pound lol.Get those Ganja Grams brother
About a pound LOL
Looks good.
FirstCavApache64
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I'm super excited, I got 3 Sour Bubble seeds to come up from BOG. There's one more maybe that's trying to make it but seems to lack vigor or energy. I'll have Purest Indica, Sour Bubble, Sour Cindy and Motorbreath 15 that will be next in the chute it looks like. If I get all males I'll flower my mother plant of pre 98 bubba kush to make up the difference. I've had it over a year now and I'm ready for something new.
The frosty pheno of Steve Lemme OG is looking really good. I think I'll lollipop it harder when I run the clone of it as this
one has too much larf on the very last bud sites down low. Going to be ending up as butter so I'm not too worried about them this run.
Here's a few pics of the tent and one of the babies just being born.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and your plants are doing great things.
The frosty pheno of Steve Lemme OG is looking really good. I think I'll lollipop it harder when I run the clone of it as this
one has too much larf on the very last bud sites down low. Going to be ending up as butter so I'm not too worried about them this run.Here's a few pics of the tent and one of the babies just being born.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and your plants are doing great things.
FirstCavApache64
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Found this battered garden defender on the outside of the horse stables. She's seems to have had a tough summer so I let her in to warm up. Hopefully she left a couple clutches of eggs for the springtime.
FirstCavApache64
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I've gotten through trimming about 1/2 of the OG Kush I had drying. I'm having trouble with my humidifier so drying has been tough this group. They dried in 5 days which is way faster than I'd have liked but good kush smell and no odor of hay so I'm hoping it will be good. I'll test a nug later on tonight once I'm done with all my chores for the day. I should have a new humidifier in a couple of days for the rest of the chop so hopefully I can slow the dry down. Hope your having a great Halloween and be safe if you go out tonight. Lots of drinking and driving on holidays.
FirstCavApache64
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I finished trimming the colas from the OG Kush and am very happy with the yield and finished product so far. There's 5 jars full up from just the colas which surprised me. I'll weigh everything once it's fully dry and I'm done with the chop. I try to get at least an ounce per gallon of soil I use so I was hoping for 4 ounces at least from each of these. Getting 6-7 off the OG Kush would be nice surprise.
Today was the start of week 13 and they look ripe pretty much. I could take them down any day in the next week and be happy with the harvest time. Branches are all bent over, they have that ripe swollen calyx look with hairs receding and if I bothered to check the trichomes at all I'd bet we're at all cloudy and some amber. Here's some shots of all the girls. Hope you had a fun Halloween and have too much candy.
Today was the start of week 13 and they look ripe pretty much. I could take them down any day in the next week and be happy with the harvest time. Branches are all bent over, they have that ripe swollen calyx look with hairs receding and if I bothered to check the trichomes at all I'd bet we're at all cloudy and some amber. Here's some shots of all the girls. Hope you had a fun Halloween and have too much candy.