GHS - BIG BANG grow journal

look like they need a few more weeks,looking good.

scottish lad said:

oh mate cant wait to hear final weight on all o those lovely sweet looking buds
got some new pics up on my grow
if mine grow to be anythin like that a will be over the moon

got to say tho big those look stunning

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Thanks man..
I harvested the right hand girl today.. i'll post some pics in a minute..
Can't wait to get it all dryed and on the scales!

Huh?? said:

Man,you weren't joking!That plant does still have a couple of weeks to go.
If I remember correctly none of mine ever took longer than 9 weeks.I'm pretty sure it was 9 weeks the first time,then the second time around they were done in 8(the second time all plants were the same phenotype).
Hopefully that pheno makes up for it's long flowering time in potency.

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I have noticed a few more hairs turning brown on her and she is really starting to resin up..
She is getting bigger and bigger though and she doesn't smell half as bad as her sis, so thats good..
I reckon she will be ready at 11weeks..
Yeah i hope so too, i know there should be a good weight when she is dry, the buds are huge!

These two are definatly two different pheno's, there aint no denying that.. i don't know which i would prefer though...the right hand girl has tons of trichomes but the left hand girl has buds twice the size!

luckydog82 said:

Them buds look sweet G4J a lot better looking than mine turned out ,Try and cure as long as you can I smoked mine before it cured enough

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Thanks man...
I took a page out of your book and done a partial harvest.. worked out a treat!
I will try my best.. last time i did the same and smoked most of it before it could cure.. i'm not making that mistake again!

JoeCa1i said:

look like they need a few more weeks,looking good.

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Thanks man..
She does indeed.. can't believe how big the main cola is and she still aint ready yet!

67 days since the switch to 12/12..
I harvested the rest of the right hand lady today!
Well chuffed, should be a nice weight right there..
filled up my dry box with just that one plant!.. had to put a few more bamboo sticks in there cause i ran out of space!

The lady on the left is now hogging the 400watt all to herself the greedy bitch!
I think i'm going to try hanging the light vertically now there is just one plant to focus on... give the buds all the buds a chance to fill out then.. top to bottom...

Bit of bud porn..
the harvested remains look tiny with the main cola choppd off!
last pic is the left hand girl..

oh and i'm going to try and get about everyones journal's tomorow, haven't had much time lately..

grow4joe said:

oh and i'm going to try and get about everyones journal's tomorow, haven't had much time lately..

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Nice Harvest G4J and you still have 1 to go that hogging bitch looks sweet nice cola
I noticed you didn't trim all the leaves on the buds ,is that the way you normally do it,I used them and the fan leaves to make hash oil it was F-in awesome ,great if you need pain relief my whole body was stoned and that was just oil and tobacco when I mixed with weed it put me to sleep

Can't wait to hear the smoke report on that yummy first harvest! Were you able to flush it properly?

luckydog82 said:

Nice Harvest G4J and you still have 1 to go that hogging bitch looks sweet nice cola
I noticed you didn't trim all the leaves on the buds ,is that the way you normally do it,I used them and the fan leaves to make hash oil it was F-in awesome ,great if you need pain relief my whole body was stoned and that was just oil and tobacco when I mixed with weed it put me to sleep

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Thanks man..
Last time i trimmed before i hung but this time i went at it with a different approach..
The leaves hug the bud and protects it from damage etc.. gunna trim when they dry and make some bubble hash soon as i get my bubblesac... not sure if i will get enough trim to fill it though, so i my just make some dry sieved hash..

weedyweedy said:

Can't wait to hear the smoke report on that yummy first harvest! Were you able to flush it properly?

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The jars are clean and awaiting some fresh BB bud!
They could of been flushed better but the test bud i cut many days ago seemed ok, so i reckon it should taste good... but i'm not worried if it don't cause the girl still flowering will be fully flushed and tasting oh so sweet!

by the way i noticed you got ya link up there for the satori grow....sound..

Day 68 since the switch..
All is well..
The buds are drying very nicely...and still smell great!

Some more hairs on the left hand girl are turning brown and she is smelling very peachy, quite a strong peach smell.. .....Lovely.......

Oh and almost forgot! I hung my light vertically, just to see if it will help fatten up those lower buds aswell as focusing light on the top buds...just have to make sure i keep turning them..

grow4joe said:

Day 68 since the switch..
All is well..
The buds are drying very nicely...and still smell great!

Some more hairs on the left hand girl are turning brown and she is smelling very peachy, quite a strong peach smell.. .....Lovely.......

Oh and almost forgot! I hung my light vertically, just to see if it will help fatten up those lower buds aswell as focusing light on the top buds...just have to make sure i keep turning them..

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lookin good there mate how long u gonna flower her for??

rasclot said:

lookin good there mate how long u gonna flower her for??

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Thanks man..
Probably 11weeks give or take... she's still got some life left in her yet!
She'll be 10weeks on saturday so i should think another week would do it.. probably going to leave the lights off for 36hours or sumting aswell, just to see if that speeds things up or not..

WOW!!!! Nice one mate - love that dry box full of buds and it doesn't even include the main cola! quality, and it looks like you will be getting even more off the left hand girl too!!

Top notch joe - hope i get as good a result as you have. Unfortunately due to my problems with the first pack of BB seeds my harvest is along way off still (having to wait for new WW seeds and vegging them has taken time) but seeing your harvest has cheered me up and having your grow to follow along the way has been a really big help for this first grow so thanks joe - i really appreciate it.

PS - i guess the plus side of having to wait for the WW to catch up before switching to 12/12 will hopefully mean my BB should yield more.

thats a good idea about hanging up the light side ways .

are you planing on leaving it in dark for 36 hours just before chop ? if so why ?

eager apprentice said:

WOW!!!! Nice one mate - love that dry box full of buds and it doesn't even include the main cola! quality, and it looks like you will be getting even more off the left hand girl too!!

Top notch joe - hope i get as good a result as you have. Unfortunately due to my problems with the first pack of BB seeds my harvest is along way off still (having to wait for new WW seeds and vegging them has taken time) but seeing your harvest has cheered me up and having your grow to follow along the way has been a really big help for this first grow so thanks joe - i really appreciate it.

PS - i guess the plus side of having to wait for the WW to catch up before switching to 12/12 will hopefully mean my BB should yield more.

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Thanks EA..
No worries..
Real happy to see buds hanging in there again.......its been too long!
The left hand girl should fill it up too, soon as these are out..

Your BB should yield a very nice weight, i vegged for 23days and i'm happy with what I got.. if only i vegged them for longer....can't wait to see the size of your buds when they get going!

scottish lad said:

thats a good idea about hanging up the light side ways .

are you planing on leaving it in dark for 36 hours just before chop ? if so why ?

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Thanks man...
Yea going to give it a go...
Apparently, giving a long dark period before harvest is supposed to make the plant produce more trichomes... i tried it on my first grow... but i couldn't tell the difference... (it was my first grow! )
So i will try it on the my other girl and see what happens... who knows.. could just be a mith..

69 days since the switch..
She looks great in there..
The buds are beginning to ripen up now.. so i should think 11weeks will do it..

The hanging buds are drying nicely still.. I've placed a few of the buds that i chopped 6days ago today in a jar (6.0grams), they felt nice and dry, the stems snapped etc.. they look great.. covered in trichs..

I'm not going to smoke any untill its all in jars... wanna get the whole dry weight off each plant first..

grow4joe said:

69 days since the switch..
She looks great in there..
The buds are beginning to ripen up now.. so i should think 11weeks will do it..

The hanging buds are drying nicely still.. I've placed a few of the buds that i chopped 6days ago today in a jar (6.0grams), they felt nice and dry, the stems snapped etc.. they look great.. covered in trichs..

I'm not going to smoke any untill its all in jars... wanna get the whole dry weight off each plant first..

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Damn Joe, congratulations on this grow! I don't think you could be happier with the results you've gotten out of these. First harvest on the last page looks killer!

Just make sure not to burn the plant with the HPS so close! Can't wait to see these all cured up and ready to smoke. I've got my Big Bang (along with its clone) in flowering and can't wait to see how they do (they stink like hell!). The clone was my best clone ever; rooted very quickly and just took off as soon as I put it in its pot!

Dr.RR said:

Damn Joe, congratulations on this grow! I don't think you could be happier with the results you've gotten out of these. First harvest on the last page looks killer!

Just make sure not to burn the plant with the HPS so close! Can't wait to see these all cured up and ready to smoke. I've got my Big Bang (along with its clone) in flowering and can't wait to see how they do (they stink like hell!). The clone was my best clone ever; rooted very quickly and just took off as soon as I put it in its pot!

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Thanks Doc!..
I'm happy considering the veg time
Next grow my ladies will get a good 4-5 weeks veg..wanna maximize my yields..
Can't wait to get some Jar Porn up on here! Oh Yea!

I'm constantly checking on her, may even put it back up to how it was... theres a fan blowing between the plant and the bulb and theres another fan on the other side of my gal blowing air to the middle and lower part but it just makes me too paranoid!
There isn't any signs of burn yet...

Good luck with your BB..
If there anything like mine the smells' gunna get worse!
Keep me posted on your girls..

i wouldnt say worse, lol maybe stronger...

redwolf666 said:

i wouldnt say worse, lol maybe stronger...

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depends on how you look at it..
If only you can smell it... then yea stronger....but when your neighbours can smell it and possibly the street.... iw ould say thats worse..

grow4joe said:

depends on how you look at it..
If only you can smell it... then yea stronger....but when your neighbours can smell it and possibly the street.... iw ould say thats worse..

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smells that much? hope thats not what mine are, lol