Iced Grapefruit, Skunk#1, Menage a Trois, Flower from day 1

Heck yeah, you're just keepin em goin. I'd like to follow, are you continuing with her in your led thread? Heck if you want to, just post pics here whenever you want then people can compare the strains. Up to you, open invitation. I didn't even think about the auto restore, I will next time though. LOL. Thanks for stopping in man, always enjoy your comments. Enjoy your day and smoke some of that L.S.D. for me. Peace out bro.

Again sorry for the absence. I'll just get into it, the girls are looking great with a little care from a close one. All of them are stretching quite a bit now, and getting greedy for light and water. The Skunk#1 has some nice pre-flowers now and the Menage a Trois is starting in on it as well. The Iced Grapefruit is just right behind kicking out some pistils and swelling at the tips. I was checking earlier with a magnifying glass and I can already see the starting of trichomes sparkling on the Skunk#1, happy to see them arrive. My temps have been recorded at 78 degrees the last couple of days and R.H. right about 40-43%, so I'll keep an eye on the humidity and pop in my little dehumidifier if I have to soon. Good grief staring at this screen and typing is just making me sick, so I'm gonna make this quicker than I'd like. Pics: first up some shots of the starting of flowering. Next is some shots of the girls, first up the Skunk#1 next up in line is the Menage a Trois looking fine. and pulling up the rear is my Iced Grapefruit just now starting to get serious about flowering and putting on some weight. The last couple of pics are what my people have been doing for me to help keep me. nothing much in detail or anything just a couple of hash pics. Thanks again for following along, and I hope you enjoy the pics. Take it easy everyone, and Peace out.

heres my skunk#1 harvest from last run, awesome plant

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heres my skunk#1 harvest from last run, awesome plantView attachment 2698201

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Looks nice man, I like your trim, tight and right. Nice and dense flowers as well. Who are the genetics from, which breeder? Thanks for stopping in man. Peace out.

from a company called d&r genetics,

I love Skunk#1, (Acapulco Gold X Colombian Gold X Afghani Indica) that"s a hard combo to beat I.M.O. I really enjoy the affect and it's not crippling. You can smoke it and go on about your day and get things done. Thanks for stopping in and come back for updates man. I've never heard of the breeder but it doesn't surprise me I kind of get my gear from a couple of places really, I have to expand my horizons I guess. Take it easy all, Peace out.

Things are looking good in the room. Hope you are feeling better?

Thanks for sharing the pics of the hash and press. I've thought about getting one of those vs. leaving it in powder. Is there an advantage?

I've been cutting my plants - topping - for the first time. Thought I'd give it a shot and read up on it on UB's threads. Then I hacked away. Cringe just thinking about it considering I didn't cut a single fan leaf on my last grow! Guess I will find out soon enough it makes a difference.

Take care of yourself brother!

I personally like to press it cause it will burn better and the taste and smell when you press it are better in my opinion. When you press and compact it and then smoke it I think it just hits better and all. I always leave some in powder though to put in my joints. I think it's just personal preference really. I should have some higher detailed pics tonight of the girls flowering so stop back bye if you want bro. Take it easy man. Peace out.

I have some pics of my girls from over the weekend. I'll hopefully start to have some better pictures along these lines. So here they are.




It's hard to get a decent picture under hid light that's 16-19 inches away. Oh well, these are from the 15th I just found out. I hope you enjoy the pics and keep coming back for up-dates and details. Not much to say really, just starting to flower. I like the time from now until the end of flowering for the most part. This is when you just sit back and feed and support when you need to. I don't like to use nets or fences so I can get in there and move her around and adjust her. I might change my mind after this Skunk#1 since she has so many tops on her. Peace out everybody.

I found my software for my digital microscope. So as soon as they're is something to look at I can get in there at 300x zoom on my laptop. I can take videos and snapshots with it so I guess I'll try and put both up in time. I should have some not so good pics tonight with some better ones coming tomorrow. All the girls are just kickin butt now. Like I said earlier this is my favorite time of the whole grow, the flowers the autumn light of the hps. I really enjoy growing in my gardens it brings me alot of joy. I had to pick up some Captain Jacks Dead Bug Brew cause of some thrips I think that got it with my latest soil purchase. Oh well use some Spinosad on the plants and make a soil drench with it and I'll pick-up some diatomaceus earth and mix it in as well and get rid of these little critters. Both of these products are 100% organic and will not harm your plants what so ever. I highly recommend both of these products as I know they work and they will not leave an offensive chemical behind you don't want to consume in any way. The Spinosad is just a fermented bacteria or something out of an old rum distillery and the Diatomaceous earth is just old sea critter shells mainly. So neither is bad or will cause adverse affects in any way. Thanks for stopping by, and I will post the pics later today. Peace out.

Looks great Myco. I am loving the pictures. Full on health. Let me know how the Dead Bug Brew works out. Take care brother.

skunk is in the acid/diesel i grow (chemd x super skunk x n.l.) and in the master kush i grew (hindu kush x skunk #1).

the skunk always takes over the plants structure after the stretch. its always a strong grower and very uniform.

g13 labs is known to steal genetics, like im sure every breeder does. if you look at their purple haze, it looks identical to sensi seeds purple haze. i wouldnt be suprised if it was sensis skunk gene.

im probably gonna buy g13s purple haze since its a lot cheaper than sensis. also want to try sensis white diesel and n.l. haze.

may also get mandala seeds far out (blueberry haze)

for next season i already have nirvanas snow white, nirvanas new york power diesel, head seeds casey jones (yes!), and a bunch of blackout kush beans.

iced grapefruit is a killer.

I hear you about strain jacking, it seems quite a few breeders do it. I don't think it's a complete bad thing though, as a consumer we end up with great genetics cheap and also get great crosses from all kinds of breeders. i guess as long as they own up to where it came from originally it's all good. Thanks for the heads up on the Iced Grapefruit being killer, I was thinking about getting them for a while and finally decided to pop on em after thinking how could they possibly suck with their parental heritage being what it is. Right now she's coming right along setting nicely. I'll let you know how the J.D.B.B works out on the critters as I applied again this morning lightly after seeing them in the soil, but definitely not as many already after applying last night before lights out. Thanks for stopping in everybody. Peace out.

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I found my software for my digital microscope. So as soon as they're is something to look at I can get in there at 300x zoom on my laptop. I can take videos and snapshots with it so I guess I'll try and put both up in time.

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My son's usb microscope is similar to yours that can record video and pics. I tried the I-phone scope case I bought last year just a few days ago. My sister had an out-break of lice, so I scoped the kids. Lucky, no infestation in our home. Kids pick up bugs just like plants!

i got one iced grapefruit as a freebie awhile back, been running it for awhile. mine wont be staying around though, it does yield some nice dense nugs, but just not very impressive in the smell/taste/potency department compared to some others i have. i only grew one freebie out though so may have just not been a good pheno. i'll see if i can get some pics up later

im fine with strain jacking if it gets me good stable genetics at a cheaper price! theres only so many strains you can find anyway.

and you didnt like the iced grapefruit!? i thought it was stronger than skunk!

Yeah if breeders wanna rip each other off for my benefits, I say go for it personally. I like variety myself so it only helps me keep my budget in control. I've always thought that Iced Grapefruit would be stronger than my Skunk#1, but I guess we'll see. I've babied that Skunk#1 everyday of her life and she has never had a def or burn or anything on her a single day.(Pampered Bitch) If I only had it that good. I love growing my own meds for sure. I really like that more people are coming in and checking this thread out, welcome everybody. I found out a little info on my Menage a Trois yesterday, being a strain from Mist Of Destruction. I believe he came up with Kali Mist which I love ALOT! My friend has a killer pheno of her and I can only say WOW, it's a heck of a plant. I have 2 of her outside this year and am expecting alot from her. I also have 2 Cindy99's and 3 Skunk#1's out with them as well. I noticed from day one when I seen pistils on the MaT that they had a really light pink or purple to them, and when I was checking out pics on the web, they were usually pink or purplish. So I hope I can drop the temps in the next week and get some colors to come out a little more heavy. I usually try to do this anyways more near the end of the grow for asthetics(even though I don't sell) but I think I will just go ahead and drop the temps now and see what happens. I have a pretty heavy window a/c unit blowing in my tent and will just drop the thermostat today, and make sure the air in take is sucking it in at night. Sorry I didn't post pics last night, I got tired and I also had a chance to use a better camera for the pics so I thought I would just wait for the better pictures. Now that there is small flowers to take pics of I thought everybody would enjoy the higher res pictures. I went in yesterday and lollipopped the heck out of my girls except for the Iced Grapefruit, I thought with such thin leafs the light really penetrates her pretty well. I'm gonna leave her alone for a little while and see what happens, I might take out a couple of leafs for a little penetration in a place or two though. The Iced Grapefruit seems to be about a week behind the other 2, but to be fair she was vegged for almost 3 weeks or so less. She had already showed sex weeks before she was flipped, but still seemed to take her sweet time to start to flower like the Skunk#1 so to speak. You'll see later in the pics tonight what I mean. I know alot of people will say I killed my potential by lollipopping as heavy as I did, but I only want dense, heavy, and the best from the top. I left more on the Menage a Trois than on the Skunk#1, but I've grown Skunk#1 before and knows how she acts so I was more confident in taking out more from her, but I've never grown the MaT before and left a little more to see where to take her to next time. I have no interest in the crap at the bottom except for hash, so I clear cut out all the larf before there is any. I want all the energy to go straight to the top, that's why I do the main-line tech and top so heavy, for a bush. I know I won't have anything underneath, but I will have alot of tops to cut off and enjoy. Indica heavy skunk phenos are great for this as they're vigorous and can take it and the branching and the stretch lends itself perfectly. I'm still modifying my tech's and probably always will be to find the best for each plant, but I'd like to find a way to scrog each plant and still have her able to be turned. I was thinking about using round grill screens or whatever you call them. Just about perfect size and they're pretty light for the most part. Well pictures later and until then, Peace and Love!

I love my Kali Mist bro. 6 running right now. I am going to be lollipopping today also. Awesome info on the origins of the KM. I am so glad you are back around. Thanks bro. Take care.

About how many weeks into veg are you guys before you lollipop? A lot of opinions fly around on RIU on trimming techniques, but that's true with any forum and mj in general. I think every grower needs to do what's best for them and their grow. I was hesitant to top my plants, now that I see the results I can say it's something I will probably continue to do in the future.

My pots will probably be very close to touching when I flip to 12/12. Does lolloping help any in focusing growth upwards vs. laterally? I'm interested in anything that will limit growth outside of the edge of the 5-gal container for obvious reasons.

Thanks for the update myco, I enjoy reading your posts and your love for your plants! Gandalf, I haven't seen a photo recently of your grow, but I'm sure you have some big plants by now? How is the new fixture working out?

All you guys are so nice and kind, I love the love around here. I just try to keep all the energy focused on the tops of the plants or the parts that are needing it at the time. When I first top my plant at the 5th node in veg I'll leave the 4th for clones later or another tier of tops, anything under that I'm getting rid of for now on as it's a waste of time for me to mess with with my style and room and set-up and needs and so on. Anyways, I try to control the growth by pulling it all out to get light but re-adjust to keep them low or even with each other. Leafs not receiving light or not supporting life at a node I will simply remove. I try to clean her one last time before I flip as to not mess with her in flower too much, and when I see what sites are actually setting with flowers that will be getting enough light and will stretch to potential, I chop everything under that. I like to go through individually and select each spot that I clear to, by looking at the flower and the density and if it looks good leave it and go down from there. I always go from the top down to make sure I'm taking out so-called useless leaves first and see if it opens up some light for the lowers, if you now what I mean. I don't just start to chop out leafs for the benefit of lower buds as this will make the tops weaker, but there are circumstances where I might thin or even cut off some tips to thin them out. Then I select a point and cut out all leafs and flowers from the stem down to nothing at the bottom for air flow. I was a little less aggressive with the Menage a Trois cause the lowers were looking a little more dense and I'm not sure of a perfect cut-off line like the Skunk#1 that I'm more familiar with. As long as you're not having mold problems and want some hash material you don't have to touch your plants once. I'm just trying to get as many tops as possible in my space and direct as much energy to them as possible. I think main-lining would focus more energy up top more than lollipopping, but I do think it can help with that if you're tying or in some way controlling the vertical growth, by directing wasted energy to the tops. I think that makes sense. I've already downed a 1/2 gram of hash and 2 grams of flowers, grumbly tummy morning. I've been up since 5 as well. Thank you everyone for the warm responses, what a group of guys! Lookin forward to sharing some good pics tonight with everyone. I think I'll go start taking them. Peace and love everyone![video=youtube;0Rj9fNuEshw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rj9fNuEshw[/video] I leave you with a song to have in your head!