Jeep4x44life
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I was gonna say the same thing Mr MJ I really hope you didnt just throw all of that nice tree away! Looking great man. RESPECT!
Round Two, 2012!! Vortex and Plushberry in Super Soil
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brandon727272
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Sadly, I didn't 
. If any other plants show some pistils I'll try to clone them, but I've never done it before!
. If any other plants show some pistils I'll try to clone them, but I've never done it before!
nick559
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you almost took the whole plant off.... when i seen tha i was like damn! hope it grows well.
I just pich the tops of my plants...let them grow, then pinch, grow some more then pinch some more. End result is a monster bush.
other than that, them girls look great!
brandon727272
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Hey everyone, it's been awhile since I've had an update sorry, I've just been extremely busy with school these past few weeks and with work to balance on top of this I haven't even been able to keep my normal work out regime. I've just got to keep telling myself in times of super stress, "This too, shall pass" and that after Tuesday morning I will be a Banana Slug 
. Aside from myself, things are going great for my plants . Both Phoebe and Vivian showed me some pistils this past week so I put them both into the same hole on different sides. I'm thinking I will definitely need to top dress/feed these two girls something later in the season, but we'll see when that comes. I also could see this move of putting two plants in the same hole as a bad choice for overcrowding or maybe even one plant showing dominance, but we'll see and that will be a lesson learned for me 
. I've also added 3 new girls to my lineup thanks to a good friend and a great grower, not sure if he would be pissed about mentioning names so I won't, but nonetheless I am super excited for these 3! From the three in the ground (Vanessa Vivian Phoebe) I will be main lining the plants, and these new 3 I will be just pinching the tops so they grow into fat, stout bushes with tons of branching and tomato cages. I think it will be very interesting and a good learning experience if I try a few different pruning techniques on different strains to decide what I'd like to do in future grows to adapt to my climate. Anyways, I'll explain more in pictures.
Here are my three main ladies, Vanessa in the far back right, Vivian in the middle and Phoebe on the left. These three will all be "main-lined", as soon as I planted Vivian and Phoebe I cut them down just like I did Vanessa on the previous page and planted them in the ground.
Here's some different angles of Vanessa. I have tied her down using some of that agricultural tape to even her canopy out and promote some inner branch growth. Also, after three nodes on her branches I pinched the tip off to grow 6 heads on each branch aka a 12 headed vortex. Let's watch this sexy lady unfold
Unfortunately I'm a high ass and forget to take single pictures of Vivian, but here's a pic of Phoebe. This is right before I pinched off those inner leaves to give her 4 heads, I think with this girl I'm either going to go with 4 or 8 main heads. I'm really excited for this main lining, I'm learning how to manipulate branch growth
Now for the three new additions. I'll be growing these in 20 gallon smart pots containing 10 gallons each of the same super soil I put into the 3 main lined. I put a bit of worm castings on top of this in the mid layer of roots to give them a little extra nitrogen they may need, I'm hoping it doesn't burn them lol. On top of this I put Roots to fill up the rest of the pot with mycorrhizae spores mixed into it. These pots sat for a few weeks then yesterday I put a girl in each one. The three girls I'm running here are all TGA genetics: Vortex, Timewreck, and Querkle x Agent Orange. I'm super excited for these three, especially because I get to see the difference in between in ground plants and smart pot plants throughout the year. With these girls I will be pinching them and vegging into large bushes (that's the plan, at least lol). I'm not sure if I'm going to name these, we'll see lol.
Vortex
Agent Orange x Querkle
Timewreck
. Aside from myself, things are going great for my plants . Both Phoebe and Vivian showed me some pistils this past week so I put them both into the same hole on different sides. I'm thinking I will definitely need to top dress/feed these two girls something later in the season, but we'll see when that comes. I also could see this move of putting two plants in the same hole as a bad choice for overcrowding or maybe even one plant showing dominance, but we'll see and that will be a lesson learned for me . I've also added 3 new girls to my lineup thanks to a good friend and a great grower, not sure if he would be pissed about mentioning names so I won't, but nonetheless I am super excited for these 3! From the three in the ground (Vanessa Vivian Phoebe) I will be main lining the plants, and these new 3 I will be just pinching the tops so they grow into fat, stout bushes with tons of branching and tomato cages. I think it will be very interesting and a good learning experience if I try a few different pruning techniques on different strains to decide what I'd like to do in future grows to adapt to my climate. Anyways, I'll explain more in pictures.Here are my three main ladies, Vanessa in the far back right, Vivian in the middle and Phoebe on the left. These three will all be "main-lined", as soon as I planted Vivian and Phoebe I cut them down just like I did Vanessa on the previous page and planted them in the ground.
Here's some different angles of Vanessa. I have tied her down using some of that agricultural tape to even her canopy out and promote some inner branch growth. Also, after three nodes on her branches I pinched the tip off to grow 6 heads on each branch aka a 12 headed vortex. Let's watch this sexy lady unfold
Unfortunately I'm a high ass and forget to take single pictures of Vivian, but here's a pic of Phoebe. This is right before I pinched off those inner leaves to give her 4 heads, I think with this girl I'm either going to go with 4 or 8 main heads. I'm really excited for this main lining, I'm learning how to manipulate branch growth
Now for the three new additions. I'll be growing these in 20 gallon smart pots containing 10 gallons each of the same super soil I put into the 3 main lined. I put a bit of worm castings on top of this in the mid layer of roots to give them a little extra nitrogen they may need, I'm hoping it doesn't burn them lol. On top of this I put Roots to fill up the rest of the pot with mycorrhizae spores mixed into it. These pots sat for a few weeks then yesterday I put a girl in each one. The three girls I'm running here are all TGA genetics: Vortex, Timewreck, and Querkle x Agent Orange. I'm super excited for these three, especially because I get to see the difference in between in ground plants and smart pot plants throughout the year. With these girls I will be pinching them and vegging into large bushes (that's the plan, at least lol). I'm not sure if I'm going to name these, we'll see lol.
Vortex
Agent Orange x Querkle
Timewreck
angryblackman
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Damn all you guys running Agent Orange and Vortex are making me jealous!
Budologist420
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Looks good you weren't messing around lol u got to work fast.
Cant wait to see these girls when there huge good luck bro
-BUD
Cant wait to see these girls when there huge good luck bro
-BUD
brandon727272
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I'm stoked for the vortex, Vanessa and Vivian are both taking off while the PB Phoebe seems stunted... too much stress at once maybe? The vortex loves the abuse lol
Boyz N Da Hood
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Hell yeah! Looking forward to seeing these ladies grow over the next few months!
brandon727272
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Things have been busy with me lately. Finished up the school semester and ready to transfer. Just bought a really nice Gary Fischer Superfly to ride around campus so I'm pretty excited on that . The girls have been looking good in their holes. Vanessa and Vivian are both flourishing and really beginning to love their homes. Phoebe, the lone plushberry, seemed to be burned by the super soil as her two fan leaves I had left on both burned from the outside in, but her new growth is looking nice. The pictures are only of these three plants, but the other 3 in smart pots are looking good.
Also adding 3 more to the line up in holes: Medijuana, Dinafem Cheese, and Cali Connection Buddha Tahoe OG. These newest three will probably be with cheaper soil as I'm broke from purchasing the bike lol.
Group shot. I see these plants multiple times a day and these will receive the best care. I love dealing with them because for hours afterward I have a sweet smell to my hands and arms lol!
Vanessa is really looking the best to me. She is a nice and stout plant, and even though others have said Vortex has weak branching traits, this girl seems to be stout and strong. Yesterday I added a tomato cage to her so she can grow into it and use it as support when her branches are heavily laden with buds. For right now I am using it as a tie down anchor point. Also, yesterday I super cropped some of the branches and pushed them beneath the outside rim of the cage to promote the plant to grow wider, and form new growth branches in the inside cone of the plant.
Vivian is doing great as well. She doesn't have a tomato cage like Vanessa does, but I may add one. For her I am just using stakes with strings of green nursery tape to tie down dominant branches as well as super crop some of them to promote more branch growth. Compared to Vanessa, Vivian seems to have thinner sativa looking leaves and her branches seem to be more fragile, and is a deeper tone of green.
Phoebe didn't like the transplant to super soil right away, especially with the added stress I put on her. Her two fan leaves she had burned right off her, and the new growth took awhile to get going and was lime green at first before maturing to a darker green. Now her four heads are growing up into the tomato cage I put around her, as they grow longer I will super crop them and start pushing her outwards. Giving her a break from the stress
Even though my dog began to walk into the picture, it shows the branching well lol
. The girls have been looking good in their holes. Vanessa and Vivian are both flourishing and really beginning to love their homes. Phoebe, the lone plushberry, seemed to be burned by the super soil as her two fan leaves I had left on both burned from the outside in, but her new growth is looking nice. The pictures are only of these three plants, but the other 3 in smart pots are looking good.Also adding 3 more to the line up in holes: Medijuana, Dinafem Cheese, and Cali Connection Buddha Tahoe OG. These newest three will probably be with cheaper soil as I'm broke from purchasing the bike lol
. Group shot. I see these plants multiple times a day and these will receive the best care. I love dealing with them because for hours afterward I have a sweet smell to my hands and arms lol!
Vanessa is really looking the best to me. She is a nice and stout plant, and even though others have said Vortex has weak branching traits, this girl seems to be stout and strong. Yesterday I added a tomato cage to her so she can grow into it and use it as support when her branches are heavily laden with buds. For right now I am using it as a tie down anchor point. Also, yesterday I super cropped some of the branches and pushed them beneath the outside rim of the cage to promote the plant to grow wider, and form new growth branches in the inside cone of the plant.
Vivian is doing great as well. She doesn't have a tomato cage like Vanessa does, but I may add one. For her I am just using stakes with strings of green nursery tape to tie down dominant branches as well as super crop some of them to promote more branch growth. Compared to Vanessa, Vivian seems to have thinner sativa looking leaves and her branches seem to be more fragile, and is a deeper tone of green.
Phoebe didn't like the transplant to super soil right away, especially with the added stress I put on her. Her two fan leaves she had burned right off her, and the new growth took awhile to get going and was lime green at first before maturing to a darker green. Now her four heads are growing up into the tomato cage I put around her, as they grow longer I will super crop them and start pushing her outwards. Giving her a break from the stress
Even though my dog began to walk into the picture, it shows the branching well lol
brandon727272
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It's been a while since the last update. Time has been FLYING by for me, I can't believe I move in only 3 months, excited but scared. Last week a bad thing happened at my friend's house involving the freshly transplanted Medijuana, Tahoe Buddha OG and Cheese. The owner of the property was very drunk and convinced herself against having the plants all summer and decided to just pull them. If she was considering it I'm glad she did it now before they got big and I had a lot of time invested so not all is bad. I'm still pretty upset though because it was Medijuana
!
Anyways, still no pics of the Vortex, AOxQ and Timewreck. I've visited them a few times but always forget to take pictures lol. They are doing well, I'm tying them down similar to what I'm doing on the my main 3 ladies 
. I'm thinking about buying or even possibly brewing my own compost tea, or just buying it from a local worm farm (a little pricey though, $20/gal?) to give them that extra biological boost .
Ok now for some pics lol. Just took these today after the rain stopped, I didn't want to take out the nice camera though for fear of getting it wet, so I used my phone. I love the way everything smells and taking pictures after the rain, so calming
. These three girls are doing really well, growing super fast compared to last year! I'm really regretting planting Phoebe in the same hole as Vivian. They're already starting to crowd each other and it's only the first week of June (I'm supercropping and trimming the fuck out of Vivian on that side, she's growing like a monster!). Vanessa has much much weaker stems than Vivian does, which is odd because Vanessa has more indica looking fan leaves than Vivian. Vivian is kind of getting tossed around by the rain and wind, which is really making me want to consider a Scrog. I'm really thinking of just putting a few posts in the ground and some rabbit fencing over the two vortex's in a large rectangle, or maybe I'll copy what nugbuckets does and try to apply it to a slightly larger scale? Phoebe is still catching up (except not really) to the two Vortexes who seemed to love the more potent transplant and took right off. Enough of my rambling, here's pictures 
Group shot left to right: Phoebe Vivian Vanessa
Phoebe. She seems to be taking off a bit slower, but is doing well now. Growing by the day and trying to compete for space with Vivian. I'm going to try to encourage growth and pull her towards the bottom left of this pic.
Vivian is growing the fastest of all at the moment. I've been super cropping the shit out of all of her most dominant branches, and she's starting to get small knuckles all over the place haha! As previously mentioned, her leaves are skinnier and longer than Vanessa's, almost more elegant looking.... Vivian also has stronger branches, when I was trying to tie down her two main branches from the hub I heard a cracking and looked at the trunk and I had begun to pull her apart. I really really hope this doesn't become a problem later in life when she's flowering, but for now I just gave the tie down a bit more slack and she pulled right back together. I almost wish I had dug a separate hole for the Plushberry Phoebe ... 
Oh well, I always learn from my mistakes. Or try to atleast
Vanessa is a beautiful girl. The rain is kind of tearing her up, though. Well not really bad at all, but as you can see from the pic some branches have been pushed down into the dirt and are weak. This is really making me want to get a scrog going to support her branches when they begin to get weight on them so she can really pack on the pounds (more like oz's lol) without having to put too much energy into making her stems stronger to support the full weight. She looks bad in this pic, don't judge. Note how different the fan leaves are in the two vortexes... hmm wonder how different the buds will be?? We shall see..
Various other pictures I took when I went out with my phone in the freshly rained on yard. Tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries and a giant pumpkin baby. Ima grow myself a 200+ pound pumpkin (goal, probably not going to get seeing as I'm trying to spend no money lol).
Have a good week everyone!!! I'll try to update sooner rather than later this time lol
!Anyways, still no pics of the Vortex, AOxQ and Timewreck
. I've visited them a few times but always forget to take pictures lol. They are doing well, I'm tying them down similar to what I'm doing on the my main 3 ladies . I'm thinking about buying or even possibly brewing my own compost tea, or just buying it from a local worm farm (a little pricey though, $20/gal?) to give them that extra biological boost .Ok now for some pics lol. Just took these today after the rain stopped, I didn't want to take out the nice camera though for fear of getting it wet, so I used my phone. I love the way everything smells and taking pictures after the rain, so calming
. These three girls are doing really well, growing super fast compared to last year! I'm really regretting planting Phoebe in the same hole as Vivian. They're already starting to crowd each other and it's only the first week of June (I'm supercropping and trimming the fuck out of Vivian on that side, she's growing like a monster!). Vanessa has much much weaker stems than Vivian does, which is odd because Vanessa has more indica looking fan leaves than Vivian. Vivian is kind of getting tossed around by the rain and wind, which is really making me want to consider a Scrog. I'm really thinking of just putting a few posts in the ground and some rabbit fencing over the two vortex's in a large rectangle, or maybe I'll copy what nugbuckets does and try to apply it to a slightly larger scale? Phoebe is still catching up (except not really) to the two Vortexes who seemed to love the more potent transplant and took right off. Enough of my rambling, here's pictures Group shot left to right: Phoebe Vivian Vanessa
Phoebe. She seems to be taking off a bit slower, but is doing well now. Growing by the day and trying to compete for space with Vivian. I'm going to try to encourage growth and pull her towards the bottom left of this pic.
Vivian is growing the fastest of all at the moment. I've been super cropping the shit out of all of her most dominant branches, and she's starting to get small knuckles all over the place haha! As previously mentioned, her leaves are skinnier and longer than Vanessa's, almost more elegant looking...
. Vivian also has stronger branches, when I was trying to tie down her two main branches from the hub I heard a cracking and looked at the trunk and I had begun to pull her apart. I really really hope this doesn't become a problem later in life when she's flowering, but for now I just gave the tie down a bit more slack and she pulled right back together. I almost wish I had dug a separate hole for the Plushberry Phoebe ... Oh well, I always learn from my mistakes. Or try to atleast
Vanessa is a beautiful girl. The rain is kind of tearing her up, though. Well not really bad at all, but as you can see from the pic some branches have been pushed down into the dirt and are weak. This is really making me want to get a scrog going to support her branches when they begin to get weight on them so she can really pack on the pounds (more like oz's lol) without having to put too much energy into making her stems stronger to support the full weight. She looks bad in this pic, don't judge
. Note how different the fan leaves are in the two vortexes... hmm wonder how different the buds will be?? We shall see..
Various other pictures I took when I went out with my phone in the freshly rained on yard. Tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries and a giant pumpkin baby
. Ima grow myself a 200+ pound pumpkin (goal, probably not going to get seeing as I'm trying to spend no money lol).
Have a good week everyone!!! I'll try to update sooner rather than later this time lol
Dr.Amber Trichome
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wow brandon you have such a beautiufl garden. Its so full of life and so happy. YOur girls look amazing! They look really really amazing. .. SO where are you moving to? I was shocked to hear that you are growing a 200 pound pumpkin. thats incredible. good luck, i hope you can win a contest with your pumpkin! I hope everything is going well for you at home and in school. That new bike you got sounds totally bitchin! i found a very cool mountian bike park by my house. Its all one way trails . Its called Fantasy Island.. check out the map.. some parts are much too difficult for me as i am a begginner but its so much fun! Along the trails there are some interesting land marks. and the cactus have reflectors on them!!!! take care amigo.
brandon727272
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Hey Amber! I'm going to university in Santa Cruz this fall and am moving down there in September while the girls are in the middle of flower which has me a little uneasy. That bike trail looks sick! All of the funny decorations bikers have made are awesome! I'm still a beginner as of now, but soon my bike will be my vehicle, so I'm sure I'll get better. Thanks for posting
Favre2Harvin
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Everything is looking awesome, thats a nice blueberry bush, I got myself a pumpkin going this year too. Drip irrigation in your gardens I see as well?
F2H
F2H
lordjin
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Of mountain biking I have but this to say:Hey Amber! I'm going to university in Santa Cruz this fall and am moving down there in September while the girls are in the middle of flower which has me a little uneasy. That bike trail looks sick! All of the funny decorations bikers have made are awesome! I'm still a beginner as of now, but soon my bike will be my vehicle, so I'm sure I'll get better. Thanks for posting
"Oh my aching hands!" (from gripping so tight)
"Oh my aching ass!" (from the seat bouncing up my ass a million and one times)
brandon727272
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Everything is looking awesome, thats a nice blueberry bush, I got myself a pumpkin going this year too. Drip irrigation in your gardens I see as well?
F2H
We've got everything on drip here
it gets hot during the summer... and if plants aren't established or extremely drought tolerant, boom they're fried. 
My ass is pretty sore but my hands are pretty numb to pain already
. my bike is so smooth though, unreal fun! I'll post a pic in a sec!
brandon727272
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Plants are looking great! They're starting to really get settled into their homes and take hold into the super soil! I'm trying to hack back a little at Vivian to give Phoebe a fighting chance, I always root for the under dog . I really just need to figure out how to work out a scrog for both Vanessa and Vivian, the two vortexes. I'm thinking just four wooden posts around them and some rabbit fencing stretched out over them, thoughts? It doesn't have to be mobile, but preferably it would have to be low key so the plants could blend into the surrounding foliage a bit. Anyways here's some pics, no veggies this time but got my baby protecting and posing 
First off, picture of my bike, just after I finished shredding a 9 mile trail ride!
Group shot
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Phoebe, COME ON I'M ROOTING FOR YA, KICK VIVIAN'S ASS..david v goliath lol
Vivian..look at this girl and her thunder thighs! huge knuckles
Vanessa, still kinda recovering from the rain, and I accidentally snapped a branch
Farewell for now...
she'll be stalking you...
. I really just need to figure out how to work out a scrog for both Vanessa and Vivian, the two vortexes. I'm thinking just four wooden posts around them and some rabbit fencing stretched out over them, thoughts? It doesn't have to be mobile, but preferably it would have to be low key so the plants could blend into the surrounding foliage a bit. Anyways here's some pics, no veggies this time but got my baby protecting and posing First off, picture of my bike, just after I finished shredding a 9 mile trail ride!
Group shot
Phoebe, COME ON I'M ROOTING FOR YA, KICK VIVIAN'S ASS..david v goliath lol
Vivian..look at this girl and her thunder thighs! huge knuckles
Vanessa, still kinda recovering from the rain, and I accidentally snapped a branch
Farewell for now...
she'll be stalking you...
Budologist420
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damn bro those girls are getting huge!
looking great, hows those clones doing?
looking great, hows those clones doing?