Thundercat's Groooooooow

So I went down and checked on my girls for the first time since Thursday. I'm gonna water them tomorrow night prolly. Its actually been a whole week, but the soil is still moist down about 3 inchs, and from the bottom of the bags. They are all looking great. They have only stretched about 3-5 inchs, which kinda surprises me cus they are all sativas. My WW is showing deffinite sex, and is forming buds!! The kush isn't showing sex yet, but its feminized, so it shouldn't be an issue. The Mangos however seem to be showing the first signs of sex. It looks like one is male and the other is female, which I'm not really upset about. Its the younger one that looks like a male. If it is, I'm gonna grow that bitch out, and do some breeding!!! I'll prolly trim it back so there aren't as many balls to worry about. Then a couple days before its done, I'll seperate it from the rest, and collect the pollen. Then I'm probly gonna pollinate one bud from each plant. We'll see what happens, I think it should be fun.

Wow I just realized how many days its been since I posted on here. I watered the plants monday. I gave them all a half dose of the open sesame and I gave the sativas a full dose of grow big, and the other plants a 1/2 strength dose of big bloom, and tiger bloom. I did this partly because the sativas had a few yellowing leaves, and also thats what the chart said for the 3rd week. Sunday was the end of the 3rd week for them, and it marked 1 for the indicas, and 1.5 for the WW. I'm very pleased with how the WW is looking, it is filling out beautifully, and has buds forming all over it. The tops are growing very tight, and I think its gonna be a beast. With the way I have my fans set up, I have my 1000w about 15 inchs above the WW. My largest power skunk has the largest bud mass at the moment, but they are all coming along well. I've trimmed some of the lower inner growth from a couple that wasn't ever going to get much light. Still no signs of sex from the Kush, and I'm sad to say I now think both of the mangos might be males. I havn't decided if I am gonna grow either of them out. I did finally chop my other males yesterday so they are gone. Well heres some pics for you guys. I took some of the buds this time so you can see the progress.

1. this is a group shot, Purple power closest to tht camera, 2 skunks on the left, Kush and other purple power on the right, WW in the middle(can't really see it)
2.Then a close-up of the Kush.
3.Purple power bud.
4.powerskunk bud
5.top view of the WW
6-8. bud pics from the large power skunk
9.top view of the larger purple power



















Well hope you guys enjoy. The way I figure it I've got about 10 weeks to go till I've finally got some dank buds again. This weekend I'm gonna pick up my beastie blooms for the second stage of the fox farm solubles regamine. I can't be certain how much effect the open sesame has actually had, but I'm pretty happy with how they are looking, so I'm gonna stick with the plan.

Oh so I got my rey bags the other day, and my new Syringes yesterday. They deffinitly aren't as dark of syringes as I make my self, but they've got spores so with any luck I'll have 3 new strains by next month. I'm gonna shoot them up tomorrow. I'm gonna make a KS syringe later today so I can shot one of the 4 bags with that as well. My KS tray also just finished its second flush. It was much better then the first. I'm thinking some where over 20g. I'm not certain just how much yet, but all the mushrooms seemed much denser then they have been. I'm trying to figure out how to make them happier so they grow bigger, and faster.I didn't take any pics of them, but I might of the next batch.

I also have to figure out what I'm doing with my clones, cus they are starting to get big. Most of the sativa clones are almost a foot tall, and I just added about 5 more WW clones yesterday that had taken root, and 4 more Kush clones to the batch. I'd love to flower them out, but it would be hard for them to get any light being so small, I'd have to put them on a table or something, I don't know maybe I will go a head and flower the WW and kush, and just keep one of each for my next batch, and grow them as mothers. We'll see, I suppose I better decide this week if I want them to have time to finish.

Well sorry for the mini novel, I guess I pulled a Kingspade on this one. HA! Had to make up for the last 4 days, lol. So I'll talk to you guys latta TC

Thundercat said:

Wow I just realized how many days its been since I posted on here. I watered the plants monday. I gave them all a half dose of the open sesame and I gave the sativas a full dose of grow big, and the other plants a 1/2 strength dose of big bloom, and tiger bloom. I did this partly because the sativas had a few yellowing leaves, and also thats what the chart said for the 3rd week. Sunday was the end of the 3rd week for them, and it marked 1 for the indicas, and 1.5 for the WW. I'm very pleased with how the WW is looking, it is filling out beautifully, and has buds forming all over it. The tops are growing very tight, and I think its gonna be a beast. With the way I have my fans set up, I have my 1000w about 15 inchs above the WW. My largest power skunk has the largest bud mass at the moment, but they are all coming along well. I've trimmed some of the lower inner growth from a couple that wasn't ever going to get much light. Still no signs of sex from the Kush, and I'm sad to say I now think both of the mangos might be males. I havn't decided if I am gonna grow either of them out. I did finally chop my other males yesterday so they are gone. Well heres some pics for you guys. I took some of the buds this time so you can see the progress.

1. this is a group shot, Purple power closest to tht camera, 2 skunks on the left, Kush and other purple power on the right, WW in the middle(can't really see it)
2.Then a close-up of the Kush.
3.Purple power bud.
4.powerskunk bud
5.top view of the WW
6-8. bud pics from the large power skunk
9.top view of the larger purple power

Well hope you guys enjoy. The way I figure it I've got about 10 weeks to go till I've finally got some dank buds again. This weekend I'm gonna pick up my beastie blooms for the second stage of the fox farm solubles regamine. I can't be certain how much effect the open sesame has actually had, but I'm pretty happy with how they are looking, so I'm gonna stick with the plan.

Oh so I got my rey bags the other day, and my new Syringes yesterday. They deffinitly aren't as dark of syringes as I make my self, but they've got spores so with any luck I'll have 3 new strains by next month. I'm gonna shoot them up tomorrow. I'm gonna make a KS syringe later today so I can shot one of the 4 bags with that as well. My KS tray also just finished its second flush. It was much better then the first. I'm thinking some where over 20g. I'm not certain just how much yet, but all the mushrooms seemed much denser then they have been. I'm trying to figure out how to make them happier so they grow bigger, and faster.I didn't take any pics of them, but I might of the next batch.

I also have to figure out what I'm doing with my clones, cus they are starting to get big. Most of the sativa clones are almost a foot tall, and I just added about 5 more WW clones yesterday that had taken root, and 4 more Kush clones to the batch. I'd love to flower them out, but it would be hard for them to get any light being so small, I'd have to put them on a table or something, I don't know maybe I will go a head and flower the WW and kush, and just keep one of each for my next batch, and grow them as mothers. We'll see, I suppose I better decide this week if I want them to have time to finish.

Well sorry for the mini novel, I guess I pulled a Kingspade on this one. HA! Had to make up for the last 4 days, lol. So I'll talk to you guys latta TC

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great pics man !, looks like you have room in the flower room .... im jealous.
those are some impressive looking short bushes too.
its gets easier after the first harvest ..... patience is a bitch.
once you got bud to smoke... and more bud on the way.... time to kick back , relax ... and just stare

looking good TC. hope they start taking off in the weeks to come!

THanks weedman, Ya I've got a little extra space, I was originally planning on having alotmore plants then what I've ended up with. But Ithink I'll get a decent yield off these bitchs, they are pretty bushy, and I've got alot of light on them.

Appreciate it littlegrower, I can't wait till they start putting on some real weight, its gonna be exciting!!

So I've been trying not to go down to see my plants every day. That way the growth is more noticable when i do. I went down tonight(first time since wednesday), and I lterally said wow! They had bushed out so much. I had to supercrop 4-5 of the sativa stems which where up to the reflectors of the lights. THe WW, and Kush had both also bushed out a bunch. I rotated a couple of the plants around so differant parts were under the direct light, and I raised up my 1000w about 2 inchs. My Kush is showing its first signs of sex, and they look female, and the mangos are both confirmed as males. The sativas are starting to put on some trichomes, its not real heavy yet but you can see them starting. I also trimmed some more of the lowest growth off the WW, and a couple sativas that wouldnever get light. I took the top giant fan leaves off the kush, so that the bud sites could get light. They all seem pretty happy. They seem to be liking this water I'm using, and they must have drank up the nutes the other day to have had such a growth spurt. This sunday will be the end of week 4 for the sativas, and I'm hoping they stop stretching pretty soon, and just start putting on weight.

crazy awesome TC, its been a pleasure to follow along

Thanks man, its been a pleasure havin ya along for the ride. And everyone else for that matter.

So I think my sativa clones are just gonna get chopped. I hate to do it, but I don't really have any other use for them. I've tried to give them away, but no one is ready. I thought about planting them outside, but I don't really have anywhere the deer won't eat them like last year. I also thought about putting like 4 of them into 3 of the grow bags, and flowering them out. If I did though they would have to get cut about 4 weeks early, so I don't know if its really worth the time and space they would take up in the tent. I am however going to put the 4 small WW clones that are all about 6 inchs now into a grow bag, and flower them, because I have about 8 more clones, and they will still have time to finish flowering if I put them in today. I decided I'm not gonna mess with trying to save the male mangos, I'm just gonna chop them, and try to ensure I don't end up with any seeds in the whole batch. I wish my kush clones were about 2 weeks older, I'd love to flower 2 more of those, but I think they are just to young. So now I'll grow up these other ww and kush clones, and decide which ones I want to keep as mothers for my next garden. My plan is to grow them for a month or so, and then clone them and save the clones for the next grow. I think my time frames will be working out just about right, that if I have 20-30 clones off the 2 mothers, I'll be able to get set up as soon as I move, we'll see though. Exactly how I get setup will depend on how well this grow goes, lol. I'd like to move into hydro. I'm thinking about those self contained ebb & flow units somthing like this like this, http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=53519 I figure if I got 4 of those, they would fit nicely in a 4x4 square under my 1000w, and I could use differant nutes in each of them to make it perpetual. The way I figure it, 10 plants each, maybe get an oz per plant, and harvest one system every 2-3 weeks? I was thinking about getting an umbrella reflector for my 1000w to really cover the systems well. I'll prolly use my new 60 gallon air pump I got for this grow to power some air stones in a DWC tub for the moms. I'll prolly keep 2-4 moms, so I have plenty of clones for the systems. I don't think I'm gonna have much money to upgrade my lighting right away, so I was trying to figure out a good way to get perpetual off my 1000w. I'll be using my 400 for the moms, and my floro light for the clones, they seem to like it.

I don't know I"ve just been smokin and brainstorming, what do you gys think?

http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=53519 maybe this link will work!

Oh so I don't think I mentioned it, I shot up my rye bags yesterday with the 3 new strains of mushies!! I also shot one bag with a KS syringe. Now the wait, I hate this part. They are in the incubator, along with a burma tray, and a whole bunch of ereal, and SA jars. I saved about 2.5cc of each of the new strains, so I can shot up a jar of each as well. Then I can use those jars to myc transfer more. I ended up getting about 25g off that last KS tray, and its already pinning again. Unfortunatly my new Ereal tray I put in last week, still isn't pinning yet. I'm hoping to see something soon, it has great myc growth on it, just no pins. Well any way just thought I'd mention all that too. One of these days I'll take some mushroom pics again, lol. Peace TC

Thundercat said:

http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=53519 maybe this link will work!

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thats nice, when i attempt hydro its gonna be like that except custom...

after i re-build my room ill prolly try
... alot of work

TC cant you place something around the clones outside so they dont get eaten by deer?

Weedman, I thought about doing something DIY, I may still. One thought i had was just the simplicity of basically just filling the systems, and plugging them in. We'll see what money will allow when the time comes.

I suppose I could littlegrower, I thought aobut putting a fence around them, but they are all sativas, and I live in the NE so it gets pretty cold here by the end of september, so they wouldn't likely have time to finish. Plus I'm moving in August, so I'd have to tell somebody else about them, or come back to try to harvest. Either way I just didn't think it was worth messing with taking them out and fencing them off and shit. I am gonna throw my 4 largest WW into a grow bag tomorrow though, and flower them out.

sounds good TC defintely put some thinking into it i see. r u moving a good distance?

Gonna be moving about 5 hours, far enough it would be a pain to try to come back for them. I actually gave them the chop today. I put the 4 larger ww clones into 1, 5 gallon grow bag, and put them into flowering. I still have 6 ww, and 6 Kush to select my mothers for the next stage. The WW mom is really starting to look beautiful. I'm gonna water them tomorrow, and I'll snap soem pics for the weekly update.

Thundercat said:

Gonna be moving about 5 hours, far enough it would be a pain to try to come back for them. I actually gave them the chop today. I put the 4 larger ww clones into 1, 5 gallon grow bag, and put them into flowering. I still have 6 ww, and 6 Kush to select my mothers for the next stage. The WW mom is really starting to look beautiful. I'm gonna water them tomorrow, and I'll snap soem pics for the weekly update.

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i only had one WW seedling to work with... and i chopped all but one plant in the flower room because the veg growth was pitifull on my girl... but after seeing what she can do in flowering, i'm going to re-veg that one plant as a mother after she's done flowering and give some clones from her another chance. she was a pitifull girl in veg, but everywhere that there was even a bit of greenery turned into a giant frosted white nugget of love !!
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I here that gambler. I was actually really happy with mine in veg, it grew fast, but didn't grow stretched at all. It seems to have a really nice mix of indica to sativa. It definitely has the prettiest flowers I've ever grown. Not that I've grown many, but its beautiful. I can't wait to see my kush get some real flower growth. I think its gonna be intense too. Its nodes are only like a 1/2 inch apart on all the stems. I've gotta get my carbon filter made either today or tomorrow, cus they are starting to get a smell. I've also got to get to the hydro shop, and pick up my beastie blooms. I need to get water still to, I only had a little left yesterday when I transplanted those clones, so they need it. I pinched a bunch of the sativas stems about 3 inchs from the top. I bent a couple of them to the side, but I pinched a bunch. I'm hoping it will help reduce any more stretch from them. Yesterday was the end of week 4 from them, and they have still been stretching a bit. I don't care if the WW, or Kush plants do, they won't get to big, the sativas on the other hand, well are sativas, thats what they do. Most of them are putting on some nice buds now though. I tied a string around the bottom of one of them the other day to help support the branchs. I think they are going to need some extra support here in the next several weeks. Well 9 more weeks ot go, and all is well!! Talk to you guys latta TC.

Oh yes and I almost forgot to say...

HAPPY 420 EVERYBODY!!!!

Happy 420 TC!!! Blazing one at the end of a long Monday.....

Today is my repping rampage day. I'll start backwards and rep the first 5 i can give rep to. When I'm done doing this with all my friends threads hopefully I'll have passed out enough to rep my friends again.....

Well thanks man, Its been while since I've heard any thing from ya. I take it everything has been well. I'll have to see if I can rep you again yet. Peace TC