atu grow six: POG (pond of green)

[MedMan]

Another great start ATU .

[MedMan]

Hey ATU I'm actually trying to make an order through seedsman for some seeds and might try a few autos this time around also ordered a new light . Vipraspectra 450 with dimmable lights to help with seedlings. The last few have really been stretching even when I had the light on top of them . Hope you get through the storms OK up there .

[alltatup]

MedMan Why do you want dimmable lights if the seedlings are stretching too much? Cuz they're stronger?

At this point, as a stealth-box grower, I only order strains with "medium" or short height: I am making sure that the sativa genetics aren't going to make it a super-stretchy plant. After the previous sativa grow, and growing in grow boxes, I don't want that experience again of the plant out-growing the box. Not the most fun.

[MedMan]

Hey ATU I got the dimible one so if I have another tall grow I can turn it. Down to not burn like the last grow . Also had long stretch with last one and I can turn up the white "I think" to bush it out . The last stretch I had the 300 vipraspectra about 8 inches away and still stretched so bad I had to prop it up . So trying what I can to get a seed to start short and not burn with tall colas . Great hearing from all here again .

[oldjarhead100]

I love how fast they get going in dwc thats the down side of growing in coco its slow like me lol

[alltatup]

The POG is becoming the BOG: beanstalks of green.




I grew two of these strains in this box before--the Black Domina (left front) and the WW (in the rear)--, and both have stretched much more this time. The Diamond Cookies (in the middle) is a sativa-esque snake that I had to do some serious tying down on, and the only one behaving herself is the common-sense, CBD-rich Cannatonic on the right in front. I think the other four are going to outgrow the box. These have been much more vigorous growers than the first batch in this box; somehow, I stunted the first batch, and they stayed short.

I was contemplating them the other day and wondering whether I could perform a stemectomy, and cut away a section of the stem and connect the top growth to the shorter bottom, but it sounds too frankenstein-ish for me to try. They may just grow straight into the carbon filter and light; I don't know what I'll do... Perform the horrific stemectomy...

I'm coming to the conclusion that the micro-grow I was hoping for needs to be with clones that are put directly into flower when put in the box. But I don't have a clone set-up so I'ma have to figure out how to exploit this little box to its best advantage. It would probably be very good for training some bushy indica-dominant strain, but I get such a kick out of growing various strains at the same time, I don't know if I could limit myself to one plant in there. What a waste of fun!!!!

[Doubledealing72]

Bummer! I have some foxtailing going on with one of my girls because the lights were too close. Hope your stemectomy goes well!

[Agentbuckwold3]

Maybe a smaller root environment next time? Like a smaller res or grow them in separate solo cups with coco so they don't have the potential to explode on you. I'm just spit ballin here. At least they look really healthy and green!

[alltatup]

Y'all are so funny with the ideas you come up with!!! I just have to put the right strains in the small box and switch em to flower at the right time, it just takes some practice and knowledge of the strains I'm working with.

[Doubledealing72]

Those stems are looking THHHHIIICCCKK btw! Healthy looking girls!

[Blazed227]

Lookin good girly!!! Keep up the good work!!

[oldjarhead100]

wow did they get big in a short time, I have a friend who bends his to the point of breaking them and then leaves them that way when his get to close to the lights, I cant wait to see how much my girls have taken off

[alltatup]

I'll bet you miss them like crazy. Yes, I guess I could try that instead of the stemectomy...

[alltatup]

Here is what is left of my POG: Two white widows and a little cannatonic (right front). I removed the others to make room primairly for the WW, who was such a good girl the first time I grew her in this claustrophobic little box.

Lesson learned: TOPPING REDUCES PLANT HEIGHT!!! My POG as a single-cola grow is pretty much a failed experiment, although the cannatonic is behaving. WW wanted to take over the world so I let her (2 of em, actually), because it was such fckn awesome weed from the first grow.

Changed res this morning: WW will harvest before cannat., and they've got at least 3 more weeks to go... Live and learn!!!!! Life long learning is the goal!!!

[Aloner]

Yep. Except for the one I stunted, the only one of mine that didn't need to get bent over due to height issues was the one that I topped. It got real wide but stayed fairly short.

[alltatup]

WHITE WIDOW IS MY GIRL!! I cut the milky buds and left the rest of the plants sunning themselves. I have to say that I'm happy with these buds: they are much phatter than on the first go-around with WW in the small closet box.

[Agentbuckwold3]

I think they look rather tasty! Picture perfect ATU!

[alltatup]

HARVESTED WW & CANNATONIC FROM SMALL GRO BOX

I harvested and trimmed my two mini WWs from the closet box this morning; the Cannatonic cola is the one in the upper right-hand corner. That was the only plant that produced a decent micro cola.

The WWs (2 of em) grew like mugs and I had to eliminate other plants to bend over the WWs during flowering. The topping strategy worked much better on the previous grow, YET these buds are much larger. I think I did much better following the nute schedule with various nutes that get added for 2 or 3 weeks only, at certain points during the flowering phase. So I will definitely top on the next grow, control the number of colas, and not screw with the POG for now...

I cooked up all the juicy trim from the Cannatonic w/ a lil coconut oil and ate it. Then I did my duty and disconnected the chiller from the box and started the disgusting and repulsive process of cleaning out its reservoir. All of this disgusting junk comes out... But it's my duty, and I want the darn thing to last a long time. Then I put the stalks in the wood stove to burn tomorrow.

Now I feel pretty darn relaxed and yes, I'd have to say the word is "euphoric." So it's kinda like being at the top of the wave before the descent begins, breathless and quite relaxed; focused.

I love the smell of terpenes on my fingers in the morning...

[alltatup]

mcubed, I was talking about the CHILLER'S reservoir; the other is easy to clean. I use 35% H202 to clean everything.

I'm putting all my trim in the freezer and I'm making tincture after my decarb machine arrives.

[D.A.A.S.69]

What a great job Alltatup, I bet you need a larger freezer don't you.
Did they give you a tracking number for your machine you been waiting on.

[alltatup]

NO!!!!! No shipping info yet!!! AAAAAARRRRGH!!!!!!

[GRAND]

alltatup what is the reason/purpose/advantage to removing the carbon from the buds???

[alltatup]

GRAND Decarboxylation is the process by which THCa is converted into THC; the former is non-psychoactive, and the latter is what gets us high. Heat is required to activate the cannabinoids http://www.ardentcannabis.com/educat...xylation-myths

[oldjarhead100]

those are some nice looking bud ATU wow they came out real nice, I was doing a defole yesterday and I was amazed at how the manifolding works on photos ,the whole plant is about 10 to 12 inches above pot with a ton of bud sites. I wanted to freeze my trimmings yesterday but I have no room in any of the 3 freezers cause they are all full of trim lol

[alltatup]

If you were my neighbor, I'd bring the dry ice n make hash for ya!!!!

[oldjarhead100]

thanks ATU and I would split it for your troubles ,I was able to get the trim in one freezer had to stuff it in but its in lol

MY ARDENT IS BEING SHIPPED TOMORROW hope you got the same text ,Im so excited

[alltatup]

I am thrulled!!!

[alltatup]

And so ends the soggy saga of the POG that never was.
The end result of the two White Widows in the closet box: 33.2 grams. Drying in jar now.

[Agentbuckwold3]

Hey over an ounce in your little box is still something to dance about! Congrats ATU I'm sure it's some tasty smoke! Do you see any difference in the WW using the AN nutes compared to your previous runs?

[alltatup]

Bucky, This was only my second WW grow, in the same box. The buds were definitely bigger this time, I did better with the nutes. HOWEVER, Dutch Passion WW is some near-perfection genetics: it's pretty hard to screw it up.

[Doubledealing72]

Congrats on another harvest under your belt! It's not a monster haul, but it's 33g more than you had, which is always a good thing!

The big question is, what will grow 7 consist of? What strains, and what will you be doing differently?

[GRAND]

alltatup WHEW!! What a ride bro!! LoL.

[Jibblerjoe]

White widow, that's my jam. Great buds

[alltatup]

I REEEEEEEALLY like WW. I am beginning to get better at clearly perceiving the differences between highs, and WW for me completely relaxes my body while my mind floats free to go where it wants. It's totally different from the C99 which is sometimes a bit too mentally intense and doesn't come with the bodily relaxation. (I grew those two on my previous grow in the small box, and have been comparing the two over the past 3 months.)