My perpetual grow journal

[oldjarhead100]

as we use to say in the corps Outfuckingstanding good yield

[RosettaStoned]

Still waiting.....

[oldjarhead100]

Patience Patience this is the hardest time for me lol

[starramus]

Still waiting.....

it's the anticipation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkplPbd2f60

[RosettaStoned]

I finished the dividing wall in my room. Quite the challenge moving a tent with plants in it, then removing the tent from around it.
Started my first sea of green. I'm using the led lights I purchased to grow this one. 2 300 watt (132 actual) ,pineapple Express strain.
Harvesting the last girl from first grow tonight! Second grow is starting it's sixth week

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks! That's as big as the wife would let me go haha.

[Californiakid]

Are the trash cans brewing tea? Or are they reservoirs? Everything looks organized and well controled.

[RosettaStoned]

Yes res. for water. Yes, since I did the wall divider I have seen dramatic improvement in environment stability. I have a thermostat switch that turn my fan on when it gets over 73 degrees. I turned my 6" exhaust fan down to medium with no ill effects. In fact, it's still sucking the plastic off the walls and floor.

[RosettaStoned]

Harvested the last plant of first grow! Looks pretty good, smells amazing This is also a pineapple Express x black diesel but grows different than the last one harvested. This one is definitely better than the other. It is more dense, has more thrichs, and overall better looks.

[alltatup]

Outstanding work, Stoned!!!! I love the first pic of all the buds hanging. Magnificent!! And that good smell is calling to you.... They say we are drawn to the terpenes that we as individuals need the most. In other words, if it smells really good to you, you should definitely smoke it!! ;-}

[D.A.A.S.69]

Great job, RS. Nice harvest, now you get to enjoy all that fun even more.

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks guys! I'm glad I made it through without a major disaster

[RosettaStoned]

Just a shot of the girls in their sixth week. Also some choice nuggets off the bc pinewarp x bubblegummer.

[alltatup]

Wow, Stoned, the SCROG looks amazing, kinda like the Amazon jungle used to look!!! Beeeyoootiful buds!!!!!!!!

[oldjarhead100]

Nice job Rosetta love the trics in that 5th picture they all look good but that one has extras lol

[RosettaStoned]

Yes I like those too! I'm letting it go another week this time to see if there is further development. Since it's an at home cross, the genetics are unknown except the parents. Seems to been the more stable of the three I've grown so far. Still have a pineapple Express x White widow to pop sometime. Also found a seed in a bag of star killer I purchased. Beautiful looking seed! Hopefully a winner..... we'll see soon I hope

[RosettaStoned]

Finally looking like a normal plant. These two in the soil are more bc pinewarp x bubblegummer (now bubblewarp). They were cut off the first one I grew just before the forth week of flower, so monster cropped? I made a semi super soil, mostly nitrogen to grow during veg and I have some roots organic flowering nutes to use for flower. They were given to me and I can't throw stuff away that is usable. Plus the bc pinewarp is suppose to be an outdoor plant so maybe some benefits of growing in soil.

The soil recipe is.....
3 parts canadian sphagnum moss
1 part perlite/ vermiculite mix
1 1/2 earthworm castings
1 1/2 coast of Maine lobster Aspen bark compost
1 part = 5 gallon bucket
(Got this off another forum)

Fertilizer recipe, all equal parts in a bucket, mix well. I used a solo cup half full for all but kelp meal.
espoma garden tone
" Chicken manure
" Iron tone
" Garden gypsum
" Garden lime
" Kelp meal (double the amount)
Megamend volcanic rock dust
Encap bone and blood meal
Orgo neem cake
Dr Earth garden fertilizer
all OMRI listed

I used two table spoons of the fertilizer mix per 5gallon bucket. I let it cook for about a month before planting In 5 gallon Aurora innovations fabric pots. They have been in these pots for about two weeks. I don't pH the water and no run off. Straight RO water every three days, 16 oz for now
i will be hopefully making a giant batch that needs nothing but water for the entire grow soon. Also will be doing the the no till method. Got that idea off another forum too, but farmers have doing that for years. Not sure I'm ready for the slow growth though.

[oldjarhead100]

wow looking good did you make that recipe or follow it sounds like it does a great job

[D.A.A.S.69]

That is a nice concoction you have going there, no doubt its doing a great job.You might want to get a patent on it so a lot of newbies want have to think so much an hard. Nice job RoseStoner.

[RosettaStoned]

It's my vegetable garden amendment recipe minus a lot of P and K. I have more ingredients to add for the no nutes super soil. I will post the recipe when I start it.

[RosettaStoned]

I though about moving this to it's own thread

[RosettaStoned]

Second harvest off the first grow (pineapple Express x black diesel a1, a1 being one of two different growth types of this cross) weighs a measly 3.75 zips. It did produce some big buds but everything is pretty loose. Has an interesting smell...kinda like pastries. It's still pretty green, only 2 weeks if cure. I will see how it smokes of course but might not be something I grow in the future. I'm looking for density and sweet resiny goodness. The size of the buds doesn't matter to me as much.
I have two more runs with this particular strain left. One seven weeks in flower. Three more along with three bubblewarp that are huge. Going to flower them all at once. They've been topped once but have just let them grow for the most part. I will probably try a major defoliation on them and put them under the net and spread the mains out. A little LST a few weeks before I flip to help with the spread.

I wish I could give some of these to the fellow GWE community since I have so many and don't want them. I'm sure someone does somewhere. Oh well

[RosettaStoned]

@oldjarhead no, the seeds ojh....the weed is mine haha

[alltatup]

A "measley" 4 oz. he says!!! The buds are really beautiful!!! Great job, Stoned!!!

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks alltatup I'm a sarcastic person and laying it on right there, ha! For my first grow I'll take what I get, just completing it is a feat in itself. But I am more serious about not growing it. I'll give all plants their time in the "sun". I'm sure there are things I can do to improve the quality before I just say it's no good.
I'm pretty particular about a lot of things, almost to a fault. Also my own worst critic.

[RosettaStoned]

Last plant from first grow (pineapple Express x black diesel a2). These buds are similar to the last ones but have a more cone shape instead of chunky. The smell is a bit different as well, more floral. Still pretty loose but needs a few more weeks of curing. The bubblewarp has been the most dense so far. I got 4.65 zips from this girl. For a grand total of 14.90 from my first grow.
thanks to all that helped along the way!
heres to making our grows the best they can be....and not stress about it along the way. It's hard for me not to since I grow for friend who has some serious health issues. I want it to be more than just weed to him from now on. Find something that actually helps, the strain(s) that do some good for him. Anyways, happy growing!

[alltatup]

Stoned, you express what so many of us feel--about how we want to perfect our skills and also how we want to make perfect medicines for those we care about. That is an awesome first harvest!!! Can't wait to hear the smoke reports.

[MadMike]

Are you saying these are from your 'first' grow??? That's an amazing job! I'm on my third and I can only hope they finish as nice as yours. Really impressed with the density of the buds.

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks MadMike ! You'll get there. It's not my first time growing stuff, I have been gardening for years. Just first time for this plant.

[oldjarhead100]

Nice looking bud there Rosetta good job with the first grow, thats cool that you grow for a friend ,I have 3 vets that I keep supplied with weed they keep wanting to pay for it and I keep telling them they all ready did lol

[RosettaStoned]

Just watered my soil plants, up to just under 32 oz every three days now. Still, no checking pH run off or even watering to run off, no pH'ing water, no adding nutes, no bugs, no problems. Why haven't I switched to super soil sooner? So far seems easy and grows well....a tad slow but I'm doing dwc. I'm going to get the rest of my super soil material this weekend and mix. I want to see want kind of buds it grows.

Tragedy has struck the plantation. I burned six of the eighteen pineapple Express clones for my SoG. I think three will make it but be stunted. Learning curve with the LEDs. Whaa whaaaa (insert horn sound)
So the question is do I go another week of veg to hopefully let them recover some? Or just go with twelve and dump the six? Maybe flip the twelve and veg the remaining that makie it until they recover?

Flower room is on week eight. Looks and smells spectacular! The pineapple Express is a beast and soooo dense. The bubblewarp and pineapple Express x black diesel are looking a little better this time around. Probably because I know a little more this time around. They should finish up in about 2 weeks but we'll see. Bubblewarp gets another weekish to see if I get further color change and trich development.

Happy growing all!

[alltatup]

I vote clemency for the pineapple express.

[Californiakid]

I agree save 'em.

[RosettaStoned]

Forgot this, veg room picture