Chefbjy Dark Harvest Grow Challenge

[Redwasp]

What strains are those again? I love the size and shape of them.

I like the taste, smell, and high from Carmelicious autos but they just get so big and unruly. They do produce alot ot bud though. This is my second grow of that strain.

[Chefbjy]

I have no idea what strain they are. These were supposed to be photoperiod gorilla cookies. Seedsman doesn't carry auto gorilla cookies so I'm stumped.

[Redwasp]

Well whatever it is, sure does look great.

[Chefbjy]

Thank you. It's crazy the one that I broke has the biggest densest buds I've seen for a little plant. 😆. She has fatter colas then the ones in my bloom room though not quite as plenty 😉.

[Chefbjy]

Supercrop sesh and grooming. Took a couple more clones, just couldn't let those branches go to waste 😆. Trying not to let them get too tall, though I still had to raise the light an inch or two. PaganRich this is how I control stretch and if you review previous pages you can see I just spread them out as they got taller. These were around 18-20 inches before I flipped and I'm glad they're not 100% stretch. The leggy one is still trying to get away from me and I had to take off a lot of side branching and growth tips from the bottom. The plant I broke in half is healing nicely and I just used some wire to support future weight and to prevent splitting again. 🍻 ✌

[PaganRich]

Chefbjy Good battle plan you`re using there mate

[Chefbjy]

I've run out of horizontal room in my 5x5. The tent walls suck in about 4" with exhaust on low. I can't keep it on low with lights on so I had to center everything. There was some smashed up tops that had been laying up against the wall when I went to check them. Bounced right back from supercropping and going to have to let them go verticle now. Should only be a couple more weeks of stretch but like RosettaStoned said, "The real challenge will be containing the dgth". Might have to get creative with supercropping 😆. Check out my lucky bamboo I've had for years in this tiny pot 😉.

[Chefbjy]

Lol the bunny is actually a cookie jar my wife's friend made for her.. Only time I get to rip the head off a bunny is when I want a cookie 😆. She likes those little knick knacks too we've had those for years. oldjarhead100 if bamboo grew like that at my house I'd have to make stuff with it lol. It would make a great fence to keep people's prying eyes out 😉.

[Californiakid]

Just fawkin with ya buddy 😁💨 Dude that's classic irony...metal head with a nic-nac collection. 😂

That bamboo looks like it needs some tea 😉
Bamboo doesn't take hold outdoors where you're at?
Gotta be careful here, if you start some in the ground, you better have a containment plan. It will take over.

[Chefbjy]

Lol Californiakid not much of a metal head anymore. I listen to all kinds of music really. But I'm into a local radio station 107.7 the end Seattle. Tegan and Sarah, chet faker, two feet, glass animals, robert delong, and k-flay to name a few.

Never tried planting bamboo out here, not my property or I'd probably consider it. Hard to give tea in such a little pot but I may give it a shot next time I brew 😉.

[Chefbjy]

Guess we'll start counting flower days now. Pistils really apparent and looks like flowers are beginning to unfurl. I'm leaning towards the 10 extra days on all 3 of these dgth 😆.

[Canuck147]

Great pics and your plants look outstanding and so lush and healthy looking! Fabulous

[Chefbjy]

Thank you Canuck147. I like the open camera app, it makes for some great shots 😉.

[Chefbjy]

Lol Guest I can't wait to see actual buds. I have another grow going on and it's getting cold so not sure if I'll be able to continue in my shop. 65 days from now seems like a long time to veg them though 😉.

[Chefbjy]

Dgth. Switched to hps today, going to get in there and do a little training and haircut when it's time for lights on. Raised the light a bit and will be setting the ballast to 1100 watts for the first time ever 😆. Was thinking of picking up a new bulb too. Top dressed bti, kelp meal, granulated humic acids, epson salt, roots organics uprising foundation and bloom, and rock phosphate 5 days before flowering started. Watered in and added molasses to today's watering. Will be brewing ewc tea soon. After haircut I'm adding de/silica/ipm to top soil, still having a gnat issue. Pics right after lights out and bulb change.

[Chefbjy]

Thanks Redwasp. I like to keep it in till I feel comfortable with height or based on the plants ability to stretch 😉.

[oldjarhead100]

Chefbjy so you use a MH for the first 2 or 3 weeks of bloom ? never thought of that maybe cause I veg in separate rooms but what a great Idea and its definitely working, I have a MH thats just been sitting there unused Hmmm thanks for the idea lol

[Chefbjy]

oldjarhead100 yes I leave in the mh at the beginning of stretch to compensate for height. If they were smaller at flip I might have changed it sooner. But I like to keep my height contained with a short ceiling. I also run lights out temps a little warmer which helps as well. That mh isn't useless ojh, you can wipe the dust off if you need to keep your girls from bursting through the roof 😉. Warmer lights out temps really help as a combination to the mh for minimal stretch. ✌

[Chefbjy]

The misfits are ripining really fast on 2 plants. The one I topped late seems to be around 2 weeks behind them. I will enter the 2 that are closer into the dark challenge. So what will it be? Who will get the extended dark period? The short ugly gal I didn't top train or trim? Or the plant I injured with the hog leg size colas? Poll is in and have time to wait for responses. Californiakid Campesino Trichomefarmer88 oldjarhead100 RosettaStoned farmerjim did I miss anyone in the challenge? If so I'm sorry, stoner memory 😆. I'll get pics up later on the main thread ✌.

[Californiakid]

Tough call...stressed hog leg is gonna be frosty from the stressful flying elbow, how would one know what caused the extra frosty? The shorty maybe the one I would put in the dark. Just because i guess...lol
Gonna be hard to compare the 2. Different life events.
I can't wait to watch 👍😁

[Chefbjy]

Haha flying elbow...it didn't slow her down. But good point. They're the only 2 that are closest to harvesting at the same time. I have to let the late topper go a little longer.

[Trichomefarmer88]

I agree here, i pick short one myself.

[Chefbjy]

Going in the dark today. Short one for 24hrs and the one that took the flying elbow for 36 hours. 3rd plant needs more time.

[Californiakid]

Looks tasty 👍

[Redwasp]

They are looking very good. Nice one

[oldjarhead100]

wow those are some really fantastic kolas love the last pic looks like one gigantic kola , I just did the opposite I moved one from auto room to bloom room lol