#2 grow journal, Sour Diesel and Big Dirty

[DingusKhan]

He shoots.. He scores!

[LuckyAcres]

Tika! Good to hear from you! This morning I took a couple pics of the soon to be outdoor "acres" just for you!
dingus, thanks man! You guys are the best!

[LuckyAcres]

You're very welcome. They'll upgrade to bigger pots eventually, but there's no point in feeding them these days with all the rain, it'd be a waste. The new grow is set up now so I can focus on building the cover for the tourists outside. Then I will pump them up! Proper.

[Sean Winchester]

How do you keep them from stretching to much

[Tika]

Just revisited this view again to feel the warmth on my back and smiled

[OzBud]

What's the game plan for the outdoors? Strains?

[LuckyAcres]

I ran out of space inside so I'm just going to let them do their thing, sun and water basically. 5 atf and the rest Sour Diesel.

[OzBud]

No point letting them go to waste if there's no room inside. Awesome. Going in pots or the garden?

[LuckyAcres]

Most likely in pots, the sun exposure is not constant. Plus I've been told no more cutting down bamboo to add extra light...we'll see bout that...

[LuckyAcres]

Sean Winchester , I think I flagged your post by mistake!!! Sorry about that!
the rain tunnel won't be needed till rainy season in early fall but it'll be pvc frame, clear visqueen, 10'x20' about and 6' height in center, hoping to flower 8 ladies in there
stretching, dunno man, I used bud blood before kinda does that, inhibits stretch and jump starts bud formation, but I don't have the understanding of stretching down enough to try using this again.

[NebulaHaze]

Amazing write-up! Just curious, was the LEC in the middle between all the other lights? It seems like you got really nice yields from it! Loved this journal, and can't wait to hear about how the Sour Diesel improves as it cures. Sirius grew Sour Diesel before and he also got really big buds that ended up being relatively airy. And this was under a 600W HPS! I've had another grower tell me it's just how that strain grows. That being said, the Sour Diesel may be the most potent bud we've ever grown. I think it's Sirius' favorite, he's going to grow it again soon Sometimes it's more about quality over quantity, congrats on a great harvest!

[LuckyAcres]

Well thanks my lady, much appreciated. You're definitely right re quality vs quantity. I know where my mistakes were though, mostly impatience, it's a 10 week strain and it barely got 9...

[LuckyAcres]

Almost forgot, yes lec was in the middle!

[DingusKhan]

Nebula, are you referring to the Auto Sour Diesel that you wrote up a grow with Critical Jack? That got me wanting to do those after this AK Auto is done in a few weeks.

[Sean Winchester]

Is there a way to see what's the thc Lv is

[LuckyAcres]

Hey Sean, well that's where my frustration came from with this grow. Full state required testing costs $350 per strain per harvest up to 10lbs. Dispensary buy it for up to $2000 a lb, with barely half a lb, it wasn't worth testing. The city is saturated with good weed. I could and most likely will pay for a simple thc test, $75, but not in the budget yet.

[OzBud]

Half a pound, did you kick yourself for pulling early?
I got that from two autos in 60 or 63 days last year, can't remember which one it was. Still surprised at how that grow turned out for my first one considering I didn't accurately measure temps, didn't check RH or use any bloom boosters.

[Sean Winchester]

Thank you I was hoping to find a cheap tester lol

[LuckyAcres]

There are some out there but they more or less give a range of thc levels I think. I remember a thread here this winter on the subject

[NebulaHaze]

I've never tried this company myself, but they've been in the news a few times and it sells simple THC/CBD/CBN tests for $40 each! It requires about 1 gram of flower for testing (which I'm pretty sure you won't get back) but other than that seems like a good deal! I would definitely email or call them to get a better explanation of the accuracy and answers to any questions http://www.sdpharmlabs.com/pages/products

[LuckyAcres]

Final report. Final results minus what I already smoked. 3 weeks in big jars, 66%rh, smells are coming along nicely but not super potent. High is great, slight edge but manageable if coffee intake is lowered. Pain control is excellent. Keeps me buzzing too!
I just downsized the jar size as the buds were smooching each other under their own weight.
Some of it will be turned into hash this week end...

[Sean Winchester]

How many plants did you have

[Tika]

Eye Candy...ok..Porn. Beautiful display and! The quilt is nice too
Always pleasing to see jars of success.

[LuckyAcres]

With a picture!

[Sonnyhad]

Not bad, better start tokin!!

[Green75]

I like weed porn...great show man!!

[LuckyAcres]

Always wanted my own weed pyramid! Thanks for the support green, and all of you too, happy 420 friends!

[Sean Winchester]

Hopefully I'll have that some day

[LuckyAcres]

You will! Money invested wise though that's some expensive weed!!!! But it'll pay off I know it.

[Sean Winchester]

I'm keeping track of every nickel I'm at 2k I used my tax return

[LuckyAcres]

Way, way ahead of you!!!😥

[LuckyAcres]

And I had 3x15 gallon and 7x 3 gallons, got impatient and stupid and harvested 2 weeks too early

[Sean Winchester]

What where you growing in the 15 gallon pots and do you think it makes a difference in large pots

[LuckyAcres]

IMO it only matters if the veg period matches the size of the pot. Growing a plant for 2 weeks in veg in 15gallons is a waste of soil and nutes. Growing for 3 months in veg in 1gal is a crappy harvest guaranteed. In other words the canopy size will match the root system size. Pots can be a restriction on growth.
2 Sour Diesel and one big dirty, all vegged 3+ months. Smaller pots were vegged half that time.

[bobsakamoto]

well put, Lucky, sir....and beautiful harvest!

[Sean Winchester]

I'm doing 4 skunks in 5 gallons and trying 2 skunks in 7 gallon pots because I wasn't sure if would

[Tika]

I like your plan too