MommaBears Grow Adventure #1

[MommaBear]

Not quite sure what to do with this girl. She's got 90% cloudy ish and I swear there's amber here and there but nothing crazy. I'm just concerned about her yellowing leaves.

Should i harvest?
Should I trim those out?
should I not worry quite yet?

was tempted to take a bud as a sample....

rest are getting bigger, nothing gargantuan or anything and I certainly need to make note of some things we can improve on or not fuck up on but I'm still pleasantly surprised so far. Here's my runt I referred to up there 👆🏼

[MommaBear]

Thanks hon!!! That's the confirmation I was looking for. Last two "feeds" have been flush water so tonite we'll cut her down 😁

[alltatup]

Woo hoo!!! Now the fun part comes!! I LOVE trimming bud!!!!!

[Tika]

GODDDD. I am finally catching up with you. Please pardon my lack of attendance! Embarassing!
Here 2 photos you took are so beautiful!!!! Greeting cards or wall paper or fabric! Just really nice MommaBear.
Need to keep reading

[MommaBear]

It never fails you read so much and you think u know what ur doing and then the time comes and all u can think is holy shit what do I do hmm..... hahaha so we chopped her down... Did our best at what we thought should be trimmed and hung her bits up 🙂

[alltatup]

I love the purple/pink wall!!!! Your buds look fantastic!! Congrats!!!

[MommaBear]

Thanks guys and gal!!!! Much appreciated 😘

Jeg- that's my "oh shit I forgot to get clothes pins" solution. 🤣

Alltatup- this was our oldest's room (just finished 2nd year of nursing) she lives away from home now so claimed her room - she loves purple.... me too!!!!

We haven't quite nailed down whether we'll do the rest in the hanging rack I ordered or hang the others as well. Room temp is 23-25, lower at night by a touch and RH is 50-55% so we'll see what happens. Prob another couple days and my big WW will need to be chopped.

Realized very quickly why gloves are recommended hahahaha

[Tika]

Sweeeeeet!

[Capncanna]

Looks great! What a nice harvest. Can't wait to hear about the final result!

[Capncanna]

And yes I will eventually learn how to post correctly, ha

[MommaBear]

Thanks!!! And no worries post any which way u like 😉

[Californiakid]

MommaBear gloves are great. After you trim and get them full of stickiness, remove and let sit until all trimming is done. Then stretch the finger tips of the gloves and a nice finger print of hash can be removed from each finger and immediately enjoyed. One of my favorites.

[Californiakid]

I use nitrile gloves. I've had some less expensive latex pull apart when it gets too sticky.

[oldjarhead100]

wow thanks momma I dont where gloves because I like the hand hash but hearing how easy it is to get off the glove will try it

[alltatup]

If my gloves are all sticky when I'm done, I put em in the freezer until I can crack the good stuff off. I keep a clean blade on hand when trimming and scrape off the trimmers when they get gummed up. Waste Not, Want Not.

[CCisme]

Thats so awesome! You guys did a fantabulous job!!

We started the flush on our first dark angel to harvest, shes been all cloudy with no amber for a little over a week and shes pretty larfy where her sister has solid buds.

[MommaBear]

Thank ya darling!!!!
I have some larfy and some dense .... was actually pretty surprised to get as much as we did off there lol lil runt that she was. I'm super pumped to do the next one. It's got some really nice buds I think for a first grow 😁
Can't wait to see ur pics!!! Hoping ur ambers show up any day now 🤞🏼

[oldjarhead100]

looking good Momma I made a couple of comments back a little bit real busy haven't stopped in after opening my jars this morning to burp them I went to get a cup of coffee and turned around and walked into the smell from the jars what a pleasant thing to walk into lo

[MommaBear]

I'd hire ya in a heartbeat if you were closer!!!!!!.... now how would you word that "want ad" 😜

[alltatup]

"Pot sitter needed: Must be knowledgeable in the art of the cure, able to burp jars with skill. Ability to do light housecleaning a plus. Absolutely must not smoke stash while family is away. Salary negotiable."

[oldjarhead100]

haha thats my problem for the weekend heading to powwow jars need burping thinking I will drop them off at buddys house, I'll weigh them first and after lol

[MommaBear]

Hahahaha alltatup perfect ad!!!! Too bad we didn't have a GWE weed nanny locator 😁
Checked on hanging buds this morning, getting a bit crunchy but no snapping on small stems yet, could be by tonight.
Checked on the big WW during flush last night and she's going to be harvested soon. Rest have fattened up more tran I thought they would and still half cloudy half clear. Smelling amazing.... the two candy canes smell like grape crush right now mmmmmmmmmm
happy Thursday all!!!!!!

[MommaBear]

Overdue for an update but been busy with oldest home for a visit, end of school and on and on lol!!!
total dry weight on CC1 the runt was 32g 😂 She gave us way more that I thought while she was growing I thought we'd be lucky to get even close to an Ounce hahah in jars curing. Burping twice a day....
in meantime harvested WW1 this morning she's currently drying, started other five on flush and two late bloomers are getting ripen at half.
I'm blown away by this plant we just harvested. So happy with her and she smells so fucking phenomenal 💜😁💜

[alltatup]

"The runt was 32g": sounds pretty damn good to me!!! U go girl!!!!!!! WW1 looks fabulous!!

[MommaBear]

Thanks honey, so glad I kept the runt she was a trooper for sure lol

[Tika]

Ow that is a very fun & pretty ride MommaBear. Thank you
What are your next plans if I may ask?

[MommaBear]

Thanks Tika😁 Very glad to have you!!
We're not sure how much we'll change things before next grow but here's my mish-mash of thoughts...
Need either more lights to supplement the one we have ie LED bars around it OR I'm thinking two advanced platinum... either 450p or maybe higher.. trying to get the full 5x5 "covered" without beaming too much light.... debated on hps, love the results but don't want the heating\venting that goes along with it.
We've got seeds on standby, prob gorilla glue, Thc bomb and lsd 25 ..... hubby's wanting a second tent so we can go perpetual but I need the electrician to come have a peek. Oldest was home for a few days and she tripped the breaker while we were out 😵
I didn't fully understand topping and really didn't even get LSTing until we saw how the plants grow and reacted to what we did so we've learned a lot.... I'm blown away at the automechanics topping and now have a way better grasp on that thanks to their vids but not sure it's necessarily the way we need to go as we do have room for height....
feel free to offer any insight or suggestions 😁👍🏼

[Capncanna]

You so rock! And making crafts at the same time! Ha ha . I'm using a platinum 450 , my babies are loving it in veg .Switching over to flower on the fourth. Then the truth will be told!

[MommaBear]

Awesome!!! And thank you, sending growers love your way!!!! Can't wait to see how the light does for you!! 💪🏼🤞🏼😁

[oldjarhead100]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 hey mammabear these are the Led bars that I got for the supplement light for my grow they are $60 100w bars , you can hang them ,attack them to wall,or lay them on the floor.

[MommaBear]

Thanks OJH!!!! There's so many out there wasnt even sure where to begin 😁 Saves me hunting relentlessly for reviews. Had electrician come by the other day and he says I should have no problem adding lights. Woo hop!!!

[MommaBear]

Phew been busy with work and quite honestly the weather here has been amazing and beautiful and well when you live in Northern Canada you take advantage of nice days as much as possible because they are few and far between!!!!! So that being said I've been doing stuff but little time for updates hahaha
we jarred WW1 the other day, prob a bit early tho so for a few days we'd leave jars open for a couple hours in the afternoon, they are coming along nicely and total weight is at 75g for her.
Harvested CC3 last night, she has some nice buds that are bigger and dense.
Had to try CC1 that's been curing .... smells amazing hubby was giggling the whole time cutting it up saying how it was just like our normal stuff we buy hahahaha he's so happy
Smoke was good but truth be told I was already three j's in at that point. Will need to test it as a wake n bake then I'll really know 😉
Been trying to keep up in everyone's journals just not posting as the sun is beckoning......
💜 To all!!!!!

[MommaBear]

Bwahahahahaha that's what I told him, it might look and feel and act like the bud we see.... which is a good thing but when it comes to taste and the high I'm banking on the love factor kicking it up a notch 😉
It's like the veg garden, no other carrot in the world can taste as good as right out of a garden grown with love.

[Capncanna]

Your are sooo right. That extra love makes everything better. I'm hoping my girls feel it.I talk to them and love on them daily. It's like cooking same food different people some is ok some is out of this world, that's love!

[Tika]

AWSOME!!! Truly! Very happy for all of you
Continue to suck up the beautiful days there- I love Canada. Drove from Princ Edward Island to Victoria with my then ( and still) boyfriend doing The Canadian Open golf circuit ( probably before you were born ) hugs to you and your landscape 🤗

[MommaBear]

Power went out about half an hour ago, appears to be half the city so far.... ugghhhh RH is going up had to open tent and bedroom door..... house is stinking to high heaven. Thankfully no kids today 😅
Sure hope it's up and running soon... thankfully we're not growing photos!!!

[alltatup]

That was exactly how I felt. I can replace some frozen chicken legs a hella lot faster than my precious cannababies who've been growing for 2 1/2 months!!!

[Capncanna]

Too good , I was looking at generators last week. Not for my 2 freezers full of food, for my cannababies, thanks for that one alltatup ,I'm gonna use it from now on. The wife put the Kebosh on 2 grand for the gen set. I was using the old hurricane excuse , she saw right through it 😀

[alltatup]

Capncanna Well at least we have our priorities straight! I'm beginning to fear the month of October in the dirty south: last year we had hurricane Matthew and the year before, horrific rains and flooding that washed out parts of Columbia! Schools were closed for most of the week. I looked at generators after Matthew. You got a smart wife!! ;-}

[MommaBear]

Man I must find more time to update regularly. I also need to gather my "mistakes/observations" and come up with a plan for next grow. I know I went wrong in the nute schedule and should have been feeding each plant according to its individual stage as opposed to what actual week I'm on and I also should have extended my week 8 bloom feed for the ones that needed it.
I was not at all expecting such a variation in the grow times but lesson learned 😉
Since the last update we've harvested NL 2 and just last night NL1. Still burping jars but the CC1 jars are only going to be burped once or twice a week now. They're curing fantastically!!!!
the heat here has been ridiculous, tent got above 27c yesterday so we had to turn on the central air. One of my late bloomin WW's is showing some bronze looking patches on leaves... haven't nailed it down but she's prob another week or so from harvest, thinking it's PH issues...haven't been testing runoff lately... my bad
hope all is well with the GWE fam, I best get some work done seeing as I'm in the office right now haha
happy growing!!!!!

[alltatup]

NL #2 looks mighty fine!

[MommaBear]

Thanks hon!! She was sparse but really tight dense heavy nugs. I feel like I've learned so much and so little at the same time if that makes sense.
Forgot to put up some more dry weights but numbers are at home in journal... will do that tonite looks like rain coming so I'll get some relief from heat and time indoors 👍

[Gears]

Looking great MommaBear !

Had to give up the Oreo ice cream for my diet. So, could you please not tease me with that in future pics?

[MommaBear]

Hahaha sorry Gears I'll swap it out for a margerine container 😉

Well took the afrernoon off , checked journal and dry weight for CC3 was 58.5g and NL2 was 39.3g. NL2 was a weird girl. She was one of the ones with huge spaces between bud sites but the ones that did grow were beautiful I'm excited to see how she'll taste! Slightly disappointed with the overall yields so far but I keep reminding myself this is only the first grow.... patience grasshopper.... which I never have had in any large quantity 😂

So now I'm making some notes in lessons learned and things to change/remember for next grow. I also want to grab some terpinator and look at other options for additives/enhancers... research time! Hoping journals like Tikas will give me some insight... such good documentation!!!

Hubby is torn between upgrading lights or getting a whole new package like our original one as they each cost the same... we also decided to get in a vacation before starting new grow, we don't have anyone we trust to plant-sit and I'm a bit of a control freak so I'd have to watch via webcam the whole time hahahaha

started cleaning the pots and medium from the "done" ones, I've decided hubby needs to build me a contraption that I can hang the pots from and rinse to my hearts content. Debated taking them outside but didn't want to accidentally bring in any bugs so have been doing all medium related work in bathtub... i need a bigger bathroom hahahhaa

speaking of bugs. Over the last two weeks I've found two of the same little and I mean little black dark brownish beetles in two diff plants. They were just hanging out on leaves one was dead. They didn't appear to be eating anything and haven't seen anymore so I assumed they are normal every day beetles that got thru bedroom screen or on is after being outside... keep watching tho.... if u coulda saw me using the microscope to look at one it was effin hilarious. Was totally grossed out by the blown up bug I was seeing and didn't want to look but knew I had to get a good look .... damn creepy crawlers

suppose I've rambled enough for now 🤐