Recent content by BaccaRacca

It has been just over a week. since my last post, and we have had some developments! I've had issues with ph. slide and runoff ppm that I believe resulted in a case of crispy tips. So pissed at myself for not paying closer attention. All is not ruined though. Buds have gotten thicker, and...

Week 4.0 After Flip Gertie, the White Widow. is now starting to fill out. There was a week there I thought I was going to be stuck with the larfiest grow ever. it just seemed like she was doing nothing. But for the last three days things have started to change. She has been filling out...

Hey Old Man! I'm glad you saw that comment on another thread about pot sizes, and the link to the GWE pot sizing guide. I'll post that link at the bottom here, for the home audience following along. One interesting takeaway is if you switch from cloth pots to solid, hard-side nursery pots you...

Week 3.0 After Flip Gertie, the White Widow is now standing at a fine 36" She had started her stretch at 14", which I think is some stretch. That seems like a trait of this strain I picked up. Glad I got her flipped early enough. I really want to see how well these lights penetrate, and...

Week 2.5 After Flip Finished up the trim on Gertrude, the White Widow. I did leave some fan leaves very low on the plant. Because I prune to a cylinder shape they do get light. The orchardist in me says the plant spent energy to build those leaves, they are still processing energy for the...

A week ago I took this photo of an early flower on the tip of one of my stems. It looked weird. Not really female flowers. Not nanners. Not male flowers. I suspected this was an early indication of a Hermie, and did a little research, but could not find anything like this. It did heighten my...

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Nuts. One of my big girls just came out of the closet. Brunehilde is actually Brune-HERMIE. It was a horrible end for her. She's now keeping the world's happiest worms even happier out in the compost pile. This has meant a bit...

S-s-s-t-r-r-r-e-e-e-e-tch​ 2!: Week 2 After Flip. Plants went from 13" & 14" tall at flip to 31" to 32" tall yesterday. They seemed to have slowed the stretch now. Whew! I was running out of room. I had forgotten that this was the strain that taught me late-session LST, LOL! Still, I never...

With the plants bloomin' all over I thought it was time for a trim. Defoliation always makes me nervous. I try to follow the tutorials, but still am never quite sure of myself. Anyway here are Gertrude and Brunhilde, side shots. And their new canopy shots: Seed Queen side view and canopy...

Week 1.5 Into flip. & Big Things are happening. But before I get into it ... To anybody new. Or anybody trying the 2'x4' grow space I'd like to recommend NebulaHaze excellent LED Grow Journal: Mars Hydro TSL-2000W vs Spider Farmer SF-2000. It's a good read. I added the link to this post. I ran...

S-s-s-t-r-r-r-e-e-e-e-tch! Week 1 since 12/12 flush & flip and the plants are doing well. The plant on the left (Gertrude, White Widow Extreme standard seed from AMS interbred for more standard seed) has been my healthiest plant, grew about an inch a day, taking in about 12 oz. of nute...

Midweek photos. Four days after flippin' we have break through the screen. Always a bit of an exciting time -- seeing how evenly the primary and secondary stems come through the screen. Ph. in the bucket for the plant on the left was running a bit hot at 6.5, so I brought it down with 3/8 tsp...

It was Flush and Flip weekend at Casa Bacca Racca. First part was the flushing. I had run som too-hot nutes through the system so I knew my runoff would measure high, plus I'm using nearly as much solution on these 2.5-gallon pots as I was my larger 12 gallon ones. I think I measured as over...

Quick update. I did some understory trimming and pruning of do-nothing stems, also pruned back anything outside my 20" circle. At left my seed queen and to the right my two flower girls. I did notice some slightly burned leaf tips on my Seed Queen, checked EC and PH: 1400/8.0 Yikes! Brain...

I have started to travel a little bit, which caused me to investigate automatic drip irrigation. I use fairly inexpensive Moistenland irrigation pump/programmable timers that you can see sitting on 5-gallon pails in the grow room. Initially I bought a couple for $30, but the price has risen on...