Grow journal grape ape, sour d, big dirty #2

[LuckyAcres]

yup despite what that little green devil on my shoulder thinks, marriage comes first!
yeah i got even bigger dreams for my set up
in meantime waiting for grow shop to open to get ph strips for the water,, dr meter probe doesn't go in water apparently... soil only
have a great day yall and i hope nasty colds, power failures and other pests get better.
thanks again for all the support

 

[LuckyAcres]

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Quick update. Tonight was bug night. I sprayed spinosad, sprinkled diatomaceous earth, stuck sticky stakes, strengthened the scrog and a little super cropping too. Soundtrack was Shaka Ponk. the apes are really kicking in the next gear, week 6 starts tomorrow. Good night everyone!

 

[Wattze]

Looks great man!

 

[LuckyAcres]

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#Iliketakingpicturesofmygrowalot :tongue-out:
New smart pots for the apes, 5 gal pots for sour d and big dirty. Saw ONE thrip. Nuff said. 🔪

 

[LuckyAcres]

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Hey everyone, it was feeding night here, a question, an update and pictures of course. It's my first time dealing with a scrog and this strain in a scrog! 🙄
It's grape ape and has been in veg for about 6 weeks. Just wondering what you guys think of my timing to flip them on December 11th? Enough time to fill the net? Too much?
Otherwise, after I transferred the 6 apes to 10gal smart bags, the scrog was lowered thanksgiving morning. It's been fun to train the branches, stoners delight! It's at about 8" from the top of the plants hanging via light hangers. I might raise it a little before flowering.
I just found more thrips so I'm not done with this bs after all... spinosad back on the scene. I feel that all the bugs are waiting for the shed door to open, we need some real cold weather stat!
I'm still considering switching half of my t5s to red spectrum. Is it worth it yield wise or a waste of 💰? I know some of you have shared their opinion but I just can't decide.
I've also raised my leds 6" more than the manufacturer recommended 24". They seem to have perked up a little. I'd know for sure if I'd stop moving those branches around!
The soundtrack was Zebda.
Have a good night!
Adisias

 

[LuckyAcres]

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Hey everyone, this is day 1 of flowering! I gave them almost 40 hrs of darkness, switched some t5 to red spectrum, half of them, pushed the flower switch on the leds at 2pm and here we go! I gave these ladies a shot of bud blood along with the rest of the nutes. Water was beautifully phed after food was added. Run off showing a 5.9. I also gave them a spray yesterday while it was dark with some Nuke Em and actinovate to finish on the thrips control and as early mildew preventative.
I believe they're locked and loaded. Now it's stretch control!
the soundtrack today was peter tosh and ijahman, I was powered by pineapple trainwreck and worthy IPA. I hope everyone had a great week end, looking forward to the next 2 months.

 

[Wattze]

Great update man!! The screen is looking good!

 

[LuckyAcres]

Thanks wattze, I decided to flip them one week ahead of schedule so the last 24hrs were a bit of a rush as I was not totally ready. Good thing my grow shop is around the corner, they hooked me up with all the last minute details. I'm super stoked about starting the flowering.

 

[Wattze]

Dude nice!! Are you in Colorado by chance? We have grow centers here, just don't wanna pay for them 😅 But then again, I could definitely get my money's worth..

 

[LuckyAcres]

Nah man I'm in Oregon in THE big city. I love my shop best prices in town cool enough crew, 2 minute drive from my house! No complaining

 

[LuckyAcres]

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Ooops almost forgot the other ladies!?!? Misses sour diesel squared and miss big dirty are doing well also. A friend in need of Clones just gave them a haircut but that's plenty of time to recover until February. Quite honestly I don't think the trim phased them at all!

 

[PRIMO]

I wish they would have been thoughtful enough to to name it compulsive disorder obsessive,(so the letters are in the right order).

 

[LuckyAcres]

I wish they would have been thoughtful enough to to name it compulsive disorder obsessive,(so the letters are in the right order).

yes indeed!!!

 

[LuckyAcres]

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I feel like it's been a long long time since my last update ...
Day 6 of flowering.
Everyone is doing really good since the switch. I've finally been using real PHed water and it seems the plants are using more of the nute mixture. With a frozen garden hose I was finally forced to use kitchen water at luke warm temp. That also seems it helped with food intake. Either that or the switch itself got the ladies hungrier. I'm continuing my study of bud blood after a second and final dose on Thursday. While it promotes bud formation I read a thread saying it also limits the stretch. The plants haven't shown much expansion yet so maybe that's what it does, saves time on the stretch. Which is fine as I think if they were to stretch more they'd be out of range of the leds.
Despite the ice storm the shed remained at a very good temperature these last few days. Especially after I added extra foam insulation in the veg room. We're still in week 1 of flowering so not much else to report.
The vegetators are doing great as well.

 

[Green75]

Looking great...

 

[LuckyAcres]

Which reminds me I forgot to mention the defoliation session earlier this week gurued the heck out of by The Green himself! The ladies thank you!

 

[LuckyAcres]

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Alright another snow day ! But this time I'm stuck on the couch with a messed up back! So....I thought well shit! might as well smoke a bowl and write in my grow journal!

Wth the help of the gwe musketeers I had a scrog tucking session few nights ago to help manage the budsplosion. Bud Blood is no joke folks! The ladies are stretching quite a lot too. Funny thing is about 5 days ago I was getting all paranoid and sad really, truth must be told, nothing was growing! Wtf!?! Then it seemed like I turned my back on them and bam! La jjoooongle like Cousteau used to say!

Re: the scrog. I wish I had built it with smaller squares, it would make it easier to tuck the branches earlier. Small pieces of Velcro tape are doing the trick though. So 3" wide squares instead of 6". Minor adjustment.

Anyways the girls are happy and healthy, I just sprayed them for a second round with nuke em, thrips final control. Also added some actinovate, a bacterial fungicide, declared super safe by the irresponsible authorities. I'm using it as preventative against powdery mildew.

I really, really like the way the plants handle water in the grow bags(non knitted!). The drying seems way more even between top and bottom and center and outsides from what the hygrometer says. Root rot would have a harder time setting in for sure. Soon as I'm up for it I'll transplant the 3 veg from 5g nursery pots to 15g grow bags, should be plenty of time and space until February switch. Those 2 (+1?) ladies are going to be huge! They'll hopefully fill up the scrog together. 2 monster plants for a monster harvest. Pourquoi pas? Crains degun!

Other than that I'm keeping the flower room day temps around 75-77 max night time bet 60-65. Around 35% rh. The veg room is on 24/0 temps between 75-82 and low rh around 30%. Will most likely use green75 suggestion of the clean rolled up wet towel in the corner to increase it. Winters are dry around here and this room is not as airtight as the other.

Well I think that covers it all. Hope you'll doing great and like someone used to say growers love from the heart!
Enjoy the pics!
adisias.

 

[Green75]

Really really nice job man....you and your plants compliment each other

 

[LuckyAcres]

Thank you so much green, means a lot!

 

[Royal Nugs]

Duuude! They look awesome! They're going to be monsters by the time you're done!