420 Magazine's Plant of the Month: July 2015

[Dave Groomer]

Not sure how many entries we have so if mine doesn't make the cut, thats cool too.. Here is a pic of my pineapple chunk, on flush, I will be harvesting in the next week or so. Maybe put in for Nug of the Month next month... good luck to all entrants, some very nice plants here

Let me know how she is. I had 5 PC seeds and none of them made it. I was looking forward to it.

 

[Koqstorm]

Hey guys! My contribution to this POTM is a Critical + from dinafem
She is 160 days old, and almost at roads end, chopping this girl on thursday!

 

[Mono]

It brings us great joy to announce the following addition to our Plant of the Month contests!

Mars Hydro Contributes The Following Item To Our 420 Plant of the Month Contest Winners

• Mars II LED Grow Light 1200W

WOW!!!

 

[addonexus]

Lovely PC, I have one on week 3 of flower in the tent ATM, I hope it looks half as good as yours.

 

[Cannabelle]

It's been a rough year for my auto-immune disorder which mimics MS, Lupus and CFS. That's why I haven't been around as much this year.

Blue Blood is my go to, balanced high CBD moderate THC med. Medicann's Blue Blood keeps me human and out of the nursing home. While it doesn't help with my brain fog issues, it does help with the pain, seizures and sleep issues.

I've been growing this strain for a couple of years using a unique, very low budget, low plant stress, recycle method I developed because I am simply too poor and often too sick to take care of my plants as much as I would like to. Any way, here is this year's micro grow Sea of Jeans (yes, I recycled some old jeans into 1 gallon grow bags with scissors and stapler) with alliums, Blue Blood entry taken 3 weeks ago:

A very dense bush of primo fat buds for vaping at the top half of the bush with lots of undergrowth buds and sticky leaves at the bottom for rending into coconut oil based cooking butter and skin emollients. These 1 gallon jeans pot grew more buds on a compact, 16 inch bonsai bush than last year's 3 gallon fabric smart pot 32 inch bush.

Bud pic taken a few days ago.
She is currently on water only regime till harvest in about 10 days.

Medicine should be available to all including folks like me who can't afford high priced immunologists.

 

[addonexus]

I'm sorry to hear about your situation, and I fully agree with your last sentence. Blueblood is a beautiful plant and should swell as those last pistils change. Do you go to organic fading or a timed regiment since you know this strain very well I take it.

 

[Cannabelle]

I'm sorry to hear about your situation, and I fully agree with your last sentence. Blueblood is a beautiful plant and should swell as those last pistils change. Do you go to organic fading or a timed regiment since you know this strain very well I take it.

Hugs, addonexus,

I really should start a grow thread to explain the biology and economics of growing Blue Blood, hemp and other medicinal strains instead of hijacking the contest thread. It's a weirdly wonderful grow method that uses coco coir, some organics, Glomus mycorrhizal fungi, and alliums for a fungi, cannabis, allium allelopathic triad that is traditionally used in growing perfume roses. Cannabis happens to come from the same order as roses, the order Rosales, and happens to share same partnerships with beneficials and alliums. I have been taking pics over the year of all grows, experiments and recipes for hemp and high CBD cannabis. I just need some clarity to organize it all and post new articles here.

The entire grow which consists of 2 grow frames in separate rooms is in water only to use up the excess potassium and magnesium from coconut water, kelp, organic ripe mix, and the occasional mild epsom salt water misting. 1 frame of sea of jeans bud harvest and another sea of jeans frame for seed harvest (QNT x hemp, Blue Blood, Cotton Candy). Trying to create miniature high CBD hemp for multi-purpose medicine.

 

[addonexus]

I agree it sounds like you know what you're doing, and I would love to read it if you ever do decide to consolidate it into a thread.

 

[MysterySeeds]

The little weed that could...

Grown at 8,900ft in a window, then under CFLs, and finished with LEDs in a 2-gallon pot. From my first harvest, I present Bubblelicious Auto #1:

To all the little weeds that could... choo! choo!

 

[addonexus]

lol Choo! Choo! I'm sold... Someone should Veg in a high climate and then flower in a climate close to sea level. Id hope that since it has struggled and become stronger to adapt to the environment, that once it was under normal or optimal conditions it would just plow through flowering. I did just smoke some of my Vanilla Kush though so...

 

[NuttyProfessor]

on all entries

 

[Scop]

Here's my entry. Blue Dream at 9 weeks under 400W HPS. Grown in pro-mix with organic nutrients.

Cheers!

 

[addonexus]

Very nice uniform canopy/structure, and the array of color's you should be proud. The first picture looks like an over head view of a coral reef.

 

[Marzbadrock]

Damn! I think we got a full boat this month!

 

[Richard Richardson]

We still have room for 1 more entry

 

[Oinnk]

We still have room for 1 more entry

Well, alright then, I'll give it a shot

I only started toying with the idea of growing my own herb back in March this year. And after many weeks of reading and careful planning, I felt I was ready to attempt it myself And I think I've done very nicely for a first timer

So this is my first grow of T.H.Seeds Critical Mass (feminized) in a 10-liter cocoa (perlite rez.) Hempy Bucket with Mars-Hydro Reflector 48x3W in a 40x40x120cm (1.3'x1.3'x4') tent. I've only used General Hydroponics FloraDuo HW Tripack nutrients with plain tap-water (semi-hard, 120ppm). Special techniques used: ScrOG, Super Cropping, mild Defoliating, Nitrogen cutout at late flower, last 2 weeks of flushing with only pH'd water.

I veg'd the plant for 35 days and these flowering photos are from flowering weeks 8 and 9. Currently the plant is spending the last few days in total darkness before the impending chop.

The best part about my grow is that it's almost completely silent, odorless and invisible and the whole thing only consumes 120 watts of power!

Looking to chop it in a couple of days and I'm really excited to see what kind of grams-per-watt I will achieve as a first timer.

 

[Richard Richardson]

 

[arellanobrian]

so awesome to see all the different plants from around the forum

 

[addonexus]

Yep different needs, different strains and different care. Very interesting stuff, Good luck to everyone.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

my entry then , female auto , thc bomb , been sprayed with CS mist , she got balls , well its different haha