BrixNewb's First Grow & Beyond

[SweetSue]

So nice of you to wait patiently Rooster.

I’ll have more photos in a day or two. We’re moving me to my apartment tomorrow, and I’ll be a bit busy for a day or two, but I have some nice pictures to post.

I can’t leave you all hanging any more, so I grabbed some quick shots of the tents.

Veg tent

• SweetSue
• Apr 26, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Things changed while I was gone....

Zamaldelica x Panama is jarred and being enjoyed by the lady of the house. It’s become a favorite really quick @Morglie. This one’s a keeper.

Purple Punch got flipped last night. Behind her is Brix’s Carnival in kit soil, ripe and ready for harvest.

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• Apr 26, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• Apr 26, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Carnival

• SweetSue
• Apr 26, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Devil’s Carnival is building some seriously chunky flowers!

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• Apr 26, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

It’s It Punch is back behind the DC.

In the middle we have Vanilla Kush on the back wall and Northern Lights on the front.

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• Apr 26, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Hope that’ll hold you all for a day or two. I’ll be back.

 

[SweetSue]

I’ll load in particulars about their care tomorrow guys. I’ll be watching them for a few days so Brix can take his lovely off to play, so more photos will be coming. Lol! I’m feeling a bit photo-deprived.

We harvested the Devil’s Carnival tonight, and I’m afraid I didn’t get any pictures of her magnificence before we chopped her up into naked branches.

I couldn’t leave you hanging any longer, so I took a few of the flowering girls. Enjoy.

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot It’s It Punch (Week 2)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot It’s It Punch (Week 2)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

She went a little leggy! Lol!

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Vanilla Kush (Week 4)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Vanilla Kush (Week 4)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Octopot Vanilla Kush (Week 4)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Vanilla Kush (Week 4)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Vanilla Kush (Week 4)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Purple Punch (Week 1)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Purple Punch in hempy (Week 1)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Northern Lights (Week 3)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Northern Lights (Week 3)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Northern Lights (Week 3)

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Flowering beauties in Octopot

• SweetSue
• May 2, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

 

[SweetSue]

Jarring it up: Carnival

Carnival

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Brix and I grew sister clones of Carnival, and today I clipped the buds from the branches into the jars for him while he ran off to play with his lovely mate for the weekend.

It’s a special treat to be able to do this chore. It gives me a small way to repay their kindness and support during the transition to my new home and gives me time up close and personal with plants, both growing and in process.

This keeps up and I won’t ever feel deprived of cannabis pleasures beyond consumption while I’m on my hiatus. Plus it was a Carnival

Carnival

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Grown in soil with Doc Bud’s HIghBrix Blend kit, under Timber Grow Lights
Beauty by BrixNewb

BrixNewb’s Carnival: apical cola

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Fabulous cola by BrixNewb

Carnival, apical cola

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

She weighed in at 3.633 ounces (103 grams)

The apical cola came in at an even ounce.

Carnival in the jars

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Jarred cannagoodness by BrixNewb

Carnival, apical cola in its own jar

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Weighing in at an even ounce

Bounteous harvest by BrixNewb

I kept the little bits that grow along the stem and teeny bits from the bottom of the pan for myself. These are one of my simple pleasures from a harvest, like candy.

Carnival’s teeny bits

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

SweetSue’s preferred cut

Frosty...

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

....more frosty!

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Everything burns down to clean, white ash.

Frosty flowers

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

You can still see the trichomes. Lol!

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

The taste and effect is consistent with Carnival, in my experience, which to be honest, has been extensive, contrasting the different Carnival flowers from different grows and mediums.

Fresh Carnival is a prized treat to those who grow the strain. I feel privileged.

She’s a little harsh today, to be expected with no cure behind her. They’re solid, densely packed buds, just what one should expect from Carn.

I’ll give the jars a burp every day unti he returns. This was fun.

 

[SweetSue]

A little garden update for my host:

I’m watching the garden and house so my friends could go off and enjoy a deliciously raucous music festival, which temgives me daily access to his gardens again.

You all get to benefit from my joy.

First up, the veg tent, sorely neglected with the distraction of the flowering tent. Lol!

Veg tent

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

I pulled the CG pair out to better show you the contrasting phenotypes. Yes, they’re both female.

Columbian Gold pair

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Then I tossed them back into the fray.

Columbian Gold pair

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

A study in contrast
Beauty by BrixNewb

Tall and droopy Columbian Gold

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Taller Columbian Gold

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Short and hearty Columbian Gold

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Shorter Columbian Gold

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Hempy Zamaldelica x Panama is next up to flip, I believe. She’s taking up a significant slice of real estate in here. Imagine her in full bloom.

Zamaldelica x Panama (older)

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Zamaldelica x Panama (older)

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Her replacement waits quietly in the background.

Zamaldelica x Panama (youngest)

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

The showstopper is Brix’s apparently green pheno of Dark Devil Auto, looking like the finest DDA specimen I’ve had the pleasure to meet.

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Looking like a green pheno, with about a month or so to go
Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 3, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

The upper half of the plant is gonna drip in trichomes!
Sticky DDA by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Trichomes from the stem all the way out the branches to the tip.
Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Dark Devil Auto

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Yeah... she’s a big girl.
Devilish beauty by BrixNewb

Can’t wait to get a taste of that girl.

While tending to the flowering tent my camera got a little carried away. It’s getting a little crowded in there.

Purple Punch

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

In a 5 gal hempy, with Texas Tomato Food

Watch her take off. Beauty by BrixNewb

Purple Punch

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Getting ready to join the impressive lineup.
Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Vanilla Kush (rear) and Octopot Northern Lights (front)

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Vanilla Kush

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot Vanilla Kush

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Yeah.... BrixNewb grows everything like this. Lol!

Octopot It’s It Punch

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

She has one entire section to herself, in her third week of flower.
Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot It’s It Punch

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

What a stem configuration! This I can take credit for. : )

Octopot It’s It Punch

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Right below the lights
Beauty by BrixNewb

Octopot It’s It Punch

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Sweet mode spacing at the tops
Beauty by BrixNewb

BrixNewb grows trees

• SweetSue
• May 4, 2019

Ok, I’m done. The yawning won’t stop.

‘Night.

 

[overlord]

The IIP looks like it has a good bit of stretch.
Is that true?

 

[overlord]

They are all looking great @BrixNewb , looks like you are dialed in.
Do any of the nutes you have been testing stand out over the others?

 

[SweetSue]

The IIP looks like it has a good bit of stretch.
Is that true?

Just a tad. Lol!

They are all looking great @BrixNewb , looks like you are dialed in.
Do any of the nutes you have been testing stand out over the others?

Brix’ll be back tomorrow, but I can tell you the Texas Tomato Food is performing at least on the level of all the other expensive nutrient lines, and I believe Brix said he can get 4 gallons for $100.

I think TTF is coming out the clear winner, but I’ll leave the definitive answer to the master gardener.

 

[overlord]

Just a tad. Lol!



Brix’ll be back tomorrow, but I can tell you the Texas Tomato Food is performing at least on the level of all the other expensive nutrient lines, and I believe Brix said he can get 4 gallons for $100.

I think TTF is coming out the clear winner, but I’ll leave the definitive answer to the master gardener.

Thanks Sue,
I ordered the IIP as you know, they also sent me a free pack of 91 Punch, a pack of rolling papers and 1 pair of nitrile gloves. I noticed a 2018 date on the 91 punch, so may be why they are having the sale/discounts right now.

Anyway, did she stretch 2X, 3X? It is helpful to know.

 

[SweetSue]

Thanks Sue,
I ordered the IIP as you know, they also sent me a free pack of 91 Punch, a pack of rolling papers and 1 pair of nitrile gloves. I noticed a 2018 date on the 91 punch, so may be why they are having the sale/discounts right now.

Anyway, did she stretch 2X, 3X? It is helpful to know.

This picture was taken on April 5, five days before I left for San Diego. She was flipped right after I left town.

It’s It Punch, before flip

• SweetSue
• May 5, 2019

I’d say she went more than 3x the distance to the lights. And you can see from the stem configuration how hard I worked to keep her contained, since my original plan was to finish her out in my tent, which is only 5.5” tall.

Plan for a stretch. Supercropping may be your best friend, although a tall roof in the tent should suffice, with some LST.

 

[overlord]

I have planned to scrog ACE's Killer A5 Haze next, but I may make a last minute change and pop something else.
I am tempted to run 4 of the 91 punch, but then again maybe super malawai haze, or golden tiger, or ????

 

[SweetSue]

I have planned to scrog ACE's Killer A5 Haze next, but I may make a last minute change and pop something else.
I am tempted to run 4 of the 91 punch, but then again maybe super malawai haze, or golden tiger, or ????

Golden Tiger....do the GT.

 

[SweetSue]

Then I can talk you out of some of the cob I know you’ll make from the harvest.

 

[overlord]

Then I can talk you out of some of the cob I know you’ll make from the harvest.

There is nothing you need to talk me out of, just ask and it would be done.
However, I seriously considered the GT, but would prefer something a little faster on the bloom times right now.

 

[SweetSue]

There is nothing you need to talk me out of, just ask and it would be done.
However, I seriously considered the GT, but would prefer something a little faster on the bloom times right now.

I can certainly understand that. I get by that with early harvest. When you chop the sativa two to three weeks earlier than normal you get a speedier buzz.

Have you tried TTF yet M’lord? So much going on I can’t keep it all straight. Lol!

 

[overlord]

Yes!
I used it on the 3 NL plants, have no complaints & is very easy to use.
Still nonetheless, 1 more grow with TTF & then I have some ideas for using the kit in the octo.

 

[SweetSue]

Yes!
I used it on the 3 NL plants, have no complaints & is very easy to use.
Still nonetheless, 1 more grow with TTF & then I have some ideas for using the kit in the octo.

I’m looking forward to that. The original intent was to find ways to use the kit with Octopot.

 

[SweetSue]

Jarring it up: Devil’s Carnival

You know how you look at a plant while it’s growing and think, “She’s not gonna come up with as much as I’d like”?

Evidentially, Devil’s Carnival is a bounteous yielder for Brix.

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• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Devil’s Carnival

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Devilishly dense buds by BrixNewb

Devil’s Carnival apical cola

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Devil’s Carnival chunky buds

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Chunky DC buds by BrixNewb

Devil’s Carnival top bud

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Devil’s Carnival in the jar at 7.58 oz

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Final weight was 215 grams, or 7.58 ounces.

It was a delight to jar up not one but two plants for him during my brief stay. I’ve asked him to call on me for future harvests and gardening assistance. This takes a lot of the sting out of temporarily being without my own garden.

I fly out in the morning for two weeks in Phoenix, where I’ll be spending time with Chris Scorpio, who conveniently lives close to the friend I’m going there to visit. I grabbed a few quick shots so we could say goodbye to the rest of the girls. I don’t know how often I’ll get out this way.

Veg tent

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

Flowering tent

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

Beauty by BrixNewb

After my shower I’ll give the sweet bits a taste.

Devil’s Carnival sweet bits

• SweetSue
• May 6, 2019

It’s been a pleasure documenting this garden for your enjoyment. I’ll do my best to get pictures to post every now and then.

 

[Graytail]

Nice solid buds on that DC!

Love the pile o' bits!

 

[BrixNewb]

The IIP looks like it has a good bit of stretch.
Is that true?

Absolutely true. I knew Purple Punch stretched a bit, but this one seems to take it even further. I would say expect 3x stretch, but I haven't seen her in person yet, only in the picture.

They are all looking great @BrixNewb , looks like you are dialed in.
Do any of the nutes you have been testing stand out over the others?

I have to be honest, between New Millennium, Mega Crop, and the Texas Tomato stuff, I am seeing negligible difference which makes Texas Tomato the clear winner to me. One bottle for bloom, one bottle for veg, and 4 gallons of the stuff is $100 shipped and you use 15mL to make a gallon. Ease and cost with great produce and yield.

Yes!
I used it on the 3 NL plants, have no complaints & is very easy to use.
Still nonetheless, 1 more grow with TTF & then I have some ideas for using the kit in the octo.

Good luck, you are a braver man than I.

Nice solid buds on that DC!

Love the pile o' bits!

Thanks GT, the Devil's Carnival has been a real popular strain out my way. I am going to keep popping seeds of her for a little while. Respectable yields, gorgeous flower, and the smoke has people going crazy for it.

 

[Rooster1]

Where ya been?