Cannabeard's Second Journal

[Cannabeard]

I just ordered some "Hulk King" regs which is King's Banner X Hulk Smash from a dude I met on here back when I was building my lights.

He didn't have the one's I wanted to grab but I should be able to snag them at a later date.

Depending when I get them I may do some up next run.

Debating on what to run next time, probably won't run the Blue Dream again it just takes too long compared to the other strains and needs a shorter veg.

Basically everything else I'd like to run again tho so this will be a tough call.

Might just grow one CBD strain, might not run an auto, maybe run an Mk Ultra in hydro instead of an auto.

I don't have long to make up my mind since I'll have to pop seeds and take cuttings and veg everything and this Thursday is officially the 1/2 way (to 10 weeks) and is probably when I should start the process.

Still have some stellar seeds in line and only so much space but a few cuts I don't want to lose.

I don't keep mothers, I clone it, grow it out, bud it, take cuttings from lower branches, root them and basically repeat.

I may have to invest in a 4x2 to keep some cuttings going until a later run and just grow different strains and just have my favs in reserve.

 

[Buckshot317]

Our old buddy is dabbling in a little bit of everything nowadays.

Haha, buying seeds is an addiction ain't it. I just picked up few more packs too. Fruity Pebbles OG from alien genetics

 

[Cannabeard]

Our old buddy is dabbling in a little bit of everything nowadays.

Haha, buying seeds is an addiction ain't it. I just picked up few more packs too. Fruity Pebbles OG from alien genetics

It sure is, I thought that was a battle but deciding what ones to grow first seems to be the toughest haha

I am a fan of alien genetics, I'm stoked to hear they brought back the pebbles! Alien Tahoe is another tasty treat in their gentics line I'm a huge fan of as well.

 

[Buckshot317]

Yea I'm desperately trying not to buy anymore seeds, but last night I stumbled upon fruity pebbles/ wedding cake, and I had to order. Aliens sour apple line is .. I may sell off few of my beans, I've bought way too many this past year. It's stupid to tell this but I got almost 300 different strains, I'll never be able to grow them all.

 

[Cannabeard]

Day 39- Think I've finally dialed in the AN nutes, fan leaves took a hit but everything seems tonve doing good. A lot of swelling happening lately.

 

[Cannabeard]

Day 39

 

[Cannabeard]

Here's some better pics

 

[Cannabeard]

Got my order from WSS today, was lucky enough to get some Blue Banner along with my Hulk King. Really stoked to grow these things out.

I just took cuttings from the plants I plan on running again, cats already tried to eat them since I don't have them in a tent.

Barricaded them off with buckets so hopefully that keeps them away lomg enough for them to at least root.

Tomorrow is the 1st day of week 7 and the last week of regular feed before I start using Overdrive and KoolBloom (dry).

I'll get some close ups, my camera is messed up. Lens is dirty on the inside so I'll have to use another camera and post them.

 

[Cannabeard]

I received my new carbon filter and dust shroom, got them both installed. Now I should have proper ventilation. Sucks the tent in even on low.

The dust shroom is a horticultural hepa filter with no cfm loss. That should help keep the fans and lights and most importantly the plants from outside contaminates.

I'll throw some pics up tonight.

 

[Cannabeard]

Day 44

 

[Cannabeard]

Day 53: Haven't updated for a bit as it's been pretty uneventful which is a nice change from last grow. With 18 days left (tricomes be willing) it'll be harvest time, I've got 3 Blue Banner and 3 Hulk King started (regs) and have taken cuttings from everything but the Blue Dream and I'm just waiting for them to root. Unfortunately I should've done so earlier so I won't be starting right back to flowering this go but shouldn't be much down time as I won't be doing a 2 month veg.

 

[Cannabeard]

Well because I have a backlog of seeds I decided to just do entirely new strains mext grow and I'll just reveg the plants I want to keep going.

Just transplanted the Hulk King's as well as Blue Banners, popped and planted Dr Krippling's Chemdawg Millionaire and their Mind Can'trol as well as Seedsman White Widow Big Bud and Mephisto Ripleys Og.

All the flower plants are getting their fade on and bulking up quite nicely. I'll snap some pics at lights on.

 

[Cannabeard]

I forgot to post pics but here they are.

Also think I've finally dialed in the nutes. I was getting a lot of build up from using too much nutes even at half strength so I halfed it again and should finally just be giving them just enough to eat watering to watering thus not accumulating build up.

I'll play with it a bit next run and try 1/4 strength base to 1/2 strength additives and adjust the base strength if it doesn't seem to ve enough.

 

[Jgrowlove]

Awesome journal and garden Cannabeard! That cob setup is what I see in my dreams for my grow. I'll be in the corner taking notes. Keep up the great gardening!

 

[Cannabeard]

Awesome journal and garden Cannabeard! That cob setup is what I see in my dreams for my grow. I'll be in the corner taking notes. Keep up the great gardening!

Thank you my friend! I was a skeptic myself especially for what they set me back but working out the cost in overall savings it's a win/win.

Took a bit of trial and error, mostly error on my first run trying to figure out how high to run them (which definitely is nowhere near max like I was running them) which caused a lot of heat/light stress but I finally got everything dialed in and figured out.

I run straight 4000k 80 cri for veg until everything is big enough for the tent then I veg em for another week or two before flipping. I would like to go perpetual but I'll need to get another small tent as I gifted mine when I got the 8x4.

If you have any questions feel free to ask here or Pm me \m/

 

[Cannabeard]

So I gave what should be the final feeding tonight, I'll check the tricomes when they dry out and go from there but I have a couple that'll start getting the flush. The Blue Dream looks like it still has a few weeks to go so I won't be flushing it I know that for sure.

 

[Buckshot317]

Looking good brother. I like those dust shrooms, I've had mine on for 2 years now. Need to take it off and clean lol. But still looks good.

I didn't have any salt issues with AN, I'm going to run 1-2 this next run, and 1-2 with primordial solutions and see how they compare.

Never have enough tents or rooms lol .

 

[Cannabeard]

Looking good brother. I like those dust shrooms, I've had mine on for 2 years now. Need to take it off and clean lol. But still looks good.

I didn't have any salt issues with AN, I'm going to run 1-2 this next run, and 1-2 with primordial solutions and see how they compare.

Never have enough tents or rooms lol .

I finally nailed the ratio to not get build up! If anything it'll be a few hundred ppms on the odd plant that isn't feeding as heavy but it doesn't take much runoff to fix.

Managed to water everything with 10gal last night and took me a few less hours than normal because of the lack of build up.

Found a bud that got knocked off and was dry and smoked it and it was pretty bomb and the tricomes were still mostly clear and burned fairly clean for not being flushed so I definitely think you're on to something with the just feeding what they can uptake, flushing will be a snap!

 

[Cannabeard]

Trichs are coming along nicely on most plants so I'll be flushing those ones and continue feeding the few that still look a few weeks off.

Apparently with Flawless Finish I have to saturate the soil with the mix (40ml/5gal) and let it sit for about 6 hours then flush. So that's what I'll be doing over the next few days.

I'll get some pics tomorrow, most buds have fallen over, I tied some up and strategically layed the others along my netting.

Definitely looking forward to scroging so this problem (although a good one to have) isn't and issue.

Just not looking forward to stationary plants, I'll have to move my tent so I can access the back half easier.

And I'm trying to figure out something to deal with run off, like a platform slightly raised on one side allowing for run off collection as it's not time efficient putting a pot under them and dumping it every 5 mins.

 

[Cannabeard]

Also dabbling with the idea of a coco grow in the future but I definitely have to figure out the runoff situation first.