Looking great man.. some big frosty buds a growin!!
Dank Purple's First Grow
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Dank Purple
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Thank you toasted.. They smell so good. Its this unique smell like a sweet fruit or may e like a tangy strawberry.. Hard to describe. Its amazing. Grootys bids are so dense and l.a. is kinda fox tailing. Gonna be airy I think. But either way I bet she will smoke great. If not ill just be on here asking about how to make butter or something...lol how is everyone!?
Sounds great man!! Doing good! Hope ya had a happy holiday!
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I sure did. I love thanks giving, all the food and family! I love it. A bunch of my family came back to my place for an after party .lol trying to hide plants all over the house. Hahaha
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Ok I took some cool pictures to start us off.
girls are getting fat. The branches are so spread out their... falling.
I was pulling them down now I'm holding them up hahaha. If it smokes 1/10th of how good it smells i would be stoked!! I get lured back there like an old school cartoon floating towards a pie the smell..
Its like nothing I have ever smelled and I have been toking for almost 20 years. I'm sure my nose is just bias ..lol or maybe that ive never smelled it fresh on the plant. I grabbed a lighter ..actually 2 for comparison
And just some random bud porn to finish up up
Thow me some feed back. Please and thank you. Any estimates on how much longer until harvest. I'm thinking I should stab them soon.. I started backing off the nutes last res change.. So I would be ready to begin at a moments notice.. Should I flush them then trickle nutes and then final flush them or just the final 1 all that is necessary?
Lol screw it I need a play by play of what to expect these next couple weeks.anyone? Lol. I dont want to mess this up..
Ok I took some cool pictures to start us off.
And just some random bud porn to finish up up
Thow me some feed back. Please and thank you. Any estimates on how much longer until harvest. I'm thinking I should stab them soon.. I started backing off the nutes last res change.. So I would be ready to begin at a moments notice.. Should I flush them then trickle nutes and then final flush them or just the final 1 all that is necessary?
Lol screw it I need a play by play of what to expect these next couple weeks.anyone? Lol. I dont want to mess this up..
HortiShorti
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Looks damn awesome! I'd say you're definitely close to chop, any trich shots?
Depending on the desired effects, I'd say you're right in the middle of cerebral uplifting sativa and in a week you'll be nearing couch-lock.
Beautiful fat cola's!
Depending on the desired effects, I'd say you're right in the middle of cerebral uplifting sativa and in a week you'll be nearing couch-lock.
Beautiful fat cola's!
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I have a 60 x . ill get some photos on here tomorrow for ya. And we shall scope out the trichs. Could use some help.
And couch lock sounds nice.. I have issues that mj helps with a lot. But for me it doesnt seem to be one or the other ..its any. When I'm out I could be fine ...or my stomach has a fit and my day gets nasty fast.I'd discribe it but why..lol. in pain. I have crohns so its severe when it goes bad. I pretty much just stay medicated and that keeps it at bay most of the time.
Anyway- short story (edit- short novel)
"The best bud I have ever smoked"
So I used to live in c.o. and on my days off I would play games on the computer.
So one day I got some bud from a buddy on my way home from a party and I was wasted drunk so I got home and passed out.
The next morning (was my day off) and my girlfriend left for work and I sat down at my desk and got everything ready to sit there for a couple hours. A drink some snacks my cigs. A bowl and the stinky bud bag I found out I bought.. (Haha nice move drunk me)
So I booted up Diablo 2 and made it to my sign in I hit the bowl.
And....
Boom...
Gone..
I come back too practically drooling on myself.. Was like "whoa what a hit" shook it off and typed it my user name(having no idea how much time had passed didnt look at the clock) so I typed my username and hit the bowl
Again...
No f-ing way...
I come back to.. again.. with the curser blinking on password box I start laughing cuase now I know this is absolute fire urb. Next thing I know my girlfriend is walking in the door home from work.. Seriously. 2 hits and 8 hours later I managed to type puffin19** and tab to the next box.... Lmfao this is a true story and have never experienced anything close to that weed.
I got scared to smoke it. I couldnt before work... Only bud I have ever felt uncomfortable to drive on.. I had to go buy some different smoke! To fill the functioning hours of the day..
Anyway the point of this story is ..this bud would be my "choice bud" I guess. I wanna grow that stuff! I honestly believe it could cure my stomach fits...mid-fit. which is impossible I feel. Crohns is a prevention game..when it hits. Clear your day for pain.
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Hey horti Just added it up again I'm on day 62 since flip.
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So I'm thinking 3 weeks.. continue to back nutes down for a week, a week 1/2, stab her 2 weeks out, then flush or flush then stab?
And after I stab and she is flushed I just let her widdle away leaves and fatten colas, until i chop right? Oh shit and I should start the backbuilding (bud topping) yet? I'm late on that one huh. Damn
And after I stab and she is flushed I just let her widdle away leaves and fatten colas, until i chop right? Oh shit and I should start the backbuilding (bud topping) yet? I'm late on that one huh. Damn
Oldbear
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DankPurple what is stabbing?
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Lol. Get ready for this one.
Its a literal stabbing. A knife right through the base of her stalk. The plant thinks she is dying and will begin to pump resin on the buds and put everything she has into making offspring..(her buds) my buddy imtoasted did it in his journal and I couldnt wait to try it. And you just leave the knife or skewer in it until chop. I have never done this before, so feel free to chime in anyone.. With actual facts and stuff lol. Its an extreme backbuilding technique I believe that is the cat. It falls into
Edit. So this is its own thing and while having no proof it works (I saw it work on toasters journal) its supposed to trigger defensive survival in the plant and increase resin and sometimes thc. Alot of ppl argue it is better to just get u.v. bulbs for the same effect without the stress. Other say the stress is the key. This was originally done is south america. They said they did it to give the bud a golden finish. I feel like this technique is difficult to do correctly and that's the catalyst for the agruments on whether or not it works. As in those last few weeks buds pack on weight and while a shock might increase yeilds a stunt would severly harm the yields. For me it less about yields and more about bag appeal and smokablitlity
bignugz420
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Stabbing her base stalk will get a big rise in trichs Bc she will think she is dying and with that the trichs are there to catch pollen so the pistols can pollenate and when in survival mode she throws extra resin out on her colas so it helps a lot so does 24 darkness and cold temps when ripening stage is almost over
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Thanks for the explanations people 
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Curious about the 24 hours of darkness and I plan on lowering temps in my quest for purple..lol but
What does the darkness do? As I understand the method is just dark for the last 24 hours before chop right?
Same as the stab... resin production happens in dark cycle and it's the last ditch effort to produce that last little bit ...
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Thanks man I think its gonna be a good show these next couple weeks!!!
So many options.
Backbuilding the buds is done when the buds are about halfway to the end, isn't it? How much longer do you have? I'd advise trying it anyway so you can get a feel for it. Scottay proved the technique does more than shape the buds. He got up to 30% more from one plant he tried it with. Makes it well worth exploring IMHO. I don't bother myself. Lazy gardener here. 
Just stopping in to get a gander at the garden DP. I'll be back after I do a quick run-through.
I have three girls out of five in flower in spaces without filtration. When I open my front door and walk into the apartment it smells like home.
Going back in. I'm up to page 15.
I have to say, that's a hell of a lot of work to go through for cloning. I cut, shave the outer layer, dip into an aloe fillet and into rooting hormone, and stick it into a Rapid Rooter or a cup of perlite (soaked in aloe water). Then it gets sealed up in a produce bag filled like a balloon. Check every three days to replenish water, if necessary, and fill with expelled breath to give the cutting its private CO2 atmosphere. Haven't lost one yet that I didn't poison. I also don't butcher my leaves when I clone. Never did figure out why everyone does that. I hear the theories, but my cuttings sail through with no fading of the leaves. I think it's mostly because they have all thet CO2 to feast on.
Haha! I started in an open closet with CFLs hung all around the plants. I grew so much oil on those plants everyone stood around in awe. That grow was what made me famous here.
Incidentally, if you want the best yield out of an auto you'll be needing to give that baby 20 hours of light a day from seed to harvest. Top once at 4-5 nodes and let them go from there. Light will make the most difference, so that 20/4 schedule is pretty necessary. Also, if you try one in soil I'd recommend a 5 gallon pot.
White Widow is a pretty popular one. One of my neighbors in this area is Hash Hound, and WW is his signature chemovar, so I've had samples. He grows some of the finest you can find, and as much as I appreciate the Widow, she doesn't hold a candle to my Carnival. Im pretty spoiled with the Carnival.
I highly recommend the low and slo dry in the fridge. Use lunch bags and fill them very lightly. We have it all worked out on the thread. It's a fun read, when you finally get to it. I finish the dry at two weeks using super dry rice, so it's all ready to begin the cure after two weeks.
The flavor you get is so distinctively superior to line dried it's actually surprising. We've all noticed terpene expressions on chemovars we were familiar with that we'd never tasted or smelled before. Got us all really excited. Lol! It tak s longer, but the end result is well worth the wait.
It's dangerous to begin comparing. Pictures can lie. I've learned to appreciate all the other grows without comparing. I admit, it can be a challenge, given the talent that surrounds me, but I do my best.
Think infused coconut oil. Much more adaptable to cooking than butter, and it gets you higher faster because coconut is a medium-chained fatty acid that gets sent straight to the liver from the gut, so the delta-9 THC b comes 11-hydroxy THC, 4-10 times more potent than delta-9. More bang for your buck, and coconut oil is good for you.
Get yourself some liquid sunflower lecithin and the buzz comes on faster still. A steady regimen of capsules could settle that stomach issue. Use the capsules as suppositories and your recovery from Chron's becomes more than a pipe dream. You and I will have to put our heads together when you get to production.
Best buzz I ever had was Columbian Gold, back in the late 70's. Seriously trippy high that had my consciousness soaring over the Andes.
I've been searching for the experience ever since. I found out tonight that a dear friend is gifting me with CG seeds. *contented sigh* Life sure is sweet. Hey.... I enjoyed reading through. You have an energy that reminds me of Dabber, so how nice to find him among your troupe of happy followers. I relived all my early angst at topping and training. Lol! The guys held my hand at every turn. I was so terrified I'd kill them and they were too important to risk.
They're looking beautiful Dank. You're very close to the harvest window. I usually smell the terpene shift that signals harvest. It can be very subtle, and then again, I've had chemovars that nearly screamed at me "Take me NOW!" Lol! Your clones are looking lovely too. The poor child hidden in the bathroom isn't getting the light that'll do her justice, is she? I'd seriously consider making her into a bunch of clones and beginning again. If she still had any critters you'd see their droppings on the leaves and marks on the leaves. How long's she been with you now?
I'm trying to train myself to clone reserve chemovars that I don't have room for yet, and that requires I toss perfectly good plants when I root the new cutting. It's more about space restrictions, but it'll teach me to be ruthless with culling. We have such a difficult time killing any healthy plant, and yet, sometimes that's the path of least resistance.
When you get the name change will you be keeping this journal running? I try to start new sections of my perpetual journal when they hit around 300 pages. Worth keeping in mind. My journals tend to run the pages up quickly, but any perpetual has the potential to get crazy long.
I'll peek in now and then. Do me a favor, and let me know through PM when you plan to harvest. I'm invested emotionally now. Lol! I may be tied up elsewhere though and miss the notification, but I'll for sure see the PM.
And guys...... You make me blush when you start praising me in the journals. You know I do it all for love.
