HashGirl Grows Alpine Star CBD, Carnival, Dark Devil & Raspberry Cough

[HashGirl]

The final numbers (dry weight) for Felonious' Alpine Stars are:

ALP1 - 79 grams
ALP2 - 32 grams
ALP6 - 73 grams
ALP8 - 68 grams

TOTAL - 252 grams or 9 ounces

I'll be trimming the Carnival today and will post the dry weight later.

 

[InTheShed]

Congrats on all the CBD meds!

 

[HashGirl]

Thanks, Shed. We still have my 3 Alpine Stars to add to the final numbers. I trimmed the Carnival today. It took me just over an hour and as you can probably see, it wasn't just bud but that's okay since most of this will be going to capsules or edibles. I'm actually pretty happy with the yield. Once she had dried, she didn't look like much so I was happily surprised to get just over 4 ounces. That's the highest yield I've had for a photo plant so far. CBD1 was just 3 grams lighter.


Carnival - 147 days (74 in flower):

For later:

 

[InTheShed]

Some of bud is pretty pale, which makes me nervous since that's what bud rot looks like from a distance.

 

[HashGirl]

Some of bud is pretty pale, which makes me nervous since that's what bud rot looks like from a distance.

No worries. There was definitely no bud rot. But, I didn't trim the sugar leaves off and they're lighter in colour than the buds. Here's a nug:

The scissor hash was so good, I also smoked a small nug. Very smooth with a nice head rush.

 

[InTheShed]

No worries. There was definitely no bud rot. But, I didn't trim the sugar leaves off and they're lighter in colour than the buds.

Phewf! These are examples of the areas that had me worried but as long as you gave it a good once over...

Very smooth with a nice head rush.

Nice! You do love the sativa head rush.

 

[HashGirl]

*** Weekly Update ***​

I haven't posted any updates since June 8th so this is well overdue. However, it will also be the last Weekly Update as I harvested the rest of the Winter crop today, i.e. Raspberry Cough, ALP2, ALP4 and ALP5. Without further ado, here are the pictures:

ALP4:

ALP2:

To be continued...

 

[HashGirl]

*** Weekly Update cont'd...***​

RC:

ALP5:

Drying:

That's all, folks. Thanks for following along.

 

[HashGirl]

I had a lot of floppy plants this grow and would like suggestions on how to grow a plant that isn't so floppy. I know I could use supports but Alpine 2 and the Raspberry Cough were really hard to support as all of their branches were floppy.

I've heard people mention using silica. Anyone here have any experience with it?

 

[InTheShed]

Congrats on the all that harvesting! Looks like tons of bud in there to keep you happy for a month or two particularly all the CBD. Raspberry Cough looks trichful.

Silica is important for plants and helps them develop strong bones and teeth stems, and MC doesn't have much at all, so adding some from the first feed to the last is a good thing. One of the main problems with silica is the cheapest form is potassium silicate, which bumps the already-high potassium content of MC and can lead to toxicity.

It's best to find a product of monosilic acid (MSA), which is 0-0-0 and immediately available to the plants (postassium silicate needs to be broken down first by microbes in the soil). It ain't cheap, but it's the best type of silica for the plants if it's in the budget.

I have been using Stout MSA, but it's pretty diluted so I'm on the hunt for the most cost effective brand as I just ran out yesterday!

 

[Listersmeghead]

Good Evening hash girl.
I use solar green power from Buddhas tree.
Says it's a nano silicic acid, they boast " the most absorbable silica possible"
All I know is it made the stems a lot stronger.
I started using it in hydro but works just aswell in soil.

 

[InTheShed]

I use solar green power from Buddhas tree.

I looked it, but it says: "This product is NOT registered for sale in California, Washington and Arizona." That leaves me out!

Damn.

Does it say what percentage is Si on the bottle? The Stout MSA is only 1.25%.

 

[Listersmeghead]

I looked it, but it says: "This product is NOT registered for sale in California, Washington and Arizona." That leaves me out!

Damn.

Does it say what percentage is Si on the bottle? The Stout MSA is only 1.25%.

I'm not that sure what's what when it comes to compounds shed, but reading this off the bottle may help you.

Silicon (si02) w/w 10% w/v 10.5% .

That's the only tech babble on the bottle, hope that helps shed.

 

[InTheShed]

I'm not that sure what's what when it comes to compounds shed, but reading this off the bottle may help you.

Silicon (si02) w/w 10% w/v 10.5% .

That's the only tech babble on the bottle, hope that helps shed.

Thanks Lister! It might help someone but not me. w/v is weight/volume and w/w is just weight concentration, but I'm not sure if that means it's 10% Si or not.

You know who might know that? @MrSauga!

 

[Listersmeghead]

Thanks Lister! It might help someone but not me. w/v is weight/volume and w/w is just weight concentration, but I'm not sure if that means it's 10% Si or not.

You know who might know that? @MrSauga!

It's extremely concentrated, the directions advise using just 1ml to a gallon of water.
A 500ml bottle has lasted me over a year, still got a quater or so of it left.

 

[InTheShed]

It's extremely concentrated, the directions advise using just 1ml to a gallon of water.
A 500ml bottle has lasted me over a year, still got a quater or so of it left.

I use my silica by PPM, and without knowing the concentration (though someone may know based on what they have listed) there's no way to do that. All you have is the manufacturer's recommendation, and for mine it is far under what I actually use.

Is yours the white bottle with the HPS bulb on it or the green bottle with the green Buddha on it?

 

[MrSauga]

Thanks Lister! It might help someone but not me. w/v is weight/volume and w/w is just weight concentration, but I'm not sure if that means it's 10% Si or not.

You know who might know that? @MrSauga!

W/v, or weight per volume, is used where a solid chemical is dissolved in liquid (eg if I dissolve 10 g of table salt, to make up a total volume of 100 mL of solution then I have made a 10% w/v solution of table salt)

W/w is an abbreviation for the percentage weight of a substance of the total weight.

e.g. 10 % w/w H2O2 = 10 g hydrogen peroxide in 90 gm (90 ml) water.

I may have not completely answered the question, but I think I may be close It sounds like it's concentrated. Hope it helps.

 

[InTheShed]

I may have not completely answered the question, but I think I may be close

Thanks MrS! Close is great, but would you say that it's a 10.5% silica solution based on the w/v number? That's what I would need to enter into my handy dandy hydrobuddy database.

 

[Listersmeghead]

I use my silica by PPM, and without knowing the concentration (though someone may know based on what they have listed) there's no way to do that. All you have is the manufacturer's recommendation, and for mine it is far under what I actually use.

Is yours the white bottle with the HPS bulb on it or the green bottle with the green Buddha on it?

I use the green bottle with the Buddha on it, I believe the one with bulb on it is old stock/brand in the UK.

I use a blue lab truncheon to measure ppm, it doesn't have digital read out accuracy. I know the amount of silica I use doesn't even register on the blue lab truncheon.
I'd have to get a digital ppm meter to answer that correctly.

 

[InTheShed]

I'd have to get a digital ppm meter to answer that correctly.

I appreciate all the info you provided Lister! If it's actually 10.5% monosilicic acid that would make it really concentrated. 3.8% is the highest I've found so far for MSA. I'm still hunting...