I love your setup, simple and efficient
Hyena's Never-Ending Adventures In Growing
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Nice work HM.
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I'm hoping so, who knows? Both parents were average stretchers, but I would love to see something over another foot before we bloom. It's soooo cool to be working with a brand-new strain that there is zero information about...just have to see what happens. Very excited. Stay tuned bro!
Peace, Hyena
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Thanks bud, yes I started with Perlite as the medium in the attic days and still use it as an intermediate for plants I start from seed, but these are clones and so I just chuck them right in the clay balls and they have a foot of roots already so they do fine. Then at the end I just throw away the whole bag, clay balls/root ball and all.
Stay tuned and we'll find out what SATURN 5 really is...
Peace, Hyena
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Happy Sunday!
Here's the latest HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update...!
Things are rolling along...not super exciting at the moment but rolling along! The Grow House is located in a neighborhood, which means I have neighbors...and neighbors have kids. So, I couldn't have nobody home on Trick or Treat night! I made sure I was there with lots and lots of candy, then bugged out to a local sports bar to watch my Buckeyes rock. I broke down and cleaned the cloning system, but I couldn't go into the now-blooming tent #1 until it came back on...at 1 am. So at 5 am I was up and topping off the reservoir, etc.
Looking pretty good...
They are STILL so thick I have no idea if they can bloom properly...removed more fan leaves but almost no effect.
It's going to be interesting to see how much they stretch, since they really haven't been very tall the whole way. If anything, they are getting even thicker.
Only 6 days since the flip...do I see hairs already...?
It already smells like a skunk farm in here. This is going to be maybe the smelliest dope I ever grew. Maybe even a match for the 80-pound can filter in each tent. We'll see.
Then on to Tent #2 where the new clones have been in pebbles for almost a week.
As expected, everyone looks great and no shock of any kind. Such hardy organisms. Of course, they are simply branches of the others so the only difference to watch will be how these branches branch, as compared to the from-seed plants they came from. Maybe the clones will branch out and up a little more than their counterparts? I hope so, that would be a vote for continuing the variety as a clone-propagated strain.
So that's how it is. I have no idea how long this new strain will take to fully finish. We'll find out together but if they are like their parents it will be 7-8 weeks. That means a harvest Christmas week. Now that's a present to both dread and also look forward to. Actually I hope to take them down at exactly 7 1/2 weeks to allow the second visit to buck and bag everything right before Christmas Day.
So my Christmas wish is that these girls finish by Wednesday, December 16th . I need Santa to come through...
He will.
Peace, Hyena
Here's the latest HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update...!
Things are rolling along...not super exciting at the moment but rolling along! The Grow House is located in a neighborhood, which means I have neighbors...and neighbors have kids. So, I couldn't have nobody home on Trick or Treat night! I made sure I was there with lots and lots of candy, then bugged out to a local sports bar to watch my Buckeyes rock. I broke down and cleaned the cloning system, but I couldn't go into the now-blooming tent #1 until it came back on...at 1 am. So at 5 am I was up and topping off the reservoir, etc.
Looking pretty good...
They are STILL so thick I have no idea if they can bloom properly...removed more fan leaves but almost no effect.
It's going to be interesting to see how much they stretch, since they really haven't been very tall the whole way. If anything, they are getting even thicker.
Only 6 days since the flip...do I see hairs already...?
It already smells like a skunk farm in here. This is going to be maybe the smelliest dope I ever grew. Maybe even a match for the 80-pound can filter in each tent. We'll see.
Then on to Tent #2 where the new clones have been in pebbles for almost a week.
As expected, everyone looks great and no shock of any kind. Such hardy organisms. Of course, they are simply branches of the others so the only difference to watch will be how these branches branch, as compared to the from-seed plants they came from. Maybe the clones will branch out and up a little more than their counterparts? I hope so, that would be a vote for continuing the variety as a clone-propagated strain.
So that's how it is. I have no idea how long this new strain will take to fully finish. We'll find out together but if they are like their parents it will be 7-8 weeks. That means a harvest Christmas week. Now that's a present to both dread and also look forward to. Actually I hope to take them down at exactly 7 1/2 weeks to allow the second visit to buck and bag everything right before Christmas Day.
So my Christmas wish is that these girls finish by Wednesday, December 16th . I need Santa to come through...
He will.
Peace, Hyena
Good luck in your timing Hyena
425jesse
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Looks amazing Hyena. I have similar hopes for my current grow to close it out by Christmas. Looking forward to more photos and updates on your bushy ass new strain
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And now a Saturday
HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!
Couldn't sleep so decided to cruise up to the GH at 3 am. No sense wasting a whole day on this. Unzipped Tent #1 which has been flowering for 2 weeks now...
Holy Crap, Batman! There seems to be a lot of green in here,,,plus loads (already) of cute flowers popping into existence!
Look at the flowers already, all 12 are blooming nicely and that's after only TWO weeks since the flip. Check the box next to fertile for this strain, another nice attribute.
Now this is an entirely new strain so now we begin to see differences. BIG differences! These 12 girls are starting to diverge into 12 different organisms. Most noticeable is the striking difference in color between individuals...
But even more intriguing is there are many different leaf SHAPES. Some longer, more Sativa-like, others big and fat, and look at the differences between the teeth on the leaf edges...
So I have absolutely no idea what that means, if anything. But now that I'm looking for differences I'm certainly finding them. As I trimmed a bucket of fan leaves I see how tightly spaced the growth nodes are on all of them. This canopy won't go very high I can already tell it's almost leveled off already, so hopefully the incredible density of flowering sites will make for whopping dream colas. I really love the smell, too...VERY skunky, apparently the stinky gene from grandpa Super Skunk is coming through. I like it.
So all is certainly well in there.
Moving to Tent #2, we see the clones are just fine and starting to grow a bunch of little branches.
The PH drifted down to 5.4 and I could have told you that just by looking at the leaf edges...no problem, adjusted that and added a bit of cal mag with the grow nutes. They'll be fine. I'm excited to clone the best ones, once we know which those will be, of course.
So three hours driving back home, now it's still Saturday morning and I'm already done with my weekly chores up in the GH. Guess I'll roll up a fatty and do what I do until tonight when my beloved Buckeyes rudely crush another opponent. It's nice to have lots of ounces of my favorite brand of cannabis...
Dat shit is gooooood. See you next week!
Peace, Hyena
HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!
Couldn't sleep so decided to cruise up to the GH at 3 am. No sense wasting a whole day on this. Unzipped Tent #1 which has been flowering for 2 weeks now...
Holy Crap, Batman! There seems to be a lot of green in here,,,plus loads (already) of cute flowers popping into existence!
Look at the flowers already, all 12 are blooming nicely and that's after only TWO weeks since the flip. Check the box next to fertile for this strain, another nice attribute.
Now this is an entirely new strain so now we begin to see differences. BIG differences! These 12 girls are starting to diverge into 12 different organisms. Most noticeable is the striking difference in color between individuals...
But even more intriguing is there are many different leaf SHAPES. Some longer, more Sativa-like, others big and fat, and look at the differences between the teeth on the leaf edges...
So I have absolutely no idea what that means, if anything. But now that I'm looking for differences I'm certainly finding them. As I trimmed a bucket of fan leaves I see how tightly spaced the growth nodes are on all of them. This canopy won't go very high I can already tell it's almost leveled off already, so hopefully the incredible density of flowering sites will make for whopping dream colas. I really love the smell, too...VERY skunky, apparently the stinky gene from grandpa Super Skunk is coming through. I like it.
So all is certainly well in there.
Moving to Tent #2, we see the clones are just fine and starting to grow a bunch of little branches.
The PH drifted down to 5.4 and I could have told you that just by looking at the leaf edges...no problem, adjusted that and added a bit of cal mag with the grow nutes. They'll be fine. I'm excited to clone the best ones, once we know which those will be, of course.
So three hours driving back home, now it's still Saturday morning and I'm already done with my weekly chores up in the GH. Guess I'll roll up a fatty and do what I do until tonight when my beloved Buckeyes rudely crush another opponent. It's nice to have lots of ounces of my favorite brand of cannabis...
Dat shit is gooooood. See you next week!
Peace, Hyena
New strain is looking good, you taking clones of your favorite phenos?
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Will be a fun search
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Those pics were taken exactly 13 days after the flip...I can't believe it, never seen such early response before. That's an exciting development.
Super strain...?
We'll see!Peace, Hyena
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Happy Sunday! Here's this week's
HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!
All is well and pretty routine at the ol' GH this week...rolled up to check on things yesterday morning and in Tent #1the new SATURN 5 girls are getting busy. At only 19 days in flower, stuff is happening!
Sweet floral magic everywhere, the entire room smells like skunky heaven already. Even though there are literally twelve different individuals in here, they all have a nice bouquet and are popping nicely.
Getting great development down the branch too...
Everything so far looks good and they are on track. My hunch is this new strain will be a good producer even if the canopy has leveled off disappointingly low. Not much stretch to this bunch, as a result I'll let the clones in Tent #2 go a week or even two longer to maybe get more verticality.
In Tent #2...
The clones are growing as expected, looking good and healthy. I'm improving my cloning as we go, I took some more-developed branches this time to see if they would become a slightly more advanced plant and yes, that's definitely the way to go...the larger clones with a few more nodes have jumped ahead of the ones that have just a couple nodes less.
Everything is where I want it, which will hopefully allow me to see what the girls in Tent #1 become before I reach the point where I have to clone these clones. I'm hoping there will be a couple that really stand out. So far, they all look awfully juicy so this will be an exciting next three-four weeks as the SATURN 5 girls become women and reveal their delicious, as-yet-unknown charms!
So another week of Fall, with football on TV, and golf (wearing four layers). And smoking weed.
I'm getting older but still giving it my best.
Peace, Hyena
HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!
All is well and pretty routine at the ol' GH this week...rolled up to check on things yesterday morning and in Tent #1the new SATURN 5 girls are getting busy. At only 19 days in flower, stuff is happening!
Sweet floral magic everywhere, the entire room smells like skunky heaven already. Even though there are literally twelve different individuals in here, they all have a nice bouquet and are popping nicely.
Getting great development down the branch too...
Everything so far looks good and they are on track. My hunch is this new strain will be a good producer even if the canopy has leveled off disappointingly low. Not much stretch to this bunch, as a result I'll let the clones in Tent #2 go a week or even two longer to maybe get more verticality.
In Tent #2...
The clones are growing as expected, looking good and healthy. I'm improving my cloning as we go, I took some more-developed branches this time to see if they would become a slightly more advanced plant and yes, that's definitely the way to go...the larger clones with a few more nodes have jumped ahead of the ones that have just a couple nodes less.
Everything is where I want it, which will hopefully allow me to see what the girls in Tent #1 become before I reach the point where I have to clone these clones. I'm hoping there will be a couple that really stand out. So far, they all look awfully juicy so this will be an exciting next three-four weeks as the SATURN 5 girls become women and reveal their delicious, as-yet-unknown charms!
So another week of Fall, with football on TV, and golf (wearing four layers). And smoking weed.
I'm getting older but still giving it my best.
Peace, Hyena
Highya HM,
Very nice "quickie" update. That Saturn strain reminds me of a CBD lady I did with buds all up and down the stem. She was very pretty. Looks like yours will fatten up to be huge colas, with all the pistils showing already!! I'm started to get interested in the smoke report!! Happy Smokin'
Very nice "quickie" update. That Saturn strain reminds me of a CBD lady I did with buds all up and down the stem. She was very pretty. Looks like yours will fatten up to be huge colas, with all the pistils showing already!! I'm started to get interested in the smoke report!! Happy Smokin'
Looking on point Hyena!
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Thanksgiving week is here, so here's a
HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!
Finally getting some real action in the flowering tent #1...
BIG blossoms everywhere...the canopy rising a bit more, to just about the perfect height...
And loads and loads of nodes! This new SATURN 5 strain has quite a few variations within the first 12 individuals but the primary similarity is very densely packed branches with lots of closely-spaced nodes! Only 4 weeks since the flip...very vigorous and all look super healthy. Looks maybe like that 8-week finishing time might be expressing in these. That would be another big plus for this strain...
But looking very good down the branch:
And there are multiple distinctly different bud shapes among other aspects...
There are more but as an example, each of these 3 bud structures has a different smell! Plus other variations. Again it blows me away that such diversity could emerge from the crossing of two or three plants. All 12 seeds came from 3 plants (the two that produced the biggest yields plus 2 randoms), so not exactly sure but I could have 4 sets of genes here. Plus, many different genetic packages are possible (even likely) whenever 2 plants cross so I'm trying to correlate the differences I observe with the possible parents, trying to figure out who came from who, kind of like being a social worker on the West side.
I'll keep you posted.
Meanwhile, in Tent #2, the exact same grow just about a month behind...
These clones are taking off nicely and looking pretty good. Still very compact...even though they started as branches instead of seeds, it seems the typical cannabis plant structure emerges after awhile, probably due to the principle of the apical bud leading the rest of the plant. Pretty cool.
On defoliation: After countless experiments I'm convinced skillful defoliation plays a big role in how productive a plant becomes, especially in a dense canopy. My guiding principle has become, remove a leaf if it will reveal a branch. This simple rule allows me to go quickly through my plants and get light to more and more growing tips, plus the added benefit of better air circulation. It has not seemed to slow or reduce the growth of anything (even some brutal defols on a number of plants), but I also stop well short of removing them all like some folks do. I believe they are important for producing the food necessary for buds to develop so I leave those that aren't blocking the upward growth of branches. Just my way but it works and keeps the act of defoliation reasonable.
After a good defoliation they look a bit different but still happy:
Only another few weeks before I'll be cloning from these, once the very most clone-worthy ones reveal themselves in Tent #1. Which they're doing. Very excited.
So Happy Thanksgiving...
I meant Danksgiving of course. I have already prepared the Turkey...
I know I'm thankful.
Peace, Hyena
HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!
Finally getting some real action in the flowering tent #1...
BIG blossoms everywhere...the canopy rising a bit more, to just about the perfect height...
And loads and loads of nodes!
This new SATURN 5 strain has quite a few variations within the first 12 individuals but the primary similarity is very densely packed branches with lots of closely-spaced nodes! Only 4 weeks since the flip...very vigorous and all look super healthy. Looks maybe like that 8-week finishing time might be expressing in these. That would be another big plus for this strain...But looking very good down the branch:
And there are multiple distinctly different bud shapes among other aspects...
There are more but as an example, each of these 3 bud structures has a different smell! Plus other variations. Again it blows me away that such diversity could emerge from the crossing of two or three plants. All 12 seeds came from 3 plants (the two that produced the biggest yields plus 2 randoms), so not exactly sure but I could have 4 sets of genes here. Plus, many different genetic packages are possible (even likely) whenever 2 plants cross so I'm trying to correlate the differences I observe with the possible parents, trying to figure out who came from who, kind of like being a social worker on the West side.
I'll keep you posted.Meanwhile, in Tent #2, the exact same grow just about a month behind...
These clones are taking off nicely and looking pretty good. Still very compact...even though they started as branches instead of seeds, it seems the typical cannabis plant structure emerges after awhile, probably due to the principle of the apical bud leading the rest of the plant. Pretty cool.
On defoliation: After countless experiments I'm convinced skillful defoliation plays a big role in how productive a plant becomes, especially in a dense canopy. My guiding principle has become, remove a leaf if it will reveal a branch. This simple rule allows me to go quickly through my plants and get light to more and more growing tips, plus the added benefit of better air circulation. It has not seemed to slow or reduce the growth of anything (even some brutal defols on a number of plants), but I also stop well short of removing them all like some folks do. I believe they are important for producing the food necessary for buds to develop so I leave those that aren't blocking the upward growth of branches. Just my way but it works and keeps the act of defoliation reasonable.
After a good defoliation they look a bit different but still happy:
Only another few weeks before I'll be cloning from these, once the very most clone-worthy ones reveal themselves in Tent #1. Which they're doing. Very excited.
So Happy Thanksgiving...
I meant Danksgiving of course. I have already prepared the Turkey...
I know I'm thankful.
Peace, Hyena