ItsNatural's Semi-Organic Multi Strain Manifold Garden

UPDATE: MAIN: 45 DAYS IN FLOWER


I fed them last night. I made 3 gallons of nutes. Each gallon contained


3tsp BLOOM
1 1/2tsp BIG BLOOMIN GUANO
1/4tsp META-K
2tsp CATALYST
1tsp TERPENEZ
1tsp MAMMOTH P

1 1/2tsp CALMAG


I actually had planned to mix and bubble, but when I went out there, a couple were very thirsty and droopy. So unfortunately, i had to mix and feed. I hope it doesnt bother them. I should have probably just made a light dose just to get them to next feeding. But they look hungry also. Other than that they are looking good. These pics are from 4 days ago. I need to take some more up close pics of teh back. Like the back left SS has some NICE big fat buds that I havent captured yet. Only have top shots of her lol.

I chopped the ChemDawg Clone. She was almost 10........ She is hanging and drying right now. I will upload her pics later

Here are the pics from 4 days ago


Well I guess Ill get to it later. This new format seems WAY MORE COMPLICATED than it was and should be. Ill post them as soon as I figure out how. Right now its a freaking nightmare trying to figure out this maze and puzzle of a site.
 
Here are a couple pics of CD after I harvested her.








As I said in a previous post. There is alot of under growth from me not defoliating or lollipopping. So I will most likely cut the tops off and jar for cure to smoke. And just take the rest and make some butter. Or coconut oil. I still havent got it down yet. Other people seem to get faded on it but I dont get much from it. So I need to make some stronger shit. Maybe I need to try a different method. The last few times Iv done it, I did it in a crock pot. Water, weed, butter. And cooked in crockpot for about 10 hrs. Maybe that was way too long. Maybe this time I will do 4hrs. Or try the double boiler method.
 
UPDATE: MAIN: 46 DAYS IN FLOWER


I will make nutes tonight for tomorrow. I will do 3 gallons. Each gallon will contain


3tsp BLOOM
1tsp BIG BLOOMIN GUANO
1/4tsp META-K
1/2tsp GROW
1 1/2tsp CALMAG
1 1/2tsp HI-BRIX
1tsp TERPENEZ
1tsp PROTEKT
1tsp MAMMOTH P



I am going to use rain water this time. Its been raining and long story short, I dont have a water connection in my building that I am growing in. So I have to fill a bunch of milk jugs up. I keep about 20 plus jugs in there. When I am out, I fill them all up. Its a pain but of course, worth it. But its has been raining and I am out of water. So I put my bucket out there and let it fill with rain water. I would assume it will be MUCH better than my chlorine filled tap water.
 
UPDATE: MAIN: 50 DAYS IN FLOWER


I watered them last night. Each gallon contained

1/2tsp RECHARGE
1/4tsp META-K

I added the Meta-k just for a little Potassium. Seeing how they are in week 7. I am assuming they are now in the ripening stage. And the way I understand things. N is for grow, P is for bloom, and K is for ripening. That of course being is the simplest of terms. Im aware that K is used all throughout the grow phase. And so are the others. But you get my point. The way I understand it. Toward the end of the flower cycle, She starts using more K for ripening. IDK. I very easily could be wrong. Anyway, I dont think its gonna hurt even if it doesnt help.

I like that I am in week 7 and my girls still look somewhat healthy. I am starting to have high hopes for these ladies. Maybe not sooo much in yield. The Critical Kush isnt going to pull that much and neither is the Sour D I dont think.




PAKASTAN VALLEY
The Pakastan Valley will yield the most I believe. She is a beautiful plant. Hopefully her potency will match her look. The pics arent the best representation of her. I need to take some with lights out and a flash. She is Super Frosty. Each cola is about 13 inches long. Some 14. The tops are fat, the middle consist of small bud clusters and the base is a fat ball of bud clusters. All buds are half dollar or bigger size. Covered in frost.


















SUPER SKUNK CLONE
I have honestly put the least amount of work in on this girl. I didnt care for the SS strain to be honest. It was just , meh... Good... but not worth me growing. IMHO... So I put her and her mother in the back corners. All I really did for her was top her, and then bent her over. She has said F it, I am going to show you..... And show me she has. She has the fattest colas of all of them. She is just covered in big fat buds. She May give PK a run for her money in the yield department.















SOUR D
I dont really know why she has stayed so small. She has always had the most light. Maybe thats why. IDK. but theres nothing really special about her in way of yield or anything. Shes not the worst of them and if shes as good as the one I grew before her. Then...thank you...... In these pics...the pics from the front showing all the ladies.. She, being Sour D is the front right









CRITICAL KUSH

She is the smallest of the ladies. she grew all weird and didnt really take to much to the manifold. Almost looks like she just wasnt getting enough light or something which may be due to not defoliating properly. So she grew all stretchy. She is front left








SUPER SKUNK

She looks ok. Nothing to get excited about really. She has 13 colas. Some bigger than others. All of them are pretty frosty.






Well thats the girls.







Here are some pics of the next gen
I topped them last night.






 
Thank you Jgrowlove. Im using a AmareSE450. Good to hear you liked the Pakistan Valley. I have high hopes for it. I think it will be my biggest yielder. And as far as manifold goes. Im a big fan also. I messed up this season tho. See my plan was to grow 3 crops this year. (Due to me not being able to grow in the summer. Too hot. Leaves buds very airy and low quality. Little smell or taste.) So 3 crops. Hoping to get a total of over 24zzs for the year. Cuz even tho I only really have to skip 3 months of growing. It will be a period of about 6 months from last harvest to next harvest having that 3 month dead period. So My last harvest in early June. I need to have more than 12zzs to carry me over.

ANYWAY.. point is the plan was of course a perpetual grow. SO the plan was to grow, and when I put the girls in flower, I start another in veg, that way when The ladies are done flowering, The veggie ladies are ready for flower. Giving more an extra flower cycle for the year. BUT

I had the bright idea, cuz I successfully cloned 2 plants earlier, with 0 trouble. I thought I would save seeds and the next crop would be of clones. I spent over a month and only the PV rooted. And as you know, doing a manifold takes about 7 weeks to veg, More if you do it the old fashion "true" way. So I wont have time to manifold these next ones. ( hopefully that wont screw me and leave me short on yield)

So the plan on the next crop is to just follow the plants lead. They all have been topped. The SD I wasnt paying attention or wasnt thinking, or didnt want to waste growth, But I topped in on the 4rth node instead of the 3rd like the rest. Leaving it a bit taller. Plus its just growing taller anyway. So I have bent it over. 2 of the others are short and growing to where it looks I might just let it stand and bend down the individual branches as the grow like I did with the PV clone.

Sorry for the jibber jabber. I know no one gives a damn about my needs, wants or plans. LOL Bring on the Bud Porn :p
 
UPDATE: MAIN: 59 DAYS IN FLOWER


Ok. So my girls are turning purple on me. I mean, the CK has for a couple weeks now but now she has REALLY turned. And the PV is also. The SD has also been turning slowly. But not as bad as the CK. But now all three are really turning. With CK almost being black. My research leads to too many possibilities, but all being a P def. But the cause of the P def, is the question. I have a hard time believing its from a lack of P. So maybe a lockout for some reason. PH is ALWAYS a question ever since I started growing. No one can give a straight freaking answer on whether it matters when growing organic with good soil. Some say yes, some say no.

Im thinking maybe from temperature flux. It was hot for a week or so and now its cold. Now they dont notice the swing as big as it is outside. BUT, Lights out temps go from 70F, to 65F. ( yes I know 65F isnt idea) But I dont think its low enough to really mess with them. But could be. I didnt mean to let them get that low. Heaters were turned down due to it being hot. They are turned back up. So it was only 1 night.

NOW....Summery of their life.....

Feed.....3 days later Feed........3 days later Water with support nutes like calmag, Catalyst, Mammoth P, Terpenez, And lately, recharge.


Feed is usually ......

per gallon

3tsp BLOOM
1tsp BIG BLOOMIN GUANO
1/4tsp META K
1 1/2tsp CALMAG
1tsp HI-BRIX
1tsp MAMMOTH P
1tsp TERPENEZ
1tsp PROTEKT

Bubble for 24 hrs


Water sometimes is cold. Not freezing but chilly for sure. Not lately tho. Not in the last 2 or 3 weeks.


Temps

Lights on average is 80F-88F Has been a day or 2 in high 90s.

Lights off average is 68F-70F with it sometimes falling as low as 65F And as high as 75



LIght is about an average of 18-22 inches from light.



The 2 back plants have ZERO purpleness. Its only the ones directly under the LIGHT!!!


Could it be possible that because they are directly under the light that maybe they are using more energy, therefore requiring and needing more P????




Pictures



















Those were taken a few mins ago......


These were taking a few days ago and include the babies. You can see I have tied down the SD and the others are just growing for now. The PV clone is also just been topped and I am LSTing the branches as they grow. Its about time to transplant her to her final home in a 3 gal fab pot.




















Here is a comparison from a few days or week ago to now









I will HARVEST The Super Skunk Clone tonight most likely. Or tomorrow night. Not sure.


Thats about it. If you have a clue about the purple. Feel free to help a honky out.
 
Love the help :420:


No worries, I honestly didnt expect any as I am not as active in other journals as I once was. Luckily I am near harvest. so Its about time to chop anyway. Im still not certain what caused it, but I suspect its the light. I think thats why the back 2 plants were fine and PERFECTLY healthy. The other 3 pretty much were directly under the light in some way. But when you look at the leafs, they are DARK PURPLE BUT....on the edges, where the leaf was over lapping itself, Blocking that small section from the light, It is green. SOOOO

Either my light is too low,,,,,,AND OR the UV light is doing something that is making the leafs turn purple. I need to take a picture of one of the leafs to show the green in spots. But that tells me it most likely isnt from feeding. Or lack there of.

What sucks is I know this is the time they pack on the good stuff. Ripen and what not. So I probably hurt quality a bit. Along with some yield. But whats done is done and now I just need to figure out what happen so I dont do it again.
 
UPDATE: MAIN: 61 DAYS IN FLOWER




I harvested the SS clone Thursday...2 days ago.....Here are some pictures



















And there was 2 branches that came off. Here is a picture of one of them. The other I didnt actually even notice until I was cleaning up and seen I had laid it somewhere. So no pic






The other is about the same size.


Plant turned out nice. I think ill get over 2zzs from her. Maybe even 3. Which is what I shoot for each plant. Between 2 and 3. Over 3 would be nice. But I feel I can achieve 3 each plant if done right.









Here are the babies. They have begun their LST











Well thats about it for now. Its harvest season so :)


Also, I bought a MAGIC BUTTER MACHINE. I made some last night. Ill explain more later after I have tested and what not.
 
UPDATE: MAIN: 63 DAYS IN FLOWER


I watered them last night. All except CK. Because I am going to chop her tonight. So the other 3, SD, SS, PV split 2 gallons of water with

1/2tsp MAMMOTH P
2tsp CATALYST
2tsp TERPENEZ


I was going to feed 2 SD and PV as they wont get chopped for another week or 2. But For some reason, I just didnt.



I checked on the Super Skunk Clone last night. It had been 3 days. It was bone dry. :( I didnt check on it the night before as I went out and had some laughs. Im very disappointed I did that. Not the laughs of course, but letting it over dry. Which prevents any chance of having a good cure. Plus it just changes everything. So it will be dry and dusty instead of moist and sticky,, ( Still stcky just not like it would be) I may use it for my next batch of butter or tincture I plan to make.
I still cant give a full review on the Magical Butter machine as I really have eaten any of the cookies I made. BUT I did eat like 3/4th of one last night. I would have ate a couple but was stuffed. I forced that 3/4th down. I didnt get wasted. Kinda already was as far as high as shit. Point is I never really felft that cookie. I dropped 3/4th of an ounce in 6 sticks of butter. IMO that butter should have been KILLER....I have made butter by hand with trimmings and small under growth buds that was pretty good. And to be honest....I believe it was the batch I didnt decarb. The batch before this one turned out not great also and I decarbed it. And I decarbed this batch I put in the MBm. As it comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. From them and all the forums. But I am starting to think that By doing so I am losing potency. Maybe I need to buy a decarb box so Its more precise. Again, I havent really tested the butter yet but I feel it may be weak.




SUPER SKUNK HARVEST RESULTS

didnt weigh it for butter
56gs + 10gs or more of small dime to nickel size under growth buds + trim




As for the babies, I adjusted their LST last night and watered them with plain water. The PV got to dry and was extremely droopy. I am assuming she will recover fine. This will be their last watering in these containers. After they dry out again, in about 3 days. I will transplant them into their final 3 gal fab pots. I will keep vegging until all of my flowers are done. Then I will move them to the other tent for flowering.
 
that above post should have a huge space between didnt weigh and for butter. The way it was wrote out the "didnt weigh" was over the 10 or more grams and the "for butter " was over the undergrowth buds + trim"

It Is NOT suppose to say didnt weigh for butter lol
 
UPDATE: MAIN: 63 DAYS IN FLOWER


I chopped the Critical Kush Last night. She is quite small and slightly disappointing. Here are some pics












I will chop Pakastan Valley tonight. Iv already pulled her from the tent so when the light comes on she isnt in there.



Here are some pics of the babies





 
UPDATE: MAIN: 67 DAYS IN FLOWER


I forgot to pull one of the ladies left, out of the tent before the light came on so I didnt chop anyone last night. I was going to finish manicuring the PV and let her finish slow drying in a shoe box. (my bowl is occupied) But aside from her tips, she is still completely wet. So I will continue her either later today or tonight. If shes ready of course. .


What I like and try to do is to manicure about 85% -90% and hang them as a complete whole plant.

From there I let them dry until the outside of the buds are crispy. Usually about 3 days. Some have went 4 or 5 but thats only if Im lucky. Usually I get about 3 days. I know people say to bend a small stem, and if it snaps your ready. And if it just bends, leave it. But from my experience. By the time the stem snaps, the buds are already completely dry. With no room for a proper cure. Once the buds are completely dry. Its over. You want your buds to still have moisture in the middle. So you can put it in an air tight container and bring out the moisture in the middle, distributing it throughout the entire bud. Making it wet again, Then dry and repeat. BUT, my plants are always small so maybe with a big 7 or 8 footer with buds the size of my arms. Maybe that works. But for mine. Snapping a stem is too late..

After its crispy I bring it in and de-stem it. While finishing the rest of the manicure process. Keeping the trim and small airy buds for later use.

After its de-stemmed and fully manicured. I put it all in a big bowl with an air tight lid. (I used to just put it straight into jars but its more work. Having to deal with 2 or 3 jars instead of 1 bowl.) Ill let it sit, depending on how wet it was when I put it in there, for either a few hrs to a day. And then I will take lid off and let dry for an hrs or so. Then lid back on. I repeat this process until it can go a couple days without getting wet again.

After that, I put it in jars with B-62 packs and put up for a few weeks to a couple months. Burping about once a week for the first 3 or 4 weeks. Just to make sure. Even though the B-62 packs should keep any extra moisture a bay.


After that its ready to smoke.


How do you all dry and cure your harvest?
 
Awesome update ItsNatural! I usually wet trim most just like you. It's too much work once dry. I cut branches because I usually have 5-6 footers. I think I will use your bowl method because I put them into separate jars which gets confusing especially when I harvest half a plant and let the rest ripen up. I use 58% bovedas because I use don't keep jars full for long and the buds are more crisp and burn more even.
 
I use to do the same with my outside plants. (back when I grew outside.) I would trim the best I could. It being a little hard with the bigger plants. Hard to get the inside part of the big girl. But then I would nail her upside down as a whole.

If I ever grow outside again tho I would branch it up like you. It would make it way easier to manicure.

I sometimes miss the big girls. I am living in munchkin land. I keep my plants pretty low.
 
I chopped the last one last night. The last one being Super Skunk. So right now I have the Sour D and Super Skunk hanging. The Sour D has another day or so left before she can move on to the next phase.

I weighed the Pakastan Valley and the Critical Kush. Both surprising numbers.


Pakastan valley-- 80gs A little disappointing to be honest. I thought she was a 3zz plant for sure.

Critical Kush-- 70gs A little surprising to be honest. I thought she was going to be the smallest. Not sure how she pulled that off.

Super Skunk Clone-- 56gs + 10gs or more of small dime to nickel size under growth buds + trim A huge disappointment to be honest. I thought She was really pulling some weight. Now granted she was a bit over dried. But I thought She was going to be over 2zzs. Instead shes right at it.

ChemDawg Clone--- ?? Need to weigh

Sour D-- ?? Need to dry

Super Skunk-- ?? Need to dry



Here are some pics of The Sour D Harvest




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Here are some pics of the SUPER SKUNK... I actually manicured her while she was still alive and rooted and then Let her ssit in the light for a day. Not for any real reason other than I had forgot to pull her out before the light can on. SO I went had and finished her. And then forgot again. So then I turned the light off and then the next day I cut her. I know I know....




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Here are the next at bat. They still need a week or so more of veg To pull at least 2 zzs. I doubt I get 3 from any of these. Not unless I let them veg for a 2 or 3 more weeks. But that would run me late flower in the heat. I need to be done before the heat. SO they got about another week or so.

The Sour D is the only one I bent over this time. The others are just topped and LSTed

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Pakastan valley-- 80gs A little disappointing to be honest. I thought she was a 3zz plant for sure.

Critical Kush-- 70gs A little surprising to be honest. I thought she was going to be the smallest. Not sure how she pulled that off.

Super Skunk Clone-- 56gs + 10gs or more of small dime to nickel size under growth buds + trim A huge disappointment to be honest. I thought She was really pulling some weight. Now granted she was a bit over dried. But I thought She was going to be over 2zzs. Instead shes right at it.

ChemDawg Clone--- 50gs

Sour D-- 82gs

Super Skunk-- 72gs About what I figured it was going to be.



For a total of 410 grams. Not great but not bad. But for some reason there seems to be an extra amount of leafage among the flowers. Maybe they were too close to the light. IDK almost like the temps were too hot but they werent. So maybe it was due to the light. Which also led to the purpling of the leafs. Im very disappointed in this grow as far as quality. Although I havent smoked yet. But as far as looks and smell. Not great.
 
UPDATE: 3 DAYS IN FLOWER



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