Jon's Dedicated Fruity Pebble Cookies Grow Plus The Mystery Plant

[Rexer]

Good call on the defol Jon. I hate it when the leaves sweat like that...great way to get PM.
And i love that Sombrero

 

[Jon]

Good call on the defol Jon. I hate it when the leaves sweat like that...great way to get PM.
And i love that Sombrero

Thanks Rexer. Yup, I agree. It was time.

 

[Bill284]

Watermelon WeddingCake Auto
Day 38
Defol Day

I got up and checked the WWC this morning and I learned something in the process:

You can only take zero leaves for so long before it gets so jammed up that you begin to get this:

found this on leaves.jpg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

This is just water sitting on a leaf I took. I started lifting some of the big fans up today to see what was under the hood, and I kept finding spots like this. Anywhere there were two gigantic fan leaves laying on top of one another there was this condensation in the space between. That tells me I need air flow big time, and I can't ignore defoliation any longer. Lol. Hey, we pushed it 38 days in coco!!! A record!

Anyway, so defoliate her I did, and due to where the moisture buildup was the worst, I was even forced to take a few large fans off the top. However, I didn't take all that much, and now she's opened up sweetly.

Here's a shot from overhead post defoliation.

WWC overhead shot post defol.jpg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

And here's a sideshot post defol. Now she looks like a Mexican sombrero or something.

WWC sideshot post defol.jpg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

Now we shouldn't have to take a whole lot else, just little stuff that won't get out of the way of a desired photon beam or two.

Let's get this show on the road!!!

Cough cough air circulation.

Stay safe
Hill

 

[Jon]

Cough cough air circulation.

Stay safe
Hill

Ha ha @Hill284, I mean, @Bill284.

 

[BubbaKush909]

Looks great Jon! The website says 8-9 weeks but I've never had one finish in the timeframe given. This is looking like 8 weeks max.

 

[Bill284]

Ha ha @Hill284, I mean, @Bill284.

Give her the Marilyn Monroe treatment.
Blow some air up her skirt.

Stay safe Jom.
Bill

 

[Emilya Green]

Looks great Jon! The website says 8-9 weeks but I've never had one finish in the timeframe given. This is looking like 8 weeks max.

Hi @BubbaKush909 ! This usually happens because a grower starts their bloom clock on the day of the flip, when bloom actually starts 7-10 days later, depending on the strain. I find that when I call that beginning period a transition period, and start my bloom clock when the plants actually start blooming, most of my grows are done exactly on the day the breeder predicts.

 

[Jon]

The Garden on April 14th

Yesterday I became a great-uncle for the second time. My brother's daughter, Serena, had her second child. 9 lbs. +! and a girl, no name yet. She went no epidural this time to see what it was like. The quote post birth: "I will NEVER do that again!" LOL.

Here's my niece Serena and the new addition to the fam!

My new one.jpeg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

While she was giving birth, I was tending to this. The garden on 4/14 at noon.

Garden 4 14.jpg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

And today we topped the much improved and far from forgotten about Jack Herer auto (one of my top 5 all time favorite strains).

Much improved Jack Herer.jpg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

One more day til the weekend! I don't have any actual cigars, but I do have one blunt wrap that I keep around just in case certain friends stop by. I may have to roll a blunt today and use that as my cigar to celebrate our clan growing by one. Nothing like advancing your gene pool. Lol.

 

[Emilya Green]

While she was giving birth, I was tending to this. The garden on 4/14 at noon.

Nice segue!

 

[Rexer]

Congratulations and

Beautiful baby girl! I wish nothing but success for her and her family

Nice segue!

Well said

 

[Jon]

Nice segue!

Like that? I kinda patted myself on the back once or twice for that one when I wrote it, embarrassing truth be told....

 

[Bill284]

The Garden on April 14th

Yesterday I became a great-uncle for the second time. My brother's daughter, Serena, had her second child. 9 lbs. +! and a girl, no name yet. She went no epidural this time to see what it was like. The quote post birth: "I will NEVER do that again!" LOL.

Here's my niece Serena and the new addition to the fam!

My new one.jpeg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

While she was giving birth, I was tending to this. The garden on 4/14 at noon.

Garden 4 14.jpg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

And today we topped the much improved and far from forgotten about Jack Herer auto (one of my top 5 all time favorite strains).

Much improved Jack Herer.jpg

• Jon
• Apr 14, 2022

One more day til the weekend! I don't have any actual cigars, but I do have one blunt wrap that I keep around just in case certain friends stop by. I may have to roll a blunt today and use that as my cigar to celebrate our clan growing by one. Nothing like advancing your gene pool. Lol.

Congratulations Jon.
Wonderful news.

Stay safe
Bill

 

[InTheShed]

Congrats on the new arrival! all 'round.

 

[BubbaKush909]

Hi @BubbaKush909 ! This usually happens because a grower starts their bloom clock on the day of the flip, when bloom actually starts 7-10 days later, depending on the strain. I find that when I call that beginning period a transition period, and start my bloom clock when the plants actually start blooming, most of my grows are done exactly on the day the breeder predicts.

This is an auto. I'm just counting total days from sprout to chop. When I grew photos I had the same experience as you.

 

[Jon]

Mighty Fulvia
Veg Day 45

Good morning @Bill284. Let's talk about a problem that's not really a problem at all. This Fulvia.

I believe at this point she is forcing my hand. I'm going to have to flip this tent no later than day 50 if we even get there. I mean, look at the girth of this plant. And the height. Her top is halfway up the side door of the tent and as tall as I am in my chair. She can go no lower. I am unable to get a shot that truly shows the extent of the total space she already takes up, but it's basically half the damn tent. I don't know what's up with this pheno, but it's just gone completely apeshit on me. I mean, Elora is no joke, and Fulvia DWARFS her. Fortunately I still have significant space I can raise the light.

Now double this plant in size. She's not all trained out with a trillion bud sites in a canopy, so she is definitely going to AT LEAST double. But for the sake of argument, double her. And don't forget to double the other one too. Oh, and whatever you want to add for the Mystery Plant, I have no idea what she's going to do, but she should at least take up more space than she is now. The auto will be gone.

See what I mean? This tent will be as close to uncontrollable as I've ever let it be. That's if I flip TODAY.

So....all that said, I've decided to take a couple days and even her tops out as best I can, clean out the undercarriages and do a little defol, and then send them to flower. Like, on Monday, after the weekend.

Thoughts? I know you want me to go bigger, as I know that's your first inclination. Mine too. And if she had the tent to herself, I guarantee I could fill this entire 5x5 with Fulvia. No question, even in the 7. And believe me, I have considered 1000 scenarios to GIVE her the tent to herself, which basically amounts to if I had a place to flower Elora I'd put the Mystery plant with her and let Fulvia go crazy. But I don't. I even considered building a rig for the Mars Hydro light just for flowering ONE TIME. Lmao. Can't sell the idea to the powers that be, too close to putting the house on the market.

We're stuck with this space and three plants. Gotta make it work. I can do it, I'm not worried about that....but not if I wait any longer. It's about time to start this show.

Here she is right now.

 

[Bill284]

Mighty Fulvia
Veg Day 45

Good morning @Bill284. Let's talk about a problem that's not really a problem at all. This Fulvia.

I believe at this point she is forcing my hand. I'm going to have to flip this tent no later than day 50 if we even get there. I mean, look at the girth of this plant. And the height. Her top is halfway up the side door of the tent and as tall as I am in my chair. She can go no lower. I am unable to get a shot that truly shows the extent of the total space she already takes up, but it's basically half the damn tent. I don't know what's up with this pheno, but it's just gone completely apeshit on me. I mean, Elora is no joke, and Fulvia DWARFS her. Fortunately I still have significant space I can raise the light.

Now double this plant in size. She's not all trained out with a trillion bud sites in a canopy, so she is definitely going to AT LEAST double. But for the sake of argument, double her. And don't forget to double the other one too. Oh, and whatever you want to add for the Mystery Plant, I have no idea what she's going to do, but she should at least take up more space than she is now. The auto will be gone.

See what I mean? This tent will be as close to uncontrollable as I've ever let it be. That's if I flip TODAY.

So....all that said, I've decided to take a couple days and even her tops out as best I can, clean out the undercarriages and do a little defol, and then send them to flower. Like, on Monday, after the weekend.

Thoughts? I know you want me to go bigger, as I know that's your first inclination. Mine too. And if she had the tent to herself, I guarantee I could fill this entire 5x5 with Fulvia. No question, even in the 7. And believe me, I have considered 1000 scenarios to GIVE her the tent to herself, which basically amounts to if I had a place to flower Elora I'd put the Mystery plant with her and let Fulvia go crazy. But I don't. I even considered building a rig for the Mars Hydro light just for flowering ONE TIME. Lmao. Can't sell the idea to the powers that be, too close to putting the house on the market.

We're stuck with this space and three plants. Gotta make it work. I can do it, I'm not worried about that....but not if I wait any longer. It's about time to start this show.

Here she is right now.

Happy Easter my friend.
Sounds like cold feet to me.
Bite off more than you can chew and start feken chewen, my moto.
So you don't have the space to stick with plan A no worries Mucker.
That why growing is a fluid operation.
If you think Monday is best then plan B it is.
She is a thick happy lady.
With no problem flipping now, infact she wants to go.
Just look at her wow.
And there are options if things go pear shaped.
Good luck, can't wait.

Stay safe
Bill

 

[Jon]

Happy Easter my friend.
Sounds like cold feet to me.
Bite off more than you can chew and start feken chewen, my moto.
So you don't have the space to stick with plan A no worries Mucker.
That why growing is a fluid operation.
If you think Monday is best then plan B it is.
She is a thick happy lady.
With no problem flipping now, infact she wants to go.
Just look at her wow.
And there are options if things go pear shaped.
Good luck, can't wait.

Stay safe
Bill

Is it Easter? What's that, one of those religious holidays? I don't know from Easter. Lmao.

Yeah, if I had a "brrr..." emoji I'd use it.

Um....plan A. Oh yeah, we were supposed to have one. My plan A was just let them get big. I figured I do the rest on the fly. Which we sort of have. Lol.

Yep, I agree, she's saying come on, I'm ready. This girl would have made a great start for the outdoor monster grow, eh Bill? Don't worry, I'm banking the strain. I'm sure if I popped like four or five I'd get one of these phenos, and I'd recognize it a mile away. She started expressing her gigantism very early. I can't imagine how big this plant would get. 15 - 18 feet maybe?

Btw - you know we have zero access to any flowering info on this strain, right? Lol. This is one time when a couple freebie seeds really hit the mark. Of course, they were Ethos freebies, not no name freebies. But what you see is what we know. I can't wait either.

Okay then, it's a "plan," in as much as we ever have plans around here.

Thanks Bill!

 

[Jon]

Watermelon WeddingCake Auto
Day 39

This girl has taken over the 3x3. She's now every bit as big as the Apple Blossom was. And we haven't even really begun to stretch yet. Maybe there is something to the Double XL auto thing after all, I don't know.

Here's our sombrero this morning.

 

[Jon]

Air Flow Upgrade Infrastructure Measures

After seeing all that moisture the other day and giving our girl her haircut, we went one necessary step further and upped our fan game at the same time. You guys all hated the large tower of bricks for the fan last time, as more than one of you expressed concern about a toppling. Fortunately that didn't happen, but I listen. There was wisdom in your concerns, so thanks. This time we went with a lighter method. Lol. So I added another floor fan and the fan taped up for the canopy. There are two more floor fans on the other side out of view in the photo. Hopefully that will do it although we do have a few more at our disposal.

 

[Jon]

Friday Thought For the Day

Think about the grower you were before you joined the Grower's Forum - 420 Magazine.....
And think about the grower you are now.

Any difference?