Jon's New Pared Down Setup Soil Grow: 3 Photo & 1 Auto With New Dedicated Auto Rig

[Jon]

Checked the girls upon waking up this morning. Nobody will need water today. Nobody will need training today. I literally, for the first time I can remember, have nothing to do in the grow room today except smoke. I mean zero. Not even any cleanup or organization. I don't even have something to manufacture out of nowhere to invent something to do.

So today's challenge is to try and stay 100% out of the tent until bedtime, other than a late afternoon temp/humidity check when it gets to 98.

18 hours basically without a peek.

I think it can be done.

I can feed my jones by peeking into the auto station and staring at the stupid Sour Apple if I want.

 

[Jon]

Forgot, I did have one thing to do today....

First LST session for the Ghost Train Haze. Here's the result. Check out her rather impressive interior growth already.

 

[Bud Love]

Checked the girls upon waking up this morning. Nobody will need water today. Nobody will need training today. I literally, for the first time I can remember, have nothing to do in the grow room today except smoke. I mean zero. Not even any cleanup or organization. I don't even have something to manufacture out of nowhere to invent something to do.

So today's challenge is to try and stay 100% out of the tent until bedtime, other than a late afternoon temp/humidity check when it gets to 98.

18 hours basically without a peek.

I think it can be done.

I can feed my jones by peeking into the auto station and staring at the stupid Sour Apple if I want.

It can’t be done Jon… It’s like trying not to chew a fruit pastille..

 

[Jon]

It can’t be done Jon… It’s like trying not to chew a fruit pastille..

Lmao!!!!! I'm sure you're right. I'm already hurting. Kind of like trying to not buy more seeds.

 

[Jon]

Bud Love said:
It can’t be done Jon… It’s like trying not to chew a fruit pastille
Jon said:
Kind of like trying to not buy more seeds.

Hey @Bud Love, so speaking of buying more seeds, (see what I did there, lol?) I got the USPS notice on my email that my newest seeds are arriving today! My first try with Anesia Seeds. Future #1. Get a load of this puppy - here's the stuff Anesia has to say about this strain:

Future #1®​

• Gorilla Glue #4 x Starfighter F2
• Genetics: 50% Indica, 50% Sativa
• Yield: 500g/m² • up to 700g per plant
• Flowering time: 9-10 weeks
• Harvest outdoors: begin of october
• suitable for indoors and outdoors
• Height: 110-130cm
• THC: 37%
• Aromas / flavors: pineapple, mango

There are now some cannabis strains that regularly reach THC levels of 30% and more. Nevertheless, among the large number of different varieties of different seed banks, these strains are comparatively rare. Some varieties of the Anesia Seedbank are among the strongest cannabis strains worldwide. Our latest breed, Future # 1, showed a massive and incredible 37% THC-level in repeated lab tests. Some of you will think, that can not be and we thought so too. Why breed a strain that is so strong? We want to be honest, it has become a certain sports for us and we wanted to see how far we can come and what is possible. It has cost us a lot of work and a lot of effort but the result even astonishes us.​

Future # 1 achieved the highest THC content we have ever seen, even if this was not considered possible from a physical point of view for a long time. And that may mean a lot. Our Future # 1 was created from a cross between our most potent and famous Gorilla Glue # 4 with an outstanding and lengthy selected Starfighter F2. So far, the common belief is that the absolute physical limit of THC content is 35%. But our Future # 1 has repeatedly proven the opposit. Even if it was not possible to conclusively clarify how it could happen until now, it is assumed that its extreme resin production makes it possible.

The THC content is just one side of an outstanding high. Also decisive is the terpene profile and the content of other cannabinoids in one variety. Besides the strength, our breeding work also targeted the aroma. In addition to an intense pineapple aroma and versatile citrus aromas, our new variety is accompanied by a strong note of mango. The proportion of myrcene, nerodiol and limonene is particularly high and perfects the effect by additionally strengthening it. The taste is thereby a true sweet fruity experience that makes you want more.

Future # 1 is a highly potent hybrid, whose effects start quickly and with great energy. It provides a stimulating, strongly euphoric high that also has psychedelic elements and expands the senses. At the same time, the effects are extremely physically relaxing and create a floating feeling of lightness and positive mood. This strain is suitable for sensual experiences and to get involved in a deep high. It is suitable for creative work, evening relaxation and leisure, but in no case when you need to be focused. Beginners will often find her too strong and should be careful with her. Overall, the dosage should be adjusted gingerly.

The flowers reach an amazing size and density. Throughout the flowering period, they pile up a thick glittering layer of resins on their surface what is a result of the enormous resin production. With 500 g m² indoors and up to 1kg per plant outdoors, it is one of the high-yielding varieties that are also interesting for commercial cultivation.

 

[Bud Love]

Hey matey
Hope your good.. I’m not lookin..
I’ve banned myself from seed perusing as I have a tendency to seed buy before I’m through drooling over the first seed bank I look in..
I’ve still got triple cheese to be tried from those guys
that looks amazing though.. when you thinking of popping one on?

 

[Rexer]

Oh man
That future #1 has got me drooling

Sounds like fun times, growing and testing!

 

[BubbaKush909]

Hey Jon I see you're in the cloning business now! I would remove the lower fan leaves, don't let the plant need to worry about them when it's trying to root. I also would lightly scrape the sides of the stem that are in the water, or in my case a very wet solution of perlite. I'm not sure if you should do the latter at this point if they're rooting, but definitely get rid of the fan leaves. As soon as it roots those will wither and die anyhow. Good luck!

 

[Jon]

Hey Jon I see you're in the cloning business now! I would remove the lower fan leaves, don't let the plant need to worry about them when it's trying to root. I also would lightly scrape the sides of the stem that are in the water, or in my case a very wet solution of perlite. I'm not sure if you should do the latter at this point if they're rooting, but definitely get rid of the fan leaves. As soon as it roots those will wither and die anyhow. Good luck!

Thanks BK909! I truly appreciate that. I have no idea I just tossed them in a cup of ph'ed water. I will remove the fan leaves right now! Thanks! Scrape the lower stem a little too. They appear to be just beginning to throw out a root. It's been like ten days. I know when I'm set up to have mother plants (inevitable next step) I'll get the stuff I need (including the education) to clone properly, or at least effectively. I know I can do that relatively cheaply. So it's on the list. I really just wanted to see what would happen. If they do root, I have no idea what I will do with them. I have nowhere to grow them at all except to try them outside. I guess if they root we'll see if they can handle a month of 95 degree days before it cools down for the season. Really, thanks again.

 

[BubbaKush909]

You're welcome Jon! You can also buy a cloning gel, it speeds things along a little. Normally I would have roots within a week of the cuttings. pH to 6.8 not 6.3. I'd try to keep the rooting medium at about 80 degrees. When I ran out of the gel I cloned without it, still worked fine maybe a little slower but IMO the gel is not needed.

You could always keep one or two of them going to be future mothers. Folks say clones of cloned mothers aren't as robust but that was never my experience.

If not for the sun I'd never grow in the summer. At least with the LED's I don't have to worry about all the xtra heat, but it's a pain trying to dry anything in 80% RH. I finally chopped the very abused Gorilla Glue at 71 days 10 days ago. Looks like about 1.25 z's and the test buds have been much better than I expected, which was nothing. I was mostly sick of looking at it. I've also chopped a much better looking GG that was at 67 days, haven't tried it yet it's still hanging. And also the oldest Bruce Banner at 76 days. It's also still hanging. This BB and the oldest GG were the most damaged. The 2nd GG & BB (still has a few more days) look much better. Not great mind you but better and way more yield. I'm hoping they both yield over 2.5z it looks very possible.

After that I'll have 3 left. The Gold Leaf that I topped when I thought it was a photo looks spectacular. It's got at least 15 nice bud sites. Unfortunately the other 2, while perfectly healthy are small. The 3rd GG is a total runt, it was slow germinating and that set the tune. Meanwhile the 3rd BB has a much more sativa look than the first 2 and will not be as big a yielder. Fun fun.

I think you're hurting your yields by not defoliating. I spent a long time researching before I started doing it. It's natural to recoil from removing perfectly robust looking fan leaves. But I took the plunge and have never looked back. My understanding is that you can think of the fan leaves like batteries. They store energy for the plant to use in case of drought. Since our plants never experience drought that's a non-issue. When you remove the leaves the plant no longer has to use energy nurishing them. More energy for the buds. Plus of course when you get light down to the lower levels those little popcorn buds turn into little colas. That original GG had almost no living fan leaves from my abuse, and half the sugar leaves were crispy. It still yielded more than Sue Ann. Something to think about my friend.

 

[oldmanjj]

We have had great success with rooting powder purchased at Home Depot for a whopping 6 bucks!

 

[Jon]

You're welcome Jon! You can also buy a cloning gel, it speeds things along a little. Normally I would have roots within a week of the cuttings. pH to 6.8 not 6.3. I'd try to keep the rooting medium at about 80 degrees. When I ran out of the gel I cloned without it, still worked fine maybe a little slower but IMO the gel is not needed.

You could always keep one or two of them going to be future mothers. Folks say clones of cloned mothers aren't as robust but that was never my experience.

If not for the sun I'd never grow in the summer. At least with the LED's I don't have to worry about all the xtra heat, but it's a pain trying to dry anything in 80% RH. I finally chopped the very abused Gorilla Glue at 71 days 10 days ago. Looks like about 1.25 z's and the test buds have been much better than I expected, which was nothing. I was mostly sick of looking at it. I've also chopped a much better looking GG that was at 67 days, haven't tried it yet it's still hanging. And also the oldest Bruce Banner at 76 days. It's also still hanging. This BB and the oldest GG were the most damaged. The 2nd GG & BB (still has a few more days) look much better. Not great mind you but better and way more yield. I'm hoping they both yield over 2.5z it looks very possible.

After that I'll have 3 left. The Gold Leaf that I topped when I thought it was a photo looks spectacular. It's got at least 15 nice bud sites. Unfortunately the other 2, while perfectly healthy are small. The 3rd GG is a total runt, it was slow germinating and that set the tune. Meanwhile the 3rd BB has a much more sativa look than the first 2 and will not be as big a yielder. Fun fun.

I think you're hurting your yields by not defoliating. I spent a long time researching before I started doing it. It's natural to recoil from removing perfectly robust looking fan leaves. But I took the plunge and have never looked back. My understanding is that you can think of the fan leaves like batteries. They store energy for the plant to use in case of drought. Since our plants never experience drought that's a non-issue. When you remove the leaves the plant no longer has to use energy nurishing them. More energy for the buds. Plus of course when you get light down to the lower levels those little popcorn buds turn into little colas. That original GG had almost no living fan leaves from my abuse, and half the sugar leaves were crispy. It still yielded more than Sue Ann. Something to think about my friend.

Wow, thank you for the detailed response. So a couple things....
- Why 6.8 instead of 6.3?
- I do defoliate...every plant. This one just happened to be the first one I've been able to wait on it until almost flowering. And as the buds grow I do more to expose more to light. But anytime I can tuck in veg instead of cutting I will tuck. You'll see as it buds out in my journal. By the time it is done there will be no fan leaves and nothing but sugar leaves just about. I totally agree with you about defoliation. This strain just grew in such a way that I was able to do what I wanted to without defol until a month in. I like that because then the plant is using every leaf it has to push the plant in veg, and then once they start showing preflowers one can begin defol. Now the exception is with auto I train FOR REAL. This one, Chunky, is gorgeous but intentionally got minimal training. But now that I know I can top at will and know when and how, I will begin training autos in earnest from now on. Check out the shot of the Sour Apple in today's post, for example. She is started properly. And she will need defol as she goes in veg as a result. So you're entirely correct, I get it. Thanks. Again I totally agree with you, especially having done the "leave the plant to it's own devices" experiment and the yield sucked. I'll never not extensively train one again. I hear you loud and clear.
- I have gotten 3 ounces from one auto, that's my personal best so far, One of the Pineapple Express from the first big auto grow in my first journal. That strain has TONS of side branching that forms naturally whether you train or not, and I did, and she gave me like 40 tops that ended up as around 25 legit tops, which I thought was pretty good. Had I not compromised that plant for ten days in veg she would have been a four ouncer I believe, but I screwed her up and compromised her yield. Anyway, only 2.5 ounces of ithat became perfectly trimmed finished buds. Those are all I count. So really 2.5 is where I am at as well. Betcha this Chunkadelic beats that for the first time. We will know in 80 days or so. Lol. I am always in pursuit of increasing my yield.

Thanks so much for the help and input. I truly appreciate it man. Peace.

 

[Jon]

You're welcome Jon! You can also buy a cloning gel, it speeds things along a little. Normally I would have roots within a week of the cuttings. pH to 6.8 not 6.3. I'd try to keep the rooting medium at about 80 degrees. When I ran out of the gel I cloned without it, still worked fine maybe a little slower but IMO the gel is not needed.

You could always keep one or two of them going to be future mothers. Folks say clones of cloned mothers aren't as robust but that was never my experience.

If not for the sun I'd never grow in the summer. At least with the LED's I don't have to worry about all the xtra heat, but it's a pain trying to dry anything in 80% RH. I finally chopped the very abused Gorilla Glue at 71 days 10 days ago. Looks like about 1.25 z's and the test buds have been much better than I expected, which was nothing. I was mostly sick of looking at it. I've also chopped a much better looking GG that was at 67 days, haven't tried it yet it's still hanging. And also the oldest Bruce Banner at 76 days. It's also still hanging. This BB and the oldest GG were the most damaged. The 2nd GG & BB (still has a few more days) look much better. Not great mind you but better and way more yield. I'm hoping they both yield over 2.5z it looks very possible.

After that I'll have 3 left. The Gold Leaf that I topped when I thought it was a photo looks spectacular. It's got at least 15 nice bud sites. Unfortunately the other 2, while perfectly healthy are small. The 3rd GG is a total runt, it was slow germinating and that set the tune. Meanwhile the 3rd BB has a much more sativa look than the first 2 and will not be as big a yielder. Fun fun.

I think you're hurting your yields by not defoliating. I spent a long time researching before I started doing it. It's natural to recoil from removing perfectly robust looking fan leaves. But I took the plunge and have never looked back. My understanding is that you can think of the fan leaves like batteries. They store energy for the plant to use in case of drought. Since our plants never experience drought that's a non-issue. When you remove the leaves the plant no longer has to use energy nurishing them. More energy for the buds. Plus of course when you get light down to the lower levels those little popcorn buds turn into little colas. That original GG had almost no living fan leaves from my abuse, and half the sugar leaves were crispy. It still yielded more than Sue Ann. Something to think about my friend.

Hey will you please check out the photos of the Chunkadelic in today's post? That is my current defol effort. If you suggest further defol right now on her on her first day of showing buds, I will trust your advice and do so, you are certainly more experienced than I and I can feel that you're really right. So maybe I just *think* I'm doing enough. Will you give me a report on your suggestions please? I know I'm asking alot. Thanks!

 

[Jon]

Friday Night Special
Full Phototown Update
Grow/Veg Day 35
Focus: Chunky Begins Budding
Focus: 3 Photoperiod Plants
Focus: Sour Apple in the Auto Rig
Focus: Infrastructure Update
With Surprise Photo at the End that will make you LOL!

I'll try to be as brief as possible so we can get to the porn. I love veg porn. Begin with the stats:

Temperature: Day - 74-78/Night 68-72
Humidity: Varies with outdoor weather, but stays stable in range of 50-65%, with target around 55% for now
Watering: Today was the second and final watering of the week. I watered them Monday and probably could have done this yesterday, but I wanted to wait until all four plants were bone dry and that took until today. So they got their clean water with the MSA ph'ed as always to 6.3. I gave them less today than Monday so that they will be dry on Monday and ready for their next nute application.
Nutes:
Slurricane - end of Week 4. She is in Sohum soil. No nutes. Clean ph'ed water only plus once a week MSA.
Ghost Train Haze - end of Week 4 of Fox Farms feeding chart followed to the letter. She will stay on this feed until I flip her, at which point we will begin Week 5 on the FF chart.
Hulkberry - same as the GTH
Chunkadelic - end of Week for of the Canna nutrient chart for Autoflowers, followed to the letter. She gets much more in the next treatment. It's a fabulous feeding chart for autos, at least so far to my eye with this plant, as she has not had the slightest issue from day one and every leaf on her is as healthy as can be. Perfectly ready to begin flower. I am very curious to see how Canna nute buds taste vs. Fox Farm nute buds.
Light: Unchanged. At this point the Chunkadelic's height puts her at around 850 par, and the other plants are at around 650. The power the light is on is full, which equals 550 watts true draw. Plenty of power. Plenty of par. Everyone seems to be very happy so far with where the light is, and there are zero signs of stretching. I have come to expect this type of performance from this light. Awesome. Obviously everyone is on 18/6 still.

Ok, so there's the skinny. Now just a few impressions and focus points:

- Slurricane: I topped all six main tops a second time. She is a dark green plant, seemingly much darker than the others. I am wondering if the Sohum has something to do with that. So for a while she will just grow now. I tucked to expose the interior growth. This is going to be a productive girl.
- Ghost Train Haze: Now trained as well, still debating a second topping like what I just did to the Slurricane. Gonna sleep on it. She's grows quite evenly all around. I dig this plant.
- Hulkberry: Also now trained enough to start and she'll grow for a while. Still a runt, but I have a really good feeling about her.
- Chunkadelic: Began showing actual buds for the first time today. She does not appear to have stretched much more than the two inches I got on the first day. I know they continue to slowly grow vertically until the end, but I'm wondering if that's all the stretch she has. Maybe I got less stretch due to training and topping, but I suspect it's more genetics. She's gorgeous and loves the Canna nutes. I expect her to be quite productive. I may defoliate further pending the results of a current discussion, but I did what I thought was necessary.
- Bonus Sour Apple Peek-In: Training this Sour Apple in earnest, and today's picture of her shows you. You can't see that I picked her best top of the ones I had and topped it for a second time. First double topping of an auto. No more letting an auto go and leaving it to it's own devices.
- General Impressions: The Sohum soil is stinkier than the Fox Farms blend. Also doesn't drain as well, but that's partially my fault as I chose to not add any perlite to the soil and just go with it as intended. I would add perlite in the future. Also has a less attractive color on top while it's drying. No big deal in any of the above, just observations. All the plants seem painfully healthy to my eye. Other than my clumsy MSA application splashes they are all blemish free everywhere you look. So far so good. And @Emilya was right about the FF feeding chart to the letter as intended...so far....they continue to have no issues with this whatsoever.

Infrastructure: For someone who considers infrastructure one of their strengths, I sure have been missing something completely obvious for my entire grow career. I fixed this matter today. Picture included. I have been doing tons of unnecessary garbage to make the small, long, rectangular hole that is the shape of where the AC comes out of a window AC unit, fit into the large round hole in the tent, whichever one I'm using. Great. I did that well. It was all really dumb. Cuz look at the picture. There are perfectly sized, perfectly long rectangular openings on every tent at the bottom, just as easy to seal. WHY WOULDN'T YOU USE THAT INSTEAD OF THE ROUND HOLE YOU DUMMY? (In case that is unclear I am speaking to myself in all caps, lol). It finally occurred to me for whatever reason and MAN is it an improvement. Now the entire unit blows as intended into the tent. This one is the one necessary to allow me to overcome the climate in the summer here. It's 8000 btu and digital with a controller. So I set the temp where I need it and the unit keeps it there til I change it to whatever I want. For budding it has a dehumidify setting where it will essentially act as both an AC and a dehumidifier, which is awesome for budding and allowed me last time to get the RH down to almost 35%. It's a very effective way to cool a tent and also allows you to get way cold overnight in flower if you want. I got down to 58.3 degrees one night on the last grow. Lol. I thought I could dial in the environment before. This way works 1000x better. If anyone in a warm climate uses this method, I strongly suggest using the big rectangular port on the tent and not the circular ports.

Bonus Surprise: You guys remember that pile of used soil I tossed a couple Sour Apple bag seeds into a few days ago? Well guess what - to my shock and awe, today we have sprouting. So today is day one for the totally silly experiment in crappy exhausted soil. I can't believe it actually sprouted. So check out the picture! Made me crack the hell up.

That's it guys. On to veg porn. Have a great weekend everyone. And thanks to many of you who helped me so far in this grow. A lot of that is happening in other's posts or off public line in conversations, and it's more than it appears. So you guys know who you are and thank you.

Photographs:
August 20, Day 35

Slurricane top shot
Hulkberry top shot
Ghost Train Haze top shot
Chunkadelic side shot
Chunkadelic top shot showing full top
Chunkadelic tops closeup to show beginning of actual budding
Chunkadelic tops even closer to try and show the actual buds themselves
Sour Apple in the Auto Rig
Pile of Exhausted Soil Sour Apple Day One!
Infrastructure Update photo

 

[Emilya Green]

DIY at its finest!

 

[Jon]

DIY at its finest!

I mean, it is slightly trickier than it appears at first glance. Obviously you have to light seal it. Easy enough, except that you have to do so in such a way that you both insulate and light seal simultaneously, and you can't compromise the front of the unit. And don't forget that the tent is going to hourglass to slightly different sizes depending on how your output and intakes are set that day or that two hours, so you have to seal it with flexibility as well. Make sure to get a towel between the front top corners and the tent or you will have condensation form on the inside and water dripping into your tent any time the unit is on, which is 24/7 by necessity here. If you have a digital unit as I do, the slightest compromise of the output screen on the front with the fan light and temperature gauge and all that and it ceases to function properly. Also, if you put it smack hard up against the tent itself, which is the logical thing to do, you will also compromise the unit to the point of not functioning properly because you are already compromising the entire front screen under the vent which is the air intake. So you have to leave a gap and that gap is what needs to be sealed. Sealed without compromising the lower air intake in the gap too. Then of course you have to triple check it in the dark for light leaks, and for me, I leave myself a note to make sure the LED display is off (there's a button for that too to make the screen dark at night) before midnight each night when they go to sleep. I know it's just veg, but that's a habit I want to have down in another month, for obvious reasons. Finally you have to check your environment frequently in the beginning and with any weird weather day so that you are constantly responding to the outside environment in order to maintain as close to perfect consistency in the tent at all times as possible. So there's a lot of turn it up two degrees, make it cooler by four degrees, use the dry setting cuz it's raining and the dehumidifying will help, etc...This is part of the daily routine to use this slightly ghetto but very effective method correctly if you live in an environment that is very hot and humid in the summer and your tent is in a garage where it's subject to the outside weather conditions. You would be surprised how many of us are growing exactly like that. So hopefully this helps someone. If you wanna see real environmental control technology at the highest current level, check out the folks in Michigan at Lume Cannabis. You can find a video on Youtube of their setup if you're interested. It's state of the art crazy blow your mind level stuff. I don't wanna provide more detail cuz I'm not going to promote them or appear to be, but it's an easy find.

Thanks!

 

[Jon]

Sorry guys, forgot the picture of the gang all together. Here are the girls on August 20, Day 35.

 

[BubbaKush909]

Hi Jon! Sorry I kinda skipped some of the journal, Chunky looks perfect! I always cloned with neutral pH, they're not feeding and I worried that more acidic water could harm them. Another thing I have no idea if it's true lol.

Loved your post about having nothing to do in the grow room. One of the many things I've enjoyed about your journals is that it's reminded me how exciting it all was at the beginning. Every day I'd say okay I'm not gonna post any pics today and then I'd end up posting bunches. I was mesmerized by them. I had no idea what I was doing and used to go in every night and take flash pictures. It took them 12 weeks of flower to finish and I can't believe they didn't hermie lol. I think now that I'm a bit more detached the grows seem to go faster. My first grow felt like waiting for water to boil for 6 months!

Future #1 - wow. I didn't know anything stronger than about 25% existed. It looks incredible too. Can't wait for that smoke report!

I'll be travelling for the holidays so I'm not starting anything else until Jan. I'm planning on keeping it to 3 plants per grow. I still have 24 seeds which probably translates to 5 years worth but I still have these urges to get more, like Future #1.

I trimmed the oldest Bruce Banner earlier, it's literally depressing, All I could think about was what it should have looked like. Instead it's crispy sugar leaves. I've had to do a really tight trim on both so far, I've left a bit more stem then normal with the buds just to replace some of the lost moisture the leaves would normally hold. It was 50g I guess you could say wet but it's already mostly dry buds. It will lose a few grams as it dries. The test bud got me pretty high though so I'm excited, it's got a much bigger, denser and somewhat healthier sister just days from the darkness and chop.

Excuse my rambling, Go Reds!

 

[Jon]

Hi Jon! Sorry I kinda skipped some of the journal, Chunky looks perfect! I always cloned with neutral pH, they're not feeding and I worried that more acidic water could harm them. Another thing I have no idea if it's true lol.

Loved your post about having nothing to do in the grow room. One of the many things I've enjoyed about your journals is that it's reminded me how exciting it all was at the beginning. Every day I'd say okay I'm not gonna post any pics today and then I'd end up posting bunches. I was mesmerized by them. I had no idea what I was doing and used to go in every night and take flash pictures. It took them 12 weeks of flower to finish and I can't believe they didn't hermie lol. I think now that I'm a bit more detached the grows seem to go faster. My first grow felt like waiting for water to boil for 6 months!

Future #1 - wow. I didn't know anything stronger than about 25% existed. It looks incredible too. Can't wait for that smoke report!

I'll be travelling for the holidays so I'm not starting anything else until Jan. I'm planning on keeping it to 3 plants per grow. I still have 24 seeds which probably translates to 5 years worth but I still have these urges to get more, like Future #1.

I trimmed the oldest Bruce Banner earlier, it's literally depressing, All I could think about was what it should have looked like. Instead it's crispy sugar leaves. I've had to do a really tight trim on both so far, I've left a bit more stem then normal with the buds just to replace some of the lost moisture the leaves would normally hold. It was 50g I guess you could say wet but it's already mostly dry buds. It will lose a few grams as it dries. The test bud got me pretty high though so I'm excited, it's got a much bigger, denser and somewhat healthier sister just days from the darkness and chop.

Excuse my rambling, Go Reds!

Ramble away man! Thanks for checking in. Yeah I was shocked by that strain too. Had to try it. Also Anesia is no joke of a company so I feel pretty good about the genetics. Won't be able to start that until late December or after the New Year.

Hey, a little bud that is good and gets you high is better than a lot of bud that does nothing. Yeah, that thing you described about not posting then posting anyway - I hate to say it but that's me. At least I proudly wear the newbie tag. I know where I stand. But I would test myself against anyone else on their third grow. For that amount of experience I think I do okay. This forum and the people here like you and many others has helped me immensely. Like, increased the speed of my learning curve immensely. I can't ever thank everyone enough.

Um, obviously you meant go Phillies. I'll forgive the mistake. At least you guys dumped the biggest scumbag to ever walk on a baseball field, Joey (I'm An Asshole) Votto.

 

[Jon]

Chunkadelic Auto Stretch Update
Day 36

Just a quick check-in on the stretch status of Chunky the auto. We got another 3/4" or so last night, enough to see it visually and obviously this morning. Interesting that she stretched about 2" on what I thought was stretch day one, ie, Monday, then no stretch Tues/Wed/Thurs, then another almost inch on Friday. Both Monday and Friday were the days she was watered this week. I wonder if those things could possibly be related?

That's it guys. Enjoy your Saturday. Here's a picture of Chunky doing her impression of an F-15. This is what she looked like when I woke up with the girls this morning.