Beautiful Keef!I'm in on that training you and Gee are using for my next grow! Manifold time!
Keffka's Recycling, KOS Blue Thai, Herbies Seeds Apple Betty, Runtz Punch
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It makes everything so much easier/cleaner to deal with. You do need extra nutrition though, oddly enough. Even at 10 gallons I still could’ve benefitted considerably from some spikes
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Blue Thais will get run again.. I’m gonna initiate my seed bacteria study with the Blue Thais. I’ll run out some males and start pollinating the females then leave them to drop seeds on the medium and work from there. I’ll probably need to order more seeds from Rev just for comparison
I’ll also pick another random sativa to run. I don’t prefer sativas but it’s nice to have them on hand.
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If you like 70s and 80s rock/metal these guys rock hard af
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Fucking coolant leaking from my truck close to the engine and I’ve got a knock going on. Really hoping it’s just radiator related and not a head gasket. Engine has been running a little harder recently though so who knows, it could be. I hate hunting for leaks but I refuse to pay a mechanic for anything other than engine repair
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It’s leaking coolant from the water pump.. That explains the belt squealing while accelerating as well. Just saved myself a bunch of cash. A water pump is like 60$ plus I won’t have to deal with them trying to sell me crap I don’t need. This truck is wild.. this is the second water pump in 5-6 years
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My wife thinks I’m full of shit and don’t want a new car because I’m cheap 
In reality, I have no desire to purchase any car newer than 05. 06 is when they started really amping up the computers and electrical crap to the point that you need a specialization just to diagnose the vehicle.
I had to jump start a 2014 equinox and it took me 15 minutes just to get to the damn battery. I don’t want a vehicle that I can’t work on myself. Car maintenance and repair is ridiculously expensive when you have to pay other people to do it.
In reality, I have no desire to purchase any car newer than 05. 06 is when they started really amping up the computers and electrical crap to the point that you need a specialization just to diagnose the vehicle.I had to jump start a 2014 equinox and it took me 15 minutes just to get to the damn battery. I don’t want a vehicle that I can’t work on myself. Car maintenance and repair is ridiculously expensive when you have to pay other people to do it.
Keep at it Keef! Good find!
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Stinky stinky
Stinky stinky
Gee64
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Very nice. That top one looks like it's starting to finish. 
. The others won't be long now.
Gee64
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Mornin' Keef (I like Stones nickname for you)
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. Have you scoped the trichs on the Indica? Just curious how much longer you figure it has.
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Mornin' Keef (I like Stones nickname for you
lol I like it too and so does my wife. I told her the nickname the other day and she giggled for half the day about it
It’s clever, I’ve never heard it before.No, no loupes yet. I usually wait until the stigmas are mainly orange/red before I start scoping. However since I know flowering times, I’m expecting about 2 more weeks on everyone. I think the indicas will finish fast.
Gee64
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Get the trimmers ready, your job looks a little bigger this runlol I like it too and so does my wife. I told her the nickname the other day and she giggled for half the day about it
No, no loupes yet. I usually wait until the stigmas are mainly orange/red before I start scoping. However since I know flowering times, I’m expecting about 2 more weeks on everyone. I think the indicas will finish fast.
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These pics are a little older but they help make my point,
I thought this plant was gonna be the star:
It’s bigger, more colorful, and has been more vigorous.
However this one
Is gonna be the true star. All of its colas have developed pretty evenly, and the chunking is much larger than the previous plant. It’s trichome coverage is bananas and even in the pictures you can see the difference in bud sizes.
The first image, the buds seem to like to build higher. As weight is added they creep upwards. The second image though, that plants buds are growing out horizontally. Instead of becoming taller they’re just becoming wider and fatter.
Same strain, two very different phenos. The highs they can produce are pretty intense too so it should be interesting to see which pheno has higher quality
I thought this plant was gonna be the star:
It’s bigger, more colorful, and has been more vigorous.
However this one
Is gonna be the true star. All of its colas have developed pretty evenly, and the chunking is much larger than the previous plant. It’s trichome coverage is bananas and even in the pictures you can see the difference in bud sizes.
The first image, the buds seem to like to build higher. As weight is added they creep upwards. The second image though, that plants buds are growing out horizontally. Instead of becoming taller they’re just becoming wider and fatter.
Same strain, two very different phenos. The highs they can produce are pretty intense too so it should be interesting to see which pheno has higher quality
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Just so we’re all on the same page. The plants have a flowering time of 63-70 days for all of the strains. When I smoke, I want to feel that shit hit. If it’s a sativa I want to feel it hit me in the forehead.. If it’s indica I want to feel it run over my brain and body. This requires I make sure the plants are at their absolute ripest. This isn’t something I use trichomes to do. Trichomes, especially indoors, can be wildly different from the top of the cola to the bottom. I use trichomes as a confirmation to the other things I am seeing.
I will use the plants behavior to tell me. Once the buds stop putting on size I will start looking for resin and firmness. This is a crucial time where a whole lot of the final quality is shaping up.
I’ll be looking at stigmas. When the majority of the stigmas are red/brown and curled in that’s another sign. A lot of times the plant will look like it’s finishing only to start pushing out another round of growth. If the hairs are still reaching out, it’s not ready.
At this time I will be watching water consumption. Currently my plants are drinking 3/4 of a gallon every 2 to 3 days. This will slow down drastically as the plant finishes.
While this makes it a little more difficult to plan for reducing my ppms, it is worth the difficulty. As can be seen from this grow, a single strain can produce vastly different flowers. So trying to set a specific harvest date just isn’t something I can do with any sort of accuracy. It’s these little decisions that add up to big differences in the final product
I will use the plants behavior to tell me. Once the buds stop putting on size I will start looking for resin and firmness. This is a crucial time where a whole lot of the final quality is shaping up.
I’ll be looking at stigmas. When the majority of the stigmas are red/brown and curled in that’s another sign. A lot of times the plant will look like it’s finishing only to start pushing out another round of growth. If the hairs are still reaching out, it’s not ready.
At this time I will be watching water consumption. Currently my plants are drinking 3/4 of a gallon every 2 to 3 days. This will slow down drastically as the plant finishes.
While this makes it a little more difficult to plan for reducing my ppms, it is worth the difficulty. As can be seen from this grow, a single strain can produce vastly different flowers. So trying to set a specific harvest date just isn’t something I can do with any sort of accuracy. It’s these little decisions that add up to big differences in the final product
I’m beginning to think it might be a good thing to max the light during the stretch and roll it back as flower progresses from there. That’s what I did with a few plants this time and they seem to have responded with bulk, particularly the Blackberry Moonrocks.The crew.. turned the light to 100%. Stretch has slowed, I’m likely gonna wind up bringing the light down once they’ve flowered more
Couldn’t agree more. Recent learning info for me as of last grow. Don’t leave before the miracle happens.
You want trimming speed? Here’s the most obvious tip in the world that nobody ever thinks of…CHOKE UP! Remember little league? If you choke up on the trimmers you can fly, and increase your accuracy significantly.
This is an interesting post, and thanks for the personal glimpse. If it makes you a little more humble - there’s no such thing as a humble grower at your level. All of you think you know more than you do. All of you think your plants are awesome because you pushed all the right buttons. All of you take too much credit for what you end up with. And not one of you knows nearly as much about this plant as you think you do. You’re all full of shit. I’m light years behind you guys and if you smoked my weed you’d think I had years more experience. Chill out. You ain’t all that.Edit: I added it into the first paragraph but this is a vent about real life, not this site
I honestly don’t even bother helping growers (in the real world) any more unless they come to me, or pay me. Originally I was all about sharing as much information as possible but the majority of people can’t think critically enough to be given information without guidance.
For a while I gave lots of free advice and tips, and people still went and screwed their entire garden up. I gave step by step plans with measurements and all, and they still burnt every plant. It’s just not worth my time or effort any more for someone to listen to half of my advice then get mad at me when they fail spectacularly. I’m not saying stuff just to see if they’ll do it.
I can feel the hermit in me coming out
Better?
(The above was intended in humorous and just giving you shit vein!)
Color! Yay!Bud closeups
