BigBudsBunny
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Been idk how many years since been here. Don't smoke, Growing Legal in New York so going to get back into it and see how much I remember as it has been years. My brothers smoke and so do some of my friends, so they will be the lucky recipients of what I grow.
I will be growing a strain my brother had that i saved with a cutting kind of in his memory (Passed from covid). It is a cross between Sannie's sugar punch and Sannie's Madberry that he has grown since 2016. It has never nannered and produces some good smoke I'm told. I also found his seed collection - all Sannie's stuff - Mad Scientist, Madberry, Sugar Punch, Sannies Jack, Mad Kush, Heribei x Jackberry, killer queen x blue hammer. My neighbor als gave me some autoflower seed from Urban Legends - Green Light that I may try outside on the deck next year idk never messed with autoflowers. Wasn't worth it back in the day as there was not much yield - but am told things have changed - we'll see
Thankfully the cutting I took from my brothers almost dead plant - survived. I vegged it for some months and took a bunch of cuttings from it and gave the mother to my neighbor who planted it outside and its growing good (about 5' and bushy). This is where I learned how much I forgot. I usually put my cuttings in a coffee cup of water with not direct light but I forgot to trim the leaves of the cuttings and only had about a 50% success rate compared to about 90%+ when I taught my brother how to grow. I not only did that once...but twice...geez. Now that I had some clones rooted I started the veg process and just got them into flower a few weeks ago in the gorilla tent he used, They are under 1200w of hps lighting. Unfortunately, I forgot how much they grow in size during flowering and will have to put the next set in when they are much smaller. I started these at about 2'+ and they are at about 6 feet and spindly...ugh. Why...because i used a 400w hps light (bare) from the getgo on the clones forgetting about spindly they could get reaching for the light. I couldn't keep them close to the light due to heat before I remembered i used to use a 250w cfl's once they spit out there 2 leaves before I swtiched over to the 400w MH after they have grown a bit. I've grown in soil and didn't like it - had a hard time with ph and nutrients and watering and bugs - I'm no farmer and self taught and back when I started I just wanted some free weed..lol. Since then I have used the hempy bucket method and have never had a problem. I use 2.5 gal hempy buckets with a 3-1 perlite to vermiculte mixture and gh 3 part formula. My well water comes in around 125ppm and I usually never exceed 600ppm for feeding (including well ppm's). I PH between 5.7 and 6.2. I'm sure I will re-learn as I venture forward. Happy growing!
The one thing I learned from my first grow (prob have 30-40 under my belt) - was if you want quality you have to spend the money and do it the right way as far as your equipment goes (indoor). Darkness for flowering, gorilla tents or HD quality tent where zippers don't break or seams fail, Good Lighting, PH and PPM meters and test solutions, exhaust fans, clean environment, etc. I learned if you cheat - you cheat yourself. Spend the money (cry once) and you'll be happy you did as you see the bud quality and quantity rise.
a sample from years ago
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BigBudsBunny
I will be growing a strain my brother had that i saved with a cutting kind of in his memory (Passed from covid). It is a cross between Sannie's sugar punch and Sannie's Madberry that he has grown since 2016. It has never nannered and produces some good smoke I'm told. I also found his seed collection - all Sannie's stuff - Mad Scientist, Madberry, Sugar Punch, Sannies Jack, Mad Kush, Heribei x Jackberry, killer queen x blue hammer. My neighbor als gave me some autoflower seed from Urban Legends - Green Light that I may try outside on the deck next year idk never messed with autoflowers. Wasn't worth it back in the day as there was not much yield - but am told things have changed - we'll see
Thankfully the cutting I took from my brothers almost dead plant - survived. I vegged it for some months and took a bunch of cuttings from it and gave the mother to my neighbor who planted it outside and its growing good (about 5' and bushy). This is where I learned how much I forgot. I usually put my cuttings in a coffee cup of water with not direct light but I forgot to trim the leaves of the cuttings and only had about a 50% success rate compared to about 90%+ when I taught my brother how to grow. I not only did that once...but twice...geez. Now that I had some clones rooted I started the veg process and just got them into flower a few weeks ago in the gorilla tent he used, They are under 1200w of hps lighting. Unfortunately, I forgot how much they grow in size during flowering and will have to put the next set in when they are much smaller. I started these at about 2'+ and they are at about 6 feet and spindly...ugh. Why...because i used a 400w hps light (bare) from the getgo on the clones forgetting about spindly they could get reaching for the light. I couldn't keep them close to the light due to heat before I remembered i used to use a 250w cfl's once they spit out there 2 leaves before I swtiched over to the 400w MH after they have grown a bit. I've grown in soil and didn't like it - had a hard time with ph and nutrients and watering and bugs - I'm no farmer and self taught and back when I started I just wanted some free weed..lol. Since then I have used the hempy bucket method and have never had a problem. I use 2.5 gal hempy buckets with a 3-1 perlite to vermiculte mixture and gh 3 part formula. My well water comes in around 125ppm and I usually never exceed 600ppm for feeding (including well ppm's). I PH between 5.7 and 6.2. I'm sure I will re-learn as I venture forward. Happy growing!
The one thing I learned from my first grow (prob have 30-40 under my belt) - was if you want quality you have to spend the money and do it the right way as far as your equipment goes (indoor). Darkness for flowering, gorilla tents or HD quality tent where zippers don't break or seams fail, Good Lighting, PH and PPM meters and test solutions, exhaust fans, clean environment, etc. I learned if you cheat - you cheat yourself. Spend the money (cry once) and you'll be happy you did as you see the bud quality and quantity rise.
a sample from years ago
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BigBudsBunny
I bet it feels good to be back at it 
looking forward to seeing some of your flowers that old teaser looks great 
