McLoadie's Third Grow Journal

[Flower Child]

Good morning Mcloadie, glad you're back. In spite of your problems the girls look like they will make you happy with yield.
Is foxtailing a bad thing? A couple of my pineapples are doing that and one looks like a little medusa wanna-be- going all different directions. Will this cut yield?
Hope you have a great day!

 

[mcloadie]

Good morning Mcloadie, glad you're back. In spite of your problems the girls look like they will make you happy with yield.
Is foxtailing a bad thing? A couple of my pineapples are doing that and one looks like a little medusa wanna-be- going all different directions. Will this cut yield?
Hope you have a great day!

Hi FC, in my experience, the plants that foxtail yield well, they end up being solid bud....I'll get some pics as soon as the ones I'm watching go into full flower..........1 northern lights x bug bud is around 20 inches tall....the colas will be as big as my leg, they are as bidg as my arm now, covered with trichs.....but those are really just leaves...the buds haven't started forming yet. In this case it's the result of taking a plant from 24 hrs light and putting it outside...I don't know if it's goin to get much taller...I need to get em tied up pretty soon before they break branches when it rains. I don't think foxtailing is a bad thing...it produces huge colas!

 

[skunkpilot]

Very nice Mr. Mcloadie

You put a lot of effort into this grow. Now go and snip off a bud to test and congratulate yourself.

 

[mcloadie]

Very nice Mr. Mcloadie

You put a lot of effort into this grow. Now go and snip off a bud to test and congratulate yourself.

Haha, that's funny you say that skunky my friend, because just a while ago I was walking by my next victim and my scissors slipped and I cut off a branch a little bigger than small. I took it and washed it off under the faucet, took it back in next to the victim to see the difference. It did clean it a little, but IDK if it made the color brighter. I trimmed the bud and it's in the prospective drying area to see how it reacts. It smelled fruity.......and the victim was afghan kush.

 

[Flower Child]

Hi FC, in my experience, the plants that foxtail yield well, they end up being solid bud....I'll get some pics as soon as the ones I'm watching go into full flower..........1 northern lights x bug bud is around 20 inches tall....the colas will be as big as my leg, they are as bidg as my arm now, covered with trichs.....but those are really just leaves...the buds haven't started forming yet. In this case it's the result of taking a plant from 24 hrs light and putting it outside...I don't know if it's goin to get much taller...I need to get em tied up pretty soon before they break branches when it rains. I don't think foxtailing is a bad thing...it produces huge colas!

Thanks- it's good to hear theres hope for my wierd girls yet! Being able to grow outdoors sounds nice- can't do it here unfortunately.

 

[invi]

Haha, that's funny you say that skunky my friend, because just a while ago I was walking by my next victim and my scissors slipped and I cut off a branch a little bigger than small. I took it and washed it off under the faucet, took it back in next to the victim to see the difference. It did clean it a little, but IDK if it made the color brighter. I trimmed the bud and it's in the prospective drying area to see how it reacts. It smelled fruity.......and the victim was afghan kush.

Such an inspirational story!
How long till smoke test?

 

[s1ingblade]

E18, green crevice, black something or other, oh, a gram of hash!

now thats some dense $hit, lol thats the way I want my nugs "hard enough to break windows"

 

[WildRosebud]

It is what it is...I will take the afghan kush on tuesday, it's cut off even water, the rest are cut off nutes.

The densest buds I ever grew....they are as hards as rocks!....Pine/ licorice smell.

I took the ten gallon pots in to size things up for the next run. I'm running a bpn/dr earth regimen..........100% organic run.

This strain is like viagra to me so happy my dispensary never runs out of it lol SUBSCRIBED! I also have a strain that is Hindu dominant I will be testing soon , Pink Parvat Hindu crossed with Pink Cotton Candy so BAM in the head damn lol <3 yer grow buddy!

 

[fish cake]

Good Skunkday Mc and young Miss Loadie

 

[mcloadie]

Such an inspirational story!
How long till smoke test?

IDK, it's kind of a drying test too, I've never dried in this rH!

 

[mcloadie]

This strain is like viagra to me so happy my dispensary never runs out of it lol SUBSCRIBED! I also have a strain that is Hindu dominant I will be testing soon , Pink Parvat Hindu crossed with Pink Cotton Candy so BAM in the head damn lol <3 yer grow buddy!

Thanks wildrosebud!, welcome to my journal!

 

[mcloadie]

Good Skunkday Mc and young Miss Loadie

Same to you Fishy! The afghan kush won't be coming down yet, it just has too many new pistils to whack it, the trichs are 5-10% amber, but it's still growing so it gets watered with the rest today.

 

[fish cake]

62% humidity is the perfect storage mark so it should make for a slow dry.
doesn't matter untill you do chop anyway

 

[mcloadie]

I am so stumped by this grow, it just didn't grow like it usually does. I have pretty high temps....and rH, but it never hurt before I even had meters to know the difference. I have some ideas what happened, I used the sns 604a during veg, which is a root stimulant, i'm wondering if the roots grew to the outside of the pots in such quantity that with the air pruning it's giving a negative affect. I was taught that we always try to avoid air pruning, with these smart pots there's no way to avoid it. I like the idea of nursery pots, even if the roots do fill the pot they wouldn't necessarily be dying all the time like they do in my smart pots. With the smart pots I can't water the perimeter of the pots like I am trained, if I do the water runs out the fabric.

 

[bernzo]

ive subbed!

Hey Mcloadie, Beautiful buds! Im going to stay quiet and drool over those frosty rocks! Keep it up!

 

[mcloadie]

ive subbed!

Hey Mcloadie, Beautiful buds! Im going to stay quiet and drool over those frosty rocks! Keep it up!

Thanks bernzo, welcome to 420 and my journal!

 

[skunkpilot]

I've been using 3 gal nursery pots and an thinking about changing to 5 gal HD or L@#s buckets with holes in the bottoms for more root room. Any advice on orange or blue buckets? Just curious if the roots do better in one color or the other.

 

[Hash Hound]

Mind if I chime in for a sec Mcliadie.

I wont comment on the color, but I have used 5 gl HD buckets for a few grows, they do seem to stay a bit to moist for me.

The next time I use them, I am going to try adding a cheap dollar store colander in the bottom. Just cut off the handles and it fits perfect,

That way you got a lot of air flow under the dirt. And good drainage.

 

[Harley001]

Mind if I chime in for a sec Mcliadie.

I wont comment on the color, but I have used 5 gl HD buckets for a few grows, they do seem to stay a bit to moist for me.

The next time I use them, I am going to try adding a cheap dollar store colander in the bottom. Just cut off the handles and it fits perfect,

That way you got a lot of air flow under the dirt. And good drainage.

Looks like a home made air pot good job Hound !!!!!!!!!

 

[B A R]

You would place that inside the pot?