My Room - Perpetual LED Soil

[Buckshot]

Of course I love to look at the those disgustingly beautiful girls!

Thanks OMM! Soon I will have new hybrids to look at

Oh my...

Buck, I was just swinging by to say a quick hello and this is what I find. I love your photos, and I could sit looking at your girls lovingly for ages. Mr Fluffy laughed at me yesterday for doing just that with my little ones

Thank you for bringing this beauty to my day my friend

The ganga widow does not laugh, I better not get caught just sitting there!!!

Thank you for stopping in, you must be feeling better too!! Cool!

 

[jon705]

man Buck,Im running out of words to describe how nice your girls look bro...reps if I can

 

[Buckshot]

Defoliation - how I really feel

#1) To each his/her own. I am not trying to change what anyone does, I am just telling you what I do.

I don't like to defoliate. I like top buds. I don't care if my popcorn buds are fatter if my colas take a hit getting there. I have found when I defoliate the plant takes a few day hit on growth no matter what and the plant then gives more energy to lower buds taking away from the cola energy. To those that can defoliate and who's colas do not take a hit (this takes great care ), plus reps. I allow my girls to have a thick canopy but I DO defoliate, a little

Some of the strains/hybrids I grow I don't defoliate at all and would actually suffer for it (super snowdawg, haze, lemon local, cat piss, sativa dominant)... you need to know your ladies. I do defoliate bushy indica plants or even sativa plants that have been topped too much and only when a leaf is blocking a potential cola or when a leafs proximity to another leaf caused it to be “wet”

Not defoliating has drawbacks. Bud rot... this horror can take hold FAST in bushy plants, worse it starts under and hidden so be aware, vigilant and have good air circulation. Less yield... folks that can defoliate properly will also get more/(better?) yield, for me it would equal more kief or hash.

The benefit for your plants is that the plant has a buffer for water and nutrients. The benefit for me is I get better colas (based on my skill/vigilance level)

I am open for all opinions right here in this journal (no arguing just opinions) and for you “defoliators” reading feel free to give advice to those wishing to defile their ladies or post links to your favorite defoliators. I just wrote some names of mine but there were so many I started thinking anyone I missed would be mad.

Much respect to “defoliators”

 

[Buckshot]

man Buck,Im running out of words to describe how nice your girls look bro...reps if I can

No need to, just having you stop by and enjoy them is what I am after. Thank you for stopping in


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Thank you for the plus reps, yes I did roll them in sugar!!

 

[Hozona]

Reps on that last post on Defo Buck

 

[Vick074]

Nothing short of beautiful Buck!

 

[Buckshot]

Reps on that last post on Defo Buck

Thank you Hozona.

Nothing short of beautiful Buck!

Thanks Vick, soon there will be more to look at

 

[Buckshot]

what was on the plate today.

 

[jon705]

Mmm mm, looks like some real nice nightime smoke Buck

 

[Buckshot]

Mmm mm, looks like some real nice nightime smoke Buck

for most it is nighty night time... for me it provides daily relief.

 

[Buckshot]

Been a while since you have seen the baby room... here you go

The room

the bigger plants (thinking of chucking an HPS bulb in here.. thoughts?)

Some 7 gallon pots (I just got 4 )

Clone table

haze clones in water

blue moon x si clones in water

s girl clones in water

blue dream babies in 5 gallon pots ... they will go into 7 gallon pots on the transplant (just before entering the bud room)

the end

 

[Hozona]

Nice! Good variety in the rotation...

 

[fish cake]

LEDs PFFFFFFFF

 

[Buckshot]

Nice! Good variety in the rotation...

Thanks, I am finally getting back on track!!

LEDs PFFFFFFFF

Hey hey hey!!! those are MH bulbs!!!

 

[JB42]

Easy Buckshot
They some healthy plants! Whats in the soil mix if you dont mind mate? Just made up my first attempt at a super soil.

 

[Xlr8]

Lovely plants in your garden, Buckshot, and great pics!

 

[Xlr8]

As far as defoliating, I agree with much of what you said and I do think there is some personal preference there. I have done it both ways, and I'm still trying to find my happy level. I don't defoliate nearly as aggressively as some, but it's hard to argue with their results, so I keep experimenting to find my comfort level.

Generally speaking, indoors, it does seem to be a viable strategy for getting better light penetration and I was able to get decent bud all the way down the branch in my last grow - almost no "popcorn", by defoliating more thoroughly. But, as you mention - is that at the expense of a larger cola...? Probably! A lot depends on ones goals, I think, and preferences. Since I just grow for my own needs, I typically don't need monster yields so I pluck to my own desire (vs. a need to get monster yields). Not nearly as aggressively as many, but a fair amount sometimes.

I like to bush out my plants to have more "tops" so I rarely end up with monster colas anyway, this way. But, lots and lots of smaller colas is just fine by me anyway.

Nice thread and grow, Buck!

 

[Buckshot]

Easy Buckshot
They some healthy plants! Whats in the soil mix if you dont mind mate? Just made up my first attempt at a super soil.

Thanks JBC ... much as I hate to give them props (customer service is NON-existant for MMJ folks) that is straight up Happy Frog from Foxfarm. I don't do a thing to it and just feed as needed

Lovely plants in your garden, Buckshot, and great pics!

Thank you Xlr8!!

As far as defoliating, I agree with much of what you said and I do think there is some personal preference there. I have done it both ways, and I'm still trying to find my happy level. I don't defoliate nearly as aggressively as some, but it's hard to argue with their results, so I keep experimenting to find my comfort level.

Generally speaking, indoors, it does seem to be a viable strategy for getting better light penetration and I was able to get decent bud all the way down the branch in my last grow - almost no "popcorn", by defoliating more thoroughly. But, as you mention - is that at the expense of a larger cola...? Probably! A lot depends on ones goals, I think, and preferences. Since I just grow for my own needs, I typically don't need monster yields so I pluck to my own desire (vs. a need to get monster yields). Not nearly as aggressively as many, but a fair amount sometimes.

I like to bush out my plants to have more "tops" so I rarely end up with monster colas anyway, this way. But, lots and lots of smaller colas is just fine by me anyway.

Nice thread and grow, Buck!

I am going to try to give you reps for this too if the dang thing will let me. You describe exactly what happens to me! ...and again we agree totally "A lot depends on ones goals, I think, and preferences." Thank you for your post

 

[Buckshot]

Well I went in for another round with fungus gnats. Wow I hate those little beasts. I no longer have a normal growing area, basically it is a river bank with a house over it. My grow area has to be on the river bank Most of the floor has crushed stone (many times wet) with not one but two sump pumps that work hard AND there was an out of control grape vine outside the house... I am talking about 50' to 100' vines with untended fruit and fungus gnats in clouds I totally trimmed back the grape vine in the fall and treated outside. They had already found the basement haven before I got there and were living large. So this is a huge problem. I have been able to control it with mosquito dunks, predatory nematodes and sticky yellow cards but I have to keep on it because there is such a rich environment for them and they were entrenched in the area before me. Last night was changing cards dispersing nematodes and changing dunks so if you thought it was all roses buds for me you would be mistaken.

As I worked I kept looking at the super snowdawgs that are really starting to come along (and are turning purple from the cold nights!!!) I was going to let it go as I have more seed and wanted to play with some hybrids but dang she is beautiful and she kept asking to be cloned... so, I checked both, fully in flower even the lowest branches, dang. I have not had great results with flowering clones but all of a sudden I needed clones so I took some flowering cuttings and we will see if any make it... if they do it was meant to be and I will take great care of any survivors. I hope to have more pics soon, one last S Girl looking all frosty and the snowdawgs. In a while the first of the hybrids will start to show...

Over and out

 

[OldMedMan]

Well I went in for another round with fungus gnats. Wow I hate those little beasts. I no longer have a normal growing area, basically it is a river bank with a house over it. My grow area has to be on the river bank Most of the floor has crushed stone (many times wet) with not one but two sump pumps that work hard AND there was an out of control grape vine outside the house... I am talking about 50' to 100' vines with untended fruit and fungus gnats in clouds I totally trimmed back the grape vine in the fall and treated outside. They had already found the basement haven before I got there and were living large. So this is a huge problem. I have been able to control it with mosquito dunks, predatory nematodes and sticky yellow cards but I have to keep on it because there is such a rich environment for them and they were entrenched in the area before me. Last night was changing cards dispersing nematodes and changing dunks so if you thought it was all roses buds for me you would be mistaken.

As I worked I kept looking at the super snowdawgs that are really starting to come along (and are turning purple from the cold nights!!!) I was going to let it go as I have more seed and wanted to play with some hybrids but dang she is beautiful and she kept asking to be cloned... so, I checked both, fully in flower even the lowest branches, dang. I have not had great results with flowering clones but all of a sudden I needed clones so I took some flowering cuttings and we will see if any make it... if they do it was meant to be and I will take great care of any survivors. I hope to have more pics soon, one last S Girl looking all frosty and the snowdawgs. In a while the first of the hybrids will start to show...

Over and out

Damn Man Sorry!