Nick Hardy's Big Grow 2023 Gorilla Glue Skunk 11 OG Kush Coco Peat Co2 Mars Hydro


Trim product line. Banked 100g B Grade already. Plus what’s left in that picture. A Grade about double weight B Grade.

Mental. Crazy. Happy.

We grew. We harvested.

But wow trim is a pain (even just watching 😅)

Oh took the first 100g trimmed up to the drying room - found a 50cm A- Grade branch on the floor I’d dropped (its dark) 😅

Zoap Level 0
NST Level 0

Happy - off the charts!
Wow your own sweatshop! I’m jealous. Last grow I trimmed 43 ounces by myself.
 
Hope your trimmers are being suitably compensated and are mentally preparing for the next harvest lol. Crazy amounts of bud from two plants dude, really well done and congrats :)
 
Ah so, so happy. Don't get high on your own supply they say but yeah took some sample of A- and B out.

B was scrubbed where required with tooth brushes and loads cut out for mould. The. Trimmed pro level standard and QC’d by my perfectionist wife.

163g B Grade
Trim and throwaway for RSO 80g (20g trim, 80g don’t want to smoke but mould removed)

290g A Minus (A-)
Just no visible mould. Not toothbrushed. Separated but yeah in a crop that had mould.
Trim 30g, 10g don’t want to smoke other but RSO)

I reckon on 5-10% max loss from here as they are dry as anything apart from the Cali imported weed I’ve touched here already:
So yeah those two plants adjusting for mould loss went

163 + 290 + 90 grams = 543g total.

I removed the trim number, imagined I hadn’t had a problem to get a sense of what the setup can deliver.

Now - I’ll take off 20% for coulda/shoulda/woulda and get 434g so yeah half a pound a plant near enough. But also have 120g of RSO material so half a kilo usable total 😂

Smoked it.

Its a bit damp. Me and a friend shared the first half a joint but lost lots. Its still damp, smoked slow and he was mashed on an edible already and I’m a lightweight. Gave the second half to a heavy smoker. Favourite weed “Northern Lights” he’s serious. He hugged me, fell over laughed in the corner on his own and then went upstairs to his guest house room and came back 2 hours later and asked for more.

Off the A- Grade. For me banging Sativa but tapered off a bit quicker - but that’s meant to be normal when its still too moist/uncured I think? Not a lot of flavour or nose but again its still a bit fresh. Those flavours will come I think.

We had a B Grade after. Yeah, as you’d expect. Very similar (and I’m serious its the strongest Sativa led stuff I’ve had apart from the Cali grown import Zoap I’ve had here that you pay a premium for) Indicas that mean I can’t move my legs. This was like a Molly high if you know what that means? Mad thinking, lovey dovey - real upper.

The B Def level down - the toothbrushes would have lost lots of those beautiful hairs (that will end up in the RSO) and its same but not as good. That’s why they're separated

B at the back two
A- at the front two

Those trays are 50cm/20” diameter for a sense of scale.

I’m mashed but a lot of it I’m sure is just the amazing feeling of finishing a grow and trying something you did yourself. Its lovely in of itself.

And tomorrow - read why I broke my own rule and nearly caused disaster with the main grow.

(Spoiler alert - all good, more hard work tomorrow and I’m an idiot)

Nick
 
Congrats on the nice haul, but a shame on the mold. Next time you'll know! :thumb:

And it's always better with a trim crew! Best times are when I've got my whole family sitting in the garage with trimmers in their hands. :)
Thanks bro.

Yeah learning, learning.

Just to be clear - the trim crew were mega well rewarded. The most experienced trimmer in the house was my farmer mate’s 9 year old boy. He said “there’s not much there, they don’t need me, what have you got on your Playstation?”

We ended up playing Mario Kart on the Switch while his Dad’s off buying another farm or something mental 😂 My wife cooked a BBQ for 10 and managed a 500g net trim today . Love her to pieces. I played video games and watched football after - love her to pieces.
 
What a day and its only 3PM 😅

Repotted everything in the Veg tent and moved to the flower room because I have better temperature control there and had the wilting.

Some good stuff. Some ugly but think that’s just variance. Maybe.


This is a typical root ball after 4 DAYS! in a 1 gallon pot from a solo cup. We repotted just Wednesday?! Really? Maybe Tuesday. But less than a week. Seems great to me.


I added/riffed/changed the plan by adding the rocks you see here. They give off nitrogen, potassium all sorts it says on the package in a language I don’t read so with the wilting wanted to get rid of them to eliminate that as a potential issue.

The worst wilting plant hasn’t grown its roots put much from solo cup size. Everything else packed a 1G pot in 5 days. It was also directly under the Co2 pipe. So transplant shock or Co2 poisoning? Honestly no idea.


Repotted 6 of each the main strains to 5G airpots. Rocks removed. Same coco peat I used on the last grow. Had literally just enough. Half 10L bag remaining!

My Potting Manager (wife) as ever did the stuff that mattered, teasing those stones out and giving them love.







They’re now in Nick’s Folly - this is the flower room. And wow they look cool. Its full. Maybe next grow when the dehumidifier is gone (new in ceiling one is still somewhere in China) I’ll go 3 zones of 7. Think it will manage that. Or see what 18 plants manage treated right. High quality problem to have!

My light canopy all fired up full of plants. @Mars Hydro you’re welcome. 3x FC6500’s running 730w squeezed up close and personal for maximum yield! They look amazing. Can I have a bigger discount next time! 😆 Tried to get a picture with the logos but they are too close packed.




I also being a glutton for punishment took the 7th spare gorilla glue and placed it in a giant airpot outside. Because you know, whats one more? 😆


I also put a dosidos rocketas grown from seed in a SIP because if I don’t do a SIP I’ll have severe FOMO and miss that crowd. Its as yet untopped. I’ll save thoughts on that for the main thread for that.


So yeah I’m beat.

They all got a little water. Added back some grow boost but it pumps the Ph up. Cal mag at 0.75 up from 0.5 and no Co2. Let them young ladies adjust to their new home (and final resting place but don’t tell them that)

Laters - need a nap 😄

Nick
 
What a day and its only 3PM 😅

Repotted everything in the Veg tent and moved to the flower room because I have better temperature control there and had the wilting.

Some good stuff. Some ugly but think that’s just variance. Maybe.


This is a typical root ball after 4 DAYS! in a 1 gallon pot from a solo cup. We repotted just Wednesday?! Really? Maybe Tuesday. But less than a week. Seems great to me.


I added/riffed/changed the plan by adding the rocks you see here. They give off nitrogen, potassium all sorts it says on the package in a language I don’t read so with the wilting wanted to get rid of them to eliminate that as a potential issue.

The worst wilting plant hasn’t grown its roots put much from solo cup size. Everything else packed a 1G pot in 5 days. It was also directly under the Co2 pipe. So transplant shock or Co2 poisoning? Honestly no idea.


Repotted 6 of each the main strains to 5G airpots. Rocks removed. Same coco peat I used on the last grow. Had literally just enough. Half 10L bag remaining!

My Potting Manager (wife) as ever did the stuff that mattered, teasing those stones out and giving them love.







They’re now in Nick’s Folly - this is the flower room. And wow they look cool. Its full. Maybe next grow when the dehumidifier is gone (new in ceiling one is still somewhere in China) I’ll go 3 zones of 7. Think it will manage that. Or see what 18 plants manage treated right. High quality problem to have!

My light canopy all fired up full of plants. @Mars Hydro you’re welcome. 3x FC6500’s running 730w squeezed up close and personal for maximum yield! They look amazing. Can I have a bigger discount next time! 😆 Tried to get a picture with the logos but they are too close packed.




I also being a glutton for punishment took the 7th spare gorilla glue and placed it in a giant airpot outside. Because you know, whats one more? 😆


I also put a dosidos rocketas grown from seed in a SIP because if I don’t do a SIP I’ll have severe FOMO and miss that crowd. Its as yet untopped. I’ll save thoughts on that for the main thread for that.


So yeah I’m beat.

They all got a little water. Added back some grow boost but it pumps the Ph up. Cal mag at 0.75 up from 0.5 and no Co2. Let them young ladies adjust to their new home (and final resting place but don’t tell them that)

Laters - need a nap 😄

Nick
Great work. :thumb:
Get some rest.;)




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Bill284 :cool:
 
What a day and its only 3PM 😅

Repotted everything in the Veg tent and moved to the flower room because I have better temperature control there and had the wilting.

Some good stuff. Some ugly but think that’s just variance. Maybe.


This is a typical root ball after 4 DAYS! in a 1 gallon pot from a solo cup. We repotted just Wednesday?! Really? Maybe Tuesday. But less than a week. Seems great to me.


I added/riffed/changed the plan by adding the rocks you see here. They give off nitrogen, potassium all sorts it says on the package in a language I don’t read so with the wilting wanted to get rid of them to eliminate that as a potential issue.

The worst wilting plant hasn’t grown its roots put much from solo cup size. Everything else packed a 1G pot in 5 days. It was also directly under the Co2 pipe. So transplant shock or Co2 poisoning? Honestly no idea.


Repotted 6 of each the main strains to 5G airpots. Rocks removed. Same coco peat I used on the last grow. Had literally just enough. Half 10L bag remaining!

My Potting Manager (wife) as ever did the stuff that mattered, teasing those stones out and giving them love.







They’re now in Nick’s Folly - this is the flower room. And wow they look cool. Its full. Maybe next grow when the dehumidifier is gone (new in ceiling one is still somewhere in China) I’ll go 3 zones of 7. Think it will manage that. Or see what 18 plants manage treated right. High quality problem to have!

My light canopy all fired up full of plants. @Mars Hydro you’re welcome. 3x FC6500’s running 730w squeezed up close and personal for maximum yield! They look amazing. Can I have a bigger discount next time! 😆 Tried to get a picture with the logos but they are too close packed.




I also being a glutton for punishment took the 7th spare gorilla glue and placed it in a giant airpot outside. Because you know, whats one more? 😆


I also put a dosidos rocketas grown from seed in a SIP because if I don’t do a SIP I’ll have severe FOMO and miss that crowd. Its as yet untopped. I’ll save thoughts on that for the main thread for that.


So yeah I’m beat.

They all got a little water. Added back some grow boost but it pumps the Ph up. Cal mag at 0.75 up from 0.5 and no Co2. Let them young ladies adjust to their new home (and final resting place but don’t tell them that)

Laters - need a nap 😄

Nick
Damn. That’s a crapload of work. Nice job. All those AirPots together looks so cool. Love the giant outdoor one.
 
I mean it does say “Big Grow” in the title…

So as an aside I’m doing an outdoor grow as well. One in a massive airpot. Gorilla Glue in coco peat, layers of perlite, seedling peat and some soil. We ran out of pure coco peat after repot yesterday.

The other is in a SIP I’ll cover in more detail with those guys.

The SIP - especially outdoors for the record - with hot temps all year round I’m a bit worried about. Its a Dosidos Rocketas which is probably a rebrand. Not seen much info about it but it looks amazing. I killed a lot of seeds from seedlings. She has flourished despite my best effort to kill her. Def clone material. Looks great to me (some previous overwatering yellowing clearing up)

The upstairs balcony they’re on get the same light as where I want to build the greenhouse next month. So they’re a good barometer for that.

To keep them in veg I’m just keeping the lights on but tomorrow will pick up some slightly more powerful bulbs from Home Depot. Nothing expensive or fancy - they’re just to keep them in veg as we have 12/12 here 365 days a year. Plus the door behind them is where ai sleep so I don’t need light pollution waking me up!

Some photos.




Nick
 
Ah so, so happy. Don't get high on your own supply they say but yeah took some sample of A- and B out.

B was scrubbed where required with tooth brushes and loads cut out for mould. The. Trimmed pro level standard and QC’d by my perfectionist wife.

163g B Grade
Trim and throwaway for RSO 80g (20g trim, 80g don’t want to smoke but mould removed)

290g A Minus (A-)
Just no visible mould. Not toothbrushed. Separated but yeah in a crop that had mould.
Trim 30g, 10g don’t want to smoke other but RSO)

I reckon on 5-10% max loss from here as they are dry as anything apart from the Cali imported weed I’ve touched here already:
So yeah those two plants adjusting for mould loss went

163 + 290 + 90 grams = 543g total.

I removed the trim number, imagined I hadn’t had a problem to get a sense of what the setup can deliver.

Now - I’ll take off 20% for coulda/shoulda/woulda and get 434g so yeah half a pound a plant near enough. But also have 120g of RSO material so half a kilo usable total 😂

Smoked it.

Its a bit damp. Me and a friend shared the first half a joint but lost lots. Its still damp, smoked slow and he was mashed on an edible already and I’m a lightweight. Gave the second half to a heavy smoker. Favourite weed “Northern Lights” he’s serious. He hugged me, fell over laughed in the corner on his own and then went upstairs to his guest house room and came back 2 hours later and asked for more.

Off the A- Grade. For me banging Sativa but tapered off a bit quicker - but that’s meant to be normal when its still too moist/uncured I think? Not a lot of flavour or nose but again its still a bit fresh. Those flavours will come I think.

We had a B Grade after. Yeah, as you’d expect. Very similar (and I’m serious its the strongest Sativa led stuff I’ve had apart from the Cali grown import Zoap I’ve had here that you pay a premium for) Indicas that mean I can’t move my legs. This was like a Molly high if you know what that means? Mad thinking, lovey dovey - real upper.

The B Def level down - the toothbrushes would have lost lots of those beautiful hairs (that will end up in the RSO) and its same but not as good. That’s why they're separated

B at the back two
A- at the front two

Those trays are 50cm/20” diameter for a sense of scale.

I’m mashed but a lot of it I’m sure is just the amazing feeling of finishing a grow and trying something you did yourself. Its lovely in of itself.

And tomorrow - read why I broke my own rule and nearly caused disaster with the main grow.

(Spoiler alert - all good, more hard work tomorrow and I’m an idiot)

Nick
Loving the sound of the Sativa, what strain is it? CL🍀
 
Bruce Banner pretty sure #5 from Seeds Genetics. Bought two clones. Its the most hectic smoke I’ve ever had. Super high energy. A bit young still. I was a bit anxious first 30 minutes. Dunno reports are positive. One guys, a relative newbie to smoking said he went out drinking for 8 hours after, ate Thai street food and threw up when he got home with a bargirl and maybe I hadn’t dried it enough,

Yeah it was under dried weed caused that 😂 Our other friend who was with him said no he was just messed up and didn’t stop talking all night.

Very happy I gave them a good high!
 
Bruce Banner pretty sure #5 from Seeds Genetics. Bought two clones. Its the most hectic smoke I’ve ever had. Super high energy. A bit young still. I was a bit anxious first 30 minutes. Dunno reports are positive. One guys, a relative newbie to smoking said he went out drinking for 8 hours after, ate Thai street food and threw up when he got home with a bargirl and maybe I hadn’t dried it enough,

Yeah it was under dried weed caused that 😂 Our other friend who was with him said no he was just messed up and didn’t stop talking all night.

Very happy I gave them a good high!
I love chicken curry (red) and my Mother digs Pad Thai. I don’t know how authentic it is but the owner is Thai? CL🍀
 
If its Thai owned then it will be authentic as they can get the ingredients. Which in North America I reckon probably real good. Big Thai diaspora there.

Red curry is generally with duck or beef but to be honest a restaurant here will offer it with duck, beef, chicken or pork.

The major difference will be their “Spiciest” rating would be “Medium” here. (I’m not good at spicy - I love it but it hurts 😅 - my three year old daughter eats spicier than me 🤣)

If you really like spicy asking them to make you spicy for Thai person. They’ll know what you mean. My wife does that when we’re in Hong Kong. But Thai people are scared off my wife’s spice tolerance - she’s from the deep Thai south and crazy 😅

Pad Thai normally sold from a motorcycle side car and made in front of you here. Not always on a restaurant menu but its great! Haven’t had in months. Thanks for the reminder.

Thai sticks - back in the UK thirty years ago that was the primo stuff!

Here now its just three grades of Thai weed. The top stuff is say $300USD a kilo. Mostly called “bush weed”. Hard pressed. Sativa high.

A gram retail of say any strain we know here on 420 is up to $30USD PER GRAM!

Nick
 
Bill spotted immediately the side wall is upside down 🤦🏻‍♂️ easy fix by drilling but still. 🤦🏻‍♂️
Ha! Sensei doesn’t miss much. He’s also in love with AirPots. That was high crimes and misdemeanors to Bill. :laugh:
 
He reposted his airpot assembly guide just for me like an irritated “you boy pay attention at the back of the classroom”’ type way. Which was well deserved. Gotta learn from somewhere.

Cheers Bill 🙏🏼
I have to consolidate all that into into 1 thread.
I've got over 200 pages, not your fault.
It's on my to do list. :rofl:
How are things going today?



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