Our Ongoing Grows

[jandre2k3]

I wasn't doubting that they would germ and grow a tap, I was saying that if left up there, they would languish in the heat of that box. I was commenting on the yellowing and shriveling of the tap that you had reported. It would be okay, I think for a day or two, but after that, I believe the same results would happen as you reported before. As long as you're not covering the vents of the cable box, they're designed to stay under 100 with an ambient temperature of up to 85*. If you cover the vents inadvertently, though... that box will get up there quick... almost 140 in just a few hours.

 

[NorCaliwood]

LOL I been comatose for the whole time. Least I tried. I couldn't smoke herbs tho. Made me cough worse. I had one hell a bug. Sad thing is I passed it on to Miss J. Thought it was strep throat. That's how ruff it was for 3 of them days. Today is the first day I was up and about.
Jandre, I was starting to wonder

 

[NorCaliwood]

I was starting to wonder myself. Maybe ambient temp was to high. Had me wondering. I mean this has been the worst luck I had with seeds. Those seeds were just some cross breeding thing that got out of hand acouple years back. I took a KC White male into my flower tent. LOL man did that work. I got sacks of seeds for that tent. I think I got 5 or 6 kinds. Like 2 fingersof seed in a bag of each. So was no great loss. Fact I was impressed. 4 year old and 12 out of 15 in 36 hours cracked. The others I didn't even wait t see if they worked. Ok I'm off to the flower room. Going to try to update a Dinafem Cheese I got in there. Soooooooo BB Keepem Green

 

[miwa]

Hope everyone is feeling better... smoke make you cough..next time try edibles...

 

[NorCaliwood]

That was a opps. I do understand what ya mean Jan about those boxs heating up. I've known people who fried their box with water draining off the plastic wrap, then it driped in the top of the box, and burn them up also. But yep you can heat up a box pretty easy, Them vents are there for something. Miwa I wish edibles did something for me. Try as I may I never feel them and I have ate some pretty potent stuff to. I've gone as far as cooking down a full oz of prime colas in a brownie batch. Everyone else seemed to enjoyed them alot, but I couldn't tell if I ever felt anything. I mean I could've gotten hella high alot off that oz smoking it.
Well I was out back in the back 40 looking around. Man that Berkley Blue is taking off in the new pot. She's solid 4' now. Hell that Speonik is over 5'. I never topped that one either. But anyways I was looking thru some plants and lookie there;

Things look like ticks. I got alittle better pic after I took the leaf. You can see the egg cases and fresh babies coming out;

Well alittle neem worked wonders. Killed them dead............
Ok that Cheese. She's another that remained untopped. I'm hoping for a rather nice sized cola on her main top. Plant looks great for a SOG. I could've fit 9 of these nicely into a 4X4 tent and it wood've filled it nicely. Shes been in flower since the 15 of June. I just dosed her with a full dose of flower fert's including some Beasty Blooms for a kicker. Pretty plant. I also have Dinafem's Cheese Auto flower growing too. Well here's that cheese plant;

I took acouple in the flower room also;

and;

Ok a fast pic of the A-Haze I did in that Scrog attempt. She didn't do what I wanted for this grow. I'll have to keep looking for the rite plant to do another. I could've handeled this plant without the screen;

That's it for now. I'll update again soon. Thanks all I am starting to feel alittle better today. Now if Janet wood startt feeling better. Well I'm off to the doc's for a refill on my pain pump. Damn I'm so use to morphine that I can't tell if it even works anymore. I've not missed a minute of having close to 800 mills of morphine in my system in 6 years. Hell I've been eating pain pills since 1986 to some degree. But I don't remember how bad the pain was before the pump. There is some reason I started with the pump anyways. Well I'm outta here. I'll bbl Keepem Green

 

[Xlr8]

The Cheese plant looks beautiful!

How come you are so opposed to germing seeds in rapid rooters? I don't remember the last time I lost a seed by planting them directly into the rooters after a 12 hour soaking in a cup of water... They're great for soil grows too, as they are made from composted tree bark. Crazy, but cool that they are very hydro and soil friendly. You never have to worry so much about cooking the taproot or damaging delicate root fibers when removing from the paper towels. Don't get me wrong, I used the paper towel method for quite a while with decent success too, but I'd never switch back if I'm being honest. OMM, Closet Farmer and a few others have made the switch and seem to be liking them too (giving ya the peer pressure!)

I hope you don't take that wrong, I have mad respect for your plants, abilities and green thumb. You grow some of the best looking pants I've ever seen, but I think you should reconsider rapid rooters or root riot plugs (pretty much the same I think) for seedlings, imo. Okay, sales pitch over!

They want to hook me up with one of those pumps, but I worry about exactly what you elude too - not being able to tell the difference anymore - you know what I mean. I don't remember what it feels like to be pain free anymore, at least to a large extent.

Kick those damned bug asses the hell outta your garden! Sounds like you've already given them the boot, actually. Hope you are having a great summer! X

 

[NorCaliwood]

Well I really have nothing against rapid rooters, fact I use them to clone every time. I just have had bad luck with too leggy a plant. And I've seen alot of others that haven't grown with them enough to get the right planting depth. It's harder to keep a short stocky seedling in them. Least with a small pot you can fill them half ways and if the seed gets alittle taller you can add some dirt. I've seen plants fall over started in plugs, Not that you can't do it and I have more than afew times. Hell I use to swear by peat pellets. Unless you are doing the hydro thing. Least myself if they are going in dirt, why waste the extra $ with them. Granted they are great little units and I do see alot of uses in them. I don't think anything bad about any comments Xlr. Hell Im stuck in my ways, but that sure don't mean its the right ways. We all learn ways and tend to stick with them. Like the don't fix unless its broken thing. Nothing outta line dude, fact is it's great to hear others ways of doing things. Me its alot easier to start my seeds rite in soil. Hey what works for me isn't what always works for others. We all learn, till the day we die. Now that pump dude, they work but alot of bad side effects. You don't feel the morphiine because of it way of delivery. And the amounts can get outta hand. My pump only holds 21 mills. And that lasts for almost 2 months. They told me it's like 10x stronger this way, it drips the morphine straight on my spinal cord. If you can get by without being on morphine 24/7 I'd stay away. Never missing a minute of a day for years makes for one NASTY habit too. Old timer herion addicts have nothing on me, sad to say. I only did without my morphine once in the last 6 years. 9 days of the worst withdrawls I've ever had. And long ago I use to self medicate. Sad to say I was always thought of a long haired looking for dope when I went to the doctors. So alot of the doctors wood prescribe stuff that didn't work. So I'd just go find stuff that did. Took me acouple years to find a doctor that believed me about the pain. I use to always find myself running out of meds a week before I had to go see the doctors. Then they UA test ya and you don't have any in your system, first thing they think is your out selling them. 'Some of them pills sell for 40-50$ apiece' a rx of 120 per month is alot of money. Me I just hated hurting for that last few days before I got my refills. So I had a friend that was my doctor back in New Mexico and he talked me into trying first that electric stimulator. Man that was a joke. Didn't do a thing for me. Then this pain pump. I did a trial with a external model. It seemed to work after they got the doses figgured. Think it over dude. Once you get one installed batteries last about 6 years. And if you ever have it removed,most insurance companies will never do it again. Thats where I'm worried do I want it out yes, but whats it like without it now? Thats scary. Well I'll update in abit Keepem Green

 

[Xlr8]

I can relate very well. I can't get by without daily, opiod pain meds. I don't take nearly as many as they prescribe, but I can't function without them. Which is why they are talking about the pump now. I appreciate your insight a ton. I really don't want the pump, but I have problems that can't be fixed without possibly paralyzing me, so pain meds are a necessary evil, unfortunately. I have to choose between pills, or pump. MMJ helps me keep it to a minimum at least. So few people really understand what it's like to have all that pain 24/7, and the toll it takes, mentally too. Hell, I didn't. Sadly, a lot do understand it, too, and we all are "fakers" probably as far as some ignorant people are concerned. There are a lot of people who I'd like to see walk a mile in someone's shoes like yours or mine (or whomever). I'm so sorry to hear that you have/had to deal with all that too.

I agree on those electric stimulators - total joke!!
Thanks again for the feedback, and for being a good friend.

Keep 'em green, Wood!

 

[miwa]

I would try to not use the pump...then if i could deal with it..remove the pump...it don't make since for the ins com not wanting to reinstall...you're paying for it...

 

[NorCaliwood]

Well I do have to say this,,,,, that Cripit loves to be cloned. I do really think she could be the mother plant I've been looking for to make some of my own seed stock. If all this works out all I need now is a #1 plant to cross to her. I plan on some BubbaXCripit. Seeing I have some pollen still. Hopefully its still viable. But what I really want is the best herb one the market, regardless of flowering time. AK-47 might be a good contender.
Of the 12 clones I cut, looks like they have roots showing after 6 days. And all look like they are going t make it cept 'maybe' one. Looking back at the time I flowered these clones mother, it was like 38 days if I remeber rite, 6 days to root figgure 40 days to flower, leaves what 2+ weeks to be able to veg and then I'd have a 2 month plant to start working with. Then I figgure I'll throw the rest of the mother plant outside to flower. She's in a #7 smartpot Hey she's one solid looking bush. I mean bush;

Makes me wonder what that plant Soney Girl had called Berkley was all about. The claim of 28 days sounds very intresting for a mother plant.
Berkeley
They have alot of new strains this year. Guess I'm going to have to get off my butt and research their new strains. Well I just ended up transplanting 3 of the Bubba Skunk seedlings I started in that little experiment. Tomarrow I think I'll do the transplanting of the Cripit Clones. Might even cut afew more for the fun of it. We are doing a clone now just cut, dipped, and sticked in some coconut. Just to see if it takes as fast as the other way.
I'll say this at a early 6 weeks we just cut acouple lower banches off the OG Kush. Man that herbs has a nice smell. Reminds me of a fruity thai. Thing has crazy sick crystals. They still new 3-4 weeks but man shes looking like a great plant. I'll grab some updates of her soon.
Well I was looking around out back and took acouple pic's for a update. First off that Berkley Blue. I just transplanted her into the #35 barrel and wow she's taking off for the sky. And the horizon. And anywhere she can. She was looking so small when I put her in but she's sticking to the rule, pot grows to alotted space;

Next that Speonik #1. Shes hit a lull in her upward growth, and started filling in alittle. Nothing near what I usally have in there. She's not going to yield a good walking stick. I always top my plants. Cept the one I hope will be a bigger X-mas tree. I don't see it in her tho. She's a tad over 6' now. I see maybe' 8' bye finish;

Ok got this little bush. It's NL X Big Bud. Nice bush. Sorry the pic's are up to snuff

Ok we got another,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, duh oh, I have 3 Auto flowers going out there. They are from like 16" up to 21". They all are into flower allready. I got these seeds from Budda Seeds so I don't have a name to call the cept 1,2,and3. But here's #1's top;

And here's #2 and 3;

Ok I got a Star-47 going. Shes big. Well good sized at a healthy 5'

Next to her I have the Yumbolt-47. Shes atad smaller 4'

Ok I also have 2 OG Kush's going with a Star-47 clones;

Oh another is that P-91 plant. I have 2 in this pot. I'm just hoping for a female. Plant is suppose to be the one for chonic pain and grows localy here in this sunshine state. I have 3 and 2 are looking male. 'Looking' you know that plant you knows male, but with prayer it'll end up female. Bummer. The third shows nothing, being the smallest. Man the larger one sure is a beautiful plant. Maybe if I shock the hell out of him he'll hermie? JK Well that's it for a minute I'll update acouple insides tomarrow. I hace a beauty in there, a OG Kush thats at 7+ weeks now. The A-Haze is almost 8 weeks. Should be done bye end of month easy. She was flowered buy herself most of her life under a 100 watter in that Scrog thing. We ended up pulling it off yesterday. Plants well trained now. Branches are strong enough to carry every thing. I was dissapointed with my choice on this trip. Weed's going to have some weight tho. I see 5-6 oz's off her. Damn weed got me babbling again. Keepem Green Everyone

 

[NorCaliwood]

Opps P-91 babies. 1 male the other better be a female;

Keepem Green

 

[Xlr8]

Looking good - I really really like og kush. Wow is it good! Mine is average to above average taste, but blow the doors off good as far as the high. Reminds me of being in highschool, giggling constantly when I vape it. Very good "get stuff done" pot. I know what you mean about males... Once in a great while, though, they are actually females - and I'd have bet the farm they'd have been a male. Happens just enough to always keep you guessing a bit. But yeah, most of the time if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck... (or insert male plant). I can usually call 'em, but I love those surprises!

 

[BCBudd]

Lookin at your beauties and then mine makes me laugh. I'm growin popsicles and yur doin trees.
Great lookin ladies as always NCW.

 

[miwa]

Dam..your plants got a lot of fan leaves...i had to cut mine off...hope they don't hermie..i hope the whole garden hermies...i won't have to clone...say Wood..whats wrong with these hard re-veg stems..they don't want to root..b*Tc#es...

 

[jandre2k3]

You certainly have a lot going on over in your back yard! Looking very good! I'm so jealous of all you back yard growers. I can't grow in my back yard. Although it's legal in this state, management says I'd get the boot if I tried because kids can walk through a locked 6' fence, somehow.

 

[NorCaliwood]

Jandre, I consider myself extremely lucky having a safe yard. My neighbors know, I even supply one of them, that I grow MMJ. And I've got a 12' fence Across the whole back. Those are the only neighbors I don't really know. This is the 4th outside grow I've done here,'knock on Wood'. Just the other day I seen someone got ripped off at gunpoint here in the area. Janet seen and said they were outdoor plants, which means they weren't even flowering now. Something about they flashed a gun during their get away. Little cockroaches. Man they piss me off. That's my biggest worry is kids. Friends kids tell friends at school at pretty soon, well. I'd hate to see someone get hurt over weed, but I hope I'm never put in that position. Someones going to get hurt. I'd have a bad problem with some kid getting hurt. But it could happen. Yea I got another friend that's got to deal with that stuff. WTF Can't grow outside because someone can trespass and be exposed to it. Bummer law. Really alot of the laws dealing with MMJ weren't really put together properly but they are trying. Now LA,,?????????????? Man I thought Obamama whatever was going to kind of be pot friendly? I don't see it, but then I don't follow closely to politics.
Miwa, that one I got 'Cripit' is so thick it's insane. She's the one re vegged and she was cut back to a nub earlier, because she had flowers so thick, enough probly to smoke, but I was more worried she'd mold by now and I wanted some clones. Hey didn't you clone some flowering plants? What happened? Well all I can say is some plants, from waht I seen, alot of the ones tht really show heavy sex in the preflower stage, are harder to get to clone. Least seems to me, but give your plants a good solid drink, I add B1 @ 10 mills per gallon, 5-6 hours before you cut. Plants that haven't flowered yet seem best to clone. They are strongly vegging out. My Cripit was a easy one even tho it's second vegative stage itself. I swear Vita Grow cloning solution with it's sister product of anti wilt. I cloned Miss J's passion flower acouple times. Man they are tricky to do. I guess it's hard to find a cutting that isn't flowering most of the year. I've got acouple out back I need to clone before they start flowering.
BC I see you got a harvest in congradulations. You seem to be doing just fine with space your working with. I have afew pretty popcycles going myself. Those auto's are doing the one main. I don't see any reason to ever top a auto but you never know. I do still have 4or5 auto seeds from Budda. The ones outside got to about 16-18". I could've topped, but I think that wood waste alittle to much of their veg cycle and hurt the yield in the long run. But as tall as these are it might be fun to top one and see whats happening. Hey them 2 liter soda bottles, I seen a guy take them and screw the threaded end into PVC, them cut the bottem out fill with medium and do a flow and ebb with them. He had like 20-30 foot of PVC with alot of bottles screwed in for his veggie garden. He even had tomatoes growing to good size in them. To me was intresting.
Xlr sure looks that ways. She still hasn't put out anymore sign. But I'm going to hope till she grows balls. Till I'll KILL her I mean Him. Might be a plant I could save somepollen from. She's well IT is pure Indica and aclimated to the PNW. We'll see really isn't any reason I could'nt throw it in a tent for acouple weeks till some flowers open. I still have that Bubba Pollen. I've kept it dry and cool. I was going to freeze it but I've always worried about moisture in a freezer. Guess I could try it. I've got tons of them moisture abosrbing capsules. Oh well I'll try to get acouple desent pic's today to update with.
My A-Haze is over 8 weeks in but I see acouple mites on her. Too late to do anything about it tho. I'm thinking abought getting some of the stuff called Mitey Wash. They say you can use it up to harvest. As long as it doesn't cause mildews. I'll have to take her acouple days early before they become a problem and spread. I don't see any on other plants but then that don't mean anything. I couldn't move that Haze because it was the Scrog setup. Tell ya the truth, I made a bad choice about plants to grow in it. She never got all that big anyways. I could've handeled her easy enough without all that. Just a bad choice on my behalf. Till Later Keepem Green

 

[miwa]

Yep...you can clone a flowering plant...my cutting developed roots...that 2L on PVC is a good idea...might try that..might try everything,,lol,,these re-veg plants..the stems are so hard they don't want to root...i haven't got one to root yet...

 

[NorCaliwood]

Got ya Miwa. I didn't have any problem with mine. Lots of tender shoots on her that jumped at the chance to be cloned. I see to notice that that more Sativaish she is, harder to clone? Seems to to true to me. But then I haven't grown alot of the sativa's before. Miwa you got alot always going on. You sure seem to stay busy yourself. One day, that's nice to know, about cloning a plant in full flower. I've thought about putting my Cripit reveg in the ground. She has a massive root system already. She has to be able to use it for the plants advantage. I know the stalk will hold anything she could ever put out as far as buds.
Well sun out and we was taking a dip when I seen this going on. She'son topp a auto flower out back. I thought it was pretty cool;

and another, she just sat there looking stupid. I had to ask, are you stoned or just plain stupid? Then she flew away;

Well took the Ahaze down atad earlier than I wanted. Shes loaded with sparkle for sure. Looks like 5+ Oz's off her. Educated guess going on here. I also have a Vantage flowering at about 42 days. Hard to say when she started to flower. She was outside and still making 1 and 3 leafates per set. The buds look fine tho. Stoney looking herb for sure. Funny the Tichomes and really LONG stems holding up that round ball ontop. She's one stoney bud for sure. I plan on reordering some seeds. She's been a clone of a clone of a clone enough. I want some of that seed vigour back. Like fresh seeds have. Clones only form lateral roots. They have no tap roots. No tap roots also make the plant easy to topple over, not having that deep main root growing to act as a anchor. I've heard alot say cloning a clone doesn't hurt the plant. I seem to get afew mutant looking plants after awhile. Well here's the last Vantage at 42 days?

Ok I have my OG Kush. She's right about 8 weeks in. Man some great looking herbs, and the smell is hash is all I can say. The couple samples, even tho green and uncured, were pretty damn good if I do say so myself;

And's all of her;

Here's what the sample looked like. I cut this acouple days ago;

I also got acouple newer pic's of that Cheese. Man she's white'r than White Widow;

and;

Isn't alot new here. Babies are growing like weeds'

And the fastest growing thing I got is the Berkley Blue. Her branches grow straight out from the plant. She's going to be a 'Big Girl' for sure;

This one here, NLxBB, I can see some major buggage coming on here;

I did get clones off her and most everything out in the back 40.
Lowryder's #1-3 respectively;

Well transplant nite tonite. Got them Cripit clones going crazy out there. I want to wish all well out there. I'll bb to update again soon as something new opens up. Till then Keepem Green

 

[miwa]

Great looking plants Wood..yeah ..that cheese..at first i thought she was a WW...what are you going to do with those small sprouts..i got a couple smaller..born on the 30..i plan to grow 12/12 from seed...you ever do that outside..trying to get the time down what time to put in the ground...just doing a lot of exper with bagseed..growing in different mediums..i started a DWC today with a 11 day old bagseed clone...maybe she will grow 1 big cola...it took a while but these hard stem cuttings are putting out roots...dam..i hadn't noticed clones didn.t have tap roots...think a xmas tree holder would be a good support...that NL x BB is going to be a 2 lb + lady...she looks good also that Berkley Blue..i want a 100% Sativa...whats a good strain???i want a close look at the stars...this Jock only gets me to the clouds...

 

[jandre2k3]

Great update, and great looking plants!! Like those of the dragonfly, too: so cool.