Pic Update: 10/26/2011
I will say it now to get it out of the way but sorry for the poor quality in photos today. I'm not in the best of moods. I wasn't gonna spend 2 hours trying to get quality shots with poor lighting and another hour on editing them.
A lot has changed since the last time I had a pic update so I have a bit to talk about.
(This post will be quite long winded so I won't hold it against you if you decide to just look at the pics)I am also working on a stable post layout that will keep everything as organized as possible to make things clean and simple.
Flowering: Lemon Skunk
I am on week3 of flowering and I have to say im really impressed how these are coming out. Main concerns that I have thus far is the smell. They are getting really strong and some mornings you can smell it all the way out in the hall! Since the weather is changing, temps are not a concern but I will have ample ventilation by next spring/summer if not earlier.
#1: She put on so much weight this week and top colas are swelling a lot. I had an issue when removing them from my grow space to go over and search for pollen sacks
(since it is a hermie after all) when I accidently snagged one of the top colas on my bookshelf. It didn't cause visible damage to the stalk but it did cause a mild lean to the cola. Before future problems arise, I will brace it before it gets too heavy.The stems of the fan leaves are such a strong red it looks amazing.
(I will get a pic of that later) Other than that, trichome production is going crazy especially on the center cluster on both main colas.
I will get some closeups of some colas when my tripod gets delivered.
#2: Getting really dense and thick buds all along the top cola. Doesn't have as much trichome coverage as
#1 but it is getting there. In terms of trichome production, she is about 5days behind
#1. Other than that, she is looking really healthy with nice fat buds. I am also thinking about trimming some inner branches and lower ones that aren't doing all that great in bud/trichome production because I feel they wont make for quality smoke anyways and it is taking energy away from flowers that actually will be good.
Group Shot:
Flowering: Lemon Skunk Clones
They are on day2 of 12/12 and are already showing new growth. They haven't preflowered yet but I predict that will happen once they start stretching. They all look healthy and I have high hopes for them.
Lemon Skunk Clones:
I have three more clones that are rooted but they are very slow at developing past the rockwool. I know they are rooted for the simple fact that new growth is already apparent on them. These will go down into my flower room once I see roots. I have ruled these out to be poor potential mothers so I won't bother doing something other than flower them.
Vegetative: Lemon Skunk Clones
These are the two clones I decided to try and get a viable mother from. I will let these veg along with my other plants that I plan on mothering as well. I have one clone from
#1 and one from
#2. I am leaning towards
#1 clone as the mother because of the massive trichome production that the main plant is showing.
Vegetative: Hindu Kush
I don't know how I feel about these. since these were free seeds I don't see these as being too strong in my eye. They aren't showing signs of greatness to me but I may be wrong. I won't give up on them but they just don't seem to be as strong as my Lemon Skunk were.
#1: Strongest of the three. Leaves are healthy minus a bit of issue on one of the lower three fingered leaves. I will top this one in the next week or so because for the most part, she is staying quite short.
#2: Not really my favorite of the trio but node structure is tight so I can't ask for much more. The leaves were oddly shaped at first but it is finally picking up.
#3: Topped this one early because it was stretching way too much. I am thinking about doing a pseudo-tranplant and take off the bottom inch of soil and fill in the top to bury the stem a bit. The bottom portion of the stem is thin and I feel that it might might support new top growth if it doesnt thicken up.
Group Shot:
Seedlings: Lemon Skunk
These are the Lemon Skunk seeds I recently germed. One died from cracking the seed and another just isn't cutting it. Three of the five survived so I am not complaining. They will go down in 1gal pots in the next few days or so. when I buy some better labels for my plants.
Final Thoughts:
For those who have followed my Journal the whole time will notice I have been changing things up as I see things I like in all these wonderful journals out there. One thing you will see on my next pic update will be the addition of photo labels completely inspired by
Twelve12 I love organization and he has the right idea with everything. He was also the one that has inspired me to adopt the
"Gas Lantern Routine"
Aside from all that. I will be starting my new journal sometime in November and it will be a BPN journal. That is all I got for now.
and stay medicated.
ToG
Do they smell good, too? 
Yes, They smell delicious. They have a clean citrus scent to them. Especially if I am thinning back some fan leaves(Which I just got done doing) They are finally getting some visible frostiness too! I am exactly two weeks from the first day of flower and I have to say wow. 
