Lelt's get this thing goin'

[peakguy]

Stopped posting you-know-where, and am anxious to get some pics loaded up here. My gurlz have been in flower about 10 days now, and I have 3 Grape Krush plants and one surviving White Russian. None of the Grape Krush plants are the same; one is real leggy and has stretched like crazy, one is real dense and bushy, and the third is kinda runty, but more open like her leggy sister.
The White Russian is putting on bud sites everywhere and is the star of the show so far. They are in soil under a 1k lamp, and though they have been in flower for about 10 days, I have only raised the lamp once. Even though the canopy is now only about 19 inches from the lamp, there is no sign of drying or overheating, so I am leaving the lamp where it is for now. pics soon.
peace

[Mr Burns]

Peakguy.
Nice to meet you giood fellow. I too have 1 White Russian on the grow and in it's second week of 12/12. True they're a picture and I'm looking forward to pics.

Grow on.

Burmsy.

[CB]

say bro your gonna love that WR indeed.......I have a few oz's of it in cure now:D

as for the 1k light i have let my plants sit like 12 inches away with no problems.......just big ass buds:p

[Cranky]

Growing White Russian....oooohhh ill have to stick that in the"things to do when im back growing" note pad.;)

sounds like a nice smoke that stuff.

good luck with the grow...may your buds be plentyfull;)

cranky

[dredank]

Nice to see you again peakguy, as you know I too got some russians, I also have crossed hindu kush and skunk#1 with a prime russian male. Im pullin up a chair and watching this grow,:)

[peakguy]

Thanks for stopping by everyone.
CB, thanks for the info on the lamps 'cause I get a bit worried when I am work that suddenly all the tops will suddenly end up under the lamp and burned. They are stretching out a bit, not too crazy like. Well, the GK1 actually is going crazy, about 4' tall, but it is too open. Unless the buds fill up all that space. How did your russian gurlz finish off?
Cranky, thanks for stopping by - wish I could share a tight joint of this with you until you have dirt under your fingernails again.
Dankster, figured you would show up here! Good to hear from you again. So, you did the crossing yourself? Excellent, I look forward to the time when I am able to do that. But until the room is built, I am trying out various strains to see what I really like. I will be following this grow immediately with another of the same 2 strains to use up my seeds and hopefully use info from this grow to improve results.
Mr. Burns, pleased to make your acquaintance as well. Hope to have some pics posted soon so you have something to look at.
Looks like both of these strains are gonna support a 2-phased harvest. I kinda like plants that have a large central cola and tend not to top much, but given how the russian lady and the one leggy GK turned out, I think next time I may consider that. I am wondering if topping does reduce the potency of the central cola, any opinions?
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[Mr Burns]

I know Serious advise against topping White Russians PG.

In fact, considering how far Serious develop their seeds, I wouldn't think we could better what comes from giving them everything they need apart from man handling. What I've grown look look the best plants I've seen, but this is my first year indoors.

Burnsy.

[peakguy]

How many Russian fans are there out there! Cool to hear from everyone, especially since a few of us are in position to post consecutive harvest reports on these gurlz. Burnsey, totally agree with yer nods to Serious Seeds, 'cause I feel the same way; Kali Mist is on my "to do" list.
Ironically, given attention to the russian stock, winter has hit in my local, so I can't really take the plants out of the growroom for pics until the weekend hits and I can warm outer room so the portraits can be taken out of the grow lamp.
Gotta say though, I germed 5 of these WR seeds, 4 came up, 2 showed early balls, and then one showed late after it had been under 12/12. So this singular lady is the crop from 5 seeds. But, have 5 more to go in the spring, maybe I'll get 3-4 gurlz then.
But I gotta show you GK1, this thing is growing like it was living along side the RR tracks in Indiana! I have seen shots of these GKs filling in bud site over inches of empty stalk. If this lady pulls that off . . . YK - WCIS
I remain ever hopeful.
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[Mel]

How many Russian fans are there out there! .
peace

As well to count the angels dancing on a pin

[CB]

CB, thanks for the info on the lamps 'cause I get a bit worried when I am work that suddenly all the tops will suddenly end up under the lamp and burned. They are stretching out a bit, not too crazy like. Well, the GK1 actually is going crazy, about 4' tall, but it is too open. Unless the buds fill up all that space. How did your russian gurlz finish off?


say bro,

good ventalation is the key indeed with big lights;)

as for the WR ya it does strech a bit which is normal in the white family geans..... in time the buds will indeed fill all that space up and you should end up with some nice donky dicks:D

if ya can cure it for about 6 months it a real nice smooth smoke but it will couch lock ya

[peakguy]

Hey CB, the surviving White Russian has not gotten real leggy in her stretch, although she hasn't been in 12/12 quite 2 weeks yet. She is nice and bushy. Looks like she will have a nice yield.
It is this crazy Grape Krush1 that is going bonkers under 12/12. It is about 4' tall and is growing over an inch per day. It's a foot taller than any of the other gurlz! I will try to get some pics posted soon.
peace

[peakguy]

These pics aren't very good because they were obviously taken in the grow room, but wanted to get at least something posted. The first shot is of the leggy Grape Krush. She is 4' tall. They have all been under 12/12 for about 2weeks. The next shot is the top of that plant, and the third is the top of the White Russian.
This weekend I have to bring the girls out for a feeding, so I will get some natural light shots and post them.
peace

[dredank]

looking good peak, gotta love that russian, ill be posting mine soon. its much smaller than yours. how long did you veg for?

[peakguy]

Hey Dankster, just saw your bud shots on the other thread - godam, wish I was stoppin' by your place on the way home tonight! I would guess these were vegged for about 6 weeks; I like to know the sex before I transplant into the larger pots. I was getting a little impatient waiting for the Grape Krush plants to hurry up as the White Russians were a bit ahead. Then one of the russians turned male sonofabitch when I flipped the lamp to 12/12.
The WR is growing up at a pretty good rate, but the side growth is pretty heavy too.
That is why I think when I harvest all of these plants I will end up cutting off the main cola and then moving the lower half of each plant up closer to the lamp. On that tall GK plant, the top is a full 2' from the second set of lateral buds. Looking forward to seeing how your russian girl is doing.
peace

[Shadows]

heya peakguy, im not too experienced with the white family but have heard lots and lots of good things about the Rhino. Keep them happy and they will repay your efforts!

[peakguy]

So, I watered this Grape Krush on Sat. in mid afternoon. When I went into the room on Sunday morning, she had probably the top 25% of her feeder leaves pointed very straight up like she was praying. It was cold that day and could not keep them out of the grow room long that day, but this shot kinda shows it. Not sure what she was asking for, but she seems real happy today!
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[dredank]

Thanks, I love seeing my plants when their leaves are all up like that, they do seem so happy:D , lookin good peakguy:cheers:. My russians seem to very heavy on the widow side. They have those very long petioles and the three bladed leaves, and a lot of budding close to the main stalk.

[peakguy]

Shadows, thanks for stopping by. This white lady has been pretty low maintenance, really. She is real bushy, with lots of nice side growth. I wanted to try out the white family so chose the russian 'cause I liked the crossed genes. As I wrote above, it took 5 seeds to get this one girl, but if she turn out to be as productive as she appears to have the potential to achieve, and if I get 3 gurlz out of my next 5 seeds, then I would have to say I would grow her again.
You can read above from members who have this curing already, and Mel says there are more WR fans out there than can dance at his place, even with a permit.
Here is her top, it is just starting to smell nice, but more just like a healthy plant than ganga-ish.
Now that we can post again, I will get individual profiles up for the gurlz. I told them tonight that I was bragging on them world-wide.
peace

[dredank]

Diamn peak lookin nice, that is gonna fill in to be a real tasty nug:D

[peakguy]

Dankster, thanks for stopping by. Your whole grow is looking good man, not just the russians. Saw your results on the Karma Kafe thread - WOW.
the plant in this grow that just makes me go WTF when I step in the grow room is the GK1. She is getting so tall, but the bud growth indicates decent potential. in the morning I will get up some individual profiles of these decent babes.
now i'm goin' over to your place to see what new gems U got posted.
peace

[peakguy]

Here are a couple shots of Grape Krush1. You can see in the first shot how open her spacing is. I didn't her entire height, will try that soon. But the second shot shows that there is good bud development going on, so I hope she fills in all that empty space.
peace

[peakguy]

Can't tweak the photo encough to make the whole thing fit, so here are sub-shots. The first shot shows the top of the plant, nice and dense growth here. Next shot is the middle and you can see how much growth is going on in there, and as I have posted above, I anticipate that I will take the main cola when it is ready, then keep this lower canopy under the lamp for a bit longer.
The final shot is just a closer pic of the middle of the plant. She's looking good.
peace

[peakguy]

Here is GK4, and compared to the other 2 Grape Krush plants, she is very dense with more and larger feeder leaves. I can't seem to tweek my pics enough to get the whole shot in the frame, so the first 2 shots are the top and middle of the plant. This was shot on Sunday when she was involved in her praying behavior.
The third shot is just closer profile, but it is hard to see all the bud growth in there. The last shot is her top, and you can see the heavy leaf growth.
peace

[peakguy]

Last, but not least, here is GK2. She is not as tall as #1 and not as dense as #4. She actually looks more like #1 w/ skinny, sparse feeder leaves. But she is not as leggy as #1 and is stretching much more slowly. She is the runt of the grow, but still looks like she could produce a decent yield.
The first two shots are the top and middle of the plant, and the third is a closer profile shot.
These girls have been in flower just over 2 weeks, so I figure I will be harvesting around Christmas. Sweet!!
peace

[peakguy]

The gurlz are continuing to grow well, and bud growth is starting to pick up. They have all had their last shot of veg nutes and just beginning some bloom nutes. I don't really use much in the way of nutes, and go pretty weak. The plants are beginning to smell very nice. It is cold outside, but the room is staying okay; mid-60s during the night and up to 82 during the day. RH is 30-40%. I have left the lamp alone, thanks to CB's assurance that it would be okay to let the canopy get within a couple feet, and it has been fine indeed. The four plants fit pretty snugly right under the lamp.
peace.

[Mr Burns]

Peak.
Have you thought of training them onto eachother? Like in a circle from pot to pot?
Just a mad thought :rockon: :shrug:

Burnsy.

[peakguy]

I can't even train my dogs, much less any plant! Thanks for the thought, though. When I say they are snug under the lamp, it is just that, snug. But it is not a problem because the Grape Krush plants are not bushy at all. If I had 4 like the white russian, then I would probably have to lift the lamp to make sure I was getting good coverage. But right now all 4 fit under the lamp with only a bit of the outside edges of the russian being out of the sweet spot - and the lamp is about 15 inches from the top of the canopy. My next grow will be under this one lamp as well, but then I hope to amp up to 2 1k lamps and be able to grow at least twice as many plants.
I am sort of transitioning from outdoor to indoor grower. Outside is just not safe here any longer, although I am going to look into some smaller plants like the lowryder or sweet pea that Shadow grows and see if I can't tuck them in here and there in some of my outdoor flower beds and see how they do.
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[Mr Burns]

Outside is just not safe here any longer

Peak it just ain't safe where I grew since a teenager. I even went to pick up on my brothers old grow area and the trail was littered with empty 2 litre plastic milk containers etc. That's the stealth side that's not safe, but there's some bastards started moving round this way who were pushed out of their own area.
The days where you could make a phone call and arrange a beating with fellow growers just can't happen anymore. Where I live is quite unique as Cranky knows, and in years gone by you could meet up and turf a smack dealer out of the area in the middle of the night, and not just because of the smack, but they were thieving outdoor grows. Some of us knew eachothers grow areas and could see them from cirtain vantage points. You'd look down and see how well the other guy was doing. Now every git including teenagers are out there ripping crops. And hippie coach travellers, they're the worst sort which doesn't leave me with much love for em.

So yep it's a waste of time and you don't know what these arses are carrying. If I confronted someone where I grew, my body wouldn't be found for months if not a year or more. So I came indoors. I miss the whole exploration aspect of it though. Not knowing what you'll see when you get there, and then being amazed at the growth. Sitting around just looking at em and chilling out with nature all around. I miss that part of it. :rant:

I gotta have a smoke. You can tell I haven't had one for 2 days............. :rant:

Oh, and why not go three 600s and have a larger spread with less elecric? 600 seems to be optimum no?

B

[peakguy]

Mr. B, in my area fly-overs are an annual event, beginning about Sept. This year 5-6 large (400+ plants) outdoor grows were found and destroyed. I haven't grown 400 plants in my life and am not a commercial grower by any means, but unless I can find some low-growing, fast maturing plants, outdoors is off limits for me.
Here are a few updated shots of the bud growth. The room is getting very pungent, and the gurlz are not growing much taller at this stage. I'm having trouble shrinking down the shots enough to get them to fit, so the first two are the top of the white russian, and the next is a side shot of GK4's top.
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[dredank]

....beautiful:D

[peakguy]

Thanks dankster, but I noticed something kinda odd. The shot of the GK4 bud looks real frosty, but when you look at the plant in the grow room, it doesn't look all that frosty. It smells great, though, real danky. I will be getting out my little magnifier over the weekend to check this out!
Looking forward to your post on the thread Mr. B has started for all the white russians that members have growing. I thought he was a bit ahead of me, but we are within a day of each other.
peace

[peakguy]

Came home and checked out the gurlz and the frost showing on the GK4 pic is showing up on all the plants. Makes me feel kinda dumb that I didn't notice it until I posted a pic; I shoulda known as soon as the room got more dank smelling. SO, from now on, no touching the main colas, careful handling of plants, and constant encouragement to the ladies to do their best. You know, we grow these wonderful plants to develop the most and best trichomes possible, but in my experience a lot of that is wasted through bad handling. I do my best to preserve those wonderful little orbs, and I expect that Mr. B, Dredank, and I will be lighting up the harvest/curing section in the next month. Maybe bulldog too, haven't been there in a while.
I have been spending quite a bit of time with the gurlz this week. I go in the room right after my treadmill time, just as the lamp comes on in the morning. I use all the oxygen in the room and leave them with CO2 from my lungs. Seems sort of ironic, given their future. However, I am very forthcoming with them regarding their purpose and objective. Seems to be working out decent so far.
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[peakguy]

Here are a couple shots I took last evening as the lamp went out. The first is the tops of Grape Krush 1 & 4, and the second shot is the top of the white russian seen through Grape Krush1. All the plants are doing well, although you can see yellowing in the fan leaves on the russian. The room is remaining at about 64 during lights out and 78-82 during lights on. The humidityfalls to about 35% during lights out and up to 40-42% during lights on.
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[peakguy]

Here is the main cola and some lower buds on the lanky GK1. She is actually starting to fill in some of the stalk, so who knows how much she will produce. The main cola is getting pretty thick, and this girl has a real nice scent. Sorry for the quality of color, but the pics had to be taken in the grow room. More to come as I have time today.
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[peakguy]

Here are a couple shots of GK4, the first is part of the top cola, which is the thickest of any of the plants in this grow. It could be a monster. The other shot is one of the side buds. This plant smells very dank, and the difference in builds between GK1 and GK4 is wild. One is tall (over 50" now) and open, the GK4 is real dense and bushy, and is just over a meter tall.
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[Mr Burns]

This is scrolling madness you have so many posts peak!

That GK1 looks like the PurePowerPlant I'd grown before it went beserk and swelled up. In fact it swells up the same your in for a right treat. 2thumbs

Burnsy.

[Mr Burns]

Peak hows the WR? Got any pics?

Burnsy.

[peakguy]

Funny you should ask, Mr. B. I saw on your thread that you had just pruned your plants to open up your grow area. Because the Grape Krush plants are growing more verticle than horizontal, space under the lamp is not an issue (if there were 3 russians and 1 GK, then I would have an issue). But the fan leaves on the russian began turning yellow a week or so ago, and now some of them have gotten to the point they had to be removed as they were just blocking light to the side shoots. So over the past few days I have been pruning at her a bit each day to get those lemon-yellow leaves off. I did not prune the bottom quite as cleanly as you, but I expect many of those little popcorn buds will be clipped over the next few weeks for tasting and for pruning.
The leaves around the bud sites remain the same green as they have been, and the buds are growning pretty well. The plant smells more sweet than dank. It now getting cold outside 13 last night (-10C) and the room has not been over 75 yet today, although I was going in and out a bit to clean up and take the russian out for pics below.
First shot shows the bottom after pruning. The second shows all the yellow fan leaves in the middle of the plant, and the last shot is the main cola. These shots were taken on day 29 of flowering, so she has just about another month to go.

Sorry about all the short posts the other day, I was trying to get them up while at work and wanted to work a short day, so it was hit and run posting!
peace

[peakguy]

Does anybody have teenage daughters? This girl is like that, she just can't wait to "grow up." I noticed today that several areas of the russian lady have amber hairs. Hard to assign a percentage as they are present on this bud, but not on the next. Overall, still < 10%.
Still, she just seems anxious/early.
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[dredank]

some of my plants do it, nothing to worry about, just watch the trichs2thumbs

[peakguy]

Roger that, dredank. I am just a bit fretful as the russian seems to be maturing faster than I anticipated and I am in no hurry to take her. She looks quite a bit different than Mr. Burns' russian that has been in flower the same length of time as mine. Mine is very yellow now. I have not yet checked any trichs on her. I did check one of the grape krush plants last weekend and all the trichs were very clear and the tall ones were just beginning to form.
It is getting pretty cold at night now and the room is no longer getting up to 80 degrees and is down to the mid 50s by the time the lamp comes back on in the morning. I was gone overnight last week and delayed watering for one day until I got back, and man did the room ever smell dank from those thirsty gurlz.
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[Mr Burns]

50F is like 10C. Man that's cold. Mine went to freezing and are still alive so you have plenty of room for error Peak. I'd try and get it up though. How about a small LPG heater? I've seen em all sizes and with built in C02 sensors so you won't blow yourself up!
I wouldn't buy an electric one cause they burn electric so bad and make the air so dry I'm not sure it'll be healthy for your wallet as well as the plants.

Burnsy.

[peakguy]

like Mr. B says, either I have less than 4 weeks to go or I Still have almost 3 1/2 weeks to go! The russian is frosting up real fast, but of course everything is real clear at this point. But with a hand-held magnifying glass you can see the tall trichs starting to form. The Grape Krush plants are not quite as frost yet, but they are getting there.
No $$ in the budget for any type of heater right now, so the girls will just have to adapt to cooler nights. It is not so cold as to be dangerous as demonstrated by Mr. B's plants hitting freezing and still flourishing. But I do wish the high temp would be a bit higher. Just no way to tell what effect this issue might have on bud growth. The Grape Krush plants are getting pretty chunky with over 3 more weeks to go.
I'll get some new pics up in a day or so.
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[XzoomD]

Those lights out temps can become critical. Constant lights out temps in the 50's can really slow growth and cause mild shock..regular temps in the 40's can kill a plant, as evident in the demise of my unprotected mother plants.
But there are a few things you can try, if you are not already..number one is get your pots up off any cool surface. A cool floor will almost suck heat out of the substrate. I just happen to use plastic milk crates but anything that allows lights on temps to pass underneath the pot will do. Another thing you can do that may take some getting used to is switch your lighting schedule. If you are using a lights on in the daytime..lights out at night..switch them so your lights are on during the coldest temps and off during ther warmer daytime temps. One last thing that I know of that can be useful is feeding/watering with water that has been heated into the 80's, but never going over 90 because you can and will shock the roots if they are not acclimated to those kinds of temps. 95 you will shock and damage them, so a thermometer is a must . It wouldn't hurt to aerate the water either. Putting cold tap or (cool) room temp. water during the winter is pretty common..like water sitting in a cool basement.... and easliy remedied by either keeping the water in the living area where temps are better maintained..or heating it, and aerating if it isn't too much of a hassle, prior to watering/feeding. Altho I have not set mine up yet this year..doh..I have some tote storage bins from my days of mixing my own flower nutes but now just use for holding winter water temps..hmm maybe 15-20 gl...that I drilled a hole in near the bottom and put a plastic faucet thing in and siliconed. I have a 20 gl. aquarium heater in it to maintain temps anywhere between 78 and 85, depending on lights out temps. Cooler temps..warmer water kind of thing. I had an aquarium venturi powerhead in there and would turn it on 1/2 hr. before feeding/watering to aerate it to the oxy. saturation point, but that needs replacing b/c I lost it to a 5 fingered discount..grr...thx for the prompt. :D 2cents

:peace:

[peakguy]

Xzoom, thanks for visiting and the good advice. You nailed my primary concern, which is limited bud growth due to lower temps. I don't think the room is in the sub 60 (16C) range for more than a few hours. The room is in the 70s when the lamp goes off, so it would take some time to cool off as the building and the room are insulated.
The plants are all off the cement floor with the exception of GK1. She is my tallest plant by almost 2 feet, so the lamp is stationed for her height and the others are boosted. I do use warm water, I water with 1/2 & 1/2: half RO water and half tap water that I fill the container with at full blast so I think that would aerate the water pretty well - RO water goes in first. My tap water is from a well on my place, so no chemicals.
The idea of switching my lighting schedule makes sense, but not sure how I would pull that off. Would I lengthen the lights on period by a few hours a day and leave the 12 hour dark constant until I had reversed? I only have 3 more weeks till harvest, and this is my first grow with both of these strains so I am not sure what type of finish to expect from them.
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[Mr Burns]

I'd go for a standard 12 hour dark and a lengthened light perod over a few days. I've done it before and I've done it with this grow. I added 3 hours of light a day which took 4 days to switch the period completely arse about face. I suppose it depends on how far you need to change the light schedule? Add the hours up and divide it by a few days. Like I say, I've donev a full switch over 4, so 4s maximum as far as I'm concerned.
Whatever you do, lengthen the light period as it's the 12 hour dark period which triggers flowering and not the 12 hour light period. 2thumbs

Zoom has some background behind him so he knows his stuff by the sounds, but I throw on me tap water without ill effect. I let it stand in a beer fermenting bin for a least 12 hours (top it up after each watering) then mix it with nutes and let it stand in the room for at least an hour. Then I throw it on cold or not :eek:

You see the pics so I'm not overly concerned with air etc. However we all have different water so it's best to get a report from your local water authority. Ring em up and say you'd like a report because your an eczma sufferer. I had one through within days and the breakdown of the water is mind numbing. At least if you know whats in your tap yiou can rule it out or adapt to any steep abnormalities?

[XzoomD]

yep, it is the dark period you do not want to mess with so adding light hours is the way to go. When I did mine I just went two days of 18/12 and was done with it. So I went from 7 am lights on to 7 am lights off..but either way will work as long as you lenghten the light hours and keep the 12 hours of darkness until you are where you want to be. :D

:peace:

[peakguy]

I think that the change in lighting schedules could help quite a bit as there is 20 degree difference between the nighttime low and the high temp each day now, so if I only gain a few of those degrees with this change, I can move my low temps back into the 60s (16-20C) and that will be fine. Not sure that the high temp will stay in the 70s now though.
I changed my timer to start the change tonight, which is kinda good timing to keep the light on for an extra 3 hours tonight as the outside temp is already down to 14 (-10C) and it is not yet the dinner hour. It will be in the low single digits tonight.
I tried taking some photos in the room today but could not block enough of the lamp to get the flash to go off so all pics have that yellow color. Have enough of those here already, so will try to get out tonight as the lamp goes off and shoot a few quick ones.
All gurlz are getting frosty, and the russian is getting real frosty. She is also getting a lot of amber hairs now, probably over 10% overall. This one shot is a but about 1/2 way down the stem of GK1, and it is a bad pic, but the flash went off and you can see the reflection of the frosting.
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[Mr Burns]

Bugger. Why can't I ger frosting like that? :mad:

Looking good Peak. I admire frosty buds cause I just don't get em........ 2thumbs

[peakguy]

Mr. Burns, seems like your russian should be pretty frosty by now. Mine is covered from top to bottom. Kinda hard to see from these shots. The first is the russian in front and GK1 in the back. The russian is not this tall in comparison to the GK, she is on a stand.
The second shot is the second tier of buds that will make up the second part of my harvest. That bunch will go another week after I have taken the colas. The white russian could go 3 weeks from tonight. The Grape Krush plants may or may not go that long.
Still turning the lights, and will have completely switched the lighting schedule by Monday night.
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[Mr Burns]

I have frosting, just not like others seen to get. Perhaps I have my lighting too close....

Nice lookin buds Peak. Have any of your colas firmed up yet?

[peakguy]

Well, I think I am going to be pleased that I changed the lighting schedule as last night the low temp was 2 (almost -17C) but when the lamp went on the room temp was still 56 (13C). However, the high temp is now barely reaching 70 (21C). For the most part, the plants have stopped verticle growth, suppose I could lower the 1k lamp a few inches to increase temp at the top of the canopy? Actually I could not drop it more than an inch or so as the GK1 plant is already kind inside the edge of the hood.
The bud growth seems to being going fine. Sorry those last photos were shite, but I can't get the plants out of the grow room now and the only time I can get the flash to go off is just as the lamp goes out. I couldn't see what I was shooting! GK4, and to some extent, GK1 are getting quite purple on the underside of the sweet leaf on the cola. Under good circumstances, I would expect to see purple hairs in the final GK colas, but with the cooler temps I now have not sure what might occur. But Mr. Burns I did dig squeeze a GK4 bud today and then sucked the resin off my fingers and she is very very firm, indeed, and her resin is dank and heavy tasking. The WR is also getting very firm and she tastes more sweet and intense. The buds on the WR aren't as big as those on the GK plants, but there are a lot more of them. The russian is really getting frosted. Some of the larger buds on the lower parts of the GK plants are getting pretty frosted too, and I think that may be a factor of the mylar reflecting the light for them.
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[Mr Burns]

Where abouts is the thermometer Peak? Canopy level?

[peakguy]

pretty close, Burnsy, the probe hangs from the hood and falls about at the second level of buds. I took another look at the GK1, and it might tolerate being a bit closer to the lamp. I can also hang the lamp lower on one end than the other if necessary. Couldn't visit the ladies before work today as it is lights out until about 3:30 this afternoon, then tonight the switchover will be complete and the lamp will be on from 6:30 pm to 6:30am. I wonder what effect this rolling long day schedule would have on finishing buds, if you were willing to adjust the timer every day so you had 12-14 hrs. of light followed by 12 hrs. of dark. hmmm.
peace

[Mr Burns]

Peak I had just this discussion elsewhere and not so ong ago. It appears that you can increase the light period but we never heard any firm evidence to say it works. Idealy you'd need to seperate some plants and have two schedules to compare but this is a subject I've toyed with and not found the answers to myself.
If I had the room to do a seperated 2 plant grow I would, but I can't warrant using 1200 watts in an experiment. If I could build a couple of CFL cabs and try it I would but as ever it's space.

Maybe someone else has a feed on this?

[Cranky]

i have a mate who flowers some strains on 13/11.13 on 11 off.which is about 3-4 days more cycles of light they get compared to 12/12.

like i say though,this wont work on all strains.the only time i tried this was on some sk1 and basicly it took ages for them to go into flower mode and stretched like a mother humper.

just my thoughts...

cranky

[peakguy]

I agree Mr B. One would have to do a double test to see if the idea of rolling long days had a positive effect during flower - or even the last few weeks. And like cranky points out, this would probably be fairly strain specific. It's just interesting to notice all the things that happen to the plants. when I grew outside, I just wanted to make sure they were okay, inside I want to make things perfect for them.
tonight all GKs were watered with a weak (1/2 recommended dose) advanced nutrient Overdrive. WR watered with runoff from other waterings. Noticed that a lot of the lower bud sites on the GK plants have gotten pretty frosted, and I think that is because of the "mylar corner" (I only have the corner under the lamp covered for this grow - two sides are not reflective) so I rotated GK2 and GK4.
It may not be as warm in the grow room as I would like, but it sure smells nice in there.
peace

[peakguy]

All the ladies were watered last night, the Grape Krush plants got a weak shot of nutes, and the White Russian was watered with their runoff. The plants have stopped growing vertically now. The russian is getting more amber and more frosty. Grape Krush 2 & 4 are getting pretty purple on top as shown by the pics below. They don't look that purple to the naked eye, but it is clearly visible.
peace

[Shadows]

It is very possible in sativa dominant strain that increasing light on hours towards the end of flower could trigger a veg responce. Sativas are very light cycle dependent from what I understand, sometimes requiring the change to 10 on 14 off to get them to finish. Careful messing with the light cycle in flower.

[peakguy]

Thanks for visiting Shadows. Trust me, I am not going to mess with my lamp any more. Today the switch is complete and the on/off cycle has been changed by 12 hours. Less than 3 weeks to go!
Trying to see if I can get a larger image of the GK top using Mr. Burns' paint tips, did it work?
peace

[peakguy]

yep, better shot - thanks again Mr. B. You can see how frosty she is getting with about 2 1/2 weeks to go. Hope they size up a bit. Actually, looking at the pic again, these plants are that purple to the naked eye. I will try and get the russian loaded up tomorrow so you can see the frost on that sucker.
peace

[peakguy]

Better get back to work, but here is another purple shot, this is a side bud that has benefitted from being close to the mylar, pretty frosty for being so far down the plant. Yes, yes.
peace

[peakguy]

but here is one of GK1's cola this morning. You can see she is not as purple as the other 2 GK plants yet. She is also not swelling up like I want to see. Not sure if that is a factor of the cold temps, that she is shifting gears, or that I am just impatient as there is still 2-3 weeks before she is fully ready.
I could not get the flash to go off when taking pics of the russian girl, so will have to figure out something there.
peace

[Profound]

All I can say is you sure know how to garden......

2thumbs I'm loving what I see2thumbs


:peace:

[peakguy]

Thank you for those kind words, sir, but what you see before you is the result of good breeding by Serious Seeds and DJ Short. I cannot take credit for what these ladies are producing, I am merely the facilitator and observer.
It remains cold, 2 degrees (-17C) at night and the room is mostly remaining in the 50-60 range. When I came home tonight I notice the front of my dehumidifier was starting to freeze up, the vents were filling with ice! It is now thawing out in the kitchen. It got me thinking, we know that warmer temps can hold higher humidity; can I keep the room a tad warmer by letting the humidity rise a bit? It has been <50% the entire grow and now runs in the low 40s. If I let it get up to 50%, will I maintain a degree or two?
Mostly just observing now. The gurlz will do whatever they are bound to do at this point. The room smells nice. The GK plants have a nice fruity smell, and the WR continues to smell real sweet. No amber hairs on the GK plants, not much on the russian, still less than 20% overall, less on top. The trichs on all plants are still growing and clear, I can check them pretty easily with a hand-held reading glass at this point. Start checking them with the mic in 10 days or so.
peace

[peakguy]

Well, just sitting in the room watching. The cold weather has kinda buggered my finish. When the lamp comes on, it is about 53 (11c) and when it goes out, it is only about 10 degrees warmer. It has been full blown winter here for about 6 mos. but it has been very difficult to project winter weather over the last decade; last year at this time was 20 degrees warmer. Right now, it has not been above freezing here for 10 days.
Even so, these gurlz are giving it their best. One can smell them just stepping into the shed, and the room is quite fragrent. The plants have pretty much stopped growing, as I was concerned they might in the cold. But they have not stopped developing. Last night I took my 60-100 viewer out to the room to check each plant.
On GK1 almost all of the tall trichs were cloudy, but no amber ones to be found on my sample. There are no-few amber pistils on this girl.
GK2 showed some cloudiness on the tall trichs, and some amber showing on the short ones. Very few amber pistils. This girl is the runt.
GK4 had a minority of tall trichs showing clouds, but still with some of them showing amber. A few amber pistils on this cola.
The russian shows the tall trichs as [B]very[B] milky, more than the others, but no amber in sight.
All samples taken from the top 3". So, I will check the russian and GK1 again this weekend to monitor their advance; the others are not moving as quickly. The plants are not taking much water up due to the cold temps in the room, and there is a good chance they will not be watered again before I take the colas, which is probably 10-14 days away.
No new pics because not much change in what you see above, other than the russian is getting very, very frosty.
peace

[Shadows]

I wish cold temps were something I had to deal with in the winter time man. Working in a perpetual oven like mine really gets old, lol...

Those buds are looking top notch Peak. Very interested to see how they all weight out. well done bud

[Mr Burns]

Peak, what about an electric fan heater? Or even better, an oil filled radiator?

[peakguy]

Sitting in the room tonight, could not help noticing how vertical all the Grape Krush plants are. The breeder says topping these is fine, so if you can keep these short enough, they might make good cab plants. However, the GK1 on the far left is 5' (well over a meter) tall. GK2 on the far right, is not even a meter high. GK 2 & 4 both have nice side buds growing up, so topping might work out okay. I prefer the smoke of a center cola, but that's just me, not that worried about yield. All of these GK plants smell nice and fruity, but I gotta admit, that lanky girl does have something special about her.
peace

[CB]

that lanky girl does have something special about her.
peace

lanky girls allways do the trick for me :p

look'n good bro

[peakguy]

Me too CB, but that is a whole different thread! Each evening when I go in the room I am pleased with the amount of resin I see. Not sure what the temp in there will be when I go in tonight, the low over night was -2 (-19C) and it is going to be cold again tonight.
the first shot below shows how the russian has been pruned to let light get deep into the canopy. Actually, all of the the plants have been pruned for that. The other two shots show the second tier of buds. This is the second harvest; nothing you see in these shots will be taken in the first cut.
peace

[peakguy]

3 to go. Shadows, thanks for swinging by; looking things over, I am guessing that my dry weight is going to be about 125-150 grams combined, and that does not include the probably 20-25 grams I have clipped the last couple weeks. I am just starting to smoke the pruned budlets I pruned a couple weeks ago, and they bode well for the main harvests.
No heater, Mr. B, as when I start my next grow in Feb., I will be finishing with outdoor temps in the 80s (27+C). After that, I hope to be growing in a much more controlled space.
At any rate, GK lost her head tonight. It was all I could do to keep from taking her last night, but given any doubt, I waited another day. That same process went on tonight involving the russian, and again I am waiting at least one, perhaps 2 more days. The GK just smelled ripe. Trichs were very cloudy with about 10-15% amber. See below for some pics.
Now I have lowered the lamp about 6 inches, and once the russian is topped, it will go down another 4-6 inches. The other GK plants look like they will make it to the weekend before they are ready.
peace

[dredank]

Peak those are some beautiful colas2thumbs im a sucker for colorful bud:p

Looks like your gonna have some top quality smoke for a while;)

Isnt that russian just one of the sweetest odors?:D

Keep on growin':gthumb:

[Profound]

Those are lovely pics you posted man.....
I hope they smoke as good as they look.....

WOW:notworth: :rockon:

[peakguy]

Thanks guys, that cola is very heavy and I will be curious how she dries up. Here is the cola from the white russian, nabbed it last night and dropped the lamp another 6 inches to match the lower canopy. I think GK2 will be next as she is starting to really look frosty as opposed to icy so I will be monitorying her trichs.
The shots below show the entire cola, the top part, then the lower part. It is very frosted, and yes Dredank, she smells real sweet. The Grape Krush plants smell real dank but fruity. The russian is more lemony and sweet.
peace

[peakguy]

As of tonight, everything is hung by the chimney with care. Harvested over 8 days, but did not take any pics of the last two colas due to time constraints. Tonight cut and hung the last bottom. The GK1 cola has been trimmed and is very, very frosty and smells wonderful. She now sits in a cigar box and will probably go into glass over the weekend.
The russian cola is going to be trimmed tonight if I can get the shears cleaned. The closet is full of hanging buds. I started cutting pruning samples at week 6 from the bottom 1/4 of the plants, and so far it has been pretty good smoke (smoke about 10 days after cutting) and kept me patient. Tonight I smoked part of a GK bud from the top 1/2 of a plant that had been nipped accidently, and WOW. I mean, I had been trimming for a bit and smoked a bit and was on my 2d Glenlivet when I clipped it into the pipe and took the first couple of tokes where I just pass the lighter over the trichs; it just lifted me up and energized me. Makes me feel good about how these ladies will finish up.
okay, back to work
peace

[peakguy]

Well, havest continues. The first shot is a cigar box with the main cola from GK1 and GK2, both very sticky and dank with a nice purple color. The second shot is a closer shot of GK2, and the last shot is the glass container that they will cure in. The shell is a left over from my show last night - my show was about 1/2 hr. long. Anyway, the GK are finishing up very nice. The russian is also in glass w/ about 1/2 of that yield still drying a bit, as is the GK4 main cola.
peace

[Mr Burns]

Nice pics Peak.

How do you find the buds aroma after drying it with gentle heat? I find it combats the strong smell and tones it down a bit?

[Cranky]

nice looking stuff indeed there buddy2thumbs.when im back at it i think ill give this purple bud ago myself.ive grown purple power before but it never went purple:mad:

cranky

[peakguy]

Thanks for stopping by you men of the isle, still working a bit on the harvest each evening. Cranky, after this grow, I am willing to recommend the Grape Krush strain as they were pretty easy to grow and I like what they produced. I am going to start another grow with them in a month or so, and will document that right here again. As I have said in previous posts here, I think this strain would be good for cabinet growers or SOG growers as 2 of my 3 gurlz were compact but productive. But the one with the best bud was the tall lanky one.
Mr. B, no added heat, gentle or otherwise for my drying this time of year. I have wood heat here in the mountains, and I just hung the plants in a closet near the stove and pruned them every few days to keep removing the crispy leaves. The closet has louvered doors and I keep is slightly open during the day, and wide open at night. Most plants hang in there 7-10 days before going into the cigar boxes for another 3-5 days and then into glass. Right now, everything except the bottom of GK4 is in glass.
The GK plants have lost their dank smell but the russian smells as sweet as ever. Smoke reports to follow. Actually, later I have pics of GK4 cola that was shot just before I had to cut the bottom few buds to fit her into her glass.
peace

[peakguy]

Here is the cola from GK4, the last plant to be cut. She is now all dried and curing in glass with the rest of the harvest. The cola is actually fatter than shows in the pic. The first is the full cola, the second is just the top. I will try to post a pic of the entire harvest in glass. Now I miss my plants and can't wait to germ my next set of seeds; gotta let it warm up a bit first.
peace

[Cranky]

peakguy playing peakaboo???wheres he hiding at??? another grow on the go buddy????

hope alls ok peakguy;)

cranky

[dredank]

hes proabbly been ejoying that good lookin harvest;)

MMMmmtasty purple weeed:D How is that WR smokin? sure is a stinky one:p
:peace:

[peakguy]

seems odd to come back after getting through winter and finding this memory of warmer times. well, it is getting a bit warmer again, so new seeds have been planted. thought maybe a smoke report might be of interest.
So far, I am only about 1/2 way up any of the plants. I have this habit of starting from the bottom of the harvest and smoking my way to the top. The white russian remains very lemony sweet to the smell and taste. This girl did not finish like she wanted, but the buds are still very sticky and they make good joints. The high is pretty immediate, like 2 tokes, and typically I smoke 1/2 a joint on the way to work and the other 1/2 on the way home.
The grape krush has a great taste. Pop a piece of bud into the pipe and just torch off the trichs briefly so the piece flames on its own and you get that hit that you grow for, and this stuff has a great grapy-sweet taste. The next hit just settles in your chest while your eyes bug out trying to hold it in. This stuff is hard to roll joints with as it is pretty dense and real sticky. It makes a nice mix with the russian though.
first of spring is coming up, and every gardener loves to hear that, so I am going to use that excuse to nip some pieces off the tops of these girls, so keep posted.
peace

[peakguy]

Second grow is now approaching 6 weeks old, and this batch is off to a much better start than the above grow. The plants are all more uniform and none of the spastic behavior some of the Grape Krush plants showed in the first grow. The germ rate was similar to original grow, with all 5 Grape Krush plants sprouting, and 3 of 5 White Russians sprouting.
The White Russians have a distinct christmas tree shape, and the Grape Krush are growing very dense and tight. I expect the males will show themselves over the next week or two. I have lectured these plants on the benefits of being female, and the immediate consequences of showing balls in this garden, so we'll see how they took that to heart.
Now, the smoke from the original grow just keeps getting better and better. I am still barely in the upper half of the plants, but the buds are getting very sticky and potent. Next time I get seeds, if things keep on the way they are, I would repeat the Grape Krush, but not the White Russian.
peace

[peakguy]

Can't post pics any longer due to security issues at work. But new crop of the white russian and grape krush is about 3-4 weeks from harvest. Last crop finished in pretty cold conditions and I did not think the WR was all it could have been. This time the finish is in warmer temps and the room is soooo DANK smelling. ouch.
I am also smoking in the top parts of last fall's harvest and the grape taste in the GK is soo cool. The top of the WR is almost too much for my wake and bake on the way to work.
peace

[Cranky]

shame about the security thing:( nice to see yas about...hope alls well your way.;)

cranky

[peakguy]

Mr. burns is gone, and dre seems to have dissapeared. Only the lonely check here anymore. Wish I could get past the fckn security thing on my primary computer (owned by my employer) 'cause I tried to clone a white russian and am not sure what the frankenstein is that I created, but it don't look like dope to me.
mb

[peakguy]

Was lookin' in here for some info and realize it has been almost a year since this went up. Wow, all that smoke is gone now. Ah yes, I remember it well.

[Cranky]

1 year huh;) may there be many more to.....just reading back and all and i just wanted to say i hope dre & mr.burns are ok whatever there upto.

rock on hgb!!!

cranky

[peakguy]

just hate being on the second page!! Got some Kali Mist going now so maybe throw a few pics in later.

[LdyLunatic]

looking forward to seeing some of that Kali :cool:

as far as dre and Burns....i think i saw Burns the other day in the user list and dre is just super busy with school right now :) he'll be back ;)

[peakguy]

Well, Peak's been hanging around other people's threads and posting here and there, but what the hell has he been growing. Well, I still have a couple jars of sweet tasting Kali Mist stuck away, but what I have going now is also pretty interesting. I should call it my "It's all free to me" grow as I did not have to pay for any of the last seeds I germed. I was generously gifted a couple crosses; one was blueberry x grape krush and the other god bud x afgan dream. I also got some free seeds when I ordered some other from on-line vendor, and they are called cosmic nights, suppose to be a cross between sensi star and northern lights.
So, I started out with 4 of each in Jiffy pellets a bit ago, then promptly killed two of the godd bud/afgan dream sprouts by having them too close to the lamp. Everyone is perking along pretty well now, and will post some pics when they become more interesting to look at.

[peakguy]

Of course the plants can't stay long in the Jiffy pellets, so about a week later they were tranplanted into their veg pots. This was also the last time they saw natural light. The one close up shows how the grape krush x blueberry cross has the odd leaves that are common to the Grape Krush strain; not sure if it is typical of DJ Shorts breeds, or just this one.

[peakguy]

Here's that twisted little thing.

[peakguy]

Room is between 75-80 degrees, humidity around 50% and everybody growing fine. The remaining afgan x god bud plants are quite dense, the grape krush x bb mix looks like my last grape krush grow, and the cosmic nights are looking good with one getting some trichs already. Here is a shot of the afgan x god bud cross. Sorry about the color, but I am reluctant to take the plants out of the grow room just to take pics.

[CB]

look'n good peakguy :)

[peakguy]

Well, the afgan dream x god bud plants went male on me, about 6 weeks in veg. About the earliest that has happend in recent memory. So, I am down to my cosmic nights and the grape krush x blueberry crosses.
This shot is the two strains side by side. The GK X BB are quite a bit taller, but the bud formation is more dense on the cosmic nights.

[peakguy]

The cosmsic nights are staying pretty short and the GK x BB crosses are not quite a foot taller. The Cosmic nights are getting pretty sticky looking already. That last shot is one of my watchdogs at work!

[peakguy]

but they're all I have. Room has danked up quite a bit, and with the advent of warmer weather, the room is a bit warmer with the lamp on than I would like. At about week 5 one of the BB x GK plants has chunked right up and she smells very very berry, so I am guessing that she is more the blueberry of the cross, the other looks more like the grape krush plants I have grown.
With the cosmic nights, one of them is nothing but a big ass cola, and the other has a two-headed cola. The cosmic nights are very sticky right now with some red hairs starting to appear, so I kind doubt they will make 8 weeks. The BB x GK may go the full 8 based on what I see now.

[theyorker]

I don't understand what you did here. Looks like you just started these babies around 4/17, then 3 weeks later you are looking like you are 4 weeks into flower. Did we miss some stuff?

[peakguy]

Wouldn't it be nice if it were that easy. The initial pics were actually posted here other places for other threads, but thought I would start from the beginning if I was going to start a new log, but there hasn't been any interest so I jumped to the (more-or-less) present. I thought I would renew this thread due to the connection between the Grape Krush plants in the first grow and the Blueberry X Grape Krush in the current grow. Thanks for stopping by, but I think maybe this thread has run its course.
On the other hand, the girls are doing well and the room has a great smell now. The BB x GK plants are not fattening up like my GK plants did, but there is still time as they are not quite 6 weeks into flower. I will post pics weekly until they are harvested.

[theyorker]

You got it mang. I got a White Widow LST grow journal going and keep it up to date. Check it out if you want. Not a lot of peeps on here, but the ones that are seem to be pretty decent. I'll be keeping up on your grow.

[Mr Burns]

Peak I'll be catching up and supporting too. Good to se you're still at it matey.

B

[budweisman]

I don't know how much help I can be for you but I'm watching as well. Good luck with it Peak.

[high2dsky]

but they're all I have. Room has danked up quite a bit, and with the advent of warmer weather, the room is a bit warmer with the lamp on than I would like. At about week 5 one of the BB x GK plants has chunked right up and she smells very very berry, so I am guessing that she is more the blueberry of the cross, the other looks more like the grape krush plants I have grown.
With the cosmic nights, one of them is nothing but a big ass cola, and the other has a two-headed cola. The cosmic nights are very sticky right now with some red hairs starting to appear, so I kind doubt they will make 8 weeks. The BB x GK may go the full 8 based on what I see now.

excellent results as usual. ur work speaks for itself. niice. im tuning it.:mmmm: :watch:

[gorilla]

they look killer peak.

good job.

those 1 week flower pictures were so damn impressive! :eek:

peace - gorilla

[peakguy]

Just past 6 weeks in flower and the room is very nice smelling. The attached shot show how I have pruned one of the GK xBB plants to get the fan leaves and popcorn buds out of the way while she finishes off. This one is starting to list a bit, but she is pretty top heavy. This is the one that smell very berry-like. The main cola is thicker than the grape krush plants I have grown, but the minor buds underneath are not as big, at least not yet. She may have another couple weeks to go. One never knows if it was just timing or the food, but she really responded well to her second dose of molasses at about 3 or 4 weeks into flower. I did not think I would get much purple on these because it is not cold any longer, but some is starting to come out and must just be inherent in the genes.
The other shot shows all four ladies. The two on the left are the cosmic night plants, the closest of which is the trich bomb; it is just frosty, frosty, frosty. I think the cosmic nights will come down as much as a week ahead of the GK X BB. The second pic also shows the two headed cosmic night.

[RedEyezzzzz]

Looking good bro! Can almost smell those buds from here.

[budweisman]

Wow...I didn't realize they had colors like that...beautiful!

[peakguy]

Well, everybody's been cut down and they are all hanging in the drying room. As soon as I don't have any plants growing, I miss them. Guess I will have to move my attention to my outside garden now.
So here are some pics of my favorite of the Grape Krush x Blueberry plants. She has a very berry smell to her and the top cola was thick and firm. The other of this strain never really showed that many brown hairs, but the trichs were turning so she came down as well. They went 56 days in flower. The other shots are of the Cosmic Nights plant that was basically a 20" cola with a couple nice side buds. The other CN plant wasn't nearly as sticky, but about the same height, so I think this strain would be good for cabinet growers. I'lll post some shots of the trimmed up buds once they are ready.

[gorilla]

beautiful buds peakguy

[budweisman]

That's so cool Peakguy.

[peakguy]

Thanks for stopping by guys. Here are a couple more shots I had to resize. On the shot of the GK/BB top you can see the leaf tip on the left that I cut to check the trichs. The magazine cover was sticky after I took this pic.

[peakguy]

Thought I should update a bit. I always smoke my harvest from the bottom of the plant to the top in order to give the main buds the longest possible cure, and I am now in the upper third of this last harvest.
The blueberry/grape krush cross resulted in very dense buds that are so sticky that it is hard to roll a joint with it -I don't have a grinder. The smoke has a light berry taste to it, but not as pronounced as the straight grape krush I have grown in the past. The smoke is pretty light, and I can smoke this first thing in the morning and still get stuff done during the day. The stone is a nice combo of head and body without too much delay in effect, and it stays with you for a decent amount of time.
The cosmic nights bud is not as sticky, but something is going on in there as smoking this in the morning will have you watching cartoons or listening to music until lunch. The taste is very rich and dank, and even though I have been smoking this stuff for several months now, I have to remind myself to make my first toke small or I end up coughing it up - and I DON'T cough! This strain would be a very good cabinet grow as I am growing out my second set now and even in a 5 gallon pot these girls are barely over a meter tall; they just produce a nice fat cola with a few side buds. This strain is a cross between Sensi Star and Northern Lights, and after growing/smoking the Cosmic Nights, I am interested in trying some Sensi Star as that has to be where the potency comes from.
One cannot go wrong with either of these straings in your garden. I am now a few weeks away from a harvest of more Cosmic Nights, and I have pollinated some buds on each of those to get more seeds, and a strain called Sadhu from Mandella seeds. I'll get some pics over the weekend to show how they look and to point out an interesting transplanting "mistake" I made.

[Fing_57]

Mmmmm BBxGK
looks GOOD, how did the Bud smell before/after harvest?

grower did a good job by the looks of it


is it time to :pass:

[Sticky_Budz]

Damn bro those budz look great :D very nice grow love the strain :D great job how was the high?:D
Now i have to roll one after seeing them sweet budz lol peace

[peakguy]

So, my usual MO is to plant seeds in jiffy pellets, move them to one gallon pots after about a week or so, then leave the plants in the one gallon pots until they show sex, then transplant the ladies to 5 gallon pots. On my current grow, I moved some to the 5 gallon pots one weekend, then the rest the following weekend. Here is a pic of two sisters side-by-side and you can clearly see how much larger the plant is that I transplanted the first weekend. Being lazy by a week has probably cost me 30 grams or more of fine bud - I have the same situation with the other strain I am growing. I probably won't be so lazy in the future!
The other shots are the colas of the two strains I have going now, Cosmic Nights and a Mandella seeds strain called Sadhu.

[gorilla]

I hope to one day grow weed as well as you. :D

Keep up the good work dude.

[Sticky_Budz]

Wow what a difference will have to note that for my plants love the colas on those ladies bro gonna get a great harvest out of that mmm peace

[dredank]

damn niiice looking nugs mang:D
:pass:

[peakguy]

That's right, peak had to spend part of his holiday vacation trimming up some colas for new year's eve fireworks cup. A few of us get together to test our harvests and then enjoy peak guy's annual fireworks show. Those two activities don't sound like they go together, but peak has a lot of experience with fireworks and knows what he is doing.
The two strains I am bringing are the Cosmic Nights and Sadhu that were in my last grow. The Sadhu has a very rich, almost hashy taste and delivers a great high. The Cosmic Nights is quite powerful and expands in your lungs, so you will cough out the toke if you are not hardy or careful. I made some seeds of the Cosmic Nights as I would like to keep growing that strain. I like the Sadhu, but I have her award winning sister strains of Hashberry and Satori to grow out.

[peakguy]

So, sorry to resurect this old thing, but man, what I just saw. Need some advise. Waz in the room tonight to put the girls under the lens as they are all 8 weeks today. First one I looked at had some kinda critter on it; this is where peak owns up to totally fkin up his winter grow worse than usual. What coulda been something special (13 of 13 germ, 10 of 13 = F, 4 different strains) got bolloxed up because we didn't clean up properly when we brought everything inside.
Anyway, cuz they are old enough to start checking, I cut a snip from the closest plant, put it on the table, turn on the light and put the lens to it, and right in front of me is the ugliest thing I have seen in some time, given that I haven't shaven in a few days so ain't seen a mirror.
I don't know what type of pest it was, but it appeared heavily armored, and quite hungry, as it was munching on my sample at, what seemed to me, a pretty good rate. Magnified somewhere between 60 - 180 x it kinda freaked me out. I wondered how it could be going so fast, given the ratio of WHAT it was eating to it's actual size.
Anyway, I cut the fuker rite ther'nthen, took it outa the room, and shook it off pretty good, and hung it in a cold place. I checked the rest of the room and things looked okay, at least this close to harvest, but now I'm wondering, are those buggers still eating through the bud I hung up?
What do you think? I have never had insect pests in my room before, so this is a new challenge, but the critter I saw looked more like a beetle than a spider, but it seemed to be eating really fast! I did pull and burn one of the plants because of some type of web creating buggers, and chopped another early for the same reason. Of all the 4 strains in the room, the God Bud had the most females (3 of 4) but is also where all the bug drama is occuring.

[Mel]

:wow::dance::peaceman:

[CB]

but now I'm wondering, are those buggers still eating through the bud I hung up?


I get maple beetle's at time's and they don't stay on the plants after I chop... just like mite's they haul ass once the plant starts to dry:)

get a piccy of it?

[peakguy]

like I said, I actually saw it through my magnifying lens, but did not see it with my naked eye. It was just a freaky looking thing, like the pics you see of dust mites all blown up; if those things were the same size as us, we wouldn't stand a chance!

[Even Crazier Van Guy]

ya... as soon as anything gets chopped, the juices stop flowing in the plant so the bug high-tail it out of there and go looking for another plant still alive. you don't want to leave it to dry near the grow, therefor.