The Beginning of LB1

[Menyahs]

I saw that you do have a grow box, but are you doing the majority of your growing inside or out. I noticed many of your plant shots are outside. Was just curious. Doing mine indoors because of increased control and have no where to do it outside without drawing unwanted attention. Plus as i just started around Jan 25 I guess they would have gone right into flower? First grow so still learning.

[andyduckets]

so u named your plants Lebron james and Michael jordan?

[OldSkool1010]

I do a hybrid type of grow. I vegetate indoors during the spring, fall and winter and flower outside. During the summer I (am going to) grow outside, sex indoors and vegetate the female clones and then flower outside again in the fall when temps and humidity are good for bud formation.

I do like to take everyone outside on nice weekends, so long as it doesn't mess up the circadian rhythm.

Good luck on your grow. I think that the plant responds to the cycle rather than the length of the days/nights. If you're able to plant outside in Jan. then it will grow and stay in the veg. state until June 21-21. It may preflower in early june like mine did that grew outside from seed.

Originally Posted by Menyahs

I saw that you do have a grow box, but are you doing the majority of your growing inside or out. I noticed many of your plant shots are outside. Was just curious. Doing mine indoors because of increased control and have no where to do it outside without drawing unwanted attention. Plus as i just started around Jan 25 I guess they would have gone right into flower? First grow so still learning.

[OldSkool1010]

No, LB1 is named after my son, the gardener who gave me the initial buds containing the seed. JB is my son in law's initials and he gave me those seeds from prime bags he has bought (he smokes more than I can keep up with by gifting my surplus so far) and KB is because these are supposed to be seeds from Killer Green Buds.

Originally Posted by andyduckets

so u named your plants Lebron james and Michael jordan?

[SwirlyMcToke]

Very nice grow/s! I'm planning my own this spring (live up north). What kind of soil/ferts are you using in your pots??

[OldSkool1010]

Originally Posted by SwirlyMcToke

Very nice grow/s! I'm planning my own this spring (live up north). What kind of soil/ferts are you using in your pots??

Nothing special and by some accounts, absolutely horrible. I buy generic potting soil, peat moss and composted cow manure (Timberline from Home Depot, but that's just 'cause I shop there and that's what they have). My native soil is very sandy, made up of old seabed, so I don't need vermiculite for drainage. I mix equal parts and fill my buckets or pots. I use the same mix for tomatoes and peppers.

For fertilizer, I shake about 1/3 cap full of Osmokote continuous release fertilizer and work it into the top few inches of soil. One application fertilizes all through vegetation and I only supplement the Phosphorus during flower using Shultz liquid plant food 10-15-10.

I vegetate clones indoors for about 8 wks. then set them out to flower. I get a harvest in about 5 months from cutting, but I have them staggered so I'm really flowering and vegetating and starting seeds all at the same time...but then I have a 12 month growing season.

You have a whole different growing condition so your main grow should go out as early as possible. Most northern growers start seeds or cuttings indoors to get a jump on the season. Seedlings can grow for a month or better in a 16-18 oz. Solo cup under fluorescent lights, hell I grow to maturity under CFLs. Then when you're sure there is no danger of frost, or when they outgrow their space, transplant to their final home. The bigger the pot, the bigger the plant. 5 gallon buckets grow plants that are too big for me to conceal so I keep the pot smaller and train the plants down to make a shrubbery.

One thing I do that may (or may not) help is I use rainwater and collected condensation (really high humidity here) to water my garden. I never worried about pH until just recently but I tested the water and it is neutral.

Good luck!

[OldSkool1010]

I harvested the last 1/3 of my plant that popped male flowers that I had let mature in my growbox in hopes of making seeds.
While trimming the buds I found 1 for real seed and one thing that kinda might want to have become a seed. Hopefully there will be others.

The yield of this second harvest (of the same plant) is 1.14 oz. That, added to the initial yield of 1.78 oz. makes 2.92 oz total buddage.

[OldSkool1010]

I have just harvested the last of my Winter garden and my son has the next LB1 flowering under his 400W MH light. He's saying another month and a half, but I'm thinking less.

I have a new strain that I started from seed back in November getting ready to finish up soon and another LB1 starting to flower.

The All-In_One experiment is going well. The plant has a huge root structure and is growing almost visibly. I have three each of the SAT#2 clones and LB1 clones rooted and growing nicely as well.


All - In - One DWC experiment and clones in growbox


Two new unsexed seedlings started Feb. 24 08


Waiting in the wings, SAT#2 (right) and LB1 (left)

[OldSkool1010]

Time flies when you're having fun. It's been a long time updating this so here goes.

The summer has been a little lean. It had gotten to the point where I was down to 1/2 oz and had to cut off the kids. I harvested one plant in May and another in August so I have been self sufficient for over a year.

My timing for my fall harvest was a little off. I lost three nice LB1 plants to some fungus infection that ran wild during the hot humid months. In spite of that I still have a pretty decent harvest coming and the start of next January's crop going.


This is the garden


G13 clone that re vegetated from last crop in February. At least I was told it is a g13


Another G13 clone that's a few weeks later than the one above


Two Ice seedlings planted in July and a Power Skunk feminized and LB2 sprouts with 1st set of leaves. LB2 is a seed I made from a hermi

[OldSkool1010]

BOTH of the Ice seeds turned out to be male. I have one segregated and living with a blueberry female clone. I don't know what kind of seed I'll get from a ICE/Blueberry cross but I hope they'll be good.

Ice is a cross of: Afghani X Skunk X Northern Lights X Shiva

I'm feeling a little like Dr. Frankenstein...wonder what monsters the seeds will make.

[fillmoreslim]

kool thread, oldskool.....curious to see how it all turns out for you...

[madman6233]

ha ha man I did something like that recently and ended up with thai stick X NL X OG PURPS X maui W great looking seeds just planted the first 6 2 see how it tastes straight to bloom from seed never done this b4 so wanted to try it
peace

[Ganja-Guru]

These grows turned out to be great Isn't it just awesome to be able to provide your own smoke for yourself?! One thing though, you got a lot of hermies/males showing up. Im PMing ya about that. Love the bowl shots on the scale! Im still using handscales....lol Guess your not too "oldschool" hehe

[OldSkool1010]

Originally Posted by Ganja-Guru

These grows turned out to be great Isn't it just awesome to be able to provide your own smoke for yourself?! One thing though, you got a lot of hermies/males showing up. Im PMing ya about that. Love the bowl shots on the scale! Im still using handscales....lol Guess your not too "oldschool" hehe

Thanks man. the scales are my wife's...she does a lot of baking and weighs the flour and stuff...they're great for other things too. 1/10th gram or 1/100th ounce precision...tare function 1 kilo max capacity right at $30 on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh...154769&sr=1-34

[OldSkool1010]

The two Ice plants that were male fertilized most of my fall harvest. I have Ice X G13 and Ice XLB1 and Ice X Sat. #2 seeds out the ass. I think I may have Ice X Blue Berry seed as well.

Any how I cut three plants today...two Sat #2s and the Blue Berry clone my son in-law gave me. The blueberry didn't really thrive and had some serious rust probs. did make probably an oz. of nice dense buds. I'll let you know after they're dry and trimmed. I'm thinking close to 6 oz off these three.

I harvested 6 jars full in Sept. and Oct. so I should have close to a pound...even if most of it is seeded schwag. I still get good n blazed off a bowl though.

I found over 40 seeds in each the LB1 and G13 plants when I trimmed them and I collected about that many of the Sat. #2 X Ice as well even before I had dried them. I'm certain I will easily get 100 seeds off this harvest that's drying now.

Any how here's what's going on in my garden.

After today's harvest I have two more Sativa #2 plants that should be ready in a month or so.

I have the LB1 Hermi seed and the Power Skunk planted on 09/07/08 out in the garden to flower.

And I have 4 Power Skunk cuttings 2 bag seed seedlings and a LB1 X Ice sprout. I have up-potted the two in the back after taking this picture. These are back in the growbox now.