First Time Grower: G13 and Blackberry [with pictures]

[belialtheunholy]

Okay, so... Today is day 5 of flowering and I did some minor maintenance on the plants, such as pulling off a vast majority of the solar panels (fan leaves). Most of them were blocking light down tot he lower branches where there were promising bud sites. I got a lot of pics for you Blackberry connoisseurs out there.

I think my plants are looking a little yellow. I don't want to pull them out into daylight to find out because I don't want to mess up their photo period. What do you guys think? Should I add some nitrogen? None of the leaves are burned or yellowing, or no burned tips or anything.

Tomorrow I'm going to give them some molasses water. I didn't today because they all seem like they're pretty moist and the pots are heavy. I used my moisture probe to see how much water the girls have and they will be fine until tomorrow. Here's the pics. Enjoy!

G13 top


Bushy Blackberry top


"Runt" Blackberry top


Blackberry plants


G13 plants

[belialtheunholy]

Day 6 of flowering! I popped off some shots of the tops of the plants, and other future bud sites. The LST'd branches are doing very well, but not good enough to take pictures of yet. When they start to develop buds, I'll pop off some pictures.

Today was also their first feeding of the water/molasses mixture. Last week they got a water/Tiger Bloom mix.

I got my reverse osmosis filter in today, and I'm excited that the girls are now getting FILTERED water at their feedings. So today, they got 1 gallon of FILTERED water along with a Tbsp. of molasses in each gallon.

And here's some pictures of day 6 tops and bud sites:

[thenolan]

i cannot wait to see the progress of the blackberry

nice journal so far brother

[belialtheunholy]

Originally Posted by thenolan

i cannot wait to see the progress of the blackberry

nice journal so far brother

I'm actually quite excited myself! I definitely have two different phenotypes, one being a taller, stronger looking indica producing 7-bladed leaves with a main stalk and branching sites. The other Blackberry phenotype is squat, stout, and bushy with 5-bladed leaves and a main stalk that sprouts off into several branching sites. I'll be sure to take pictures the day of harvest to show you what I mean...

I also have some new seeds on the way, some Northern Lights X Big Bud, and Hawaiian Snow. I'll be starting to Veg these guys as soon as the seeds get here. I plan on replacing my current grow with one plant of each set up in a ScrOG setup in my tent. More details to come...

[belialtheunholy]

Well guys, today is WEEK ONE of flowering.

I noticed that one of my plants had what looked like curled/burned leaves up near the top and the side where the fan was blowing on it, so I only assumed that the fan was damaging the plants with air flow that was too hard and concentrated. So I bought a new little 6" fan and moved the 18" out of the way in a different corner of the grow room.

The ladies are doing very well!!! Most of their tops and budsites are identified. I don't see any dying leaves or any signs of bug infestation. Hopefully I can keep this up for another 7-9 weeks!

[BUDSLiNGER]

looking great belil..ha ha... scvrewed that up proper...
can i call u unholy........f0897fking stoner... ha ha..

the do look great though dude.... 1 week in congrats...
1 more week and buddage will be present...

[Mr_X]

as you may or not be aware, haze's will grow like whoaa!!

go easy on the nutes with the G13 as they will need nowhere near the amount of indica's + beware if your using a 3gallon pot or similar and give adequate time in veg IT WILL REACH 5-6 ft!!

have grown this strain n smoked a number of times in Amsterdam + would highly reccommend

be careful when drying + curing this strain also, if done correctly you will be over the moon

[Mr_X]

forgot to say, great so far..

[belialtheunholy]

Thanks for the compliments and advice, guys. And thanks for reading my journal.

[belialtheunholy]

Welcome to day 9 of flowering! There are some absolutely definite bud sites, with hairs starting to take form.

I emptied out my grow tent today because I wanted to re-organize, make things cleaner, easier, and simpler. I have an 18" fan that was standing up in the corner, and it wasn't oscillating because the base too up way too much room to keep in there, so it was just the pole! Well, I took that fan, and hung it upside down in the rear center of the grow tent, and have it oscillating above the canopy of the grow. I also have another 6" fan that's on the floor circulating air through the under canopy.

I have all my strings, cords, and wires tied up or taped out of the way. The temperature and humidity are, without me intervening, at perfect settings- the temperature is always between 72-75 and the humidity is always between 40-50%, which is just a little low. It should be at a constant 50%.

Here's some pictures of the plants after they've been pulled out of the tent. And here's that shot of the two different Blackberry pheno's I have, very clear...

G13 Plants:


G13 Plants, front shot:


Blackberry Plants:


Blackberry Plants, Different Angle:


Newly re-organized grow tent:

[belialtheunholy]

High guys! Here's day 10 of flowering! I snapped a couple shots of the tops and budsites. I also took all the fan leaves off, including some of the lower branches on the plants that were underneath the canopy and wouldn't get much light. Now I have greater airflow, and a plant that wont' be focused on expending energy on leaf production, rather bud production. The only plant I didn't trim was the bushy Blackberry plant because I just don't even know where to begin with that one!

Today was also their second reverse osmosis water and Tiger Bloom feeding. Let's see how they do over the next few days.

G13 Top


Blackberry Top


Group Shot


Group Shot

[thenolan]

it's a beautiful process, isn't it?

[thenolan]

I cannot wait to see how the blackberry turns out. I have a blackberry seedling all ready to go (as soon as my giga is done). After seeing what happens with yours, I can decide whether I'm going to do the 50 degrees thing the final 2 weeks for the purple color, or if i will even need to.

[belialtheunholy]

Well guys, I have a feeling that the Blackberry plants are going to bud a week or two faster than the G13 plants. All the budsites on the Blackberry plants are hairy and apparent. Check out these pictures:

Day 11 of Flowering

Runt Blackberry Top:


Different Budsites on the Bushy Blackberry:


A Bud Growing on the Bottom Most Branch of the Bushy Blackberry:


Runt Blackberry Top:


Bushy Blackberry Growth:

[thenolan]

nice, my little package of blackberry seeds says 9-11 weeks to bud. do you think it will be quicker than that? because, i read somewhere online that it takes 8 weeks