My current grow is from two failed attempts , Pineapple chunk and Dinafem obsession started in steril soil with nutes and one plant never could get it right , nute burns and a defency I could never get under control .... then I had 6 purple bud plants I started in a bubbleponics system , High res temps created the perfect envronment for root rot,,, So in an attempt to get things under control I transplanted all of them in to a simple organic soil I had cooking Blood , bone, kelp meal , Rock phosphate and dolimite lime added to a basic soiless mix of 2p peat and 1 part perlite 1 part EWC from a local rabbit farmer and my own carden compost... I am now appx a week out on the PB and 2-3 weeks out on the PC To chop , Obsession is somewhere in between In the mean time I have cracked 8 Hashberry by Mandela and one dinafem Cheese. The hashberry is supposed to handle the heat and by the time they are done I will have consistant temps in the 90's only cooling will be just fans and passive air coming in the bottom of the room , I have talked to some groweers in new zeland who regularly grow in tems up to 104 F Landrace strains seem to be able to handle the heat My current soil is the same as before and I have added crab meal and Neem seed meal I am currently vegging under a cheep chinese 300 w Led, I hnave 2 of them and the LED does a fine job in veg , my current plants are under 400w HPS and 300w led I will need to either buy a cooltube for for my 400 or my 600w hps the hps or I am working on a 500w 2700k induction lamp to use for Flower. Im also a cheap bastard and if I can get the induction lamp I will need to make a reflector of some sort I like the idea of lamps that will last for 5-10 years and led and induction lamps IMHO are the way of the future, Any suggestion which way to go is welcome ..... My main grow room is in the back of my outdoor shed 42" x 42" x 80" with a 36 x 18 x 40 veg box for starting the babies till the main room is ready again I will top dress with EWC/compost and neem seed meal as I go along Here they are at about 10 days First time all potted up 1/2 sterile soil and 1/2 my current soil 3/12 Cheese 3/18 Hashberry 3/18 this was the last seed to crack has a funky brown spot <div> Some more hashberry All opinions and suggestions are welcome and appreciated </div>
Looked at the roots this morning and the larger hashberry are already at the bottom of the pots. Guess Ill have to repot into 1 gallon pots this weekend. Few fungus gnats showing up on my sticky traps, I have neem meal mixed in with the soil and mixed in the top with some EWC but they appear to be coming from the bottom. Will fabric pots solve that problem ?
I'm really liking the Hashberry plants really putting on some growth . I gave them a Kelp/EWC tea Misted and soil Drench, also topped with EWC/Compost. Gonna need to repot this weekend as there are lots of roots in the bottom holes now.... PB is almost ready to harvest Buds starting to swell almost look like they have seeds except they are empty also it is now putting out some new white pistols on one plant. I am not seeing much Leaf yellowing yet on my PB still looks like a healthy plant . Watered PB and PC with a little kelp and fish in the water.
To get rid of the gnats, I believe you have to topdress with something like perlite or rice hulls. You may be able to topdress with the neem. I'm not 100% positive on that. Everything is looking good by the way! A lot of people growing the hashberry too. A couple other guys I know have it going. Makes me think I need to read up on it a bit more. Good luck with the grow, and hope it all goes well this time around!
im thinking of diatomaceous earth mixed with ewc and a little neem as a top dress....... Hashberry is a vigorous plant it has exceeded my expectations so far , and you can get 10 seeds with very stealthy shipping for like $30 us, so far I am very happy I have a new 400w 2700k induction lamp I am going to flower them under. Thanks for looking
I didn't get a chance to repot this weekend so here are the girls before putting them in gallon pots. I will try to get to that in the morning Hashberry Cheese Here is a spectral chart on my new 400w Induction light I will use to flower. Gotta build a reflector anyone have any experiance dimensions are 860 x 161 x 155 mm
I moved the girls to 1gal pots a few days ago, Decided to top 3 plants for 4 colas uncle ben style, When I got the new growth removed I found some rust type fungus on the lower leaves, I guess the ventilation in my small veg cab wasn't up to snuff.... then I realized my passive intake was blocked. I opened up a new intake across the back added a small pc fan to blow across the tops. I removed the infected leaves and made a compost spray which included serenade. Also found a few white flies on the older leaves... Do I need something stronger than neem ? I have some bayer veg spray which includes sulfur and pyrethrins not really organic I guess, I will just keep a closer eye on the girls spring time in fl the bugs have come alive ...... Here are a few pics after the trim
My new inductor lamp should be here in 2 weeks , I think I have a refl figured out. Since the lamp is not that much different from a flourescent lamp I found a couple old 46 x 8 Floro Refl made to install on 4ft strip lights The light is appx 34 x 6 x 4.5 in , appears to include the inductors in that dimension, , Since the inductors are made to connect to the refl on top I will use a piece of Din rail and mount the refl. and the inductors to that and see if it is strong enough. My plan is to mount the ballest / driver out of the flower room , Not sure if there is a max distance on the wiring... HOPE the wiring diagram is not in Chinese
time to chop the Purple bud girls Ive got an old refrig I am gonna stick one plant in and leave it cracked open so It will not go under 40f and see if I can get her to purple up a bit
Update Temps have been running between 80 and 100f and the plants are doing fine as long as I keep lots of air flow and water I have been battling the rust with teas and neem oil sprays but once they flowered I stopped spraying and it seems to be under control... I am flowering under my 400 w induction lamp all the buds are rock hard and dense, I dont know if its the lamp or the Hashberry strain.. I am getting close to chop on the first three plants.... My only knock on the Hashberry is the M/F ratio is definatly scewed to males as I have seen other growers complain about... But she is holding up under the heat which daytime is regularly near 100
Yeah trics are still clear, 1 week till the first group is supposed to be ready One girl looks close,
I decided its time for some Sativas, so Mandelas Beyond the brain and Kalachera . I grow with an organic peat based soil, I mix EWC , a little organic fert and pine fines to top off the pots They are under 2 300w Led's actual 400w total right now The babies are almost 4 weeks old and I topped them about 10 days ago , they really like my little cloner never skip a beat. Theres some St Josephs coat rose cuttings in there too I went on vacation for a week so I made a sip tray with perlite and regular 1G nursery pots worked like a charm they dried out but still had enough moisture to thrive for a week . Im gonna continue with the sip keeps the soil moist but not wet View attachment 146493 View attachment 146492 View attachment 146491 View attachment 146490 View attachment 146489 Thanks for looking
I left my babies in 1g pots after I topped them they have grown back and then some . I wanted to flip them to 12/12 before I changed pot sizes. They slowly started to go from nice dark green to lighter and lighter green . I started to give them some kelp and alfalfa tea with humic/ fulvic acid thinking it would green them up, after a week it didnt .... I added EWC wilth a little organic fert.but it didnt seem to help. Is there any Liquid fertilizer I can add to my sip tray that will let me get them to where I can sex them before transplant ? I went ahead and put them into 3 gal gro bags with fresh soil that has been cooking for a while so it would be easier to transplant and within 2 days they have greened up and growth has exploded ..... Since I dont have Femmed seeds I cant put them into the 7 gal pots they will eventually finish in because of space limitations . Any suggestions how to make the transition would be helpful . I will take some pics in the morning
I Flipped them to 12/12 this morning , they will now be under my 400w 2700k Induction lamp which gave me some thick and meaty Hashberry Buds, so far I am impressed by this lamp,From now on photos will be normal colors. This time I have 5 Beyond the brain and 3 krystalica, with clones for each looking for that big bad BTB to make a mother from
After the flip to 12/12 under 2700k after an aloe and humic / fulvic acid spritz.... clones under LED
[SIZE=14.2857141494751px]1 week from flip 12/12 The stretch has begun and I have started using Aloe vera in my water and teas No sign of sex yet [/SIZE] Clones
K#1 BTB 1 and 2 Definitely male They were the largest plants which normally mean male I purchased 5 , 5 gal bags of EWC from my neighbor , he said it was from the bottom of a bin he was cleaning out so it should have cysts and some small worms. Cant get any fresher and for only $30 Just in time to transplant into my 7 gal root pouches as soon as they are sexed He uses half composted horse manure and half Florida peat as his main food source
Out of 7 plants 2 are female BTB5 and BTB3 this is my one complaint with Mandela the Hashberry was skewed male slightly but both krysticalla and Beyond the Brain went male 5 of 7 . BTB 3 seems to be the biggest female really stretching . time to pot them up in the 7g root pouch and bend the BTB 3 a bit took 2 clones of BTB5 and 3 clones of BTB3 This is my first time growing sativas how do you even the canopy , should I top or bend ?