First grow Sour Diesel and XXXskunk (1000w, lots of pics!)

Discussion in 'Marijuana Grow Journals' started by WA-grower, Aug 26, 2008.

  1. Well last night I forgot to close the door to the room, and I think I had a light breach for half the night. I looked over the whole room and everything looked ok except for 3 low branches on one plant had what im guessing is a flower coming? I decided to skip the risk and cut off the whole branch of each that had the little flower coming out.

    Heres some pics:

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    side view

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    top down, another

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    And heres a sunday shot of the rooms progress:

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    The buds definetly seem to be bulking up. Overall things are going pretty good I think.
     
  2. Just realized those are kinda blurry, sorry hard to get good shots when the branches are swaying in 'the wind' a bit.
     
  3. everything looks great dude, i would do what ole imgreen suggested,and just tie them colas up towards the light and they should straighten themselves out. good luck ill be watchin:smoking:
     
  4. Kinda hard to see it but I did get the colas tied up.

    Anyone have any comments on the potential flower? Do individual buds go hermie or is the whole plant going to go? Ill keep a close eye on everything but im still concerned.
     
  5. yo

    nice grow man lovin the space your workin with

    that flower are the male pollen sacks coming up so yes your plant has hermied and it will spread around the entire plant not just on one bud

    it can also pollenate your other plants aswell so watch out

    you can cut them off to stop it spreading, but it wont stop them growing

    congratz on that forest though, lol
     
  6. Thanks much damnpolice,

    I was worried someone would say that about the plant hermie-ing. So far I cut the branches off at the main stalk, and trimmed those, hung to dry...figured I might give it an early test.

    Ive been looking at pretty much every bud over the past few days just making sure I dont see any other male flowers popping out. I will continue to keep an eye out for any more male pods. Will be a bummer if I have to yank the whole plant, its at least 6 feet tall:mad:
     
  7. Watered today, 7 gallons to water all these babies. I had been letting them dry out a bit becuase I felt the soil was still pretty wet from the transplant. They started to droop a bit so I watered them up. Hopefully its not bad to let them go till they droop a little, during flowering.

    The couple branches I cut off that had flowers on it have dried, tried out the early harvest and it wasnt fantastic, but it worked. It was only halfway through flowering so I didnt expect much. Still not sure how long left on flowering, im almost 6 weeks in, so should be end of sept, early oct. The nugs are getting big but not as big as I had hoped. I should be able to get in at least 1 more nutrient watering before I stop feeding them....I need to read up on exactly when to stop, Ive forgotten:smoking:

    Any suggestions for the last 3-5 weeks of flowering? I will get up some new pics tommorrow, lights are already off for tonight.

    If I get some pics of the colas, buds, and overall plants would you guys be able to tell how much bigger the buds may get and how much longer I may have to go?

    Thanks!
     
  8. New pics today, I tried to get a few new angles and a few shots of the "problems"

    Front shot of room:

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    Side shot of room:

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    Rear of room:

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    Right in the middle, shows alot of nice branches:

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    Profile shot of the Sour Diesel..looks pretty skinny in the middle but the bottom is really bushy:


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    Reference of SD top (sorry for the blur):

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    Some budporn:

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    Now the way my leaves are dying:

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    The main concern I have is with 2-4 weeks left, I still dont have real 'crystal-y' buds yet. They have a bit, but not as much as some others grows ive seen. Will that start to max out in the last weeks? or does that have more to do with the quality of their grow area, nutes, etc.

    Can I feed one more time? Or should I stick to water from here on out? I am still using the Alaska Morbloom 0-10-10 organic fish emulsion.


     
  9. You only really need to flush during your last week before harvest. If you really don't want any chance of chemical taste then due it 2 weeks prior. You should notice a lot more Trichomes during last couple weeks prior to harvest. Looking really good, not sure about your leaf situation.
     
  10. I think the leaves are ok, just dying. I just wanted to document the way that they are dying for others, and for my future grows.

    When I see some others posts they just look like they are coated with powdered sugar so I just didnt know if mine might catch up or they are just awesome :p

    Anyone want to take any guesses at possible harvest weight? (after drying of coz);)
     
  11. id say close to 2 pounds if they fatten up good. who knows.

    nice grow, take it easy and be safe.

    RD~
     
  12. are you using some sorta inline fan or rotating fan to cool down your 1000w? doesn't it get blazing hot in there?
     
  13. Just a regular 10"(i think) fan that blows out of a window, nothing real high tech. The temps stay a pretty consistent 78-80F even with the temp outside fluctuating 30F+ a day. I think the thickness of the cement must help even things out.
     
  14. the leaves are supposed to die out towards end of flower, you're right not to worry about it

    imo both these strains should pack on the trichs

    If it was my garden I would try using different nutes next round as the rest of your environment seems to be in good shape (floranova bloom is great!)

    do you have a hand held microscope to see the trichs so you know when to harvest?
     
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  15. I have a couple lenses but nothing high powered yet. I will do my best :(
     
  16. radio shack carries small black handheld microscopes for $10

    it's best to harvest based on the condition of the trichosomes - you want either cloudy trichs or amber trichs, clear = not mature
     
  17. On that note

    Cloudy= Cerebral high (head buzz)
    Amber= Couchlock high (body stoned)

    its all up to personal preference.
    take it easy

    RD~
     
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  18. I will see if I can pick one up, I have a scope but I dont think its 30x or higher. :confused:
     
  19. lookin sick man, hope you get an awesome harvest.
     

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