Shady’s Grow Journal #4: More Strains & Growing Pains...

[GrizzleB]

 

lookin good, and as others have said most grocery stores carry unsulfured mollases. If not hit up a nutrition, organic food store. PLants look wonderful shady, and 707 headband is delicious, makes bombbb oil!!

[vorzh]

 

This is seriously amazing... I was getting headband/chem dogg for a while and i LOVED IT, best buy i ever had... next to AFGHAN GOO which i have YET to see/find even on a forum... i WISH i was in cali so i could just go pick up some clones of that shit but i guess i'm stuck with this mango whatever BULLSHIT

[Shady]

 

Originally Posted by erudite

From what I've read about headband at ICMAG it starts packing the weight on fast starting week 6-7 of flower.

Thx for the info erudite... Hmmm, mine doesn't seem to follow or maybe I just haven't dialed her in yet...

Originally Posted by BIG CHEEFA

Im not sure about Unsulfered but you can just blackstrap molasses at a grocery store, im not sure if ya have it where you live but i know Bulk Bark will carry unsulfered molasses. Noticed this after buying the regular one but works out for me.

Nice product you got there Shady.

Hey brah! Glad to see ya over here again... Yeah I need to make a trip to the grocery store tomorrow...

Originally Posted by MidLifeCrisis

Damn!!! I wouldn't hesitate using your bathroom LOL...
Awesome man,...you are SO meticulous and passionate about what you're doing Shady...it's obvious you got the love brother...
Awesome strains you've collected too...you sir are killing it, and I'm tickled to see your progression...

Ahhh MLC... That made my day! Let me know when you cruise out to Cali and you can def use the bathroom... just make sure you do the courtesy flush.

Originally Posted by Justiceman

All of the nugs to these plants has most definitely increased in resin a lot since the last post. The Double underdawg, Chemdawgs sister, 707 headband, SFV OG, Mystery Kush, Master kush x Bubba kush are most definitely impressive. I am loving the resin profile on each of them. i can't imagine how they smell. That close up shot of the underdawg cola is great! I really like the way the master kush x bubba kush grows and she looks on point too. the 707 well obviously fire as well as the SFV, and chemdawgs sister. Ah and of course the Mystery kush can't forget that one since she only has a one time debut.



They most definitely carry it at the grocery store. That is where I get my unsulphured molasses.

Once again, thx brah! I think you're gonna like this post too...

Originally Posted by linkarf

High! Very Nice CLEAN Peace

Glad you like it linkarf!!!

Originally Posted by GrizzleB

lookin good, and as others have said most grocery stores carry unsulfured mollases. If not hit up a nutrition, organic food store. PLants look wonderful shady, and 707 headband is delicious, makes bombbb oil!!

Fo shizzle GrizzleB... You've got some killer buds as well! Yeah, I need to get one of those oil extractors that Justiceman has... Not to mention a torch and a Ti pad...

Originally Posted by vorzh

This is seriously amazing... I was getting headband/chem dogg for a while and i LOVED IT, best buy i ever had... next to AFGHAN GOO which i have YET to see/find even on a forum... i WISH i was in cali so i could just go pick up some clones of that shit but i guess i'm stuck with this mango whatever BULLSHIT

Sup vorzh!!! Sometimes I still can't believe I'm doin' this... I figure I better do my best. BTW, those chem's are clones from my seedlings in Round 3... They will never end up at a club.






Shady Timing…

Section A Bloom
Tomorrow is Section A’s 1st official flush. I have FloraKleen (same as Clearex) and will buy some Unsulfured Molasses tomorrow. After reading several different methods of the final flush in soil, it seems as there are several basic styles… I plan to flush once with the cleaning agent, then run enough R/O water though to get somewhat clear run-off. Then water once with 1 tbsp (15 ml) of molasses per gallon. As for the following week I was gonna add 1 tbsp/gal molasses, and then a few more days of just R/O… or should I use molasses till harvest?

Last night I took a couple more photos of Section A at lights out. Here’s another branch of the 707 Headband…


Of course I can’t forget the Mystery Kush…


And today I couldn’t resist taking another Mystery Kush bud shot …


Also snapped a quick shot of the Master Kush x Bubba Kush in back…


Section B Bloom
Tomorrow, Section B will get their Week 7 feeding. My target PPM is 1200 consisting of 5 ml/gal CalMag, 6 ml/gal PBP Bloom Soil, 15 ml/gal HammerHead PK9/18, and 8/ml/gal Bud Candy.

Here’s Chem’s Sis 2 starting to fill out in Section B…



Seedlings and Clones in Veg
Tonight before lights out I finally topped all of the seedlings, and will attempt to clone these tops. My shady preparations left me short one Rapid Rooter so I cut a rockwool cube into quarters to make the same sized plug. Everything was soaked for 30 min in R/O, 2 ml/gal CalMag, 2 ml/gal FloraBlend, and 1 ml/gal PBP Grow…


Here’s the before, and after shots of my topping cuts. All seedling lineups are in chronological order from left to right (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4):

Blue Hellfire x Kali Mist…




Sensi Skunk…




Intermission break to show how I make my second cut, angled under water. LMAO, I finally cleaned my scissors earlier today with isopropyl alcohol and washed them thoroughly…


Chem Valley Kush…




Raskal’s OG…




Now I’ve got a full tray of tops. In the center, I figured I might as well use the 3 extra rockwool plugs to take 3 clippings from Double Underdawg #3 (they were at the base of the main shoot)…


The Shady Veg Station is gonna need a revision w/in the next week. For now, I won’t open the dome on the clones for at least 24 hrs…


I also topped off the ebb ‘n flow res by adding 1 gal of R/O with 4 ml of CalMag (266 PPM) since the seedlings and clones were hungry for the Mg. This lowered my res from 550 PPM down to 525 PPM.

Just to recap my feeding format, here’s the summary of the clone tea that I poured into the clone dome’s tray:

Summary of Saturday’s Clone Feeding… 3/5/10
The resulting teas are as follows in ml/gal:
Veg Station - CM:2/FB:2/Sweet:0/PBP Grow:1 = 361 PPM, 6.20 pH

This is my first time using FloraBlend, which is a liquid vegan compost and the bottle says that it’s good for germinations, cuttings, including veg and boom phases. Does anyone have any experience with this or similar liquid composts? Seems as though it helps root growth…

[Gilley]

 

Nice, I'm excited to what comes of that BHxKM...

That Mystery Kush looks crazy frosty, did you take any cuts of that one?

Looks like those Chem's are 'bout to start throwin' some color too, keep up the great work man, and good luck with the harvests!

[Justiceman]

 

Damn dude I must say that the chem sis 2 bud formation is off the hook! She will probably fatten up hard and give you quite the nice yield.

You are turning into quite the decent grower. I hope to set up a bigger garden in the future and show the kind of dedication you do. I don't know If I have said it before, but thanks for going to the trouble of posting all the info up. It has been really helpful to me as well as countless others.

Yo dude I use the flora blend. It is a really good product actually. It adds a kick to your normal fert regiment because of it's NPK and the ingredients do help with plant growth as well as nurturing your micro herd witch in turn helps your plant grow. Microbes love all of the ingredients in flora blend. It's an affordable well rounded bottled compost tea. The only thing is It probably doesn't contain any microbes in it but that's because it's already all been broken down in a highly oxygenated environment by their select microbes so everything in the tea is already in a usable form for plants. That's pretty cool since organic stuff usually has to break down for a while before it's usable.

Guaranteed Analysis (0.5-1-1):
Total Nitrogen (N) ..... 0.5%
0.02% Water Insoluble Nitrogen (N)
0.48% Water Soluble Nitrogen (N)
Available Phosphate (P2O5) ..... 1.0%
Soluble Potash (K2O) ..... 1.0%

Ingredients: Alfalfa meal, brewers yeast, cottonseed meal, potassium sulfate, rock phosphate, sea kelp, soybean meal

All of those ingredients are bad ass. Alfalfa meal for the N, brewers yeast for B vitamins and some other things. cottonseed meal for NPK and some other minor elements. potassium sulfate for K. Rock phosphate for P and fungi love that stuff!. Sea kelp has varying NPK ratios but it has a lot of auxins, hormones, cytokins, ect as well as trace minerals. soybean meal for amino acids and I beleive some P.

If you want a completely balanced NPK (1-1-1) you can get general organics bio root. It is the same thing as Flora blend except it's NPK is 1-1-1 and it doesn't have cottonseed meal.

[Shady]

 

Originally Posted by Gilley

Nice, I'm excited to what comes of that BHxKM...

That Mystery Kush looks crazy frosty, did you take any cuts of that one?

Looks like those Chem's are 'bout to start throwin' some color too, keep up the great work man, and good luck with the harvests!

Sup Gilley!!! Glad to see you around... Nah I didn't take any cuts of the Mystery Kush, but I've got more mystery kush beans that are supposedly from the same source...

Originally Posted by Justiceman

Damn dude I must say that the chem sis 2 bud formation is off the hook! She will probably fatten up hard and give you quite the nice yield.

You are turning into quite the decent grower. I hope to set up a bigger garden in the future and show the kind of dedication you do. I don't know If I have said it before, but thanks for going to the trouble of posting all the info up. It has been really helpful to me as well as countless others.

Thx Justiceman! I really appreciate the detailed info on the FloraBlend... You have def helped me further my understanding of organics. Hopefully I can learn something about coco during your next quest...




Shady Bud Shots…

Section A Bloom
Well I didn’t get a chance to flush Section A or feed Section B yesterday, but both needed to be done today. After quite a bit of time I managed to Flush Section A with FloraKleen and then a couple pots of just R/O, followed by a 1 tbsp of Unsulfured Molasses per gal of R/O… I also did not pH anything through this entire final flush. This is Section A’s 9th week and the SFV OG and Mystery Kush will prob be harvested by the end of the week while the 707 Headband and Master x Bubba may go longer…

The 707 Headband is starting to show her true colors…


This is one of the 707 Headband’s colas farthest from the light…


The Master Kush x Bubba Kush looks fatter than ever…


After removing some flushed fan leaves on the Mystery Kush, her inner bud sites are more apparent…





Section B Bloom
I also tried my best to hit Section B hard with HammerHead, and still could not get close to 1200 PPM total. I’ve also added FloraBlend and tomorrow I will add Great White as it has been several weeks since the last injection…

Shady Bloom Feedings…
Section B
Summary of Sunday’s Soil Section Feedings... 3/7/10
The resulting teas are as follows in ml/gal: CM:5/BC:8/HH:15/FB:10/PBP Bloom:9 = 1083 PPM, 6.30 pH *Start of Wk #7

This is a shot looking at the Section B from the doorway…


This angle of the SCROG is taken inside the Bloom Room; you can see Section A in the fuzzy background…


This close-up of Chem’s Sis 2 turned out nice…


And Double Underdawg 1, nearest the fan, is finally gaining some weight…


Double Underdawg 4 looks just like her mother, but more dense…


Finally, the 707 Headband in the center of the SCROG…



P.S. I also topped off my ebb ‘n flow res another gallon of R/O with 5 ml CalMag and then added a few drops of acid to bring the pH down to 5.8. The bottom shelf soil plants in the Shady Veg Station were also watered with 4 ml/gal of CalMag. Then to cap everything off, I hit the entire veg station including the clones in the dome with BioNeem…

[erudite]

 

Everything looks super nice man, keep on killin it!

[RollinFace]

 

YO shad-eee..looking good man, the dreaded pm lookes like your getting it under control eh? The master bubba, chems, and 707 look great and healthy!

[!SpacemanSpliff]

 

Lookin great like aways shady, and thanks for the lil how to on topping/clonning. I will be doing the same thing here in a day or two and now I feel better about doing it.

[Gilley]

 

Glad to hear you got some beans of the mystery kush to check out in the future, that thing is a beauty, and looks like it'd make a hell of a lot of hash per gram too...

Everything looks fat and healthy, you've come a LONG way in under a year man!