Thai Stick

[PotChimp]

Oh a note: My SSM#4 delivery is way late, so I have to make a change. I got Roots Organics soil and 3 gallon grow bags today, and as soon as I move all 4 plants to a bigger unit I'm going to use them both. Post more pics soon.

 

[PotChimp]

The worry I have on this grow is that these 4 plants will start to rootbound in these close-to-a-gallon pots before I have room to put them under HID lighting. Another thing besides 11/13 flowering periods that I'm not going to do again (for the same reason; it's a yield killer) is leaving plants under a blue spectrum CFL for the first 2 or 3 weeks of flowering to control height. I'll tie them over if they are prone to stretching; it's not worth losing that much grass.....
Post pics tonight hopefully.

 

[PotChimp]

Thai Stick and Critical Jack - 4 weeks and 4 days from seed:

They're starting to look like the pics you posted earlier in this journal, Graytail.

 

[Big Budha]

The plants are lookin good Chimp they're startin to take off

 

[yttocs1010]

i bought some landrace thai from SS they are awsome im on my 3 round the buds will back build and i went with 12/12 in flower using 400w hps and a led light got awsome results 13 weeks flower

 

[GhettoGro]

They will surely need the bigger pots when they go to 12/12. I used to just transplant to the large pot, tie them over and toss into 12/12 at the same time. That way I would get a better stretch from the side branches and improve yield.

They will need root room for the stretch as the roots stretch like the plant above ground. I have had some that hardly stretch and other strains (sativa doms) that triple in size the few 2 weeks of 12/12.

 

[PotChimp]

I'm not sure when I'm going to do the transfer to the flowering unit, but for sure I'll be going to a bigger container (3 gallon grow bags). I'll probably bend them as far as I can just before flowering starts also.

 

[Weaselcracker]

I thought I should mention for the record on here. My Mama Thai looked like it was nearly ready to harvest up at about 11 weeks as I mentioned. Well… It has remained 'nearly ready' for the last three weeks or month or whatever it has been since I posted that comment. I dialed the lights back so the sun sets on them 15 minutes earlier now - maybe another 15 next week and hopefully that gets them moving.

 

[Jaga]

Top of the Buds ,,them Thai,s are looking lovely strong stemmed an a Nice shade of green

 

[PotChimp]

Thanks jaga
I'm hoping that the 11.5/12.5 flowering cycle will keep that from happening to these Thai Stick plants, Weaselcracker. If they get to a nearly-ready-then-stay-like-that point, I'll put it down to 11/13.
Ol' Critical Jack couldn't handle Taiwan time and started turning into Critical Jackie on me (putting female hairs out). I supercropped it so bad to slow it down, I'm surprised the top didn't fall off I guess I should mark the calender as flowering started on that one.
One bit of good news though the runt Thai Stick plant looks to be a male. I should breed this strain out.
Post more pics soon.

 

[PotChimp]

Oh by the way the flip me off plant still isn't done either and it's the same exact thing you have going on with the Mama Thai; it's hanging dead still at 10% brown hairs. It's been 12-1/2 weeks since the first hairs too and I'm giving serious thought to just letting it dry up in the pot and not water it anymore that'll brown 'er up yessiree!

 

[Weaselcracker]

Yep, she'll be good and 'finished' alright

 

[Jaga]

Hey Pot Chimp
what was that huge Gnarly sativa monster that you grew in flower for months an months I think it was when the Fish was still about

 

[PotChimp]

That was the Old Timers Haze plant I joke about all the time Wish I knew then what I know now!

 

[Jaga]

That was the Old Timers Haze plant I joke about all the time Wish I knew then what I know now!

I understand now I have done a few grows but they was great times PC I used to look in at awe on that grow I had a great time but I never saw the finished product how did she smoke

 

[PotChimp]

Not good. I only removed the shade leaves there were so few buds and they were so wispy I had to leave something It had a nice lemony smell and taste to it, but the buzz wasn't as good as I would have liked.

 

[Jaga]

Not good. I only removed the shade leaves there were so few buds and they were so wispy I had to leave something It had a nice lemony smell and taste to it, but the buzz wasn't as good as I would have liked.

I had a very similar thing happen with some seeds I brought back from India the plant was a monster an I hardly had anything from her either Do you ever hear from the Ol Fishcake

 

[PotChimp]

I haven't heard anything from fish cake since he made a post on his music thread a while back.

 

[PotChimp]

Yep, she'll be good and 'finished' alright

I take it she didn't like the idea, Weaselcracker>>>>>

Every time I look in there hoping for progress I get a big phukk yoo from 'er!

 

[Weaselcracker]

Oh, I was talking about your plant and your finishing technique- the drying her right up and 'browning up' method. Wow, she looks worth waiting for!
I'll check tomorrow as I am away atm. Things were looking better. One of those Mama Thais I can harvest for sure- the other one I think was progressing.
There was a problem, however... I dialed the timer back by another 15 a couple days ago. I just happened to check the next morning because I snuck in to give a little extra watering for my time away, and the light had stayed on instead of shutting off 15 early. As it was they got an extra 4 hours or so.
I should have learned my lesson already with my wonderful digital timers. When I tweak the settings, their state of the art circuitry can't seem to compute and they stay on. I have to unplug them, pull the little backup battery or hit the reset button, and reprogram everything from scratch. I did this once before, should have remembered. A bit of a hiccup. I may just harvest them both if the other one is even close. Looking forward to the next round of 'doing it right next time'.