B.I.N.G.O. Seedsman Comparative Grow - Banana Jealousy

[StoneOtter]

I've been scoping out all y'all's many variables of organic soils and SIPs and amazing techniques, and unique growing abilities, and soaking in y'all's teachings. While searching and studying the mediums and fertilizers available that are dedicated to MJ and a fruitful harvest. Isn't that also what it says that somewhere in the Bible about fruitful harvest and we all know we're grateful and love to take in that love and grace.

Oh! I forgot! So I had sent an email to Dr. JimZ asking about products and mentioned how I really want to do well in the @SeedsMan comparison grow
((it really makes me feel good I feel so alive since I have found 420 Magazine, much love ! )) and just want to find something that I can use for a diverse garden of ages and stages. As well as growing a bountiful harvest or as close to it to the colas that you all show up with..I want that. I want to succeed as a grower. I want to come in at least 9th place. Lol
They're sending me a growers care package to show off what their products can do for us growers. And to see me through to the finish line with all you bad a$$ mofos that are in the @SeedsMan comparison grows. This would not be happening if y'all hadn't believed in me, y'all have lifted my spirits in more ways than I can verbally express. Thank you All

You're growing great weed! I'm happy that they see that and want to see you run their nutes! Nice going Jigginator!

 

[JiggiLotus]

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[Lady Cannafan]

Days Old: planted 3/4/24 = 4 weeks.
above soil 3/8/24 = 3 wks 4 days.

So this part catches me off guard so I've chosen the in between those dates to determine what feeding schedule is used.

B - Normal
I - Mainline
N - LST
G - Lollipop
O - Multiple Topping

**2 will be grown in 5 gal. planters, and 3 will be growing in 3 gal. fabric pots.**

Strain: Banana Jealousy sponsored by @SeedsMan

Genetics: three-way hybrid

Lights: @VIVOSUN xs1000e 100w. ²

Medium: Fox Farm Ocean Soil 90%,
Organic Pro Mix 10%

Nutrients: Dr. JimZ Chicken Soup for the Soil®
(Fruit, Veg, Grow)
Tomato Secret® Tomato Fertilizer
Bloom Kaboom™ Flower Fertilizer
3-2-1 GROW | Planting tabs / Mycorrhizae
All sponsored by @Dr. JimZ
Fox Farm: Open Sesame, Beastie Blooms, Cha-Ching

Frankenstein grow box. 3½’ x 8’ ish.

Grow Space: 16’ x 16’ x 10’ (living room)

How Many Plants: 5

Environment: comfortable. Music plays in my house most the time.

Stage: Veg.

Room/Tent Temperature: 67°f - 72°f

Relative Humidity: 50% - 70%

Media/Res pH: 5.5 - 6.5

Pests: The Gnat Overlords.

Watering:
1 to 2 x week as needed.
1 gal. → 5 plants

Just waiting on the soil and amendments to show up already (April 4th). Then I can transplant the Banana Jealousy into their forever planters.

Today's been raining and the humidity is a good easy 75% throughout the house. So taking advantage of the lazy day, I sorted which plant will be used for each training method (listed above). As well as trimmed the little useless growths off the lower stock; and carefully snipped off the bottoms of the blue solo cups due to the overflow of healthy roots.

In the morning I'll be adding perilite to the bottom of the solos for the roots to rummage around in.

They are definitely ready for the transplanting!! It will be performed immediately upon receiving the materials.

Gotta Love this spring rain

You are being an exceptional caregiver for your plants. They look awesome!

 

[JiggiLotus]

Hope I've not kept you all waiting on the tips of ya toes for too long

Been deep in the mix all day, Fox Farm ocean soil. Tossed some ProMix in it a little thru the middle. Added a cup of the tomato secret from Dr. JimZ, mixed that middle layer together well. Placed one the grow tabs in the center and put the unpot root atop it. Filled in the dirt.

Made a gal of the chicken soup for the soil, 1 gal aqua with 2 tablespoon of the chicken soup stuff. Waterhosed the new dry sediments in each pot 1st, then added a gal or ½ gal depending on the pot. Basically everyone got soaked to the bottoms and had some this new soup. Im letting the girls enjoy the sunshine while drying out a bit before taking them all back inside. It's like 53°f right now. But the sun makes up for it.
I mainlined one the ladies after the transplant, the LST isn't got long enough legs yet. They have a combo of short and long nodes and they're gonna get bigger now for sure.
Also, I just went ahead and put everyone in a 3 gal otherwise I wouldn't of had enough soil.
Gotta remember, there's a total of 14 plants growing. Luckily I played the cards right and the spring has sprung and half my girls can lay up in the sun room to mature now. And the other half can hang out in the Frankenstein box til they're flipped . And the cycle continues.

Banana Jealousy is 29 days old, they got their first nutrients with the transplant. Last weekend I did give a few a trim, topped and chose who was gonna be doing which training method. Still gotta make sure the curtains match the drapes ya know?

.. this ain't over.

 

[JiggiLotus]

 

[JiggiLotus]

These ladies have been through enough for the next 2 weeks. Fimmed and topped. They're exhausted from the achievements. Being they need to be in a veggie mode to recover, I went ahead and just flipped the Frankenstein box into a giant baby box.
just to give the girls some recovery time. As well as I don't want my house to be brighter than the neighborhood trap house ..

They were slightly showing that slump of being under 'too much' at once. Hopefully this will help them. We'll see how they feel in the morning. I'll leave the light on til about midnight ish.

And to All a Goodnight

 

[jmrl]

These are looking nice

 

[JiggiLotus]

Checked in on the girls this morning, everyone is up right and smiling to the sky. They took the fimming well. And I read about it before doing it, an I was doing it without knowing it. I thought I was topping. I use my thumbnail. It's a perfect scoop, an then you can eat the flesh!

Thank you @SeedsMan for a wonderful batch of Banana Jealousy's.
Loving my BJ's

Thank you Dr. JimZ for the awesomely easy growers bundle. This stuff was really easy to use. And most of it's just a once a month application. And you can use your own nutes too. Jiggi likes.

 

[SeedsMan]

Thank you for growing such beautiful plants.

 

[StoneOtter]

Yeah! It's a great day when they wake up better n me!

 

[JiggiLotus]

31 days ≠ 4 weeks and 3 days

Banana Jealousy Comparison Grow
By JiggiLotus

Strain: Banana Jealousy from @SeedsMan

Genetic makeup: three-way hybrid;
Banana Cream x Jealousy x Gelato 41

Container size: 3 gal. fabric pot

Grow space: 10’ x 16’ x 16’

Frankenstein box: 3' x 6' ish

Number of plants: 5

Environment: Calm and music oriented.

Stage: →Vegetation/training

Medium: 90% FoxFarm Ocean Forest Organic All Purpose Potting Soil, 10% organic ProMix potting soil.

Lights: 2x @VIVOSUN 100W, 2x red/blue grow bulb 12w. (150w. equivalent), 1 KingLED 1000w w dimmer.

*tops removed for wider spectrum.

During lights on I gradually increase the lights to all 3 big ones are on, DLI between 43 and 38. Depending on distance of the plants to the lights. Within 2 hrs After sunset I turn off the big lights and turn on the blurples. They stay on between midnight and 2 am.

Nutrients: FoxFarm Grow Big, FoxFarm Big Bloom, FoxFarm Tiger Bloom, FoxFarm Open Sesame, FoxFarm Beastie Blooms, FoxFarm Cha-Ching.
Dr. JimZ Chicken soup for the soil, 1-2-3 grow tabs, tomato secret.

Room Temp–Day: 68°-72°F Night: 68°-70°F

Relative humidity: 50-70% when humidity is high in the atmosphere I turn on the ceiling fan.

Media/Res/pH: 5.5-6.5

Watering: Avg. 1 to 2 L. per plant every 4 to 6 days. Or as needed.

They took well to the training. I think I really like super cropping..it's kinda satisfying to pinch the plants flesh and mold it to your liking.
there's activity growing in the fim trims. It's still too soon to know exactly what's growing on.. let's see what happens.

I didn't take pics of the super cropping I will add that tomorrow, well let the branches heal tonight and see how they lay tomorrow.

 

[Preston9mm]

31 days ≠ 4 weeks and 3 days

Banana Jealousy Comparison Grow
By JiggiLotus

Strain: Banana Jealousy from @SeedsMan

Genetic makeup: three-way hybrid;
Banana Cream x Jealousy x Gelato 41

Container size: 3 gal. fabric pot

Grow space: 10’ x 16’ x 16’

Frankenstein box: 3' x 6' ish

Number of plants: 5

Environment: Calm and music oriented.

Stage: →Vegetation/training

Medium: 90% FoxFarm Ocean Forest Organic All Purpose Potting Soil, 10% organic ProMix potting soil.

Lights: 2x @VIVOSUN 100W, 2x red/blue grow bulb 12w. (150w. equivalent), 1 KingLED 1000w w dimmer.

*tops removed for wider spectrum.

During lights on I gradually increase the lights to all 3 big ones are on, DLI between 43 and 38. Depending on distance of the plants to the lights. Within 2 hrs After sunset I turn off the big lights and turn on the blurples. They stay on between midnight and 2 am.

Nutrients: FoxFarm Grow Big, FoxFarm Big Bloom, FoxFarm Tiger Bloom, FoxFarm Open Sesame, FoxFarm Beastie Blooms, FoxFarm Cha-Ching.
Dr. JimZ Chicken soup for the soil, 1-2-3 grow tabs, tomato secret.

Room Temp–Day: 68°-72°F Night: 68°-70°F

Relative humidity: 50-70% when humidity is high in the atmosphere I turn on the ceiling fan.

Media/Res/pH: 5.5-6.5

Watering: Avg. 1 to 2 L. per plant every 4 to 6 days. Or as needed.

They took well to the training. I think I really like super cropping..it's kinda satisfying to pinch the plants flesh and mold it to your liking.
there's activity growing in the fim trims. It's still too soon to know exactly what's growing on.. let's see what happens.

I didn't take pics of the super cropping I will add that tomorrow, well let the branches heal tonight and see how they lay tomorrow.

Looking great Jiggi!

 

[JiggiLotus]

38 days = 5 weeks 4 days

Update of the banana girls, they're all mostly at 12" tall. They all smell fabulous. Each has been given a growing task to perform, and they are doing well. I topped a few and fimmed most. So far no true signs of any deficiencies.

B: Normal

Her top was fimmed, she's got several extra growths at the top, mostly she's just a normal Christmas tree grow.

I: Mainline

lots of growth where it was fimmed, super cropped the lower branches so they stretch out and up.

N: LST

I topped this one, however she grew back an extra branch. Topped a few lower branches as well.

G : Lollipop
This plant is perfect in my opinion when it comes to structure.

O: Topping

She was topped at every tip, and I thought I had topped her but I found I'm just really good at fimming . Look at all the extra branching that pops up afterwards!

These girls are getting ready to go into the 12/12 schedule. They're naturally a tall plant, so I'm thinking the sooner I flip the better off were all gonna be.

**3 gal. fabric pots.**

Strain: Banana Jealousy sponsored by @SeedsMan

Genetics: three-way hybrid

Lights: @VIVOSUN xs1000e 100w. ²

Medium: Fox Farm Ocean Soil 80%,
Organic ProMix 20%

Nutrients: Dr. JimZ Chicken Soup for the Soil®
(Fruit, Veg, Grow)
Dr. JimZ Tomato Secret® Tomato Fertilizer
Dr. JimZ Bloom Kaboom™ Flower Fertilizer
Dr. JimZ 3-2-1 GROW | Planting tabs / Mycorrhizae
All sponsored by @Dr. JimZ
Fox Farm: Open Sesame, Beastie Blooms, Cha-Ching

Frankenstein grow box. 3’ x 8’ ish.

Grow Space: 16’ x 16’ x 10’ (living room)

How Many Plants: 5

Environment: Comfortable. Musical.

Stage: Veg.--> Flower

Room/Tent Temperature: 67°f - 72°f

Relative Humidity: 50% - 70%

Media/Res pH: 5.5 - 6.5

Pests: Gnats, they come with the territory.

Watering: 1 to 2 x week as needed, 2 to
4 L per plant = ½ to 1 gal per plant.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Looking nice Jiggy! I'll be watching to see how much they stretch during flower. I haven't decided on when to flip, usually I decide on the fly. LOL

 

[OGpapa]

Looking nice Jiggy! I'll be watching to see how much they stretch during flower. I haven't decided on when to flip, usually I decide on the fly. LOL

Me too. It's hard to be like ok today's your xxx day time to flower

Each plant I feel has their own clock. Even the companies recommendations at times seem silly.

In a perfect world, we would be pushing a veg plant to flower every 30 days, but I feel 45-60 days the plants produce more product, higher quality, better flavor. Heck I've Even pushed them past that, especially if I have a sick one, nurse her to health before kicking her to flower power.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Me too. It's hard to be like ok today's your xxx day time to flower

Each plant I feel has their own clock. Even the companies recommendations at times seem silly.

In a perfect world, we would be pushing a veg plant to flower every 30 days, but I feel 45-60 days the plants produce more product, higher quality, better flavor. Heck I've Even pushed them past that, especially if I have a sick one, nurse her to health before kicking her to flower power.

Agreed. I think my "normal" veg time has always been about 8 weeks. I have a dilemma this time though, the RQS seeds arrived later than expected, so they are behind the Bananas by about two weeks. Not sure what I'm going to do on that. Again....on the fly. LOL

 

[OGpapa]

Agreed. I think my "normal" veg time has always been about 7 weeks. I have a dilemma this time though, the RQS seeds arrived later than expected, so they are behind the Bananas by about two weeks. Not sure what I'm going to do on that. Again....on the fly. LOL

I definitely feel a 60 day veg for the comparative grow, at least. Are the RQS even remotely close to the seedsman? I apologize. I'm a few behind with journals, it's been tough keeping up myself with yard clean up, and work. I've nice the seedsman bj, and PGC look identical this far. If I were to mix then up, I wouldn't be able to tell. Short fat indicas. Depending on your genetic variety with RQS they might nature a bit quicker, especially with things warming up!

Fingers crossed for ya!

If you got some extra space, we will get you a light to fill it! Then you didn't have to fret!

 

[JiggiLotus]

Alright, I'm NOT gonna flip anything just yet. Sometimes I do feel pressured thinking that I'm letting them grow too long and that's why I have small buds. I do think they're improving tho. Im doing my bestest to not get in my head. ..Need some meditation in my life..

 

[Lady Cannafan]

I definitely feel a 60 day veg for the comparative grow, at least. Are the RQS even remotely close to the seedsman? I apologize. I'm a few behind with journals, it's been tough keeping up myself with yard clean up, and work. I've nice the seedsman bj, and PGC look identical this far. If I were to mix then up, I wouldn't be able to tell. Short fat indicas. Depending on your genetic variety with RQS they might nature a bit quicker, especially with things warming up!

Fingers crossed for ya!

If you got some extra space, we will get you a light to fill it! Then you didn't have to fret!

The RQS are catching up, but I really don't want to flip them 2 weeks earlier than I normally do. They are a bit lower than the seedsmans' but they also had much tighter nodes.
I have another room I could use for Veg if I have to and a light, there's only 3 of the RQS, but they are in bigger pots. 5 gallons.
I'm going to wait a week and see what to do then. They are growing like weeds.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

@OGpapa, I mistyped the number of weeks. It should have read 8. A full two months is what is normally done here, sometimes longer, as you said depending on the plant.