BigBearNTX Perpetual Auto Grow

[BigBearNTexas]

Saturday update:
Canuck Blueberry clones are repotted into 2 Liter hempy pots. I blocked the drainage holes of a 2L landscaping pot with water seal tape. Should work.

Going to let these girls go another week or two and then flipping. Can’t let them get too big. We shall see what happens.

 

[HiddenGrow]

Can't believe I missed your WW harvest. It looks like you're really honing your growing skills, Everything looked Caked
Merry Christmas!

 

[BigBearNTexas]

Can't believe I missed your WW harvest. It looks like you're really honing your growing skills, Everything looked Caked
Merry Christmas!

There wasn’t much to that one. Lol

But all plants that make it to harvest are successful in my book.

I view this all as a big learning experience. I’ve been growing less than a year and a half, so there is so much room for improvement everywhere!

 

[Apocalyptikush]

Just went through this journal. We've got very similar setups, I've got my 2x2x4 as my veg tent and a 3x2x6 closet as my flower space. A little late to follow along, but my excuse is that I'm a new member hehe.

 

[BigBearNTexas]

Glad to have you along, and welcome!

 

[Apocalyptikush]

Glad to have you along, and welcome!

Thank you kindly, excited to see what you can do with those blueberries. Ive got a ton of bagseed blueberry from like 2 years ago. Popped and grew some out like a year ago or so. Very frosty plant. Love em.

 

[BigBearNTexas]

First grow wasn’t so great, because I crowded the tent with the Cherry Wine. Had I had the Blueberry in the tent alone, I would have vegged for another month under the screen before blooming. But, an ounce of usable material is fine.

Next batch will also get some training. I’m going to let them veg for a bit, and then take them down to one to two colas each and let them grow without a screen. That will let me manipulate and trim them easier. It will be like a modified SOG.

 

[Apocalyptikush]

First grow wasn’t so great, because I crowded the tent with the Cherry Wine. Had I had the Blueberry in the tent alone, I would have vegged for another month under the screen before blooming. But, an ounce of usable material is fine.

Next batch will also get some training. I’m going to let them veg for a bit, and then take them down to one to two colas each and let them grow without a screen. That will let me manipulate and trim them easier. It will be like a modified SOG.

Yeah man, crowding the tent was my downfall last season too :/ somehow with more plants, i always wind up getting less by harvest time. 4 plants max, which is what all of my grower friends tell me is the best for a 2x2x4 tent. Now i see what they mean haha. Sometimes you just gotta bump your own head, x]. Good idea with the sea of green tho. If you can keep em even enough with just 2 colas each.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

How is the Cherry? Now you have had to tasted it.

 

[BigBearNTexas]

Nope, not yet. This weekend!

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Great! Looking forward to your report on it. I had a teaser on my Spliff Berry when pruning out the lower shoots. I know have very high hopes on it to be really great. I'm about to throw some more seeds in to germination soon and I think I will make a run for it again.

 

[BigBearNTexas]

Weekend update:
Only strain going is Canuck Blueberry photo - 11 clones in 2L hempy on an 18/6 light schedule Left the girls alone while I went to visit my family for a few days. I watered before I left, and everyone did fine.

Gave everyone a quick drink last night when I came home, and then a more thorough feeding today.

The clones are about 11 weeks old. I’ve had to keep them small, but they are all responding well to having been repotted. Did some trimming, took off most of the lower growth. Everyone has four colas right now. The original plan was to take everyone down to two colas, but after seeing the growth, I think four may work I’ll think about it and may do more trimming later.

Now I have to resist the urge to root what I’ve trimmed. I may try rooting a couple. I know most people don’t clone clones, but the chance of mutation or drift in genetic expression after two successive clones is slim to none. I probably could keep a clone alive indefinitely in one of my 1L pots to keep as a mother.

However, if I am successful at self pollinating a couple of autos, I can keep myself well supplied with auto seeds.

I think my hunger for seeds is greater than my hunger for clones. Lol

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Great Bear! I had to take a few clones when trimming.

Test the smoke out tomorrow night?

 

[BigBearNTexas]

It’s interesting. Very piney taste and smell. Little to no THC, which was expected, but unknown variable because this was bag seed.

It’s CBD, I think maybe I felt a little something, but I would have to do a test with hot sauces to check.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Haha, Great!

I have some of my Spliff Berry to test out tomorrow. Pruned away one of the lower shoots.

 

[nobodyhere]

explain the hot sauce test...I am curious, is this like beer poking?

 

[BigBearNTexas]

When I’m high, my tolerance for spicy goes way up. Sriracha tastes like ketchup when I’m high.

It’s actually one of the ways they test effectiveness of meds (and cannabis) on neuropathic pain. There is a heat test - measuring how long you can tolerate your hand next to a flame before and after dosing, and a capsaicin test - also before and after dosing. The heat from chili is completely in our brain, so 100% nerve pain.

 

[nobodyhere]

Ok, sounds fun.

What about next day butt heat?

 

[BigBearNTexas]

You know, it hasn’t been a problem. Maybe because I do edibles and it all goes down the same way. But, spicy in the middle of the day at work, that I pay for. Lol

 

[BigBearNTexas]

A buddy with a fucked up spine like mine has decided to grow. He only needs about an ounce per month, so that should be very achievable in a closet grow. I gave him a couple of clones of the Canuck Blueberry to get him started, some auto seeds for the next round, and then some oil, bud, and edibles to keep him going for a while.

So excited to be able to share this hobby!