First Grow Journal

[Remystemple]

had a decent look at the crystals through the micro today. I can see the smallest and most undeveloped plant is starting to get cloudy. she's been weird the entire grow so i'll see what she does over the next week.
I wasn't able to see any cloudy on any of the others. I thought for sure the monster would be almost ready but maybe she's a 9-10 week after all.
So, half way into week 8 and I'm feeling like i'll be looking at a 10 week flower. planning to feed plain water for the last week.

 

[Agemon]

Maybe throw s little terpinator or molasses in. Just think a week or so to dry and a few weeks for cure. Sampling before you know it...

48 hours and that cola is 1 oz. still lotsa weight to be lost.

 

[Remystemple]

Maybe throw s little terpinator or molasses in. Just think a week or so to dry and a few weeks for cure. Sampling before you know it...

48 hours and that cola is 1 oz. still lotsa weight to be lost.

it's gonna be sad to see the weight dwindle lol.
I just started adding the dry kool bloom 1.25g / 4 gal on sunday. was gonna give them that until flush. hoping that gives them a little weight before the end.

 

[Remystemple]

Day 1 of week 9 of flower and 1 of the 4 plants has very few amber crystals. the other 3 look like they're just starting on clouding up. shame on the 1 being so close to done as i really wanted it to fill out a little more first, but she was a bag seed and i'm pretty happy she's turning out the way she is. gonna continue the ripening feed for a week then should be able to start the flush.
I know there's debate on the flush but the way i see it, there's tons of nutes locked away in that coco and i want to reuse the coco so i feel like it'll help with reconditioning it.

The buds are as hard as rock

 

[Remystemple]

Few thoughts.

If i would have known what i know now when i started this grow i'm sure it'd be much better. so excited for the next one.

SMALLER POTS FFS... lol 10 gal bags turned out to be way too big. I learned that many people flower in coco using 3 or 5 gal bags. gonna try 5 gal bags next grow, have 6 of them.

The LED lights seem to have done a fine job so i'm pretty happy with that.

Defol has to be a focus for me for next round. also some kind of drip system when i've decided how many to flower at once. thinking 6 is good for a 5x5 tent.

still so much to learn and become comfortable with, But i have decided to stick with 100% coco grows until i've mastered coco. then i might try another medium like hydroponics rdwc.

 

[Remystemple]

Just to note. Super cropping is amazing if a plant gets out of hand. I did it many times and even well into flower and it doesn't seem to slow the plants at all. it's like they don't even know you did anything to them.

 

[Agemon]

Fantastic looking crop you got Remy! I was thinking just what you said about the coco. But why flush when your plants are still flowering? Wait till they're done and then flush while/ if you clean the root fibers out. At this point I don't know if it matters though. Your Stoked!

 

[Remystemple]

Fantastic looking crop you got Remy! I was thinking just what you said about the coco. But why flush when your plants are still flowering? Wait till they're done and then flush while/ if you clean the root fibers out. At this point I don't know if it matters though. Your Stoked!

Thanks, Mon! Yeah it does matter for sure. i don't want to cut the too early, but i think i have to do 1 of them pretty soon. but this is a stressful time trying to learn when it's done, and to be able to recognize all the signs.
also my defol issue has shown it's face and now i have a couple that seem to need an extra week of light in the middles, the buds on top are mature and on track from what i can see but when i spread them apart i see lots of very green bud still developing. not sure if i should do "selective harvest" or not.

 

[Virgin Ground]

Hi Remy.

My how they've grown. It looks like you are doing quite well for yourself.

I am in the no flush club. I ran the same strain twice. The one I didn't flush actually dried, cured and tasted better. I get nice white ash and a smooth toke.

They are doing all of their fattening up during that time. Why put them on a diet? I don't flush any other plant I consume. I respect your decision to do what's right for you though.
Some swear by flushing.

Hope you are having a great day and are doing well.

 

[Remystemple]

Hi Remy.

My how they've grown. It looks like you are doing quite well for yourself.

I am in the no flush club. I ran the same strain twice. The one I didn't flush actually dried, cured and tasted better. I get nice white ash and a smooth toke.

They are doing all of their fattening up during that time. Why put them on a diet? I don't flush any other plant I consume. I respect your decision to do what's right for you though.
Some swear by flushing.

Hope you are having a great day and are doing well.

Thanks V!, I actually think for the sake of easy, i'm not gonna flush this time. they are 4 different strains, in my first grow and i'm not sure exactly what they are LOL.

So i think you just saved me a huge headache right now because i was gonna try flush but it makes more sense not to. at least for this grow.

I'll dry and cure properly and hope for some smooth smoke. I honestly don't care, it's just for me and i'll smoke almost anything if it's pot lol. one of the reasons i'm also not worried to let it run a little long if it will give me more bud.

 

[Agemon]

I like the selective harvest method, sounds like a good idea.

 

[Virgin Ground]

Have you read the no flush thread? Give it a quick skim.

It made sense in my mind. It's up to you to make the call ultimately.

 

[Remystemple]

Have you read the no flush thread? Give it a quick skim.

It made sense in my mind. It's up to you to make the call ultimately.

Yeah i read a bit, but it only left me on the fence lol. I'm happy not to do it and enough people say if you cure well enough there's no issue.

 

[Virgin Ground]

That's how I feel as well.

 

[Remystemple]

I have a room with a ceiling fan that i'm gonna dry in. or want to dry in anyway. i've had a monitor in it all week and the temps stay between 60 and 60f humidity is super low but my small humidifier was able to get it to 50%. I think this is the right zone for a good dry.

so now to do a bunch of reading to make sure i know how to dry properly , temps and humidity levels are important as well as air flow. not much different than growing it lol.
and assuming the room should be pretty dark.

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Nice job Remy, plants look great. I don’t flush anymore, I’ve tried it both ways and I can’t tell a difference and the way I see it is I want to harvest a healthy plant not one with deficiency’s and all yellowed out. That’s just my opinion on it, keep up the good work.

 

[Remystemple]

Thanks Buddy!
I'm feeling like at this point in the grow it doesn't even matter if i flush or not. they haven't grown at all for about a week, just waiting for the crystals to mature a bit more. But i did keep feeding like regular.
I plan to start chopping on Saturday evening. I did a little test dry, they were some of the skraggely stuff at the bottom and took 5 days to dry enough for me to smoke some today. IT"S GOOD!! lol
i can't wait to try the real buds after they're cured. I'm so excited to be smoking my own.

 

[EastCoastGhost]

Yea it makes it even better when you grow it lol. Your gonna have a nice stash of buds

 

[Agemon]

I gotta lil shorty im cuttin on Tuesday, shes been gettin blated by the sun the past few days.

What up ghost...

 

[Remystemple]

when you dry do you put a dim light in the room? says to do that in this article. but it doesn't say why or anything else about it.