Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartpots

Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Looking great buddy, its hardest time waiting for these last moments of ripening but yet its one of the most important times for your marijuana in bringing out its true medical properties. You have done yourself a great job here brother those fat nuggets are Oozing with frost and coming to there final weeks of life cant wait for harvest!

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Yeah its such a tease just sitting and watching these juicy nugs ripen..These so far have been a beautiful plant to run, and they just keep growing and growing.... I am definitely going to run this holy grail og again..such a beautiful plant...trimming though, will be a much different story....lol.

Thanks so much for all the help and feedback you have provided...:thumb:
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Well Today is day 84 and these Holy Grail OG's are fighters!!! LOL..they do not know when to quit growing and mature....lol... today after there watering they seem to have grown thicker and healthier overnight and tons of new white pistol's have showed up, as well as I noticed some foxtailing going on!! The temps have been high 70's, rarely even touching 80's so I don't think its heat stress...maybe genetic?

Today's trichome forcast is mostly clear with a little bit of cloudy rolling in....

Og101's also have perked up a little, and have shown bursts of white pistils shooting outwards too... they just don't want to fully recover, and don't want to give up either... I made the mistake of removing too much foliage, and the lockout took care of the rest, so the plant doensnt have too much in the way of producing energy, but still is hanging in there, and new growth seems pretty healthy... so I am going to wait for amber before pulling her...

My kali Kandi secondary buds are slowly thickening, still not much compared to before the chop, but still shooting out white pistils and buds are filling out...not really sure how much extra I will get out of her, giving her a few additional weeks, but figured since the lights were running anyways, why not squeeze out a few extra grams, as well as try it a little more mature...

Well Here are the modeling photo's of my ladies for today..

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Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Awesome. :yummy:

+rep for some fantastic looking bud and that forest of bud sticks poking their heads through their prison bars. Seeking out freedom and a false god of a sun, alas, only to be roasted to death for our healing and satisfaction.

In other words. Niiiiiice bud, brotha!
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Awesome. :yummy:

+rep for some fantastic looking bud and that forest of bud sticks poking their heads through their prison bars. Seeking out freedom and a false god of a sun, alas, only to be roasted to death for our healing and satisfaction.

In other words. Niiiiiice bud, brotha!

Very poetically perfect!! Thanks bro!!!

With her golden rust laden hair glistening in the sun like morning dewdrops, the moment of beauty quickly dulls into the carbon she grew from, as her ember fades to grey nothingness, her motionless gaze of wonderment becomes our own as she touches our lives with fulfillment and peace.
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Here are the final weigh in's for the 3 plants I chopped on 1/21...dried for 3-4 days and have been curing/burping ever since. The buds I would say are around 80% dry so I do still expect to lose some weight, but overall I doubt it will be at this point more than a few grams...

I also have sampled each of these drying buds, quite a bit.. (couldn't help myself) so I would say probably another 4-9g's of each have been smoked, not included in the dry weights...


Kali Kandi
wet 303g
dry 64g.

XJ-13
wet 276.5g
dry 57.4g.

OG101
wet 227.4g.
dry 56.5g

So overall not too shabby for my side plants, my xj was locked out for quite a while so wasn't expecting much from her. My OG101 also was a weird one, still not sure if she was just very damaged due to early stunting, or hermied (haven't found any seeds yet) but still managed to produce 2 oz, not going to be the best headies, no smell or flavor really, but she packs a punch and is smooth as air... The Kali Kandi actually was pretty supprising, she really lost a ton of weight, really expected more out of her, but there also still is a good oz or 2 left on her yet to finish maturing.... so overall she did me well... definitely one I would like to try again...

Also I still have my Holy Grail OG's which really I am expecting to hit close to a pound the way they are looking, amazing plants... I also have my other Og1o1 which will most likely get pulled in the next 2 weeks, she is very heavy and should produce a good 2-4 oz dry.... I still am within sights of my 1.5 pound harvest...lets hope I blow it away.. :)
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Day 86 Flowering...

I switched out my 400w CMH bulb for my Ushio 400w HPS today. I am thinking that even though the CMH has full spectrum, it may have a little too much blue to help these ladies reach maturity faster...not sure if thats the case, but going to run the HPS for a week and see if it helps move these ladies along.

Also, off of DOCBUD's journal, I have been paying a lot of attention to the foliar feeding/high brix method of growing and decided last night to give it a try.. as the lights went off I gave a gentle misting to the girls.

I mixed up some R/O, DI water with some F1 fulvic acid, liquid carboload, organic B, and general organics cal/mag. I swear when the light's came on this morning the ladies said thank you...lol...

Other than the light change, everything else is the same, besides the ladies just keep getting thicker, larger and don't want to throw in the towel. :)

Here are today's photos..

Full Tent views... (holy grail og middle 2, front right OG101, back right kali kandi)
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Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Very poetically perfect!! Thanks bro!!!

With her golden rust laden hair glistening in the sun like morning dewdrops, the moment of beauty quickly dulls into the carbon she grew from, as her ember fades to grey nothingness, her motionless gaze of wonderment becomes our own as she touches our lives with fulfillment and peace.

:bravo: :high-five:

Nice!
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Congrats on the harvest - those numbers are fantastic. Hope you make your 1.5lb goal! :cheer:

:goodluck:
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Feb 5th, Day 87 flowering....

I fed the girls today my bubbling goodness of carbo's and humic/fulvic acids to help them use up whats in the soil, but not add any additional nutrients, besides the ones in the molasses. The girls seem to be thriving right now, I don't know if they were just so stunted from the soil ph a while back that they just slowed and stored energy, but now they seem to be exploding again, almost like a 2nd wind...lol...

I checked the trichomes and still mostly clear... and I checked multiple buds from multiple plants...wow...they just want to keep going, I don't know if I should just let them or if I should plan on pulling them soon... I really would prefer a more cbd type high with more amber trichomes, but I also don't want them to hermie from such a long flowering time...I may try cutting the lights back by 1/2 hour this week, and see if it helps them progress. I also have been ramping my 600w HPS...starting it out at 400w for the first few hours, then cranking it up to 630w for most of the midday, and then for the last 2-3 hours back down to 400w...

Here are the photo's for today...

Full Tent views..
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Day 91 Flowering

Day 91 Flowering, feb 9th...

Gave the ladies a watering today of plain R/O, D/I water, ppm 001 as I want to start really leaching the remaining nutrients out of the plants and soil as well as not adding any additional nutrients.

I also switched out my 400w HPS bulb with my 400w CMH bulb to bring back the added UV spectrum. About a week ago I changed over to the HPS to see if it would increase the maturity of the buds, but after a week I noticed no trichome color developments and it seems a reduction in the amount of trichomes forming on the newer growths...

I checked the plants trichomes today and still mostly clear...IDK why they are taking this long, I don't mind, but it seems they just don't want to stop growing... My screen is literally a layer of bud, I can't even guess how much these 2 holy grail's will produce, but I am guessing at least 3/4 pounds or more dry...

Here are today's photos, both under HPS and just CMH...

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Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Looking so juicy Icemud. I love your scrog brother it was a pleasure watching this thing unfold. now I will be waiting for a weigh in and smoke report!
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Day 95 flowering....feb 13th, there still growing!!!

Well not much to report on today, the Holy Grail OG's are still growing, and showing mostly clear trichomes and the OG101's also are still shooting out white pistil's and mostly clear trichomes, however the OG101 is not really putting on any extra weight, so I believe at the end of the week I am going to pull her down as well as the remaining kali kandi. The holy grail's I am going to keep running till then want to throw in the towel...or amber trichomes... :)...

I fed the girls today....nothing but straight R/O, Deionized water. PPM 0, Ran about 5 gallon's thru the ladies and made sure each one had a good 10% run off. Didn't want to add anything to the soil as far as nutriets or amendments, just want the ladies to use up whats left in the pots and finish up...

Sorry guy's and gal's, didn't shoot any photo's tonight...will be taking some tomorrow...
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Looking so juicy Icemud. I love your scrog brother it was a pleasure watching this thing unfold. now I will be waiting for a weigh in and smoke report!

Thanks Shottafire!! I appreciate you being a part of this grow and definitely can't wait to start the next time around :) Your ladies are looking amazing BTW!!!

:hookah:
 
Day 96 flowering...

Feb 14th....Happy Valentines day to all, and especially my lovely ladies :)

Day 96 flowering...

Well the OG101's are still pushing out white pistils but really not getting any bigger so as soon as the soil dries out, I should be giving them a yank as well as my secondary buds on my Kali Kandi.

I am debating on harvesting the largest cola's on the Holy Grail OG to give more energy and light to the lower budsites, to assist them in growing since they still seem to be putting on a lot of weight, but the main cola's are slowing down quite a bit.. Still clear trichomes however the leaves are all starting to purple/yellow and die off so hopefully she is within her final weeks..

Here are the photo's for today.

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Day 97 flowering, feb 15th, partial harvest

Hey everyone...

So today was a rainy day here in Socal and decided it was a good day to do a little harvesting and trimming.

My remaining OG101 was showing some cloudy/clear trichomes, but still just wasn't getting larger, fuller or really growing much in the last week or 2 so I decided it was time for her to come down. I took off all major cola's but left some of the healthier, stronger looking underbuds to see if they will swell and grow within the next few weeks, while waiting for my Holy Grail's to finish.

I also decided to harvest the rest of the Kali Kandi which I had pulled all of the cola's off about 3 weeks ago. She wasn't really swelling much but the trichomes did seem to mature more, will snap some photo's after she dries a few days.

Here are the Wet weight's of the harvest of today. I am sure that I will lose at least 60% on the OG101 and maybe more due to water loss and the stem weights.

Wet Weights.....

OG101 harvested cola's (still small's left growing)
334.1g

Kali Kandi
60.4g

I decided to trim the Kali Kandi before drying since it was a fairly easy task and very low leaf to bud ratio. The OG101 however, I decided to dry first, due to many dead leaf's... I figure when it is dry it will be much easier to trim up and manicure, when I cut the buds down smaller for curing.

My Holy Grail OG's are still going but I most likely will be pulling the cola's within the next week or 2.

Here are today's photo's

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Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

My good sir, that's a lot of weight per plant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to try some LST action on my next grow for sure. I think it's safe to say that your journals make a very good case for LST being THE WAY to grow. Good work! I'm excited to see the dry weights of each plant.
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

hey icemud! big fan of your journals
just read the both of them!

i actually am using the same type of pot for my mother plants right now
now i was wondering if you could assist me since i am new to soil and this pot.

i use a 5 gallon
how much water should the plants get from the earliest stages to development ( i tend to only keep them as mothers for the time being)
i use FloraNova one part- grow and superthrive

i am trying to come up with a proper understanding on how to feed thru soil
especially with it benig 5gallon pots.
also, how do you test the run off of these pots? i must not put enough water for any to run out.. but am worried of overwatering :helpsmilie:

much is appreciated!
thanks!
 
Re: Icemud Holy Grail OG - Kali Kandi - SoCalDam OG - XJ-13 - Organic - Soil - Smartp

Ice, don't always count on that 50/50 amber trichs rule. I've had SEVERAL strains that were MUCH better when the trichs were clear/cloudy than amber. I see this alot it strains originating from equatorial areas.... Food for thought....Tester buds with a overnight dry can tell you more than any scoping of the trichs anyday...
 
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