My First Grow With Bubbles!

[Speyedr]

Caddy,

If you have spigots on your buckets you can just use a pond pump to pump out then back in with fresh nutes. That's what I do. You can also use Rose's technique, or use a pond pump and just drop it in one bucket at a time. If you can't manage it with your current setup now do what you gotta, but get yourself some spigots for those buckets for the next grow.

 

[CadillacMike]

Caddy,

If you have spigots on your buckets you can just use a pond pump to pump out then back in with fresh nutes. That's what I do. You can also use Rose's technique, or use a pond pump and just drop it in one bucket at a time. If you can't manage it with your current setup now do what you gotta, but get yourself some spigots for those buckets for the next grow.

Never really wanted spigots because risk of leaking water or a breach. I have way too many buckets of water for me to attemp to DIy spiggot, dont trust myself that much lol. Thank you though.

 

[CadillacMike]

Update!!!!

I went against my better judgement and just supercropped all 4 determined ladies because of height issues. I moved my light up to the VERY MAX 48 hours ago and today they were touching again. The lights height is 6 ft off the ground. They grew like 4 inches in that amount of time. Its been a little crazy. Not too sure what there issue is, everything inside the tent just wants to pull towards that light.lol.

So here it is at Day 18 Flower Post Supercropping!!

And Here it is after the suspension cables, lol!!!

I really hope they take to it and go as well as my soil lady has. Theres branches everywhere. Its very hard to even notice the Jack and WW that are jammed in there.

I havnt identifies sex of any of Jack and WW yet. Ill be keeping a close eye on them and pull if any nuts start to form. Honestly there isnt enough room for them in there, ill be happy if just 1 of the 4 determine to be female. If at least 1 turns out to have some boobies, ill have 6 Rediculously large plants in there and its packed. The summer grow will be mighty diffferent thats for sure.

 

[Michael Hunt]

Update!!!!

I went against my better judgement and just supercropped all 4 determined ladies because of height issues. I moved my light up to the VERY MAX 48 hours ago and today they were touching again. The lights height is 6 ft off the ground. They grew like 4 inches in that amount of time. Its been a little crazy. Not too sure what there issue is, everything inside the tent just wants to pull towards that light.lol.

So here it is at Day 18 Flower Post Supercropping!!

And Here it is after the suspension cables, lol!!!

I really hope they take to it and go as well as my soil lady has. Theres branches everywhere. Its very hard to even notice the Jack and WW that are jammed in there.

I havnt identifies sex of any of Jack and WW yet. Ill be keeping a close eye on them and pull if any nuts start to form. Honestly there isnt enough room for them in there, ill be happy if just 1 of the 4 determine to be female. If at least 1 turns out to have some boobies, ill have 6 Rediculously large plants in there and its packed. The summer grow will be mighty diffferent thats for sure.

Hot damn! Everytime i come in here those ladies have doubled, You are going to have a HUGE harvest my friend, keep up the good work!!

 

[SanibelGreen]

Ya man, what size tent is that? Like I was talking about 5 x 3 gals in a X formation on the next grow. My thought are just that they will get so much light the harvest should be amazing because what I am starting to realize is that quality of plants out weighs quanity. Ofcourse the 2 can go together in huge grow rooms but in a limited space it doesnt. Example Mikes grow and harvest = ).

SG

 

[CadillacMike]

Hot damn! Everytime i come in here those ladies have doubled, You are going to have a HUGE harvest my friend, keep up the good work!!

Thanks brother! Its a blessing in disguise i guess about thier height. I can only hope they produce some serious colas!

Ya man, what size tent is that? Like I was talking about 5 x 3 gals in a X formation on the next grow. My thought are just that they will get so much light the harvest should be amazing because what I am starting to realize is that quality of plants out weighs quanity. Ofcourse the 2 can go together in huge grow rooms but in a limited space it doesnt. Example Mikes grow and harvest = ).

SG

Yo Sg, my tent is a DR150 by Secret Jardin. The dimensionsare 5x5x6.5ft. Just dont forget to pick a spot for your fans if you dont use clipons which are kinda tough to position in my tent.

Mikes Grow and harvest is amazing. Really shows some hard work and effort on his behalf.



Its been 24 hours since the supercropping and all the branches have already began thier journey back up. They really want that light. I feel alot better though now that they have come back up ,lol. Was pretty nervous last night.
Other than that, all is doing well.

 

[CadillacMike]

Ok everyone I have a concern.

My colas are forming nicely and seem to be filling in on my soil plant, the concern is that the majority of the buds are nothing but pistols. Just bigass clusters of pistols! Lol. Could it just be the strain? Or are they gonna plump up in the last 3-4 weeks of flower? Any input would be truly appreciated. I'll get a pic up tonight after they wake up!

 

[Speyedr]

I think I read in 'How to Grow Great Marijuana' that in the later stages of flowering is when the calyxes swell and the buds really fill in. Hopefully an 'expert' will chime in. You could also check some other, older journals and check the pics. Another place to look is in member Galleries. You may be able to tell by date since folks seem to post pics all the way up to and including harvest.

 

[Michael Hunt]

Thanks brother! Its a blessing in disguise i guess about thier height. I can only hope they produce some serious colas!


Mikes Grow and harvest is amazing. Really shows some hard work and effort on his behalf.


Its been 24 hours since the supercropping and all the branches have already began thier journey back up. They really want that light. I feel alot better though now that they have come back up ,lol. Was pretty nervous last night.
Other than that, all is doing well.

Thanks man, i really appreciate it. PK buds dried a little too quickly and are almost ready for jars but the smoke isnt harsh at all and very fruity lemon tasting
You could try small fishing weights and some fishing line to the ends of those branches to help hold em down.

Ok everyone I have a concern.

My colas are forming nicely and seem to be filling in on my soil plant, the concern is that the majority of the buds are nothing but pistols. Just bigass clusters of pistols! Lol. Could it just be the strain? Or are they gonna plump up in the last 3-4 weeks of flower? Any input would be truly appreciated. I'll get a pic up tonight after they wake up!

how many days are you in flower? They still seem pretty early, i thought the same thing then one day WHAM they got fat almost overnight. I'm no expert at all, just going off of what went on in my garden

 

[CadillacMike]

Thanks man, i really appreciate it. PK buds dried a little too quickly and are almost ready for jars but the smoke isnt harsh at all and very fruity lemon tasting
You could try small fishing weights and some fishing line to the ends of those branches to help hold em down.



how many days are you in flower? They still seem pretty early, i thought the same thing then one day WHAM they got fat almost overnight. I'm no expert at all, just going off of what went on in my garden

The soil plant is on Day 44 Flower and the bubble Purps are on Day 21. Here is a few shots!

I call these two of the bunch the Twin Towers! lol.


What do you think, am i on track for 44 days flower on a 63-70 day flower time?


On another note, I Officially had cloning success! The experiment was i took 3 clones off the jack and 3 clones of the WW before flower. 3 in soil, 3in rockwool cubes. After only 8 days of being in the humidity dome, with temps from 77-83* and 70-95% humidity i pulled them to make room for seeds that ive been wanting to start. I found that 2 soil clones did not make it no roots present, 1 soil clone had very tiny nub roots but was questionable. All three in rockwool had a great root system starting. I kept the best one as a soon to be mother, as i found out that her own mother turned out to be a girl afterall. Here is a few shots of 8 days after cutting using a potion i created, lol.

The combo of low strenght nutes and enhancers i made up for a cloning solution seemed to work quite well, or it coulda just been the Superthrive, lol.

 

[SanibelGreen]

Looks nice man! I got all my goodies today 200lbs in gear according to fedex lol

SG

 

[Michael Hunt]

Looks awesome man, those pistils on the soil lady are HUGE. Congrats on the clone success. Im about ready to take clones here in a few days. Keep the good work growin

 

[Roseman]

Ok everyone I have a concern.

My colas are forming nicely and seem to be filling in on my soil plant, the concern is that the majority of the buds are nothing but pistols. Just bigass clusters of pistols! Lol. Could it just be the strain? Or are they gonna plump up in the last 3-4 weeks of flower? Any input would be truly appreciated. I'll get a pic up tonight after they wake up!

For the first few weeks, pistals is what you get. Soon, little caylexes will appear and then they will swell and get tight.

 

[CadillacMike]

Im pretty sure i am screwed, see my catastrophy thread!!!

 

[Michael Hunt]

Like everyone said over there dont sweat it man. I did the SAME thing to my AK clones when i harvested and had to make a new home for them, they were fine. A buddy of mine told me a story last night of how theyre lights in the flower room were on for 3+ days without them realizing, while we were sitting there smoking the bud off those plants, It was amazing and they turned out fine. Keep on rollin

 

[CadillacMike]

Thanks for the confidence booster mike.

I turned the lights on tonight at the approprate time and am resuming their cycle. I'll post some pix when I can get to a computer rather than my iPhone.

 

[CadillacMike]

Update: Day 51 Soil Plant Flower/ Day 28 Bubbles Flower

So after the tragic timer mishap here is how things look.

Group shot!!!

Flowering bubbles, not much to look at yet.

And of course some day 51 flower bud Porn!!!!


Left half!!!

Right half, lol.

Colas!

This dang Bad girl is by far the biggest plant i have ever grown. It stretched all the way across the 5x5 tent. Never anticipated this at all. Its a good thing i guess.


I drain and replenished all the bubble buckets tonight because of all the problems so they are fresh at around 1200 ppm. Suprised ive been able to get them that high. Im not going to go any higher until its time for the botanicare ripener. Supposedlt its used for the last 4 weeks of flower. Ive been using it on my soil plant for the last week along with the usual FF BIgbloom and Koolbloom. Those 3 together, though different brands, seem to do wonders.

Hope things turn out okay with them. All i can do is hurry up and wait! lol.

 

[scaredeecat]

lookin good cm

 

[Roseman]

Awesome pics there, sure are looking great!

 

[SanibelGreen]

If I have a bad thing happen I want my plants to look like yours when they come out lol

SG