PaintedbudMan's Garden 2017

[Nicholas Flamel]

Oh yea! Is the hempy an auto?

 

[paintedbudman]

Yes nick, it is a blueberry kush auto from Nirvana . Just really starting to bud out but looking very good to me. Here are a couple more pics in normal light. Its been in the perlite for 7 weeks, looks a week or two further on then the other 4 girls were at 7 weeks.

 

[GrizzWald]

Nice healthy girl you got there painted

 

[paintedbudman]

The countdown to harvest has started. Here are some pictures to enjoy. Starting with my Hempy Grow, and moving on through the other grow chamber with pictures of the of each plant then one or two closeup pictures of each bud . I'll be updatingthe verbage over the next few hours but if you drop in before i finish. Enjoy the view if not the explaination!!!!

I forgot to add the growth chart. This is height versus date. Height is from the ground to the tip of the highest bud. We are now just past 10 weeks (8 for the hempy) and looking good.

 

[GrizzWald]

Awesome mate..

 

[paintedbudman]

Thanks Griz the girls appreciate the compliments!!!

The colas are 1.5 inches across now, they have two weeks (the trichromes are still mostly clear, but Im keeping an eye on them) Not sure what they will look like in that time .... beer can sized? We will see ......... and then I will smoke

BTW thank for the reps!!! very much appreciated!!

 

[paintedbudman]

Almost there!! Full harvest is just around the corner. I started harvest a bit early, I cut the top cola of my Jock Horror Autoflower today, I could not stand commercial brick weed anymore. I had to sample it as soon as I thought it would smoke well. Below is a picture of the cola as well as its trichromes. They are cloudy but no amber to be seen. I am planning to Harvest only what i need to smoke until they are ready.

Now for my hempy grow. She is flourishing. Although looking at her trichrome development I don't think that she is as far along as I assumed previously. She still has at least 2 maybe 3 or 4 weeks to go. Should be a healthy girl by then considering what she looks like now.

And as for the rest of my grow (pictures before i took the front right cola. They are frosty now, looking good, just want them to peak before harvest ..... Patience is a virtue and should be practiced often. Yah yah yah I keep telling myself as i salivate and wait, not patently but I wait regardless.

 

[Nicholas Flamel]

Nice fat colas. Hell with that brick weed. Hows that JH smell?

 

[GrizzWald]

 

[paintedbudman]

One more week. I harvested the rest of the Jock Horror Auto flower. I must say that while the smoke is good I was a little dissappointed in the yeild. The buds were all on top and anything else was real fluffy. It looked like there was going to alot more untl you got into the chop. Harvested 1.89 OZ going into the longer term cure process. Nick, I haven't answered your question about smell because I was waiting for the green new grass smell to go away. She doesn't smell as strong as I would like (Ive found this to be true of all the autoflower variety I have grown). The smell is fruity with a hint of pine and citrus in the background as near as I can describe. Nice not harsh at all. Here are a bunch of pictures of what is still growing (the hempy grow is doing very very well, will look at harvest in 2-3 weeks). The rest of them will go down 1 by 1 over the next few weeks, the last probably the weekend after thanksgiving.

Take care and remember to always keep it GREEN

 

[paintedbudman]

All but my hempy bucket is down and drying. Slightly dissappointed in the yield. I am guessing I will get about 7.4 oz dry from the first four plants. I have gotten 10-11 oz previously. Well, bunch of possible reasons. Guess I'll just have to grow more and find out what I did wrong. Oh dam I have to grow another batch,LOL. Here is a picture of the herb that is drying right now.

 

[paintedbudman]

My last girl got the chop, actually it was a two part chop. I harvested ~2/3 of the Blueberry Kush Autoflower 2 weeks ago but the buds under the incredibly dense canopy looked kind of weak and underdeveloped. I gave them a good full week in the light and they firmed up and fattened nicely. I am absolutely amazed at this grow. The plant topped out at 22" from dirt to top of the main cola. I grew her in a 2'x2', 48" tall grow box (home made) under a 220watt LED (real watts) in perlite with General Hydroponics nutes. I took 9.1 oz of dried off this one compact plant. This is 1.2 g/watt, blew by one of my goals of better than 1 g/watt. Total harvest for my 5 plants was 16.3oz. Another goal .... a greater than 1 pound single harvest. Now that I have spewed enough over the total weigh lets get to the bud porn. These pics are from hy first ever (guaranteed not to be my last) hempy grow. The last picture is the root ball that i pulled out after I harvested. Nice clean white tiny dense roots. Gotta love it.

Keep on Growing and always Keep it Green

 

[GrizzWald]

Awesome mate,well done.. looking really nice

 

[paintedbudman]

Thanks Griz. COmpliments are appreciated!!!

 

[paintedbudman]

Haven't been on in a while. Vacation, holidays just sucked all the time away, I hope to be on more often after the first of the year. Got a new grow going and want to share it with the world. Take care, Keep on Smokin' and always keep it green

 

[paintedbudman]

Still missing in action. Just busy. Grow still is going. about 3-5 weeks till harvest I hope. Just stopped in to keep this journal from going inactive. Take care all!!!!

 

[paintedbudman]

Just finishing up my harvest. I will get to details soon, probably some of the best I've grown. Been very busy with work and family so not much time to blog, but I will at least update everyone on the results of this grow and introduce the new batch of girls. Hopefully tomorrow. Right after I install the new sink faucets and the last of epoxying the countertops (kitchen remodel almost done!!!).

 

[paintedbudman]

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• paintedbudman
• Aug 16, 2018

JockHorror 4 weeks after flip

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• paintedbudman
• Aug 16, 2018

to the right: Sterling Haze, 4 weeks after flip
to the left: Haze #, 4 weeks after flip

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• paintedbudman
• Aug 16, 2018

Blue Cheese Auto 7 weeks from germination

 

[paintedbudman]

Attached are several pictures of a Blue Cheese Auto flower. She is 7 weeks old and has about 5 more (more or less) to go. I had a pH issue during the first 2 weeks of growth. pH meter went south and led me to believe the pH was higher than it was so I adjusted down to somewhere in the 4-5pH range. When i found out what had happened I corrected the issue. I am running a full hydro setup. Since then pH has been between 5.5 and 6.3 and the ec is about what i normally run. The issue is that the plant seems to have a bazillion little buds that are all little, tiny, with curved leaves, and more pale yellow than I am used to seeing. Anybody have any ideas??? I use a 220 real watt generic LED light in a 2'x2'x4' box. The plant appears health elsewhere except the growth is exceptionally dense. There are pictures attached. Let me know if i have something to worry about if there is anything, or calm my fears .... just prime me with information and I will deal with this as I have everything else in my grows..

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• paintedbudman
• Aug 18, 2018
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Blue Cheese Auto, 7 weeks

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• paintedbudman
• Aug 18, 2018
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Blue Cheese Auto, 7 weeks

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• paintedbudman
• Aug 18, 2018
• blue cheese auto

Blue Cheese Auto, 7 weeks

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• paintedbudman
• Aug 18, 2018
• blue cheese auto

Blue Cheese Auto, 7 weeks

 

[Nicholas Flamel]

Whatup Budman! That bc auto is a beast. Got any pics closer to harvest?. You been using them pots for a while now. You just feed/water straight to the bottom with that tube right? Also I need a recommendation for a good book Thanks man