SAM's DRZ Aquaponics Mixed Strain Grow Journal - 2014

[SAMtheAPman]

Everything is growing like crazy. I've had to tie the Amnesia plant down a second time as it was going to touch the greenhouse roof again. It's only about 5 and a 1/2 foot above the plant... which now measures 8ft x 6ft x 3.5ft high. This is going to increase in height fairly quickly as lots of branches are still on their way up (the second tie down was only a few hours ago).... don't really have any more room to tie it down if I need to again....

It's a bit hard to differentiate in the above image so here's the same pic with a black line around the Amnesia:

Here's a canopy shot of the Amnesia:

Afghan Kush Special:

General garden shot:

I had to remove all of the corn which was my main stealth (and it was working really well - had quite a few visitors who commented on the corn but didn't see my other plants behind). It had basically gotten to the end of its lifecycle and was starting to get infested with pests (mainly aphids). Didn't want these spreading so removed the corn and put up some greenhouse film as a wall. To me it looks a bit suss, but you can't really see it unless you're in my back yard. Hopefully keep things hidden for a few more months....

 

[Beateo]

Holy freakin' crap.... What a plant! Now the question that's on everyone's mind.... how did you get the black line around the plant in the picture? LOL
Looking super healthy brother!

 

[SAMtheAPman]

Cheers Beateo. Really looking forward to the changes over the next couple of months.

Now the question that's on everyone's mind.... how did you get the black line around the plant in the picture?

I wish I could say it was my army of trained flying ants.... alas, it's just a simple pen tool in photoshop.

 

[thebeast27]

Nice plants good job

 

[SAMtheAPman]

Cheers Beast. My Sleestack are the Skunk cross and are tall, sativa looking things.... It's amazing how different your look!

 

[thebeast27]

Sam no worries. urs a very nice looking indeed be interesting to.see the diffrence of final outcome .keep them green my friend my friend and wait for the big bud to come your way good.job mate

 

[thebeast27]

And i hope u keep those beautys safe from.eagle eyes put a car alarm on them.or set up pepper spray traps ha ha.there mine all mine.have a good day every1

 

[Beateo]

Sam, the Sleestack Skunk I just harvested weren't even 2' tall! Heavy with buds but it was the smallest of the 4 strains I grew.... weird... or maybe not?

Cheers Beast. My Sleestack are the Skunk cross and are tall, sativa looking things.... It's amazing how different your look!

 

[SAMtheAPman]

Yeah, if it's the same Sleestack Skunk I'm growing (which I'm pretty sure it is) it's interesting. Mine are almost 6' and still growing. Lot of different factors though - pot size, nutrients, indoors/outdoors, etc.

thebeast27 seems to have Sleestack only, not Sleestack Skunk like us. His is much shorter with fatter leaves (looks indica dominant).

 

[thebeast27]

Yea mine just sleestack in 11 litre pots in biobiz light mix .there growing fastsleestack genetics of my plants are shrom x martian mean green. 70% sativa 30% indica. 9 week flower. Im not uploading pics on my grow for 3 dsys but il go take a pic now and upload it to here so u can see how they look brb.good day all

 

[thebeast27]

These my sleestack 21 days old today all been topped.arnt sure if far left is gna be a freak.dont look like the other 2 .time will tell .happy growing every1

 

[thebeast27]

And sleestack again .

 

[Beateo]

Hmm... I thought the "Sleestack" was like a brand name or something like that? 6' just blows my mind with Sleestack Skunk.... must be the LEDs? lol

Yeah, if it's the same Sleestack Skunk I'm growing (which I'm pretty sure it is) it's interesting. Mine are almost 6' and still growing. Lot of different factors though - pot size, nutrients, indoors/outdoors, etc.

thebeast27 seems to have Sleestack only, not Sleestack Skunk like us. His is much shorter with fatter leaves (looks indica dominant).

 

[SAMtheAPman]

Hmm... I thought the "Sleestack" was like a brand name or something like that? 6' just blows my mind with Sleestack Skunk.... must be the LEDs? lol

That's what I first thought but I'm pretty sure Sleestack is part of the strain name, and it does seem to be a strain all on its own.

My Super Ultra Natural (SUN) light is pretty powerful

The spot they're in actually doesn't get as much sun as I'd like them to, but can't move them anywhere else. Must have been enough though.

 

[thebeast27]

Yea sleestack is the name of the strain see if its any good.looking at yours id say they have slot of pontetial. Hope u pull fat bud of ur beautiful plants mate.good job

 

[Beateo]

Hmm.. I vaguely recall this "sun" thing of which you speak. Been quite some time since I've actually seen it though.

My Super Ultra Natural (SUN) light is pretty powerful

 

[SAMtheAPman]

Quick update. Harvested the last of my autoflowers. This was the Northern Lights that was about a month past its ready date. But as I mentioned before, it wasn't ready back then. Got about 13g dried, all of the buds are pretty small though:

Quite a nice smoke so far. Smells a bit bushy (there were a lot of sugar leaves that were difficult to fully trim) but time will fix this.

I came across a technique in Sweetsue's journal called "backbuilding". Here's the thread if you want to look into increasing the girth of your buds: LA's Quick Guide To Simple Backbuilding Technique For Buds!

Before backbuilding:

After:

Now to wait a few more weeks before harvesting nice fat colas. But not before indulging in the "leftovers":

The rest of the garden is still ticking along. Pretty much all tied up and down and just waiting for everything to mature (1 week until the Afghan Kush Special is supposed to be ready, and then all the way up to over 10-12 weeks for the final Sleestack Skunk to mature (it's actually not started flowering yet, but hopefully it's a female).

 

[Beateo]

Beauty!! I wouldn't sweat the small buds... my skunk had 1 or 2 large and the rest were really small. They still get the job done brother! 13gr.... that's close to what my yield was on her too. Congrats on the harvest!

 

[SAMtheAPman]

Cheers Beateo. I was happy to get anything smoke-able off that plant. It had a hard life.

 

[SAMtheAPman]

It's a beautiful day here today.... thought I'd take some plant porn photos:

CBD Critical Cure (day 40 of flowering):

Afghan Kush Special (day 52 of flowering):

Vanilla Kush (day 31 of flowering):

CBD Blue Shark (day 49 of flowering):

Money Maker - small, lower bud (day 31 of flowering):

The Garden: