Bella Ciao in Coco w/ 600w

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

Some more pics because I can... :watchplant:

~SSB :bong1:

 

[Wiseguy_Chef]

chow bella, very very bella them ladies are for sure. u italian bro? i am a italian chef

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

chow bella, very very bella them ladies are for sure. u italian bro? i am a italian chef

Thanks Wiseguy... sorry, not Italian here. I'll bet you make some mean spaghetti and meatballs, however

~SSB

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

:: shoo's the crickets away ::

Well let's see... what is going on? For starters, I chose my mother plant and took my next round of cuttings. I took 16 but only plan to finish 12 with no training this time... au naturel!

I have a little bit of nute burn going on w/ my biggest flowering plant so I'm going to dilute it down some and see how she likes it. Before that, however, I'm just gonna run some straight water through for the night to flush things out a bit... it's been a few weeks.

For my next run w/ these new clones, I'm switching to Canna Coco nutrients so I'll be ordering those up after the weekend... Ummm.... what else is new..... buds are starting to look nice I suppose.... they still have about 3 weeks left so am I being a little paranoid about them not filling out/fattening up more??? I have to admit I'm looking forward to more uniformity next time w/ the clones. I guess that's all the news I have, hope you enjoy the new round of pictures.

~SSB

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

.....Someone's a 'lil horny or confused? Or maybe its both! Did I mention I'm looking forward to clones the next run???? LOL

~SSB

 

[DomsChron]

LMAO their a little horny is what...


...uhh you can stop by here if you'd like? :hubba: :rofl:

nice grow and GREEN MOJO for them babies.

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

Cool, thanks... there are a few more spots on the same plant doing the same thing. It's strange how each plant can be so different even when they come from the same genetics. My plant in back is the runt w/ the spotty leaves and I'm not expecting too much from her. The one in the middle is my heavy hitter and where my mother plant originated from. In front is the uber horny honey that I'm expecting good things from as well.

The last few days I've been trying to get temperature under control in the room... W/ my veg chamber and the dehumidifier running full time things had been warming up in there to the tune of 95F. The last few days I've had the dehumidifier off during lights on and running during lights off... temps are back in the mid 80's at the canopy where they should be again so hopefully this setup will work out.

I'm getting excited as the last few weeks approach... I anticipate harvest time will be right around turkey day so something tells me I won't be lingering at the table too long before I'm headed back home to give 'em the chop! Hopefully by then I'll have 12 clones in 16oz cups ready for transplant into 2-gal containers and under the 600w MH they go!! Anyways, here are some pics... I can't wait to see what they'll do from here on out

~SSB

P.S. Sorry for the yellow tinge on some, the white balance setting I was using gave them a funky greenish tint I feel so I'll just do w/out for now... perhaps a new camera is in my future

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

Looks like two out of the three plants have a few spots where bud is growing from the leaf now... kinda cool. I'm sure anxious to see how these babies fair in terms of final weight and compare it to my next run which will feature no LST (hopefully no topping), and Canna Coco nutes.

Anyways, I'm at 6 weeks flower with the three girls I'm flowering right now and they're filling out I guess. I figure they'll finish up right around Thanksgiving Day which is a bit inconvenient since I travel to Mom's place a few hundred miles away for turkey dinner. But, I will make it work somehow.... I've already got the goodies to construct a drying box so that will be my project this upcoming week.

Most of the cuttings I took have rooted so I planted them all in 16oz cups full of coco and gave them a 40% strength Canna Coco feed... Not sure if I'm going to post a grow journal for them or not since there wasn't nearly as much discussion on this one as I had hoped. Oh well, guess I just have an uninteresting strain and no skillz....

Blah blah... blah blah blah blah blah.... oh yah, and blah! So now, blah.... I'm going to blah and blah.... have a blah blah and I'll post again in a blah...

~SSB :blah:

 

[Wiseguy_Chef]

Thanks Wiseguy... sorry, not Italian here. I'll bet you make some mean spaghetti and meatballs, however

~SSB

i make some bomb meatballs bro. for real.

 

[Wiseguy_Chef]

ohh wow them babys are looking awasome bro!!! keep it up, green mojo to ya, keep it green

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

Well it seems I jumped the gun on planting my clones and giving them such a stiff drink so early on... most of them are either dying, twisting, spotting, and the new growth (if you want to call it 'growth') looks dead...

I was pretty bummed at first since this will set me back a few weeks and leave my flower area unoccupied for part of that.... BUT, this hobby is not supposed to be a stressful one and this is a learning experience so **** it... I'll just try again! Most likely I'll take more cuttings this weekend since what's the hurry....

I'm pretty sure this is a result of what I mentioned above but a very small part of me wonders about the Rapid Rooters I used this time. I've tried them in the past when I had my hydrohut and while they rooted everything just fine I had nothing but problems after transplanting them (it should be noted I probably had a 'bad' hydrohut as well). So this time around I'm going to wait until multiple roots are shooting out of the plug (instead of at minimum one or two) and start really low on the nutes (like maybe 10% or 15% strength). I may end up going back to the jiffy pots if I continue to have problems though...

The 3 ladies in flower continue to do well... I'm beginning 'the flush' tonight w/ straight water which they'll receive until they're finished. I can see several colas bulking up and I also forsee quite a bit of popcorn that I'll have to figure out how to turn into hash... either way it should be a pleasant harvest in about a week or so I'm guessing...... the hairs are just now starting to die off and trichomes are all clear as of yet. I wish I were better at describing the smell in the room... to be honest it's not the most pleasant fragrance but whatever, as long as it smokes nice.

~SSB

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

Ok folks we're in the home stretch finally!~ Buds are still bulking up, pistils are beginning to show signs of dying off... but trichomes are still all clear so not sure if I'll be harvesting before Thanksgiving or not. I know they should be a certain percentage cloudy and amber (like 50/50 or 40/60) but would appreciate input from others on that... And how long do the trichomes take to turn.... a day, two, three, more???? I guess I'm just trying to figure out if harvest day will be after turkey day or not....

I gotta put together my drying box sometime this week and have decided to not give up entirely on my botched clones as there's a possibility most will bounce back and I'll be able to continue pretty much as planned, I'm just a bit of a perfectionist sometimes. Just in case though, I took more cuttings on Saturday... never hurts to have backup I'm learning... and learning.... and..... haha.

Anyways, here's some proper bud porn so spark up a spliff, load a bowl, or do whatever and enjoy! I know I will be soon

~SSB

P.S. It's definitely time for a camera update, maybe after the holidays...

 

[docfishwrinkle]

Ok folks we're in the home stretch finally!~ Buds are still bulking up, pistils are beginning to show signs of dying off... but trichomes are still all clear so not sure if I'll be harvesting before Thanksgiving or not. I know they should be a certain percentage cloudy and amber (like 50/50 or 40/60) but would appreciate input from others on that... And how long do the trichomes take to turn.... a day, two, three, more???? I guess I'm just trying to figure out if harvest day will be after turkey day or not....

what magnification are you looking @ trichs w/? cause @ early 7 wks should be nearly all cloudy w/ some amber showing, imo. might just wait it out & see. 7 wk mark is usually when calyxes will swell & put on weight things really start to change. if ur looking 2 having an early harvest wait til end of wk 8 on a 10 wk finish. imo

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

what magnification are you looking @ trichs w/? cause @ early 7 wks should be nearly all cloudy w/ some amber showing, imo. might just wait it out & see. 7 wk mark is usually when calyxes will swell & put on weight things really start to change. if ur looking 2 having an early harvest wait til end of wk 8 on a 10 wk finish. imo

These are supposed to finish according to the breeder in about 7.5 weeks but I'm checking trichomes w/ a 20x loupe and so far they all look clear or barely cloudy...

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

I'm officially past the breeder's stated flowering time of 50-55 days and the trichomes are just now beginning to cloud up some. Thanks for all the input everyone... Guess I'll continue to flush them w/ water until I see signs of amber 'chromes. They're still packing on the weight as almost half of the plant in back had fallen over under its own weight so I tied it up the best I could as well as a few of the heavier colas from my biggest plant in the middle. I'll be curious to see how much bud I harvest from this endeavor.... trying not to get my hopes up regardless.

Looks like my clones are going to make it for the most part so I think I'm going to go ahead and start the next round w/ them as opposed to starting new cuttings. That's about all the news I have so enjoy the yellow pictures.

~SSB

 

[docfishwrinkle]

looking great keep it up!

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

A little over a week past the breeder's suggested finishing time and we're still going... Pistils are beginning to die off in greater numbers and trichomes are clouding up more w/ some slight tinges of amber in just a few spots. They'll be finished by this next weekend I hope (which would be 10 weeks). I'm a little upset that its taking so long as I've been flushing for about 16 days now w/ ph6 water.... I could have pumped 'em full of nutrients for another week or so had I known but I guess this is all part of the learning process I keep hearing about... haha. At least they oughta taste nice and yummy!!! The smell is increasing along w/ bulk as expected and my clones are chompin' at the bit for these ladies to finish up and make some room... Hasta!

~SSB

 

[SeñorSmokaBowla]

6.9 oz 'harvested' (aka done drying and put into jars) on Xmas... this will probably be my last post here. Thanks.

~SSB

 

[That crazy vancouver guy]

Nice

 

[docfishwrinkle]

hey bella! if you harvested on christmas you need to dry those buds b4 jarring them up for cure. theyre to "wet" & will most def go moldy.