Bubblelicious: A Pinch & Scrog Grow w/Pics

[Serapis]

It's been 4 days since the last watering and today, the meter reads near dry. Time to feed the ladies. I had 4 gallons of tap water, sitting for 4 days to allow chlorine to evaporate. Each gallon got the following added to it...

2 tsp grow big
2 tsp tiger bloom
1 tbsp Big Bloom
1 tsp Cal-Mag
1/2 tsp Beastie Bloomz
1/4 tsp GH PH Down

I gave each plant about a gallon. They were dry, the run off didn't start until I was nearly done pouring each gallon. The meter read right, it was high time to water/feed.

I haven't taken any pictures in the last few days. Not much has happened except I have had to raise the lights a few time. The growth is pushing up on the screen and I'm working the tops in when they are ready. I'm no longer moving the main tops, as they are at the screen edges. I'll let them start growing up out of the screen.

Next weekend I'll go under the screen and cut off any bud sites and leaves that are not going to make it over the screen. We'll let the plant focus on producing above the screen. I'm estimating about an hour to clean it all up and remove the debris.

 

[OGPanda]

It's been 4 days since the last watering and today, the meter reads near dry. Time to feed the ladies. I had 4 gallons of tap water, sitting for 4 days to allow chlorine to evaporate. Each gallon got the following added to it...

2 tsp grow big
2 tsp tiger bloom
1 tbsp Big Bloom
1 tsp Cal-Mag
1/2 tsp Beastie Bloomz
1/4 tsp GH PH Down

I gave each plant about a gallon. They were dry, the run off didn't start until I was nearly done pouring each gallon. The meter read right, it was high time to water/feed.

I haven't taken any pictures in the last few days. Not much has happened except I have had to raise the lights a few time. The growth is pushing up on the screen and I'm working the tops in when they are ready. I'm no longer moving the main tops, as they are at the screen edges. I'll let them start growing up out of the screen.

Next weekend I'll go under the screen and cut off any bud sites and leaves that are not going to make it over the screen. We'll let the plant focus on producing above the screen. I'm estimating about an hour to clean it all up and remove the debris.

Are you using the liquid version of the nutes or the soluble stuff?

 

[GreenBuddha619]

Mucho tops

I was working the screen today, encouraging the plants to fill the screen, and decided to count the tops. Keep in mind, when I first pinched the tops, there were a total of 12 established tops on 4 plants. (Using Uncle Ben's method for topping. Some plants get 4 colas, some only 2)

Today, I have 24 tops that have entered the screen, and 11 that are close to doing so, for a total of 35 tops that will grow colas, instead of the original 12.

I suspect that I'll have to keep a much closer eye on the plants nutritional and water needs, with this much extra growth. I'm going to increase waterings to one gallon per plant, over the half gallon I have been giving. The extra water should help me leach some salts out of the soil. I'm not going to be able to do a true flush, since the plants will be in the screen, so I plan on heavy waterings with Drip Clean for the last two weeks of flower.

comments? Ideas? criticism? Hate mail?

Looking good Serapis! Sub'd can't wait to see some more flowering pics. I currently have a Bubblicious plant going in coco just over 7 weeks in to flowering. I use H & G line which includes the drip clean. I did some research on it and contacted H & G. They suggest that you use the drip clean up until the last 2-3 days. The drip clean will dissolve any built up salts allowing you to flush just the last 2-3 days. I use it when I feed and when I water with run off % of 10 when I feed and 20 when I water. H & G suggest 6% feed and 14-18% water. I still plan on flushing the last 7 days or so just make sure its all out. Check out the grow in my sig if you want usually update pics every few days or so. Wish I would have known more about LSTing, supercropping, etc. cuz I would have more tops too!

 

[Serapis]

Are you using the liquid version of the nutes or the soluble stuff?

The only soluble listed is the Beastie Bloomz. Everything else is a liquid.

 

[420God]

Hi Serapis, thought I'd drop in and see how's it going.

Looking awesome so far, can't wait to see them in full bloom! Happy growing!!!

 

[Serapis]

Hi Serapis, thought I'd drop in and see how's it going.

Looking awesome so far, can't wait to see them in full bloom! Happy growing!!!

Thanks man... I did not know this method was called super cropping. I thought super cropping was revegging harvested plants. Learn something new every day.

I learned this method working in landscaping. I once bent and nearly broke a long stem on some huge ornamental grass at an entranceway with my riding mower. I got off the mower and was inspecting the damage when one of my buds came up on me while he was edging. I pointed out what I had done and decided to prune it off. This grass had blooms of some kind and my friend suggested I just kind of fold the stem back into the center of the plant and check on it next week when we came back.

The following week, the damn thing had already grown out new stems along it's length and the bend looked like it was repaired. My friend explained that most plants do that as a means of survival. When I tried it on marijuana, I was shocked to see how fast the plants responded. The leaves were righting themselves within a few hours and in about a week, the stems were standing back up.

 

[420God]

I just came across it in my readings recently and thought it's a very good method for a natural quick fix on height issues.

As I was reading through some of your past threads I noticed me and you are a lot alike in our search for perfection.

I'll be happy to watch how this grow progresses.

 

[don blaze]

nice setup , whats the think over the plants 4 ,,check out my grow on my page , and what kinda nutes are you using

 

[Serapis]

nice setup , whats the think over the plants 4 ,,check out my grow on my page , and what kinda nutes are you using

Post #41 has a list of the nutrients I'm using.....

The device over the plants is a screen and it aids in training the plants.

 

[Sammy9010]

Absolutely beautiful, making me want to order some of those seeds!

 

[Serapis]

The strain is awesome. I love the high and it's ability to yield. These smell fantastic while flowering.

 

[ataxia]

The strain is awesome. I love the high and it's ability to yield. These smell fantastic while flowering.

I'm about 40 days into flowering with Bubblelicious i can't say anything about the high or yield since i haven't harvested yet. But the smell during flowering... you could say fantastic, I would say mine smells like ... well ... garbage. Sickly rotten sweetness. I can only imagine the finished product will be delicious.

 

[choufleur47]

ive just learned a lot from reading your thread. ill use that pinching thing on my 2nd grow. good luck with yours!

 

[BuddyJesus]

Serapis great job here man! I can't wait to see what you end up with! And that led grow, you only had a HPS light on them for the last 3 weeks? You think it was worth using the LED? I've heard so many ups and downs but never really seen anything like what you got outta it? Have you ever tried going the full flower cycle with just the LED?

~Buddy J~

 

[harveyjarvey]

Awesome job man, I have some bubblelicious seeds that im planning on throwing in the dirt on my next grow... I have some shortryders that are 3 weeks old, when can I start to use the scrog fence? Also when is it the best time to use the pinching method?

 

[GreenBuddha619]

I'm about 40 days into flowering with Bubblelicious i can't say anything about the high or yield since i haven't harvested yet. But the smell during flowering... you could say fantastic, I would say mine smells like ... well ... garbage. Sickly rotten sweetness. I can only imagine the finished product will be delicious.

Just cut mine down the other day. Really dense tight nugs. My growing technique wasn't great this time so yield will all change depending on what you do but I ended up cutting the top 2/3's of the plant off and got a little more than 4oz. wet wieght. Been drying for 2 days now and my bathroom smells amazing. I have smoked the Bubble before and it has sweet but skunky flavor to it. Funny when I was cutting it smelt like cat piss. Can't wait for it to cure!

 

[Serapis]

ive just learned a lot from reading your thread. ill use that pinching thing on my 2nd grow. good luck with yours!

Thanks! I hope you do well with it.

Serapis great job here man! I can't wait to see what you end up with! And that led grow, you only had a HPS light on them for the last 3 weeks? You think it was worth using the LED? I've heard so many ups and downs but never really seen anything like what you got outta it? Have you ever tried going the full flower cycle with just the LED?

~Buddy J~

That was my intention, however it was suggested that growing could help me save my house and end my money woes. Being a FT student is tough. Without a job, it's really tough and without roommates, nearly impossible. Things are looking up!

Just cut mine down the other day. Really dense tight nugs. My growing technique wasn't great this time so yield will all change depending on what you do but I ended up cutting the top 2/3's of the plant off and got a little more than 4oz. wet wieght. Been drying for 2 days now and my bathroom smells amazing. I have smoked the Bubble before and it has sweet but skunky flavor to it. Funny when I was cutting it smelt like cat piss. Can't wait for it to cure!

I've heard that before with the Bubblelicious. I have cats and know what cat piss smells like and at least mine did not come out like that. Mine is about done curing now and it is awesome
I water cured some as well

 

[GuerrillaGreenery]

That was my intention, however it was suggested that growing could help me save my house and end my money woes. Being a FT student is tough. Without a job, it's really tough and without roommates, nearly impossible. Things are looking up!

Hell yea bro im in the same position. i feel you. it is lookn up tho!

 

[GreenBuddha619]

I've heard that before with the Bubblelicious. I have cats and know what cat piss smells like and at least mine did not come out like that. Mine is about done curing now and it is awesome
I water cured some as well[/QUOTE]

That is what it smelled like while it was sitting in my room while I was taking cuts to trim. I'm about to start curing I think tomorrow night. Buds have already lost about 1/2 their weight in just 2 days. Some nugs I cut accidentally are smelling amazing with no cure!

Keep up the good work Serapis

 

[420God]

So how's it going? Any recent pics?