Bagseed & Rubbermaid Grow Box

i use molasses and got it down at dillions grocery store. i found it with the syrups and honey. make sure it is unsulfered molasses that is the most pure kind.

buttledge89 said:

i use molasses and got it down at dillions grocery store. i found it with the syrups and honey. make sure it is unsulfered molasses that is the most pure kind.

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have you seen good results so far?

thank all of U guys for stoppin by and hittin my GJ up..feels good to know I still got viewers!
you guys are all ok in my book...
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2 weeks or so till I chop. I read in a high times mag that you should start trimming fan leaves 10-20 days prior harvesting, so thats what I did. as you can see I got just over 50% of the leaves this time around..will it hurt my yield...I dunno... guess we'll find out...

Still going, still growing. Does feel good. VV

you know whats so pathetic about the work economy in Ohio? Every since Day 1 of this journal I have been here to turn the lights on and off...I havent used a timer throughout this entire grow, I've been here to turn the lights on and off during 20/4 and 12/12...guess nobody needs electricians anymore...

edit:Hey VV good to see U around! yup they're still growin strong..hope U stick around bcuz harvest is comin up pretty soon!

Spittn4cash said:

when should I harvest if I want my homegrown to be the type that makes you laugh uncontrollably?

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to answer this question:

It all depends on ur trichomes.. the little chrystals.. First when they develop they will be transparent.. clear crystals that look like tiny dew drops... don't harvest yet.. if you do, u won't get that high... u might not even feel it if u smoke every day.. when they are finishing, b4 all the hairs are orange, the trichs will be getting milky white.. no longer clear.. this is the point you are searching for.. for that "laughing high"... it will make u cheery and energetic without the bad effects of cannabinoids. If you wait for it to fully mature and the chrystals start to turn an amber yellow shade, the cannabinoids are increasing and THC decreasing.. perfect for midicinal use, as the THC and cannabinoids tend to even out at this stage, producing a very stoney, comatose kind of high.. but leaving the side effects of hunger and sometimes head-aches brought on my cannabinoids..

Does this answer ur question?

Hey Spittn, you got any new pics to show? I plan on putting up some new ones once it starts to change hair color. I'd like to see how your buds fill out. Also, how did the trimming of the fan leaves work? My plants look almost identical to yours, especially the fan leaves and buds. I plan on harvesting mine in probably 4 weeks instead of two, but we'll see how the trichomes come along. I guess it's a balance of quantity and quality. Keep up the good work!

Ohm said:

to answer this question:

Does this answer ur question?

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yes, thank you! I had a feeling it had something to do with those crystals being milky white/cloudy but everyone was tellin me its strain related and those strains are "rare" and all.. but I'll make sure to keep an eye out for the Trichs.. thanks O

SleepyBuds said:

Hey Spittn, you got any new pics to show?

Also, how did the trimming of the fan leaves work?

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Yeah I got a few new pics, not many bcuz Im kinda in a hurry, its a lot going on today.

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Day 62/ Flowering 41

Well I've come to the conclusion that cutting about 20 leaves from each plant would be ok, anything more would slow growth. But I'd only cut fan leaves if they meet one or both of these conditions :

1.) They are more than 50% yellow/brown or looking like its in bad shape- No use in letting it hang on bcuz the plant will use energy trying to keep it alive, and everyone knows cannabis will sacrifice New Growth for Survival

2.) If you are covering budsites- start off by cutting half the leaf that covers the budsite, if you need to cut the rest off then do so.

I cut off about 90% of the fan leaves from one plant, and about 50% of the fan leaves from another and the third I didnt touch.

Without even thinking about it, after I cut them, I gave them a full strength feeding of 15-30-15 ferts, woke up the next morning and I had a bad case of nute burn on the 2 plants I cut fan leaves off of..then I realized that I was missing essentially half of my plant, so I shoulda cut the ferts back to half strength or 1/4 strength..but by then the damage had already been done.

I let it go a day to see if it would "right itself" but it only got worse, so I gave them a flush of 6.0 pH'd water and the next morning the damage hadn't gotten any worse, obviously the flush did the job, so I had to trim back the burned parts of the leaves, which wasnt very much. But then 4/20 came and I hadnt checked the plants all 4/20 or 4/21.. I came in 4/21 just before the lights shut off and found a closet full of scorched plants, the thermometer said it had gotten up to 86* F in there, and the fan was knocked over from the last flush I gave them and I never fixed it to circulate the air so they got a pretty mild case of heat stress

gave them another flush this morning to get rid of the rest of the toxic nutes in the soil, and the water came out pretty clean so hopefully thats the end of that.

Here are some pics of the aftermath:

<Second Largest Cola!




<Largest Cola!

As you can see I had a lil problem with the burning, but nothing too major.

My cola's are coming along nicely I took a couple shots with them next to my asthma inhaler for size reference I got 2 of them that are that big, the rest are just a little longer than my thumb.

The last shot was the Sample bud I pulled off on 4/20 to smoke..didnt really do much for me besides boost the high I already had, and gave me and my girlfriend both a MAD HEADACHE.. definitely needs to go longer than 2 more weeks b4 I give them the chop.

Most of them are just now developing crystals on the colas and leaves, Right now they're about 30% cloudy/ 70% Clear

cool
Love the pics
props

another month or so maybe? more than 2 weeks, yea?

battosai said:

another month or so maybe? more than 2 weeks, yea?

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definitely, at least another 3 weeks..Im thinking maybe as late as June 1, but I dont want it to go on that long bcuz I wanna have this as my summer stash and get my next one started for fall. The next grow will probably be Bagseed again bcuz I wont have a HID yet.

i have had huge results i think with the molasses. every other day it seems as if the buds double in size. maybe its just the plant maturing but it seems to me that after i feed the molasses i can see a difference 5-6 hours later

buttledge89 said:

i have had huge results i think with the molasses. every other day it seems as if the buds double in size. maybe its just the plant maturing but it seems to me that after i feed the molasses i can see a difference 5-6 hours later

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DAMN!...lol thats pretty good imo..
I wasnt able to make it to the store so I couldnt get any, but I'll make sure to get some for the next grow. But that growth is phenominal!

Harvest Begins!

according to the grow guide

http://www.marijuana.com/cultivation-bible/bible-05.php said:

Many cultivators choose to harvest when 60-75% of the pistils, or "hairs" have changed colors. Optimum harvest times will vary widely with each Cannabis strain, so the best way to find that perfect harvest time is to experiment! Try cutting buds off during different times of flower (one at 6 weeks, then one at 7 weeks, etc.) to determine which time period suits you best.

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So it begins.

I searched the plants for a good bud to cut off and allow to properly dry and cure...

Im kinda hesitant about this bcuz I really want to let the buds get as big as possible before I chop anything, so I very carefully cut the top bud from one branch on each plant..if that makes any sense.

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Plant C (unknown droopy strain):


Plant D (Oasis):


Plant E (Power Plant):



I'll let them dry till wed, cure till sat, probably smoke them saturday night or sunday afternoon.

HOT DAMN Plant E is frosty..Im hoping shes a hermie I love the way she is growing!

Got some molasses today! (wal-Mart for like $2!!)


Gonna start feeding them straight Molasses and pH'd water for the next 2 weeks straight, they're either gonna get cut next friday or the friday after that, I gotta get these outta here bcuz of security issues...but while these are curing Im gonna germ 5 more in the same stealth rubbermaid box using CFL's again (8 - 26W CFL's & 1 - 13WCFL = 14,000 Lumens), so I dunno if I'll just continue this journal or start a new one. Input always welcome.

How come every example of molasses on this site are shown in bottles yet the stuff i bought came in a packet and is hard. Is this stuff still gd

jimbo_jim said:

How come every example of molasses on this site are shown in bottles yet the stuff i bought came in a packet and is hard. Is this stuff still gd

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yeah thats fine, molasses (syrup) is actually a by-product of sugar cane molasses, so I'd assume it would be alright.

Hey Spittn, how's the drying and curing going with the buds you picked? My buds are fattening up and I wanted to try to test some. Did your buds change shape or anything after you dried them...looking at the pics, those buds don't look like the buds I get in my bag. Been smoking for years, just always been confused on how these 'buds' turn into BUDS...