Big J's LEGAL 1K Watt Mh/HPS Perpetual Closet Grow

Thanks for the support guys!

Things have been real busy for me lately! But the plants are doing well!

Almost every clone I took has rooted and been transplanted in 16oz cups. There are a few left to root, but based on the looks of things, I expect 100% success once more!

I plan to pull all the plants out and do a FINAL prune/trim to reduce some shaded budsites and even a few fan leaves here and there where appropriate.

I will keep you all posted and get some pics up eventually here that actually show up!

bigjesse1922 said:

I plan to pull all the plants out and do a FINAL prune/trim to reduce some shaded budsites and even a few fan leaves here and there where appropriate.

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I'm about to do the same thing on Monday myself. It is truly a MUST but some people don't do it. I double the dosage of bloom nutes for the last week before I flush also.

DillWeed said:

I'm about to do the same thing on Monday myself. It is truly a MUST but some people don't do it. I double the dosage of bloom nutes for the last week before I flush also.

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Thanks for that feedback Dill.

This whole time I have been super paranoid about removing fan leaves, as it led to some molding on my last grow if you remember.

BUT, I will be picking up a 65 pint LG dehumidifer Monday, so I think I am safe

I WILL post some pics after this deveg and such. I will have ample opportunity to get some pics under something BESIDES my 1k HPS

when removing fan leaves.... make sure they have already started to deteriorate (change color) before removing..... I look forward to pics ... and thanks for the info on the site for ballast etc.

theloadeddragon said:

when removing fan leaves.... make sure they have already started to deteriorate (change color) before removing..... I look forward to pics ... and thanks for the info on the site for ballast etc.

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No prob TLD!

I am talking about removing fans leaves early in flower (devegging) to open up the canopy a bit/bring light to lower yet worthy budsites!

bigjesse1922 said:

No prob TLD!

I am talking about removing fans leaves early in flower (devegging) to open up the canopy a bit/bring light to lower yet worthy budsites!

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I would rather tie the stalks to the side to use more of the available light, and let the leaves go at their own rate..... but thats just personal preference.... other people do staggered harvests etc. to receive similar results...

I considered staking them down...

But there are just TOO many! I let these bushes get outta control!

SOG/Lollipoping is how I will roll it up from here on out

lol.... ok.....

Well that was a helpful, interesting, and enlightening post!

pics??????

I will snap them tomorrow under natural light when I pull them out for their touch up.

Pinkie swear

bigjesse1922 said:

I will snap them tomorrow under natural light when I pull them out for their touch up.

Pinkie swear

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Yeah, they always look better under regular light than they do under the HPS but I have twenty monsters so I get lazy and don't want to pull them all out at times.

The 6 gallon girls are not easy on my back at all!

But it needs to be done...

Tip of the Day: Always lift properly! Take it from me, it WILL catch up to you, and then once your back is like mine, there isn't really any going back!!

For sure. ALWAYS lift with your legs and not with your back.

pics??????

Ok, Mr. I Didn't Update Forever Either

All the trim work is done, pics are taken and being sent to my desktop now. Give me an hour or so.

Dill I wish I woulda listened when people told me !

Well, I was planning on just removing a few fans leaves here and there and evaluating the worth of various budsites to determine if they should stay or go.

Once I got all five ladies out and really had the opportunity to look them over, I decided to get more....radical in my approach....

Basically, I had a TON of what were to have been FLUFF nugs had I not chopped them. To open up the canopy for them just was not feasible.

So, I did some MAJOR pruning, all the way up to 17" on a plant or two! My goal here is to have at least 3 z's per plant, and I feel I can achieve that if each 6 gallon container o' roots can focus its energy on producing HUGE, DENSE nugs in FULL light! Well, I hope I didn't chop off TOO much and throw my yield off....TO THE PICS!!!!

BB, Day 24 12/12, 36.5"


Notice her pistils are kinda messy and not pointed STRAIGHT up at the light? Any thoughts?


OK, here is Hashberry, Day 24 12/12, standing an even 30"

She had ALOT of fluff nug potential. Ouch. It hurt me to hurt her.

This picture (and my shitty camera phone) DOES NOT do the resin production justice!


SK#1, Day 24 12/12, 33.5" tall.

Again, REALLY hard for me. Too much? They were getting SHADED below where I trimmed...


Again, the camera phone leaves much to be desired...


SK#2, Day 24 12/12, 29"

Between my back and my conscience and my wondering...today hurt me more than it hurt them...but not by much!



And Sk#3, 35" and by far the biggest resin producer to date.

Oops, snuck my foot in there...Good thing I am an MMJ patient, or else those damn CSI bastards would be all over me with there fancy smancy Podiatric Identification Technology...

Took too much off this one I think. I have no idea what I am doing, let's all just face it!

But she shore is perdy!



And some useless shots of the whole sha-bang, under the ultra photo-friendly 1k HPS

Barbs in front.




Ok, lay it on me...

Beautiful bro...

This one looks perfect.. nice job on the lollipoping..

Jesse... those pics were so worth waiting for. Beautiful plants. The sk#3 is just stunning from above. I love it.

My pistils never really pointed at the light, but maybe there is something wrong with them.

And yeah... you may have gone a little far on the one plant. But damn you are going to have some nice buds... all tight and quality.

Nice work.

GypsyBush said:

Beautiful bro...

This one looks perfect.. nice job on the lollipoping..

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Thanks GB! Perfect from you concerning ANYTHING in my op is an achievement for me!

What about the others? A tad too much?

Now I took a stab for you....would you kindly care you guesstimate a yield?

jigfresh said:

Jesse... those pics were so worth waiting for. Beautiful plants. The sk#3 is just stunning from above. I love it.

My pistils never really pointed at the light, but maybe there is something wrong with them.

And yeah... you may have gone a little far on the one plant. But damn you are going to have some nice buds... all tight and quality.

Nice work.

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Yeah I have a feeling I might have taken too much. What you CAN'T see from the pics, however, is that I did leave some lower budsites that are tiny but if the plant wants to grow a large cola (length wise) then they all should be able to.

I really appreciate your kind words too Jig! You and GB and Dill and Sticky and Hulk and TLD and so many more make it all worth it for sure!

What do you think, care to go out on a limb and guess my yield? I would say they have 5.5-8 weeks to go! Talk about a wide window !

I am NOT harvesting these early tho. My 65 pint dehumidifer will be up and running by Tuesday. Hopefully it will be able to keep my rh as close to or below 40% So I pray for no mold this time!! These buds are fattening up at alarming rates for 24 days IMO. Also the resin production is crazy. They are more coated at 24 days than the last crop of barbs were at 75!

Well, get back to me fellas!