FlowaMasta's Methodology @ How to Grow Monster pound plants!!! ( Jack H X Skunk )

Awesome pics from both Flowa and Mo, nice work gentlemen
Flowa, the resin on gnine is ridiculous :-O

JohnNeedsMeds said:

WOW! Look at the vivid colors and trichomes!!!!

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Thankyou!! I do look at them all day, every day I am truly a proud dad to this girl!

Mohican said:

Looking shexshee FM!


Here are a couple macros of the Ace of Spades #6 using my Samsung WB150F:










Cheers,
Mo

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Thanx Mo! Beautiful pics yourself! insane colours Ace of spades is always one strain that sits in the back of the mind.... is that because its always badass and a true representation of quality genetics? I'm thinking so!! its always nice to see different strains growing, and i dont mind the odd surprise strain now and then

eastcoastmo said:

Awesome pics from both Flowa and Mo, nice work gentlemen
Flowa, the resin on gnine is ridiculous :-O

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Thanx Easty! Gnine is a sure shocker, the stench is getting a little on the 'potent' side, and its not even possible to dry a sample in the bedroom without stinking the place out, this girl is getting REALLY big, and leaning on the sides of the tent, all the colas are falling over, and it looks messy, but i'll soon see when i goto handle this complicated mess at harvest time! i will literally have to balance the plant out as i harvest. Its that big lol. She would easily topple over with one sided buds on her, i cant even shake the net it feels like a beached whale. ridiculous is the right words for her indeed!! Her potency looks to be quite up there too The fox tails are nearly completely fattened up, and soon it will be snippety snip time!!!

flowamasta said:

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Those are the best pics yet FM. Getting gooey! I have another question. When I asked you about reservoir sizes, you told me to go with at least a 20 gallon reservoir but isn't your reservoir only 13 gallons? I was just curious why the reservoir needs to be that big considering the fact that the solution is constantly being recirculated. Thanks.

Peekineeze said:

Those are the best pics yet FM. Getting gooey! I have another question. When I asked you about reservoir sizes, you told me to go with at least a 20 gallon reservoir but isn't your reservoir only 13 gallons? I was just curious why the reservoir needs to be that big considering the fact that the solution is constantly being recirculated. Thanks.

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Thanx mate I don't remember saying 20 gallons for the res, i may have misread/mistyped, but a good 40 litres should be minimum or you'll be forever topping up every day. My plant only last week was drinking over 12-15 litres in a day!!! Being available to the roots in the the perfect water/air ratio helps grow a thirsty plant. Hydro, doesn't 'Need' to be anything, as long as it works for you, it can be as simple as sticking a plant in the pot and putting a light over-head my methods are the way they are because it works for me I'm still learning more each and every grow.

Any idea on the genetics of g9 yet? Buds look skunky too me ..

Hey Flowa, here's a couple of pics of my breeding project, got a shiva skunk, shark shock, mango, original skunk 1 and blueberry females with a male blueberry at the back. The second shot is the shiva skunk with some juicy beans starting to form damn the box smells so good too!!

flowamasta said:

Thanx mate I don't remember saying 20 gallons for the res, i may have misread/mistyped, but a good 40 litres should be minimum or you'll be forever topping up every day. My plant only last week was drinking over 12-15 litres in a day!!! Being available to the roots in the the perfect water/air ratio helps grow a thirsty plant. Hydro, doesn't 'Need' to be anything, as long as it works for you, it can be as simple as sticking a plant in the pot and putting a light over-head my methods are the way they are because it works for me I'm still learning more each and every grow.

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Ok. Yeah, I thought both would probably work but I wanted to check before I pulled the trigger. "Need" was not the right word. I've bought things in the recent past just to find out it wasn't ideal and ended up replacing. 12-15 liters is quite a lot of water consumption considering the fact that the roots aren't submerged. I would think they would be able to consume more water if totally submerged but maybe that's counterintuitive. Thanks for the help.

Been following for quite some time now and i am very impressed. i have only one question....are u using tap water and if so what is your tap water like down under?

Flo master looks like you know your stuff pretty well. this is my first indoor and was wondering if you clip any leaves off during veg of do any type of high or low stress training???

Thanks

Hi Flowa,

I have another question to add to the others... I remember you tried "water curing" your pot a couple years ago. Did you like the results? Did it really take the harshness on the throat away from it?

Scroga said:

Any idea on the genetics of g9 yet? Buds look skunky too me ..

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I agree, definitely skunky!! I actually thought it was ol' Jack skunk, but the buzz and flavour is totally unique! Lemon fuel taste and a very psychadelic visual and very head buzzy stone! A true contender in my books if you ask me!

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Hey Flowa, here's a couple of pics of my breeding project, got a shiva skunk, shark shock, mango, original skunk 1 and blueberry females with a male blueberry at the back. The second shot is the shiva skunk with some juicy beans starting to form damn the box smells so good too!!

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Shiva beans good choice It sounds like a gourmet meal you're serving up for some Ganja God or something! lol lookin beautiful Easty!!

Peekineeze said:

Ok. Yeah, I thought both would probably work but I wanted to check before I pulled the trigger. "Need" was not the right word. I've bought things in the recent past just to find out it wasn't ideal and ended up replacing. 12-15 liters is quite a lot of water consumption considering the fact that the roots aren't submerged. I would think they would be able to consume more water if totally submerged but maybe that's counterintuitive. Thanks for the help.

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If you had the roots submerged you could run into more issues only because this system is designed with mostly air roots to be grown and when you completely submerge them thats starting water cultures and a differnt game altogether. You would have to have the solution aerated inside the pot aswell to prevent rootrot, but yes like you say, this would be illogical.

bez55 said:

Been following for quite some time now and i am very impressed. i have only one question....are u using tap water and if so what is your tap water like down under?

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Yes i use tap water, its around 400-600ppm but has some nasties like high calcium traces and the obvious fluoride crap... Our tap water is not drinkable., some would say it is, but i prefer to drink pure/filterd.

ixnicexi said:

Flo master looks like you know your stuff pretty well. this is my first indoor and was wondering if you clip any leaves off during veg of do any type of high or low stress training???

Thanks

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Yeah, i trim many leaves during veg, I hack my grows to pieces! a little stress at the right times is barely an issue, and can be beneficial actually! letting light into areas that need more light will always help with growth. After a while you will see which areas are in need of maintenance, lighter shades of green can mean a lack of light underneath a canopy and removing larger leaves up top to let light in can really help those nugz. During Flowering after week 2 i don't touch her until maybe week 6 for a final clean up, trim/checkup.

daveroller said:

Hi Flowa,

I have another question to add to the others... I remember you tried "water curing" your pot a couple years ago. Did you like the results? Did it really take the harshness on the throat away from it?

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I didn't like the method, it works, and yes it makes a smooth product, but i think it looses much appeal, smell and taste will lack in my opinion, but if you have some erb that tastes like nutrients have been left behind its an awesome idea to do as it will remove that void flavour and keep your bong smelling clean instead of a toilet bowl lol any nutrients left behind will alter the taste so flushing is important especially if things got a little toxic due to burns or too much nutes... having a cleaner product will taste better, and burn at a lower temperature and that makes for more THC getting to your brain

Gnine Harvest!!

Ha ha lol man, I'll be serving a feast to myself once they are finished plus I'm hanging to start the back crossing and see the results!!

All I can say about your grow is WOW as always! Gnine looks like a true winner strain man, just beautiful to look at too

Happy Harvest under the smiling moon FlowaMasta!
I knew that when you were not posting it meant that you were harvesting!
Looks perfect!
Sticky a bit?


Cheers,
Mo

eastcoastmo said:

Ha ha lol man, I'll be serving a feast to myself once they are finished plus I'm hanging to start the back crossing and see the results!!

All I can say about your grow is WOW as always! Gnine looks like a true winner strain man, just beautiful to look at too

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You are a major step ahead of me with breeding!! awesome choices i might add! thanx also easty The harvest was a long night and day and everything is still sitting as it was in the pics.. i've had 2 GREAT days of sleeping in and feel like i could eat 3 horses. jk
I will be having a good squiz tonight i can smell a different sweetness in the air, all the major colas got snipped down to size as they were just way too big to dry naturally, i lost 1 large cola that i was really looking forward to, and it would of been a good 2 ounces, but i was left with maybe 1 from that cola due to budrot starting ion the middle of the cola and just starting to get its yuk on, so i just snipped everything around it, and threw the crap straight in the bin, the FIRST time i've ever lost a cola to budrot but it proves i'm human The cola was as round as a football. Glad it was only 1, when i seen it i thought oooh noooo, but that was the largest i the batch and sitting there like Jaba the Hut from star wars lol

Mohican said:

Happy Harvest under the smiling moon FlowaMasta!
I knew that when you were not posting it meant that you were harvesting!
Looks perfect!
Sticky a bit?
Lol you got it!!
Perfect!? thanx mo!!! I'm always totally up for anything before i give it a good try, i don't know what to think? I've had soo many issues this grow compared to the rest, like blocked hose, root rot at the beginning, white flies, and to have this turn out looking ace throughout is making me feel much better than how i've been feeling! I'm thinking nothing but positive but yes you're right!!!, one of the stickiest i've grown.... it almost smells like apple cider beer.. i'm not kidding you. the THC is high, oh its high i wish i could get it tested!!

Cheers,
Mo

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Cheers brother, i'll be sure to pass on some beans to the Masta, I'd love to see some in your garden Man that sucks about the bud rot glad it didnt effect the rest of your crop! I'm hanging to hear your final weight, with those 2 600's in there, i can only imagine how knackered you were after chopping lol, you must have a massive yield on your hands

eastcoastmo said:

Cheers brother, i'll be sure to pass on some beans to the Masta, I'd love to see some in your garden Man that sucks about the bud rot glad it didnt effect the rest of your crop! I'm hanging to hear your final weight, with those 2 600's in there, i can only imagine how knackered you were after chopping lol, you must have a massive yield on your hands

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yea man! It certainly weighed the net down, i had to hang the colas for a night or 2 otherwise the velcro strap would of torn at the stitching lol!
Yea the budrot was right at the back bunched up together like 2 buds growing together bud it was just one beserk giant bud which looked like it was heat damaged. That may have contributed to the overwatering of that bud leading to budrot. The rest looks 100% fine, i'm glad i picked her when i did

Damn bro sounds like there was A LOT of her in there

Awesome bro, just awesome

flowamasta said:

If you had the roots submerged you could run into more issues only because this system is designed with mostly air roots to be grown and when you completely submerge them thats starting water cultures and a differnt game altogether. You would have to have the solution aerated inside the pot aswell to prevent rootrot, but yes like you say, this would be illogical.

Yes i use tap water, its around 400-600ppm but has some nasties like high calcium traces and the obvious fluoride crap... Our tap water is not drinkable., some would say it is, but i prefer to drink pure/filterd.
Gnine Harvest!!

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Amazing, absolutely amazing. I commend you sir. From the looks of your net this harvest has to be close to 2 pounds. I liked growing with a hydro setup much better than soil but I thought it was good for the plant to have a medium. I was thinking about using hydroton when I came across your setup. I might try one of both next time but my girls are growing faster than I've ever seen them grow and I don't usually try to fix or change anything that works so well. Thanks man, I really can't thank you enough.

Rubix said:

Amazing, absolutely amazing. I commend you sir. From the looks of your net this harvest has to be close to 2 pounds. I liked growing with a hydro setup much better than soil but I thought it was good for the plant to have a medium. I was thinking about using hydroton when I came across your setup. I might try one of both next time but my girls are growing faster than I've ever seen them grow and I don't usually try to fix or change anything that works so well. Thanks man, I really can't thank you enough.

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Thankyou kindly!! I'm really glad you and others find my thread useful and entertaining!

More Gnine porn!!! BTW>>> Harvest weighed in at just over 1100 grams cured. Ace by my standards, and my best yet!!!

I think i just came a little in my pants, excuse me while i put myself back together

Absolutely amazing bro, over 2.5lbs is just crazy, well done Sir the end product looks so damn good mate!!