Hopsnmalt's 2011 Grow

Hopsnmalt said:

Post em if you get some better pics. I imagine there will a bunch of purple bud pix in the next few weeks.
I have a GDP that is just starting to show some color, hasn't been cold yet either.
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Hops

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GDP looks yummy....I can almost taste it from here!!!!

Just a quick update.
Harvested the first plant today, a pretty small Urkel x og.
Looks like maybe 9oz not bad. It was in an 18gal pot set in the ground; the only plant done this way(got lazy at the end)


Blue widows and white siberians next weekend, right on target for 10/1. The west side of the big white sib is a week ahead of the east side so I will probably harvest what is ready and let the light shine in to finish the other side.


And finally, the big Durbans are frosting up nicely but certainly have at least 2 to 3 weeks left. Kind of a skunky kerosine smell. Gonna be worth the wait I think....


Feels good to get the first one indoors...

Peace,
Hops

I've never tried Durban....dying to though, it sounds awesome. I love my Sativas for sure, and that's one on my list to get. Lookin great Hops, and yea, it does feel good to get 1 in, I got my SSH in this morning.

wheezer said:

I've never tried Durban....dying to though, it sounds awesome. I love my Sativas for sure, and that's one on my list to get. Lookin great Hops, and yea, it does feel good to get 1 in, I got my SSH in this morning.

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I know you're a card holder of course. I would be happy to share it so you know if it's something for next year. I will be doing this one again unless it tastes like crap or something, It's super vigorous and for a 70 - 80% sativa it's gonna finish 2nd week Oct..!
Might even top it next year, that WAS the plan but I bit off a little more than I could chew this year. Some shit got away from me.

BTW, this weather is the STUFF! 7 more days of this and I'll have 3 of the big ones in, and will then be able to cover the rest with the 2 carports and a 10 x 10 shade unit that's on hand.
Most def will be planting in 10 x 20 blocks/rows next year. Tired of packing teas in buckets over a 2 to 3 acre area. B.S.

Peace,
Hops

Grew the Durban couple years back and didn't care for the taste, was late to finish. Plant was a monster and did produce good yield just tasted crappy harsh, would burn your throat.
Congrats on the first plant in. Sounds like an intersting cross?

Hodgegrown said:

Grew the Durban couple years back and didn't care for the taste, was late to finish. Plant was a monster and did produce good yield just tasted crappy harsh, would burn your throat.
Congrats on the first plant in. Sounds like an intersting cross?

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Arrghh, Hope that harshness was an isolated incident. Maybe the skunk#1 in mine will smooth it out? We'll see.
Yeah, the Urkel x og was the only bagseed I did this year, 4 seeds from a bag of rock hard, purple popcorn buds that were tasty and potent.
I got 4 girls and 2 phenos, 1 that's in the pics posted yesterday -with easy trimming dense largish nugs harvested on 9.24
The other three are just like what was in the bag; thousands of popcorn nugs that are turning purple now but won't be ready for three weeks. Those are the ones I'm interested in. I'll have to borrow a friends trimming machine for those. It's this plant.
The stems have been striped since it was a seedling.


Peace,
Hops

Hope it was my grow as well just found it harsh even after jar curing for 6 months?

Hodgegrown said:

Hope it was my grow as well just found it harsh even after jar curing for 6 months?

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Bummer.
I would hate to have to make that much hash, rather just have good bud to deal with

Hops

I'm hoping it comes out good too, but I'm afraid it might be that way. You sasy yours is Skunk crossed, it might help it out, but those landrace sativas are usually lacking in the flavor department.
That Purp x OG looks dankity!

wheezer said:

I'm hoping it comes out good too, but I'm afraid it might be that way. You sasy yours is Skunk crossed, it might help it out, but those landrace sativas are usually lacking in the flavor department.
That Purp x OG looks dankity!

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I hear you Wheezer.
Unfortunately it doesn't look like any skunk I've grown (4 or 5) at all, so It's probably gonna taste like Durban - whatever that tastes like. It is getting sticky and smells ... intimidating (Ha). I'd bet it's a stony one. Hopefully a tasty one as well.
BTW the Acapulcos that are going off here in the Bay area are about 4 weeks into flower and since I'm guessing they are a 12 to 15 week plant (and I emphasize Guess), that means they are gonna be done around the first+ week of December. Not bad.
I'm putting together a 7 x 16 permanent, heated greenhouse at home that should keep them in optimum conditions till then.
I wish I had Durban pollen to hit them with....Mexican Sativa x South African Sativa, hmm a pure sativa that could finish by November. Has that been done? Maybe I'll get an Acapulco boy next germination and can try it the other way around. I won't forget you want some boy dust.

Peace,
Hops

So much for a week to relax... here's the forecast

"
..GOOD POTENTIAL FOR COOLER...WET AND WINDY WEATHER NEXT WEEK... A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF THE FIRST FRONT...DUE TO ARRIVE MONDAY. RAIN SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS MAY BRIEFLY DROP TO THE HIGHER PASSES SUCH AS SONORA PASS AND THE HIGHWAY 89 SUMMIT AREA NEAR MT. LASSEN. ONLY A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED INITIALLY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT MAY SPREAD PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. SNOW LEVELS MAY DROP BELOW THE TRANS-SIERRA PASSES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WHILE THE EXACT TIMING AND DETAILS OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM ARE STILL COMING INTO FOCUS...BE AWARE THAT WINTER TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL TRANS-SIERRA PASSES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. "
Shit. That's 14 plants to cover on Sunday - thurs at least.

Goood times.

Hops

Hopefully I will only have to cover one plant the rest will be out this weekend. Should be about two or three when dry. I got a lb finishing now been hanging for over a week. dirrtyd

Won't be covering any, cutting the tops off 2 maybe 3 plants but will be leaving the others to natures wrath. Don't think I should have problem with mold but will be keeping a sharp eye on the White Grape, she's got the most leaf structure so not lots of air circulation. Their so close but a week maybe should finish them up and I'm taking the chance that the wind and storms short duration will not develope mold.

how's those power africa doing? They haven't came down yet have they?

tristynhawk said:

how's those power africa doing? They haven't came down yet have they?

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They are not down, still in and looking good - maybe a week or so. Probably take them down on the weekend of the 13th. They are getting DENSE and stinky. They have a scent of their own for sure, kinda foul and yummy at the same time?

Hops

Hey Hops I have zero seeds so far.. Don't know if I just haven't found them yet or if they just aren't there... I will go through everything more closely when I jar and bag but I have yet to find one.

Well, a very busy 5 days since my last posts. Took down 8 plants - some small some not. Got most trimmed tight, some hanging with leaves. I had a family crisis early last week and in my absence some piece of shit helped himself to two of my girls, luckily(?) they were on the smallish side and at least 2 weeks from ready when taken. Stupid as well as criminal.

Anyway I had a ton of help trimming. At one point there were 6 of us at 2 tables drinking beer and taking an occasional rip from green bud...good times.

I estimate that we did about 7 lbs so far. The white siberian is a yield monster and a dream to trim, the first pic is 1.5 plants worth, I have 1.5 to go.... The drying rack is 4' x 8'


I mentioned before that I did 4 bagseed this year. never again. Th 4 purple urkel x og couldn't have been any different from each other. The first one smells real good in the jar. The second one I'll prob make hash out of. The third was stolen last week and the fourth is the Shiznit. OMG this thing smells like overripe blueberries, will yield a lb+ and looks like a magazine cover. Hope I can keep it in my garden till ripe, it needs to tighten up a bit, maybe 2 more weeks.

Happy trimming all,

Hops

angryblackman said:

Hey Hops I have zero seeds so far.. Don't know if I just haven't found them yet or if they just aren't there... I will go through everything more closely when I jar and bag but I have yet to find one.

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Damn ABM,
maybe it got moist or something.
I had a branch of UK Cheese pollinated with the master pollen, I just assumed they were ripe since it had been over a month but the few I have looked at since chopping it aren't ripe....
Sometimes stuff doesn't work out.

Hops

I am SUPER bummed about it. I am hoping that I find some while jarring but it's not looking promising. I will keep you posted and if I do find some you get first pick.