.Smoke's Hempy Bucket Adventures

Gift.weed.exe said:

Thanks a lot man

I totally agree with you since I learned to grow the same way, it was way harder deciphering what was good advice than it is actually growing..

This summer I should do a grow outdoor so maybe I will make a grow journal about it lol.

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You definitely should and keep a journal.

The gf and I are really looking into selling and moving to a legal state so I can take a more serious look @ making this my permanent gig.
If/when we do, man.... I plan on some outdoor monsters.

.Smoke said:

You definitely should and keep a journal.

The gf and I are really looking into selling and moving to a legal state so I can take a more serious look @ making this my permanent gig.
If/when we do, man.... I plan on some outdoor monsters.

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I plan to grow 4 super auto in 14 gal pot this summer. Maybe I will not grow any real monster plant, but I will certainly grow monster auto plants lol.

And I'm glad for you and your gf, if it really passionate you that much, do it who knows, maybe one day we will meet because I'm considering to work in the weed industry too.

Spent the day making tweaks to light /plant/ airflow positioning. After a few months of playing around with it I think I've about got everything ironed out how I like. The girls have a lot more airflow on them and temps are 2 degrees higher with the added 315 cmh, so I'm watching to see how things go. Temp is flickering between 79 and 80. Would really prefer to stay in the 70's.

Today was day 21 for the Blue Dream so it was time for pruning. I think she wins most limb count for any plant I've grown so far. Everything was choking so I opened her up just enough to increase airflow and light penetration.
Everything else is chuging along.

Blue Dream Day 21

CMH helping out the Gorilla Glue

Waiting on the MK Ultra to start fattening up

Skywalker OG #5 left, Phantom Cookies Domina right

.Smoke said:

Spent the day making tweaks to light /plant/ airflow positioning. After a few months of playing around with it I think I've about got everything ironed out how I like. The girls have a lot more airflow on them and temps are 2 degrees higher with the added 315 cmh, so I'm watching to see how things go. Temp is flickering between 79 and 80. Would really prefer to stay in the 70's.

Today was day 21 for the Blue Dream so it was time for pruning. I think she wins most limb count for any plant I've grown so far. Everything was choking so I opened her up just enough to increase airflow and light penetration.
Everything else is chuging along.
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Blue Dream Day 21
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CMH helping out the Gorilla Glue
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Waiting on the MK Ultra to start fattening up
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Skywalker OG #5 left, Phantom Cookies Domina right
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I’m so glad you posted that Blue Dream ! It’s so trippy looking. Almost like bamboo looking! Mine has the same look. The flowering is so delicate and the leaves as well. It has a tender excited crazy look as she starts flowering. Very sensual.do you like having all those limbs?

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

I’m so glad you posted that Blue Dream ! It’s so trippy looking. Almost like bamboo looking! Mine has the same look. The flowering is so delicate and the leaves as well. It has a tender excited crazy look as she starts flowering. Very sensual.do you like having all those limbs?

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I'm definitely liking the Blue Dream. Just starting to worry a little about space. She and the Gorilla Glue are size wise the largest plants I've grown so far.

I'm glad I did this mix of so many strains so early on in my learning process. Its giving me good info on how many plants I can grow comfortably in my space.

She's a beauty though. As with all of these, I'm already looking forward to their "next" grow where I can run just 1 or 2 strains, cut back numbers on larger strains and maximize all the factors to see what I can really get these ladies to produce.

Short term goal is my first 1lb. indoor plant. Last harvest average is 7.5-8oz atm which is right in the middle of expected yields from the breeders estimates with the 2'x2' space they're allotted. I think the 1lb mark is achievable in the right settings..

Long term is my first 10lb. outdoor plant. Laws or living conditions will have to change for that to happen though.

Decided to quit being me and overkilling it, so I took out the cmh. In the process I took a look @ leaves to make sure everything looks okay and snapped some pictures under regular (cfls) light.




Smoking a bowl and thinning out the center of the Gorilla Glue tonight.

The Gorilla Glue can now breathe a little easier. Cleared out the center and lollipopped a little. Next grow for this strain will be a 4 plant double trellis in the 4'x8' so they have the room they need.

Don't really have high hopes on her being a big producer, but next go around they'll be dialed in.

Only 10" left to the glass. Without the supercrops it would be ugly...

Saw these while cruising through the store. Nice replacement for the regular metal ones of this type I have. Should work well when the micro tip Fiskars won't quite fit. I've found I prefer this type for pruning and the micros more for trimming.
Pretty pleased for $7.

It's been touch and go the last few days but it looks like after a little de-shelling help this morning, both the Dinafem Original Amnesia and the ILGM Agent Orange seedlings are going to make it.


The White Widow is starting to take up some space. She's going to be fun @ stretch...still waiting for a flower tent opening. Topped again couple days ago. Should have 8 (I think) colas now.

Don't get excited. All the other seedlings are for the garden

The Skywalker OG Saga has ended.
RIP Skywalker OG #5


I should know the weight in a few days, but if the 75% loss rule sticks I'll be happy.
Wet weight trimmed was 1,238g.

Hit my goal!
1 gram per watt
Skywalker OG #5 dry weight


330 grams out of a 2' x 2' footprint.
@ 8 plants in flower, that puts my average @ 2,640 grams on a flip with 2,600W in the 4' x 8'.
I'm happy after only 10 months of growing and 4 months with hempy.

Time to grow that 1 pounder now...

Went ahead and put the cmh back in. The GG and the (not so much yet but soon) Blue Dream really looked like they needed some side lighting.

If I have to deal with temps @ 80F so be it. If it goes any higher I'm going to have to figure something out.



The Gorilla Glue really started showing its first signs of bulking up overnight.

Got a new helper today. Glad I did. My eye color calibration using drops thought I'd been feeding @ 5.8ph. Seems it's been more like 6.4. Makes sense why I'm seeing a few leaf issues now.

Anyway,
This thing is built like a tank. Much better than the $15 ones off amazon. Kinda wishing I would have ordered the 60 now for the added tds.

The Phantom Cookies Domina, MK Ultra and Zkittlez Glue all hit week 8 today so there's going to be a bit of open space in the flower tent.
That being said, I tried a new germination process yesterday.

I filled a seed starter tray about 1/3 full of water. Placed it on my 15w heat mat and left the dome on.

24hrs later I have 2 new White Widows, another Zkittlez Glue and another Phantom Cookies Domina in the mix.


I'm pretty sure I just discovered my new easy peasy germination method.

Veg tent is filled back up.
The garden items are going to start to get hardened and moved asap. I shudder to think of what 4 weeks from now is going to look like.

Anyway,
Veg tent rundown now is...
Original Amnesia - Dinafem, Agent Orange - ILGM, 2x- White Widow - ILGM, Zkittlez Glue - Expert Seeds, Phantom Cookies Domina - Garden of Green.

I put a little work into the buckets. I got the idea a month ago to paint them with Flex Seal. Also got a few replacement lids so I could use a hole saw instead of a utility knife for the opening.

I wasn't prepared for the seeds to be ready so they didn't get a second coat, but as they come out of rotation I will be doing maintenance on the o-rings, fittings and giving them a few additional coats.

Not a cheap decision @ $90 a gallon for the Flex Seal, but I plan to keep these buckets running for a looong time.

Figured out what I'm going to do for the next couple hours.

R.I.P Phantom Cookies Domina
Day 56

She has about 5-10% amber trichs. Breeder time was 8-9 weeks and she has always been fast @ everything since day 1. I have a few of these seeds so I plan to let the next one turn a little more and see what its like.

I'll have a post of her cleaned up with a wet trim weight as soon as I put the bong down and get to doing something...

Got the PCD wet trimmed. 817g wet out of a 2'x2' footprint. It should be a little over 7oz once dry. Not quite as much as I'm looking for, but considering the strain was supposed to be 50"- 60" and I managed to stunt the fuck outta mine due to bad defoliation practices and made her only 23" instead, I'm pretty happy. I already have a new one going so I plan to see a large improvement on harvest with this strain soon.

MK Ultra harvested last night.
Wet trimmed

Zkittlez Glue seedling didn't make it so I dropped another MK in water today

.Smoke said:

Went ahead and put the cmh back in. The GG and the (not so much yet but soon) Blue Dream really looked like they needed some side lighting.

If I have to deal with temps @ 80F so be it. If it goes any higher I'm going to have to figure something out.
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The Gorilla Glue really started showing its first signs of bulking up overnight.
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What breeder is the gorilla glue from?

jzs147 said:

What breeder is the gorilla glue from?

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Seems like a pretty solid line. The MK Ultra, Blue Dream and Agent Orange is from them also.

I know a lot here don't like ILGM, but I've grown 7 strains of theirs now (3 autos) and they've all done well.