Tahoe's doing it - stepping up to the plate....we're ready.....

tahoe58 said:

another opportunity to show some progress.....I'm running out of words to put with the pics.....but I can't stop taking pics ....I'm happy. I like what I see. I am anxious about keeping this forward progress. I WANTA SMOKE MY FINISHED BUD! ok ok ok..i let that out.....yes, I do wish for the final finishing to....ahhh.....finish.

1. overall
2. left half overall
3. right half overall
4. bigbud
5. top44

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very nice.

tahoe you gotta thing for cowgirls just like me huh buddy. aint nothin like em.

Just wanted to drop by, good job there Tahoe.

Stopping in to say helllo......still cant wait for those finals numbers.....LETS GO PATS!

Things are looking pretty fuckin awsome. Just spent the entire last hour and a half going through it. Excellent post keep up the good work. Me thinks that you are going to have a great yield for the amount of plants.

Bongspit, Titileist, fdd, RMH and robbie. thanks very much for the visit and the kind and supportive words.

dubbuh, been raising horse for alomst 20 years.....love the earth....and the earthly cowgirls that inhabit those lands around horses and hay and fresh air. the ladies get a little more randy if you ask them to tend the mare and they exhange moans while you handle the stallion during live-cover breeding .... must be the "love" in the air....ahahahahahahaha

So....what have been the material changes to my go in the last week....I believe I noticed the slowing down of the vegetative growth....finally.....and just an overall feel of the energy within the box. And this will mean or I suppose has already meant the buds enter the phattening phase now. they have been looking like they are packing on some poundage....and they are turning into that picture perfect shape or form, particularly the top44 with the elongated cylindrical phattness ending in a nice pointed top. The BigBud remains traditional with the final form of that strain. The clones are getting scary big and full (from the top44)....and I'm starting to get REAL worried about my exchange timing.....(1) harvesting the delicious biatches from the flower change and (2) moving the clones into the flower chamber.

So .... what did I do? I have cut the vege time to 18-6 from 24-0 (these clones are now 5 weeks - 3 weeks under dome and 2 weeks vegeing and have each been topped).

I also cut the flowering lighting to 11-13 - and now the question is do I flush now ? still wait a bit ? I have no freakin' idea! and what about nute composition or none and only fesh water from now on.....

Thanks again to everyone for their contribution to this gro....it has been a great team effort......I certainly would not have made it to this spot with out the people and the shared info at RIU!! Lights are on in a bit....so I'll post pics later.....the closer and closer we get to that!

Creeder....cool man...thanks for stopping in and taking the time.....that means a lot to know that people have gained something from everyone's posts and the info provided! I have no idea this being my first indoor yeild wise.....but it does look very encouraging. I checked them when I got home last night and the buds are really starting to plump-up......as noted above.....I am a little worried about the exchange with the clones (in their fifth week).....but I'm going with the flow and will do what I have to do when I have to do it....as told to me by the plants....cheers man! and thanks again for poppin on in!

Is that 11 on 13 off for your lights yeah? Shame you don't have 2 boxes to do a comparison on that. I would be interested to know what difference it makes. I can understand the reasoning behind it, but I'm just a stickler for 12/12. I would need some real solid evidence to convince me to change from that.

I would be thinking about flushing now if I were you. You're plants have always been very strong green looking and I bet they've got plenty of good nutes stored up, so I would start to leach them a bit. Maybe not a FULL flush, but water as usual with just clean water. Then do a final full flush before harvest, let them go dry and chop, snip, cut, trim etc I'm excited for you man. Getting close now.

Can't wait for the pics!

i'd say you have at least 3 weeks left.

fdd2blk said:

i'd say you have at least 3 weeks left.

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If that's the case, then maybe hold back on the flushing. I was thinking you might only have a week or two left now. Just do what you think is best man, you know what you're doing, so just keep doing that. Still looking forward to pics!

Ok since your thread is so popular I thought I stop by and volunteer some cheerleading:
Go Tahoe! Go Tahoe!!! Go tahoe!!!
Way to grow taaahoe
Way to grow!!!!

Way to gro....

whatcha think????

very cool grow tahoe. nice work

Come on Tahoe.... Let's smoke those muthers.

Gramps!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO. Haha

oh pictures lacy.

bongspit said:

yeah...what gramps said....

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hahahahaha.....you guys...funny n all......hahahahaha....what was that commercial for years ago......old fuddyduddy fella saying something to the effect of....not before its time!

SW - thanks man...appreciate the feedback......I'll keep monitoring it day by day.....

fdd....three weeks....f*ck...I have a feeling I got myself a real challenge with these clones....cuz if I get them into the flower at the end of Jan....only 8 weeks for full flowering of them clones after like 7 weeks vege......eeeeegaahhhdddd!

The reality is if I end up screwing up the timing of my clones....that will be the downside.....but I HAVE to finish the bigger ones properly....I guess I could just slip the clones into the flower chamber and let them do their do.....whatever the outcome will be...is what it will be.....putting them in there isn't going to influence the larger plants negatively?

Lacy.....many many thanks for the cheering squad! now lets see that pyramid and triple backflippin double bounce.....hahahahahahaha

Thanks everyone.....I'll try and get some pics up here in a bit...to give the current here and now! cheers!

this is what mine look like when they are done.......

great thanks fdd...that is extremely helpful.

What about placing the clones in with the others right now...?there no real risk is there? except that they will receive only a portion of the light they should.....or really do I just finish these properly and say lesson learned f*ck the clones...if they finish in time before I have to pack everything in (OZ trip) bonus...if not....too bad soo sad.??

tahoe58 said:

great thanks fdd...that is extremely helpful.

What about placing the clones in with the others right now...?there no real risk is there? except that they will receive only a portion of the light they should.....or really do I just finish these properly and say lesson learned f*ck the clones...if they finish in time before I have to pack everything in (OZ trip) bonus...if not....too bad soo sad.??

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i'm quickly skimming while getting ripped and drinking endless coffee.

so the problem is the clones are getting to big?

I will take a couple pics and then tell you way I'm anxious.....yes sorta about their size and timing....

fdd2blk said:

i'm quickly skimming while getting ripped and drinking endless coffee.

so the problem is the clones are getting to big?

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here are the clones at 37 days.....approx. 3 weeks in dome....and 2 weeks in vege....I know they were slow in the start....but then in the last two weeks have grown very well, have topped once....and screwed it up a little have have some pretty asymmetrical wonky type growth pattern now....

My question - concern - issue - is - I have to be done and finished by April 1. that means, harvest dry and begin curing the main set of plants, and grow, flower, harvest, dry and cure the clones.

I have ten weeks (72 days) until that day. I can finish up the big girls without any realy question, and have the opportunity to let them go as long as I should....to try make the bud as good as it can be....

the clones on the otherhand.....have those 72 days to do what they need to do.....and I have no idea whether or not that is going to be enough time or not? If so and my last drop dead date is the end of Jan. and I can get away with the 59 days for the full process for the clones....then I'm prolly ok.....

If not....then one option would be to putting the clones in with the big plants....there's floor space, just not ....above air space.... and they do as well as they can under the circumstances?

Anotehr option would be to finish the big ones, and do the clones in whatever the time is available and chop them according to the calendar and not their maturity (I think this is a bad idea?)

I'm sure there are other options that I have not considered?