Grump's Gelonade X Blueberry Cupcake Grow 🌱

[MDK]

Adjusted the ties. I'll likely have to do that again tonight since 3 of them got held down by the skinny stalk after the first node.
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I'm enjoying a doob on the front porch, listening to the geese fly over. It's so damn beautiful out.
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Your property looking like mine, well probably not junked up yet since you just moved ...but I'm talking about all field no neighbor.... Nice

 

[GrumpAzz]

Trimmed off all the lowers. I can see the second node on all the tops so I've got all my colas. I'll top them too when I can accurately get to them all.

Training is going well.


They were still looking droopy after lowering the light's intensity, so I busted out my lux meter and they were only getting 8k lux. I feel like we aimed for 12k a few grows ago, so I cranked the light to 35r:70w:70b.

 

[moe.red]

Why you growing a male?

So what is the lux now?

Jk about sex just wanted to make your record skip

 

[GrumpAzz]

Why you growing a male?

Haha definitely had me like

So what is the lux now?

Jk about sex just wanted to make your record skip

It's around 12k. I'll check through the day to see how they're reacting.

I had big plans to get a fancy ppfd meter but bigger and better things have come up.

 

[smoke]

Why you growing a male?

So what is the lux now?

Jk about sex just wanted to make your record skip

Made me go look lol

 

[moe.red]

Made me go look lol

Mission accomplished

 

[GrumpAzz]

Everybody was topped and trimmed as we start the second month from sprout. I've got my 8 colas and we're ready to rock and roll. I'll start training them out and flip to flower in a week or so. We're on day 32 now.

 

[GrumpAzz]

35 days in and they got tied down again.


The roots are a little darker for me this run and there's a distinct blackish coloration at the water line. Any cause for concern? No mush or or odd smell...

 

[SiamSam]

35 days in and they got ti

Are you still dying your roots? Looking good Juicy Fruit.

 

[GrumpAzz]

Are you still dying your roots? Looking good Juicy Fruit.

When did I tell you my childhood nickname??

 

[steamroller]

Man they look good dude.
How much longer you going to veg?

 

[GrumpAzz]

Man they look good dude.
How much longer you going to veg?

I'm seeing preflowers on one of them so, soon. I've also got one that's been sorta weird from the get-go. Runty with some weird leaves here and there.

I think I'll go at least one more week.

I also think that I'm going to remove one of the colas on each end of each plant leaving me with 6 on each. We'll see though.

I just maxed out the light this morning.

 

[SiamSam]

The question should be how did I (Grump) forget that whole conversation in amongst the plants. I advised always to pack gum because...Paging Dr Memory. IDK why kids called me spaceman?

 

[Zen_seeker]

Everyone is held down and ready to flatten out.
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Last time I tied down with plant ties. Basically bread ties. I'm giving these velcro strips a go and, so far, I really like 'em.

https://www.amazon.com/VELCRO-Brand-VEL-30089-AMS-Garden-Support/dp/B08D6PW6ML/ref=mp_s_a_1_13

Nice idea with the Velcro. IT labs usually have a roll of black Velcro straps for tying down or bundling cables.

I couldn’t find mine but I have the bad habit of giving stuff away. Keep forgetting I don’t get free stuff to replace things anymore.

 

[Zen_seeker]

Adjusted the ties. I'll likely have to do that again tonight since 3 of them got held down by the skinny stalk after the first node.
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I'm enjoying a doob on the front porch, listening to the geese fly over. It's so damn beautiful out.
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Nope. I need trees. Lots more trees.

Reminds me of a Saskatchewan joke… Dog ran away…took 5 days.

 

[GrumpAzz]

Nice idea with the Velcro. IT labs usually have a roll of black Velcro straps for tying down or bundling cables.

This plant specific Velcro doesn't have much holding power which makes it great for gently unsticking it from the delicate plants.

I couldn’t find mine but I have the bad habit of giving stuff away. Keep forgetting I don’t get free stuff to replace things anymore.

I miss having a job that didn't know they were keeping my hobbies at home supplied. When I left, I cleaned out the truck sideboxes and grabbed plenty of zip-ties, tape, breakers, screws and nuts and bolts to hold me down for a few years.

My new job takes care of me well enough that I feel guilty for even considering swiping a box of latex gloves out of the case in the supply room.

Nope. I need trees. Lots more trees.

Reminds me of a Saskatchewan joke… Dog ran away…took 5 days.

Haha for sure. I've got a nice belt of cedars and mulberries around half of our plot. It does really well blocking the north winds.

Yeah that's an old joke around here too. Doesn't get much flatter than just west of here. I've got some hills to the north and a nice open view to the creek you see in that picture.

There's also a little something special about long open views. The expanse of it all. Reminds you of how small we really are.

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First snow of the year.

 

[Zen_seeker]

This plant specific Velcro doesn't have much holding power which makes it great for gently unsticking it from the delicate plants.

If I see it at my grow shop one day I’ll pick it up.

I miss having a job that didn't know they were keeping my hobbies at home supplied. When I left, I cleaned out the truck sideboxes and grabbed plenty of zip-ties, tape, breakers, screws and nuts and bolts to hold me down for a few years.

I did that when I left electrical estimating. Lasted years. Rawl plugs, screws, other fasteners. Never lasts though.

My new job takes care of me well enough that I feel guilty for even considering swiping a box of latex gloves out of the case in the supply room.

Not as handy for most of my hobbies but family working at a hospital, that tosses out 75% of new but opened items, has been a great help to growing. Gloves, H2O2, ISO, wipes and miscellaneous things like tape and test tubes all come in handy.

Haha for sure. I've got a nice belt of cedars and mulberries around half of our plot. It does really well blocking the north winds.

I used to say when I move up north it will be in a forest and on water. With all the flooding the last decade or so I’m just going to stick with a forest now.

Yeah that's an old joke around here too. Doesn't get much flatter than just west of here. I've got some hills to the north and a nice open view to the creek you see in that picture.

As long as there’s something to block the horizon. I don’t get lonely up north on my own for a while. But an endless or far off horizon would make it much harder. Keeps the wildlife away too. For some reason that would make me feel far more alone.

There's also a little something special about long open views. The expanse of it all. Reminds you of how small we really are.

Exactly. But for me it’s a nice thing to visit…

First snow of the year.
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Beautiful looking. Peaceful. But more importantly it’s what you like.

 

[GrumpAzz]

If I see it at my grow shop one day I’ll pick it up.


I did that when I left electrical estimating. Lasted years. Rawl plugs, screws, other fasteners. Never lasts though.


Not as handy for most of my hobbies but family working at a hospital, that tosses out 75% of new but opened items, has been a great help to growing. Gloves, H2O2, ISO, wipes and miscellaneous things like tape and test tubes all come in handy.


I used to say when I move up north it will be in a forest and on water. With all the flooding the last decade or so I’m just going to stick with a forest now.


As long as there’s something to block the horizon. I don’t get lonely up north on my own for a while. But an endless or far off horizon would make it much harder. Keeps the wildlife away too. For some reason that would make me feel far more alone.


Exactly. But for me it’s a nice thing to visit…


Beautiful looking. Peaceful. But more importantly it’s what you like.

It's about liking what you got and making the best out of wherever you are. I love the Pacific Northwest. The trees out there really are something to behold. Thankfully, I've got a friend living up there that I get to visit.

I spent a lot of time in the Colorado Rockies. The big mountains and peaks all around were another kind of beautiful.

Here, we have a lot of big rolling hills of prairie grass spotted with old cottonwoods and windmills. Beautiful sunsets on a low horizon.

Life is what you make it.

 

[GrumpAzz]

Sometimes you gotta make 'em cry

 

[Bandit420]

Sometimes you gotta make 'em cry
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And sometimes when there's immobile sugars in the plant and you cut them, you make them bleed



If you ever see this, the brix levels in the plant are like 2-3x higher than normal cannabis and very good chance the purps and haze traits are up front and dominant in the strain

 

[Observer]

Trimmed off all the lowers. I can see the second node on all the tops so I've got all my colas. I'll top them too when I can accurately get to them all.

Training is going well.
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They were still looking droopy after lowering the light's intensity, so I busted out my lux meter and they were only getting 8k lux. I feel like we aimed for 12k a few grows ago, so I cranked the light to 35r:70w:70b.

Mhmm bondage.

 

[GrumpAzz]

Everybody's shaping up and looking good. I've got one bushy runt but she's trying hard.

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[Stoneyluv]

Everybody's shaping up and looking good. I've got one bushy runt but she's trying hard.

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fuckin textbook Grump!

 

[GrumpAzz]

fuckin textbook Grump!

Thinking about a hard flip on Saturday. That'd mark the sixth week. I just want some nuggets I'M SO READY

 

[GrumpAzz]

Lights off at 10:30pm last night and we'll be starting 12/12 tonight at 6pm on the first day of week 7. Over the last couple of days I've transitioned to CLW's recommended flower spectrum without cutting hours in the day. It's currently at 99r:99w:39b 48" above the plants. They suggest 48" for veg and 36" for flower so, as they stretch, I'll raise the light when the need arises.

They'll get a full resevoir change this evening moving to bloom ratios. They've taken the high EC feed well so I'll be comfortable hitting them with 2+ EC. I've been slowly bumping it up over the last week or so and we're sitting at 1080 this morning being top-fed with a solution of 1350ppm. That allowed for a slow rise daily as they drink and the resevoir gets replenished.

This resevoir change will include vacuuming out the bottoms of the buckets, the water that's below the return line. It amounts to a little over a gallon per plant site. I'm not worried about my bennies. Each plant site contains a colonized brick of filter media. They all have a nice fuzz to them so I'm confident that, in removing all the water, I won't be destroying my benny colonies.

I've also started lowering the humidity to bump up the VPD. Average leaf temps are around 76 with the tent's temp set to 84. They've had 50% humidity over the last week, 55% the week before. I'll likely drop it to 45% when the lights come back on this evening.

Everyone seems happy and healthy. Two are pretty bushy and one of them seems like a runt. Aside from that, I'm very pleased with the mainlines I achieved this round. 6 colas per plant will give me 24 total. I'm excited for the stretch. I'm ready for some bushes bros.

 

[GrumpAzz]

Officially flipped today on the 1st day of the 7th week.

I gave them a rez change to bloom nutes and left em alone otherwise. I mixed a batch of 1370ppm/6.0 pH for the top-off and diluted that down to 1250ish for the plants. It ended a little higher than planned but I ran out of RO to dilute. If they look like they don't like it, I can dilute it down further, later. They looked a little light colored on the new growth so I hit them with a little extra CaMg, hoping that'll add a bit more nitrogen. There's 20 gallons left in the top-off after the changeout so I'll do another rez change when they drink all that. They're still not drinking too heavy yet, so I expect that to happen in 2 weeks or so.

The tallest plants are at 9 inches and I've got at least 4 feet worth of room for the stretch. BRING IT ON
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I only used 1250ml of Grow nutes and 450ml of CaMg throughout Veg with 5 rez changes. That amounts to 3 grows worth of nutes in the that Athena free trial I landed.

 

[Rootsruler]

It is DUMPING in Vermont!

What's the snow conditions out your way?

 

[GrumpAzz]

It is DUMPING in Vermont!

What's the snow conditions out your way?

We had a few inches last week. Maybe 5-7. It rained over an inch the day before it snowed, though. That froze and then got covered. Roads were terrible.

 

[Stoneyluv]

lookin like a rock star!!!!

 

[GrumpAzz]

lookin like a rock star!!!!

They're taking off now and I'm force-feeding at this point. I've never gone this high of ppm.
1250 FAFO