Sweet Leaf Grow's Grow Room

[SweetLeafGrow]

LA Coup looks like it will be making many large buds~!
Nice~!

Thanks and I hope you are right! I got some high hopes for this one

 

[Observer]

Nice, can't wait to try dwc again.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Everything is cruising along nicely in the grow room, thought I'd do an update today since it's been a while.

First up is the Purple Zkittlez from Ethos. All I have done to this plant is top it once at the 5th node and did a small amount of training on those two branches coming out from where I topped her. Thinking of letting this one go natural with no scrog just to make things easier for me, I'm still not 100% but getting there. If I let her go natural, who thinks I oughta flip soon. Lots of room in the 5x5 to make things easier with defoliation in the back of the tent.





Next up is the AF Coup from Brother Mendel. Almost 6 weeks since flip, she's really reaking loud right now and hoping these flowers have a lot of weight to put on yet, at least 3 more weeks til harvest so plenty of time to fatten up.





Lastly is the Violetta from Ace Seeds in Spain. Looking forward to what this strain has to offer.



All 3 res's are staying super stable with nothing bad to report, things have been on auto pilot for the most part and I'm thankful for that!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Cruising along here, almost time for a harvest on the LA Coup and I got them spaced out a bit so everything doesn't come ready at the same time.

Purple Zkittlez has been getting big and so I decided to flip to flower yesterday, running the HPS simulation on the Raging Kush 12/12. I tied back some of the branches using old milk jugs with some water in them as tie off points, got her spread eagle and some of the inner branching is filling out the middle of the plant, hoping for a fairly even canopy out of this gal, got a net trellis installed to account for the stretch.




The LA Coup is almost ready, sitting at 7 weeks and 1 day since flip. I've done a bit of defoliation but this plant is so short and crowded it's very hard to get in there to prune. Got two fans in there on high and humidity has been under control so should be ok as far as mold goes. I've got some high hopes for this one and looking forward to seeing this one tested.







In the other 3x3, I've got the Violetta doing nicely. She's been building roots and they look good, did a bit of pruning of those lower leaves and looks like this one is going to be another short stout strain, mainly Indica I am guessing. Anyhow, changed the res out for early growth the other day and everything is on auto pilot at this point.

 

[moe.red]

Nice scrog there bro

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Right at 8 weeks for the AF Coup but she's still not ready. I'm headed to Salt Lake City for Dr. appointments and won't be back until the 29th so it may be I let her go til at least then, I checked trichomes and very few amber on sugar leaves and almost none on the buds. Gonna go later rather than sooner with this gal. She's also still drinking quite a bit, bout a gallon a day.










Violetta is really starting to shine up top finally, roots look great. I topped her the other day and she's in the process of setting in some branching. Changed the res on her yesterday for a higher early growth concentration, nailed it and it's been very stable since with a slight uptick in the pH, EC staying constant, almost perfect conditions.





The Ethos Purple Zkittlez is also starting to shine, one week since I flipped her and she is starting to show some pre flowers and starting too stretch as well. I've got a trellis in there for when she does that she'll have some support for some huge buds! this plant is going to be huge!

 

[Skinnypuppy80]

I tied back some of the branches using old milk jugs with some water in them as tie off points, got her spread eagle and some of the inner branching is filling out the middle of the plant, hoping for a fairly even canopy out of this gal, got a net trellis installed to account for the stretch.

I like the milk jug tie off idea, I may use that or something similar in the future

 

[smoke]

Right at 8 weeks for the AF Coup but she's still not ready. I'm headed to Salt Lake City for Dr. appointments and won't be back until the 29th so it may be I let her go til at least then, I checked trichomes and very few amber on sugar leaves and almost none on the buds. Gonna go later rather than sooner with this gal. She's also still drinking quite a bit, bout a gallon a day.

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Violetta is really starting to shine up top finally, roots look great. I topped her the other day and she's in the process of setting in some branching. Changed the res on her yesterday for a higher early growth concentration, nailed it and it's been very stable since with a slight uptick in the pH, EC staying constant, almost perfect conditions.

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The Ethos Purple Zkittlez is also starting to shine, one week since I flipped her and she is starting to show some pre flowers and starting too stretch as well. I've got a trellis in there for when she does that she'll have some support for some huge buds! this plant is going to be huge!

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Zero fade on the AF Coup, every so called 8 week strain needs 10 weeks at least.see you monday

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Zero fade on the AF Coup, every so called 8 week strain needs 10 weeks at least.see you monday

You can't see it in those photos but there is a tiny bit of fade that i starting to come in. She'll be close to ready when I get home I believe. She is still drinking about a gallon a day too so that right there says wait, but you're right, 8 weeks is never enough unless you count from first sign of pistils and not flip time. Likely I will wait a coupe of days after I get back, I want to turn off the red spectrum for the last two days of flower, supposed to increase terp levels.

I agree, Most of the time I have taken them too early but I think I'm over that and don't mind waiting. Plus, thanks to you and Moe, I've had no shortage of oil for medicine! Looking forward to seeing you and your bride tomorrow!

 

[Stoneyluv]

Right at 8 weeks for the AF Coup but she's still not ready. I'm headed to Salt Lake City for Dr. appointments and won't be back until the 29th so it may be I let her go til at least then, I checked trichomes and very few amber on sugar leaves and almost none on the buds. Gonna go later rather than sooner with this gal. She's also still drinking quite a bit, bout a gallon a day.

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Violetta is really starting to shine up top finally, roots look great. I topped her the other day and she's in the process of setting in some branching. Changed the res on her yesterday for a higher early growth concentration, nailed it and it's been very stable since with a slight uptick in the pH, EC staying constant, almost perfect conditions.

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The Ethos Purple Zkittlez is also starting to shine, one week since I flipped her and she is starting to show some pre flowers and starting too stretch as well. I've got a trellis in there for when she does that she'll have some support for some huge buds! this plant is going to be huge!

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good luck on your trip and your appointments!!!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

good luck on your trip and your appointments!!!

Back from SLC and all the Dr. reports were favorable, going in for my one year scans in late September so we'll see then. Last full scan showed no evidence of disease which corresponded well with the blood tests they ran.

Waited on the LA Coup till I got home and she was ready I do believe, did the chop and got her hanging now ready to be jarred up in a few more days. I'm going to get this tested so I will post those results here when I get them, will be a while, I like to let it cure a bit before testing if I can.

I'd been working on getting a seed going for this tent with zero luck for the past 2.5 weeks, several dud seeds and I'm done with that shit. Got a new order from Brother Mendel and couldn't be happier with the purchase. His freebees are awesome right out of his catalog and not some tester BS like a lot of breeders do. I ordered the Aetherial Orange and some more LA Coup seeds and the freebees were Chanel #47 and Pre 2003 AK-47 F2 and a bonus, a bunch (I didn't count them) of seeds from a strain called Lime Sunburst which I think is a new project of his, I dunno. Anyhow, they are reg's so chances of me starting one is not that great unless there is something special in that strain.

So, long story to say I got the Aetherial Orange started in a paper towel, literally 2 days counting the pre soak in 1:1 hydrogen peroxide and water, and I put her in a rapid rooter and into the system where I had LA Coup after cleaning it out of course. Did all that yesterday and today I have and official seedling. Another one on the way and got some high hopes for this strain. Brother Mendel has never disappointed me yet.

Aetherial Orange – Go Mendel

gomendel.com

 

[steamroller]

Glad to hear test went well.
I hope you are feeling well and going to enjoy the 4th~!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Glad to hear test went well.
I hope you are feeling well and going to enjoy the 4th~!

Thanks Buddy, appreciated it and yea, having a good 4th and fireworks later this evening in our little town. Hope you're having a great one bro

 

[Stoneyluv]

Back from SLC and all the Dr. reports were favorable, going in for my one year scans in late September so we'll see then. Last full scan showed no evidence of disease which corresponded well with the blood tests they ran.

thats great to hear man!!! fingers crossed for that fall report!! how about your saliva issue, is that any better? so hoping you can spit some watermelon seeds for the 4th of july!!!

have a great weekend man!!!!!!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

thats great to hear man!!! fingers crossed for that fall report!! how about your saliva issue, is that any better? so hoping you can spit some watermelon seeds for the 4th of july!!!

have a great weekend man!!!!!!

No spitting watermelon seeds for me, yet. And yea, the mucous is just facts of life for me now and just learning how to live with it. Coffee keeps me going all day long with small sips, but its a start and I hope to be eating real food soon. Part of this procedure is that they had to pull all my lower teeth and so I'm almost there with getting new dentures for that, one more visit and I will have that denture, gonna try solid food a bit more at that point. Time to get off this feeding tube!

Thanks bro, hope your weekend is stellar

 

[smoke]

I will say there is a improvement in his speech for the last 2 or 3 times we've visited. Much easier for him.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Got the LA Coup jarred up and ended up with a total of 9.5 oz of icky sticky buds, pretty hapy with that, gonna get this one tested but gonna let it cure for a bit before I submit my sample. Meanwhile, got the Aetherial Orange going strong in it's spot and coming along nicely. Roots in the water already and seeing progress there every day, still a bit slow up top but that is fixen to change here soon.



Purple Zkittles by ethos is going strong at almost 4 weeks since flip, got about 4-5 more weeks to go on this girl, I've let her go mostly natural with just a bit of topping and LST when she was small. Now she's a beast, got 4 fans running inside the tent to avoid any wet spots forming in leaves that touch each other. Probably end up with a bit of larf in the end, but I'm the new slacker and a slacker's gotta do what a slackers gonna do!




Last but not least is the Ace Seeds Violetta, I have been doing a bit more care to this plant, some topping and LST and she's almost ready to flip to flower, maybe a week longer in veg but no more than that I think?




That's it for this update. Hope you all had a safe and happy 4th!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Cruising along in SLG's grow room, a couple weeks away from another harvest on the Purple Zkittlez. Beautiful plant and is already starting to show some fade, not much changes in the res, she's just starting to turn and I figure I still got 3 weeks left minimum.









Violetta is REALLY starting to shine, a couple weeks since flip almost and she is showing some very small pistils and still stretching, although I don't expect this girl to stretch much more than she already has, showing strong Indica with nice fat fans, I'm guessing she will stay relatively short, but stout she is, no need for a support trellis in this one I'm thinking, just a beautiful plant and such a fast veg has me really liking this strain so far.




Last but not least we've got the Aetherial Orange seedling. Short and squat this one is so far, not looking the greatest but giver a couple of weeks and she will most likely be doing very well.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Had to make a new post showing the beautiful colors coming in on Violeta, quite the strain so far. You can see where she got her name from that is for sure. Excited to see how these mature!

 

[Zen_seeker]

I’m hoping G$ GDP shows some purple soon. In the shade I think I see it but then the sun hits them and it’s gone.

Plants look great as always man.

I’m not ready for hydro yet but I’ve picked up your old Gaia ritual. We’ll see how I do with that.

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Plants look great as always man.

Thanks Bro, appreciate it! I'm a tryin that's all I can say

This update shows the Purple Zkittlez showing a beautiful fade, nothing I am doing, it's just ripening up, I figure I got about 2 more weeks but we shall see.




Violeta is not disappointing anyone, she's a beauty. One over achiever is making me raise the light more than I would like but is what it is, some wonderful purple hues coming through loud and clear!

 

[steamroller]

^ That looks so hot to me~!^
What a great pic of an a plant that is sure to be fire.

 

[Buzzking]

Beautiful plants as always Bro! Sorry to hear about the illness and such. Hope things are going well!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

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^ That looks so hot to me~!^
What a great pic of an a plant that is sure to be fire.

Thanks man, this plant is a trip and I'm hoping it's fire when finished!

Beautiful plants as always Bro! Sorry to hear about the illness and such. Hope things are going well!

Thanks Buzz, so good to see you on the boards again! How's your grow going these days?

 

[Buzzking]

Thanks man, this plant is a trip and I'm hoping it's fire when finished!


Thanks Buzz, so good to see you on the boards again! How's your grow going these days?

Thanks SLG! I’ve been busy with a lot of stuff away from the tent. Switched to a single plant set up for my last grow. Started with a clone of Ethos Crescendo Rbx1 from a local grower. Great run super sticky buds but only tested at 17% THC. Here’s a pic right before harvest.
Been waiting on clones and beans from DFG’s since early May. Finally gave up on that last week. Have one bean left of the Mac Dragon Bx1 you had sent me a couple years ago so decided to give that a go yesterday. If all goes well I’ll be harvesting before Christmas!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Nice job with the Crescendo Buzz, maybe you took it a bit early to have the numbers that low. Beautiful plant regardless

Things in the grow room are heating up with the hot weather but got that mostly under control, getting nice cool temps at night so that should work toward some good terpene numbers.

Purple Zkittlez is getting very close. Breeder says 60-63 days flowering time which lands me about the 13th of August, so that is the tentative harvest date for this gal. I haven't looked at trichomes yet but will probably break out the scope around the 12th to see where these blossoms are. Full on fade in progress and she's ripening up nicely.





Violeta is simply gorgeous, flipped on the 12th of July so these blossoms are really ahead of where I expected and that over achiever is still stretching, doggoneit, but the good news is I think she finally stopped, got the light almost to the top so she better stop before I run out of headroom. The rest of the plant is fairly even in the canopy, looking fantastic IMO.





Hope everyone had a great weekend and a great week ahead!

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Getting ready for the next round in the 5x5, got this as a freebee from Brother Mendel and gonna run it, sounds very interesting in the plant description. Hard to believe "old school" is only going back to 2003 but I guess that comes with getting old

Pre-2003 AK-47 F2(Fem) – Go Mendel

gomendel.com

 

[Zen_seeker]

Getting ready for the next round in the 5x5, got this as a freebee from Brother Mendel and gonna run it, sounds very interesting in the plant description. Hard to believe "old school" is only going back to 2003 but I guess that comes with getting old

Pre-2003 AK-47 F2(Fem) – Go Mendel

gomendel.com

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I’ve been hearing a lot more of this talk lately.

 

[growsinse79]

Getting ready for the next round in the 5x5, got this as a freebee from Brother Mendel and gonna run it, sounds very interesting in the plant description. Hard to believe "old school" is only going back to 2003 but I guess that comes with getting old

Pre-2003 AK-47 F2(Fem) – Go Mendel

gomendel.com

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Can't wait to see...

 

[SweetLeafGrow]

Cruising along in the grow room, Purple Zkittlez is almost ready to harvest, siting at 56 days atm, breeder says 60-63 days so I'll start looking at trichomes later next week starting around day 60.






Violeta is definitely not disappointing, probably one of the easiest plant I've grown. She likes lower ppm's sitting around 350. She finally stopped stretching and now just bulking up on these blossoms. Sitting around 30 days in flower atm so lots of time for these to really bulk up, super excited by this grow.






Lasst but not least is the Aetherial Orange by Brother Mendel. This plant has struggled from day one, mostly my fault. I had that CLW light set for early veg but it runs the blue spectrum at full tilt and stacks those nodes almost on top of each other. I lowered the blue spectrum to about 60% and raised the light way up, then lowered the ppm's which I think I had too hot. The roots have struggled the most and at one time it had a pretty good root ball established. But I looked one day and that thing had broken off and there were barely any roots coming out of the net pot. I have some Mycorhizza (sp?) so I added that to the res after I changed it and lowered the EC.

Happy to report that what I did helped greatly and the roots have really taken back off. I was about to cull this plant and start another from, seed but looks like I won't have to do that. Will top it when it gets a few more leaves and she stretches out a bit more after the light spectrum change.