SSSC Bob's tribute to Karel, the SSSC and BioTabs - Growing AK47 x Karel's Haze x Auto & Afghan x Northern Lights x Auto

Hey SSSC fan's

Today I noticed in my calendar that the harvest window for the AK47 x Karel's Haze cross is about to open. Let's have a look at her first why don't we?
Maybe it's because of all the leaves she has, but I did something I rarely do and that is grabbing the buds and squeezing them while bending them to look inside for mold. I didn't find mold, but what I did saw was all firm bud and when I let go the amount of resin sticking to my fingers was just...Wow...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 61


Like I said, the leaves don't do her justice, but you wait and see...When I'm done trimming her...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 61


Oh...The smell coming from my fingers had a very pine/terpentine with a dash of mr. proper smell to it.
Can't wait to try me this one...Fingers crossed it's not to trippy
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 61


Next up is the largest lady of the greenhouse and that is our Afghan x NL cross. This is a real blast from the past! Next to the White Widow I'm growing NL is also a cultivar I grew up with and loved to smoke very much. The fact that it is the largest (canna) plant in the greenhouse does flabbergast me as I would have expected her to grow low and wide as a good Indica lady should grow.
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 61


Her buds aren't very big yet, but as she's still more then a month away from being done that's just fine. And when I look around at posts from other growers I can see I'm right at schedule and she's also showing the same strange discoloration at the leaf's veins.
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 61


Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 61


And finally we have a plant from which I'm already thinking it will give me the highest yield of this season. Take a look at this Bruce Lemon Diesel...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 81


She is fully expanded and while the tops are still throwing out pistils her days are numbered...Next Tuesday her 'theoretical' harvest window opens up and I can say (as I nibbed a bud on Monday and hung it to dry) that this one is a very hard hitter and tastes amazing. The chemical taste from this weed is strangely attractive and remains in your mouth for a very long time.
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 81


As you can see, semi-fresh pistils everywhere, but the calyx's are for the most swollen to their max...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 81


With a nice discoloration on the leaves...Giving the bud a purple hue. Smelling fresh bud is even worse then smoking it...If you're looking for a not to smelly cultivar, this isn't the one for you. If you're looking for a great Diesel tasting cultivar that'll knock your socks off, this is the one for you!
Now I'll have to go to the store to buy myself a couple of extra jars to put all this bud in...Anyone willing to take a guess how many 2L jars I'll need for this big girl?
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 81





Regards,

Bob

Hey growers

Like yesterday I picked myself a lady which was almost done and started to remove dried up leaves and everything else that looked nasty. This is what I was left with...A humongus plant with six large cola's filled with expanded calyx's


My hands reeked like I spilled a gallon of Diesel over them after holding those buds to remove the leaves...


Nice color on them leaves...






The lowest bud on the plant...



Really feel like this cultivar will deliver me the highest yield of all, in this outdoor season...





Regards,

Bob

Waited until dusk and went back to the greenhouse to take some night shots as we all like the sparkle that it produces...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 83


This Bruce Lemon Diesel is begging to get cut down...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 83


This is a very loud specimen. When I came back in the greenhouse the smell from handling her earlier on still hung around in the greenhouse, welcoming me when I opened the door...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 83


Never actually been a fan of the Diesel line, but this lady is a fine combination of Diesel and Mr. Proper and I must say, I like her very much! She smells nice and even a quick dried tester bud kicked my puny little ass
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 83


We also have our AK47 x Karel's Haze cross, which' harvest window opens up tomorrow. So expect loads of trichome pictures tomorrow
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 63


She looks very leafy indeed, but below all that bush lies a sparkly little secret boys and girls...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 63


Yummie...right?
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 63




Regards,

Bob

Hey Friends

As you might have read I have aphids inside the greenhouse...arch...
So instead of posting loads of trichome pictures and showing off them ambers this post will be about the harvesting, treating and not treating plants...

Let's begin with the Bruce Lemon Diesel...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


She sat next to the White Widow which was being attacked from Skywalker Haze headquarters by flying aphids...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


So based on the fact that she's showing a nice set of ambers...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


...I decided to cut her down and hang her upside down...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


As with the White Widow this lady is ready, but I'd rather have made this decision based upon the trichomes alone...
Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


Auto Bruce Lemon Diesel - day 84


Next up we have the AK47 x Karels Haze cross which is on the other side of the greenhouse...I didn't want to harvest her as she doesn't have enough ambers and she's very Sativa like. But I'm going to keep an eye on her as I didn't treat her with pyrethrum. Felt that she was so close to harvest that I rather smoke a dried up aphid instead of the pyrethrum, even though it should be safe...I'd rather be on the safer side
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 64


So as I mentioned above I mixed up the pyrethrum according to the spraysheet and made 1L stocksolution which, except for this lady, got sprayed on all other plants and surfaces ending with me exiting the greenhouse.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 64


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 64


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 64


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 64





Regards,

Bob

Ok, so afterwards I went back to the greenhouse and removed all the pots to the outside. I won't be reusing this soil as I read up on it and the soil is probably full with aphid eggs...so not worth the risk. The chickens will have a heyday tomorrow when they discover the rootballs.

And even though I'm kinda bummed out because of the aphids and them forcing me to harvest a couple of days early, I still feel blessed with the results I've had on BioTabs. This grow almost went without a hitch and even then this had nothing to do with the nutrient line, but rather sheer luck that one hitched a ride inside the greenhouse.
The water only approach is something I like very much. It's been very kind to my back as I only had to walk around with a watering wand and during flower with the occasional watering can to add some PK to the mix. All the 'hard' work has been done before sowing or planting and from then on the bacteria and myco will handle the work.

Hey Friends

Wanting to keep a close eye to the aphid situation in the greenhouse I went to have a look if the treatment had worked or not. I found that all the plants that got treated were aphid free, but of course...how could it be otherwise...The AK47 x Karel's Haze cross got the aphids now...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 65


I plucked away all the crunchy and bad looking leaves, as well as the infected one's with aphids on them and this is what I was left with...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 65


Still nice buds on her and only two small popcorn buds that got thrown away because of infection...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 65


I'm still in dubio whether or not, if I should take this one down or not.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 65


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 65


And let's not forget our other SSSC cross, Afghan x Northern Lights... An absolute beauty if I may say so. And such a large plant for an Indica...
Them yellow leaves will be trimmed away shortly, but first I want to be sure that I got rid of them pesky aphids.
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 65


Nice bud structure on her..
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 65


I haven't checked the trichomes yet as this one is still more then a month before I cut her down.
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 65


So I can only imagine the amount of expanding those buds are going perform...
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 65




Regards,

Bob

Ok, so after rereading my previous post I decided to give the Afghan x NL cross a dose of Silicium Flash since she still has a month to go! In the manual they advise you to give this to the plants when any deficiency occurs. So that's what I did
Tonight I'll check the AK47 x Karel's Haze cross' trichomes and base my decision on that if I should cut her down or not...Have the feeling I shouldn't be keeping her out there, but don't want to end up with to trippy weed either...

Ok, went back to check the trichomes...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


Other part of the plant...Not that much ambers...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


...Even less on this one...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


A bit fuzzy, but not much amber...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


Even found a little piece of mold...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


...Here were even going backwards...Clear trichomes...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


Not much to see here as well.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


I guess we all know the answer, but this lady isn't coming down tonight.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66


I removed all the white plush specs I saw on the plant by squishing them between thumb and index finger. We'll come back tomorrow and check the trichomes again...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 66





Regards,

Bob

Hey Friends

Another day another round of watching trichomes...
But before we do..Let's turn on some music...


This lady is 67 days old now and looks like cousin It from the Adams family...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


Beneath all that leaf lies an copious amount of bud in waiting...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


Rock hard buds, to be honest. But that's fresh and with a Sativa the buds end up rather softer which is just fine.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67

A coronation of five flowers...Nice symmetry
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


The bud from another side. Here you can see the aphids on the leaves of the lower part of the cola...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


Ok, let's turn on the magnification and show off them trichomes...Here and there, you see the color changing from milky white to a more brownish white.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


Next, the color goes from there to amber...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


More trichomes, but none looks ready.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


Here you can see the color change from milky white to the more amber white.
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


But today's not the day she comes down...
AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67


AK47 x Karel's Haze x AF - day 67



*****************************************************************End of Part One*****************************************************************************

************************************************************************Part Two*****************************************************************************


Ok, let's not forget this Afghan x NL cross. This lady is responding well to the extra Silicium Flash I gave her.
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 67


Nice trichome coverage on even the lowest bud...
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 67


She's a little light, but that will improve during the next few days.
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 67

Look at these calyx's...Mhmmmm....
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 67


Another nice cola...
Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 67


Afghan x Northern Lights x AF - day 67





Regards,

Bob