New Grower "GodAmJT's Perpetual Greenery"

[GodAmJT]

Thanks guys!! It was a good feeling, waking up and seeing the cancer hadn't spread and that the plant is actually producing new growth!! The AKRs came free from Herbie's, and I have seen a few people on different forums grow them, and I think briman was the one who sorta shifted my thinking towards it because I love Kush, and it's a relatively hearty strain with great smoke reports!!


Chester: I think soil is much more hectic than hydro!! lol Mostly because if you have a problem in the soil, it takes days to work out, versus hydro, I can make the changes on the fly and see improvements or problems much sooner.. I think the other part of soil, is that there are 1,000,000 brands, mixes, amendments, etc... that while I was reading through on another forum, this guy who is beyond legendary over there sent me links to his grow Blogs, and got me thinking rockwool, and the method he developed is a combination of Ebb-and-Flow, DWC and pretty much any other form of hydro.. It's extremely care-free when you have it set-up correctly (like I did on my last grow) as it waters itself once a day for 15min, and then hangs out under the lights, soaking it up!!

Rockwool's got all of the best properties of both soil-less and soil mixes since it is EXTREMELY hard to over water, hold nutes, doesn't harm roots during transplants, is pH-inert if soaked properly, and produces a pretty mean root-ball! I seriously want to try every method, mostly for the edification, but I think my "meat-and-potatoes" grows will stay with rockwool!! The hardest learning curve I've seen with folks and most hydro set-ups is a toss up between reservoir temps and knowing how to measure out your nutes.. I've always been into science, and even though I'm in my mid-30's, I'm in college full time, and have been able to swipe things like pipettes and small beakers that make measuring waaaaaaay more precise!! Unfortunately, the cost of the additional stuff for hydro also makes it a bit prohibitive, but if I did a soil grow in my 2x3x5 tent, I could put the pots on the floor, instead of up on a res, and grow some much taller/fatter plants, but I'm still going to see what I can do with what I have for now!! Next summer will bode an outdoor grow as well, so I'm trying to immerse myself in this hobby!!!!

 

[GodAmJT]

I've got some beneficial tea brewing right now, based off of the Heisenberg recipe. Should be ready to go into the rockwool by Saturday morning, however I won't be home, so I'll throw it in on Sunday.. Everyone who uses it, ends up with amazingly huge root balls and I wanna say rarely, if ever, get Pythium or other infestations of the root mass and res.. Anyone who wants the recipe, let me know!!

 

[GodAmJT]

Been a few days, and a few solid improvements, so I figured this would be a great day for an update..

Go...


So the Zambeza, in all her ruggedness has outlasted not only 4 of her sister-seeds, it also out-witted spidermites once, caught a case of them twice, but is still fighting tooth and nail!! Phenomenal new growth, despite all of the ups and downs.. And when I say ups and downs, I mean SERIOUS ups and downs.. I think I may have found what I believe to be a seed/vagina on this thing, but it could be confused with new growth because to be honest with you, it doesn't look like a "nanner" nor does it look like it has balls.. This thing will not die, which is great!!!!


Some of the pistils are starting to gain a little color, and if I can wait until the LEDs are out for the night, I have what I believe to be some possible purple/pink pistils which I'd love to get a picture of.. ppms are bumped up to 530-ish today with a fresh nute batch, but I will probably add another gallon of just pH'ed water tomorrow morning before feeding to lower the numbers a little.. She is so damn bi-polar with the nutes, it's a bit frustrating, but I hope that since she's on the up-and-up, all I should be seeing from here on out is rich green and lots of crystals.. Speaking of which, she's starting to build trichs!!!!! Fuuuuuuuuuck yeah!!!


Onto some slightly bad news: One of the AKRs died while I was away this weekend.. For some reason, no idea.. The one that was lagging, is the only one alive now, but has grown quite well and I've got some true leaves coming in!!!! Gonna feed her an 80-100ppm solution of quasi-grow nutes and keep the thing in the dome for now.. I'm getting kinda aggravated that I can't seem to keep 2 plants going at the same time, so I may germ a White widow and say "fuck it," and just keep them growing together..


Now, for what everyone came in for in the first place...... PICTURES!!!!!!!!!

 

[GodAmJT]

I suppose in this world of vast technology, I think it's still appropriate to appreciate shitty cell phone pictures because honestly, I remember living in a time when cell phones were a dream.. To own one with a camera on it?!?? Are you kidding me?!?! EMBRACE THE SHITTY PICTURES!! It's a hell of a lot better than waiting a week to get 35mm developed!!

Zambeza is plugging along, starting to get frosty!! Super-lemony smell coming from the buds, and I expect the flavor to be magnificent, if the Jack Herer genetic live true!! I must admit, if I ever talked bad about Zambeza, then I am mistaken, because I've put this plant through hell, and it's still hanging on!! I decided to do some defol, although it was in flower-mode, I only took leaves that had spider mite eggs/carcasses on them, which was pretty much all of the original, nice and fat fan leaves.. Bummer, but the plant is responding well, as that was a couple days ago, and the frostiness has increased!! I may spray the plant one more time with the Spider mite spray just to be on the safe side..

I think I unintentionally stunted the AKR, but for some reason, the pH keeps going up and up over night.. I have flushed the block every day for the last few days with a 5.7-ish 80ppm solution of very light nutes and it's growing, but it just looks like I might have stunted her.. In the morning, I measure the run-off of the flush, and it goes up to mid 6's for a pH which makes me a little nervous, but this happened with my first grow, so I'm just going to keep flushing and keeping track of her.. The true leaves look good and green, and the cotelydons are still nice and green, so we'll see.. I have high hopes for this one, as I've read a bunch of grow threads and everyone loved the smoke and the taste! I've held off on germing another seed, as I realized that I would need to set up a separate reservoir or hand-water every day, since one will be on a slightly different nute schedule.. It is what it is.. If this AKR is good, I just may get some more of those seeds!!

 

[Chester]

Looking good ... I hope you checked your cell pics for metadata ... :Hookah:

 

[GodAmJT]

This plant is starting to really surprise me!! I went away for 2 days, and came back last night.. As soon as I came into my room, I could smell a little bit, since I had the tent opened slightly for venting since the AC was on, but had to leave the door open a crack for the gf's cats.. I opened the tent and was instantly amazed at the amount of frosting that had occurred over only 48hrs!!! The pictures really don't do any justice, but the smell is starting to really come out!! Very lemon-pepper smell, more lemon than anything.. TONS of pistils, and unlike my last plant, this main cola is truly just ONE cola!! I'm almost thinking that this plant, if it does what I think it's going to do, it may be as much, if not more of a yield than the last one!!


As for the AKR, it's going along, kinda slowly.. For some reason, it's starting out much like the Zambeza; looks a little stunted and isn't very big for having been over a week+ old.. It looks healthy, as in there's no odd coloring or wilting.. I'm using a 100ppm solution, running about 1.5 gallons of it through it a day.. I may have to bump the nutes a little bit.. I've been trying to find a decent hydro grow journal for the AKR, but most of what I'm seeing is soil, so I'm not sure what the nute sensitivity is of these things..

 

[FreeLivin]

Hey God, just stopped in to see how things were going, that's a shame about the one that got away while you were out, but least you came back to something and not nothing right..

 

[Chester]

Looks like you've got it dialed in ...

 

[GodAmJT]

I guess I don't have much to update on, except I think the AKR is having some issues... Yessssssssssssssss........ I am kinda thinking the light I was using wasn't strong enough, so this thing has just been creeping along, and it's got a little new growth, but it's still tiny.. Very tiny.. I am using a stronger 6500K CFL almost right on top of it, and I think I have to take drastic action and put my other grow box back up, stealthily in the basement.. I'm debating on starting some photo seeds, or if I should just go straight to trying some auto White Widows.. I think I have time to get one more solid grow in by the end of the year, provided I don't mess things up.. The gf and I are moving again because I'll be graduated from school, and the area we're in right now isn't our favorite.. We're looking for a bigger place that's more private so I can have everything completely set up and have a full perpetual going again.. I'm going to be feeding the AKR a little bit differently.. I have change the nute recipe a little and it's at about 115ppm and maybe I can stimulate some new growth with this stronger light..


As for the Zambeza, she's just chugging along, appearing to be pretty happy now.. Nothing really new to report, other than the buds are getting fatter and the pistils are all over the place!! The trich coverage is beginning to accelerate and a LOT of vegetation has it!! I squeezed the main cola a tiny bit and it feels dense as to the side buds.. Such a sweet, lemony smell when you touch it, but when it's just sitting still, it has a peppery smell.. I think if this thing doubles in size over the next month or so I think it has left, then I may have over an oz of a dried.. Hopeful, but I'm just grateful this thing rebounded!!

 

[GodAmJT]

So I guess it's been about 2 weeks since the last update.. Ms. Zambeza decided she wanted to come out and play, so I let her!! Check out the frostiness!!! I thought this bad girl was foxtailing, but ultimately, it was just the tip of the bud that eventually filled in and swelled.. Bud density is SERIOUS!!! I can't squeeze any of the colas!! The smell is amazing, and has evolved a little more from the peppery, lemony smell I had before, to more of a sweet, very kush, somewhat fresh-rose smell. Great texture, and still deeeeeeeeeep green, so when I res change today, I'll be dropping the GH Grow from my batch.. Looking at all of the white pistils, I'd say she's still got a few weeks left, maybe 3?? I hope it's about that.. Trich formation is solid, and anything near the top of the plant looks fantastic!!! I also thought it was funny that the top of the main cola looks a lot like a Christmas tree!!


So the AKR has been bouncing back as well.. I think I've ultimately come to the conclusion that I need a separate veg area, and need to stop trying to use my humidome as one, since I can't get the lights close enough.. In haste, I germinated 2 Ministry of Cannabis Auto White-Widows, and they are going as well.. The AKR is starting to fill in.. Unfortunately, my less-shitty camera is having issues now, and a new camera may be in order.. Did I mention that I hate rechargeable batteries??


There's a small chance in the next week or 2, I may switch to an HPS light for flowering since winter is coming up, and it'd be nice if I could "double-up" on my electricity by using the warm, vented air to help heat my apartment. I'm already close to 400w with the set-up I have now, so naturally, if I got the HPS, I'd get rid of the CFLs, or move them to my veg box, which I'm hoping to set up soon.. I feel like I keep stunting these new seeds because I just can't get enough humidity and light to them, all the time..