New Grower Raoul-Duke's First Grow, Northern Lights Auto, LEDs, Late Start

[Raoul Duke]

I have that problem, too! I put a chair by the tent and hold the bud on one hand and the phone against the bud with the other hand.

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I'll have to give that a try

 

[witchyhour]

I'll have to give that a try

I also meant to say that I sit on the chair, rest my elbow on my knee and hold the bud with that steady hand. lol

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[TheMongol]

Well we're getting so close I can smell it! Literally, this thing is stinky! Not overpowering, but it's there.

Today is Lucy's 100th day. I suspect her letter from the queen is in the mail. Barbara is 90.

Here's some terrible photos!

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Both plants got just over a gallon of 6.1 phed water with 10ml bloom, 7ml calmag, 7ml hydroplex, and 7ml liquid karma. initial ppm was 260ppm(.7), or 0.37 EC. After nutes it was ~1300ppm, or 1.86EC. Both got about 10% run-off and they both measured 5.7ish ph. Not really sure what to make of that, though that would be right about where I want it. Lucy's run-off ran ~2000ppm (2.86EC) and Barbara was at ~3000!?ppm (4.29EC). The soil meter is reading 6.8ph .

So here's some better pics of the girls.

Lucy (day100):

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Again, no thricome shots of Lucy... I think she's camera shy.

And here's Barbara (day 90):

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And here's her thrich shots:

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I know the shots are blurry but I'm pretty sure I'm seeing orange? Figured they were worth showing. Lucy doesn't have nearly as much orange, in fact I counted maybe... 4, 5 on the whole plant? Should I be chopping them down fairly soon? A weekend chop would be ideal. Well that's all for now. A couple more bad photos to follow in a sec. Happy growing everyone! This is about to get good!

Cheers

Edit: Sorry messed up the measurements. I added 20ml bloom, 7ml calmag, 7ml hydroplex, 7ml liquid karma to a 2.5 gallon reservoir. So each plant got roughly 1.25 galons with 10 ml bloom, 3.5ml calmag, 3.5ml hydroplex, and 3.5ml liquid karma. The ppms were right, so this isn't really a big deal.

This ladys will be some nice harvest and smoke, my sir!

 

[Raoul Duke]

This ladys will be some nice harvest and smoke, my sir!

Thank you! I really appreciate that my friend. They're coming down tonight or tomorrow. Very excited, nervous, anxious all at once.

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[NugNoob]

Thank you! I really appreciate that my friend. They're coming down tonight or tomorrow. Very excited, nervous, anxious all at once.

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Cant wait dude, so stoked for you and your awesome grow man!

 

[Raoul Duke]

Cant wait dude, so stoked for you and your awesome grow man!

I appreciate that man! But the wait is finally over! (almost haha).

 

[Raoul Duke]

Hello fellow AFNers!!! What a weekend it's been!

I was waiting to complete the harvest before doing another update, so let's get you caught up!

Barbara was chopped first yesterday, which would have been her 95th day.

The last pic is her main cola. I almost cried (and came a little) every time I picked it up. I did not calculate the weight on any part of this plant. My scale only goes up to 120g and I was too lazy to measure every piece individually... sorry. I also never thought one of my issues would be too small a scale... (note to self: buy bigger scale.) The whole harvesting process was a little tedious, but overall the experience was fun (even got the wifey to help me) and I got much better at trimming by the time I had finished Barbara. It took us about 2 hours, or I should say it took me an hour and a half until I finally asked her to help haha!

Here's some trichome shots of her on her last day:

I'm pretty pleased with the amount of amber on her. Should help me very nicely with my anxiety/eating/sleeping disorders.

I'll do two more posts just to keep things neat and separated. Stay tuned!

 

[Raoul Duke]

Here is part 2 of a 3 part update!

Lucy was taken today which would have been her 106th day.

What can I say about this main cola... I definitely cried and came a little while picking this up. The main cola rang in at 70g wet. :smoking: The whole plant came in at roughly 301g (had to measure each piece individually) wet. She took me roughly an hour, maybe an hour and a half to get her all done (by myself I might I add. Told you I was getting better).

Here's some thricome shots of her today:

I could only count a handful of amber so she probably could have gone another week at least, but like I said in an earlier post, they had to come down at the same time, and I didn't want to leave Lucy any longer. This will also be a pretty cool experiment to determine what amount of amber I like and etc.

I'll make a third post to show some pics of the whole experience and to tag some of you.

 

[witchyhour]

Hello fellow AFNers!!! What a weekend it's been!

I was waiting to complete the harvest before doing another update, so let's get you caught up!

Barbara was chopped first yesterday, which would have been her 95th day.

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The last pic is her main cola. I almost cried (and came a little) every time I picked it up. I did not calculate the weight on any part of this plant. My scale only goes up to 120g and I was too lazy to measure every piece individually... sorry. I also never thought one of my issues would be too small a scale... (note to self: buy bigger scale.) The whole harvesting process was a little tedious, but overall the experience was fun (even got the wifey to help me) and I got much better at trimming by the time I had finished Barbara. It took us about 2 hours, or I should say it took me an hour and a half until I finally asked her to help haha!

Here's some trichome shots of her on her last day:

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I'm pretty pleased with the amount of amber on her. Should help me very nicely with my anxiety/eating/sleeping disorders.

I'll do two more posts just to keep things neat and separated. Stay tuned!

Fantastic! And the trichs look right on. [emoji106] [emoji4] [emoji178] [emoji122] [emoji122]

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[Raoul Duke]

So now for the 3rd and final update in the 3 part update series...

Let's get some tags out of the way!
@Slater @NugNoob @jingo @iampepe @Z_Bop @WalterW @Benjamin Squier @Q-TiZzLe @NebulaNuggets @guerillagrower#65 @MiNi @stepside @A-Train @All I HAVE @Yeatster @auto noob @Fairlynew @trailanimal @witchyhour @OntarioBud @Sensi Jay @Frankthetank @TheMongol @islandgrower @Elcoronado @kendude @Dmrides220 @912GreenSkell @ClockworkOrange @Ash-a-Ton @cornish smoker @FrankFaux

Okay... wow... what an effort... This is in no particular order by the way, if you stopped in to say hello you got a tag! I'm sure I've missed some people and I apologize. Can we tag all of stoners chat?!?!

I'd like to thank each of you, because without you and AFN, this probably would not have been as successful as it was.

We are at maximum capacity!

So, this whole experience... I just can't put into words. I haven't even sampled any yet, but the growing experience has helped me with my anxiety, I've gained some great new friends here on AFN, and overall I have been a much more positive and happy person!

Thanks for tagging along! There will probably be one or two more updates in the near future for curing and the smoke report!

Cheers