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420Smokealot420
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DFH is a good smoke andy u will enjoy it...That is an awsome selection u got going on there..
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AndyBotwin
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Back again for a Wednesday update, though this actually happened yesterday but I didn't have time to post it. Day 60 for the DFH and RRF, and they've had 10 days of flush. The DFH is around 25% amber, and the RRF doesn't look to be ambering but it's been all cloudy trichs for a while. As you can see from the pics, the Haze has yellowed out almost completely, and there doesn't really seem to be any more swelling in recent days. The RRF has started yellowing as well, and the bud sides have definitely gotten harder and more dense in the past week. I've been wondering about when I would chop these girls, and today I found out about an unexpected business trip that I have to take. With a busy weekend coming up also, I made the executive decision to harvest today when I had the time to do it. Otherwise it would be sometime next week before I can get to it. The RRF could probably hang in there that long, but the DFH doesn't seem to be drinking much anymore and I was concerned that she would get too dried out. More on the harvest in a separate post, but these are the last pics of the girls while they're still standing.
The BPE and AA are doing well and continuing to fill in the bud. Still not much smell with the Pineapple Express, but the AA is pretty stinky and packing on the crystals from top to bottom. Both of these girls didn't show sex until around day 23, so I expect them to go for another 3 weeks. The PE is losing a little bit of green in the oldest fan leaves, but hopefully that's just natural yellowing due to age. They'll both get a couple more feedings of bloom nutes and then the final flush. On to the pics!
DinaFem Haze - Day 60
Russian Rocket Fuel - Day 60
Pineapple Express - Day 50
Auto Assassin - Day 50
The BPE and AA are doing well and continuing to fill in the bud. Still not much smell with the Pineapple Express, but the AA is pretty stinky and packing on the crystals from top to bottom. Both of these girls didn't show sex until around day 23, so I expect them to go for another 3 weeks. The PE is losing a little bit of green in the oldest fan leaves, but hopefully that's just natural yellowing due to age. They'll both get a couple more feedings of bloom nutes and then the final flush. On to the pics!
DinaFem Haze - Day 60
Russian Rocket Fuel - Day 60
Pineapple Express - Day 50
Auto Assassin - Day 50
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As mentioned before, the DFH and RRF got the ax on day 60. It's a big day to finally start seeing the final fruits of your labor, but on the other hand I hate trimming bud. So I get through it as quick as I can without stopping to take too many pics. Here are the final impressions on these two.
DinaFem Haze - This plant had a nice aroma early on, and late in flower it became a full-blown Lemon Pine-Sol scent. To be honest, I had a bit of a headache after trimming because the smell is so damn strong. It's basically like the smell when you go in a bathroom that has just been cleaned. You're happy because you know everything is nice and it's fresh, but at the same time you want to get out of there quick since it's so overpowering. I'll be interested to see how that aroma develops during the curing process. This plant was also covered in an amazing amount of trichomes. Even the fan leaves had a good bit of crystals on the areas close to the buds, so I got a surprising amount of trim. If the potency is anything like the DinaFem Fruit that I grew last time, I'll be very happy with it. One thing that I was disappointed to find were a few calyxs with baby seeds inside. This plant was never completely happy it seemed, so I'm not surprised that she snuck out a nanner or two without me catching it. Doing some checking at the main bud sites didn't reveal any more seeds, so it looks like it was isolated to a few spots. Oh well, water under the bridge at this point.
Russian Rocket Fuel - This stumpy girl used every bit of her 11-12 inch height to pack on some really nice bud. Unfortunately I had to bust up the main cola because it was such a tangle of vegetation that I couldn't get the fan leaves off. The smell was never too strong along the way, but at the end the diesel genetics rose to the top. There's a bit of fruitiness there, but overall I felt like I was working at a truck stop while trimming due to the strong fuel smell. Despite being 50% shorter, I think she might end up outproducing the Haze in dry weight. Just a really nice plant & I'm glad to have more of these seeds on hand.
All in all, I'm really happy with the harvest from these two. They were grown in 1 gallon pots and lived under a single 92w T5HO for the first 40 days. After that, they only got another 24-48 watts of T5 side lighting. The buds seem to be more compact and dense than my last grow with CFLs, and the lights are much, much cooler. So given the paltry amount of electricity I used, I couldn't be happier. T5 lighting seems to be the perfect fit for my small scale growing.
Thanks for following along with these girls! Cure and smoke reports will be coming soon.
DinaFem Haze - This plant had a nice aroma early on, and late in flower it became a full-blown Lemon Pine-Sol scent. To be honest, I had a bit of a headache after trimming because the smell is so damn strong. It's basically like the smell when you go in a bathroom that has just been cleaned. You're happy because you know everything is nice and it's fresh, but at the same time you want to get out of there quick since it's so overpowering. I'll be interested to see how that aroma develops during the curing process. This plant was also covered in an amazing amount of trichomes. Even the fan leaves had a good bit of crystals on the areas close to the buds, so I got a surprising amount of trim. If the potency is anything like the DinaFem Fruit that I grew last time, I'll be very happy with it. One thing that I was disappointed to find were a few calyxs with baby seeds inside. This plant was never completely happy it seemed, so I'm not surprised that she snuck out a nanner or two without me catching it. Doing some checking at the main bud sites didn't reveal any more seeds, so it looks like it was isolated to a few spots. Oh well, water under the bridge at this point.
Russian Rocket Fuel - This stumpy girl used every bit of her 11-12 inch height to pack on some really nice bud. Unfortunately I had to bust up the main cola because it was such a tangle of vegetation that I couldn't get the fan leaves off. The smell was never too strong along the way, but at the end the diesel genetics rose to the top. There's a bit of fruitiness there, but overall I felt like I was working at a truck stop while trimming due to the strong fuel smell. Despite being 50% shorter, I think she might end up outproducing the Haze in dry weight. Just a really nice plant & I'm glad to have more of these seeds on hand.
All in all, I'm really happy with the harvest from these two. They were grown in 1 gallon pots and lived under a single 92w T5HO for the first 40 days. After that, they only got another 24-48 watts of T5 side lighting. The buds seem to be more compact and dense than my last grow with CFLs, and the lights are much, much cooler. So given the paltry amount of electricity I used, I couldn't be happier. T5 lighting seems to be the perfect fit for my small scale growing.
Thanks for following along with these girls! Cure and smoke reports will be coming soon.
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spelsylver
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budiful harvest Andy!
those buds are covered in sugar :booya:
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those buds are covered in sugar :booya:
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Great lookin buds Andy! Congrats and enjoy!!
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iLuvIndica
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Nice work AB cant beileve those results are under a T5 only no bloom bulbs amazing 
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bgrt
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looks great andy,
im looking forward to the smoke report on the rrfs, itll tide me over till mine are done
im looking forward to the smoke report on the rrfs, itll tide me over till mine are done
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Great harvest AB! :clap: You have convinced me to give T5 a decent go as well. I am ordering the same light that you have to start my next round under, then I plan to use this as my week 0-4 light and finish them with my LED in weeks 4-8 so I can stagger harvest. It seems to have provided you with excellent results. Thanks for providing as much detail as you do about your grow methods and the actual strains you are growing, it really helps get an idea for the plants. I felt like I was smelling your harvest with you! Great job man, glad you had an excellent harvest, and DAMn those RRF buds look chunky! +rep
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