The Weekly Harvest

[organically challenged 160]

just bought Blueberry Quintessa, looking forward to see how these turn out .

[Gardener 2,116]

19 hours ago, organically challenged said:

just bought Blueberry Quintessa, looking forward to see how these turn out .

Expect some tall plants.  If you are growing indoors, have a plan to deal with that.

[Misterdirt 11,145]

Mine were tall, at first, but then they didn't stretch as much as other plants, so they turned out to be about average size.

[Gardener 2,116]

Harvest!  Yesterday i took down two plants in 1-gallon containers.

 

The first plant is Short Rider, an auto flower.  I probably let it go too long.  95 days.  It was ready after 84.   I haven't checked the trichomes under a scope.  I probably should.

 

The second plant is a cross between Harlequin and 'Strawberry Backcross,'  after 57 days flowering.  I would have let it go longer, but i need the space in my tent for new flowers.

[Gardener 2,116]

A look inside my tent.  There are seven 3 gallon pots.  In the back corner from the first photo there are also three 1-gallon pots.  Each large pot has three or four plants.  By batching plants together, a dense canopy can be created.

 

This is the best utilization of both available light and root space that I have been able to manage so far.  Weekly harvests to resume shortly.

[Gardener 2,116]

Northern Lights regular was selling cheap for five seeds.  I splurged.

Out of the five, three sprouted.  Out of the three, one of them didn't belong.  It had a tall, spindly nature and leaves that looked sativa.  There was a male and a female among the other two.  The strange plant was also male.  So i cut it down.

I took clones from the female.  Cut back the male.    By the end of the week this second male should be gone.  Today is the 9th day of flowering.  

[Gardener 2,116]

Harvest!  This past Saturday I took down four plants in a pot.  The strains were Ice, Blackjack, Aurora Indica, and Tangie.   56 days flowering.

Feminized seed is another easy way to combine plants in a pot.  Start three or four seeds in a 1 gallon pot.  Transplant to a 3 gallon container as they reach maturity.

Out of these four varieties, Ice and Aurora Indica work the best for my issues.  Blackjack and Tangie were interesting.  But i wouldn't consider them again.  Now that i have some favorites that work for me, I will begin transitioning to mostly growing those.   But before I can go that route, I need to finish bunches of plants.

 

[Gardener 2,116]

Last year i made so many crosses that it turned this into a summer of exploring my own seed stash.  

Mad Chem x Critical is at 28 days.  These buds started to become thick after 3 weeks.  I can't wait to try it.

[Gardener 2,116]

Harvest!  Blueberry Quintessa, day 64.   Four plants.  One particular low-yielding pheno.  They all have seeds.  But selective breeding starts here.  Only the seeds from the best looking plants and buds will be saved.  Eager to report back once these dry.

[mushaboom 50]

really enjoying this thread.

those mites are really starting to get out of hand

[Gardener 2,116]

On 7/26/2020 at 1:07 PM, mushaboom said:

really enjoying this thread.

those mites are really starting to get out of hand

Glad you are enjoying the thread.  This is fun.

The mites are getting out of hand.  I have resigned myself to the notion that nothing can be done until i shut this operation down.  I'm trying to grow enough weed to make that possible.  I'm planning to shut everything down by November.  Do a thorough cleaning.  Don't have any plants so the mites all die off.  Until then, my leaves will continue to look like crap on finished plants.  It may be affecting the size of my harvests.  Who knows?  But the buds still come out looking and smelling good.

[Gardener 2,116]

I planted seeds as summer approached.  Heading into fall I am taking clones.

There were so many untried crosses waiting to be hatched.  A few were completely uninteresting.  Fewer still are keepers.

The clones on this plant cart are either Northern Lights, in the plastic pots, or Critical, in the grow bags.  The seedlings (front left) are the last batch I intend to plant for a while.  The females are destined to become mother plants.  17 days old today.  They are an Afghan CBD bx.  ACBD bx1.  (Afghan CBD x Strawberry Kush bx x Afghan CBD.)  I love both parents, so this should be good.

 

And a peak inside the clone factory.  I haven't yet tasted any of these strains.

9 clones of Ice x (Strawberry Kush bx) in the open tray.

 

Under the dome are cuttings of Green Manalishi bx from @wisecalyx  and cuttings of Master Kush x ACBD.

 

I also bought some clear-plastic cloning trays.  Fill these with coir and they seem to work better than sticking clones into rapid rooters.  I can also manage them better this way.  Easier to label and to organize.

[mushaboom 50]

once i had a mite issue and was able to clear it up without having to shut everything down. a hot shot no pest strip  in my tent killed every bug within a week or two. you have to be careful using them; they aren't really safe to use inside a living space like a bedroom. and it would probably be good to buy one of those insecticides that hook up to a garden hose and spray around the outside perimeter of your house. 

if you haven't already looked into those options try it. the pest strip is like 5-10 dollars, easy to use, and the insecticide will probably be 5-15 dollars and also easy to use.  i think it would change everything for you. those mites are affecting everything including your yield. i bet your yield would double. most likely you have mites outside your house; i think you should not take your plants outside anymore.

[Gardener 2,116]

On 7/28/2020 at 5:10 PM, mushaboom said:

once i had a mite issue and was able to clear it up without having to shut everything down. a hot shot no pest strip  in my tent killed every bug within a week or two. you have to be careful using them; they aren't really safe to use inside a living space like a bedroom. and it would probably be good to buy one of those insecticides that hook up to a garden hose and spray around the outside perimeter of your house. 

if you haven't already looked into those options try it. the pest strip is like 5-10 dollars, easy to use, and the insecticide will probably be 5-15 dollars and also easy to use.  i think it would change everything for you. those mites are affecting everything including your yield. i bet your yield would double. most likely you have mites outside your house; i think you should not take your plants outside anymore.

Good advice.  I will look into the pest strips.

Is there a chance that this stuff would contaminate bud?

[Gardener 2,116]

Harvest!  Afghan CBD x Strawberry Kush bx.  I love this cross so much.  54 days flowering.  Some of the buds were finished.  Others could have used a bit longer.  But I couldn't wait.

 

[Gardener 2,116]

Harvest!  Mad Chem x Critical.  55 days flowering.  Hard nuggets.

[Gardener 2,116]

Harvest!  Five days back.  Critical, after 55 days of flowering.

This plant started as a filler plant when i grew out Blueberry Quintessa.  I had ten seeds.  I needed two more to fill out a third 1-gallon pot.

It was a slow-grower, too, until about the fifth or sixth week, when it just took off.  

At some point, I got tired of always searching for female plants and grew to appreciate the wisdom of keeping mother plants.  This was the first mother plant of the summer.  I took about a dozen clones before letting it flower.  I could have kept it going.  But by this point I was looking at every female as a potential mother plant, preferring favorite strains over this one.

Nothing wrong with Critical.  It's a good strain.  I like it. But it is not one of my faves.  (But i like the head high.)

However, i have a number of crosses from a Critical father.  This is a good strain for pollen chucking.

I have been using Mad Chem x Critical the past couple of weeks.  That stuff is pretty damned good.

 

[Misterdirt 11,145]

Why are the leaves so "crispy" looking? Is that some pest that I'm too lazy to go back in the thread and read about?

[Indicalicious 920]

Combination of too much heat and fertilizer?

but nice looking crispy buds

[gardenartus 12,690]

Think he had mites or thrips one of the two. He did state it in here

[Gardener 2,116]

On 8/18/2020 at 8:22 PM, gardenartus said:

Think he had mites or thrips one of the two. He did state it in here

Gardenartus is correct.  I have mites.  Or thrips.  

I also have a plan.  A friend of a friend needs work, and she can be trusted not to cause trouble.  I can't do the work necessary to clean out the grow room.  But I am happy to hire this person.  Hopefully i can bring it under control with her help.

[Gardener 2,116]

Harvest!  Strawberry Kush bx1, four days ago, at 56 days.  

The F2 generation.  This 'strain' is the father of ACBD x SK bx.  And that cross is one of my favorites.

Heavy yielder.  A hybrid with a pleasant sativa head-high, plus some body-stone effect.

And yes.  The leaves look crispy.  Thank you for reminding me.

[Misterdirt 11,145]

Didn't mean to rub anything in!

I've never had thrips, but the nematodes are definitely effective against gnats.

https://www.arbico-organics.com/category/pest-solver-guide-thrips

[Gardener 2,116]

33 minutes ago, Misterdirt said:

Didn't mean to rub anything in!

I've never had thrips, but the nematodes are definitely effective against gnats.

https://www.arbico-organics.com/category/pest-solver-guide-thrips

You're not the only person to notice this.  Just the latest.  

 

[gardenartus 12,690]

14 hours ago, Gardener said:

Gardenartus is correct.  I have mites.  Or thrips.  

I also have a plan.  A friend of a friend needs work, and she can be trusted not to cause trouble.  I can't do the work necessary to clean out the grow room.  But I am happy to hire this person.  Hopefully i can bring it under control with her help.

I can not do all the work either, my guy does that for me. Hopefully, she can help Looks like thrips, I had to deal with them a few times, they make the leaves kind of crispy.