Growing journal

[buffoonman]

I have just planted 15 G13-Diesel seeds and 5 sweet tooth #3 seeds. Will take a photo as soon as they germinate then post photos on a weekly basis. Never done a journal before it will probably help me as I never remember dates and generally have no idea how far into a grow i am. Once it gets going I hope it may be of some interest.

[M4N14C42O]

Cool best of luck too ya. What method ya going to use? Well hope to see some pics of the progress soon. Lata.

[buffoonman]

Using a 400W HPS with extended spectrum bulb. Growing in soil.
Here's the first showing. Gave the sweet tooth to somebody else to grow ,so far ten of the fifteen G13-diesel have sprouted will repot tomorow then will post new pictures once a week.

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[buffoonman]

Repotted into John Innes no3 soil. Will repot into final containers in 3 weeks. Light is 2 and a half feet away. Will move light closer in about 3 days.

[Silvine]

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[buffoonman]

This plant has broad leafs more of a G13 trait.

[Silvine]

Here is a little tip: marihuana changes to the environment, especially hybrid marihuana.

I am going to watch those leaves to see if they change.

[buffoonman]

I always find the leaves get thinner with age.

[Silvine]

I always find the leaves get thinner with age.

The leaves can transform in any direction.

[buffoonman]

Heres a couple of the plants at about 12 days. The second one has the closest internodes of any plant I have grown. The light is still two feet away due to the high outside temperatures. The grow room is constant at about 89 degrees. To high I know but the plants seem to be growing just fine. Another minor problem is the humidity is only 15 percent but as long as the plants are growing healthly i am not to worried. The plants have some small trichomes on the leaves already. Wish I had a picture of a G13 to compare my second plant to. One of the other plants is growing three sets of leaves at a time instead of two. Will post a picture soon.

[buffoonman]

I got back one of my sweet tooth plants as I plan to cross it with the best G13-Diesel. Heres a picture, its a few days behind the others.

[M4N14C42O]

Very nice buffoonman!!!! Keep up the good work. Been waitin for an update for a lil while now!!!

[M4N14C42O]

Hey there thought id stop in and see if ya had any updates on the progress!

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[buffoonman]

Due to high temps growth has slowed this last week or so. Have ordered an air cooled reflector, hopefully when it arrives I'll be able to get the light closer and speed things up. Almost forgot to mention I've repotted all the plants into 11 litre square pots using Plagrons Royalty mix soil. Not cheap at £12 for a 50l bag. I'm hoping to just give them plain water for the whole grow. Keeping it simple eliminates the chances of nute burn etc.

[buffoonman]

The plant i mentioned growing three leafs has split and now has three heads. See picture. There is a thin layer of pearlite on the top of the soil in each pot. This prevents evaporation and helps a little with reflection.
Note the brown tips on a couple of the leaves this is mild nute burn. As the plants were repotted and because the temps were to high growth slowed right down the excess nutes in the soil were not then required and seemed to nip at a couple of the leaves. Now the plants have settled in there new pots and have started growing again the mild burn has stopped. Plus the new soil there are in is Organic and specifically designed for growing marijuana.

[M4N14C42O]

Nice!!!! They are lookin great!!! Keep up the good work on those lovely ladies! Where did you pick up that Plagron Royalty??

[buffoonman]

Installed an air cooled reflector best money I've spent only £36. Its enabled me to move the light a foot closer to the plants. The reflectors now about 1 foot from the plants. The reflector now gives out virtually no heat the temp directly underneath it is about 88 degrees. Still a little hot but the outside temp is well over 90 degrees. The plants grew more last night than they have done in the last week. Will put into flowering on monday. Will post some photos then. I bought the Royalty mix from a UK supplier who imports it from Holland. All you can do is type the name in google and see if you can buy it where you live.

[buffoonman]

Put them into flower last night. Another picture.

[M4N14C42O]

Lookin good, keep the updates comin!

[buffoonman]

The outside temp has dropped so the growroom is now only 79 degrees and the humidity has gone up to 45%. Both perfect. Growth has gone asolutely crazy. From the preflowers so far there appears to be G13-Diesel 3 males and 3 females and 4 unknown.

[M4N14C42O]

Very nice......are you goin to grow any males for seeds?? Hopefully your 4 unknown grow into females. Hows the soil workin out for ya??

[buffoonman]

I've removed the first male today and replanted an ICE cutting in its pot. Got my eye on the other two males for breeding one grows really close internodes and the other has split several times to grow like a bush.

[M4N14C42O]

Just droppin in to see if ya had any updates.......lets see those babies!!

[meangreen]

Been away awile,outta be a nice hybrid when finished,.

[buffoonman]

Heres a quick update two and a half weeks into flower.

[M4N14C42O]

Very nice!!!! Looks like that soil is treatin ya well ;) Just got the closet in its final position now.............so far tonight (doin a temp check) the temps have been 80-75 with temps outside rangin from 75-55 have too see what happens in the heat of the day tomorrow but got some ICE germin right now ;) Keep up the great work Buffoonman!!!


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[buffoonman]

Thanks you to. Will post more photo's as they grow your right about this soil will be using it all the time. Its so easy, add nothing but water.

[Smokey_McPot_420]

those ladies are fudging beautiful!! you must be an experienced grower. i likey.
you gotta put some pics up when they are all done. that will be a day to remember. all of your hard work paying off. god. i just love the excitement.

[M4N14C42O]

Hey there just seeing if ya got any updates for us. Anxiously awaiting some new pics of your ladies ;)


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[buffoonman]

Will post updated pictures on wednesday theve started packing on the tricomes.

[M4N14C42O]

Sweet, good to hear their packin on the trichs! Hows the smell?? Can't wait for the update. Keep up the great work man.


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[buffoonman]

Smells like a rotting carcus. Really foul but still keep going back for another whiff.

[M4N14C42O]

Hahahahaha that would be me too ;)


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[buffoonman]

Heres photos at 4 weeks into flower.

[sibannac]

Nice! Looks smelly :D

[M4N14C42O]

Lookin good. Well worth the wait for the updates ;) Those trichs are coming along very nice.........good thing you got a ways to go, they'll be packed with trichs by the time your ready to harvest it looks like! You got about a month or so to go dont ya? Keep us posted, everythings lookin great!


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[buffoonman]

Reckoning on 9 weeks so thats another 4 weeks and 4 days.

[M4N14C42O]

hey hey just stoppin in to see if ya have any updates comin up. I reckon they should be lookin pretty tasty by now ;)


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[buffoonman]

Will post photos on wednesday.

[sibannac]

looking forward to seeing them!

[M4N14C42O]

Will post photos on wednesday.
Wednesday needs to get here faster!!!!! I wanna see those things!! Oh well i suppose i'll just have to go watch my ice grow while im waitin ;)



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[buffoonman]

It won't let me upload latest photos.

[M4N14C42O]

yea i've noticed that......the manage attachment thing is down.....

[buffoonman]

Is the Manage attachment button not working for everybody?

[RickityRock]

shit man i really want to see them :(

[buffoonman]

Aha

[buffoonman]

Disabled my firewall and it has let me upload photos.

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/Untitled-21.jpg

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/MVC-003F5.jpg

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/MVC-004F4.jpg

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/MVC-008F2.jpg

[buffoonman]

Two more
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/MVC-005F.jpg

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/MVC-001F5.jpg

[Superpimp]

holy shit dude :D

[sibannac]

Looks fucking tasty fella!!

[wonderboy]

oh my god

[M4N14C42O]

Looking very very nice bman........keep it up!!


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[ConRev]

very, very nice very nice

[mortes]

awesome looking. great job.

[buffoonman]

A couple of the plants are turning purple, I've been told this comes from the G13 side of the cross. The G13 mother from this strain was a back cross from the plural of G13 collection. The father was ECSD version 3 from reservoir seeds. Will not pick my own mother plant untill each pheno has been cured for a proper smoke analysis.
You can see the purple in this photo of a G13bx.
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/g13.jpg

[buffoonman]

Here's a photo of the actual ECSD father of this cross.
http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/11083IMG_0926-thumb.jpg

[M4N14C42O]

hey bman........figured since it was wednesday i would stop in and see if you had any updates ;)


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[world_gone_wrong]

So what's the latest on these babies? Prolly being cured as we speak ... any visual aids? ;)

RDM

[buffoonman]

Unfortunately I couldn't borrow a camera to take final pictures plus I have been to stoned. Will try and take some pictures of dried buds. Still have some smaller buds growing, once the tops were removed I left the lower buds to grow will harvest them this weekend. 6 of the plants turned varying degrees of purple and all of them are super resinous. Only been drying 4 days so can't really give a proper smoke report but even at this stage its certainly more potent than anyhing I've grown before. After one spliff its up up and away. A happy head stone to start then after a while couchlock kicks in. Even though its so strong I can still socialise (babble rubbish) no edginess to it. But I'm sure as it cures it may become overpowering.

[M4N14C42O]

Congratulations on the kick ass buds ;) Bet that purple looks delicious on those ladies!!!! Any guesstimate on weight?? Try and get some dried bud pics if ya can.....i wanna see them buds!! Anyway congrats on the kick ass grow....any ideas for the next grow??

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[T.H. Cammo]

Hey B'man!

Sounds like you're just having too much fun to worry about the small stuff!!! LOL Proper job mate!!!
Do you use any "special" drying or cureing methods? I've decided that my "old method" was a little to fast and harsh. I'm going to give the Ranger's method a try (step by step), it just sounds perfect!

[buffoonman]

The only thing I would do different to Rangerdanger is not 'comb the buds' I try and touch them as little as possible so as not to knock of any trichomes.
Got four cuttings of the G13-Diesel in flower already another harvest in about seven weeks. Plus somebody has given me the following seeds. White Widow, Master Kush, Northern Lights#5 and Afghan#1*Northern Lights. Not germinated these as yet though.

[T.H. Cammo]

Yeah! I hear you about the trikes! I figure that if I find a few (?) at the bottom of the bag; I wont let them go to waste!! Keep up the good work - Cheers!

[M4N14C42O]

That sounds great Bman. I am also interested in trying Rangers method. Was wondering about the "combing" part tho. Ah well, just have to try it and find out ;) Maybe snap a few pics of the cuttings if ya can.

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[Smils]

Wow , yeah man looka those buds, great work Bman ! Skin up .

[buffoonman]

Heres a shot of one of the latest cuttings.

[buffoonman]

Another.

[M4N14C42O]

:drool:

That looks fucking amazing......A+++ job mate. Can't wait till i get my hands on some diesel. Any idea on final weight??

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[M4N14C42O]

Ahhh i forgot to ask......plagron royal through the whole thing??? Any nutes??? If not.....wow, just wow, you found yourself some DIY soil ;) Keep up the amazing work.

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[buffoonman]

These cuttings were just grown in Miracle grow soil with nothing added. Plagron Royalty mix was better though and also didnt need anything adding.

[sibannac]

Fuck'in'ell B'man, those buds look delicious!!!

[buffoonman]

Heres a couple of the buds drying.

[M4N14C42O]

Hell yeah buddy!
Those look amazing!! Keep up the great work!

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[PopDog]

Gah, such flagrant pornography, they look amazing! Its really surprising what proper soil can yeild sometimes with very little added, reminds me of when I was a kid and grew in almost pure compost (I did active, microbe-driven compost, the sort that cooks itself into high temperatures), I didn't know much and never bothered with added fertilizers, just some filtered water and away they went. Sure, they took longer to grow and mature than hydro and such, but I'll be damned if it wasn't some smooth smoke, there's much to be said for organics. Truly fine work you've got there, bafoonman, looking forward to your next grow :)

[CaptainBeefheartFan]

GOD DAMNNN, you have no idea how much I would like to have those in a big fat bowl right now, just waiting to be smoked. TASTY.

edit.. I have just masturbated to these pictures, you should make a porno website with close up shots of those buds

[VolcomStoner420]

ur definately not a buffoon, man.

[~Baked Goods~]

Beautiful, simply beautiful

[passittotheleft]

I need to change my shorts.

[farmer dylan]

how wonderful