New Grower Dinafem- Moby Dick XXL first grow

[Dirkgentley]

Definitely cull at least the male branches if not the whole plant. Sucks, but it's better to lose a chunk of your harvest than the whole thing...unless you want a crap load of seeds (hell, you'd be set for a long time). Or finish her outside if that's possible, but still remove any branches with pollen sacks. I feel your pain.

Yea, this is what I was kind of dreading. I am pondering ways to finish it out separate maybe like you said. Outside isn't really an option here though unfortunately. I just bought a Uhaul wardrobe box for drying and maybe I could finish her out in there but I would need to find another light. Ugh yea pain is right lol this is pretty heartbreaking Thanks for the input.

 

[The Closet Grower]

Good thing you're growing medication for the pain! It could always be worse. A friend of mine recently had his whole 5x5 crop pollinated from one rogue hermied branch. But on the upside, you can still make wicked good hash/rosin from it. If you go for the box option, line the inside with aluminum foil (dull side out, it scatters the light better).

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

ahh shit she got some set of balls on her some of the old pros keep a real eagle eye,if a ball pops up the pluck it off.but if they keep coming back,if ya keep it ya buds will be seeded...still gets ya high but a real pain in the ass if its 1 of 4 plants,er on the side of caution take it 74 miles away burn it gather up the ashes then drown it in a river just to make sure.
if ya dont get anymore balls ya could be ok

 

[Dirkgentley]

ahh shit she got some set of balls on her some of the old pros keep a real eagle eye,if a ball pops up the pluck it off.but if they keep coming back,if ya keep it ya buds will be seeded...still gets ya high but a real pain in the ass if its 1 of 4 plants,er on the side of caution take it 74 miles away burn it gather up the ashes then drown it in a river just to make sure.
if ya dont get anymore balls ya could be ok [emoji106]

Haha yea I think I might be going down to the river! If I see one more it is gonna get chopped, I measured the uhaul box and it is way too big for that so it looks like if nobody wants to adopt it, it is gone. Well on the bright side I will probably have room to start my next batch of Blue Kush in a couple weeks!

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[Dirkgentley]

Grow update week 7, day 49. Everything is going fantastic with these ladies this week. My only problem is two have stretched so much that I have had to use some tie wire on my light to raise it so they aren't getting too close to it. I guess this is a really good problem to have! They are starting to finally get some frost as well and let me tell you, I am getting pretty excited to see the progress in the next three to four weeks! I have started feeding three times a day going at about 1400ppm. Was thinking of stopping nutes at about day 70, giving me about a 10 day flush. And I have seen no further sign of any hermie action. Took them out today and went over them and nothing so still keeping fingers crossed on that.

 

[Dirkgentley]

Quick grow update here. Not much change this week buds are starting to stack nicely. The smallest plant has the most developed buds so far and the most dense colas as well. Everything looking healthy and happy.

 

[Dirkgentley]

Pushing through the final stretch with these three ladies. They are stacking up nicely, a lot of the lower buds are still pretty green but I think I will get enough where they will just go into the hash pile anyway. I was a little worried I was pushing the nutrients too hard so I backed off nutrients for a couple days and now I'm back to full strength. Orange hairs have started on all three and the back left plant is frosting and swelling like crazy. Can't wait to chop these girls down, will probably stop nutrients in a week.

 

[Dirkgentley]

Day 70 update: Everything is looking solid, buds are going strong. Going to be stopping nutrients this week, probably going to go through the weekend. But will be checking the trichomes regularly now, and drying box is about ready to go. Thanks to everyone who followed this diary. Next update should be a harvest update at least for one or two of them!!

 

[Dirkgentley]

What a fun ride! Really fun grow all around, all three are now down and drying!

The 2 harvested on day 81 were a total of 1421g wet and I forgot to weight the other one on day 83 but I will update with final weights. Thanks for everyone that followed the grow!

 

[Dirkgentley]

Hey AFN here is my final update! Been a ton of fun and learned a lot. Total dry weight for all 3 plants was 204.18g so I was very happy. Made some quality bubble hash and the smoke is very nice. Strong sativa high, strong lemon aroma and flavor with a bit of earthy aftertaste. Overall super happy and was great learning as I went here on AFN!