New Grower Waira's 11-strain-in-the-membrane outdoor grow

[Waira]

:joint: Doobstah! roll thine glazed eye at post 135 :smoke: Out?? that's almost absurd as Reb being dry!! LOL!! Wha-happen?? I kid,...! I know you are workin' it for several folks, bless ya! Seriously bro', give a small bag to your wife and have her hide it!.. to be released only when you become :beast:.....!! LMAO!!
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AS! Thanks bruddha... LOL! I wish I had some monster mono-colas too, and in my (fantasy-world) plan, that's what I was shooting for in some of the strain choices,... ahhh, foolish n00b dreams,..! :roflcry: I'm actually a little sick about stunting that purple star ryder,... That would have been spank-worthy if that was up to spec-size! I messaged DP Tony, and he says that pheno is out there along with some other lovely color variants.... ironically, the other SR is the 'whitey' of the whole grow- pale green through and through! Despite their size, the great genes come through on most,... that cobra was almost comical to trim, it was so sticky!

 

[DutchPassionTony]

i love the colours on your StarRyder W, great looking plants!

I hope this has been a fun grow for you so far, should be a nice harvest . Lovely growing

 

[Sir Chiefs a Lot1]

Hao! Chief- LOL!! I did, and they do... someday you must try Cobra, buddy,.. (you too Doob'!) She's a good'un! I was wondering where ya been,... alls well enough I trust? How did that lovely UV turn out? My leafy f*cks have a very spicy-earthy aroma, and I hope to make some nice hash at least from them... And you're sooo right!- it's very satisfying to enjoy ones own good works! I'll swing by and see what you've got cookin' now! Thanks mate! :chief:

I'll have to keep that in mind about the Cobra. And yeah, everythings going pretty well on my side. The UV is just absolutely amazing! She's super frosty, and it does have a real strong earthy aroma, plus a bit of skunk aroma as well. I couldn't have been happier with the results of my first grow.

 

[DABaracuss]

Yea its all about the stickey everything lol the LBA was the worst yet I had to just use my fingers after a bit to rip them off and dip them in ALC to get the leaf off my fingers lol JUST no winning with the STICK lol

 

[Waira]

[ WEEK 12 ]

:dance2: :dance2: Closing ceremonies bay-bee!! The last few have seen their final days in the sun!... good thing too, as the very tops on them look a bit sun-faded... The trichomes and cessation of further significant bud development are telling me what the stubbornly non-yellowing leaves aren't- *ding-ding* Done! And now time for the 1 day+ dark cycle... pale Star Ryder is already in the closet, so isn't picture here, but the rest will go in tomorrow morning! MJ-lujah, MJ-lujah! :smoke: Some unfortunate news for the Mi5- a major, deep down invasion of fcking aphids was found on it, poor thing,... I saw some 'externally' and zapped them w/ spinosad several days ago, but the little shit-stains managed to burrow clear down to the main stem undetected and untouched until I started to clean her up for processing-- disgusting! Soooo, I nipped apart the plant, bud by bud, and hosed them off in the sink to wash away what I could; it cleaned up pretty well, but some will certainly have to be turned into hash,... Everybody else looked great though! I'll have some post harv' pics later, when they're all dolled up and ready for the rack! KISS Meanwhile the HR's and a side of Crm. crew are coming along nicely.... thread reboot coming up soon! Oh!- had a little sample of the Red Dwarfs,...:thumbs: plenty potent! Aromatics are still a bit raw, naturally from uncured stuff, but were promising...





<-- funky antler-rack remainder of taller B.Lee, fill out a bit and not so green anymore after a few days back in the sun...

<-- SR mono-purp'! really dense and frosty

<-- B. Lee- shorter w/ very dense buds; floral pepper-citrus aroma now,...

<-- HR & Crm. gang- the Crm.'s and MoB's are the oldest, and starting to really take off! The one Ghz/C99/C99 that got rabbit nipped is trying hard to get going,... fingers crossed! As for the violator,..Evil Laugh x my friendly neighborhood cat turned it into poo for me! LOL! total pick-off, right in front of me while I was glaring at it! I didn't see him hiding behind the tub, then *swoop!!*- problem solved, and a nice snack made of it...:edible: Mmmm, nom-nom-nommm...

 

[Waira]

<--B. Lee- A hefty plateful of super dense goodness! The buds are so much different than the other BL,...this one doesn't have quite the white-frost the other, more open structured BL has, but it's plenty frosty and the hardness of these nugs is crazy- I'm a bit worried about them drying properly, so I'll be micromanaging the process LOL! like I'm, not already, right?)... I'm betting this plants' net will exceed the others despite being several inches shorter...


<--Star Ryder purp-sicle- Also very dense nugs, rich purple color through-out, nice spicy-floral aroma...
*** can't wait to try these, and see how they cure over the next many weeks,... So far every strain has potency that is truly very good, scrawny ones included! The first Cobra was sampled again last night, and has improved on potency notably... now it matches up with anything I've tried from dispensaries with lab test results in the upper 'teens % THC!... the first BL and 2nd Cobra are nearly dry now, soon to be sampled!

 

[StickMan]

Hi, my name is StickMan

Hey Waira- I'm not sure if you remember me

Just kidding, it has been so long since I checked in. So High 5

First off, my sincere apologies for not getting back to you sooner (after I said I would) on the last long post you wrote me, and questions asked. I just looked at it and was from 6/19! Time is flying by here at Stick Farms, but still no excuse, it' called common courtesy on my part.

Anyway, a big congrats on the closing ceremonies of your first Auto grow:clap::clap::clap:

Sorry to hear about the stinking aphids on your Mi5



I know that you are very thorough in checking your girls over. So, it just goes to show just how easy these little nasties can avoid detection, and how quickly they can diminish or completely destroy ones hard work. I'm dealing with a low level of thrips yet again. I will be spraying again in the morning with spinosad. I believe the directions state that you can only apply it 5 or 6 times in a plants life. This will be round three. I guess I will have to invest in some AzaMax, unless you have any other suggestion.


It must be very rewarding in the partaking of your own herb. I can't wait, but it appears it will be approximately two weeks for my first set of Autos to start finishing out, and then the cure time. I will be harvesting all when either the trichs are amber, or all leaves yellow.


I will not post any close up pics of my first Autos, as they are just too embarrassing. I can understand why Muddy and MNS don't bother with them outdoors any more. The HR photo gear on the other hand appear to be doing splendid thus far, most are just shy of 4 feet. The 30 gallon pots certainly don't look so big any more. Next year I will just concentrate on photos, with a few Autos as side notes. I will be ordering some MOB and Fire x C99 as soon as the Dragon Freebies are back in stock. Hopefully they will be back in stock before RCMC summer sale ends.


Just read through the discussion again on pot size in the link you posted earlier in your thread. Good stuff in there. I obviously fall into the camp that bigger is better. I can also see the importance of the height of the pot. Like you, I purchased and am using smart pots right now. I will be stealing your method for attaching handles before I use them again. As you will see in the pic attached of my last batch of Autos that I'm waiting to show sex. I'm using the smallest AirPots made. They are approximately 23 ozs, I believe, and are called Propagators, for obvious reasons. I just removed 3 yesterday and transplanted into 5 gallon SmartPots. As you so aptly stated "no drama no trauma". Anyway, I will have to get a couple of probably 3 gallon AirPots for my indoor grow in the future.


I've been doing lots of research on breeding, and been spending a fair amount of time over at UDG. It has been interesting learning the origins of the breeding stock that the Outdoor Breeders at RCMC use. What I'm wanting to do (so far anyway) is get some Affy # 1 from SeedsMan (it's supposed to be from the original stock collected in Afghanistan in the early 70's, and then acclimatized for the west), and cross it with some GG3 ( Early Gold x (Afghan x Mighty Mite) F6) which cress uses to achieve some of his early finishes in many of his strains. This will just be a hobby project for me.


I'm attaching some pics here I took today. First two obviously outdoors. Second two indoors under T5HOs. I'm VERY happy with how the 2 Ghaze x C99 are doing thus far. Fem seeds sown directly into permanent pots appears to be the way to go, at least indoors.But, this is just one strain and I have nothing else to compare to.

No nute regiment or buffering ph in water, just good old TLO.

1) Group Shot
2) Shortest Photo-PK x MD @26"(the other pheno is around 4' tall)
3) Ghaze x C99 @ +- 4 weeks
4) Last batch of seedlings @+- 3 weeks-3 (Skunk #1x RD), 1 (Easy Rider x RD), and 1 Karma Dragon

 

[DABaracuss]

OH Nice smokeage Leaving a karma clouyou should listen to some Indian music wile u smoke the cobra lol

 

[Waira]

Dewd!! Are you plugged into my head or what?? You shmoke enough of that Cobra, mon amie, and the Sitar music starts playing all on it's own, internally! stylez rasta smoke ...no kidding about the potency or the nature of the buzz itself, Doob...and the other cobra that's still drying?- it's even better (looking) than this first mini one! This strain has uncontestably the largest trichomes of all, like a really good Indica does (big, fat bulbous heads) and very good coverage... I think you would do wonders with it, mate, in that nice TLO! The high is pretty balanced head/body, spacey silly, relaxing but not in a warm lead blanket sort of way, and little burn-out when it wears off... gotta try it, friend!

 

[Waira]

Sir Stickington!! How are you, mate? No worries friend, I know you're just a little busy these days! The ladies look great, Stick, really! I'll write more tomorrow, when I'm not nodding off! Have a great Holiday in Stickland! ....'night...stylez rasta smoke