Operation Particleboard: A ThirdCoast Production

[Bababooey]

Thanks for the update.
U and i are running somewhat similar systems (pots of coco, GH Flora, handwater with wand).

Ive been battling a nasty fungus infection (its more than pm, its blight or something, whatever it is it is effing up my yields, pretty much killing everything that isnt receiving direct light)

I think i have a plan to control it though: Safer fungicide spray (sulphur based spray) every 3 weeks in veg; neem oil and yucca extract foliar spray twice a week in flower, maybe some baking soda foliar spray in flower also, and silicon additive when watering in veg and flower (silicon supposedly makes ur plants tougher, more resistant to disease).

Ur plants look healthy and pest/disease free. Do you run a pretty clean environment or do you run an insecticide/fungicide regimen?

 

[caljim]

UPDATE

UPDATE

Good morning all. I'm up early to dump the dehumidifier before it runs over, with a good hangover from a homebrew bottling session last night. The work never ends. Anyhow I grabbed some shots at lights out that i will post up in a minute after I say hello to some guests.

Hazy--Stop in anytime, I've usually got a fat one rolled for company:friends:

Optic--you get some strange looks, the associate at the store asked me twice if it wasnt a dehumidifier that I was looking for. Nope that a/c way up top there packed away for summer is what i'm looking for.

Bababooey---sorry to hear about your blight problem, lets get that shit in check and keep moving on. Only thing I have been using is lots of air movement, keeping things on the clean side, and a little Azamax as a soil drench to help keep the fungus gnats down. Knock on wood..

Lets see how them pics I took in the dark turned out, they have to be better than the ones with HPS glare.

Here are some Female Seeds ICE flushing at like 53 days. I cut the micro a little early for the amount of vigor these plants have and got some premature yellowing on the tops. Still very frosty and next run with her should be a bumper crop. What you cant see in the photo is the monster ICE mom in soil off to the side. I watered that plant maybe ten times with just plain tap in LC's mix. Shes killing it!

The next group to fall is GHS Trainwreck. These are at 60 days and will run for at least 63. They have been flushing for just about two weeks. Once again, a little more dialing in with the coco and nutes and she will be a star.

Next. More TW at about 17 days. This group is under a 1k and getting the dialed in love that the other group missed out on.

And lastly the Lifesavers. These plants have been vegging from seed for close to 7 weeks and not one sign of who is a boy and who is a girl. Very frustrating. I took a couple extra cuts from the seed moms and put them in flower---4 days now and still nothing not a white hair or tiny ballsac or anything. I've got a couple trays of cuts off the group of them just about ready to go, but still no show. I will just keep waiting.

Ok, I'm off to W&B and start revamping veg, cause my new T5 just showed up and it feels like my b-day.

 

[redspaghetti]

nice work caljim,

i'll watch this one for sure

cheers m8

Red.

 

[Bababooey]

Thats a beautiful shot: plants are happy, healthy and reaching for the light. Flushing looks spot on too.
See a bit of purple in the Trainwreck, if im not mistaken.

Thanks for the tip about Azamax, ive heard of it before, didnt know it was made by GH. Its derived from neem oil, i believe. I already have a bottle of Neem oil, it works ok for me, havent yet used it as a soil drench but thats part of my planned regimen to beat this bug...

What's ur drying/curing regimen like?

 

[caljim]

Plenty of room up front Red, grab a seat.

Bababooey, I try to keep them happy..but know that I will do better as I settle in with coco for awhile.

And yeah the TW is getting a little purple this time around. The past two runs with her came down right at 8 weeks ( pressed for veg space and and a little herm problem ). They were lacking a littles in smell, taste and stone----good all the same, but I know better. The current group hit 63 days last night and are running till I see some amber trics, period. The plants in veg will just have to deal with it!

Hey, Azamax is easy but expensive. I picked up some Dyna Neem and added a couple drops of dish soap and some water in the empty Azamax bottle. Much more cost effective, but a bit more hassle. When you water every day in coco you have to keep the gnats in check.

As for drying and curring. Everything gets trimmed up while still turgid. Then off to an old 4x4 Hydrohut with a scrubber, fan and drying rack. They sit in there until stems just snap, then into paper bags to sweat for a few days. Then into jars, then into me
Heres the set up:

Lifesaver Update

Heres the moms from seed. They were looking pretty pot bound so they were just transplanted into 3 gals of coco to get some room to grow.



Poor things had been growing so quick I had to keep cutting them back and I think thats what been holding back the sexing. And the cuts from them in flower are starting to root, but still no sex.
Either way these moms are gonna drop their pants cause when the TW comes down they are going in...the waiting is killing me and kinda fucking up my rotation.

Ok, lets wrap this up with a quick shot of the Mutant Lifesaver mom

It was mutilated a bit when I helped it out of its seed shell. I wonder if it will ever recover? Any Thoughts?

And lastly a shot of veg with the new 6 lamp T5, fills the box much better than the 4 lamper.

Harvest pics to, Hopefully, come soon!

 

[Bababooey]

Thanks for the update.
I know what you mean about letting a plant go all the way; ive got a NYCD that is the weakest of my smokes so far, but i feel if i let it flower out a full 80-90 days, showing plenty of amber, that might make all the difference.

Ive got a quart spray bottle with 1tsp of neem and a few drops of palmolive myself.

I dry till stems snap and then into ziploc's. With the bags and jars you're probably getting a better cure than me. But i feel the ziplocs give me a decent cure nevertheless...

The mutant looks gnarly. Looks almost like a ph issue to me, maybe this is a pheno that favors a ph outside of cannabis's normal range?

 

[centralcoastbud]

How's it goin' caljim ? Things are looking sweet over on your side of town! I've got that t-5 rig over at a spot right now and I couldn't be more pleased... grows the most compact internodes and healthy green plants. Hope you don't mind me pulling up a seat for a while.

 

[caljim]

Bababooey---patience is a virtue with these TW galse, but 70 days is starting to push my limit for a knock off of a good strain. I might be able to hold off for 80 or 90 days for a gal with a pedigree, but she would have to be something really special.

The mutant is the only one so far to show sex, and I'm still not 100% that it's a chick. Well see if the bigger pots and some more head room get'em to drop their pants.

And as long as I'm already having problems I threw down on some of Somas Lavender. One of my personal favorites, but I cant find it so I'll have to grow it. Probably better that way anyhow. Even if I dont find that true lavender pheno, the freebie safari mix from Mandela sounds like it could hold be a few winners.

Centralcoastbud----Mi casa, su casa. I feel ya, the t5 is just right for veg. My old 4 lamp just wasn't wide enough, whereas the 6 lamp is just right. Between the 4 and 6 lamp t5's and handful of strip lights the bottleneck in veg should be a thing of the past.

Off to work

 

[Bababooey]

I agree on the 80-90 day thing. The Flo and Sdog ive been growing finish in 60 days or less and are quite good; if a strain is going to go 80-90 days, it better be a uniquely potent smoke. Otherwise its not worth it when you can grow dank in significantly less time.

The Lifesavers still havent shown sex fully? One thing ive discovered, this hobby takes a lot of patience; hardly anything takes place overnight. Oh wait, bad things can happen quickly, as Ive found out on many an occasion.

Do you prefer growing from seed rather than from clone? Im the opposite way actually, but im not speaking from much experience.

 

[caljim]

Cropping, sexing and flipping....

Cropping, sexing and flipping....

.....I'm a busy guy.

Finally got all cloudy with a bit of amber on TW at 70 days, so down she came. Pardon my photography, it does not do them justice.

And

My Lifesavers are at long last, 9+ weeks of veg, starting to show sex. 3 out of 5 are gals with two undecided. The moms will go into flower tonight, under a 600w hps, and there clones gett better seats in veg. One more day and they would have had to wait over a month to get a spot in flower.

And a full 4x4 of ICE is coming down tonight and a fresh run of TrainWreck goes in right behind them.

It's going to be a busy 36 hours.

Pics of the whole shabang comming up later

Hey Baba... I prefer to grow from clone also, but there is no MMJ where I'm at, at least not yet, and I'm the only one I know IRL who grows. So when I want something new to smoke, I've gotta start from seed.

 

[caljim]

Got 'er done!

Got 'er done!

Just about time for some R&R.

Chopped and trimmed the table of ICE, and killed the mom. I've been working on her for a while but inevitably she throws a nanner or two late into flower. Seeded up a few plants in the middle, I'm done with her.

She did produce some tasty looking flowers though, and it will all go to good use. And compared to plants grown in an organic mix, the coco stacked up way more trics.

As soon as the ICE was down and drying a group of Trainwreck got stuffed under a 1k. Trying to keep down time to a minimum.

And a shot of the Lifesaver moms, 3 gals/2 undecided, under 600w hps. I've got cuts of all 5 just waiting to be blown up and hit the other 1k as soon as that round of TW is done in about 40 days.

Now if I can just get off the ground before we get blasted with snow, wish me luck. I need a break.

 

[Bababooey]

Hope you missed the snowstorm, CJ.
Nice pics. The buds look great. Post some dried shots, if you can, maybe even break one up so we can see how dense it is. I bet when they dry they're very dense.
Your tray is very clean, do you clean it in between runs? Cause I dont and mine is dirty as hell.

Seems like youve had to do an awful lot of work to keep your timings in order (same day turnaround on those flowering lights). Thats a good work ethic.

I could chop the remaining girls in flower, transfer the veg ones to the flowering tent, put more clones in the veg tent, and take more clones. Maybe take me 5-6 hours, maybe less. Ive decided to take a more leisurely route and chop one every 3 days, because thats the schedule i hope to be on (a perpetual harvest). I really should just do it all at once, and i still might, but this works for me also...

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

Very impressive.

 

[Sobekobe]

This is a great grow! I love how you have a waiting list for your flowering tables... makes me very envious. Good luck with the lifesaver, and the TW looks like a very nice smoke!

 

[caljim]

Hey Bababooey, I dodged between the flakes--got out and back in with little delay.

Dried bud shots are gonna have to wait a minute yet. The product is just about ready to go to jars to cure. I will get some shots then.

I do try and keep the tray and environment clean, thats where taking the whole table at one time helps.

In my mind a day without the tray full is a day wasted so keeping the moms/cuttings/ and flower cycle in line is important to meet the goals of Operation Particleboard.

Discobiscuit and Sobekobe---Stop on in any time, I will do my best to keep things interesting.

All right, time to get back to work.

Things are looking a little rough, I think the plants missed me. They are going to get plenty of love today though.

Pulled another 2 Lifesaver males, leaves me with 3 gals--and one is the mutant. With only three plants to flower I moved them from the 600 and they will get side lighting from the two 1k's. The 600w will get 4 Trainwreck moms tonight which will use the space more efficiently.

The Lifesaver clones, including the males, are all getting topped/cloned and transplanted. Males will get a new area to blow pollen in. The gals have 3 weeks to get fat and bushy for flower.

Dropped a 5 pack of Somas Lavender into a glass of water yesterday and they are going into soil today.

Time for a quick cup of joe and then I'm punching in. I'll post some pics up later after lights on.

 

[Bababooey]

Good to hear that you missed the snow completely; sometimes things just work out like that.

Btw, I hear they have coco bricks at Lowe's now, for 2.50 a brick. Haven't confirmed it myself yet, but I do like the store, more than Home Depot anyway, seems like Lowe's has harder to find items...

 

[Bababooey]

Bump.

 

[drpressure600]

. . nice grow you got going Amigo, i'm a predator for nice shots, take care . .

 

[caljim]

Quick update: Been getting my ass handed to me by fungus gnats.

One of the drain trays I built was not draining completely and long story short they got the better of me and really fucked up yeild on two tables

Started applying Gnatrol wdg at 7 grams a gallon and hitting the coco surface with a 2% pyrethrin solution right after watering.

Have not seen a flier in veg for two days, and the two older tables in flower will make it but wont be heavy. The new round of my lankier Lifesavers is getting the treatment within the first 10 days of flower and hopefully will do much better. Overall the population of gnats in flower has fallen dramatically in the last few days and the plants look healthier.

Once I clean up the carnage I'll get some pics up of the Soma "Lavender" and the BOG "Lifesaver" moms . Theres also some BOG "Sour Bubble" thats up and running. Just need to get over this bump in the road.

 

[IamNug]

caljim, I'm checking in, looking real nice so far, dang sorry to hear about the pests, keep up the great work though, can't wait to see some more pics in the future. Take care.