Black Ra1n's Grow Journal

[Black Ra1n]

Outdoor Update!!!

Outdoor Update!!!

NorthernKronic, hey man yeah it's pretty nuts lately. Haven't had much time to do much of anything. Man just wait till you see the size this peg gets near the end of August. Thanks for popping by man.

mcbean, hey man, thanks for stopping by, grab a seat.

TML16, the bush's are just that lol. I'm going to end up having to stake all the upward growth soon cause it's getting so tall. They have pretty much overgrown the hay in the field, so I may have to do something soon, they still have a while till they change over to flower lol .... take it easy bro.

ZeusOGrefugee, no prob on the package man. I'm a firm believer in sharing, it's nice if everyone can taste what you've grown for themselves. Besides I'm calling it my "Pay it Forward" lmfao ..... I'm thinking we should all share the wealth ... take care man.

Okay update finally, sorry for the lateness, but as you can understand my time is pretty much non existent. The outdoor are doing amazing, they just love this heat/humidity. The upright MxA is taller than me now, I'll try to get a picture of her this week-end. I'm still pegging the outer growth on the peg's, the inside growth is reaching 3 feet or higher, so by the time they start to flower they could be at 4 or 5, which has me a bit concerned. My buddy had one that was 6 feet high and twice that around and he got over 3 pounds off her, it was the craziest plant I've ever seen. I've been feeding them Midnight sun, raingrow organic and molasses. I put out the two Ak 48's after I took lots of clones and one of them has already shown roots. Well enough babble on with the pictures.

Here's the new ak's


The pots, I've started to train the branches outward. Hoping for some big colas on there.




Here's the scrog, which has pretty much overgrown this screen so I'm letting the growth that has grown past the screen to go upward. I'll stake them outwards more to give the inner scrog more light.


The peg downs. The right is MxA, Left is PPP. Upfront is the White Widow, to the left is the small M39. It's not getting much light, so I may just pot it up in the garden.



Well that's it for now, I'll try to get a tape infront of those so you judge the size of them.

Take care....

B/R

 

[Core]

your garden is starting 2 rock Black...loving those pegged plants ...thats fo sho
nice looking plot of ground you have there get me all dreamy and stuff

 

[Mr GreenJeans]

Whoa - STARTING to rock - if this is the start, I better get some quake insurance!

The pegs have my attention - that's gonna be a full on wall-a-weed!

Strong work BR!

 

[Core]

yea its rocking alright .....did't mean it like that...woz refering 2 flower ...hehehe
those gonne be awsome bushes me thinks...A Weed Wall

 

[NorthernKronic]

wow dude, that looks amazing your really killing in the outdoor department man. Those things are gonna be monsterous come the end of august, cant wait to see the head bonkin colas youll get off these ladies. Peace bro.

-N.Kron

 

[TML16]

Holy monsters!

Great idea taking the AK clones...now you can have a winter project

Black Ra1n + The Sun = One helluva good growing team

 

[Black Ra1n]

Outdoor update.... week 9

Outdoor update.... week 9

Core, thanks man, outdoors is where I thrive

Mr GreenJeans, thanks for the kind words. Wait till they start to pop buds, you'll see why I love this method so much.

NorthernKronic, thanks man. I hoping for some nice bats on these babies.

TML16, hey man thanks, you can't beat the sun.

Okay I took a few pics with me beside them so I hope you can see just how big these gals are. The pots are starting to get a tad bit root bound so I may end up putting them in my garden lol, seems the lettuce and broccoli are done, so I'll be riping them out and replacing them with some fine herb, which will be trained nicely. I'm going to try to grow a wreath just for the hell of it. All plants are looking good with the exception of a few of the potted ones that need more space, but besides that things are great. We had a big storm the other day and a few upward branches off my peg are drooping so I'll be staking them soon.

Okay here's the Upright M x A ... I'm about 5.9 so I'm going to say she's 6 and has a while to put on more height lol


Here's the peg's. Widow is going to be shaded by the others but should still have some nice smoke. The other two are just monsters. I had to kneel down in this pic to fit into the picture.


Well that's it for now, I'll try to give a better update on the others later, but there really isn't much to see till next month when the nugz start, then it gets exciting.

B/R

 

[ZeusOGrefugee]

Hey bud, those plants are lookin beautiful!!! I wish I could grow big trees like that...maybe when I move back to the west coast...anyhow, see ya later, gotta go eat some Boletes for breakfast!!! Later...peace

- Z

 

[Core]

sipmply awsome

 

[TML16]

Awesome dude! And those plants are pre-flower

Looks like you'll be sittin on your own dank for quite the while bro

Lovin the outdoor pics

 

[Dr Dog]

Hey Bro
Back in town yesterday, checked up on you but after driving trough Toronto traffic on a holiday weekend I decided probably better off not typing, took three attempts at commenting on TML harvest, but nether worked.
Your crops are looking sweet bro, extremely healthy. I dropped my two plants outside when I left but I guess the rain was minimal here while I was gone, and they were thirsty, I will get some pics up later.
Gonna pop some new bean probably today and get cracking back at it ASAP. I smoked alot of bud this trip, was nice, good smoke, very smooth, great for canoe trips.

 

[Anima]

Beauitful work! absolutly marvelous! best of luck to ya!

 

[m@rg]

very nice work, i can just see it now....buds every where
ive found a wicked spot to do a out side grow of my own soon
its just a case of my car(full of gear), to accidently break down near the spot lol

nice 1 mate A+

 

[Black Ra1n]

Hey Zeus, yeah I guess I'm pretty lucky as far as space goes for growing outside. Just wish I had more space for the indoor grow. Take care man.

Core, thanks bro, I'm getting pretty antsy for the end of the month, hairs will be popping then. Thanks for popping in man. I'll be over to check out your grow later.

TML16, no shit man these things are getting a bit bigger than I thought. That upright MxA might hit 8 feet or higher by the time the chop comes. I hope she finishes before the frost nukes her. The pegs are getting an inside prune job soon, and I'll keep the cutting for clones. I may have to start bending the tops of the pegs over cause I've lost a bit of cover since they took the hay off our land. On a better note I have a buddy with a coliseum who said I could throw some plants in amongst his, so I'll have a nice supply. Thanks for the kind words.

Dr Dog, glad to see you back man, hope the trip was great!!! Yeah it hasn't rained all that much here lately either. That humidity last week was a killer, but the outdoor crop ate it up nicely. Take care bro.

Anima, thanks for the kind words man.

m@rg, lol yeah that would suck!!! I try to keep my crops close so I can keep the damn thieves at bay. It helps to have an intimidating dog lurking around too lol, too bad she loves MJ as much as me. If she gets near my plants she eats them up in no time, I've lost more plants to her than to any pesky bugs. Thanks for stopping by.

Okay the outdoor was looking nice last night. I put a Skunk bag seed in my vegetable garden as well as what seems to be a better cut of the MxA, it's not as Sativa looking. I'm going to find homes for the two Afghans, the H plant, the M39, Jack and mysterio. I found a nice place to plant them the other day. The Ak's are going into the garden where the lettuce use to be, I much rather the Electric lettuce than the damn food kind any day

Here's some pics of my seed cab. I think I'm going to run a few Ak 48 clones I have and cross them with some of that PPP pollen I have, or I may just run a straight 48 seed run this time not sure yet.






The cab is pretty basic. I'm running 26 watters instead of 42 cause the 42's are just too damn expensive and I'm really not interested in large buds just seedy ones lol. If I ever do a bud run in this I'll get some 42's. The fan is a standard comp fan, hooked into a 4" toilet flange. I have two 1" intakes that will supply fresh air. I still have to check to see how hot it's going to get in there, but if there's a prob with heat I'll just get one of those inline duct fans that I bought for my other cab, it works great. I still have to make a scrubber or maybe I'll just take the one off my other flowering cab.

Here's the Ak 48 clones I have. They rooted nicely.


Here's the M39 cross I made, still not sure if it's the Ak cross or the PPP cross, but oh well lol. I have this one here and 4 others at my buddies in my cab. The veg section works so much better now that I put the daylight cfl's in it and took the t-8's out.


I downloaded a documentary called "In Pot We Trust". It's about medical marijuana use in the states. It was a good depiction of just how still to this day people are bias and misinformed about the fact that this plant is of great use. I "highly" LMFAO recommend it, you can get it from Azureus or any other torrent client.

Peace all my fellow growers, someday we won't have to hide like criminals.

B/R

 

[ZeusOGrefugee]

Hey BR...amen to what u said last, huh!!! Nice lookin clones bro', whats ur method, those kids look nice and hearty??? Im still havin a little trouble with te cloning thing, so any advice will be helpful...Take care man. My buds are in the jars and curing nicely...they smell like children's vitamins!!!Flinstones-style...YUMMY!!!and nice and potent, too!!!!Peace bro.


- Zeus

 

[guest5703]

Hey man, good stuff, nice cross you made! You got some great work put in, lovely results, congrats!

 

[TML16]

Nice breeding box That's a pretty great idea really....might be in my future too

Congrats on the roots...those plants are looking great

I'll hafta check out that doc you speak of...don't believe I've seen that one yet

 

[Black Ra1n]

ZeusOGrefugee, hey man thanks for the kind words. I've tried almost every method to clone and I've found what works best is plain ole oasis cubes. I cut them in half, cause I get more out of them and I'm a cheap bastard. I soak them for 12-24 hours in some ph'd water around 6.5. I take my cuts and do the normal angle cut, root hormone and place them into the cubes. They then go into my dome tray, I don't use a dome in the summer because there is enough humidity and the temp doesn't get cold enough at night for a heating mat. I check them everyday and when the cubes have dried out I dunk them into some ph'd water for a bit them back into the tray they go. I don't mist them ever, I find that can cause stem rot if you accidentally spray too much. The best advice is too keep it simple and not to worry about it, that's when you get into trouble by trying to fix something when there's no problem in the first place. Hope this helps bro.

caligreen, hey man thanks for popping by my thread. The cross has yet to be tested and stabilized, but I'm hoping for good things from this. M39 is a great strain, it just needed a lil something to change it up. Both males I used to pollen are both great strains so it should be a keeper. Stick around man.

TML16, thanks man the box was so simple to build and cheap too. That doc will get your blood going man . Thanks for stopping in.

Okay M x A smoke report update!!! I may have been a bit premature in the smoke report earlier. It's now been a while curing and I hadn't touched it because the M39 was tasting sooooooooo good I had forgotten about it. I rolled up a nice joint last night and sparked her up. I would describe it as some of the tastiest hash I've had. My favorite hash is blond Moroccan and this tastes just like it. I'm hoping she does great outdoors cause this could be a killer when finished on time. I did chop her a little early too, so it will only be more potent and have a stronger hashy taste.

I checked my outdoor and gave them a nice does of liquid bone meal. I noticed I have some bud development on the H. She is filled with bud sites, so I'll be pruning some lower branches on all the plants today and starting to tie them open. I'll take some pics and update later tonight.

Peace..................

B/R

 

[Dr Dog]

Yo B
Then I am looking forward to the Mumbles rocking this fall.
I have seen that Doc, I believe it is standard rotation on either IFC or the Docu channel.
What was more interesting is reading the commens from Sun readers on the canoe website about how weed is a gateway drug and evil. I find it hard to beleieve that anyone could actually believe that, especially when thousands die yearly from alcohol
Take care brotha

 

[Black Ra1n]

I'm with you on that Dog, we can only hope that things will change soon.

Well I forgot my camera the other day so there are no pictures. I did how ever tie down all my potted plants. Have much better light penetration. I started bending the peg down out a bit with bamboo. I'm hoping this works lol, never tried this before but the MxA is just getting way too tall. I was going to prune some of the inner growth, but I can't get to it lol, these things are way too bushy and I'll cause more damage than good. My Ak's are getting transplanted today and I'll give all the plants a good shot of phosphorus today. I noticed that a few of the potted ones are showing bud sites, I'll take some macros later today. I haven't checked on my field grow in a while, but I'm sure that upright MxA is getting even taller. The M39's that are there are pretty small so I'll be LST'n them for some better bud. The other MxA that's there is about 2 or 2.5 feet tall and has some nice structure to her, they'll make some great smoke and bubble hash. Speaking of hash I'm waiting for my buddy to get me a small pail so I can use those bubble bags, they're some of the first ones that came out so they're not as big as the ones now, they won't fit over a normal pail.

Well that's it for now, update soon.....

B/R