Let's grow some Grandoggy Jones kids!

[Veritas629]

They are rather bushy with the big leaves and I'll definitely be defoliating a bit later this week.

Does anyone who has grown this, OJD or otherwise, know what the stretch will be like? I'm just considering when to flip the lights relative to my 1.8m (6') headroom.

 

[ojd]

They are rather bushy with the big leaves and I'll definitely be defoliating a bit later this week.

Does anyone who has grown this, OJD or otherwise, know what the stretch will be like? I'm just considering when to flip the lights relative to my 1.8m (6') headroom.

The Casey Phenos can stretch for 2 even 3 weeks into flower , and the more squat Chemdog phenos not a great stretch around 7 days

 

[ojd]

Yours look quite Chemdog dominant from short bushy stature and big leafs

 

[ojd]

Better to flip sooner than later if height issues , and you seemed to have topped or trained them out nicely so many heads

 

[Veritas629]

Hey OJD, thanks for the info. I was thinking they might be leaning more towards indica Chemdawg / Purple Urkle than the sativa ESCD / Casey Jones. Your confirmation will be helpful here. My plan is to moderately defoliate while I spread the plants out with netting.

Out of simple curiosity, am I likely to get much purple in the leaves or buds? I haven't grown much in the purple realm, but I like what I have tried.

 

[ojd]

Hey OJD, thanks for the info. I was thinking they might be leaning more towards indica Chemdawg / Purple Urkle than the sativa ESCD / Casey Jones. Your confirmation will be helpful here. My plan is to moderately defoliate while I spread the plants out with netting.

Out of simple curiosity, am I likely to get much purple in the leaves or buds? I haven't grown much in the purple realm, but I like what I have tried.

This strain used the GDP no Urkle involved , and yes defo can get some purple phenos in leaves for sure and maybe some buds.
Taller phenos will be more Casey Jones leaning and short phenos more Grandoggy purps ( GDP X Chemdog) leaning.

From pics most look more Grandoggy leaning but that can change as it heads into flowering

 

[Veritas629]

This strain used the GDP no Urkle involved , and yes defo can get some purple phenos in leaves for sure and maybe some buds.
Taller phenos will be more Casey Jones leaning and short phenos more Grandoggy purps ( GDP X Chemdog) leaning.

From pics most look more Grandoggy leaning but that can change as it heads into flowering

Whoops, my Urkle reference was a stoned slip of the typed tongue!

Good to hear about the potential for some purple. I get great joy out of seeing my cannabis plants colour up during senescence. Reminds me of autumn colours growing up in Wisconsin. Kicking piles of leaves with a big silly golden retriever...

 

[Veritas629]

The plants went gonzo and I had to get topping, training, and flipping! It could be coincidental, but they got a growth spurt shortly after adding Epsom to correct the Mg deficiency. Regardless, we're two days into autumn and they're gulping water & nutes fast. I had to refresh the rez early, which hints at good things to come ...

 

[budz2]

The plants went gonzo and I had to get topping, training, and flipping! It could be coincidental, but they got a growth spurt shortly after adding Epsom to correct the Mg deficiency. Regardless, we're two days into autumn and they're gulping water & nutes fast. I had to refresh the rez early, which hints at good things to come ...

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great pic

 

[Maria Sanchez]

The plants went gonzo and I had to get topping, training, and flipping! It could be coincidental, but they got a growth spurt shortly after adding Epsom to correct the Mg deficiency. Regardless, we're two days into autumn and they're gulping water & nutes fast. I had to refresh the rez early, which hints at good things to come ...

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Looking lush in this tent.
Good start before they hit flowering!

 

[Veritas629]

Just a little step back view to show how she's filling in. I'll wait until I'm sure the stretch is finished and then do some defoliation. A quite modest stretch so far and that's just the way I like it!

 

[Veritas629]

I've been amazed at how fast they stretched and had to turn down the lights to slow them. Last night, I changed reservoir over and found something interesting. The plants are going so well that the roots have grown out the bottom of the pots and are now in the reservoir living the DWC Life. Each pot has four drain holes and each drain is sending down 30-40cm worth of roots. The roots look healthy to me and probably because I have two big air-stones to ward off bad microbes. I'll take this as a sign the plants are happy and I'm doing a good job here!

Note: These pics are the roots I ripped out before I realized they were roots. At first, I thought the roots were some leaves & stems that fell into the reservoir and were decomposing. I won't be pulling anymore out, but I will keep some roots short to avoid the pump clogging.

 

[Veritas629]

The plants have been busy and they haven't yet stopped stretching. I've tucked, I've trimmed, I've super-cropped, I've dimmed the lights, I've reduced the nutes. I'm simply out of headroom now and goddamn I hope they don't stretch anymore!

 

[Veritas629]

I think the stretch has finally stopped. The buds are starting to fill in a bit and a faint dank aroma is present. Good signs that flowering is getting ready to take off, yee haw!

 

[ojd]

I think the stretch has finally stopped. The buds are starting to fill in a bit and a faint dank aroma is present. Good signs that flowering is getting ready to take off, yee haw!

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Looking great
What week flower are you

 

[Porky82]

I think the stretch has finally stopped. The buds are starting to fill in a bit and a faint dank aroma is present. Good signs that flowering is getting ready to take off, yee haw!

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They looking good mate.
How tall is your tent?

 

[Veritas629]

Looking great
What week flower are you

That picture was 5wks and we're at about 6wks now. They stretched longer and more than I was anticipating. I have a second pack of these seeds and I'll definitely flip the lights earlier next time. I filled the first layer of trellis and then flipped the lights. Next time, I'll probably lay the trellis and flip the lights at the same time, filling the trellis with some of the stretch.

There are so many strains on my To Grow List that I rarely repeat a strain. This means every grow is kind of a "test grow". It makes life as a tent farmer a bit harder, but also a bit more exciting!

 

[Veritas629]

They looking good mate.
How tall is your tent?

Mine tent is 6ft. I bought a Gorilla Grow Shorty, but upon opening it, it had a mix of parts from the taller Original (7ft) and the Shorty (5ft). A simple mistake at the the Aussie importer. They provided the missing parts and I created the first Gorilla Grow Medium Tent at 6ft. This was perfect, cause my max headroom under the ceiling beams is about 6ft + 1-2".

 

[Veritas629]

Just a quick update. The stretch has indeed stopped and we're starting to bulk up a bit. Most of my grows have been indica-heavy hybrids. These flowers are structured more like the Strawberry Cough I grew a few years ago and I'm guessing that the Sativa side of this hybrid is showing through here.

 

[Veritas629]

I reckon they've got at least another 3-4wks and I suspect some impressive buds are on the way....