OPOP ( one plant one pound ) 2006

[Yarkand]

No that was about nearly 2 years ago.

Grown in the middle east ! really hot weather and humidity was a nightmare.
Bought the strain under the name of silver haze.....but i don't think thats what it was. Had smell of mangoes and citrus.

But to be honest i never want to grow one that big again indoors. lol
All cannabis related sites were blocked in that part of the world. So cropping and bonsai and things like that were not known to me.

I love this branch. It looks like small buds all lined up !

But now i live back home in holland and things are just great. I love all this free and unblocked info. FINALLY

Oh i just spent 5 months in the can there 2. For a gram of hash !!!!

Happy i am back home and growing in peace !

Peace

 

[Yarkand]

oh and thank god they didn't catch me for that (25yrs NO JOKE)

Dubai

United Arab Emirates (def. not stoner friendly)

No need to go there what so ever

 

[jaykush]

Welllll...i kind of agree and disagree. Plants can do some funny things when getting huge but I think strain selection is a key. Not only strain selection but individual plant selection. It takes a few years of testing to weed through plants to select viable moms to maintain. You can't keep growing from seed or unknown clones every year and expect to finish up with quality bud all the time. If you're maintaining a stable of quality genetics year round then size doesn't seem to matter much in regards to negatively affecting quality. I'd say going organic is important also. I don't see how someone could expect to pump the soil with a shitload of synthetics and expect the plants to do well in the long run...especially when it comes to flush time trying to get all those salts out. You need a healthy population of worms and soil bugs and synthetics are counterproductive. I used to think tight buds were where it was at but a slightly looser structure is better IMO. I laughed when first meeting my bro and checking out his 'ware's but after looking at things under a scope and grinding some flowers up the material was gummy. Not that total resin content is where it's at either but I bet the THC content by weight as a percentage was way up there. Aging is another thing to look at. The stuff we were smoking seemed to get better with age. It was curing like fine wine. I miss the farm

yea i disagree too you cant throw an indoor bred strain outdoors in a random environment and expect it to do well. a well built soil is the key, it will help keep the plant healthy, keep the soil wet using mulch. also the nugs seemed kind of spongy on the plant when wet. then after dried it was still a bit spongy and sticky then when the bowl was lit it got solid and burned forever. compared to indoor grown at least they grow completely different. cant go without the cure at month at least.

ps: some very nice outdoor plants in here.

 

[Nickcorp187]

Here is my own way of training and supercropping outdoor preflowering. you can actually twist the stem until you hear a snap as long as the outer stem fibers are still intact you stem will fall sideways and you can bush them out as far as you would like. and get as large of a yield as you want. also your stem where you snapped will be twice as strong as before. great for those windy climates.

 

[Nickcorp187]

this is the technique I used on this monster.



This is a Nirvana White Rhino less than 4.5 feet tall and close to 8 feet wide.

good luck

 

[Guest]

Nice plant Nickcorp187...looks like that girl has a purple tinge to her? Sounds like the same training technique I learned...works wonders.

 

[DJ_highst_]

I love suppercropping, thats what i do to all my monsters too, works wonders

Nice plants Nickcorp187, cool night time pic too.

 

[Yarkand]

super cropping gets the internodes nicely close together and makes a nice canopy.

Love it too ~!

 

[Yarkand]

 

[DimeBag65]

nice super cropping action, love it for holding up weight and positioning branches where you want them. great grows and technique guys. Dime

 

[Deft]

Whats the definition of supercropping?

 

[Guest]

super cropping gets the internodes nicely close together and makes a nice canopy.

Love it too ~!

This is not what I'm talking about regarding training large plants. It is a technique working with large plants/branches where you've let them grow out for awhile naturally. You're 'breaking' branches by twisting in opposite directions at each set of internodes. This does not give you tight internode spacing in fact it's almost the opposite. I'm saying 'pop' branches as thick as you can handle...when they get about 1" in diameter in gets pretty tough though. This makes the branch limp like a wet noodle then you can train it just about any direction you want without concern of breakage. Within a short period smaller shoots on the trained branches quickly become tops dramatically increasing the size of the canopy.

 

[JJScorpio]

I havn't hit over 7 zips from an outdoor crop, and I am digging holes big enough for 15 gallons of amended soil.. I usually buy high quality dirt, and perltie, and amend it all with dry ferts. But then again, these guys with big yeilds are backyard growers... NOT guerilla growers... generally speaking.

I had to carry water on my back, about once every 7-10 days. I am sure this technique hurts yeild.

Sounds like you are putting in the work Neptune. You should be having a few plants bigger than that. It could just be the genetics of the plants you are growing. 15 gallons is a nice hole. What strain or strains do you grow?

 

[Captain Skunk]

I havn't hit over 7 zips from an outdoor crop, and I am digging holes big enough for 15 gallons of amended soil.. I usually buy high quality dirt, and perltie, and amend it all with dry ferts. But then again, these guys with big yeilds are backyard growers... NOT guerilla growers... generally speaking.

As someone said in a previous post, starting them indoors before season is the key to OPOP.

Soil and water is very important but unless you choose a location that gets maximum hours of direct sunshine right up to harvest, you'll never maximize your yields.

One pound yields aren't difficult when you know your plants needs over a variety of grow seasons. You have to work for those big gals in the bush.






Backyard gals should easily exceed OPOP....maybe two!

 

[BACKCOUNTRY]

Yeah, I have one plot this year that will be pushed to the max to see how much I can yield. Usually I am satisfied to have a small harvest per plant if it means its easier to hide them, but this year I want to see how big I can get.

For this one plot, I'm trying to maximize total sunshine all season, and provide as much water as I can, big holes too, the plants may be as big as 3' tall and 3' wide before they go out in mid-April(I'm hoping for a warm spring). I'm not totally sure they will harvest a pound, but even a half pound would be a sight!

 

[JJScorpio]

Hello Captain Skunk, it has been a while. I am hoping everything is good with you and your family.......

 

[Skunkface]

Hey backcountry
if yur putting ur plants out at 3' x 3', you should have no problem reaching opop. I'd even say 5-10lbs fer a plant put out that big that early.

good luck!

 

[Nept]

Didnt end up meaning my mark due to a corn borer getting my main plant Maybe this Year!!!!

 

[Neptune]

Last year I grew Mexican Sativa, and it was dissapointing overall. One plant out of 10 produced very well, and some of the best herbs I have grown. This one plant made it worth it, very psychedelic high.. it's a head thumper!

This year I will be growing Pot of Gold, Salmon Creek BigBud, and Granddaddy Purple.
Same plots, they all get about 6-8 hours direct light... guerilla.

 

[Deft]

I'd be afraid to take out 3' tall plants! I'd need a truck too!