OPOP ( one plant one pound ) 2006

[DJ_highst_]

dj, howd you manage to get the stalk/stalks of your plant to look like that. i remember your talking about it before briefly but was wondering in more detail?

Thanks for the love Right coast and Bongasaurus



My technique was to first start them indoors, then do lots breaks and bends, topping and pruning. Pretty much the opposite of LST type thinking, lol. I rough my girls up a bit. After a few months of indoor training, I cut all the lower growth on the bottm part of the branches before I transplant into the ground. These cuts give lots of sites for roots to start from, just like when we cut a branch for cloning. Then I bury the steams covering all the cut off stems and all the new roots grow from there. This technique is a version of serpentine layering and I am just applying that strategy here.

In the pics where they look really small and bushy, they were actually pretty tall, but half the branches are pruned and buried. hope this helps explain it. peace_highst

 

[DarkGreen]

more roots

more roots

DJ Highst,

So by burying the bush deeper with cuts in the lower parts of the plant you are creating more roots. I read that this is called mound layering.
So if you have a plant that is 4-5 feet tall to start out with, you bury 2-3 feet of the treated plant into the ground? So does the extra root growth create much bigger plants? DJ, do you use more fert and watering with these plants as well?

 

[Jnicks]

wow. some amazing plants dudes

really cant believe that plant recoverd so well after being demolished
what luck!

hope to achieve similar results in my outdoor grow this coming summer.

this thread is an inspiration
J

 

[Neptune]

opop? how about okop?

peace ... nexus

Would this happen to be a SSHXC99 Nexus?

Very nice bush!!

My biggest outdoor was mexicana coastal sativa, at 7 ounces. :/
Someday...

 

[Guest]

im going to get a pound of of one plant one of these days if i ever veg long enough..cool thread

It's not just about vegging long enough. Training is very important to maximize yield and you also need a large soil volume. Strain selection is also a key. There's a dude that just joined who I spent some time with who grew plants about 2 lbs minimum all the way up to 11+ lbs each in the Sierras. I got a different friend's weakest Trainwreck clone one year, it was about 2' the beginning of April, and it yielded over 10 ozs even after chopping the rootball in half when it was about 5' as I had to move it. All my buddies yielded about 1 lb+ each.

 

[DJ_highst_]

DJ Highst,

So by burying the bush deeper with cuts in the lower parts of the plant you are creating more roots. I read that this is called mound layering.
So if you have a plant that is 4-5 feet tall to start out with, you bury 2-3 feet of the treated plant into the ground? So does the extra root growth create much bigger plants? DJ, do you use more fert and watering with these plants as well?

I dont bury it that deep more like 12-16" and yes you're right it is more of a mound layering tech, then serpentine layering. They are pretty similar concepts, both based on the concept of plant alotation (sp?). I think it helps grow plants a little bigger, but I also do it so I can get them really bushy and low to the ground and I dont lose the root mass of the stem being buried so deep.

I do fert. feed later in the summer too, I make organic teas once the plants have used most of the food in the soil and during the flowering cycle. peace_highst

 

[tuttlebudd]

Plant was mauled by a deer early in the season and looked like this june 10.

It came back with serious strenght and produced 1.2 lbs.

Anyways, im part of the club now suckers!

HMMMMMM...1st post and a pound...was that on a "fishermans scale" or .....hmmmm...in a corn field (VERY early harvest) impressive..

 

[Guest]

11 pounds of one plant? c'mon now

hi neptune ... that plant is my own super silver haze pheno ... the mother side of the ssh x c99 cross ... get crackin' & you'll see!

 

[Guest]

XXX yield outdoors

peace ... nexus

 

[Guest]

11 pounds of one plant? c'mon now

Yup...it was an NL x Haze that looked like a pure Haze. The cutting was started around August of '04 and finished in a heated greenhouse mid December of '05. Supplemental lighting was used and when the plant was cut the buds were still bursting with nice white hairs directly under the lights. I stood in the greenhouse before it was cut. This is not a joke.

 

[Butte]

Double digit plants are definately possible out here in Northern Cali. I took cuttings a couple days ago for this summers crop. Early starts, plenty of sun and room to roam, combined with good genetic selection is what makes it possible...

 

[Skunkface]

HMMMMMM...1st post and a pound...was that on a "fishermans scale" or .....hmmmm...in a corn field (VERY early harvest) impressive..

fisherman's scale? is that a joust at me?? lol..

yea that plant woulda been 2lbs easy if left to mature. Premature tho measured on a digi was 1.2lb

 

[Guest]

the biggest plant i've seen a pic of & read about was a mexican that was 19 feet tall and yielded 7 pounds of seedless buds
(see page 157 of mel franks marijuana growers insider's guide)

peace ... nexus

 

[Guest]

Books are nice.

 

[keeko]

hey everyone, great looking plants....i hope to yeild a opop this season. One question, about how big of holes are you digging to get plants that size. Im guessing the bigger the better right?

 

[Dr.Know]

1-5lb plants are the norm out here in Northern Cali, 10+ is not out of the question with the proper veg time indoors before the season begins. Last year my biggest came in only a little over 6lbs & it was an off year for these parts

 

[DarkGreen]

genetics, veg time, and transportation

genetics, veg time, and transportation

What genetics do you guys prefer to grow these monsters? I read that Tom Hill does SalmonCreekBigBud for those monster bushes he grows. I guess it would depend on latitude. What do some of you prefer to grow to get these giants? I am sure there would be a difference with someone growing at 45 deg lat and someone at 33 deg latitude as well. I was thinking AK-47, Chronic, Critical Mass, HDF, Big Bud, Northern Lights, any skunk strain, and/or any sativa dominant crosses.....What do you guys prefer?

When you guys veg these strains, do you veg them with a light schedule of 15/9, 16/8, 17/7, or 18/6 so that when placed outside they do not flower right away? Or do you do 24/0?

Also, I was wondering, since these plants are vegged indoors for sometimes from 2-6 months prior to going to their outdoor spot, they can be 3-6 feet by the time you are ready to get that huge plant out there. How do you get that 4 foot bushy plant out there without much attention drawn to you?

 

[JJScorpio]

I am glad to see this thread has done this good and to thank everyone for the pics. Now that The Mole is a member here, we will give the thread back to him next year as he was the originator of it at OG......

 

[Guest]

i like to run c99 f2

the line is excellent hardy outdoor genetics & will get big & yield XXX ... start seedlings early & get them in the ground soon as the growing season permits ... the bigger they are when planted, they bigger they may be when mature @ harvest ... peace ... nexus

 

[sow the seeds]

Glad to hear ya say c99 f2's nexus as thats one of the strains I'll be using this year...from clone though. How much did you yield from that cindy? Heard shes prone to PM as well...any problems with that?

And great pics everyone...I'm hoping to join the club this season with some c99 vegged about a month inside then put in a large container in a swamp that gets full sunlight...hopefully save some watering being slightly buried in the swamp!