Hey OPT, I'll try to get my AK48s up for comparison. They are in the 3rd week of flower. Single top bud, did not top since they were tardy compared to the bubblelicious and strawberry bubba kush as far as growth. Nice job MON
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Hey OPT, I'll try to get my AK48s up for comparison. They are in the 3rd week of flower. Single top bud, did not top since they were tardy compared to the bubblelicious and strawberry bubba kush as far as growth. Nice job MON
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Hey bigal25!
Ya, your AK's look similar but mine seem to have less leaves, and not as big of fan leaves. But they are sure getting frosty now! Finally starting to smell, and just like a classic skunk smell. Lots of trichomes already!
As far as the PPP's go, they both are looking very good still, but still smelling like cat piss.
The cherry bombs on the other hand are actually growing the best in general, as in with no signs of anything wrong.... I have a sativa cherry bomb pheno as well as a indica dominant pheno.
Try to get pics up some times soon guys.
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Ya, your AK's look similar but mine seem to have less leaves, and not as big of fan leaves. But they are sure getting frosty now! Finally starting to smell, and just like a classic skunk smell. Lots of trichomes already!
As far as the PPP's go, they both are looking very good still, but still smelling like cat piss.
The cherry bombs on the other hand are actually growing the best in general, as in with no signs of anything wrong.... I have a sativa cherry bomb pheno as well as a indica dominant pheno.
Try to get pics up some times soon guys.
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not much to add today other then I germinated 5 Tsi Fly, 5 Chuck D (ECSD x Deep Chunk), and one lone Original Haze x Skunk 1.
9 out of 11 cracked open and i just put all of them in rapid rooters including the non germinated ones and put under a couple compact floros.
I will be going with Coco medium using "The Recipe" this go around instead of the organic usual.
I hope by the time the flowering ladies are ready to be cut that the seeds I just popped will be almost ready to be moved right in....we'll see in about a month!
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9 out of 11 cracked open and i just put all of them in rapid rooters including the non germinated ones and put under a couple compact floros.
I will be going with Coco medium using "The Recipe" this go around instead of the organic usual.
I hope by the time the flowering ladies are ready to be cut that the seeds I just popped will be almost ready to be moved right in....we'll see in about a month!
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Forgot the camera today! DOH!
Update:
All plants seem to be doing pretty well.
The AK's are getting even more frosty and really starting to pack on the trichomes now. They both are only about a foot and a half tall so yield may be a little short or who knows, they might surprise me. The smell of them aren't nothing much yet, but I expect them to start stinking soon.
The Cherry Bomb II's are very different now, very visible. One is very sativa looking with wide fingered leaves , while the other is more stocky with fatter leaves. Both smell basically the same, skunky like.
The Power plants are both very different as well. The bushier "Monster" plant is slowly packing on more hairs, while the 5 main branched other pheno is really starting to frost up already. Smell on both of them is still distinctivly cat piss.
I'm a little confused though, today is day 34, and when comparing to others I see around here @34 they seem to be a little slower. I'm really expecting an explosion over the next 2 weeks before they start to slow and swell up.
I've been counting the flowering days since the first day I officially changed the light to 12/12, I think that's right!
I think I may give them all one more watering with molasses heavy before I start giving plain water.
The seeds I just germed and put into rapid rooter plugs. Today when checking on them they seemed a little dry so I used a dropper to put just a few drops of water in each of them! I expect them to all show there faces in the next couple days, then transplant into beer cups full of Canna Coco.
If anyone is familar with Canna Coco, should I soak the coco in beer cups with a nute solution of half strengh per Rezdogs "The Recipe" or just into straight coco and water and wait for them to tell me they need nutes?
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Update:
All plants seem to be doing pretty well.
The AK's are getting even more frosty and really starting to pack on the trichomes now. They both are only about a foot and a half tall so yield may be a little short or who knows, they might surprise me. The smell of them aren't nothing much yet, but I expect them to start stinking soon.
The Cherry Bomb II's are very different now, very visible. One is very sativa looking with wide fingered leaves , while the other is more stocky with fatter leaves. Both smell basically the same, skunky like.
The Power plants are both very different as well. The bushier "Monster" plant is slowly packing on more hairs, while the 5 main branched other pheno is really starting to frost up already. Smell on both of them is still distinctivly cat piss.
I'm a little confused though, today is day 34, and when comparing to others I see around here @34 they seem to be a little slower. I'm really expecting an explosion over the next 2 weeks before they start to slow and swell up.
I've been counting the flowering days since the first day I officially changed the light to 12/12, I think that's right!
I think I may give them all one more watering with molasses heavy before I start giving plain water.
The seeds I just germed and put into rapid rooter plugs. Today when checking on them they seemed a little dry so I used a dropper to put just a few drops of water in each of them! I expect them to all show there faces in the next couple days, then transplant into beer cups full of Canna Coco.
If anyone is familar with Canna Coco, should I soak the coco in beer cups with a nute solution of half strengh per Rezdogs "The Recipe" or just into straight coco and water and wait for them to tell me they need nutes?
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dear OPT, I am impressed with my AK48s, I have never seen a plant, untopped, develope as many bud sites on it, and they are the frostiest of all 6 plants I have. We are now in 5 weeks of flower. I do have one bubblelicious that is as frosty as the AKs, and the bubblelicious was topped twice. the Aks may be short but they could end up being outstanding smoke. Hope yours are doing well too.
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Thanks for the support bigAl25!!
Haven't updated recently because I just haven't had a chance to get any pics but everything seems to be coming along rather nicely for the most part.
I do have some defiencies starting to show here and there but I'm so far along into flowering I'm just going to have to let them go.
My AK's are super frosty. I can't surely say they are the most frosty as my Pure power plants are just as frosty, but the AK's are rather short but seem to be developing the buds awesome. They should start to swell anyday now because I'm reaching around day 45ish give or take.
The seedbotique website says AK48s take around 7-8 weeks which would be 49-56 days. Well, from the looks of things, i think they will go at least a week longer. I'm sitting at around 45 days from start of 12/12 and they haven't started to swell at all yet, and the hairs haven't started to change colors either. I will just let them go till I think they are ready. I don't want to chop them prematurely like I did my last crop years ago, so I might let them go even a little longer.
A good quote I've read years ago is "Once you think it's time to harvest, wait a week, then harvest." I might follow that guideline moreso then waiting on the hairs and trichomes to change. I want them to swell as much as possible. Patience is a virtue!
The smells on all of them are kinda the same. If you just put your nose down there, they all kinda have a musty sock/cat piss smell. But, if you rub the trichomes a little , they have different smells it seems. The AK's and Power plants smell like Lemon mixed with Fuel.
The Cherry bombs smell fruity...hard to put a dinstictive description down.
I expect both AK's to finish well before the PPP's and Cherry bombs. I wouldn't doubt the PPP's and CB's go into the 65-70 day range. I just hope they swell as much as i think they will.
As far as the new seedlings go, 9/11 popped ground. The other 2 that didnt after examination i think i just did something wrong like accidently popped them in upside down. They have tails but I think they may have gave up and died.
I gave them there first half dosage of flora micro and bloom @ 3ml micro and around 4ml bloom per gallon of water. They seem to have taken well to it so far. I'm loving Canna Coco so far. It's so much easier to water then the peat based mix I used with the above plants. The water seeps in so much faster, and just seems like it holds a lot of water but is much more airy, thank god.
I hope to get some pics sometime this week, things sure look a hell of a lot different!
Till then, peace everyone.
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Haven't updated recently because I just haven't had a chance to get any pics but everything seems to be coming along rather nicely for the most part.
I do have some defiencies starting to show here and there but I'm so far along into flowering I'm just going to have to let them go.
My AK's are super frosty. I can't surely say they are the most frosty as my Pure power plants are just as frosty, but the AK's are rather short but seem to be developing the buds awesome. They should start to swell anyday now because I'm reaching around day 45ish give or take.
The seedbotique website says AK48s take around 7-8 weeks which would be 49-56 days. Well, from the looks of things, i think they will go at least a week longer. I'm sitting at around 45 days from start of 12/12 and they haven't started to swell at all yet, and the hairs haven't started to change colors either. I will just let them go till I think they are ready. I don't want to chop them prematurely like I did my last crop years ago, so I might let them go even a little longer.
A good quote I've read years ago is "Once you think it's time to harvest, wait a week, then harvest." I might follow that guideline moreso then waiting on the hairs and trichomes to change. I want them to swell as much as possible. Patience is a virtue!
The smells on all of them are kinda the same. If you just put your nose down there, they all kinda have a musty sock/cat piss smell. But, if you rub the trichomes a little , they have different smells it seems. The AK's and Power plants smell like Lemon mixed with Fuel.
The Cherry bombs smell fruity...hard to put a dinstictive description down.
I expect both AK's to finish well before the PPP's and Cherry bombs. I wouldn't doubt the PPP's and CB's go into the 65-70 day range. I just hope they swell as much as i think they will.
As far as the new seedlings go, 9/11 popped ground. The other 2 that didnt after examination i think i just did something wrong like accidently popped them in upside down. They have tails but I think they may have gave up and died.
I gave them there first half dosage of flora micro and bloom @ 3ml micro and around 4ml bloom per gallon of water. They seem to have taken well to it so far. I'm loving Canna Coco so far. It's so much easier to water then the peat based mix I used with the above plants. The water seeps in so much faster, and just seems like it holds a lot of water but is much more airy, thank god.
I hope to get some pics sometime this week, things sure look a hell of a lot different!
Till then, peace everyone.
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Update with PICS!!!! (day 47ish of flower)
Here is the shots of both my Power Plant phenos.
1st two pics is the monster pheno that was always the biggest, followed by the 2nd in the 3rd and 4th pic. One hell of a difference as you can see.
Next 2 are the AK48's
Last is the Cherry Bomb II's followed by a group shot.
As you can see in the pics, there are some defiencies but I'm so long into flower I feel helpless to try and fix them now.
The one Cherry bomb is starting to yellow quite a bit, blame myself for that one. Although I know yo uwant them to use up there nutes before chop, it's because of the small pot she is in why this has happened. It'll prolly cost me some of the yield in the long run, but I guess i'll never know!
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Here is the shots of both my Power Plant phenos.
1st two pics is the monster pheno that was always the biggest, followed by the 2nd in the 3rd and 4th pic. One hell of a difference as you can see.
Next 2 are the AK48's
Last is the Cherry Bomb II's followed by a group shot.
As you can see in the pics, there are some defiencies but I'm so long into flower I feel helpless to try and fix them now.
The one Cherry bomb is starting to yellow quite a bit, blame myself for that one. Although I know yo uwant them to use up there nutes before chop, it's because of the small pot she is in why this has happened. It'll prolly cost me some of the yield in the long run, but I guess i'll never know!
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Forgot to add one of the Cherry bombs, this is the one you can see is yellowing out quite a bit. It's in a pretty small pot, which I highly regret now seeing how beautiful she ended up being.
In terms of healthyness, this one was a close 2nd to the "Monster" PPP pheno, if only she could have had more space!
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In terms of healthyness, this one was a close 2nd to the "Monster" PPP pheno, if only she could have had more space!
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Dear OPT, I photo'ed my AKs and bubblelicious. My flash wiped out the frost when I tried a top bud shot. These AKs are really impressive for a short indica type plant, frosty and many bud sites. I'm in week six of flower, maybe a little behind yours in age. Good luck, I'm stoked about both of these strains from Nirvana. Trics are getting cloudy on all plants. Love that Radio Shack microscope for $15.
Peace and respect
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Hmm bigAl25,
Your buds look more developed then mine, and I think mine are older. Maybe I just have more sativa in mine, but it seems like I shouldn't with how short they are, but who knows.
I haven't even checked my trichs yet, I can just tell that they have longer to go.
I even have a bit of fox tailing going on on both of them, and one of my Cherry bombs, not sure why, if it's just a genetic trait or what.
I think I have that same microscope laying around somewhere, I just have to find it. It's been years since my last grow, so it could be anywhere!
I'll update with more pics in a few days or so.
Later dude!
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Your buds look more developed then mine, and I think mine are older. Maybe I just have more sativa in mine, but it seems like I shouldn't with how short they are, but who knows.
I haven't even checked my trichs yet, I can just tell that they have longer to go.
I even have a bit of fox tailing going on on both of them, and one of my Cherry bombs, not sure why, if it's just a genetic trait or what.
I think I have that same microscope laying around somewhere, I just have to find it. It's been years since my last grow, so it could be anywhere!
I'll update with more pics in a few days or so.
Later dude!
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I went ahead and used paint shop to label the group shot picture in the above post.
Notice where the circles are, is which plants that have some fox tailing going on, especially on the cherry bomb plant!
Will these swell and fill out like normal looking buds, or are they prone to being wispy when a bud foxtails?
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Notice where the circles are, is which plants that have some fox tailing going on, especially on the cherry bomb plant!
Will these swell and fill out like normal looking buds, or are they prone to being wispy when a bud foxtails?
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Buds that look like they have been "parted" with a comb and sprayed with pink hair day?
YEP, you'll see tomorrow!
Things have stepped up a notch or two in the past week, all the plants are looking a hell of a lot different!
I will do some pic tomorrow if I don't forget.
Harvest time is upon me, any day now on a couple of em!
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YEP, you'll see tomorrow!
Things have stepped up a notch or two in the past week, all the plants are looking a hell of a lot different!
I will do some pic tomorrow if I don't forget.
Harvest time is upon me, any day now on a couple of em!
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Well all the gals are looking more different as each day goes on. I expect them to all be full done in the next 5-10 days..some earlier then others.
Here's the bud I was talking about that looks really different. 2 of the buds on the monster pheno are really compact and look to be like someone combed there hairs lol, they were pink yesterday, little more red this after noon.
These pics are of the Pure Power Plant #2, she is the one I topped early and ended up having like 4-5 main colas, quite pretty, I think she is almost done, her calyaxs' are big already.
Next up, the Cherry bombs:
#1:
#2:
Then the AK shots, each close up is of a different pheno...Some foxtailing going on with these and with 1 of the cherry bombs.
They all stink like hell, but fortuanatley for me I just got a big enough Carbon filter...Can 9000, zero smell at all until you open the tent up itself.
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Here's the bud I was talking about that looks really different. 2 of the buds on the monster pheno are really compact and look to be like someone combed there hairs lol, they were pink yesterday, little more red this after noon.
These pics are of the Pure Power Plant #2, she is the one I topped early and ended up having like 4-5 main colas, quite pretty, I think she is almost done, her calyaxs' are big already.
Next up, the Cherry bombs:
#1:
#2:
Then the AK shots, each close up is of a different pheno...Some foxtailing going on with these and with 1 of the cherry bombs.
They all stink like hell, but fortuanatley for me I just got a big enough Carbon filter...Can 9000, zero smell at all until you open the tent up itself.
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Ha bigAl25,
that's funny.
Ya, they are close, but to be extra sure I will let them go a week longer then expected.
A quote i read once was "once you think they are ready, wait a week, then chop" well, I basically think they are very close to ready, so one more week it is, maybe followed with a 24 hour dark period.
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that's funny.
Ya, they are close, but to be extra sure I will let them go a week longer then expected.
A quote i read once was "once you think they are ready, wait a week, then chop" well, I basically think they are very close to ready, so one more week it is, maybe followed with a 24 hour dark period.
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63 days and none of them look quite ready to me.
I can't find the old microscope I used to use so I might have to go off the look of the plants to harvest.
It seems that one of the Cherry Bombs will be done first over the AK's or maybe 1 of both of them harvested same day.
The AK that is almost ready has calaxys that are super swelled already, and major foxtailing going on, but the cherry bomb that is almost ready has a ton of hairs that have started to change color, but it's yet to swell like the others. I would assume it would be swelling any day now!
I'm going to go ahead and make damn sure they are ready before I chop, if that means another week, well so be it.
I've bought some latex gloves so my hands wouldn't wreak for hours after touching them. After touching a few and smelling, I can't really distinguish one from the other really. It seems that they all have a super sweet skunk mixed with some cherry is goin on.
Pics in the next couple days.
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I can't find the old microscope I used to use so I might have to go off the look of the plants to harvest.
It seems that one of the Cherry Bombs will be done first over the AK's or maybe 1 of both of them harvested same day.
The AK that is almost ready has calaxys that are super swelled already, and major foxtailing going on, but the cherry bomb that is almost ready has a ton of hairs that have started to change color, but it's yet to swell like the others. I would assume it would be swelling any day now!
I'm going to go ahead and make damn sure they are ready before I chop, if that means another week, well so be it.
I've bought some latex gloves so my hands wouldn't wreak for hours after touching them. After touching a few and smelling, I can't really distinguish one from the other really. It seems that they all have a super sweet skunk mixed with some cherry is goin on.
Pics in the next couple days.
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Found the microscope!
From several examinations on various budsights, it looks like they aren't close to being ready, which is a huge surprise to me.
I have AK48s that are expected to only take 55-60 days, and all there crystals are clear still, no cloudy or amber yet at all.
That may be good news though, maybe they will thicken up and put on some more weight!
Right now they all seem to be a little to fluffy for my likings but pretty none the less, and a couple are VERY VERY crystally!
I will try to get pics up by Tuesday or so, until then, happy toking!
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From several examinations on various budsights, it looks like they aren't close to being ready, which is a huge surprise to me.
I have AK48s that are expected to only take 55-60 days, and all there crystals are clear still, no cloudy or amber yet at all.
That may be good news though, maybe they will thicken up and put on some more weight!
Right now they all seem to be a little to fluffy for my likings but pretty none the less, and a couple are VERY VERY crystally!
I will try to get pics up by Tuesday or so, until then, happy toking!
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Based upon the way they look, I'd take them all 'till at least 70 days (it's about 61 now, if I've done my math correctly). Cut off ferts if you haven't already.
In my experience, most flowering numbers are very generous. I'm sure there are plants out there that finish in less than nine weeks, but I've never run anything that finished properly in less time than that.
Good lucky with it. You've got some tasty looking specimens there.
In my experience, most flowering numbers are very generous. I'm sure there are plants out there that finish in less than nine weeks, but I've never run anything that finished properly in less time than that.
Good lucky with it. You've got some tasty looking specimens there.
