Pre98 Bubba

[firetech89]

Good day all, Firetech signing back on, and starting a grow again. Its been several years since I've popped beans and grew dank. Man has tech changed in the last 8-10 years! Exciting times with new gear. Well let's share the setup and line up for this first round.

Went with an AC infinity 2x4 kit and quickly talked the misses to letting me setup a second one to keep moms and production clones and veg in.

The mom tent has a S24 200w ion board, 6" exhaust fan, 4" fresh air fan, 9" oscillating fan, and a humidifier.

Bloom tent is running a Ionframe Evo3 280w, 6" exhaust fan, pulling air from mom tent (both tents are positive pressure), 9" oscillating fan (soon to be two).

Pretty happy with the performance thus far, its still early though, but what I've seen people accomplish with this gear im not worried.

Now the best part, the line up of ladies. Im very blessed to know some great guys in the scene and got hooked up with an Animal Tsunami cuts (6) and The One cuts (6). I also love old skool strains and dropped some Bennys for Katsu Pre 98 Bubba (prob my most favorite strain). Other beans I started were some Black Opal from Irvine Seed Co.
I took the best of each of the cuts and saved them as moms, and the next best 3 of each cut are veging in the bloom tent and will be flowered. Seedlings are with the moms and plan on running a full tent of the bubba next.

Getting back into it was kinda like hopping back on a bike but drunk , I didn't go back and read my journals or do extensive research online. So of course I over watered and gave way to much light to the little ladies. Currently cresting the recover hill and getting back on track. Let's now go back a month and start the show

Mid January
Got tents set up and in order. Built my soil and let it cook.
Beginning of February
Popped some beans, got cuts transplanted into solos
Mid February
Selected moms and whos getting ran this flower cycle. Translated into #3 pots for moms, and 7g fabric pots (holds 9g). Seedling still in solos. I overwated the 7g pots also gave them too much light, quickly recovered and hopefully cruising now.
Late Feb - current
In process of drying them out, raised circulation and exhaust to assist, raised and dimmed light, what visible damage has stopped and getting good new growth. Top dressed soil with dolomite lime and EWC as they didn't make it into the original mix. Toped girls in flower and haven't touch anything since.

Soil build and mixing

Beans & Cuts

Getting settled in

 

[firetech89]

Overwatered and light burn

Topped, and hopefully bouncing back well

The Pre 98 Bubba killing it, unsure what's up with the weird line on the baby leaf

Thanks for stopping by, I'm open to any advice, help, or tips, or questions. Plan on updating this thread weekly. Hope yall enjoy the grow!

-peace

 

[firetech89]

What it do,

This week has been good, hope yall are doing just as well! Starting week 4 of veg in the flower tent. Things are looking happy and productive. They bounced back nicely imo. Got the first layer of netting laid out and starting to tuck every other day. How full would yall get it before flipping? I haven't ever done a 2x4, nor do I know how much these are going to stretch out. I topped the main about a week ago. Would it be wise to top everything before flower, and how long should it veg back out after topping before flipping? I planned on flipping after the 4th week, one more from now. I also got a PAR meter, got about 400 PPFD in the top center of the canopy bleeding out to 320ish on the far corners. Is this too little at this stage? Worried about more light burn, with my lack of experience with LEDs. Running light at 60% 2 feet off canopy.
75-78F 55-60% RH

The mom tent is kicking butt too. The two cuts are doing well, and the p98 bubba is loving life. Its low, bushy, and thick. The second p98 and black opal seeds are trying. One seedling might not make it, all mutated, only time will tell.

Haven't watered anything. Containers have definitely lightened up, but nowhere near dried out. Looking forward to some recommendations about topping and how much longer to veg out the flower tent. Hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

✌

 

[firetech89]

Sup,
A slow day, took the fam to a theme park until we got rained out. So, time to repot two of the seedlings. I moved them up to 1g pots and just RO water lightly. Did some more tucking and light fan leaf removal on the flower side. Decided not to top again, just let it veg out and keep tucking for the next week.

Thanks for stopping by!
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[firetech89]

Happy daze friends,
A quickie today. More tucking everyday. Getting the screen filled in. Wishing I had trained them younger for a more even filling of the screen. Things are looking happy. I bumped up the light to 70% getting 480-450 across the canopy, still keeping fixture 2 feet off. Still haven't watered nor started any defolinating. I did started using coconut water foiler spray (1/4 cup per gal) to boost right before flowering and will use it a few weeks into flower. Would love to hear what yall think.
Thanks for stopping by
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[firetech89]

Evening yall,

Man its been a busy week. Took on a new role at work and finding my groove within the position. The garden is doing great. Got an exciting project slated for this weekend for the mom tent. Yall will just have to wait till next week to see and hear about it.
Flipped the bloom tent to 12/12 last Friday, so day 5 into flower. Strech is going good, the scrog training has made lots of nice tops. Will be putting a second layer of screen on in the next few days. Learned my lesson with over watering and I'm back on track. Giving way smaller amounts every 3-4 days right now. The moms actually only got their second watering ever since they got moved into #3 pots. The big p98 bubba got some fan leaves removed allowing lower branches to get light. Only one of the two black opals made it, the mutated one got culled. The cuts of A.T. and The One have gotten a little out of control, and will be taking some cuts of them. Hoping I can pull four cuts off the bigger bubba as I want to run her next.
Can't wait to see the girls star out and start developing sweet buds!
Thanks for coming by, hope yall are enjoying the grow.

 

[firetech89]

Top of the morning,

Got a bunch done in both tents. My mom tent project went exactly how I imagined it. Put a heavy duty kitchen rack in as the frame. Allowed me to partition it so I have a mom area on the lower section, and clone/ veg section up top. Took cuts and started to train the second p98 bubba plant.
Over in the flower tent, finished week 1 of flower. I got the second layer of netting up and have been working to get each cell filled with one top. I didn't train them as well as I wanted to when they were young, but the screen looks nicely filled. Trying to fill a hole in the front right, but for it being my first grow in a while, I'm not stressing about it. Went through and cleaned up all the lower section, and did selective removal above the screen. Things are green and I'm cruising along.
Thanks for stopping by, the show is only starting.

 

[firetech89]

Day 11
Just coconut water foiler everyday to every other day.

 

[firetech89]

Day 12
Watered everything w/ 15ml liquid seaweed & 1 tbsp molasses /gal.
Clones are looking good and still standing up. A few thinner ones slouched over on day 2-3. No color change yet, staying on top of that with misting the dome with coconut water.

 

[firetech89]

D14
Got some new beans from a friend

 

[firetech89]

Afternoon fellow Green thumbs,

Tents are cruising along. Half way through week 3 of flower on the Animal Tsunami and The One. The One is already showing her color, from what I've been told it will finish solid purple. Clones have rooted nicely and have been transplanted. Did a pretty good defolinating. I have stopped the coconut/water foiler spraying on the girls in flower. I ordered and have been using the Ecowitt GW1100 w/ WH51 sensors. Keeping soil between 25-60% per the sensor app data.

 

[firetech89]

What it do,

Day 22

 

[ResinReef]

hi
super clean, an healthy progress...
wish i could keep handle things a bit more like that.
got my eye on the animal tsunami...sounds like a nice one.

keep it green

 

[firetech89]

Thanks Reef! Keeping it clean just takes a little extra time. The animal tsunami is a killer bud.

hi
super clean, an healthy progress...
wish i could keep handle things a bit more like that.
got my eye on the animal tsunami...sounds like a nice one.

keep it green

 

[firetech89]

D27
Everything in mom tent is doing good. Will be working in there this weekend.
Flowering tent is on cruise control. I gave them a light top dress of 4-4-4 vegetable garden. Been watering every 3rd to 4th day.

Animal Tsunami

The One

 

[firetech89]

Happy Sunday Funday!

D37
Flower tent is just water and watch them bloom. The top dressing i did about 10 days ago made a hard 1/4" surface, so I lightly broke that up and just continued to water twice a week. Hoping they start to stack up nicely and swell in the coming weeks.

Did some house keeping in the mom tent. I wacked the 3 big moms and replaced the lower section with the best two pre 98 bubba clones (seed#1) They're in 10gal containers and going for a NorthernScogger style approach for training and scrogging for the next cycle. Just training them nice and low and horizontal. The top section still has the Black Opal (seed) and P98B (seed #2) and the best 2 of the new cuts of The One and Animal Tsunami. I didn't bonsai or train the first set to my liking to keep them small and bushy.

The One D37

Animal Tsunami D37

 

[Dequilo]

Nice I will be more than happy to watch you grow weed

thanks for the look and all the best

Dequilo

 

[firetech89]

Nice I will be more than happy to watch you grow weed

thanks for the look and all the best

Dequilo

Thanks for stopping by Dequilo! The show is only beginning.

 

[firetech89]

Happy weekend!

D42
Flower tent is doing swell and frosty! Fruit is stacking nicey, filling in and pushing new bud growth. The frost is coming in and tent is smelling lovey! Still just watering weekly, got about two weeks to go.
In the mom/veg tent I'm continuing to train and prun the cuts to be little bonsai mums. Popped a batch of Nirvana Maui Wowie, a request from the homies wife. 100% germ (5) with the float shot glass method. Transfered them into pots once I had 1/2" taps. They haven't broke the surface yet. The vegging p98 Bubbas are growing fast and strong. Continuing to LST and open them up for my first true scrogg. Have always just trellanced my grows.
Now the best part, pictures

 

[firetech89]

First round in the new setup is a wrap. Wacked the girls early may, hung whole, kept at 60/60 for 12 days, trimmed, and bagged up for curing. Have sampled both and they are earthy and sweet. Very happy and pleased with the run.
Got the next round pre98 bubba going, its mid way through week 1 of bloom. Hit them with a minor defol two weeks ago, let them recover and get used to the new tent. These are super fast and stout plants. Gave them another round of defol yesterday. Can't wait to see how these girls preform in the coming weeks.
Mom/veg tent i cleaned up some of the girls im not going to run. Gifted away the black opal, p98b #2, and narrowed down the keeper mums of animal tsunami and the one. Out of the 5 maui wowies I popped 4 came up, picked the best two, and they are vegging out and getting trained. I was hoping to start trying a truly flat scrog run but time and the plants got away from me. I feel like the training I did leveled out the canopy and filled the space nicely. I can also maneuver them if needed.
Ok the good part now, pictures.

The One

Animal Tsunami