Sticky Grows

[StickyBandit]

@Brother Nature the Golfballs in the Wilma setup are feeding hard! If they keep up this pace we're in for some ginormous buds! We used to get baseball bat buds in the old days so it's good this cut hasn't lost something over the decades. The stems are super fat where the buds are forming, just have to watch for rot. They're drinking ~20L day @ 1.8 EC
Maybe you can identify the strain more from these pics...
I have a feeling this strain hasn't been crossed much. Maybe I could send a seed or 2 to someone that knows these older strains inside out? I have 2 or 3 seeds left that formed in the over ripe buds when I let a plant mature 'til it was well past budding and nearly dead

 

[KiefRichards]

Very nice! I can see Baseball bats are forming...

 

[StickyBandit]

Gave the Golfballs a trim just after I took the pic. It was pitch black under them
One month since flipping, probably a bit late. The light is full height

4 of the 6 on the left are Golfballs as are the DWC girls that got trimmed. They look totally different! The other 2 rear left are Sour D

Sour Diesel showing some color from the cool nights

Golfballs in DWC

Golfball bud, not too long now

Corinto from TLT have just been potted into 5 gallon pots. Will need time to settle before I top them for clones

And the LT Peak C99. I'll have to do a decent batch of these now that I have seeds

 

[goingrey]

Are you planning on keeping the Corinto around as a mom or just in case?

 

[StickyBandit]

Are you planning on keeping the Corinto around as a mom or just in case?

I'm planning on doing a decent seed run and taking and labeling clones of all 9. @yesum liked them and they cost a lot so I'm covering all the bases, even re-veg
They already smell strong and they look different to anything else I've grown so far

 

[StickyBandit]

@Brother Nature here's a couple of bud shots of the Sour D and the Golfball. The GBs in the Wilma setup look pretty leafy
I gotta say, the soil pH tester combined with the charts someone posted are a real bonus. Helping me immensely

GBs

Sour Diesel

 

[Brother Nature]

Looking good man. That one in the wilma looks particularly nice!! I do love the massive nugs it puts out, going to run her outdoors this coming season, I reckon she'll be great outdoors.

 

[StickyBandit]

Looking good man. That one in the wilma looks particularly nice!! I do love the massive nugs it puts out, going to run her outdoors this coming season, I reckon she'll be great outdoors.

Nice! Can't wait. They like full sun and they are prone to bud rot if they don't get good ventilation, maybe some pruning or training to that end

 

[StickyBandit]

Will be switching to hempy buckets as I start new plants. I'm going to bottom feed as we have large fungus gnat populations in my area




Sour Diesel bud that'll be getting the chop soon

 

[goingrey]

Great idea with the colander rez. If it works well at least hehe. Worth a try for sure!

 

[StickyBandit]

Great idea with the colander rez. If it works well at least hehe. Worth a try for sure!

Thanks bud, I have my fingers crossed, I researched all the different hempy setups, home-made and professional and I got some advice from hempy himself and settled on this. Got the colander idea from looking at the expensive commercial units, found them at the $2 shop There's a drain hole 1" down from the top of the colander and I imagine the clay balls will wick up enough liquid. We shall see

 

[StickyBandit]

Chopped this little Sour D just now. Could have gone another week but I needed to use the space
Very strong sour fuel aroma. Her sister lives on... for now

 

[StickyBandit]

I could't find any egg crate diffuser to keep my fabric pots off the floor so I decided to re-purpose my air pots
Cheap and effective!

 

[StickyBandit]

Got a couple of interesting grows in the nursery
Left rear Peak C99 from LT
Right rear is the fem Ghost Train Haze
18x TLT Corinto Purple clones in the container
4x Golfballs in the fabric pots
and a sad looking C99 transplant

Golfballs in the Wilma setup in the 1200 x 1200 tent
They've gone all weird but they are greasy as hell and strong smelling. Probably due to me over-feeding

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

Would you like to choose to trim it a little to increase light penetration?

 

[StickyBandit]

Would you like to choose to trim it a little to increase light penetration?

I did actually consider that but wasn't really sure. Is it better to leave the leaves now that they have all that stored energy or is it better to rip the big leaves off and let more light in to the bud's solar panels??
I suppose many of those big leaves only help the structure to expand at this point, which is not what I want considering they're too big already
I think I just answered the question, thanks for the prompt
The leaves are very greasy and may be smokable or good for making some butter...

 

[Brother Nature]

Man those golfballs look like a totally different beast in that setup. I've found most strains don't respond well to trimming that late in flower, but is strain dependent, that girl seems to put up with nearly everything you can throw at it. I've always heard the defoliating rule is if you do it, to do it at week 3 of flower, then again around week 5-6. I generally don't do it though as I make butter or hash using my trim so the frostier the better and those are looking nicely frosted up there mate.

 

[StickyBandit]

Would you like to choose to trim it a little to increase light penetration?

I sacrificed the good of the few for the good of the many

 

[StickyBandit]

Man those golfballs look like a totally different beast in that setup. I've found most strains don't respond well to trimming that late in flower, but is strain dependent, that girl seems to put up with nearly everything you can throw at it. I've always heard the defoliating rule is if you do it, to do it at week 3 of flower, then again around week 5-6. I generally don't do it though as I make butter or hash using my trim so the frostier the better and those are looking nicely frosted up there mate.

I just finished Up to my elbows in honey! The bottom buds do need some light
The leaf that came off has plenty of frost on it. Might make some infused ghee

 

[Brother Nature]

Nice man. They do look very afghan like in structure this run... haha...