a newb becomes coco nuts

inreplyavalon · Feb 11, 2009

Jersey thanks for walking me through the pic upload. Definitely an upgrade in my thread's quality, having them in the post like this.
So the Shark Shock are from seed. The breeder packs were in the same package, but the seeds were not inside them.
I popped over 35 of the seeds, and they all are way Sativa looking. I understand what you are saying about the make-up of the Shark shocks. I understand both the Skunk and Widow lineage have large proportions of Sativa genes. I also have grown Widow and seen what they are like. I would be surprised that all females from two packs all look like the plants i have. Still just starting to even show traces of crystals at day 35. Again, i'm just sayin. Shark Shock is advertised at 55 days of flower. I have heard of it going up to 70 days. These plants, all of them will go a lot longer. I feel like i am beating a dead horse.
The customer service i received from Dr. Chronic has been some of the worst i have ever experienced. Not only unhelpful, but rude. They said that Greenhouse seeds would have informed them. This is after i wrote about the issues with MR. NICE SEEDS. They just were not at all interested. Weak folks.

inreplyavalon · Feb 23, 2009

Day 48

Day 48

Here are the Shark's at day 48. The nicest formed bud of all the Shock's has the least amount of crystals??

inreplyavalon · Feb 24, 2009

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inreplyavalon · Mar 3, 2009

Day 54

Day 54

Its been a while since i have updated this log. We are at day 54 and things have gone alright. This was my first coco experience and i enjoyed it. I'll be trying to work out the kinks on the next cycle. One kink is some spotting on the leaves that has been happening for a little over a week. The tips are brown and folded back and up over themselves, the edges are brownish-copper. It looks maybe like a Calcium or Potassium issue? and that's what some kind folks over in the infirmary suggested. They started their water only flush diet last night and will be on that till the end, so i am not trying to change anything now, but would love to learn what i did wrong.
If you have any ideas, please share.
The first and last pic show what i am talking about, the others are for your viewing pleasure.

inreplyavalon · Mar 8, 2009

Tough times. Two of my Shark Shocks hermed. They were at day 59 when i noticed, but i think it may have happened a bit earlier. I have not been checking for nanners since i started using Dutchmaster Reverse about a year ago. Never had a problem until now. I am glad to have chopped them, and the small amount they did yield looks like some grade A herb. The problem is they seemd to have pollinated a few of the power plants. I pulled apart some swollen calyxs to find the tiniest little beginning of what looks like a seed. They are green and round. I cut them immediatelly and hope those little embryo's won't ruin the smoke. Any thoughts?