lil coco Brainwreck

[MacGyver420]

very nice grow here...
just curious what are the dimensions of that tent 4' x 4' or something like that?

 

[guest5703]

buds are lookin good dude!

 

[Calimed]

Thanks Caligreen!

@McGyver420

The GL120 Dimensions: 3'11" x 3'11" x 6'7"

Ideally, I want to try to keep the plants in a 3x3 area and have some space around the edges of the tent for airflow since I only have a 600w light. The tent has a lot of negative pressure as well so I am losing a few of those inches to implosion. One of these days I should add some braces so the sides don't suck in so much.

In other news, I'm very glad I added that 6 inch air king fan to blow over the top of the canopy. The mutant semi-odd looking cola in the center of the tent has folded out some new leaves, which is interesting because all the other colas are only really focusing on the buds. Could this be because there is the SLIGHTEST touch of bleaching on the top tip of it?

 

[the Rock]

does anyone know where brain wreck is available locally at the moment(there is a reward out for info on this)

 

[Calimed]

I've only seen Brainwreck once at a club...and I swiped it . They were the nicest clones there. That club is closed now though. I have a feeling some clones will make there way around the bay soon.

 

[Calimed]

Almost the end of week 6, many of the hairs are getting crinkly and the calyxes are starting to swell .

Hints of purple are showing up. This did not happen last time so it will be interesting to see how, if any, the end product differs based on that. Last time didn't have the low temps of winter.

The scent is getting thick and the air has that bright freshness of trainwreck.

Feedings have been the same as last week. I'm probably going to keep it that way until I flush.

No signs of PM on the girls in flower, but I found a couple patches on the mother plant, grr. I sprayed it again with baking soda water. That worked for a good week or two, so I'll keep spraying it or go get something better. I added a fan to the ghetto spot I have for mother/clones, which I thought would fix any PM issues, but, it still came back.

Now I'm wondering, will cuts be safe even if there are no signs of active PM when I cut them? We shall see; I like the genetics.

Pics from Week 6, day 6 below. Tomorrow starts week 7.

 

[707Corridor]

Nice work, those buds should start to swell up on yah now. That should be fun to watch.

If yah got PM on your mother plants, I would make sure to get something to cure/prevent that PM, because if they do end up transferring over to cuttings...you'll be in world of hurt if it just keeps coming back. Especially if when yah start flowering those clones. I'd check the sticky in the infirmary section to see what else you can do to cure/prevent.

 

[Calimed]

Halfway through week 7!

Started staking up the weaker branches last night. They are starting to pack on the weight and fatten up! A couple of the bottom leaves are slowly starting to drop off (very light green/yellow) on the back 3 plants. I've had to clean up about 5 leaves in the past 3 days.

I trimmed the mother down a bit as she was getting close to the lights. Due to PM appearing last week, I thinned it out a bit too. Ideally, I should be taking some cuttings in a week or so they can be ready to throw in the tent once these babies are done flowering. I was spraying the mother with baking soda water, but the past 2 days I have been using tap water (ph of 7-8 approx according to my drip ph test...it turns blue) because that baking soda isn't all that pretty on the leaves. Hopefully the high ph of my tap water will help keep spores from growing.

On to the pics!

First off, I want to separate this bud shot from the rest, as this is an example of one of the lower bud sites. It isn't quite as fat yet as the others, but is still looking good for being farther away from the light.



And now for the rest taken last night:

 

[buddin_904]

so fire....your nailing them

 

[buddin_904]

ohh what was your feed on week 6 and for 7?

and you always say 10mL A+B means 10mL x 2 right?

 

[L-Immortal]

Cali those cola's are looking tits man, great work

 

[Calimed]

Thanks L-Immortal! should be good this year.

@Buddin_904,

The recipe for weeks 6 and 7 have been as follows, all per gallon:

10ml A
10ml B
5ml pk 13/14
2ml Rhizotonic
10ml Cannazym

I mix in what used to be a huge krispy kreme tub of pastry filling I picked up years ago, four gallons at a time. The tub holds around 5 up to the brim. Mix in each of the above ingredients in order, with a moment of stir in between.

This with some nor cal tap water gives me a ph of mostly yellow with a hint of green...more towards the 6.5 of the scale. I want it more towards 6, so I add in around 10 drops of ph down to 4 gallons to get it nice n yellow.

Speaking of drops, my cheap dropper that came with the GH ph kit broke yesterday and duct tape couldn't save it. Guess I'll have to get a new one.

 

[Calimed]

Today is the start of week 8 and I have started flushing.

I was going to give them nutes for another week, but I think these girls should be about ready in 2 weeks. All the cola tips have swollen and the hairs are brown. Each day that same sexiness is making its way down the stalks.

Checked the trichs and at this point...on the tips, are around 60-70% cloudy, 40-50% as you go down the stalks. I want to harvest this round cloudy with several specs of amber. Last time I chopped with a bit of clear trichs left due to an annoying PM issue. It is a bit hard to compare though, as I used Canna Boost last round as well...which definitely speeds up the process.

Found two lil spots of PM on the front left plant the other day. Took care of that real quick and now I am carefully scanning everything once or twice a day.

In other news, my mother hasn't had anymore signs of PM, but, I think I am going to dismantle my mother section for the time being because I am tired of the room it takes up. This obviously will effect my genetics....which is lame, I REALLY like this brainwreck, but maybe I'll take this time to explore a seed grow or potentially find a new place to live.

 

[Calimed]

Haha, ok, so that concept of taking down my mother spot got vetoed by my partner already. He almost smacked me at the thought of losing these genetics.

Therefore, I'll work on a more efficient and clean looking spot for this momma. Brainwreck lives on!

 

[buddin_904]

you could micro grow a couple clones from it

 

[Calimed]

True, I could do micro clones. I haven't fully made up my mind what I'm going to do.

Weeeeeeek 8 and a water diet. Ok...so, I may have tweaked the first couple days. I had about 28ml left from a bottle of Canna Boost I used last round...and got creative. This was used at 10ml per gallon for 2 gallons, and 8ml for the last. All ph'd to ~6 (yellow with my kit). The remaining diet will simply be ph'd water ~6/yellow until harvest.

I don't know if randomly adding a feeding or two of water + Boost at the start of flush will do anything, but we shall see.

Most of the tips are brown now, except on the foxtail tips. Each day more hairs turn brown as you go down the branches. The trichromes are a mixture of clear and cloudy. Getting to be more milky and cloudy now.

Are there shades of progression or lil dots in the heads that grow and expand outwards, to create the cloudy, milky, or opaque-ness? I'm looking each day to see if I can notice any patterns.

Leaves are slowly starting to turn light greenish yellow and fall off from the bottom of the plant canopy. Not a mass quantity, just a couple here and there.

Pictures from yesterday:

 

[analogue]

berry nice .

 

[soundvibes]

Amazing so far!

Thanks for the detail on the nutes

They will definitely help me out on my first mission so I appreciate it.

 

[buddin_904]

those are immaculate....im so impressed

 

[Think Green]

Awesome garden. I wouldnt mind seeing a smoke report on this strain. Way decent.