SoCal Winter/Spring GH Run

[chubbynugs]

Haven't been around for the last few years online, been raising my lil monsters (kids) and been busting my ass blowing glass. Finally am getting a lil leisure time so thought i might as well get back on here and have some fun. Even though i havent been on here that doesnt mean i havent been growing. I have been doing both indoor and outdoor and greenhouse runs.

I only got 9 plants in flower right now. I have been growing less plants these days but have been trying to utilize my space to the max. I am growing some seeds from SoCal seed company. I was running cuttings the last couple years so wanted to pop some beans for fun. I plan on running all seeds this year unless i really find something that catches my attention.

I am running seven 707 Cherry Bomb which is Cherry Pezz x Train Wreck
and two VGH OG which is Tahoe OG x ChemD

Ill take some pics and post them up later today. Fucken glad to be back!!

 

[chubbynugs]

Flowerhouse Farmhouse. Got it for like 370 bucks. Seems like i need to get one every year cause of the high winds we sometimes get. This is my fourth one.

 

[chubbynugs]

Where i live in SoCal it permits me to pull off 3-4 outdoor harvests a year. I start seeds or clones indoors and throw them out in the GH when the last run finishes. This has worked very nicely in keeping a perpetual garden going with no need to add lights or do light dep techniques. Between April and July i do two indoor runs to make up for the couple months i will miss outdoors when the light cycle has too much light out to flower.

 

[Brother Bear]

Damn proud to see you on the boards again my friend :friends:
Tagged up for the thread !!

 

[LyryC]

Sweet Im in Socal too but I don't think as far down as you for outdoor harvesting all year, hope to learn a lot and share good times!

Looking healthy!

 

[chubbynugs]

BB- Feels damn good to be back my friend. It should be a fun run this year. Got lots in the workings. Happy that you are taggin along.
LyryC- Thanks for tuning in dude. I have really lucked out on the climate in my area. As long as it doesnt get freezing you can get away with a lot in a lil GH. Glad to have you along for the ride.

I'll take some more pics and check my calendar to see what day they were thrown out so the info on here can be a lil more thorough.

 

[chubbynugs]

I already got my next run started.

Here are what they are.

OG #18 Reserva Privada 6/6 popped
Kosher Kush Reserva Privada 5/6 popped
Bubba 76 Emerald Triangle 2/3 popped
pre 98 bubba bx2 Cali Connection 4/6 popped.
They were all started in rapid rooters like five days ago or so. These all popped real fast. The four remaining seedlings are still in the tray. Hope they pop but not gonna be too concerned if they dont. I will only be growing the RP strains cause i was helping a buddy out with the bubba strains til they get a lil bit bigger. Just thought i would mention them for germination ratios if anyone is interested.

 

[chubbynugs]

Here are some shots of the 707 Cherry Bomb.

 

[chubbynugs]

A couple shots of the VGH OG

My GH was kinda short on the inside along the side walls so i dug out the interior of the GH a foot deep to give me a lil more vertical growing space.

 

[chubbynugs]

The majority of the Cherry Bomb's all have that tell tale sign of Train Wreck. Lime funkiness. Looks like a lot of the phenos are very similar with one that looks like its gonna be a heavy yielder. All the seedlings were thrown out on OCT 2. For only 23 days in they started triggering to flower super fast and were showing nug growth at around 7 days. I did use some MOAB to help push them into flower, dont know if that is why they triggered so fast though. I was expecting a lil stretch but it was minimal.

 

[chubbynugs]

Just checked my tray and the last Kosher Kush seed popped out the rapid rooter. Reserva Privada genetics are 12/12. The cali connection bubba bx2 seeds might pop as well.

 

[Full Of Peace]

Really cool setup. Must be nice to have that climate.

 

[al-k-mist]

Damn, bro. Remembering the socal climate made me wince, as I hear the rain I will hear until may, wondering why we moved up to oregon...until I go out and see all the beauty, and remember socal cost of living(yes its pretty, and pretty expensive)
Love the pics, and cant wait for more.
Do you mind sharing your nutes and medium...is it organic?
Peace
(~);}

 

[chubbynugs]

FOP- Thanks man. Yeah i really lucked out on figuring out how to pull almost year round GH nuggets.
al-k-mist- The climate out here does kick ass for some nuggets but there is a lack of beauty around, unless you are into the city life. I love Oregon though, clean air and everything looks all lush and green.
I planted these in Fox Farm Ocean Forest straight from the bag no perlite or anything else added. I used to add perlite every time but have noticed over the years that they have been adding more to their mix so i stopped. I have to water pretty much everyday.
As for the nutes. They are not organic. I find it hard timewise to do the whole organic thing. Wish i could brew my own teas and make my own dirt but time does not allow that in my schedule.
Heavy 16 veg and bud A+B
Heavy 16 Prime
Heavy 16 Fire
Hygrozyme
roots excellurator
carbo load (had a big ole bottle left from my hydro days. i shake it often and it still works great)
Mother Of All Bloom MOAB (use it as a finisher and sometimes in the first week of flower if i think the plants might stretch too high, this stuff is not as strong as Bush Master though) I HATE BUSH MASTER NOT A FAN.

 

[SirSmokalot]

Hey bro
Growin with the sun. Ahhhh sure is nice to see

 

[chubbynugs]

Sir- Yeah bro the sun is the best. Really love how it doesnt get near freezing here and can do this almost all year round. The winter nugs will be a lil bit smaller than the fall ones but i notice them to be a lot frostier and colorful. Hope these strains turn purplish towards the end.

 

[al-k-mist]

Yeah, I hate babylon(for lack of a better word) which is why we moved up here, seeing walmart/mcdonalds/ross/target/burgerking/etc everywhere.
Ocean beach is nice...the hills, like Julian, are sick. The city, like san diego and Hell-A. They do suk
I dont recognize those nutes, but probably only know brands that have posters and shit...i dont use the brands, if i can help it.

 

[chubbynugs]

al-k-mist - Yeah i am right smack dab in the middle of the city. All those spots you named off are pretty much walking distance from the house. LOL. I have become a hermit in the middle of the city though. The heavy 16 nute brand is a local one around here. I have used it for a few runs now and it kicks some major ass. I get it for wholesale pricing too so that helped me change over to it. Plus i was getting sick of using Advanced Nutes as my two part mix.

 

[chubbynugs]

I am still making wax on a regular. My method has refined a whole lot since i was posting runs on here years ago. I got it down really nicely now. I got 4 Okief XL extractors and use Liquid Butane as my solvent. I have done side by side runs with all the brands of butane and like this one for the quality and the price. No mercaptans added so it is the goods.

Some of the starting material. There was some trim but i saved a few bigger branches from my last run to oil down. Big Buddha Cheese

What it made after lots and lots of whipping and vacuum purging.

 

[chubbynugs]

I guess i might add in my thread that i have barely smoke any actual flower for around two years now. It has become very ineffective on me and concentrates are the only thing that will do anything to me. More than a few times the past few years i have made all of my plants into straight oil. Love the BHO with a passion.