Grow Journal
02/05/12
DJ Short Blueberry
Flower Week 5
02/05/12 Summary
***This grow is updated every Sunday***
- 5 DJ Short Blueberry Plants sprouted from seed on 10/30/11; Today is Day 97 from seed
- 3 Confirmed Females; 2 Males Culled
- All Organic; Multiple growing methods
02/05/12 Notes
Good morning and happy Super Bowl Sunday! Go Patriots!
Well I have been quite busy lately. I moved my Blueberries, Black Widows, Vortex, Vanilla Kush, Medicine, Man and Purple Maroc all into a new home, a spacious 8x5 area, a major upgrade from their respective 4x4 spaces. Also getting blasted with over 1500W of light, as opposed to their own 600W.
The Blueberry ladies are all doing well. I snapped the pics right after watering, and they had a little wilt, but not bad. I have noticed an increase in resin production, as well as a blue shading of some of the upper calyxes. It is a beautiful shade of blue/purple, and really makes you think of Blueberries when you see it glistening. I have also noticed that the smell is turning
much more fruity, with a hint of underlying spicy hash, which, to me, is
reminiscent of blueberries, but does not smell like the real thing. Blueberry typically takes on the taste and smell of blueberries after an approximate 1-1 1/2 month cure anyhow, but it is nice to see some of these properties pushing through so early on in flower. It is possibly a good sign.
I am pulling about 2-3 nanners off each plant every other day. None have been mature enough for seed production, so I am happy to report that I will be finishing these ladies off, and will not be culling them. I do doubt I will be saving them as mothers...unless one produces some top-notch finished product.
Recently I acquired some White Fire OG BX seeds from OGRaskal, and plan on doing a comprehensive organic grow journal for that strain next, similar to this Blueberry thread. However, I have never run that strain, and have been intensively researching it lately. I will use my knowledge gained from research and hope to grow out the dank for everyone to see. Should be interesting, as it will be my first time running her, and that always makes for an interesting journal. I will probably be running Critical Mass right next to the WiFi, so it will prove for some interesting pictures of huge colas next to extremely dank colas... the joys of seeing quantity strains next to quality strains. (Even though Critical Mass is also very good smoke).
Off to the pics!
Blueberry #2: SCRoG; She has always been the smaller, slower one. Was hoping for more stretch to fill out the screen, but it never came. I am hoping she will push out some nice buds, but so far she just doesn't seem as nice as #4 and #5.
Figures, too...BB#2 is the easiest to clone and root...LoL
Always the case, isn't it?
Blueberry #4: Staked; Definitely a healthy grower. Very similar in structure and smell of #5. Blue shading on calyxes has also begun to be seen. This plant does not smell as fruity as #5, but it is very close.
Blueberry #5: Staked; Showing early signs of fade..I turned her specifically so I could get a good shot for you guys of the fan leaves fading. I am going to let the fade set in. I did give her a significant guano boost this past week, but the fade has set and I will let it ride. I am hoping she just wants to throw out some beautiful colors, which would be fantastic.
She smells the best so far. Very berry-fruity. Reminiscent of blueberries, but not totally there. I am liking it though.
I also took a picture of underneath the canopy...see those small buds poking in the back? Those are suckers. I would normally pluck those continuously...but I am still not 100% healthy and am still getting my strength back...so my plants are not as manicured as I usually prefer them. But that's okay!
