Small Adventures with The Sloth

Subbed up.... pineapple express is my fav strain. I have version 2 going right now. I hope it's as good as the first one. Looks amazing man.


Stay green n stay hi

A couple months ago I decided to build a 2 bin composter which, the way I designed and built can be easily expanded to a 3 bin, heck even a 4 bin or more if I so desire. But the need to go past 3 is mostly unwarranted. I have a few vermicomposters, 2 of which are homemade and one is a commercial tiered system. Ive been using these for years and just felt I and my garden needed to have the multi-staged compost bins to complement them.

I turn my compost after it holds a temp between 120-150 for 4-5 day, then usualy once or twice a week thereafter as long as temps are maintained.

I know, why is this in my grow journal...well, why not?

Anyhow, the Pineapple Express are doing well, Its safe to say they took to the greenhouse without a hitch, have handled the temps so much better than I had expected. This mornings inspection brought me delight as the smells are even stronger and the buds are looking to stack-up nicely.
I think another few days of 25/75 grow/bloom with Earthjuice Seablast ratio will be in order.

So here we are, approximately 24 days into flower (give or take a day or 2). 2 days ago they started on 100% Bloom, which Is the Earthjuice Seablast.
The plants seem to be liking it, so I'll continue with this schedule, although I might top dress with some guano next week, we'll see.

Its getting to look like a jungle in here. Its safe to say, the Pineapple Expree are diggin their environment.

Dude it's such a good strain too. It has colors if the temp drops at night. I had 2 different phenos. Both were excellent smoke. Taste was phenomenal. High was great bag appeal was nice too.

Nice, back several years ago when I was growing indoors, I did a run with PE, and it was just fantastic, like you stated flavor, high, bag appeal, easy grower, not as finnicky as some strains.
Your PE V2 is looking sharp man, Im looking forward to seeing how it finishes.

The sloth said:

Nice, back several years ago when I was growing indoors, I did a run with PE, and it was just fantastic, like you stated flavor, high, bag appeal, easy grower, not as finnicky as some strains.
Your PE V2 is looking sharp man, Im looking forward to seeing how it finishes.

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Thanks man. It smells amazing. Had a little snafu few days ago but all is well again. I think it's gonna yield on the high end. I ready to see some nugs building. But I'm vegging 70 days then flipping it.

I was just lookn at the last pics you posted. That PE looks phenomenal man. It's making me want to pop some original PE with the PEV2. LoL. I have 5 or 6 beans left of it

I spent a little time in the greenhouse this morning. The Pineapple Express are growing strong, still getting a bit more height. The flowers are filling the branches nicely.
I havent top dressed yet, I think Im going to hold off for another week or so, if I even do it at all.
The aroma is citrus and getting strong.
Next week I might be running a large filter exhaust. I'm legal, but I dont want to draw the attention of ne'erdowells thinking theres a free supply of herb close by.

Its spires of buds
Anticipation is condition Im finfing more and more difficult to accept. When not at work, or busy doing anything away from home, I frequent my greenhouse at least a dozen times a day.

Lookn really good man. Does it have a dark coffee smell with some dank skunk earthy fruity smell on the stem rub? That's what my pheno had. It really was my all time favor flavor of a strain. Superb man. I can't wait to see them finish. Those colas will fill alot more. Mine got super dense. And was sticky you couldn't par toke in a paper the goo clogged the end shut after about 5 or 6 hits.

Its been a couple weeks since my last update. The Pineapple Express have just about topoed out their stretch, now the flowers are beginning to fill in. These stalks are heavy and fat despite how they look in the pics.
About another month and a half for these beauties.

OMG are they beautiful! Those are going to give you soooome fat nugs if they densen up anywhere near the way I know it from the Fastbuds auto version!
Your pix really make me want to grow the PE in its regular form too!!
What seedbank are these from (or rather, were the mother plants from)?
Cheers!

Thanks calliandra, thse were cloned from G13 Pineapple Express.
The greenhouse has this wonderful citrus, spicy aroma, makes my mouth water.

The sloth said:

Thanks calliandra, thse were cloned from G13 Pineapple Express.
The greenhouse has this wonderful citrus, spicy aroma, makes my mouth water.

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mmMMMMmmm! I can imagine it!

I went out to the greenhouse for my morning inspection...so far so good, my spires of flowers are filling in, gonna be some biggun's

With this weeks intense heat I figured the Pineapple Express would be suffering in the greenhouse, so I set-up 2 more fans, 1 for heat extraction the other for circulation. We have 5 total fans in the GH and they seem to be doing the trick. I did break one lower side branch off while moving fans around, bummer, but its trimmed and drying now. Might be an oz or so off it when its dry most likely more.
Here's a couple shots...
Still a ways away from harvest.

Just checking on the girls, it 104° outside of the greenhouse today.
Cheers!

The Pineapple Express is getting close to finishing, i have been checking the trichomes each day of the last week.
Most likely within the next 2 weeks we'll begin our harvest, then a celebration.