Sweet God(BC bud depot), Strawberry Cough, Critical Kush(barneys farm)

buster8813

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So I have those three strains going currently in my tent with LED lights on them. they are about half foot tall but extremely bushy ladies. If i remember correctly they are about 2 weeks from seed to now. I am curious to know roughly how much these ladies will stretch when i flip them to flower. I'm sure that each strain is different for how much they will stretch as it likely has a lot to do with how much indica and sativa is in each of them so if anyone has an idea or experience with these strains I would love some info.
i cant remember where the strawberry cough is from as they were a trade from a good friend who had got lots of the seeds from somewhere online.
I do remember reading that god bud was a heavy feeder and ive seen that the sweet god sure can take quite a bit of feed as well. the strawberry cough hasn't complained yet either, nor has the critical kush.
my tent is 4ft tall, 4ft long and 2ft wide and they are in 4gallon buckets. the lights are 4, 4ft fluorescent grow lights and the nutes im feeding them is holland industry grow and holland industry micro. if there is any other factors that may be needed please let me know and ill respond with the info as quickly as i can.
 

Tripped circuits

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they grow about twice, so if their 1' tall they will be 2' tall at end of flower. if you have a 2' tall they will be 4' at end of flower. hope this helps
 

buster8813

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exactly the type of answer i was looking for and a quick reply, thank you very much i appreciate it :)
have you had any experience with these strains, growing or smoking?
 

buster8813

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I haven't done any training no. I was thinking about it but seeing as how i have enough vertical space i don't think i will. i actually had to cut the rims off the tops of the potters to fit them in my tent so lst wouldn't exactly be to great for me i don't think? i suppose i could do one of them and train it to go the entire length of the tent somehow?
 

buster8813

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i have been trimming them to let the light get down to the bottom and inside of the plants to allow the branches full growth.. i do believe that by the time they get to be 1.5ft tall the fluorescent lights wont be strong enough to get all the way down and i will need side lighting and upward facing lights. i do plan on adding at least 1-2 200watt cfl to the mix but ive also been looking into adding a 300watt led to beef things up
 

waterdawg

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I haven't grown out a lot of different strains but I have found that strech is strain specific and pheno specific. A few of the strains I have had I expected the giant to climb down.lol. As far as training I have had mixed results as some strains really didnt like to be screwed with. I use both 400 HPS and HO t-5's and can't see a whole lot of difference with final outcome, as i tried both in 2 rooms with last grow. i was really impressed with the T5's and used half the power. In saying that I still the majority of the time use HPS for flower but may try a side by side comparison just before shutting down the rooms for the winter. Current grow is a tray of White russian and a tray of Mataro Blue (just popped)oct 12.jpg
 

buster8813

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It's funny cause a lot of stuff I've grown previous to these strains had very little stretch.
as far as comparison to hps and fluorescents, I can't say anything as I've always used fluorescent lights and have always had good results, enough to stick with them at least :).
I do think some sort of side lighting will be necessary for my grow in order to keep everything as equal from top down as possible. I don't want half the girls to be prime and the other half to be half assed.
Right now I just trimmed the hell out of the two sweet god girls in order to slow vertical growth temporarily so the others can catch up and I would also like the girls to fill up on the insides as the lights were not penetrating through the thick canopy they had established.

Your girls are looking good! I've heard a lot about mataro blue lately but don't know anything about them. Hope they work well for you and I'd love to see the reports you have.
I have been keeping notes on my girls so far so when it gets closer to flower I'll start my journal and get some info out there on these strains since it doesn't seem there is much to go on at the moment.
 

waterdawg

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I grew Mataro auto and was happy with the Quality I think (can't remember lol), quantity not so great! I have pretty much grown all Kanabia the last 2 years and great success but lots of phenos. The WR seems to be pretty uniform but they have stretched more than double and still goin. I have to move the light every day and actually I had the same thing with the white widow I grew last year, maybe the whites stretch alot? Also Kanabia Auto's (some) need less than 14 hrs of light to bud so not a true auto IMO. And I am smoking some cough now as a matter of fact but it was grown outdoors and not great looking but really good high and for a guy that has smoked pot for about 37 years thats something!!! Takes some pretty strong shit to impress me lol.
 

buster8813

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To be honest I have never once grown anything from kanabia, not have I grown an auto of any type! I have considered it very briefly once when I was thinking of doing it in a very tiny area and had to hide it completely. I never thought about the fact autos might not always be auto though lol.
I have some white rhino seeds I got from a friend years ago when he grew it but I never got either of the three to pop.. Maybe they didn't get stored so well during my move :'(.

I don't know anyone who has tried strawberry cough so I'm happy to get some feedback, even though the looks aren't so great I'm sure with taking care of them indoors I can make them look as beautiful as they can be :)
after I trimmed them significantly the others have finally caught up to the sweet god girls which means they're all around 1 foot right now but Jesus these things are very bushy! They may be one foot now but I could cut 10 1 foot clones off of each of them lol. As a matter of fact..I might just cut a clone off of each of them and toss em in the aerogarden so I can see if they're all females and if not ill just cut clones off the ones that are female.. Hmmm. Should have done this earlier since I only plan on letting them go another 1/2-3/4 foot and by then the clones will just be rooted and won't have enough time to show sex
 

buster8813

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the first pic with the two girls are the sweet god, the second is strawberry cough and the third is the critical kush
 

waterdawg

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Nice plants!!! I think I waited to long by a week to get mine under 12/12 as they are almost 3 feet tall now!!! And yes indoors should make all the difference in bag appeal. This is my first hydro attempt so I walking on eggshells waiting for the whole lot to lay over and die..lol. And yes I was kinda pissed at Kannabia for missleading me (there not auto's) as I was doing it beside my veg plants to get some smoke while I waited for the others to bud......long wait...lol.
 

buster8813

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Thank you very much! I was hoping someone would say they were nice so I could have a bit more peace of mind to ensure they're doing well and looking good :).
Wow, at 3 feet in hydro they must be tall and thick ladies, should get quite a bit of smoke and will make up for the wait!
Ive done hydro once, it was definitely an experience and produced some great stuff! It definitely put me on edge though as I knew one small mistake could seriously hurt the finished product of the ladies.
I am thinking of letting mine go another 3/4 of a foot before I flip them just to be safe and make sure they don't out grow their room.. If they don't stretch to much I'll at least know for my next grow.
Since its to late to cut clones and sex those first I'm going to wait till the ladies are flipped and once I find out what the sex is I'll just have the clones waiting for my next grow.. Should cut a nice chunk of time off my next crop time which will be nice.
I noticed the girls were starting to show signs of nute burn so I haven't fed them in about a week, I'll likely do that tomorrow at half strength and see how they react.. That's what I love about soil, so forgiving :).
I am very excited to get these girls into flower, I would love to see the finished product and it wouldn't be so bad cause although it would take away from total harvest, I would be able to cut some clones immediately and start my second grow lol. I am hoping to get them to size by the end of the month so I can start to flower them but I'm fairly positive they won't be ready and not will I.. I am going to need some sort of filter for the smell and don't really want to pay an excessive amount
 

technical dan

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I haven't grown strawberry cough but Ive smoked it from the dispensary. Its got a good sativa high and great taste & smell.
 

buster8813

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Thanks for the info :)That mataro looks incredible, I like that dark green leaves and all that early resin production. Those are your girls you grew?
 
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