Raspberry Cough DWC Grow

Niko Bellick · May 19, 2011

5/19/11 NEED SOME OPINIONS.

Okay, came home today and did my usual routine. Checked the Ph 5.9 temp humidity etc and then I checked the trichs...a few days ago they were all nice and clear and today after taking two leaves off of each plant all the trichs are about 50 percent milky and one or two were actually amber. I had planned on starting the flush next wednesday but I'm wondering now if I should maybe start it today or tomorrow? any and all opinions would be great. My gut says to start flushing tomorrow but I would like some input. plus rep ya if i can lol

https://www.rollitup.org/attachments/grow-journals/1596969d1305247757-dwc-scrog-grow-extrema-el-trichome-ripening.jpg

They look like a mix of square two and three.

DocGreenThumb · May 19, 2011

Give em another 4-5 days then start flushing bro. Should put you right around the 11 week mark. I cut those 2 good nugs off my LA's and man they have packed on some weight since yesterday. My RBC just keeps getting bigger and bigger buds

I can't wait to read your smoke report on the RBC.

Niko Bellick · May 19, 2011

DocGreenThumb said:
Give em another 4-5 days then start flushing bro. Should put you right around the 11 week mark. I cut those 2 good nugs off my LA's and man they have packed on some weight since yesterday. My RBC just keeps getting bigger and bigger buds I can't wait to read your smoke report on the RBC.

Seems reasonable, just didnt wanna go over ripe or whatever lol. Tuesday I'm off so seems like a good day to start the flush.
I actually have a tiny nug I cut off a couple days ago that I'm gonna sample tomorrow so that should give me an indicator as well.

Dude I know every day they keep puttin on more and more weight even though they seem ready. shit, I cant wait to hear the la report even though based on how yours grew I'll prbly buy some seeds.

DocGreenThumb · May 19, 2011

No such thing as over ripe hehe but I know what you mean. THC does degarde at some point however no matter how long I can make myself wait I don't think my harvest as ever been degraded in thc for waiting to long. I'm very impatient, it comes with age I guess but I force myself to wait until their at least done swelling. This RBC is the first Sativa Dom strain I've ever grown. I usually go for faster flowering strains, mostly indica but love a sativa high.

Also just keep an eye on the trich's daily(haha I'm sure you are already) because I don't go by the seedbanks/breeders week rating. Everyones environment while similar they are different. It may finish at week 9.5-10 or less or it could go longer than 11 weeks. I doubt from the looks of yours though that it will go longer than 11 weeks.

IDK if I missed or if you did, but did you use any Bud enhancers on those girls?

Niko Bellick · May 19, 2011

DocGreenThumb said:
No such thing as over ripe hehe but I know what you mean. THC does degarde at some point however no matter how long I can make myself wait I don't think my harvest as ever been degraded in thc for waiting to long. I'm very impatient, it comes with age I guess but I force myself to wait until their at least done swelling. This RBC is the first Sativa Dom strain I've ever grown. I usually go for faster flowering strains, mostly indica but love a sativa high.

Also just keep an eye on the trich's daily(haha I'm sure you are already) because I don't go by the seedbanks/breeders week rating. Everyones environment while similar they are different. It may finish at week 9.5-10 or less or it could go longer than 11 weeks. I doubt from the looks of yours though that it will go longer than 11 weeks.

IDK if I missed or if you did, but did you use any Bud enhancers on those girls?

Yeah I dont't think ill lose any thc less i harvest to early lol. I haven't used a single bud enhancer its all genetics and good nutes. My first sativa dom too. I'm used to being done by now

DocGreenThumb · May 19, 2011

Sweet I'll be trying AN's OD probably in week 7-8 on the RBC. I used AN OD on week 7 of the LA's a little late Ice will be getting OD added to feeding schedule in week 6-7.

I can't wait to put my RBC mother and my 2 Ice mom's in there with the already going RBC. The Ice smells so strong in veg already lol. It's suppose to have a fuel like aroma like Diesel strains.

Niko Bellick · May 19, 2011

DocGreenThumb said:
Sweet I'll be trying AN's OD probably in week 7-8 on the RBC. I used AN OD on week 7 of the LA's a little late Ice will be getting OD added to feeding schedule in week 6-7.

I can't wait to put my RBC mother and my 2 Ice mom's in there with the already going RBC. The Ice smells so strong in veg already lol. It's suppose to have a fuel like aroma like Diesel strains.

Holy crap, thats the missing smell. I recognized the sweet fruity smell but sometimes early when the lights just come on I'll catch that fuel smell. Two of them are as big as coke cans and dont give abit when you squeeze them. smell kinda stays on your hands even after you wash them.

DocGreenThumb · May 19, 2011

Hehe yeah I smell the LA's on my hands after several washes and have to scrub my hands clean to get rid of the sticky. Have to love it, I use latex gloves when I harvest/manicure. I manicure right after I chop, speeds drying which speeds curing

RBC is 40 days in today, starting to smell but it's a mild smell. I'll snap some pictures tomorrow. She is getting some orange/copper spots on the leaves and she is getting burn't a little bit(still growing vertical). I don't want to raise the light. The LA's are messing me up as I thought they would be done by now and their not going to achieve the yield I wanted so want them to go as long as possible as the next batch is going to be awhile.

Niko Bellick · May 20, 2011

DocGreenThumb said:
Hehe yeah I smell the LA's on my hands after several washes and have to scrub my hands clean to get rid of the sticky. Have to love it, I use latex gloves when I harvest/manicure. I manicure right after I chop, speeds drying which speeds curing

RBC is 40 days in today, starting to smell but it's a mild smell. I'll snap some pictures tomorrow. She is getting some orange/copper spots on the leaves and she is getting burn't a little bit(still growing vertical). I don't want to raise the light. The LA's are messing me up as I thought they would be done by now and their not going to achieve the yield I wanted so want them to go as long as possible as the next batch is going to be awhile.

Yup I had the same problem and still do to some extent. I noticed when I backed my nutes down to low strength (800ppm or so) that the orange copper spots stopped appearing but then they started drinking up the nutes like a mofo and raising the ph but thats preferable to nute burn and weird spots. I think around day 45 or so mine stopped growing vertical and put all the energy into bud production so you shouldnt have too much longer.

That's the only way to go. I cut a branch at a time on harvest day. Cut branch, Trim, hang and repeat for the next twelve hours or so (I'm ocd about the trimming. Do you scrap all the thc off your scissors and save it for later?

Off to buy a giant tub of ona gel (i'm told you can smell fruit/fuel from a hundred yards away lol) thought my little scrubber was keeping up but apparently not.

Niko Bellick · May 20, 2011

5/20/11 Update: Woke up to the girls having a growth spurt. two of the biggest colas now have colas growing out of them on the side. So I dug back through the pages and found out that I'm only on day 53 or 54 of flower. Made the decision to not start flushing for at least another ten days or so. Bought Ona gel and some supports to prop up a couple of the heaviest branches.

Read an article on how they can go through periods of ripeness where for a few days the trichs may look like theyre ready but then a day or two later that window has closed and they won't look like they are ready (read this while stoned so forgive the lack of technical mumbo jumbo) So definitely gonna sit on my hands and give them another ten days or so before I start flushing.

BluBerry · May 20, 2011

I'm on day 60 of 12/12 with an Indica and still have a couple clear trichs.
Mostly on the lowest part of the bigger buds that don't get much light.
So yea it might be best to wait another week before starting the flush with yours since they are Sativa.
How do you like your scope? You got it from radio Shack right? Can you see clearly with it?
Mine is good but hard to work with by having the laptop and scope in there at the same time.
When I can keep it steady then it does take good pics but may want a backup one.

Niko Bellick · May 20, 2011

BluBerry said:
I'm on day 60 of 12/12 with an Indica and still have a couple clear trichs.
Mostly on the lowest part of the bigger buds that don't get much light.
So yea it might be best to wait another week before starting the flush with yours since they are Sativa.
How do you like your scope? You got it from radio Shack right? Can you see clearly with it?
Mine is good but hard to work with by having the laptop and scope in there at the same time.
When I can keep it steady then it does take good pics but may want a backup one.

Dude, best twelve bucks I have ever spent. It zooms from 60x to 100x has a separate focus knob etc. at first its hard to use but once you play with it for a minute you can see even the tiniest of trichomes. has a built in light as well. The only thing I don't like about it is its hard to use it while the leaf is still on the plant but otherwise well worth the money.

radioshack also sells one of those infared pocket thermometers for the same price. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4288088 going to get one today.

BluBerry · May 20, 2011

I have checked every radio shack around here and they all stop selling them in stores. Gotta order them online.
I like being able to take pics but its hard to do while they are on the plant.
Might have to get me one of those tho. And take tric pics from the buds I cut.. Thanks!!

DocGreenThumb · May 20, 2011

I think my radio shack is the only one that still carries them lol because I'm in BFE.

I like my radio shack one because of the zoom option. However I see much clearer threw my new one due to the lens being larger and what I'm actually looking at looks bigger. The radio shack one works great though. I still want the usb one where you can snap pics like you have Bluberry.

Niko Bellick · May 20, 2011

BluBerry said:
I have checked every radio shack around here and they all stop selling them in stores. Gotta order them online.
I like being able to take pics but its hard to do while they are on the plant.
Might have to get me one of those tho. And take tric pics from the buds I cut.. Thanks!!

Yeah I wanna order one like yours so I can post pics of the trichs but it didnt seem practical to take pics while theyre still on the plants. I'll probably get one to take pics of my harvested bud etc.

Niko Bellick · May 20, 2011

DocGreenThumb said:
I think my radio shack is the only one that still carries them lol because I'm in BFE.

I like my radio shack one because of the zoom option. However I see much clearer threw my new one due to the lens being larger and what I'm actually looking at looks bigger. The radio shack one works great though. I still want the usb one where you can snap pics like you have Bluberry.

Yeah the lens is kinda small only able to see a handful of trichs at a time. thought about getting a decent desk top microscope but again its not practical for looking at the trichs whilest on the plants. I hate cutting off a small sugar leaf every day just to check the trichs but o well.

Also I just bought that radio shack infared thermometer i was talking about. It's accurate to what my old thermometer says my room temp is plus since its a laser I can focus it on different areas to check for hot spots as well as know the surface temp of my res. pretty handy little guy to have.

Niko Bellick · May 20, 2011

Just got back from the Hydro store, bought a tub of Ona Gel. stuff works great put it in my front room in front of my hepa fan with the ionizer built in and in ten minutes the entire house smells like fresh linen. Took the shop owners advice and opted to keep it out of my grow room lest I want my bud to taste like freshly laundered sheets.

Now to sit on the balcony with a fresh blunt of purp and enjoy the rain. :bigjoint:

BluBerry · May 20, 2011

Niko Bellick said:
I hate cutting off a small sugar leaf every day just to check the trichs but o well.

Ya know. That makes alot more sense than fighting with the scope and laptop.
Cut off a couple of sugar leaves. High and low and look at them on a sturdy table. :wall:

Niko Bellick · May 20, 2011

BluBerry said:
Ya know. That makes alot more sense than fighting with the scope and laptop.
Cut off a couple of sugar leaves. High and low and look at them on a sturdy table.

Lol, yeah much easier than trying it with the leaf on the plant. I also like to use mine for when I buy bud to judge it before I even smoke it. you should take some pics of your trichs and post them bro

Niko Bellick · May 22, 2011

Anyone know How or where to find pc fans that are wired to be plugged into a regular wall socket? so far my online searching has yielded nada.

Raspberry Cough DWC Grow

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member