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bigtopsfinn · #26 (**permalink**) Nov-15-2008, 08:56

Well it's been another week, about 4 more to go!

I have started to give it nutes only. Before I was switching off between water, flowering nutes, and top nutes. For the next two weeks I will give it only the nutes, alternating each feeding. I am hoping this can give it everything it needs for the last two weeks, when I plan on giving water only.

Got some pics for y'all...

bigtopsfinn · #27 (**permalink**) Nov-15-2008, 09:00

A few more pics...

stinkybudz · #28 (**permalink**) Nov-15-2008, 16:00

those are some nice chunky buds, makes me consider getting it, i heard it was a heavy hermer, but yours hasnt hermed so i just might have to get it, rep for sure

bigtopsfinn · #29 (**permalink**) Nov-16-2008, 11:53

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Originally Posted by stinkybudz

those are some nice chunky buds, makes me consider getting it, i heard it was a heavy hermer, but yours hasnt hermed so i just might have to get it, rep for sure

I've read that it would hermie late in bloom. Still got 4 weeks to go. purpwidow is growing the same ones and has a log goin. his started a little after mine.

FunkMeister · #30 (**permalink**) Nov-16-2008, 13:57

what are top nutes? and what are u using?

bigtopsfinn · #31 (**permalink**) Nov-16-2008, 14:20

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Originally Posted by FunkMeister

what are top nutes? and what are u using?

The top nutes are Plagron Green Sensation Top Activator 0-9-10. 1/1000, so I use 2 ml per 2 liter bottles. I got this stuff for free when I ordered my other nutes and hps, so i figured i'd give it a try. It says "Green Sensation is a flowering stimulator (also called a 'booster') used in the last 4-6 weeks of the flowering period...." it says a lot more i just dont want to type it all

The other nutes are the typical flowering ones: Canna Terra Flores 2-2-4. It says 1:200, so I put 10ml into a 2 liter bottle.

I keep these in separate bottles, and alternate between the two. I was alternating three (water) before but now just the two. I figure I have about 4 weeks left so plain nutes for about 2 weeks, the last weeks just water.

glorybud · #32 (**permalink**) Nov-16-2008, 20:15

shit looks amazing bro

DasPachy · #33 (**permalink**) Nov-16-2008, 20:24

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Originally Posted by bigtopsfinn

Kept an eye on it for the next couple days, and as soon as a branch started to outgrow the "canopy", I would tie it down also. Repeat this step until you are satisfied with your canopy, and stop about a week before flowering.

Hmm, I heard that it was okay to LST right through flowering? Is this incorrect?

bigtopsfinn · #34 (**permalink**) Nov-17-2008, 02:51

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Originally Posted by DasPachy

Hmm, I heard that it was okay to LST right through flowering? Is this incorrect?

I can't really say... I have read from a couple different places that you ought to stop a week before flowering, so I did. When I was doing the first bends (while it was in veg) I didn't notice any slowed growth. However since it's been flowering i had to re-pot and re-lst, and she slowed her growth and flower production significantly for a couple days. During the veg stage it was gradual training, when I did the last re-pot re-lst, I tied down everything again and moved branches around where I wanted them. It may have been a little too much stress.

So, from my *limited* personal experience, I would say that lst in flower as little as possible. You could just pull one branch over here and there, but don't start bending them parallel to the ground.

bigtopsfinn · #35 (**permalink**) Nov-22-2008, 06:22

Almost been 6 weeks of flowering. She is starting to plump up quite nicely. Still growing vertically a little, but mostly fattening up the bud sites.

I have been taking off some of the small buds from the bottom for "tasters". I don't have a connect around here, and it's just too tempting. Anyways, she doesn't seem to mind too much. Still no sign of hermies (knocking on wood), so I will just keep on doin' like i've been doin'.

I've been giving her nutes everyday for the last week, never plain water. I think one more week or 10 days of just nutes before I go with just water for the home stretch.

My apartment smells like high heaven right now. Got a bunch of air-fresheners around the door, and the smell only hits you once you come inside. Good thing most of my neighbors are retirees and wouldn't know good ganja if it hit them in the head.

bigtopsfinn · #36 (**permalink**) Nov-22-2008, 06:24

More pics from today

bigtopsfinn · #37 (**permalink**) Nov-27-2008, 06:53

So my wife an I were just sitting around in our apartment when we heard a knocking on the door. Usually we ignore it, because we never have any guests over, and also for the fact that my baby (in the pics above) is in her closet in the corner of the living room, with the door open and a fan blowing on her. It stinks in my apartment, therefore I never open the door.

Then, I heard a voice from inside my apartment. It was an electrician who works for the leasing company, coming in to fix the fuse box i complained about 3 months ago! I nearly shat myself. I ran to the door and told him it didnt need fixing, and he left.

Thankfully I had a couple "security measures" in case this happened. I have a curtain that separates my living room from the front door area. I also placed 3 air fresheners there. The guy didn't seem to make any fuss, and hopefully he didnt smell anything in the less than a minute he was here. Now I'm thinking to myself, thank god I was home. Otherwise, the guy had the key to my apartment, and could have just walked right in, looked inside the curtain to see my plant, and I'd be fucked out of nearly 3 months work.

Better to be lucky sometimes. If your wondering why I still take the risk, well I didnt know that the electrician/anybody could come into my apartment without prior notice. Also, the penalties here for small grow operations like mine include only a fine.

That was my rant, still a little shaken up. Hopefully there will be no more surprises until I finish my grow!

hydrocannabis · #38 (**permalink**) Nov-27-2008, 14:41

wsup bigtopsfinn. ur plant looks real badass.

and I have also felt scard while growing but mine were outdoors.
and the cop had driven right by my house first I wet my self just a little then I stayed calm about it then grew balls of steel and keeped em growing till november.

and I never saw any cops on my street anymore after that.

so my cheese/hawiian skunk grow got to finish flowering.

and now I have some of the best buds I have ever gotten to smoke.

well anyway ur plant looks great and hope u really do get her all the way to harvest cuz I am sure it will be a great onw at that.

so the lights I ise R?

and have a wornderful thanksgiving.

bigtopsfinn · #39 (**permalink**) Nov-28-2008, 05:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by hydrocannabis

wsup bigtopsfinn. ur plant looks real badass.

and I have also felt scard while growing but mine were outdoors.
and the cop had driven right by my house first I wet my self just a little then I stayed calm about it then grew balls of steel and keeped em growing till november.

and I never saw any cops on my street anymore after that.

so my cheese/hawiian skunk grow got to finish flowering.

and now I have some of the best buds I have ever gotten to smoke.

well anyway ur plant looks great and hope u really do get her all the way to harvest cuz I am sure it will be a great onw at that.

so the lights I ise R?

and have a wornderful thanksgiving.

Thanks hydro!

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I noticed something else yesterday, which is giving my plants too many nutrients. I just switched my feeding cycle from 2 feedings of nutirents/1 feeding of water, to only feeding nutrients. I noticed the some of the leaves on the top of the buds started to rust a little around the edges. Since then I have given it water twice. I have to water twice a day, so later I'm gonna see if it keeps getting worse or what. I might just keep giving it water, since I got about 2 weeks to go.

bigtopsfinn · #40 (**permalink**) Nov-30-2008, 14:48

Well I have a little problem. I am guessing that I gave her too much nutes, and she has started to discolor a little bit in the leaves on the tops. I have been giving only water for the last couple days. Tomorrow morning I will flush it out with water and keep giving her only water until harvest.

Greenhouse Seeds Co. says 8-9 weeks for flowering. It's been exactly 7 weeks now, and although I could cut her down now, I think I'm gonna wait it out a little more. I have a jeweler's loupe which is rated at 30x, but it's nothing compared to the radioshack one you guys have in the states. I can't really tell if they are clear or cloudy. The look pretty cloudy to me, but I want a little amber in there when I harvest.

bigtopsfinn · #41 (**permalink**) Nov-30-2008, 14:54

more pics

hydrocannabis · #42 (**permalink**) Nov-30-2008, 16:18

looks fantastic.

8182KSKUSH · #43 (**permalink**) Dec-01-2008, 04:58

wowee she is a beauty!

bigtopsfinn · #44 (**permalink**) Dec-09-2008, 06:08

Ok, so its been over 8 weeks of flowering. GHS says that 8-9 weeks is the normal grow period. I have been checking for amber trichs everyday (i want a little couch-lock), but it still looks like all the trichs are cloudy.

Since the over-fert and subsequent flush, her leaves aren't burning up as much anymore, just a little bit.

Her fan leaves are almost all yellowing, and I think i've taken off almost half of them. They all came off very easily and were about to fall off anyways. I'm saving those to make some space cake!

These will probably be the last pics until I cut her down, which should be within a week. Of course I'll be taking plenty of pictures of the harvest. I have no clue on how much I should yield, but my original goal was to get an ounce of dried bud. If I hadn't been pickin off nugs for the last few weeks I may be harvesting 2 ounces.

Siberian · #45 (**permalink**) Dec-16-2008, 08:07

Lookin`good fellow Finn..

That must taste good after kinkku..heh heh.

If you`re into it.

bigtopsfinn · #46 (**permalink**) Feb-05-2009, 08:25

Just thought I would upload my finished Trainwreck pics. It was finished sometime around mid-December, about 8.5 weeks into flowering.

Had some problems, like heavily-nuted soil with no perlite. And I didnt have a pH meter, and I could never close my grow closet (had to keep a 15" axial fan blowing on the plant whenever the HPS was on), and you could smell it outside of my apartment at times.

As for the buds... couldn't be better. The tops have rock-hard, dense nuggets and trichomes flying all over the place when I break this up. Puts you into another world... The taste could be improved upon. Perhaps I didnt flush or cure the bud properly, but I'm not that disappointed. Never heard or saw anyone talk about the taste of Trainwreck, only the effects, and those are there.

Here are the pics of the finished product, after being hung up in the closet for 3 weeks (had to go on vacation, so couldnt really cure the buds like I wanted. Hence, smell/taste suffered)

bigtopsfinn · #47 (**permalink**) Feb-05-2009, 08:35

a couple more pics

PJWill24 · #48 (**permalink**) Feb-06-2009, 19:25

Wow dude, very nice yield there. I've gotten back to the forums after being away and your thread caught my eye as I'm finishing up on some K-Train which is original Kush crossed with the Trainwreck you're obviously enjoying right now. What's the smoke and taste like? Again, job well done.

DTRave420 · #49 (**permalink**) Feb-06-2009, 19:31

Awesome job BTFinn!!!

Shovelhandle · #50 (**permalink**) Feb-06-2009, 20:10

Oh wow, Finn. Top shelf.

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