Ok so I dropped the ball on final pictures. Forest fire nearby so was so busy. Sticky fingers. Last 2 are still drying. 2 others are in jars. Very happy with harvest. Not super huge buds but packed with trichomes. My problem was the 3 gal pots. All were root bound. The last plant showed first was the last to go. Pistols never turned color, but trichomes were about 10% amber so I hacked her. Sugar leaves just loaded. So much Keif. Between the 4 plants I’m guessing over 10oz of dried. I got 5oz now, and the last 2 plants were larger. This stuff is sooo good much of it will never cure properly. The high hits you hard, talkative, and happy. Not a stone your trying to hide. Does not put you to sleep. I’d like to get this stuff tested. Best stuff I ever smoked, I’m not just saying that cause I grew it. I grew lots of soso stuff, and smoked lots of stuff. Buddy saying the same thing. Not sure if it’s the strain, the super exspensive Bud Factor X I used, it just a combination of things.

6 years ago

Ladies woke up to a surprise this morning, 57 degrees and an ice bath watering with pure RO water. There has to be some truth behind this. Colder temps mimic fall and nature. Well not in Alaska. Less than 3 hours of darkness now. Pretty soon it won’t hardly ever get dark. Flushed the 2 in the back RO with Flawless Finish. Turned on the lights late this morning put a Regular light in there just for the picture as all my pictures are red from the led These girls need to finish. More excited about my next grow. The smell on the Banana Kush is intense. It’s more like rotten banana mixed with an unmistakable weed smell. Not sure if it’s the strain or me dialing in a better growing environment. My wife is not happy. Few more days before the new carbon filter and fan arrives

6 years ago

Now begins week 9 of Flower. I started flushing the front 2. They look almost ready. A few clear trichomes, I could of even seen an Amber but not sure. Anyway no doubt these girls are ready for me even if I harvested tomorrow. I flushed with Advance Nutrients flawless finish. Flushed with RO water, which I don’t usually use when feeding(I got great well water). 14ppm RO water, 78ppm after adding FF, and 123ppm in the little runoff. Not much crap at all left in my soil Now the 2 in the back need more time. Need to get a microscope back there and see trichomes. And a Mommy moose came to visit my backyard with her newborns

6 years ago

Flower week 7, day 3 2girls in the front are almost ready. Still clear trichomes. 20-30% ? Few more days till I start flushing. 2 in back a probably gonna need an extra week Pumpin some serious air to keep humidity down. 40% I lowered nighttime temps to 62. I will go 59 next week. Daytime temps I keep around 71-73. So much crystals everywhere. They sparkle and glitter. It’s magical

6 years ago

In the middle of week 6 of Flower. Looking and smelling so nice.

6 years ago

3 more weeks to go, these might need that extra week. The other morning I opened the tent to great my ladies good morning when I caught this scent...Bananas? I’m like no way. Took a closer smell and sure enough. Smells like ripe bananas. Whoever was asking if these seeds were legit, I would have to say yes!! As for feeding, I use Advance Nutrients. After the base nutes, They get Big Bud, Bud Factor X, B-52, Bud Candy, and Nirvana Canopy is filling in again but still allowing light in down low. Every single leave in there is covered with crystals. Buds are getting more and more dense and joining other buds. This is absolutely my favorite time of the grow Had to remove the carbon filter. Needed more airflow to keep humidity down and vented it outside. Well my backyard has this smell of ripe bananas and weed. Humidity is in the 35%-40% range right now which is where Im aiming. Temp is 73-75 daytime and 64 nighttime.

6 years ago

Today is the start of week 5 of Flower. To celebrate some nice 5w bud shots Been having issues with a bad cell in our battery bank. Revived it for now but it’s only up to 90%. Cloudy day too so solar power is low. Ladies only get the main 1 light today. They are looking nice. Leaves are starting to show a little color. Buds are packing it on everyday

6 years ago

Day 27 of flowering and closing week 4 of flowering. At the half way point No holding these ladies down. Canopy is forming again getting more and more solid. Leaving them alone for now. The penalty is pretty stiff for covering a bud site It’s been a struggle to keep humidity down in this tent. Finally got it dialed in. 32%-40%. Co2 bag is about useless with the airflow I have to pump through this little tent. Carbon filter had to come off for better airflow and now I’m venting straight outside. 2 exhaust and 2 intakes. 1 and 1 is enough for lower light usage. If I got all the lights on, I kick that on to keep it at 75 Buds are looking great. Pictures hardly do justice. Lower buds are joining the upper buds

6 years ago

Day 23 Flower Ok 2 days after the hack job. 3 plants are doing very nicely growing leave size and buds. 1 however is struggling. 24 hour photos show some growth but slow. The clawing of the leaves indicates a Nitrogen toxicity, which I doubt, no yellowing and I haven’t been giving much N for the last 2 weeks. Plus, I always have about 20% runoff. I’ll make up some extra Nuts tomorrow and give it extra runoff in case. Maybe do a 50% Nut. Mix. Buds buds everywhere. They will look real pretty when they fatten up and fill in. Last picture from bottom bud to top, that is almost 1 foot.

6 years ago

OMG what have I done. Don’t hate me ladies. Day 21 of flowering and my exsperiment of Major defoliation continues. This is the last pruning and if the ladies survive this, I’m hoping for some fat major buds as they fill in. They are not looking so impressive anymore. , but it’s all open now for that light to hit all them buds Meanwhile outside the last of the snow is melting. Spring is coming

6 years ago

New light yesterday. Bestva 1500watt LED. I still added 2 of my 300watt LEDs on the sides for better coverage. Cloudy outside they get only the big one. When it’s sunny they get them all. Offgrid grows can be challenging. Girls are filling in more and more. Still not pruning till next week. Opened up the tent this morning and a wonderful aroma hit me. Maintaining 40% humidity 75 degrees daytime. Hard keeping the temp down with all lights on. I got 2 exhaust fans and one intake on full power 40% humidity and 66 degrees at night

6 years ago

Officially entered 3rd week of flower. Looking so pretty. Trying hard to say NO to more trimming. I only removed a few leaves in the last couple days, lol.

6 years ago

Still trimming leaves off little by little. Girls don’t seem to mind it much. Trying hard to keep bud site exsposed to light and better air flow. Lots of smaller bud sites under the canopy which I hope will all come up after the day 21 major defoliation I did try some stem mutilation on one plant that was getting tall colas. She is ok but a few brown leaves on the top cola. They are turning up which is a good sign. However last time I will be doing stem mutilation on this grow. Don’t really know what I’m doing, just experimenting. Comments and suggestions welcomed The magic is starting. A close up of a bud with crystal covered leaves.

6 years ago

I could not stand it anymore and gave my ladies a trim. This grow is about exsprimenting with defoliation. This was just to exspose more of the bud sites. Also removed some lower bud sites that won’t amount to anything.

6 years ago

Growing back in so fast. Keeping humidity down is hard. Waiting till day 21 for next defoliation. Been only clipping the leaves covering bud sites. Which is everywhere!

6 years ago

Starting 2nd week of flower. All showing signs of entering flowering. They have all grown back and filled in again from last weeks heavy pruning. Next heavy defoliation scheduled on day 21.

6 years ago

Just did my first defoliation and switched to 12/12

6 years ago