The James Gang

[H.A.F.]

@BrokenHoeFarms - The Sacred Lotus are in the process of being pruned up, They are just showing pistils and I only prune until they show good fluffy tops. My first rule is that the lower ones that start popping a second node get gone. (red circle)

The ones in the orange circle will probably go. But if this was the last pruning and they had nice tops, I might keep the one on the inside and snip the one that will be on the outside (shaded)

Last thing is that I look at all 4 limbs before I prune. If there is just one monster sprout and the rest are tiny I'll leave them. But whatever I do to one limb I just rotate the plant and do it to all of them.

 

[H.A.F.]

The Rainbow Man will be a good representation of density vs bulk. The tightly pruned one will likely be a little less weight than the shrub. I'm guessing about an ounce per limb with the 4-top leaning towards the 'under' and the shrub leaning towards the 'over'.

The 4-top will take about a half hour to trim and hang at harvest. The shrub will take that long per limb or more, depending on how many different limbs I have to separate it into.

Even if they were exactly the same weight, the dense one will not have the bulk of the fluffier one.

 

[H.A.F.]

But I am done experimenting with extra crap. All my plants will now be beautifully boring 4-tops, and I'll likely just be topping them to leave four limbs instead of manifolding. Not worth the extra week or two that it takes.

 

[BrokenHoeFarms]

Like 2 sets of nodes off stem instead of what you have here

 

[H.A.F.]

Like 2 sets of nodes off stem instead of what you have here

Yes - instead of topping and leaving two limbs, then topping those two - you just keep 4 good limbs and top it above them.

 

[H.A.F.]

Since you never stop the growth on the sprouts you are keeping they will be ready to flip a week or two sooner.

 

[H.A.F.]

Instead of keeping 2 primary shoots, then topping to keep 4 secondary shoots, you just keep 4 primary shoots off the main stem.

 

[BrokenHoeFarms]

Thanks

 

[H.A.F.]

Banana Hashplant from County Line

For starters I got about 2g of 120m keif just from the fan leaves I plucked by hand last night. This was very leafy - and the leaves were very frosty. But there's still some meat on the bones.

Just under 200g trimmed. 106 days in 12/12.

 

[Streetpro09]

Wow that is a long flower time. Will it be worth it?

 

[H.A.F.]

Wow that is a long flower time. Will it be worth it?

I would go with the times on the seed pack - I had my lights high for other plants and this was a short plant - I was just in no hurry. It stayed healthy and growing, but I think I added the time.

 

[H.A.F.]

I got another 2g of big keif from the trim. I'll let it age for a bit, then re-sift it through the 120 which should get out any remaining veg, then through smaller screens to get the good stuff out.

 

[H.A.F.]

Here's the proceeds from the momma moonshine, 2 hippie crippler, and the BHP. I still have more to get from the HC since I barely trimmed the stuff hanging. For comparison I got the same amount of keif from one BHP, and from 2 HC.

 

[H.A.F.]

The G13 Genius is almost cured. Dumped all my stuff out today to check rH packs and make sure nothing is growing.

The tops are cool. Almost no leaf - but each little knob has it's own petals/leaves.
And the little calyx-pillars dried up nice too. The small green area that grabs your eye lower right is where the tip of one broke off.

 

[H.A.F.]

Hippie Crippler clones got jarred. 3 ounces here, plus another from the first one.

The next to go will be Rainbow Man, and they will definitely not go the same day. A tale of two plants. Everything has been exactly the same for them, except the pruning. My guess is that it needed more food than the other one at a certain point and I missed it so they both got the same.
Heavy limbs on the ugly one. The little Sacred Lotus clone-top that has been 12/12 from snip is looking good.

The main SL crop lost a round of lower shoots tonight.

And the Heisen testers and the re-veg SL clone got a teaspoon each of Jump Start - basic beginning/veg top feed.
One Dank Sinatra looks great, the other may not make it. Wonky leaves.

 

[H.A.F.]

I am really impressed with Heisen's plants. Very hearty, those are only 3 weeks old.

I got a small bag of FFOF free with the purchase of a big bag of FFHF. I have been debating when/how to use it since I am not a fan, but I haven't tried it since I learned how to grow better so I think that it should be perfect for up-potting them.

The 'regular' DS looks cute - destined to be a tiny plant, so it'll be a while before I find out if I got a girl.
The other one is still trying, I'm just not putting any money on it.

 

[gwheels]

I have some Rock Island Rockets sprouted....the sole purpose for this run is to produce hash.

Rock Island Rocket is a stellar combination of the American Chemdawg and European Hash Plant. Extremely loud citrus and gas terpenes makes it an instant favorite among flavor seekers.

10 went in the drink last night...5 or 6 have tap roots busting out this morning...i like when that happens.

All testers this round....and some of them are County Line Genetics !

 

[H.A.F.]

The RM got their last feeding tonight. I started plucking dead leaves off the ugly step-sister, but I stopped when my fingers got sticky. What's left needs to get saved for dry-sift.

Fortunately, once trimmed these will look fine

This one is perfect top to bottom, still has it's lowest set of fan leaves - green LOL

The Sacred Lotus are trained 'tight' towards the middle.

I'll adjust them as they settle out. They have the lower ties pulling them out, then the middle ones bending them straight.
The opposing branches are hooked to the same wire, which is wrapped twice around the bamboo stake.
I left the wires long so I can adjust them out when needed.
Hopefully this will make one stake work instead of needing 4 per plant.

 

[H.A.F.]

I found some long BBQ skewers at the grocery store. Fantastic find
30" long, maybe 1/4" wide. More like sharpened dowels.
They aren't as sturdy as the whole bamboo stakes though, so they might be more suited to individual limb stakes. That is why I did the opposing hook thing so the sturdiness shouldn't matter as much.

 

[H.A.F.]

If things go as planned with the SL, I should have what looks like a scrog top with 16 fat flowers.