bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20

Big hopes

Fall 2022

Germinated seeds from random pickup 3X3 tent grow

Unknown sativa I believe

Day 123 (Week 18)

Done

63 updates

217 photos

Day: 123

Doing some cannabutter. Got 120g’s of trim and stems on here with 10.5g’s of flower. Let’s see how strong this is gonna be😂

a year ago

Day: 119

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Day 9 of harvest. She’s all done! Got 173.5g’s out of her. Just barley over 6oz!! Crazy how I got bud that looked like that(pic with bud on blue tray) to what I grew and it came out looking like. Very sticky and amazing smell. Also, the whiter keif is what came out of my trim bin compared to my old grinded bud keif

a year ago

Day: 117

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Day 7 of harvest. Took some branch’s off bc they were done drying. One of the bigger ones I took of were not done at the top by the main cola. I’m thinking by next weekend I’ll be able to trim her up weigh the rest (I have 33.1g’s so far) then jar it and smoke as needed till gone 😊 Oh yea, they are excited too

a year ago

Day: 116

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Day 6 of drying. I want it to be done already.. I’m getting anxious and I just cannot wait to take those leaves off and see how the buds turned out!

a year ago

Day: 115

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Day 5 of drying. She’s coming along nicely. Drying pretty slow( what I was trying to aim for).

a year ago

Day: 113

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Day 3 of harvest. The smell to her in the room is not as strong. Still there but doesn’t kick your nose when you walk in, is that normal?????? Also the RH is mid 40’s and temp still mid 60’s. Trying to keep RH at 50 is hard even with the humidifier

a year ago

Day: 112

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Day 2 of chop. She’s really sticky and the smell is very sweet/earthy type. I see some purple hues in the leaves/sugar leaves. Kinda interesting due to the bud I got didn’t have any what do ever at all. Last pic is just some I had on a side stem that was a decent size bud at the top so I chopped into the bud size to dry on my trim try in the dry room. Just something different to try with it 😂

a year ago

Day: 111

Day 1 of chop. Woke up this morning to what looked like someone came and stole my damn plant. Nope, she got tired and fell onto the floor at some point last night so that’s great😂 more duct tape will do the job just fine😂😂 got my tent conditions to 45-50%RH and mid 60’s F temps. Decided to chop some off and do them separately since it was crowded and buds were stacking on each other. Just trying to prevent mold

a year ago

Day: 110

Flower

Day 72 of flower. HELP, when should I chop her at what number for the moist. I know you don’t want to do it bone dry but not too wet either. I know the pic is bad I don’t want to take a lot trying to get it perfect in her dark period before harvest. It is reading at a solid 7 for moisture

a year ago

Day: 110

Day 72 of flower and she is chopped grownies! Now my RH is 40% average mid 60’s. Are my conditions good? I did the whole plant(clearly) to help with my low RH and keep the slow dry time still there. Hopefully she’ll be done drying by Friday or next weekend! I read 5-10days

a year ago

Day: 109

Flower
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Day 71 of flower. Well I did what I was trying to accomplish! I got the purple!!! This strain when I got it had no hints of purple what so ever!! I’ll show you the bud I got the seeds from(last pic). Anyways, I fed her about a gal of water this morning. I’m taking the lights down right now to start the 48hrs of darkness. I’m so excited to see how she turns out!

a year ago

Day: 107

Flower
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Day 69 🤔 of flower. 😂. Should I chop her in 8 days? That will be the start of week 11 in flower. She is very dense and frosty. The smell is so sweet too 😍

a year ago

Day: 104

Flower
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Day 66 of flower. Need suggestions PLEASSEEE. should I chop this Friday? Or go another week longer? It’s a Sativa dominant strain(don’t know the true kind). Wanting to have a strong head high but still don’t want to chop if buds are still getting bigger at this time(I don’t think they are). Idk, any suggestions would be nice and thank you in advance

a year ago

Day: 103

Flower

Day 65 of flower. Just flushed her again. And wow I think I did it correct this time. Looked like she was taking the dirtiest piss of her little life 😂😂 but it’s a pain in the ass to water her as is now to flush. Oh man. So many buds got drenched 🙃🙃. Hopefully she’ll dry her self out just fine and we will bounce back up all perky and healthy

a year ago

Day: 102

Flower
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Day 64 of flower. Defoliated get a bit yesterday and cut off some lower branches that had a lot of weight and were just stacking on top of each other. Soo I cut them to help try prevent bud rot or mold. Hopefully next week or 2 I can chop

a year ago

Day: 100

Flower
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Day 62 of flower. Just gave her a flush. I’m doing it in sections. There wasn’t that dark of a run off for the first flush so i don’t want to drain her of nutes 100% right away. Also my 3rd to last pic is what I harvest early. They are lower stems that were too heavy already so I decided to chop them and I got 9’s out of 4 branches when premature too. I weighed it after I had them hanging upside in dark for 10 days

a year ago

Day: 98

Flower

Day 60 of flower. She smells great and is swelled up nicely. Can someone please give me some suggestions on when k should flush. It’s a sativa dominant, unknown strain. Or when should at least stop giving her nutes.

a year ago

Day: 93

Flower
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Day 55 of flower. Welcome to start of week 8(tomorrow)! Should I keep feeding nites or should I flush her this weekend and just do water only? I trimmed a lot of fan leaves and some sugar leaves to help get light on other bud sites and open up the really crowded areas

a year ago

Day: 91

Flower

Day 53 of flower. Defoliated her a bit to help air flow through her. She is very sticky and and is swelling up day by day! The frost pic before defoliation(2days ago) and today pics

a year ago

Day: 89

Flower

Day 51 of flower. I JUAT WANT TO CHOP HER ALREADY I CANT WAIT😂😂 gave her some plain water this morning thinking I’ll be done with nutes. Or does anyone think I should go an extra week since it’s a sativa dominant and seems to be growing slower than most I’ve seen. I would like to stop nutes 2 weeks before harvest tho too.

a year ago

Day: 87

Flower

Day 49 of flower. Chopped this one branch bc why not. It was a very lower one and kinda small anyways. I know it’ll shrink a lot but hoping to get a bowl out of it to give her a try

a year ago

Day: 85

Flower
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Day 47 of flower. Couple more days till start of week 7. Just fed her 1st half gal of ff trio nute. Will feed her the rest in couple days or so give her time to dry, then I’ll be done with nutes. Anyone think I should trim her up some? Since it’s getting closer to harvest and I’m starting to see some amber in some buds but not a lot all.

a year ago

Day: 84

Flower
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Day 46 of flower. I NEED ADVICE😂 Should I start planning for chopping her? I’m starting to see some amber on the sugar leaves at the bottom and top of the top buds. Or should I wait about 2-3 more weeks? Very hard to get a pic of trichs

a year ago

Day: 81

Flower
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Day 43 of flower. Did some defoliation on her this morning when lights turned on. Wanted to open her up more to get more air flowing through her. Hopefully I didn’t do too much. I don’t think I did. I’ll show before and after pics. I can tell now the other side of the plant is getting air flowing through so I’m glad I did just hopefully it doesn’t stress her out or slow bud swelling production down.

a year ago

Day: 80

Flower

Day 42 of flower and very frosty ☃️ 😍. Why do my leaves tho look like this? I’m thinking it’s mite burn…. What should I do if it is… could it flush her, or is it too late into flower to do so? Need suggestions thanks in advance!!

a year ago

Day: 77

Flower

Day 39 of flower. Gave her a gallon of water today. Anyone have any guess on what my yield might be? I’m new to it all and so I’m thinking about 2oz. The buds just started to bulk up in size this week it seems like too.

a year ago

Day: 73

Flower
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Day 36. Gave her about a gallon of water this morning. Looking like I’m starting to see what looks to be mute burn on the leaves. Going to back off for awhile and do water only for a week or so. Buds are starting to get dense too it looks like and are done growing. Got both my SF1000 lights about 14” above tallest one. Both lights at 100%

a year ago

Day: 72

Flower

Day 35 of flower. Start of week 5. She’s starting to bulk up her bud size it looks like! Getting more frosty by the day now it seems and the smell is more noticeable but not weed like smell just very sweet. Any suggestions on when I should start dialing the nites back? I’m using FF trio and have been going off the chart. I do plan on flushing hopefully 2 weeks before harvest and doing 48 of darkness before chop.

a year ago

Day: 70

Flower

Day 32 of flower. Middle of 4 weeks into flower and I already have this much orange hairs….???? This doesn’t seem right… the buds are really small and the smell is very subtle? Could it just be the strain? Or something else? They seem to be getting bigger day by day but idk.

a year ago

Day: 69

Flower
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Day 31 of flower. She is starting to smell very sweet but very subtle and discrete. Moving along very slow in bud production I feel like though

a year ago

Day: 67

Flower
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Day 29 of flower. Morning shots. She looks to be like she’s behind in growth. All the leaves kinda have the brightness at the end. Why is that?

a year ago

Day: 66

Flower
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Day 28 of flower. Starting to get frosty! Smell is getting to be a sweet aroma that is very light yet. Fed her close to about a gal of water today. She’ll be good for about 2 days or so. TEKASHEE-HEE. I LST the hell out of her too. Kinda of regret it bc it’s a pain in the ass to water🙃

a year ago

Day: 65

Flower

Day 27 of flower. She is starting to get a nice sweet aroma to her. Not too strong yet though. Why do I have orange hairs already tho? Or is that a sign of an issue of some sort? Or just normal 😂 it’s not on all buds that’s why I’m confused. The 2 in the last pic would like to know why too if you can’t tell.

a year ago

Day: 62

Flower
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Day 25 of flower. Still no smell….😐😐😐 IDK WHY, please lmk and reasons as to why you think.😭😭😪 she’s getting fuller tho by the week and the buds are getting bigger and frostier by the day. Also I see some hairs (in the last pic) that look like they are already turning orange.. that’s not normal is it..?😂😂😂

a year ago

Day: 60

Flower

Day 23 of flower. Still no smell on the buds, only leaves. Did a little photo shoot with her today😂 can really start to see the trichs forming! Getting frostyyyy☃️ the last pic is kinda cool on how I LST her. I have a couple of main stems that look like this. Kind of a cluster fuck but oh well😂

a year ago

chili_dogg Looking really nice. What’s your current humidity level?

Day: 59

Flower

Day 22 of flower. She’s starting to pack on more buds and getting a little bigger and more dense. Still no bud smell yet just the leaves.

a year ago

Day: 57

Flower
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Took some advice and defoliated her. Hopefully she likes it and doesn’t freak out on me. I’m thinking I did way too much but we shall see. Day 19 of flower

a year ago

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 @doworkson89

Day: 55

Flower
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Did a tad bit of defoliation not much tho since I just did it a couple days ago. Trying to keep some what could be big bud sites opened to get light to them more. Also did some more LST on her to open up more. Gave her a little over 1 liter of water mix with FF trio nutes today as well. Been couple days since I have any nutrients. Pic 2&3 are before and after I did anything

a year ago

Day: 54

Flower

Getting some good bud sites thanks to LST

a year ago

Day: 53

Flower

She’s coming along. Buds are getting bigger by the day. Anyone have any suggestions if you think I need to do anything to increase my yield?

a year ago

Day: 51

Flower

Tomorrow will be 14 days of flowering. Should I do just defoliation to help the bud sites on bottom get better light? I don’t think I want to lollipop, I want to try to get the most out of this month plan as I can.

a year ago

Day: 50

Flower

Has anyone used/uses the SF-1000. If so, have you used 2 of them at the same time in a 3x3 tent? I have one plant in my 3x3 but it kinda covers the whole space. Reason I have 2 lights is because one light only cover a 2x2 area when in flowering. I have the lights connected to each other and at 100% lighting. Should I turn it down or keep it? It’s been at 100% for almost a whole week. I just don’t want to bleach the buds. Any info is helpful!

a year ago

piperboy007

piperboy007 I find my SF1000 works great but yeah definitely need a little bigger/ more light for anything bigger than 2x2

CannaMed79!

CannaMed79! I have two of these in my 55” x 28” x 80” and I have no complaints, my first grow was super successful. 🤷🏻‍♂️

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Thank you both! How high to hang it from the plants when in flowering? Right now I have it at 18”

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Day: 50

Flower

Let the buds begin!

a year ago

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Thank you, I just got to the end of week 3 and still no smell really. The leaves have a very heavy smell when you run them now and look like they are starting to have trichs on them a little bit. I have a newer updates than this. That meter you commented on too.. yea I just use it really to tell me the moisture down deep and for a little bit of light sensor.

Day: 48

Flower

She’s coming along good for being one plant in a 3x3. Could be bigger though 😂 anyways, is the second pic what looks like to be the “bud forming” if so it’s it done doing the final stretch? Or should I expect more height? 4 more days till 2nd week of flowering

a year ago

Day: 47

Flower

Trying to stretch her out to get the most out of her! Hopefully I can yield 8oz or so!

a year ago

Day: 46

Flower

Starting to see signs of sex a lot! But does this look like hermaphrodite? or just let it go a bit longer to see..? Anything would be helpful, thank you!

a year ago

dizzy91 Yea it’s a hermy

dizzy91 But wait till if u see white hair comeing out u good

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Could I just pull the male part out and keep it female you think?😂

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Day: 46

Flower

Down to one plant we go! 🙃🙃😂 2 we’re just not doing so well and very behind.. the 3rd turned out to be hermaphrodite this one is a true female tho! Now just got to spend lots of time with just her! Any suggestions I should do before some flowers really start to form?

a year ago

AutoPot 868

AutoPot 868 She looks good to me.

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Thank you! I did some LST on her and it really opened her up. Hopefully I can yield half a pound or close to it off just her

Day: 44

Flower

Did some defoliation. Standing at 14” tall about to finish the first week of flowering

a year ago

Day: 43

Flower

I have a gnat problem it seems. Hopefully these work.. I’ve seen 2 stick to them within a minute of having them in there. Hopefully there it more by morning. If anyone has any other suggestions to help the issue I would greatly appreciate it!

a year ago

organic_grower

organic_grower Those work for sure! They won't exterminate them fully but they will keep them down.

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Hell yea. I got some DE food base for them too I’ll have it sat. I’ll sprinkle a dusting over the top of the soil to help exterminate if there is any. I don’t really want to do it. But do you think I should do a flush too? It’s the first week of flowering and I never have done a flush. I didn’t want to😂

organic_grower

organic_grower Why a flush?

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Day: 42

Flower

Since they have only grown about 1inch or less in the first 5 days of flowering I decided to buy another SF1000. Was reading the flowering print is only for a 2x2 area and with 3 plants I feel like I needed at 2nd one to provide better light coverage all around. Think it is overkill?

a year ago

Day: 39

Flower

How do I fix my ph in my soil? Doesn’t it need to be around 6-7?

a year ago

italianhighh

italianhighh I’ve never trusted those, it’s best to check the PH of your runoff. That’ll tell you what needs adjusting

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Thank you, I appreciate it! Anyone else who uses them have any suggestions? I will start to do that tho @italianhighh I just got some bottom pots to hold the run off. I’ve been using fabric pot that came with the tent so I’ve been having to watch how much/fast I feed so I don’t have a pool of water everywhere 😂 should I see I some run off everytime I water?

drdave1

drdave1 Those are questionable at best, get a soil test kit or measure your runoff is the only way I would trust

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Day: 39

Flower

Just did some defoliation on the front left one. Clean out the bottom to help force it to grow taller to catch up. Ordered another SF1000 light too so I’ll have 2 of them in my 3x3. I’ve read one only covers a 2x2 area when in flowering stage so I want to make sure they are all getting good amount of light that they need

a year ago

Day: 38

Flower

1 day after a night of 12/12. Now hopefully I’ll start to see some magic happening in the next week or 2 and watch her grow for the last bit before colas start to form.

a year ago

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 I got a soild tester too to test to light,moister and PH. The PH is reading a little under 8… how do I fix that to get it down into the 6-6.5 range? Igor a digital meter for ph for water I’ve been running around 7 without realizing.. now I’ll be getting right everytime😂 I just really need some suggestions and ways you guys have lowered soil PH. Thank you in advance!!

Day: 36

Any suggestions on when I should change the light cycle to 12/12? Starting to see signs of the sex but not fully developed enough yet for me to know for sure

a year ago

GrNadeGrade

GrNadeGrade Based on the size of your ⛺️, now would be perfect for flipping…imo. Remember on average they 2x - 3x in size after flipping. Size of grow pot also regulates the 🌱 size. 👍🏾 🍀

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 I got 2 of them in 5 gal and one in I believe 7gal+. You don’t think them only being 5 weeks old from sprouting out of the dirt that they are too young?

GrNadeGrade

GrNadeGrade So, there isn’t an exact science to how big your plants may or may not get in those sizes. Also, be mindful of your available canopy space. The longer u allow them to outgrow their pot, the more regular nutes maintenance you’ll have to do. **if anyone would like to add to this thread it’d be very much appreciated. I’m a new growmie myself.

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Day: 35

Think I have an issue. Some of the lower leaves are showing this. What do you guys think it could be.. first crop ever so I want it be successful by all means

a year ago

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 I’m think I used too many nutes one time I watered. Some other plants in other pots have white/yellow tips. Thinking to stay away from nutes for a week and just use water only to help them? Idk, any help would be nice and thank you in advance. I use the FF trio. Haven’t used the tiger bloom yet was going to starting tomorrow but might wait till the 6th week now(11-22).

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 It is only on 4 of the leaves too. None others. I just trimmed yesterday too to open her up. Trying to give all the info that is needed, sorry!😂

559cultivation

559cultivation Looks like a bit of a phosphorus deficiency. Probably due to nutrient lock out because of inconsistent or imbalanced PH of your water/soil. 6.2-6.8PH

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Day: 34

Can anyone tell if this is the plant finally starting to show its sex?? If so does anyone know what it might be?

a year ago

StanW213

StanW213 i thinks it probably starting to show but its still to early to tell

zdgrows37

zdgrows37 Looks female from the node spacing to me .

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Thank you both! I appreciate it!

Day: 32

Starting to get bushy after the LST

a year ago

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Hopefully I can find out the sex soon. Couple more days till the 5th week. Hopefully I can be able to tell the difference too. 😂First time doing this

Day: 32

Just noticed this.. wth is going on?? Should I be worried about anything?😂😂 Any answers/suggestions would be very appreciated!

a year ago

lemiwinks

lemiwinks A deformed leaf! Cool! Looks healthy otherwise. Carry on and see how she turns out🖖

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Hell yea! Glad to hear that! Hoping the 4 I got are female. Still waiting to see. Maybe there are signs already but I can’t tell. 5 weeks will be in 3days.

dinin

dinin Mmmmmutation, nothing to worry about

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Day: 26

Moved then down a bit more. Trying to get some real low lowww stress training 😂

a year ago

Day: 24

They love the LST and topping🎉

a year ago

Day: 23

Trying some LTS on em. Decided to top them too🫣

a year ago

ig:@eaegifts

ig:@eaegifts Great job, they’re gonna bush out so fast

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 I’m hoping so. Thank you for your help. I really appreciate you helping me put together the pieces of this massive puzzle we call growing😂😂

ig:@eaegifts

ig:@eaegifts Lol no problem, growing is a passion I can ramble about it all day

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Day: 22

Did some trimming. Any suggestions would be helpful if you have any. Thanks in advance

a year ago

bigbudhopes20

bigbudhopes20 Should I start to use a trellis or just use some sort of soft band to tie around and stretch the stems to the edge of the pot? @eaegifts

ig:@eaegifts

ig:@eaegifts Depending on your end goal, if you’re gonna scrog then topping and putting a trellis is the way to go but if not then I’d go say go with the soft ties so you can still rotate them around and water easily. You can use the trellis just for lst also but it becomes harder to get under and water as they bush out

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Day: 21

Any suggestions to help make them grow better and not as bunched up? Don’t know the sex yet. Should I trim the very bottom fan leaves?

a year ago