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 A To The K
Smokey
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 Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow (finished 11/14) 
#575984 - 08/01/11 07:19 PM (13 years, 8 months ago) |
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Alrighty. Well, it seems all my homies back for the summer have cleaned me out on my extra bud...I'm down to my headstash, so before it becomes and emergency situation I've decided to start up a new grow.
Unfortunately its horribly hot on the second floor of my house (where my grow room is) so I'm stuck only doing 1 plant and only using my 150w setup. I always veg under 150w of CFL anyway, but I'll be flowering under a 150 HPS too.
On the other hand, this does give me a chance to try out growing in coir! For this new venture, I've decided to setup an automatic drip feeder. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to go about it just yet, but I know I'll think of something. I'd also like to make it a goal of mine to get some practice cloning which means I'll have to veg for a bit longer than usual.
Anyway, today marks the germination of my seed. I've decided to go with the Iced Grapefruit seed I bought...I've always wanted to grow this strain as far back as the first time I looked into growing.
http://www.cannabis-seeds.co.uk/products/3668/iced-grapefruit.html
I'll edit all the pictures into this first post...if you're interested in feeding schedules and what-have-you, just scroll through and read. This makes it easier for people just wanting to see progress :]
Week 1 (veg)
Week 2.5 (veg)
Week 4? (end of veg)
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Week 5 (between veg and flower)
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Week 1 (flower)
  
Week 2(flower)
  
Week 3 (flower)
  
Week 4 (flower)
  
Week 5 (flower)
  
Week 6 (flower)
   
Week 7 (flower)
    
Week 8 (flower)
 
Week 9 (flower)
   
Edited by A To The K (11/14/11 09:06 AM)
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A To The K
Smokey
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Oops, missed a week by 1 day. My bad.
There she be. Its mostly coir underneath, but it kinda stretched past my liking so I stole some dirt from another pot I haven't emptied yet (fully flushed, no worries). I think that'll help keep the top layer moist too, so thats a benefit.
Me thinks she'll be getting her first feeding today.
I might combine this log with some outdoor autoflowers I've got going...I'm waiting on sexing them before I bother making a log...going to check them tomorrow around noon. 4/5 grew, heres to hoping theres at least 1 female in the bunch.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: iStoner]
#580662 - 08/24/11 01:33 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Didn't update because I had topped her right before day 7, but now its recovered and growing.
Had a bit of a P problem but it appears to be fixed.
Shes getting crazy branchy! This is a nice short plant, a trait I kinda like. Looks like shes probably gonna need a lot of LST.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: A To The K]
#582182 - 08/30/11 10:14 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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OK, going against my original plan I've decided to flower her now. I was originally going to transplant into a bigger container and take some clones to setup a sort-of-perpetual thing. I've already decided that I don't care to keep this strain as a mother for a perpetual setup - shes too smelly too early on. Shes not even flowering yet and has already started filling my upstairs with green smell. Not that smell is a real concern...but others in my home aren't fans of the cannabis smell, and I prefer to be accommodating to their needs.
So, this is the last you'll see of her in veg. And, the last update I'll make until I see some flowering starting (2 weeks max probably.)
Updates for my outdoor thread coming tomorrow B)
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: shagdawg420]
#583990 - 09/06/11 07:14 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Alright, an update for the sake of updating...its easier for me to stick to a weekly thing to make sure I keep up with it.
Not much progress...the expected stretch. No more than other plants. No flowers yet (I've named this picture "preflower", I hope it doesn't confuse anyone. Its pre-flowering...not preflowering. Lol shit.)
I'm expecting it to be flowering by this time next week.
Updates to outdoor a little bit later! (once I get up there and back...)
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: Muggles]
#586144 - 09/14/11 07:02 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Woops, a little late on the updating. Got home and did some drinking and forgot lol.
I guess she first was sexed just 4 days ago, which means this is growing quite a bit faster than I thought.
Top shot:
Single flower side shot:
One out from under the HPS which fucks up colors:
This is the format I'm going to try to follow throughout my updating, so long as I remember to. 
I think I'll call this week 1 of flower, even though I put it under last week. I always like to count once the flowers start rather than the day I put them in.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: phrostbyte]
#587419 - 09/19/11 02:35 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Updating today because I updated the outdoor. I like to do them both on the same day to keep shit in check.
My hand is stupidly unsteady today, so I couldn't manage to get an out of the HPS shot...the other 2 came out alright.
No complaints, other than a more significant amount of stretch now.  Might be my own fault, but I'm not sure how.
Top shot:
Side under HPS:
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Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: alienscience]
#588401 - 09/24/11 09:37 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I got one from under the HPS today. I charged up my camera battery and could finally sit down with the plant in some natural light and get a semi-OK picture.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: RasJeph]
#589208 - 09/28/11 09:15 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Updizate. I was trying to go lightly on the nutes this time, and have gone too lighly because shes got a slight magnesium deficiency. I fed her yesterday so everything should be caught up and OK again within the next week or so. It has been hot as fuck and real humid here the past few days too, so that really isn't helping. Cold front is coming in Friday.
I see the curly leafs, I'm working on fixing it  Its not a ph thing, its because I haven't been feeding her much. Shes asking for more, shes getting it.
At least the stretch seems to be filling in.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: A To The K]
#590773 - 10/06/11 09:30 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Woops, been busy this week.
I don't know what the fuck is wrong with me or my camera or what it is, but I can't seem to take a decent picture anymore. My hand is just super unsteady or something. I want to get a picture in some natural light but its just not cooperating.
Some dead leaf tips which I have addressed accordingly. None of the new growth has it (and they aren't any worse than last week) so I think its all adjusted correctly.
Maybe I'll try a different camera next week. Its pissing me off that you can't see how neat the crystals look on this plant.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: A To The K]
#591807 - 10/12/11 04:14 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Week is up~ Nothing too significant, just aging. I think maybe I'll give her a little gravity next week.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Iced Grapefruit Week 6 [Re: A To The K]
#592794 - 10/19/11 11:12 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Finally starting to turn hairs. Trichs getting cloudy under the scope. I'm thinking 3 more weeks on her will be perfect.
I managed to get 2 pics I liked under the HPS this week, and one semi-decent one out from under it. On harvest day I'll bring her out into the natural light and get some good ones.
Got a semi-heavy feeding today, flush next watering, 2 consecutive feedings of Gravity, flush, maybe one last heavy feeding and then flush through harvest.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: A To The K]
#594195 - 10/26/11 10:26 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Alright. Update time.
Shes getting into the autumn of her life and has dropped off a significant amount of her fan leafs...probably because I forgot to supplement with some Grow Big for the last 2 weeks...fuck, my bad. Its OK, shes still looking very nice.
This is week 7 already? Well I'm gonna guess she has anywhere from 2-3 weeks left. Leaning to 3, but maybe she'll be ready in 2. Trichs will tell.
Oh! Picture 2 is supposed to show her foxtailing. Shes starting to do it all over her colas. Number 5 shows her shine exceptionally 
I forgot to give her some gravity...I'm not sure if I want to bother at this point. I might give her a single feeding of it, but this time next week I'm starting to flush.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Re: Iced Grapefruit 150w Grow [Re: A To The K]
#594977 - 11/01/11 10:39 AM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Week 8. A lot of people harvest these now, but its definitely not done. Mostly cloudy trichs, still some clear. Oddly, a lot of the stalks have seemed to lose their tops which is weird to me. I haven't been handling it a lot or anything.
I know that some of the tips are burned, I guess I haven't flushed it recently. My bad, I'm on it today. But to be honest I kinda thought it might be done this week so I've been neglecting it a bit.
Instead, I gave it a dose of Gravity because the trichs aren't even close. She'll get one more this Thursday or Friday, and then nothing but water until its done.
I'm thinking probably 10 weeks, so 2 weeks from now.
Note the foxtailing on this strain.
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Smokey
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Shes been under the 400w for the last few days, so she seems to have snapped into full on swell mode now. I flushed her with a gallon of water yesterday and a gallon this morning. I'm going to flush a few more times (probably until Friday) and then see whats good.
I'll either chop her on Friday, or wait until some time next week. I haven't really decided yet. The trichs look fine, and the high was definitely good to go, but if shes going to keep swelling to the degree she is right now I'm gonna let her go a bit.
Down to my last bowl of chronic. Good thing I have edibles and hash to hold me over until this harvest is dry 
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A To The K
Smokey
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So, I have a plant in veg anyway, so I stuck this grapefruit girl back in under 24/0. There is new growth as of week 2, but extremely slow, and still seems to be shooting out flowering growth.
There are new white pistils, and those leafs near the top are new, but still triched. I'm waiting to see if it will start growing again. If not, I really won't be heart broken. It wasn't all THAT special (although its a great smoke) so this is really just more of an experiment.
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A To The K
Smokey
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Revegged, bonzai'd :D [Re: A To The K]
#607205 - 01/29/12 12:32 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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So I posted this in another part of the forum, but I figured I'd come back and give a little update on what happened with this girl.
Here she was on 1/6/12
And here she is today. If I had known when my last picture of her was, I would have tried to wait until the 6th to post.
I didn't know what to do with her, so I decided I'd just keep her around to practice my cloning technique. I'm not so great at cloning, but this wonderful little plant has been steady giving me a few clones every few weeks to practice on. I think I've got it down a bit better now - I found that I like to clone to Rockwool best. It allows me to see when the roots pop out.
Anyway, when I get some of her clones nice and rooted, I'll be picking one to spray with colloidal silver! I'll spray it with the silver for a little bit, and then I will flower this little bonzai plant. She has gone through so very much, I feel like its only polite of me to give her a chance to do what she was meant to do!
I will post a link to that when I get around to starting it in this thread...as thats a whole different project! The next update I post here will be the final update, and will be a link to my colloidal silver experiment!
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