BuddyB Makes Buds

BuddyBracts · Aug 9, 2023

Wednesday 8/9

Took all the plants out to water/feed and confirmed the first female of the group.

I'm happy this Air Guitar turned out to be female, she has a nice open structure and is one of the two largest plants. Love that she is rocking the 9 bladed fans.

Here's the Air Guitars on the left (confimed female middle left row) and Diesel Stompers on the right. I'm guessing by the weekend I'll be able to confirm more females.

BuddyBracts · Aug 12, 2023

Saturday 8/12

Took out the plants to water and found 3 males. Turns out the two mutant Red Pakistani are bros. So I'm waiting on shorty to reveal. The other male is a Diesel Stomper.
The guys got put on the patio for now until I add their soil back to the big pots for the chosen plants.

Big Red Pak Man with the crazy 11 fingered freak leaf

I also firmed two Diesel Stomper females, one green/slight red pheno and one with red coloring. The red DS has the coloring and the open symmetrical branchy structure.
Here's the Red pheno...liking her a lot.

There is one DS left with the deep purple petioles that hasn't shown yet with has some of the same growth patterns as the red, just in a more compact package that will be a tough choice between the two.

The purple pheno, hope it's a lady.

The other two Air Guitars are hard to tell yet but I'm guessing at least one is a female.

Here's a group shot with the remaining plants, Air Guitars on the left, Diesel Stomper on the right (back right is the greenish DS fem, next to the fem Air Guitar on the left), and the last hope Red Pak bottom right.

BuddyBracts · Aug 17, 2023

Thursday 8/17

Culled two Air Guitars and one Diesel Stomper. I'm now left with my keeper Air Guitar, the shorty Red Pakistani (it's a lady!), and the two competing Diesel Stomper ladies!
Took all the plants out of the tent and gave them their first topping/pruning. I left them all 4 good nodes. The Air Guitar was at 10 nodes or something, so a healthy chunk was taken off.

I've read in HT the pure sativa Temple pheno was the one to look for, so I picked the most sativa looking girl. Been missing the sativas lately since I grew a lot of Ace strains when I was outdoors.
Air Guitar

The Diesel Stompers
"Red"

"Purple"

Red Pakistani with the lighter green leaves wanting to color up and overlapping leaves.

I added a little more soil to each bag, then I'll let them recover a little before transferring the final three to either 7 or 10 gal fabric pots.

HBZ · Aug 20, 2023

Nice and healthy,Looking awesome in here 💯🔥

BuddyBracts · Aug 20, 2023

HBZ said:
Nice and healthy,Looking awesome in here 💯🔥

Appreciate that HBZ, hoping it stays that way, we have a hurricane coming so fingers crossed the power stays on!
Thanks for taking a look

BuddyBracts · Aug 20, 2023

Sunday 8/20

The girls as of last night.

Top left Air Guitar
Top right Diesel Stomper Red
Bottom left Red Pakistani
Bottom right Diesel Stomper Purple

BuddyBracts · Sep 4, 2023

Monday, September 4th

Been 2 months since I planted the seeds. Chose the more purple of the two Diesel Stompers. On the 1st of September I cleared out the bottom growth and did some defoliation. I'll be flipping to flower soon as the Air Guitar in the back is gonna get too big soon. Air Guitar seems a little nute or light sensitive, I'm still getting used to growing and feeding different strains under the LED lights.

BuddyBracts · Sep 10, 2023

Sunday, September 10

Flipped the plants on the 6th, today marks the 4th day of flower.
Red Pakistani

She continues to grow slowly, I don't expect much stretch, I will have to continue defol through flower because the leaves block everything. I got her up on a trim bin to get the height a little closer to the others. Stem rubs are really fragrant on her.

Diesel Stomper

Seems to be a pretty easy growing plant, has a lot of purple coloring on stems and petioles. Doesn't look like a yielder, which is ok, I always have more than I need, just hoping for some sweet smoke.
Air Guitar

Once it was flipped I supercropped the top node and it was sticking straight up the next day....I pulverized those stems so this thing is beast. It is stretching like a mofo and the branches are gonna be floppy, so lots of fun ahead keeping it from invading the other plants' space. I now added a cross support and will LST the top nodesa little while it continues the stretch.

The crew

BuddyBracts · Sep 17, 2023

Sunday 9/17

Took the girls out of the tent so I could defoliate a bit and do some final pruning before leaving them to flower in peace. I always leave some large fans on the lower part of the plant as it helps me gauge when the plants are hungry and thirsty, and as a nutrient bank, but otherwise I lift their skirts.

The Air Guitar and Diesel Stomper had a fair amount of stretch going on, and both have some noodle branches that are gonna suck later, whatevs. The Red Pak is built thick and stocky, didn't even bother with support, the little branches spring back when I push them down.

I wanted to make the canopy more even, so I lifted the Pak up on a cooler. As you can see there is some clawing, and it isn't just from the tent sucking in. She doesn't need much feed (I guess I had enough in the soil) and drinks a lot less than the other two plants, so I've been dialing back my soluble ferts.

Close up of Red Pakistani

The Diesel Stomper started loving life once I flipped to flower. Wants for nothing. Was getting out of control with small noodle branches and leaves all over the place. With more pruning and defoliation she would look even better, but I'm done messing with her. Next grow I'm done with 4 nodes and will prune to two nodes and top more if I want more colas. The DS is barely thinking about the two bottom nodes, the upper four branches are knuckled up thick at the base, but these just look wimpy in comparison. This being my 3rd indoor grow, I see that 8 branches equals a big fucking mess and weak lower nodes, especially if you want multiple plants in there.

Air Guitar is looking sativa af. Didn't do much but clean her up and make sure she didn't grow into the light.

The new setup to finish flower

Before

After

Everyone has budset and now it's time to watch flowers grow! Irie Vibes

BuddyBracts · Sep 24, 2023

Sunday 9/24

Today is day 18 of 12/12. The plants have begun to produce some resin on the upper buds, starting to smell more funky in the tent....aww yeah

I got the lights to max height. The plants keep getting bigger and the tallest Air Guitar cola in the back is a palms width in height from the light, but is under the inline fan so no chance of hitting the light .

Air Guitar

Red Pakistani

Diesel Stomper

Full length shot

Plants are just now starting to eat the bottom leaves but def not for N, looks like they want some P. Been feeding lightly since it was too much for them, the Ferticell products are no joke, and now I'm using 1/2 strength or less, and plain water every other watering. This next time though, I'll give them a little more juice...needs phat buds

BuddyBracts · Oct 14, 2023

Saturday 10/14

38 days of flower

Diesel Stomper is looking cool with dome-shaped upper buds and light coloring in the bracts. I think these will chunk up nicely. The sweet fruit musk terps are really starting to intensify and jump outta the tent when it's open.

Lowers

Red Pakistani

Super pungent greasy stems and a herbaceous oily sweet menthol smell to the buds. I think this smell will develop into something interesting. Some light coloring to the upper buds' bracts. The buds are gonna get fat. I probably water her too much, she really enjoys less moisture than the other two.

Air Guitar

Started yellowing real quick, fed a bit more last couple feeding to tide her over. She is looking awesome though with tons of upper buds and lots of crystal. I can't really get back there to smell it and I don't really want to touch the buds, but I know it's aromatic from when I've pruned.

The Gang - RP front left, DS front right, AG in back

HBZ · Oct 15, 2023

BuddyBracts said:
Saturday 10/14

38 days of flower

Diesel Stomper is looking cool with dome-shaped upper buds and light coloring in the bracts. I think these will chunk up nicely. The sweet fruit musk terps are really starting to intensify and jump outta the tent when it's open.
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Red Pakistani

Super pungent greasy stems and a herbaceous oily sweet menthol smell to the buds. I think this smell will develop into something interesting. Some light coloring to the upper buds' bracts. The buds are gonna get fat. I probably water her too much, she really enjoys less moisture than the other two.
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Air Guitar

Started yellowing real quick, fed a bit more last couple feeding to tide her over. She is looking awesome though with tons of upper buds and lots of crystal. I can't really get back there to smell it and I don't really want to touch the buds, but I know it's aromatic from when I've pruned.
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The Gang - RP front left, DS front right, AG in back
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Looking beautiful up in here💯🔥

Cincimilla Genetics · Oct 15, 2023

Absolutely stunning work! Excited to hear how the effect the body. When scrolling through and reading the Air Guitar caught my eye every time. Good vibes for a smooth harvest.

BuddyBracts · Oct 15, 2023

HBZ said:
Looking beautiful up in here💯🔥

Thanks HBZ, wish smell o vision was a thing, I do the best I can with an old android phone camera, but can't really get the pics to do the plant justice. Thanks for popping in

BuddyBracts · Oct 15, 2023

Cincimilla Genetics said:
Absolutely stunning work! Excited to hear how the effect the body. When scrolling through and reading the Air Guitar caught my eye every time. Good vibes for a smooth harvest.

Howzit Cincimilla - thanks a lot for the attention and kind words. The Air Guitar is looking very sativa and I see a lot of similarities to the SSH I grew outdoors. Hard to capture the amount of frost on that one, but she looks to yield some real nice crusty sativa buds. I will be doing a smoke report later for sure - stay tuned

HBZ · Oct 15, 2023

BuddyBracts said:
Thanks HBZ, wish smell o vision was a thing, I do the best I can with an old android phone camera, but can't really get the pics to do the plant justice. Thanks for popping in

I feel ya on that. Every pic I've ever taken of plants is with a cheap phone camera... Sometimes it's very hard to capture what's going on and that leads me to taking 100 pics and keeping a few

BuddyBracts · Oct 28, 2023

Saturday 10/28 Day 52

Red Pakistani
Has some of the wildest smells when the resin is rubbed, has a deep oily vaporous funk that has a herbaceous sharpness to it, really lingers. Also has the thickest pistils I've ever seen, looks almost like moth antennae. When the pistils change its kinda looking shitty, can barely notice the nice trichs ha. Judging by the large amount of fresh pistils she jas a lot more swelling to do and probs can go past 70 days.

BuddyBracts · Oct 28, 2023

Bodhi Air Guitar 52 Days

The resin smells like straight sour lime with a piney funk backend that punches up the lime. The buds are frosty and the plant started to fade early but I think once I fed her a little heavier she got happy. Really impressing me now and looks to keep filling out.

BuddyBracts · Oct 28, 2023

Diesel Stomper Day 52

Swelling up like crazy with knobs busting out of the upper buds, they are dense af. Really like the bud structure and the spacing between the buds, really OG-like which was what I was hoping for. She is frosting up too, and has been an easy grow, real forgiving. Not to mention she is pumping out the overripe fruity dank musk smells, one of my favs. She looks like she can also get past the 10 week mark. I might have to do that since the Red Pak and Air Guitar look to take at least that long.

BuddyBracts · Nov 18, 2023

Saturday 11/18/23

Harvested all 3 plants yesterday morning on day 72 of flower.
The Nature Farm Red Pakistani began throwing more bananas than I've ever seen the last few days, it was a real pain in the ass and lowered my excitement for it honestly. The flowers smelled really dank and the nugs are rock hard. The lowers are a lot more photogenic than the tops, and allow you to actually see the buds as they aren't blanketed in fucking pistils like the tops (forgot to take pics of the lowers lol). Pathetic yields. Will def be head stash. Could be the pheno I got as I only had one female, but unless the smoke is life changing I won't run it again.

Really pleased with how the Sanctuary Gardens Diesel Stomper turned out. Easy grower with great looking and smelling buds. Still retained the tropical fruit musk dankness, but now with an added acidic grapeness...cool.