Herijuana (preservation thread) & Strawberry Kush in a 4x8

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05/16 Update - Vegging nicely.

I haven't been counting nodes or anything this round - finally not stressing through the baby phase!
The Heri are all up-potted to their 5gal homes.
- Heri has been a vigorous grower for me so far - this is gonna be FUN!
SK - 3 of them have been up-potted* -- gotta get more soil for them tomorrow.
As you can see, I have more plants than sq. ft. --- the SK that don't fit are going into the flowering tent. The Heri will be here a few more weeks - I'd like them to fill the tent before I move them to the flower tent.
*Bottom 2, lower right, and the remaining plants in small bags are SK.
Other news - got a 2x4 for breeding!
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05/21 Update - crop splitting...

Began (almost) full feed schedule with GH trio:
Going from the label except for the Gro nute - it calls for 3 Tsp / Gal. - I went with 2 Tsp to ramp up the feed a bit. Full strength next watering.
Herijuana are growing like MAD! I really like these - although they all look like girls so far, being patient for the flip (thx, @Buzzer777 !)
Lowering the lights a bit, internodes are kind of long...(lights on, sorry - flash on my phone said I need more battery...)
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The news is:
1. That I'm up-potting and moving ALL the Strawberry Kush into the 4x8 Flowering tent; the Heri will have the 4x4 to themselves.
- Once that's finished, the SK will get their own thread for flowering.
2. I have a 2x4 to set up for pollen collection / application (I just need to clear a place for it)
- All of (or best of) the males will go into the 2x4 for pollen collection - would high-times centerfolds and a blow-up plant help? :LOL:
- As pollen collection winds down / sq-ft allows, the queen(s) of the Herijuana (which will be flowering by now) will join the boys and pollen will be hand-applied.
- Once the boys have served their purpose, they'll be culled.
 

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05/26 - Lights on shots.
Holy Heri Batman!!!
My original plan might be falling apart - The Heri have been vegging for 4 weeks and are taller / thicker / fuller than my Strawberry have ever been - OG too.
I might be flowering them in this tent - and soon - if they stretch as hard as they've grown so far.......
I forgot to shoot a pic of him - but I found one plant with "legs" (I forget the name of them atm) that don't cross - actually spread apart. "He" is one of the taller plants too. That tallest is my second guess, but that one was in the corner until this morning, so it may have been stretching for my (too high) lights.

Removed the bottom 3 nodes on each plant. I LOVE the extra watering / maintenance room! - did I lollipop? lol
Feeding GH Trio - Micro/Gro/Bloom @ 2,2,2 tsp / gallon each.
They drank 3 gallons this morning just before this pic - thirsty plants!
For comparison, the flowering tent is drinking the same with 6 more plants in it.
I accidentally left one SK in the tent - lower left in the pic. You can see how much larger and VIGOROUS the Heri are.
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What have you guys done to me?
I spent my first few grows like a good lil noob - looking for herms on my feminized seeds. I kept a beautiful sorority house of sweet virgin smoke!

Now look at me! Just look what you've done! :stoned:
Different strains, regular seeds, reading on breeding while I get a THIRD tent ready for the matrimonial couple (in the 4x4 vegging now). WHO AM I???

I went from posting nervous, "is this a male?" threads to --- "wow, that's quite a set of balls you have there, sir!" --- talking to you, @Buzzer777 !
Sorry, can't resist 8th grade humor.

Thank you guys so much for the guides, encouragement, and now plants. I can't wait to get a seed run going!
Lights on shot from yesterday (converted to B&W)
The Heri (bottom 2 rows) are vigorous growers, about 2x the size of the SK (top 2 rows) for now. IME, SK has a bit of a rough seedling life, then explodes mid-veg.
Probably up-potting when leaves start clearing edges of pots --- 5 gallon fabric pots with FFOF / 25% perlite.
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Hells yeah man, do it to it. Always love reading/seeing posts like this. Love for the plant mang.
 

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05/28 FLIP TO FLOWER --- plans have changed!

The Heri are growing FAST - they're about 2 inches taller - an inch per day. They've almost filled the 4x4.
Started 36 hours of dark today - why 36 hours? Because I'll be able to sync the timers in both tents and tend both gardens easier - that's why!
Pictures later, but I wanted to get a place holder down for the calendar.

Question --- I usually figure the "flip week" as a transition time, and start counting flowering times when I see pistils on half the plants.
Is that correct?
 

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06/02 - I tried to supercrop the Heri. They laughed at me - even the one I broke is still chuckling!

Herijuana:
Are growing scary fast.
I tried supercropping the main stems with mixed success - had to support one that I really jacked up. :stoned:
-This morning, all of them laughed off supercropping and went vertical before lights off. The exception being the one that I broke. However, it already supports itself, despite being a heavy top! (edit - it's in the lower right of the overhead shot)
Last watering was the first full strength with the GH Trio / .5 Gal tap water - and I'm seeing a bit of tip burn on the lone Strawberry Kush --- I'm thinking of that as the Canary in the coal mine. (edit - lower left - smallest plant by far and a darker green)
Watered last night with plain tap, .5 gal each. 1/4 strength and a soil top-off (FFOF only) next watering.
I haven't really gone through them too much identifying sex yet. I'm planning to look at each plant closer tonight and flag any suspected boys.
Lights on - pics in B&W:
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Strawberry Kush
Decided I'm too stoned for two journals - so I'm splitting into two sections.
What a different strain from the Heri! They are one day younger (planting-wise), and went into the flower tent one week earlier - sort of according to plan.
Pistils are showing on most of the plants and they're responding well to LST.
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They way things are going - I think I got it backwards:
I should have flowered the Heri after 4-5 weeks and vegged the SK much longer.
I might be running a similar combo on my next run - so we'll see.
 
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Quick note - I got a good whiff of the Heri last night while in the tent:

ASSphalt. --- Acrid, wet road-tar is the most noticeable scent --- hash-spices (way) underneath that --- and something barfy (I checked and re-checked - checked again. Yep. Bile.)
It's a bit unpleasant tbh - and I LOVE it!
I'm hoping it gets LOUD in here! :skunk:
 

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06/08 - Culled two males. Two remain for pollen collection.
Planning to place parchment paper underneath as many as possible to catch pollen.
Drinking 1/2 gal tap water each.
Lights on shots - sorry.
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Meanwhile, in the 4x8 Sorority house,
Heri's are popping pistils and seem to like the environment.
One plant looks like it has a slight cal/mag def. - I fed tonight, that might help. -- GH Trio full strength bloom schedule.
Drinking 1/2 gallon of feed each.
Aromas are getting louder & changing - asphalt is most prominent, vegetal, and thankfully the vomit scent has mellowed a bit.
Planning to take the largest female, maybe two, back to the 4x4 when they're bigger and apply pollen to every site. If I'm gonna seed a plant, might as well SEED a plant!

SK are chugging along - small, but stacking buds nicely! Trichomes showing already, but we have weeks to go.
Drinking 1/3 - 1/2 gallon of feed each.
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06/16 Update - pics tonight hopefully

4x8 Sorority House - Strawberry Kush & Herijuana girls.
The SK is stacking, throwing pistils & starting to frost up. They're a bit small because they were put into flower early (see above), but should still produce well.
This will be the first grow that I'm interested in how much I'm getting - I've been focused solely on learning to grow healthy plants so far.
Starting to smell Kushy
The Herijuana are spectacular - about 30"tall average, pistils are short & fine so far, but starting to get thicker & bulkier.
Next grow I think I'll top them instead of LST - the main stalks on the Heri are THICK and haven't been easy to train.
Starting to smell like weed (finally!) - asphalt is still prominent, the used diaper is still there, but not as disgusting (it was nasty for a bit).
Forgot to take pics and couldn't return to the flower tent BECAUSE:

4x4 Frat House Herijuana - pics tonight hopefully.
The two boys have been spewing, and I've been collecting, but not happy about how I'm doing. Making a MESS & losing alot of pollen.
Because of that - I turned off the ventilation in the 4x4 at lights off, chose the largest girl with the healthiest branches and brought her to the boys. I moved the boys to place the her between them and caused a dust storm - even with all fans off.
Also applied collected pollen to each branch by hand.
Ended up COVERED in pollen - face, arms, hat, - COVERED. It tastes / smells earthy / flowery / musty --- kinda good - better than the girls SMELL! :LOL:
Put on sweats and a hoodie set aside to contain the pollen, went straight to the shower and stepped in fully clothed.

I expected a little bit of pollen to get on me - I got COATED. After that, I sealed the tent as fast as I could and showered. Really glad the ventilation is off - water wiping the walls before turning it back on - going to clog the filter in NO time. With that much pollen on me, I chose to shower instead of a photo shoot.
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06/22 - Updates:
Herijuana and Strawberry Kush are VERY easy to tell apart.
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The Heri are bigger plants, but have shorter pistils
- The aroma has (thankfully) turned to a sandalwood / spice / weed.
- The large fans have a variegated pattern - is that an issue? They seem to be growing strong...
- Buds are stacking nicely, hoping for a nice harvest with these EXCEPT:
- I had some problems & my tent hit 104f for a few hours. Everyone recovered, but one Herijuana girl was standing tall, basking in the heat. This girl will go into the 4x4 soon.
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Strawberry Kush is chugging along - BUT either I have a pheno with short / single cola dominance, or I was more stoned than usual and planted 3 seeds of a different strain.
-The large single cola pic is the best example of them.

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4X4 - Everytime I think the boys are done, they go again.
Having issue with rh - mid-70's
The girl's pistils are receding into her buds - she'll make seeds.
A sister will join her tomorrow morning.
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06/22 - Updates:
Herijuana and Strawberry Kush are VERY easy to tell apart.
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The Heri are bigger plants, but have shorter pistils
- The aroma has (thankfully) turned to a sandalwood / spice / weed.
- The large fans have a variegated pattern - is that an issue? They seem to be growing strong...
- Buds are stacking nicely, hoping for a nice harvest with these EXCEPT:
- I had some problems & my tent hit 104f for a few hours. Everyone recovered, but one Herijuana girl was standing tall, basking in the heat. This girl will go into the 4x4 soon.
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Strawberry Kush is chugging along - BUT either I have a pheno with short / single cola dominance, or I was more stoned than usual and planted 3 seeds of a different strain.
-The large single cola pic is the best example of them.

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4X4 - Everytime I think the boys are done, they go again.
Having issue with rh - mid-70's
The girl's pistils are receding into her buds - she'll make seeds.
A sister will join her tomorrow morning.
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Looking absolutely gorgeous in there. ???
 

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Update 06/29 - The boys have had their way - well ---- if THEIR way meant banging them over a collection bin for a long “10 count”, banging them on every flower site, then applying a 1/4 tsp to make a pollen cap and powder trails on every single flower site. I even broke the main stalk on the king from bangin’ him too hard - which seemed to make him angry - he got huge and jizzed all over the tent for days!
All this while my Wife was in the next room! :cuss:

The king’s main flower is HUGE, very cool to look at, VERY messy - clouds fly off of it every time the air is disturbed - I cleaned the CF sock today when I noticed the fan RPMs were down - the sock was clogged with pollen - this stuff gets on EVERYTHING.
It’s also got a really cool aroma - like a musky jasmine and weed.

It’s taken me by surprise even though I knew it would happen - the smaller boy is dead/dying. RIP.
The king is on his way out too - he sprouts new leaves, but they’re tiny and wilt fast. The flowers get dustier by the day.
I water / feed them the same as the girls, but it looks like their work here is done.

One of the girls is VERY seeded. This is my first seed run, so I didn’t want to miss the pollen-spill and put this girl in early when she was just starting to show pistils. She’s a bit small, but new seeds keep showing!

The bigger girl was held in the flower tent 1.5 weeks longer to let her develop more. Hairs are turning a pretty copper shade and then receding; but so far there have been 3 waves of pistils receding / growing, every day I find new ones to pollenate. Note the frost show on her leaves - I'll be keeping the girls separate as they start to drop seeds - if the kids are anything like Mom & Dad.....
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06//26 - The girl tent - pic heavy

Strawberry Kush are flowering nicely - though now I'm pretty sure that I have two phenos...
Four plants are very small, producing a few branches and one thick main bud. These look like they'll be finishing soon - a week or two.
The other SK have a few weeks more - still throwing pistils and not slowing down at all.
The berry scent is very noticeable now that I've been growing another strain - that smelled like crap until now...

The Heri have been easy to grow. The buds are making notably shorter pistils than the SK, but are stacking aggressively.
Considering they went into the flower tent 1.5 weeks later than the SK, they're looking really good.
Aromas have been all over the map - ASSphalt - used fermented and torched diaper - Sandalwood and spice - now?
--- I still get the sandalwood and some skunk, but tropical punch has been coming more often and strong - especially before lights out.

Environment notes - getting the 4x8 squared away took a minute. I now have two, 6" and one 4" passive intakes pulling from the window, and a 6" AC Infinity on setting 4 (lights on) or 2 (lights off)
Temps run low 65f / 50%rh to 85f / 69rh - pretty close to VPD.
There's (always) more to be done, but I'm happy with how it's coming along!
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07/16 Sorry for the lack of updates - life got busy on this side of the keyboard.

Herijuana 4x8 -- 7 weeks flowering
If taste and effects are anywhere close to how these smell and look - then I've found my first Keeper.
-Aroma - the off aromas are totally gone. No more used diapers! Now I'm getting a strong funk/skunk - it's overwhelming my cf a bit. Smelling hands after working with the plants reveals aromas like tropical punch concentrate, plums, WEED, and some skunk trying to escape from the background. - Can't wait to cure this one!
I'm having a slight problem with the largest two plants trying to fall over - they're stacking aggressively. --- more silica next grow.
One Heri has some rust colored pistils, all are still throwing short, white pistils daily - no sign of slowing down.

Strawberry Kush 4x8 -- 8.5 weeks flowering
It's become increasingly clear that I need to stay away from concentrates when I'm popping seeds - 5 of the 10 "Strawberry Kush" are almost certainly NOT.
The SK are still throwing long, thick white hairs and have a very noticeable berry scent - like Strawberry Jam. (This fades out altogether in curing, leaving a Kush aroma).
A few weeks - still. It's looking like the Herijuana might harvest first, even though they were planted second!

!!! 4 of my plants are tiny - 12-18 inches tall, and very short branches. - 1 ounce each if I'm lucky.... They're also finishing - now. Fall colors came quickly and Trichs went cloudy, but not very amber before I was forced to harvest.
Gassy / rubbery scents dominate - even on one of the two plants I have hanging.

!!! 1 plant might be an SK pheno - she's structurally the same as the other SK, but looks as though it's going to black-out with a burgundy color before harvest.
The scent has a nice berry overtone that makes me wonder if she's SK, or another berry of some sort.



Breeding Tent
- The boys have done their work and both girls are growing seeds like crazy.
- I knew they would die after dropping their pollen, but it was weird to watch the girls getting bigger and looking healthy while the boys just died while getting the same treatment.
- Both girls are spectacular plants, but one is noticeably larger, more productive - and - it's an absolute frost show! As such, their seeds will be kept separate in hopes I can pheno-hunt those traits. in future runs.
- The scent is slightly different than the 4x8 virgins - somehow heavier and a little "darker" aromas.

I'll get some pics at lights on.
 

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OK - confession time - and early bud smoke report.

I've been growing continuously for 1.5yrs now and active on a few different weed forums.

I know better than to take an early branch - but I did. There. I said it. --- I'm not sorry!!! :stoned:
About a week ago I couldn't resist and chose a branch that didn't look like it was going to get any bigger than it was - snip!

Today - I put it in the grinder and gave it a few twists. - Wow! different from the Kushes I've been growing.
Funky skunky dark fruit aromas - LOVING the skunkiness! :skunk:
Taste is fruity / hashy and the smoke is thick, but a bit harsh - as if it dried in a paper bag for a week...
Effects - different. Very Stony, yet clear headed (I think) - reminds me of "Hash-light" - body feels pretty good, head is clear-ish, but thoughts are slow & mellow.
Wife likes it - says it's noticeably more body oriented than the OG & Strawberry Kush I've been growing.
Really hoping the seed run is successful - I think this will be a great strain for my first pheno-hunt!

Can't wait to get the full effect in a few weeks!
 

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Pics to come (tonight - I promise!)

Question --- How do I tell when my preggie girls are ready?
I felt up one of the bigger calyxes, expecting the seed to shoot out like a cured bud, but it feels soft and not ready...

I spent my first year of growing avoiding and having nightmares about this exact scenario - a pregnant tent full-o-seeded girls - so I REALLY have no idea what I'm doing! ?
 
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