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Evening fellow Greenfingers, The Vanilla Kush Cookie ladies are putting on a beautifull show. Both the earth bound and the potted lady are pushing awesome spires - 30 and 40cm's respectively at the moment. They are an easy strain to grow imo and impressive thus far, scents are developing nicely and getting interesting. A few more cm's stretch and those colas will be epic. Been feeding them banana, apple and molasses smoothies blended with the Ecobuz and epsom. They love the aact in between as they're always praying after. Luckily mother nature filled up the jojo's so there's plenty rainwater to keep them hydrated. Cheers vir eers.

The greenhouse is my personal space, to enjoy one of my serious hobbies, helps to switch off, unplug and slow shit down a bit and I can get lost in there.... My prettier half shares my passion for the herb and we share the responsibilities. She's got the trimming(with my assistance) drying and curing down to an artsy type of science. I even enjoy the sourcing of organic ingredients and amendments as part of the endeavour. I love looking for and finding alternatives especially if they are free, just go look in nature. (Many times a lot more sweat involved) Then even the mixing of my soil turns into a therapeutic exercise. At the end of the day we can enjoy pure, clean, tasty and organic herb that we grew ourselves. That is something that you cannot put a price on. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Thanks@Dank Yeah they started, got a sweet fruity scent to them with a hint of something else, a very subtle herby spicyness- hard to describe, maybe sandlewood/cinnamon/Vanilla. Tricomes are pushing and the colas are beautifull, tall spires. Lady in the ground is not losing nearly as many leaves as the potted girl and seems much stronger and healthier. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Eishhh.... heard too many similar stories. As a first time smoker, just ease into it. Take one or a few small puffs at first and wait for the effects, then decide if you need more. Edibles are a little different cause it takes longer to get into your system, that's where noobs make the mistake, they don't wait long enough and end up having too many. It's a question of dosage and tolerance. One thing that pisses me off when ''experienced'' smokers hand a noob a joint or a bong and tell them to ''hit'' it and the poor oke gets next level stoned/NDE. Everybody has the freedom to choose but they get put off totally when the first experience is over the top. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

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Agreed, some plants are more forgiving/resilient than others. Be prepared for a hermie or two. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

We rig some protection. Shadenet windbreaks or greenhouses. But heat and humidity can be a pita if there's not enough ventilation. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

That Kush looks very happy where she is. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

That Blue cheese looks like it's almost all bud. Nice. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

An autoflowers should do just fine. Grew some outdoors right through winter but, our winters are much milder than CPT. Depending on the cooler temps a purple lady might just be able to show some colours. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Hope the water ph was the problem. But yeah, 9.3 is way high. I do periodic checks even on my rainwater just to be sure, got too many industries here pumping shit into the air. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Aweh @Smelly Joe Shit that plant does look weird, the leaves look as if it's from 3 different plants. Not sure what your plant has exactly, but I had something here last week that baffled me. My 3rd Chocolope lady (non comp) started doing something similar, 1st yellowing leaves 2nd wilting leaves and buds 3rd wilting and drying of whole branch 4th dead branch and buds Thought all was normal with the yellowing due to buds looking sweet and next morning it's wilted. It was progressive, starting at the top and working it's way down every branch over about 2 weeks. I isolated the plant completely as I thought it could only be a virus, as it was very agressive, it killed the whole plant eventually. Maybe some of the other growers can shed a little light. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

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Nice garden you have there. Ladies look good. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

All is well@Dank I usually take a few cuttings during routine cleanups as backups. Got 2 distinct pheno's in the Cookie Birds and preflowering has started. Exciting times ahead, can't wait for the tricomes and terpines. Always amazes me how different these plants are from each other, all the different flavours and scents. Thanks for the opportunity to grow your beans. A lot of time and effort goes into breeding projects(also working on some stuff.[emoji16] ), just want to do them justice. Let's know about the spring drop when the time comes. Cheers Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Howdy@Dank I was super bummed after all the time and effort that went into that lady. Really started getting excited to see her flower. Aware that certain stresses can and will cause a plant to herm, just depends how susceptible the plant is. Knew it was a risk to train her like that, so can only blame myself, but now we know better. I took some clones of all the confirmed females, so all is not lost. @Prom, not much I can do about the heat but, can make a plan regarding fabric pots. They do dry out faster especially with the voracious Big Cookies and our hotashell summers. We gradually reaching a conclusion that our summer climate is more suitable to growing photoperiod plants in large pots (countersunk into the earth) during this season as opposed to multiple smaller plants in fabric bags. Yield vs variety vs managebility vs stress. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Morning greenies, The Vanilla girls are doing their thing well. Got some real nice ''spires'' going, hinting at good things to come. Got us slightly worried as the resulting buds might be longer than our curing jars...hahaha. (what a problem to have) The bugs are under control except for the grasshoppers which I can't do much about but it seems they prefer leaves and not flowers. They recieved their first banana and molasses smoothie and we were rewarded with praying plants, good signs. They recieved a good watering this morning and next up will be a kick ass tea. Pic 1 In the earth, more than 2m Pic 2 60lt tub buried to preserve stealth.

All was going awesome untill... Frikken balls...and nogal on the big lady, bloody hell was I unhappy. Maybe she stressed too much with the lst and the heat. Unfortunately it didn't end there, as another Big Cookie lady without any lst molestation also decided to grow a pair, multiple pairs actually. Dont know if this then indicates that there might be a possible herm gene in there somewhere. Will just keep a close eye on the remaining girls. Needless to say they got assimilated into the compost pile. The remaining 2 ladies are doing grand and getting quite tall but no preflowers yet. The clones I took during cleanup have gone into preflower. Feeding has remained the same and their thirst and appetite has not wavered. Pardon the wilt, they were watered after the photos this morning.

Pitty on forest duty. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Good idea to research your nutes. Hortimix is a ''hydro'' nutrient complex iirc. There are so many on the market, but rule of thumb for cannabis..... More N in veg than P and K More P and K than N on flower. Don't exceed maximum recommended ratios. @CreX suggestion on the ratios is a good starting point. 1. Aquire a ph/ec pen 2. Do a flush or water excessively for a few days to flush any buildup. 3. Feed maybe at 50% when you start again- whether the plant is in veg or flower. But veg plants get veg nutes and flowering plants get flower nutes. Otherwise you will develop toxic buildup. Cheers Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Howzit@SAgrower Those plants look healthy enough and branches are heavy, nice. Agree with@CreX and@Prom, you will have to adjust your feeding gradually from veg ratios to flower ratios when the plants start flowering. Ramping up the nute ratios will kill your plants eventually. If you ''google'' hortimix you will find lots of info on the ''makeup'' of the nutes, so you should be able to adjust for the flowering ratios as mentioned by@CreX. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Welcome.@THCSA Are you growing as well? Enjoy the forum. Cheers Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

If we have multiple plants of one strain, we'll select one of the ladies and let her go deep into amber. Very relaxing smoke, aids sleep and calms the mind. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Good stuff Dad, who else to show them young ones the right way. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

@Bluntly Nice looking bush you have there....Never too late to clean her up a bit. Just go easy when she's in flower. I'd remove all the small branches at the bottom - lowest thin ones. Clean up all along the main stem, (open up inside) those small buds that don't get light and won't form proper buds anyway. So the plant can redirect that energy to the proper buds. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk