Guest Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Guess as long as there's airflow then it should carry on as is. Makes for a interesting experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, B-real said: Guess as long as there's airflow then it should carry on as is. Makes for a interesting experience That's what I was thinking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 This is the split in GLH #1, as you can see I have used some duck tape to stop it splitting any further, but I don't think it'll hold it up until harvest. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaijin Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 @Arbre Medicinal The electrical tape will hold. As an ex industrial maintenance mechanic, we used the stuff to tie off arterial bleeds and reattach limbs. Have faith. It'll hold 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revive Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Arbre Medicinal said: This is the split in GLH #1, as you can see I have used some duck tape to stop it splitting any further, but I don't think it'll hold it up until harvest. Have you staked the branch too mate? I doubt it will hold otherwise.. should deffo be ok if that branch is now secured mind.. How's she looking since it happened buddy? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 15 hours ago, Revive said: Have you staked the branch too mate? I doubt it will hold otherwise.. should deffo be ok if that branch is now secured mind.. How's she looking since it happened buddy? No dude I haven't. I think it's still ok as I type this but I haven't been to check since Saturday, as it's a 20 minute drive I usually pop up every other day, so I'll be going up this afternoon to check how things are. I had a similar problem last year, but luckily I don't get slugs and snails, so I don't mind my plants touching the ground, I know there are rabbits on my site but they don't touch my plants either. The only pest I had last year were caterpillars and I think, this year I'll get less on the branches closer to the ground due to the caterpillars being at more risk from ground dwelling predators, it'll be interesting to see what happens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exile420 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 get some zip ties mate jobs a gooden then.. also deffo stake her as @Revive mentioned. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 21 hours ago, Exile420 said: get some zip ties mate jobs a gooden then.. also deffo stake her as @Revive mentioned. I hadn't thought of zip ties, nice one. I visited the plot yesterday evening, no real changes except that there are now more flowers showing. This is GLH #1, the chunkiest of the plants and the one with duck tape around her trunk. Number 2 is the plant that has spilt and fallen over, I watered her just after I took this image and she perked up. I really appreciate the suggestions of tying and staking dudes, thanks very much. But, I'm still fully intent on leaving her as she is, as I'm curious to see what happens. I'm really not that worried about it, I'm still experimenting and IMHO, free seeds are the best seeds to experiment with, oh and I'm not short of smoke. By far my favourite plant is number 3, she is almost exactly what I was hoping for, she looks like a sativa and she has a lemony haze aroma to her if I rub the stems. Her structure reminds me of a NL 5 X Silver Haze, that a mate grew back in the 90's. She is a week or two behind the others. I have given them a feed, but I can't find the bottle to take a photo of it, I just bought a generic organic feed from a local store, it's not canna specific but it is molasses based. The plants seemed to like it, especially my Rogue 1 plant, which has its own small diary in the Outdoor Section, she also got blown over but has not split. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 A quick update, I found my first caterpillars yesterday so the plants had a thorough spraying of Bacillus thuringiensis, I may need to repeat in the next week or two. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 Hi everyone, a proper update. The main news is that the cunterpillars have arrived, the bad news for them is I am prepared. This is one of the cunterpillars, I believe they are the larvae of a species of moth but I'm not 100% certain, whatever they are, they are certainly a nightmare. This was taken last year btw, none of them have had the chance to get to this size this year. They burrow into the buds, the section that they've eaten then dies, turns brown and this increases the chances of your buds becoming rotten. Last year the missus and I tried doing it by hand, this year I bought some Bacillus thuringiensis. I spotted the first one last week and immediately started spraying. I have sprayed the plants every other day since and it definitely works, I have found a few dead cunterpillars and there doesn't seem to be any big fuckers on my plants and no new ones. I will be spraying again tonight and for at least another week. This is what I am using. Mixing one 15g sachet into 3ltrs of water and sprayed onto the plants using a pressure spray thingy. I have to order this online because it's not sold in small amounts in the local garden centres. It's available by the kilo but you have to have a pesticide licence to buy it, but I can pick up shit like Glyphosate off the shelf no problem. I bought a generic feed at a local store, the girls seem happy with it. I'm following the instructions on the bottle so they've had two feeds, at roughly 15 days apart, they are due another feed but that'll have to wait until Friday. It cost 8€ btw. Anyway the plants are looking good and are really starting to fatten up. Side shot of GLH #1, this is the one with duck tape around her base. Close up bud shot of GLH #3, nice bit of sparkle on the leaves. I love this plant, I hope she smokes as good as she looks. And finally, "Say hello to my little friend," sitting atop my GLH #1. A European Praying Mantis, absolutely gorgeous, ok yes I did put it there. More updates soon... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Croptober is upon us, I've chopped all 3 of my Golden Lemon Haze and they are now hanging in my shed. My other plant, Rogue 1, is still going but she has her own diary in the outdoor section. I am basing my harvesting on trichome colour and going for mostly cloudy with a few bits of amber. Golden Lemon Haze #2 was the plant that split and I left on the ground, the other two plants also split but I repaired them both with duck tape, I also used cable ties on Golden Lemon Haze #3. After I sprayed them with Bacillus thuringiensis for the first time I decided to use #2 as my "control plant," so she only got that initial spray. Subsequently she suffered far more cunterpillar damage than my other plants and she was also ready a few days earlier than the other two so was the first to be harvested. In hindsight, if a plant splits on me in the future I will repair it. Golden Lemon Haze #2 (the control) Golden Lemon Haze #1 is the biggest and bushiest of the 3 but the buds are similar in structure to #2, they look and feel quite dense and there are lots of them. She smells similar to #2 as well, a sort of undiluted orange squash bouquet, it's definitely citrusy but not quite lemony and it's an odour I've smelt in other strains over the years. Golden Lemon Haze 1 & 3 (#1 in foreground) Golden Lemon Haze #3, mi planta favorita. The buds are sparkling in the Catalan sunshine and she smells divine, like a seriously good limoncello from Amalfi, lemons from the dark/dank side. Golden Lemon Haze #3 They won't take long to dry, and a smoke report will follow soon. I'd forgotten how much effort goes into keeping a diary, so hats off to everyone who has taken part in this competition, and hats off to all the growers at UK420 that keep diaries of their grows. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaijin Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Very nice result mate Have you been following the cobbing adventures around the place recently? All that haze; wondering if you are planning on cobbing some yourself? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 @Gaijinnot this year, I have some Ace seeds in the fridge, Golden Tiger, Malawi and Bangi Haze, so I'm hoping to do some cobbing with those next year. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaijin Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I've been following with interest. Not sure I have the patience for a 14 week sativa indoors. We'll see 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepe Ramon Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 15 minutes ago, Gaijin said: I've been following with interest. Not sure I have the patience for a 14 week sativa indoors. We'll see Stick one in a corner of your room and train it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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