Kalashnikova & Exodus cheese 1st ever grow (late journal)

[snaddehat 28]

Hello everybody! As title says, this is my 1st grow ever and i'm very excited about everything heh Since i'm a total noob, i value input from all you guys. Feel free to comment/ask

I'm currently in week 3 of flowering, but i have weekly pictures from when i flipped to 12/12.

My setup is as follows... 

Tent : DS60 60x60x150cm, passive air intake down below, 140mm pc fan crammed in the top hole for air extraction, circulation fan inside tent. Thermo/Hygrometer also in tent

Light : Blackstar Ufo 135w LED from Lighthouse Hydroponics

Strain : 1x Exodus Cheese 2x Kalashnikova from GHS, both feminized

I'm growing in soil because i thought that was noob friendly hehe. The plants are in 19 liter Smart Pots, and i'm using BioBizz AllMix as medium. I mixed some Vermiculite in the soil too... 

Nutrients : BioBizz basic series... Grow, Bloom and Top Max

I think that's about it... if i forgot something, please ask!

Oh, and i apologize in advance for the hysterically poor pictures. Resolution, Steady hand, Quality, Lighting... pretty much anything that constitutes a "good" picture, is lacking from these!

 

Here's a few pics from the day before i flip to 12/12. The plants are in 11 liter pots at that time, and pictures are from repotting day

 

 

[Ganja XL 105]

keep up the good work, and post your journal please

Ganja XL

[snaddehat 28]

Flowering Day 14 

Exodus Cheese is in the upper right corner, and is a little smaller because she was brought to life 2 weeks later than her older sisters

[snaddehat 28]

Flowering Day 21

The Kalashnikovas are very dense plants! Exodus Cheese is now taller than the others, and seems more stretchy. Although i'm a rookie in all this, i think the girls look healthy and i'm happy so far

 

 

These pics are from a week ago, so tomorrow i'll put up a fresh batch and bring the journal up to date

 

 

 

[snaddehat 28]

Hi everybody. Here's a little picture update

 

Flowering Day 28    1x Exodus Cheese (upper right corner) 2x Kalashnikova

 

Kalashnikova 1

Kalashnikova 2

Exodus Cheese

 

[aphrodisia 20]

Really nice. Those Blackstar LEDs look like they are doing a wicked job.

[snaddehat 28]

Yup, i'm very satisfied thus far. It's going to be really interesting to see how it performs from now on...

[420smartz 60]

Nice journal and strains man looking forward to seeing how they do under your LED set up 

[snaddehat 28]

Hello all, it's been a crazy week with work, therefore this update comes a few days late... My ladies are still looking fine, i think  the Kalashnikova in upper left corner seems to be a little ahead of the others with regards to resin production... oh, and the smell is slowly coming along now. When i look down from above, i count around 20 buds in direct light. Fingers crossed for a decent yield... judging from pictures, what would you guys think is attainable? 

Enjoy the pics

 

Flowering Day 37

 

 

[Dust 6,284]

Hello man and thanks for sharing your journal! Im a little bit late sorry hehe but the plants are looking great, nice green nice frost already, looking very promising for the future

 

Have a good grow and keep us updated

[snaddehat 28]

Hi everybody! It's update time, and here's some new pictures. Not much has happened since last week, buds and resin slowly build up... I'm very excited to see how the Blackstar will perform in the last stages of flowering   Will the buds fatten up..? Does anyone have any experience with Blackstar led's? 

Flowering Day 42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RaoulDuke 42]

Looking good bro! I have no experience in LED lighting but am interested to see how these turn out as I will have to switch over from HPS to LED in the summer months.

RD

[snaddehat 28]

Thanks man yea, i'm pretty satisfied so far, but since this is a first for me, i have no experience to hold it up against... I just hope i'll get a decent and well tasting yield in the end hehe

[snaddehat 28]

Back again with some new pictures. No problems to report, all is looking good Buds are slowly growing, and it seems like one of the Kalashnikova's is ahead of her sister and the cheese in terms of resin production, smell and flower maturity. Funny, since they were all flipped at the same time... Anywho.. Enjoy the pics

 

Flowering Day 49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ganja XL 105]

thanks for the update, so youre in week 7 now, howmany weeks to go do you think.

kalashnikova is a strain that i am interested in, so love to see the end results ..

they look a bit behind as you are saying, any idea how come.

[snaddehat 28]

No idea... I'm not worried though, as long as they look healthy. Don't mind if they are a bit slow hehe  

I have stayed rather conservative with fertilizer, and just upped to full strength a week ago. 

[Candy kush 17]

Looks great man nice and frosty. Looking forward to see how it turns out.

[snaddehat 28]

Hiya everybody! Here's a very late update...  We are now in flowering day 63, and it seems like there's at least a week or 2 more to go. I'm unsure though since this is my first grow... Inputs appreciated!

 

 

Flowering Day 63

 

Exodus Cheese

 

Kalashnikova 1

 

Kalashnikova 2

 

Cheese night

 

Kalash 1

 

Cheese day

 

 

If any of you guys can judge anything from these pictures, i could use some advice on whether i should flush now, and then dry out and harvest? ... or continue with water/nutrients for a week or longer?

[Bam-Bhole 1,903]

Well it is hardly possible from pictures to say if a girl is read. Let your nose and ingers tell ya..:-) How is he smell ? Are the uds oily or sticky ? Do they still shoot out new hairs and how much of the white hair has turnes yellow or red, brown etc. ? BUT the Exodus Cheese looks close enough to start flushing and if you water it one more time afterwards they will be fine fo sure ..... The flowering was steady so 9 weeks for the Exodus is normsally more thanenough but then I grow with HPS not LED. The Kalashnikovas are more from the white family /WW background) so they don't get as dark as the Cheese I guees. Basically the same procedere but since I have not grown that strain i do not know how they look when ready. Why not get a microscope and take an insight look to the tops to see if the heads have turned amber are milky or still clear. rule of thumb. 1/3rd amber means it is more than ready. Most cut down their trees once there are a couple heads full with amber . Even if only 10% it is okay - personal choice. Best is trusting your guts - When you think now they are ready take at least a sample. Anyway this grow is already a succes - even if you had to take them down today they would make you stoned..lol

[snaddehat 28]

Thanks mate. Nice insight with the cheese how powerful is your HPS? From what i've read, i expect to go a little longer compared to HPS, but i guess we'll soon know hehe. 

Status now at flowering day 65 : Kalashnikova 1 looks and smells like she's ready for a flush Kalashnikova 2 seems to be a little behind her sister, but her buds are bigger and denser. We'll see... Exodus Cheese has fattened up a bit and i'll give her some more time too.

I'm just using plain water now, no more nutrients

[snaddehat 28]

Quick update : 

Flowering Day 67, flushed all plants (Kalash 1 on day 66). Each of them got about 60 liters of water. Kalashnikova 1 looks and smells ready, i hope she dries up quickly...

[KwiixZ 0]

Kalashnikova!

 

Good weed?