SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
There's a good chunk of entries and a lot of gear already getting donated. Whoever wins it is gonna have lots of beans. (...and a far red light).
The Junk Yard
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SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Grow Log 05/23/19
The herd continues to thin as males are culled. By the middle of next month these should be in the growroom flowering. Pests have been a mother f^cker this spring. I'm starting to count them by what I don't have. Thrips, aphids, caterpillars, silk worms, beatles, leaf hoppers, katydids, and broad mites. The only ones I haven't seen yet this year are spider mites.
The garden, however, has gone nearly unscathed. May have a broad mite issue on one or it could have just been hail damage.
The Chocolate Orange Creamsicle really stand out with their elephant ears. Hard to believe they're Sativa doms.
The herd continues to thin as males are culled. By the middle of next month these should be in the growroom flowering. Pests have been a mother f^cker this spring. I'm starting to count them by what I don't have. Thrips, aphids, caterpillars, silk worms, beatles, leaf hoppers, katydids, and broad mites. The only ones I haven't seen yet this year are spider mites.
The garden, however, has gone nearly unscathed. May have a broad mite issue on one or it could have just been hail damage.
The Chocolate Orange Creamsicle really stand out with their elephant ears. Hard to believe they're Sativa doms.
JWM2
Member
Man I’d love to grow outdoors. You guys have it made. Free light and all the space in the world.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Dude, believe me, it's not free. The pests have been ridiculous this spring. If I can keep the girls alive I'll pyrethrin fog em in about a week and half. I'm seeing some severe leaf cupping on a few. The water based Bonide pyrethrin slowed down the mites but the surface tension of water based products doesn't allow it to reach the smallest crevices. I could try to use use Dawn as a surfactant it but I'd rather fog and get more certain results. Will feed along with aspirin tomorrow to help counteract the effects of the phytotoxin.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Grow Log 05/25/19
Culled more of the weaker ones. You can't be sentimental when it comes to vectors of pests and disease. Weak plants contaminate the strong.
Almost pulled the rest of the Lemon Garlic OG but I figured I'd give the last two a chance to recover before I yank em. Only 17 left from nearly 40.
Culled more of the weaker ones. You can't be sentimental when it comes to vectors of pests and disease. Weak plants contaminate the strong.
Almost pulled the rest of the Lemon Garlic OG but I figured I'd give the last two a chance to recover before I yank em. Only 17 left from nearly 40.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Grow Log 05/26/19
Only the Jack Herer & Uzi Cookies are true entries in the Solo cup challenge. If the Banana Crack goes fem I've got big plans for her. That plant is too rare to waste on a competition. These beans need to get back out there. Holy Smoke Seeds hit it out of the park with this strain. I can't understand why they stopped breeding it.
Only the Jack Herer & Uzi Cookies are true entries in the Solo cup challenge. If the Banana Crack goes fem I've got big plans for her. That plant is too rare to waste on a competition. These beans need to get back out there. Holy Smoke Seeds hit it out of the park with this strain. I can't understand why they stopped breeding it.
Uncle Romulus
madman, scholar
Nice! Now I don’t have to sign into tea-h-cee to keep up with your grow! That is if I haven’t been booted for constantly luring folks over here 
looking good brother man
looking good brother man
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Thanks.Nice! Now I don’t have to sign into tea-h-cee to keep up with your grow! That is if I haven’t been booted for constantly luring folks over here
I'll mostly be over here. Pretty much the same pics. I'm just going to finish that one out for people following.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Grow Log 05/30/19
Yanked the Jack Herer in the corner. There's been something wrong with that plant from the beginning. In fact, all but one of the Jack Herer I popped have been sh*t plants. Maybe from too much in-breeding. I'll fix that, though. Planning on fem X'ing with some of my other favorites in search of that high THCv pheno. The Banana Crack bean I just started is going in that corner. I got a good feeling it's a "she".
The Banana Crack (right) is an insanely fast grower. Might keep it even if male, for a chuck.
The mother was a 6.5lb'er. Almost 3x the yield of every other plant in the garden last year.
Yanked the Jack Herer in the corner. There's been something wrong with that plant from the beginning. In fact, all but one of the Jack Herer I popped have been sh*t plants. Maybe from too much in-breeding. I'll fix that, though. Planning on fem X'ing with some of my other favorites in search of that high THCv pheno. The Banana Crack bean I just started is going in that corner. I got a good feeling it's a "she".
The Banana Crack (right) is an insanely fast grower. Might keep it even if male, for a chuck.
The mother was a 6.5lb'er. Almost 3x the yield of every other plant in the garden last year.
Uncle Romulus
madman, scholar
Your a good man, s junk. I like how your cullin all them weak ass plants. When you get like five hundred lbs per plant you d rather just keep the best I guess eh
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Thanks man.Your a good man, s junk. I like how your cullin all them weak ass plants. When you get like five hundred lbs per plant you d rather just keep the best I guess eh
I popped way too many beans this year and I had to break my packrat like compulsion to save every one. It was not easy.
In regard to my earlier post...
Jack Herer can be a difficult plant. I knew that before I hatched em and I'm really thankful to @Phylex for the trade. All I needed was one good strong female to make clones and I've got at least one. Very very happy. Been wanting to grow this strain for 3 yrs.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
...and now a word from our sponsors...
...figured I'd better get while the gettin's good. China threatens with PM's, Mexico threatens with tequila. I can't afford gold but I can still wrangle an $8 bottle of silver.
...figured I'd better get while the gettin's good. China threatens with PM's, Mexico threatens with tequila. I can't afford gold but I can still wrangle an $8 bottle of silver.
Phylex
PICK YOUR OWN
What issues are you seeing with the Jack's?
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
I wish I would have taken pics. A lot of deformed, necrotic, new growth, and limp leaves. I think it's some sort of root issue. When I pulled the one in the garden the roots were weak and broke away easily. I know it's not soil or nutes cause I have one that's doing fantastic with the exact same soil and nutes.
So you know, I'm not complaining, just stating observations. Like I said before, I'm very happy that I have a successful one. That's all I needed.
This one looks like it might be another funky one...
Phylex
PICK YOUR OWN
I was just curious because I haven't popped any yet. I had a few start out like that from a couple of other strains but they pulled out of it. The Ghost Train Haze currently in my flower tent was one of them. It's on the bottom right. I think I have 5 or 6 remaining Jack. I can send you a few more if you'd like.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
No need to send more. All I needed was that one solid female. I'll be cloning her and creating fem beans. If I'm successful I'll send you some beans with (hopefully) stronger genetics. I'm really interested in X'ing her with Banana Crack and Death by Kush. The DbK (Durban Poison lineage) "X" might create some good THCv %'s.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Picked up some supplies to make a mini-dep house...
...only cost about $80. This is gonna be fun. I'll post up pics of the build.
...only cost about $80. This is gonna be fun. I'll post up pics of the build.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
...a late edition. I decided to add a 6mil
translucent layer to make it a true greenhouse, not just a dep tent. Also ordered 20 plastic pvc clamps to hold all the layers in place. More than just for the whole hothouse effect, the translucent layer will give structure to support the ratchet straps that will hold the blackout plastic tight. That's another $28. I already own the ratchet straps so I didn't count that in the cost, and the pallet was free at my local hardware store. Using free pallets saved me $100s on my deck build. I always use recovered materials when possible. It's good for our ecosystem and my wallet.
translucent layer to make it a true greenhouse, not just a dep tent. Also ordered 20 plastic pvc clamps to hold all the layers in place. More than just for the whole hothouse effect, the translucent layer will give structure to support the ratchet straps that will hold the blackout plastic tight. That's another $28. I already own the ratchet straps so I didn't count that in the cost, and the pallet was free at my local hardware store. Using free pallets saved me $100s on my deck build. I always use recovered materials when possible. It's good for our ecosystem and my wallet.
SmithsJunk
Opus Herba
Thanks brother. I'm having a blast.