Mentalpatient's White Berry Grow

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

May 24

Sorry I havn't much to report.... Things have been a breeze so far.

Bought another 42 watter the other day, I believe the color spectrum was rated at about 2700k. Very good for flowering if I'm not mistaken...

Just some pictures today. I'm guessing about 20-30 more days and she'll be ripe enough for picking.

The last picture is of her cola. It looks like it's going to be nice and fat!

 

[420benny]

I can smell her from here. She looks lovely, too.

 

[thedonofchronic]

she already is fat.
and nice green leaves

 

[swiftgt]

wow sweet mental,
looks like it will be bud of the month material!

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

A friend came over the other day with a really nice camera and took some beautiful shots. Going to try to see if I can get them off him sometime soon. You could really see the thc crystals in the pictures, I was very impressed.

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

May 27

Still need that buddy of mine to bring his good camera over for some real bud porn. Later tonight most likely.
Going to flush her quick tonight, havn't done this yet and I thought that she might like a root bath as it were. Going to flush and a little miracle gro application tonight.

Was vacuuming today with a shop vac, and apparently you need a special filter to vacuum up dirt and such, and if you don't, dirt comes spewing out of the vacuum... I was cleaning my rug for a good 5 minutes before I noticed a a thin trail of dirt flying out of the thing. So some dirt got in my box and on the leaves a bit (and probably on some buds) but everything looks good.

Will post pics after the flush.

 

[lordhighlama]

can't wait to see those high res photo's metal. That sucks about your shop vac experience, but it's kinda funny if you think about it.

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

Hey lama, hopefully I can get my buddy over here soon. But for now we have some so-and-so pictures to cope with lol. Yeah, the vacuum experience was definately my fault, I should have known from past experience that this always happens without the right filter. Bah!

Flush went well, I think she's happy now, I can feel good vibes from her already. So she's at week 5 now. I probably wont harvest until she's fat enough to my liking. She's still packing on weight, and growing her colas.

 

[lordhighlama]

cool shot looking at the top of all those reflectors!

 

[thedonofchronic]

keep doing what you doing mental
kinda makes me mad i wont be able to try
and of the white berry... wwxbb ahh well..
hey honestly i feel like ive asked you this, probably
months ago but where do you get all those perfect
reflectors for your cfls? :ciao:

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

Haha I know eh LHL, pretty neat shot. I tried getting the reflectors right on the plant as best I could. I'm really hoping for some tight nugs this time around.

Hey don, don't sweat it. You've got some crazy stuff growing over at your place, I'm sure we'll both come out with some nice smoke .
And I purchased the reflectors at a local home depot. They cost 14 bucks a piece... Over priced in my opinion.. But at least they come with the reflector, socket and plug I guess. If I purchased a 400 watt Hps instead of all my lights and reflectors, I probably could have saved a couple dollars. Meh.

 

[Sweest]

Mental, its been awhhhile since I've checked the forum. Let me say you have some good work going on here. I just placed an order for more white berry from Attitude, 13.95 a fem seed, not bad.

Put it this way, the last WB I had was so good, now that its all gone, I've ordered the same strain again. You will not be disappointed. That berry smell only gets stronger, especially AFTER you chop it!!!

Keep up the good work. Just curious, I counted 8 high wattage CFL bulbs, wouldn't it have been more cost competative to purchase an HPS unit, or was this kinda a CFL experiment. Anyways, the CFL's are killin it in that room.

 

[Locked]

Looking beautiful Mental... nice buds... keep it up and you will be rolling in smoke in no time...

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

Mental, its been awhhhile since I've checked the forum. Let me say you have some good work going on here. I just placed an order for more white berry from Attitude, 13.95 a fem seed, not bad.

Put it this way, the last WB I had was so good, now that its all gone, I've ordered the same strain again. You will not be disappointed. That berry smell only gets stronger, especially AFTER you chop it!!!

Keep up the good work. Just curious, I counted 8 high wattage CFL bulbs, wouldn't it have been more cost competative to purchase an HPS unit, or was this kinda a CFL experiment. Anyways, the CFL's are killin it in that room.

Hey sweest! Thanks for the encouraging words! She's smelling really nice, like jam/berry/lemon almost. Glad to hear you're growing more WB. I'm impressed by this strain so far, I love how she's so short and bushy with a nice smell.

I've got a bunch of 23 watters in the box, with about 3 or 4 42 watters. Yes, it would have been wiser had I known I was going to use all these lights to purchase an HID initially instead. I'm actually really considering buying a 400 watter for the next flowering!

Looking beautiful Mental... nice buds... keep it up and you will be rolling in smoke in no time...

Thanks ham . Kind words as always! I'm waiting patiently for her to ripen up. At least 15-25 more days!

 

[swiftgt]

wow mental your buds are really developing beautyfully,
cant wait too see how they finish,
so how are your out door plants doing?

ive invested in a co2 cylender!, just need to get my hands on a reg,
do deal with the heat i have been having latey!.

 

[CoronacaliGrow]

Ahh..I am so jealous..if only i had the money..haha

just read this whole thing and bad *** my friend..badass..cant wait

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

Thanks swift! My outdoor plants are doing ok, not the greatest but ok. I really think they need some nutes.
But other than that, it seems that they are growing! My other White Berry that is outside is developing very nicely, she's growing many shoots and I may take some clones off her tonight.

Co2 huh? I've heard good things about how it helps a lot with your plant's health and speeds up growth and such. Ah heat... always a pain in the behind isn't it?

Hey there Corona! Thanks for stopping by, I'm really glad you've enjoyed this journal so far. My last grow was quite the adventure too, it was also a single mother plant that went into flowering.
I can't wait for harvest either! But I think the wait will be hardest when the buds are drying... I'll be very tempted to take a few samples and nuke them in the microwave or something.. But I'll try not to .

On a side note: The pictures in the last post were pretty neat pictures. They were taken using a high definition video camera, so it's greatest quality was not taking pictures. But they turned out pretty cool! Finally get to see some of those bountiful crystals in the pictures for once!

My buddy with a real picture taking camera was over, but I let him try to figure out how to get the images onto this site or even onto my computer, and he couldn't do both... so hopefully I can get his shots soon, they were very beautiful shots in my opinion. Ah well.

 

[Sweest]

I can't wait to see your harvest pics. I think you have helped your plants stay more stought because of your choice of lighting. Obviously its more than enough light, but with the CFL's you are able to keep the lights much closer, hence not letting or having the plant stretch.


I just purchased a 175w MH for vegging and a 400w HPS for flowering. I have high hopes for my next group of girls. I'm going to try and make a journal for them, just depends on how they start out. Out of my last 10 seeds, all have germinated and only 3 have servived, don't know what I'm doing wrong. Hopefully starting all over I can have better green mojo.

 

[lordhighlama]

right on mental,, about time we got to see some frosty shots.
looking real nice!

 

[MeNtAlPaTiEnT]

I can't wait to see your harvest pics. I think you have helped your plants stay more stought because of your choice of lighting. Obviously its more than enough light, but with the CFL's you are able to keep the lights much closer, hence not letting or having the plant stretch.


I just purchased a 175w MH for vegging and a 400w HPS for flowering. I have high hopes for my next group of girls. I'm going to try and make a journal for them, just depends on how they start out. Out of my last 10 seeds, all have germinated and only 3 have servived, don't know what I'm doing wrong. Hopefully starting all over I can have better green mojo.

Hey sweest, yep, she is stout alright!

That's awsome that you purchased some new lights! I'm also thinking a 400 watter as well! I'd absolutely love to see a journal involving more White Berries. I've looked around at Rollitup.org and found a few, but nothing too spectacular.
Only 3 have survived? As in they grew the tap root, you planted them and they ended up dieing? If anything, probably too much water perhaps? Ah well, three should be a decent harvest with a 400 watter no doubt!

And Lordhigh, I know eh? It's been hard getting a camera that can take some nice closeups, but I finally took a few. More to come later in the following days for sure!