Growing an "Eldorado" Outdoors.

[Blaze4daze]

Bloom Week 10

More photo's of her indoors with camera flash as the only light. You can see how thick she is getting. These massive cola's will be fun trimming and I will probably leave them large like they are to dry and cure.



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[Blaze4daze]

Bloom Week 10

The final 5 photo's from week 10 taken indoors under 1200mx LED.
She is really close to harvest. I can hardly wait.





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[420]

Very Nice, Yes Sir Blazd4Daz those are some beautiful ladies!!! I can just imagin the fun your going to have trimming, Now you grew those under the LED lighting or outdoors? The Eldorado is usually a tall Sativa correct? I ordered a LED from TruLites last friday and figure that they will have it built and shipped by tuesday. The weather in California is probabaly nice enough to grow outdoors year round, my Tangerine Dream are doing well under my 400w MH but a couple of them streached more than expected, and I had to turn down to 250w because I couldn't keep my tent cool enough, I have a cooling reflector but I removed the glass cover figuring that I could get by without air cooling but I was WRONG!!! Now until I can get help I've got to run on 250w. I was hoping the LED would have came sooner. Peace! 420

[Blaze4daze]

Very Nice, Yes Sir Blazd4Daz those are some beautiful ladies!!! I can just imagin the fun your going to have trimming, Now you grew those under the LED lighting or outdoors? The Eldorado is usually a tall Sativa correct? I ordered a LED from TruLites last friday and figure that they will have it built and shipped by tuesday. The weather in California is probabaly nice enough to grow outdoors year round, my Tangerine Dream are doing well under my 400w MH but a couple of them streached more than expected, and I had to turn down to 250w because I couldn't keep my tent cool enough,I have a cooling reflector but I removed the glass cover figuring that I could get by without air cooling but I was WRONG!!! Now until I can get help I've got to run on 250w. I was hoping the LED would have came sooner. Peace! 420

Thank You 420

Yes I am truly happy with the results I am seeing here. Nirvana's genetics are amazing. I did start this plant Outdoors and maybe a little too late into the summer for this strain. I did have a next door neighbor/weekender issue, where the owners of the cabin next door, let some nosy people stay there for a bit, along with purchasing a new LED, I went indoors with her.

The weather here has been fantastic also, which if the strain would have been different I might have been able to finish her outdoors. It is just now getting colder here after the first week of November. I am at 5000 ft. in the mountains and it does get different weather than down in the valley or over in the high desert of Cali., but as far as year round outdoor growing, it's not possible here. It snows 6-10 times a winter here, of at least a few inches to over four feet.

But the circumstances changed so I had to make some adjustments. I know it says Outdoors at the beginning of this thread, but I had to go indoors for security reasons and to be able to use the LED that I got.

I am looking forward to those sticky fingers once again. My last harvest was 9 plants and I was really hard pressed to get them all trimmed by myself as I trust no one with what I am doing here, to help trim.

Eldorado is a tall plant if left to grow with~out some form of training. She was topped to the way I wanted her to grow and to allow her to fit into the space I have for her as it turned out.

Good news! you got a LED, good for you, a bit pricy still, I would guess but well worth the money. Glad to here your Tangerine dreams are doing well. When do we get to see them?

We would love to see how their doing. Good luck with your grow and thanks for your kind words regarding the Eldorado. You should start a grow diary on them here, so others can follow along and can learn too.

[Schmokin]

Awesome! Beautiful work as ever Blazd. Will be interested to hear what the final dry yield is. I've watched this at every stage of her life and feel quite attached to her!
What's your next project going to be?

[Blaze4daze]

Awesome! Beautiful work as ever Blazd. Will be interested to hear what the final dry yield is. I've watched this at every stage of her life and feel quite attached to her!
What's your next project going to be?

Thank you Schmokin

That means alot to me. I just received my order from (gorilla-cannabis-seeds.co.uk/) They arrived safely and I ordered, Kali Mist, Master Kush and Blueberry, all Feminized. I really really want to start the Blueberry, next. Since I will have plenty of good Sativa, I'll probably grow the Blueberry with another Indica Dominant hybrid to grow along with it, I haven't decided which one yet.

Thank you for following along with this grow and feeling attached also, It's hard not to. What an amazing plant she turned into. I can't hardly wait to trim, dry, cure and smoke this terrific strain. She smells Out of this world, good.

[420]

So, You think that TruLite's led's are pricy? Your possibly are correct but they offered me $100 off the advertised price and $100 refund if I would send them digital pictures of my plants as they grow with the led, well that would be ok but as of right now I need a new camera that's why there has been no pics. Where do you suggest that I purchase my led's from? I'm not real smart to the new way of lighting so I just took the advice of "Ryan Riley" because earlier this year I was sent the updated version of "How To Grow Elite Marijuana", (that I feel is a great e-book for beginners) in it he now claims that LED's are possibly the best way to grow!!! I'm sure that others have written good advice but there are over 500+ pages of good reading and detailed info. But Blazd4Daz please give me the name of another site that's possibly better priced. Thanks and Peace, 420

[420]

I just seen that your 1200MX list for a buck under $1600.00 now that is Pricy don't ya think?

[Blaze4daze]

So, You think that TruLite's led's are pricy? Your possibly are correct but they offered me $100 off the advertised price and $100 refund if I would send them digital pictures of my plants as they grow with the led, well that would be ok but as of right now I need a new camera that's why there has been no pics. Where do you suggest that I purchase my led's from? I'm not real smart to the new way of lighting so I just took the advice of "Ryan Riley" because earlier this year I was sent the updated version of "How To Grow Elite Marijuana", (that I feel is a great e-book for beginners) in it he now claims that LED's are possibly the best way to grow!!! I'm sure that others have written good advice but there are over 500+ pages of good reading and detailed info. But Blazd4Daz please give me the name of another site that's possibly better priced. Thanks and Peace, 420

420

All LED's are up there in price, right now, including mine. I don't know what you paid for yours, but until they get the cooling issue with the 5wt. chips figured out and the growing world see's how awesome they are, we all have to pay ridiculous amounts for these lights. I no way meant that you paid too much, I have no way of knowing that, you never said.

I knew that I would be getting a light that would reduce my electric bill in half and It sure has, already. The savings from changing from HID lighting to LED is paying me back every month, compared to the old 1000wt HID lighting I was using before.

The good thing is that you got one. I'm sure you too will have lower electric costs and will hardly believe the explosive growth your plants will experience.

[Blaze4daze]

I just seen that your 1200MX list for a buck under $1600.00 now that is Pricy don't ya think?

420

Yes! $1549.00 just about killed me, lol. I don't know if you saw my complete HID grow with the 8 Tangerine Dreams and the one Lemon Skunk, here in the (growing indoor section), under "How I grow the tall sativa", but you can see the difference in lighting there.

I was paying $75+ a month for just that grow alone, no household usage, just grow room usage. Right now It's $30 a month. Already one, 2 plant grow with this new LED light near completion and I'm already getting my money back slowly but surely.

[Blaze4daze]

420

On the home page here, Full Spectrum LED Grow Lights

From supergrowled.com

I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a couple of those LED's and get my veg. room back up and running again.

[Blaze4daze]

Bloom Week 11

She has been getting water only for the past week, since her final flush. Noticing about 35% amber color starting to appear on tri heads. I moved her closer to the LED to about 12 inches.

Getting real close to harvesting her, probably one more week. I plan to remove all the upper cola's and let the bottom growth develop more, another week there.

Photo's taken under LED.



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[Blaze4daze]

Bloom Week 11

Still some nice sunny days here on the 12th of November. I still bring the plants outdoors to feed/water and drain.

Photo's shown here were taken yesterday. Outdoor temp. was 69*f. and sunny. Plants were out only long enough to water and drain. Just love living here in the mountains, secluded back up in the woods is really a wonderful place to have retired too. The wife and I really enjoy all 4 seasons this location has to offer. Were still having great weather here in mid November.



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[Blaze4daze]

Bloom Week 11

And lastly for week 11. I have taken photo's with a couple CFL's as background lighting, to try to show you folks how the cola's have really packed in the growth while still returning green leafs to the bud sites, as she leaches off the older, lower leafs, to bring all her goodness too the buds.



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[420]

Yes Sir Dazd4Daz those ladies have beautiful cola's, you could easily make a turnaround with what you got invested IF you sold them' but there is no way I could let them girls Buds go! I got my LED just yesterday but I need help hanging it. (I'm disabled in a wheelchair) One buddy knows what I got going on up here and he lives about 50 miles south, so I'm hoping that he'll take a road trip after he gets off work. The light cost $549.00 but I got Mat of TruLite LED to take $100 off it. I'm satisfied! He said that if I would send him digital pics of the grow he would send me another $100. Peace, 420