Orange Diesel (Mephisto)

👉🏽Day 2 (8/27): Seedling emerged evening of 8/26. Light height at 1 m with intensity set at 50%. Will be trying TaNg's easy auto feeding schedule, adding, Voodoo Juice/Mammoth P, Great White mycorrhizae (top-dressed bi-weekly), and Cal-Mag (when needed.) Total time to break soil surface: 54 hours. 👉🏽Day 4 (8/29): First watering B-52, Voodoo Juice, and a top-dressing of Great White. Raised light intensity to one notch above 50%, and all's well. Next watering: Water, Voodoo Juice, and Great White, depending on pot weight. Next application of Great White: around 9/12 (bi-weekly).

👉🏽 Day 7 (9/1): Watered to 10% runoff. She's the smallest in the tent but growing well. Will begin watering with light nutrients after Day 10 (9/4). 👉🏽 Day 9 (9/3): All's good. Vigorous and solid overall. A day behind her tentmates. 👉🏽 Day 13 (9/7): Watered with nutrients for the first time (1.5 liters). Drooping a bit (about 15% runoff), so I'll just water with 1 liter next time. Looks good otherwise. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, Mammoth P, and (maybe) CalMag. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Great White: around 9/12. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 15 (9/9): Doing well. Recovered quickly from watering stress. Will stop watering to runoff during veg cycle. 👉🏽 Day 17 (9/11): Growing steadily at about .5"/day. Watered with first dose of Mammoth P. Held off on CalMag. Recovering well and will monitor to see if Sensi Bloom A&B can be stepped up to .75 ml/l. 👉🏽 Day 20 (9/14): Watered with higher level of Sensi Bloom A&B (.75 ml/l), first dose of CalMag, and second dose of Mammoth P for the week. First pre-flowers appeared today or late yesterday. Responding well to increased nutrients. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B and CalMag. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 9/18 (2x weekly). Next application of Great White: around 9/26. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 22 (9/16): Will water on Day 23 with higher level of Sensi Bloom A&B (.75 ml/l) and second dose of CalMag, holding off on next dose of Mammoth P until the watering to follow. Steady .5" growth/day. 👉🏽 Day 23 (9/17): Watered and did some minor defoliation of 50/50 leaves and cotyledons. The pot was bone dry, so I'm hoping for a quick recovery. 👉🏽 Day 24 (9/18): Switching lights to 20/4. 👉🏽 Day 26 (9/20): Normal watering with Mammoth P. The stretch is on, and she's the second largest in the tent. 👉🏽 Day 28 (9/22): Normal watering and minor defoliation of 50/50 leaves. Upped the light intensity to 2 notches above 50%, and she's responded well. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, Big Bud, CalMag, and Mammoth P. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 9/24 (2x weekly). First application of Big Bud: around 9/24 (Day 30). Next application of Great White: around 9/26. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B and CalMag. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 9/24 (2x weekly). First application of Big Bud: around 9/24 (Day 30). Next application of Great White: around 9/26. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 29 (9/23): Has adjusted well to increased light intensity, though I may pull it back to 18/6 since only one other plant in the tent enjoys that much light. 👉🏽 Day 30 (9/24): Watered, adding Mammoth P and first dose of Big Bud (.25 ml/l to increase to .5 ml/l if there's a good reaction). Just had one night of 19/5, and will bring the lights down to 18/6 starting tonight. (Added a pic of all four plants taken earlier in the day. I'm still getting used to the more powerful SP3000 and figuring out what the plants will take!) 👉🏽 Day 32 (9/26): Watered, defoliated lower leaves, and removed lower bud sites not getting light. 18/6 working well so far. 👉🏽 Day 34 (9/28): Watered with Mammoth P. Continued with the defoliation, paying special attention to lower bud sites that won't get enough light. Still stretching. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, Big Bud, and CalMag. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 10/1 (2x weekly). Next application of Great White: around 10/10. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 36 (9/30): Watered, with some minor defoliation and pinching off of small lower bud sites. 19" tall for three straight days, so this may be the quick finisher in the tent. 👉🏽 Day 37 (10/1): First sign of trichomes on main cola. 👉🏽 Day 38 (10/2): Regular watering with Mammoth P and removed growth from about 6 lower bud sites. Great stigma development from bud sites! 👉🏽 Day 39 (10/4): Watered, with some minor defoliation. Removed one lower bud site, and it was extremely sticky! Just a generic citrus smell now. . . . Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, Big Bud, CalMag, Mammoth P, and Carboload. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 10/5 (2x weekly). Switch from Big Bud to Overdrive: 10/9. Next application of Great White: around 10/10. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 43 (10/7): She's the quickest in the tent, with at least a two-day lead over everyone else. Looking forward to switching to Overdrive with the next watering. 👉🏽 Day 44 (10/8): Watered with first dose of Overdrive. Responding well to it, as well as to lights being raised to about 63%. 👉🏽 Day 46 (10/10): Watered and performed a good amount of defoliation (50/50 leaves). 👉🏽 Day 48 (10/12): Watered. She's the quickest plant in the tent and bulking up steadily. Stepped back Sensi Bloom A&B dosage to .5 ml/l due to nutrient burn on new growth. Also used a cheap back-up pH pen while waiting for a new Apera meter. Not sure if the nutrient burn is actually a pH issue, and will be glad to have a more accurate pH meter! Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, CalMag, Overdrive, and Carboload. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 10/15 (2x weekly). Next application of Great White: around 10/24. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 50 (10/14): Fed for the first time with properly pH'd (!) solution. Responding well. Very steady grow. 👉🏽 Day 52 (10/16): Fed with Mammoth P, removing some 50/50 leaves. Continues to bulk up, and may consider starting UV treatment later this week. 👉🏽 Day 54 (10/18): Fed and removed a select few leaves. She's a dream to grow, for sure. Will start UV on Day 56 for two 15-minute sessions. 👉🏽 Day 56 (10/20): Rinse and repeat: fed and removed a few leaves. Responded well to first two doses of UVB light. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, CalMag, Overdrive, and Carboload. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 10/24 (2x weekly). Next application of Great White: around 10/24. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿 Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, CalMag, Overdrive, Mammoth P, and Carboload. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 10/20 (2x weekly). Next application of Great White: around 10/24. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 57 (10/21): Responded well to the first two sessions (15 minutes long) of UVB light. At about 30-40% cloudy right now. 👉🏽 Day 58 (10/22): Fed and took off a couple of leaves 😂 She's probably a week or two from finishing, and her leaves seem to be holding out okay. You can see the pretty fade in one of the Day 57 pics! 👉🏽 Day 60 (10/24): Fed finally did a more extensive defoliation (about 10%); has responded well so far. The buds are swelling and beefy. At about 50-60% cloudy. 👉🏽 Day 62 (10/26): Fed and did nothing else except rotate the pot. Stronger bud growth yesterday/today. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, CalMag, Overdrive, Mammoth P, and Carboload. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 10/28 (2x weekly). Next application of Great White: around 11/7. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 62 (10/26): Fed and did nothing else except rotate the pot. Stronger bud growth yesterday/today. 👉🏽 Day 64 (10/28): Fed with additional Mammoth P. Extremely strong plant that's making good bud progress. Smells like an orange Push-Up popsicle. 👉🏽 Day 66 (10/30): Fed, rotated, and removed a sampler nug. Trichomes are everywhere on it; makes me wish I could do a dry trim on her! 👉🏽 Day 68 (11/1): Fed, rotated, and nothing else! Some of the older, upper leaves will have to be trimmed since they're tacoing and fading. Just tried the tester nug: hits deep like Chemdawg. Focused mental, with pain relief. 👉🏽 Day 70 (11/3): Nothing exciting! Fed and rotated. Didn't end up trimming any leaves, since they're still holding up. Next watering with Sensi Bloom A&B, CalMag, Overdrive, Mammoth P, and Carboload. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: around 11/5 (2x weekly). Next application of Great White: around 11/7. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 72 (11/5): Skipped today's watering since I was out of town, but not stressed in the least. (At least I can get all plants back on the same watering day!) 👉🏽 Day 73 (11/6): Fed and rotated. Decided to skip Great White since it's deep into flower. Trichomes look to be about 60-70% cloudy. Maybe a week more? 👉🏽 Day 75 (11/8): Fed and rotated. Lowered the dose of Sensi Bloom A&B to .25 ml/l and raised the Overdrive to .5 ml/l. She's getting close. Next watering with CalMag, Sensi Bloom A&B, Overdrive, Mammoth P, and Carboload. Will be adding nutrients with each watering. Next application of Mammoth P: 11/10 (2x weekly). Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

👉🏽 Day 78 (11/11): Fed and rotated. Decided that will be the last watering. I'll be harvesting and wet trimming all four plants in the tent on Day 80 before placing them in the HerbsNow. She was a pleasure to grow, and it'll be fun to learn how to LST small and medium plants. 👉🏽 Day 80 (11/13): Harvest day for this 2-gallon experiment! Removed fan leaves before taking the photos included above. Hands down, this is the stickiest, greasiest plant I've ever grown. The wet trim went okay, but I had to take so many breaks to wipe down the scissors with alcohol. (You could make some nice temple balls with this strain!) Wet weight: 146g. Hoping to get at least an oz. dried. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

This Orange Diesel was the rock. It took massive pH swings and UVB overexposure like a champ, while producing the stickiest buds I've ever handled. I was surprised that this 2-gallon grow produced about 1 oz. of dried bud, while my previous 3-gallon grows produced 2-2.5 oz. yields. The buds are pretty compact and dense--maybe 9.5/10 on that scale. This plant would be perfect for a 3-gallon grow. Since it's pretty compact, I can imagine a SOG grow with 6 plants in a 2x4 would work really well!