🔆 Day 43 - The 3BOG caught up to the Sour, both about 31”. It’s interesting how their structure is almost identical, you’d think they were the same strain at a glance. The bud development on 3BOG is a little behind the Sour though. Some frost is appearing on both 😃
I’m seeing a new problem on both plants. The newer leaves are showing some yellowing. My guess is iron lock out. It could be high soil pH, so I’ll do a runoff check.
Gave them both a light top dressing of Flower Girl yesterday.
🔆 Day 45 - The soil runoff pH was the same as my last check on day 28, Sour 6.8, 3BOG 6.6
So I guess that’s how it’s gonna stay. The newer leaves are no worse and the plants look happy. I’m not gonna worry about it. I’ve got them this far, I’m sure I can manage them for another 30 days or so.
🔆 Day 48 - My advisors at AFN seemed to think the plants were just hungry in general, not any specific deficiency. So yesterday I gave them Flower Girl tea. Today I top dressed a bit more of it and gave them a Recharge watering. The buds are coming along. 🌷
I never comment on other people’s grows unless they ask a question....but I have to chime in and say your buds look phenomenal...you hafta be sharpening the scissors to chop soon. I don’t think I’ve seen any buds more aesthetically pleasing than these. Is there a big difference in the smell of the two strains??
Well done and I’m guessing 3.5 to 4 oz dried.....but I hope you get even more.
@Bullmark, Thanks! That means a lot. I’m really happy with how they’ve turned out. I’m itching to chop them but I’m going to hold out. I’d rather wait a bit too long than chop a bit too early.
They smell very pungent together, that’s for sure! The Sour is the stinkier of the two. It smells awesome but don’t ask me to describe it. Lol.
Looks good growmie! Almost done, you made it! Can't wait to see the finished product! Great pics too, trich's look great! Are you harvesting when you get amber or before? Will you shut the tent down and dry in there or do you have a separate area? I'll be harvesting any day, just wondering how you'll be drying.
@Growaholic, I’d like to see just a little amber before chopping, but we’ll see how patient I can be. Lol. Anytime after they’ve gone mostly cloudy will be good. The 3BOG is pretty close already. I want to shut down and dry in the tent. Hopefully I can chop them both at the same time. I’m going to dry in brown paper bags though, so I might be able to have one drying in the tent while the other finishes.
@Whilhelmthegrower, I liked the paper bag dry and will use it again. It was easy and clean and worked well I think. I didn’t keep the humidity up enough though and they dried quicker than I intended. And yes, wet trimmed completely down to buds and into the bags, a single layer.
Next time I may leave more on the stem to slow the drying a bit.
nice looking grow, Grackle! i've got some Mephisto and Night Owl stuff I might run next grow. Skywalker and 3BOG. looking forward to watching this develop.
@Growaholic, I know, the stretch has been crazy! I managed to rig my light way up to the top of the tent, hopefully it’ll be enough. But I’m definitely going to top my plants on the next grow.
@Growaholic, Thanks! Yours are looking really good too. I was worried back when you topped a 2nd time, but it worked out! You got some nice buds going 👍🔥
Hope this one works out. Did you have trouble with the skywalkers? I planted 3 and only got 1 that was normal. I've had multiple people tell me that Meph genetics are finiky. And ya, I've been following the usps thing on Reddit too. Sucks that a man in a suit says you can't grow in some states. Good luck on this round 🤜💥🤛
@Growaholic, The Skywalker was looking good at first but seemed to stop growing. I probably jumped the gun on it, but I didn’t want to burn another week or two on a questionable start. The Cream Caramel was a just bad seed I think.
I have a couple more Skywalker seeds and will definitely give them a go next. Yours are looking good, even the weirdo! 😆
Wow, all i here is amazing things about mephisto genetics, very hard to get their seeds in Australia! Hope they are all they’re “cracked” up to be! :) round 3 fight 🥊✊
@SufalloBoldier, Yeah, Mephisto’s gear has a great reputation and fanatic followers. I’m hoping that in 10 weeks or so I’ll find out if the hype is justified… round 3 knockout!