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Growing Golosa has to do with feeding control. Most importantly, there should be a warning on how little Golosa feeds. Normal strength fertilizing will either kill or stunt growth. Time is needed for longer vegetation period for decent yield. I use earth worm casting, bat dung, molasses, and seaweeds as my main feeds. And I have plenty of micronutrients at neutral pH going into Golosa. I also found that growing companion plants works well with tropical outdoor grow. And I use purslane family. Both sea purslane and flowering portulaca work well. Golosa developed nice bush and can take a bit more fertilizer with either of these companion plants. Resistance to insects, mites, and mold is excellent for all phenotypes. This is a must for my climate. I found that buds on all Golosa plants are all highly potent with copious amount of trichome. However, each phenotype grows differently. Main differences can be group in to lighter shade of green and darker shade of green. Light green leaves phenotypes are more susceptible to mite. But the mite attack slow down once trichome started on leaves. Also, light green leaves has more open bud structure and no mold issue in hot and wet climate. Fantastic! Buds appearance is still much better than fluffy Sativa buds. On the other hand it is not a dense indica type. Dark green leaves phenotype has very little pest issue in veg. During flowers, most pest can not survive the amount of trichome. However, there would be small bits of mold in hot and wet climate. Over all, I lost very little. Buds is more dense. However, after dried, it is still not the most dense that I have grown. Good thing is the productivity of dark green leave phenotype. My smallest plant turned out to have biggest yield from denser buds. Over all, yield is on the mid-low side. As Golosa is a light feeder, more fertilizers do not give more buds. Only longer vegetation period can improve production. I don’t like light feeders. It takes more cares and time. Overall, I don’t think light feeders are easier to grow. Golosa is for either new gardeners who do not feed and water their plants or for experienced growers who can adjust feeding. Yield – normal plants 120 grams and 100 grams. Yield – polyploid treated plant 70 grams and 135 grams. Total 425 grams (nearly 15 ounces) of highly potent buds. Polyploid experiment seemed to have impact. Treatment increased spiciness. It was so much and caused too much coughing. However, after effect is more pleasant. Although buds had more trichome, the treatment slow growth for a couple of weeks. Therefore, polyploid treatment did not increase yield with same period of grow. With more time, polyploid treated plants can yield more. Polyploid treated plant also has strongest smell of all the weeds that I have grown. Smell even comes out from curing jars. After dry, the smell become very nice and sweet with a bit of mango. I did not notice mango smell on normal plants. All in all, I recommend polyploid treated plant for infused oil. I am trying “cold” infusion”. This is putting buds in coconut oil without cooking and let it infuse. The time would be a couple of months. Good thing is that there is no smell during curing and during infusion. I do plan to sterilized the infused oil before packing into small bottles. Thank you for following along with my gardening adventure. I wish the entire world smoke weeds. Peace on earth.