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The freebie run

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Critical Kush
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Resistance
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Critical Kush from Barney, is the living definition of vigour. Great adaptability to the growing environment, strong adaptation and resistance, very stable. Even at chop day she was looking strong. This week, she was kind enough to welcome me home with an overall kushy smell coming from the exhaust. But the plant itself during trim had zero gazzy skunky smell. This is the only reason I have not to give her the perfect score. If a strain is named with the Kush word, it gotta have some dankness. During trimming, hands got rapidly covered with a coat of oil, and fingers got shinny and sticky. Flowers where huge, with medium density. Smell was fruity, with backgrounds of mint and rotten. Calyx to leaf ratio was about average. This phenotype showed some beautiful fall colours caused by low temps soil, and strong QB style LED.
The Outcome
Week 13
Harvest
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
4.88
mยฒ
ftยฒ
Grow Room size
0.2
plant / mยฒ
172.13
watt / mยฒ
Commented by
sativaman sativaman
2 years ago
Smoke test will be performed next week. She was kindly hung to dry yesterday. Update will be posted lately =) It looks pretty legit and finger hash was abundant at trimming.
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homerjgangia
homerjgangiaweek 0
Good luck with your grow mate!๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช
Legendaryseedthumb
Legendaryseedthumbweek 0
Happy growing my friend! Nice reading your diary! Say hello if you ever visit my profile๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ Peace & love L.S.T
Shooey
Shooeyweek 0
I agree with you about the freebies now. I used to love them and the amount of freebies would heavily influence my purchase. But I now think they are more trouble than they are worth. I had a heap laying around as well, and decided to do a freebie run this year too. The germination rate was terrible, and the ones I wanted didnโ€™t do well enough. It leaves you in a conundrum as to whether to persist with them, as the results may not be good enough for the time invested. I think in future, I will look for freebie offers where they offer 3+1 or 5+2 etc, instead of a handful of shit ones. Nice diaries sativaman Cheers bro
sativaman
sativaman
@Shooey, Thanks for your kind words =) !!
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronkweek 5
The critical is holding its leaves out damn near perfectly horizontal, very aesthetically pleasing! I use a very airy mix for germinating seedlings and have very low failure rates. I mix equal parts of compost, vermiculite and perlite and keep the humidity nice and high until they're established. I am still using commercial compost as my main substrate though, which I would like to move away from at some point. Peat-based products are... problematic.
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronk
@sativaman, Ah, I am not from your fair lands - I don't know much about the Canadian peat industry and it might well be sustainable over there! I wouldn't know know how though - peat takes about 10 years to form 10mm of peat. Though Canada is bloody massive so it might work sustainably over there. I know it's not managed sustainably in the UK. I've not switched over to coir because I am at heart an organic grower and I like the "chuck it in some mud and wait" methodologies. Inert mediums like 100% coir is a step towards hyroponics which just isn't for me. I'm also under the impression that coco is slightly more difficult in that it's easier to make mistakes with your nutrient levels etc. The solution for me is to start buying bags of horse manure / worm casings / etc and mix up my own peat-free compost but I really don't have room for bags of horse shit in my flat :)
sativaman
sativaman
@wrongleverkronk, I though (Canadian) peat was sustainable. Plus it was a local product, compare to coco.. Well now I know better. Coco is great too.. sorry to ask but, then why not use only coco? Theoretically they are both inert...
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronk
@sativaman, I love peat for growing in - great water retention, naturally protective for small plants - I've never had any problems with it at all. My issues with it are purely environmental. It's a massive carbon sink and peat bogs and marshes are a really important biomes for many increasingly rare plants and animals. Outside of nature reseves though, massive areas of our peatlands have been seriously damaged as the living top layer is stripped off so the compost underneath can be extracted, so yes, peat is an amazing substrate for growers but it's really bad for the environment. I am reducing my use of it (I now use a 60:40 coir/peat mix), but ultimately I want to stop using it entirely.
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wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronkweek 2
Nice, I also have some freebies from Barney's (Critical Kush) and Phoenix (OG Kush) that I was thinking about popping one or both after my current grow is all cropped up.... but then I look at my pack of Tikal from Ace and suddenly I'm not sure any more. I'll keep an eye on this diary to help me make my mind up :)
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronk
@sativaman, I read your diary and review of Phoenix's OG - it's what started me thinking about planting something less sativa-y next time. When I started smoking I was just smoking what I could get my hands on over here - I never had a good connection, then when I moved to growing my own I went straight for the sativas (C99 I think was my first grow) so I am feeling like I need to educate myself a little bit on some of these classics :).
sativaman
sativaman
@wrongleverkronk, I ordered and payed for phoenix og kush. It was one of my grow that I've smoked with delight until the very last buds. If you are a fan of classic kushy taste you will love it... I would grow it again.
Wackytabacky_420
Wackytabacky_420week 0
Best of luck and Happy Growing! ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ’ช
Cannabeast40
Cannabeast40week 0
Wish you best of luck and happy growing ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘Š
Med_in_Tropic
Med_in_Tropicweek 5
There are lots of microbes that grow without our intention. And these can kill weaklings. I had best number of survive seedling by germinating with sterilized (microwaved) soil. Then I added mycorrhiza to the mix. These inadvertent microbes will still later propagate themself. And sterilizing will give seedling one week of friendly environment. However, the seeds that need laboratory cleanliness may be weak and won't survive my outdoor trial. I think if a seed doesn't survive germaination in living soil, it will be difficult for them to grow later on. So be it.
sativaman
sativaman
@Med_in_Tropic,Hehehey! Man you are always fun to read! ..Sounds like a good deal you have there!! Thanks for this advice! I am luckier this one as the new seeds I've sowed broke soil today! But wasting seeds is a bummer. I will try this simple trick for now on.
Med_in_Tropic
Med_in_Tropic
Hi @sativaman, normal people would steam the soil mix to sterilize. I microwave for the heat to kill germs. For seedling, there is only small amount of soil. So, I mix them well. And moist the mix a little. My wife does not like to see gardening stuff in her kitchen. This is our boundary. The garden is my but kitchen is her territory. So I wait until my wife is busy with her beauty routine. And I sneak into the kitchen to microwave the soil. It takes only no more than a few minute until everything heat and steam up. Then I use mitten to carry out the container to cool outside the house. Once it is cool enough, I mix in mycorrhizae and plant the seeds.
sativaman
sativaman
@Med_in_Tropic, I Like what you say. Especially about over cleaned environment: I expect seeds to carry a minimum of self mechanisms that will bring them thru the first week. When you microwave your soil are you doing it for the heat or the radiation? how long..to heat it up thoroughly?
alchemist
alchemistweek 9
White widow looks like it will have some fatty buds ๐Ÿ˜Ž
sativaman
sativaman
@alchemist, Well yes but she is at week 4 of flower so hard to compare with the 2 others. Still I really like what I see as structure and colas! Cheers!!
deFharo
deFharoweek 5
No vas a tener problemas con el micelio, yo he crecido plรกntulas con mis Microorganismos Activados sin problema. Pero ahora prefiero, para germinaciรณn, un sustrato aireado, con algรบn enraizante, donde las raรญces se expandan cuanto antes.
sativaman
sativaman
@deFharo, Thank you very much!
deFharo
deFharoweek 10
Buena decisiรณn! que siga la fiesta del cultivo con las semillas que se lo merezcan!!๐Ÿ–๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพ
Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfweek 10
Bummer mate ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ another variety to stay away from
LittleJohn
LittleJohnweek 4
Good luck and happy growing๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜‹๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
Godesskat
Godesskatweek 3
Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction ๐Ÿ˜Ž good luck๐Ÿ˜
wrongleverkronk
wrongleverkronkweek 4
The critical looks to be the most robust at this stage, do you know how long you'll veg for?
sativaman
sativaman
@wrongleverkronk, problem is, biggest limitation is space: I live in small bachelor. If I push it I can grow in a 4x4 but it eat up some space. If I push it a little more, I can spilt my closet in half and use it as a veg. room like I do ATM. But, if I really push it I can set up an other 4x4, but limitations are on the electric board as I have 15 amps. I can run 2 flower tent 4x4 with opposite light cycle and a veg closet with 250w MH. If I do this, (witch I am about to do again!) I am pretty squeezed up with clothes in the bathroom, and always on the watch for not using too much power!! Here (in Canada) it's winter and it's naturally dryer and perfect for flowering, as opposite to summer where humidity is too high. I wish I could grow more...
sativaman
sativaman
@wrongleverkronk, She is game changer. This crop was an in between until new seeds arrived. I've planed to do short veg., so I would have flip this week without any topping. Thing is, their is 2 things I Love more than the others about ganja: a strong sativa high, and a dank kushy taste. I think she will have a strong kushy profile... And I talked to other (well respected) growers on the grass city forum and I got really good reviews.... So now I plan to veg. as usual, with the goal to finish with plants between 3 to 5 footers. I just looked at them again right before typing this: my call is about 3 weeks before flip, with the first โ‰ˆ 10 days counting as veg. time until bud formations.
BUDMAN73
BUDMAN73week 13
nice harvest ๐Ÿ’ช i hope she smokes nice mate๐Ÿ˜Ž
sativaman
sativaman
@BUDMAN73, Thanks! always exciting to try!!
Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfweek 13
looks very nice indeed ๐Ÿ‘Œ
weed__mee
weed__meeweek 5
I wish you a great growth ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ€๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒท
NierTS123
NierTS123week 2
The plants you grow are very beautiful.
Spirit4i20
Spirit4i20week 0
Good luck with cultivation! that it grows beautiful ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‘Œ