Choc Mint OG Clones DWC

I should have probably let the clones go bit longer and get better established roots before putting them into the DWC net pots.

Small now, but soon to explode in size.

I now see how fast these plants can grow when giving good conditions to grow in, and unlimited water and nutrients.

I went away on holiday for a week and came back, they were fine! Needed some good defoliation.

Can already see how full the canopy is after 5 week's. Very impressed.

Final week before flower, and I took out the smallest plant as I knew I needed space for a dehumidifier. It was a good choice to in the end.

This run is my first time growing with a DWC set up, and also first time growing from clones. I am super impressed with both growing in Hydroponics and growing from cuts. They had 4 weeks of veg, and it has filled out the tent as much as I intended. The mother plant was a single seed gifted to me from a buddy. This first run will be the first I see of the phenotype in flower. I am praying that i like it and am happy with it, as will seem like a waste of time and effort and money growing it to now like the pheno. I wish I was able to pheno hunt this one. I will be pheno hunting TH Seeds London Mint Cake, as I was very impressed with how that turned out.

Week 2 of flower and I can see I should have some nice big buds when fully developed. They finished their stretch at the of week 2 and started to produce terpenes. The choc mint og smell is here!

Week 3 of flower, can see already some nice bud production. Terpenes are building up and making the room stink, has a dark berry chocolatety gassy og smell to it, just how I remember choc mint. The bud structure isn't exactly what I was hoping for but cant complain! Was a free seed sent to me after months of searching for the strain at a time before the v2 was a thing. Buds will be going through the trim bag at harvest so will probs give them more a uniform look to them.

Another great week of bud growth and terpenes production. Think I'll be finished half was through week 9, or at the end of week 9. So far no signs of any hermaphrodite traits. Wish I started flower with a little less light intensity, as I feel that's caused the buds near the top to slightly fox tail, as the ones lower down look abit of a better shape, although smaller.

Week 5 and I'm now positive I'll achieve over 16 oz for the 3x3 grow. This DWC setup has blown my mind with how quick it went through the veg stage. I managed a fuller canopy in 3 weeks in dwc than I managed in 10 weeks in coco. Buds got a nice sweet dark berry og Kush and caramel smell to it.

Week 6 of flower! Have seen some lovely bud production, up to now. Plants are super frosty already, possibly the frostiest I've grown upto now. Buds are super sticky to the touch, terpenes taking me back a few years to when I use to see this strain around alot.

The end of week 7! Seeing some deficiency happening. Not sure weather it's either P or K or Ca or Mg, I assume one of them. Just waiting for the lowers to fatten up abit more then I'm happy to flush and harvest. Probably week 9 as planned. Next grow is in the works currently.

Week 8 is here, and as you can see, the lower temps have helped with setting the purple colour in. Had removed some rather burned crispy leafs, hopinh it wont affect anything. On day 55 i changed the water for fresh water and just added flora kleen. Flushing the plant to harvest in week 9. Dry tent it set up, but i had bad experience with my runts muffin and london mint cake, where they both dried in hot weather and i lost the terpenes. I hope this doesnt happen this time, and hope i have a gassy smelly choc mint og to smoke. My last 2 harvests, Gorilla cookies and cherry cola auto both dried nice, and had same terpenes after drying, so i'm slightly hopefull that i wont run into that issue again. I'll be trimming in trim bag this time, as seen good results using it, making the buds look way more professional in a way.

The end of week 9 is here! The final week of flower! Plant was harvested 30th December 2022. (Harvest results posted in 3-4 weeks time. Buds have produced gorgeous dense buds. The tent is absolutely packed full of flowers. The aroma coming from the tent packs a punch. If you know if choc mint og you will know exactly what I am smelling. I changed the water for flush on day 57, and was satisfied that it was enough on day 63, and after checking trichomes it was harvested. This week felt especially long, I knew harvest was incoming.

15 Weeks clone to harvest. Still have the mother plant around. Will be keeping it around untill the plant has cured and can see weather I do want to keep. I can always try to choc mint og v2, and try more phenotypes, as on this occasion I only had 1 and it wasn't hunted was just a random seed. Was my first time growing in a DWC set up. Will be running the set up again next run, but with different nutrient line up. First time growing from clone also I was super impressed with how fast they grew. They out grew the mother plant in the vegetative stage.