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Hello and welcome to the Chemdog D S1!
I'm very excited to be growing the Chemdog D this run. The guys over at Humboldt CSI are amazing breeders and have been doing great work preserving and refining some of the most classic cultivars out there. To be completely honest, the reason why I went with the Chemdog D was due to a bag of really fire weed I got a long time ago that was supposedly Chemdog D (or chemdog diesel?). Wanting to get my hands on some of that fire, I started doing alot of research surrounding the chemdog/chemdawg lines and came to the conclusion that I'm probably never going to find that mysterious bag of weed again, lol. That's not gonna stop me from trying though, god damnit! Out of all the breeders and lines that I found, Humboldt CSI's Chemdog D is the one that is most likely the same as that fire bag of weed I got back in the day. Best case scenario it is, and I now have access the the dopest of dope. Worst case scenario, its not the dope I'm looking for but I still get rewarded with some fire weed anyway.
I vividly remember the Chemdog D despite it being so long ago. It smelled up the entire block. I remember it being wrapped in layers and layers of plastic wrap and stuffed into like 3 backpacks and then like a beer cooler. It didn't make a difference. When you took it out, no joke you could smell it across the street. It was by far the most pungent cannabis I ever had the pleasure of of smelling.
The effects were incredible. The high came as a rush to the head, giving you energy, creativity, positivity, and euphoria. It was a super intense giggly, fun type high at the beginning, and as it went on, it changed from an energetic head high to a very heavy body high. After about an hour or so, the body settles into a low vibration, calming you and making you relaxed, sleepy, and content. By far the most complex high I've ever had. I digress.
I usually use NASC to source my seeds, but this time I used attitude as they apparently have a company based in my country now. Speaking of attitude, they hooked me up with so many freebies and the shipping was pretty quick. I told them to draw a wizard on the box/shipping package and they actually did it! Those fucking madmen over there are great and I would definitely recommend them at the time of this writing.
For this run, I will be running both the Lemon Orange and the Chemdog D (CSI Humboldt) in the same tent. As usual, I will keep the diaries separate for simplicity's sake (and so you don't have to scroll through diaries/images of a plant you don't care about.) I am going to veg both plants out in my veg tent as I finish up my current two plants in my flower tent. Once the flower tent is empty, I will be moving the Lemon Orange and Chemdog D to the flower tent. My flower tent is a 3x3 Ac Infinity tent (Ive got all the swag too) with a Mars Hydro FC-E3000.
I germinated the plants via Glass of Water/Paper Towel method. The seed gets 24 hours in the glass of water, and then gets placed into a wet paper towel. I place the paper towel between two dinner plates to keep the moisture in. A few days later, and voila! We have a taproot! Unfortunately the Chemdog D's taproot started to grow in a spiral, making transplanting a bit annoying and stressful. That being said, I did my best to get her into the soil taproot down and she sprouted just a few days later! My initial soil mix is 50% Happy Frog, 50% Light Warrior and a little bit of worm castings. I usually just place seedlings into pure Happy Frog in the past, but I'm not too thrilled about the consistency of Happy Frog right out of the bag. There's a bunch of large woodchips that end up getting in the way, and in my opinion hampers initial root growth. I'm not completely sold on this however, which is why I'm changing it up. 😀
Looking forward to growing these girls!
The Chemdog D sprouted on 3/10 with cotyledons in full view! She's been growing steadily since, although with less vigor than the Lemon Orange. Despite sprouting at the same time as the Chemdog D, the Lemon Orange is noticeably bigger and more vigorous. Despite that, I'm very excited to see her grow.
I've just been watering as needed at a 6.5 PH. The lights (Mars Hydro TSW 2000) are hanging at about 36 inches above the plant. I plan on having the plants grow up into the light, so I don't expect to move the light (until I move the plants into the flower tent.)
Temps in the tent are good, swinging between 63-78f between night and day. The humidity is a problem however, at it gets down to 30% some nights! I am reluctant to put a humidifier in the tent as my water leaves calcium deposits everywhere! Hopefully the weather changes here soon. 😀
I plan on transplanting these girls into 10 gallon fabric pots this time around. Just coasting until then.
Welcome to week 2! Just keeping the Chemdog D wet when she needs it and will probably transplant in her final pot in the next few days. I'll be potting her into a 10 gallon fabric pot with 50% Ocean Forest and 50% Happy Frog. Her growth (as well as the Lemon Orange) has slowed down a bit in the last few days to which I attribute to the very low humidity as well as needing a transplant. I may just cave and put the humidifier in the tent until I get her transplanted.
Welcome to week 3 of the Chemdog D!
I transplanted the Chemdog on day 15 of veg into a 10 gallon fabric pot. I took her out of her container, sprinkled some great white myco on the roots as well as the hole, and planted her snugly into the pot. It seems she took well to the transplant as she has been growing very well and she looks very healthy. She is a bit smaller than the Lemon Orange, specifically around 5.5-6 inches in height compared to the Lemon Orange which is at 7-7.5 inches in height. Both plants are now about 24 inches below the light at full intensity. I plan on having the plants grow up into the light until I move them into the flower tent (which should be in the next week or so.)
I decided to move up to 10 gallon pots because I believe they will give me better results in flower for organic growing. Having more pot space will allow for greater potential yields and having more soil will help prevent early nutrient deficiencies. This run I plan on giving a heavy dry amendment topdress of Build-a-Soil Craft Blend at around day 45, or 4 weeks of the plants being in their final containers.
So far the Chemdog D has been doing great. No problems yet with the slight exception of some minor blemishes on the leaves. I hope it continues that way! Will probably top her in the next few days followed by moving her into the flower tent after that. See you next week!
Going into week four of the Chemdog D. I topped her on day 22 and she has responded wonderfully. Good rate of growth and I expect her to continue to grow well until flip.
The idea this run is to LST her two new tops as well as two of the lower branches to make a nice even canopy before putting the SCROG net up. I will then stop LST and train her branches under the net. Lollipop will happen a week to a few days before flower. This time around, I think I will take the lower branches off but keep most of the fan leaves.
I've got to decide when I want to flower her. I would prefer to flower at 6 weeks, however I want to try to pull near a pound from the 3x3. I don't want to have to veg for 8+ weeks to accomplish this, however if I feel like the plants are too small I will begrudgingly push flowering to 7 or even 8 weeks.
I also need to think about when I want to feed her. Last grow, I decided to feed at week 7 in a 7 gallon pot which lead to a potassium deficiency. I was originally thinking that I would feed her at week 6-7 this grow but now I'm thinking I should top dress maybe sometime next week. I'm hoping the extra 3 gallons of soil provides some extra nutrients while the dry amendments break down.
I'm glad to show you the rate of growth on the Chemdog D. She isn't as tall as the Lemon Orange, but she's bushy and fat. I'm happy with her growth so far and she is on track to be flowered within the next two weeks.
I started LST this week. I'm not trying to go too hard on the LST as I'll be training her under the scrog net soon. Just trying to get her canopy to be nice and even without spending too much time and effort on the training.
As you can see, some of her fan leaves are FAT, so much so that they are probably blocking a good amount of light. It is the same with the Lemon Orange. Probably something to do with the size of the pot as well as being grown indoors. I also see some strange leaf coloration and twisting which looks alot like Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) but I'm 99% sure that isn't the problem as I've grown this plant from seed. My other plant in the tent doesn't seem to have it either. I'm thinking its just genetics and would love to know more about it.
I will be feeding her tomorrow with dry amendments. Will probably do a topdress of 10-20 tbsp of build a soil craft blend and a cup or two of worm castings. I also want to feed her a compost tea, but that will have to come later next week. I also want to start training her under the SCROG net, but I need to get a disposable one first as I don't really want to use my non-disposable one.
It looks like we are on track to flower soon. I wanted to flower her at the beginning of week 6 of veg but I think I'll have to push it off another week because I want to lollipop her and train her under the SCROG for a bit.
See you next week!
What are you thoughts on the strange coloration and twisted growth on my Chemdog D's leaves? It looks like Tobacco Mosaic Virus but I'm 99% sure its not that. I am certain it is just genetics but would love to hear some opinions, especially if you've grown similar genetics.
At the beginning of this week I top dressed the Chemdog D with 12 tbsp of BuildASoil's Craft Blend and 2 cups of worm castings. I've decided to top dress every two weeks from now on until late flower. I will probably up the nutrients to around 20 tbsp next feeding as we are getting close to flower.
Speaking of being close to flower, I think I'll be able to switch the light cycle this week. I previously thought I would have to veg her out for another week or two but it may just end up being a few days to a week extra. The two plants are getting large and are almost ready.
I will do a lollipop and partial defoliation sometime early next week. I've decided against taking off a bunch of fan leaves which I usually did using bottled liquid nutrients. Now that I am organic only I will keep the larger fan leaves at the bottom that I usually prune in case my feeding is insufficient. I want those large fan leaves there not only to provide the plant with the mobile nutrients it needs during flower but also to give me an early warning of a possible deficiency. That being said, I will need to get rid of some of them. I will attempt to tuck as many of them I can in hopes of providing enough light to the lower budsites. Most of the lower branches that don't make the top of the canopy will be cut off.
The plants have started to smell despite not even being in flower yet with the Chemdog D smelling the least. That being said, she does smell something funky. It's like a funky grass and skunk smell.
I got me a disposable SCROG net and put it up on day 40. I want a few days to be able to train the plants under the net, then I will need a few days after lollipop/defoliation for plant recovery before I flip to flower. I expect to flip either middle or late next week.
I moved the light up to 24 inches above the canopy to hopefully encourage a little bit more stretch. She is definitely a mutant this one. Her node spacing isn't uniform at all and she's freaky AF. Going to be interesting to see her flower out.
See you next week!
At the beginning of this week I did a very minor defoliation/lollipop as well as started training the branches under the first SCROG net. I also flipped her to flower this week. She is growing very well with no visible issues.
Now that we are in spring and will be entering summer shortly, the temps and humidity have shot up pretty significantly. I'm not too worried about the temps, but the humidity is a huge issue. Now that the plants have been getting big and the humidity has been rolling in, I've been getting up to 75% RH in my tent during lights off some rainy nights! This is an issue, but it will become a major issue later in flower if not handled. Unfortunately I have little tools or methods to lower RH outside of a decent dehumidifier, and I don't think that will work as its too big to place in the tent and I'm not growing in small room.
I will most likely be forced to do a heavier defoliation to lower the tent's RH and to get some better airflow towards the bottom of the plant. I'm a bit concerned with this as I don't want to stress the plants out too much and cause some sort of issue. I can't just fix nutrient deficiencies quickly as I'm organic and I don't want to have to risk a deficiency by taking off too many leaves. I'm still relatively new to organic growing so I'm still feeling out how charged my soil is at any given time.
I'm going to give her a heavy feeding of craft blend tomorrow as well as a compost tea. Started brewing up a batch today with 2 tbsps of molasses, 1 tsp of craft blend, and 2 cups of worm castings and will be feeding them tomorrow. Hopefully the soil is charged enough that I don't have any deficiency issues going into flower.
No pistils yet, but pretty rapid growth starting. Expecting to see pistils form next week.
Second week of flower and she is developing pistils and stretching like crazy. This week I fed her 16tbsp of Craft Blend and 2 cups of worm castings as well as a compost tea. She's looking beautiful with no visible issues on her leaves. I've been fighting high humidity and have been able to squeeze a small dehumidifier in the back of the tent which has helped to keep the RH around 55-65%. Unfortunately it has also risen the temperature in the tent and during the day it can reach up to 84f. Its not much of a problem now, but I'll either have to leave the humidifier off during lights on, turn my lights down, or increase the speed of the extraction fan at some point.
I've taken quite a bit of growth off the bottom but I think I'll have to do a bit more. So far so good boys 👍
Going into the third week of flower and she's still stretching like crazy. She looks pretty healthy (not as nice as the Lemon Orange though) and a few of her leaves have been praying up towards the light. Pistils are getting longer and buds are starting to form. Her leaves are still weird and her growth structure remains weird too. Honestly she's not symmetrical at all and kinda looks freaky. That being said, she seems to be in good health and it looks like we are on track.
I've had to move the light up quite a few times and it seems I can't go any higher! I may be able to squeeze a few inches by moving the carbon filer and fan up a bit more. I really hope they don't stretch anymore, but I'm sure I've got another few weeks of this 😀.
The dehumidifier has been working okay. Messing around with my Controller 69 and I've managed to get around 78-81f during the day with the dehumidifier on by increasing the speed of the extraction fan. The RH during the day is around 45-55 and at night it can reach up to 65%. This is acceptable assuming it stays this way during the rest of flower. Its not ideal, especially since the dehumidifier blows out hot air towards the back left of the tent but it will have to do. I don't want budrot and if I have to raise the temps by 10 or so degrees I'll do it. If temps and RH rise over the course of the next 6 weeks or so I'll have to consider lowering light intensity which I definitely do not want to be forced to do. What I would give for a proper lung room.
I'm really kicking myself in the butt for not defoliating more. This girl is getting large and there is just a giant mass of fan leaf in the center of the canopy. As you can see, light cannot easily penetrate down into plant due to how many fan leaves there are at the top as well. Tucking them only makes the center of the plant have less light and air. I am worried about mold and high humidity and I would love to just commit to a giant haircut if not for the possibility of causing a deficiency. She is definitely a bit more squat than the Lemon Orange and due to that, there is alot less airflow in the center of the canopy. Hoping this is not an issue.
Some of the lower leaves are dying off. I hope I'm not getting the dreaded K deficiency like I had last grow. I've been on top of feeding this time (and I'm in 10 gallon pots) so I'm not too worried though. Speaking of feeding, I'll probably be feeding her and the Lemon Orange early next week with 20 or so tbsp of Craft Blend and a compost tea.
These girls are really big, maybe the biggest plants I've grown in this tent. I think a contributing factor is probably the 10 gallon pot size. If this grow ends just as well as its going I'm definitely sticking with the bigger 10 gallons from now on.
See you next week!
Going into week 4 of flower I fed her 20tbsp of Craft Blend as well as the 2 cups of worm castings and watered it in with a compost tea. She is still looking freaky but has put some mass on this week, although not as much as the Lemon Orange. She also has begun to develop her frost, but again she comes behind the Lemon Orange in that regard.
She isn't really giving off that much of a smell. Upon rubbing the sugar leaves there is very little aroma. The smell is a bit funky, hard to make out. Hopefully her smell develops when she comes a bit further along in flower.
Her stretching has continued but she is now slowing down. I don't expect her to grow much taller, maybe a few inches more which is relief. It seems like she likes the Craft Blend as the fan leaves pray up towards the light whenever I water. I think I'm going to slow down on the feeding however as she's had about 2+ cups of the craft blend over the last few months. I may continue to feed her with compost teas.
Speaking of leaves, there's too many damn leaves at the top of the canopy blocking light to the lower bud sites. I'll be slowly defoliating the biggest problematic fan leaves over the course of the rest of flower. Temp and humidity have been pretty alright, with temps rarely going over 82f during the day and rh rarely going over 65 at night.
No signs of deficiency or major issue, however I do notice that some of the oldest fan leaves at the bottom of the plant are dying off as well as some tip burn here and there. Other than that, this is one healthy plant. 😀 See you next week.
5th week of flower and she's coming along nicely. The stretch has finished and she has settled. Her buds are starting to fatten up a more and she's finally putting off some decent frost. The smell is starting to come in a little bit more, although its still difficult to make out. Kind of smells like a lemony funk.
I've been picking off fan leaves here and there every day to try to get more light to her lower buds. Unlike the Lemon Orange, the Chemdog D is forming buds down her entire stem which is exciting. A few lower fan leaves are dying off but no real sign of deficiency. I'm going to give her a light feeding next week and then probably stop feeding for the rest of the grow. She looks a bit behind the Lemon Orange in regards to bud development and I'm hoping both of them finish around the same time.
See you next week! Hopefully the rest of the grow is just seeing her finish up.
Fed her 10tbsp of craft blend as well as another compost tea. I think this may be the last feeding as I've only got another 3 weeks to go. She's continuing to fill out nicely and her buds are fattening up with new pistils growing out all over. She's developing good frost, although not as much frost as the Lemon Orange.
She looks like she will need another 3 weeks unlike the Lemon Orange which looks closer to being finished. I plan on harvesting both plants at the same time, so the Lemon may have to go an extra week which is okay. I have not looked at her trichomes yet as its still a bit early.
Her nugs seem to have average density, however she is producing buds down the entire length of her stems. She will definitely be a decent yielder. Her aroma is still pretty weak unfortunately though and I'm assuming that she will be this way at harvest. If she hasn't developed a super strong smell yet, she probably won't in the next three weeks. Pinching the sugar leaves and smelling the fingers I get a very muted and weak smell. Its almost like a lemon funk mixed with a tennis ball or something. Not nearly as aromatic as the Lemon Orange.
I am a bit disappointed with the aroma but aroma isn't everything, so hopefully she turns out to be a good smoke. I guess we will find out after harvest. 😀
Nothing wrong with the plant other than there are a few fan leaves dying off towards the bottom of the canopy. This is fine as it allows more air and light to the bottom. I should really take more leaves off a bit more aggressively as she is still very bushy and there are many fan leaves blocking airflow and light towards the middle and bottom of the plant. I'm not too worried about budrot for the Lemon Orange but the Chemdog D is definitely at a higher risk due to how bushy she is.
Temps have risen in the tent this week, topping around 85f. I would turn the de-humidifier off but if I do I get above 60% RH which is a big no-no. I really, REALLY don't want temps to be that high, but its a necessary evil to complete this grow. One day I'll build out a proper lung room with proper climate control but for now this will have to do. 😀
I'm going to say that this grow is a success. Hopefully this statement isn't premature as I've still got a few weeks left, but I should be fine (crossing my fingers for no mold). Definitely love this style of organic growing and I'm going to continue to do it from now on. See you next week for the last few weeks of the grow. 👍
The chemdog d is filling out nicely and her buds are starting to get pretty big. She is still putting off new pistils and I predict she will be done in 1-2 weeks. I want to harvest her as the Lemon Orange is almost done but it looks like I'll have to wait a bit. Looking at her trichs, most are cloudy with little amber. Some of the bottom nugs still have a good amount of clear.
Her buds don't look as pretty as the Lemon Orange, however she makes up for it in mass. Her nugs are a bit bigger and longer and she will definitely yield a bit more. Still removing fan leaves to get light and air to the bottom and will continue to do so until chop. She is just beginning to display signs of senescence but no pretty colors yet. Hope she finishes up in a week or we are looking at going to 9 weeks.
See you next time!
Just finished up week 8 of flower and she is coming along nicely. I would have liked her to be finished by now, but it looks like she's still got another week or two to go! I cannot take her further than 9 weeks as I also need to chop the Lemon Orange, so she is coming down next weekend no matter what. That being said, she is chunking up nicely, still putting out new pistils here and there. Her trichs are a mostly cloudy with a little clear and a little amber.
Nothing to really do until chop! Really looking forward to showing you the harvest.
Its harvest day on day 105! The plants are ready and so am I.
She got chopped along with the Lemon Orange. She's got mostly cloudy with a little clear and a little amber and could have gone another week if I wanted.
Surprisingly the Chemdog D's smells started to come in in the last two weeks. While its not as aromatic as I would have liked, she does have this really nice sour/lemon/funk/gas smell. I think she's going to yield a bit more than the Lemon Orange and I'm really excited to smoke her.
I'm working with 68f and 70% RH which I'm not too happy about. I've decided to do a wet trim and I've placed the extraction fan on low and the bottom clip fan on low. Crossing my fingers for no mold. Wish me luck boys!
Harvested, dried for 8 days in the tent, then placed into mason jars.
This has been a very successful grow and I'm happy to say that I will be continuing to grow organically.
Overall this turned out to be a really good plant. I didn't have high expectations for it considering it was a mutant and the fact that it had very little smell. Well now I'm happy to report that its smell did come in and it turned out to be pretty killer.
It doesn't have a diesel smell but a funky, sour, lemon and pine aroma. It wasn't loud at all during flower except for the last week or so.
This was a good plant. I would totally grow her again despite getting a mutant on the first run. I really dig the effects.
Despite being a mutant she grew with good vigor and packed on some weight. Definitely a good yielder. A bit difficult to train and defoliation is a must, much more than what I did this grow. Chopped her at 9 weeks but could have gone to 10. .
While overall I did very well, there were some things I could have done better:
-Defoliate alot more.
-SCROG a bit better.
-keep plants in target temps/humidity.
The plant produced nice dense buds towards the top but I definitely could have yielded more if I had just exposed those lower budsites to light via defoliation. I should have taken more leaves off. And while the SCROG did its job, I could have trained the branches a little bit better for better light distribution.
I could not control temps and humidity pretty well. Had to keep the dehumidifier in the tent due to the RH and it raised temps to 85f during late flower. That being said, the plant turned out wonderful regardless with no issues at all.
After everything we are left with 110 grams of the Chemdog D. I would recommend this strain as well as CSI Humboldt.
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