Grimbol's Bubble Gum by MSNL

This is my second grow. 5 gal DWC, x2-3 132 W (actual) GH LEDs first in a 24'x48'x60 tent then I moved them to a multi room 36'x48'x80' tent towards the end. The strain is Bubble Gum by MSNL.com. I started out pretty rough but I gave them a very long veg to recover and they are doing great now. Also, I found this website a few days ago and wanted to retroactively upload and create this grow at the end of flower week 6 ish. Enjoy!

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Definitely slow growers compared to the other strains I've grown. At some points it is almost like they stopped even though they seemed healthy.

This week I completed the set up for the manifold for the most part. I stripped the 3rd and 5th nodes I believe, then topped the 6th node spot creating 8 symmetrical tops.

This week marked the end of a very, very long veg period. I had many issues from the start with the lights being to close and then over fertilization. This has been an extremely sensitive strain and anytime I tried to increase my base nutrient dosages over about 1/4 strength the plants practically lit on fire they burned so bad. I wanted to give the plants time to recover from everything and get set before I flipped so it ended up being about a 2 month veg.

Flipped to flower a few days back here. Look great!

Moved my set up to a better location and added one more 132 W actual LED.

Happy 4/20! Starting to get a little frosty here.

Starting to get a little chunky and I am seeing some fall colors!

This was a really exciting week. The girls are at day 41 of 12/12. Already, a majority of the colas are as big if not bigger than what the colas from my last grow finished at. That's amazing because I am estimating at least another 2 weeks (with overdrive 😀) of nutrients with an additional week of flush before they finish! There is very little smell in the grow room other than the standard hydro smell and a slight cannabis odor if you put your nose right up to the plant. This is a great stealth strain which my SO appreciates. I am a little worried because this is the first time I have seen where the leaves are yellowing because I am towards the end of flower. I know that to a certain extent it is normal but could anyone more experienced maybe let me know if the amount of yellow I have is normal for this stage? The reason I am worried is because after my last grow I was suuuper worried about nitrogen toxicity (because it ruined one of my last plants) so I ended up cutting out pretty much all nutrients with a nitrogen value (including cal/mag) around week 2-3 of flower. I now think this was too early because there is a lot of cal mag deficiency looking leaves. Lastly, I noticed a weird gunk in my reservoir when I was mixing up the new batch of nutrients before I put my plants back in. So I washed the buckets out like normal giving them a good scrub and rinse. I added in all of the nutrients above AND Bud Factor X, and a silver dollar sized ball of what I can only describe as a huge "loogie" appeared and was floating around in both buckets. I have never had this happen before and my only guess is that it was some interaction between the x factor and the overdrive? AN doesn't recommend using them at the same time in their feeding charts but I just got the bottle and wanted to use it for 2 weeks. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of it but it was about the same color as my roots (just off white towards brown). I emptied out the buckets and added everything in slowly except the x factor and no mucous formed. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks to all the helpful people in this community. This is a really neat site that I am so glad I found.

Getting pretty excited for harvest. I am tentatively planning on one more full week of nutrients and then beginning a flush until I see 20-40% amber trichomes. Thanks to everyone who has stopped by!

Getting really excited to cut them down. Seeing plenty of amber trichomes right now so I plan on harvesting this Saturday. On Wednesday I will be changing the buckets out with plain RO water and adding Flawless Finish from AN for a 3-4 day flush. I will be experimenting a bit with different drying methods this harvest. I live in an extremely dry climate and I let my last crop dry out way too fast. To determine which is the better method for me for future harvests, I will be doing one plant with a wet trim and one plant with a dry trim (minus the large fan leaves). I am not sure when I will post my results as I want to do about a month long cure before I really decide to do a tasting and journal so this might be one of my last updates for a while. Thanks to everyone who stopped in!

This was a really long grow. A few set backs but overall I learned a lot and had a really positive experience. I did a few weird unofficial experiments for this grow: First - I used a wet trimming method for one plant and a dry trim method of the other one. I live in a very dry environment and even using a humidifier can be difficult to control humidity. I am going to compare the results to determine if there is a difference in smell, quality, smoke, smoothness, etc. I have read a lot and it seems to be a bit of preference so I want to find out what I like. Second - I tried "Docs Bud Washing Technique" on 4 of the colas. Google the quote to find the discussion board where it the method was discovered. There are arguments for and against but it has not really been clinically tested to determine if it is beneficial. Basically there are three buckets. The first has baking soda and lemon juice in room temp water. Second has the hottest water the tap can generate. Third is clean cold RO water. Supposedly it gets rid of dirt and hair and stuff that accumulates on the buds as they grow. THC is not water soluble so they do not fall off into the water. I tried this method with 4 of the 16 colas to determine if it works and contributes to a smoother smoke. I will be drying them for as long as I can at 40-50% RH in my dark flower tent. After that they go into jars and I will cure them for a month. Also, I did a 3 day flush at the end with plain tap water and Flawless Finish from AN. Trying out a shorter flush this time around because I used very low ppm over the course of their lives and there is no true science behind the flush impacting bud taste or smoothness, more that it just flushes the root and medium out. I am happy with the results so far and I will come back in about a month to post final tasting results and pictures. Thanks to everyone who hit me up, was a really fun grow and I love this site honestly. Cannot wait to keep doing it with the next batch. Grow on folks! : 1:0 Month Cure Update: So I can sort of detect a faint fruity/lemony scent but it is underneath the same smell I smelled from my white widow last grow. I am not positive but I am pretty sure it dried to fast or the Boveda packs are having some sort of impact. I hung them up for about 4 days before putting them into jars but I believe I was too aggressive with the burping and over dried them once I had cut them down. The high from my perspective is very mellow and the smoke is very smooth about a month in. It is definitely great for watching a movie or doing something creative but it definitely hits my speech pathways because I get really tongue tied (and then quiet) when I smoke it. Great for bed time. **Diary of the Month** Thank you to everyone who voted for my diary. I had such a great time hanging with you guys and posting my updates. To say thank you I will be sure to grow out the new seeds and post it on here. Grow on everyone!