Strain
I love to grow, but I sure like when a good grow comes to an end.
I grew purple push pops outdoor in 2023. It was my favorite strain and my go to strain for 2024.
The strain had a medium yield harvest outdoors in 2023 at 10oz/plant. It yielded on the higher end for indoor with 7 ounces per plant. The highlight of this strain, other than the purples, is the density of the nuggets; they weigh 50% more for the same sized nugget as compared to the gelato. Dripping in resin.
The quality; the density of the nuggets, the deep purple colors, and the sweet grape and cherry flavor makes it a true connoisseur strain. This baby is dripping with purple trichomes. The inside of the buds is a vivid violet color.
Resistance: the purple push pops had relatively fewer issues than the gelato in the tent. The insects seemed to stay off the PPP and she had a relatively strong pest resistance.
The plant showed very few signs of nute burn or deficiency throughout the run. I punched her with a lot of PK (dry koolbloom) at the end and she handled it well and fattened up on schedule.
I grew the strain using a Scrog. This allowed me to maximize the number of colas that we’re getting direct sunlight. The even canopy allowed me to have a zero LARF grow and all high-quality nuggets. I’ll definitely do a scrog again when space is limited.
I will grow purple push pops again for sure.
Fiance review: ”Couch lock, munchies and nap time. Best purple weed I’ve ever had”
Additional notes: equipment reviews that I was unable to include: AC Infinity and Autopots
I used the AC Infinity fan and pro controller. I wasn’t able to add this equipment to my set up and hence no review. The fan was fine, but the AC pro controller is a game changer and I recommend all micro growers to move to this platform solution to monitor your Grow. It brings a whole new level of monitoring and control.
I used autopots 4g plastic pots with the older aqua valve. Other than reservoir funk, I liked how the system performed. I have to note that I grew my gelato in the 5g and 15g fabric autopots and the autopots didn’t seem to perform as well in the fabric as the plastic autopots - in my set up. I had the thought fabric pots, which were larger, would grow materially larger plants, but that was not the case. The fabric pots didn’t seem to hook up as well as the plastic pots.
I’m happy with the outcome, but I feel that I could’ve done better and have more room for improvement. I definitely love the “set it and forget it” feature of autopots.
Improvements: Next grow, I will put silica granules (power si) directly into my substrate to keep (liquid) silica out of my reservoir and trays. I’ll have to figure out the fabric pot issue so I’ll be calling autopot.