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I have 4 chocolate mint OG, 4 zombie death fucks, 1 fire OG, and 1 super glue in here. I think I have a plan to flower 3 CMOG and 3 ZDF and have a mother of each strain left over. Space and timing could turn this into an absolute shit show. I've been going against the grain and doing things no beginner should do according to everything I've read since my 1st grow a year ago. Began with 2 plants, 2 strains, 1 tent and scissors for defoliating. A year later I got 20 plants, 5 strains, 3 tents and 10 pairs of scissors I can never fucking find lol. Think I may have bit off more than I can chew this time. Guess we'll see....hahaha
I'm all over the place with what my gameplan is in here. Want to experiment with pot size and difference in yield. Also trying out stakes for training/support so I have better access to all the plants. Cut the stakes so that the short 1s are height gauges for where id like to keep my height during veg and just train them out not up. Long stakes are right around the max height I can handle.
Multifunctional and so far I dig it.
Transplanted the zdg cmog in the little pots into 3gal bags. Gonna do an experiment with pot size and yield to see if 5gal are worth the trouble. Got 5, 3, 1.7gal pots with 1 of each strain in them. Should be a decent indicator of the difference the pot makes.
Recent events led me to a situation where my monster cropped clones got transplanted and some are staying in here. Just until they can find a job and move out. I've got quite the mess going...if I can make it thru this somehow I swear I will never do this again😇🙏....(It will be slightly different and probably about 4 weeks from now)
Day 1-So I have no clue what day I started this so I've decided its a new week. Upgraded my lighting in this set up and did some training. Also fed them all. This is my 1st advanced nutrients grow so I'm curious how it will compare.
Day 3-fed advanced trio 4ml per gallon, 1ml of floralicous plus, 2.5ml armor si and 2.5ml cal mag
Day 6- h2o 1 gallon. Rearranged to make room. Back to the original set up.
Day 7- h2o and did some major defoliating. Mostly for height control but also getting a head start on prepping them for flower. Gotta stall another couple weeks or just start them all where they are and split em up when the other tent opens.
Day 1- just let them chill today. Need to work on my training before the weekend is over. Gonna try to fill my space completely with Zdf and cmog and see if I can get 8oz of each. Then gonna do my random assortment of clones together in my other 4x4 and hopefully pull at least another Lb. I'll be shocked if it happens but in theory it sounds reasonable.
Day 2- light feeding, 1 gallon of water with nutrients as listed in this weeks entry
Day 3- 2 gal of water:6.3-6.4ph. Spring is here so I took some preventative measures against mites or other bugs. Diatomaceous earthed the whole floor ofhe tent along with the plants themselves and all along the outside edge. I got something for their asses year this year.
Day 4- did some work training and took the highest point down from 26" to 23" minus 1 branch I'm probably gonna chop n clone anyway. Put the 2 colored lights in today as well. Hoping the way I set it up with give definitive results on how pot size impacts yield and also how the same strain varies given the different spectrum. I'm tempted to begin flowering in a few days then move the 1s I planned on having in my other tent once I've harvested what's in there.
Day 5- watered with 6.5ph water. No additives.
Day 6- looked at them for a sec but nothing needed attention. Will feed next watering
Day 1- watered lightly. Didn't feel like messing with it so i did the minimum
Day 2-🚫
Day 3- watered then realized I needed to feed them. No it has to wait
Day 4- still too wet to feed today
Day 5- fed advanced trio at 10ml per gallon of each and added 1ml of floralicous plus.
Day 6-🚫
Day 7- 2 gal of h2o+ .5 tsp armor si+1 tsp CaliMagic per gallon 400-425ppm 6.2, 6.5 ph. Trained a couple chocolate mint og's that were out of control. Lst+supercropping, took off some big fan leaves to slow taller branches and thinned out some branches I felt were unnecessary. Got the cuttings in water over night, possibly for 2-5 nights if I'm not lazy. Try a new method of cloning that's extremely simple and low maintenance and am u12hr night begins at lights out.
Humidity is out of control. Carbon filter is plugged up, ordered replacement. Humidity was regularly 70% or higher. May need another fan too. Getting worried I may have a disaster on my hands. Hopefully I can keep it together🤞
Day 1- watered
Day 2- 😴
Day 3- 😴
Day 4- I need to feed tent 1 tomorrow. Gonna up the nutes from last week since they dont seem to be getting caught up. Can see 1st signs of flowering so I'm gonna experiment a bit with additives and see if I can see a noticeable winner or possibly no difference at all.
Day 5- Fed tent#1 14ml advanced trio, 1ml floralicous +, .6ml mammoth p. 1/8tsp flower fuel per/gal. Tent#2 got 2.5ml armor si, 5ml tiger bloom, .6ml mammoth p/gal. Pulled each plant out and cleaned up the bottoms and middles, washed trays and gave a very light dusting diatomaceous earth on underside of leaves. Hoping that will keep any spider mites that think fucking with me again this year will be fun, dead as shit and disappointed. Got a bunch of cuts for clones now too. That's gonna be tomorrow me's problem though lol.
Day 6- 🚫
Day 7- well I'll be a son of a bitch...guess what I found? Spider mites. Got to try out my new eradication method I thought up months ago using diatomaceous earth and an air compressor. (Almost a week later and I cant find a mite anywhere 😁)
STEP 1- Turn off your carbon filter so u dont plug it up then dust the hell out of everything with diatomaceous earth. I wanted it to look like a thick fog and let the fans blow it all around. I'd go fog it back up every 10-15 minutes for an hr or so.
STEP 2- Starting with the worst, pull each plant out of the tent and blow off with 60psi (4bar) compressed air(see video)
STEP 3- Inspect the plant and blow off any mites u find with the air gun. I used a LED flashlight to make it easy to see them.
STEP 4- After the plant appears mite free give another dusting of diatomaceous earth.(see video)
STEP 5- clean tent. Vacuum up all the DE and blow dust out of lights.
STEP 6- Put plants back in the tent and start your carbon filter if u have 1. In theory this should take care of current mites and any eggs that hatch. Check daily and repeat steps 2-4 as necessary.
Day 1- fell asleep early from my battle with the mites the night before. Needed to water 🤭.
Day 2- watered with additives. Terpenator, flower fuel, tigerbloom, molasses
Day 3- fed 15ml advanced trio
Day 4- 🚫
Day 5- fed 10ml trio + additives leaves still looked too light. Planned to water today instead
Day 6-watered with molasses, terp, floralicous+
Day 7- watered lightly, no additives. Found mites in both other tents so I tried my hurricane of razor blades technique. Seems to have worked much better than any other method I've tried.
Day 1-i have been lazy and not watering until there's runoff up to this point so I'm giving just water even tho they look hungry until I can get the runoff tested and make sure I not screwing myself .
Day 2-watered no run of though
Day 3- got my head outta my ass and finally did tent 2. I'll post a pic of the results. ZDF appears to be a lighter feeder than the rest. Looks good to me other than that. End of week 8 I'd like to see them down below 300. Let's see if I can pull it off.
Day 4- tent 1 run off looks fine as well. Not feeding the little guy in the middle for a few more waterings or I might flush it a little bit. I'll post a pic.
Day 5- fed/watered/ph, based on the #s from yesterday. Plants looked very happy
Day 6- 🚫
Day 7- tent 1:molasses, flower fuel, h2o
Tent 2: h2o. Buds have fattened up a bit. This is where I always think the buds look bigger than any of my others have been at this point of the cycle. They always end up about the size. Lol
This week was rough. Super bummed out about losing my 4 superglues and getting my ass handed to me by spider mites everyday. It's my own fault tho. I put myself in this position and I will get to the finish line. I wanted to get as much experience as possible in a short amount of time and I feel I did that. Now it's time to scale it back and focus on the little things. If all these make it to harvest that will put me at 32 plants harvested from 8 cycles in 15 months. I feel that's a respectable amount of work for a newbie.
The battle continues as the finish line approaches. I might be able to at least walk away from this 1 feeling like it was an even match instead of a loss. Sorry I haven't been doing daily updates the last couple weeks. I've been very busy and may have also been pouting a bit lol. At this point I'm just trying to finish strong, regroup, then get back to it.
Day 1- going to water and check runoff to determine whether I will feed again or begin to flush. Pretty sure at least 2 have had their last meal. Curious to see how well I juggle harvesting 5 strains that will probably all be ready at different times. Guess we'll see soon enough.
Day 2- had to get ready for a camping trip, only got runoff in 1 tent tested. ZDF was much higher than the others.
Day 3-5, camping/somebody watered as needed while I was gone
Day 6- watered and didnt bother checking run off in the other tent. I'm just gonna go ahead and flush now anyway. I'll check it next week.
Day 7- sick
They look about ready to me. Another couple days I'm thinking. Debating on days of dark to finish em off. 2or 3 days...? Should I go for it? Depending on ppm tomorrow I might.
Buds turned out stony even though almost all my plants ended up getting pollinated by hermies. Yield sucked ass. I did end up with 6oz off the 2 ZDF plants that didnt have seeds. There was only 1 of 6 that was super seedy. To simplify things I'm just going to divide my total yield in half for my total on this and the choc mint. I had 12 plants and 5 strains between the 2 tents. 3 strains hermaphrodites, 2 I didnt find until harvest, seeds from all 5 strains and 8 of my 12 plants. It's too bad cuz I think this crop wouldve been my best 1 yet as far as quality. I think several factors may have been involved in stressing them too much but the biggest was light leaks I believe. Either way, It was a total shit show. I got cocky and sloppy and the grow gods taught me a lesson. I feel more like a real grower now that i have a botched grow under my belt. If youve never lost a fight, you probably havent won that many either.2
Best smelling strain I've ever had. My girlfriend says she thinks this was the best tasting batch I've grown yet. The chocolate mint og was the only strain of the 5 that managed to not get spider mites or hermaphrodite. Best looking buds of the group, in my opinion. Also best smelling and best tasting. It was a clean sweep, this strain won every category. Will absolutely be purchasing again.
Just wanted to pick up the jungle theme too... hmmmm . but atm i find no other picture that fits.... very nice garden, have fun
And i know what you are talking about 1 year ago and now.....its similar here and i still have a lack of growspace ( and scissors)
@Mrs_Larimar, thank you! I'm having a blast and running myself into the ground all at the same time lol. As soon as I clear this clusterfuck up I'm not gonna do it to myself again. This time I mean it lol. How have things been going? Gotta go check out what you've been up to.
Just wow...... and spider mites are foggin you=? fog them back with some predators.......
https://greenmethods.com/persimilis/
isnt it a nice imagination, that they are get sucked out alive by the predators=? i like that imagination
@Mrs_Larimar, I think I have them on their heels now. Only have another week or so left so I should be good. Lady bugs didnt work as fast as I hoped but I think they may have helped. Found a spray that seems to work great that's a bunch of stuff youd find in a kitchen like garlic, clove, chilis and stuff. Smells terrible but supposed to break down in 24hrs and leave no residue. I hope it does cuz if my buds taste like that smells I'm gonna have to throw em in somebody else's garbage can lol
@Mrs_Larimar, so have u had good luck with the predators? Tried lady bugs but wasnt impressed so I'm planning on predators next. Want to get through the last 2-3 weeks and use them to begin my next batch.
@PharmaZ, thanks bro, you spent a good chunk of time mentoring me so u deserve some credit for everything I've grown too. I fell off for a while on the site but I was busy grinding away putting it all to use during my absence. Thanks man👊
A fine selection of genetics you have my friend and great to see our Chocolate Mint OG in the line up 👍
Good luck mate. Let's see what you can do with this legendary emerald triangle treasure ✌️
With love from Humboldt County✌️
Kind regards
Team-HSO..
@Beans, That's what we like to hear and now it's time to see what you can do with our Chocolate Mint OG in bloom 👍
Good luck buddy 👊
With love from Humboldt County✌️
Kind regards
Team-HSO..
@Beans, That is so cool that you had all the strains in the world to choose from and you selected our Chocolate Mint OG 👍
We won't let you down and so far we really like what we see ✌️
Please keep the diary update my friend 👊
With love from Humboldt County✌️
Kind regards
Mark..
Your plants look real healthy and strong. 💪🏽😎👊🏼
You have done great.
Pity about hermies and the spider mites. A product that I know nothing about exists... called Dutch master reverse. I wonder if anyone on this site that has used and tested it. And I use Cannacure for spider mites etc. Works perfect. But I'm not sure if it's any good for your medium etc.
Have a good day 😀✌️🏼
@Puffer_Bill, I didnt even know that existed, that's awesome. I think they woukdve been fine and had I caught them early enough I wouksve just plucked em off and kept an eye on it. Tent was too crowded and had a couple open flowers when I found them so I just yanked them out. Didnt want any more pollen anywhere and didnt have the energy to check them all everyday on too of everything else
Firstly we love the macro shots mate, love the look of the trichomes and by the look of things your super close to harvesting some amazing looking flowers 👌
Not long now my friend and you'll be getting those scissors out and your fingers sticky 👍
Please keep the updates coming as harvest is very close now 👊
Until next time 😉
With love from Humboldt County✌️
Kind regards
Mark..
@Humboldt_Seed_Organisation, well its had 3 weeks to cure and once again it was the winner of the bunch. it's definitely in the group I plan to grow again. I've only harvested 6 strains so far but the chocolate mint OG is in the conversation for my favorite overall. It's the best smelling strain I've ever had. That, superglue and strawberry banana are my 3 winners. I'll post my harvest info next week after its cured for a month.
I hear darkness pushes the plant to highten THC production as a last ditch effort?, I'd be interested to see what happens here. I'm doing my first grow(s) right now. In saying that your plants do look sooo good and ready... but apparently abstinence makes the dope grow stronger 😆
@Deeganja, thank u! I've read several articles and talked to a few people and the consensus seems to be that there isn't any scientific research that supports it, but everybody who does it seems to think it makes a difference. I did it on my 1st grow but I have no idea what it did or didnt do. I gave them a longer night before I harvested today just because I remember reading it's better to harvest in the dark so they arent processing the light and making more chlorophyll. Thought it was a solid point. I'm going to try it my next flower cycle for a full 2 days and see what I think.
@CRiSPrGrow, if I win the lottery I'm spending $100,000,000 on killing every mite in the galaxy. Fuck some kind of space mites we dont even know about too. If they exist I want them dead as well lol
for spidermites i always suggest live ladybugs , it's really the only way, works way better than any pesticide because for example a pesticide might infect eggs and mites at 75% efficiency or less, but when a lady bug eats it's successful every time get it? a single ladybug can eat thousands of mites in a day. a they dont crawl into the flowers to die , they just sort of leave the grow room or die and fall into the soil or whatever. So yeah : live ladybugs, you can order them delivered . it's fantastic, and quite hilarious if you think about it.
@CRiSPrGrow, it's all good bro, I cleaned every inch of the inside of my tent yesterday. Vacuumed the floor and walls and top+bottom of the liner. Sprayed it down with dish soap water then then scrubbed it off, then did the same 99% isopropyl alcohol. Thick layer of diatomaceous earth between the tent and liner plus dusted the whole bottom of the tent before I put the liner back in. Rubbed it onto the seam on the top walls of the liner and brushed it into the fabric around the whole bottom of the outside of the tent and around all vents and zippers. I mixed some into the soil when I transplanted all my new 1s + dusted em + brushed it into the bottom of the grow bags all the way around them. So now the little bastards will have to crawl through several layers of diatomaceous hell to even get there. As long as I dont bring them in and deliver them and I cant see how they'll get in there now. I'm also curious if it would be possible to amend the soil with some kind of pollen to feed predatory mites so they could breed and establish their own infestation. Then I could reuse the soil and replenish the food supply and have an army of anti spider mite soldiers protecting them from beginning to end. That would be neat lol
@Beans, Try also Bacilus Subtilis, or better yet a combination of B.T. and Trichoderma Israelis - these will affect the afids directly, but you might need to spray the leafs too... idk : prevention is the best medicine right? i just bought loads of beneficial myself, clearly it's easier to prevent than to combat an outbreak... sorry man....
Our Chocolate Mint OG hitting week 4 of the bloom phase and starting to really pack on that weight 👌
Keep up the great work my friend. You'll be well rewarded come harvest time 👍
Until your next update ✌️
Kind regards
Team-HSO..
@Humboldt_Seed_Organisation, yeah I have gotten a bit carried away. I wanna grow new strains but I dont wanna let any go once I grow them lol. I was supposed to pick my favorite 2 or 3 and let the rest go. I screwed that up a bit and have even more now. but I've learned valuable lessons on what's more enjoyable for me as far as how I want to grow. I got a bunch of different strains coming in behind these then I'm considering sort of starting over and revamping my program. 1 strain per tent, 2 tops and only if they happen to grow about the same size. I've never just grown a single strain. I will definitely be bringing back the chocolate mint again and I wanna try the black dog as well. Ultimately I wanna have 2 strains, 1 for day time stuff and 1 for lazy/night time stuff. Then swap em out whenever I feel I'm ready for a change. I've been all about cramming as much experience in as possible this last year which I think I've done, but it turns out I'm a bit of strain hoarder lol.
@Beans, sounds like you've been having a struggle my friend but your winning 👍
May I offer a little advice?
I would not scale back you grow rather be more selective with strains that you grow/sekect. May be do less variety with 2-3 stable strains that will grow well together?
We can offer strain advice if needed just drop us a message 👊
Chocolate Mint OG is looking in great shape mate 👌
With love from Humboldt County✌️
Kind regards
Team-HSO..
@Humboldt_Seed_Organisation, sorry I've been falling behind. Between the mites and my superglues herming on me I've been working even harder but frustrated, discouraged and disappointed as I do it. On the bright side I finally learned my lesson and have no desire to juggle this much chaos again. Counting seedlings and clones for next batch (indoor and outdoor) I think I have about 15 strains going in 3 tents + a table in my closet and some hermies in the back yard I'm hoping to at least get seeds from. I had a feeling I was gonna take some lumps this round, then just when i thought to myself "I'm actually gonna pull this off" ive been getting my ass whooped ever since lol.
@Deeganja, I only ended up doing about 36hrs. Sorry it took so long for me to get back to u. I dont think I've even been on since I harvested. Wanted to wait until it cured for a month to do my final assessment. Unfortunately I thought I'd just remember everything so I didnt bother writing anything down lol
Nice to see another Chocolate Mint OG harvest on the grow diary platform 👍
Some really impressive looking flowers with some lovely purple/blue colours coming through 👌
How are you finding our CMOG my friend?
Diary approved!😉
Kind regards ✌️
Team-HSO..
Beans
