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Sour ZODA from Umami Seed Co. - First photoperiodic grow
Welcome to my new diary, it is my first photoperiodic grow ever!
I grow a very delicate genetic from Umami Seed Co. This seeds came as a freebie to the Gym Crush Strain, which I will grow in the future. I chose this strain because I'm a medical user for ADHD, I have major problems with staying focused which really hinders my productivity during my PhD study. And Sour Diesel is known for helping with that problem, so I'll see how this one turns out.
I popped 1 seed on 24/01/25. The seed germinated after only 12 hours and I planted it in a EazyPod. Unfortunately, it grew very very slowly and a whole week after putting the seed into water, the plant didn't even have 2 leafs (31/01/25). So I popped another seed on that day, just to be sure, which also germinated very quickly. The second plant came out of the EazyPod after 2 days. And today, on 04/02/25, which is the first day that the supporting leafs opened up, it looks pretty fine. Has a huge tap root.
I want to only grow 1 plant this time to really fill up the whole 2x2 tent from AC infinity. So tomorrow I will decide which pheno I plant inside a 5 gal fabric pod. Let's hope I choose the right seed because the other one won't make it into the tent.
Let's talk about the strain:
Sour D x Zoda is a crossing that is not available on the market yet (or never will be available, who knows). ZODA is an original strain from Umami Seed Co. It is a cross between Zcai (Z x Acai Gelato) and SeattleSoda (UW Purple x Sodalicious) and I don't really know how it is supposed to taste. On the website from Umami, nothing about this strain is really specified but Leafly says that the terps are a mix of fruity, berry and tar notes. I'm really looking forward to this crossing because of the legendary Sour Diesel which I always wanted to grow. I hope that this cross delivers for my focussing condition and tastes as promised.
˝˝//Day 7
So, I did choose seed 2 because I just had a better feeling about it. This little plant is growing equally as slow as the first seed. We're now on day 7 above ground and she just has formed her first 2 leafs. If I compare it to my autoflower runs, it's night and day. I hope that she is just like that in the beginning and that she progresses now faster and faster.
//Day 9
Okay progress! The first true leafs are coming. Soil is still not completely dried so no more feeding for now.
//Day 11
She looks very healthy and is growing nicely. Today the soil was completely dry so I gave her 0.5L of water with some early stage nutrients.
//Day 13
Progress and she starts to drink now. Already needed to water her again. This time, I gave her 1L of water with adjusted pH and early nutrients.
//Day 16
She is growing nicely. The soil is almost dry again so I'll water her in the evening with 2L of pH-adjusted water. Since she has now her 3rd and 4th leaf, I want to start giving her some grow nutrients and just watch how she reacts to it.
//Day 18
I'm not so happy with the color of her leafs, she seems a little yellow-ish, but not really. Also her leafs are taco-ing, so I adjusted the ventilator position to not induce wind stress. Earth is still moist so no watering today.
//Day 20
SO she definitely needs more juice. I gave her more Nitrogen now in form of more bio grow. Watered again with 2 L, I hope that the nutrient adjustment helps her. Positiv thing is, that her side notes started to form.
//Day 26
So now she finally needed water again. The last drink was quite a while ago, she wasn't really thirsty for what ever reason. Still deficient in Nitrogen, hopefully this watering with nutrients will help. Progress in the last 6 days was great tho!
Gamfin
