Fruity Freak vrs Freakshow

Dabbingit Was cool this past week, which was good for some of sprouts, a few of the seeds I got may have been on the older side. I notice older seeds sometimes have troubles getting started, it can get hot here very quickly and a troubled sprout may struggle in the heat, I had to help a few get the cotyledons to open as they had difficulty getting the seed shell off and were wrapped shut. The cooler weather helps them as they stablize.

Dabbingit May 10, starting to warm up, 94 today. All the fem plants i put in the ground or 25 gallon pots. The m/f plants I’m now forcing into flower to see who’s who, ladies only please ….some are starting to show after 5 days of light reduction, but in my experience it’s usually the males who show first. Not always but mostly, starting to see what I believe are nuts but will let the go a few more days to be sure. The reg Freakshows aren’t big enough imo, will let them get a little bigger b4 flipping them. I didn’t post last weekend as there wasn’t enough growth to tell much of a difference. I wonder if the FS leaves being fern like grow slower because they don’t have the same square footage of leaf to gather energy? Or might just be mine…

Dabbingit Last year was my first try with fem seeds. Some from this year just seem slow to get out of the gate compared to a few of the other ones and way behind the seeds that I made. I had week 4 photos but at the last second before I saved my finger hit something and poof …it was all gone. Didn’t feel like starting over so here is week 5 😶‍🌫️. Did anyone else notice how slow the Freakshow strains are growing or is it just mine ….? Of the 2 photo reg Freak shows that popped 1 has shown to be male. Have high hopes for the other one tho, two weeks of light reduction and still #2 doesn’t want to say what it is yet, thought I saw a oval pod starting but no white hair yet…back in the hole for you! I’ve topped most of the taller ones after node 6, some of the lower growth was not keeping pace so I topped the to encourage more lower branch growth, most of the time I just bend tops and tie branches down. Feeding FoxFarm notes, today was feed day. I like to put coated fencing on the ground around the plants, it keeps the cats from using the area and gives me plenty of tie down locations. Also spray once a week with Neem oil to control mites, spray the dirt as well since mite colonize from the ground up. I will actually use Neem oil through out the grow, I know some swear that this changes the flavor and should never be used in flower. But I will include a SS from the national pesticide information website put out by Oregon State University showing that Neem oil actually breaks down within just a few days in the environment and even faster when mixed with water and sprayed on the surface. If you stop using 10-14 days before harvest there will be no Neem left to taste and it completely encapsulates and kills PM so I like it. And none of my cannabis friends has ever had anything but good things to say about the final product. But I make shatter and vape all my stuff, as I am a kidney transplant patient and can’t (shouldn’t) smoke it.