Virgin Grow

PapaSmurf416 This is actually only day 5 for the Velvet Krush still have some purple stems maybe plant genetics? All other plants at 9 days since germination. Seems to be going well. If you see anything wrong or out of place please let me know!

PapaSmurf416 This is actually only day 5 for the Velvet Krush still have some purple stems maybe plant genetics? All other plants at 9 days since germination. Seems to be going well. If you see anything wrong or out of place please let me know!

PapaSmurf416 Good week some massive growth overall, lost two of the VK :( very sad but a learning experience. Basically had been watering all plants the same amount but these two were much smaller and I think I drowned them. This is actually week 2 since seeds popped but I can’t change my first post.

PapaSmurf416 Plants are 18 days now since popping from seed but I messed up with the weeks so I may skip 2 weeks just to even things out for my ocd ;). Just finished transplanting used RootRescue MS-CS Transplanter inoculant as it came as a free sample with some insect frass (sweet). 3-5 gallon smart pots. Everything looking good so far I believe. Just a tiny bit of yellowing on one of the hashplants will check back in 2 weeks with updates.

PapaSmurf416 Transplanted everything a few days after the last diary into 5 gallon air pots. Started a cover crop and added some mulch after everything sprouted. Began training week 4. I’m intending on keeping 4 max inside the tent. Will be Peanut butter breath, Dragons Blood Hashplant, Afghani, and Velvet Krush. Other 4 x2 pbb 1xDBHP and one unknown bag seed will be going outdoors soon.

PapaSmurf416 Bought a PH kit the cheap one with the vial and drops realized I’ve been watering and foliar spraying around 7 maybe slightly higher. Adjusted PH before last foliar to 6.5 roughly also maybe slightly under and WOW. Noticing the chlorophyll coming back strong and evenly. Wasnt a major issue but I had been wondering about it seems to be solved now. Also super exited both DragonsBlood have the bleeding trait!! Thank you to everyone providing answers and tips for me. Going to flower in another 2 weeks or so.

PapaSmurf416 Have been having some problems with RH, I currently have my 2x4x5 tent in my basement. The temperature in the basement is 18-20 and the humidity 50-65. I have been running a dehumidifier on continuous for several days and still having trouble with RH currently with my fans on maximum for exhaust and inside the tent I can get to lowest 57 Rh. At night the temp drops to about 18 and humidity goes to about 65. Daytime temps with oscillating fans off are 21-22. On around 24-25. Rh gets lower with fans on. Tent is sitting on the floor of an unfinished basement. I tried putting a styrofoam sheet under to insulate but this increased temperature way to much. I’m only running 320 watt led so one option would be to add more light which would increase temp and decrease humidity. Or use a small dehumidifier inside the tent but I’ve heard that won’t work so well with my Negative pressure setup. The other Option is an air conditioner either right outside the tent or inside. What do you think?

PapaSmurf416 Plants seem like they are slow to start showing flowers, I had to swap out one of the dragonsblood hashplant as it’s either a herm or male I’m getting a microscope tomorrow so will go over all plants thoroughly and double check sex. So far 1 confirmed male. Photos 2 days after a leaf stripping. Also figured out my RH issues see video.

PapaSmurf416 Buds are forming fast and strong on the peanut butter breath! The Afghani landrace actually showed it’s pistils first but hasn’t really started to form buds yet. Dragonsblood and the bagseed either Deathwing or Rain of Frost are confirmed female with 40x microscope. So it’s looking like I might have a staggered harvest somewhat which I do not mind at all. I’m assuming it’s genetics that are causing the PBB to perform so quick really pleased with it so far all seeds germinated and we’re healthy from the pack.

PapaSmurf416 So I’ve been having issues with the design of my leds (never listen to friends with no experience with growing) anyways my solution for the heat of the leds is to dim down to 40% power I’ve also changed the angle of my led setup you can see in pics. Also added a 400 watt hps for 200$ it’s dimmable as well so now I’m running less wattage with a greater spectrum and much more lumens.

PapaSmurf416 So I’ve got 3 strains flowering right not the Peanut butter breath is the fastest she’s stacking nicely, getting some really kushy aromas off the bud. Afghan landrace is super busy I’ve probably defoliated about 6 times now hopefully that’s the last, getting a classic hash spice aroma. And the random bagseed which is Rain of Frost OR Deathwing not sure. It’s stretching like crazy right now caught back up with the PBB and the bagseed has been mainlined. It has the most interesting smell of the 3 with some funky cheesy notes.

PapaSmurf416 Great week the Afghani Mazar I Sharif landrace has put on a crazy amount of bud growth, looks like a heavy snowfall in winter. Smells very spicy and earthy. I wish I had some pollen to breed this pheno it’s incredibly short and squat and looks like it will yield heavy, great for tents or stealth grows. The peanut butter breath is still putting on weight has thrown out a few more flowers and I’m seeing the leaves are just starting to fade darker possibly black or purple, smells like children’s breakfast cereal marshmallows and sugary diesel. Incredibly frosty. The bagseed Rain of Frost has stopped stretching finally she’s 33 inches just beating out the PBB, still continuously Throwing out new flower I may lollipop the bottoms another few inches to promote larger flower growth at the tops.

PapaSmurf416 Peanut butter breath is fading strong now getting dark purple in the leaves and a little bit in the bud. All crystals are still clear no cloudiness yet. Afghan is still stacking and gaining a lot of girth on the main buds, some nice peach pistils. The bagseed is definitely the rain of frost and not the Deathwing, I’m seeing strong GSC characteristics. Intense aromas hard to tell any apart but the tent smells like diesel gas spices and breakfast cereal marshmallows. I’m expecting at least two more weeks of flowering.

PapaSmurf416 Really impressed with the purple peanut butter breath pheno she gets darker everyday, still mostly clear trichomes. Pbb smells like lucky charms marshmallows rain of frost has some sour tropical funk and diesel and the afghani has a classic hash smell spicy

PapaSmurf416 Still clear trichomes throughout maybe a few white/cloudy but no amber yet. Buds are continuing to fatten up nicely PBB is yellowing quite fast this week so I fed her twice as I don’t believe it’s time for her to lose leaves yet. I used Insect frass, oyster shell flour, humic acid, kelp meal, and a bit of diotamaceous earth both for the silica and I had a few fungus gnats. Also did a foliar with concentrated sea minerals (mild full spectrum fertilizer) liquid kelp and AEM. Afghani is getting more of a tropical smell mangos and peach. The Rain of Frost is gassy with some serious Kush notes and a subtle sour at the end. Peanut Butter Breath is getting more intense less sweet hard to describe.

PapaSmurf416 Buds have swelled noticeably insane amounts of purple coming through on the peanut butter breath I think she will be done this week 😍 I see one or two amber trichs but I’m going to let her go at least this full week . She smells very intense gassy kushy and sweet with a lucky charms marshmallow vibe. The rain of frost has no amber yet I’m guessing at least 2 more weeks for her also no fading leaves yet but I hear that’s strain dependent not necessarily going to happen. She smells the strongest I would say, very funky almost a blue cheese in the background but upfront is sweet and kushy. The Afghani Mazar I Shariff is kind of disappointing so far to be honest, although she gained a lot of mass this last week perhaps I will change my mind. She smells very old school if that makes sense with a tropical fruit background. I’ve just given plain water twice this week will continue with plain water until harvest.

PapaSmurf416 Pbb has been chopped! Saw a decent amount of amber trichomes and the calyxes were quite swollen also she has been fading beautifully for quite some time now. Went into the dark for 48hours then I trimmed any dead leaves off and a few larger easy to reach leaves. She’s hanging in a dark tent now with a fan blowing at the bottom of the tent. Ducting to my flower tent to keep it from stagnating. Frost is starting to fade and swelling quite well. Afghani is getting a much more complex smell not as sweet as before still looks like looks like at least 2 weeks for her. They have all just been getting water for a while now.

PapaSmurf416 75 grams after drying and trimming 20g pure sugar leaf trim two more half zips of icy fan leaves/sugar leaves. Plant was put under 48 hours darkness before chopping and hanging. Hung in drying tent for 8 days with temps ranging from 19-25c generally on the lower end. Rh ranged between 51-63 staying at 60 for the majority of the time. Very easy trimming except for the finger hash/ scissor hash gunking everything up. Thanks to everyone for all the advice and answering my questions couldn’t have made my first harvest without this community!

PapaSmurf416 Ok so this was my very first seed ever germinated and planted and brought to harvest! Wooo. So this was a bagseed, a cookie cross labeled “Rain of Frost” the genetics were apparently Platinum Girl Scout Cookie x Chocolate Vanilla Lover. She is definitely a cookie leaner, I’m getting diesel, a little pine, a pungent undertone I can’t make out yet. Only 1 day curing so far after a 7 day hang dry. Next update will be the last for this diary as I have the afghani hanging right now. Thank you to the community for being there whenever I needed and supporting me with the knowledge and info you’ve learned over the years much appreciated.

PapaSmurf416 So I took 50 grams and froze it fresh and was left with just over 30 g dried bud at the end so I’m guesstimating end yield a bit. Thank you everyone for all your help! If your wondering what happened to the other ladies they are outside and you will see them soon! Sorry for the lack of pictures My camera broke :(