14-14 Tropimango "Philosopher Seeds" FEM

Chrisandweed Germinated in a container with a paper towel, moved to a jiffy, and when the cotyledons emerged, transferred to a 1L pot in the cabinet with humidity for half a day.

Chrisandweed Week 2, growing well

Chrisandweed Third week of vegetative, they'll probably be in vegetative for 2 to 3 months and then into flowering.

Chrisandweed It's going really well, feels like a lettuce.

Chrisandweed There it goes, I think this is similar to the blue zushi, it's possible that with the transplant there might be a surprise due to its dense foliage.

Chrisandweed First apical cut on the photoperiods. Since they have all grown a lot of branches, I will probably do a second apical cut to take cuttings if possible and then flower them.

Chrisandweed Transplanting is coming up soon. The white on the plant is diatomaceous earth, which I had to use because I had a red spider mite infestation. All the feminized plants have reacted really well to the apical cut; there was no sign of very sharp stunting, and all the shoots are growing upwards. The plan is to transplant, let them recover, do a second apical cut on all the tips to equalize their height, and I'll probably set up a homemade scrog net that I made (I can't remember if it was 1x1 or 1.2x1.2 meters). Initially, I would have liked to clone all the feminized plants, all 4, and make mothers out of them, but I don't know if I'll actually do it. For now, I won't, since I still don't have a tent to put the mothers in, and I'll have to see if I get one sooner rather than later or later rather than sooner.

Chrisandweed The white stuff was powdery mildew. I fought it (and I'm still fighting it) with 1% hydrogen peroxide per liter of water through foliar feeding. Edit 2/10: defoliated to clean up the powdery mildew and prepare for transplant.

Chrisandweed I got spider mites or thrips, I saw the attack and nothing, I used Spider Boom, Soap Boom, and Neem Boom.. you know the brand, right? Hahaha the spider is the product that attacks them directly, the soap cleans them, and the neem acts as an insecticide and protector.. all applied by spraying on the leaves, with the consequence of covering the leaves in neem so I’ll have to clean them, I’ll take the opportunity to use water + 2% hydrogen peroxide for a deep clean, ALL WITH THE LIGHTS OFF! I already burned a flowering plant with 64 tops by using preventatives and insecticides with the lights on and I had to throw it away because of that mistake :( Edit Tuesday 07/10/2025: I'm transplanting to a 7L pot

Chrisandweed Week of treatments and fuss, the day before yesterday I foliar sprayed with potassium soap and a product for spider mites and pests, and tomorrow or the day after I will do it with the product for fungi and mold, and then in a few days I will wash with water and hydrogen peroxide. In that process, I will make apical cuts on all the branches and defoliate so that once these days of torture are over, I can give them a week or two and put them into flowering.

Chrisandweed Defoliation and new apical cuts to all the tips except for the two top antennas that I will cut, leaving one shoot to clone the rest. Edit 21/10/25: the new photos show it well defoliated and its apicals. I've already taken 2 cuttings from each photoperiod plant, let's see if they root. My process is short, I remove nodes, rinse in water with preventive products, scrape the bottom of the stem with a knife against the wall of the base of this stem, and finally, I moisten it with Clonex and put it in the jiffy, I keep it in the mini greenhouse from the photos and try to maintain high humidity, avoiding directly wetting the soil of the jiffys.

Chrisandweed Here we are

Chrisandweed There hasn't been a week 13, sorry 😅

Chrisandweed Final transplant and tying week. Next week, flowering starts.... LIGHT CYCLE 14/14!!! Let's see how it goes with this light cycle!! I'll put a SCROG net a bit high for the small ones, and at the height of the cut for the tall ones to later put another one and finish controlling the height... It's going to be a problem hahaha

Chrisandweed Flowering begins, plus 14 hours of light and 14 hours of darkness.. We'll see how it goes.

Chrisandweed Explosive growth is starting! They're going all out! I'm making some aggressive foliar applications to clean off powdery mildew, pests, and residues, taking advantage of the fact that with 14-14, there's usually a week or two of transition from vegetative to flowering, but in this case, we'll need to add at least another week. Now, at the beginning of next week, the week of December 8th, I'm getting insecticide and fungicide products, and I'll give them a good application so we can have a peaceful flowering. Also, in the foliar applications, I'm using silicon more often to see if it strengthens them, and like I said, we want a peaceful flowering.

Chrisandweed You can start to see the beginning of bud formation 🔥🔥 In the end, under the 14+14 photoperiod, all 4 feminized plants I have are flowering. At the beginning of the week, I did a very aggressive final cleaning to finish sweeping away the powdery mildew and spider mites with an 80% sulfur product, hence the white spots on the leaves (the spots are not bothersome, they're remnants of the sulfur, not powdery mildew, and this time it's noticeable because the powdery mildew spots are definitely irregular and appear anywhere on the leaf, whereas this sulfur is at the tip, where the greatest accumulation of residues occurs with these applications) and I'm really happy with the product. Next week, I'm also going to activate a fungicide discharge pump compatible with the plants, inside the grow tent, to finish eliminating spores and everything. Let's hope that with the cold we get good results... And let's hope to learn a ton from these grows.

Chrisandweed I'm not sure if it's 14/14, but they're all growing suuuper vigorously! At the end of this week, I'll do some low pruning. Just to clarify since I post photos any day of the week, the photos are usually taken on Mondays, the flowering started on November 28, and this week, the one on Monday (today) December 15, corresponds to the third week, which feels a bit confusing with the app since I have to mark this as the fourth week.

Chrisandweed Well, as you can see, I've stripped them bare... Nothing, I literally had no choice, a lot of spider mites that just wouldn't go away no matter what, I've stripped and mainly left the tips... And I would say I did it methodically, but I really don't know if my calculations will be correct 🤣🤣 since I'm going for 14/14, I want to think that the flowering will be much longer, so I'll have longer recovery times... Maybe not 🤣 I don't know, we'll find out haha I've finished the pruning on the 4 plants, although I literally had to go one by one each day due to limitations 💀 but well, one day the doctors will operate on me hahaha and to my delight, I discover that out of the 4, one is already resinous and only that one, it already has the tent full of aromas, it's specifically the CBD Amnesia, making it clear that so far my absolute favorite strain is Amnesia, CBD or not xD but the flavor of a good Amnesia, that citrusy, incense-like... Wow, I can't wait!

Chrisandweed There it goes, little but pretty hahahaha

Chrisandweed Engorde weenooo engoorde real jajajajaja Well, good news since the crazy population of red spider mites has dropped to a minimum! Generally, I don't see them anymore, but I know there's still a few left, so I'll give them one more cleaning with neem oil and potassium soap, but just one more, maybe tonight or tomorrow. After this application, the use of these products will be over, and the next foliar wash I do will be a cinnamon tea; I'll make a concentrate by boiling water with powdered cinnamon, filtering it so there are no residues left. I'll do this with antifungal intentions and to control humidity a bit more to keep the bugs in check.

Chrisandweed Well, they're doing suuuper well, maybe I went a bit overboard with the scissors on some variety and just trusting the buds, so I won't get much yield, but whatever comes out will get smoked, and what doesn't, will be grown again xD. The plants are giving off a smell... It's got everything stinking! Hahaha, in a good way! I should clarify that these photos were taken literally right after turning on the lights after 6 hours of a total release antifungal product that I used in the dark. The product is valid for flowering, plus I think there’s still about a month until harvest, plenty of time + 2 weeks of drying + another 2 weeks of curing (let's not kid ourselves, it will be smoked as soon as it's dry xD but the theory is to wait until it cures). The time I'm mentioning is just to say that it's more than enough for the residues to go away. Because of the product, which I placed in the center of the cabinet, the closest branches have suffered from chemical stress and have closed stomata, that's why they are browner or drooping, even looking like they have water stress. Next week when I upload the photos, we’ll see the changes :). P.S.: I'm not sure how to identify the smell of this plant, but it's suuuper pronounced! It's a shame that the buds are going to be small, but it looks like it's going to taste really really delicious, like that sweet candy type, when you open the candy drawer from the Chinese store? To grab some sour belts and melons and stuff? Well, just like that!

Chrisandweed Well, the disaster happened. I used a discharge pump (one of those sprays that you squeeze and it sprays everything) that is supposedly compatible with the plants inside... It got messy, you can see in the photos and video that soooo many leaves have reacted, phytotoxicity and all. Anyway, I'm going to finish the grow, a lot of the harvest should be saved, in principle, but that's it.

Chrisandweed Ninth week of flowering out of 11 that are almost definitely going to take all of them. Wow, they all look like they have a jelly of trichomes on top, I hope they turn out delicious!

Chrisandweed Puues there's not much time left, maybe a week if they hurry or two, but no more. The white tips! Hahahaha white tips infested with resin. Edit 07/02/2026: the first photos are from this week taken on the 2nd of this month. Today, the 7th, I cut this plant. My intention was to cut all 4 together, but it's a fact that this one was already at its point, amber trichomes about 30/40% and the rest white. Very resinous, but with some spider webs on a few buds until the end 😅 not all of them, but some, so enough reason to do a budwash. I'm uploading the photos of the process anyway, but I'll explain it here: 3 jugs filled with water, one of them with lemon (half squeezed) and baking soda (a couple of tablespoons) and I mix it well, the other two with water. As I cut branches, I rinse them with the buds in the jugs, first the one with lemon and baking soda and then in the other two, and finally hung up to start drying, maybe one or two extra days because of the wash, but that's fine. I put an oscillating fan in front but away to avoid mold and that's it, when it dries, I'll manicure and jar it, then I'll finish the diary and post the results.

Chrisandweed First week of drying, I guess it will take about 10 days more or less, it's not the whole plant, but it's cut by branches, at about 20/21°C and with 40/50% humidity. It smells xD I make a note for the week: I cheated xD I took a pair of buds and did the microwave thing (5 seconds on the lowest power with the buds covered by napkins, take it out, let it cool, repeat, like 2 or 3 times, until the branch cracks) and wow hahahahahaha The flavor is already coming out, it's true that you can tell it's dried that way, but it works, now, the potency hahahahaha what a blast! Hahahahaha you can really feel it in your eyes, after 2 hits you feel like they’re sinking in their sockets and you start to notice the high hitting hard! Can't wait to have it fully dried and cured.

Chrisandweed Well, that's it, dried, manicured, and jarred. It smells really really really good, like reeeally good!! So it ended up being 7 days of drying, I imagine a bit longer would have been better, but well, I was already low on stock so it's not bad to replenish now xD. Then, as you can see in the photos, I've divided the trim, one into non-smokable since they are larger leaves, and another trim of smaller leaves with more resin. I'll combine both with their respective trims from the other plants to make hash with the Pollinator, buuuut the thing is, the larger leaf trim (which also has resin) and is drier I won't smoke, buuuut the other one I'll keep as a reserve, in case I run out of smoke before the next harvest (since we smoke 2 at home 😅🤦🏾‍♂️), so I can rely on that emergency trim. Then, about the photos, today my provider's internet decided to crash, on a Saturday 😅, and my internet is acting up, so I'll upload what I can and will keep adding more photos and a couple of videos as I can. I've been smoking it using the microwave trick over these days since I was running out of stock 😂 and it already had a very good taste and now that it's dry... Wow! I can't clearly identify the flavor but you can really notice the tropical citrus! It's like drinking an orange Bifrutas and taking out the milk.