Mango Runtz Mephisto Autopot Tiny Tent

GelatoGandalf Not much to say yet. Still feels weird working with coco. Just trying to keep things slow. Apparently the strain is a bit nutrient sensitive, at least early, so I am taking things slow. 100 to 150 cl in a circle around the seedling once every day with above nutrients and RO water. D5 Progressing nicely. Still same strength for the nutrient solution. Will up a bit when node 3 starts to form. 14k lux now. D7 Honestly a bit impressed. Don't think I had a seedling growing that fast yet. I upped nutrient strength a bit yesterday but as you can probably tell she doesn't look over fed. I also did a tray test with 300ml and it's almost gone overnight. Not sure if it's just wicking or if she's drinking yet. Will proceed to take things slow.

GelatoGandalf D8 So I did a tray test on d7 and checked if she would drink if I gave 300ml of NS in the tray. 12 hours later the tray is almost empty. Did a little diy project and build a 11L reservoir to fit in my wardrobe with the 2 tents. I got a 47l backup tank in case I am on vacation. Gave 5 liters of solution in the reservoir with an EC of 0.7 and pH of 5.6. See above for exact recipe D9 she looked a bit droopy so I gave her 150ml top feed of my solution. 8 hours later she still didn't look happy so I lifted the pot and recognized it was heavy. Took her out of the tray and closed the valve. Probably too soon for bottom feeding yet. D13 Starting another tray test D14 That's a wrap for week 2. 5th node is out. I am unsure if I should push a bit harder with nutes but all in all very healthy progress. Red stems might come from heat stress but this week has rather been cold. Maybe it's genetics?

GelatoGandalf D17 She looks healthy and she is slowly drinking from the res. I could probably go higher with the nutes but in case she's getting stressed from watering I will rather keep it on the lower side for now. No training or anything and I plan on keeping it that way. Let's see some natural structure for once. 22k Lux D21 First pistils. Upped the nutes. Did some leaf tucking

GelatoGandalf Not much to say. Nutes were still on the lower side for this week. She is not drinking too much. She got a nice natural structure, I do the occasional leaf tucking but that's it. At the end of the week we hit pre flower and I upped the nutes. Let's see how she likes it.

GelatoGandalf This week I put her in a bigger tent with her sister Orange Sherbet. She quite likes the new environment but before that I had to take her out of the autopot. It took her hours every day to look happy and though the tray emptied faster the impression grew on me that she's overwatered. Pot was quite heavy so she will go a few days without watering till she's happy again. Don't know what's up with the nutes. She's definitely not getting too much light and I feed after schedule. Maybe it's a little lock out from over watering. For now I am considering to just hand feed her for a while. Let's see how things evolve. Guess she's not the perfect strain for autopots.

GelatoGandalf She's looking healthier and happier again but not perfect for sure. I keep on hand watering but only a little because I think she needs to dry back a bit more. It's weird that the pot stays heavy for so many days, didn't expect that but thanks to the medium things aren't worse. She also got a bit of seaweed with her nutes, as long as I top feed I want to feed her some organics too. Flowers are looking nice but yeah she's an awkward little dwarf which was expected.

GelatoGandalf This week I gave her a flush to reset the medium, and afterwards she went back into the autopot. Since then she’s been looking much healthier and happier again. The lower leaves still show some old signs of stress, but new growth is clean. She’s clearly in flower now – pistils everywhere and the very first resin is starting to show. Structure is still compact and dwarf-like, but bud sites are stacking up nicely. Light stays around ~31k lux, environment stable. EC is at 1.2 Back on track, first frost incoming

GelatoGandalf Buds slowly stacking. She also starts to show some purple. Interesting smell is evolving. Let's see what she got

GelatoGandalf She is still stacking and bulking. I removed two pairs of big leafs at the top.

GelatoGandalf Still 3 weeks I guess. Starting to get some funky terps. Maybe it's the burnt rubber as described? Also reminds me of mushrooms or something.

GelatoGandalf She's ripening great and the terps are all over the place. Rubbing the stem I get heavy lime and lemon grass notes also bubblegum with a bit of gas. Can't wait to try her. Think she might be done in 5 to 7 days.

GelatoGandalf This week I did a partial harvest. A lot of the lower stuff isn't done yet, maybe I should have lollipoped but whatever. Top came off on day 82. A few days later the buds I hung up to dry still smell amazing. If she tastes anything like that it's gonna be bonkers. I must admit I haven't smelled mango once yet. If you asked me what to name this strain I would say key lime pie (there's actually a Mephisto strain with that name). I guess the rest is gonna need a week longer, let's see.