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The grow was started in a cold attic in December and started well, germinated in root riot cubes and all 4 showed in 3 days. Potted into Clover MP with a 1/3rd perlite with added Mycorrmax. I had slight problems on day 5 after feeding 0.5ml/L Bio silicon on day 4, coupled with a drop in root temps.
By day 7 I was seeing slightly yellowed tips and a few rusty spots.
Problems were getting worse with swings in root temps and nutrient uptake as they grew out the small nursery bags.
Potted up into 1L fabric propagation pots on day 13 with a mix of 1/4 Canna coco pro+ and 3/4 Clover multi purpose compost. Then watered in with a seaweed solution of 2ml/L.
The plants were looking worse at this stage due to my environment being erratic and constantly being adjusted. I also couldn't get the watering right in these new pots. Things got a bit confusing for me and I added Epsom salts which didn't help.
They were topped on day 26 (minus the Cream 47) and were not suffering any more stress than they already had been so I potted them up on day 27 into straight Clover MP compost.. The 1L propagation pots weren't really big enough on the last pot up but I couldn't get hold of 2L ones. You can see in the pics of the root balls that there wasn't much medium for the roots to grow into around the sides. I was going to go from 2L to 6.5L, then to 12L fabric pots Due to only having the 1L I decided to use some intermediate 3.4L square plastic pots on this pot up to try and bring them around and then straight into the 12L finals on the next pot up.
At long last I could move my girls to the flowering tent to a better environment and I did this on day 32. One CMH 942 bulb was fired up to veg them until flowering and I started LST on all but the Cream 47. Lighting schedule was changed to 18/6 and the health of the plants was improving since their pot up.
LST was continued to all but the C47 to level the canopy and widen the plants out to fill the 1.2m tent. The C47 was left to grow a bit taller first before starting LST. The final 12L pots were prepared with some Mycorrmax for potting up on day 37 and they were potted into their final homes, then watered in. The plants were looking a lot better at this stage with nice white healthy roots. I started bending the main stem on the Cream 47 on day 42.
As the plants were trained and became much wider than the pots, I made frames at pot level with cross members that followed the lines of the main branches. This way I could tie down the ends of the branches without pulling them back towards the pot edges, thus keeping the branches nice and level and helping me to keep a level canopy to make good use of the light. With the C47 not being topped, and then LST'd at a later time, I made a frame around the outside of the cross members so that I could direct the lower branches to where I wanted them and get a better canopy. I wanted to have all four plants nice and level before switching to 12/12.
I use liquid seaweed as a tonic throughout the grow and it isn't in the dropdown menu for nutrients on here. So I'll mention that it is Shropshire seaweed and I feed at 2ml/L quite often throughout the grow. Mainly as a stress prevention after potting on and to get the microherd working in the compost.
The girls were quite happy at this stage with a nice even canopy and filling out the space. Ties were tightened and moved along the braces with more being added to try and get the plants wider but not have the secondary branches racing up in the middle too quickly. All a matter of timing but I did have to cut back a few middle branches on the Green Poison CBD as they were stretching a bit too much They had been in their final pots for 3 weeks so were well rooted out by now. The timers were changed to 12/12 on day 56 and the other CMH lamp fired up with a 930 agro bulb at 30" from the 2 plants at the front, and the 942 at 28" above the plants at the back. Only a 2" difference across the whole canopy. This was my aim before the stretch commenced 😊
There was no more training but some of the outside ties were loosened to allow the outside mains to keep level with the middle branches as they stretched.
Stretch
Crystal Candy FV started at 20" to the highest point from the floor. Now sitting at 23", so a stretch of 3" in a week.
Cream 47 20"-22" (2")
Sweet Pure CBD 18"-20" (2")
Green Poison CBD 18"-21" (3")
Btw the 1.8L watering volume per plant in the above statistics is every 2 days, not every 24hrs. Sometimes different plants had a little bit more or less, depending on if the pots were still a bit heavy or too light.
The girls were budding up nicely at 14 days in and the leaves were praying nicely for the lamps, The Sweet Pure CBD was a little bit slower with the bud formation though. Only 2 or 3" stretch over the week, average across the canopy.
The Cream 47's main stem was really trying it's hardest to break the LST frame but it held out ok.
The older leaves were starting to look hungry so I upped the bloom and lowered the fish mix a bit.
The buds were starting to frost up and the smell was getting stronger when I opened the tent, a mixture of sweet aromas. The Sweet pure was still a little behind on bud formation.
Stretch
The stretch was over and the measurements from the floor to the highest tops were:
CCFV 26"- total stretch 6"
C47 26"- total stretch 6"
SPCBD 26"- total stretch 8"
GPCBD 23.5"- total stretch 5.5"
The pots are 10" tall
The buds had started filling out at the 4 week mark, and were getting frostier. The yellowing had got worse so the bloom feed was raised to 4ml/L.
I checked and found a few hermies in the lower buds of the plants (except the Crystal Candy) so they were plucked out. I'm not sure if it was caused by me removing too many yellow leaves at once, or from my erratic feeding because I panicked a bit because of the yellowing leaves. I'd also made a big mistake of feeding Cal Mag when my water is hard already and think it might have been a toxicity that was causing the yellowing. When checking on my local water board's website I found that the Ca/Mg ratio is 4/1 so this has probably been the cause of most of my problems in the past. I even tried adding Epsom salts to balance it out a bit so this probably caused a toxicity of both Ca and Mg, locking other nutrients out. Anyway, any of these problems could have been the stress culprit causing the plants to hermie so I had a re-think and tried sorting things out the best I could. Luckily I had no more hermie problems.
The buds and bud leaves were getting a good layer of trichomes by this stage and the aromas were getting stronger and sweeter. Some slight adjustments were made with string, wire and plant sticks to keep the colas upright on the SPcbd. Unfortunately i was still having problems with nutrient uptake and leaves were still yellowing.
RH had been getting a bit high over the week for this stage of flowering so I turned my circulation fan up a notch to improve airflow.
Feed levels were peaked near the end of week 6 and then I started to lower the bloom feed. Yellowing had more or less halted on the main fan leaves. I had to stake a couple of colas on the CCFV that were starting to lean.
A few adjustments were made to the stakes to keep the colas upright. Pistils were starting to brown and trichomes starting to mature. They were into the harvest window now and the plants could have been taken close to the stated times by Sweet Seeds but I like to take them longer for plenty of Amber trichomes. Humidity was still a little high for my liking but no worries as air circulation and extraction were good, and the buds were a lot smaller grown this way than on single cola plants.
Fish mix was lowered over the week and plain water was started on day 56. I don't normally flush the plants when growing with organic feed unless I've added Cal Mag, and this grow I'd overdone it a bit with the Cal Mag so I decided to starve them for their last week.
Some nice purple colouring was appearing on the bud leaves of the CCFV, regardless of the temps in my attic being on the rise.
The plants all had different drinking requirements now, ranging from 1.65L for the SPcbd to 2.1L for the GPcbd every 2 days.
The leaves were now fading naturally as the buds consumed the nutrients from the leaves. Colas were starting to lean all over the place so adjustments had to be made to prevent any broken colas. The GPcbd was still pushing out white pistils but the trichs were maturing.
This strain would have been easy to grow if my environment had been better while in the veg cab, and if I'd not mistaken deficiencies caused by environmental problems and gone on to struggle with my feeding regime.
The buds were similarly firm and dense (but not solid) from the top to the bottom of the plant, having small calyx but lot's of them with a nice coverage of trichomes.
I messed this grow up from the early days but persevered and managed to bring it around to give me a decent harvest. Harvested at 63 days, dried for 17 days and cured in jars for 3 weeks before tasting. It's a happy relaxed stone. Powerful but nicely balanced in head and body effect. Medium to strong couchlock effect depending on mood and setting. I like this one for relaxing alone watching tv or listening to music.
For the above g/w/plant statistics I divided the grow room by 4 and the lamp power by 4 to get a true reading for each of the 4 strains
This strain would have been easy to grow if my environment had been better while in the veg cab, and if I'd not mistaken deficiencies caused by environmental problems and gone on to struggle with my feeding regime.
The top buds are quite firm but looser than the Cream 47. The lowers are a bit more spongy and airy. A nice coverage of trichomes throughout the whole plant.
I messed this grow up from the early days but persevered and managed to bring it around to give me a decent harvest. Could have been better though.
Harvested at 64 days, dried for 10 days and cured in a jar for 3 weeks before tasting. The taste is subtle but would have been better with a longer slower dry if temps in the attic allowed.
This pheno i grew is quite potent with a strong effect, happy smiley laughing tackle and it's a winner. The cerebral high makes me feel like I want to party but due to the narcotic effect it leaves me in I think I would need to keep smoking to keep that buzz going and would end up monged quite soon. So I think I'll keep it for home 😂
For the above g/w/plant statistics I divided the grow room by 4 and the lamp power by 4 to get a true reading for each of the 4 strains.
This strain would have been easy to grow if my environment had been better while in the veg cab, and if I'd not mistaken deficiencies caused by environmental problems and gone on to struggle with my feeding regime.
Top buds quite firm and dense. Lower buds small but still firm. It yielded better than it looked and surprised me that 3 and 1/4oz fitted in a 2L jar.
The fasciated buds were very dense and solid.
I messed this grow up from the early days but persevered and managed to bring it around to give me a decent harvest. Harvested at 65 days, dried for 9 days and cured in a jar for 4 weeks before tasting. I get a very slight buzz from it which only lasts a few minutes and is clear and it's quite nice.. Good for my anxiety and relaxes my mind. Relaxes my body nicely but without the heaviness a THC indica strain brings. I would definately say it gives me a feeling of well being and has good medical properties for relaxing my mind and body. It's very tasty and leaves a sweet taste in the mouth for ages.
For the above g/w/plant statistics I divided the grow room by 4 and the lamp power by 4 to get a true reading for each of the 4 strains
This strain would have been easy to grow if my environment had been better while in the veg cab, and if I'd not mistaken deficiencies caused by environmental problems and gone on to struggle with my feeding regime.
The buds are quite firm and dense but not solid. The size makes up for this and they fluff up nicely when ground. She grew a good few nice tops. Fair amount of crystal coverage.
Harvested at 66 days, dried for 10 days and cured in a jar for 3 weeks. High comes on steady in around 10 minutes. It's a light indica type stone to start with. Slows me down into a nice relaxed state but still functional. Happy and smiley, relaxed state of mind. After 4 or 5 bowls in the Evo it turns into a heavier stone. This is a nice smoke, quite flavoursome and smells wonderful of fruit salad chews. It will be nice as a summertime smoke in company in a beer garden or at a BBQ.
For the above g/w/plant statistics I divided the grow room by 4 and the lamp power by 4 to get a true reading for each of the 4 strains
Jadenugs
