SweetSeeds:CreamMandarinF1&KillerKushF1

arnau96 I germinate 4 Cream Mandarin F1 & 4 KillerKush F1 in a container with paper towels moistened with water on top of the router. After 2 days, all of them sprout and are transplanted into jiffys, which are placed inside a container with film to increase humidity. After 3 or 4 days, they are transplanted into 3L pots. The LED panel is maintained at a power of between 300-400w at about 30-35 cm.

arnau96 Buneo here in the second week you can already see how the girls are growing strong, the only difference would be that I start watering with 0.2L for each plant instead of 0.1L and that the humidity, after adding the humidifier as you can see in one of the photos, I keep a little lower and it will decrease as the plants grow. I'll leave you a link to this week's video_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYymSsPGClc (anyway, I downloaded it from yt but I don't think it will show (I think) with the same quality)

arnau96 The girls are still the same, same amount of water with the same dose of roo complex. The temperature and humidity remain constant and the light is still at 30 cm at about 30-35 cm.

arnau96 Buno, at the end of this week, all the plants were topped and the largest leaves were removed. The growing conditions are the same except that from here on, each one gets 0.5L with a concentration of BioGrow of 1ml/l.

arnau96 This week, they were transplanted into 15L fabric pots and I started watering them with 1.5L with a BioGrow concentration of 1ml/l. I have to say that after moving them to the 15L pots, they made a significant growth spurt and are growing with a lot of energy. On the other hand, for now, all the other growing conditions remain the same.

arnau96 Well, since they were moved to 15L pots, they haven't stopped growing, but since I wanted them a bit bigger, I applied 15 minutes of "far red" when the lights went out (18-12 phase), which helps elongate the internodal space. // The use of far red in cultivation has several benefits, and I encourage you all to read a bit about its theory and how it works, as it can help us more than once. // I also applied another defoliation, this time more severe since they were going into flowering the following week.

arnau96 Well, the girls moved to flowering at the end of their 6th week of growth, and on the same day of the switch, I applied delta 9 foliarly at a rate of 6ml/L (no, I didn't do it 10 days before switching to flower because I forgot and also didn't know exactly when I would switch them). When I switched them to flower, I started administering the flowering nutrients from Biobizz. At the same time, I put the net right on top and waited for them to stretch a bit so I could open them up a little. I also did lollipopping on all the girls, leaving a good space at the bottom so that air could flow much better. The temperature went up a bit, but nothing notable, and I started to lower the humidity with a dehumidifier. At the same time, when I switched to flower, I turned all the lights up to max, about 650W of COB and quantum board lights at a distance of 25-30cm. Throughout this first week, the Cream Mandarins stretched much more than the Killer Kush, and I had to supercrop some of their tops, as can be seen in some photos.

arnau96 Well, this week the supercropping continued because the Cream Mandarins seemed like they didn't want to stop growing, and if I didn't do it, I was going to end up with a super uneven canopy, so... let's keep doing supercropping. The fertilizer doses were increased according to the charts, and on day 10 of the flowering phase, a watering was done with delta 9 at 6ml/l along with BioBloom and TopMax, NO FEAR!!! The growing conditions remain exactly the same.

arnau96 Well, here the girls started to show their first little hairs and finally stopped growing. The nutrient connections are in line with the charts, but I decided to remove the BioGrow since I saw the girls with a very, very intense green color. I did one last supercrop on one of the rebellious tops that, even though I had already bent it, was resisting to stop growing. The girls started asking for more water, so I began giving them 2L each.

arnau96 Here I decided to go back to administering BioGrow but at a lower dose than what BioBizz recommends. At this point, the girls started to show their first smells. While the Cream Mandarin seemed to be much fresher, with a softer and citrusy scent, the Killer Kush emitted a very strong, penetrating smell like gasoline that was almost unpleasant because of how strong it was.

arnau96 Well folks, the girls at this point were doing fabulously. I lowered the concentration of BioGrow a bit more because while they looked nice and green, BioGrow also contains some phosphorus and potassium, and I didn't want to leave them without that part of BioGrow. The weather conditions remained the same as the previous days. I achieve this very easily with a GSE controller for intake, extraction, and negative pressure that works like a charm.

arnau96 Well, at this point the humidity dropped to about 40-45% The girls started to really smell, but still with the same vibe that the Cream Mandarin was milder while the Killer Kush was scary to smell.

arnau96 Well, this was the last week before the girls were harvested, so they were watered heavily as they entered the seventh week, and then just water until the harvest, which was at the beginning of week 8.4. At this point, the girls were giving off an almost unbearable smell, covered in resin and as hard as rocks. It was a challenge to take them out of the net without breaking more than one branch. The girls themselves couldn't hold up; all the branches were falling to the ground from their weight. Nothing to complain about with these girls, except for the polyploid that came out. But nothing major. The girls fit the descriptions given by Sweet Seeds very well and hit the promised harvest dates perfectly. Some fast photoperiods with a really, really good appearance. I'm attaching the YouTube channel where all the videos of this grow are: CHECK OUT THE VIDEOS, THEY'RE AMAZING :) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCni698gTCrErxXXVOrYZnjA

arnau96 While the F1 Fast Version of Cream Mandarin is easy to grow and looks really nice, it’s not a strain I want to repeat. I came from trying the auto variety (not the XL, the regular one) from the same breeder, and that plant beats this F1 Fast Version by a mile in both high and flavor, but the strain is still very good and pleasant to smoke, with no complaints.

arnau96 Well well, this strain has been a very pleasant surprise for me. When smoked, it tastes very similar to how it smells; strong flavors of earth, wood, and even gasoline but with a sweet touch. I wouldn't know how to describe it, it's really special and I like it a lot. On the other hand, being a good indica, it hits hard and leaves you very very relaxed. The buds, while not very very big, are very resinous and hard as a rock, which is a good indica, I must say.