Chem CBD / SFLK / IBK

Socaa Hello. I thank Sweet Seeds for giving me the opportunity to try these genetics. And to all my fellow growers, good luck with your cultivation. I’m starting with photos of the germination. 24 hours with damp paper towels and germinated in 12 semi-skimmed milk caps. Just a bit about the cultivation I'm going to do for now. Although there will surely be changes. Grow tent: Growlab horticultural 60x60x160. Fertilizers: solid organic base nutrients. Humus, guano, dolomite, vermiculite, perlite, trichoderma, mycorrhizae. Nursery substrate. Coco 60% / blonde peat 40%. Lighting: 150w Solux CFL. Dual extractor of 125. In this substrate mix, I added: 6 liters of substrate. 1 liter of humus. 1 liter of vermiculite. 1 liter of perlite. 12g of guano. Best regards.

Socaa Hello. It's been about a week for the little ones. It's been a tough week because they've had highs of 15 degrees and have been growing quite slowly. I have the tent under a roof in the yard, and it's been a bit chilly at night. Today I found a heater among the junk and set it up; the girls will appreciate the 21 degrees they are at right now. So far, I've been using tap water. pH: 7.2 EC: 0.75 Today I corrected the pH with citric acid, bringing it down to about 6. Cheers!

Socaa Here are some photos of a chem that's a week older, they're looking nice. Yesterday was transplant day. The pots I'm going to use for this transplant are C-11, they're just over a liter. In this mix, it's mostly coco, blonde peat, and a bit of perlite. To 7 liters of substrate, I add 1 liter of humus and 12 grams of guano. Cheers!

Socaa Hello. Today I've had a bit of work, I've changed the lighting and brought the girls down from the walkway, as they were getting a bit cramped. They've all been watered with 50% rainwater and 50% tap water. Resulting in an EC of 0.8 and pH of 6.6, with 2.5 liters I've watered all the girls except for 1 that still weighed a bit. The ballast is the Spudnik 125 and the Lumatek ballast at 250w power, the bulb is a Philips HM. I'm posting pictures of the little ones.

Socaa Hello. Today I had to take the girls out to check on them, since I'm transplanting tomorrow and I don't want to find any undesirable surprises. I was surprised at how healthy the little ones are, considering the varying parameters I'm having... Since I have the grow tent outside in the yard. They're all around 20 cm, with quite a nice stem. They still have their cotyledons, the little devils... So far, the parameters are: Temperature with light on: 16/21°C Light off: 12/14°C Humidity low. Max: 54% Min: 35% I've used tap water at 50%, mixed with rainwater... Thanks to the past rains, I think I’ll have enough for the whole grow. With the pH corrected to about 6, the meter I have is a dropper. From this transplant on, I’ll be using the Biocanna base nutrients; I’ll bring them this weekend since I have them at my parents' house. When I open the grow tent, it already smells, and they’re still in the growth stage and small. Tomorrow with the transplant, I’ll be rubbing the stems to see what aromas await us. And locating the filter among the junk. I mean... I’m going to rub the stems a bit to see what aromas they release; I found them so chunky and plump that I couldn't resist and went a little overboard... I left them like that. Since I have low humidity, I put electrical tape on them. The colored ones from the dollar store always work better, since the adhesive is quite weak, as the callus forms, if you put it on simply, it just comes off. These black ones or good tape need to heal well before you take them off, because the apex can get lost behind. With high humidity, pinching works much better; with low humidity, they snap too much, and there are even 2 that have broken. I’ll post photos after the girls have been through the infirmary.

Socaa This week it's time to transplant the girls into containers of about 3 liters, and move them to the 1.20x1.20 cabinet. The girls already had a good root system.. In this transplant, I didn't add anything to the substrate, just mycorrhizae and trichoderma. Just like in the previous transplant. The substrate is 80% coco and 20% blonde peat, I'm going to use Biovega from Canna. I've had some little problems having the cabinet outside with the temperature since we're at 4 degrees. With the light on from the lamp, it stayed between 12 and 17 degrees, they managed to hold on for 4 days at that temperature, showing a bit of lockout in some of them.. I fixed that with a small heater and lowering the extraction power to half. The temperature is now between 20 and 22 degrees.

Socaa Well, I’ll comment a bit on how I like to shape the girls. The first thing is to disinfect the entire space where we’re going to place the girls, disinfect scissors, and wash my hands well. We can cause some pretty big wounds to the girls, and the cleaner the space we have, the less risk they’ll have of catching anything. This is what I usually use to shape the girls.. I keep the rigid gardening wire for when I do the next transplant, which will be the final one. The first thing I do is gently pinch the entire stem, squeezing little by little until it cracks, but without overdoing it. With this, I achieve better mobility and can direct them wherever I want. Since I have very low humidity, the stem stays very rigid, and if I bend it too aggressively, the whole stem could break. So I wrap the entire stem with electrical tape to make it more compact and hold up better without breaking. With my left hand, I force the girl, and with my right, I keep squeezing the stem so it gives way.. You have to keep it like this for a few days.. Because what I’m looking for by doing this is to give life to the lower buds, shaping them as close to the pot as possible, so we don’t lose height. It takes between 3 and 5 days for the stems to start regenerating, and in 7 days, we can already find stems like this. I have to use the tape because I have very low humidity, and in 2 days, the wound would be completely healed, leaving a gap in the stem that flies could get through.. and we protect ourselves from exposing it to bacteria and fungi. And the cabinet ended up like this.. Cheers!

Socaa This week I transplanted to 5 liters. I'm still bending and shaping the girls. Best regards

Socaa This week I'm starting to have serious problems with the temperature, the cabinet is outside and we reached -4 degrees. I raised the ballast to 600w and added 3 tubular heaters to try to correct the temperature because it won't go above 16 degrees. Even though the girls are still growing and healing the wounds.

Socaa This week we moved the girls to their final container, which will be 8L. Being in low temperatures has created a good root system.

Socaa Changed the photoperiod to 13/11. And I’m starting to use CYCO platinum fertilizers. The girls are all nicely mature and won’t take long to enter flowering.

Socaa Hello. Today the girls are 7 days old as of 13/11 and they finish their first week. Today I had to move the girls to a different location, they are coming in a few weeks to do some small work and I couldn't leave them where they were. Since I had to set up the cabinet in the kid's room, I no longer need the heaters, the Sodium is too much. These days I will have to readjust everything.. I will keep sharing. Best regards

Socaa The girls are starting to flower. Photos of the girls from the 17th to the 21st at 13/11.

Socaa From day 22 to 28 at 13/11. This week I'm applying the last defoliation and increasing the EC. This week the watering will be the last contribution with potash. Bloom A: 1.7ml/liter Bloom B: 1.7 ml/liter B1 Boost: 1 ml/liter Uptake: 0.5 ml/liter Potash plus: 0.5ml/liter Suga Rush: 0.5ml/liter Dr Repair: 1 ml/liter Zyme: 1 ml/liter Silica: 0.5ml/liter Starting with a base water of 0.45 (diluting tap water with 50% Bronchales water from Mercadona). Adding the additives brings it to an EC of 0.8... I add the base nutrients at the previously indicated dose and it settles at an EC of 1.650. I start with a pH of 7.5, which remains the same after adding the additives, and after adding the base fertilizers, it settles at a pH of 6.8. I add 0.5 ml of phosphoric acid to 10 liters and it brings it down to 6.4, leaving the final EC at 1.720.

Socaa And these would be the doses for this watering. Bloom A: 1.5ml/liter Bloom B: 1.5 ml/liter B1 Boost: 1 ml/liter Uptake: 0.9 ml/liter Suga Rush: 0.9ml/liter Dr Repair: 1 ml/liter Zyme: 1 ml/liter Silica: 1ml/liter Supa stiky: 1.2 ml/liter Swell: 1.5 ml/liter I’m removing the potash.. adding the Supa stiky and swell, which are the fattening products. With each watering, I’ll be lowering the base Bloom A&B by 0.1ml/liter and increasing the Supa stiky and swell by 0.1 ml/liter. This way, I want the girls to gradually lose color and reach harvest day with the leaves as yellow as possible. Starting with a base water of 0.4 with a pH of 7.8... After adding the nutrients, it stays at an EC of 1.72 and pH 6.8.. I add 0.4 ml of phosphoric acid for 10 liters of solution and it brings the pH down to 6.5 and the EC to 1.76. I’ll post some photos from days 29 to 35 at 13/11.

Socaa Fertilizer doses for this week. I keep fertilizing with every watering, I haven't alternated any watering with just water. CYCO fertilizer doses. Bloom A: 1.5ml/liter Bloom B: 1.5 ml/liter B1 Boost: 1 ml/liter Uptake: 1.2 ml/liter Suga Rush: 0.9ml/liter Dr Repair: 0.5 ml/liter Zyme: 1.2 ml/liter Silica: 0.9 ml/liter Supa stiky: 1.5 ml/liter Swell: 1.8ml/liter Ec. 1.920 ms/cm Ph. 6.6, lowered with 0.3 ml of phosphoric acid to 11 liters of water. This week will be the highest peak of ec.

Socaa For both week 7 and 8.. I'm going to use the same doses of nutrients. One watering with these doses. Bloom A: 1.3ml/liter Bloom B: 1.3ml/liter B1 Boost: 1 ml/liter Uptake: 1.2 ml/liter Suga Rush: 0.9ml/liter Dr Repair: 0.5 ml/liter Zyme: 1.2 ml/liter Silica: 0.9 ml/liter Supa stiky: 1.5 ml/liter Swell: 1.8ml/liter Ec. 1.780 Ph. 6.6 And as a nutrient in all waterings, I'll do one watering with the previous doses and another with these doses. During these next 2 weeks. Bloom A: 1ml/liter Bloom B: 1ml/liter B1 Boost: 0.4ml/liter Uptake: 0.4ml/liter Suga Rush: 0.4ml/liter Dr Repair: 0.5 ml/liter Zyme: 0.4 ml/liter Silica: 0.4 ml/liter Supa stiky: 1.5 ml/liter Swell: 1.8ml/liter Ec. 1.5 Ph. 6.6

Socaa The doses I'm going to use are these. Bloom A: 1ml/liter Bloom B: 1ml/liter B1 Boost: 0.3 ml/liter Uptake: 0.3 ml/liter Suga Rush: 0.3ml/liter Dr Repair: 0.3 ml/liter Zyme: 0.3 ml/liter Silica: 0.3 ml/liter Supa stiky: 1 ml/liter Swell: 1.2ml/liter Ec. 1.4 Ph. 6.6 One watering with fertilizer, another with water, I want them to start self-consuming. The last photos are of the San Fernando Lemon Kush # 1.

Socaa Hello. Today marks the start of week 9 at 13/11. This week they'll all be getting water until harvest day. pH: 6.5. EC: 0.5. This week I’m starting to collect flowers. I’ll post some photos of the tent as it is now.. And a bunch of various photos of the girls' flowers.

Socaa Hello. Sorry for leaving this on hold, been really busy these weeks and there's not enough time for everything. This week, 4 plants have already been harvested. SFLK #1 SFLK #2 IBK #1 IBK #2 Next week, all of them will be harvested. Best regards

Socaa Hello. This week all the girls were harvested. Good amount of beautiful flowers and all very aromatic. Cheers