Grow Specs:
Strains: Gold Glue (Illuminauto #24), Northern Cheese Haze x Sour Hound
Nicknames: GG1/2 = Gold Glue 1/2, NCHS = Northern Cheese Haze x Sour Hound
Breeder: Mephisto Genetics
Total number of plants: 3
Update schedule: I will try to send out the updates every Saturday or Sunday.
Grow Schedule to Date:
Sprout (all): 9/7/17
Age (all): Day 17 as of 9/24/17
Updates and Observations:
Heights:
GG1 - 4"
GG2 - 4"
NCHS - 5"
Growth/Training:
- GG1 is solidifying its lead as the most developed plant so far but just barely. GG2 and NCHS are following closely behind.
- NCHS is starting to pull away from the others in terms of height, already a full inch taller than her sisters. Hoping it shows a really hazy phenotype
- On 9/17 GG2 fell over and GG1 was leaning pretty hard so I supported them for about a week and they are straight and strong now.
Waterings/Feedings:
- 9/10, 9/14, 9/17, 9/21
- I will give additives most every watering unless I notice a problem but I will only ever feed with macros every second or third water to prevent lockout.
- Slurry tests on all the plants have them right around 5.8-6. I do not pH my RO water and I am going to see how well the organic soil and pH perfect AN tech works out before I bother pHing water.
Misc:
- My winnings from @Biobizz from the May Diary of the Month came in. Took a lot of interfacing with their customer service branch and 5 months but they were finally shipped through and I received them last week. Pretty excited to try them out. I am going to give GG2 the full lineup as directed by their feeding schedules to try it out and then we can all see the results.
- I still have not even received a shipping confirmation from @FastBuds regarding my prize seeds. I have reached out to them a few times over the past months asking where the seeds are and they said they would check on it but then told me to talk to Grow Diaries and the @Fastbuds rep then went out on vacation until October. I talked to Grow Diaries and they said they would look into it about a week ago but they also let me know that prizes are doled out by the sponsored companies, not GD. Thanks for checking on that @Growdiaries๐. Not the greatest first impression with @Fastbuds to say the least. I did not expect to receive my winnings right away but I have seen other people on this site that have practically already grown out their seeds to harvest already. Now it is getting cold enough where I live that the seeds could freeze in transit or in my mailbox. We had been debating between @Fastbuds and @Mephisto when my friend and I bought our last batch of autos a few months ago so I am glad I went with @Mephisto at this point. Just wanted to let people know for anyone who has won prizes and are waiting for them to arrive. If you still have not heard from anyone about a month or two after you win, reach out to them because both companies had forgotten or lost it and I never would have received my winnings if I had not reached out.
Thanks for the support out there folks. Good luck to everyone going for diary of the month and happy growing!
@Grimbol, still good information output, I will use it soon in my garden so we'll compare results in different variables. I'm curious on how fast they'll loose color...
@CaciqueCayacoa,
Sure thing man. I might have changed too many variables though to judge taste though like different seeds, different nutrients, you know. I will be able to judge flush speed though I think.
Beautiful job growing these buddy. You should be extremely proud of all the hard work you have put in. I can't wait to see another grow from you soon. Cheers!
Nice lookin plants G - l just started a diary myself with 3 ccd though theyre nearly 7 wk old cant wait to hear your take on em(smokewise!) as well as the GG as lve got some waitin to go
@Rouge,
Heck yeah! I usually take a bit before I post a true smoke report. I like about a month cure but we will have to compare notes!
The gold glues are pretty rad and I would say so, so perfect for a grower with limited vertical space but if you have some space they might not quite be worth it IMO. I have not seen one finish out above 13-15 inches I think. Mine are 10 and 11" I think. Hopefully the smoke worth the smaller crop size.
Good luck out there and thanks for stopping by!
@JieGrow,
Haha I know right! I was initially super excited about the Gold Glue (and of course I still am) but I am just blown away by the structure and potential from the NCHSH. Thanks for tuning in! Glad to have you. ๐
Yeah I have seen a couple but everything I have seen so far has been pretty tiny haha. Some guy just harvested a 5.12" plant supposedly but he pulled 1.75 oz dry off it. Crazy! I hope mine eventually stack up like that because they are kind of slow right now. I will head over and check your diary right now.
Thanks for stopping by!
Ya want to go with the Mammoth P to get that flop at the end! I would recommend starting at .5 ml per gallon and go up from there it can burn your tips. But def worth it. Just go up to 1 ml per gal. Then cut it out when you flush about a week before harvest.
@AlaskanGrownCaliRaised,
I was looking at a recipe that didn't have anything living in it other than beneficial bacteria and fungi. Check out "kind soil" on amazon maybe if you were interested.
@Grimbol, I would love to use a super soil and not have to add bottled nutrients but I can't stand the thought of bugs and creepy crawlers inside, good for outdoor though.
@AlaskanGrownCaliRaised,
Damn yeah aleoght I might look into that. I was thinking about trying to go just straight up no till and use super soil from one of sub cools recipes or kind soil. You ever heard of it? Supposedly grows some tasty fruit.
Let the swell begin! ๐ช looks like great color. Super interested in the difference in smoothness between AN and Bio. You going to flush the โorganicโ bio like you would AN or no?
@AlaskanGrownCaliRaised,
Yeah I was going to look into either no till organics and go back to photos or maybe try and tweak and come up with my own soil recipe that works for autos. Veg+Bloom is also wicked cheap because you aren't paying for water weight and it is easy to use. One of my favorite growers uses that too with some fire results.
My goal right now is to make this as simple and cost effective as possible to grow for myself without using super expensive nutes. I think when I was new I just bought into the hype of AN but I want to try to get away from bottled nutrients and try to figure this plant out a little better. I just budgeted out a batch of super soil for like 150$ and that will last me about a year growing some beast meds. The only thing I have to replace often is earthworm castings and base soil.
Anyway, best of luck! Your grows are looking good. Can't wait to see some smoke/harvest reports!
@Grimbol, Sounds like a good plan. I just heard that one of the 2 owners of AN was taken to court for stuff with a kid... I would stay far away from AN. Iโve heard good thing about Remo and Emerald.
@AlaskanGrownCaliRaised,
Yeah so now Iโve had the chance to try 5 day flush, 3 day flush, and no flush so this time Iโm going for a long one to see if I can see those pretty fall colors I see everywhere. Iโm going to flush the AN ones with flawless finish but idk if I should do it to the organic plant. I think for science Iโll just use plain water on that plant. See if I can tell any difference between AN and not. Iโm probably going to switch up off AN Iโm starting to think they are not really worth the cash.
Beautiful training you have here on this lovely auto garden. I can't wait to watch her flower in the coming day. Best wishes growing this awesome strain :D