10/10 on this strain. Such a fun and rewarding strain. tolerable to light, nutrients, HST, LST , you name it . The smell is so STRONG but with this pheno I get absolutely no cheese. Its a minty fruit almost refreshing smell which I am A - OK with. Plants a stunner for sure and would recommend anyone from a pro to novice to grow this out.
Blue Cheese-
Light- farmer sf-2000 only in a 3x3 tent
Substrate- Michigan Made M3 Soil in a 6 gal fabric air pot
Training Methods- Mainlining (HST), LST, and Defoliation
Growth-
Initial growth was fast and vigorous and was moved out of a solo cup after 12 days with a very impressive root system established already. I topped her almost immediately and started to manipulate her into the manifold I wanted. I ended up going for 6 mains and allowed the inner growth of new buds to continue as well. She never showed any signs of stress during transplant and during the extreme HST at first which was very impressive. When she hit 2 ft tall, I switched her over to Flower which was after week 7. She continued to consistently grow and keep a very lush green color and nearly doubled herself in size during flower and she really took a liking to the SF2000 light. Even when she stretched up real close to the light it just seemed to help more. I got 5 really massive colas on this mainline attempt , one for one reason or another ( I think kuz I took clones from this branch) didnβt grow up past the cage but I still got a nice fat dence bud off it. The buds grew super dense with an incredible layer of sticky trichomes that would make my fingers feel like glue whenever I touched them! She faded into a beautiful purple/blue color and I believe she was definitely more so on the blueberry pheno side than cheese so im real interested to pop the other 2 beens sometimes in the near future.
Nutrients ~
Like I do with most my plants I started her slowly with just microbial feeds (w/Mammoth P and Recharge) and I did not start using my main nutrient line (Nectar for The Gods) until week 7 for this run. Because im using M3 I kept it real simple because of how nutrient rich that soil is. She showed no signs of deficiency at all throughout the entire grow. This plant reacted real well to my NFTG soil drenches and foliar feeds. I kept my program as simple as possible with following this schedule (for the most part)
Microbe tea /VEG ONLY*foliar spray
No Water
Feed /VEG ONLY*foliar spray
Microbe tea
No Water /VEG ONLY*foliar spray
No Water or Flush (every two weeks)
Aroma/Taste ~
Besides how it grows the best attribute to this plant is its aroma. It is SO uniquely refreshing. Itβs a very sour almost minty burn on your nose , with a lingering berry / fruit layer to really compliment it. I did not get any cheese smells at all however , which is fine for me, I didnβt get them during growth and I donβt get them even after a month of curing. The aroma is so intense though that it almost does not matter. Its definitey the kind of bud the reeks through the bag through your pants making you completely obvious haha which is what I want! So far out of all the bud in my line up , this is the real crowed pleaser and very comparable to the βpremiumβ quality bud people want/ get around me.
Effects~
Heavy hitter for sure. Definitely a spread down the middle of Sativa/Indica on effect. Makes me feel happy and euphoric and almost energetic , doesnβt make me couch locked at all. Its a perfect evening toke for letting a bad day fade away or for hanging out with friends and definitely for playing some xbox 8)
Overall thoughts~
This plant is really easy to grow. Hands down. I think Dinafem did a fantastic job in creating a strain that is tolerable to many diferent conditions. She grows very quickly and is βbranchyβ so she can get thick quick! Because of this she has potential to be a huge yielder even when using varying types of training. I mainlined my plant, and this was a first for me, so I went into it nervous as hell! Iβm glad I chose these Dinafem blue cheese genetics to experiment with because she took everything like a true warrior! It just goes to show the true ease of growing this plant.
*Also on a side note she clones very well almost consistently on the 12th or 13th day . If you get the purple pheno you will definitely be glad you saved its genetics! Such a cool strain with endless possibilities.
Drying Method:
-Hang dried for 12 days as a whole plant
-Big fan leaves trimmed off on 8th day of dry
-trimmed and jarred WITHOUT boveda. I believe boveda ruins the aroma and flavor of my bud personally and have better success with the traditional curing it in a mason jar and burping for a month .
May I ask a question please?
What sort of stretch have you faced with our Blue Cheese?
Has it been manageable so far?
Thanks for the update mate π
All the best βοΈ
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, Yes very manageable in my 7ft tent. I have about 12-14 inches of wiggle room right now in the 6th week. Will definitely keep updating this grow diary!
@DOOBS_N_BREWS, Thank you for the added stretch info mate π
By the look of things she's stayed "manageable" and what a fantastic bud structure with crazy crystal coverage π
Please keep the diary update coming as you enter the home stretch π
All the best βοΈ
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, In the last three weeks from the flip it has stretched 1ft. As of right now it has been easy to manage but I'm not sure what the future holds!
Our Blue Cheese is looking happy and healthy just what we want to see at this stage of growth π
Good luck with the grow my friend and thank you for choosing our genetics for this adventure on the grow diary platform π€
All the best βοΈ
Mark..
Good luck with the harvest my friend π
Beautiful work with our Blue Cheese π€
That's going to be some tasty product once fully dry and cured of course π
Please do a pre harvest update π€
Stay safe in these crazy times π
All the best βοΈ
Mark..
@DinafemSeeds, Thanks man!!! This plant was by far my favorite plant ive ever grown. The smell, her appearance , her tolerant personality , a growers dream to be honest. I am looking forward to this medicine so much! Thank you for such a beautiful plant and great genetics. From the XXL auto I grew to this photo fem plant - Dinafem genetics have been superior ! πππ
(Cheese skunk smell )mine I thought the same thing in the beginning not too cheesy but after curing most definitely you cannot open a jar or a bag without the cheesy smell taking over and when you smoking it still has this fruity berry flavour to it and the high is very nice congratulation and enjoy my friend very beautiful plants.
@Canadian, Thanks dude. Im excited to see what curing will do to this aroma , its already so awesome! Definitely seems like she's a more blueberry dominant plant but i'm sure like you said that smell will come through with a proper cure!