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This is my second grow, I am using a 50W led panel that I used on my first grow on a space bucket. I started this in a space bucket again, however I will construct a closet just for the grow to accumulate space for 4-6 plants.
I bought 2 ugro slabs of high quality coco choir infused with Mycorrhiza and the GHE tri pack for hard water that is mentioned above.
The seeds were placed inside the soil since the bucket is small and can get heat up quickly. I had never tried it before and all 3 seeds sprouted!
I placed the BIG BANG AUTO seed on the 7 liter fabric pot and the Exodus Cheese and the LSD-25 in 250ml cups that I will transplant into fabric pots later when I will have the space.
Humidity is around 40-45%(EDIT: I used some cups on top of the pots to raise humidity and temperature with pretty much instant results) with some drops when I open the lid to check the plants. I water them twice a day making sure that the soil is moist.
PH is at 5.7-5.9 with water temp at 17-21 degrees celcius depending on time. I will probably plant 6 more seeds (two from each strain) and experiment with different techniques.
After one week the Cheese and the LSD got pretty fast to 3-4cm in height where as the big bang, which started developping its first node and the second one is still very short. This has to do with the pot size, the genetics or both?
I think both..
Next time you should start your autos directly in their final pots, transplant isn't good for them and you risk to lost important days of veg :)
This week started pretty well, high humidity stimulated the fast growth. No nut burns and the plants seem healthy AF, I even managed to find a root on the bottom of the plastic cup of the cheese. it made all the way down the drain wholes. I will try to provide a photo of that as well haha!
I also adderd 0.5ml/ 1L Cal-Mag from GHE and 0.4ml /L vitamins and aminoacids called SuperVit from Hesi from some samples I got from Cannabis expo. and to be fair I saw a huge root growth on my plants to the point I could see the roots starting to go around the cups. I will provide a photo I swear!
I should also note that these girls will probably end up in the terace with some lst now that the weather gets wormer. they will get solar light all day and the temperatures will be around 17+ at night. If its colder I will place them inside and every morning I will get them out to get light but keeping a schedule on it ,like getting an alarm at 6am every morning.. we will see
On 12/3/20 I dumped around 2 liters of feeding on all 3 plants and the big banged appreciated it more. I will replant tomorrow the other 2 ladies..
This week starts great with great growth. I can see some marks on the cheese leaves due to ph imbalances when it was younger. All of them are getting their leaves out big bang being 3 older has more than them, its kinda funny to see that small of a difference between these plants.
As LSD was just 2 weeks old and was really hungry for more root space I transplanted it in a fabric pot with coco choir same ph as it was and my girl took it like a champ and seems like it didnt stunt growth since she got taller in just 12 hours of the transplant.
Cheese is next.
I started LST on the Big Bang and it takes it pretty well I think we will see in the following days.
So, I fcked up the lst on the big bang and I snapped it, topping it 3 weeks into vegetation. It recovered after 3 days and now it started growing strong again. It has a huge root system that carried it. It lost about 90% of its leaf mass.
I also transplanted the cheese to a 7lt fabric pot and switched it with the big bangs place in the closet. Big bang now is gets its lights straight from a white 15w LED bulb in a 18-6 light schedule. Upon searching for the big bang auto I found out that even though Its an auto flower strain it needs some night time. The other two never sleep and from what I ve read they dont need it. the big bang is another story.
This week started great, LSD likes the bigger pot and grows REALLY fast. Each hour is bigger than the last and i m not kidding. The cheese after 2 days started growing rapidly again. Big bang got 6 cm in height in just 2 days. Incredible.
I saw the first signs of their sexes, with white hairs appearing on the top node of botht the cheese and the LSD. Clearly LSD is my favorite here.
I doubled their nutrients this week since both started preflowering. I believe Big Bang doesnt need such strong food yet though.
No sight of nut burns so far which means the girls enjoy enriched food.
on 28/3 I started LST on both LSD and the Cheese and I also defoliated a bit the cheese. I removed 4 huge fan leaves in order for the branches underneath to get more light.
Both plants have developped their first pistils and their white hairs.
On 30/3 the LSD showed its first flower and it has a purplish hue. I'll take a picture with my dslr to get a clear image of it.
Being on lockdown gives me a lot of free time so I counted the leaves of the LSD and they were exactly 69 (NICE)
On a side note my plants get a lot of pollen from pine trees which is funny because the leaves look like they have crystals on them .
You can clearly see that the LSD grows extremely fast and as a sativa hybrid it gets tall. I added a little wood to provide support for the main stem and it was at the same height of the seventh node(the top) and now its almost two times the wooden stick.
both ladies showed their sexes at the start of the week, both being female.
After 28 days the lsd started flowering and the cheese after 29 days. Unfortunately my big bang since it has been through a lot hasnt flowered yet, I believe in 2 weeks it will start flowering.
Flowering has started for both ladies, they start stretching now a lot, the Cheese gets wider by the day and the LSD gets taller. I measured every day the height of the LSD daily so here are the numbers by day :
29/3: 28-29ish
30/3: 33.5cm
31/3: 37cm
1/4: 41cm
2/4: 45cm
3/4: 50cm
4/4: 53cm
5/4: 56cm
6/4: 61cm
7/4: 63cm
8/4: 67cm
This week is going great for both ladies. I topped the big bang once again, i know I shouldnt but I was really curious and I wanted to see how see would react. After 2 days she came back with side branches 2 cm taller.
LSD Has many budsites and apart from the main cola there 6 more from the branches that are at the same height thanks to some bending.
Same with the cheese but the branches are almost the same height as the main stem.
Also I got them in my bathroom about 80watts of lights for all of them.
To conclude week 6, the exodus cheese started gaining height, reaching 50cm while the lsd peaked at 76cm.
This LSD phenotype will probably not turn purple but frost started appearing on the pistils and some sugar leaves on the top nugs, also the cheese started stretching and got 14cm this week(from 36 cm to 50cm)
At this point I can say that my expectations for the lsd are that it will get me about 40-50grams and the cheese 60-80g.
6/4: 61cm
7/4: 63cm
8/4: 67cm
9/4: 69cm (nice)
10/4: 71cm
11/4: 73cm
12/4: 75cm
So this week I have a lot going on. I did proper LST on the BBA, to which it responded great in just a few hours. A reminder I topped this plant accidentally, wasted 3 weeks of veg and the plant regrew itself. during the third weed of this regrowth I topped it again, after 2 days all of the side branches started getting some height. The main stem that got topped but 2 more new tops appeared making a Y shape after the lst.
The LSD SMELLS A LOT, my parents thought I was smoking weed while I was dry on weed and my mom got mindfcked when she realised it smells that much. The cheese has a very pungent smell(idk if thats the correct word for it) it doesn't smell a lot on its own but if touch its leaves your hand will smell.
on 16/4 the cheese started growing more pistils on its flowers
17/4 and cheese has stretched to a mind-boggling 60 cm from 40ish last week. She had a pretty slow growth but steady, like it kept growing more leaves and branches then 2 weeks ago started preflowering and now it is stretching.
Since this is my first proper grow, my attention went on the lsd immediately after seeing it stretch and flower so fast but this girl looks like is gonna be a queen.
18/4 arrived my new tent (60cm x 60cm // 2' x 2') will use my led lights summing up to 150watts. I also got some Hesi Supervit which I really liked early in my plants
19/4 I started applying a 20-4 light schedule for the girls, i found 1 tiny spider inside the lsd buds 😖..
Also i am really happy that all 4 plants look really healthy, no nut burns nada!! 😎😎
During veg stage I used a sample of Hesi Supervit that I had, on the instructions said they need one drop per 4.5L i used 0.5ml/L but I had no problems with it. this sample ended and I bought it again 3 weeks later. Now I used 1 drop per litter as they sai
They are giving a recommended dosage that is working in most of the cases but sometimes it can be too much for a plant and some other times they are reacting well to an higher dosage like yours , this is why it is good to try new dosages like you did but if you can see a nutrient excess then cut the dosage
Week 8 started on the 420 of the month and I just love how these ladies look. As for each strain here is a sum up from my experience so far(dont forget this is my first serious grow ):
Big Bang Auto(GHSC): This girl is really strong she got topped twice and now she just entered flowering after a long veg period for an auto. I dont expect a high yield from this girl however it will be decent for sure. I also supercropped it (no idea how), she has healed and she has made a huge joint in that stem, she will be the last to be harvested for sure.
LSD(the big one): I really love this plant. I did 2 mistakes though that made my plant a bit smaller than I wanted which I will not repeat ever again. First mistake was that after transplanting it I placed it in the 7 lt fabric pot which I then tied up with 2 safety pins making it like a 5lt pot due to lack of space in my growroom. The second mistake was the lack of LST which I will do next time.
end of week 8 , things are going great except from this poor lsd baby that has stunted growth.2
Cheese: maybe transplanting wasnt the best idea for an auto obviously but I really didnt have any issues with her except from the hella long veg period which lasted 6 weeks before she entered the preflower and flower stage.
LSD baby: I feel like I forget this lady a lot but I am trying to get her on her feet to grow tall, she has a pretty slow grow rate compared to the other two. She hasnt been in stable conditions, strong lights etc so she is a bit mini.
I defoliated a bit the cheese from some leaves down below that were blocking the airflow and its a pretty tight space in there. I started LST on the baby lsd which took it pretty nice. It is growing very slowly unfortunately but it took lst pretty good.
The big lsd is growing everyday all nugs are getting fatter and frostier😍
This week started great LSD is getting closer and closer to harvest, I started watering her with ph water only.
Big bang has started stretching now almost doubled in size and has many main colas now. I hope she will be able to support her own weight.
I moved the Exodus Cheese on my balcony where it gets 12 hours of direct sunlight and the nights are pretty mild. My only fear is insects.
LSD baby is growing slowly.
I added another big bang seed to the mix now on a 0.5lt plastic pot just for the funs, I got this seed for free anyway so I might as well try something new.
2 of may, LSD-25 is growing great so far it has widened a bit since it is alone in the tent.
The cheese is almost 2 weeks outside and it likes it a lot, it has a steady growth and all buds have the same size.
Big bang is growing great as well just entered flowering.
LSD baby entered flowering but it is a small small plant unfortunately and it has some issues but i dont know what issues.
Did my plant hermie cause I found a banana on my top cola 😖
I found the banana and i touched it and it fell and i lost it. I found i think another one which i pulled out carefully.
Hi @JNTgrows It is not a male calyx. it is female, at the end of flowering the plants tend to stretch the buds to make a final effort to collect pollen and reproduce, from these calyx females coming out of the buds the famous "fox tails" born, there is no reason to worry . good luck mate
This week the lsd is in the closet and it needs 7-10 more days till harvest.
The cheese is enjoying life under the sun with the big bang and the lsd baby that has PURPLE pistils.
To be fair I am a bit dissapointed with my baby lsd, I provided with poor light during veg stage so it didnt take on fast enough. I underwatered it, I overwatered it and never flushed and my plant shuffered. When I flushed the coco cleaned up a lot and it really really enjoed it. I hope I can at least get some quality buds instead of quantity.
I think this is probably the last week of the lsd the rest still need some time specially the big bang and the lsd-baby. Sadly the lsd has a lot of foxtailing which really sucks but it looks really beautiful. The smell of it starts to become REALLY potent and strong. The cheese doesnt smell a lot, the big bang doesnt smell at all as well as the baby lsd . The cheese grows some big big nugs everywhere and i believe she is going to have a lot of yield.
This harvest was my first true harvest. I worked on coco choir for the first tiem and it was really easy and I will work again in the future with coco choir and fabric pots.
The strain was really easy to grow and could handle stress pretty well. I would advise against transplanting and maybe giving her less N during early flower. I am really proud for this girl! I cant wait to smoke her.
edit: Dried under the sun and smoked just to test it with some friends and we all loved it. Strong taste and smell and a very strong sativa high the rest will cure for a month after drying. I will do another smoke report in a week!
LSD is drying right now and it smells amazing!
Cheese has some huge collas and the inner ones are like pop corn nugs but its fine and smells very little.
The big bang gets bigger nugs every day! no smell so far
LSD baby is doing better but it has stunted growth so it is like 20cm only.
Plants are fine, had a cold day today and some rain yesterday but i got them inside before it started raining.
Week 13, the cheese started getting amber trichomes and I started flushing her 2-3 days now.
The big bang is full of pistils all over the place! Really cool looking, the lsd baby is still small but gets kinda fatter.
The cheese started smelling kinda a lot when under direct sun (Smells like the well known cheese smell ,kinda skunky).
The big bang isnt smelly yet. It needs a lot of time.
on 25-5 I harvested half of the cheese. I cut the trunk and started trimming the branches. Unfortunately today it was a rainy day so the girls had to stay inside.
The cheese is SO sticky! Smells amazing and even has some lemony smells. It is drying now.
30-5 I harvested the baby lsd as it had 20% amber trichomes. This is just for the looks I will only smoke it in a special occasion! heheh
Still having heavy rains and no sun but june is on the way so I guess no more rains for a while 😎
This photo is the best I can take to see the trichomes, when should I chop the cheese, I see some start to get amber? Also could I chop the big nugs and let theinner nugs that are small to grow more?
Hi there..
remember that the type of high depends not only on the strain, but also on the state of the trichomes..
the main question you should ask yourself is "what kind of high" do you like?
Should it be more of an "active" head high for during the day, or more of a "body high" which pushes you into the couch and makes you sleep well?
Once you know that, you should look at the strain you're growing..
If the plant you grow is a pure indica, the standard high will lock you more into the couch by default, while a pure sativa would give you more of a head-high (the basic sativa-indica difference) when harvested at the same time, but then of course there are still a lot of hybrids in between. This is just a general rule, but it also depends on time of harvest.
When it comes to trichomes you know they go from clear to milky and then to amber..
In general if the plant one is an indica-heavy plant (so more of a couch-lock), if you want a head-high, you'd be best off harvesting when a bit over half are still clear, and half are milky.. If you want a body high, then most should be milky and some amber. If 20 or 30% or more of them are amber, it'll just be definitely in the body-high area, pushing you into the couch (and as always, don't wait too long or they'll fall off the plant).
In comparison if this were a sativa, then even even when the trichomes are full milky it should still give you more of a head-high, and to get more of a body-high effect you'd need to wait until there are a lot of amber trichomes.
The hybrids are obviously somewhere in between.. the exodus cheese auto seems to be a fairly well balanced hybrid.
So it's basically up to you, what you prefer and the type of strain you grow, but definitely keep the trichomes in check.
And yes.. you can harvest the top buds earlier than the bottom ones.
happy harvest!
Sorry for the delay I have been studying A LOT and I dont really have a lot of free time anyway back to the story.
Week 14 started great but on friday things went south for the big bang.
The cheese is great small budsites appeared everywhere, lots of foxtail but it smells amazing and there is a lot of frost.
The cut cheese has dried , weighted 28 grams (2/3 of the plant) and now cures. Smoke report was amazing and I have gotten amazing feedback from my friends. Very strong high but not for studying. Its very relaxing and kinda trippy.
The big bang has a lot of THICC nugs. And this is where I had a massive issue.
My plants are always outside now (unless its about to rain) and I have an issue with insects. The cheese didnt really have an issue with them but the big bang got attacked by caterpillars. The caterpillars go inside the buds and feed on the plants sap juices. The caterpillar will then poop , and the poop will contain hella lot of fungi. One of them is botrytis which is necrotic meaning it will devour the plant while killing that part of it. I should note that this natural process happens REALLY FAST. I do really thourough check ups on my plants daily and I woke up on friday to do this check up and I see a leaf that seemed sick so i try to grab it and as i touched it stayed in my hand. It was a bit dead and had something like mould on its base. I open up the bud and I see something like a thick spider web. I freaked out. I check 2 other tops, same issue. I chopped the infected parts and I threw away the bad stuff and left the rest to dry.
To my surprise I found the suspect on the third top still alive. I killed that fella and I trimmed up my buds in case there were any eggs or bugs still inside them. Also this happened on the two tops where the trunk split in half.
This harvest was pretty easy! No real issues with the plants. It was a great experiment for me and I gained more than enough knowledge and experience from it.
Coco choir, indoor growing and then outdoor growing.
I really recommend this strain for indoors. Do some topping and lst and you will be more than fine. The plant can take a lot! Train her hard and you will be rewarded with full of pistils nugs!
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