Germination..
Germinating this girl is filtered tap water.. Used just a Brita pitcher with a filter.. It turns my tap water TDS from 240 PPM to 150 PPM.. And turns the pH from around 8.0 pH to 7.0 pH.. Mf'n neutral!!! And the clorinine (or whatever) smell is actually gone after using this filter also.. I love it! They last forever too.. I just hate having to fill it every time I need to fill a 1 L bottle for mixing nutrients cuz its kinda small. Anyways.. Hope she sprouts!!! I've been having horrible luck with germinating lately.. This same bs happened to me last year too! I wasted 7 seeds before I decided to say fuck the paper towel method.. I float them for no more than 24 hours, then straight to medium.. And my dumb ass likes to dig them up daily to see the progress lol.. Not doing that with this girlie.. Too damn expensive to play with these lol.. Hope she turns out like the pics!..
26-28 hours germinating..
She already cracked open this morning.. That was like 12 or 14 hours in water.. She's already popping out a tail.. Damn ETHOS.. Nicceeee... I have just put her about 1/2 inch deep into my coco (70%) perlite (30%) mix in a 32 oz cup that she will be growing in her entire life.. 12-12 from seed.. Stupid? We are gonna find out together! Lol. I hope not too much of a waste.. I honestly just want to see what ETHOS has to offer to my garden at $100 a pack.. The pics look bad ass. I hope mine turns red lol.... Anyways.. Can't put her in the tent till 5AM.. So I have sprayed the coco/perlite mix down and shoved her ass tail down into the mix.. Placed a clear cup over to create the humidity dome that seedlings seem to enjoy. Hope it doesn't get to cold for her from not being in the tent tonight.. Hmmm....
I'll call this... aLmOsT Day 1..
A star is born! It could have waited till tomorrow.. Cuz RIGHT before lights out I checked it out and just moved a couple pieces of perlite and there she was. If I had left her alone it would have been tomorrow.. But yay! Lol.. So yeah.. this is going to be a 12-12 from seed grown in a 32 oz McDonalds cup (clear) and using another cup to catch runoff and block light (painted black).. This is gonna be fun to watch...
And I'll call this.. aCtUaL Day 1 lol...
She has straightened up.. She has gotten her green color to her now.. Just going to use pH'd somewhat filtered tap water. But will be using the Flora Series from General Hydroponics along woth CALiMAGic.. Armor Si.. And in flower, adding FloraNectar FruitNFusion along with a bloom booster from Advanced Nutrients called Kushie Kush.. Or hell I might open my bottle of Kool Bloom from General Hydroponics and just keep it all in the GH family lol.. We will see.. Hopefully she doesn't begin to flower till about week 4.. Or even 5.. Sometimes when you top an auto.. It seems to delay the flower cycle and prolong the vegatative cycle.. Maybe topping, somewhat early on, while using the 12/12 From Seed method.. This is going to be a fun journey!
Day 2...
She is staying so tiny.. It was quite a small seed to begin with.. Maybe that has something to do with it.. Leaves a just a little curly lookin.. But as long as she is happy.. Im happy lol.. She's nice and green.. Getting taller.. Doing great! No nutrients yet.. Probably next week, I will start using CALiMAGic and some Micro.. Then the week after that, I will add in the Grow nutrients.. Well, that's what I am shooting for, at least.. I'm aware that possibly flowering sooner than anticipated... We shall see what happens!!!... 👀
12-12 from seed.. Middle of week 5. Plant is topped at 3rd node and 1st node is also removed.. Leaving only 2 nodes (4 branches).. In 12-12FS, is there a preflower phase? Like a week or 2 of just preflower.. Then after that the flower stretch and whatnot?? Anybody know???
If you 12/12 from seed the plant won’t switch to flower right away it will still grow for about 4-6 weeks before showing sex.
After plant shows sex it will start to pre flower for about 2 weeks. During this time the plant will stretch usually 100-300%. Then plants will start putting on buds.
Growmies!... Is Neem oil OK to use in coco when 6 - 7 weeks into flower? Pests are in the medium, not the foliage. I read that the plant can absorb some taste/smell from the Neem.. Anybody have any experience with drenching medium with Neem this far into flower? And results?...
No I wouldn't do that. A little dawn soap and water would be better than neem oil and just enough to wet a couple inches down as soap contain Phosphate. Cheers
@Harukisan,
Thanks growmie.. I think she could have produced more if I would've actually vegged her.. I was impatient one day, was already flowering a plant and popped this seed.. So I just rolled with it lol.. But I wish I could've vegged her longer.. I think she could have yeilded a bit more.. But still happy with the results.. I think most of it was in the genetics. I can't wait to start another! Got 9 more of these seeds!!!
@Docteur_8,
Have you seen my plant being grown in the suitcase.. A little under 1 sqaure foot of space.. 8 tops under 3 e27 bulbs?? Its named "*TC*" its just a couple of bag seeds that I crossed and feminized.. Bout halfway thru flower now.. But it seems pretty promising so far
@BermudaCower,
I dont think it "tricks" it.. The size of the nugs is just genetics.. It is bigger than a solo cup.. But this isnt gonna yield 80 or 100 grams or anything.. Maybe if I didnt top her so early on she would have.. But I think that growing in cups only restricts the vegetative growth.. Once in flower, the plants genetics are set to flower how they are gonna flower.. Ive done a few cup grows in the last 2 years.. This isnt the only one.. Many have stopped growing in vegetative growth.. But once budding I dont see any difference in flower.. Thats why Im doing the white widow auto in a 9oz cup in another diary.. If the buds come out about the same. Then I think my opinion stated up may be the case.. Still testing this theory tho lol
@BermudaCower,
Oh and to answer the question "why?"... Idk.. Lol.. Just to see if it can be done.. It actually saves alot of nutes.. i think at least.. I can use 1L bottle of nutes/water in 2 or 3 days in veg and 1L in 1 or 2 days in flower.. It was just 12/12 from seed so I figured she didnt need much room for her roots.. She filled the cup up pretty nicely tho!
@Pizzarolls,
Thanks growmie! I told you! You gettin pumped got me pumped! I think she senses it and is pumped, too!! LMFAO! Man.. Don't flower too early whatever you do lol.. I wish I wouldnt have done 12/12 from seed with this one now.. I need to be patient and stop poppin more beans while I'm waiting on one to finish lol but yes.. This girl is queen of DANK in my book so far!
@DoDrugs420,
I like to refrigerate the water for the last 2 or 3 weeks.. And only water RIGHT before lights out.. Helps the colors come out even when its hot asf and cant get the temps down for shit.. Just giving cold water before lights out seems to do the trick too.. Kind of a hassle to rememebr ypu only have 15 mins to get it ready if you haven't already.. But other than that.. That's my go-to instead of putting a shitload of ice cubes on the medium and then have to worry about pH and runoff and whatnot.. Was alot easier since this was a cup grow too.. But yes she was some DANK!
@Ferenc,
Thanks gorwmie! This is my first time with ETHOS.. And will not be the last! I can't wait to grow one of these in a gallon fabric pot! Once I'm finished with my current grows I'm gonna do a 3 - 4 plant grow once I get my new tent and light setup.. This one will be 1 of the 3 or 4 plants for sure! Such amazing genetics!
@SommerVirelli,
Thanks growmie!.. Yeah, I know how important the airflow is.. And she is producing some dense nugs so she is gonna need some good airflow for sure.. Thanks again growmie! 🌱🌿🌲💥🔥🤤🤤🤤 mmm she is gonna be so tasty!!! The smell is so incredibly insane!!!!
@SommerVirelli,
I have NEVER smelled cannabis like this!!! I can't imagine what other magical things she will do from now until harvest! Such a bad ass strain.. I've got to check out more ETHOS for sure!
@Pizzarolls,
Thanks Pizzarolls! Lol.. Damn, now I legit want some pizza rolls. I'm in love with this strain here.. First time with ETHOS.. and for sure will not be the last!
@SommerVirelli, I was thinking the same thing.. She's stretching now. I'm still probably not gonna start counting flowering weeks till next week tho mostly cuz I'd rather harvest a little later than too early.. I'm still trying to find my sweet spot when it comes to harvesting time frames lol. Thanks growmie!
Just coming back to this.. "Hey.. don't you wanna go down like some junkie cosmonaut?.. a million miles bellow their feet.. a million miles.. a million miles"... love that song... but it reminds me of my junkie days.. been clean almost 4 years thanks to cannabis 🌱🌲🌺🔥💨👌.. I let this cure for a really long time like 6 months if not a few longer.. and wow.. just as amazing as it was when she was first cured.. just an amazing strain all around.. taste.. high.. it made me a bit paranoid.. but I had just got back into cannabis.. wouldn't cause that for me these days.. it was still enjoyable af.. just an update while I jam to the song for a few rounds.. lol