Melon Gum from Dr. Underground

•••••••••••••••••••••••••• Oct. 31 - Nov. 6 •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 👩‍🌾 SOWED: Aug. 9th 🕛 12/12 START: Oct. 10th 🗓️ WEEK: 5 of FLOWERING 🌼 FLOWER TIME: 49-56 Days 🏁 ESTIMATED FINISH: Nov 28th - Dec. 5th •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WEEKLY SUMMARY: •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 🙋‍♀️‍ Fo' Twenny here! 🙋‍♀️‍ Back with another update on our Indica/Sativa hybrid cultivar, 🍈🍬 MELON GUM, bred by DR. UNDERGROUND! This short cultivar is starting to develop buds and already smells fantastic. Sweet and fruity terps all day! Any advice, suggestions, or constructive criticisms are always welcome. Now, for my weekly notes! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 👃 AROMA: She smells super sweet and fruity. The scent is difficult to describe at this point in time, but it’s definitely going to be something different. She smells different than anything I have grown. I am uber stoked on this lady! ❇️ BUD STRUCTURE: She is just starting to develop small bud clusters that are covered in resin glands. Her pistils are long and vibrant white. 🎨 COLOR: She is a nice healthy vibrant shade of green. Currently, there are no indications of her developing any exotic coloration. 🌿 STEM, STRETCH, & INTERNODES: She is starting to stretch and is no longer the shortest cultivar in the tent. Her nodes are relatively tightly spaced and her stem is not the thickest, but still sturdy. She has a tendency to grow side branches. ✂️ TRAINING/PRUNING: No changes in my pruning strategy. I have continued selective defoliation as needed to avoid crowding herself and her neighbors. I remove no more than 25% of foliage at any one time, and usually closer 10-15%. I space out defoliation with a minimum of 3 days between sessions, in most instances. There will be exceptions to that, but it is a good rule of thumb that I try to adhere to. She has been trained to have 6 main shoots and I am using LST techniques to gently bend her stems to evenly fill her space without overcrowding. ❄️TRICHOMES/RESIN PRODUCTION: She is getting frosty with resin glands all over her calyxes and many of the upper fan leaves. She is just getting started and already looks like she will be very potent. 🚿 WATER/FEED: I have continued with a light bi-diurnal misting of White Dutch Clover cover crop. I typically give the whole SOG one feed per week with light watering of select individual cultivars as needed between feeds. I try my best to "read" my garden. The amount of water between feeds depends on how soon the next feed will be. I feed the garden as a whole and try to spot-treat outliers as needed. This run, I have been generally spacing feeds out about 4-6 days when the first plant shows beginning signs of wilt (slight drooping of lower fan leaves). 📝 OBSERVATION/NOTES: She does not appear to have any signs of deficiency or toxicity. No indications of stress, disease, or pests. She appears to be happy and healthy. THIS WEEK'S BREAK DOWN •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 11/4 - Day 87/Day 26 of Bloom °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° 📸 PHOTOSHOOT 📸 🚿 FEED DAY 🚿 The cultivar received approximately 1 gallon of solution. I mixed 17 gallons of solution for 17 plants. The solution is applied via wand sprayer powered by a submersible pump attached to a garden hose. Nutrients and additives are added to the reservoir in the order listed below and thoroughly mixed using a large plastic stir spoon. The reservoir is oxygenated by four 4-inch air stones. 👩‍🔬NUTRIENT SOLUTION👩‍🔬 ⬇️Mixing Rundown⬇️ The solution starts with 17-gallons of tap H2O through two KDF filters mixed in a 36-gallon reservoir. START pH: 7.8 START EC: .8 TEMP: 76 °F .5 tsp/gal - Fox Farm Gringo Rasta Cal-Mag 1.5 tsp/gal - Fox Farm BIG Bloom 1 tsp/gal - Fox Farm Grow BIG 1 tsp/gal - Fox Farm Tiger Bloom .5 tsp/gal - Fox Farm Boomerang .25 tsp/gal - Fox Farm Kelp Me Kelp You .125 tsp/gal - Fox Farm Open Sesame pH: 6.1 EC: .2.2 .6 ml/gal - MAMMOTH P 3 ml/gal - Plant Revolution Orca Premium Concentrated Liquid Mycorrhizal and Beneficial Bacteria Product .25 tsp/gal - Plant Revolution Great White Premium Mycorrhizae®️ - with Beneficial Bacteria and Trichoderma pH: 6.2 EC: 2.3 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY IN USE: •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • A/C: Whynter ARC-14S 14,000 BTU Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner • TENT: VIVOSUN 48"x24"x60" Mylar Hydroponic Grow Tent with Observation Window & Floor Tray • POTS: Black 8" tall Active Aqua brand 6" x 6" one-gallon square pots/Black 12" tall Active Aqua brand 12" x 12" 3.4-gallon square pots • VEG/AUTOFLOWER INTAKE FAN: None (PASSIVE) VEG/AUTOFLOWER EXHAUST FAN: VIVOSUN 6 Inch 390 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller • BLOOM INTAKE FAN: VIVOSUN 6 Inch 390 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller • VEG/AUTOFLOWER EXHAUST FAN: VIVOSUN 6 Inch 390 CFM Inline Duct Fan with Variable Speed Controller • BLOOM EXHAUST FAN: AC Infinity CLOUDLINE T8, Quiet 8” Inline Duct Fan with Temperature Humidity Controller - Ventilation Exhaust Fan • VEG/AUTOFLOWER AIR MOVEMENT: 6-Inch Lasko FBA 2004W 2-Speed Clip Fan • BLOOM AIR MOVEMENT: One Honeywell TurbForce Air Circulator Fan Black, HT-900 and Three 6-Inch Lasko FBA 2004W 2-Speed Clip Fans • BlueLab PENPH pH Pen Fully Waterproof Pocket Tester • Bluelab PENCON Conductivity Pen Fully Waterproof Pocket Tester • Kolder Multi-Purpose Liquid and Dry Measuring Cup, 16-Ounce • Kolder Multi-Purpose Liquid and Dry Measuring Shot Glass • Fox Farm Measuring Spoons • WATER TREATMENT: Tap H2O run through two AQUACREST Garden Hose Water Filters to remove chlorine and chloramine. – COMING SOON: Hydro-Logic 31023 1000-GPD Evolution RO1000 High Flow RO System, White (HL31023). • WATER APPLICATION: I use 2 different watering systems. The pump sprayer is typically used in early veg, between feeds, or for lighter feeds. Most feeds are usually run through the pump and reservoir because it's faster and easier when dealing with larger volume feeds. – 2 GALLON LAWN & GARDEN PUMP PRESURE SPRAYER. * I removed the spray head due to clogs and it's just faster. – Superior Pump 91250 Utility Pump, 1/4 HP in a heavy duty 27-gallon Tote attached to a 10 foot garden hose to an Orbit Underground 56246 Green Thumb 9-Pattern Telescoping Wand. – Aeration of the reservoir is accomplished using a General Hydroponics HGC728040 Dual Diaphragm Air Pump 320 GPH 4 Outlet attached with standard aquarium air hose to four 4-Inch Air Stone Disc Bubble Diffusers. • VEG/AUTOFLOWER LIGHTING: 320w Monster-Board V4-PLUS powered by a MEANWELL 320H-48AB DRIVER. There are three V4-PLUS boards prewired and mounted on a 935x195x10mm black heatsink. Dimmer, UV Switch, and IR Switch included. Each board contains two hundred fifty-two 3000k lm301h diodes + twelve Osram 660nm diodes plus 4 separately switchable LG UV 395nm diodes and 4 separately switchable Osram IR 730nm diodes. • BLOOM LIGHTING: Two custom mounted lighting units: Each mount has one 480w MEANWELL 480H-48B driver and one 240w MEANWELL 240H-48AB powering 6 King-Bright Quantum Boards. Each board contains two hundred fifty-two 3500k lm301h diodes + twelve CREE XP-E2 660nm diodes plus four separately switchable CREE XP-E2 730nm diodes and four LG UV 395nm diodes. Hanging between the two mounts are two additional quantum boards with two hundred fifty two 3000k lm301h diodes + twelve 660nm diodes plus four constant power 730nm IR diodes and four 395nm UV diodes. That's a total of 1680 watts of quantum board power in our 96" x 48" bloom tent. ⚠️ ALL DRIVERS MOUNTED REMOTELY IN AN AIR-COOLED BOX INSTALLED BETWEEN THE FILTER AND EXHAUST FAN ⚠️ • SLMOTO Universal Oil Drain Pan, 2 Gallon (8 Liter) Capacity ABS Low Profile Oil Drain Pan w/Spout Fit for Motorcycles • Modified Botanicare Low Tide LT Black Tray - 4' x 4' - Modification: Cutaway at corners and used flex-seal tape to create a new edge that will be soft to fit between tent supports. She is supported by 6 Standard Cored Concrete Blocks (Common: 4-in x 8-in x 16-in; Actual: 3.625-in x 7.625-in x 15.625-in). ⚠️THIS TRAY WILL NOT FIT BETWEEN SUPPORTS IN A 48" x 48" or 48" x 96" TENT WITHOUT MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THE TRAY!⚠️ • Blue Sticky Pads • Yellow Sticky Pads •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SOIL MIX DETAILS: •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• All components were mixed into a 50-gallon tote that is kept in a warm environment to help inoculate to promote a vast and diverse microbial life in the rhizosphere. Once mixed, add 32-64oz water once every 7-14 days as needed. The goal is to keep the soil moisten without oversaturating. 2 Part - Royal Gold Tupur INGREDIENTS: Coco fiber, aged forest materials, perlite, and basalt 1 Part - Fox Farms Ocean Forest INGREDIENTS: Aged forest products, sphagnum peat moss, earthworm castings, bat guano, fish emulsion, and crab meal. 1 Part - Roots Organics INGREDIENTS: Perlite, Coco Fiber, Peat Moss, Composted Forest Material, Pumice, Worm Castings, Bat Guano, Soybean Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Fishbone Meal, Kelp Meal, and Greensand. Also contains beneficial mycorrhizal fungi: Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizophagus intraradices, Septoglomus desertícola .5 Part - Wiggle Worm Soil Builder Pure Earthworm Castings .5 Part - Ancient Forest Humus .5 Part - Coarse Grade Perlite Inoculated by mixing 1 cup of Extreme Gardening Mykos Watered with pH 6.5 h2O 1 Tsp/gal - Real Grower's Recharge 1 tsp/gal - Hi-Brix Molasses 2 tsp/gal - Fox Farms Kangaroots •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Want to see more cultivars I have growing❓ Please, be sure to check out my other diaries & give me a follow! 👍👍 🙏 Thank you for stopping by my garden! 🙏 Peace, ☮️✌️ Love, 💚🤟 & Frosty Nugs! ❄️🌲 Happy farmin' friends! ☺️🌱 - Fo' Twenny 👩‍🌾🏻