Galifornian Chine-star

MELs_Garden Welcome to growbarato's Chine-Star We come with a Chine-Star from eurogrow courtesy of our great friend Galifornia weed. Let's chat a bit. Sativa/Indica: 20/80% Flowering: 60-65 days indoors. Height: 0.7-1m Flowering: 8/9 weeks. Flavor: sweet tones with a more earthy background, which intensifies when exhaling the smoke, leaving a more pronounced and lasting finish. Effect: Mainly relaxing, although it shows a gentle but very pleasant cerebral stimulation, inducing you to a happy but slightly heavy mood. If consumed in excess, that heaviness will multiply, leading to a more tired state and sometimes even drowsiness. August 25 at 00:30 we put them to hydrate in water. August 26 After 18 hours we see that all 15 have cracked open a bit and the roots are showing, you can tell they are fresh. Then we put them in the plugin pro and in a small electric greenhouse with a blanket to help evaporate the water in the air. We leave them in the dark. August 27 14 out of 15 have come out of the plugin pro and we move them to some containers of about 0.2l with monkey soil coco substrate. We moisten the substrate a bit with water + 0.25ml•l of ryzofuel. We put them back in the greenhouses but this time with light. August 28 We put them in the cabinet with grow the jungle LED strips of 3 × 15w for 24 hours for now, about 5cm above the greenhouse. August 30 Periodically, we do foliar watering to keep them hydrated, always with ryzofuel. Today we finally remove the lid from the greenhouse.

MELs_Garden Week 2 From September 2 to 7 September 4 We filled the pots a bit and gave them a watering soaking the pot with Ryzofuel at pH 6 and EC of 0.2ms. At the bottom of the pots, we can see that they are developing roots, so we will start watering with nutrients soon. We continue with the same tone as the week, everything is going well and there's not much to comment on. Next week we will start adding the nutrients. On September 7, we did a preventive treatment with spider killer. September 8 Today we prepared the reservoir with nutrients. We will continue with the Cyco range and the Toni 13 charts, one of my favorite growers. We will follow the charts he uses for Cyco cultivation in coco. The mix we prepared contains: (As our tap water has 0.1ms, we left it at 0.4ms using Calmax and magnesium; from here we apply the fertilizers.) • 0.5 ml/l: Uptake + Dr. Repair + Silica • 0.6 ml/l: Grow A + Grow B • 1 ml/l: Zyme + B1 Boost + Ryzofuel (Amount we added of each product.) EC: 900 microsiemens pH: 5.8 Th20 23.3°C Well, until now we had the LED strips at about 20cm or less to reduce initial stretching, but once that was done, we raised them to 30cm, which is ideal. Other than that, we're very happy; all are very symmetrical, and aside from a couple that are gaining an advantage, one retarder and one mutant, we will keep you updated.

MELs_Garden Week 3 From September 9 to 15 We give them a splash of the cyco mix every 1-2 days, depending on what each one needs. September 12 We transplanted to 2L pots with 100% coco. As you can see, they were all well-rooted and in good health. Everything is great so far. Watering with 1ml/l ryzofuel at pH 5.8 and EC 0.2ms September 13 We do a foliar spray with vitality plus 50ml/l to help them recover better from transplant stress and for prevention. September 15 Another week gone and everything is going well.

MELs_Garden Week 4 From September 16 to 22 We are watering each plant individually according to their needs; the watering is always with the same conditions as the values above ⬆️⬆️) for all the plants, but the intervals between waterings are different. The plants are starting to grow well, and we are running out of space, so in a few days, we will start the culling. September 19 We have removed about 5 plants from our cabinet, and now we have better space for them to grow without competing with each other. The plants have gone to our friend noobgrower's grow, including the gorilla glue #4, so we have deleted the diary we were keeping. We continue with foliar sprays with 1ml/l of ryzofuel and waterings with the same conditions as before.

MELs_Garden Week 5 From September 23 to 29 We're continuing with the same routine as last week. The waterings are practically the same, and occasionally a foliar with ryzofuel. I’m not commenting much because for now, everything is practically the same as the past weeks. September 28 We did some transplanting, but we ran out of soil; we'll transplant the rest when the soil arrives. The substrate we'll use will be Canna coco. The waterings are following the usual pattern.

MELs_Garden Week 6 From September 30 to October 6 October 1 We transplanted the ones we had left. We would have done it earlier, but it took us a few days to get the soil. We're going to try the CANNA coconut substrate. At first glance, it looks good. We moved to the LEC room at 315w. October 2 We watered with the same base as always but without the grow A+B so they don't get too much, keeping the EC at 0.8ms and the pH at 6. Some have shown signs of excess, and it's better to be safe. We did some supercropping so they don't stretch too much. October 3 We did a little defoliation, removing some fan leaves for better light penetration. We also placed stakes and did some low pruning. Tomorrow we’ll switch to flowering; it’s about time... From now on, they will stay in their final spot, and the monitoring will be more thorough.

MELs_Garden Week 1 From October 4 to 11 We switched to 12h. Let the party begin. October 6 We did a foliar spray with vitality plus at 50ml/l to prevent pests and such. October 8 We turned on the sulfur burner for at least 6 hours to eliminate possible predators, fungi... October 9 We watered with all the cyco nutrients that we will mark above with the indicated pH and EC.

MELs_Garden Week 2 From October 12 to 18 October 13 We did watering with my Cyco schedule, practically with the conditions and fertilizers mentioned above. We took the opportunity to move the plants and make the most of the space we have. Now they have their own space without bothering each other. They’re growing like crazy, they are the biggest in the garden and some have really taken off... that's why we did supercropping on 3 of them. Low temperatures around 23°C when the lights are ON and about 18/19°C when they are OFF. Humidity between 50/60%. October 14 We did a little defoliation, removing suckers and some large leaves that were blocking the light. October 16 With the lights off, we did a foliar spray of C No Insects to prevent pests and eliminate any possible threat. On the other hand, we did watering with Cyco fertilizers and with the conditions specified above, both pH and EC as well as the doses per product. Everything else is progressing well.

MELs_Garden Week 3 From October 19 to 25 The product we used for prevention left a sort of grit on the leaves; the plants might be pest-free, but I'm not too sure it did them much good... October 20 We don't know if it's due to excess or the residue on the leaves, but just to be safe, we watered with water. 1.5ml calcium max + 1ml magnesium PH 6.1 EC 0.8ms Th20: 22°C October 21 We did some minor defoliation, mainly the lower leaves that weren't getting enough light and a few upper leaves so that the buds would receive direct light. Anyway, we removed only a few leaves to avoid stressing her too much or leaving her bald. October 23 We removed the rest of the leaves that we saw were bothering but that we hadn't removed earlier to avoid overdoing the defoliation. October 24 We watered again, going back to Toni 13's cyco chart, which basically includes the fertilizers and conditions marked above. October 25 The conditions are great, 24.3°C ON and about 20.2°C OFF with a relative humidity around 50/55%, with some days at 47%.

MELs_Garden WEEK 4 From October 26 to November 1 Just to comment, it might be too early to draw conclusions but... it seems to me like a very unstable genetic variety, there are no 2 plants alike and the size differences are quite large, from the smallest to the tallest there might be a 50cm difference.. some have branched a lot and others barely.. We're going to stick to the usual routine and the waterings will continue to be individual. Even though they are done on different days, the mix will be the same for all and under the same conditions (fertilizers, pH, EC...) October 30 We did a little defoliation. The waterings are being done according to need so some days I water just 1 and the next 2.... depending on what they ask for, I water them. October 31 Since we see that the plants in general are a bit over-nourished, we will carry out the next waterings with the following mix: 1.5 calmax + 1.5 mg + 1 dr repair + 1 kleanse + 0.16 Mammoth P pH: 6.2 EC: 0.8ms Th2O: 22.5°C

MELs_Garden WEEK 5 From November 2 to 8 We continue to do individual waterings for each plant, watering them as they need it. For now, we will stick with the water and the mix we made until we see they are at 100% 1 calmax + 1.5 magnesium + 1 kleanse + 1 dr repair PH: 6.2 EC: 0.8ms Th20: 23°C There are quite a few differences between them, but since we've done supercropping on several of them before, we can't compare them with the rest. November 8 From here on out, we will start watering with nutrients again since they look better and seem more willing to eat. There are big differences between them, although it seems like they are starting to grow well.

MELs_Garden Week 6 From November 9 to 15 Another week and everyone is doing their own thing. We highlight 2 different phenotypes for now, you can see it in the photos. This week we watered with nutrients again, but we also changed the proportions and added and removed a few others. Everything is specified above. Even though I didn't have much faith in them, they have started to grow at a good pace day by day, some have surprised me for the better, plus that sweet and slightly sour smell they give off. November 14 First, we did a nutrient watering, everything specified in the section above. On the other hand, we modified the lighting. Before we had 1 lec 315w light + 2 × 150w led Jacksons, now we removed one 150w Jackson to take it to our vegetative cabinet and added another 315w lec. The amount of light now is much greater, let's hope they take advantage of it. Other than that, everything is progressing steadily.

MELs_Garden Week 7 From November 16 to 22 Another week for this chine star.. the truth is that I'm not very happy with them.. unless a miracle happens, which I doubt, I don't expect a good harvest.. As soon as I water them with nutrients, the leaves start to curl.. so we did a flush.. we'll see how it progresses.. November 20 Some look great, others look good, and others.. I’m not throwing them out because I don’t have too many plants..

MELs_Garden Week 8 From November 23 to 29 Another little week for these girls. They’re all quite different, they’re supposed to be 60 days but some will take a bit longer and others will finish earlier. We’re going to do a watering with water and then we’ll start with the flush. November 26 Watering with water + 1 Mg + 1 calcium + 1 kleanse PH: 6.2 EC: 0.8ms Th2O: 22.5°C After the waterings, we’ll hit them with the next one using canna flush. The final stretch and countdown begins, they won’t be harvested at the same time because some are ahead of others. We’ve been watering with water as needed and starting December 2, we’ll begin harvesting them. That’s it for the growing process, now until we harvest, dry, and cure a bit (enough to smoke it), there won’t be any updates. Thank you all very much.