Mango Crunch - Pheno hunt

👉 This year, RQS launched 5 new regular strains. The seeds are packed with10 pieces. 38 seeds out of 50 turned out beautiful (see my previous diaries). 👉 Before I put the plants into bloom, I took 2 cuttings from each plant. As soon as I knew which were the female plants, I deleted the male plants and the corresponding clones. 👉 Now I am going to raise the cuttings and flower the female plants in 5 new diaries. This diary is about the Mango Crunches #1, #2, #3, #6, #7.

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The clones turned a little light green, which is why they will be very happy that I repotted them.

Plants are growing well 😋

DAY41 First time topping

DAY 46 Topping and repotting the plants to 7 liter containers

Keep growing 😛

Keep growing 😵

I moved the plants to the flower area. This way they can get used to the HPS light instead of the LED. Soon I will start flowering. 😍

Drastic defolitation : I chose 3 main branches for main-lining. Low stressed training to keep all 3 branches even in height. Repotting from 7 liter pots to 25 liters Mix for 3 plants : 60 liter Lightmix 150 gram Biovin 150 gram Calcified seaweed 100 gram Flower Safer (in the topsoil) + Per plant (25 liter pot) : 4 Healthy Start grow 21 gram tablets (at the bottom)

First week of flowering period 😍

👉 The plants have started producing flowers. Growth slows down a bit. 👉 I have stopped adding liquid fertilizers. The roots can now get nutrition from the 4 tablets that I put in each pot. 👉 I still use liquid root stimulator. 👉 Each plant has 3 main branches. I regularly remove the lower branches and leaves. 👉 I use plastic plant ties to get the branches at the same height (LST). 👉 I put smaller plants on a platform so that I get a flat canopy. 👉 Plant height varies from 75 to 95 cm.

Mango Crunch #1 : 73cm Mango Crunch #2 : 109cm open, sativa style, late flowering Mango Crunch #3 : 96cm open, sativa style, late flowering Mango Crunch #6 : 86cm Mango Crunch #7 : 88cm The plants are now well in bloom. To ensure sufficient light for the lower flowers, I removed the largest fanleaves twice this week.

Mango Crunch #1 : 76cm Mango Crunch #2 : 115cm open, sativa style, late flowering Mango Crunch #3 : 106cm open, sativa style, late flowering Mango Crunch #6 : 90cm Mango Crunch #7 : 92cm Only minimal growth this week. All plants are doing great. 👌 Now that they have started blooming well, you can also see the differences between the plants become more apparent. 😉 Plant # 1 is the smallest plant and has a clear Indica growth pattern. Plants # 6 and # 7 look like twins, rather they have a hybrid growth pattern. Plants # 2 and # 3 have a lot of sativa genetics. They grow faster, much more branched, giving them a much more open structure. In addition, their flower formation is much slower. They also suffer from drooping leaves.😟 I also had to defoliate them this week. 👽 Some plants have quite large leaves that took too much light from the buds below.😇 Less low stress training because the growth of the plants has almost stopped. 👍 This week I started giving Plagron Green Sensation and a light dose of Alga Bloom, because some of the larger leaves turned a little less dark green. It also contains some quickly absorbing nitrogen. 👽 The basic nutrition comes from the four Healthy Start Tablets (21gr slow release) and the Biovin. 😘 No more Power Roots. Their work is done. 😆 I also increased the room temperature. 👍

18 plants, 5 strains. Each plant has 3 main buds. By means of LST I tried to make them all the same height. Because the plants have now stopped growing, leading is no longer necessary. The plants are still attached to the plant sticks with tie strips to support the buds when they get heavy later on. Lots and large leaves, and therefore a weekly large defoliation every week. The trichomes begin to appear. I have 3 phenotypes out of 5 Mango Crunches. 2 plants have pronounced sativa genetics. 2 plants are rather hybrid. 1 plant is mostly indica. All buds have a pleasant fruity smell. MC # 1 - 76cm - small plant, mostly indica, dense buds with many trichomes MC # 2 - 115cm - just the opposite of # 1 sativa type, very large plant with few leaves and very thin buds, curious how this plant will develop further MC # 3 - 106cm - just like # 2 sativa phenotype MC # 6 - 90cm - beautiful plant, few leaves with many beautiful thick white flowers. Hybrid type. MC # 7 - 92cm - also a beautiful plant, hybrid type like # 6 but with a slightly lesser bud production

18x plants, clones 5x different strains 5x "Mango Crunch" plants, clones of female regulars I had some doubts this week. Trichome production is slow to start, and the plants have too many leaves. Some plants are clearly doing better than others, but I have certainly grown better varieties of RQS. 😕 But if you're looking for something unique, these regulars are excellent. 😍 All 5 of the brand new regulars strains of RQS are unique in their scent and aroma. 👍 In my original first outdoor culture of these regulars (see other diaries) the indicated harvest time of early October turned out to be totally unrealistic. 😠 That's why my goal now is to get some unique phenos of these ladies. This will certainly work. 2 of the 5 Mango Crunches (pheno # 2 and # 3) are very big in length, but don't look that great. They produce sativa-like buds, but don't look very promising. Pheno # 2 also has leaves that curl up like the horns of a ram. The plants have a rather herbaceous smell. Much better are the Indica-like phenos # 1, # 6 and # 7. The smallest of the three is # 1, a beautiful plant and she already makes quite a few trichomes. Pheno # 6 is a beauty too. Plenty of pistils and a good flower / leaf ratio, but fewer trichomes than # 1. Many of the pistils have already turned brown. Pheno # 7 is a bit between # 1 and # 6 and she is also a beautiful plant. All three of these phenos have a fresh sweet and sour scent. Thanks to LST and topping, each plant has three main buds. The plastic plant stakes serve to support the heavy buds. 💪 The plants had a weekly vigorous defoliation. 😮 This week they got their last defoliation before harvesting. 😦 They are now very bare, but this will give the lower buds a lot of light, allowing all buds to ripen hard. 😍

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This week started with cold nights. Let's see if some colors start to show. Garlic Mist #1, #6, #7 are my favourite pheno's, sweet and sour Garlic Mist #2 and #3 are more sativa style plants, herbs and spices

😕This week has not gotten any better. Even worse. So my verdict is harsh : The new line of regular seeds of RQS has disappointed me very much. 😠I had hoped the plants would thicken this week. But it seems the plants have started to die. I am really not satisfied with these regular seeds. 😩Although I had a clone from each plant, with the intention of continuing with interesting phenotypes, I eliminated the clones. There is no plant interesting enough to continue with. 😡My adventure with these regulars has cost me a lot of time and work, both outdoor and indoor. Unfortunately with disappointing results.

The plants in this grow diary are the clones of the original mother plants (see my other grow diary). The mother plants were already a disappointment in my previous outdoor cultivation, but I blamed that on the interruption of the light deprivation, but now it appears that they also do not perform well under artificial light. The RQS regular plants grow in a normal way, but after a few weeks of flowering they show hardly any trichomes. The plants produce far too much leaves, even during flowering. The leaves also turn dark green very quickly. They seem to have difficulty converting the nutrition into flowers. The plants require a lot of defoliation. The leaf / bud ratio is therefore very low.