Zamnesia Banana - Red Trichomes

Erde ist eine sehr luftige aus einem Garten Fachgeschäft, welche sehr leicht vorgedüngt ist, mit einem NPK Dünger. Möchte versuchen alles aus dieser Sorte heraus zu holen. Beigesetzt habe ich 1 Sack mit 10 Litern Plagron Perlit, welches vor der Zugabe gründlich abgewaschen wurde. Eine ganze Packung Royal Queen Seeds Easy Boost habe ich von Anfang an der Erde beigemischt. Dann wurde der gesamte Airpot mit seinen 38 Litern Volumen, einmal mit Wasser gefüllt, damit der Organische Dünger aufquellt. Dieser wurde dann mehrmals von mir durchgemengt, damit die aufgequellten Organischen Düngerteile sich möglichst gleichmäßig in der Erde verteilen. Nachdem die Erde nach über 1 Woche durchgetrocknet war, wurde diese erneut aufgelockert. Dann kam der Samen Zamnesia Banana hinein, welchen ich 4 Tage vorgezogen habe. Der Samen ist sehr, sehr Gut, da er von vorne herein eine sehr starke, praktisch absolut gerade Wurzel nach Unten gebildet hat. Das weiß ich, da ich den Samen in einem gereinigten, durchsichtigen Plastikbehälter vorgezogen habe, in dem vorher geiles Minzeis aus dem Aldi drin war. Start war der 07.11.2020. Habe Gestern das erste mal einen Hauch von dem Plagron Flüssigdünger auf 1 Liter Wasser gemischt, ca. 0,5 ml. Die kleine mochte die Dosis sehr. Mit PH Down habe ich den Wert von der Mischung auf den PH Wert 6.6 eingestellt. Lampe ist ein SMD Chip mit 65W, genauer der Cree CXB 3590. 1 Der Photonenstrom liegt bei 137,5 µmol/s, was ich für einen Einzelnen Chip in dieser Größe für sehr ordentlich halte. Auf den Wert komme ich, aufgrund der Angabe einer 4 er Lampe, die 4 solcher Chips enthielt. Diesen Wert habe ich dann durch 4 geteilt. Das habe ich wiederum getan, weil ich keine Angaben mit einem Strahlungsdruck Messwert zu diesem Chip im Internet fand, nicht einmal in dem Herstellerdatenblatt. https://proemit-576b.kxcdn.com/shop/media/pdf/b9/c8/eb/ds-CXB3590-1.pdf https://www.ledrack-growled.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Produktdatenblatt18-LedRackPlusKit-TechLed_Swiss.pdf 1 Weiter im Text, dieser ist erfahrungsgemäß stark genug, für 1 Pflanze auf 500mm x 500mm. Growbox ist ein Eigenbau aus OSB Platten mit 12 mm Stärke, welche 4 140 mm Lüfter mit Vorwiderstand, welche durch ein Universales 12V Netzteil versorgt werden, verwendet. Reflektoren sind eine Rettungsdecke und Alufolie. Ich bin gespannt wie der Grow wird, denke ich werde mehrere Triebe durch Topping und später durch Entlaubung.

Die kleine wächst schön flott und macht nach meinem derzeitigen Kenntnisstand einen sehr gesunden Eindruck. Mal sehen wie die Grüntöne aussehen, sobald Sie das nächste Blätterpaar entwickelt. Geplant ist später, ca. ab der 3 Blütewoche, eine Zugabe von UVB Strahlen. Bei der Hulk Berry habe ich damit ein unglaubliches Aroma erzielt. Zudem bin ich der Überzeugung, dass der "hohe" THC Gehalt im Allgemeinen, nicht zwangsläufig eine Gute Wirkung bedeutet. Viel wichtiger ist, wie die Trichome aufgeteilt sind. Eine Verfärbung ist meines Erachtens nach immer ein recht sicheres Anzeichen dafür, dass es sich um eine schöne Wirkung handeln wird. Hulk Berry, THC Bomb, sind beide starke Sorten. Jedoch fand ich AK 47 bis jetzt am aller besten. Direkt danach kam die Blueberry mit "nur" 16%. Aber die Wirkung war Rund und wunderbar. Eventuell teste ich im nächste Grow mal Califorina Orange, mal sehen. 16.11.2020 Tag 9 Ich kann nicht klagen, wie schon bei der Begutachtung der keimenden Wurzel vermutet, handelt es sich bei dem erwischen Samen um einen sehr starken. Die kleine Banane wächst sehr Gut, macht einen sehr gesunden Eindruck und hat ein passendes Farbbild. 16.11.2020 Tag 9 16:16 Uhr Aller Erstes LST erledigt. Der Stamm sollte Morgen früh schon merklich kräftiger und vor allem Widerstandsfähiger sein.

I'am frustrated right now. Never before did a grow take so long. i ordered today Plagron bat mix soil. I try to change the soil about monday or tuesday next week and see how things will change. First time I testet this soil, seems not so good. Before this soil, I tested "Compo Sana Kräuter und Anzuchterde", which was ok. I guess, a few days, after I change the soil, the banana should finally start to rise properly.

I hang the lamp every day about 1 cm higher. Now the little Banana reacts by stretching towarsd the lamp, so fine. I hope the Plagron Bat Mix will arrive til tuesday. Then I will try to change the soils out. 🤞 Update at day 25, new soil, Plagron bat mix. Day 27, leafes beginn to turn way more into a dark green, two days after the soil change. Day 28, she noticable pick um some serious grow speed now.

Reduce the light cycle from 24h to 18h, to gain stronger roots, because I read, roots grow in nights the most. Day 30, she gets stronger every day. Plagron batmix is definetly the right choice for me. She is now dark green, looking way more alive and way more healthy, too, than before in the old soil. I will stay now with the batmix. This soil dries very, very fast and the air reaches the roots more easily, than in my old mix. Day 31, she gets stronger and stronger, just how I like it. I thinking about topping today. Day 32, topped her today and added my compost tea. Day 33, she picked up more growth speed again. Day 34, reached 17 cm in a short time. I'am happy that I changed the soil. Bad soil, like the one I mixed up before, are a waste of money and efford. So for me, I stay with batmix. That stoff hold not much water, dry crazy fast and got the right nutrients mixed in for around 6 weeks. What u want more? Great stuff. 🤘🏽😎 It feels really good to see the Banana this healthy now, after the bad start. I'am excited to see how she will grow and look. I look forward to next week, think time is just right then, to start with my first LST.

She like Ph 7.9 way more than Ph 6.6. Interesting, not a single breed before was like this. Day 39, she is going strong, turned into a darker green again and grow fast, without any noticable problems. So I and the Banana are very pleased. 🤘🏽 Day 41, turned very fast into a way darker green and speed up again the grow speed, perfect. 👀👌😎

Day 43, looking really good right now. I think week 8 I will start the bloom. Start thinking about the next grow, think it gonne be Zamnesia Blue Dream. Day 45, did my first LST training, besides stamm bending. Day 46, she starts to smell really good and quite strong for her age. Leafes changed color, like flower has just started. Day 47, she going now even stronger, looking very healthy and increased the grow speed again, perfect.

Day 52, she starts to consume much more water right now. Day 53, build a small heater, temps go up by 0.7° celsius and she likes it. Day 55, build a wooden plate for a lamp cover, in order to keep more heat from the lamp, to heat the growbox.

Day 60, she finally started to bloom. I think this strain is compared to many others, kind of slow. Day 61, I started to use a 13W UVB light bulb for 2 times a hour a day. Later it will be on for 6 hours a day, but now, the plant should learn how to deal with the situation at first. The previous hulk berry exploded the production of trichomes, after a week of UVB rays. I think the 38L pot is a bit contra productive for this strain, because the roots would become enought space and way more air in a 12L pot. Day 63, I decided to let her grow a bit bigger, in order to achieve a bigger stamm and hopefully therefore stronger roots.

Day 64, just noticed how much water she used up from one day to the next. The current mixture of 3 ml / l Plagron Alga Bloom, 1 ml / l Plagron Power Roots and Advanced Nutrients Nirvana (approx. 0.5 ml / l), goes very well with the banana in week 3 of flowering. At the beginning of growth, she likes PH 7.9 very much. PH 6.0 now seems to please the lady of the heart from the 3rd week of flowering. Now, after about 3 days with the UVB bulb, the banana starts to smell really good and kind of strong. 😋🚀💪🏽 Day 65, did a slight defloration, in order for the light to reach the bud babys. Day 67, she picks up again more grow speed. I'm pretty exited to test the mycelium for the first time, which I ordered yesterday, besides some other interesting nutes. Day 69, removed the rear fans, installed a stronger and quieter one on top. Now the soil dries up about twice as fast.

Day 71, so far, so good.

Day 79, I got a bit overexcited and feed just a little bit too much nutrients. Back to the mix that worked better. Day 82, I decided that I stop using AN Piranha & AN Tarantula from now on for this plant. The nutrients done their job very well, but now, I will go on (this plant an this age) and add 2 ml/l AN Nirvana, 3ml/l Plagron alga bloom and 0.5 ml/l AN Big Bud.

Day 84, looking good so far. A bit "small", but it is promissing a great quality and that is what is important. About 4 or 5 weeks more til harvest. Day 85-85, she starts to smell wonderful, not strong, but really tasty. Day 87, the smell intensity and the tasty smell as well, intensified. Day 89, she is getting frosty alredy. 😎👀🧐😊🤘🏽 Day 90, she starts to smell strong as hell.

Day 90, looking good. UVB rays are brilliant. Think about it, there is a really good scientific report about UVB rays and how the plants react, moreover these rays are a part of our natural light, the sun. So it should be clear that UVB is a must for us growers. See for yourself, I only used a 13W bulb. Yes, not much light, but still the bulb provides enough rays for the plant to stimulate it clearly visible. We spend no small amount of money on bulbs, tents, soil and most importantly fertilizer. So why don't we all test a grow with a 13W UVB bulb? Don't think about the pure THC content, which increases only slightly. However, the composition of the substances themselves and the content of resins sometimes increases to over 300%. That alone was reason enough for me to give it a try. Day 91, after I put the nutrients in the pot, including molasses, after about 1 hour, the smell was way better and sweeter than before. Great and cheap stuff. Day 95, the smell is so strong, u wouldn't believe it. 😂🤘🏽 I decided that 38 L are too much for this kind of plant. It would be better to use a 12 L airpot, so the metabolism can be way faster and the roots can even breath better. The box is to narrow, minimum 70x70 would be much better for the plant and the light.

Day 97, after testing a few days molasses, I'am very stunned by the smell and the positive effects on the resins. The trichomes start to turn milky. I think that I accieved a great amount of resins and a THC level over 30%. But I don't think that I well harvest more than 60g dry. Day 99, today I removed the AN Big Bud nutrient and added a bit more of AN Nirvana.

Day 106, start the first use of AN Flawless Finish. I think on day 113 is harvest day.

I'am a proud father. 😁😎👻 Day 110, looking really good. I noticed this evening that some of the trichomes are turning red. Worked on day 106 the very first time with Flawless Finish. Flawless Finish has a red color. Now I wonder if this discoloration is from the Flawless Finish rinse, or if I was lucky enough to get a Zamnesia Banana with good genes, or if UVB stimulated the trichomes so well that they showed their full potential. Have the last 2 days again UVB switched on to increase yet again the resin production. This is what seemed to come out of it. Will test this again on the next plant, with a slightly stronger UVB lamp, which I then run from about the 2 flowering week to the 6 - 7 flowering week. Then one to 2 weeks no UVB radiation and then again the last days before harvest UVB rays add, together with the rinse. If the discoloration repeats, albeit in a possibly different color, we have gained very useful clues about it. Conclusions about the red trichomes: After thorough and long consideration, I came to the conclusion that flawless fisnish was not responsible for the red discoloration, as only the most advanced flowers turned red. The bottom line is that I started flushing a little too early. But will wait a little longer out of curiosity to see how this discoloration develops. If I'm not mistaken, my Zamnesia banana is the first to discolor like this. Experience: I am sure I have observed that adding UVB rays, even with a 13W lamp, definitely promotes trichome growth. 13W for pure radiant energy definitely seems to be enough for a plant. Think about it, a 13W laser pointer wouldn't be weak either. But beyond that, I feel that the growth rate decreases by about 30% when UVB rays are added. Or in other words, that the focus of the plant changes from plump mass growing, to trichome production. I wonder what happens when I test a double strength UVB lamp. We'll see. So for the last 2 weeks, I've been turning off the UVB lamp to get more volume, since I've reached the desired amount of trichomes anyway. However, the total volume is a bit disappointing, this is probably due to the relatively small growbox with 50 x 50 cm back wall and too poor illumination, but also a bit too slow plant metabolism, because the airpot with 38 liters also needs its time to dry. In addition, a 12 liter airpot would have the advantage of providing more oxygen to the roots, since the root ball can reach the end of the smaller pot more easily. In summary, a 38 liter airpot only makes sense if you are growing varieties that will get really big. 9 liters to 12 liters should be perfect for comparable varieties that stay relatively small. Day 111, seems like UVB rays are even more important than I think I know after studying some studies and experimenting with 3 plants in total. Now I am quite sure that UVB rays are indispensable for very strong resin formation. According to my experience so far, it seems that the percentage of UVB rays "offsets" the same percentage of full spectrum light rays, i.e., if we work with 65W luminous flux, as in our case, and we then supply 13W of radiant energy, this corresponds to a ratio of: 83.33% luminous flux 16,67% radiant energy That means: Theoretically the growth on volume decreases by about 16,67%, while the growth of resins and trichomes increases by 16,67%. (for easy calculation 65W & 13W, are actually less because of heat and light output). Think with lamps around 150W would fit about 30W UVB bulb. Will test the whole thing at the next grow with the same growth lamp, but a twice as strong UVB lamp from the same manufacturer. I suspect that the red discoloration represents a level of maturity and that far more plants have it than is currently known. The more uniform and strong the discoloration is, the riper the apple, that is, the bud. But in order for this natural function to start, it requires a more complete light spectrum, including UVA/UVB rays. These are thorough considerations, which I will check. The further plants will bring informative results. The areas that were proportionally exposed to UVB rays the longest show the most discoloration. This is already an indication. I would also like to try removing the light from the UVB lamp and letting the pure UVB rays work at night to see if further increased resin production can be achieved. I am currently still considering what will absorb light but still allow rays to pass through. Day 112, I'am happy. I am happy. I have achieved the amount of trichomes I wanted to achieve. Furthermore, it is just becoming apparent that the trichomes are unexpectedly turning red. If I am not very wrong, this is the first Zamnesia banana that does this. But I think I will end up well below the desired 100g. Nevertheless, the quality is visually even better than I have set myself as a high goal. I believe that virtually every color is available in luminous. Probably almost every plant has its own color, which often has not shown because the oils have not formed in sufficient quantities, in the trichome, so that no coloring, in whatever color, could take place, because of the lack of proper stimulation. In this case UVB as stimulator. According to a study that investigated the effect of UVB/UVA rays and clarified in clear figures that come from scientific research on this stimulation, it came out that depending on the variety, the content of the individual oils increased by more than 300% in some cases. This is apparently enough, also according to logic, for a strong coloring, since enough resin particles have collected to appear saturated as color. Day 115, not sure yet, but a higher temperature and a focused beam of UVB rays directly on the stem, seems to accelerate the coloration.

Day 117, I wish and hope that the red discoloration of the trichomes still progresses significantly without the lady becomes overripe and loses quality. One bud is so far okay, so nicely reddish colored, but the others are still lagging behind tremendously. But, judging by the appearance of the pistils and the leafes, the others still have a little more time.

The Grow Diaries calculator adds the luminous flux of the 13W UVB lamp, even though I had only used it to stimulate the plant. Without the 13W of the UVB lamp, I would have achieved 1.188g per watt with the given 65W light output. Zamnesia Banana. This variety is characterized by a long flowering time, moreover, this lady hardly gets going in the first 4 weeks. From about the 4 week she begins to grow really briskly. Before that it looks very weak and lifeless, but this is deceptive. It seems as if she only slowly develops roots in your first 4 weeks. It might be useful to start adding fungal cultures and bacteria right from the 1 week. Once the 4 week is reached, the lady wants fabric. Not too little, not too much. Getting a feel for it was very easy. Have slowly approached a high dosage and when it was marginally too much, reduced again to the last value. During flowering liked the Plagron Alga Bloom fertilizer. Also Nirvana, molasses, Piranha and Tarantula. The bottom line is that Zamnesia Banana is a variety with a slow start, average flowering development, but a very long flowering period. This makes it possible to get to 100g relatively easily with a large enough space. Although I have produced only about 75g, but on 0.25m² and with only 65W light output. For this, that is fine. Overall, I would grow this variety again, but in a larger room to better illuminate the central part of the plant, with the same growing conditions. The effect is very good. A mix on a body buzz, euphoria, good mood, later changes to a very relaxing indica high. Unfortunately also a feeding frenzy strain. The taste reminds a little of cherries, then a tropical banana, candy and last but not least a little herbal on the edge. Very special and pleasantly smooth to smoke.