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Hey guys !
A new diary, this time with some very cool genetics from Ace Seeds ! I'm really happy to grow this strain :).
So for now the babies are in the bathroom because the grow tent is busy while I'm drying my previous harvest haha...
They spent the first week under a cheap (25$) led floodlight but now the COB led is back. Good growth I guess regarding the non-optimal conditions.
As usual soil/coco with biotabs goodness.
See ya !
Good growth this week especially considering that they are still in the bathroom so the conditions are not the best.
I selected an indica and a sativa looking pheno and transferred them to their final containers. Quite the difference between the two.
I hope I will be able to transfer them to the grow tent fast !!
Cheers
Some good and some bad this week.
I topped on day 19 and they seem to recover so far. But they stayed a bit too long in the bathroom I think, they stretched way too much i never had such long internodes. Maybe some overwatering also, they are kinda droopy.
Still they are pushing thru so I hope to correct everything in the upcoming weeks now that they are in the grow tent.
Sorry for the shitty pictures...
Cheers !
Hum well well well... I can't make them happy no matter what... They are growing but kinda slow and are droopy. Some leaves are distorted, clawing, and weird looking. Any Idea ?
That was an extended week (9 days) and I'm going to flower them as I can't find what's wrong and we ll see how it goes.
I really dont understand I'm doing just as usual, temp/humidity is good, biotabs feed, 1.5/2l water every 3 days... Maybe they are nutrients sensitive ?
They are growing but kinda slow and are droopy. Some leaves are distorted, clawing, and weird looking specially the one on the top. No spots/bite/rust/discolouration.
I'm doing just as usual, temp/humidity is good, biotabs feed, 1.5/2l water every 3 days when needed.
How close are the lamps to your plants? might be excess of radiation (light) which is mostly unlikely but possible. If not try lowering your irrigation frequency might be overwatering, make sure when watering that there is proper drainage and around 1/3 of the amount of irrigation solution as runoff. As for the frequency id suggest checking the top of your growing medium and irrigate once the top 5cm are dry.
A little advice but it is only a suggestion!!, lower your Nitrogen (N) fertilizing by a bit since the foliage is turning deep dark green and risking toxicity. Other than that plants look great!!
Happy growing :)
Blooming up !
A great first week ! They are looking beautiful and healthy, pushing in all kind of direction but staying very compact, I love their structure.
I kind of LST like a mad man, real rope bondage. Gonna do some defoliation soon cause they are too bushy.
Two slightly different phenos, more indica/compact large leaves on the top and more sativa on the bottom
The both showed sex very fast.
Cheers !
A great week !
They are doing very well, flower formation is starting right now with pistils beginning to stack up.
I love their structure and look, canopy is pretty even but not perfect ! So far so good !
Did one watering with Orgatrex as recommanded by Biotabs manual but from now on I will only use ActiVera/BioHeaven and some light dose of PK Booster by Biotabs.
Happy new year to all :))
Well well well...The tent is filled ! They really push strong and hard in every directions. But they remain short and bushy, just how I like it.
I think we might see the end of the stretch and begin the real flowering soon.
I did some light defoliation and LST, from now on I think I'll leave them alone and not bother them :) (or really a light LST/defoliation) !
I tried to remove the bud site that were too low or not exposed enough to avoid popcorn.
Cheers !
A nice week, nothing special !
For me this is the most boring time when growing hahaha. Bud formation is starting, some trichomes appearing here and there. Light smell coming in, very citrus/lemongrass so far. Action is coming !
Started feeding with Bio Pk.
Cheers !
Starting to bud :) ! Week 4 to week 6 in really the weeks that I dislike the most with photoperiod haha, very boring :p !
Nonetheless, trichomes are coming along, almost oily to the touch, smelling is getting up there also and we see some bud really beginning to gain size.
Did some late defoliation as they were too bushy and air was not getting around enough for me I feel.
The upcoming weeks is going to be the real fun...I hope !
Last week of boring time :p ? I hope so !
Still doing good, starting to stack up, trichomes coming more and more. Smell is changing also, still tropical but with a spicy/leathery thing... Might get very interesting !
I hope they will put weight in the upcoming weeks :)...
I have big spider mite invasion :(... Those damned beasts are here again. Ho well it going to be ok they are almost done now.
Buds took some volume but not that much, Kali China is known to be a small yielder and the crop at the bottom looks like the most KC dominant one.
The one on the top has bigger colas, very different shape, with some fox tails, more zamal influence I think.
Smell is very nice : tropical/mango/leather/sweet. Very refined indeed. Trichomes coverage is excellent.
I started flushing :) !
Sorry for the late update, tomorrow will be the end of week 8, I'll post another update.
Thanks for following along,
Cheers.
Well not a lot to say, buds are ripening, smell is nice :) !!
I think I'll give them 10 days more and then it's chop chop time !
Starting to fade pretty good !
Chop chop time ! I ended the grow at day 65, they were really ripe looking by the trichomes. I'd say a good 10% of amber and the rest is mainly milky.
Really nice smell, mango/tropical with some hashy undertones, not so much incense so far unfortunately :(...
The spider mite invasion got really crazy at the end, hope the end product wont suffer too much about it.
Going for a slow dry so I kept both crops as a whole and barely removed any leaves.
I'll update after drying, trimming and quick curing !
Totally forgot to finish that grow diary haha.
This strain is incredibly good ! Probably my favorite of all the strains I grew and smoked so far.
Smell : fruity, tropical, very strong, deep, side notes of hashish. Very unique and hard to describe.
Taste : just like it smells ! Which is pretty rare.
Effect : just perfect. For a 50/50 strain I was fearing too much stoney stuff but on the contrary ! To me it's much more on the energetic side, brain agitating but not paranoia or anxiety. You do have a comedown with a body and mind relaxation but I would no recommend this strain too late at night as it keeps your brain ! More of a daytime/afternoon strain.
Ticks all the box, just try this strain you wont regret it. If it was named something stupid with cookie/runtz/gelato it would be an instant frenzy but the guys at ACE keep it real, huge props for the work !!
Deserve to be a classic strain !
This is a great strain, 10X better than all the Cake/Cookies fotm strains out there. Ace is the best! Plants looking good, you're going to have a nice harvest.
@CrokuDodu, mulching sounds like a typical 60+ old school farmer thing :D I'm thinking about doing a soil/coco grow to extend the drying time to 4 days. I don't want to spend time to grow anymore mate,to be honest.This thing is tiring me although I love it so much... I need to move to Netherlands, I'll be doing some visa procedures in a near future.Maybe I can hire someone to grow for me hahah
@HighRoller909, yes I think you 'll water less for sure ! There is something I want to try indoor that I've been doing outdoor for fruits and vegetables that may help reduce watering, it's mulching. Currently I've been using 18L pots and I water every 3 day or even 4 day sometimes.
@CrokuDodu, so if I do a 70/30 soil to coco grow,I will water less frequently then.In full coco,I water every other day,the pot becomes dry at 3rd day if I make an exception.what is the frequency of your watering mate?
Until now I'm feeding every 3 watering at 1.5 EC, but I better rise up the EC a bit and feed every second time... and lets see what happen 😉
Thanks for your advise @CrokuDodu !
@Sativfaction, if you are going very light in feeding maybe it would be nice to try to increase the feeding a bit ? The are in full bloom now so they'll probably need some food !
@CrokuDodu, cheers mate, but this morning when I open the tent I've found some of the big fan leaves in the middle of the zama x kali babes starting to get yellow, and I'm breaking my brains trying to found out what can it be... before is too late 😫
Did it happen to you before? I'm going very light in the feeding... may be they are hungry of magnesium or potassium 😰
@CrokuDodu, of course mate, 4 is what was passing through my mind while typing.I would definitely chop at 4th week from now on. 👌 also what heppened to grapefruits?
@HighRoller909, Thanks bro, I'm pretty happy so far, I hope I wont mess up !!
For sure they react quicker than those ever stretching grapefruit haha :p.
Cheers !
Brooo! What a great strain,again! They make many crosses like that without giving stupid names to their strains. I ordered a Nepal Jam x Kali China seed yesterday from seedsman.I'm not sure if I can grow it anytime soon but the plants I have growing at the moment are super vigorous and lovely!
Also,what a start! they look great so far!
I think we should let ACE be aware of lack of strain info on their page.
@CrokuDodu, I grew Nepal Jam in my first ACE grow, it was a beautiful weed, very warm and giggly high with rotten taste and smell,also buds were square shaped,not kidding :D. Maybe I can add a diary with old photos. A cross between it and kali china sounded so good to me,I wasn't even tending to order but a friend decided to start a grow,I added it in his order,more seeds,more options.
Names to be revealed with start of the diary but you already know one,it's Congo.Other two are strong and mouth-watering ones,I think I'm gonna add it in few days.Today is the first day of flowering.All ACE,along with a Girl Scout Cookies (FB) and 2 Gorilla Girls(Sweet - freebies)
@HighRoller909, Yeah I really love their work and ethic, big respect to them ! Wow Nepal Jam x Kali China sounds so niiiiiiiice I hope we'll have the chance to see that here :). What are you growing those days if I may ask ?
Yeah I agree, maybe I'll send them a message to let them know that it could be cool that they add more strains here on GD.
Thanks for the message and welcome aboard !
Cheers
@HighRoller909, I hope that 9 weeks will be enough to push them good and very ripe for harvest :) ! But 8 weeks might be possible for a clear/milky harvest !
Bro, I get you.Everything is fine as usual but leaves are that way.I sometimes get the same thing under proper conditions,one plant shows different expressions.I highly guess this is because of genetic background. Congo is always like that,new growth oncoming is twisted but when it opens up,leaves settle in well and twist disappears.Genetical factors. The reason they look droopy might be that Zamaldelica has Thai background, Golden Tiger looks similar to that when in veg phase.As time passes and they establish their roots in the pot, plant gets a straighter shape. No problem because they look healthy with 7 blade leaves and very soon you'll get 9 blade ones,this is a good sign.
Also, another thing , you love LST'ing your plants. Some genetics are more sensitive to bending. When they don't appreciate it, they become this. But they find their shape after a few days,no worries.
@HighRoller909, Thanks for taking time to answer bro :) ! This is so upsetting when you know you are doing everything the right way (and with some experience now) but they are making a sad face haha !! I thought about it related to genetics, maybe you are right because I can't find any other explanation... The thing that concerned me is that they've been like that for 2 weeks now :( ! But they grew OK so maybe it's just aesthetic ? We'll see ! Anyway thanks again, cheers !
CrokuDodu
