She's not got much smell at all though this is due to my error of over-drying her so she was at around 48% when she was jarred. Much like the smell the taste has also been lost during the dry though I will say that she doesn't taste bad, just doesn't have any flavour which is a real shame I was so excited about this strain.
UPDATE (1st June): Now she's cured for 6 weeks the buds are stable at 58% and whilst the smell is not very nice (no hay smell just no good) the taste is quite nice and she hits hard. Frostiest buds I've ever grown and the amount of kief I get every time I grind just a joints worth is crazy.
Bud structure is just awful to be honest, there's no silver lining there...she's a skinny girl with much ass to be desired. Though who can say what percentage is grower error and what is genetics.
She has got a kick though as she is one frosty girl and is a nice indica. I could have let her go another 2 weeks for more amber which would be my preference.
The Outcome
Week 16
Harvest
What's on the scales?
80
gram
ounce
Bud dry weight
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
1.8441
m²
ft²
Grow Room size
0.8
g / watt
43.38
g / m²
80
g / plant
0.54
plant / m²
54.23
watt / m²
Photos & Videos
80g dry weight, though mostly popcorn
This is the trimmings after drying - I also trimmed prior to dry
80g dry weight, though mostly popcorn
This is the trimmings after drying - I also trimmed prior to dry
* 110 days from sprout to harvest (77 days of flower)
* Started flowering on day 33
* 5 days germination (from glass of water to breaking soil)
This run I fed her twice per day which was a change from my 1st grow in 5 gallon pots that I fed once every 48 hours. This one was off to a great start and got developed into a great size and shape (sculpted with LST) with lots of tops though she was very underwhelming when it came to flowering and the buds whilst pretty were very small and larfy.
I tried supplementing with Molasses as a bloom booster after reading somethings online but it did not seem to make any difference and it does seem that molasses is only beneficial in soil for the microorganisms.
I also gave her a proper 2 week flush this time though it may have been for nothing as I have spoilt her somewhat by overdrying her. I dried her for 7 days at 22°C and 55-60% RH until the smaller branches snapped but not clean in half as per all online advice. It seems that 22°C is too hot for optimal drying and I would have done better had I dropped it to 18-20°C.
Things I've learnt from this grow:-
- You get out of coco what you put in, if you treat it like soil and irrigate once per 24/48hrs you'll do just fine...but if you treat it like hydro and feed as many times per day as possible you will get better results (fresh oxygen is brought to the roots every time you water)
- 22°C is too high a temp for drying. Next time I will dry for only 5-7 days at 18°C and 60% RH and then jar (I have no idea how people are still managing 60% RH in the jar after a 2 week dry period! must be very low temps)
- Whilst I do see see some slight nute burn (burnt leaf tips) from irrigating every watering as opposed to giving plain water every other watering, it definitely is optimal to irrigate every watering and makes no sense to me to give plain water ever unless flushing.
- Molasses does not work as a bloom booster in coco
- Dropping the evening temperature seems to add no benefit whatsoever
- Better to saturate coco and just top it up regularly (I think of it like a battery and its just best to keep it charged above 70% at all times)
Any ideas what issue I'm looking at here? On roughly 4-6 leaves currently, not on new leaves. Running calmag so wouldnt have thought its calcium def. but I am using rainwater instead of tap water this time. Plant is looking great other than these spots...
Could still be Calmag, I know you're supplementing already but coco coir could be leaching some of it.
How's your airflow, could be that too. If there is enough air flow on the leaves that they are rustling and moving slightly then you're good, if not, get a fan on them incase its a pest.
I don't mean to discourage or whatever...but maybe you can get some hints from this (like nutrient, light levels, stressing, etc):
Also a wedding cake auto from barney's. And it's pretty close to the limit of how well you can grow that indoors.
growdiaries.com/diaries/97729-grow-journal-by-seandawgemous/week/548231
@rockbo47,
For autos, seriously, minimize their stress levels. Like do the opposite of LST and shit. Raise branches and shit. No jokes, coz they got "fixed schedules", don't damage main parts (like getting rid of some inner buds that's fine, but topping, bending the trunk for instance results in a lot of effort for that plant...topping irreversibly changes the hormones btw). That's one of the reasons why plants don't bulk, it's a balance between node count and node size, but seriously...for autos you have to minimize stress. Make them spend all their effort on flowers, rather than repair, structure, etc.
@rockbo47,
Have you tried like the quicker indica-dominant photoperiods? They're really not that much slower than autos, and they're potentially better for yield (and a bit more adaptive). Like Black D.O.G I tried finished as quick as that auto, outdoors (late winter/early spring grow, finished at end of spring/start of summer). The bulk on that thing was kinda ridiculous.
Great job man I’m on week 10 was thinking she was slow at budding but seems everyone’s has took 15/16 weeks so I’m abit more chilled now lol great job tho mate