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Before we get into this keep in mind this is low cost i am just paying for electric/water and my whole setup was under $100 since i started back in 2015 the CFL light hood that took a good amount of that investment is not featured in this grow. Everything new to this grow was free from surveys on a App. Dr Earth Kelp Meal, Plant Success Tablets, 2 sockets for LED. When i mean low cost i mean it 😉 so lets get started answering common questions that may surface.
Seed Breeder is Kracker Jack Genetics they are on Facebook and located in California. Strain is Blue God Berry it's a cross of Blue FOG X GodBerry to get further into it. Blue FOG is a cross of Blue Satellite X F.O.G (Fruit Of The Gods). GodBerry is God X Blueberry. Previously grew two of these from seeds and both were different phenotype's so may be dealing with F1's. This one currently looks like none of the others so far and smells so fruity when touched not like berries more sweet like a pineapple. We will see what happens i think she has another 3 weeks or more in her listed as a 8 week strain. Today will be Day 47
4/17/2018
Lights are all screw in Led bulbs to be more specific i have three 8.5 Watt 3000K and nine 9.5 Watt 2700K. Two 13 Watt Cfl's are off to the side on the left one is 2700k the other is 6500k. Comes out to 137 Watts.
Nutrients - Plant Success Tablets one tablet under root ball plus i dusted the plant roots and hole with a grinded up tablet to get more surface area for the Mycorrhiza 👌. Fox Farm Soil Trio. Dr Earth Kelp Meal this i used maybe 5 times the whole grow. I would take 1 Tsp and add it to some water in a bottle shake violently once in awhile leave the cap off and repeat the process whenever going in there for a day or two. After that i would mix it with a gallon of water and feed. Molasses was added once every week at 1 tablespoon a gallon when feeding with Big Bloom.
Soil- Mostly Reused Coast of Maine Bar Harbor Blend Premium Potting Soil with Viagrow Coco Coir added in. The pot itself is a Misco Self-Watering Terra Planter with Ventilated Base basically a pot with a reservoir to bottom feed.
No pests present besides Fungus Gnats which i have been battling with my other plant i fixed the problem just waiting for them to die off now. Used some mosquito dunks along with a weed barrier over the top of the coco and tucking it in. I need to get some sand or fish stones before my next indoor grow. Only other soil critters i have seen or noticed are Springtails. They came in the soil but i like them after reading about them. Little guys will break stuff down and also help spread the mycorrhiza. I only see them when watering and noticed no ill effects from them.
I experienced some burn in early week 5 after hitting her with 3 Tsp's of Tiger Bloom. Hopefully some people are interested in seeing how she turns out. I am curious what she will weigh honestly as these Led's are really a test to see if they are indeed better then Cfl's and worth the trouble of getting the damn globes off 😒. Thanks for reading!
4/18/18 Day 48 Blue God Berry.
Today i decided to feed one more as some yellowing at the top was more present. Ran off test before starting the feed was coming out at 124 ppm. They were last fed on 4/13. The combo of nutrients resulted in 1 gallon of water being around 120 x 10 PPM. I am growing two strains but only logging one on here till i see how interested people are. My solution to the high ppm was divide it and add water. End result was 828 PPM at 6.5 PH for 1 Gallon.
4/20
Plants were last fed on the 18th so right now i am just watching till it is dry. I did cut off 3 branches within the past 4 days these were lower branches not really worth keeping around. I also tend to pick a few branches off ahead of time to sample along the way IMO it's good stress. Less energy wasted on small buds plus stress to fix the cut. Stress means more Trichomes as the plant wants to protect itself. On the 19th my home furnace broke so from 19th afternoon to 20th late afternoon they were in colder then usual temps dipping lower then usual i want to say around 50 F - 55 F. I have noticed a lot more fox tailing in the buds since yesterday with tons of new pistils emerging also quite a few older pistils are brown or starting to turn. My temps have been under 70 F as the heater was broke so these fox tails are not from heat and never noticed it on the last 2 grows of this strain. The reason for the molasses in such a high dose was the phosphorous and to help boost the beneficial microbe population for the last few weeks. I checked some trichomes earlier and mostly clear still so i am thinking 10 weeks. On my last grow of this strain i grew out two and took them to 9 weeks only to wish i waited a little longer as it was still pretty heady and i wouldn't mind some CBN for sleeping.
4/22
Around 1 am i went in there to finally water all my plants. I gave her around 2 liters of water (was using a arizona tea bottle) 1 liter was bottom fed the other 1 liter was put in through the top. This was non PHed water out of my tap that has been sitting for a few days which runs around 7 PH and 30's PPM. Since Fox Farms tends to drop PH i don't PH it when feeding plain water. The temps in the room have been lower lately maxing out to maybe 73 F during the day (for them) nights tend to drop pretty low i want to say around 60 F maybe lower. Part of this is intentional i have done this before to bring out the purple also the cold stresses the plant some which means more Trichomes as a way to protect itself. Also think of where Indicas grow in the world i don't picture those mountains being hot at night.
4/23
Broke off one last branch it was tiny compared to the others and honestly i don't feel like staggering my harvest. So at this point now that i chopped her up some she will sit for a bit to see how it progresses. I have plans to only water her two more times next time being a feeding with 2 Tablespoons of molasses. For stress in the past i have done nails in the stalk, ice water, and 2 days of darkness. This time i plan on super cropping a week before chop i have messed around with it before but only around week 5 of flower and noticed quite a difference within days.
She just started week 7 and i plan on taking her to 10 depending on Trichomes. From here on out just water and molasses once in awhile. My question is do you flush or leech? If so do you add anything? If not what is your reason? Would love to hear others opinions on it!
Hi mate,
Its all dependant on your growing medium. But as I see you're using soil a 2 week flush would be ideal with plain tap water. 7-10 day flush is also ok. Also, when I say flush I mean whatever size pots you're using you want to at least double that amount in water. So a 10l pot, you would flush 20litres of water through your medium on day one. Then you could normally water the next time. Then 3rd watering repeat the flush again. You do this until your water run off is clear and free from nutrients. If you want to get technical you can check your run off with a ec/ppm check if you have one. The reason I flush is so that I don't have any harsh chemical taste in my smoke. Almost forgot. If you do it right your plants will go into a fade and leaves will start to yellow.. This also lets you know you've flushed properly. Might of missed something as I haven't proof read this. But hope this helps. Any questions feel free to message me. Happy growing! 😎
4/26
Today starts week 8. As you can see she is fading pretty fast her fans were fine 2 days ago walked in and noticed the bottom giant fan basically ate itself over night. Tonight i decided to feed her molasses this is it after she may get 1 more water depending on her leaves. I don't care about the fans but the sugar leaves are slightly yellow which tends to bug me. She is really low on nutes so instead of giving her more to make it another week or so i will just let her go and see what happens. The branches i have broke off and smoked all were decent of course they were still clear/cloudy but not bad. I raised the light some and knocked off another hour of light on the timer. She is only getting 9 hours a day now as i am very curious how she will react. I know other people have experimented with this instead of searching or asking though i rather test it myself.
I was really worried about the Foxtails thinking it was something i did however that may not be the case after further reading about the genetics. This plant (Pheno) seems to favor the Blue FOG side which is Blue Satellite and F.O.G. Those tend to both Foxtail in pics after some searching. For anyone interested in those two strains. Blue Satellite (Spice Of Life) is made of Blueberry Sativa x Sweet Tooth #3.
F.O.G or Fruit Of The Gods (Delta 9 Labs) (Mother) NL5 Haze x Skunk #1 (Father).
4/28
Today is the last day for this plant. Went in to look at her today only to notice nanners in the bottom buds. After inspecting for several minutes i noticed around 4 they were just starting except for a few which were further out however didn't open. Out of the branches i have only trimmed up 3 so far i managed to pull out 2 the others broke before coming out of the plant. I do plan on saving these just to see if i can dry them out and use the pollen on the clones i have to make Fem seeds if i am interested. Since the nanners are small they may not be viable at all. Since this is not a true Hermie i may run her again to see if it was me or she really does throw around week 8 to save herself as she senses the end. If anyone is interested in using nanners for Fem breeding look up Soma's Rodelization method.
She was a nice plant i loved her structure and fruity smell. She did throw some nanners in week 8 those may be from stress or the genetics of this certain plant.Smell and taste go together they are both sweet and fruity with a tiny hint of berry that lingers in the mouth. I chopped all but a branch and a tiny cola on week 8 the branch and cola went to day 67 just to see if anything would of changed such as trichome color and taste/smell. I do recommend this if you love berry strains as some Phenos can be very heavy on the Blueberry flavor however expect some variation. If you are interested in Kracker Jack Genetics check them out on Facebook or do a search for their website.
Strain was ok ran into some issues later on in flower but it is fine. It's my first time seeing a nanner which may be caused from me stressing it. I do have several clones of this just in case i want to run her again. The yield was disappointing however she was early after getting my new scope you can see she is mostly clear. It is fine live and learn. The 2 previous grows of this strain from the same batch of seeds tasted way more blueberry especially on the exhale this certain plant only leaves a minor taste of berry lingering in the mouth. Do i recommend this strain? If you are after variation sure keep in mind these seeds are from 2016 the breeder may have stabilized the strain more.
Have you ran into any strains that have tossed some bananas late in flower? Did it ever seed your plant or was it sterile pollen? I have not seen any seeds yet and did manage to save some pollen from pulling them out. Has anyone else messed around with Fem Pollen?
Hi there! Yes this happened to me in the past, with a plant ending its life in a stressful environment (heat, bugs, lack of space). She had 1 single banana so I did not see it, she auto-pollinated and produced ~10 seeds into the lower buds. Since parent's genetics are all female, seeds are supposed to be females as well but I did not germinate them yet. I'll be around, keep us up-to-date and enjoy your harvest ;-)
✋ Hello fellow growers! My name is Adam i am 33 years old and live in the legal state of Maine. I am originally from New Jersey The Pine Barrens to be more exact. Heard of the Jersey Devil? Growing up i started gardening by transplanting Blueberry bushes ever since i have loved gardening. Doesn't matter the plant i will try to grow it. I started this on week 6 Flowering so if some information may be lacking that would be why. Feel free to ask a question if you have one as i have kept a notebook for all my grows along with pictures. This is not my first grow this is my 5th my first with mostly all Led. Other grows were mostly CFL as i tend to grow with barely any money spent. More information can be found under week 1 listing Strain Lineage, Breeder,Lights, Nutrients Etc.
My YouTube is only a music playlist open to the public with 487 songs 😱give or take a few. Mostly R&B but all kinds of genres for the most part as music is my first love. I grew up with 80s rock however in the mid 90s i heard some Philly boys on the radio named Boyz II Men every since then i have loved R&B. I have always loved different music as i appreciate the art of it. Figure i would introduce myself since i did not find a section to do that under my profile.
4/22 Won't do anything today besides take some pics. Thanks for all the responses really used the question system to get more views and others opinions on it as i am new to this site.
Moved information from Week 2 comment to Week 1. Still new and figuring out the layout. So if you are interested in Strain Lineage and my setup please go to Week 1 and read the comment i put thank you.
@Northeastern Hi there! Yes this happened to me in the past, with a plant ending its life in a stressful environment (heat, bugs, lack of space). She had 1 single banana so I did not see it, she auto-pollinated and produced ~10 seeds into the lower buds. Since parent's genetics are all female, seeds are supposed to be females as well but I did not germinate them yet. I'll be around, keep us up-to-date and enjoy your harvest ;-)
The grow is finished. I will be checking the site once in awhile till then i will be smoking my harvest and planning my outdoor grow. Grew for years under low wattage lights so excited to see what i can do with the Sun. Thanks to everyone who viewed the Diary especially those who commented or followed!
Figure i would close out the question since there isn't much going on lately. Everyone gave great answers decided i should pick one in case there is some type of contest. I chose Flavoursuk as he gave the most information and basically broke down the whole process which may help new growers.
Northeastern
