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š± WEEK 14 FROM SEED ā WEEK 11 FLOWER
THE GRAND FINALE HARVEST REPORT ā SUNDAY DRIVER (Zamnesia Seeds)
A full-circle recap, a celebration of two phenotypes, and the sweetest ending imaginable.
šø A Quick Recap ā From Seed to Here (For Anyone Just Joining Now)
This run has been 14 weeks of joy, learning, surprises, heavy colas, and crazy beauty.
Two phenotypes, two personalities, one shared soul.
From day one, these girls impressed with:
Fast germination
Explosive early growth
Huge stretch
A super crop that healed perfectly
Dense, deeply frosted flowers
Towering structure
A sweet, fruity, unmistakable terp profile
This entire diary was a ride, and today: we close it properly.
šæ The Final Weeks ā Frost, Weight & Pure Beauty
By the end of week 11 flower, both phenos were massive, fully packed, and dripping in trichomes.
You could see:
full resin heads
thick frost rails on sugar leaves
swollen calyxes
and an aroma that filled the room before you even touched them
These were big, heavy lifters.
And we had to support branches constantly ā if not, theyād bend or snap from the weight.
Pheno #2 literally harvested herself from being too heavy.
š The Harvest ā One Gentle, Oneā¦ Dramatic
Pheno #2 snapped her main branches under the weight of her own colas.
We walked into the tent and found her lying on the floor saying:
āItās time.ā
We listened.
Pheno #3 remained strong, standing tall until the end of week 11 flower, finishing beautifully and perfectly ripe.
Both were harvested with care, love, and laughter.
Drying ā The Classic 60/60 Two-Week Method
We dried slow and steady:
60% humidity
60Ā°F / 15ā16Ā°C
~14 days hanging upside down
Why?
Because this method preserves absolutely everything:
flavor
terpenes
smoothness
color
burn quality
potency
No shortcuts. Just pure quality.
āļø Trimming ā All by Hand, As It Should Be
After two weeks, the flowers were ready for trimming.
We used:
professional curved-point scissors
gloves
the Trim Bin
gentle hands
and a fully clean environment
Why hand trim?
Protects trichomes
Respects the bud shape
Avoids bruising
Keeps the final product premium
The trim was also collected ā and it was beautiful, sticky, full of crystals.
š Final Weights ā Official Numbers
Here are the correct finished, dried, trimmed, and cured weights:
Pheno #2: 166 grams
Pheno #3: 159 grams
š„ Total: 325 grams of premium, candy-sweet Sunday Driver flowers
This is an exceptional yield for two plants, especially with this type of dense, terp-loaded structure.
š¦ Aroma & Flavor Report ā āTrue Sunday Driverā
Aroma (Before Grind):
Candy-sweet
Tropical fruits
Grapes
Berries
A hint of creamy vanilla
Slight floral freshness
The moment you open the jar, the room goes fruity instantly.
Sticky, loud, full-body terp presence.
Aroma (After Grind):
Ice cream sweetness
Citrus zest
Sugary candy
Notes of pastry cream
A subtle earthy undertone that gives balance
Flavor (On Inhale):
Smooth fruit sorbet
Creamy berry yogurt
Sweet citrus glaze
Candy-coated sweetness
Flavor (On Exhale):
Soft vanilla
Sugary fruit leather
Sweet grape peel
Dessert-like finish
Overall Impression:
This is exactly why the strain is called Sunday Driver.
Itās slow, sweet, comfortable, and perfect for an easy Sunday ride through your feelings.
Every puff is a dessert ā full, thick, smooth, and incredibly enjoyable.
šØ Effects ā Balanced & Beautiful
Sunday Driver delivers:
calm relaxation
a warm mental uplift
stress relief
peaceful creativity
no anxiety
no heaviness
a comfortable floaty happiness
Perfect for:
ā¢ evenings
ā¢ social fun
ā¢ creative time
ā¢ gaming
ā¢ movies
ā¢ relaxing with music
A feel-good hybrid in every sense.
Curing ā Groove Bags & UV-Proof Jars
We cured everything using:
Groove Bags (technology that stabilizes humidity automatically)
UV-proof jars (protects cannabinoids and terpenes from light damage)
Why this method?
No burping needed
Long-term freshness
Zero mold risk
Terpenes remain sharp and bright
Jars maintain perfect darkness, keeping potency intact
The result?
Two phenotypes that cured into identical-looking, identical-smelling, identical-quality medicine.
š± Reflecting Back ā What This Grow Taught
This run showed:
Sunday Driver genetics are strong, resilient, and heavy hitters
Super cropping works
Supporting branches is not optional
Aptus + Plagron = incredible synergy
Good environment + good genetics = magic
Slow dry + long cure = perfection
These were some of the heaviest colas grown in this room so far.
ā¤ļø Thank You ā To Everyone
A deep thank you to:
The entire GrowDiaries community
The new growers
The OGs
The silent readers
The lovers
The haters
The curious ones
The platform
Our sponsors
Zamnesia genetics
GrowLED
ThinkGrow LED
TrolMaster
Future of Grow
Everyone who supported, commented, viewed, or followed
This diary was written with love, passion, and honesty ā and we share it with everyone.
š PS ā Support Your Branches
If your plants get heavy ā support everything.
Use yo-yos, bamboo, nets, anything.
Heavy buds are a blessing, but without support, they will break
Pheno #2 is proof ā she took herself out by collapsing under her own beauty.
š PSPS ā Donāt Be Afraid of Super Cropping
If you ever hesitated about super cropping: donāt.
This diary shows it works flawlessly.
It increases yield, controls stretch, and opens the canopy.
Do it with love, confidence, and the right timing ā your plants will reward you.
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Explore the Gear that Powers My Grow
If youāre curious about the tech Iām using, check out these links:
ā¢ Genetics, gear, nutrients, and more ā Zamnesia: https://www.zamnesia.com/
ā¢ Environmental control & automation ā TrolMaster: https://www.trolmaster.eu/
ā¢ Advanced LED lighting ā Future of Grow: https://www.futureofgrow.com/
ā¢ Root and growth nutrition ā Aptus Holland: https://aptus-holland.com/
ā¢ Nutrient systems & boosters ā Plagron: https://plagron.com/en/
ā¢ Soil & substrate excellence ā PRO-MIX BX: https://www.pthorticulture.com/en-us/products/pro-mix-bx-mycorrhizae
ā¢ Curing and storage ā Grove Bags: https://grovebags.com/
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Weāve got much more coming as we move through the grow cycles. Trust me, you wonāt want to miss the next steps, letās push the boundaries of indoor horticulture together!
As always, this is shared for educational purposes, aiming to spread understanding and appreciation for this plant. Letās celebrate it responsibly and continue to learn and grow together.
With true love comes happiness. Always believe in yourself, and always do things expecting nothing and with an open heart. Be a giver, and the universe will give back in ways you could never imagine.
š Growers love to all š
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7/29 - Week 9 of veg is starting. At this point, it is just let them grow up a few inches, and also fill out the pots some more with roots before transplanting to 5 gallon fabric pots (their final homes). I also plan on mixing a 'flower blend' soil to fill up the 5g pot around the rootball that is transplanted. This recipe for the soil is taken from MaximumYield:
Enhanced fruit/flower potting soil recipe
This soil recipe is designed for plants that are ready to fruit or flower. In particular, this recipe works great for ornamentals that are already in bloom and for fast-growing annuals that are entering their fruiting or flowering stage. Parenthesis indicate small changes or products I'm using.
1/2 cu. ft. (60 cups) sphagnum peat moss (Promix BX)
1/4 cu. ft. (30 cups) coco coir (Mother Earth Coco Peat)
1/4 cu. ft. (30 cups) compost (either compost or manure)
1/4 cu. ft. (30 cups) perlite
10 cups pumice (likely to just use perlite here)
5 cups worm castings
3 cups bat guano (high phosphorus)
1 cup fish bone meal (using regular bone meal, got Jobe's Bone Meal)
1 cup oyster shell
1/2 cup seabird guano (likely to just add as the high phosporous guano)
1/4 cup alfalfa meal
1/4 cup fish meal (Down to Earth Fish Meal)
2 tbsp. langbeinite (Down to Earth Langeinite)
1 tbsp. glacier rock dust (Azomite ordered from Amazon)
7/30 - While technically the morning of 7/31, lights haven't gone out yet, so it is still the 30th ;) It almost hurts posting pictures today, because they were really thirsty, but I honestly hadn't looked at them for a couple days. Anywho, the plants were watered with ~1.25 liters of water each, about 90 minutes before lights out. Will be interesting to post the 7/31 photos after a couple hours of lights on, and see the difference in appearance. I also mixed the soil for flowering, and it will now have a couple weeks to 'cook' and become ready for the plants. I did make a mistake and accidentally added 1 cup of fish meal instead of 1/4 cup (oops), and the alfalfa meal just smelled too good, so I added 1/2 cup instead of 1/4. Hopefully those 2 'changes' don't add too much nitrogen for flower, but I imagine it won't. I also instead of adding perlite (didn't want to buy a 4 cu ft bag when I needed at most 2.5 gallons (1/3 cu ft), so I opted to add 1 gallon of pumice. Since the coco peat and promix both have perlite in them, I didn't want too much added. There were also some worms from the compost that made it into the tote that is now storing the mix, so life has already started in the soil.
7/31 - It wasn't just after lights on, as I didn't have time to photo earlier, but this is just about 24 hours after watering, and praying/looking good. I had noticed that it looked like the fan had slipped down the pole a bit, and was causing some wind burn/clawing of the leaves yesterday, which probably attributed to poor looks, but looking better today! I am not that versed in checking preflowers, though I know the difference for sure once flowering starts, but it appears both of these may be ladies!
8/4 - After getting home from work, and realizing I hadn't checked on the plants in a couple days and I knew they were due for water either yesterday or today, I saw some THIRSTY plants. They each got ~1.2L of water, and also a quick trim back. Also, as shown in the pictures, and while still under 18/6 light, DC#2 has developed balls, and is definitely a male. I have been contemplating growing any males out for pollen, but that just might be further down the road for me. He will likely get the plug soon. On the plus side, DC#1 definitely has hairs!
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Still vegging looking like big bad ass bitches love it went organic a wee more water less nutrients was also thinking ov starting to ph my water m still grow in soil or well bio bizz all mix am loyal to the soil š
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This plant is my first real plant because the first one had a genetic mutation coming from the seed because I gave it exactly the same conditions as this one and therefore I will consider this plant as my first plant.
I am very proud of myself to have obtained such a yield (188g wet) with very few problems during the culture of this Steacky Beast Automatic from Zamnesia. This plant resisted very well to a nitrogen deficiency due to a too high ph because of my ph metter which was out of order but also to a small burn to the nutrient. I started rinsing on day 54 (it lasted 2 weeks and a half).
I couldn't put you pictures of the trichomes but they were perfect for the harvest and the pistils were also matching so here is why I waited until day 73
The heads are hung in the culture box with brown soft ties (I removed everything except the extractor and the filter), the box is plunged in the dark so it's perfect for drying
Thank you for your interest in my growing diary!
See you soon,
Jokey4
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@Prozak
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to mutch cold here 2 week with low temps at night cicle betwen 12 &16 graus in europe.
maybe this is the reason of that purple orange colors (:
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@eldruida_lamota
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Hola familia, confieso, estƔ genƩtica es de mis favoritas, y no solo por lo fƔcil que es su cultivo.
Esta variedad con predominancia indica, se estĆ” comportando muy bien en nuestro interior.
Controlando el ph y alimentĆ”ndolas bien, no tienen por quĆ© suponer ninguna complicaciĆ³n en su ciclo.
En floraciĆ³n procuramos que jamas suba la humedad por encima del 50% ni que la temperatura sea muy elevada, podemos falicitar la formacion de hongos... y no queremos eso.
Resumiendo, bastante contento con la evoluciĆ³n de las Lemon kush.
Hasta la prĆ³xima semana familia.
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This week was hot went up to 30 celsius degrees in the room. Now it is okay cooling down I have got good USB driven ventilation system goes 16 hours non stop with one charge
CBD Blue Shark is developing well looking very well. Lovely....
Fertilization has started ;
So Vitalink bat gunao 10ml per liter and biogrow 1ml/l that's all for now.
Day 13, 15th of August 2020: Epsom salt just arrived and applied.
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Esta semana tocĆ³ la poda de los apicales y primer nudo dejando solo 4 nudos por planta.
Por lo que parece tienden a grandes hojas e internodos cortos.
Esta semana tambiĆ©n aumentĆ© la potencia del lumatex hasta el 75% unos 220W. EmpecĆ© con 100 W luego fueron 150 y ahora 220 , asĆ hasta cambiar el fotoperiodo a 12/12h. Entonces al 100%, 300W.
Con 26 dias de vida ya tenian suficientes nudos, ramas y tocĆ³ hacer el apical y la poda del primer nudo a todas dejando 4 nudos por planta, 8 ramas secundarias.
Terminamos la semana con la nĀŗ5 con manchas en las hojas muy feas. Entiendo que tengo que tratarla diferente al resto por lo que la regarĆ© menos y dejarĆ© secar mĆ”s entre riegos al menos un par de veces.
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Smooth trim, last of the first wave of autos this summer - yields are very low but the bud looks great :)
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June 7 - We ordered some new lights last week, they are 240w kingbrite samsung lm310h with uv/ir, 3000k, and meanwell drivers.
We setup the new room and moved the girls into there. After a bit of LST and a watering (with nutrients) at roughly 7ph, they were ready to go under the 2 new lights and the same SF-1000 we have been using in this grow.
The new room is a 12 ft enclosed trailer. I moved everything from the small tent into this. I put clear poly on the walls, floor and ceiling. I put poly on the shelf I am going to be keeping in there as well. I bought 50ft of 6mm mylar and lined the floors, roof and sides with it. I plan to get some reflective tape to seal everything and to cover the wood. I did not get much of a chance to watch temp's today as they it was later in the evening after all was said and done. The inline fan blowing in air from outside.
June 8 -
9 AM i checked the plants, they were at 25.2 and 50% RH. Late through the day I had checked and we had gotten up to around 32 degrees. So I moved the inline fan to the closer vent, hooked up to that, and had the air blowing out of the trailer with the inline fan sucking it from above the lights.
I then added oscillating fan and had it blowing air on the left side of the room so it would somewhat circulate once I closed the doors. I then checked at about 9pm and we were at 22 degrees. Definitely noticed a decent amount of growth already. I have the lights on a 22/2 cycle as I was worried about the heat at night time.
June 9 -
Some great growth from the girls, still having problems controlling the temps in the afternoon. I decided to prop the door open a bit to have a constant breeze throughout the day while I am at work. Decided to do some more LST and also a bit of defoliation. I took about 25% of the leaf's that were blocking the new growth as it was getting a bit bunched up. I was then told the leaf's are almost solar panels for them. So from now on I will be trying to just do some tucking unless needed. The leaf's I removed were most of the damaged leaf's, I am not to sure if that makes much of a difference. I gave them a watering with only water as there is a potential I am getting a bit of a nutrient buildup along with the PH problem. Or potentially the reason for the ph problem is nutrient buildup. After watering with A PH of 7 I got some run off and tested it. The smaller plant gave me a PH of about 5.5 where the bigger one is around 5.0.
June 10 -
Plants are looking happy and showing tons of growth. Seems to be trying to stretch outwards. Not a ton of sign of PH issues showing so potentially getting it under control. Still a bit of damage to previous leaf's but it is what it is! The last few days I have been leaving the door open a bit in order to keep the temps down. I decided to test something and turn the lights off (automatically) at 11AM and back on at 5PM so light schedule has now changed to 18/6 and it seems I may have figured out the issue. We haven't had lots of sun the last couple days so it hasn't been to hard and I have yet to know if it truly fixed the heat issue for now. (I will be looking into a ac unit as well since it typically gets to around 30-35 around here.
June 11 - Pulled some of the branches back down and added a few more LST spots. Seems we have a good amount of growth from the smaller plant out of the 2 topped spots. Unfortunately it looks like I fucked up on the bigger plant and only one of the nodes seems to have new growth. I will continue to monitor that but I think I cut the node to low and also to soon. Other then that, the girls are doing great. They seem to be absolutely loving these new lights. I gave them some nutrient water today as well. roughly 3L each. They seem to be A hell of A lot more thirsty under these new lights.
June 12 - The girls are doing great , they are still just doing growing away. Lots of progress everyday. I am going to be getting a go-pro so I can set-up a time-lapse for the rest of this grow. I received my new inline fan, I got A ac infinity CLOUDLINE T4 with the temperature humidity controller. I am going to be having one fan pushing fresh air in and one fan pulling out the hot air. I will be doing that tomorrow since I have to work today.
June 13 - I ordered another 50ft of mylar and that showed up today. I have decided to remove the shelf and add another 3+ feet to the grow space. So today I installed more poly, mylar, the ac infinity fan. I have it set-up to pump in air if it gets to warm. I am thinking of switching it to the output that way if it gets to hot or to humid I can have that air pulled out of the trailer. Right now my other inline fan is the outtake and I just have it set on full. Overall I think everything is set-up a bit better and more accessible. I will be putting my 2x2 tent in there at the left of the doors so I can have a veg room when these 2 are in flower. I plan to have 4 in veg and 4 in flower for the next grow. Still waiting on JOTI seeds, ordered 3 weeks ago and still have not been shipped. I will be getting those going the moment they arrive.
The girls seem to be happy still, did a bit more LST to try to keep everything even, mainly I'm just pulling down on the spots I already have tie wire on.
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Day 50 - Starting week 8 today and sheās looking beautiful. She definitely not as big as I was expecting but sheās really starting to fatten up, looking and smelling amazing. Canāt wait for these last couple weeks for her to finish and chop her.
Day 51 - All is looking good and hoping by the end of week 10 sheāll be ready or close to ready for chopping. Starting to get milky trichomes but still quite a few clear. The next couple weeks are gonna be fun to watch her fatten up more.
Day 52 - She definitely looking good and getting a lot of milky trichs but thereās still a bit of time before sheās ready to chop, at least thatās what Iām thinking. Might do a split harvest if she calls for it but hoping sheāll be ready by week 10 or 11 at the latest. Just need her to fatten up a bit in the middle.
Day 53 - Gave her a feeding of water today and continuing to watch her fatten each day. Sheās starting to get really frosty and smelly and Iām loving it! Excited for the last few weeks.
Day 54 - All is looking good still and itās like this girl is almost turning into one big giant frosty bud and couldnāt be happier with how easy sheās been to grow so far. Right now sheās almost 100% milky trichs and looks like she still has a little more time to go still. Iām going for a little more couch lock so need those ambers to start showing up.
Day 55 - All is looking good still, just watching her fatten up everyday.
Day 56 - Last day of week 8 and sheās smelling sooo sweet and getting frostier everyday. Thinking about just giving her pHād water from here on out. Iām guessing another week or two and she should be finishing up but just gonna continue watching trichs. Waiting for them to start turning amber. Still a few clear in there but not many, mostly all cloudy now.
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Hallo zusammen š¤.
Sie wƤchst sehr schƶn und macht keine Probleme
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Entriamo nella 4Ā° settimana, questa settimana defoglierĆ² e provo a tappare al 4Ā° internodo, per mantenerle
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28.7
D78
1.1L watering
PH 7.0 EC 0.4
Return
PH 6.1 EC 1.5
D81 31.7.
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I wanted to harvest her with slightly not mature trichomes. Compare to other plants of this strain.
Flush of pot after harvest.
PH 6.5 EC 0.4
1L return
PH 5.7 EC 0.8
5L return
PH 6.5 EC 0.7
16.32g.
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They got a mild deficiency , fixed with marine bio grow and cm plus with humic acid
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Day 56
This plant is developing at a steady pace, but itās clearly not as frosty as some of the others in the tent. The buds are forming nicely and stacking along the branches, but trichome coverage is noticeably lighter compared to the rest. The sugar leaves have a bit of resin, but not enough to make them look really frosty yet. This might be due to genetics or possibly some mild stress earlier in the grow.
One thing Iāve noticed is that several of the larger fan leaves are turning yellow. It doesnāt look like a severe deficiency, but it could be related to light underwatering or the natural process of the plant pulling nutrients from the older leaves during this stage. The yellowing is mostly on the lower leaves, while the top growth and buds still look healthy. The canopy overall looks good, but these signs show the plant might need a little extra attention to keep it on track.
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ok so everything has gone fantastic , no nutrient burns at all , and have been slowly creeping up the base nutrients , i have stopped the cal mag and now adding house and gardens bud XL at full strength these girls are now in full swing of flower the Cal mag has made absolutely no difference too the yellow colour of this blackberry so I suspect it is just how this strain is as meany diary's on here of the same strain are also on the yellow side , but it's certainly not affecting the speed of the growth of her , i also bought a new ph stick this week ,
i have found when PHing the feed bucket that its best too have air stones in the bucket , add all nuts and then ph but do not use the feed that day as if you check the next day the ph is off again so i left it 24 hours after i add more ph down , and it seems too make the measurements alot easier and stable , i have bent down the main stems " without damaging them onto my netting too A keep the canopy all the same high so my lighting is covering all plants at the same distance and also it allowed the side stems too reach up too ,
i also was sponsored another new led light by kingbo this week so have added another 600watt led too the grow , so now have two 600's and one 900watt , and temps are still fine sitting at 24c lights on and 19-20 off , so am pleased with that ,
I accidentally bend the main stem last week while I was putting them under the netting too try and control the stretch , luckily it did not crack or snap the branch at all and she didn't droop on that branch at all and has healed already , it may or may not be related but as soon as it happened the side branches thickened up too the thickness of the main stem , this plant has over taken the rest in size even being a full week too 15 days younger , it's certainly not ideal but it really does not appear too have slowed down the growth and may well go in my favour , this lady really did stretch out from week 4 into 5 and is showing no sign of slowing down , her side branches are very thick almost as thick as the main stem , her leaf production was minimal and I have only had too remove very few too expose the bud sites , the yellowing seems too be recovering now and most of the plant is green now ,
Update ,
Now gone a lush green colour instead of that horrible yellow , and the buds have already started too purple , she has also stepped up a gear with her nutrient intake almost drinking 6 pints since Thursday ,
She seems too have slowed down on the stretch and has so meany bud site scattered all over her with as the diary name suggests black roses everywhere , and note too any seed banks reading this if there is not a purple stain out there already called black rose now is your chance lol and Iwant a sample pack first kinda like the tester :)
Now defoliation , as you can see they really didn't seem too mind at all being stripped and within a couple of days they had all replenished the lost leaves and even this week olive had to pull the odd few off as they have grown out ,
Method , well all info now is simple ,
Anything I cannot tuck under something that is blocking a bid site with shade I remove too middle or bottom ,
Everything else stays , I just stand above the plant and pull off anything covering the sites , it's really as simple as that , I see some strip them until there is nothing left on but a few sugar leaves , but for me didn't like the look of the plants , for me the growing process is just as much fun as the fruits ,