Sweet Seeds Cream 47 grow 2020.
Sweet Seeds Cream 47 was finally run and she was a great experienceâŠâŠ.as always there was something to be learnt here but in the end these girls were super frosty and finished super fast! Done in 8 weeks Veg and you keep ALL the trim for further processingđ Stayed under 30â for height and can fight off many issues including pests and tempsâŠâŠas well as cracked stems and broken branchesđ
I believe I ordered these in 2018 after my first experience with Sweet Seeds and Gorilla Girl photo. I was so impressed I had wanted to try something else from them. Then I donât know what happensâŠ..something else newer or possibly more interesting at the time comes along and you push this seed pack to the back. For some reason AK47 has been the strain I have played with a couple variants of and these girls finally had their chance. The seed pack I have has a date stamp of 2016âŠâŠ.not a worry Growmies, seen lots of other growers popping 10 year old genetics from seed and thy will still work out fine. Just sharing a little reminder that its about storageâŠâŠ.I keep mine in a sealed container in a different fridge in a dark spotđ As an example, these were 4 years old and I got two girls from my three seedsâŠ..works for međ
Beginning the diaryâŠâŠduring germination everything is rosy and you are going to set things on fire!!!!!!
Germination started on July 11/20 with two seeds. First one came up from coco 7 days later on July 18 and C472 was actually the third seed and was put into a rapid rooter on July 19 and came up from coco on July 23âŠâŠ.that left us with C472 actually being 5 days behind C471. Quick noteâŠ.C472 was a bigger girl at the finish line even though she was 5 days younger and being grown in the 3 gal pot vs the 5 gal pot.
Typical photoperiod process and went to solo cups and then to 1 gal and then a final upsize to either a 3gal or 5gal. I put one in each. At the start of this diary I wanted to focus on seeing the difference in yield between a 12L and 20L pot and is it worth the extra media and nutes? Well things change and you have to go with the punchesđ
Early veg and building root massâŠâŠ..come one girls, lets see some snow white roots!!!!
The girls were grown in 90 â 80% coco and 10 - 20% PerliteâŠâŠ..COVID made many things hard to get here and there this past year and I believe and I even had to use some Vermiculite as I couldnât get perlite. As in the previous couple of grows I battled pH drift in this run as well. Quick noteâŠâŠ.I am now mixing my media with 65% coco, 25% peat, 10% perlite and the current run is doing very well for both autos and photosâŠâŠpH is holding at 6.1 in media rather than damn 7.2 a couple of weeks later, may consider dropping peat a little next run to 20% or 15% and increase the coco by the same percentage to see the impactđđđ
By the end of 7 days they had a whopping 1 set of single blade fan leaves out and the thought of a second set of leaves. Then by the end of 14 days they really rocked and we had a set of 3 blade leaves out and a sliver of green forming the first set of 5 blade fan leavesâŠâŠ..on fire they weređđđđ With the girls facing an 8 week veg, I was in no rush.
At the end 21 days they were roughly 7â tall and it was time for their first upsize to a 1gal pot. They were finally transplanted on day 23. C471 had a better root development that C472 and she was slightly bigger so was eyed as the pheno to get the 5 gal pot in the future. Usual Mycorrhizae added to the holes and in the pots and further microbes to supplement the girls. Need the roots to more plentiful than what they currently are. The girls loved the extra room and week 5 saw good growth as side branching developed and the leaves became biggerâŠâŠon course!
Late veg and forming a canopy for flowerâŠâŠSCROG or not?????:
Weeks 4 and 5, plus the start of 6, the girls continued to flourish and grow in 1 gal pots. Being feed a couple of times a week they continued to progress. The girls had reached a little of 10â tall and it was time to top them. Not sure about LST or SCROG at this point, I knew they had to fill half the tent, so I went a head and topped the girls on day 37 between the fourth and fifth nodes. The girls grew a little different shaped fan leaves and they were more âpointyâ and long in growthâŠâŠand long lateral growth fan leaves. She wanted to grow laterally on her ownâŠ..bonus!
The girls reacted will to the toping over the next days and kept a solid growth. This strain has tight node spacing and will not grow into 5â monsters like the Gorilla Girl strain they were grown beside. Finally at day 50, Sept 6/20, the girls were given their final home and transplanted a last time. C471 with more vigorous growth was given the 5 gal pot to fill with roots while C472 was designated the 3 gal pot.
I finally decided that a SCROG was going to be the answer because the other girls in the tent will need to be kept tied down. Problem was that these girls wonât stretch much but the other girls willâŠâŠhow the hell to SCROG that situation otherwise you have nodes 12â taller than others and creates a tough canopy to give the correct amount of light??? Solution was to put C47 girls on boxes and rise them up. Took a guess at the potential height difference in the strains and figured I should plant at least a 12â riser of some type. It actually worked out not to badâŠâŠthey were coming through the top of the SCROG first but as they grew things balanced out between the strainsđ
In week 9 the girls took off and we finally had a good canopy to start flower withâŠâŠall the girls were down low and touching all sides of the tent and each other. Getting them ready to SCROG I decided to perform LST for a couple of weeks and ensure the branching grows to the side and not straight up. They formed 4 main tops on each girl and the side branches were thick. Bud Ignitor added to the feed in week 9 and we are readyâŠâŠ.lets change the light and watch the explosion Baby đđđ Still only positive thing happening in the grow to this point!!
Flower time and filling up the tent with sticky budsâŠâŠâŠmy F@#%ing tent is too small for the girls:
Okay GrowmiesâŠâŠwe are on fire, all 4 girls are growing with pistols popping, branches bent everywhere and put in the first layer of the SCROGâŠâŠ..right on!! Soon reality sets in and the fictitious Gremlins arrive to F my grow and actionsâčïž Getting ready for putting the net and decided to cut to low branches from C471 as they just donât have any thickness to them. Concern was that she was now down to 6 main branches on herâŠ..donât break any!! Mid week I check the tent in the morning and there is a damn fan laying on top of C471!!! Thatâs no good but shit happens, no visible damage to the plantâŠ..or the fanđ
So we get through week 1, IPM spray done and net is in, and moving into week 2 of flower my heart stopped when I noticed a huge crack in the main stem of C471âŠâŠWTF??????? So on day 12 of flower I am looking at two girls with cracked main stemsâŠ..one C47 and one Gorilla GirlâŠâŠWTF everything is the same, why did this happen for no apparent reason? Answer - - - - usual âgrower F-upââŠâŠ.I topped the girls to close to the lower node when done and I should have the scissors up against the node above and left a larger ânubâ on topâŠâŠI had them against the node below when I cut and little to no nub left on top!!!! Once they were trained a bit and started growing harder, the stem didnât have any more strength and cracked right in the middle of the main stem! Learning pointâŠâŠremember to always leave a good piece of stem at the top when using scissorsâŠâŠhasnât been an issue for me in the past when âpinchingâ tops as they develop, this was thoughâčïž
So what to do now they are doing awesome????? Well, that is why I support Grow Diairies and continue to use the site outlining my growsâŠâŠI asked for help and other opinions about what happenedđ Sure enough within hours, I had some input from fellow growers, thanks again @Mr_Motalovah who pointed out quickly what I had done because they had shared about what has happened to them in the pastâŠâŠthanks a bunch for the input GrowmieâŠ.you rock!! Now that I know what I screwed up, we vaped a bunch of bud and put on the MacGyver Hat and fashioned some supports and ties out of a pool noodle, zip ties, tape, and more weedđ Tied the girls up and kept the area moist for a week! She never did weld right back together at the crack because it was too major and at a high stress point for the branches. I feel this certainly contributed to C471 not being as big a yielder as I am sure she should have been.
So now we are getting back on track, forget all the other shit of the last two weeks, stay positive and lets rock this growđ There was lots to be positive about as the second lay of SCROG is in, the girls are 20â tall and looking happy with leaves up. She has some huge fan leaves and starting to really show some trichomes already! Right on Sweet SeedsâŠâŠthey are pulling through and doing awesome now! Problem I am now having is keeping the air movement in the tent as these four girls are killing it and I am out of room. If I donât help with more room or air movement, the yield and quality of the bud will sufferâŠâŠthey will finish and all is good but there will be lost opportunity. I really struggle to grow 4 plants in a 3â x 3â tent. I am always out of room and canât get the light down as low as I want. This grow is a perfect example of that. Not to mention how to cool them off and reduce light intensity when ripening in the last two to three weeks?? I need a bigger freaking tentâŠ.finally bit the bullet and ordered a 4â x 4â tent for flower. Will then have a 4â x 4â for photos and keep one of the 3â x 3â for autos. Through week 3 of flower and going now Baby, just waiting on a new tentđ
Late flower and watching them buds swellâŠâŠno worries now, let the deficiencies fly!!!:
Now in week 4 of flower and the girls are getting very big. The trichome production has kicked in and they are looking happy everyday at this point. Tips up everyday and they are loving the light and feed at this point. Chugging along and feeling like we will feed them though week 6 and flush for weeks 7, 8, and 9 and take down about day 62 or so. Feed moved into Big Bud and silica going to keep the stems strong so they support the bud weight. Her nodes have stacked very well and for week 4 she is chunking out nicely! The girls are pretty dark green now at this point and looking healthy. Again, buds are big and they are frostyâŠ..the grow is going very well.
New tent finally arrives in week 5 and we move the girls to a new home with more room for air and light penetration lower on the branches. Had to cut the girls out of the SCROG and added bamboo to the other strain being run with these girls. Since C47 was not very tall, they were not supported. So feeling that everything is good and we are moving forward. Like I say, feeling good, but I think the girls had their issues in weeks 5 and 6 and I didnât really pick up on it. They had battled high pH through the grow, again why the media change this run, and it seemed to stall the girls. I think I was so focussed on the success of the Gorilla Girls that I didnât really pick on the fact these girls were slowing down. At any rate, they looked very good and frosty and still eating so we kept going, there were even resin rails beginning to form on fan leaves and they are 24â tallđ LST helped to keep them short, along with topping. She is showing that she will make hash people happy!!! Awesome trichomes for this stage of growthâŠ..excited as hell!
We move into week 6 and start working on some flushing. She is dark now and concerning. Her hairs are starting to red here and there and I am seeing some colour in the buds. She smells of a strong floral or something that almost âstingsâ your sinusesâŠ..sorry for description but it was good strong smell. Flush should have begun at the start of this week, six. Instead, it was not given until week 7, almost too late at this point. She had slowed down her drinking and was not uptalking much anymore. Her buds looked beautiful but her leaves were dark. YupâŠ..F#$% I missed her and she will not finish with the colours that she should. Not much you can do at this point. She was given Flawless Finish twice and roughly 7 days of plain watering before darkness. Then on November 8, Day 51 the girls went into darknessâŠâŠ..the trichomes had matured and it was time. This strain should have stopped her feeding at the end of week 5 and keep the water only for up for 2.5 weeks idea and colours should pop on herâŠâŠ.not one week like I didâčïž
After two days of darkness the girls looked gorgeous and faded a little more than when they went inâŠâŠright on. The buds are beautiful with the light colour of purple on some calyxes and red hairs in there. Frosty as all heck and sticky like crazyđđđ
Harvest, dry, cure and smoking Cream 47 from Sweet SeedsâŠâŠ..is she Sweet Smoke??
Remembrance Day was harvest for the girls. They ran their 53 days and its time to cut them down. It was a little surprising to see that C472 had better bud production that C471 since she was the slower grower. At the same time, it was not surprising as C471 had her stem split and this impacted her yield because of a challenge getting the amount of nutrients she wanted up the stem. She made it to the finish line though and was still making me smile at the endđ canât ask for much more than that really! Again, I wanted to compare 3 gal vs 5 gal but this diary simply didnât work out that way. (one should also use clones for a better test of this and not seeds but its all good because I was just having funđ)
I hope that my pictures show her level of trichome production as very good to excellent. She has a lot of crystal in her buds and they are sticky. They hung for 10 to 12 days, took a couple of days to finish his time, and went it jars. I kept ALL fan leaves and of course sugar leavesâŠâŠ.in the freezer right now waiting for the next edible or hash runâŠâŠgrower bonusđ not to mention the crazy good kief in the tray from trimmings you can enjoy as the growerđ Full Melt Hash!!!
The yield was not the largest for this girl and you can see that in the pictures by the amount of leaf in the buds. They didnât swell right upâŠâŠagain going back to weeks 5 and 6 in flower I suspectâčïž This is my smoke and I am not worried about yield to be honest. Therefore, even though I only pulled a couple of ounces from each girlâŠâŠ.its primo smoke! The lung expansion is huge and takes my breath away for a couple of seconds as wellđ One dab the size of a rice grain for light weight friend and he was sleeping on the couch 15 minutes laterđ Anyone have insomnia issues?? She is a strong one but with my crazy tolerance she is a nice day to evening smoke for me.
That will wrap it up for this grow and Cream 47 for 2020. Have a few ounces to enjoy plus still have another seed to keep the dream aliveđđ Should have cloned her........there are so many options thoughđ Still, would love to have ran her again knowing that she is done at the start of week 8 and hit the flush properly. On to the next one though.
She was indeed Sweet Smoke!!! Cheers @Sweet_Seeds another one you should be proud ofđđđ