Girlscout Cookies advice

[curious2garden]

Yeah that might well be the only option, doesn't sound important enough to be something others cared to try.

I don't think any of us other than possibly FinShaggy, deliberately abuse their weed. We simply have environmental constraints we have to grow weed within. Most outdoor weed stretches without limit, is it better? By the way that's not a rhetorical question. I've had some very good outdoor @doublejj 's immediately comes to mind.

 

[Dr. Who]

Looking at getting some Girlscout Cookie clones but have a little reservation. In the descriptor for the strain the growing difficulty is listed as advanced. What do I need to know to grow this? I grow in soil, in a 32"x32"tent with 600w LED's. Circulating fan and exhaust fan. Have had three grows so far using Kings Kush and all went fine. Would love to try GSC but afraid it's beyond my current knowledge.

Thanks

^^^ this, I've broke many a neck on my plants if their colas got a little to tall.

Another trick is to feed a little higher nitrogen your first two weeks of flower, that limits stretch. Essentially I feed them the veg formula they were happy with for the first two weeks of flower.

It should be noted that Cookies strains and the vast majority of strains that have cookies in the line.
Have a rather pronounced trait to go high N.

Translation: Cookies strains and her children are N sensitive!

I have a group of Cookies in the mix strains that are quite sensitive to N ratio's. This includes a delightful Thin Mint pheno, that I really like.

Increasing N, or retaining higher N in the stretch does have a minor effect but, too much is rather easy to get.
My "normal" N ratio's of 4% do give high N results.
They should not be allowed to get dark green or god forbid,,shiny and dark green. This results in decreased trich production and therefor reduced THC counts by volume accounting.

I find they can like higher Mg too.

In organic water only runs. I had to be real careful on available N in the bloom soils.
In synthetic runs. I did settle on 3% for the first 2 weeks, and even then I needed to really watch the plant when dialing them in the first and second runs for dial in.
As the stretch slows, I decrease N to 2% and run them out, with another N reduction halfway through the bulking phase.

I found it more productive to keep night temps a bit lower, AND use MH lighting for those weeks also. The bluer the spectrum in the stretch, the better stretch can be controlled.
Keeping the light as close to the canopy as you can also makes the MH more effective at this.

So yes! In my book, I would describe cookies and her children as an advanced grower plant.

@Greedyfly I suggest you start your first run with some of my suggestions and work your way into whats going to work in your environment. Remembering that it's easier to add more, then to have to attempt to reduce it (from a dark green/too much N situation) and get the best potentials.

They aren't "hard" to run. Just a more fussy plant to run "right".
With what you just learned.
You should do fine!

GO for it and good luck!

P.S. Yes, they are not a yields strain.....But worth the time if you like that style buzz.

Anybody remember "Rock Bud?"

 

[curious2garden]

It should be noted that Cookies strains and the vast majority of strains that have cookies in the line.
Have a rather pronounced trait to go high N.

Translation: Cookies strains and her children are N sensitive!

I have a group of Cookies in the mix strains that are quite sensitive to N ratio's. This includes a delightful Thin Mint pheno, that I really like.

Increasing N, or retaining higher N in the stretch does have a minor effect but, too much is rather easy to get.
My "normal" N ratio's of 4% do give high N results.
They should not be allowed to get dark green or god forbid,,shiny and dark green. This results in decreased trich production and therefor reduced THC counts by volume accounting.

I find they can like higher Mg too.

In organic water only runs. I had to be real careful on available N in the bloom soils.
In synthetic runs. I did settle on 3% for the first 2 weeks, and even then I needed to really watch the plant when dialing them in the first and second runs for dial in.
As the stretch slows, I decrease N to 2% and run them out, with another N reduction halfway through the bulking phase.

I found it more productive to keep night temps a bit lower, AND use MH lighting for those weeks also. The bluer the spectrum in the stretch, the better stretch can be controlled.
Keeping the light as close to the canopy as you can also makes the MH more effective at this.

So yes! In my book, I would describe cookies and her children as an advanced grower plant.

@Greedyfly I suggest you start your first run with some of my suggestions and work your way into whats going to work in your environment. Remembering that it's easier to add more, then to have to attempt to reduce it (from a dark green/too much N situation) and get the best potentials.

They aren't "hard" to run. Just a more fussy plant to run "right".
With what you just learned.
You should do fine!

GO for it and good luck!

P.S. Yes, they are not a yields strain.....But worth the time if you like that style buzz.

Anybody remember "Rock Bud?"

Wonderful and well composed advice. It's succinct and the information density is tops I always enjoy your posts, thanks!

 

[macsnax]

Wonderful and well composed advice. It's succinct and the information density is tops I always enjoy your posts, thanks!

He has a way with explaining his knowledge doesn't he. He helped me when I was wet behind the ears, and I've enjoyed his posts ever since.

 

[curious2garden]

He has a way with explaining his knowledge doesn't he. He helped me when I was wet behind the ears, and I've enjoyed his posts ever since.

Yes he does. When I first arrived here my first avatar was a TARDIS