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Exodus Cheese Organic Grow
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Exodus Cheese - 64 days from seed - 3.5 weeks into flower. Looking very healthy. Four node short plant is 22", five node short topped out at 29" and tallest 5 node plant has topped at 34" with some additional bending to keep it low. What I can say is the tallest is closest in appearance to the original cut, too tall for my tent really. Rain water only for the last month.
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GHS Exodus Cheese; Day 70 from seed; 4 weeks into flower. - This one was a shorter phenotype which I topped at 5th node, is approx 30", perfect for my tent. As you can see from the close up the plants are in perfect condition so ignore myths about wood chips being bad for cannabis. I put 5g of FB&B and 3.5g of chicken manure pellets on top of each bucket today.
These Exodus Cheese are 8 weeks into flower, needs another fortnight probably. Just added a 100w led to the 250w hps as they are a bit behind compared to other online journals. Tallest and shortest two smell the most, I think the smell is amazing I love it. I've not grown the original cut myself so can't comment on likeness at this stage of growth but when its finished I'll see a friend and do a side by side. Very impressed so far, beautiful plant.
GHS Exodus Cheese Week 10 Flower. I don't think 250w HPS bulb is bright enough to finish these in less than 11 weeks, cheese can finish flowering in 8 weeks under optimum lighting. These are the shorter two which have very dense buds, could take them down, tallest isn't in picture needs at least another week. Not as smelly to the touch as they were a week ago. I really like the smell a lot. The cuttings I've taken are getting big so think I'll go with SCROG with them.
I took these Exodus Cheese plants down at 11 weeks, they developed spider mites towards the end. Harvested a bit over 1oz dry per plant from plants trimmed to 4 and five nodes tall. The tallest had buds that were not fully developed, it may have been a heat issue as it was too tall for tent really. The others seemed rock hard but not so dense when dry but okay. How does it compare to an Exodus Cheese original cut? Well there are some assumptions here, first I have no evidence these were Green House Seeds, the seeds I bought did not arrive in original packaging and I questioned the last batch. So take this post as a meaningless comparison as it is so subjective. This plant tall and short is not the same as what my mates have been growing and selling in Luton area. The bud is nowhere near as smelly and its not as strong. Doesn't look or taste the same, but is similar. I grew this in soil with amendments, my mates use soil and stick rigidly to the full Canna line up. I used a 250w they use 600w hid bulbs. The smell in the jars is more like sour livers than the sort of cheese I'm used to smelling. The other thing to consider is it is an assumption that my mates have an original cut Exodus Cheese, although they have been growing it well over a decade and Exodus raves were held just up the road in an old pig farm. My mates plant is like super stinky, in comparison this doesn't even smell, but that could be me being a useless grower. Definitely a strong smoke, bit of a creeper, where as an original cut, assuming that is what it is, is more immediate and has a much denser flavour. - GHS if you read this I've tried to be fair, they may not even be your seeds, definitely talking about two different plants here. I'm not disappointing in the smoke. In a way I'm starting to prefer what I've just grown as my mates stuff 'really stinks', it lingers so bad that when I had a small amount of personal double bagged and placed in a draw, it still leaked into the room.
Exodus Cheese Smoke Report: Actually the smell does linger a bit but its not very pungent under your nose. The smoke I'm starting to like a lot, its strong but not overboard, bit of a creeper rather than in your face, and so far it hasn't made my Sjogrens Syndrome (dry mouth and eyes) any worse which I'd usually expect at this strength. This GHS Exodus Cheese is going to be my main plant for a while because now I've stopped making comparisons, I still think its high grade. I'm thinking this is the best all round plant I've personally grown, easy to grow. Its a smooth smoke, I like the inhale, can barely notice it. Effect is lasting.
I've only ever grown Autoflowering plants other than this and one other, this Exodus Cheese from GHS is definitely stronger than any autoflower. Lowryder 2 is my favourite, it can give a nice and strong body buzz if you grow it right and aren't a heavy stoner. Very fast plant. - I'm really liking this Exodus Cheese, its kind of perfect in a lot of ways, short pheno or tall to choose from, smelly but not ott when dry. Seems an even stronger smoke after 30 mins. Easy to grow, low leaf ratio, responds to leaf stripping well. Cuttings took easy. Smoke is good, above average strength. Nowhere near as smelly as my mates plant from Luton area, but grown organically by me, and its not as immediate and hasn't caused amnesia, but that only makes it different, top shelf I think.
So having cured the bud, opening the jar to the smaller GHS Exodus Cheese plants you do get a really dense cheesy smell, I like it, didn't really know what cheese smelled like until this, now I understand. I'm not sure shorter pheno is the same smell as my mates original cut, its more like the taller pheno and that is a different smell altogether, and visually closer to the original cut. The taller plant could have gone another week or two, it wasn't finished and is quite different, less leaf area, bigger inter nodal spacing, thinner wiry branching. I've not had the opportunity to do a side by side smoke or visual comparison with a tall original but I will in time. I'm probably sticking with the shorter plant for myself but will experiment further. I'm using the cuttings I took to create a SCROG grow now, using 3 short 1 tall plant super cropped with 90 degree bends. I'd like to do a better job growing the taller plant to see how stinky it can get. I'll post a picture when SCROG net is full and its ready to flip.
GHS Exodus Cheese SCROG: Four ten week old cuttings from last grow started at 22" tall, super cropped 90 degrees at approx 10" mark. It took 21 Days to 95% fill screen with one 250w hps, probably give it a few days more before the flip. Just added a 150w COB LED. Using cheapest compost available amended with 3g of manure pellets and 3g of Fish Blood & Bone & rain water. Some leaf tips are a tiny bit yellow but with no curling so I'd say its still quite rich. Contains three short plants and one taller pheno from same seed batch which smells different and grows slower with less leaf ratio. 80cm x 80cm x 160cm tent is a bit too hot up high so may switch hps for a second led light if they get too tall.
GHS Exodus Cheese flipping 12/12 today, 3 short 1 tall pheno. - Also I've got an original Exodus Cheese cutting being prepared for me by a mate in Luton area, it should be ready in a couple of weeks. I did a smoke comparison with the short pheno from GHS seeds, its a very different in smell to the original, it is so creamy smelling but the boys thought it was a bit harsh to smoke. I think its a great smooth smoke so I guess its partly what you get used. The taller pheno is much closer in smell and is taller and like to the original but I forgot to bring back a comparative sample to smell the difference and didn't grow tall one long enough so unfair to compare atm. Original cut seems more potent initially because it hits you faster however the short pheno is a creeper that kicks you up the arse a little way in. Potency is there, someone who rarely smokes took a single puff of the short pheno and a few minutes later described it as 'mental. Stoners are not the best judges of potency.
I bought two of these COB LED lights to try out, only £33 on eBay, they sell them as 300w full spectrum but actual draw is 150w. No fans makes them silent, and temperature using two of these in small 80 x 80 x 150 cm grow tent is in the ideal range of 23 degrees low down up to 30 degrees just inches from lights, much cooler than a single 250w HPS. I'm not overly fussed about PAR capabilities at this price range, as long as my plants finish within ten weeks they will do. I used a Mars Hydro 300w before but many LED's burned out within a few months and HPS is too hot for my tent.
Day-14 Flower: Exodus cheese plants are in superb condition, I don't use fans inside the tent, no need, there is no sweating when plants are kept at a reasonable temperature. Pistils are showing, still has a bit of stretch left. The pheno at the back is taller and more wiry with thinner stems and less leaf. Smells different too, that's the one I'm going to compare to an original cut soon.
Day-21 Flower: GHS Exodus Cheese SCROG. - A few days ago I selectively removed leaves to open up bud sites and to ensure I don't need a fan. I'm pleased with the cheap COB LED's I bought on eBay, the buds are at about the size I'd expect for 300w actual draw. They operate silently, keep the tent within the ideal temperature range for its size, and are cheap to run. My grow room has never been so quiet, cool and smell free, I moved the extractor fan into the loft so all I have is some low level vacuum noise. Added 5g of FBB and 5g Chicken manure pellets to each bucket. Still waiting on an original cut clone to take root, shouldn't be long now.
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b00mer2870
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Hi, Dave are these your mates clones you mentioned on a previous thread? Are they in beds by any chance? Used to go to those raves all the time