I really want some nachos. I know that was really random but its true. I need more color in my grows. I have a decent surplus of quality seeds but not any purples or multicolored. I really want Pink Cadillac to breed with. I need a US seed bank to have some in stock. Maybe some purple urkle too.
Any who..... Did a watering today. Was excited i saw resin on my leaves. I know its early and not really a big deal but this is when I get amped up. Its my fav time of my grows, when things get shiny.
I'm middle of week 5. I defoliated but did so after these pics in this post. Its more like lollipoping. I took almost all the fan leaves. I know peep debate if defoliation works at all. It has worked for me. So I say, to each his own. Indoor, especially in a small closet or tent, I'd recommend it. I need light to get to my middle stem better and on my bottom popcorn buds. It done right, I've had my bottom fatten up like middle-ish buds.
Fed today. I don't like flushing cuz I don't have the privacy I want to run that much water thru. So I've adopted a water-water-feed routine. Over 9 days, I water twice and feed once. It keeps the buildup down. Now final flushing, that I do. Just hate the regular "salt" flush.
Feeding:
1.5ml Mammoth P
2ml Full On
.8ml Wholly Mackerel
4ml Kelp Me Kelp You
3.2ml Tiger Bloom
4ml Bembe
.25 tsp Beastie Blooms
I want to take a bottom sample. But I may wait another week. The "Fattening" (which would make a great book title about the last few weeks of flowering) won't be for 4 more weeks. I plan to go 9ish. I'll see when it gets to 8 how I feel.
Just a small update. I've gotten fucking gnats again. I did some cleaning Sunday night before lights out. I guess one snuck in when the tent was open. I usually do a soft clean once a month. Just a minor bleach wipe down.
Before my last feeding I clipped the lowest mini nugs since I was lollipopping. Used a foil-toaster method to dry them out. It was 2 thumbnail size nugs. Once grinded, it was enough for a long Raw joint. Halfway thru smoking, still felt nothing, then BOOM. It hit me pretty good. Was a nice 6 hour buzz. I don't regularly sample till about 7-8 weeks in but I had clipped them anyhow so why not.
Didn't see any gnats today. Sprayed them yesterday when I watered. I sprayed my tent and the drain trays. Then sprayed the top soil and added a handful of perlite. I'll check in tomorrow. They are so annoying.
I'm in week 6. I'm excited. Most seeds I've come across say 8-10 weeks. I've always hit week 7 and started checking the trichomes every 3 days from there on out. My Bender plant, the breeder labeled it 70 days, which is another month or so. The bag seeds however are a crap shoot. Neither are bushy. One was really stretchy and the other is more medium height but the branches are tighter packed. My Bender is the tallest at almost 3 feet but the one bagseed is about 2 inches shorter. The look similar in structure as well. I think that bagseed has diesel genetics. The both smell similar. The short one has a fruity scent. My tent has all sorts of foul and fruity smells in it. When I sampled last week, it was from the bag seeds plants.
Today was feeding day. There were so many dead gnats. I was disgusted. About 20 that I actually saw, I'm sure there were more. I'll continue spraying for a couple more days. It breaks my heart them bothering my girls. I started adding Fox Farm's ChaChing this week. I'll run it till the finish flush, which is usually 10 days or 3 waterings. I've used it my last grow with good results. I ran WW a year ago. Grew three with CFLs and the one I didn't run it on had about 8% less than the 2 that got it. Maybe just coincidence but I have it so I'm gonna run it. I'm look at running Rey's Dream seeds next round with an LED upgrade. They have Blue Dream lineage. Might have a nice blueberry smell.
2ml Full On
2ml Mammoth P
.8ml Wholly Mackerel
4ml Bembe
3.2ml Tiger Bloom
1.6ml Kelp Me Kelp You
.25tsp ChaChing
My last week for many of these nuts. Next 2 weeks I'll run just Bembe, Full On and ChaChing. My pH has been in the 6s and temps 70/80. RH has been 40/50 depending on watering.
Gonna break out the cell phone magnifying glass next week for trichrome pics.
Ive been watching my plants and think 65 days is my spot. So with my week 7 feeding, I realized that I have one feeding left before a week flush. There are so many nute companies that will swear to you that their "snake water" is the best thing for you plants. I don't see any difference with so many things I've used. I truely believe just an A and B product would do, or compost tea if organic. I do wanna say Myco Fusion and Mammoth P have really strengthened my stalks. They are thicker and my roots are coming out the topsoil. My colas have no additional support.
Week 7 thru 8 will bre the same but I'll keep updating. Every watering and feeding I rotate my plants for all over coverage.
2.5ml Mammoth P
2ml Full On
4ml Bembe
.25tsp ChaChing
I found seeds. I have no idea how either. I had no hermies. No s. So now I'm in a mood. I found those two males back on 7/24 and instantly trashed them. Since then, I've scrubbed my tent quite a few times due to gnats. The two I threw out were premium seeds so these pollinated plants MAY have a few hidden gems. Still in a mood. I don't even wanna post anymore. I'm borderline angry. I did sample some this week and it was
Got a new phone that is supposed to have a 13mp camera but my old phone took way better pics at 8mp.
I'm in week 8. Gonna go 65 days still. My last feeding before I start micro watering (every other day, only 8oz) for a little over a week.
4ml Mammoth P
2ml Full On
2.4ml Bembe
.25tsp ChaChing
Sometimes great discoveries are made from mishaps.
My last post in grow journal. These CFLs didnt do as I had hoped. Thankfully no mites but gnat were ravenous.
I harvested last weekend at 65 day of flowering. Let hang intact, for 5 days. The smoke has been less heady and more body. But really strong penetrating high. It has put me to sleep 5 outta 6 times. When I smoke, it doiesnt even feel like I'm really high till about 10mins after I'm done, then it just rushes in.
I got a bit under 2 ounces. 51 grams. From 18 CFLs. They werent as dense as I had hoped.
Next round I'll start a new log using LED and Earth Juice.
Thank anyone and everyone who grave my journal a look.
good job. I'll watch 
