In House, Mosca, Ethos, DNA & Humboldt Run

[trichomechaser]

Genetics: 

• In House Genetics - Sugar Cane x2 (Slurricane x Platinum)
• In House Genetics - Bananium (Banana OG x Platinum)
• Ethos - Banana Daddy (GDP x Banana Hammock)
• Ethos - Mandarin Cookies (Forum Cut Cookies x Mandarin Sunset)
• Ethos - Orange Kush Cake (Wedding Cake x Jilly Bean) x (Sour Tangie x Rozé Zkittlez x OG Eddy Lepp)
• Ethos - Glue (GG4 x (Ethos Kush IBL x GG4) x GG4)
• Mosca - Alien Wedding (Wedding Crasher x Fire Alien White)
• DNA - Holy Grail Kush (Kosher Kush x OG18)
• DNA - Strawberry Banana (Banana Kush x Bubblegum)
• Humboldt - Green Crack
• Humboldt - Gorilla Breath (Original Glue x OGKB)

Setup: 

• Seedlings = 110W COB in 80x80, Veg = 240W Quantum Board in 120x120, Flower = 480W Quantum Board in 120x120
• 2x 6" Extractor
• 10L and 15L pots

Nutrients and Soil:

• Freedom Farms Classic Soil
• BioBizz Grow
• Freedom Farm's Kelp
• Freedom Farm's Fire Juice
• Wurmbosch Worm Castings
• BioBizz Bloom

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Germination & Week 1

The germination was done in paper towels with open ziplock bags for humidity retention, as well as inside of a humidity dome on a heat mat. Had a 100% germination rate on these beans.

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Week 2 Veg

Week 2 was going alright, though I was a bit light on the watering which resulted in some slowed root growth. All girls were looking decent except for the Ethos Glue which revealed itself as a runt early on. Was later removed from the tent during mid veg. Kept them under a heat mat for a while since temperatures were a bit low.

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Week 3 Veg

Transplanted into slightly larger pots with some Mycoroot. Roots took hold during this period and the plants started to look much better, split picture below is a 5 day difference after transplant. Still only giving water at this stage, pH to 6.3.

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Week 4 Veg

They were looking better in week 4, though still recovering a bit from the slow root growth in the second week. However they were definitely speeding up, with the Mandarin Cookies pictured below taking the early lead in appearance.

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Week 5 Veg

I started to give them the first feed in week 5, providing them with 1/3 strength Kelp, as they weren't showing any real defs at this stage and wanted to just give them something for the following week. It was also at this time that I did a bit of a late topping to the girls.

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Week 6/7 Veg

Week 6 of veg and the plants were moved into the 1.2x1.2m tent under 240W of QB. Feeding them once a week during this period with 1/4 dose BioBizz Grow and 1/6 strength Kelp.

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Week 7 Veg

Week 7 I gave them a feed of Worm Castings, but noticed that none of the plants were very hungry and a once a week feed was seeming more than enough. Pictured below is the Alien Wedding by Mosca.



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Week 8 Veg

In week 8, I took cuts of the girls. Pictured is one of the Sugar Cane cuts after 6 days in EasyPlugs.

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Week 1/2 of Flower

This was a few days ago now, I am currently into the second week of 12/12 and the plants are starting to show clusters of pistils. The stretch on the Green Crack and Orange Kush Cake is unbelievable and I had to tie them down just before flipping to promote some hormones to the lower nodes. Pictured below, in order - Mandarin Cookies, Green Crack, Alien Wedding and Sugar Cane

Will update this thread as the plants progress through flower.

 

[trichomechaser]

Update: Week 3 of Flower

Week 3 of flower has gone well, no real issues arising yet. Had some nitrogen deficiency on the Orange Kush Cake lower fan leaves, after spending all her energy depleting the soil for her stretch. I've added some worm castings, kelp and alfalfa mulch to the mix.

Buds are starting to develop now and each day the signs of trichome development on the sugar leaves, and on a couple - fan leaves, is starting to get me excited. Humidity is sitting steady at 40-45% with the dehumidifier and temperatures between 22'C at lights off and 28'C with lights on when warm.

Alien Wedding (Mosca Seeds)

Sugar Cane (In House Genetics)

Gorilla Breath (Humboldt Seed Organization)

Think this one was the Green Crack, but may be mistaken.

[trichomechaser]

Another week gone, and I'll now be heading into week 5 of flower. The revelation this week is that the Orange Kush Cake by Ethos is one hell of a keeper pheno. The terps are now a distinct Fanta orange/orange candy and trichome coverage is growing leaps and bounds each day. Only at day 24 and she's already looking caked up. The Banana Daddy has some serious problems which appears to either be a Phos def or severe nutrient burn - neither of which should be occurring given my feeds.
The Mandarin Cookies are giving off amazing naartjie/mandarin terps which are sharp and sweet.

^ Ethos - Orange Kush Cake (Day 24)

^ Humboldt - Green Crack (Day 24)

^ Mosca - Alien Wedding (Day 24)

^ DNA - Strawberry Banana (Day 24)

 

[PsyCLown]

That Orange Kush Cake is looking good!

Especially when compared against the Strawberry Banana which has been in flower for the same duration.

Edited November 22, 2019 by PsyCLown

[trichomechaser]

Just now, PsyCLown said:

That Orange Kush Cake is looking good!

Ticking all the boxes for sure! Vigorous growth, great internodal spacing, strong unique terps, good trichome coverage and what seems to be great bud structure so far too. 

I may actually hunt some reg packs for a good male and see what the two can create with one of her cuts. Feels like it would be a shame not to keep her genes going in some form or another.

[PsyCLown]

Ethos regular seeds? Or you mean a different strain?

Why not use some STS?

[trichomechaser]

3 minutes ago, PsyCLown said:

Ethos regular seeds? Or you mean a different strain?

Why not use some STS?

Will see how she finishes, but I wouldn't mind trying to introduce some colouration in the calyx if she doesn't develop any naturally, though may be a challenge for a small personal project. I may just reverse/self it though as you say.

[PsyCLown]

Will see how she finishes, but I wouldn't mind trying to introduce some colouration in the calyx if she doesn't develop any naturally, though may be a challenge for a small personal project. I may just reverse/self it though as you say.

Use plants from 2 different seeds preferably, not the same plant.

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[Dr. Green]

Sick lineup 

[trichomechaser]

11 hours ago, Dr. Green said:

Sick lineup 

Thanks man. 

The Alien Wedding is now developing awesome terps. Almost like hash dipped in petrol and grease. Insanely gassy, almost opens the sinuses. 

Definitely looking forward to it now. 

[Smelly Joe]

Awesome plants and great intro. 

 

[trichomechaser]

Nearing the end of week 5 now (day 32) and they are definitely bulking nicely now. The Alien Wedding is still maturing much faster than the others, while the Sugar Cane and Orange Kush Cake remain the favourites in terms of trichome production. Strawberry Banana is starting to add some weight now, but I have got some issues with the Holy Grail Kush, showing some nute burn and just general weak genetics, leaves aren't very strong and it doesn't take up much water, the rooting may not be great on it.

Here's the Alien Wedding, Sugar Cane and Orange Kush Cake (shot with a flash this time)

[PsyCLown]

Beautiful man! I really want to get another lens for my DSLR.

[trichomechaser]

On 11/29/2019 at 3:00 PM, PsyCLown said:

Beautiful man! I really want to get another lens for my DSLR.

Thanks man.

Just another update as they are now into week 6.

This Bananium has been heavily neglected, not sure I've even really taken pictures of her since she's a shorter girl. But she's really starting to come into her own now, looking frosty and starting to build buds.

Similarly, below is my Mandarin Cookies which is sitting at the back of the tent and not getting much love at all, but she seems to be doing great.

Below is the Alien Wedding, Orange Kush Cake and Sugar Cane #1 in that order:

Edited December 3, 2019 by trichomechaser

[Bakstein420]

Looking awesome 

[trichomechaser]

On 12/3/2019 at 2:50 PM, Bakstein420 said:

Looking awesome 

Thanks man.

Week 7 Update. The Orange Kush Cake suddenly started with a fast, maroon fade which has taken over much of the upper leaves. A real looker for sure...

 

Next up is the Sugar Cane, with that classic towering calyx structure. Some nice trichome formation along the fan leaves. Unfortunately I get NO terps off her at all, this is something I've heard about Sugar Cane in other forums. Hopefully the cure brings it out some more.

 

Then onto the Strawberry Banana, a more sativa dominant genetic, so understandable why it's a bit behind the others. But decently caked...

 

I am having a few other minor issues in the tent, the small pot size combined with the bud weight is causing some stability issues on the Green Crack and Mandarin Cookies. I removed the weak Banana Daddy from the tent and replaced it with an Ethos Glue, Glue is known to hermie fairly often so will be watching it closely.

[YourStonedBuddy]

On 12/10/2019 at 2:39 PM, trichomechaser said:

 

 

Next up is the Sugar Cane, with that classic towering calyx structure. Some nice trichome formation along the fan leaves. Unfortunately I get NO terps off her at all, this is something I've heard about Sugar Cane in other forums. Hopefully the cure brings it out some more.

 

 

The classic sugar cane rails too she looks to be finishing very nicely!!

When do you plan to chop?

[trichomechaser]

8 hours ago, YourStonedBuddy said:

The classic sugar cane rails too she looks to be finishing very nicely!!

When do you plan to chop?

Cheers bud. She's looking interesting, but just wish it had some/any terps to it. 

Alien Wedding, Sugar Cane and OKC are all at cloudy trichs, so I'll run water only for the last two weeks now I think. Harvest looks good for about 10 to 15 days from now. Around Christmas haha. 

[trichomechaser]

I missed a few weeks while I was on holiday, doing lazy holiday things. So here's a catch up post, about half the tent has been chopped.

- Week 8 Update

During week 8, the Orange Kush Cake really started to pack on some weight and continued to fade heavily. Definitely the prize of the tent.

The Alien Wedding was the fastest to finish, at week 8. The bud is nothing to go crazy over, but the fresh cut had a very distinct lemon twist scent. I did harvest a little early on this one, intentionally. But trichomes were still mature with some amber.

Sugar Cane was also nearing the finished at this point, and would become the second chopped. 

[trichomechaser]

Week 9 Update

Orange Kush Cake Harvest & Report

The Orange Kush Cake was an amazing plant to grow, she was extremely forgiving, stretched nicely upon flip and ticks all the boxes. Rich terps which took over the tent and excellent trichome production.

Yield: 39g

Smoke Report: Even without cure, she came out brilliantly smooth. The terpene profile is an unusual mix of sweet and sour, there is certainly some elements of artificial grape smell, like Fanta Grape. But also some more complex notes. The buds are caked in trichomes (will add pictures soon) and the taste echos the smell in many ways, rich, sweet grape with hints of citrus and gas. The high is potent! A hard hitter that leaves you feeling that 'between the eyes' pressure.

Sugar Cane Harvest & Report

Sugar Cane grew fairly squat, but had more branching than the OKC. It was also very forgiving though. During the grow, she had almost no terps at all - couldn't even pick off enough to talk about the fragrance. No fade on her really apart from some basic late flower N-def yellowing.

Yield: 43g

Smoke Report: Despite the lack of terps during the grow, once drying she came to life! Heavy dosidos coming through with her, that classic sweet dank pungent smell. A few days in the jar and she's loud as fuck! Not as smooth as the OKC without a cure, though seems to be improving after a few days in the jars at least. Another hard hitter, but more productive high than the OKC. I initially thought this wasn't a keeper due to the lack of terps, but now I'm wondering whether to run my cut again with what's happened in the dry.

 

[Bos]

Beautifull...that's the best part.

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[PsyCLown]

I've said it before and I will say it again, I love the pics you take!

 

Looking very good there. I assume you like an earlier harvest? Still quite a lot of clear and cloudy trichs. I prefer less clear personally - but end of the day it all comes down to personal preference.

[trichomechaser]

5 minutes ago, PsyCLown said:

I've said it before and I will say it again, I love the pics you take!

 

Looking very good there. I assume you like an earlier harvest? Still quite a lot of clear and cloudy trichs. I prefer less clear personally - but end of the day it all comes down to personal preference.

Cheers dude. 

Yeah, I definitely prefer a bit of an early harvest, not a huge fan of CBN since it knocks me out haha. I prefer to cash in on THC and ideally look for a cloudy harvest, but I'm also running some hash on some of these plants, so also wanted to harvest a bit earlier for that. 

If I'm running a heavy indica that I plan to use for some narcotic highs then I'll let it run longer and get more CBN. 

[CreX]

Beautiful plants man!! 

Really has me blown away!! 

But, I notice you posted the weights... 

I was expecting closer to 80g per plant!! 

Do you have any cuts of the OKC? 

[trichomechaser]

8 minutes ago, CreX said:

Beautiful plants man!! 

Really has me blown away!! 

But, I notice you posted the weights... 

I was expecting closer to 80g per plant!! 

Do you have any cuts of the OKC? 

Thanks dude

There's 12 plants in the tent (1.2x1.2), and lots of empty space between the "canopy" so I'll be happy with a 350g average for the tent. 

I gave some cuts to some friends and asked that they keep them going and spread the genes (I have no need to be greedy since I grow for myself). I'll probably get a proper mother going soon though if I can sort out the space. She's a hell of a keeper