GROWING IS MUNDANE, REPETITIVE AND JUST ANOTHER CHORE ONE HAS TO ATTEND TO!!! If only I wasn't a Loady Emeritus!!! BB has popped into my head a lot this indoor. He sang . . .
GROWING IS MUNDANE, REPETITIVE AND JUST ANOTHER CHORE ONE HAS TO ATTEND TO!!! If only I wasn't a Loady Emeritus!!! BB has popped into my head a lot this indoor. He sang . . .
I agree with you 100%! After three years and 15 different strains, I was tired of it! Same shit, different year! So pursued the land race tangent in hopes of injecting a little life into the endeavor and buying a couple more years!
ZACATECAS TRIBUTE:
Was bred to provide Northern growers with the ability to grow and flower this almost pure Sativa, outdoors coming in as early as third week Sept at 42N!
The once revered legend thought to be extinct in pure form: Purple Zacatecas Mexican sativa, has remained clearly present in BIG SUR HOLY WEED and this genetic has been kept alive as an pure IBL. BIG SUR HOLY WEED is legendary in her own right, the male BSHW was crossed in with of one another of the top ten rarest legendary Mexican strains on the planet Green Mountain Seeds' exclusive grown and bred, kept pure by Vermontman since 1978 OAXACAN GOLD. This line of Oaxacan Gold has been bred after many generations of selection to finish well before frost in the Northern growing regions of the U.S.
Runt - 1# 4 oz "A" bud 2# 11 oz "B" bud 2# 10 oz "C" bud (edibles) 1# 8 oz Wet Trim
AFTERTHOUGHT:
Thanks to the wife for encouraging me to document my grows, all the work she puts into trim and her ability to get sprouts above soil.
“THIS GROW:
I’m instinctual and do not embrace all the “science” or all today’s accepted growing practices. I find “bro-science” to be a badge of honor. I brought this very selective breeding to harvest!!! A more experienced grower with mad training skills could do much better. The weed posses a trickster spirit, can be fussy and reacts quickly to changes. For that I rate it difficult
Germination - The seeds were very viable. However, of six beans sprouted, 1 was a mutation (followed as Trixie this diary) and one sprout produced deformed leaf, Each grew out fine to harvest.
Growth (Veg) - topped for four leads (colas). One plant six leads (back right plant). Performed an unconventional mainline. All grow sites preserved, no further topping. Target was 16” height to accommodate flower stretch. Front left plant (runt) 6.9 ph and Front Left plant 6.9 ph. Corrected, and really only issue this stage. May have caused growth issues. Added Epsom salt at 2 tbls per gallon during a regular watering, once a month. All stalks,branches, stems and leaf underside were purple.
Flower - Plants stretched 10” first week of flower. End of stretch plants reached a 34” height. Was left with more than enough canopy distance and did not need to clip lights to ceiling. I began running cooling in earnest because summer heat arrived. Learning curve and wild temp. swings. Sometime after that the plants started showing issues. First it looked like the start of Magnesium deficiency. It was time for the monthly dose and I’m thinking, man once you start with the epsom salt its like dope to a junkie. No noticable difference. Then bottom leaves start to yellow (nitrogen). I flush the plants with Sledgehammer (fresh start). Wait a day and adjust the NPK. Resume regular feed/water. They seem to recover. This strain requires heavy red during flower. My blue was at 40% and would have been better at 25%.
Cut to the chase, I sent the plants into early senescence three weeks into flower (week 15), because of the cooling mode learning curve. I honestly thought I lost this grow. They looked so ragged I was forced to defoliate (week 17). Plants recovered and started looking good again. Cooling issue hastened ripeness and the plants came in at 8 weeks instead of it’s supposed 10-week window.
Terraform 7 - End of growth program AC Infinity Terraform 7 Climate Control Unit arrives. At last, an all-in-one climate control for grow tents NOT!! Purchased to stop the tediousness of remembering to flip on heaters night or wheel the portable AC up to the front of the tent and monitor temperature. Any mode with the Terraform requires reconfiguring the ducts. Tents do not have enough ports for a one-sided hookup. Unit intake inside tent. Would require 2 - 25’ ducting for a full hookup in dry mode. Still, if you want to use another mode you change duct routing. Have only used Cool Mode. Two months now still tweaking programming. Have experience wide temperature swings mid-80°s F - high 60°s F. Finally, running Cool “On” and monitoring during day. Requires adjusting fan level and opening tent when the room (not the tent) gets to warm. Intake ventilation fan speed adjustments help to mix with AC air. Increased Exhaust also assists TF7s exhaust. The best feature is the climate probe - temp, VPD, humidity. The unit expels a lot of condensation. The drain valve is close to the ground so using the drain hose really does not do anything. An 18” saucer is the substitute. That needs to be sucked out in the evening before shutting up for the night. Heating drain is up high enough to go into a container. The exhaust duct to the outside has about an 18” light leak from the sun. Fix, large black trash bags taped around it. Stretched unit’s intake duct to center of rows and placed a 6” to 4” sheet metal reducer on end. Cool air is now funneled down the center of tent at floor level.
Harvest - the estimated yield will be 3 gallons of flower and 1.5 gallons of “c” flower for edibles. This is sativa so the yield is about 45% less than my past harvests. This grow I set up my drying rack inside the tent, sealed it up and am running cooling close to the 60/60 drying rule. 7 - 14 days
Changes In Technique:
Embraced Epsom Salt as part of nutrient routine.
Purchased PAR meter.
Purchased Magnifying Camera.
Added plant risers to saucers and finally stopped using river rock.
Added 6-gallon shop vac for runoff removal.
Experimented with PPFD/DLI. Found the lighting schedule I use was very intense. Grew at the lower intensity for several weeks. Brief time plants were happy. Reverted back to my regular lighting schedule. Had to adjusted hanging height, reposition containers trying to get into the sweet spot and adjust light intensity. Finally, I just took a reading at the center of lights at plant height. That was good enough. Multiple light systems are difficult to get an even PAR. Worrying about keeping in this range is distracting and takes away from actually growing. I will keep checking intensity going forward. Not going to make this a mandatory procedure.
Researched VPD. May add a humidifier and adjust/monitor VPD in the future.
Never really measured runoff ph until this grow. Stupid measurement in my opinion. Testing the soil is more accurate. 1:1 soil to distilled water, stir slurry 30 seconds, settle three+ hours and take reading. Sample is taken from several inches below soil. 24-hour wait is best.
Cannabis cultivation on a small craft cannabis farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We explore landrace cannabis genetics from around the world, and share videos of the plants.
Cannabis cultivation on a small craft cannabis farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We explore landrace cannabis genetics from around the world, and share videos of the plants.
Week 20 Day 7 - Zt Manicured and sent to cure. Left enough moisture to allow flowers to cure as “scissors weed.” My preference. Dry yield 3 gallons flower, ¼ gallon for edibles.
Big bluster - "Miracle-Gro/10 gallon, no ph, right out of the well" Wife said phuck Fox farm we are using NPK RAW, using ph watering cans to feed @ 4 gallons each and 5-gallon buckets of ph. watering. Once a week feed/water. Azamax soil drench .4%, 2 gallons each plant. Still spraying neem. Next mixing Azamax for foliar spray. If I had not taken steps to prevent pests I'd be completely overwhelmed.
Big bluster - "Miracle-Gro/10 gallon, no ph, right out of the well" Wife said phuck Fox farm we are using NPK RAW, using ph watering cans to feed @ 4 gallons each and 5-gallon buckets of ph. watering. Once a week feed/water. Azamax soil drench .4%, 2 gallons each plant. Still spraying neem. Next mixing Azamax for foliar spray. If I had not taken steps to prevent pests I'd be completely overwhelmed.
It’s that time of year when they really start moving, Montana! Kick them in the ass! Should be some big changes in the next month or a month and a half!
It’s that time of year when they really start moving, Montana! Kick them in the ass! Should be some big changes in the next month or a month and a half!
Gonna top this week. More likely short bushy plants. Grower friend from Germany said the 2 curly beet looking plants might have broad mites. Sprayed with the AzaMax and they are starting to flatten out again. It's probably genetics!