I got a minute to post up, and want to catch everyone up. So theres no pics from November 17th to January 7th, but I did get a replacement camera. Before I get in to the current pics ,which are of day 37 of the mango hazes and day 52 of the Stardawg, I'd like to share some thoughts on the grow up to that point.
Because of my impending crazy schedule, I chose this run to be flowered immediately upon transplant to the 4x4 coco beds. The beds were planted with a mix of Stardawg and the new seed run (RAoRgE, Lemon Alien Dawg or LAD, Sour Sister, and Strawberry Mango Haze). Unfortunately, they stalled out due to grower error. Looking back, I should have waited until the plants bounced back from transplant to add the bokashi/cocoa shell mulch layer. I also greatly overwatered the beds the first time, and probably overdid it with the microbes/teas added as well. The beds stayed wet for days, and for my first time growing, I lost 3 plants in flower. Some in a couple of days, some in 10-12 days. Total stem/root rot on 3 plants, and after they were pulled, I noticed these 3 in particular were planted deeper than the others. Combine all of that with the fact I put the mulch layer all the way to the trunks of the plants, disaster was bound to happen. I should have paid attention and copied my exact transplant method for the previous and first run in coco. So, with all that we had 3 dead, and most doing well, and some just surviving. I immediately planted my back up clones on November 18th and started vegging them in 5.5" pots of coco. Live and Learn.
So the dead were pulled, and back-up plants were vegged for 2 weeks and planted on December 1st to fill the gaps. I usually try to follow med-mans plan of 4, but didn't this time. Luckily I did have extra clones just chilling in the cloner. Unfortunately, these were about 2 weeks behind the stardawg in flower. However, I like to run this stardawg for 80 days, leaving the multi strains to flower about 65 days, so on paper it should work out.
From December 1st to January 3rd, the back up plants grew nicely and without any serious issue. Running just a two part base (
Heavy 16) and Heavy Fire with the Heavy Foliar, and not being in the grow but a couple days a month, you're bound to have plants that need more of this, and less than that. (Not a knock on Heavy, it happens when you run multi strains with the same feed) Some have a bit of claw, some mag deficient. Others want more water, others less. Anyway, I tried to foliar the days I was there. Looks like I have some serious lengthy phenos, the 2 RoARgE phenos need at least 75 days, as well as 1 Sour Sister. The LADs are really quick. I'm getting purple fade as soon as 46 days on 1 particular pheno. All smell really terrific. (edit: give yourself a pat on the back if you read and understood this long ass post)
