The first fuel to have gotten the Urea formula can have comparisons and data presented. I could easily talk for a whole page about the changes with this one; but will try to keep it short.
First: The tops from the first run of this fuel were shown before (on NO3) and I still have 2 of the tops from that pic.
It was posted back
HERE (buds on the LEFT of the lighter, right side is pheno 2 of 2 and will be done shortly).
As well I posted pics of this fuel while it was growing with the urea formula
HERE. (also previous post on this subject)
Now for pics. Also remember this is the other "hold back" too.
Below are some of the largest tops from this fuel Pheno 1 of 2; grown with urea formula.
Since I still have 2 of those original NO3 tops from this fuel; I also took a pic of the NO3 Fuel and Urea formula together for direct comparison. NO3 grown original (previously shown) is on LEFT and are the same tops from before. Urea formula tops are on RIGHT.
The total weight on this fuel with NO3 and from a bean was; 50. The total weight on this fuel with Urea formula and a hold back cut was; 53.
The previous headband pheno and this fuel now represent the ONLY 2 times that I've had a hold back cut, exceed the yield of a properly treated plant from a bean (without some user error of course).
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Last here with this particular plant I would like to cover some data points as to changes I saw.
First, with the NO3 original plant; this pheno was NOT chosen to be a keeper for a couple reasons.
A. It had some negatives to form, in that there were tight clusters but a bit of "gapping" in middle cola sections I did not like; that the other fuel pheno did not have (attributed to geno / pheno not nutes).
B. This pheno of fuel DID hermy some late into the game (wk 7+) and that all the hermies were on the top colas and external portions.
C. it had less diesel flavor and seemed possibly more CBD as compared to the other pheno.
D. This plant exhibited "slightly" more indica dominance than the other pheno (larger calyx, slightly broader leave, more apical dominance, more rounded / clubbish form. E. Yielded less than other pheno.
To compare these points with urea formula vs no3.
A. The negative to form (mid gapping) that was seen with NO3, carried directly across with urea. No improvement. Though I believe it can be corrected, now that I know it carried; starting urea later may help. (by chance I have another of these on the floor....will see).
B. This is probably (to me) one of two most important changes seen with this plant. With Urea, this plant still DID hermy some; however where and when was totally changed. It was quite the sneaky plant and I didn't see it until after drying; though I was watching the tops for it. Instead of hermying after week 7; it "must have" hermied in week 4-6. I.E it hermied when it was getting the Urea formula. However and get this; All of the male organs grew out of "pre-flower" sites and NOT the buds!!!??? These only grew in a few areas (no more so total than with NO3) and only grew on lower "larf" areas. So, the result and how I noticed was that it had some nicely developed seeds in the lowest larf; while there are NO male organs on the mid / top buds. (I always throw out hermy seeds; but kept these for the first time lol).
C. I am waiting still for a little cure time before comparing flavor / buzz on this...no data.
D. This is the other most important change seen with formulas. As you can see in the pic; the colas developed more of the classic pinecone shape rather than club like with NO3. Also, the calyx size was smaller and more inline with the second fuel pheno (which is more sat dom. slightly). Overall I would say this plant exhibited more sativa expression slightly than with NO3. TBH, it really made me question if I had accidentally switched cuts of the pheno as it resembled pheno 2 more now; but B. confirmed it the correct pheno.