New Grower Mephisto Strawberry Nuggets, 4 Assed Monkey & Fantasmo Express x Sour Stomper

[bad dragon bzzz]

ticking over nicely

 

[Froot n Fuel]

hope you've had a good week matey

 

[Medimadness]

Let us know how the 4AM is doing when you can, the beginning weeks of true flowering is amazing! Love to see her do her business, never been part of a thread from the start with that strain.

Have s good weekend dude

 

[NiceOption]

DAY 45

Hey guys, Sorry for the lack of updates, this past week is my busiest week in the work calendar and I've barely been at home, let alone had time to update anything or really do any work in the garden.

Anyway, 4AM has grown a lot! Really bushed out and has became really dense throughout. Lots of new shoots, buds forming and lots of fan leaves getting in the way.

Today I gave her a haircut and also bent out some of the new vertical growth to allow for better light penetration.

Pre defol:

Post defol:

As you can see, I didnt take much off but it has helped with bud exposure. Bit of droop to the plant after the defol as to be expected.

Buds are coming along and there's a faint odour now. Smells a little grapey, very sweet.

The SNs are coming along really nicely now with the topped plant outshining her untopped sister.

Topped:

It's quite remarkable how even the canopy is considering there is no LST. Just one topping and very light defol. Growth is vigorous and healthy. I'm a real convert for topping now. Even more so for a stocky indica like this. The height and flowering is only ever so slightly behind the untopped one.

Untopped:

What you can't really see is the colour that's forming on and around the buds. An almost fluorescent pink is beginning to come through. Very exciting! They're both beginning to smell a little bit, surprisingly I'm getting a sort of musty chocolate smell from them, not what I expected but nI'm not complaining.

So yeah, they're all going pretty well I think. The untopped plant is for some reason very sensitive to nutes and has got a little more burn that the other one, it's also grown into the clip on fan a bit this week and got a little wind burn from that. I'm not too bothered about it but wish I'd been a little less busy this week and had noticed it earlier, no biggie though.

I'm repeating myself but I can't see myself not topping an auto again! I'm looking forward to growing out the other 4AM and trying to top that one. Might be a little more problematic due to the quick flowering time but I'd like to try. I think it might be better than heavy LST on her.

So now for the bad news... The Fantasmo x Stomper has had a bad start! I've no idea what's happening and have never seen a seedling behave like this, maybe it's just a bad egg, they are freebies I guess and therefor probably not that stable. If anyone has any thoughts, let me know but I'm happy to scrap her and plant the other one at this point. I can't see that there's much anyone can do to help her at this point.

Looking forward to the Zkittles seeds to arrive from Fast Buds. Seem to be a little slow with the delivery this time but I assume they'll be getting popped later this week.

Thanks for checking in and happy Saturday. The sun's actually out for once in London, so I'm off to walk the dog and have a celebratory smoke, God knows I've earned it after this week... very much looking forward to the next few weeks to spend more time with the gals.

 

[Froot n Fuel]

no apologies needed mate, glad ya made it through a tough week

those are some groovy lookin’ girls now! lovely colours and pre-flowers...are both the strawberries showing the pink hues? I find the lighter pink strawbs to be prettier than their deep purple counterparts myself

the 4AM is going to be so dank. I see that main cola forming through the bush!! and those little satellites as I like to call ‘em, are gonna be offensive, sticky n stinky, bet you anything!

just because its FantasmoXStomper I would keep her going until it pushes out that second set of leaves and check it from there - seen many mongrelled little seedlings like that turn in to premium gear so that’s what I’d do personally. but this is coming from the guy who swears to be ruthless in the garden from now in and cull anything that doesn’t look optimal so I understand if you’d rather start over...or look at it this way - your gals are 45 days old, by the time a freshly popped seed (eg another 4AM ) takes up any more space than the pot it’s in, the other girls should be edging their way out of the tent. call me a bad influence but I wish I had a nudge to start another girl around 45 days in to my first run instead of 60.
so I think keep FxS and hope she picks up, AND get the other 4AM started whilst you wait for the Zkittles at which point you pop one of those too.
if pots/medium/space permits, of course.
i’m looking to really maximise my space now, I want some jungle action. Tangie will already be 30 days by the time my new girl pops up so I’ve lost some time there just being disorganised and overwhelmed at how much gardening I had to do this week haha

 

[davisgirl]

Love the topping and defoliation results. I feel like I’m so clumsy with the LST and the topping seems to make the canopy all on it’s own. I’d love to experiment at some point, maybe my next grow, with topping twice. Assuming growth is coming along quickly enough. Best to see what opportunities present themselves.

Flowering time is magic time! I could stare at them all day. My GG put on a fine frost this week, like little diamonds shining up at you. I’m exaggerating but not by much!

Too bad about the seedling. May as well wait and see if she makes something of herself, most of the work has been done.

Hope this next week is a little calmer for you and you can enjoy the ladies at your leisure.

 

[Dudeski]

I agree on letting it go to the next set of leaf. See what it looks like then.

 

[Iriee Vibez]

Looking great, Nice! Very healthy plants. I love the topped vs. untopped experiment, and will be checking out how they grow!

I agree with the others, but I am definitely in the pro-life camp when it comes to seedlings!


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[wes]

Looking great. I agree with the consensus about the deformed seedling. I’ve had plenty of plants that started deformed but we’re fine after they started growing nbd. I am also looking forward to the topped/not topped comparison. I have topped my juvenile batch and for me, I think there’s no going back now lol

 

[NiceOption]

So I over indulged on the dog walk and had to take a nap, lol. That Tangie's a creeper...

Thanks guys, yeah I'll wait to see how the Fantasmo x Stomper comes along, as they're kinda rare genetics I guess it would be shame to cull her and I've been really coming around to sativas recently so it would be shame to waste it.

As far as the colouring is coming along @Froot n Fuel the topped one is more pink and the untopped one is more purple. I'm not a massive fan of the dark purple strains, i think they often dry to a rather ugly colour and remind me of the brick weed I used to buy as a kid. I just like the look of bright green frosty buds I guess, but I've never really had a quality purple so we'll see. I hope the topped one retains it's pink hue and doesn't get too dark. Hopefully keeping the temps up prevents that.

Yep I definitely want a couple starting now to avoid wasted space. I'm a little concerned about space but all the strains will be relatively small in statue by the sound of it so i think 5 will be alright at a push.

Finally got around to giving the bubble bags a good clean down this morning so will be running some frozen Tangie and Pineapple express trim tomorrow. I found the Pineapple Express to be pretty low on potency, thinking it might be better as hash, if that proves to be the case I might just process all the buds to hash too. Nice lil' Sunday project!