Sweet Seeds Mixed Sweets in Soil Under a GN HS1

[Cannaficiando]

Hey Waira...thanks for looking in, bro. I know you have a lot of distractions right now, no worries about the PM. I think I'll just continue with the new Cannaficianado rather than try to resurrect the old account. Maybe sweettalk Mossy into giving me back my AFN Assimilated badge. :smoking:

The molasses are from Meridian: http://www.healthysupplies.co.uk/blackstrap-molasses-organic-740g.html It lists calcium as 400mg per 100g, 51% of RDA. No idea what that means, really, which is why it's handy to have blokes like you around. There are some small rust patches developing on the GP. I'm probably over-analyzing as usual.

Pretty sure it is a GP, very similar in structure to the one I grew (badly) last year. But the sweet smell is the kicker - I think you mentioned lychees recently. The Squat One smells more generic, for want of a better word. Nothing identifiable as yet.

The orchid food has an NPK of 10-52-17. I'm reluctant to use it again: last year's crop didn't like it. Actually, I'm hoping the bat guano is 0-7-0 as we also get the 10-3-1 stuff. Nothing on the packets though, even in Thai. Once again, working in the dark and hoping for the best. I have a good feeling about this grow though. For the ladies to be half way through flowering at seven weeks is totally novel experience for me. (Really beginning to think that those 25 seeds I bought in Amsterdam in 2011 were in some way degraded ).

Mate, I have to say this: you are an absolute credit to AFN. Even with all that's going on in your life, you're still doing your thing here.

PS Got to get me a slice of that shoo-fly pie:

(the wet-bottomed variety).

 

[Cannaficiando]

Day 57 Update

Green Poison

Squat One

Humidity is worryingly high at 90%, but the girls get eight hours of aircon a night which brings the RH down to 45%. Temperature is a constant 27º C. The Squat One has a dark, dank, musty smell, so I'm going to agree with Waira and say it's the Sweet Cheese. Both bulking up nicely. No problems to report.

 

[Doug25]

Very nice, man...Thinking of starting 4 sweet seeds from a mix pack of 10 next round...

 

[Cannaficiando]

Very nice, man...Thinking of starting 4 sweet seeds from a mix pack of 10 next round...

Thanks, Doug25. This is my first time growing Sweets and it's been a real pleasure. I picked one of the Green Poison lower buds at the day 58 mark, gave it a four-day dry and smoked it last night. Very clean burning, smooth and tasty, and one small number was enough for the evening. Seed to smoke in 60 days is incredible.

Anyway, now for the Day 61 Update (photos taken a couple of days ago):

Green Poison Auto

Getting close to the end; trichs are mostly cloudy with some amber showing. Looks like the yield will be on the low side, but the taste and quality is fantastic. She was getting top heavy, so I made a support using the wife's best wool attached to six hooks on the rim of the pot.

Squat One Auto

Pistils are just starting to brown, so there's a few weeks to go yet. Hoping for a little more weight from this lady; once the GP is finished, she can have the whole of the HS1 to herself.

 

[Cannaficiando]

The GP was chopped on day 72. There were small signs of bud rot starting, hardly surprising with RH varying between 70 and 90%, but her time had come anyway. And here's why she didn't perform as I had hoped:

Underdeveloped roots are unfortunately the bane of my growing. I hate to blame my tools, but if the only soil available to me is this crap, it's very difficult to see any improvement. But the GP smokes really well, smooth and clean with that incredible sweet lychee taste and a very long lasting head buzz. By far the best I have grown in terms of quality and strength. So I'm not too unhappy with the approx. 20 G of dry weight.

The Sweet Cheese is coming to its end too, after 78 days:

Expecting a much better yield from this. It is definitely a cheese, with a most intriguing, indescribable smell. Tried a taster last night, not as smooth as the GP but dank as heck. Initial trippiness gave way to a mild euphoria and a clear-headed high that lasted all evening. I love it.

I didn't do these plants justice in terms of their potential but I'm blown away by the speed they grew (my first under-120 days auto grow :smoking, the ease of growing and the quality of the smoke.

 

[Waira]

Canna' my friend, apologies for my lapse! ....
Ahhh yeah! I got my snoot pasted to the screen e-whiffing that GPa-- it's gonna make me go fetch a nugg' out of my GP jar for later tonight! ....*slobber...lychee!!*... I'm so stoked she made some fine smoke for you mate, despite all the challenges and limitations! ...it's a testament to Sweet and to GP as a strain, that it could still make quality if not quantity,... and from the looks of it, ditto for the Chz- And to you as well brudda, for working these girls through such difficult grow conditions and limited resources! And not drumming your fingers for 3+ months waiting for them to finish! .... I can't help but marvel at the irony, looking back at the monsters you had last time, that made such ho-hum bud in the end,... now these wee lasses, boasting great quality nugg's! ...... yes, that buzz is spot-on for early-ish bud Chz! ...Sounds like you're getting more cheesy aromatics than mine did, which was mostly very sweet mild fruits,...
.... gods, those poor poor roots! Canna, I think they were simply smothered!.... I'm trying to think how you can build up a coco-based "soil" there, or something close,...have you seen coco-bricks around? ... those can be rinsed and prepped well enough,... the orchid growers around there, or plant nurseries-?- can some perlite or pumice/lava rock be found? Something to lighten it up some,... I know we've been grinding on this, but there's got to be a safe, viable solution,........
fingers crossed for a rot-free finish on the Chz,... nicely done my friend!

 

[Cannaficiando]

I'm trying to think how you can build up a coco-based "soil" there, or something close,...have you seen coco-bricks around?

Funny you should bring that up, bro. I was in the local garden centre on Friday, getting some plants for the garden, when I spotted this:

Coco coir compost! It belonged to the owner, but I persuaded her I needed it more than she did. :smoking: I mixed it in at about 15% of volume, with a further 10% worm castings for the final transplant in my stunted grow (the missing Jack 47):

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/stunted-seedlings-recover-after-transplant.48190/

Normal mix on the left (an RQS Royal Jack); the Jack 47 on the right. The difference between the soil mixes is clear.

Can't thank you enough for the rep, bro. Dunno what I'd do without you.

 

[Bunny]

Let the good times roll now your plants have aireation. Good luck with the next round.