Mephisto Genetics New everything with Mephisto!

[gringuito98]

It's been a bit since the last update and a few things have changed.
New nutrient line, Reefertilizer Organic and they seem to be liking them so far. Tiny bit of tip burn but the deficiencies seem to be easing up now.
The 3 Bears OG is still trying hard but I have no idea what it will turn out like...It's 5 weeks old and no sign of sex yet but she keeps trying!
The GWK and NCH are the tallest plants and will yield some nice bud. GWK has some excellent trich formation so far.

The flush helped a lot and then feeding the new nutes using my BlueLabs Truncheon which is indispensable as well as the pH pen!

So far I think the QB has been working out well and the ladies seem to be happy. The GWK is always praying 100% of the time, amazing plant!
Have a few improvements planned for the next grow as well! Thinking of going soil with a reservoir so the plants can always drink when required, similar to an Octo-Pot.
Still deciding and looking around at various options and DIY tutorials.

Enough chatter! Let's show the goods! for what it's worth...LOL!

GWK bud

GWK plant structure

NCH bud

NCH plant structure

Berry Bomb top

Berry Bomb plant structure. Squat!!!

Sour Livers top bud

Sour Livers plant structure. Super squat and bushy!

And lastly the 3 Bears OG...

She puts out some massive leaves so I can see her potential when I get it right!

Nice grow man. I hope you don‘t mind if I give you a friendly advice .... be careful with your lights, primarily NCH shows light stress. And it would be a good idea to rethink your feeding ... maybe you‘re overdoing it during the first weeks (N-toxicity). Autos don‘t need much of it, using pre fertilized soil (depending on the strength) they need only plain water during the first 3-4 weeks of life. In my experience, plants are growing well with an EC of 0,6 to 0,8 during these first weeks, some sativa leaning strains even less.
Pre fertilized soil often has an EC > 2,0, even „light“ soils more than 1,0! I know that you have a certain „living soil setup“ but to me something is out of range.

Good luck and happy growing!

 

[lazylathe]

Nice grow man. I hope you don‘t mind if I give you a friendly advice .... be careful with your lights, primarily NCH shows light stress. And it would be a good idea to rethink your feeding ... maybe you‘re overdoing it during the first weeks (N-toxicity). Autos don‘t need much of it, using pre fertilized soil (depending on the strength) they need only plain water during the first 3-4 weeks of life. In my experience, plants are growing well with an EC of 0,6 to 0,8 during these first weeks, some sativa leaning strains even less.
Pre fertilized soil often has an EC > 2,0, even „light“ soils more than 1,0! I know that you have a certain „living soil setup“ but to me something is out of range.

Good luck and happy growing!

Thanks for the advice! Greatly appreciated!!
I messed this grow up from the start, so it is not a true reflection of any of the products I have used.

The NCH is a touchy creature for sure... Never seen tips go straight down after a light feed or just plain pH'd water and then go back up.
My E.C range is 0,5 and under and I use the Blue Lab Truncheon for measurements, so that should be good.
pH is always at 6.8 but I admit to never checking run-off pH. Is that important?

As for the lights, QB's require some dialing in and I will raise it up a bit more, it is not even running at 50% power.
They also seem to give me different deficiencies to regular HPS/MH lights or even the Bulrple lights I used to use.
A huge learning ex[erience that will improve grow by grow

I may just grow out the 3 Bears OG by herself is she gets nice and big.

Thanks for stopping by with sound advice!

 

[lazylathe]

Lack of updates caused by work again...Long hours and no time off on weekends to really do anything except water.

Harvested the Berry Bomb tonight, she was milky with some amber dotted here and there.
Cut her off at the base and hung her in a cardboard box to dry a bit before trimming her up.

Also checked the GWK and she has some super cool looking trichomes!!
Clear heads with a dot of red/purple in the middle!
Not quite sure what that means but she has a lot of clear and cloudy heads as well as the interesting ones.
May leave her till the weekend, sedating and heavy is good for my needs.

The NCH still has quite a few white pistils, so will check her on the weekend.

Sour Livers still has a while to go, not sure if she will make the finish... We will see.

The 3 Bears OG is growing like crazy but has the exact same taproot issue!
It curls around like a corkscrew just below the soils surface, very strange. The initial seed did that as well.

Growing a LOT better in the Solo cup this time around and looking happy and healthy!

Will try and get some pics up this weekend of whatever is left and what the bud looks like!
Not too shabby but it can be a LOT better! LOL!
Going to do the 3 Bears OG by herself and give her a lot of attention.
Also thinking of a much larger pot this time!

 

[lazylathe]

A very long overdue update... Life is slowly getting back to normal and today was the day I shut the light off in the grow room!
Everything else was harvested too early except for the Sour Livers which needs to cure some more still.
The other ones are an intense rush straight to the head and then slowly tapering off, a bit racey for me.
The Sour Livers delivers a nice punch as she has quite a collection of amber, just what I like and need.

The 3 bears was grown in a double red Solo cup and then transplanted into a 9 gallon fabric pot, could not find a local 5 gallon on a Sunday.
She grew well and had a lot of big buds and smelled up the house like crazy! Even with the Vortex on full blast, she acted as if there was zero exhausting being done...
Outside was also an issue, albeit a funny one as neighbors kept commenting on whiffs of skunks in the hood and to be on the lookout! They are not common at all in my area....
She was fed compost tea, cal/mag and Thrive for veg period and Gaia Green Bloom for flower.
Finally after almost 100 days I am seeing amber heads here and there! Time for the chop!!

She smells like pure gas, a very strong Pink Kush type smell. Hope she dries and cures well and is just as potent when ready to vape and smoke!

The room needs some repairs and modifications to improve it's performance before I start up again in a few months time.

Enough talk, here are the 3 Bears OG Kush pics!

Got Knuckles???

Harvest day! All her stakes and supports had been removed.

All manicured and ready to be hung to dry for around 5 days, depending on nug size.

A wonderful sight! and the smell is amazing!

These were the unfortunate few that got snipped off larger buds by mistake... The are drying in a paper bag and should be good for testing before the larger buds.

I will get a final weight once dry and before they go into jars. Added a small fan to the room to keep the air moving a tiny bit.
Temps at 20 Celsius and 45 to 50% RH. The weather is also cooling down so that will help!

Next update will be vape or smoke report!

 

[FishWizard]

Nice work.

 

[Festr816]

how do I tell if my plants are Male vs female?