Olderfart's Dive Down the Living Soil Rabbit Hole

[Olderfart]

A day early, but who's counting? First up the 'drobe assembled:

The four solos are covered in my solo thread. The main pots clockwise from front left are SSSC Auto Ellephant at Day 83, 2 Mephisto 24 carats at Day 78, Mephisto Fugue State at Day 78, and Dinamed Auto CBD Kush at Day who knows (likely in the 60's now).

Detailed next up, SSSC Auto Ellephant:

This girl developed now foxtail budding lately, perhaps in response to increasing the proportion of blue light. I will keep an eye on the older trichs to decide when to chop, likely a week or two, maybe more. So far so good with mold - none detected, and I am watching carefully. Miss Ellephant should be my biggest producer yet if I can keep her clean.

Next up, 2 Mephisto 24 Carats:

These girls are getting really close, roughly 10% amber and less than that clear yesterday. On a per pot basis rather than per plant, they might beat the Auto Ellephant. Two phenos, but it does not show well in the photos. One is a bit more Sativa to my eye, the other a bit bigger and more Indica.

Next up, Mephisto Fugue State:

Miss Fugue is also quite close, but will likely come in later than the 24 Carats. Of the main plants, she has been the most disappointed in the soil mix, but seems to be packing on the bud anyway.

Next up, the remaining Dinamed Auto CBD Kush from the pot of three:

Pretty? Not. But she will add to the CBD bud jar.

Finally, the two Dinamed Auto CBD Kush in their transplant pots, originally intended to replace the remaining plant in the main pot:

Again, not particularly pretty, but they will add to the cbd pile.

That's all she wrote for now peeps, thanks for checking in.

 

[Olderfart]

Hello again peeps, here they are, nearing the finish line.

The 'drobe as a whole:

The solos were reported in the solo thread. The large pots counterclockwise from front left are SSSC Auto Ellephant at 90 days, 2 Mephisto 24 Carats at 85 days, Mephisto Fugue State at 85 days, and the last Dinamed Auto CBD Kush at uncertain age, but likely on toward 70 or so days.

Detailed first up, SSSC Auto Ellephant:

She still has a few days to go. I finally cracked and snipped the foxtails yesterday after these photos were taken. They were doing nothing useful, and using up plant resources, so off to the worm bin with them. There was no way they were going to finish by the time the rest of the plant is ready, so choppity chop.

Next up, the two Mephisto 24 Carats:

These girls are close, likely within a couple days. The chunkier girl on the far left has hermied. I tweezered a bunch of nanners off her yesterday rather than chop her before the trichs are done. Bit of a disappointment given that now I have a nice batch of seeds that are suspect.

Next up, Mephisto Fugue State:

This girl is also getting very close. She looks pretty sad, but she is packing on the frost:

She is starting to look a bit dangerous...

Next up, the lone remaining Dinamed Auto CBD Kush:

Another sad looking lady, but she will add to the CBD bud pile, mostly headed for tincture and salve.

And finally, the two Dinamed Auto DBD Kush girls originally intended to replace the one in the big pot:

These girls live on a shelf on the door, and do not show in the whole 'drobe shot. Again, not pretty, but will add to the pile.

Happy growing peeps, and thanks for checking in.

 

[Olderfart]

Greetings peeps, for better or worse, the final phase of chopping begins.

What's left of the last Dinamed Auto CBD Kush:

And into the bag they go. A decent bit of bud given that the girl came really close to being binned.

And, just because I could not help myself, this is what is left of two colas from the Mephisto Fugue State:

I'm guessing that this is roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of the total from this plant, so again, not bad. A test bud is drying as I type.

I checked trichs on the 24C's this morning, and haven't finished tormenting myself over the next move. The thinking cap is on. Maybe that test bud would help, or not.

 

[Olderfart]

All over except drying weighing and, later collecting seeds.

The drobe is now dedicated to the solo grow and finishing off the seed run on 24C and Fugue State:

SSSC Auto Ellephant stump front left, Mephisto 24 Carat stumps, each with a pollenated branch, front right, Mephisto Fugue State stump and pollenated branch rear right.

Miss Ellephant was chopped on Days 97 and 102, Miss 24C #1 at Days 89 and 90, 24c #2 at Day 92, and Miss Fugue State at Days 86 and 93.

Yield will be reported once the bud is dry. Should be a nice pile, especially from Miss Ellephant.

Other than reporting on final yield and seed results, this journal is done. Solo thread will continue to monitor the solo results.

Happy growing peeps, and thanks for checking in.

 

[Olderfart]

Greetings peeps. It seems that I will not need any more 24 Carat seeds for a while:

There are still a few rejects in the pile, but >300 first class seeds works for me. These are from one branch off the slightly larger, slightly more Indica pheno. There is likely a larger pile pending from the pollenated branch of the smaller 24C pheno. And then I have the Fugue State run, and the 24C x Pink Kush cross in the solo grow. Another win for CS methinks.

Happy seeding peeps.

 

[Olderfart]

The final weigh in begins with the 24 Carat pot : 112 grams for the larger plant, 87 grams for the smaller, for a total of 199g for the pot, plus 64g of nice trim/larf.

I'll report the other stuff in due course, but at this point it looks like Miss Ellephant may be the winner with ~180 grams of primo bud from the one plant. Not quite down to 62% though, so the jury is out. Ditto for the Fugue State and last CBD girls, they are pulling up in the rear getting to 62%. Something to do with the density of the bud perhaps.