DNA'S "Lemon OG Kush" grow.....

[SSHZ]

This will be a complete grow, start to finish with the good and the bad. As I have posted numerous grows and am pretty thorough on "my style" of grow, I thought I'd twist this grow a little to make it a bit more interesting and instead of the normal posts, comments, pic's, etc- I post up the other things I do that I don't touch on or don't include normally. Off the top I can think of things like enzymes I use, types of lights and ballasts, pinching plants timing, room sprays (not plants) for mites, r.o water advice, etc. etc.

I started 26 seeds, 25 popped and are about a week+ in the grow. I've had really good success with DNA's/Reserva Privada's stuff over the years- I'd thought I'd try something lemony. I won't post many pictures until flowering, about 21 days from now- who wants to see pic's we've all seen 1000 times.

So it's Lemon Skunk X The OG #18........it gets very high marks on Seedfinder.eu- 8.81/10 which you don't normally see. Yield is supposed to be very high, done around 61 days or so. I grew The OG #18 maybe 4-5 years ago- don't remember much about it other than it was a monster yielder and I cut it around 65 days flowering and thought it needed an extra 7-10 days to finish off more. I've heard people claim it's gone downhill recently.......
Regarding the straight Lemon Skunk, it also got pretty high ratings, 7.99/10 with a great lemon smell and taste and great sativa high. Numerous people stated it ranked as some of their favorite smoke.

Feel free to post away.......

 

[eastcoastmo]

Awesome man, I'm definitely subbed for the ride. Looking forward to hearing about all your little tricks etc!!

 

[horribleherk]

If it's cool with you I'll hang out as out of all the stuff I've grown rp/ dna stuff has given me good results I have a friend really interested in this strain I'm still interested in their gyo lemon walker & right now I've got th- seeds mk- ultra X bubblegum going I'll see that one through but probably gonna go back to rp/ Dna in the future unless I get stunning results out of my current stuff

 

[Kannabiss]

hey guys
sshz i been trying to send u a msg but couldn't figure it out ..
im new to the site even though i made the acct long time ago.

My question is have u ever ran into a real bubba kush or real og kush seeds? or even pink or purple?
i read somewhere here where u mentioned u grew his bubba kush and it was only 7/10 in potency which is garbage. And I actually talk to dr green thumb yesterday and he was swearing that it was original cut turned into seed and his the only one in the world to have it and i was about to order it until i seen your posts. This guy even told me it tasted and smell like coffee like what a liar.....

The real Bubba kush Or OG kush has a really strong smell that kinda smells like coffee hashish type of smell . Now the real deal is all about the coffee like flavor taste and the potency .i would of rated taste 9.5 and potency on 9.5 it was one of the best weed i ever smoked.

Now a days all the stuff i get with anything with kush it in does not have that smell or taste to me 90% of times it tastes like chemical garbage

 

[SSHZ]

Hey Kanna.....Dr. Greenthumb, my least favorite subject. LOL

Dr. G's Bubba was not good potency wise but DID smell have a coffee-like smell. Many people the last 2 years have reported that most Bubba's seem "tired", and aren't up to par with what they once were. If you are looking for some very nice kushes, either OG, bubba, Chem-D- whatever- I'd look at DNA's (or Reserva Privada-same company basically) or Breeders Boutique. B.B. has The Dog, which is incredible, just don't get the feminized version. On the DNA side, I thought their Holy Grail Kush was one of the best things I've done in the last 5 years.

Dr. Gruber, a medical issue grower/tester for Dr. Greenthumb recently told me he had someone contact him that had his Bubba tested at 24%, which surprised me. I didn't see the report so I can't confirm that but I trust Gruber.

I guarantee you, both things I mentioned above, will knock your socks off if grown properly. They are both multiple cup winners, not that that means anything anymore- but I've grown both and they were killer.

Lastly, Bodhi, Gage Green and a couple of others have rave after rave report but I stay away cause I want feminized. If you don't care about that, I would surely look at both of them. And to send a personal message, I believe you need a certain amount of posts first before it lets you do that.

Eastcoastmo- would you like to add anything??????

Very last thing..........Gruber has reported that Dr. Greenthumb's Chem-D is straight fire too. And I did his Bubba OG, not Bubba Kush! Stay away from Greenthumb, his stuff is too expensive anyway- too hit and miss for me.

And.....LOL These days I rely more and more on www.seedfinder.eu I have found that site to have the most accurate reviews and ratings and although it's tough to navigate, it's a no-bullshit site with reliable reviews. www.Leafly.com is ok too.

Hope this helps you out....

 

[eastcoastmo]

I'm probably not the best person to speak of the 'real' bubba and OG kushes as I live in Australia so have never run the clone only's. I have run RP's OG #18 and it was pretty damn potent, from looking at pictures and comparing to my plant, it did look pretty close. I also ran GDP's OG kush and while it had some similarities in structure, it didn't look a lot like the OG clone. It was damn potent as well.
As for bubba's, the closest I've run is Sin City's power nap, it has the LVBK in it and was straight up fire. I somehow found the LVBK pheno that stayed short, stocky and extremely frosty. It was pure knock you out kinda stuff too. I also ran Sin's nightmare og which uses the og 18 in it as well, while the og structure was there, i had the more white nightmare leaning pheno when it came to taste and potency.
Hope that helps mate!

 

[SSHZ]

Ok.......slightly over 2 weeks since the seeds popped, nothing exciting going on yet. 26 seeds started, 25 popped.

 

[SSHZ]

And a few helpful hints with links today:

1. Bulbs........ I've used many different bulbs over the years, and obviously some are better than others. But price wise, more expensive bulbs don't necessarily mean better. For the past few years, ever since I switched to digital ballasts, I started using iPower bulbs readily bought on Ebay or Amazon. They are very hardy, and can resist banging, while holding up well to the ballasts. After having many of the "better" bulbs stop working, I found these and like them. I only use each one 2.5-3 grows at most, but for the price, who cares. Buy a 6 pk and they barely cost $20 a piece!!!!!!!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018WIODNQ/ref=twister_B019GWIYP0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1


2. Pro-mix.......made by Premier, there are a lot of different soiless versions made by them. For 20+ years I have been growing in Pro-Mix BX but the last year or so my local garden store started carrying Pro-Mix w/ Mycorrhizae already in it. It's a great cost savings considering Great White is $48 for 8 oz, Advanced Nutes Tarantula is around $57 for a liter, etc. etc. Use this Pro-Mix and you won't have to spend the extra cash for myco's. And my roots grow great in it.

3. Enzymes..........And look at Flying Skull "Z7". This is a 2 part water conditioner and enzyme that is effective in keeping your roots healthy and able to absorb fertilizer. A little goes a long way, i.e. all that is needed for 10 gallons of water is 5ml of both A & B. Eight oz only costs around $27 and the bottle usually lasts me 2-3 crops. A great savings over having to buy Prozyme, Cannazyme and Hygrozyme- all products I have used over the years.

http://www.flyingskull.net/Z7.html


All the above products work very well and will save you loads of $$$$$$$$ over many seasons of growing!!! I'll be back in a couple of weeks when I switch over to flowering. I'll be pinching in a week to 10 days- actually not pinching I may chop off more of the plant than normal to reduce the lower crap and try for 4 nice branches per plant......more about this later.

 

[eastcoastmo]

Looking good mate, off to a very good start!!
Cheers for the extra info too! Is the flying skull Z7 an organic source? Ie could I use it with my supersoil?
Cheers bud!

 

[SSHZ]

I believe it said it's safe to use with microbes and such.......go the website and read all about it. It's good stuff.........but I don't belief they list the ingredients, I've searched before.

My roots at the end are bright white, a good sign for health!

 

[eastcoastmo]

Yeah cool as mate, will have a squiz! Does sound like good stuff though!

 

[SSHZ]

Hi All.........a week later from the last picture. Things are progressing nicely, about 10 days from cutting the lights back. I pinched the tops yesterday, and added the cages to support the coming branches. No real odor yet and I've had to go heavy on the cal/mag (10+ml per gallon) to combat some leaf tacoing.

A few tidbits:

1. Pot size: For many years I used 5 gallons pots, which wasn't necessary as the roots can't grow fast enough to fill it up in just a 3.5 month growing season. I have used 3 gallon with good success, but I had to water too often. So for around 2 years I've been using 4 gallon pots, which seems like a happy balance.

2. Odor Control: I've used just about everything on the market, all with limited success. I currently use a Big Blue Ozone generator, I think a 10 incher with 3 bulbs. If you keep the bulbs clean, it's quite effective. Expensive, but effective.

I also made a decision today and bought my next round of seeds: Sweet Seeds Jack 47 Fast Version, which is Jack Herer X AK 47. Seedfinder has it rated at 9.67/10 which is outrageously high with a 9/10 yield. It has more sativa in it then I normally grow, but the Fast Version cuts a week off the flowering time, and I've read great review after great review.

 

[horribleherk]

Those look good I used a tomato cage in my last grow it worked out pretty good I could still move the plant around & when I chopped everything wasn't tangled in a screen

 

[SSHZ]

I used the cages for my last grow too for the first time and yes, much better than having to tie plant branches up to stakes, etc.

 

[eastcoastmo]

All looking awesome mate, beautiful and healthy!! I love tomato cages as well, they seem to work very well!

 

[kook420]

looking good man! Im gonna be following along. at the moment i have dna kushberry and rocklock growing so im curious how the dna seeds are these days.ive read bad and good mine are feminized though and i dont think yours are..?

 

[horribleherk]

Jack 47 sounds good I'll have to give it a look there's a lot to be said about a well rounded strain

 

[SSHZ]

looking good man! Im gonna be following along. at the moment i have dna kushberry and rocklock growing so im curious how the dna seeds are these days.ive read bad and good mine are feminized though and i dont think yours are..?

Yes they are feminized.......I've grown numerous feminized strains from DNA/Reserva Privada (same company basically) and have been nothing but happy with everything I've grown. I had considered the Kushberry this grow but the Lemon Kush yielded better and had a higher rating at seedfinder.eu so I went with the L.K. And I've been getting requests for something lemony for a while.

 

[SSHZ]

Jack 47 sounds good I'll have to give it a look there's a lot to be said about a well rounded strain

Go to leafly and/or seedfinder and read the numerous reviews/smoke reports about it......I've also found a few grow reports scattered around. It leans heavily towards the sativa side, which I don't normally grow but I've never read a bad comment about it- all reports were "outstanding"

I am also a fan of Sweet Seeds having grown numerous strains of theirs, especially Green Poison but also Cream Caramel, S.A.D., Mohan Ram, and Sweet Cheese (which I absolutely loved)......good Spanish seed company, no hermies, fair prices and I was a tester for them a ways back.

 

[SSHZ]

Lastly, it also looks like I'll be flowering a bit earlier than I thought. The plan was to go 33-34 days in veg and flip the lights on May 1st but the plants have really taken off the last few days so I may flip by Wed I'm guessing. I don't want them too big and un-manageable. The extra fertilzer/cal/mag dose (1340 ppm) and a full watering really helped things a long I'm guessing.........and the wife mentioned the smell for the 1st time today so HERE IT COMES.......LOL