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Update

The plants are doing well. The buds are getting fatter.

I'm disappointed by the lack of grey/blues in this strain of Blue Mystic. It seriously looks like an Royal Queen version as opposed to the Nirvana version which it's supposed to be.

The Kaya Gold doesn't smell like it should either.

Genetically they seem sound. No hermaphrodite traits, the growth form is good. They take stress well. The Kaya is heat and bug resistant.

The Blue Mystic is growing like a beast.

The scent for both plants is mild.

So Blue isn't blue and Kaya isn't spicy so far. Not too sure what's happening but it is what it is.

I'm not sure if the pollination took but I did what I was told and a few pistils browned and curled. I guess we'll see how it goes.

Update day,

The plants are really getting fat. If they were a people, I'd say they are eating very well.

They are doing very well. I took these pics without really looking at the plants so I'll update this after I really peep the pics well.

Edit*

Well, it seems like my greys came in and were hidden by the HPS lights. Now if I could get the temperature swing right, I could bring out the blues.

I walked into the grow room today and got hit by that lovely Afghani genetics scent. There's not alot of scents like it. I fucking love old genetics.

I'm guessing my Blues really were from Nirvana because it is what I remember. Hopefully I can get the blues to come out.

Update with true colour photos.

Plantsz is güd.

I did a bad today, I wasn't thinking and mixed up my nutes with very cold spring water. The soil was probably around 20°C so I'm hoping it's not a huge boo boo.

The plants are starting week 7 of flower and I'm getting excited for this run to be over. One less thing I need to worry about.

Both plants are short flower time strains. Blue Mystic is an 8 week strain and the Kaya Gold is a 7-9 week strain. I know I can't believe the breeder time frames so I have between 2 and 6 weeks left. The plants will be done when they're done.

Knowing the buds get fatter within the last two weeks blows my mind. They are so fat now and knowing they have time left is insane!

I took a quick peeky at the trichs yesterday and they are still clear. Not one cloudy to be seen.

Knowing the strains like I do, this Cannabis is going to be legendary!

Wordy update today.

Kaya Gold is starting the final leg of the grow. She's still throwing new pistils but the majority of the past pistils are now curling up and turning brown.

The trichs are still on the clear side so I do have a ways to go still but it's nice knowing she's gonna be a delightfully spicy treat.

Blue Mystic is still growing strong and throwing new pistils. I've had quite a few hiccups along the way but the bud will be legendary.

I was aiming for a pound, no idea if I'll get there. The lights are right, the feed was right but now seems to be off and I just don't have the patience or time before harvest to dial it back in so regular feeding schedule it is.

The smells these plants are throwing take me back as decade to my first few grows. There's nothing like Afghani or Blueberry.

For those that love the Diesels, more smokey to you but the fruity scent of the Blue Mystic and the Spicy scent of the Kaya Gold make my Grinch heart swell three sizes.

I do have to say that RIU has changed alot for the worse in the last decade. It's not the best place to find live advice anymore but everything anyone needs to know are archived in the threads here so that's a huge bonus.

With the community divided into several "groups" and I use the term loosely, the older crowd who have been growing for eons could help others but choose not to. The few that do help actively are amazing but burnout is quite real and troll posts asking for help eat away at the helpers.

I'm happy to have had my time on RIU in its heyday, back when most were helping and trolls were few. Now the permanent people are sucking the life from new growers and looking over a select few that got that treatment showed they never came back.

It really is unfortunate but all this is just one growers opinion and opinions don't mean alot.

I'll try to post some more pics later on.

Thanks for watching.

Random update of nothing.

I wanted to readjust a cola and forgot how sticky icky Cannabis is. Now my hand smells like spicy Afghani weed.

Picture time!

They're starting to get a bit frosty. I'm loving this phase!

Update...ish

The things I've learned from this grow.

• My tent is suitable for one plant with my grow style.
• When growing a ScroG, start the screen low.
• Can use Technaflora nutes with General Organics on a (TF) Feed, (GO) Feed, (GO) Feed, CalMg+ water schedule.
• 2x 250w HPS/MH doesn't even show on the hydro bill.
• Don't be afraid to try new things.
• When building a soil, plan for long term Cal/Mg needs. Add in something that breaks down over time like egg shells or oyster flour.
• Buy all the nutrients you need for the whole grow before a single been gets popped.

I broke out the microscope today. The pics are kind of cool, I wish they were clearer.

The Kaya Gold reframe was supposed to be a 7-9 week strain but could go to 10. Mine looks like it will finish early but she also threw a single new pistil today.

I added another round of Bat Guano to the soil and watered it in, I mixed in some Kelp Me Kelp You and gave it a double dose of General Organics flowering line just to see if it would take it and it did.

Impulse control...wish I had some.

Kaya Gold is just starting the clear to clear/cloudy trichs phase and it's very pretty.

Blue Mystic is still all clear and growing well.

Word update today...because I'm exhausted.

Plants are good. Blue Mystic is starting to get chunky.

Kaya Gold is putting on weight too but not as much as I was hoping for.

Both plants have switched their nutrient reqs on my without notice. So now I'm fighting defeciency.

I don't have time for this shit today but if I let it go, the harvest will suffer alot.

Kaya Gold is in the final weeks. Rated as a 7-9 week strain, it is closing in on 8 weeks in flower. The pistils are almost all brown and pulled back to the bud. The trichs are clear/cloudy. I just want this to be done.

I've read over my last few posts and I seem to flipflop between yay and boo alot. Fucking roller coaster of emotions.

Photo update...

Why the second update? I figured out how to find some time....while smoking in the grow room...and the lamps happened to click off just as I finished my smoke.

The Kaya Gold is throwing alot of trichs but not gaining the weight I really hoped for. It was stunted so anything I harvest is a bonus.

I thought the Blue Mystic was still throwing new pistils and in the growey phase of flower bit after I snapped some pics with the lamps off, it seems that it's starting the finishing process too, but a week behind Kaya. She has alot of red hairs now and I thought they were all white with an odd red hair here and there.

I really need this to be done so I can start the process of cleaning the tent and winterize the grow room. If everything goes well, I might be able to start a winter grow, but this is pre -40° weather so I really don't know.

I wish I was steadier.

All pictures are Kaya Gold. The tension of the waiting game is palpable. I thought I was at the clear to cloudy phase but it seems like I was wrong.

They still look like glass.

I'll take a better look and edit this post after.


*edit*

I guess she is clear to cloudy. Still, alot of glass is there (clear trichomes).

She still has a fair bit of time left.

I LOVE GROWING YOU BUT GOD DAMN PLS FINISH!

It's starting!

Update day.

Stupid Kaya and her bald face lies!

The plant was turning, she told me "Hey, Knucklehead! Start getting excited!"

So I did....then the girl yelled "PSYCHE!" and started throwing new pistils.

So after some confusion and verifying what I was actually seeing, Kaya Gold is not near finishing yet.

So the AC goes back on, she goes back on a regular feeding schedule and the waiting game begins again. Estimated timeframe is around 3 weeks.

Blue Mystic was roughly 2 weeks behind Kaya despite being 10 times her size so it seems I have a long slow slog through the rest of the grow.

Fighting nitrogen defeciency, hoping to finish and trying to live 2 lives is fucking rough.

Overall, the plants are in decent condition. They self lollipopped (not completely) and my nutes are running low.

I need these to finish soon or I'll have to water with just water at the end and I don't flush unless it's a salt build up or a nutrient overdose. My girls get fed up until harvest day...normally.

Fuck General Organics for discontinuing my easy to use GO Box. Props to Technaflora for an easy to use Recipe for Success that I don't have to pH.

I still need to work out a better grow system. After mom is gone, I'll be relocating the tent to the livingroom because running an ac in the porch doesn't help me stay cool in the summer.

Pics later.

No pics yet but I had to post.

In my tiny tent, on the Blue Mystic, I have a Donkey Dick cola.

It's a little misshapen but if I had of let it grow straight, it would be 14 inches long and 3 inches thick. As it stands, some buds pulled away from the stem and are pointing towards the light.

I'm still counting it as a Donkey Dick.

I haven't seen all of Blue Mystic yet because of the screen and tight tent space but the colas I have seen make me think it's going to be a good crop.

Update day

Today's update brought to you by seriously?

Seriously, what the fuck.

My plants are fine. I tried to take a picture of Kaya to show what size she is.



Not too bad for something I tortured.

Then there's Blue Mystic.

Lots of love pistils, very few red hairs.

Annoyingly long growing, so I started poking around in her. I seen a space that I hadn't noticed before and I couldn't see in so I took a picture.



Some sneaky little buds decided to take advantage of the light. Aren't they cute baby nugs!

All over, the plant is healthy. A bit of burn and defeciency but at this point, fighting it is useless so I'm gonna keep on keeping on.

All over, the plant is a beast.



I really need this to be done.

These pics look rough but it's a good thing.

I'm getting the blues to express in my Blue Mystic.

Both the frosty, grey buds and then the blue (purple if I fuck up) colour are delightful genetic traits I've been waiting for.

It takes alot to bring them out right, huge temp swing (yet still managed), pH manipulation for select feedings, light manipulation and time.

I did it right!

This will be the best possible version of this Blue Mystic Phenotype I can produce with my set up.

....as long as I don't harvest too early.

I was wrong.

In trying to force my plant to bring out the blues, I stressed it out and Blue Mystic went herm.



I wanted to end the grow, but not this way.

I have no idea how long she's been herm but I guess I'll find out how much was salvageable after harvest.

Well, fuck impulse control.

I found some 'nanners' on the main cola of Blue Mystic. So today became chop day.

I was aiming for a pound, no idea how close I got.

Everything under the screen was a waste and I should have cut it all off.

I loosely trimmed them up and now have a garbage bag of trim in my freezer.


Last pic before they go dark for drying.
I love the feel of the flowers in your hand.

I was the likely cause of stress.

Maybe next run.

My last run gave me five and a half 56oz Mason jars of herb.

No idea how much it weighs but the case was significantly heavier than the empty jars.

I left some plant alive so and it lived after 7 days of neglect and no light. So I thought why the hell not.

I switched out the lights again to my MH and gave the plant a gallon of Cal/mg water and changed the timer back to 18/6.

I don't give a fuck about the plant anymore but this should be a decent test to see if I can do a winter grow of something different later.