C. Nesbitt
Well-Known Member
Started this year’s grow in February and keep meaning to start an electronic journal but am just getting around to it. Planning to update this with entries and pics over the next few days to get this up to current.
The Grow:
Growing two strains from seed:
1) Sour diesel from feminized seeds of questionable provenance (bulk Spanish seeds)
2) Bubblelicious from regular seeds with genetics originally from Nirvana circa 2007 (Seeds are from my own preservation seed run)
The sour diesel seeds were provided by a buddy. Not something I’d have normally picked (breeder or strain) for a more serious endeavor.
The bubblelicious seeds were from a 2008ish pollen chuck using a fast growing male to the female keeper from a 10 pack. Those seeds have been in the freezer for over 10 years, I popped two last year but ended up with 2 males. I’m calling the bubblelicous BB for shorthand, it’s too long a name to keep writing out.
Garden was started indoors in peat pucks, moved to solo cups with FFOF soil, moved again to 1 gallon pots with FFOF and promix, hardened off outside in the 1 gallons, then finally moved to 18 to 25 gallon (varied by plant) with a 50/50 mix of top soil and compost from a local bulk supplier – left over from filling this years new raised beds for the vegetable garden.
From seed ended up with 12 plants – 7 BB and 5 sour diesels. Three of the BBS were male and were culled after they indicated sex. Of the 9 females, I kept 5 (3 SD and 2 BB) and gave away the other 4 to a couple of friends.
Also ended up also rooting a clone taken from one of the BBs I gave away, leaving me with 6 outdoor ladies, five in containers and one tucked between peppers in a raised bed.
Nutes were botanicare pureblend pro to start, then switched to Botanicare CNS17. Pureblend pro getting was hideously expensive. Switched in July to CNS17 which I have used for several years on my indoor tomato and pepper starts.
Been gardening for around 30 years and now take a somewhat laissez faire approach to outdoor gardening. I’m not growing for anyone but myself, don’t consume a copious amount and have access to decent bud even if I don’t have a good year.
It’s the third week of September as I finally am posting this. It is looking like I’ll get a harvest from at least two of my six plants as long as I can keep the PM and bud rot at bay for another few weeks.
The other 4 plants are a little more dicey, they are probably 6+ weeks from really being ready to chop. Pushing up to November in SE Michigan will require some cooperation with weather and some good luck with the fungi. Plants are too big to move into the shed now, plus bottom roots have anchored them to the ground. Moved one about a month ago and she did not like having those roots torn.
Not sure anyone will even comment on my grow journal, but I’m probably going to politely blow off most suggestions on doing things differently. I’m almost done which means this is my baby, not a baby by committee . Not trying to be rude, but I’m not taking this grow nearly as seriously I would an indoor one.
Cheers and happy growing.
The Grow:
Growing two strains from seed:
1) Sour diesel from feminized seeds of questionable provenance (bulk Spanish seeds)
2) Bubblelicious from regular seeds with genetics originally from Nirvana circa 2007 (Seeds are from my own preservation seed run)
The sour diesel seeds were provided by a buddy. Not something I’d have normally picked (breeder or strain) for a more serious endeavor.
The bubblelicious seeds were from a 2008ish pollen chuck using a fast growing male to the female keeper from a 10 pack. Those seeds have been in the freezer for over 10 years, I popped two last year but ended up with 2 males. I’m calling the bubblelicous BB for shorthand, it’s too long a name to keep writing out.
Garden was started indoors in peat pucks, moved to solo cups with FFOF soil, moved again to 1 gallon pots with FFOF and promix, hardened off outside in the 1 gallons, then finally moved to 18 to 25 gallon (varied by plant) with a 50/50 mix of top soil and compost from a local bulk supplier – left over from filling this years new raised beds for the vegetable garden.
From seed ended up with 12 plants – 7 BB and 5 sour diesels. Three of the BBS were male and were culled after they indicated sex. Of the 9 females, I kept 5 (3 SD and 2 BB) and gave away the other 4 to a couple of friends.
Also ended up also rooting a clone taken from one of the BBs I gave away, leaving me with 6 outdoor ladies, five in containers and one tucked between peppers in a raised bed.
Nutes were botanicare pureblend pro to start, then switched to Botanicare CNS17. Pureblend pro getting was hideously expensive. Switched in July to CNS17 which I have used for several years on my indoor tomato and pepper starts.
Been gardening for around 30 years and now take a somewhat laissez faire approach to outdoor gardening. I’m not growing for anyone but myself, don’t consume a copious amount and have access to decent bud even if I don’t have a good year.
It’s the third week of September as I finally am posting this. It is looking like I’ll get a harvest from at least two of my six plants as long as I can keep the PM and bud rot at bay for another few weeks.
The other 4 plants are a little more dicey, they are probably 6+ weeks from really being ready to chop. Pushing up to November in SE Michigan will require some cooperation with weather and some good luck with the fungi. Plants are too big to move into the shed now, plus bottom roots have anchored them to the ground. Moved one about a month ago and she did not like having those roots torn.
Not sure anyone will even comment on my grow journal, but I’m probably going to politely blow off most suggestions on doing things differently. I’m almost done which means this is my baby, not a baby by committee . Not trying to be rude, but I’m not taking this grow nearly as seriously I would an indoor one.
Cheers and happy growing.
