| This was a very nice strain to grow, very hardy grower forgiving, fairly low/pleasant odor, good yielding, relatively short with profuse side branching if topped, fairly fast finishing and GREAT smelling. I started out from seed (thanks SD and BOG) and have been growing now for three generations...this grow report will be an amalgamation of sorts.
I use a weak solution of 1 tsp Liquid Karma and 2-3 drops of Superthrive during seedling/rooting stage and they LOVE it...pretty aggressive growth once they root, i grow in a soiless mix Promix BX, Perelite, 1.5 tbsp/gallon pulverized Dolemetic Lime, grow rocks on bottom layer.
...in the clone/veg chamber,(2x3x3 foot area at the far end of rarely un-used closet) while previous generation is finishing in the flower chamber. i start off the clones in rockwool cubes, they stay in the humidity dome/tray until roots show, for generally about 5-7 days after cut then i move them into 5" square pots where they stay with their sisters under a 125W CFL 6500K Blue spectrum. i top them around 4-5th node and then top again once later to get nice full and squat bushes...once they fill out a bit i transplant the ladies into 1 gallon pots and i'm always amazed with the root development...a testiment to superior genetics and IMHO the good stuff in Superthrive and esp Liquid Karma...i use this clone mix until they move the gallon pots and then i add 1/4 tsp GH FloraNova Grow to the mix moving the strength up from the intial 1/4 to 1/2 tsp until they get to about 10-12" tall then they go into the flower chamber...
Welcome to the flower chamber, a 3x5x10 foot side closet...in here i have a 400W Kool-Tube set-up using Sylvania's GROLUX Enhanced Spectrum HPS bulb, a 265CFM Fantech Blower >>> to a Can Carbon-Filter. a small turbo-style oscillating fan mixes everything up nicely and blows across the tops...temps stay generally in the 72-80F range with lights on, humidity gets low in the winter 30-60%...a good solid flowering environment for the ladies, good ventilation and pruning being key. i put the plants into 5 gallon pots for flower...for me this is the best mix i've found under the 400W and grow environment i have, 4 big well topped and pruned bushes in 5 gallon containers, the plants really love the room the stretch out, i've tried more/smaller plant set-ups, but with Bogglegum's fantastic root structure and fairly low-profile i've found the extra week to 10 days in veg under the 400W to get big bushes is worth it...i trim-train-prune and generally persuade my ladies into a nice even canopy around 2.5 x 3.5 feet.
...the nute mix jumps up from the 1/2 tsp FN Grow to 1.5 tsp and 1 tsp LK to 2 tsp by the time i flip the lights and the ladies explode in the new 5 gallon containers under the new 400W HPS and jump from 12-14" to 20-22" in 7-10 days (no kidding).
Flowering is def where this strain earns its keep, literally exploding into a bouquet of awesome colors and smell...the grape bubblegum pheno i have really looks/smells great and really starts to pack on the weight fast and early it makes the LSD i have and grow with look pretty puny early on...then it hits kind of a plateau and fills in more slowly for a couple weeks, then the last two weeks it starts packing it on again nearly doubling in the last 14-18 days. The stretch in flower in really negligible maybe 20-25%...thats it.
i generally let this pheno go to about 55-56 days, i had cut them @ 49-50 but the extra time is DEF worth it for potency and yield. trichs @ chop are about an 10% clear/80% cloudy/10% amber mix under my trusty 100X illuminated mini-micro-scope from radioshack ($10!).
THE HIGH...is def a nice uppy daytime high, nothing too intense but also not mediocre either...two good tightly packed pulls on my trusty glass bong is usually good for me. the high starts off pretty-electric-heady and then becomes a nice relaxed buzz after 45 mins to an hour. My girlfriend LOVES this high it makes her and her friends giggle and laugh, a nice social high to go out with or stay home and listen to tunes...or make them, watch a good movie or conversate.
THE TASTE/SMELL...with a 4 week cure the smell is of faint grape bubblegum, not piny at all...the taste is about the same, very earthy grape bubblegum...fantastic!
Garden Information for this report CLONE/VEG CHAMBER SPECS 2X3X3 ENCLOSED 125W CFL 6500K Blue Spectrum / 90CFM Blower humidity dome > 6" square pots > 1 gallon pot FLOWER CHAMBER SPECS 3X5X10 STEALTH CLOSET 400W HPS Sylvania GROLUX / 265CFM Fantech Blower / Can Carbon Filter 1 gallon pot > 5 gallon pot SOILESS MIX Promix BX / Pelelite / Growrocks bottom layer / 1.5 tbsp/gallon Dolemite Lime Used lift-the-pot method for watering and feed with every watering @ generally 2/3 strength from the bottle mixtures. NUTES ETC GH FloraNova Grow and Bloom / Liquid Karma / Superthrive |
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