Autos - Girl Scout Cookies - Malana Bomb - Black Gold

[PurpleGunRack]

Isn't heat a big issue in the summer?
Mabye just for me, it's nothing for temps to get up to 110F.

I hope that's in the shade, still waaay above my comfort temperature

I live in northern europe in a coastal climate so high humidity is the biggest issue (last summer's grow ended with 14 days of rain and we lost ~20% of the crop to budrot).

Temperatures can get pretty high in direct sunlight in the middle of the day during the summer, but as long as plants aren't underwatered it's not a problem.

 

[Xenonrae]

I hope that's in the shade, still waaay above my comfort temperature

I live in northern europe in a coastal climate so high humidity is the biggest issue (last summer's grow ended with 14 days of rain and we lost ~20% of the crop to budrot).

Temperatures can get pretty high in direct sunlight in the middle of the day during the summer, but as long as plants aren't underwatered it's not a problem.

Yehh, I've seen some TREES before I moved from Michigan, where the temps hardly reach 90 in direct sunlight, they were beautiful; over 6 foot tall, gorgeous.

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Update Day 36 from seed
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The girls are still healthy and doing very well, with one little exception -
I accidentally broke most of the main top of Malana Bomb # 2 whilst LST'ing, I taped up the stem with insulation tape and discontinued the LST on the main stem and started to focus on the side shoots, luckily the main shoot pulled through and it's growing fast

To get them to stretch I raised the lights to the top of the tent for 6 days, and then 3 days ago I lowered them to 45-50 cm above the canopy and also removed some leaves from the bottom of the plants and on one plant of each strain I removed the 2 top sets of fan leaves.

Group shot

Girl Scout Cookies # 1

Girl Scout Cookies # 2

Malana Bomb # 1

Malana Bomb # 2 LST

Black Gold # 1

Black Gold # 2

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[thebeast27]

Looking sweer mate good job and nice recovery. They can heal fast from a split stem if taped up quick.they dont skip a beat.and some quality training well done

 

[Xenonrae]

Girls are looking super nice and healthy, goodness.
You're in for a treat, hell, we all are. I can't wait to see.

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Update Day 42 from seed



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The ladies are doing ok, though there was a bit of a crisis when I came home yesterday the temperature in the tent was 33°C and the plants were drooping a lot, they were supposed to have been watered that day since the soil was almost dry the night before.

It turned out that the pre filter sleeve on my carbon filter was blocked by dust and there was no airflow out of the tent...
So I hoovered the worst dust off and pulled it off a bit and was able to get some airflow again, I'm gonna buy a new pre filter sleeve on monday, luckily one of my local shops has one that fits in stock.

The plants are growing well, though still very short, so I raised the lights to the top of the tent again and I'll keep them there until I switch to flowering nutes, which is going to be in a week or so, and then gradually lower the lights.

Girl Scout Cookies # 1
Has really grown a lot

Girl Scout Cookies # 2
Still very small

Malana Bomb # 1
The shortest of ladies, seems to be the most mature with pistils getting brown

Malana Bomb # 2 LST
Totally recovered from the broken main stem, all branches are pretty level

Black Gold # 1
Nice and healthy

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Black Gold # 2
Still my favorite plant, the ponytailing has made the 2 lowest side shoots level with the main

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[Xenonrae]

Very nice work.

I've got short ladies too. and I think I went too long without giving them nutes, and they suffered a bit.

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Update Day 60 from seed
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An overdue update, a lot has happened since the last update.

At day 49 I started giving them flowering nutes.
At day 56 I upped the nutes and when I checked the next day just 14 hours later they were quite yellow especially the Malana Bombs.
So I flushed them with ~3x potsize with tap water pH 7,5(used to be ~7,0 but they changed something in my building) followed by 1,5 L of water pH 6,5.

I'm not sure what's wrong but fairly certain it's nuteburn, most likely K(burned tips and new leaves are thin) and the lock-outs that follows.
They look a bit better now and the buds are still growing so that's a positive sign
At this point I'm just observing and since they're still wet from the flush they won't need watering the next couple of days.

Girl Scout Cookies seems to be coping quite well though, they're very frosty and are also the most mature.
Malana Bombs are suffering the most but also quite mature and I think I'm beginning to see a tint of purple.
Black Golds are the least mature but also the biggest plants.

The side shoots on the Girl Scout Cookies and Malana Bomb # 1 has been tied down for more light exposure.

Day 57



14 hours after nutes were upped

At flushing

Day 59




All

Girl Scout Cookies # 1

Girl Scout Cookies # 2

Malana Bomb # 1

Malana Bomb # 2 LST

Black Gold # 1

Black Gold # 2

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[SolMJ]

All looking good in the High North lol!

 

[Black Thumbs]

Gees that black gold is a leafy bugga I'm late but I'd Thaught ide already subbed to this journal when you kicked off.My first malana bomb didn't take to well to stronger nutes which resulted in a pretty severe lockout the last half of flowering but still was a nice smoke when finished.Not long to go now

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Gees that black gold is a leafy bugga I'm late but I'd Thaught ide already subbed to this journal when you kicked off.My first malana bomb didn't take to well to stronger nutes which resulted in a pretty severe lockout the last half of flowering but still was a nice smoke when finished.Not long to go now

Not too late to catch the best part

The Black Gold's are very leafy and bushy plants, but one off them is way behind the others, which is annoying since I need to flush soon (because the Malana Bomb's are dying and the Girl Scout Cookies and the second Black Gold are ready) and I have to take them all down at once so I can dry them in the tent.

I did mess up with the nutes and the pH, but I learned some good lessons for my coming outdoor guerilla auto adventure

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Update Day 83 From Seed
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Another overdue update, this will be short one, though I hope to make up for it with an extensive harvest/after action report.
I flushed the girls on day 79 with atleast 3x potsize tap water, followed by 1,5 L pH'ed water, I'll chop when the soil is almost dry.

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[Black Thumbs]

Looking great mate,the tent must smell awsome

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Looking great mate,the tent must smell awsome

yeah the Girl Scout Cookies are really stinky and soo frosty

 

[Black Thumbs]

how did they turn out for ya? GSC auto's are in my next grow

 

[ConstantGreen]

Daamn, can't believe I missed that last post. Nice bulky bushes you ended up with!

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Havest update / After action report


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After a lot of work and work with new grows I finally found some time to update this journal...
All the girls were harvested and budwashed at day 83 (from seed) and trimmed the next day.
After 7 days of drying the buds were jarred up with 62% humidipacks, as usual

I encountered some problems when I began to feed flowering nutrients, mainly because I gave nutes with every watering and because I failed to notice a change in the pH of my tap water.
I guess it's a good idea to water at least once between feedings when using Biobizz.

All in all a less than successful grow, however the smoke seems decent enough, I'll do smoke reviews after some more curing. Coming grows will be flushed twice if possible, it just makes the smoke so much smoother.

Final dry weight


Girl Scout Cookies #1 = 28 g

Girl Scout Cookies #2 = 22 g

Malana Bomb #1 = 27 g

Malana Bomb #2 = 26 g

Black Gold #1 = 25,3 g

Black Gold #2 = 33,4 g

Total = 161,7 g


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So I'm doing what I can to make my next grow bigger faster and better and hoping for a successful outdoor run this summer, I'll get some some journals up on both soon.

Last day

After removing leaves with no or very little trichomes

Girl Scout Cookies #1

Girl Scout Cookies #2

Malana Bomb #1

Malana Bomb #2

Black Gold #1

Black Gold #2

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[SolMJ]

Hey pgr, well done on the harvest. They look very nice, probably a real nice smoke as well. It's a shame you had the problems you had but great recovery. Around 1 oz per plant after all that plus only 20 or 30 days veg from seed is quite decent I think. Another point are the strains, they don't sound like big yielder's or are they? I'm sure your next one will be a blast amigo.

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Hey pgr, well done on the harvest. They look very nice, probably a real nice smoke as well. It's a shame you had the problems you had but great recovery. Around 1 oz per plant after all that plus only 20 or 30 days veg from seed is quite decent I think. Another point are the strains, they don't sound like big yielder's or are they? I'm sure your next one will be a blast amigo.

Thanks man, I think the Black Gold is supposed to be a high yielder, but not sure about the others.
Can't expect too much off a 30 cm tall auto anyway
I have big plans for the next grow(s)

 

[PurpleGunRack]

Final Update / Strain review
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The buds have been curing for some time now and I've been sampling them a lot
They strain reviews will be the same as this, with some pictures added.

Girl Scout Cookies - Fast Buds



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Girl Scout Cookies #1


Smell: Skunky/earthy 7/10

Taste: Sweet, full body smoke with hints of mint and chocolate 9/10

Effect: Strong all-round buzz 9/10

Growing: Easy 9/10

Medical: Good for pain and appetite stimulation, not a night time smoke for regular smokers.



Girl Scout Cookies #2


Smell: Skunky/earthy 7/10

Taste: Like a sweet OG 7/10

Effect: Strong all-round buzz 8/10

Growing: Easy 9/10

Medical: Good for pain and appetite stimulation, not a night time smoke for regular smokers.


The Girl Scout Cokkies #1 (dark, lanky phenotype) is clearly the best of the 2 I got.

Malana Bomb - Barney's Farm
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The Malana Bombs are very similar in taste and effect


Smell: Fruity/earthy 7/10

Taste: Like it smells, but very faint 7/10

Effect: Nice Indica body stone 8/10

Growing: Hard, very fuzzy and nute sensitive 3/10

Medical: Good for insomnia

Black Gold - Cream of the Crop




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Black Gold #1

Smell: Earthy 6/10

Taste: Earthy afghani taste 6/10

Effect: Decent Indica body stone 6/10

Growing: Normal, grows leafy and bushy 5/10

Medical: Decent for insomnia, good for relaxing mind and body

Black Gold #2

Smell: Floral and earthy 8/10

Taste: Sweet and floral 8/10

Effect: Decent Indica body stone 7/10

Growing: Normal, grows leafy and bushy 8/10

Medical: Decent for insomnia, good for relaxing mind and body


Black Gold #2 is the best of the 2 with better developed and tastier buds.



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Even with all the problems I had, I ended up with some decent smoke but not enough to last long enough.
That's why I'm upgrading my effort and equipment for my 5th (indoor) grow, it's already growing strong and a journal is on the way

I also started an outdoor guerilla grow, check it out here Nordic Guerilla - 55° North Outdoor Auto Grow

Thanks for watching and commenting

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