Cr8grow’s Cream Mandarine XL Auto Journal #3 2020

[cr8grow]

What was your watts per square foot? I'm only 25 days behind you but you're way ahead of me at the same point in time

TimHG, I’m running a CMH 315 watt in a 3’x3’ area with good headroom. I swapped in the redder 3k bulb a couple weeks ago, replacing the 4k for Veg. The light is very intense and it produces some nice frosty buds. These autos have been on 18/6 cycle since the beginning.

 

[TriangleCheese]

Looking gr8 cr8

 

[cr8grow]

Almost there! And not looking that bad at all from my house! We do grow bud aye?

Stoneotter, yes, I resigned myself to no Plant Of The Month entries this grow, but could have a few good Nug shots coming.

 

[cr8grow]

I'm thinking they look just beautiful to me. I am no longer bothered by leaves yellowing and offering their nutrients to the plant. They are fall colors and a sign the plant is getting close to harvest. As long as there are plenty of green leaves (and you have them) then the plant is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing.

Beez...I’m learning a bit more each grow and a lot here. I didnt think twice about the fans being consumed this grow but I was surprised how fast they turned when I went from veg nutes to flower nutes. Im going to nip off all fans before hanging the plants whole.

 

[StoneOtter]

Stoneotter, yes, I resigned myself to no Plant Of The Month entries this grow, but could have a few good Nug shots coming.

I can count the perfectly grown photoperiod plants I've grown on no fingers. It's not easy.

 

[cr8grow]

Hells yea brother those are some nice ass looking plants u got there my friend congrats. Got me all excited to start my auto grow now. I got some sweetseeds genetics sitting here waiting for some of my organic soil to get done cooking then ill be doing some Gorilla Girl XL an Jack 47 XL as well as some of these Cream Mandarin XL also so should be a killer run. Specially after seeing how urs look oh man im excited now lol.

Blazinj...Thanks..tag me when you drop your seeds and I will follow along. Chop is getting close and the buds are going purple on two of the four.

 

[cr8grow]

TC, thanks...I took a quick look at your perpetual journal and am looking forward to catching up there.

 

[cr8grow]

End of week 9 coming in 2 days...breeder says 9 weeks. Pistils say another week, the scope says we are basically there. For this sativa forward grow looking for mostly cloudy and little to no amber. Im going to decide tomorrow if they go a few more days or they go dark for 24 hours before the chop. Plant pics are From today, scope shots were from yesterday, one from each plant on upper calyxes. I see mostly cloudy and a few amber.

 

[TriangleCheese]

TC, thanks...I took a quick look at your perpetual journal and am looking forward to catching up there.

I'll also start my perpetual flowering journal soon. Nursery will also be interesting. It's nice to go perpetual both on grows and journals.

Trichomes look nice but I would give them a couple more days at least with very mild feeding. Some trichomes are still look clear to me. Cream Mandarine has an amazing taste so I think it might be worth waiting for

 

[beez0404]

If those were my plants those buds would be hanging to dry today! I see some clear but not a lot. Not seeing too awful many amber either. As they are now should be perfect for what I'm feeling like you're after with these plants.

 

[MrSauga]

Yup, my eyes see about a 90/10 mix of cloudy to clear. I caught the odd amber as well. I'd say by the weekend at the latest but she's ready anytime now. Some sativa's may not build up a lot of amber and may push white pistils to the end. Nice job cr8!

 

[cr8grow]

Day 63, end of week 9 from sprout. They went exactly 9 weeks, the breeders estimation. Im impressed, with my two fem photo grows I would have 7 weeks to go. The plants increased water needs the last 2 weeks, then stopped uptake recently. Last water with nutes was 5 days ago. There were some new pistils up top, but the scope showed mostly cloudy trichomes on upper calyxes, which was the goal this grow. Turned off the light yesterday. After 24 hours of darkness clipped all easily accessible fans, chopped and hung all four whole back in the grow cabinet. The odor is much more pronounced than my first 2 grows...basement reeks right now. Looks like 2 phenos, light green covered in frost on two and purple/green covered in frost on two. The buds are fat, dense, long and covered in sugar with big calyxes. All fans will be washed with ice bags for a preview of the sugar trim hash. I’m thinking I could beat my last grow yield, which was 8.5 ozs plus 2 ozs of great sugar trim for hash. Pics from this last week plus some after the fans were trimmed. I will update dry, trim, cure, weigh in and smoke report over the next few weeks. My new 5 gallon grow buckets just showed up today, upgrading from 3 gallon for yield. It will take more water each time, but should take longer between watering. Next grow will be another xl yield auto, green crack, seeds are due here next weeks. I ordered a few fems also and got a bunch of freebies coming as well. The plan is to let these grow without topping for hopefully some monster primary buds. Bonus if you can find the background difference in the first two pics besides flash on and flash off.

 

[beez0404]

Michigan mug. Absolutely GORGEOUS GIRLS. Great Job!

 

[cr8grow]

If those were my plants those buds would be hanging to dry today! I see some clear but not a lot. Not seeing too awful many amber either. As they are now should be perfect for what I'm feeling like you're after with these plants.

TC...done and done.

 

[cr8grow]

Yup, my eyes see about a 90/10 mix of cloudy to clear. I caught the odd amber as well. I'd say by the weekend at the latest but she's ready anytime now. Some sativa's may not build up a lot of amber and may push white pistils to the end. Nice job cr8!

MrSauga...good advice.

 

[cr8grow]

Michigan mug. Absolutely GORGEOUS GIRLS. Great Job!

Beez...man, I couldnt be happier with this harvest from my 3x3 in 9 weeks. We are already talking about a few big fast auto grows plus an awesome photo indica each year for a forever stash for all seasons and reasons. A recent tester nug makes me happy.

 

[cr8grow]

Michigan mug. Absolutely GORGEOUS GIRLS. Great Job!

Ding ding...the mug got turned for some reason...might have tipped and caught...who knows.

 

[cr8grow]

Almost there! And not looking that bad at all from my house! We do grow bud aye?

SO, Bud...yes...and some fine bubble hash.

 

[Sunnyskies]

Stellar work my friend and stoked for you! She is a loud one. I love the smoke too!!

 

[StoneOtter]

Hanging out in the grow area looking fine cr8! Beautiful!