Emilya Green
Well-Known Member
This grow is for my Dad, who has told us stories of the 70's and the legendary Acapulco Gold of his day. I have promised him for a long time that when I got good enough, I would grow some for him. The time has come my friends, and 2 spots in the flower tent are reserved for this very interesting variety.
The strain is from one of our sponsers:
Barneys Farm - Acapulco Gold
Cannabis Cup: Sativa Cup Winner 2010.
Genetics: Sativa 80% Indica 20%
This is an indoor grow, in various sized tents. I will be using recycled SubCool based Supersoil and organic soil mixed in layers, successively uppotting into containers mixed and layered exactly the same way. Later in flower, one plant will be uppotted to a 7 gal container using the no-till method and placing it in a container just previously used in the last grow, with the center of its rootball scooped out to make room. The second plant will get freshly cooked recycled supersoil. This should give us a good side by side of the no-till method against fresh soil.
These mini solo cup 2 oz containers will be my seed starters, and all normal transplanting rules will apply and when indicated, the next transplant will be into a normal beer cup.
In veg I use T5HO Agromax PurePar bulbs. I will start with one 54w bulb lit for the seedlings and will work up to whatever is needed, generally 4 bulbs by the end of veg in that tent.
In flower I use a big air cooled Raptor hood redesigned a bit to hold 2 600w bulbs. I run a combination of HPS and MH throughout the grow.
I have a lot of fans going in my 3 tent system and move a serious amount of air. Temperature is never a problem. I will be growing these plants organically, never giving them synthetic nutrients or tap water. All throughout their life they will only get actively aerated compost teas or pure water mixed with 1 tbl of molasses per gallon. pH is not adjusted as there is no need to do so in an organic grow. I am a firm believer in watering using the lift method and have no set time between waterings. In whatever sized container we are in at the time, I saturate the soil and then patiently wait for it to dry out. Always I let my plants determine how much to water and how often to do so.
I hope this will be fun. Let's see if we can find out why this strain has become such a legend.
The strain is from one of our sponsers:
Barneys Farm - Acapulco Gold
Cannabis Cup: Sativa Cup Winner 2010.
One of the most important strains ever. Acapulco Gold is a benchmark of Sativa genetics. Grows beautifully tall with firm colas sparkling with gold and red trichomes.
The intense fruit cocktail of flavors pack a strong sensation that lingers.
Acapulco Gold is sativa dominant, offering a long lasting high that balances upbeat effects with body-relaxing, stress reducing calmness.offering a long lasting high that balances upbeat effects with body-relaxing,stress reducing calmness.
Genetics: Sativa 80% Indica 20%
This is an indoor grow, in various sized tents. I will be using recycled SubCool based Supersoil and organic soil mixed in layers, successively uppotting into containers mixed and layered exactly the same way. Later in flower, one plant will be uppotted to a 7 gal container using the no-till method and placing it in a container just previously used in the last grow, with the center of its rootball scooped out to make room. The second plant will get freshly cooked recycled supersoil. This should give us a good side by side of the no-till method against fresh soil.
These mini solo cup 2 oz containers will be my seed starters, and all normal transplanting rules will apply and when indicated, the next transplant will be into a normal beer cup.
In veg I use T5HO Agromax PurePar bulbs. I will start with one 54w bulb lit for the seedlings and will work up to whatever is needed, generally 4 bulbs by the end of veg in that tent.
In flower I use a big air cooled Raptor hood redesigned a bit to hold 2 600w bulbs. I run a combination of HPS and MH throughout the grow.
I have a lot of fans going in my 3 tent system and move a serious amount of air. Temperature is never a problem. I will be growing these plants organically, never giving them synthetic nutrients or tap water. All throughout their life they will only get actively aerated compost teas or pure water mixed with 1 tbl of molasses per gallon. pH is not adjusted as there is no need to do so in an organic grow. I am a firm believer in watering using the lift method and have no set time between waterings. In whatever sized container we are in at the time, I saturate the soil and then patiently wait for it to dry out. Always I let my plants determine how much to water and how often to do so.
I hope this will be fun. Let's see if we can find out why this strain has become such a legend.