First Diesel Grow (bagseed)

[Marbles420]

This is my first grow of an unknown strain of diesel started indoor on May 12. I randomly piked 2 seeds from some bagweed I got in a desperate time and to my surprize they both are female, 2 out of 2 ain't bad, eh? These were germinated in 2 days and then planted in potting mix using 6" pots with extra drain holes I added, the seedlings in the photo are 2 days old.

 

[Marbles420]

This is one of the plants, both are growing at almost the same rate, they are now about 6 weeks old. So far grown indoors with often days outside in the sun. At this stage I was not sure what gender they were.

 

[Marbles420]

Here are both of the diesel plants just before deciding to transplant outdoors fearing that they will be males. I have another grow going indoors and they were already sexed females.

 

[Marbles420]

This is a few days after the transplant to outdoors. They never stressed, these were easy to grow thus far. On the left is the one I topped, I didn't top the one on the right. I wanted to see the differences on how they flower. The date was August 08 I believe.

 

[Marbles420]

New flower buds are now obvious, this one has pale colored pistils so I named her Paleface.

 

[Marbles420]

This one has red pistils so I named her Redskin. Resin is already oozing out of these baby buds.

 

[Marbles420]

This is Paleface, the leaves are poor looking due to the dry desert heat and grasshoppers. Both plants are forming nice buds under those leaves, they're thick and hard packed.

This is Redskin, you can see the tops, the leaves veil the other yummie buds.

 

[Marbles420]

Ok, I'm impressed with this girl for her massive budding, she feels like one solid bud all the way down the tree. Her pistils are pale compared to the other plant. Her odor is almost identicle to Redskin's yet unique in a way that I haven't pin-pointed yet there's the obvious diesel smell that dominates.

 

[Marbles420]

Now here's a real beauty, this is the main cola of Redskin. I can smell her fragrance 10 feet away as I approach. This photo was just taken Sept 15th.

 

[Marbles420]

Here's a closeup of Redskin's main cola, it's now day 48 of flowering.

This is the other cola.

And another view of her.

 

[Retired One]

Brother, those are some of the finest looking buds I've seen in quite some time.
+rep for you

 

[Marbles420]

And here are the samples I trimmed from both plants. I only snipped the tip of the lowest branch on either tree.

I'm guessing and hoping that these may be Red Diesel. If they are, then harvest should be in mid October, another month to grow! Yah baby!!!

To be continued...

 

[Marbles420]

Brother, those are some of the finest looking buds I've seen in quite some time.
+rep for you

Thanks bro, I'm impressed too!

 

[southernboy30]

Wowww. Nice crop man. I will subscribe to this thread.

 

[OldMedMan]

Hello Marbles
That bud is outrageous. never seen one like that one.
Beautiful.
You really lucked out with those two seeds and you have obviously made them what they are treating them so well. Good job my friend

 

[tronix]

+reps for many reasons.

#1 for having some gorgeous ladies.
#2 for being a Diesel vet like myself
#3 the red pistils are amazing

I grew NYC diesel, and they reeked of ruby red grapefruit, could that be the smell you can't identify?

 

[AmGrowR]

OMG! Marbles420 those pistils really are something else! Absolutely Beautiful! Keep it up!

 

[Marbles420]

+reps for many reasons.

#1 for having some gorgeous ladies.
#2 for being a Diesel vet like myself
#3 the red pistils are amazing

I grew NYC diesel, and they reeked of ruby red grapefruit, could that be the smell you can't identify?

First of all, thanks to all of you for your comments.

You may have it tronix, it's hard for me being a first timer in this field of gardening, I don't eat grapefruit and can't even remember what they smell like but that might be what I can't identify.

I know that no 2 seeds are exactly alike and this is what I see in these plants. They came from the same bag of bud but that doesn't mean that they came from the same plant.

Thanks for the idea Bro! I'll do some more smelling analysis

 

[Marbles420]

NUTES & SOIL: I used the poorman's stuff mainly because I was rushed and have no local availability of quality products, expense is an issue too but I'd rather use the good stuff when possible. I'll have more time to prepare before the next outdoor grow season when I'll put my new found knowledge to work on my Haze and Kush seeds that I set aside for now.

I started these out in 6" pots first using MG Organic potting mix then I switched to "Super Soil" potting mix, perlite and sphagnum peat moss into 1 gallon pots until next transplant.

I vegged with MG Blood meal, MG Bone meal, Alaska Fish fert, Epsom salt, "Super Thrive" concentrate and filtered PH water of 6.5 average.

When I transplanted outdoors around the first of August, I first picked the optimum lighted location and soil composition. I have somewhat sandy desert soil with good drainage. I prepped the big holes by first flushing with lots of water making sure to soak the surrounding earth well then adding some potting soil, bone meal, blood meal and the plant. The plants never showed any sign of stress or wilting.

I continued veg feeding with the same until days later when I finally determined their gender, then I stopped the instant nitrogen ferts completely and began using MG Bloom Booster 15-30-15, Epsom salt and Super Thrive concentrate, I may use a little bone meal in the soil for one last time before the final flush. The blood meal that was added in the hole when planted should be enough for the balance of the grow term, it's a slow release type fert.

I will continue this routine until the first of October when I'll stop the nutes and flush the earth well with water, harvest should be mid October. This will allow the 2 week period for the plant to drain it's nutrients from the leaves.

To be continued...

 

[Steve McStoferson]

very nice dude, the bright pistils are beautiful!