420 Magazine's Official Girl Scout Cookies Comparative Grow By Schnookie

[Schnookie]

Couldn't you just switch the lights in the tent that they're currently in to a flowering cycle until your other tent is ready?

I have another smaller (other brand's) clone still growing underneath those 3 and want to let her grow more before flowering. That one's ability to survive and overcome is worthy of keeping and continuing.

 

[Schnookie]

They're starting to grow faster it appears!

I think the CBD in my flower tent will be fine in a week based on her speed of brown hairs increasing so these 3 happy little trees will be able to go to the big show soon!

 

[Kismet]

Looks like they could use a bit of defoliation especially the lower stuff touching the soil?

 

[Kismet]

They got a bit of nute burn. Hope that's not my fault? Didn't realize you were in soil.

 

[Schnookie]

Looks like they could use a bit of defoliation especially the lower stuff touching the soil?

The leaves aren't on the soil, it's the damage remaining from the incorrect nutes and pH previously. Lots of leaves have recovered but some are gonna die like that.

 

[Schnookie]

It's been getting warm (83+) in the little tent recently, but then it's also been 90+ outside and they're on a west facing wall so it's understandable. I've been opening the tent more and adding more humidity to adjust but they are not happy since they're also only about 8 inches from the light. The oscillator on the fan died a month ago since it was wet and I don't wanna buy another thing right now.

 

[Schnookie]

Wow, been a week since last update?!

Getting bushier and seem mostly happy. Definitely running out of space... The big tent might have some space within the next week...

Got a beautiful sunset the other night too

 

[Schnookie]

Adding a different angle view for what's likely their last week in this tent. I've brought CBD out of the big tent and harvested (see my other current journal) so there's enough room for these 3 to take her spot. I'm arranging the lighting better and cleaning up some before the move. Then little Z can get up potted and have this tent to herself for a few weeks.

 

[Schnookie]

Another week gone by and I've forgotten to update again lol.

80 days veg, 1 week in the flower tent. Ignore the ugly Zamdelica twins finishing up...

Moved them around a little bit to improve air flow

 

[Schnookie]

Day 93 above soil, end of week 3 in flower

Making better use of the space...

I've decided to move all the plants to the most productive nutrients in order to maximize my harvest. Here are pictures of the buds of each and the whole tent. Up until this week one was getting the nutrient blend I had been using prior to this grow, another had @GeoFlora Nutrients and the third was getting @Prescription Blend.

#1

#2

#3

Whole tent 4 days ago

Whole tent today

Above are 1, 2, 3 from bottom right counter- clock wise.

Looks to me like #3 is the winner right now so those nutes will be used the rest of the way. The only difference with her is she was mutilated when I broke the top off one branch but you can see she recovered fine and now has 5 almost equal colas.

I believe I was not using enough of the other nutrients as those plants were just hungry all the time and I couldn't figure out what to do since the symptoms varied.

@Prescription Blend has done the best here I think because of the ease of use in measuring since all I had to do was squeeze the pipette for each addition and add to the gallon container.

#1 was my blend with MC and some additions

#2 was @GeoFlora Nutrients. I feel this plant was neglected the most unfortunately as I want measuring the amounts properly. It's a nice green color though.

All in all they are also under attack from mites and are getting a double dose of @Sierra Natural Science 209 in their bottle right now. I've been spraying with it also, plus a small amount of neem.

At this point they are between 22-28" high.

 

[Schnookie]

Did a couple rotations and revolutions and the plants are catabolizing themselves it seems given almost all the fan leaves have yellowed and dropped. Was it the mites? Too warm (almost 80 all the time)? Too high ph? Too little nutes?

Day 107 above soil, 5 weeks in flower

#1

#2

#3

 

[Schnookie]

I forgot to take out other Zclone in the picture. She's been a green one after going though a bunch.wasn't too close this tent for a few months once they're all harvested and take a break!

Above ground 114 days. Flower 6 weeks. Right front not GSC

 

[Prescription Blend]

I forgot to take out other Zclone in the picture. She's been a green one after going though a bunch.wasn't too close this tent for a few months once they're all harvested and take a break!

Above ground 114 days. Flower 6 weeks. Right front not GSC

Your leaves did fade but it seems the buds are still putting on mass! Any chance of getting some closer shots of those?

 

[Schnookie]

I decided to cut down the smallest of the 3 GSC girls; this was number 2 (originally using @GeoFlora Nutrients and I added @Prescription Blend to it once it got to flowering. This one was ravaged by mites some, so didn't get much chance to become a great plant. 140g partially trimmed with stems. Washed heavily in bucket with lime juice and baking soda and rinsed under the tub faucet.

Just over 7 weeks flowering

And for the closeup request of #3, @Prescription Blend :

 

[HashGirl]

Congrats on the harvest, Schnookie! 140 grams from one plant sounds pretty good to me. When I grew GSCs last year, the most each one yielded was 80 grams.

 

[Schnookie]

Congrats on the harvest, Schnookie! 140 grams from one plant sounds pretty good to me. When I grew GSCs last year, the most each one yielded was 80 grams.

140 grams Wet... This will be less than an oz in the jar... Watch tomorrow

 

[Schnookie]

2nd GSC from @Weed Seeds Express came down today. This was mostly fed with another brand of fertilizer and didn't do as well as the final yet to be harvested girl. 222g wet trimmed. Hanging now after serious shaking in the bucket of water and rinsed under the tub faucet.

And the tent still has last GSC and my last Z clone such is very hardy after 7 months of life so far.

 

[Furcifer]

Glad to see you make it to harvest. I know it is no fun to deal with issues. Especially bugs!
Good luck and may your buds be blessed with the most delicious and potent med's.

 

[Schnookie]

So after all is said and done I got about 5+ ounces dried herb. Smallest plant was less than an ounce, then the next less than 2 and last less than 3. Not great, but I'm not complaining.
I did forget to get photos of the last plant harvested, but I took her down after she had wilted so the initial weight was much less than I expected.

All three went into jars and after a day were only/already at 56-58% RH which I think is too low. I tried to remember to burp a few times, but they didn't get it every day. I'm still on it. I've been trying to add some moisture with 72% bovedas, so we'll see what happens.

Overall this was an experiment that I would not like to repeat. I need to clean out the tents really well and make sure I have no bugs the next time around.

 

[Schnookie]

140 grams Wet... This will be less than an oz in the jar... Watch tomorrow

This plant dried down to only 22g into the jar. Granted, all my GSCs dried too quickly, and this was at 56%RH...