Motafina Fall 2018: Damnesia, Chemdawg & Royal Cookies

MotaFina · Oct 1, 2018

Background: This is my fourth grow since starting up again after taking a long time off. My previous recent grows had varying degrees of success. One grow was a great success and the other two were not.

Strains:
Chemdawg #4 - Humboldt Seed Organization - Sativa dominant? - 24% - 9 weeks
Royal Cookies - Royal Queen Seeds - Indica dominant - 23% - 8-9 weeks
Damnesia - Strain Hunters - Amnesia x AMS - Sativa dominant - 'high' % - 9-10 weeks

All feminized seeds - all purchased from Seedsman.com

Media:
Supersoil mix with about 50% recharged used soil and 50% Coast of Maine Stonington Blend potting soil - loosely based on Subcool's recipe

Lighting:
Seedling stage: CFLs
Veg stage: 400w MH + CFLs
Flower stage : 1000w HPS

Nutrients:
The supersoil mix should see me through to early flowering. The plan is to start adding Nectar for the Gods nutrients alternated with compost teas at mid-flowering.

Pots: 7-gal (two are fabric, two are plastic)

Status: Flipped to 12/12 5 days ago after 52 days of veg. The two Damnesias and the Chemdawg are confirmed females from pre-flowering, but the Royal Cookies is a freak show plant and has not displayed any signs of sex yet.

Pictures:

Tent: Damnesias are front and back on the left. Royal Cookies in front on right, Chemdawg in back.

Damnesia #2 - in fabric pot:

Chemdawg - in fabric pot:

Damnesia #1 - Plastic pot

And finally a few shots of the Royal Cookies. This is a strange plant. The leaves are showing variegation on leaf tips - I don't think it's nitrogen toxicity as the tips look completely healthy, not burnt. And the leaf lobes overlap on all leaves. I've never seen anything like this. I guess it's cannabis, but not like any cannabis I've ever grown. I don't know if it's worth the effort to try to finish this plant or not:

That's it for now.

MotaFina · Oct 2, 2018

I googled around a bit to find other examples of the Royal Cookies strain and found that the overlapping lobes might be a common trait. That gives me hope.

MotaFina · Oct 7, 2018

Friday was my official first day of flowering. Even the Royal Cookies is now showing pistils.

MotaFina · Oct 8, 2018

I broke one of the major branches on one of the Damnesia plants. Damn!

MotaFina · Oct 29, 2018

Update: Day 99 from seed - Day 34 of 12/12 - Day 27 since pistols

I was out of town for two weeks. The plants were looking excellent upon my return. They went the full two weeks without any fertilizer. The Chemdawg is showing a slight deficiency of something - maybe calcium. I gave them all a full dosage of Nectar for the Gods 3 days ago - sample box lineup with some added Aphrodite's Extraction. Tonight they'll get plain water. I might brew up a compost tea for the next watering after that.

Here are some pics:

Tent shot: Front left is Royal Cookies, back left is Damnesia #1, back right is Chemdawg and front right is Damnesia #2:

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MotaFina
Oct 29, 2018

Tent shot - Day 27 of flowering

First up is the Royal Cookies (top view). Still such a weird plant. The buds are very small, while the stems are massive. The buds are interesting, with large calyxes and some nice frost, but there's not much weight here and almost no smell at all.

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MotaFina
Oct 29, 2018

Top view of the Royal Cookies plant

Royal Cookies bud shot:

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MotaFina
Oct 29, 2018

Royal Cookies bud? - Day 27 of flowering

Damnesia #1: This one is looking awesome - very frosty on the top leaves:

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MotaFina
Oct 29, 2018

Damenesia #1 bud - Day 27 of flowering

Damnesia #2: Also looking great...not as frosty, but looking really good.

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MotaFina
Oct 29, 2018

Damenesia #2 bud - Day 27 of flowering

Chemdawg: This one is putting on weight nicely and smells a LOT!

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MotaFina
Oct 29, 2018

Chemdawg bud - Day 27 of flowering

I'm really excited about this crop. It's been super easy. The supersoil seems to be feeding them so far, so not much need for fertilizing. I'm guessing I've got 4-5 weeks to go.

MotaFina · Nov 2, 2018

Another quick update: I top dressed with some worm castings, compost, and michorizae. Then added some Aphrodite's Extraction and Olympus up to plain water. Here's some pics: