OG Kush, Jack Herer, Chemberry Grow Journal

[HoBrah808]

Water:

• I PH to 6.5 for soil and 5.8-6.2 for coco. I’m new to Coco, but am having better results at 6.2 than the recommended 5.8.

Nutrients:

• I’ve recently gotten my hands on the GH Flora series, I’ve heard nothing but great things and can’t wait to experiment.

PPM:

• For Coco, I’m learning as I go. I tried the recommended 0ppm for first two weeks, but had to feed after the plant showed obvious deficiencies. I tried 250ppm and it did nothing, I upped to 550ppm and it fixed it. Coco is not soil folks. Next time I’m preloading it with 500ppm base veg nutes. I find that the coco wants to maintain a consistent environment, and it eats the nutes as they come, so gotta keep feedin the same thing to assure what is eaten is resupplied at the correct ratios. They go pale quick.

Watering Frequency:

• Coco: was having some trouble, better now, but still cautious. I started the waterings just like soil. Now I’m up to every day. Accidentally over saturated her, the coco doesn’t dry too quick, need her a little bigger. Trying different things, right now doing light waterings every day, then every 2-4 days i water until runoff to rebalance nutes, kinda like a rez change in hydro. I want to water to runoff every time, but I don’t have big enough roots, seems like it’s the best way to maintain consistent root environment.

Runoff:

• Coco: it ran at like 180 PPM, crazy. I add nutes, PH goes up, and runoff PPM goes down. I was kinda skeptical of runoff readings until this. Every time i water until runoff i know i’m effectively performing the equivalent of a res change, i may not know exactly what ratios the plant eats at, but i know there is consistency in what is available for the plant’s roots, and I know I’m responsible for all the nutes, so no chance of the plant eating through something it really likes and running out.

Aloha GTH! Looks like you are well on your way, but I thought I would throw some of my recent coco experiences your way.

I use GH Flora series with Rapid Start, Floralicious Plus and Cal Mg. My house has an RO system, so got to add the Cal Mg! My pH is in the 5.5-5.8 range in veg and 6.0-6.3 in bloom. Definitely feed these gals right away. Your tap may have enough calcium in it already, but be on the lookout magnesium deficiencies as you progress.

Feeding the plants daily and keeping the coco moist at all times is no problem. The coco holds the moisture while the perlite provides aeration at the same time. Perfect combo! If you water by hand, stir up the nutrient water a bit to get some oxygen bubbles in there. Your plants will thank you!

Oh boy, the old pH/ppm in the runoff! This was the most confusing thing about coco. My readings were all whacked out, figured I was killing my plants for sure. Then I read on one of these threads that runoff readings weren't that important, which made me relax and just read the plant, instead of the calculator. Been great ever since.

Anyway, I don't want to come off as a know-it-all, but I definitely experienced a learning curve (going from soil to coco) and figured I would pass some info along. Hope it helps.

Pomaika'i!

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

8/25/2018 - OG day 22; Chemberry day 7: OG looks good, getting paler by the day though. Chemberry hasn’t changes enough for an update. Still 5.8 - 6.0 PH’d tap.

OG

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

HohBrah thanks for the reply. You don’t come off bad at all, in fact I’d really like any feedback I can get. Feel free to share any and all. I’m still new to coco and have a lot to learn.

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

8/26/2018 - OG day 23; Chemberry day 8: All is well. OG is very pale and looks ready for a transplant. Transplanting today from 4” Ceramics to 1 gallon fabric pots. She’s in the Green Tree premium coco, it started at like 1350 ppm and is now down to 200ppm runoff. I’m transplanting her into Fox Farms Ocean Forest, familiar with the stuff, have had nothing but great results. Chemberry is starting to move.

OG:

Chemberry

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

8/27/2018 - OG day 24; Chemberry day 9; Jack Herer day 1: OG already looks better in her new heavily fortified soil, she gets greener every hour. I’ve also included another comparison photo to OG Pheno #1 from last year. Both ate very similar, huge fat Indica dominant leaves. No photos of Chemberry today, she’s about the same. Jack Herer was placed in a cup of tap water PH’d to 6.5, no photos.

OG:

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

8/28/2018 - OG day 25; Chemberry day 10; Jack Herer day 2: Hard to see, but OG’s second set of leaves has 7 fingers, this is a first for me. Usually I see 1-3-5 never 1-3-7. The last pheno only had 5 at this point. Chemberry looks a little slow, with minor leaf issues. Jack Herer tap root popped and was placed in 100% FFOF in a 4” ceramic pot. I still have not fed anything, all PH’d tap to this point.

Chemberry

Jack Herer

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

8/30/2018 - OG day 27; Chemberry day 12; Jack Herer day 4: OG looks great, moving along. Chemberry looks slow and pale so I added some Sensi A and B at about 400ppm, PH 5.8. OG still gets water, she’ll get all water until she’s partially through flower. Jack Herer hasn’t surfaced.

OG

Chemberry:

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

8/31/2018 - OG day 28; Chemberry day 13; Jack Herer day 5: Not much has changed. OG is doing great in her new container, she’s getting watered every 2-3 days w/ tap water PH’d to 6.5. Chemberry is now receiving Sensi A and B at about 500ppm. Jack Herer has broken ground and shown herself.

OG

Chemberry

Jack Herer

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

9/1/2018 - OG day 29; Chemberry day 14; Jack Herer day 6: OG chugging along. Chemberry has been very slow but it looks like the nutes are helping to add some green and pick things up. Jack is up and running, as said earlier, last grow she was the fastest grower. I’ve grown all Indicas except one Agent Orange run, so this is one of the most Sativa dominant strands I run and thinking maybe that has something to do with it. Although her leaves from last grow do look more Indica to me.

OG

Chemberry

Jack Herer

 

[Jax Rider]

I’ll sub up for this one. I grow OG Kush in every grow along with some other strains as well. Jack Herer is some of my favorite smoke planning on growing one maybe this coming spring.

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

I’ll sub up for this one. I grow OG Kush in every grow along with some other strains as well. Jack Herer is some of my favorite smoke planning on growing one maybe this coming spring.

Glad to have you along, I’d be curious to see some if your OG pics

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

9/2/2018 - OG day 30; Chemberry day 15; Jack Herer day 7: Not much of an update, Chemberry is looking better with her nutes, still at anout 500-600 PPM......

OG

Chemberry:

No update on Jack Herer

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

9/3/2018 - OG day 31; Chemberry day 16; Jack Herer day 8: OG keeps on killin it, just like she did last time. Chemberry looks like she’s starting to green up and speed up. Jack Herer is off to a strong start.

OG

Chemberry

Jack Herer

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

9/5/2018 - OG day 33; Chemberry day 18; Jack Herer day 10: OG is killin it, still haven’t fed her at all and she’s doing great. Chemberry looks a lot better and is starting to pick up speed, she’s gettin fed daily, 650 PPM, 6.2 PH, to runoff every other day. I’m somewhat disappointed that she went from 3 fingers to 3 fingers, to date I’ve only seen 1-3-5 or recently 1-3-7, guess I’ll add 1-3-3. I think she likes the nutes and slightly higher PH. Jack is looking great, she’s off to another quick start.

OG

Chemberry

Jack Herer

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

9/7/2018 - OG day 34; Chemberry day 19; Jack Herer day 11: Finally caught up to the current date. Can’t tell from the photos, but OG is up to an 11 count on the new finger leaves, I think she looks real good. Forgot to post her roots last transplant, but I transplanted her again to 5 gallon airpots, in 50/50 FFOC and Green Tree Premium Coco. I got a picture of the last one but not this one, either way she looks real good. I stripped the lower growth off the bottom two nodes a few days ago, and now the next two up have four fresh clones ready. Gonna take the clones tomorrow. I usually take 4 and keep 1, just to make sure I can get 1. I never have issues rooting, but I can’t risk losin me dear OG Kush. I usually root in any of the little cubes, rocowool or usually Root Riot. I do em in a hummidity dome and usually get full roots in 7-10 days. I’m gonna try 1 in a little homemade hydro bucket with a plastic net and airstone at the bottom. Off to Chemberry, I backed off watering her because the pot’s been so damn wet at the bottom, I wanted to let it dry out a little, and she went a little pale, go figure. I’m still learning coco, I appreciate any advice I can get. Her stem is starting to get green and look good. Jack’s got some big leaves, but they curled a little. It also looks like she decided to eat more nitrogen out of that soil than she can chew, but honestly at this stage, I’d rather have more nitrogen then less. Her leaves curled a bit, I think she grew pulled an Icarus, trying to fly to close to the light my dear. She’s goin for it all, she’s like the Kieth Richards of the bunch, wants those lights and nutes, but she’ll be good.

OG
1st transplant

Current

Chemberry

Jack Herer

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

Forgot to add, Chemberry needed a little support after the recent foliar feed. Jack needed some last time, we’ll see. OG can grow her nugs with no support, she’s the queen of the tent.

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

Hi Hank welcome to .

Thanks TurboBucket. Apologize, I’ve been trying to catch up to current date, finally here. Glad to have you along.

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

Aloha GTH! Looks like you are well on your way, but I thought I would throw some of my recent coco experiences your way.

I use GH Flora series with Rapid Start, Floralicious Plus and Cal Mg. My house has an RO system, so got to add the Cal Mg! My pH is in the 5.5-5.8 range in veg and 6.0-6.3 in bloom. Definitely feed these gals right away. Your tap may have enough calcium in it already, but be on the lookout magnesium deficiencies as you progress.

Feeding the plants daily and keeping the coco moist at all times is no problem. The coco holds the moisture while the perlite provides aeration at the same time. Perfect combo! If you water by hand, stir up the nutrient water a bit to get some oxygen bubbles in there. Your plants will thank you!

Oh boy, the old pH/ppm in the runoff! This was the most confusing thing about coco. My readings were all whacked out, figured I was killing my plants for sure. Then I read on one of these threads that runoff readings weren't that important, which made me relax and just read the plant, instead of the calculator. Been great ever since.

Anyway, I don't want to come off as a know-it-all, but I definitely experienced a learning curve (going from soil to coco) and figured I would pass some info along. Hope it helps.

Pomaika'i!

I support all the coco help I can get Aloha, or any help for that matter. Tried to reply to your original but it looks like I just posted it. Still new to this.

 

[Gas Tank Hank]

Yea if it come from a hermie it should be fem. Be pretty cool to grow it out, I got some bag seed from really good bud that I’ve saved. Might try to grow one out someday lol.

Coulda sworn I replied to this. Yeah, never done a bagseed but heard that some of the best strains started from em, we’ll see

 

[Jax Rider]

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• Jax Rider
• Aug 8, 2018
• jaxrider48's sparke plenty variety garden

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• Jax Rider
• Aug 8, 2018
• jaxrider48's sparke plenty variety garden

Here are pics of my OG Kush right before harvest

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• Jax Rider
• Aug 8, 2018
• jaxrider48's sparke plenty variety garden

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• Jax Rider
• Aug 8, 2018
• jaxrider48's sparke plenty variety garden

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• Jax Rider
• Aug 8, 2018
• jaxrider48's sparke plenty variety garden

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• Jax Rider
• Aug 7, 2018
• jaxrider48's sparke plenty variety garden

OG Kush Christmas tree bud and her bud buddies. Sorry for the purple.