All Sorts..🌱🔥

[Stinger96]

So the two males are evicted.. Very nice looking plants.. They outside till I can collect a small ammount of pollen and off to the composter they go.. The other girls are now starting to enter pre flower it seems..

[Stinger96]

Evening Growmies. The Grape Gorilla is now in flower allong with ine of the Double Sunsets.. The other two is only starting tonshow signs of pre flower..

[Stinger96]

So I tried to LST the Grape Gorilla.. She was streching way to much.. The darn main cola snapped right off.. Dumb of me not to use the knuckling method.. Done this a few times but now I'm not to sure as the stem is thick.. Stick it in the bottom of the pot and let's see what happens..

I should of topped her when I flipped but dit not expect the sudden and explosive stretch....

[Stinger96]

The 4 girls are doing well. The two Double Sunset girls took long to start though The Grape Gorilla turned into a lanky bitch and her snapped off cola is still surviving..

Chocolate Gelato..

Ds 1 & 2

Grape Gorilla..

 

[Stinger96]

The two evicted males turned out to be fine specimens.. They are days away from dropping their load. I will collect some pollin for some inhouse micro breeding for myself and then compost them. They look exactly the same but the DQxS turned purple and the DQ stayed green..

The Grape Gorilla Main Cola is still going strong.. As the RH dropped with the add of the heater fan I noticed it taking strain.. So I really hope it makes it..

[Stinger96]

The girls are doing well.. The terpene profile on the Grape Gorilla has me hooked.. Something quite special.. Actually dissapointed that I gifted the two cuts I made off her....

Grape Gorilla..

Chockolate Gelato..

2x Double Sunset..

[Stinger96]

So these girls are Day 75 From Seed and Day 45 Flower..

 

[Stinger96]

The girls are looking good. The Super Frass will from now on be part of all my soil mixes. 

Grape Gorilla..

Double Sunset..

Chocolate Gelato..

Edited September 5, 2021 by Stinger96

[Stinger96]

Good morning Growmies.

So the girls were polinated with some Chockolate Gelato pollin gifted by @Totemic I should have enough beans now for a life time. Happy to have beans on the Grape Gorilla as this girl is my new favorite.. I have a visitor in the tent and I am sure he is feasting on the phungus knats.. Small issue with them but not yet necessary for extreme measures.. 

Grape Gorilla Fem

The main cola is still going and I hope to revege it soon to make some cuttings.

Chockolate Gelato Fem.

Double Sunsets Fem

 

Edited September 14, 2021 by Stinger96

[Stinger96]

Some Update picks..

CG

DS

GG

[Stinger96]

The Chockolate Gelato Fem is packing on weight big time..

The Double Sunsets..

Grape gorilla..

[Stinger96]

So my next lesson is on hand.. Bloody thrips got my adress.. The two Prayingmantis's are bussy but I fear they are not enough. Switched of my ventilation and they rize to the top.. That's how I noticed them and by chance on a foto.. So I assume a harsh lesson it would be.. Anny help here maybe.? Zoom in on this and see the bugger stuck on some tricomes..

[Stinger96]

Wrong Id? Phungus Knat?

[Weskush]

1 minute ago, Stinger96 said:

Wrong Id? Phungus Knat?

Jip. That little head gives it away

[Weskush]

I'm having an infestation of these fkers. All over my outdoor soil. First time i'm having this issue. Tried Margeret Roberts, Cinnamon. Fokol helps. 

[Stinger96]

3 minutes ago, Weskush said:

I'm having an infestation of these fkers. All over my outdoor soil. First time i'm having this issue. Tried Margeret Roberts, Cinnamon. Fokol helps. 

Diotomatious earth I find worked. But got that cat piss in there and I think that soil migjt not be mixed well enough. Will do a neem drench and add some DE.. Just glad it is not Thrips.. Nearly myself..

[Weskush]

2 hours ago, Stinger96 said:

Diotomatious earth I find worked. But got that cat piss in there and I think that soil migjt not be mixed well enough. Will do a neem drench and add some DE.. Just glad it is not Thrips.. Nearly myself..

Funny thing is that i added D earth to my home made super soil and the gnats are everywhere. Just gonna continue with things and monitor. If i see any negative effect on my plants the shit's gonna fly. Luckily these creatures has a short life span so will see. Thrips is probably worse so it is what it is for now.

[Naughty.Psychonaut]

DE mixed into soil will slowly release minute amounts of calcium and silica in the soil, but it becomes nearly ineffective as a insecticide once wet or mixed into the soil. 

it also basically only works on larvae and soft bodied insects. usually something that can already fly won't be impacted by it at all. 

best way to use DE for countering insect life to throw a thin dry layer of it ontop of your soil, not after you watered cause it will just become wet and ineffective, wait till top soil is dry and sprinkle.

Golden rule is it will never work for infestations. do this as preventative measure, rather than waiting to see unwanted activity then jump into action. 

by the time you see unwanted movement you gona wana do a contact insecticide treatment like Pyrol or something that will take out a already forming colony. probably gona have to do two treatments, a week apart from eachother. then continue with IPM to keep them at bay. 

needless to say we spray nothing during flower so all this needs to be done during veg. 

Also good tippy tip is to kinda always as soon as you repotted something as soon as it's dry ontop you sprinkle DE, and repeat after every watering about 5 times. So you repot, water in, the very next day will be when the larvae in the first 5cm of soil will become active and also a good time to sprinkle a layer of dry DE all over the top of the soil. so that when the larvae move upwards to hatch it will kill itself when it tries to pass by the DE..  ✌ 

I love DE, always got some on hand and I use it religiously. it works.

[Weskush]

Thanks @Naughty.Psychonaut will definitely take note

[Stinger96]

Ok so these ltle flying pests just got a major setback.. Gave the plants a neem soak from the bottom and worked some DE over the top. They'll get chopped in the next few days so no more watering.. Except for the Chockolate gelato fem. She's making small foxtails all over and I need to see how far she'll go.. Mellow Saterday to all..

[Stinger96]

So I made the choice to harvest today. The Grape Gorilla and Double Sunsets came down.. Bit quick after the watering but so be it. Noticed some sugar leaves showing signs of But Rot and I am happy with the tricomes.. Did not want to learn one more lesson for now... 

This grow cinfirmed for me that 5L pots, FF soil mixed with Super Frass will from now on be my Indoor routine. This is for me.. The Tortoni need not stand back for anny of the "premium" bud I have had the pleasure of sampling so I am confident that these will be perfect for me..

The buds are dence and a perfect size, again, to my liking and not necessarily on standard for expert growers.. As I'm growing to support my own medication needs, bud appeal do not really bother me..

I did a two bucket wash with a tap rinse.. 

The Grape Gorilla was not washed as I did not want to screw with the possibility of loosing any seeds. The smell is almos Papaya like and not something I've come accross before.. I really like it and I am glad I have her seeded. Hopefully that trait carries through. Major frost on her sugar leaves and even on some fan leaves. 

All were pretty much a pleasure to trim. 

Double Sunset..

Grape Gorilla..

The Chockolate Gelato Fem I will leave for another week as mentioned.. I like this pheno with all her little fox tails..

 

 

 

[Stinger96]

The Chockolate Gelato Fem came down today.. What a awesome yielder. I'm really happy with the results keeping in mind that she was in a 5L pot and only got fed the Super Frass, Sea Weed and Microbes.. I love this Pheno.. Nice one @Totemic

[Stinger96]

Well, I only have good things to say. The Double Sunset and Grape Gorilla is awesome.. The CG is now bottled and this thread is now done. She came out awesomely.. To be honest, I'll only grow from Totemic's stable in future..