It’s almost March, but HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 
I’m way overdue for starting this year’s grow log. Things are mostly the same. I still have a 5x5 tent for veg, little ones, and moms, an 8x4 for flowering, and a 2x4 for drying. I grow in Octopots with ProMix HP for medium (straight out of the bag, no amendments), using Jacks nutes in the reservoir for feed (20-20-20 through the stretch, 10-30-20 in flower, then 5-12-26 to finish). I’ve got a huge Fluence SpydrX Pro light (660 watt, iirc) and use a handful of 200w SpiderFarmer SF2000 lights for veg and flower.
My garden is seeing activity but overall things have been relatively quiet. When we left off in December, 2024, my flower tent contained two Apollo 11 plants (from Brothers Grimm, technically Apollo XX which is what I was shipped though I ordered the non-feminized version) from clone, plus one Skywalker OG (an F2 of Aficionado’s Bx - they used Larry OG for the backcross) from seed. I have harvested and trimmed those three. Coincidentally, they each yielded a 9oz harvest!!!
Brothers Grimm Apollo XX
Skywalker OG
Next up I had a God Bud 2.0 from Jordan Of The Islands and another Skywalker OG, both from seed. The God Bud was an underperformer, but it was the only surviving female from the 5 seeds I had. She barely got to 2’ tall and had SO MANY LEAVES! I’ll finish trimming her tonight. Not a great yield but my samples have been very enjoyable. It’s a nice indica stone!! I just chopped that next Skywalker, having freed up the drying tent.
JOTI God Bud 2.0
I’ve had issues with my cloner. I think it’s the pump (again). Even on the lowest power setting and with a large interval between sprays, I think it is blasting the cuttings with too much force. I’m a little perturbed that I haven’t figured it out, so I’ve switched to growing from seed for a bit. My most recent sprouts that tested female are two Temple Flo (from DJ Short) and a single Hindu Kush x Mendo Breath. I don’t have my spreadsheet, but I obtained the latter through Sebring’s site several years ago. Those three were moved into Octopots and will get another week or three before going into flower. I ended up with a Saints Crossing (bred by Bodhi, it’s pheno #2 which leans toward the Blueberry side) in a 3 gallon fabric pot (not an Octopot) that I just moved into the flower tent. We’ll see how she fares once my spring and summer travel plans come around. I’ve left the Octopots unattended for 6 days at a time with no issue, but imagine a plant in a fabric pot may suffer…
Saints Crossing on the left. On the right, top to bottom are Temple Flo, Hindu Kush x Mendo Breath, Temple Flo
All my recent travels have included live music. So far this year I caught the band Lotus, who were fantastic, and I traveled to Milwaukee to see Goose (nights 2 & 3 of their 3 night run at the Miller High Life Theatre). Both bands performed well musically and had impressive light shows!
Lotus
Goose
So that’s what’s happening chez moi. I hope everyone has had a solid start to their 2025. Thanks for stopping by, and happy gardening!!!
Thankfully the end result has been extremely well received by the folks who’ve sampled them. I’ll definitely be making them again and will be better prepared!
