Plants look fucking killer @minitiger nice work man 
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Haha, I haven’t posted them on IG yet. For some reason, I can’t log on, but even if/when I can, I dunno if I’m gonna post them. It’s kind of a hassle.
Thanks, dude. That’s all Bodhi and Doc, I just watered them haha.
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Weighed the Santa Cruz Pure Haze x A5Thai just now, before I sealed those flowers up for about a month, ended up at 105.4 grams, which… Wow haha. That’s not including the larf (of which there was quite a bit)(dumped that in my “Sativa” freezer bag of trim that I really do swear honest to gawd I’m gonna turn into hash, I mean it this time). I also threw out the last few branches, just because I was fucking sick of trimming her, took me like six hours. I checked the flowers on those branches before I tossed them, too, didn’t seem worth trimming. I was super-over it by then.
Still, though, 105 grams is pretty good, especially considering the genetics. Smells very good, too. I think it smells like grape juice, but my girl said she thought it smelled like grapefruit. Either way, there’s “grape” in there somewhere haha.
Also weighed the Pura Vida #5 before I sealed them up, 72.6 grams, which I think is pretty great, especially for an un-topped plant that was only vegged for like 50 days. I bet with the extra ten days of veg that I usually do and a topping, she woulda weighed another 10-14 grams. Still, I’m more than happy with where she ended up.
Side note: I’ve been getting into that PV #5 here and there for the last week or so; first time I did, I hadn’t even trimmed her yet, just grabbed a nug out of the paper bag she’d been in for a day or two, after she’d hung for 12 days. The smoke has been a little surprising. Much, much more “cerebral” than I was anticipating, wasn’t sure I liked it at first haha, but I’ve gotten used to it. And anyway, that’ll probably mellow out as she sits in jars for a few weeks.
Flavor’s unreal, though, tastes sooooo good. And the smoke’s pretty strong, too. Stronger than I like, really haha, but I’m sure that’ll mellow out a little bit, too, as time goes by.
Proper smoke reports will be written in a month or so. Still gotta trim and jar the other Pura Vida and the Sour Diesel x Dragon Energy, too, but that won’t be for a few more days.
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Damn dude, that’s a good pull, weight wise, terps sound awesome too.
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yeah i was like, those things are the same, dude, but nope im stupid haha grape and grapefruit are totally oposite fruits
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oh probably still gonna regret that later consindering the genetics but i totally hear ya after 6 freakin hours of sitting there 
Pura Vida’s are sounding like keeper material and right up my alley! Doesn’t sound too far off from the TK,. This topanga canyon pure kush/91 hollywood pure kush is starting to show the potency markers so that + higherthought, and mainly your early reportings, have me a bit excited. Might actually be sad if it turns out being a different cut haha.
Looking forward to your final thoughts on all these when its time.
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Haha, funny you mention that. I was sitting here a second ago thinking about how this latest grow is my weed for this summer and so far, none of it seems exactly like “summertime weed.” I haven’t tried the SCPH cross yet, so I dunno if that’s gonna fulfill my summertime needs haha, but yeah, it’s possible I may regret throwing out those last few branches.
I was thinking I’d start the next grow on April 15, but that may get moved up a couple weeks haha…
Yeahhhhh, it’s funny you mention that, as well haha! I was a little apprehensive about the Nikah (TK x OMG) when I first started doing preliminary samplings, just based on what you and others have said about the straight TK, but that one’s actually been really pleasant (might be my go-to for the summer). The Pura Vida #5, though, is for SURE one of those ones that needs to be “layered” a la higherthought’s description of the TK. Two bong rips right in a row have been pretty uncomfortable, with an almost “frantically cerebral” kind of high. It’s STRONG and nothing at all like how I remember straight HPK. It’s much better to do like three bong rips of the PV #5 over the course of maybe an hour; if I do three right in a row, I start questioning my entire life haha.
Again, though, hopefully that’ll change as it sits in jars. And hopefully the #2 Pura Vida will smoke differently than the #5 haha…
Yeah, the Santa Cruz Pure Haze cross definitely smells very, very good. The Pura Vida #5 also smells delicious haha. Totally different, but both smell realllllyyyy good. Forgot to mention that the PV #5 is sticky-icky and gooey as fuck, too. Which I love… haha.
Yep, totally different haha. I’m not sure where my girl’s picking up on grapefruit; it doesn’t smell like that at all to me. But she doesn’t smoke cigarettes and I do, so… She’s probably right.
I wish my perfume-smelling friend wasn’t outta town right now, I’d really like to get her opinion on that Santa Cruz Haze cross. It’s pretty complex.
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Damn dude, you killed it with these plants. I know you already know that haha, but damn. I’m all itchy to drop some of the SCPH X A5HT now, as if I wasn’t before lol. Those are some beautiful plants.
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I dunno if I “killed it” re: yields or whatever. I mean, like I said, I just watered the plants. I’m definitely happy with the results, though haha!
Maybe I’ll go through my notes and post what I added to the water and when and you guys can help me figure out what may have been responsible for the good yields haha.
Do it, dude! I sent you some of those, right? Or was it something else? Can’t remember, but it’d be nice to see somebody grow some of the seeds I sent them haha.
You may wanna consider topping them twice whenever you do plant them. I don’t usually do that, usually only top once, but I did top that plant twice, pretty sure that’s why she yielded so much. Or one of the reasons, anyway.
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When I say killed it I mean like broadly, those look like some super healthy and happy plants.
And yeah, you did send me some! I also managed to grab a pack from GLG since then. I know you lost some to bad soil, so my offer to send those back to you remains, just let me know 
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So I’m putting off trimming and jarring that last Pura Vida f2, figured I’d post a couple pics of the Sour Diesel x Dragon Energy freak buds that I trimmed yesterday:
Pretty weird-looking. Also very frosty, so that’s cool (even though I don’t think “frostiness” is any kind of indicator of how the weed’s actually gonna smoke).
Also, I was kind of joking about posting my “regimen” a few days ago, but somebody DM’d me yesterday and was genuinely curious, so I guess I’ll post that now, too (anything to keep me from getting started on that last PV haha).
The Nikah, Santa Cruz Pure Haze cross and the Malibu Pure Kush hybrid will all be referred to as “the older plants,” since they were started on October 01; the Sour Diesel x DE and the Pura Vidas were planted on November 02 and will be referred to as “the younger plants”.
November 02: watered older plants with aloe, coconut and K silicate.
November 03: foliared older plants with neem, K silicate and peppermint and rosemary essential oils (I guess I gave them K silicate two days in a row? Okay haha).
November 06: watered the younger plants with OG Biowar Nute pack.
November 08: watered both the younger and older plants with OG Biowar Root pack.
November 11: foliared the older plants with neem, K silicate and rosemary and peppermint essential oils (I’m just gonna say “IPM” for that moving forward).
November 15: watered older plants with aloe and coconut and gave them a wood vinegar foliar, too (that seems like a lot of stuff all at once, not too sure what the rationale for that was).
November 20: IPM. It doesn’t say in my notebook whether that was for all of the plants or just the older ones, so I’m gonna assume it was for all of them. Also, this seems like a lot of foliars haha. I don’t remember doing this much stuff.
November 27: watered the younger plants with Neptune’s Fish and Kelp; transplanted the older plants into the 7-gallons, added OG Biowar Nute underneath the rootball, top dressed with neem, kelp and MBP and watered with Biowar Root and Foliar.
November 29: transplanted the younger plants into half-gallons, added Biowar Nute underneath the rootball and watered with the Root and Foliar packs. Although it doesn’t look like I made a note of it, I probably top dressed the half-gallons with neem and kelp, too, since that’s something that I always do.
December 01: IPM for every plant, young and old.
December 05: watered with an AACT.
December 11: transplanted the younger plants into the 7-gallons, added Biowar Nute and top dressed with neem, kelp, MBP, gypsum and fishbone. I’m not too sure why I top dressed the younger plants with gypsum and fishbone and didn’t do that for the older plants when I transplanted them. It’s a mystery… haha.
December 16: IPM and watered with coconut.
December 20: watered with an AACT. I wonder if I forgot that I’d done that fifteen days earlier?
Also, at this point it seems like I did a lot more than I usually do, so maybe that’s why some of those plants yielded pretty good, @iamyou_youareme? I dunno.
December 21: flipped to flower. Maybe that’s why I watered with the AACT so soon after the previous one, since I like to hit them with one right before or right after I flip.
December 26: watered with TM7.
December 31: watered with fulvic acid (five days after the TM7! D’oh! haha)(that’s why you shouldn’t garden drunk)(or at least reference your notes before you decide,”Uh… Hey! I think I’ll water with some fulvic tonight!”).
January 09: top dressed with MBP and watered with SEA-90 and Gnatrol (fungus gnats were starting to show up).
January 20: watered with Gnatrol and OG Biowar Root and Foliar (fungus gnats disappeared after that).
January 23: watered with coconut, aloe, SEA-90 and K silicate (that’s a lot of stuff…).
February 04: watered with a neem and kelp tea.
That was the last thing I did. It does look like I did quite a bit more than I usually do, but I just looked through my notes from previous grows and it was about the same. Different stuff added this time (I haven’t used SEA-90 in yeeeaarrrrrssss and don’t really ever do straight fulvic), but it wasn’t much more than usual. I guess it just seems like I don’t do a lot, but maybe I do. I dunno. Maybe that SEA-90 had something to do with it, gonna try to remember to incorporate that into my grows a little more moving forward.
Anyway…
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oh man 
I really like how the flowers came out on that bud! Regardless of the foxtail that looks right imo. Almost makes me sad I traded those packs out but knowing my luck they would’ve hermed on me and gone in the trash lol oh well. Least someone’s pulling out some beauties from those. Still not getting the diesel scents though?
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Dude those buds almost look like dragon paws! Dragon claws? Dragon feet? you get the point though
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Yeah, some of the nugs for sure have that sorta “swirling” look to them, similar to Sour Diesel. I know that’s not the best way to describe it haha, but if you ever look closely at legit Sour Diesel, there’s something “swirl-ish” about them.
They smelled gas-y when I was trimming them yesterday, but it reminded me way more of the Dragon Energy-leaning C. Gold x DE I grew last year than it did Sour Diesel. More of a “dark” fuel smell rather than the “bright/sweet” Sour Diesel smell. “Bright/sweet” isn’t the best way to describe, but in any event, no, it doesn’t remind me of Sour Diesel haha.
No sour smells, either, so… We’ll see where they end up in about a month, I guess. I’m gonna burp them one more time in a few hours and then they’re getting sealed for at least three weeks.
I’m actually much more interested in the #2 Pura Vida that I’m taking a break from trimming right now haha. That shit is straight gas all the way, muuuuuch different than the other PV plant I trimmed last week. The only reason I’m not like,”OMG, OMG!” is because it’s kinda reminding me of the way the Time Bandits smelled when I trimmed them. Those smelled extremely fuel-y when I was trimming them (had to put on a mask, actually), but they lost all of that once the jars were opened a few weeks later.
So we’ll see about the #2 PV, too haha.
You had packs of the Sour Diesel x DE and you fucking traded them? Uh… Why? Haha. If ever there was a chance of replicating the “true Sour Diesel” flavor, I thought crossing it to Doc’s DE male was probably the best chance, to the point where I emailed him a few months before he even mentioned that cross and long before he released them, just to confirm that,”Yes, you ARE gonna cross the DE male to the Sour Diesel, right?” haha.
Glad he did. Glad I have a lot more of those seeds to look through, too.
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I dunno, I’m not too into dragons, I dunno what their feet look like haha! But yeah, those nugs look pretty cool. The way they look actually reminds me of this ollllllllllld Skunk magazine review of something called “Sirius Stardawg” or something like that. I’ve tried to find that review online but came up empty. I bet I have it in my stacks of old Skunk, though. Maybe I’ll look through them all and try to find it. The nugs really do look a lot like the ones in that review.
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You definitely took better notes than I do 
You did do a lot this round, with the Teas, SEA-90, OG Biowar stuff, and Neptune’s… More than I did my last couple of rounds. I usually top dress with compost and craft blend and call it a day. Maybe a tea here and there… anyways, your extra inputs this round seemed to have paid off!
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Yeah, I write everything down (usually haha); the problem is that I forget to look to see what the last thing I did was before I do the next thing haha.
Looking at my notes when I was posting my “regimen,” I was definitely like,”Gawddamn, man, you did a lot of stuff…” but after referencing my notes from previous grows, it wasn’t much more than any of them, I don’t think. There’s just never any rhyme or reason to it. I for sure don’t have a regimen, it’s just whenever I think about something, maybe I’ll water with it haha.
I do think, though, that the SEA-90 had something to do with something. I used to use that two or three times a grow and always got great results and then I just forgot about it for like four years. Somebody mentioned it on one of their logs a few months ago and I was like,”Oh, yeah! I’ve got a huge bag of that in my closet!” haha. Probably gonna use that every grow now moving forward.
Or maybe I’ll just forget about it for another four years… haha.
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After growing out his headbanger cross and seeing some other sour d stuff from the same cut, I figured they’d herm for me so I thought trade them out to someone else that might have better luck. Can’t remember who it was. I still have a couple of the malibu pk crosses but more interested in his haze work and the twilight energy.
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Hm. I haven’t found any seeds whilst trimming, but okay haha.
Just outta curiosity, wha’d you trade them for?
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Ah ok, I traded the two sour d x de packs to Vagabond_Windy so they’re in good hands now. I chose an untouched pack of AKBB NL5 x NL5, and a half pack each of celestial citron and wookie orgasm respectively for the trade. I already had a half pack of each of the bodhi packs so I have a full pack of each of those now to go with that NL5.
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