nice pics of a great grow ! 
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Plant characteristics and grow notes
Organic Dirt grow of:
Doctor Seedsman CBD 30:1 feminized photoperiod. Also known as āCBD Asiaā
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80% Sativa
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20% CBD
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56 to 63 days to flower
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20% CBD (4 lab tests avail. on-line)
Plant characteristics
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short and squat. Giant fan leaves (for height of plant)
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medium feeder
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Crystal buildup starts slowly but is massive in last couple weeks before harvest.
Warnings
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No HST tolerance at all. FIM & LST are ok
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Sensitive to mould
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watch for herms along stem
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a little water everyday
Forget about Manifold and Mainlining or any other HS training techniques. Pinch to desired height ā 8 inches.
Plant doesnāt like lower RH - gets grumpy below 25%
So basically it doesnāt like it dry but it is prone to mould and does not like drought either.
These plants can be somewhat tricky to grow - not for beginners. The plants grow well within a set of controlled perimeters: relative humidity, temperature and watering. Iāll bet they would be great in any sort of hydro or octopot setup.
Two phenos (so far) Silver Dancer and Mirkwood
Silver Dancer
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largest inter-nodal spacing
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lighter green, narrower leaves
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milder scent
Mirkwood
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shortest inter-nodal spacing
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darker green, wider fan leaves
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dankest
Grow instructions
The plant starts off all stocky & indica-like with big fans - I mean leaves so Big-Assed wide and long that you could use them for rappers and roll a Chong sized spliff or cannagar with them. The plants all grow similarly to each other.
Start removing the main stem fan leaves as soon as reasonable and open up the interior as soon asā¦
When 8ā short of the height you want FIM or top the apical.
Do not let them dry out, not even late flower.
You need air movement, especially if your RH is getting high.
Keep an eye out for herms, especially on the main stem.
Gently train branches into position for an even canopy. (No supercropping etc)
To my mind, this plant was developed for a commercial grow environment where it would receive the attention it needs. It will work well in a home-grow so long as the grower knows the plant requirements.
Iāll post the dry yields and smoke report once cured.
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Wicked write-up I wish I could see something like this for every strain I wanted to grow. this one is for the catalog!
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Well, thanks! I appreciate that.
I thought that might be a handy reference for folks. The seeds companies seldom give you guidelines or point out any weaknesses in thier catalogs. These plants surprised me a couple of times and I could see someone totally blowing a grow when, with a little info, could pull off and get a good crop. Hope it helps someone.
(edit) OK, JOTI is a notable exception, they actually do it right and tell you the plantās limitations and preferences.
Cheers
G
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Iām so new that every varietal that enters my garden i scour the net looking for āactualā info from grow logs and forums although i havenāt been to another forum since rejoining here. Your right this info could save someone a lot of heart ache!
Killer skills btw!
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Minor update
Doc 2 came down May 21 & Doc 3 came down May 24.
Roughly <5% amber, 75 ~ 80% cloudy, 15 ~ 20% clear.
Though of the Day
This works great on a games machine and H/S internet connection, itās crap on my laptop
Whoās up for a fun trip down the āBunny holeā??
Go prep your favorite herbal libation, get comfy and spark up.
Now check out Phylos Bioscience, a straight laced, slightly stodgey Weed Lab. They offer some mail-in testing that aimed at the commercial marketā¦
Slide over to testing and then down to Phylos Galaxy and light 'er up!
wait it outā¦ a lot of shit to loadā¦ high bandwidth is betterā¦
the short cut
Have fun and explore
Cheers
G
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That sounds very interesting, I will bookmark it, for later viewing, cheers man.
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Harvest
Doc 2 (Silver dancer) Weigh in:
53.5 grams dried bud
Doc 3 (SD) Weigh in:
68.9 grams dried bud
Doc 1 (Mirkwood):
70.0 grams dried bud
.64 Gram/Watt
Smoke Test
Mixed results here. I thought it was fairly mild with a slight waxy back-taste. My wife described it as awful āfull stopā. That means Iāll be using 95% and the magic butter machine to crank out CBD tincture
Effects
Both sides of your tongue, from the eye tooth back. First a slight warming slowly changing to a slight numbness.
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Dope looking buds, nice harvest 
Well thanks 7! I thought they looked rather nice after drying too.
Iāve done better with that blurple (just short of a gram/watt), but in a weird way, it is oddly fun to see how much I can squeeze out of the mediocre light.
Iāll have it dialed in better the next time I grow this girl. 
Cheers
G
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Great looking plants! Thatās real talent there
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Well thanks! I appreciate that.
I canāt take credit for those genetics, thatās the magic. I just try not to kill them before they deliver. Next time I grow these Iāll have them dialed in
Cheers
G
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Hey @Gpaw Iām curious when/why to start using a āfungus gnatsā sticky pad! Iām in Northern Ontario Canada and Iām set up in my basement! I also keep things quite clean. However Iām a fair believer in the old sayings āitās best to be preparedā & " Iād much rather have it and NOT need it. Than NEED it and not have it" Iām simply trying to be somewhat ready for anything. Tbh Iāve never had an encounter with gnats and hopefully never have to!!!
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Basements feel nice because they are cooled by the ground but itās because they are cool, their RH shoots up in the summer. Keep an eye out down the road.
These will do ya!
(edit) duhā¦ usually between 1st and second week of vegā¦youāll knowā¦
Cheers
G
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She sure is a purdy girl
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Man autos and cbd have really come a long way. Iām getting ready to harvest 2 cheese 2:1 cbd and they grew like wild fire under 12hrs of light. Hard to imagine what they would have looked like under 20hrs of light and bigger than 1/2 gal containers that want to fall over from top weight lol
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You are correct, the changes have been astonishing.
When you think about the perfect plant (whatever that means) that you would want for a medicine production system. The new autos are it. Simple to grow, nice structure, āeasy peasyā. Easy enough most anyone can growā¦ Autos are going to have a huge impact.
Cheers
G
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I wasnāt sure how they would do under 12hrs. Now I feel that I have to grow some under 18hrs to really see what they can do.
I think when I do try them Iāll do about 10 plants in 1 gal containers
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First auto grow I did 18Hr. I was happy, but I thought Iād try 20Hr. the next time. That was noticeably better - but I think thatās down to my so-so lights.
Iāll bet under good lights 18 Hrs is the peak. I think it comes down to how many photons per day the plant can process. I have convinced myself that 5 Gal is probably too large, especially for a fast Auto. Iām thinking max 3 Gal. I was blown away by what folks were doing in the solo cup contest. I started to re-think how many plants one grower could handle in a pheno hunt.
Cheers
G
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