Hermaland, project no flavor PT/EN

[Kendy.grower]

This is Project No Flavor, a grow log that began with little hope.

I got caught up in BSF’s marketing around their Gorilla Family line (Banana, Ghost, White Rainbow) — genetics that deeply disappointed me. No smell, no flavor.

The plant looked nice and had decent yield, but it hermed. I ran the first cycle in hydroponics and the second in coco, and in both runs the outcome was the same: good-looking plants with okay structure… but zero aroma, zero taste, and herm traits.

Still, I enjoy the process of growing. And since I don’t have easy access to high-quality seeds at the moment, I decided to give these accidental seeds a shot — hoping that maybe, just maybe, one of them will break the cycle and surprise me.
Start date / Início do cultivo: 18 de maio de 2025
Number of plants / Número de plantas: 12 (feminized seeds from a hermed plant)

Este é o Projeto Sem Graça, um diário que nasceu sem muita esperança.

Fui pego pelo marketing da BSF com a linha Gorilla Family (Banana, Ghost, White Rainbow) — genéticas que me decepcionaram profundamente. Sem cheiro, sem sabor.

A planta até ficou bonita, teve um rendimento ok, mas hermafroditou. Levei o primeiro ciclo no sistema hidropônico, e o segundo no cultivo em coco. Em ambos os casos, o resultado foi o mesmo: plantas visualmente atrativas, com boa estrutura… mas absolutamente sem aroma, sem sabor e com tendência ao hermafroditismo.

Mas como gosto de cultivar, e não tenho acesso fácil a sementes realmente boas no momento, decidi dar uma chance para essas sementes feminizadas (formadas por hermafroditismo acidental) e ver se, com um pouco de sorte, alguma delas consegue me surpreender.

[Kendy.grower]

This was the plant that hermed.
Essa é a planta q hermou

[Kendy.grower]

Today was transplant day — from 500 ml pots to 6-liter pots using a mix of 50% BioBizz All-Mix, 50% coco fiber, plus 100g of bat guano and 60g fish meal, bone meal, and oil cake per pot.
Hoje foi o dia do transplante — passei dos vasos de 500 ml para vasos de 6 litros usando uma mistura com 50% BioBizz All-Mix, 50% fibra de coco, mais 100g de guano de morcego e 60g de farinha de peixe, farinha de osso e óleo vegetal fermentado por vaso.

[rasterman]

You’re at the place with the best genetics to be found, IMO. I feel your pain. I’ve been growing out VX-1000 seeds one at a time for a couple of years. It’s billed as a really loud-smelling plant but so far it’s been more of a stealth grower’s dream. The smoke is good, so i keep growing them but I also keep getting disappointed by the lack of loud smells.

If you haven’t already, check out the seed trading thread. There are many Oaxacan lines out there with interesting smells and I just harvested a really loud Zamaldelica an OGer graciously provided. Plus too many other strains to mention.

I don’t know if it’s true, but anecdotally for the few years I’ve been growing it seems like plants that herm give me better smoke. Unless they create a bunch of male flowers I try to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[Kendy.grower]

I feel you, bro, and I respect your opinion — but honestly, I’ve grown stuff from Green House, Sensi Dutch, even some no-name preenseeds, and none of them disappointed me like these Gorilla seeds did. Smoking that stuff was like puffing on air — no flavor, no high. Once you hit a certain level, it’s hard to accept anything less, you know?

This run is more about managing a bigger number of plants, like 10+, and getting a feel for how much space I’ll really need.
I’ve already got some fire genetics lined up, but I still depend on a few people to help get them to me safely — gotta keep things low-key.

Appreciate the advice, man. One thing I’m still unsure about is whether I should even bother popping the rest of those seeds or just chuck ’em

[bigLblazed]

Hey kendy, if the smoke sucked, dont waste ur time and space growing it again! Time to move on broda! If u need some seeds send me a DM and ill get a pack your way

[rasterman]

@bigLblazed

Hey kendy, if the smoke sucked, dont waste ur time

Truer words have never been spoken. If you keep popping seeds you’ll eventually find what you’re looking for. But with the right line you shouldn’t have to pop that many.

[Kendy.grower]

Atualização Dia 21/06 – troca do fotoperíodo no dia 20

Update June 21 – switched to flowering (12/12 light cycle) on June 20

Foto tirada hoje 29/06 9 dias após a troca para o 12/12

Photo taken today, June 29, to document progress 9 days after switching to 12/12 light cycle (flowering started on June 20).