Resimax's grow: Ringo's Gift

[resimax]

Hi, I started a new grow a few weeks ago with 2 strains. I’ll make a separate diary with the other one, but this one is Ringo’s Gift from MSNL.

I messed up. I decided to try coco plugs for the first time in a long time instead of my custom light mix organic soil. Things didn’t go so well.

Here’s week 1:

…and it stayed like this for a while, even making sure my VPD and DLI were optimal. It started to die. I wasn’t over or under-watering it. It was locking out nutrients somehow still after 2 weeks, with no roots visibly poking through the coco plug yet, so I transplanted it to a 1L pot, and added some heat to incubate the roots a bit. I skipped taking pictures for week 2, with the first set of leaves completely brown.

A few days after transplanting, the plant decided to top itself, since the next node would not grow out and withered away. But, the 2 lateral stems are now growing fairly good. This plant should look pretty funky later in life if it makes it. Here’s week 3:

[resimax]

I gotta say, this is the first time I topped at the first node before. Or well, it topped itself. Kinda curious how it’ll turn out…

[webeblzr]

Ringos’ Gift, sounds like a fun run.
I’ve always use a non-fertilized medium, or a starter mix, that has zero food in it, until I see 4-6 sets of leaf points popping up, before I give them food.

@resimax

It was locking out nutrients somehow still after 2 weeks,

Maybe fertilizers topped her??
She is coming around it looks like.
Best of luck in your runs!!

[resimax]

I don’t use any fertilizers. All organic soil once they make it in. This was just water and the inert (mostly, all natural) coco plug.

[resimax]

I sort of forgot about this diary, so here’s a few pics without words:

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1st week of bloom:

2nd week of bloom:

[Cummings420]

Nice very nice looking forward to see them get bigger n frosty

[resimax]

In 2 days we are going to brush pollen on her to make some seeds.

Here we are at 19 days into flower:

[resimax]

Today is the last day before it gets dusted with pollen. The donor is Charcuterie from Cannarado Genetics, which is Grape Pie BX x Cheesy D (UK Cheese x Chemdawg).

[resimax]

Week 3 of bloom and week 1 after pollination is done.

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This plant has a phosphorus issue, but it’s okay… I’m not going to baby it. It’ll be acceptable in the end. It’s about 4 weeks in bloom now.

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My pollen worked and she has some nearly ripe seeds now.

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6 weeks of bloom down, 2-3 more to go. I pollinated this one with Charcuterie. It’s frosty.

[resimax]

Okay, I chopped this one as its popcorn bud seeds are ripe. Damn, I wasn’t expecting so much frost on this. I’ve grown a lot of CBD varieties, and this is up there for resin production.

[TricycleOfDoom]

Wow. I’ve grown many CBD strains as well and never seen much frost at all. Although one strain was so juicy and sticky buds would stick to the nitrile gloves after trimming.

[resimax]

Getting things ready for my next grow over here. I never thought I’d ever say this, but I’m going back to my roots for the next grow, just to mix things up. When I first started indoor some years ago, I grew with frequently fertigated coconut coir, hydroponic style with synthetic nutrients. Well, that’s what I’m going to do. Mostly out of boredom, and to get rid of all these bottled nutrients I’ve had laying around for years. I’m a soil guy. I care about the environment. But… why not? New diary/diaries coming soon.