Ok y’all, so here’s my detailed “end of grow” notes (the plants aren’t all done but close enough!):
Pheno #1:
Height: 3’9
Aroma: artificial fruit (like lifesaver gummies), floral, very mild hint of chem/jet fuel on the backend
Flower time: 60-63 days
Notes: heavy drinker during flower. The only pheno that could tolerate the nutes (half the recommended dose of crab & kelp blend for topsoil application) I gave them on day 45. Though heavily seeded, the calyx to leaf ratio is a bit better than the other sativa leaning pheno. Node spacing is somewhat tight
Pheno #2:
Height: 3’7
Aroma: jet fuel, sulfur, very mild indistinct sweetness on backend (almost opposite of pheno #1)
Flower time: 70 days
Notes: heavy drinker during flower. Could not tolerate nutes even with a ppm of between 355-446 (these are numbers I vaguely remember but somewhere in that range). Nodes are more spaced out. If just growing for fun I would expect a fairly small yield with somewhat wispy buds
Pheno #3:
Height: 2’10
Aroma: pretty mild (not a stinker) but otherwise similar to pheno #2 only slightly sweeter
Flower time: 60-63
Notes: moderate drinker during flower. Was most affected by the addition of nutes. Nodes spacing is tight with a leafy structure, will likely require heavy or moderate defoliation to get a decent yield. Tips of seed pods turn purple, not sure if that’s an indication you’d see purple hues in a normal grow but noted it regardless. Bushy/slight Christmas tree structure.
Pheno #4:
Height: 3’1
Aroma: zero sweetness, strong odor; garlic, diesel, jet fuel, sulfur
Flower time: 56-60
Notes: somewhat moderate drinker during flower. Was least affected by the addition of nutes. Nodes spacing is tight with a good leaf to calyx ratio, did not need defoliate as often as I had to with other phenos. Has Christmas tree structure and doesn’t fade to yellow as it gets closer to finish flowering. Great trich/resin production, by far my favorite pheno.
Pheno #5:
Height: 2’3
Aroma: lemon cleaner (think pledge), starburst, with a sour diesel undertone
Flower time: 60-62
Notes: light drinker during flower. Had trouble tolerating nutes. Node spacing is tight, overall plant structure reminds me of bushy Landrace indicas (namely a phenotype of the Iranian I grew out a couple years ago). Almost as leafy as pheno #3 (moderate defoliation may be required)
Edit: To clarify, this has been an all water, no nutes grow up until day 45 of flower. They started/finished in Roots Organics soil Original mix.
And that’s all the updates for this evening! Since none of them are really done, the flowering times are just guesstimates, however pheno #4 seems done but I wanna push her a bit to mature any seeds that aren’t. The list cometh soon! Will throw it back up after these plants are chopped and I have an idea of how many I can actually give away. Thanks to all those who have been following along and encouraging me, this is the first time I’ve done a real grow journal and it was not as tedious as I had initially expected. Glad I decided to do this run.
Anywho, hope y’all had a great holiday and I look forward to the new year with all my OG’ers, talk to ya soon!