SCCA Grow Journal

1.the BD, KK, and PK in veg, they were different sizes so had to go into different size pots
2. & 3. Closer shot of BD about a month later

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the BD about 2 weeks into flower
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BD at 4 weeks flower
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BD at 6 weeks flower, i think the one in the first pic was mislabeled
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GdG at 4 weeks flower
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BbK at 2 weeks flower, purple from cold temps
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Feel free to post any questions or comments. i dont know where that last pic came from but its the BD at 2 weeks flower.

Here's a simple shot of the veg room. as you can see we still need to paint the walls and finish installing the drainage system.
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here are a couple shots of the Twilight x (Hawiian x Sour Diesel)

at a week old or so
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About 3 weeks from germination, transplanted into 3g pots
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i dont have any pics of them currently. they were topped at about 12" and given about two weeks to recover and bush out. O.G.R.E. kept 6 and transfered them into flower at about 6 weeks from seed, the other 6 went to an other member to grow out. ill get some shots this weekend of their progress.

its been an interesting week, iv been really busy and haven't had the time to monitor the grow as closely as i would have liked. the Black Domina had some magnesium deficiencies, but was no worse for the wear. we harvested and yield was a bit lower than i expected, not horrible. Still waiting for it to finish drying, then ill post a harvest report. im guessing about 1/4 lb from 5 plants.

one of the BD plants is taking longer to finish, but should be cut in a day or two. im certain i was right about the plant that was mislabeled. the buds are much longer and pointier. it has at least 2 more weeks, but is looking great.

Unknown, possibly Purple Kush, at 7 weeks
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The Granddaddy Grape are filling out beautifully. the buds are thick and extremely smelly. they have a strong fruity scent with a mild spicy almost hashy undertone. they are at 5 weeks flower, and haven't really started to swell yet.

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Our 12 Twilight x (Hawaiian x Sour Diesel) have shown sex. the 6 we put into flower showed 3 males and 3 females. the 6 we gave away are still in veg but are showing female pre-flowers, for a total of 9 females and 3 males. the plants are fairly uniform having large leaves and medium internodes. 3 of the females are shorter and a bit more branched, the remaining 6 have a fairly large stature and the largest leaves and have little to no branching along the stems.

all of the males are large like the six females, also with minimal branching. one is a bit wider with closer internodes and more branching. im going to take some cuts and flower them before i decide which one to keep. i still have a couple dozen beans so a better candidate may pop up down the line.

i am going to take cuts from the 9 females and run them as a mixed batch to get a general idea of how they flower indoors. i will probably keep a cut or two of the smallest bushiest female and the best looking of the larger ones to cross with the male to see what results. im waiting to see how these babys do in flower before i make any further plans.

here are a few pic of the 3 females we still have ill take some of the males and other females get them posted later today or tomorrow
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later this afternoon ill post some shots of the veg room and how the Grandaddy Grape is doing in the 1g pots. unfortunately i had toss out our Kings Kush, Purple Kush, and Grandaddy Grape moms because of a spidermite infestation. they probably could have been saved, but its safer for us to throw them out and get new ones. i have 10 GdG rooting into 4" pots that ill turn into moms and im looking for a nice strain for a new mom.

Time for a bit of an update!

Everything is going very well lately. we have (fingers crossed) eliminated our spider mite issue. Azamax is some pretty potent stuff. a combination of that and Pyrethrin bombs in the veg room did the trick. it was sad to lose our moms though.

we harvested the Granddaddy Grape trial plants. it has beautiful bud structure and a great smell! will give a weigh out when its dry. the Black Domina yielded a measly 5.5 oz from 6 plants. it has a nice mellow high with little couch lock. Its been in the jar about a week and the hashy sweet smell hasn't come back yet. the two unknown clones yielded about 1.5 oz total. the strange purple one has a great taste and smell, waiting on it to cure a bit before a smoke report. the other had crappy spindly buds that im just going to make some butter with.

Here's a pic of the GdG, a bit blurry. ill get better ones once its dry.

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the Blackberry Kush are looking wonderful. 5 weeks into flower they have nice full buds. they stretched about 50% during flowering. the stems are a bit thinner than i'd like and are having trouble supporting the buds. Bamboo stakes and Green garden tape are wonderful!

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We put a full run of GdG into flower today. Im looking froward to a full crop of this stuff. it's one of the better Grape strains i'v come across.

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We have decided to name the Twilight x (Hawaiian x Sour Diesel) for simplicity. We are calling it Sunset for now. the female and males we kept are bushing out nicely. the round of clones i took from all the females is not doing too well. unfortunately i wasn't able prep the moms like i normally would. whenever i don't, i have poor success. im hoping this is why they aren't taking and it not that the strain is difficult to clone.

Guess i should explain how i prep my mothers. when im ready to take cuttings and the mom is bushy and healthy i give it a decent flush and stop giving it nutes. once every day for a week i spray the plant heavily with plain water at 6.5 pH. when the plant needs water again i give give it a carbohydrate supplement (molasses). i try to take the cuttings 2 or 3 days after the giving it the carbs so they have time to build up in the stems. when i do this i have 95%+ success, if i don't i have about 60% success or worse.

looks very good there SCCA. would like to see a recent update if you got the time! very nice journal as well, very professional.

Thanks for the interest littlegrower! I have been extremely busy lately getting things ready for spring. Between my landscaping business and preparing outdoor gardens, i have been going pretty much non-stop. Luckily Ogre was able to keep me updated through pictures and e-mail.

The grow is coming along wonderfully. no sign of spider mites or other pests, we are keeping up weekly spraying with axamax because mites are so prevalent in our area. Unfortunately, Ogre didn't adjust the pH of the spray on this last round and the plants had a bit of an adverse reaction. It was simply a matter of spraying them down with pH balanced water to correct them, but the damage was done. we lost a few older leaves and had some curling leaf tips. still a bit of the claw on the older leaves but the new growth is just fine.

The Granddaddy Grape trial weighed in at 3.5 oz from 3 small plants. It has a wonderful sweet smell, a bit like grape candy. when you break open a bud there is an instant fruity, rose-like aroma. followed by the rich grape smell. the smoke is sweet with a lingering aftertaste of flowers. Definitely a keeper, i may try to work this baby into a few crosses in the next few years.

Our breeding project has been put on the back burner for now. We were hoping to have more space to work with but one of members became ill and decided to scale back his plans. I tossed out the two males we had been keeping, but we are going to save the three females we selected to be moms. Ogre is going to start spraying them down with plain water on Wednesday. they were watered with plain water yesterday and will receive some carbs with their next watering. i will be taking a large round of cuttings from all of our moms the following week. we did end up with two rooted cuttings from the first, failed round of sunset. im not sure which plants these came from but im going to grow them out a bit and either put them outdoors or into the flower room with the next crop.

We have decided to change our indoor growing style for the summer to help keep plant numbers down. We are topping and tieing four Granddaddy Grape clones to fill in the same space as our normal sixteen plants. i actually prefer growing larger plants but we have severe height limitations in our flower room. luckily i was able to find 10g pots that are the same height as our current 5g.

We are going to be doing a few small outdoor plants this year at Ogre's place. well, small for me anyway. we cant allow them to get much more than six feet tall and six feet wide. we can do four in the ground that size, we are also going to do six in 25g containers. i also want to try three in a blue kids pool. the container plants are only going to be about three feet wide and maybe five feet tall with the container.

Several of our other members have been looking for space to grow this year. I have been searching high and low but have only come across a few people that are willing to make their land available. Because i am a firm believer in not pushing the limits too far, we ask our members to avoid having large gardens. Last year our largest garden was 25 plants outdoor maintained by 5 members that formed a co-op. most were 3-10 plants managed by 2 or 3 people. Unfortunately, this means that we have to find several people with space they are willing to let us use rather than one person with a huge piece of property. If anyone in the Sonoma, Lake or Mendocino county areas is interested in helping some patients in need and growing your own medicine send me a pm.


Now its time for some pictures!

Here's a couple overall shots of the flower room, the GdG have been thinned since these pictures and are budding up wonderfully. the first few bud shots are a week old but i have a few updated ones to post also.

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Here are the most recent shots of the Blackberry. i talked to the guy i got the clones from and he said it is Blackberry not Blackberry Kush. He also said to let it go 10 or 11 weeks. Because of our schedule i cant let it go more than 10, so its coming down next Friday.

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This is a shot of the GdG, now 3 weeks into flower, this was taken at 2 weeks.

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I will post some shots of the Blackberry in better light during harvest, i cant describe how purple this stuff is. the calyxes are mauve with deep purple stripes and the stems are a bright almost neon green. im sure it would be better suited to a sog or outdoor if you have a long season or maybe a tall greenhouse. the buds are big and beautiful but a bit loose.

yeah both those purps looks great! too bad about losing the space for the breeding. i hope one day i can move up north and do a true outdoor grow, for now i get to grow about one plant and only a few feet in my garden as long as it stays hidden. that smoke report of the grand daddy grape sounds delicous, are those turning purp from the genetics or from you dropping the temps? ive got my GDP going on week 9 and still am waiting to see the hue of purp come in before it gets the chop. i crossed it with some pollen from a buddy of mine that claims it to be some hawgsbreathe cross of some sort so that should be fun to see what comes out for the first generation. i would be stoked to follow along on one of your outdoor grows if you find some time to post a journal when the time comes. about what month you aiming to start your outdoor planting? keep up the good work SCCA, everything looks tasty!