Girlscout Cookies advice

Greedyfly

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Looking at getting some Girlscout Cookie clones but have a little reservation. In the descriptor for the strain the growing difficulty is listed as advanced. What do I need to know to grow this? I grow in soil, in a 32"x32"tent with 600w LED's. Circulating fan and exhaust fan. Have had three grows so far using Kings Kush and all went fine. Would love to try GSC but afraid it's beyond my current knowledge.

Thanks
 

macsnax

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It's probably because the stretch can be hard to manage and cookies are more prone to herm because of their lineage. Just treat em good, and read up on supercropping in case you need manage height. Most of our modern high thc genetics have a higher tendency to herm, it's just part of it if you want to grow these strains.
 

Delztronics

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Looking at getting some Girlscout Cookie clones but have a little reservation. In the descriptor for the strain the growing difficulty is listed as advanced. What do I need to know to grow this? I grow in soil, in a 32"x32"tent with 600w LED's. Circulating fan and exhaust fan. Have had three grows so far using Kings Kush and all went fine. Would love to try GSC but afraid it's beyond my current knowledge.

Thanks
They mega stretch in early flower and can be a tough one to manage.
 
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curious2garden

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It's probably because the stretch can be hard to manage and cookies are more prone to herm because of their lineage. Just treat em good, and read up on supercropping in case you need manage height. Most of our modern high thc genetics have a higher tendency to herm, it's just part of it if you want to grow these strains.
^^^ this, I've broke many a neck on my plants if their colas got a little to tall.

Another trick is to feed a little higher nitrogen your first two weeks of flower, that limits stretch. Essentially I feed them the veg formula they were happy with for the first two weeks of flower.
 

mismos00

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^^^ this, I've broke many a neck on my plants if their colas got a little to tall.

Another trick is to feed a little higher nitrogen your first two weeks of flower, that limits stretch. Essentially I feed them the veg formula they were happy with for the first two weeks of flower.
That seems counter-intuitive to me (seeing as how nitrogen is for vegetative growth). Can you extrapolate on this point? How you know this to be true and possibly the mechanism behind it? If true it's a great piece of knowledge to have!
 

Tangerine_

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I've grown several crosses using various cuts and about the only thing I can offer for advice is go easy with the nutes. I've found these genetics are light/medium feeders for the most part. They don't do well under direct intense lighting. (had to learn that one the hard way)
Oh and none were very stretchy. I'd say medium. Definitely manageable.

That's about all I got but I'm sure others will be along.

Good luck with your grow. :-D
 

Renfro

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It's really not hard to grow, doesn't yield worth shit. It doesn't like a high PPM feed as others have noted but don't skimp on the calmag. Train the hell out of it to get the most yield you can out of her, she likes to make lots of smallish buds, not gonna be pulling one ounce colas off this strain.
 

curious2garden

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That seems counter-intuitive to me (seeing as how nitrogen is for vegetative growth). Can you extrapolate on this point? How you know this to be true and possibly the mechanism behind it? If true it's a great piece of knowledge to have!
I do it regularly on all my plants after one particularly uncomfortable table of fracturing stalks more than once. I did some research and lightly underfeeding and remaining on veg nutrients works perfectly for me as they shift hormone production. I used this on clones of the table that got out of hand. It was simply coincidence that GSC was part of that table along with Jack Herrer and Apollo 13 clones. Essentially by keeping them on their light veg feeding. It slows production of GA.

Greenhouse management texts discuss this and other pointers such as limiting temperature swing.

Here's one reference:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1183420/
 

curious2garden

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It's really not hard to grow, doesn't yield worth shit. It doesn't like a high PPM feed as others have noted but don't skimp on the calmag. Train the hell out of it to get the most yield you can out of her, she likes to make lots of smallish buds, not gonna be pulling one ounce colas off this strain.
You know I've heard this more than once about GSC being difficult. I wondered if sometimes people considered them difficult because of their low yields and figured if they were better managed they'd produce more. I did not find them difficult either. But just as you stated smaller yields.
 

Renfro

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You know I've heard this more than once about GSC being difficult. I wondered if sometimes people considered them difficult because of their low yields and figured if they were better managed they'd produce more. I did not find them difficult either. But just as you stated smaller yields.
Yeah sucks that a lot of the dankest strains don't put out yields. There are exceptions...
 

Flowki

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Warm night time temps also cause strains to be a little stretchy.
Yes, absolutely and living in the Mojave I see plenty of those ;D 730nm light can also cause that.
You know I've contemplated this but forgot to read up on it, thnx for the reminder ;p.

What I wondered, maybe you have some ideas, is stretch actually bad for the plant?. If a plant is perfectly happy with all stretch adding issues in check, would letting it go for it's ''somewhat'' natural full stretch potential be better for health, yield and maybe quality?. Tucking and so for the first weeks of flower is bound to have set back effects with minor stress and redistribution. But obviously it has many upsides.

I just wonder because led units are a lot smaller and allow you to cater a lot more for an uneven canopy, within reason. It would be easier than maintaining a flat canopy too.
 

curious2garden

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You know I've contemplated this but forgot to read up on it, thnx for the reminder ;p.

What I wondered, maybe you have some ideas, is stretch actually bad for the plant?. If a plant is perfectly happy with all stretch adding issues in check, would letting it go for it's ''somewhat'' natural full stretch potential be better for health, yield and maybe quality?. Tucking and so for the first weeks of flower is bound to have set back effects with minor stress and redistribution. But obviously it has many upsides.

I just wonder because led units are a lot smaller and allow you to cater a lot more for an uneven canopy, within reason. It would be easier than maintaining a flat canopy too.
Indoor growers all have a maximum height restriction, you also have light penetration issues. That being said within those limits set up an experiment for a side by side grow and you get to see for yourself. I'd be interested in hearing what you find.

We are all products of our environment and each environment has limitations, every living thing adapts. So I don't worry about it.
 
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Flowki

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Indoor growers all have a maximum height restriction, you also have light penetration issues. That being said within those limits set up and experiment for a side by side grow and you get to see for yourself. I'd be interested in hearing what you find.

We are all products of our environment and each environment has limitations, every living thing adapts. So I don't worry about it.
Yeah that might well be the only option, doesn't sound important enough to be something others cared to try.
 
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