Cinderella 99 Organic Grow

Well, after much deliberation (4+ months) on which genetics I want to grow next, I ended up with Mosca Negra C99 F1's




I am going to do a full organic soil grow by using LCs soil mix and blood/bone/kelp meal with an occasional tea here and there. 16-oz cups will be used for the first few weeks, then I will transplant them into 3-gallon smart pots. I am not going to start 12/12 just to select the females, I am going to let them veg 4 - 6 weeks, then I will switch.

Day 6 from sprouting
Room Temp: 69F in the morning, 76 at the end of the night.
Humidity: 69%
Watering: First watering yesterday (5 days)...gave them a 5ml of Liquid Karma to get the roots going.



I always start my 400MH 20 - 25 inches from the tops with great results, then I lower it to around 10 - 12 inches. I have a small fan blowing over them. The front two are Critical + (freebies) fems.

Hope you enjoy!
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Day 14
Watering: As needed with spring water and a little bit of liquid karma. They seem to be soaking up a lot more water meaning the roots are developing fast.



One seedling looks like it's burned, but the new leaf growth is doing well. Pretty sure it'll make it unless I go in there and try and "fix" her. I'm going to transplant into my soil mix at the end of week 3 since veg phase is right around the corner.

Day 21
Temps: 68 in the morning, 78 at the end of the night @ 65% humidity.
Watering: 1/4 well water, 3/4 distilled water.



Everything is running pretty smoothly...they took off once I transplanted. The root development is outstanding...they seem to love the organic soil + liquid karma.

those look good, ive never heard of mosca seeds, did you get them from attitude seedbank?

uberdank said:

those look good, ive never heard of mosca seeds, did you get them from attitude seedbank?

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He's a breeder that works with c99 stock...hes on icmag and thcfarmer. I purchased them on seedbay, but you can occasionally find them at the seed boutique. I gave up on attitude because they do not carry a lot of great genetics, other than commercial stuff.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=65627 (mosca negra breeder forum on icmag...check it out)
http://www.seedboutique.com/store/ (look for mosca negra)
http://seedbay.com/
http://www.thcfarmer.com/forums/auctions/

Anyways, I'm looking for the pineapple pheno...she smells like ripe pineapples and smokes the same as well. Very fast flowering sativa as well...50 - 55days and she's done!

everything lookin good over here as usual bro, was wondering, how much better are the grow bags opposed to regular plastic pots?

They're Smart Pots, which are made out of fabric material. Once the roots get to the edge, they get air pruned and more feeder roots develop. No more rootbounding!

You can read up more about them here: http://www.smartpots.com/smart-pot-air-prunes

Search for "Smart Pots Cannabis" on google and you will find tons of grows/reports with these pots. They've been used in the nursery industry for years..

Thx, I think imma pick up a couple, also, I'm using the liquidK too, I love that stuff, gonna stay in my nute lineup for a while

Watering Update

I'm sticking to 1/4 well water and 3/4 distilled because my well water is well over 8+ph and the ppms are about 800. Outdoor plants absolutely love it, so why shouldn't my plants? Well, the soil outdoors is different than the soil I built, so I do not want to take any chances. After a little planning I decided to do this:

Cannabis (in soil) takes up nutrients in the 6.3 - 6.8 range as shown below:



So wouldn't I want to lower the pH of my water to 6.0 and let the dolomite lime take it up slowly around 6.9 to get the best possible results? Might as well take advantage of it's buffering properties.

I do not want to add pH up/down to regulate my pH...so what I did instead was to mix about 1/4 well and 3/4 distilled...that brings down the pH to ~6.0 (using a manual tester), ppms around 150 -200ish.

I add liquid karma (2tbs p/gal) because plants just love it. I also started addeding unsulphored molasses (2TBSP p/gal)...nothing like adding carbs to the living soil...I'm pretty sure the bacteria love me for this.

Anyways, I just wanted to clarify a little...I'm just trying to give the ladies (hopefully) the best possible environment for them to grow.

Here is the type of molasses that I use:
Brer Rabbit Unsulphured Molasses
Fat: 0%
Sodium: 1%
Potass: 6%
Carbs: 5%
Calcium: 6%
Iron: 8%
Mag: 8%


I hope yall find this post somewhat informative. :ying:

dood, bad ass chart +rep man

mr773 said:

aS always you are on a great path i have been a fan since the violator kush grow, just one question bro can you give me a break down on your feeding and how often do you water and or feed them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks...I don't use nutrients anymore, but I used Fox Farm Grow Big, Big Grow, Tiger Bloom. I always started at half strength and fed them gradually(every other watering) until I got to full strength. I used Big Bloom with every watering at full strength since its just earthworm castings, etc. I didn't have a set watering schedule, I just gave them water when they wilted or the pots felt light.

I've grown Mosca's C99 and my suggestion to you is cut them at 61 or 62 days. They may look like they need more time but don't be fooled- this is pot that SHOULD be cut early to enjoy it's best traits- the sativa buzz. The first time I grew it I let them go to 67 days and they were past their prime. This has been confirmed many time by Mosca himself over at THCFarmer. You'll end up with golf ball size nugs on big branches that need tying up late in flowering. Everyone talks about a fruit punch pheno, that is the best. Then a pineapple pheno is next best. All I've ever found is a citrusy smell and taste on about 50% of them. I still own a ton of these seeds and look forward to my next grow with them....... actually I just remembered I still have a jar with about 8 grams of this so it's time to enjoy!!!!!

You could do without the Big Bloom altogether, kinda useless your organic cuz you need to add cal mag for most strains anyway with the FF.

Day 28
Temps: 67 in the morning, 76 at the end of the night.
Watering: 2tsp Liquid Karma & 2 TBSP molasses per gallon of water.



Great growth although two Cindy's seem to be very slowww at vegging. The two Critical + (front right and front left) are stinky...I'm gonna put add teh filter next week when I top them.

Day 35
Temps: 64 in the morning, 78 at the end of the night.
Watering: 2tsp Liquid Karma & 2 TBSP molasses per gallon of water.



I topped/fimmed them early this week...great growth and I can see some variation in phenos. Two are lanky, two are stout with large fan leaves, one has fat lettuce looking leaves that's very slow at vegging, and one is in between. No particular smell.

The two Critical + fems (bottom right and bottom left) are short and stout...the one on the left smells like cat shit

I plan on flowering in a couple more weeks...I'm going to take clones soon!

Here is one more picture:



Nice sized fan leaves

you plants always look so healthy man

greenthumb has fem c99 which he calls the pineapple cut...

yo how you like dem smart pots i got a 3 gal filled and waiting t take a seedling i have a res priv headband and #18 in a cup im waiting for them to break soil
one getting a plastic 3 gal only difference i seee so far is the smart pot 3 gal holds almost as much soil as my 5 gal plastics pots

Thanks for the comments. I'm lbing the smart pots..I already see root growth coming out of the bag and air pruning. Can't wait to see final results.

Update

Two C99's (#1 & #7) have shown sex @ 37 days from sprout!

I added a Can33 filter since it's starting to smell dank in there..also tied two down because they were getting tall and re-arranged them



till next time