New 5x5 Tent, 9 Strains, New Light *fingers crossed*

I’m gonna delete my first grow journal I started here out because I pretty much abandoned it after a couple updates. Will try to do better this time around. So a little about the what’s and the how’s this grow. The 8 strains in my tent grow is normal. Nice to go from the 4x4 to 5x5 for the extra room, but 9 might be a bit much

TENT: MarsHydro 5x5 (new)
LIGHTS: MarsHydro SP250, Budget LED Series 3+ Full Spec 500w Infinity Light Board
POTS: 7G Fabric Grow Bags

STRAINS: (all feminized)

Chocolate Mint OG - Humboldt Seed Organization
Pineapple Chunk - Barney’s Farm
Bruce Banger - Seedsman
Lemonchello Haze - Seedsman
Dr Seedsman CBD - Seedsman
Amnesia Lemon Kush - Garden of Green
Diesel Drift - Heavyweight Seeds
Creamsicle - Copycat Genetics
Moby Dick - Dr. Seeds

So I’m usually an Indica guy or Indica leaning hybrids, but this time I’m going more Sativa for a change. (just bought some Malawi for my next tent grow) I have a ton from my last grow and that was mostly Indica because of the shorter flowering time outside. I was gifted a plant from a neighbour I’ve helped out with his setup outside/inside. Says it’s a feminized seed of Creamsicle off a site that sells Copycat Genetics at a huge discount. So I guess I shall see how it turns out, it was free. Thought it was time for some changes in variety. This grow is all about changes from the tent, new light, and new desire in smoke. Got a little jealous of my neighbour with his setup with 2 of these exhausts AC Infinity CLOUDLINE T6 exhaust hooked up in his 8x8 tent. So I got rid of my bulky exhaust and upgraded to just one of the T6’s. Plus it will be handy to have them kick in on its own for humidity/temp control during the warmer months when my freeze dryer is on. Only a few days ago I started a Dr Seedsman for my mom who is looking for more CBD. Grew beforehand and was a great producer with chunky tight structure buds. This might go into my sisters tent to flower but will start, at least for now, in mine. So some pics or day 1 in tent when I planted my seeds and one from today in their final pots. Plus pics of my Chocolate Mint OG that seems to have some mutant growth quality to her. Plan is to quadline grow/train of them and hopefully start that next week if growth continues to progress the way it is.

DAY 1


TODAY (DAY 13)

Very nice

I'll tag along ,
Might not be much help but just like to see progress .

Tell uz ya soil , brutes etc

Trickyticky said:

Tell uz ya soil , brutes etc

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Nutes

Just some Pro Mix All Purpose soil with 3 Tbsp of dried Bat Guano in each bag. I will be using Mega Crop for my nutrients, along with their cal/Mag supplements. Worked well for my past 2 tent grows and so why change.

Trickyticky said:

I'll tag along ,
Might not be much help but just like to see progress .

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Me too.

Thanks for following. I do daily pic updates for my grows on Growdiaries.com if you want to see a more detailed update to my grows current and old. Will try to do at least a weekly update with this thread

Good luck buddy! Happy growing! Tagging along as well

Day 18 and 6/9 plants were topped today. The Dr is still an infant, Pineapple Chunk is progressing but probably a week away from being topped. As for my mutant Choc Mint OG, I decided to start putting in some simple LST into her. Hoping that in a few days with this training I will have a little more growth to probably top her maybe even 3 different area. Growth has picked up over the past couple of days and am hoping with 8-10 weeks of veg/training I will make the switch over to flowering. So far, I’m loving my new light and the plant seem to as well. So new pics to show, all but my overall tent view pic were taken before my decision to start topping them

DAY 22 it appears I have a 2nd freak growing in my tent. I was wondering why my Pineapple Chunk was so bushy looking and I found out why. It pretty much split/topped itself at the 2nd node. So I have her doing some simple LST for now and should be able to to my training on her very soon. Now my original freak Chocolate Mint is just growing even freakier. I think I have 8 separate limbs that are set to grow from one stem and evenly spaced from the looks of it. Training her might be a challenge or at the very least a big pain in the ass in the long run


PINEAPPLE CHUNK


CHOCOLATE MINT OG

DAY 32 been a bit since my last update. I think my one limb on my Chocolate Mint has reached The Three Stooges phase in growth. Everyone is trying to go through the door at the same time and just stalling any further progression. all the limbs that separated off its mutation is a polyploid. Thinking by next week, if nothing changes growth wise, I’m gonna lop off the top. Same thing for one of the limbs on my other mutant, Pineapple Chunk. Getting some small stretch out of her, but again, lags in comparison to the non-mutant plants. Hopefully all the growth sites being blocked by this growth will finally take off. I’m mid 5th week of veg and plan to probably go 10 full weeks before going 12/12. Also took 2 of the 4 panels on my Budget light board and switched to the far/deep red spectrum to help cause some stretching in the limbs and seems to be working nicely. also started to use my Mega Crop with all my waterings as of late last week, and the response the day after is always beautiful and noticeable. Been training the hell out of everyone, and snapped a branch of my Amnesia Lemon Kush off So my plan is to get one more node grown on my limbs and then I will top them all one more time and let them stretch for a week or so and lollipop everyone before the switch. So I shall provide a tent view from yesterday and one from today (after more LST was done) to show what happened after it’s small feed of MC with its watering. Plus an up close pic of my CM&PC mutants

DAY 39 time for my weekly update. Chocolate Mint is finally stretching upwards, but that front limb. So a late night decision I decided to chop it off or I fimmed the living hell out of it. Pineapple Chunk is sort of stretching but not like CM did. So everyone is getting topped one more time this week, with half already done. So from here on out iI‘m just going to let them stretch before they‘re flipped at the start of week 11.

DAY 45 well yesterday I gave all my plants a good watering, and upped everyone to a gallon each. I was about half that for previous waterings but they are maturing and almost ready for the flip. Also added some extra Cal/Mag to the feed to see if it will help Creamsicle in the back centre of the group. Although from yesterday pics to today’s, I did see some improvement already. That Chocolate Mint limb which I fimmed last week, actually had split on its own again but still a polyploid for each split limb. I guess it was split beforehand but I had so many leaves stuck so close to each other that it sealed them as a single limb. Anyways just a couple more weeks before the flip, and here is hoping they start stretching upwards and maybe flip after the end of week 9 and not 10 like planned. As my Doctor Seedsman plant is looking healthy and constant steady growth. So it might only need another 2.5 weeks because I remember her stretching nicely in flowering last tent grow of her. Anyways, here are today’s updated pics

DAY 56 I’ll have a bit more time for my plants as we are into the final week of veg. This past Tuesday i was let go from my job because of a injury I sustained On the job, and can’t get back to normal. In some ways I feel relieved cause it was causing me so much stress not knowing where I was going. So I took the Ontario cannabis license exam and passed it today and will be applying at some of my local stores Soon.

Anyways. . . . .


My Dr. SMan is looking real nice and will need to trim her up sometime this week. Almost all my gals were trimmed sometime this week with all my new spare time. Some have started to respond nicely a few days afterwards and some not so much. Also took roughly 8 clippings from Diesel Drift, Lemonchello Haze and Bruce Banger and will attempt to clone for friends and family. Maybe keep one for an outdoor grow, who knows. Still can’t get my Creamsicle to look healthy with her purple stems, but new growth on her looks good and healthy though. Pineapple Chunk still showing a rust like growth on some leaves too but not as bad as previous week. Maybe the trim up of her and her mutations, is allowing a better airflow to help my cause. Starting to get a little antsy to flip but I think the added week for the Dr will benefit in more stretch for a better yield. Plus it will give time for everyone to recover from their trims. So pics as of today

DAY 63 and today is the final day of veg for my gals. Put a SCROG netting up and reinforced the sides with some extra bungee cords to help with their caving inwardness. I took out my Lux Meter and set things up for flowering and switched my infinity board light spectrum all to their far/deep red spectrum now. Also moved around a few plants in the tent With Creamsicle to the top right corner where Pineapple Chunk was, moved her to the front middle where Lemon Amnesia Kush was and moved her taller structure to where Creamsicle was. Everyone good on where things are? Good! So I got few more inches out of everyone this week and most came last night after their watering. Also took off a bunch of possible clones from Moby, LAK, Lemonchello, Diesel Drift and Bruce Banger. Might try one or 2 for a spring start outside and the rest of the survivors will be going to friends/family. So pics are from before my netting went up and my spectrum on the lights were changed and lowered.

DAY 70/7 FLOWERING I have reached the end of my first week since the 12/12 switch. Didn’t see much of a stretch for the week until today’s checkin. Maybe 2-3 inches tops in growth from any of the 9 plants in the tent. Also started adding some Epsom Salt to hopefully help clear up my purple stems. A few leaf issues showing in the pics but I have noticed my purple stem plants are responding better after their waterings now. Also started adding the tiniest amount Bud Explosion to my watering mix as well. I have also successfully (so far) cloned 5 Lemonchello Haze and 2 Bruce Banger cuttings, which will be going out this week to friends/neighbours hopefully. So, some issues seem to be looking better this week and hopefully things continue to progress nicely going forward. So here are some updated pics from today to share

DAY 77/14 FLOWERING first let me say, thanks for the likes and everyone following/checking in on my grow. I love the attention for my grow, and helps build the growing confidence. Been a pretty good week with a couple resumes in and an interview on the spot at some bud stores and I became and uncle for the third time as well. My girls are looking real good this week, with plant health looking better in everyone. Plus, some of them are finally making their stretch upwards. Lemon Amnesia Kush, Dr. SMan and Moby Dick being the the most prominent of everyone. Plus the white pistols are starting to show up on everyone but no signs yet of them showing frostiness. Made a small swap with Moby Dick getting the better/higher light output of all my plants and Diesel Drift seems to be benefitting from the swap as well. I have my sisters tent with about 20 various clones from this grow. Thinking of keeping a LAK and Moby for an outdoor grown attempt. Also might by the end of the month, borrow my sisters tent and start my next grow. Thinking of ordering a bunch of 3G fabric bags and get the seeds and clones going. I have a few seeds already planned to, with one possibly getting its own tent to grow a monster. some planned right now are Sour Diesel, Crystal METH, Sugar Breath, American Pie and Malawi possibly getting the single tent monster attempt grow. Maybe have enough time and clone SB and CM for outdoor as well. Still have a couple weeks before I come to some final decisions. Anyways, here are my latest pics of my grow from today

DAY 86/23 FLOWERING ok I’m pretty stoned right now so lets see if I’m Ralph me speak English impossible or just coherent enough. I think my stretch is pretty much done for everyone in the tent and overall, it wasn’t much. I have defoliated all the 6 gals in the front, but can’t get to the ones in the back. They are the stretchiest of all 9 and it’s a lot harder to get to the back of a 5x5 compare to my old 4x4. So they won’t get tall but they should get bushy hopefully. Chocolate mint is also starting to turn purple on me, along with creamsicle. Both are looking real frosty already, with creamsicle really filling in nicely and Choc Mint smelling gassy as hell. Same with the Dr Seedsman on Getty frosty and real gassy smelling too. Getting closer and closer to them finishing and hopefully getting tent and outside grow going as well. So tent view is from 3 days ago and everything else is from today

DAY 91/28 FLOWERING finally they are getting frosty for me, but some more than others. My champs right now are Dr Seedsman, Creamsicle, and especially Chocolate Mint. Also have a very strong smelling presence when I open my tent to inspect. Plants seem to be pretty healthy looking with no real issues popping up. Everyone is really starting to stack nicely and can’t wait to see how these go being close to the mid mark possibly for some. As you will see that I also have several plants going purple on me, with Creamsicle even showing some beautiful amber in there too. Chocolate Mint looks like she will become completely purple over time, just like my GDP I did in my first ever grow. So I have lots to share so I think I’ll do this over 2 posts. I’ll do the top plants of the tent first and rest below