New member and doing my first grow from a group of seeds found from smoking premium supposed females/hermes over the past couple years, kept the collection separated and labeled and in the fridge.. One day this spring my wife and I just decided-"you know what, let’s see what happens with those seeds?" and we placed them all on a large plate/paper towel etc, here was the roster: 2x Obama Kush, 1x Fortune Cookie, 1x Purple Kush, 2x Blue City Diesel, 1x Mountain Girl (!). Of those 7 seeds, The Mountain Girl had insane root growth as well as the Purple Kush and Fortune Cookie, the 2 Obamas were bringing up the rear with short but solid root growth. We were expecting some weaklings in the bunch, and the 2 Blue City Diesel (luckily our least fav strain) had 1 dud and another with small root growth that never made it to the surface after planting. At about 1-2 weeks we saw some great growth from the above-mentioned trio (MTGirl, PurpK, Fortune), and slow but steady growth from the Obamas (which we happened to name Sasha and Malia, accordingly). Early on during a watering, a large drop must’ve hit the Fortune Cookie just right, as it was flattened and never regained itself, major tragedy.. Then came a few weeks later when one of our prize seedlings, the Purple Kush, was decapitated by one of our cats which snuck into the garage. So, the final 3 champions remained: 2 Short but strong and proud Obamas, and a Mt Girl which was nearly twice the size of its fellow sistahs.. One of the Obamas had a weird and what I thought mutant-like first leaf, I had initially thought it was diseased and needed to be purged (pics included), but upon my wife’s tender advocation for the sprout, I decided to keep it on (always listen to your wife folks ). At about 4-5 weeks of the sprouts being outdoors in the sunny but harsh Central Oregon spring, and under weak ass fluorescents in my garage by night, we did some serious research designing and amassed a grow tent setup for one of our spare rooms. After an afternoon of construction, we had a 4x2x5’ Vivosun mylar-lined tent with intake and exhaust venting to outdoor atmosphere, with twin 500cfm duct fans forcing induction and exhaust through a large carbon filter, complemented with 2 vent filternets for intake and exhaust; no pests are getting in this baby! Finally, 2 1000w HiGrow LEDs are strung along the top on adjustable pulleys, were ready to rock and roll sports fans! We are at 9-10 weeks from seed to end of veg using FoxFarms Ocean Forest in fabric 5 gal pots and Advanced Nutrients 3 part system w/ Mad Farmer silica, as well as a ph kit with “ph down” to correct for the silica. For a first -time grower, I feel I’ve done some good research and lurking online to get a pretty decent setup, I feel really proud of my results for a first -time grower esp from random seed. I would say my biggest con I've discovered is that its goingto get pretty cramped in there, but at this time with going into flower they will likely be at the ceiling but lets keep our fingers crossed pls. From all I can tell, the Obama sisters are in fact sisters, and despite the Mt girls growth, she’s a sativa and I suppose that’s normal in comparison to the Obamas bushiness.. Just defoliated and LST’d all the nodes, adjusted the LEDs from 18on/6 off to 12/12, here in the desert cold (even in the summer) I will have them ON during the AM to keep things warm, and off in the PM to keep things cool. Going into flower as we speak!! I’ve included some pics to outline the grow, We are so excited to meet and gain knowledge from all of you! Any tips and observations are more than welcome, Thanks for reading my Intro Novel!
- The Shrubb’s
