420 Magazine's Official Girl Scout Cookies Comparative Grow By Brett Blaze

[HashGirl]

I'm sorry you're having a rough day, Brett. Smoking a few bowls sounds like the perfect way to make it better.

 

[Brett Blaze]

Just perfect. What else is gonna happen today. The car is only 3 years old and the battery dies?? The 2 is the percent charged.

Time for another bowl.

 

[Azimuth]

Man, it's a good thing bad luck tends to run together. Looks like you're getting it all out of the way in one go!

Tomorrow has to be a better day. Just gotta get there. Hang in. We're all pulling for you.

 

[Brett Blaze]

Ok so uh after a few bowls I figured out what happened. When I chopped the head off the plant the cannabis gods took revenge.

 

[Mdlroad]

Just perfect. What else is gonna happen today. The car is only 3 years old and the battery dies?? The 2 is the percent charged.

Time for another bowl.

Go back to bed start over damn this day. Sowwy to hear your troubles. Smoke a bowl have a chocolate covered pickle whatever

 

[Mdlroad]

Ok so uh after a few bowls I figured out what happened. When I chopped the head off the plant the cannabis gods took revenge.

The ultimate bad day. This is a true story by the way.
A man and best friend in pick up truck got in a terrible accident. His friend is dead, HE is busted up. The truck begins to catch fire. The 1st vehicle at the scene is not the police or a fire truck and not an ambulance. The 1st vehicle to arrive was a tanker for a company that emptied septic tanks. Yep they reversed the pumps and put out the fire. Now think about it. This guy has seen his best friend die, He is severely injured and getting burned. Then someone comes along and dumps a 1,000 gallons of shit on you. Now that's a bad day.

 

[MochaBud]

Looking good in there Brett

 

[Modest Grower]

Happy Sunday! Hope it is going better for you than yesterday. As has been said, your plant still looks great!

 

[KyeaMofire]

Hi Fellow Growers, Smokers and Midnight Tokers!

I just received the FedEx tracking info for the GSC seeds by @Weed Seeds Express so the day has come to start my journal for the 420 Magazine Official Girl Scout Cookies Comparative grow. (I get munchies every time I read that) I would like to thank @Weed Seeds Express for sponsoring this comparative grow and all of the sponsors who have contributed to what I believe to be the world’s ultimate comparative grow event. (I almost wrote competitive. Freudian slip). Also, a big thank you to @420 for inviting me and hosting the event.

A little about myself. I’m an Old Timer, a Vet and a Professional Photographer. (We need an Old Timer thread) I am semi-retired and I am doing what I love to do. Grow pot and photography. It’s great doing something you enjoy that actually has an ROI.

My first grow was in 1983 or 84, the 80s are a little fuzzy (the 70's are completely missing ). When laws changed in California in 1986 it wasn’t worth the risk to continue. When it became legal in California a few years ago I started to grow again. I was shocked at the changes for lights and methods. Shortly after I joined 420 Magazine to learn more about all the new cool stuff and everyone here has been so helpful on my first two grows. It is greatly appreciated.

My journals tend to be photo intense so expect the same for this journal. I can get pretty detailed so new growers can benefit (and myself as I look back at my own journals) so apologies upfront to those that may see repetitive information from other journals.

In addition, to thank the 420 sponsors that help support this magazine, I did my best to use sponsored products where possible.

Here are the details of this grow.

Location - Southwest US in the California desert. I wanted to include the location since living in a hot desert brings challenges for indoor growing outside of the winter months. Outside temps this week reached 100 F (38 C) with RH at 25% or lower and keeping indoor temps cool enough while maintaining proper RH is not easy. (Normal high temps are 85 F (29 C) in the Spring up to 125 F (52 C) in the Summer) To help with controlling the heat, I installed a portable AC unit that vents out the window along with a Reptile aquarium fogger to add some humidity directly to the tent. So far the AC is keeping the "room" at 72 F (22 C). I am running a test with full lights and the temp is 72.3 F in the tent with 44% RH. With plants I expect the RH to be much higher. So far so good. I have a large humidifier I can add for full room RH increase if needed.

Strain - Girl Scout Cookie Fem / Photo seeds provided by @Weed Seeds Express. With an indoor height of 32" to 40" this is an ideal strain for me to grow indoors. I have a bad rep for outgrowing the height of my tent space.

THC level	23%
CBD level	0.7%
Variety	80% Indica / 20% Sativa
Genetics	OG Kush x Durban Poison (I OG Kush)
Max yield indoor	450 to 500 grams/m2
Max yield outdoor	550 to 650 grams/m2
Height indoor	80 to 100 cm
Height outdoor	150 to 190 cm
Flowering time	49 to 63 days
Fungal Resistance	High
Growers profile	Beginner
Cultivation	Indoor, Outdoor, Greenhouse
Climate	Polar, Temperate, Mediterranean, Arid, Tropical, Mountains
Flavors	Chocolate, Earthy, Fruity, Lemon, Spicy, Sweet, Pepper, Woody
Effects	Calming, Creative, Euphoric, Happy, Relaxed, Sleepy, Social, Uplifting
SOG suitable	yes
SCROG suitable	yes

Lighting - @Budget LED Demon 330W indoor LED grow light. The Demon uses 768 Samsung LM301H LEDs and 18 Samsung LH351H V2 Deep Red 660nm LEDs. (Full-spectrum white and 660nm deep red) I expect this light to kick ass in this space. Another reason I switched lights from my last grow was due to the heat problems I experienced. Tent temps up to high 80's in the winter. The Demon has two large size boards that allow increased passive cooling capability while providing even light distribution in my 2' x 4' area. I am hopeful this will help keep temps under control.

Grow Medium - Coco (70/30 ratio with perlite) My last two grows have been Hydro/DWC and I planned a Coco grow prior to being selected for the comparative grow so I am sticking to it. I haven't grown in soil for nearly 40 years so best not start again right now.

Nutrients - I decided to use @Prescription Blend for nutrients this time. It will be the first time using their nutes but that's nothing new for me. I like to try new products.

I want to thank @GeoFlora Nutrients for their kind offer to provide nutrients to everyone for this grow. I will be using a hydro delivery system and wanted something water soluble.

Pest Control - Thank you to @Sierra Natural Science for sponsoring their Organic and Natural SNS-209 Pest control for the event.

Grow Area - I will be using a 2' x 4' x 8' (60mm x 120mm x 240mm) tent. Yes, I added height this time. I’m glad I have 9' ceilings. This will also be a new tent build (surprising). My last 4' x 4' DWC took up too much room and I recently downsized homes so I needed to reduce the total space. I only grow a few times a year at most and still have buds left from my grow a year ago. I added an AC Infinity T4 for the ventilation along with an Inkbird Humidity Controller hooked up to the fogger.

Grow Pots - Two Geopot 5-gal fabric pots for their final home. Germination will be in Jiffy Pellets. I used Rockwool for the DWC and had good success. Since this is Coco I’m going with the Jiffy Pellets. The plants will then be transferred to 1-gal pots to establish root growth.

Training – For this grow I will be Quadlining the two plants. I’ve been wanting to try this style of training so no better time than now.

Let’s get this show on the road!!

Keep on Smoking.

Dano

My very first outdoor grow ever I managed to kill an entire row of GSC...( don't judge me! ). Interesting fact and fun little story....A few years ago abatement came thru our community and a lot of mom and pop farms lost crops.
There was a trough filled with GSC on a hill close to my cabin that got a abatement notice to rip up the plants and they would come back and check. To my dismay the 2 guys growing that patch came out and STOMPED down these lady"s. Broken stalks. Smashed into the Dirt. For all intensive purposes the plants looked wrecked. Done for.....a few days later the cops came back. Looked at these smashed drying out plants and cleared them as abated. Not 24hrs later the guys that grew it came back and started watering really heavy and applying stalk glue to the broken stems....I SWEAR TO ALL THE WEED GODS..ON MY LIFE. Those plants came back with a vengeance. Not one plant died. And they were able to salvage the entire trough.....talk about a plant that took a licking and kept on kicking.......! Happy growing!

 

[Brett Blaze]

Stage - Veg Day 20 - 8 Days since topping - 34 days above ground

Good Morning

A new day.

No mishaps today. I clipped two more inner fan leaves with no problems. These ladies are so bushy it's hard to see inside the jungle. The reason I'm cutting some inner leaves.

Both new main branches that came out of yesterday's cutting are already taking off. Pictures below.

Today's Data:

Today's temperatures: High of 102° F (39° C) with Rh going to 10%.

Tent Climate: 73° F (25° C) with Rh at 71%

Tent Room Climate: 72° F (22°C) with Rh at 52%

Current Outside Temperature at 9:00: 86° F (30° C) Rh 34%

# 1 received 750 ml. Low runoff 980 ppm

# 2 received 600 ml. Low Runoff 985 ppm

Todays Photos:

Close up showing the two new main branches that came out of the cutting yesterday.

 

[Elevated Lighting Company]

Happy Memorial Day @Brett Blaze and to everyone following along.

 

[Brett Blaze]

Today in the US, we honor and remember the men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation. Without their sacrifice, we would not enjoy the freedoms we have in America.

Happy Memorial Day

 

[Brett Blaze]

Stage - Veg Day 21 - 9 Days since topping - 35 days above ground

Good Morning Fellow Growers

Last night I did a pretty major trimming to remove some of the large lower and inner fan leaves. I also removed the lower branch and leaf for the "odd" node numbers. These are the ones where one of the two branches is facing downward. (Picture below) These branches would not receive enough light to produce fully plus I have such tight nodes I need to thin this out a bit.

Each also had addition training. I now have three stakes per branch. The next tie down may be on the edge of the air pot using the same soft wire straps I started with. Once they are tie down at the pot I will let it grow up a bit before flipping. I still estimate about 2 week until flip. 5 weeks total Veg.

Todays Photos:

Today's Data:

Today's temperatures: High of 102° F (39° C) with Rh going to 10%.

Tent Climate: 77° F (25° C) with Rh at 72%

Tent Room Climate: 74° F (23°C) with Rh at 53%

Current Outside Temperature at 9:00: 85° F (29° C) Rh 41%

# 1 received 700 ml. Runoff 138 ml (20%) 948 ppm

# 2 received 700 ml. Runoff 147 ml (21%) 940 ppm

 

[Brett Blaze]

Trimming photos.

These photos show immediately after the trimming and less than 12 hours later.

The two new branches in the upper left are already being trained. You can barely see them 12 hours later.

Close up of the bottom branch trimming.

 

[VetSmoke85]

Beautiful. Doesn't matter how many times you see it, it's always awesome seeing how quickly they pop back up.

 

[Brett Blaze]

Beautiful. Doesn't matter how many times you see it, it's always awesome seeing how quickly they pop back up.

Isn't it though. I thought about posting these last night but since they always look so bad after a trimming and training session I waited for the after photos.

 

[Modest Grower]

Isn't it though. I thought about posting these last night but since they always look so bad after a trimming and training session I waiting for the after photos.

I know exactly what you mean. I'll take a picture after training and its like ooof but then in the morning they look so happy again!

 

[KyeaMofire]

U gotta rough em up a little...

 

[Brett Blaze]

In case anyone is wondering what is happening to plants 3 and 4. Well right now they are enjoying the outside. I am pretty confident 1 and 2 will do well so no need for the back up plants.

I figured I would give them some natural light before they get culled.

 

[BakedARea]

All caught up BB...dammit...old habit! Really sucks about that crappy day. Glad that is behind ya man. The ladies are looking amazing! Petite & Stout Goddesses! Keep it up and have a wonderful day.