JockBudman
Well-Known Member
Hello all, I'm currently growing four strains that have all been commercial classics in my area (well, kind of) and thought I'd document it.
The plants are one day into flower in 5litre pots under a 250w hps, they were vegged until between 8 and ten inches tall using a mixture of led and CFL, then the final week was under hps to get them used to it. They've been defoliated regularly and topped once.
This is my first hps grow - I've used both led and CFL in the past and I've had mixed results but never managed to get more than an ounce per plant at best. My goal is to hopefully get an ounce each at least from these four classic strains for a total of four ounce minimum.
The strains are as follows:
Female seeds - c99
The classic commercial sativa - known as the holy grail because the right pheno will finish in 8 weeks with a beautiful scent and high. I'm looking forward to this one.
I've grown the grapefruit from FS and it's been my favourite plant so far so I thought I'd try this one out as the mother of grapefruit. So far it's been wonderfully bush and fast growing with plenty of bud sites coming in. Very pleased.
Dinafem - original amnesia
I got this as a freebie in an order. It's a big import strain all over Europe coming out of Holland - I'm sure I've smoked a ton over the years without knowing it so we'll see what it's like.
So far the growth has been quite sativa but still definitely a hybrid. This and the blue cheese look quite similar but this one is slightly more narrow in the leaves.
Dinafem - blue cheese
The classic, it's what you get round here when 5 lads roll up in a golf blasting hip hop to sell you a light 8th. I quite like it so I'm hoping this will be a good representation.
It's the largest plant but the nodes are quite spaced out and there aren't too many budsites. I'm hoping it still yields well if possible.
Finally
Nirvana - aurora indica
This is kind of cheating as it isn't really a commercial strain but it's an Afghan X northern lights so I'm letting it slide as I've definitely smoked both individually from dealers. I've had this once before and I know it's a nice smoke so I'm looking forward to it and maximizing the yield if possible. This one actually grew a twin seedling so I put it in a 10litre pot rather than a 5. It's got great bushy growth so I'm hoping for some good budding from her.
Here's the plants. Clockwise from back left - blue cheese, aurora indica, c99, original amnesia.
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The plants are one day into flower in 5litre pots under a 250w hps, they were vegged until between 8 and ten inches tall using a mixture of led and CFL, then the final week was under hps to get them used to it. They've been defoliated regularly and topped once.
This is my first hps grow - I've used both led and CFL in the past and I've had mixed results but never managed to get more than an ounce per plant at best. My goal is to hopefully get an ounce each at least from these four classic strains for a total of four ounce minimum.
The strains are as follows:
Female seeds - c99
The classic commercial sativa - known as the holy grail because the right pheno will finish in 8 weeks with a beautiful scent and high. I'm looking forward to this one.
I've grown the grapefruit from FS and it's been my favourite plant so far so I thought I'd try this one out as the mother of grapefruit. So far it's been wonderfully bush and fast growing with plenty of bud sites coming in. Very pleased.
Dinafem - original amnesia
I got this as a freebie in an order. It's a big import strain all over Europe coming out of Holland - I'm sure I've smoked a ton over the years without knowing it so we'll see what it's like.
So far the growth has been quite sativa but still definitely a hybrid. This and the blue cheese look quite similar but this one is slightly more narrow in the leaves.
Dinafem - blue cheese
The classic, it's what you get round here when 5 lads roll up in a golf blasting hip hop to sell you a light 8th. I quite like it so I'm hoping this will be a good representation.
It's the largest plant but the nodes are quite spaced out and there aren't too many budsites. I'm hoping it still yields well if possible.
Finally
Nirvana - aurora indica
This is kind of cheating as it isn't really a commercial strain but it's an Afghan X northern lights so I'm letting it slide as I've definitely smoked both individually from dealers. I've had this once before and I know it's a nice smoke so I'm looking forward to it and maximizing the yield if possible. This one actually grew a twin seedling so I put it in a 10litre pot rather than a 5. It's got great bushy growth so I'm hoping for some good budding from her.
Here's the plants. Clockwise from back left - blue cheese, aurora indica, c99, original amnesia.
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hps is winning it for me so far in my opinion
I love staring at her after a spliff, she's a wonderful thing to get lost looking at. In fact the rest of the plant looks a bit like a bamboo jungle, I'll try to get some individual photos tomorrow to show what I mean
I'll try to give as much detail as I can though.
