Cr8grow’s Soil Girl Scout Cookies Grow Journal, 2019

[cr8grow]

Day 83. End of week 12, end of week 6 flower (tomorrow). First grow, watching pistils starting to change color and trichomes all still crystal clear. Watered two days ago after 5 days no water...pots were light but no wilt...watered slowly and used 1.75 gallons across all 4 plants (up from 1.5 gallons last watering) evenly til just slight run off. Still in intervention mode but with about 2 weeks left I think I will make it. 1st gallon 2.5 tsp Biocanna Flores, 1 Tbsp Budwel guano, 16 drops Superthrive...Ph 6.5. 2nd gallon same plus 1 tsp epsom salts and 1 tsp molasses...used 3/4 of that gallon...Ph 6.3. I do not plan on using any more molasses or epsom salts the balance of the grow. Im also going to run a test to determine if it was the epsom salt, molasses or both that took my Ph from 6.5 to 6.3...not much but I want to know going forward. I pulled two tiny buds from way below, dried a couple days and tested...surprisingly potent and tasted like chocolate. I think I have two GSC phenos, two with rounder purpling buds and two with taller fatter greener buds that filled between the nodes...all getting frostier each day.

 

[cr8grow]

Day 90, end of week 13, end of week 7 true flower...tomorrow. Watered day 87 after 5 days no water...reinforces how much I was over watering before correcting early January...1.5 gallons total PH 6.5 Biocanna Flores, Budswel and Superthrive. I have 2 phenos and the two purple are about 10% amber with much cloudy...those two are ready based on what Im reading. The greener tall buds are behind with few amber, some cloudy and lots of clear. I spent more time with the 30x loupe this morning and decided to monitor daily as I go into week 8 true flower. Nirvana says 7-9 weeks flower for GSC, indica leaning hybrid. I need to chop all four because I need to dry in my grow cabinet. Need to balance ripeness across both phenos. I do not want the purple plants to go too much amber and they will dictate when I chop. That may have been my last watering...I dont think they will go 8 full weeks flower. Ive also heard when you think you are ready wait another week...getting nervous. Open to any advice.

 

[cr8grow]

Day 91, end of week 13, end of full week 7 flower. Picked up a wifi microscope to get a few shots to verify what I was seeing with the 30x loupe. Purple plants cloudy with lots of amber...greener plants mostly cloudy some clear some amber up top. I made the decision the lights will not come on tomorrow, so a full 7 weeks of flower. I will chop all four after 24-48 hours darkness.

 

[Havocsm1]

Looking great bro haven't been here lately theyre so close!! So cool looks like we'll both be harvesting almost same day. I decided Saturday. Just waiting for what's left of the clear to go cloudy.

 

[StoneOtter]

Cr8 you've been doing a great job man! They look phenomenal! You're so close now. Do you have a drying plan?

 

[cr8grow]

Cr8 you've been doing a great job man! They look phenomenal! You're so close now. Do you have a drying plan?

Chopped all four last night after 48 hours darkness. Hung all in my grow cabinet after removing the light and clip fans. Temp 66, RH 43 this morning. Good airflow via passive lightbox intake through 4” inline/ filter. Assume I do not want the clip fans for a slower dry. I will do my full update with pics this weekend. A couple preview shots for now.

 

[Dsrkmattertec54]

Looks like a good haul

 

[cr8grow]

Looking great bro haven't been here lately theyre so close!! So cool looks like we'll both be harvesting almost same day. I decided Saturday. Just waiting for what's left of the clear to go cloudy.

Im going to check out your grow...looking forward to my next grow...just found out today I can buy Cali Connection seeds fem 6 packs $60 locally.

 

[cr8grow]

Day 97...(end of week 14 tomorrow)...chopped all 4 day 94...last water with nuts day 87...went dark 48 hours before chop. Hanging in my grow cabinet minus the light...small clip fan low for circ. Good air exchange through passive lightbox with hepa filter, 4” inline and carbon filter runs 24/7. RH 43 temp 66F. Checked out roots during the first sunny afternoon in forever on the 3rd coast. They were root bound but no sign of root issues. I took a shot of all before hanging...all very frosty, sticky and smelly. Making a list of adjustments for grow #2.

 

[cr8grow]

And now pics..watching Superbowl commercials...got distracted...

 

[cr8grow]

Day 104 (end of week 15 tomorrow). 9 days drying in the grow cabinet (minus the light)...trim day. First grow...first harvest...first dry...first trim...first cure. Two main GSC phenos...purple round buds and longer green spears. I also got another pheno on the green which is bit fluffier but with a super thick covering of red hairs. Stats GSC 1A purple 38 grams; 1C purple 38 grams (both purple the same yield); 1B green 45 grams; 1D green “red hair” 37 grams...158 total grams...5.64 oz. plus about 2 grams tester bits and 33 grams sugar leaf...I will learn to make water hash soon. Trim was fun at this scale...but took the better part of the day. Had a good break and walk in the snow to test the scissor hash and bud crumbles. I can say its fantastic GSC..upfront energy...heady...full body buzz...and appetite back. Very smooth pre-cure and white ash. Purple is sweet skunk smell with hash...green is strong citrus skunk. The red hair pheno looks just like some primo Hawaiian Ive enjoyed. This is organic sticky...I am not disappointed with first grow. Next grow In the grow cabinet...Corleone Kush from Cali Connection. I will checklist my key learnings from grow #1. My target is to double my yield to 12 oz. minimum in 3x3 with CMH 315w.

 

[Havocsm1]

Hell ya looks beautiful. Big congrats. This reminds me I need a bigger scale.

 

[cr8grow]

Thanks...was nervous every stage of the grow through harvest and dry and learned a lot first time around...much from this site.

 

[Gaffle]

Nice.

 

[scrogathon]

Looks like a nice little haul.

 

[cr8grow]

Nice.

Thanks Gaffles...will check out your links.

 

[cr8grow]

Looks like a nice little haul.

Scrog thanks man...first trim went pretty well.

 

[cr8grow]

Cr8 you've been doing a great job man! They look phenomenal! You're so close now. Do you have a drying plan?

I dried for 9 days dark in the grow cabinet with fan/filter running and a small fan low on low moving air waiting “for the stems to snap”. Bad call because they dried out too much. Fortunately I hung them whole and they dried slowly. Nothing was too crispy when I trimmed and first real test smoke yesterday didnt have any bad homegrown taste I recall from my youth, was actually mild with a white ash. I have all in jars loose since trim and have loaded them up with 62 Boveda packs and have them up to RH 58 last night. I will now fluff and burp jars 15 minutes/day. Attempting to reintroduce moisture and recure. Ive read once dry you missed the cure window. That may be the case for my first 6 ozs and I think it will be OK for me. The buds are very sticky and have a nice consistency. I couldnt gage dryness hanging the whole plants with leaves intact..will likely wet trim and hang individual branches. Will also get a humidifier for my next dry to dial in RH.

 

[StoneOtter]

Sounds like a success to me! Nothing's perfect in my house. Congratulations!

 

[cr8grow]

Two weeks now fluffing buds loose in jars and burping daily about 5 minutes each. The purple pheno had a little hay smell and taste in the background, now more sweet. Test smoke improving on the purple...all phenos are strong. I plan to continue for two more weeks or until sealed humidity drops closer to 50, will then go into smaller jars for storage with Boveda 62 packs.