Dynomyco We Want You: Side-by-Side Comparative Grow By BakedARea

[BakedARea]

No idea that the lineage, for Zkittles was grape ape, grape ape is my favorite strains of all time

Grape Ape, also called Purple Ape, is an Indica-dominant hybrid of Mendocino Purps, Skunk, and an Afghani landrace from Apothecary Genetics in California.

A lot of kick ass genetics in there just to make Grape Ape! I honestly can't remember if I have ever had it. I must have...right?!

followed by green crack, and peanut butter breath.

I love me some green crack and peanut butter breath. Great varieties in my book.

You lucked out on those seeds for sure! I have too many seeds in my inventory right now, that I need to use first, before my wife will let me buy any new ones sadly. Lol

IKR! I have a bunch of seeds I need to grow out. I was stoked to receive those freebie for sure. I'm excited to see them later in the season and stinking up my garden.

 

[BakedARea]

Nothing to report quite yet. No indication on any of them that they are ready to breach. 3 days since I planted them.

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• BakedARea
• May 15, 2022

@DYNOMYCO we want you

Did I do that right? I'm still confused on the instructions. Sorry. Please clarify.

The selected growers are required to post updates of their plants to the forum – GROW JOURNAL SECTION - twice a week and tag "DYNOMYCO we want you".

 

[Vegan4life]

Did I do that right? I'm still confused on the instructions. Sorry. Please clarify.

Not just you, I wondered the same thing?

 

[DaradeGrows]

Nothing to report quite yet. No indication on any of them that they are ready to breach. 3 days since I planted them.

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• BakedARea
• May 15, 2022

@DYNOMYCO we want you

Did I do that right? I'm still confused on the instructions. Sorry. Please clarify.

I’m getting just as nervous, 2 popped, but my other 2 auto tangerine dream is just refusing to come up, I give her 2 more days and then I’m gonna just lightly go in there and see wassup at the area they were planted. (In my case I could of been misting not enough, I’m only barely doing a few squirts every now and again max 3 times a day and max like 3-6 squirts.

 

[TorturedSoul]

Congrats to all of us for this cool opportunity! Please tag me growers in your journals so that I can follow along.

Thank you @DYNOMYCO for this opportunity! And of course many thanks to @420 and the entire 420 Mag community for this place so we can take part in something like this.
I hope you will all join me on this new grow. I will be doing my best to showcase the amazing impact Dynomyco has on our plants.

I have chosen to grow out Zkittles by @Weed Seeds Express.

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This cannabis strain contains almost pure Indica genetics and comes from a cross of Grapefruit X Grape Ape. The Cannabis Cups started pouring in pretty soon after this cross was launched. In 2016, she won the Emerald Cup, and in 2015 it even won two Cannabis Cups at events in San Francisco and Michigan.

Zkittlez has a nice Indica dominant growth, but can get taller than you are used to from an Indica dominant cannabis strain. Many beautiful and well-developed side branches make it desirable to support them well. Otherwise, your cannabis plants could collapse under the weight of the buds on the side branches.

Zkittlez is a cannabis strain with high THC levels of up to 24%. The yield is better than good, as this cannabis strain produces high yields of cannabis in both indoor and outdoor cultivation. All this is achieved in a short flowering period of 7-9 weeks - what more could you wish for?

It's clear that Zkittlez is a multiple award winner for a reason. Taste the rainbow and grow some of our beautiful plants yourself with our Zkittlez cannabis seeds!"

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With all that said, thank you to @Weed Seeds Express for being a sponsor on this site. They are not sponsoring this grow but I was fortunate to win a 10 pack of these feminized seeds. I wanted to showcase them on this journal to express my appreciation.

Next up is nutrients! I am choosing to once again use @GeoFlora Nutrients for the entirety of this grow. Mainly because of my familiarity with it and because I have seen it be a great accompanying product with Dynomyco. They are not sponsoring this grow. I've been blessed with a couple contest wins here and an awesome friend gave me some that increased my GF inventory! So I wanted to showcase them again and express my gratitude for their overall sponsorship of this site as well.

Y'all still with me?! Alrighty then!

Here is the plan:

• Outdoor (start to finish) Zone 9B
• 4 Zkittlez Feminized Seeds
• Soak until hull breach
• Start in solo cups with inert coco/perlite media only
• 2 seeds with Dynomyco & 2 without
• In greenhouse until mid June
  • Transplant from solo cup to 1 gal
  • 1 gal to 5 gal (final)
• Veg and train into late summer
• Harvest in early fall

When I got word from the Dynomyco team that I was selected, I decided to start my seeds that evening! I have Dynomyco on hand now at all times. I order direct from their website.

Seed drop was 5/10

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

Right after this picture, I placed a paper towel over them to keep them submerged. A little trick I got from @InTheShed

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

I soaked them in a 50/50 solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide and filtered tap water for 15 minutes. Then I placed them in a dark tin with filtered tap water and placed that on top of my security camera server. That spot kept a solid 79° for the 36 hrs they spent to break free.

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

I saw bright white on all of them so it was time for planting. 4 for 4 germination! Nicely done once again @Weed Seeds Express

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

My reasoning on the numbering. #1 & #2 will be Dynomyco plants. The other two seem to have a little head start. Bigger seeds and appear to have more oomph. They're going to need the head start in my opinion. So #3 & #4 will be the control plants with no added Dynomyco.

I decided to go with an inert media. Something with nothing in it that could steer results one way or another.

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

I'm a soil guy, so it was really difficult for me to not add compost and worm castings to this mix. I rely on my soil biology to keep my plants happy. I want to do a good job of showcasing this product so I felt it was important to have a reliable control from start to finish.

Moving forward, I am officially undecided on the media I will be using in the 1 gal and 5 gal containers. Any help or ideas folks? If I keep it coco/perlite only, I fear my watering habits will inhibit their overall health and performance.

Less jibber jabber already!
Let's plant some seeds already!!!

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

Dynomyco seeds are in the red cups!

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

I used 1tsp per cup. In the planting hole and directly around the hole for a complete inoculation of the media.

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

You can barely make out seed #1 in that pile of Dynomyco!

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

#2

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

All watered in!
It is incredibly satisfying to watch the granules melting away into your media by the way.

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

And now for # 3

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

& #4

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022
• 2

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

Into the greenhouse they go! They will be there for at least the next month of growth. I have this space outfitted with a 4ft LED shop light that comes on at 8pm and off at 2am. So just over 18 hrs of light. That will be slowly turned down to 14 hrs over the next couple weeks. I am currently at 14 hrs of daylight. Come the middle of June, I'll reach my peak of 14 hrs 40 min of daylight and the slow pace down to the fall harvest!

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• BakedARea
• May 12, 2022

They will be experiencing the outdoor environment from day 1! I think that's important for the vitality of plants you grow outside. There will be little to no hardening off needed. They will be utilizing every bit of the strong genetics they come with to survive and thrive. The Dynomyco is going to give the smaller seeds a boost on that front.

Thanks for making it this far in my introductory post. I hope you join me and the other 4 grower's journals on this comparitve Dynomyco grow! Blessings as always!

Dynomyco We Want You

Huh... Well, fuck. I'm not going to count links just so I can edit out everything other than the image of the sack of coco/perlite mix. Weird - most generally, when someone quotes a message that includes images, they're visible, too. Oh well...

Imagine the above block of quoted data being your bag of hydroponic media.

It's not every year I see someone doing an outdoor hydroponic grow, or even a greenhouse one. So... Yeah, that's cool. Last one I did was non-cannabis (peppers and tomatoes). I did a mixture of perlite and vermiculite (had a couple largish blocks of coco coir, but they were hiding somewhere), light on the vermiculite, in those yellow cat litter buckets, and one big plastic trash can DWC. I thought the latter would be my best plant, and that it'd be a giant tomato plant, indeed.

The yellow buckets did better. By surviving . Water in black trash can in August sun got a little warm, lol.

One question, though: If you're growing cannabis in a hydroponic media, why in the world are you using an "organic" nutrient set intended for soil? I mean... there's nothing wrong with nutrients that have to be eaten and shat out before a plant can use them (I suppose). But to intentionally run such things in a hydroponic media, that's sort of like buying a new car and then pushing it to work each morning, and pushing it home each evening - you're not really putting the thing to its best use.

You can obviously grow plants. So there must be something I'm missing. I'm just curious as to why you're using "organic" (apologies for using that term, since pretty much all plant nutrients contain carbon and, therefore, are organic ) nutrients in a hydroponic media. Or, alternatively, why you're not using soil as your media.

 

[BakedARea]

I’m only barely doing a few squirts every now and again max 3 times a day and max like 3-6 squirts.

I have only watered lightly a few times in the past few days. I have used the condensation that builds up to keep that general area moist. Last thing I want is soaking wet media. Although, being coco, that's is hard to do I suppose. I'm going to give them a couple more days and then start digging around. Hopefully they pop up on their own.

Hey TS! Thanks for checking it out so far and chiming in. Much appreciated!

It's not every year I see someone doing an outdoor hydroponic grow, or even a greenhouse one. So... Yeah, that's cool.

Whoa whoa...no hydroponic grow here. Not yet anyway. I'd rather get my feet wet with an indoor hydro setup. Honestly, I'm a bit undecided on the final media. For the seed starting I wanted to have as inert of a medium as possible. To showcase the Dynomyco. Right now...not much to report quite yet. Has me worried TBH

One question, though: If you're growing cannabis in a hydroponic media, why in the world are you using an "organic" nutrient set intended for soil? I mean... there's nothing wrong with nutrients that have to be eaten and shat out before a plant can use them (I suppose). But to intentionally run such things in a hydroponic media, that's sort of like buying a new car and then pushing it to work each morning, and pushing it home each evening - you're not really putting the thing to its best use.

Actually, I do believe that GF nutes were developed for non-soil applications as well. Here is a snippet from their thread.

Geoflora is usable in soil, soilless, or coco grow media! You can definitely use it with a mix that has nutrients as well! Both of those options will work well.

I may be biased but I imagine it does perform best in natural soil mixes. I don't honestly know for sure. I have not tried it in soilless, which is where my brain is pointing to. It was not my plan to go only coco/perlite all the way through. Just trying to figure out which approach I'm going to settle on. There is plenty of surface area on coco and perlite to provide microbes to thrive in by the way. As long as the moisture content is good. Adding vermiculite was on my radar as well. GF comes with microbes to facilitate the breakdown of the nutes.

Or, alternatively, why you're not using soil as your media.

Most likely, I may go with a soilless media and just water more. We shall see. First I need to see some seedlings breaching the surface! LOL

 

[InTheShed]

Sorry for the delayed return. I had a chance to go back and read your opening post and wondered if you realized the pH requirement you were getting yourself into in addition to the watering needs for not just coco outside but coco with 30% perlite! Luckily Bill let you know what the score was there so I hope you have a plan going forward.

If you're thinking of maybe going from solo cups into soil and you want to keep the comparison going, you'll need to find a soil that doesn't have mycorrhizae blended in already, and that might be a tall order.

Also, do you always germ with domes on? I wouldn't think you'd need it up there unless it's desert dry, and I would think it would need to come off the second the sprout comes up.

no hydroponic grow here.

Coco is hydro. Coco is completely inert and provides no pH buffering like peat-based or soil. Coco, hempy, DWC are all considered hydro and all need pH adjusted water.

 

[BakedARea]

I'll need to update later. But yeah...I need to put the car in reverse and take a different route.

Thanks for reading through it all Shed.

Coco is hydro. Coco is completely inert and provides no pH buffering like peat-based or soil. Coco, hempy, DWC are all considered hydro and all need pH adjusted water.

Gotcha. In my head, I was thinking something with a constant water supply. But that is a DWC I suppose. Ignorance on my understanding of hydro. Thanks for the clarification. Hydro grows are constantly pumping water to keep the media moist. Not necessarily roots sitting in solution constantly. Got it. NOT what I want to be doing. I was not planning on running the coco/perlite only for the entire grow. I was very undecided. But with my current dilemma, I will be going with a more familiar direction.

 

[RedskinnedRhino]

Dirt FTW! GMDADDH...

 

[BakedARea]

Dirt FTW! GMDADDH...

Yeah. I agree. An update incoming on the seeds.

Sorry, but what does gmdaddh mean?

 

[BakedARea]

Hey everyone. So I've got a bit of bad news. I'm bummed but not discouraged. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I am going to assume that it's my ignorance with how a coco/perlite medium works. Only one of the Zkittlez seeds popped up. Moving forward, I am going to disregard this plant from this journal.

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

So this definitely makes a comparison grow a tad difficult! No problem though. Just going to stick with what I know. Popping some more and I will be transplanting them into a soil mix instead.

I still want to grow out more Zkittlez so I decided to pop 4 more of these from @Weed Seeds Express !

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

I wanted to feature another sponsor of this site, @GardenofGreen Seedbank. They are not specifically sponsoring this journal but I ordered some genetics late last year in preparation for this season. They were gracious with their freebies and they have some intriguing crosses that I'm excited about. I am soaking 2 of each. I will have one of each growing with @DYNOMYCO

Check out Garden of Green Seedbank!

Link to the Amnesia Lemon Kush

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

Link to the Guava

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

I overextended myself and made some mistakes with my outdoor clones (went into flower early). So it seemed like a great opportunity to bring out a couple varieties to grow out for this comparison grow. These genetics by @GardenofGreen Seedbank have me drooling already. I decided to utilize the kush lineages since they can go longer into the season and they tend to resist mold. Especially the OG kush.

I am blessed to have a balanced and long grow season. My mistakes could certainly ruin some grower's shorter seasons. I feel for you growers. That would be an anxiety crisis for me with what I have done. My climate is definitely a luxury. I am trying to not take it for granted. I will be at the summer solstice in a month. I should be able to get enough growth on them before they transition to flower. The clock is ticking down after June 20th though.

That's where having kickass genetics, strong microbes, and excellent nutrition will help protect against hurdles during the season. I'm going to do my best to showcase those three the rest of the way!

Thanks for swinging by and joining me on this journal amigos. Take care.

 

[Vegan4life]

I probably had a 50% success rate on germinating seeds for my current grow… But I look forward to the final goal. All part of being a farmer!

 

[StoneOtter]

Changes are surprising but seem to always be good Baked! Plan B here we come!

 

[BakedARea]

Dirt FTW! GMDADDH...

I'm not seeing this reply anymore. Did it get deleted? I responded but now I don't see either. Weird. What does GMDADDH mean?

I probably had a 50% success rate on germinating seeds for my current grow… But I look forward to the final goal. All part of being a farmer!

Sorry about the 50%. They all germinated but only one popped up. Maybe too cold at night? Not sure.

Changes are surprising but seem to always be good Baked! Plan B here we come!

Thanks Otter. Plan B is going to be a good experience. I'm pushing my veg time to the limit I think. Should be interesting. Low yield because I ran out of time? Or enough veg to still get some good yields?! I'm hoping for the latter.

 

[DaradeGrows]

You're not the only one running out the luck, my 2 tangie babies also died, I'm currently popping 2 Auto Gorilla Glues, same setting, just a lil shallower, as I think they were a bit too deep, and also drying out a bit too much under there. (I forgot to mist more than once a day, and I feel like the water never really touched them). I wish you luck on your new babies, and hopefully, we have some smoother waters on the seas, so we can sing our shanties!

 

[BakedARea]

You're not the only one running out the luck, my 2 tangie babies also died, I'm currently popping 2 Auto Gorilla Glues, same setting, just a lil shallower, as I think they were a bit too deep, and also drying out a bit too much under there. (I forgot to mist more than once a day, and I feel like the water never really touched them). I wish you luck on your new babies, and hopefully, we have some smoother waters on the seas, so we can sing our shanties!

Awww man. I'll get over and get caught up. Sorry to hear that. So plan B for both of us! I need to go see if any others have started their journals.

 

[TwelveCoffee]

Awww man. I'll get over and get caught up. Sorry to hear that. So plan B for both of us! I need to go see if any others have started their journals.

It’ll work out Baked plan b is always solid worse case there is plan c and so on keep your head up you got this!

 

[safeman]

Hey everyone. So I've got a bit of bad news. I'm bummed but not discouraged. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I am going to assume that it's my ignorance with how a coco/perlite medium works. Only one of the Zkittlez seeds popped up. Moving forward, I am going to disregard this plant from this journal.

20220521_093252-01.jpeg

• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

So this definitely makes a comparison grow a tad difficult! No problem though. Just going to stick with what I know. Popping some more and I will be transplanting them into a soil mix instead.

I still want to grow out more Zkittlez so I decided to pop 4 more of these from @Weed Seeds Express !

20220521_083503-01.jpeg

• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

I wanted to feature another sponsor of this site, @GardenofGreen Seedbank. They are not specifically sponsoring this journal but I ordered some genetics late last year in preparation for this season. They were gracious with their freebies and they have some intriguing crosses that I'm excited about. I am soaking 2 of each. I will have one of each growing with @DYNOMYCO

Check out Garden of Green Seedbank!

Link to the Amnesia Lemon Kush

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

Link to the Guava

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

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• BakedARea
• May 21, 2022

I overextended myself and made some mistakes with my outdoor clones (went into flower early). So it seemed like a great opportunity to bring out a couple varieties to grow out for this comparison grow. These genetics by @GardenofGreen Seedbank have me drooling already. I decided to utilize the kush lineages since they can go longer into the season and they tend to resist mold. Especially the OG kush.

I am blessed to have a balanced and long grow season. My mistakes could certainly ruin some grower's shorter seasons. I feel for you growers. That would be an anxiety crisis for me with what I have done. My climate is definitely a luxury. I am trying to not take it for granted. I will be at the summer solstice in a month. I should be able to get enough growth on them before they transition to flower. The clock is ticking down after June 20th though.

That's where having kickass genetics, strong microbes, and excellent nutrition will help protect against hurdles during the season. I'm going to do my best to showcase those three the rest of the way!

Thanks for swinging by and joining me on this journal amigos. Take care.

nice pick of strain

 

[BakedARea]

It’ll work out Baked plan b is always solid worse case there is plan c and so on keep your head up you got this!

Thanks 12Coffee. Appreciate it. Excited to see these go into some soil.

 

[BakedARea]

nice pick of strain

Thanks safeman. Excited to taste these for sure.