Synopsis - Final Thoughts:
Strains - Damnesia, Chemdawg and Royal Cookies
Damnesia is my top strain. I will always have at least one Damnesia in the tent. My wife loves the high more than any strain she's ever smoked. It's an easy, forgiving plant, yields are great, and the seeds are relatively inexpensive. Buds are long, fat and dense. Aroma and flavor are earthy. Thick smoke with a high that creeps up on you, gets you up and moving, and rarely progresses into dry eye or couchlock.
Chemdawg is a great strain that I'd grow again. Unfortunately, I biffed on two of the three seeds, so I don't have any more to grow. It's an attractive plant with buds that are crystal coated. I did get some nanners about midway through flower, but the bud doesn't appear to be seeded (I did find two seeds in the Damnesia!). Foxtails came out at the end of flowering, so maybe it was sensitive to heat. The buds are long and fat, but broken up more than the Damnesia. Yield was medium....this was the lowest yielder on this grow. The aroma is awesome...spicy, floral, with a hint of petroleum. I tried it once and liked the high, but I'll need to try it again to give an accurate smoke report.
Royal Cookies was an odd strain. The pheno I got was really dark green throughout the grow. It grows different than any cannabis I've ever grown. The lowest branches reach all the way to the top of the canopy and are stout. There was never a need to support the buds because the branches were strong and the buds were small. The buds are crystal coated with huge calyxes, but overall very small buds. I didn't think the plant would amount to much, but it surprised me with over 5 oz of small, dense, crystal coated buds. The aroma is muted but more like a petroleum than a baked good. Smoke is thick and expand-o with a quick hitting high that is somewhat energetic, but is a little too cerebral for me. Nice for listening to music though.
Nutrients - Nectar for the Gods sample line with additions of Cultured Biologics instant tea, SLF-100 and molasses
Worked great again. I'm running low on my bottles so I'll need to make a decision to either re-up with this line or try another. I was using their sample kit and it lasted two grows, although I had to buy a few bottles that get used up quicker than the others.
Soil - Supersoil mixed with Coast of Maine Stonington Blend
Awesome mix....working great. I'll continue with the same.
Lighting - CFLs for seedling stage, 400w MH up to week 3 of flowering, 1000w HPS for flowering
No problems this time with heat. If I grow in the summer again, I'll have to do something to control the heat from the 1000w bulb.
Pots - 7-gal plastic and fabric
I don't notice much of a difference between the plastic and fabric. I haven't dumped out the root balls yet, so we'll see how the root balls developed in them later.
Water - Tap water treated with de-chlorination solution
Much simpler than purchasing RO water from the grocery store. I'll continue with this practice.
Process:
Germination: Wet towel process
Veg - No nutrients were added. Instant tea a couple of times. No problems here.
Training - I started out trying to do the 'quadline' method, but didn't get that right. So it turned into just a basic LST to produce about 15-20 buds per plant. I'll try to quad again on the next grow.
Flowering - Nutrients added during flowering. Plants seemed to love everything I gave them. Some nanners showed on Chemdawg, so maybe they're more sensitive to heat. Otherwise, this went fine
Drying/Curing - Wet trim, then hang in dark space with airflow. Drying was too quick...it took 3-4 days. I'm curing in jars now with daily/weekly burping. After about a month of decreased burping times, I'll vacuum seal the jars for long-term storage.
Overall, this was a successful grow. I'm very happy with the strains and the yields.
My next grow is started, featuring my go-to strain Damnesia, more Royal Cookies and attempts at two new strains, Liberty Haze and RQS Critical. Here's a link:
MotaFina's Winter Garden 2019: Liberty Haze, Damnesia, Royal Cookies & Critical
