2nd to last journal entry.
Well the harvest is done, the bud is curing and I'm still waiting before I give a proper smoke report. But until then, I want to summarize this grow.
The final product produced 45g of Gorilla Zkittlez, 49g of Blueberry OG and 32g of Cream Caramel which gave me a total of 4.4oz of dry bud from 3 plants. The harvest turned out to be a little lighter than I had thought, but that's ok, because it all appears to be quality flower.
Strains:
The Gorilla Zkittlez from Barney's Farm was a good plant. It gave me some issues at the beginning but I think it was due to my environment. She turned out to be a nice plant. I have a clone of her that I will re-veg in the next grow.
The Blueberry OG also from Barney's Farm was a good plant as well. She never gave me any issues and was by far, the stickiest one to trim.
The Cream Caramel free seed from what may be Sweet Seeds was fun to grow. She was shorter, but very pine smelly. She seemed to be able to handle more nutrients than the other two.
Growing:
I learned so much from this community, I can't even explain. The knowledge that circulates here is pretty invaluable. I learned that environmental conditions are a major factor in growing... successfully. By the looks of my roots when I pulled them out of the 5 gallon pots, they did not appear to grow out to the sides. On one hand, I was nowhere near rootbound which is good. But on the other hand, I think the lack of the roots growing out, stunted the size and thus the yield of the plants. I will be up-potting twice instead of once from now on.
I also did not notice any difference of utilizing a drought, but it's probably because I had nothing to compare it to. I will probably incorporate some sort of droughting to my next grow as I learn more about it.
Lighting:
I am very impressed with my two Viparspectra's that did the job, the 95w P600 and the 100w P1000. For a total of 195w, I am pleased with the outcome. The next grow will feature the 240w XS2000, and I may add the other two during flower.
Medium:
I was pleased with the medium blend that I used of Ocean Forest, Happy Frog and Perlite. I will be using the same blend for my next grow with a little added compost. I think that I should have fed my soil/roots with more microbes and that could have been better, but I'm still learning that part. I will for the next grow.
Nutrients:
Megacrop or Tegabrop
was a good easy nutrient to use. I pH'd my water, although I read it was not necessary with MC but it seemed to respond well. It definitely is a little time consuming to measure out "x" amount of grams for 3 different plants, but I suppose you get used to it and is expected for an indoor grow.
Overall:
Overall, I am pleased with how my first grow went. I had some more plans as I wanted to make some labels for my jars and put descriptions and all that, but I don't have time. In fact, I had a hard time keeping up with everyone else's journals towards the end. I think this community is great and I will continue to give back wherever I can. The next grow will be starting soon and I'll start a new journal for that one. In the meantime, stay tuned for a smoke report.
Awesome tool!
