Another (Long) Update!
Best get started before the carpal tunnel sets in LOL.
Red Cherry Berry - an exclusive!
Born: 10/18/14
Genetics: could either be 100% Red Cherry Berry as the result of a hermie, gift from an awesome grower friend in NorCal - it's mother would be a plant grown from a Barney's Farm seed though, so the genetics should remain intact in this case. (Skunk #1 x California Indica) - OR, this plant could have been pollinated by a hermie Corleone Kush (grown from a Cali Connection seed if so) - which could potentially make for a very interesting plant, (that would be San Fernando Valley OG Kush x Pre-'98 Bubba Kush, then x RCB) and make my friend into an accidental breeder hahaha.
I'm confident that these are good genetics either way, they've performed amazingly so far.
Anyhow, today when I was looking in on my veg room, I noticed something I'd missed until recently....
even in 24 hours of light, RCB is doing it's best to flower! Woah is it stinky. I'm a bit thrown off to be honest.
Even it's clone is for some reason! Very odd.
Well, back to the mother RCB, I transplanted it and put it into flower today
quite the roots!! I've never had roots so healthy until going truly organic. I also am sure my root dustings of Azos and Mykos are playing a big role, as soon as I bought those, big difference. Worth the money for sure. Still wondering about that droop - the transplant should fix it though imo.
Now she's in a 3.5 gal bucket I drilled some drain holes into, and was moved into my cooked flowering soil (the PeeJay style stuff I mixed a while ago, but with lots of moldy leaves added, as well as Neem, Kelp, Crustacean Meals, Oyster Shell Flour, and Glacial Rock Dust) and top dressed with the Holy Trinity, mulched with some straw, some trimmed living mulch, and some living mulch seeds.
I wanted to put it in a 7 gallon air pot - but I decided against it. To anyone that hasn't followed Relaxed Lester's grow's, it's amazing what he can grow in a 2 gallon pot totally organically, only adding teas and dressings. RCB is much smaller than his monster Zilla, and going into a much larger amount of soil, and... just look how well she's been doing in about 1 gallon of veg soil. ONE!
Ok if you're not impressed - there's no pleasing you here.
seriously this amazes me. I've never had such a strong, smelly plant, so quickly. Absolutely crazy... it's like a tree, and now it's going in 3 and a half times as much soil, that is much more biologically alive. I adjusted a 100x3 to hang facing inwards like the other 100x3 but for RCB this time. Isn't she spoiled
- and it will get an enzyme/ Sprouted Seed tea tomorrow with the rest of the flowering plants. Here's that so far:
Anyways let me go in depth as to how to do a simple Sprouted Seed tea, since it confounded me at first, and this is my first time doing it. No bubbling necessary. So part one: you get a clean jar, 2 tablespoons of seeds, pretty much anything but use organic
(I used a tablespoon of homegrown organic hermie cannabis seeds
and a tablespoon of my buildasoil top cover (living mulch) seeds) and enough filtered (good), RO (better), or rain-water (best) to soak them thoroughly. Put it in a dark, not too cold place for the next 12 hours or so.
then get a fine wire strainer, dump that water (it's full of growth inhibitors) and the seeds through the strainer, rinse with your good water, then return the wet seeds to the dry jar. I was confused about this, but there should be enough moisture there to continue sprouting your seeds. (but you can put a paper towel down if you feel safer that way, I've never done this before maybe its going to totally fail hahaha - I guess we'll see - copy me at your own peril, maybe we'll reap the rewards! maybe not, I might have misunderstood my directions entirely.)
now you can cover them and let them wait 12 hrs before rinsing them like you did before, then return them to the dry mason jar for another 12 hours. do this repeatedly until the sprouts are showing, then you can either ferment them (making a rejuvelac sort of enzyme tea) for another 24-48 hours, that some people think may kill the enzymes... well I'm going to do way #2 which is way faster, and yields more enzymes and a generally more living tea; just add good water to the sprouts and blend, then dilute that in a half gallon of water. Then use that dilution to further dilute the tea at a 1 cup:1 gallon ratio, and use as a drench. The enzymes will really help break down organic matter, which not only helps get the whole organic IPM system in place, but encourages micro-activity and feeds the SFW. Great stuff - if it all works out!
wish me luck with that...
Dinafem Diesel
Also showing pre-flowers..... but going to wait to flower this one. It doesn't seem as deperate as RCB, only a couple hairs peeking out here and there. It's great to know my all-girls streak is still continuing lol. The only strain that could possibly be a male and ruin my streak now is Blue Blood, and that one's a girl for sure lol, call it my intuition I just know.
Diesel's starting to smell like candy, so sweet and lemony already. I tightened her ties today, did a little defol, and moved her back under the high output t5 now that RCB moved out. I'm giving the 90w GrowUFO a rest, it seems to be making plants droop and go a bit pale under it. Maybe I just need to raise it... in the future. For now, no need.
Ghost OG Flux
got a little defol today, and transplanted into a bigger pot to make training go easier. I'm re-using old summer grow soil in it, but re-amended with Neem, Kelp, and Crustacean Meals, Oyster Shell Flour, and Glacial Rock Dust. boy this is a mouthful lol.
anyways, I tied her back down a little tighter and took off two nodes on either main branch that were next to be tied down because they were too close together. LA recommends skipping every other one or so if branching is tight - I also don't want this to be a monster flux. 10-20 branches is the goal. I've not been very good about opening up the new growth for a couple days but I'm going to get back on track.
Now under the High Output T5: left to right, Blue Blood, Ghost OG Flux, Dinafem Diesel
BB got a little light burn to the left, and note that Diesel is looking kinda sorry after being under the 90w GrowUFO. Anyone got any thoughts on that?
Black Bubba Kush Flux
A little defol. Nothing much to report besides breaking a main top off >.< yea that's the tape there. I tried to save it, there was no saving it haha. I'm curious what sort of yield this will give me. It's had a weird life for sure.
Corleone Kush #1 Flux
Awesome structure. I want to do a much bigger flux with this strain some time. Maybe outdoors, I bet that'd kick ass.
- I probably should be harder on the defol down below, I just have mixed feelings, since I've not grown any popcorn under this Mars II so far. I worry that every node I remove is a potential bowl or two. >.<
Ghost OG
Hahaha I was just getting envious of Mr. Teddy's beautiful plants, and telling him about how to get long colas, this one looks like it was grown the exact same way he did things. Now all that remains to be seen is how they compare to my fluxier plants, and his in flower.
its so cool to be flowering at the same time as someone else.
By the way this one smells like piney hash like MAD. My dad loves it, and Diesel, for his CBD juice.
The Straggler Clones!
Here's that CK#1 clone that really looked like death, going the path of my BBK before her
Here's the CK#2 that got mold in the cloner. Might die, might not, I'm not particularly invested in this one haha, but it will be interesting to see how it goes.
and here's OG Kush PR, still slow to start, but slowly getting greener which is always good news. Had to trim the living mulch like a lawnmower LOL, but at least RCB got some nice, fresh and actually quite nutritious mulch out of it.
Random Relevant Stuff!
Ok remember the wasp-gnat-mealybug-male? This is it. Isn't that f**king scary??? It might sting! How should I know lol, anyways in regard to the "mealybug death dip" I promised yesterday, I didn't go through with it hahaha. I didn't do any 'death dipping.'
I do have some nice peppermint insecticidal soap mixed with garlic ghost pepper water, though.
This fricken thing just scared me to death and I went into overdrive lol. I'm glad I didn't go crazy, I've only sprayed OG Kush PR with the mix, and
I can't find any more mealybugs on the other plants.
another strange thing, I found mold growing on top of the soil I transplanted OG Kush PR into the other day. Doesn't seem to be hurting anything so, I guess whatever.
hahahah ok maybe not totally relevant just felt like sharing this - Corleone Kush #2 is doing this on purpose to get back at me for being so harsh on her, calling her a dude and everything... growing some of the most beautiful big leaves all over now. point taken, I'm sorry girl...
and I found 2 local nightcrawlers today when I picked up a log outside hahaha, I figured they were a gift for my OG Kush PR in the 10 gal smart pot
Told you it'd be long lol. Hope someone can use this info in their own grows.
don't let Reg get under your skin, he's just a ball-breaker, and it's all in good spirit. no stones are being cast I promise!
That'd be cool!
(If you ever need any advice about how to get nice long colas, just ask. I was mentored by a fabulous, highly talented, loquacious, fiercely intelligent, incredibly kind and witty woman). 
Right? I'm really confused why they're starting to flower in 24 hour light, never had this happen to this degree before. I also am leaning towards that RCB just being some freakishly good genetics - I'm telling you that one SMELLS. And from the way it grows (geez it has a stem as big as a lighter?! news to me!) I really might be on to something special here, imo. Hopefully!
our ever-artsy and entertaining cannoseur; brought to you from my veg room...inspired by my recent LOS preachy-ness, and of course, Rico. 
