Cru Flowers the Classics Under HID

[Jcue81]

Hey All-

Going to start a perpetual journal to document my grows and keep track of my dates and any adjustments. This is my headstash garden.

I’ve been experimenting with CMH this last year and have really been loving it. I purchased a used 400w HPS a month ago and have that in the 5x5 along with the 315w CMH.

Ok, so I have two plants currently flowering- Notsodog’s Sour D and the Santa Cruz Blue Dream. Sour is under HPS and the SCBD is under the CMH.

Temps are starting to fall here in CT and I’ve been trying my best to keep temps below 80 to get that pungent sour d flavor. This sour is calcium hungry so I’ve been trying to stay on top of that. Scratched a few teaspoons of Diamond K gypsum into the sour d. Not sure that’s a good idea or not we’ll see, LOL.

I love the classics and have been having a blast running to old clones I loved as a kid but never had the chance to grow.

blue dream-

 

[Creeperpark]

I love your set up friend. You are kicking ass and thanks for sharing your garden. Looking real good. Cal-mag may be much faster than Diamond K gypsum. What kind of water do you start with?

 

[Jcue81]

Hey @Creeperpark - I use a mix of tap and RO. I am using cal mag as well at 5ml per gallon. That takes care of all but the most calcium hungry plants.

I just started messing with the diamond K. It’s a very fine, solution grade gypsum. Their instructions say you can top dress with it so I’m just going very easy so there’s another source of calcium and I love the sulphur too.
Added Signal TPS to the flowering feed tonight for the first time this cycle. I love that stuff. It smells like kombucha.

 

[Jcue81]

Getting the next round of plants built. I like to top and train down into a multi-top bush. I’ll probably flower 4 under a 630w CMH. I’ve been running fewer, but bigger plants recently.

Here is GG4, Dogwalker, Deathstar, and a Grape Gas S1. Not sure if the Grape Gas is going in next, I might call and audible and toss in the Tahoe OG if she catches up the these.

First run of Notso could be going better. I didn’t listen to Notso when he told me she can eat! I need to up EC from 1.8 to 2.1 and see how she responds. Cant be yellowing out at 5 weeks! Ugh. I’ll get her right next time.

 

[Jcue81]

Starting week 9. A had a couple feedings with incorrect PH. Got a new pen and back on track. The blue dream is almost done, the Notso Sour D has another three weeks left.

 

[Jcue81]

Day 58 on the Notso Sour D. Taper nitrogen back while leaving EC where it was. I should be able to keep her from yellowing out the small sugar leaflets in the buds and get her to around 11 weeks.

 

[Doctor Doob]

Hey All-

Going to start a perpetual journal to document my grows and keep track of my dates and any adjustments. This is my headstash garden.

I’ve been experimenting with CMH this last year and have really been loving it. I purchased a used 400w HPS a month ago and have that in the 5x5 along with the 315w CMH.

Ok, so I have two plants currently flowering- Notsodog’s Sour D and the Santa Cruz Blue Dream. Sour is under HPS and the SCBD is under the CMH.

Temps are starting to fall here in CT and I’ve been trying my best to keep temps below 80 to get that pungent sour d flavor. This sour is calcium hungry so I’ve been trying to stay on top of that. Scratched a few teaspoons of Diamond K gypsum into the sour d. Not sure that’s a good idea or not we’ll see, LOL.

I love the classics and have been having a blast running to old clones I loved as a kid but never had the chance to grow.
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blue dream-
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Yeah man, those are two classics! Have you grown those two cuts before? Or this the first run? Just curious on the Sour D, I watch NotSo and them guys all the time and just wonder if his cut is the good old school one, or just some random stuff they just say is sour. Like everyone is like "AJ sour blah blah AJ is just some guy" but is AJ the same as the NotSo... Or are these two way different varieties altogether lol. But anyways, those are looking healthy, nice setup!

 

[Jcue81]

Yeah, first time running both.

The sour mess is tough to sort out. I’ve seen really nice examples of AJ sour. I believe @Crazy Composer runs a really nice looking AJ sour. I want to say someone told me it’s the same one Breeders Direct sells.

Notso told me he received his cut as just Sour Diesel early 2000’s and never lost it. We’ll see. It is a very impressive plant, much more so than the Cloney Sour, at least her growth. She is very vigorous and not as fussy as the Cloney. I’ve got a few more sour d options in my circle so I will keep trying them until I find what I’m after.

 

[Jcue81]

Next round of plants are ready for training and flower once they get well rooted in their new pots.

Dogwalker OG, Gorilla Glue #4, Deathstar, Grape Gas #1 S1

 

[Jcue81]

Took the Blue Dream down at 63 days.

 

[LostTribe]

Took the Blue Dream down at 63 days. View attachment 19082834 View attachment 19082835

The Blue Dreams a Beauty! Just curious you mentioned it was your first time running it? Notso looking much more like that Jay_P cut I was running last season vs the albany. How is she smelling at this point? Next time I run Sour I want to make sure they are dark dark green as long as possible and think Jet is right them needing higher N for the first few weeks of bloom to keep the late fade down affecting the finish. Think I am gonna look at how my 321 is vs the old GH micro/bloom lucas formula stat wise and go from there.

 

[Jcue81]

I hear ya on wanting to keep her green next time. I had a pen go out on me and didn’t catch it immediately. Next time! She can eat!

 

[Jcue81]

The Blue Dreams a Beauty! Just curious you mentioned it was your first time running it? Notso looking much more like that Jay_P cut I was running last season vs the albany. How is she smelling at this point? Next time I run Sour I want to make sure they are dark dark green as long as possible and think Jet is right them needing higher N for the first few weeks of bloom to keep the late fade down affecting the finish. Think I am gonna look at how my 321 is vs the old GH micro/bloom lucas formula stat wise and go from there.

Yes, first time running blue dream

 

[LostTribe]

Was my favorite from my last run and its held all of its smell and flavor. Absolutely delightful smoke and its beautiful to watch it bloom. Was the first thing I smoked when I got back. The gg4 also held up pretty good and is better than the last store bought gg4 by a country mile. Think theirs was a dud, in co 2 summers back, all fancy packaged but smell was mute. You getting any skunky wooo weee should a done their shirt laundry smells after brushing up against that Notso?

 

[Jcue81]

Haha, I forgot you just ran her.

 

[leetdood]

A bit off topic, but did you know they used to make 400W cmh bulbs, mogul socket?

Not sure if I've any left, some bulbs blew. But it honestly makes me so friggin sad that they don't make or sell those anymore. It was perfect for flowering sour, the pheno I had from seed from Medical Seeds anyway. I know that's probably random but, you know how loud that gets.

Very nice pictures. I calibrate my Apera ph60 every 2-3 weeks because I was feeding ~5.3 pH instead of what I thought was 5.8 pH. Teh calibrates his weekly and my brain kept going like, it's the right ratio in but these plants are showing *all* N side of the scale, even with K going in? But these dudes beat mulders chart, nutrient uptake, and that pH chart into my head with a bag of doorknobs. So it clicked one day and I've been trying to calibrate it regularly since. Mr. Green or someone else said they basically have 3 cheap ones to verify off each other that nothing goes wrong, and I always thought that was interesting.

Anyway, great pictures and best of luck with the upcoming run. Hopefully that was helpful and not just a weird ramble.

Edit: yeah just did a 3 point calibration and it was up to .13 off. This is *with* calibrating it every 2 to 3 weeks.

 

[flower~power]

 

[LostTribe]

Keep the GH ph drops on hand its a quick double check.

 

[LostTribe]

I have some pool strips I got to measure free chlorine for running a dead rez they also measure ph in about 10 seconds.

 

[LostTribe]

Whatchu tokin on over yonder?