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New-Aeroponic-Grow Journal ReportsOnce you get started and learn how to grow weed and taste your first buds you will be hooked. From there you will begin to master the ins and outs of growing cannabis and you will never stop growing weed.

Here are my grow journal reports. My grows aren't always perfect but I learn more with each one. And the smoke is a step above anything I could buy at any price.

Biker Kush By Karma Genetics Revisited

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Biker Kush is a cross made by Karma Genetics. In my opinion this strain represents some of his best work.  It is HA OG  crossed with a HA OG X SFV OG. The male was created by using a SFV X Afgani.

I have grown this strain for years because the smell, taste and high were just unbeatable, Sure many strains today are prettier but few pack the same punch.

A few years ago I lost power and ended up with a really bad outbreak of pythium root rot. I lost this girls sister #10 which was my best cut of all.

This is my #6 cut and she is the sole surviver of about a half dozen cuts I was holding including a really nice 3 leaved biker kush male. She is a bit shorter than her #10 sister and throws a few less 3 bladed leaves but otherwise she is a dead ringer in looks and quality.

Although she survived she lost the smell and taste she once had. Now I am not a biologist but I read when plants regenerate stress can cause the genes to combine differently. They are still there but they dont express themselves the same.

I believe this happens more often than we realize. It explains why the same strain can perform differently in different grow rooms. I think it is important to keep your moms or clones very healthy.

After recloning this girl 5 or 6 times she came back! Each time I would take a cut and veg it out for about 6 weeks and then take another cut. Each time she got healthier.

Midway through this process I flowered one out. It was just OK. Nothing special at all. But about 2 months later I flowered it again and although the plant was small and did not get a lot of light that familiar taste, smell and buzz was back.

So this is a clone of that clone and she looks super healthy like she did back in the day. Maybe even a little bit better! So I have high hopes for the girl I am going to show you now.

Biker Kush Day 10 Video


Biker Kush Photos Day 10

Biker Kush Day 17

Thought I would update. This is a very stretchy plant. I have raised the light 3 times for her. I am pretty much out of room. Bending or breaking some necks is the only other option for this girl.

Hopefully she is done stretching. I forgot how tall she gets and actually this pheno was the shorter of the 2 I kept.

Bringing The Frost – Biker Kush Day 28

Today is day 28 and I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of frost on this lady. I believe she really is back from the dead. I am about to do a res change and start adding my .

This is one time I do change my res. I like to add my Green Sensation first and check the ppms. Then I adjust things up by adding my and Equinox to the mix. Since the Biker Kush is a hardcore OG I usually will add a bit of extra calmag to the mix too. Here are some pics from day 28:

I am growing my Biker Kush in my top feed drip system and getting big plants in small pots and if you are looking for an easy hydro system to build and run this is it! Check it out at: https://420dotcom.com/biker-kush-by-karma-genetics.html

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BIKER KUSH DAY DAY 39

Things are moving along nicely. The buds are rock hard and frosty. In some pictures I took they look white or silver.

She smells like lemon OG gas with some floral notes to it. She makes decent size buds and you can see the difference between her buds and the Tropicanna Cookies alongside her.

So here is a day 39 video for her where I also talk a bit about how to get rid of powdery mildew using ozone to disinfect your grow space.

FROST MONSTER BIKER KUSH DAY 49

What can I say? She’s frosty A.F. and smells incredible. Will take her at least 60 days maybe more.

Day 56 Flushing

These girls started their flush a few days ago and will probably go to day 63 maybe even a bit more.

Death Bubba Cannabis Strain Information And Grow

Death Bubba cannabis strain hails from B.C. Canada, that much is certain. Less certain are the exact origins of this strain. It is said to be a cross of Death Star and Bubba Kush.

Death Star is a cross of Sensi Star and Sour Diesel but the full genetics of Sensi Star have not been revealed. It is believed to be mostly Afghani but there is some Sativa in her genetics too. She is a multiple Cannabis Cup winner.

According to Leafly: “Death Bubba, bred by Matteo Suleyman of Vancouver BC’s Sea to Sky, is a beautiful, purple-hued strain with trichromes and terpenes abound. Created by crossing Death Star and Bubba Kush.” https://www.leafly.com/indica/death-bubba

I do not believe the information to be accurate though. So I would have to say the real Death Bubba’s genetics are unknown and remain a mystery. It is not at all uncommon for a dispensary to claim they have something or rename something if it is popular.

Truth be told Grand Master Level named this strain and was growing it for years before a certain Vancouver dispensary either created or renamed a variety and called it Death Bubba after he refused to sell any to them or provide them with any cuts. So the Leafly plant is a fake and not the real Death Bubba.

My plant did not come directly from GML but it is definitely the real Death Bubba cut without doubt. Death Bubba is a clone only strain and there are no authentic seeds available at this time.

I ran across an old grow on YouTube where a guy was growing a dead ringer for it. He called it Platinum Bubba Kush and it was a cross of Platinum OG and Bubba Kush. Cant say that is what it is but the plant definitely grows more like a shorter OG rather than a Bubba Kush.

Both Platinum OG and Bubba Kush are popular on the west coast so it is possible someone made this cross.

Regardless, stories about its potency and quality abound and I wanted to try growing it for myself.

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Here is a short video of it being grown that I found on Instagram

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Death Bubba Cannabis Strain Clone

So here is my cut:

Death Bubba Cannabis Strain Information And Grow - New Clone

I will begin vegging it out, get a few cuts from it and will be starting my grow journal soon. Here is a quick video

Death Bubba In Veg

This strain shows strong basal dominance much like her ancestor Bubba Kush. Most plants I have grown show apical dominance. They grow much like a Christmas tree whereas the Death Bubba wants to grow like a bush.

She made a lot of small leaves and shoots low down on the plant. It was keeping top growth from happening. Short bushy plants are not well suited for my training and growing system.

In a mixed grow they would quickly get shaded. Even if they were not the lights would be up higher and there would be limited light available for growth of lower branches.

I decided to try removing most of the lower growth to see if I could get a taller more upright plant.

Death Bubba Gets A Haircut

Late Veg And Another Defoliation

I saw a positive response from removing lowers. Leaves were larger now and although the main branches were upright enough there still was a lot of lower growth that would be poorly lit and not grow well. So I decided to trim her again.

She will be flowered in 2 weeks. I just can’t hold her any longer. She shares her grow space with Tropicanna Cookies which is a very tall plant. It is 24 inches tall and ready to flower while the Death Bubba is only about 16 inches tall.

FLOWERING DAY 1

I decided it was now or never and put the whole closet into flower. Although the Death Bubba is smaller than I would like I still think she will do well.

There are 4 Tropicanna in the closet along with a GG4 and an Animal Cookies. Animal cookies is supposed to be a tall plant and the Tropicanna gets tall and I felt waiting any longer would result in an out of control grow considering the number of plants in the closet.

Day 7 Death Bubba And Friends

Today is day 7 Death Bubba and her roommates are doing well. Right now it is the smallest plant in the grow. She looks healthy and is starting to stretch. Everything else is bigger as you can see from the video.

Day 14 Flowering Has Started!

Today is day 14 and my Death Bubba has started flowering. She is not a big plant but the flowers are looking good. Everything in the closet was given a leaf stripping and lollypopping on day 14.

Nutes were bumped up too. They were getting about 700 ppm and are now at about 1200 ppms. Some additional cal mag was added because I am seeing some purple stems on this girl. Most OG and OG crosses will usually need extra cal mag especially under LED lighting.

Death Bubba Vegs Like A Bushy Indica

The Death Bubba is done stretching and although it is not a big plant the final structure is good. This plant really is bushy in veg and very much basal dominant. But once she goes under 12/12 she begins stretching and growing like an OG.

It has developed a nice central cola with a nice whorl of branches around it. The buds are good sized for their age with thick upright pistils. Trichomes are already starting to show themselves too. This lady is really showing promise. Other than a somewhat slow start in veg I really like her a lot.

Death Bubba And Friends After Leaf Stripping Day 28

Plants are doing well following leaf stripping. I am seeing nice buds and good trichome production starting. In a week you would never know they were defoliated.

Adding Plagron Green Sensation Week 4

Week 4 is when it is recommended to start bud boosting withso today it was added at the recommended 4 ml per gallon.

This product is not cheap but it really brings on noticeable results and buds love it. It contains an enzyme and PK booster and something that makes the buds really grow and swell beyond what any PK boost can do.

Death Bubba Day 28 Pictures

Green Planet Nutrients Switch Day 35

About 3 days ago I switched from New Millenium Nutrients to Green Planet. I was offered a sponsorship and thought they would be worth a try.

Plants were recovering from a leaf strip but seemed to have stalled out a bit too long so decided to try something new.

So far I have been impressed even though it’s only been a few days since the change. Buds seem larger and stacking better and trichome production seems better too. I realize it is early but at this point I think I may have found a better product.

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    Death Bubba And Friends Days 42 And 49

    I have been continuing with the Green Planet 3 part and the rest of their line up. So far I am happy with them. Trichome production and stacking looks to be better than when I was running New Millenium nutrients. They are a good line and I grew some nice crops with them but the Green Planet seems to be working better for me.

    Flushing Begins On Day 50

    So when I watch my videos I often pick up things I missed when looking at the plants live and in person. So I happened to notice the leaves were really dark green. Although it is not a case of nitrogen toxicity it is too much for the end of flower.

    So on day 50 I decided to start flushing. Although I have switched to Green Planet I still have some New Millenium additives like Winter Frost and I decided to use it as a preflush for a week. So plants were given a light flush to help get old nutes out and then Winter Frost was added. Plants have gone from 900 to 300 ppms for a week and then they will be getting just water until done.

    DEATH BUBBA AND FRIENDS HARVESTED ON DAY 60

     

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    ONE NODE AND FLIP VS LEAF STRIPPING

    I have been experimenting with some training systems like one node and flip popularized by the Jungle Boys and leaf stripping and want to compare results with these defoliation techniques.

    ONE NODE AND FLIP VS LEAF STRIPPING DAY 9

    ONE NODE AND FLIP DAY14

    Above are 4 plants trained using the one node and flip technique on day 9 and day 14.

    Below are 4 plants that received a total leaf stripping on day 19, now at day 25.

    ONE NODE AND FLIP VS TOTAL LEAF STRIPPING

    leaf stripped day 19 now on day 24

    One Node And Flip Vs Leaf Stripping – Which Is Better?

    Here is a video comparing my grow closets and the two techniques.

    It is too early to make a full comparison between the 2 methods and one grow is all Wedding Cake while the other is Wedding Cake and 3 other strains. They are also 10 days apart. But there are a few important take aways from both.

    There are obviously many more leaves in the one node and flip closet and it is likely some will be removed later. The canopy is not as deep with this method so more light will get to all the buds. There are no lower buds so there will be no larf and less smaller buds.

    The closet that was leaf stripped has a much deeper canopy and therefore less light getting to the lower buds. I feel pretty sure there will be more small buds with this system.

    Implementing this training system is much easier because it is done just before flowering. With a leaf strip most growers wait until day 21, but one I know does it on day 14. Either way, all this has to be done with the trellis already up so it is much more difficult to do. If you have ever used this technique you know it is very labor intensive and time consuming.

    I have had problems leaf stripping. It sets the plants back and has resulted in smaller buds for me. The plants appear stunted to me. There were some other factors that may have led to stunting like light levels that were too high for plants to use without additional CO2. I wrote an article about this on my sister site and you can view it here: http://420grower.org/how-much-led-light-for-weed-and-is-750-w-cob-led-lighting-too-much/

    Many successful growers use leaf stripping with great success but they are also running CO2 and I think this makes recovery easier and faster.

    I would not recommend leaf stripping unless you also have CO2. I think you can get the same or better results using one node and flip and it is faster and easier to implement.

    Right now I think the closet with one node and flip training looks better and I think yield and bud size will be better. The closet that was leaf stripped still looks a bit stunted but with lowered light levels I am seeing the buds start to size up and grow new white hairs. I will update the results as time goes on. Can’t decide? Here is a detailed comparison:

    Defoliating Cannabis Explained In Detail

    I want to leave you with 2 videos from 2 different master growers showing these 2 different defoliation techniques in more detail.

    The first video is from Grand Master Level and shows him doing a complete leaf strip on his Death Bubba girls. It’s long but definitely worth watching.

    The second is much shorter and from HiGrowGroup and explains the one node and flip technique. Interestingly enough, he used to do a total leaf strip in flower like Grand Master Level does , but now he is using the one node and flip technique and explains why.

    A Look At My One Node And Flip Plants On Day 21

    My plants are looking much better than the ones that received a full leaf stripping. They look healthier and more robust.

    The biggest advantage I see to the one node and flip technique is that it does not slow plant growth down in any way. My plants that were defoliated always took at least 3 days to start recovering and growing again.

    Since the one node technique is done just before flower the plants do not slow down at all. I was not sure how much these girls would stretch so I did not use any N.M. Decision at transition to flower. Once they started getting tall I did give them some around day 16 hoping it would slow stretch down a bit. Not really sure if it had much effect.

    I don’t know if stretch is over at day 21 or if they will stretch a bit longer. Some colas are much taller than others and close to the light. The problem is worse with multiple strains too because they have different growth rates.

    In the end I think some fine tuning is needed. For example the GG4 did not stretch upwards as much as the rest. Instead it got wider. The canopy is dense and may need some stripping or branch thinning. So on a strain like that, in a 2 foot wide closet, 4 nodes may be too much.

    So I am going to wait until day 28 at least before I do anything. One option might be to leave everything until day 42 and then do some leaf stripping.

    ONE NODE AND FLIP DAY 28

    Everything is looking really good and I just finished doing some training on day 28. Some plants have grown thick canopies that needed training.

    This was mostly true on the GG4 and the Wedding Cake. I did remove some fan leaves but most of the training was removing smaller bud sites and low branches. Some strains make a lot of side branches and they can quickly create tops that are too dense for good light and air penetration.

    By removing them I was able to open up the canopies and hopefully send more energy to the larger top buds. Trimming buds is tedious work especially if there are a lot of small buds. My goal is to eliminate as many as I can even if it means a slightly lower yield.

    So far the one node and flip technique has worked well. It does not stall my plants out like full leaf stripping did. I need to refine it a bit though. Either by leaving less branches or less nodes on strains like GG4 that like to get tall and bush out. If I do it right I should need to do much less training after going into flower.

    Here is a video showing how things are going. I also share a bit of info about my next grow and about dealing with powdery mildew in flower. Watch it. You will enjoy it.

    ONE NODE AND FLIP TECHNIQUE DAY 35

    So after comparing the one node and flip technique with a total leaf strip I definitely prefer one node and flip. It doesn’t set the plants back at all which could result in an earlier harvest. Over all the plants look healthier to me. Here is my day 35 video:

    Here are pictures from both closets. The first two were taken of plants that received a total leaf strip. They are on day 46 and the next two were taken on day 35 and trained with the one node and flip technique.

    Not a true side by side but same cuts and nutes and same lighting.  Although they will produce some nice buds the day 46 plants don’t look that happy to me.

    Also the 2nd picture appears to be a different pheno even though they came from the same mom. Stress induced? I don’t know but it was not set back as hard as the other plants. It is already starting to fade and is taller than the others. Bud structure shows more cookie influence and finer less spikey pistils.

    Now compare these plants to the ones trained with one node and flip. They are 10 days earlier and honestly I think the buds have better trichome development and are the dame size or maybe even a bit larger. See for yourself and then you decide if I am being biased.

    Here are some shots of the rest of the closet taken on day 35

    ONE NODE AND FLIP TECHNIQUE DAY 42

    Today is day 42 and these ladies are coming along nicely. I have seen some significant bulking up this week and buds are gaining frost and starting to look way more mature.

    I think the Tropicana cookies have made the most impressive gains this week. I dont think it will be a big yielder but the tangerine smell these girls put out is amazing.

    The Pink Lemonade is getting heavy and branches are starting to lean from the weight. She is an earlier finisher than the others and is starting to show brown hairs now.

    Wedding Cake and GG4 are also chunking up and getting frosty. The GG4 surprised me because it is the shortest plant in the closet. It has been taller before but this time it really went wide instead. It needed the most training after the one node and flip because it was so crowded. I think if trained this way it needs less branches than the others.

    Day 42 One Node And Flip Pictures

    Day 49 Time To Start Flushing

    Everything is coming along nicely and at this point I really like the results from using the one node and flip technique. I dont know if I will ever do a total leaf strip again unless I have CO2.

    I noticed that there are a lot of pistils going brown so it is time to flush. I want to flush while plants still are making white hairs and actively growing so they can use up the nutrients stored in the plant.

    Just flushing the grow media alone wont do a proper job because plants store about a 2 week food supply inside them. Some say you dont need to flush but I can tell the difference between a properly flushed plant and one that is not. It definitely makes a big difference in quality.

    Day 49 Pictures

    One Node And Flip Day 56 And Lots Of Changes

    A lot happened this week and most of it was unexpected and unplanned. All plants have been harvested except for the Tropicana Cookies.

    The Pink Lemonade was done ahead of the others and while I was getting ready to chop her down I noticed what looked like powdery mildew on a few of the leaves. I was surprised to say the least because the plant sits right next to a fan and humidity in the closet was in the low 40s but there it was.

    I dont like to spray anything in flower but I dont like losing a crop either. Especially so close to harvest. Everything got sprayed down with Serenade. It is a special strain of Bacillus Subtilis that prevents mold and other plant diseases from reproducing. It is certified organic and can be used right up to the day of harvest.

    The Pink Lemonade came out the next day, then got 2 days of darkness in another closet and was chopped. I think it yielded pretty well because the plant seemed really heavy.

    The Wedding Cake was showing signs of bud rot on 2 nugs and I think the spray may have kept it from spreading. It is a very hard plant to clone and I had planned on doing a reveg with it. So I chopped it a bit earlier than I would have liked but I was afraid it would be harder to reveg if it went much longer.

    The GG4 was ready and starting to foxtail so it was harvested too. Neither the Glue or the Tropicana Cookies showed any signs of mold or anything else.

    So the Tropicana is the last one standing and she is a stunner that is showing more and more purple by the day. She smells like tangerines and is very frosty and will be very easy to trim from the looks of things. Anyway here is a quick video from the aftermath on day 56.

    Tropicana Cookies On Day 56

    Tropicanna Cookies Ready For Harvest

    Wedding Cake Ready For Harvest

    The Wedding Cake trained with the one node and flip technique was harvested earlier than I would have liked but this video shows the ones that were leaf stripped.

    Final Thoughts

    I prefer one node and flip to leaf stripping at this point. It is less labor intensive and doesn’t set the plants back like stripping does.

    If I could only run one of these strains the Tropicanna would win hands down. Yield is about the same as the Wedding Cake but the quality is much better IMHO. Very easy to trim and lots of purple hues. Plus Wedding Cake is an absolute bitch to clone.

    Wedding Cake, Tropicanna Cookies, Pink Lemonade, GG4 Grow Journal

    Starting a new grow journal with Wedding Cake, Tropicanna Cookies, Pink Lemonade and GG4. These are big plants vegged for about 2 months. They were started in 3 gallon smart pots but later these were dropped into 5 gallon nursery pots. Lighting is 750w of Cree COB LEDs.

    I am running the full New Millenium Nutrient line and these girls just recieved their first dose of New Millenium Decision which helps slow stretch and initiate earlier flowering. They will be flipped later today so stay tuned for updates.

    Wedding Cake Genetics

    There is some confusion about the genetics of Wedding Cake. Some sources say it’s a Girl Scout Cookies and Cherry Pie cross but this is not totally correct. My cut is from JBeezy  the breeder of this strain and he says it is Triangle Kush X Animal Mints. (Animal Cookies X thin mint GSC)

    Wedding Cake is on the far left.

    tropicana cookiesThe Tropicanna Cookies is hard to find much information on. Some say it’s GSC crossed with Clementine and others say it’s GSC x Tangie. All  I really know is it is supposed to be purple so it will be fun to grow it.

    Pink Lemonade is another strain with uncertain genetics. Supposedly a purple kush x lemon skunk and a mystery plant. So again it will be fun to grow it out and see how it does.

    By now everyone is familiar with GG4 so I wont go into the genetics. All I can say is this plant is huge going into flower and should yield really well. Potent is an understatement.

    Wedding Cake, Tropicanna Cookies, Pink Lemonade, GG4 Day 7

    My plants are doing well and the top feed drip system I built is working like a charm. I am feeding New Millenium Nutrients and using rockwool croutons for a medium.

    Right now I feed once a day for about 15 minutes and am running about 800 ppm and pH 5.8, as the plants continue to grow I will probably add a second feeding.

    If you have used regular rockwool you know how much water it can hold, but the mini cubes are nothing like that. They wet fast and also drain fast because of all the air space between them.

    More importantly with the long top feed I am using there is no salt build up in the pots. Everything gets fully fed and flushed when I feed. What is in the cubes is exactly what is in my reservoir. No surprises and no lockouts. My pH has stayed stable.

    For the first time feeding and watering is working as it should. Every feeding the ppms drop and the pH rises a bit.

    Currently I have just fed New Millenium Decision again at the start of week 2. It definitely helps keep stretch down and helps plants set flowers instead of growing stems. These plants are really large and keeping size in check is important. As it is I need to stand on a 5 gallon bucket to get to the tops. There are 2 more weeks of stretch and I only have about another 18 inches of headroom. I would prefer to not have to super crop if I can avoid it.

    Here are some day 7 pictures:

    Day 10 Leaf Strip

    I did a leaf strip on day 10. Normally I wait until days 14-21 to do this. I have a huge GG4 and it has over 50 tops. This led to crowding and some tops were not getting much light at all. I could also feel moisture when I put my hand into that jungle. So there was no putting it off.

    I removed all uprights that had not made it to the screen or that were unlikely to. That helped but it was obvious more was needed. So everything got defoliated a bit earlier than usual.

    I dont play at leaf stripping either. When I do it I remove every leaf that has a stem except 2 or 3 on the very top of the branches. For some reason I forgot to take before and after pictures but I am happy with the results and have pictures taken 4 days later.

    Leaf Stripping Recovery Day 15

    Leaf Stripping will always set your plants back a few days while they recover but the results are worth it. You can see the plants in this video at https://youtu.be/R79BTVtXiA8 if you want and if you go there please subscribe to my new channel.

    Here is a video showing the defoliation:

    Meanwhile here are some pics taken on the start of day 15:

     

    Day 21 Full Leaf Stripping Recovery And Flowering Nicely

    It’s day 21 and about 10 days after a total leaf strip. The girls are fully recovered from their defoliation and are all showing nice flower development and good stacking with tight node spacing. In fact it’s hard to tell they were ever stripped.

    The Pink Lemonade has really nice flowers and good frost coverage already. It has the largest flowers right now and thick upright pistils.

    The Wedding Cake is a later maturing strain and the flowers are smaller but the trichome coverage at this early stage is amazing.

    Next week I will begin adding which is a 3 in 1 bloom booster designed to be used starting in week 4.

    Here are some day 21 bud shots:

    Powdery Mildew Rears Its Ugly Head Day 28

    Everything is going well except for the fact that I spotted powdery mildew starting on a few fan leaves. It seemed to be limited to just the Tropicanna Cookies. At this time of year spores are present everywhere.

    The weather here has been ideal for it as we have had a cloudy stretch with fairly high humidity. Since it’s summer the heater is off and humidity inside is 58%. It is lower in my grow closet low to mid 40s but when the sun is out the humidity is usually mid 30s. I like to keep it drier not only to control mildew but because lower humidity increases resin production.

    I was very fortunate to catch it just as it was starting because it can spread fast. I added another fan to increase airflow and also did some leaf stripping to allow more air movement through the canopy.

    PM can show and spread fast. When I checked my plants in the morning it wasnt there but 4 or 5 hours later it was showing on a couple of fan leaves.

    I know there are lots of remedies to control powdery mildew like spraying plants with milk or h2o2 and I do use Greencure in veg but it can cause burning and leaves a residue so I don’t want it on my flowers.

    I heard about another product called

    that uses a special strain of bacteria to stop PM and it is certified organic. So I am going to give it a try. I hope I caught it in time and I don’t see any signs of it today but I want to be ready if it does show up again.

    So the buds are beginning to size up and the leaves are really sticky. Really liking the looks of the Wedding Cake too. Here’s some pics:

    Wedding Cake, Tropicanna Cookies, Pink Lemonade, GG4 Day 35

    Day 35 is here and the buds are sizing up nicely. I have been runni

    ng bloom boosters for almost a week and the buds seem larger every time I look at them. Also seeing some tip burn and yellowing especially on the Wedding Cake. The high potasium in the boosters can be hard on leaves.

    I am running the New Millenium line with their booster along with . Currently running at 1200 ppms but I will probably cut this back to about 900 this week.

    Well It Might Be An Early Finish For These Ladies Day 44

    So today is day 44 and I think things will be finishing earlier than expected. The signs I look for when a plant is just about done are all there.

    When a plant is finishing its water intake goes way down. They just dont drink as much. The hairs starting to turn brown is another sign of maturity. Along with that very few new white hairs are being produced. That means it is just about time to start flushing.

    The water temperature has risen at this time and right now my water is 70 right out the tap. Inside the res it has gotten up to 79. With temps that high there is very little disolved oxygen in the water and overall this is a bad scenario for plants. Anything over 72 is asking for trouble in hydro.

    I started hand watering this past week and for the last few days I have been feeding .

    I will run it for about a week and then start to flush. It tricks plants into thinking winter is coming so they increase resin production and bud size and it brings out those fall colors too.

    The Wedding Cake began turning even before I started adding it. It had stopped drinking but I did not catch it right away so it ended up being over watered which I think is what triggered the color change.

    The GG4 is still drinking quite a bit, but the Pink Lemonade and Tropicanna Cookies have really slowed down and the Wedding Cake has all but stopped. At this point I am waiting for the Glue to finish before I start to flush. So these girls will probably be done right around 60 days.

    Day 49 Starting To Flush

    Today is day 49 and I have started to flush. I have been running as per directions at 10 ml per gallon.

    It is meant to be run 7-10 days before flush. I didn’t see a dramatic color change in my plants but it definitely increased the smell which translates into more essential oil production as it claims. Some plants are at different stages of growth but they all appear to be finishing early.

    The Wedding Cake actually started to show fall colors around day 40. The GG4 is still going strong and is the only plant drinking much anymore. It and the Tropicanna Cookies look like the latest to finish. The Pink Lemonade from what I understand is an earlier finisher than the others.

    So all plants have decreased water intake and a lot of brown hairs. There are only a few white pistils left on these ladies. I was told you should start flushing while there still are some white hairs being made. I decided to start flushing now while that is still happening. It will probably take about 3-4 days for them to dry out and then I will flush again. I am aiming for a harvest at about 60 days dependent on how the plants fade. Here are some pics from day 48:

    Chopped on day 51

    These plants were chopped on day 51. They are going to hang and dry for about a week and then go into glass jars. It does not look like the yield is going to be that good however the quality is excellent.

    Triangle Kush Cross The Truth New Millennium Nutrients Grow Journal

    New Millennium Nutrients are from a fairly new Colorado based company and people using it are saying really good things about yield, quality and taste of the finished product. Many growers haven’t heard of it and even fewer have tried it.

    Triangle Kush Cross The Truth

    I have decided to test it out on The Truth which is a Triangle Kush crossed with Chem D and SFV OG that was crossed to a Hindu Kush male.

    If you want more info on the strain and the veg go to https://420dotcom.com/the-truth-triangle-kush-x-sfv-og-x-chemdog-d-true-canna-genetics.html

    New Millennium Nutrients

    These ladies are quite large for my flower room. New Millennium has a product called that I plan to use right from the start because it limits stretch and encourages flower sites at the start of 12/12.

    This product is used as a stand alone nutrient for about the first week of flower. It depends what media you are growing in though. It can cause some yellowing which means it is time to change it out. It can take a week in coco or soil but in rockwool or hydro like DWC it can happen much faster, within a few days. So you will want to monitor your plants when using it.

    Here is some information about New Millennium Nutrients Decision. The image is linked to their website and I suggest you check out their products.

    Triangle Kush Cross The Truth New Millennium Nutrients Grow Journal

    When I first checked out the New Millennium website I have to admit I found it pretty confusing at first but actually it is pretty easy to understand. It is basically a 2 or 3 part system and some additives. The main base is Equinox and part 2 changes depending on the growth cycle the plant is in. In addition Ruby Ful#$% is recommended throughout the grow which would be the 3rd part if you use it. It is supposed to enhance nutrient uptake and I believe it is a fulvic acid product.

    So there is Spring Green for early veg and Summer Shift for larger plants ready to flower. Then there is Autumn Gold for flowering. What I like about this is the ability to easily match your nutes to your growth phase.

    Yes you can do it by trial and error with other 2 part nutrient lines by changing the ratio of your A and B mix but you really dont know exactly what you have and different manufacturers separate things differently too.

    New Millennium Nutrients Reviews

    So since this is a new nutrient line for me and because I haven’t grown The Truth before I wont be using the full line. These plants have been vegged for 2 months already and are ready to flower which is why I am starting them on the Decision. Then I will be using the Equinox and Autumn Gold to flower and I plan on finishing them with  New Millennium’s Winter Frost.

    I have used the Winter Frost before and it does give some amazing results. In fact it worked so well I decided to try the rest of the line. You use it about a week to 10 days before flush and it definitely brings on the fall colors in a matter of days along with increased smell.

    So What’s In New Millennium Nutrients?

    To be honest I dont really know. What I do know is you cant go by the label. Winter Frost just looks like a weak bloom booster on the label but it is certainly much more than that.

    All nute companies only disclose the most basic ingredients. The rest is a proprietary secret. If they disclosed it their research and work would get knocked off by competitors.

    For example Ruby Ful#$% is listed as a molybdenum fertilizer. It does contain  molybdenum but I am sure there are other ingredients in it that help nutrient uptake.

    What New Millennium talks about is their advanced chelation which makes nutrients readily more available for uptake by your plants.

    The chemist that designed New Millennium worked for General Hydro for many years and holds numerous patents on his work. So with copycats lurking everywhere I really cant blame him for not giving away the farm.

    Users claim that they use a lot less nutrients as compared to other nutrient lines so I can only speculate that this is due to the advanced chelation methods used.

    I think all nutrients are about the same but it is the delivery system and how they are formulated together that makes one nutrient line or product better than another.

    A master grower could probably produce decent crops with Miracle Grow but they certainly wouldn’t be able to achieve optimal results with it.

    There is a user thread here and it shows some really nice bud grown with the New Millennium line and some users are saying it crushes Heavy 16 or whatever nute line they were previously using.

    Personally I really dont care that much what is in it. All I care about is if it works as promised.

    So stay tuned as I test out New Millennium Nutrients and  I will do my best to separate the marketing BS from reality and see if they can deliver on their promises.

    Starting New Millennium Decision As The Truth goes 12/12

    So I am going to switch The Truth over to 12/12 flowering schedule. I have started adding to my plants at the recommended 15 ml per gallon. I tested a gallon mix and it came to 250 ppm and pH 5.8

    I have not added it to my reservoir. Instead I top fed one gallon of this mix to my 10 plants. I am planning on repeating this for 3 days. These ladies were not fed or watered much the last 2 weeks because they were already overgrowing their space. So I think the extra feeds are needed.

    Then I will wait and see if there is a reaction. They do say it can cause leaf yellowing and at that point it should be flushed out and normal feeding resumed. They recommend feeding with for best results but I ordered it late and wont have it until the 3rd feeding.

    Grow Room Details

    There are 10 plants in this grow. There are 9 Triangle Kush crosses called The Truth and one Black Banana Cookie plant.

    They are under about 750w of 3500k COB LED lights. Two fixtures are from Pacific Light Concepts and draw 250+ watts each and one fixture is a 200w homemade kit from Timber.

    I have installed a floating trellis system. I didn’t like a fixed screen. I had legs in the corners of my flood tray and they got in they way. So I flipped it upside down and hung it with 4 light hanger ratchets.

    Now I can move it up or down. I also added a 2nd screen to the top. I may not need it normally but I expect these girls to stretch pretty hard and I may need it to keep height down. I am hoping the Decision will help control stretch like people say it does. So here are a few pics taken the day before flipping.

     Purple Punch Day 21

    I have one Purple Punch plant off to the side. It is about 2 weeks ahead of The Truth so day 21. Heard good things about it and had a large clone of it so decided to flip it last grow to get a peek at it.

    So far I like what I am seeing. It is a cross of Larry OG and Granddaddy Purple. Frost is starting to show and flowers look nice for this early on. It is a stocky plant and seems to be very indica dominant with short nodes. Here are a few pics:

    Day 7 Stacking And Flowers Already – Thanks New Millenium Decision

    So it’s day 7 and pistils are showing and stacking is very good. New Millenium Decision is supposed to limit stretch and initiate bud set.

    Triangle Kush is a very stretchy strain and the Decision definitely limited stretch and I am seeing flowers earlier than normal by at least several days.

    I used the product for 3 feedings and stretch was definitely limited. On day 5 I transitioned to regular feeding and stretch started picking up again especially on a few of the taller girls.

    My regular feed is 4ml Equinox, 12 ml Autumn Gold and 5 ml Rubyful and 2 ml CaliMagic giving me about 700 ppms and a pH of 5.7 and so far it looks like the girls are loving it.

    The Autumn Gold is definitely a different product from any base I have ever seen. It looks and smells like unfiltered apple cider to me. I can see some very small particles suspended in the solution too. I am guessing there might be a sweetener in there but cant say for sure.

    Here are some day 7 pictures:

    The Truth Day 14 – Learning From Past Mistakes

    It’s day 14 for The Truth and this  TK cross is doing extremely well. In part this is from the New Millenium Nutrients and their in particular.

    I experiment a lot and that means sometimes I make mistakes. The important thing is to learn from them. I have often said less is more and you can kill your plants with kindness. I admit I am guilty of this. I have been trying to adapt from aeroponics over to flood and drain and I have been overwatering my plants.

    Changing My Ways On Watering

    So I have turned off my timer and am now lifting my pots to see if they need to be watered instead of force watering them on a schedule. Duh! Nothing new here except not being stupid for a change, although I am sure at some point it will return!

    Right now I have pretty large plants in 2 gallon smart pots with straight . I use the bricks because they are less likely to have gnats and are much easier to transport.

    Still I don’t see roots coming out the sides anywhere. I have been trying to keep things drier to encourage the roots to spread more.

    I dont let my girls get bone dry though. I just wait until the pots are fairly light but still have a fair amount of moisture. Currently this means watering every 3 days although as plants continue flowering I expect to have to do this more often.

    So until they need daily watering I will be flooding manually, turning the pump on for about 10 minutes every 3 days.

    They say you can’t over water coco and to some extent this is true, but you can definitely water coco too often. Guilty as charged!

    So once again less is more. My girls are happier for it. Stacking beautifully and looking great. I probably should have mixed coco 50 50 with perlite if I want more frequent waterings but this time I didn’t.

    Leaf Stripping On Day 15

    On day 15 I defoliated The Truth. I started by removing some suckers and small branches that didn’t quite reach the screen and also removed some really small shoots that did come through. I think all this growth pulls energy away from my larger buds.

    I did remove a lot of leaves but did not totally strip the plants. I wanted to improve air circulation in the canopy and help remove shading the lower buds.

    The plants are stacking very well and node spacing is short for an OG. Buds are growing larger and plants are eating and drinking well. I was flooding every 3 days but now plants are drying out in 2 days and soon I expect they will be ready for daily feedings. Here are some day 15 pics:

    The Truth TK Cross Day 21

    The Truth is now at day 21 and looking very nice. Trichomes are starting to show up and she is starting to smell.

    I put on a 2nd layer of trellis netting this week. Not all tops made it through the 2nd net. Stretch should be just about over so I am not sure they will. It doesn’t really matter though as they are still in the primary light zone.

    Still using New Millenium Nutrients at about 770 ppms today and pH is 5.9. Very impressed with them so far. Plants look great and there are no signs of any deficiencies. Here are some day 21 pics:

    The Truth Day 28 On New Millennium Nutrients

    Week 4 for The Truth has brought some changes. The stretch is over and bud size is increasing along with increased trichomes development.

    I leaf stripped these ladies on day 24 to get more light down to the 2nd layer of the trellis. They didn’t seem to skip a beat from this and buds were noticeably larger after 2 days.

    The Truth On Day 35 – Half Way There

    Today is day 35 for The Truth. Being OG dominant I expect it will likely go 10 weeks, perhaps a bit sooner or later but I consider this the half way point for this grow.

    My girls are doing well. Buds are starting to size up and swell and trichomes continue to increase. I am starting to see some nice frost rails develop on the sides of the leaves. Smell is not strong at this point but is OG without doubt.

    The are working really well and will probably become my new nutrient line. I have been searching for a while, ever since Dutch Master discontinued its Gold Line. My plants are not showing any signs of deficiency, growth is excellent and it is stable in my reservoir too.

    THE TRUTH TRIANGLE KUSH CROSS DAY 42

    It’s day 42 for my Triangle Kush cross called The Truth. During this week the Purple Punch was harvested on day 56 and a Biker Kush was put in her place.

    Everything has been going well. Running about 900 ppms and a pH range of of 5.6 – 6.1 I like to let it drift a bit, starting low and bringing it back down once it hits 6.1.

    The New Millenium nutes continue to be rock solid with no signs of deficiencies or lock outs. I have been using their Apatite as a bloom booster and also

    Here are this weeks pictures:

    THE TRUTH TRIANGLE KUSH CROSS DAY 49

    The Truth has hit the 7 week mark and is maturing fast. I expected this to be a 10 week strain but I think it will finish earlier. Meanwhile the Black Banana Cookies #4 is pretty much done and I am starting to flush it.

    I have added some Terpinator at 30 ml gallon to my reservoir of New Millenium/Green Sensation mix earlier this week. My nutes are at 1200 and pH is 5.8 and  I will probably run this mix for about a week total.

    I am not sure if the Terpinator made a significant difference. There does seem to be a slight increase in smell and trichome development but it has only been in the mix 3 days so far and may need longer to do its stuff.

    Next week I will mix a res with only Winter Frost to help things finish and from there I will begin flushing these ladies. Meanwhile here are some day 49 pictues for you. The last 3 pics are Black Banana Cookies #4, the rest are all The Truth.

    FLUSHING THE TRUTH ON DAY 56

    So today is day 56 and The Truth has had about a week in preflush with New Millenium Winter Frost. Not all the girls started to fade from it this time. I had run much higher nute levels this grow and I think it affected uptake.

    Starting at 500 ppm I was quickly up to almost 1000 in no time. I think a prefush with plain water would have helped. Some plants really started to fade while others stayed green.

    I spent the whole day yesterday top flushing these girls. I have a 27 gallon res and I lost count but it took at least 10 res changes and I finally got it down to 40 ppm which is where my tap water is at. So each 2 gallon smart pot got at least 2 gallons poured through it. I think the smart pots hold on to salt because they are cloth like and porous where as plastic pots dont hold anything in.

    Any way if everything goes according to plan these ladies will get harvested in a week on day 63. Here are some grow pics from day 56:

    THE TRUTH FINAL HARVEST RESULTS

    So The Truth was harvested on day 60. Pheno #4 was my keeper and top producer at 70 grams. Several other phenos hit 65 grams and the range was 45-70 with one low yielder at 30g but with insane terps.

    I was surprised by #4 because it looked like a smaller plant than some of the others. It had very hard nugs from top to bottom and was well frosted. It was super potent and very long lasting with a heavy sour resin that coated the mouth. Smells and tastes are not my strong point though.

    All phenos were very potent and some varied from more indica dom to a more cerebral head buzz and nice body high.

    So should you grow The Truth?

    There was a fair amount of variation between phenos so there should be something there for everyone. All phenos were strong smoke and tastes varied somewhat.

    Yield was decent for an OG and total yield was 505 grams or 18 ounces which is not bad for a 2 x 4 tray.

    The one caveat to this strain is that it has Chem D in the genetics and it is hermie prone. It is a survival trait some strains have. When they realize they haven’t been pollinated they do it themselves.

    Remember the plants goal is to reproduce seeds and not grow sensimilla for you. It can happen even under perfect growing conditions too.

    I have no light leaks and everything is on point but even still I had one plant make seeds and nanners late on in the grow and fortunately it did not spread much but I have found a few seeds here and there. Luckily the tops were pretty much done before this happened so the effects were minimal. So if you are comfortable with that or dont mind a seed or two here or there you will be happy growing The Truth.