[Momerath]

Howdy y'all!

I am very excited to have been selected to test the Girl Scout Cookies (Forum Cut) x Lem Chem from CSG.

The GSC as many of you know is the bomb, and one of my all time faves for its flavor and phenomenal extract it produces. I have never tried the Lem Chem but after checking out a few grow logs on here I am super excited.

Here is a quick rundown on my plans for this grow...

I live in a tropical climate around 20*N lattitude, so it is always warm, sunny, and 12/12 light cycle. These babies will be vegged by bringing them outside during the day, and at night will be put under a bank of T5's.
As I am about 4 weeks out from my current harvest, these babies will be getting quite an extended veg time (approximately 11-12 weeks from germination until they go to 12/12) so I will hopefully have some beastly girls by then.

They will be grown 100% organically using a plethora of soil amendments, in my own soil blend:
2 parts coco coir
2 parts organic compost
2 parts organic potting mix (Black Gold natural and organic)
1 part EWC

I am a bit nervous about potential for mold as these will probably be very dense buds, but they will be blooming during the height of the dry season here (jan-feb) so I figure that's the best I can do until I get my bloom room set up.

They just went into the paper towel so hopefully in a couple days we will have some action

Take care

[The Pheonix]

oooo outdoor very nice

[Momerath]

Update!

Within 36 hours 10 out of 11 seeds had cracked with a nice healthy taproot. They were all potted up and within another 24 hours 7 of 10 have broken the surface. Stellar germination rate on these, and probably some of the fastest I have ever had.

I am very excited for what these babies have in store

More updates and photos coming soon (when things start getting interesting)

[Momerath]

Howdy folks. Sorry for the long absence, sometimes life gets hectic and then your computer quits working. Ahem, anyway, I am back now with an update (hint: things have gotten interesting)

All 11 seeds ended up germinating and were potted up. 9 out of 11 broke the soil. Dug the other two up, one had wrapped its taproot around itself and died, and the other seed could not be found at all. I wasn't too disappointed.

They all grew fairly uniformly, albeit a bit slower than I am used to. One was a standout that grew twice as fast as the others, with a good structure. These types are usually male, and sure enough he was the first to show sex.

Had a bit of a root zone heat problem and ended up losing the 2 smallest plants. I hate losing plants but at the same time this is natural selection, they obviously couldn't hang with the rest, so they went.

They are about 6 weeks old now. Got potted up into 5 gallon geopots about 10 days ago. They were a bit stunted from the heat stress (except #7 the tall male) so they aren't quite as big as I would like by this point, but they are making a wonderful recovery and should be good to go in about 6 weeks when garden space opens up.

I would also like to say that all but #2 have shown sex, and ALL are female except for #7. 5 out of 7 is pretty darn good in my book, I was going to be happy with 4 but last night #6 popped 2 tiny pistils.

I know you guys like pics so here we go

Group Shot (R to L: Top row #1, #2, #3, Bottom row #4, #5, #6, #7 in the middle)


Number 1 - My personal favorite. Tallest of the girls @ 18", great structure, and stinks like OG and Chem, straight sour funk


Number 2 - The runt. This has been the smallest plant from the start, but there is something special about it that I can't quite put my finger on, so I am keeping it. Kind of hoping it's a male because it is the only one of this phenotype I have seen. I love the serrations on the leaves, and the alternating nodes so young.

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Number 3 - Very similar to #1. Slightly shorter and bushier, about 14". Smell is sweet/sour kind of like chem and chocolate, but faint so far. My second favorite, she is just so hardy.


Check out the lateral growth, she's gonna be a bushy babe


Number 4 - A different phenotype than #1 and #3. Tall but not very branchy. Smell is mildly sweet, seems more cookies than anything. Really huge leaves.


Number 5 - Similar pheno to #4. Slightly smaller. Also cookies-ish smelling. Nothing terribly special or outstanding about her at the moment. Time will tell.


Number 6 - Seems to be similar phenotype to #2, but still visually different. Smallest of the females. Sweet smell. We will see about her.

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Number 7 - The Male. I love this guy. In the pic he looks small comparatively, but if he had been potted up at the same time, it would be obvious. He was constantly twice the size of the next largest plant from the start, and was the first to show sex. He is going to be the pollen donor for these ladies. Nice structure and good chemmy smell. Hoping he will add some size to the next generation.



That is it for now. I am very excited for what is to come and will keep you guys updated on a regular basis now that I am back online.

Take Care

[Momerath]

Hey there guys, I'm back with another update. Its been a while since I last posted, life gets busy. But so do the plants! So here we go...

First a little catch up. Number 2, the freaky looking sativa pheno, turned out to be a boy. I decided to keep him along with the other, more indica leaning male to make f2's with. The sativa boy is just...funky. Tall and lanky and with the most pronounced serrations I think I have ever seen on a plant. He's just too cool to get rid of.

Next, Number 4 almost went to the great grow room in the sky. I come home one day to find her totally wilted, while all the others are fine. So I bring her inside and nurse her back to health. I misted her because it was obvious she was not pulling up water. When I came back the next day and she wasn't dead, I misted again. I kept this going until finally her leaves (the ones which were still alive anyway) started perking back up and she as slowly re-introduced to sunlight after about 1 1/2 weeks. So good news is she survived, but lost all her growth momentum and is quite a bit less developed than the rest.

So now they have all been potted up into their 10 gallon airpots and put in their final place in the garden. I also finally got to install my Tropf-Blumat watering system. For those that don't know what that is, I will get back to it in a minute...

They have now been blooming outdoors for 7 days and are rocking and rolling. Really starting to fill out their cages and making me happier every day. They always seem so small when I put them out, and then after 1 week I remember why I put them out at that size.

Number 1
This plant has been the largest from the start, and is certainly showing no signs of slowing down. Tons of branches, great internode spacing, and the stinkiest of them all so far. Smells like og and chem, no hint of lemons or cookies yet. Just fuel-y rotten funk. Love it.

Here is a full body shot. The cage is 5' tall, so the plant from soil to tip is roughly 4'. The cages are 3' wide, so as you can see she is nearly as round as she is tall. That is usually my goal


A closer look


This one is tied for my favorite so far. Anxious to see what she has in store for me.

Number 3
Nearly a twin to Number 1, but shorter and stockier. Hasn't had quite the stretch as any of the others, but is probably the branchiest of them all. Very tight inter node spacing and looks like she will be a solid yielder. Also no real smell to speak of yet.

Body shot

As you can see she is just a dense little bush, not even close to the top of the cage. But filling out the width just fine...that's where yield comes from anyway!

Close up

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Number 4
She is the tough cookie of the group (pun intended). Almost died and now standing proud right along side her sisters. By far the most sativa leaning of all of the ladies, a very close match to the Number 2 male. Long inter node spacing and very narrow leaves, and boy what a stretch! As you will see from the pictures, she went from being 2 weeks behind the others, to the tallest plant in the garden. Tall and lanky with not many branches, but I am still very excited to see what she does.

Body shot

Very unusual compared to all the others. Still has lots of stretch ahead of her, as she is the only one not shooting out pistils yet, which likely means a slightly longer flower time. I am ok with that!

Close up



Number 5
I was calling her the tall girl before Number 4 took over the title. She was really tall and lanky before flowering, and now is starting to fill in nicely, and is looking more indica leaning every day. Has the broadest leaves of them all, and branching out very nicely. No real smell to speak of...yet.

Body shot


Close up

I'm liking the looks of those leaves...

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And now we have...Number 6
Oh what to say about number 6...how about
This is my other favorite plant. Not necessarily for her smell, of which there isn't much yet, or her looks, which don't really stand out, but for her SIZE. This plant has the best branching and growth pattern of all of them. From halfway through veg, she basically just stopped growing up and started growing outwards, wider and wider. At one point I actually think she was considerably wider than she was tall, now she is about equal again. Easily the largest of the plants, and looking like she will be a killer yielder.

Body shot

Those pallets are 48" wide and she is already touching both edges...

Close up


Loving this nice even canopy. It will look super delicious in a few short weeks.

Canopy


The other pictures couldn't accurately portray the size of this lady. She is filling up the pallet after 7 days. Most of my plants usually finish around this size and still produce around a 12-16oz each.

Now going back to the Tropf-Blumat watering system...
For those that do not know, it is an automatic watering system that gauges the amount of moisture in your medium and waters accordingly, keeping the medium at a perfect moisture content. This amount can be adjusted using the knob on top of the sensor.
It works like this; The sensor is a ceramic "carrot" that can osmose water. Inside, the sensor is filled with water. When the soil around the sensor gets drier, it pulls moisture from the ceramic carrot, which in turn relieves pressure on the water line, allowing it to flow. When the soil around the carrot is re-moistened, the carrot absorbs the water until it regains pressure and closes the water line. Pretty clever if you ask me! No wires, gauges, timers, or pumps! It's gravity fed and has no moving parts to break. Easily the best investment I have made in my garden yet. I can now leave for up to about a week before I have to refill my reservoir. I could even install a float valve and have it be completely automated if I wanted to.

If you guys want to know more about these things just ask! They are a godsend and a half.

Here is what the sensor looks like...

You can't see the carrot part as it is buried in the soil, but you can use your imagination. it looks like a carrot...


So that about wraps up this update. Now that we are in bloom I will be updating weekly up through harvest and then processing. I am literally drooling at the prospect of running this strain through my extractor. The last batch of cookies shatter I made was some of the best extract I've had. And I've had a lot...

Take care folks!

[Momerath]

Hey there everyone. I felt compelled to do another update as things are progressing quite nicely now. Plants are really doing their thing and started throwing the first flowers just 2 days ago. My garden went from no stink to a pretty good reek overnight (coincidentally the day after I hit them with the nutes...)

They are really feeding quite heavily compared to my other strains. I had to bump it up to every 5 days from 7. I give em what they ask for, and these ladies are eating it up. Also been monitoring their water consumption, and it is right around 1.25 gallons per day par plant. Luckily it hasn't been too hot, actually right in the sweet spot most of the time, high 70's/low 80's.

The phenotype variation in this pack has me very excited. It will give me a good opportunity to enjoy the many different lines that have gone into it's making. Nearly every plant is notably different, with phenotypes ranging from extremely indica to extremely sativa. One looks like it could easily do 80+ days at this point. We shall see...

Here are some garden shots from today. The ladies are showing off their dainty goods, from here it only gets better...

Number 1
Really filling in those branches nicely. Smell coming out a little more and flowers starting to appear. There are a ton of bud sites on this lady, can't wait to see what she does


They are tiny, but she is officially producing trichomes


Number 2
Here are pics of the freaky sativa male. He is tall, lean, super thin leaves, very stretchy and super thick branches. Looks like he has yielding capabilities. Plus I love sativas. His smell is lemony with some musky or woody undertones, makes me think of haze or something.