FCE8000 Gmo grows Top Dawg I-Tre95

gmo · Dec 30, 2021

It's been a while! I was traveling over Christmas and was gone for 9 days. I didn't have high hopes that the aero tent would make it that long, but low and behold, it did. It's a bit rough, but they will pull through. Current plan is to veg for 1 more week as a sort of recovery period, and then flip to flower on day 60.

Aero tent day 54. Confirmed 1 female and took a couple cuts today to see if I can get them to root. The others still aren't showing definitively. Will continue watching. Topped with 15g of nutrient solution.
pH 5.9, temp 69f, res temp 63f, RH 55%

Soil tent day 81. They're close. Gonna let them go a few days longer and see what happens.
Temp 70f, RH 30%

gmo · Jan 3, 2022

Day 85 soil tent. Chopped and hung to dry. Won't be a barnbuster yield by any means, but should be around 120g dry. Looks nice.

I'm retiring the Wedding Cake for a while. It's a beautiful plant, but I don't find myself reaching for the jars.

I think I'm going to try running some cuts from the aero tent (I-Tre95) that are currently rooting in the soil tent for this next go around. Maybe it'll turn in to a mother room in the future.

gmo · Jan 4, 2022

Aero tent day 59. Drained reservoir and refilled with week 1 flower nutrients at 950ppm. Flower light cycle starts tonight when the lights come back on. I think I'm gonna have some monsters in a couple of weeks.
2 confirmed females and 3 that haven't shown yet. I'll know soon!

4 cuttings that were taken last week have not thrown roots yet, but it's looking promising. When they do, I'll make the decision on whether to fire up the 3x3 tent running another aero tote with 4x TS1000s, or run 2 of them in soil in the 2x2.

gmo · Jan 6, 2022

Aero tent flowering day 2. I'd think it's safe to say that they've bounced back just fine. They are really digging the new light and have completely filled the 4'x4' footprint. They're gonna be big girls!

pH 5.92, temp 74f, RH 50%, reservoir temp 64f

Mars Hydro Led · Jan 6, 2022

gmo said:
Aero tent flowering day 2. I'd think it's safe to say that they've bounced back just fine. They are really digging the new light and have completely filled the 4'x4' footprint. They're gonna be big girls!

pH 5.92, temp 74f, RH 50%, reservoir temp 64f

They are pretty bushy now. :canabis:

gmo · Jan 10, 2022

Aero tent flowering day 6. Lights out picture. It was time to add solution to the reservoir so I figured I'd snap a quick shot. Still waiting on sex of 3 plants. I think 1 is showing female, but I'm not 100% positive. So far just 2 confirmed females, no males, and waiting on 3 to show. No roots just yet on the cuts taken 10 days ago, but I am seeing new growth starting to show as of this morning.

pH 5.92, RH 50% (installed dehumidifier today), temp 65f, res temp 62f

Mars Hydro Led · Jan 10, 2022

keep up the nice work.

gmo · Jan 11, 2022

Aero tent day 7 of flowering.

pH 5.82, temp 74f, RH 50%, res temp 62.5f

gmo · Jan 12, 2022

A few pictures of the last run of Wedding Cake buds that are curing right now. They've been in jars for just under a week. Starting to look and smell real nice!

zachrockbadenof · Jan 13, 2022

gmo.... nice bud.... tricomes look mostly clear... what made you pick at this time... i have a bunch of plants at a similar stage, but i wanta give em another week/10days... thanks

gmo · Jan 13, 2022

I think the picture is deceiving, it's a mix of 50/50 amber/cloudy. I've run this strain several times and found this is the sweet spot

gmo · Jan 17, 2022

Day 13 aero tent. I pulled 2 males yesterday. Not the simplest task as the roots were very tangled. I did the best I could to get them all without damaging too many roots from the other 3 remaining plants. I know some are still intertwined and am hoping they don't cause a root rot issue in my reservoir. I will continue using Hydroguard at 2ml/G to help break down the leftover organic material. They seem perked up compared to 24hrs ago.
pH 6.2, temp 70f, RH 40%, reservoir temp 63f

Mars Hydro Led · Jan 18, 2022

Hope the left plants will be okay. :plant grow:

gmo · Jan 20, 2022

Day 16 aero tent. So far, so good after removing the 2 males. The girls have spread out and I've been able to open them up a bit. Flowering is really starting to set in.
pH 6.12 (added 6mL pH down to the reservoir), temp 72f, RH 40%, reservoir temp 64.5f

Almost 3 weeks since I took cuts. 2 of the 4 fizzled out and were removed about a week ago. The remaining 2 are still kicking and I do see some really slow new growth. I got impatient tonight and opened one of the rapid rooters up ever so gently to see what was going on. Low and behold there are 2 small roots showing. I buttoned it back up and will leave it be until roots pop through the rapid rooters.

gmo · Jan 24, 2022

Day 20 aero tent. 3 plants seems to be a good number for this system and tent. I like the structure that they are presenting. I did some real light LST after removing the males and the have filled the 4'x4' footprint again. Now they're starting to set flowers pretty rapidly. I think we'll be seeing some nice buds in the next 7-10 days.
Temp 72f, RH 45%, res temp 63f, pH 6.0 (adding pH down to get to target of 5.8pH).

Soil tent day 1. I transferred 2 clones (Top Dawg I-Tre95) to soil this evening. 1 is in a 3g fabric pot, and the other in a 20oz Solo cup. I ran out of soil and didn't have enough to put them both in 3g pots. I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing, or what, but these clones took 24 days to show roots through their Rapid Rooters. I'm glad to have them in soil, and have mother plants of this strain should it be worth keeping!

gmo · Jan 27, 2022

Day 23 aero tent. Trichs started showing today. Plants are drinking A LOT of water at this point, about 5g a day. I'm having a hard time keeping pH down, it seems to want to stay around 6.3-6.4. I've been adding 15-21mL of pH down 2 times a day to keep everything where I want it.
pH 6.37 (before adding 18mL pH down), RH 40%, temp 70f, res temp 62f

gmo · Jan 29, 2022

Day 26 aero tent. Lights out pictures. Added 5g of solution to the reservoir. Things are looking good, with some minor pH symptoms showing. I've been having a hard time keeping the pH down near 5.8pH where I'd like it to be. It seems that it wants to hover around 6.3-6.4pH. I've become more aggressive in adding pH down to the reservoir to bring it down to 5.5pH and let it drift up from there. I'm already seeing positive results from that method.
Lights out temp 65f, reservoir temp 62f, pH 5.78, RH 40%