First Kind Soil Grow Journal

[Thumbless Bastard]

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12/20/2016 Weekly update:

Finally, I have my flower section full and ready to rock this Kind Soil experiment. I have kept with the same routine of only adding 6.5 ph water and being very careful to not over water. 3 of the 4 are just amazing and, so far, this has been a fairly easy grow. First off:

Super Lemon Haze

Day 19 in flower

I had to really go to HST on this Sativa to keep it in control. I see how awesome some of you train your plants and I wonder how you get them so uniform. When I go look to train mine I see each plant as different and end up with something unique each time. I am an artist so there's that.

On this one, I am doing a "swirl" by taking the large branches and bending them around the outside of the plant. Hopefully, this will allow the inside to produce much bigger buds. I have to bend a little every day, but she is starting to get under control.

Starting to set the canopy line for it and defoliated a bit. I believe she has nearly reached the end of her stretch.

She has been drinking a lot of water and I am finding a need to often water this plant twice a day.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

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12/20/2016 Weekly update:

Jack Herer

Day 10 in flower.

I continue to have issues with this plant. I believe it just doesn't like the soil and may be too "hot" for it. I am staying the coarse of just the water and will see how flowering goes. I have found that a plant may fair better in flower than in vegetation due to nutrient needs of that plant. I really want to see this soils full potential one way or another. This plant isn't totally jacked but is having some issues.

Stretch has barely got under way and shows signs of being stunted. Too bad. I was really looking forward to trying this strain. We shall see.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

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12/20/2016 Weekly update:

Incredible Bulk
Afghan Haze

Day 5 in flower.

I must admit I totally messed up on these plants and should never have topped them. They are both so Indica dominant that I believe, from past grows, I would have been better off getting one big solid cola and maybe bending a little if needed. As is, this plants look absolutely awesome! Waiting for stretch to get under way to train them a bit, but they should be very easy compared to the Sativas.

Kind Soil gets a thumbs and a half up from me so far, despite the problems with the Jack Herer.

See you next week for the Bastard's Kind Soil test grow.

 

[rockman]

Howdy...this is so helpful to see how the Kind soil is working for you. Some lovely plants there! I'm currently day 24 with my first Kind grow (Bubblelicious auto...got a thread showing results) and though it's still early, I'm pleased as punch with how the plant is thriving on just plain water! Too easy! 😊 Definitely am glad to have discovered it. Good luck with your babies!

 

[DrunkInHatchy]

The plants are looking great. Ill also be using kind soil. Right now the are in cups. But when they're ready ill be transplanting them to a bigger pot with kind soil.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

Yes, so far this soil has been great! I have seen your grow and it looks as if you are having nice results as well. Can't wait to taste the difference in flavor.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

Thanks! The soil has been easy so far. Still have some time but I don't see any major issues in the future. Hope you have great success!

 

[DrunkInHatchy]

Thank you i appreciate it. My plants aren't doing so great in the cup. Not sure whats wrong but ill find out soon hopefully.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

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12/27/2016 Weekly update:

I hope all my fellow growers are having the most dank holiday season!

There has been an interesting development since the last update as the flower room begins to fill and becomes slightly unmanageable. This is where defoliation, LST and tucking under really come into play. I am starting to smell flowering cannabis when I open the door. It has been missed and is such a treat to me.

The Kind Soil continues to perform awesome and I am still just adding 6.5 phd water. Still having issues with the Jack Herer, though.

Super Lemon Haze

Day 26 in flower.

This is the star of this grow as I suspected she would be. Bud sites are coming along and I did some decent defoliation this morning to expose more in the middle. Should be the last major defoliation I do and will probably just take a leaf here or there as I go along. This plant should take off flowering now.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

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12/272016 Weekly update:

Jack Herer

Day 17 in flower.

The Jack Here continues to have issues at new leaf sites. The leaves are very yellow and crinkled at the start. As they get older it seems to medigate and gets greener. I still believe she is having issues with the soil. I have considered that the ph of the water may be too high and have made a batch of 6.0 just for it. Has not made a difference and it continues to drink water at relatively the same pace as the others so I do not believe it is nutrient lock out. I am still hoping for a turn around when she is in complete flower. Any suggestion for me to ponder are welcome. I defoliated to get more light inside.

Incredible Bulk

Day 12 in flower.

The Incredible Bulk is performing like a true Indica and is making me regret topping it. Still, she is performing very well and stretch is coming along as expected. Gave her a bit of defoliation but there are only a few fat leaves to take.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

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12/27/2016 Weekly update:

Afghan Haze

Day 12 in flower.

This is where the development comes in. As a reminder, the genetics of this plant are of my crossing between an Afghan male and a feminized Amnesia plant. Well, we have a male in the mix. Damn, my heart sank a little when I got confirmation. I figured it was a male by how much it was stretching daily. So this is the plan. I am going to take it along and harvest some pollen to use. I will document how I do this as some of you will hold your breath with a maturing male in the flower room. It won't be there long and it requires constant attention. So all in all not a complete loss if I can get a few dozen seeds. Wish me luck!

 

[rockman]

Great to see those updates on your Kind soil grows! Photos looking down at canopy are super! I'll have a good indication in a month on how my Kind soil grow makes it through to harvest. Hope your Jack Herer comes around, and god luck with the male in your room. 🐸

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

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01/03/17 Weekly update:

Happy New Year to my fellow growers of the green!

This update brings us a continuation of plant training, defoliation and the removal of the male plant from the flower room (you really didn't think i was going to let it drop pollen in there did you?).

The Kind Soil continues to be performing exceptionally well. It has been a pleasure to watch how healthy these plants are growing.

Super Lemon Haze

Day 33 in flower.

I am now getting a scent of lemon drops coming off this plant and I am excited! This plant is performing better than I am used too, (thanks to Kind Soil) and I am going to have to perform at least one more major defoliation in the next week. I believe I have gotten the top canopy set with a ton of bud sites. Now I will just need to keep them exposed.

Jack Herer

Day 24 in flower.

I am seeing improvement in this plant now that it is switching to flower. I was hoping this would happen. She is stunted at this stage and will suffer a loss in production, but let's see what happens. I decided to go ahead and HST and some defoliation.

 

[Green75]

looking great...congrats on your efforts

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

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01/03/17 Weekly update:

Incredible Bulk

Day 19 in flower.

Stretch has slowed and I am starting to LST some to get the middle exposed. Here is an example of why you should check your plants very well every few days. I found a few male flowers beginning to develop at some node sites and quickly removed them. I recall the last time I grew this plant the same thing happened. I thought I had caused it but maybe it is inherent in the genetics.

Afghan Haze (male)

Day 19 in flowering.

My plan was to keep it in the flower room by removing any early male flowers, but a few days after the last update it was apparent it was time to move it away from my girls. I placed it in my garage with a grow light on it waiting for some pollen to harvest. I place a box over it at roughly the same time it is used to. I expect to get some pollen by the next update.

Next weeks update will include some new equipment as I have a Mars Hydro 300 arriving tomorrow. I have been very aware that my flower room does not have enough light. I got a great deal on the Platinum LED 150 and knew it would struggle to accomplish what I wanted to do. I had to add cheap grow spots to supplement and have crippled by. Not anymore! With the spectrum out put of the Platinum and the 5 watt diodes on the Mars I should be set. This grow should finish nicely.

 

[Charlie]

your right very nice canopy.

 

[rockman]

Sweet....very healthy and a super contrast between buds and leaves. Enjoy the exciting bud development still to come! 😊

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

Weekly update for 01/10/17


This week's update has the addition of the Mars Hydro 300 to the flower room. I knew it was a cheap light and I wasn't expecting a lot. I just needed a little more and that is about what I got. In my next set up it will work great for seedlings and vegetating. For now, it will do to get that extra light the ladies have been needing.

The Mars Hydro 300 next to my Platinum LED 150.

The Kind Soil continues to rock on three of the plants (2 female, 1 male) while the Jack Herer continues to have issues. I have not deviated from the watering regimen of 6.5 ph water with some drying between waterings. Hoping everything continues to finish up well.

Let's get started with the male which has been separated and is living in the garage(Been there a time or two). I have been collecting pollen and have pollinated a bud on the Super Lemon Haze and Incredible Bulk.

The bottom bud has been pollinated and the pistols are dying. I will continue to harvest the pollen for a few more days then store it for future use. I don't know about any of you but I would gladly pay for pollen from some of these breeders as I love to create.

I will consider the male plant a success and the only thing left is to check how the roots hit the Kind Soil.

Jack Herer
Day 31 in flowering.

The shift to flowering has helped this plant and I suspect I will still pull something decent out of it. It is just going to be stunted.


Flowering is starting to look good. I did not pollinate this plant as I am not sure if it was sensitive genetics that caused it problems. Don't want any genetics that are iffy.

Incredible Bulk
Day 26 in flowering.

It's a little sparse but I think it will fill in as time goes on.

Super Lemon Haze
Day 40 in flowering.

This plant is starting to bud up and now I am hoping for it to fatten up. Seeing some nice crystals and the scent is very pleasant. My dog is looking on with approval.

Here is the flower room. I am excited to watch this grow. It has been so easy and stress free. I have grown several ways with different mediums and this has compared to the best of any of them. Hopefully, it will be smooth sailing from here on.

 

[Thumbless Bastard]

Thanks man. Just experimenting and hoping.

 

[Green75]

Looks great..all of them...happy girls happy girls