I have a background in scientific research with monoterpene production in citrus and mint, but I throw most of that out the window with this stuff. Despite many years as an avid gardener and green thumb, growing these plants has been a challenging and unique experience. I have 4 female plants (I was able to sex them via pre-flowers) which I switched over to 12/12 today. I'm very nervous about the next 8-10 weeks. I will admit to becoming somewhat emotionally bonded to these 4 plants, as weird as that may sound. Here are the specs on this grow:

Plants: I grew these from seed given to me by a breeder/friend. He has named the line "Hail Bop". It's lineage is a male Lemon Skunk crossed with various AfGooey female phenotypes. Of 12 germinants, 6 survived and 4 showed female pre-flowers. The plants have been in soil for 10 weeks, transplanted 4 times into bigger pots. They now reside in 5 gallon containers. All plants were super-cropped starting week 4. I stopped SC in week 9. Over the last several days I have pruned lower material up to 24" from the base of each plant. Plants are approx. 4' in height (inc. pot) with a combined canopy of 6' diameter.

Nutrients: All plants grown in FoxFarm Ocean Forest soil. No additional nutes used until week 9, at which point I started adding FF Open Sesame. Molasses added to H2O every other watering at 1 tsp/gallon. I plan to follow the FF schedule during budding but I am open to suggestions.

Setup: room 6'x7'. Built stud-walls and enclosed in B/W plastic. Space is ventilated with 6" 410 cfm fan through an iPower 6" carbon filter. Two oscillating tower fans for circulation. Humidifier during light cycle. Ambient humidity in our area is very low so this is crucial.

Lighting: For growth I used a 400w MH. For budding I switched over to a 600w HPS. I plan to add 2x 24w UVB cfls at some point during bud stage, probably at the same distance from the plants as the main HPS.

Water: Our water is hard here, and heavily chlorinated. I tried using 50/50 DH2O/tap, but lately with their heavy consumption this has become difficult to keep up with. I do try to set buckets out for a 24 hr. de-chlorination. Out of the tap our water has a pH of 6.2 or so. After nutes it's usually around 6.5. Soil tests at pretty much the same range. Molasses acidifies the water significantly (4.5-5.5) and I have not found a safe way to neutralize it, nor do I know if I should even try.

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Chromophore Reviewed by Chromophore on . First grow (flowering stage only) with pics I have a background in scientific research with monoterpene production in citrus and mint, but I throw most of that out the window with this stuff. Despite many years as an avid gardener and green thumb, growing these plants has been a challenging and unique experience. I have 4 female plants (I was able to sex them via pre-flowers) which I switched over to 12/12 today. I'm very nervous about the next 8-10 weeks. I will admit to becoming somewhat emotionally bonded to these 4 plants, as weird Rating: 5