[Grow Log #002] A French Giant

[ncrypta.core]

Hello, friends once again.

I back with another grow log, this was meant to be the original diary I was going to do but for some other reason or not decided to do an auto one.

Aim:

To make this an 8-week veg as they are about 8 weeks in flower and make this a hybrid. I mean by this is going from organic in veg to non-organic in flower to get the best of both worlds. For the first 2 weeks going to treat the girls as seedlings, then transplant them into 9x9cm pots with dry amendments( echothrive) for a further 2 weeks. Then transplant again this time into 3L pots but start using mills nutrients for a further month. Then flower in 7.5l pots using the Athena line.

UPDATE:
This grow log has started halfway on week 4 of veg. This may be a long-ass post.


00:SYSTEM:

Veg Room Specifications:

BudBox Lite 60x60x140

Flower Room Specifications:

BudBox Pro 75x75x160

Lights:

SpiderFarmer SF1000 (Veg)
Lumatek ATS 300W (Flower)
ISH - FR8 (Flower)
ISH - UV8 (Flower)

Pots/Medium/Nutrients:

6x6cm/9x9cm Pots (Seedlings / Propagation/Veg)
7.5L Pots (Flower)
BioBizz LightMix
Mills Nutrients (Basis A, Basis B,)
Athena (Cleanser,Bloom A+B,PK)
Emerald Harvest ( Calmag)
Aptus ( Regulator,Startbooster)
NPK Raw (Yucca,Kelp)
Ecothrive ( Life Cycle)

01:STRAINS

T.H. Seeds French Macaron
[Gelato 33 x French Cookies]

Named after the popular Macaron from France, a delicate gourmet Cookie treat full of flavor that will literally melt in your mouth. The structure of the French Macaron flower is a beautiful marriage of Gelato 33 x French Cookies, expressing some of the best traits from each parent. French Macaron's tightly packed calyxes erupt with so many trichomes, it can be hard to see the beautiful, tight, dark purple bud underneath. Aromas of gas, musk and heavy cream come together reminiscent of a sweet, creamy dessert.

Sex: Feminized
Plant height: 90cm - 110cm
Indica/Sativa/Hybrid: Mostly Indica
Flowering Time: 9 Weeks
Flowering Type: Photoperiod
Taste: Gassy, Sweet, Cream
Effects: Creative, Happy

Twenty20 Mendocino Avenue Of-The-Giants
[Ave #33 x Ave #12 (F2) Great Success x (Testarossa x Sour Strawburied)]

About
Named after the famed highway in Humboldt County that meanders through the majestic redwood trees through the dankest of earthy forests, Avenue of the Giants is a union of epic proportions. A culmination of decades of cannabis heritage and cultivation prowess, this strain was developed with terpenes on our mind. This is the confluence of three of our all-time favorite terpene rich strains bred in different regions of the Emerald Triangle by some of the most respected farmers and breeders. The aroma and flavor are dominated by rotten grapes, mushy strawberries, sassafras and red cedar. Although initially the terms gas and fuel come to mind, that terminology doesn’t do this strain justice. Gas and fuel fumes are more subtle, the aroma of Ave of the Giants causes an ammonia like deep sinus burn. The effects of smoking are nearly instantaneous with a cerebral confusion followed by a seemingly endless head spinning high. This is an excellent strain for outdoor cultivation because of its earlier than normal finish time. If you are looking for elite contest quality terpenes and flavor,
this is your ticket.



From the Breeder:
We had been planning this strain for a long time before it finally came together. The male started with a random stop at a gas station where we happened to see our friend Leo, the founder of Aficionado Seeds. We traded a couple of handfuls of seeds and ended up with a bindle of seeds of a strain that later became known as Testarossa. We crossed those seeds with one of our heavy terpene and super early outdoor strains, Sour StrawburrieD. We then crossed that new creation with one of the most coveted and rare terpene bombs called Great Success, which was created in a collaboration by our very good friends and expert cultivators from Happy Day Farms and Cut Creek Farms. We hunted the F1 seeds and found three winners. #33, #12, and #25. The overall winner in the terpene category was #33. We created these seeds by reversing the #33 and crossing her with the #12. This has quickly become one of our favorite strains and should be collected by anyone seeking ultra elite terpene bombs.



From the Head Grower:
Avenue Of the Giants has proven to be a great choice for indoor and outdoor cultivation. She descends from a mostly indica line of proven outdoor cultivars. Full term outdoor season trials verify that she is on par with an early October harvest and seems to exhibit stronger than average resistance to botrytis and powdery mildew. Although the plants can get huge outdoors, expect minimal trellising and average to below average stretch for indoor cultivation. The phenotypic variation of the F1’s was fairly diverse, but the F2 seeds have proven to have much less diversity. Most of the phenotypes will develop purple hues and some will ripen to a fully developed beautiful lavender color.

6% Terps:


THE DIARY

### GSD - 01 ###
Lights:
* SF-1000 (06:30 - 20:30)
* Height: 3FT/90cm
* Avg PPDF: 166
* Lights On: 14hrs
* DLI: 8.7

## GSD-01 June 7th, 2021: ##
Soaked seeds in water with worm casting in for 14 hours then soaked the root root in

Shogun Root - 5ml/l
Shogun Start - 4 ml/l
Dynomyco - 0.32ml/l

## GSD-02 June 8th, 2021: ##
Added 7.5ml of nutrient water to each plug. Also you can see one of the stems after dropping seeds in water 42 hours ago.

Shogun Start - 4ml/l
Shogun Root - 0.2ml/l

## GSD-03 June 9th, 2021: ##
Added 10ml of nutrient water to each plug. One of the seeds as some how got sidewise and still waiting but can see tap root going into the side

Shogun Start - 3.1ml/l
Shogun Root - 5ml/l

## GSD-04: June 10th, 2021: ##
Transplanted oe on the girls as she has already above ground

Shogun Start - 4ml/l
Shogun Root - 5ml/l

## GSD-05 June 11th, 2021: ##
Took the other out of the cube as she was struggling as she had a very tiny root and planted striaght into soil and incase she doesnt do anything planted th seeds french macaron as backup.

Shogun Start - 4ml/l
Shogun Root - 5ml/l

### GSD - 06 ###
Lights:
* SF-1000 (06:30 - 00:43)
* Height: 3FT/90cm
* Avg PPDF: 166
* DLI: 11

## GSD - 08-14 ###
Lights:
* SF-1000 (06:30 - 00:42)
* Height: 3FT/90cm
* Avg PPDF: 166
* DLI: 11-16

## GSD-08 June 14th, 2021: ##

Bad news this morning one of my seeds didn’t sprout, but I’m blaming myself as of the rough handling. In future I’ll not use root riot if germ in water first. Good news my backup seed have sprouted.
VG-04: June 24th, 2021.
On the 20th top dressed both plants with life cycle

### VD — 01-07###
Lights:
* SF1000 (06:30 - 03:08)
* Height: 12in/30cm
* Avg PPDF: 398
* DLI: 29

VG-06: June 26th, 2021.

Air Control
* 67-79F (AVG-76F) (Lights On)
* 67F (Lights Off)
* 46%-60% (51% AVG) RH%

Will update to July 4th later today.

[ncrypta.core]

VG-14: July 4th, 2021.
Alot has changed they were not happy with me and now I have a calcium deficiency or manganese deficiency but they have been transplanted into 3L pot

The Last Week

Air Control
* 74-81F (AVG-79F) (Lights On)
* 54%-61% (57% AVG) RH%
* VPD: 1.08

[ncrypta.core]

VG-14: July 4th, 2021.
Topped both ladies today the idea with this round is try to top every flower site. I believe my cal/mag issue has sorted itself. my vpd is abit high but waiting on new extension lead , so can plug in my humidifier

Air Control
* 71-70F(AVG-77F) (Lights On)
* 48%-59% (53% AVG) RH%
* VPD: 1.13

[Point 5]

OMG i see a picture of shogun start and roots!!!

label skills amazing
Plants so far = beautiful!!

sound like the giants strain is a cracker

[ncrypta.core]

OMG i see a picture of shogun start and roots!!!

I believe you do, only use shogun in their seedling stage then move on to use aptus start booster which may change to house garden roots thingy.

label skills amazing
Plants so far = beautiful!!

Thank you, heard from a dicky bird you might of like the label haha.

sound like the giants strain is a cracker

This is what made me buy her as you never hear about that sort of % for terps. Heard it might smell in veg and at the end smelling salts. She sorta scares me lmao. Shame I killed her sis by mistake.

[Keeno]

Amazing pictures as always @ncrypta.core. Very stocky plants.

[Wayne36]

There looking good mate and nice write up. Be watching these girls up close :)

[ncrypta.core]

VG-17: July 7th, 2021.
Decide to trim both girl as they were becoming quite bushy, the funny thing was once I start to trim the giant i started to get a random smell and noticed it was the leaves I was taking off so I smelled them and best way to describe it was gone off orange. This lady doesn't move to my flower tent for another 4/5 weeks. Now I wonder if next time grow this strain will I need a carbon filter for my veg tent and second will my current beable to handle a very smelly stain. French doesn't smell of yet.


Control

* 70-78F(AVG-76F) (Lights On)
* 52%-62% (56% AVG) RH%
* VPD: 0.84 Kpa
* DLI: 31

[ncrypta.core]

There looking good mate and nice write up

Thanks, man I'm following vpd and dli stuff so I thought I'd share my numbers. So let's say some new comes along they can sorta see how vpd works at different stages of life from 0.4 - 1.6kPa etc. That's the goal at least and you never know these readings are pick and play so should would work in any garden in theory.

[ncrypta.core]

Amazing pictures as always @ncrypta.core. Very stocky plants.

And one smells lmao.