Admired by the beauty of nature, bud development on F1 Tropicana Poison and little of bud porn

[spartacusve]

First of all many thanks to @MiGrampa and @Observer for adopting me, because I ask a lot. Mid flower has arrived.

My apologies for not sharing the tech details at the moment, but basically, the remainder Girls are the following:
18 F1 Tropicana Poison - Around 9 mid flowering , 6 flowering, 4 pre flowering. Each batch have germinated separetely.

After many weeks struggling with RH, I was able to see my girls happy. And I would like to share with you some bud porn. I must confess that bud porn is my guilty pleasure.
Look at this beauty.

And this younger one belllw, with this chocolate colour



And the only Auto so gorgeous


Please don't judge me, it's a passion, and I love to see the girls happy. I just wanna quote something '-if love is a crime, please, call me criminal and arrest me'

 

[CannaGranny]

Nice!

 

[Driver77]

Sweetseeds??

 

[spartacusve]

Sweetseeds??

Yes my friend!
1 Auto CBD honey Peach
F1 Tropicana poison, if you are looking for feminized version you will find the red hot

 

[Driver77]

Yes my friend!
1 Auto CBD honey Peach
F1 Tropicana poison, if you are looking for feminized version you will find the red hot

Looking sweet!
I recently grew their Tropicana poison auto and it looked alot like yours at this stage. All mine were the red pheno I think...might have had a green one too.
I've grown a lot of their autos but no photos yet....by the looks of yours they don't disappoint much there either.
I'll stick around for the finish if you don't mind.

 

[Observer]

Growing in soil right?

They need a bloom fertilizer amendment

Something LIKE this

Besides the plant in the first picture, the top one is showing nitrogen toxicity and deficiencies at the same time lol.

It needs less nitrogen, a higher PK and micronutrient ratio.

 

[spartacusve]

Looking sweet!
I recently grew their Tropicana poison auto and it looked alot like yours at this stage. All mine were the red pheno I think...might have had a green one too.
I've grown a lot of their autos but no photos yet....by the looks of yours they don't disappoint much there either.
I'll stick around for the finish if you don't mind.

Thank you brother! I am really interested to invest more on this strain feminized.

Look at a macro view of the bud formation.


The buds are getting so dense! And the young was are flowering faster to catch up.


Look how dense and frosty is this lolypoop.

Feel free to strech-out the image, I've tried to be very careful to render the tricome grow and the buds fattening process.

 

[spartacusve]

Growing in soil right?

They need a bloom fertilizer amendment

Something LIKE this

Besides the plant in the first picture, the top one is showing nitrogen toxicity and deficiencies at the same time lol.

It needs less nitrogen, a higher PK and micronutrient ratio.
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Thank you sir! This picture was taken right after 1.4 EC feed with biobizz Bio bloom, big buds Advanced nutrients, Cannabiogen Delta 9. The problem was that I wasnt being able to control the RH, so I had to wait the pots to dry the water, and at the same time I was able to fix the RH! It took me around 2 weeks to fix the rh Issue, as a result the pots were really had to get really dry, to avoid mould. thankfully all is sorted now soil and rooting look very healthy. So basically this was only 10 min after feeding then. Basically controlling the rh at 54(day) and 59 (night), is allowing me to feed then better now

The watering previous to the feeding showed 500ppm. So I was in that fine line that could have messed up the entire grow, but it seems that they returned their blooming quickly. They look happier day after day! They should be better on the next watering.

Sorry about my English and thank you so much for the countless DMs patiently answered my friend!!!!

 

[spartacusve]

Updates! Had to water then with 0.8 EC, they were so hungry.

Please find bellow some macro pics showing some bud and tricomme growing through different stages of the flowering.

I've messed up to see how tricomas would show on different appertures and contrast on macro. Just messing around. Fell free to any leave any feed back

Early flowering



Mid

Mid/end solid rock looking, now they are fattening the lower branches


Look where this cave man go

 

[spartacusve]

Buds are popping out, all over the place!

 

[spartacusve]

First 4 harvested thank you so much for your support guys.

 

[spartacusve]

Dear All, crop done!

This is Major Tom to ground control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today. David Bowie

Great results, over 1,4kg wet weight over 19 plants.

Thank you so much for all your assistance and care! @MiGrampa, @Observer helped me a lot in this weird setup, an SOG and thanks to you I was able to get the most for a square metter, bellow you will find a sampliage of the nugs, as a gratitude to you and gesture of good will to you all. My purposes are fully medicinal to me and my wife solely and your help was a key to inexperienced people like, us. Our insomnia, and anxiety attacks, and chronical pain was diminished.

Bellow you will find the leaf profile and bud formation.

Mostly sativa purple, few indicas, which shows that the Tropicana Red Hot, are not the most reliable if you are looking for a rock solid strain! But is a great option for Sogs with up to 20 plants per square meter. You can even fim the fastest ones and you will get some very solid buds in single colas a multiple ones. If fin or top the plant expect more indica traces, if the plants are not submitted to any stress, they will be more sativa.

About the only one automatic, CBD honey Peach auto, is amazing to leave as a wildcard, for pain relief. You can just leave in the middle of the femized ones and it will understand the enviorement and it can be harvested two weeks prior to the main crop. To give you some nice first pay off. It has given me 40gr as dry bud weight! It's amazing for an auto competing for light against 18 plants.

Very resistant to mold and big swings in the Rh, it has resisted for over 1 month with the humidity over 80 percent night and 72 day at early flowering. Due to a ducting issues.

They are hungry, 1200 ppm easily on veg and up to 2600 weekly with no issues whatsoever

They can take a nice amount ppfd. I can share later on if needed for each period.

For the effects:

Sativas - very pleasant uplifting with no anxiety side effects like amnesia haze, easy going for all types.

Hybrids - very pleasant uplifft with relaxing and great for chronical pain.

Indica - no couch Lock, but an intense relief and sleep induction.

Drying and curing:

Due to previous experiences, if dried in one week, and cured in one week around 15 percent THC and 1 percent cent CBD.

If dried and cured properly in 2 weeks, .the kick is way stronger, and it gets closer to the 25 percent as promised by sweet seeds.

 

[Observer]

Starting another round?

 

[spartacusve]

Starting another round?

Yes now I need to plan a 30 plant in one square meter and I am planing to buy that white reflixe planting bags, sold by packs at aliexpress do you have any recommendations for this new project?

Do you think that the average of 4 liters pot would suffice for 30 plants? And also I was wondering if the changing the 50 soil/50 perlite to 50 coco/50 perlite would help to improve bud density? Or it doesn't worth the change?

Also, I will be adding 200 watts of under canopy full spectrum light! Prices are amazing at aliexpress right now.


Any advice? Thank you sir!!!!! We are very happy with your assistance.

 

[Observer]

Yes now I need to plan a 30 plant in one square meter and I am planing to buy that white reflixe planting bags, sold by packs at aliexpress do you have any recommendations for this new project?

Do you think that the average of 4 liters pot would suffice for 30 plants? And also I was wondering if the changing the 50 soil/50 perlite to 50 coco/50 perlite would help to improve bud density? Or it doesn't worth the change?

Also, I will be adding 200 watts of under canopy full spectrum light! Prices are amazing at aliexpress right now.


Any advice? Thank you sir!!!!! We are very happy with your assistance.

Get 100 pandafilm 1 gallon grow bags. 15$ off amazon

I didn't even fill them the whole 1 gallon, I only went half way, used 1/2 gallon for that grow, link below.


When I grow in coco again, that's what I'm using, or solo cups.

I use synthetic fertilizer inputs/ salts.
, though i don't remember what kind of fertilizer you use.

 

[spartacusve]

Get 100 pandafilm 1 gallon grow bags. 15$ off amazon

I didn't even fill them the whole 1 gallon, I only went half way, used 1/2 gallon for that grow, link below.


When I grow in coco again, that's what I'm using, or solo cups.

I use synthetic fertilizer inputs/ salts.
, though i don't remember what kind of fertilizer you use.

Thank you! I am currently using mineral for feeding, mainly biobizz during veg and advanced nutrients and molasses for flowering.

Half gallon make, on the planting bags make sense to reach the 30 bag in a 1 square metter. On my run I had this issue, because since I was using 6.5 and 4.5 pots, it didn't interfere at all in the size of the plants neither on the buds. I had big plants with around 40 grams of dry bud on 4,5 gallons and 6.5, I found it interesting, because it make me notice that if I am running the SOG, the size on pot doesn't for this difference in pot size. Does this finding make sense for you my friend? This is why I've noticed that I am able to add more planting, and keep trespassing the 1g per 1watt plateau. Please give me a feedback if I am understanding it properly. I will be happy to understand if my learning curve is going towards to the correct path!

So in this case changing the soil to coco coir would help me to increase a bit the end product. So ideally the change will make sense right?

 

[Star Dog]

Coco imo will yeild you denser nugs it's good for turbo growth.

200w below the canopy has to help it can't not imo, what light intensity do you have at the canopy, there's a correlation between bud size, density and light intensity.

 

[Observer]

I would switch to coco and salts.

Soil has its benefits, but I prefer what coco has to offer, and using salts to make my own nutrients/ratios.

 

[MiGrampa]

Thank you! I am currently using mineral for feeding, mainly biobizz during veg and advanced nutrients and molasses for flowering.

Half gallon make, on the planting bags make sense to reach the 30 bag in a 1 square metter. On my run I had this issue, because since I was using 6.5 and 4.5 pots, it didn't interfere at all in the size of the plants neither on the buds. I had big plants with around 40 grams of dry bud on 4,5 gallons and 6.5, I found it interesting, because it make me notice that if I am running the SOG, the size on pot doesn't for this difference in pot size. Does this finding make sense for you my friend? This is why I've noticed that I am able to add more planting, and keep trespassing the 1g per 1watt plateau. Please give me a feedback if I am understanding it properly. I will be happy to understand if my learning curve is going towards to the correct path!

So in this case changing the soil to coco coir would help me to increase a bit the end product. So ideally the change will make sense right?

The change makes sense for what you want to do. The only caution I have to say is "don't treat coco like soil." Listen to the coco growers on this message board. Otherwise, run with it! You will have more control over the grow with synthetic (salts) based nutes in basically a hydroponic media.

 

[spartacusve]

Coco imo will yeild you denser nugs it's good for turbo growth.

200w below the canopy has to help it can't not imo, what light intensity do you have at the canopy, there's a correlation between bud size, density and light intensity.

Luv your nick bro! This strain is fire
I want to work with chem #4 on my next project.

I have 450 watts on top of the canopy insider 1mt2 but I feel the third node buds could be better. Do you have any insights?

 

[Observer]

Luv your nick bro! This strain is fire
I want to work with chem #4 on my next project.

I have 450 watts on top of the canopy insider 1mt2 but I feel the third node buds could be better. Do you have any insights?

Better nutrition to the plants

Imo, those looked underfed

 

[spartacusve]

I would switch to coco and salts.

Soil has its benefits, but I prefer what coco has to offer, and using salts to make my own nutrients/ratios.

Great! I was wondering if you could share the any post or content related to coco! I know that PH has to be well balanced on coco and I am a bit clumsy.

Regarding the salts, can you elaborate? Because I don't have knowledge about salts, I only worked with organic and mineral

Better nutrition to the plants

Imo, those looked underfed

Yes, It has occurred because I was not able to feed than for 1 month during the early flowering stage, I have messaged you cause I was having Issues to control the humidity. So I fed accordingly, increased the PPM, but it was too late, I could not return than to veg, because the tent was on for a very long period.

 

[MiGrampa]

Great! I was wondering if you could share the any post or content related to coco! I know that PH has to be well balanced on coco and I am a bit clumsy.

Regarding the salts, can you elaborate? Because I don't have knowledge about salts, I only worked with organic and mineral


Yes, It has occurred because I was not able to feed than for 1 month during the early flowering stage, I have messaged you cause I was having Issues to control the humidity. So I fed accordingly, increased the PPM, but it was too late, I could not return than to veg, because the tent was on for a very long period.

Salts/synthetic derived nutrients like General Hydroponics Flora Series.

Here's why @Observer is making the suggestion. Salts based nutrients are delivered to your plants in "ready to use" form. What this means is your plants can use it immediately. He's also suggesting coco so you can feed low doses of instant nutrition more often. End results is a happier heavier healthier plant.

 

[spartacusve]

The change makes sense for what you want to do. The only caution I have to say is "don't treat coco like soil." Listen to the coco growers on this message board. Otherwise, run with it! You will have more control over the grow with synthetic (salts) based nutes in basically a hydroponic media.

Good to have a message from you my friend, I really appreciate your follow-ups!
in fact the plant nutrition is key! Next time I will need to fix any rh Issues faster to avoid stop feeding then for such long period.

 

[Observer]

Good to have a message from you my friend, I really appreciate your follow-ups!
in fact the plant nutrition is key! Next time I will need to fix any rh Issues faster to avoid stop feeding then for such long period.

May need to get a dehumidifier if it's consistently an issue

 

[spartacusve]

Salts/synthetic derived nutrients like General Hydroponics Flora Series.

Here's why @Observer is making the suggestion. Salts based nutrients are delivered to your plants in "ready to use" form. What this means is your plants can use it immediately. He's also suggesting coco so you can feed low doses of instant nutrition more often. End results is a happier heavier healthier plant.

Makes sense sir! With a faster absortion the recover will be faster.

 

[spartacusve]

May need to get a dehumidifier if it's consistently an issue

On my list my friend!

 

[Observer]

A Jack's 5-12-26 and some Epsom salt will go seed to harvest with ease, and cheaply


Add CalNit for more calcium and nitrogen if needed.

And then get a PK booster and or a 0 or near 0 nitrogen flowering salts

Last I checked, a 50lb bag of calcium nitrate is 30$, and will last awhile depending on you're Scale.

Keep it sealed in gammabuckets or something that does not let any moisture in, its hygroscopic.

 

[MiGrampa]

@spartacusve - Is Jacks brand nutrient line available where you live? That would be a good starting point. It's a dry salts nutrient mix so a little goes a long ways. It gets strong positive reviews everywhere. It's worth looking into. It also seems to be what @Observer prefers.

 

[Observer]

@spartacusve - Is Jacks brand nutrient line available where you live? That would be a good starting point. It's a dry salts nutrient mix so a little goes a long ways. It gets strong positive reviews everywhere. It's worth looking into. It also seems to be what @Observer prefers.

It's a good starting ratio and easy to tweak, and it's cheap.

I've only used Jack's 5-12-26, JRcroptech 9-17-28 and 0-21-26, and AN Sensi, 10-14-26.


I'd go back to Jack's or jrcroptech unless I start researching a different line