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As some of you know @MrsSweetLeaf has been helping me with my grow when I’m out of town. But what most don’t know is she has her own grow going in my single site Hydro system. We didn’t have another chiller so this grow started out sterile, but evolved into a live reservoir.

I really didn’t like the way this plant was turning out, and I recommended that I get yanked, but it was decided to let it go. Now it appears the ugly duckling has turned into a beautiful swan. I think this plant has at least a couple more weeks but I wanted to share what Mrs. sweet leaf has going on. Very proud of her!IMG_2812.jpegIMG_2867.jpegIMG_2866.jpegIMG_2865.jpegIMG_2864.jpegIMG_2863.jpeg
 
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smoke said:
Congrats mrs, tell us about the grow.
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Thanks for the kind words ya'all.

I've been trying to get her to post a diary but she is quite shy about it so I just had to share for her. She has been watching me and learning so she can help when I am out of town, but she is also an avid gardener and loves to grow plants.

This strain is a finicky one and I wanted to toss this plant around the time of flip which was around April 15. She started out running sterile with h2o2 because we don't have another chiller and was paranoid about root rot. Not sure if it was the sterile environment in the root zone or just the strain but she was never happy in veg. In the end it was decided to just run it as an experiment and learning experiment. She cut out the h2o2 and started running hydroguard. We noticed res temps around 65F in the morning but rising to around 80F late in the day and that cycle continues so my thoughts were to run live and see what happens. No smell, slime or anything funky in the root zone, it all looks great.

I advised she run low ppm 400-450 which is what she has been doing....teetering on N excess with cupped lower fans but the kicker was the light green appearance of the strain that can fool you if you are not careful. This strain has one of the same parents as the Aether, which also had that trait so we learned from that not to overdose her on N.

My thoughts on this plant is it still has about 2 or 3 more weeks left and I will be advising on when the best harvest date will be. We have not looked at trich's yet but I plan to train her using the scope very soon so she can figure out when to cut this gal down. She has started a very nice fade already and I have advised to let that ride at around that 450 ppm. Wonderful smells coming off her, very complex and hard to identify.

After not being all that enthused about this plant, I do believe I am getting excited about how she is going to finish, looking gorgeous and smelling wonderful. Great job to my beautiful bride!
 
SweetLeafGrow said:
Thanks for the kind words ya'all.

I've been trying to get her to post a diary but she is quite shy about it so I just had to share for her. She has been watching me and learning so she can help when I am out of town, but she is also an avid gardener and loves to grow plants.

This strain is a finicky one and I wanted to toss this plant around the time of flip which was around April 15. She started out running sterile with h2o2 because we don't have another chiller and was paranoid about root rot. Not sure if it was the sterile environment in the root zone or just the strain but she was never happy in veg. In the end it was decided to just run it as an experiment and learning experiment. She cut out the h2o2 and started running hydroguard. We noticed res temps around 65F in the morning but rising to around 80F late in the day and that cycle continues so my thoughts were to run live and see what happens. No smell, slime or anything funky in the root zone, it all looks great.

I advised she run low ppm 400-450 which is what she has been doing....teetering on N excess with cupped lower fans but the kicker was the light green appearance of the strain that can fool you if you are not careful. This strain has one of the same parents as the Aether, which also had that trait so we learned from that not to overdose her on N.

My thoughts on this plant is it still has about 2 or 3 more weeks left and I will be advising on when the best harvest date will be. We have not looked at trich's yet but I plan to train her using the scope very soon so she can figure out when to cut this gal down. She has started a very nice fade already and I have advised to let that ride at around that 450 ppm. Wonderful smells coming off her, very complex and hard to identify.

After not being all that enthused about this plant, I do believe I am getting excited about how she is going to finish, looking gorgeous and smelling wonderful. Great job to my beautiful bride!
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Welcome to the under 500 club Mrs.
 
SweetLeafGrow said:
As some of you know @MrsSweetLeaf has been helping me with my grow when I’m out of town. But what most don’t know is she has her own grow going in my single site Hydro system. We didn’t have another chiller so this grow started out sterile, but evolved into a live reservoir.

I really didn’t like the way this plant was turning out, and I recommended that I get yanked, but it was decided to let it go. Now it appears the ugly duckling has turned into a beautiful swan. I think this plant has at least a couple more weeks but I wanted to share what Mrs. sweet leaf has going on. Very proud of her!
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Congrats @MrsSweetLeaf
Absolutely beautiful plant! 🤩
 
Yup. And if you notice, leaf tip burn is the least of any of my plants in hydro so far. Less is indeed more and this I am learning too.

This has been a great experiment and we've both learned a lot. Happy to have one of these experiments turn out unexpectedly good! We're fixin to find out.
 
Something I've learned over the years. The typical reaction to an issue is give it more X. I've seen so many newb and novice growers just dump tons of ferts or overwater thinking this way. It almost always not that they need more of anything. Issues tend to be out of balance rather than not enough. Probably one of the hardest lessons to learn growing weed.
 
Posting an update for @MrsSweetLeaf on her Tropic if Censor grow.

We've been looking at trichomes but she is close but not ready yet. Will maybe look again today and see where she is at. Nice fade going on, drinking much less but still throwing a few new pistils here and there. The buds are nice and hard, even though most are fairly small, the main cola really filled out nicely!

For your viewing pleasure I present Mrs Sweet Leaf's Tropic of Censor 🌿IMG_2931.jpegIMG_2932.jpegIMG_2933.jpegIMG_2934.jpegIMG_2935.jpegIMG_2936.jpeg
 
You got a good woman!

Tropic of censor is related to the aether I see via the mendels website. How have you enjoyed the mendels gear you've grown? Looks like they got some frosty stuff.

Cheers
 
That Tropic of Censor is some super fine pain weed! The first one I grew in soil, I was not happy with at all, but then it just took off and was a gorgeous plant!
Congrats Miz Sweetleaf! Beautifully done! 🥰
 
MDK said:
You got a good woman!

Tropic of censor is related to the aether I see via the mendels website. How have you enjoyed the mendels gear you've grown? Looks like they got some frosty stuff.

Cheers
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Would you be surprised to know that he, Da Brother resides in your area?
 
MDK said:
You got a good woman!

Tropic of censor is related to the aether I see via the mendels website. How have you enjoyed the mendels gear you've grown? Looks like they got some frosty stuff.

Cheers
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Thanks Bro, she's a keeper.

Absolutely LOVE the Aether strain. Both of these seemed super finicky and more on the difficult side of things but yea, super dank if you ask me. The Aether is some of the best I have ever had.
 
CannaGranny said:
That Tropic of Censor is some super fine pain weed! The first one I grew in soil, I was not happy with at all, but then it just took off and was a gorgeous plant!
Congrats Miz Sweetleaf! Beautifully done! 🥰
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I'll tell her thanks CG or maybe she will find some time to come on the boards and check up on me :ROFLMAO:

That is kind of exactly what happened here CG, I was like let's toss that ugly thing. But she wanted to go with it, so glad she did.
 
SweetLeafGrow said:
I'll tell her thanks CG or maybe she will find some time to come on the boards and check up on me :ROFLMAO:

That is kind of exactly what happened here CG, I was like let's toss that ugly thing. But she wanted to go with it, so glad she did.
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He has a version I believe it’s called Black Label Cookies that was just straight up fantastic! I think the TOC grew like that because of the heavy cbd content in it. I was super disappointed and then one day… was like WOW! It just flourished.
Checking up on ya ey? Don’t think she don’t know about bud porn! 🤣😂😅😂
 
SweetLeafGrow said:
Posting an update for @MrsSweetLeaf on her Tropic if Censor grow.

We've been looking at trichomes but she is close but not ready yet. Will maybe look again today and see where she is at. Nice fade going on, drinking much less but still throwing a few new pistils here and there. The buds are nice and hard, even though most are fairly small, the main cola really filled out nicely!

For your viewing pleasure I present Mrs Sweet Leaf's Tropic of Censor 🌿View attachment 7030View attachment 7031View attachment 7032View attachment 7033View attachment 7034View attachment 7035
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My first grow i had one plant too.

Trouble was i started with 4

Congrats mrs
 
CannaGranny said:
Would you be surprised to know that he, Da Brother resides in your area?
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That's interesting didn't know so yeah that is a surprise. Glad to know we are represented. Definitely will make me more mindful of what I do or don't do with the aether x gdp seeds. Excited even more to try them now.

Going to have to grab some of his gear to show support now
 
CannaGranny said:
That Tropic of Censor is some super fine pain weed! The first one I grew in soil, I was not happy with at all, but then it just took off and was a gorgeous plant!
Congrats Miz Sweetleaf! Beautifully done! 🥰
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I can take very little credit...I do a lot of observing and asking a million pesky questions. It sure is purdy and smells amazing 😀
 
SweetLeafGrow said:
Since @MrsSweetLeaf served my time in trim jail on the Grape Gas, I figure I would return the favor and check myself in for the Tropic of Censor. Here are the chop day photos.

I'm goin in folks. Send $ to the canteen if you don't hear from me soon!View attachment 8205View attachment 8206View attachment 8207View attachment 8208View attachment 8209View attachment 8210View attachment 8211View attachment 8211View attachment 8212
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I did the same thing today. I was cutting down plants and had 4 trimmers. We got thru 2 pounds in a half day. So happy to be done. My whole house smells like cousin cheech is living in the basement.

Good luck on yours bro.

I know you were looking at possibly having overfed in the past with this grow. IMO this was not overfed.
 
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