This stuff is called Blackberry Moonrocks. There is more to this story than I have told tho.
This was without a doubt one of the most horrible looking stressed plants I have grown in thirty years. Complete and total Operator Error. It’s me, Im the operator!
Some of you will recall I won a Spider Farmer light at the other place. It was the SE (I believe) 5000. First grow under it went off like clockwork.
Second grow, I screwed up bad. I was unaware that the toggle switch on it has two settings. One, you can control the volume of the light, the other if turned on negates anything you do on your percentage dial and it’s a full on 100%. Normally, I start my veg off at 40% and I ease her up to 90% during flower.
That switch got moved during clean up. I started this stuff out at 100%. Sitting the dial believing I was increasing it daily.
This plant was a huge problem from week one on. I threw everything at her. I tested ph, I tested soil content and conditions. I top dressed, foilar fed, raised the lights to the top of the tent….you name it I did it! She continued to look like shit and burnt up.
I never believed she would make the entire flower cycle, but I kept throwing water and feed at her. I also inspected her daily to make sure the stress was not herming her. Shockingly, it remained female.
So nine weeks later, I harvest a medium sized crop of burnt up looking shit. This shit will send ya to the moon and make you barf!
All of my old teachers have always told me, a stressed plant is the best plant. I can say, seeing is believing now.
I also feel like this was some steady ass strong genetics to keep from full on herming under such stress.
So, for those of you wondering about my five by five solo plant grow, this is why I did not continue the post. The worst/best plant I have grown in 35 years.
It would have scared the hell out of you..it did me.
My first seed to harvest was a nightmare.
I was running 3-6 experiments at a time. Seedlings dying. Taking in out of house. Before I figured out how to clone. One male out of first four seeds popped. No internet or anyone who grew. Just seeds and 40-45 year old knowledge for gardening.
I thought I was doing great. Even after aphids. Got a light and brought them indoors.
My first batch had soil and feeding mistakes but by the time I stopped taking outside I had proper soil and FFGB/FFTB nutes. (Big league then!)
Tinfoil on walls in corner and overhead 220w. Crates stacked to control hight.
when I upgraded to a tent I still used the crates at first. 3x3 with 450w. Feeding fox farm 1/2 nutes every other watering. No idea what light was set to as dimmer is useless without a meter. Adding acid to buffered soil, lots at time as I was using a $10 multi moisture/light/ph meter.
I moved to flower with three females and a male. Removed the male. Remaining females three different ages. Oldest months, youngest a month to 6 weeks. I flip to 12/12 and crank 100% lights with late summer temps and a 6” in-line booster fan as roof exhaust. Lights running at daylight, at first. Tent doors open until lights out.
I got internet around this time but intermittently. Learned about topping, FIM, LST and trimming for airflow and mold. Probably just in time.
Crazy. And I got so lucky. Haze was oldest and biggest. Around 2’-3’ at harvest. Turned so purple she looked black. Freaked me out. She would sweat and drip from the top leaves and had frost everywhere. She looked gorgeous but I thought something was wrong as I had never heard of a purple plant before.
Satin was really sativa like. Long thin spires. In the end she was so sticky, like glue. But burned/dried and was harvested too soon…I now know. Smelled of pine and hay for months. Still have an ounce. Short very heady high for 40 minutes. Awake weed.
Emma was emerald color and a few months old. She was most Indica like. Bushy and wide leaves.
I tried to keep all three plants happy together. Different ages and sizes. Using crates to adjust hight.
So I had a fail with Satin. A nice harvest with Emma. And a bombshell with Haze.
No notes just lots of pics on my old phone.
Haze loved the 450w @ 100% since flip. Later read all the acid can make a plant go purple as well as heat/light stress.
Just hung Haze. (Pic of pic on old phone.)
Now that I know how lucky I was my first time round I want this back. Wish I knew how to clone back then.
G$ told me that seed to seeds a crap shoot but I hope at least one of the members I’ve gifted seeds can do this.
@CannaGranny
@GoodShit97 @Moe.Red @Aqua Man @TSD
One of you will find the lucky golden ticket.
I’ll get it again one day.
Not doing bad for 13 months growing.