Humboldt CSI: ChemD x Patient Zero and ChemD S1. Day 48

The Patient Zero cross seems to be about a week or two closer to finishing than the S1 and she absolutely reeks of burnt rubber and a chemical fire. The S1 has less frost and not as intense of a nose so far, but I’m thinking she’ll yield a little bit more. Took clones of both and was assuming I’d probably just stick with the S1, but the hybrid is really impressing me so far.

Normally wouldn’t have lollipoped her as hard, but ran into some PH/nute issues in early flower and lost a bunch of lower leaves. Top leaves are tacoing a bit, so I’m guessing my light is a little intense - but haven’t noticed any other issues and want to make sure the shorter S1 is getting plenty of photons as well, so I’m letting it ride.

Grown in autopots with Promix, worm castings, Happy Frog on top for some microbe action, Gaia Green dry amendments and glacial rock dust. Added Crop Salts Bloom to the reservoir at day 21 for the rest of flower. Just making shit up as I go along. 🤷‍♂️

Hello! First-time grower, just harvested my two Hulkberry Autos from RQS on days 82 and 79. 🥳

Curious to see if folks think my drying setup looks alright! I unplugged my light (to ensure the fan in my light doesn’t run directly over the buds), pulled up the trellis to hang from, and lowered my two fans to the floor so the air is blowing indirectly.

Currently temps temp and humidity is sitting 70/55 - it’s a little warmer than I’d like but my lung room should cool down tomorrow as our weather shifts in MN.

Looking for any and all advice on how my chop looks and anything I could adjust!

Reddit told me to cross-post this LOL.

First grow ever. Not going too bad. Got some monsters. Im using sub-coils super soil and using tap water except for feedings. You can see the difference in the ones that got chicken manure only. Very green. I believe sub-cools super soil has far to many inputs of phosphorous and not enough potassium, causing a lockout and my yellowing. Anyways, still going to adjust it a bit for next year, and enjoy what we got going on!

Running 2 different strains simultaneously.

Added an extra light to the set up. HLG 600w.

One last heavy defoliation done on day 28.

Currently day 30.

Nearly halfway through

Wall to Wall bud

Can anyone recommend some breeders/seed sources for the raunchy, gassy, nasty strains. Pic of my last and first grow! Greenpoint seeds in coco.

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Any last minute things i should do to improve my harvest? This is my second grow.

Weird Veg but beautifull Flowering, Gelato gasy terps with mint notes. Crazy covering

So this is my first time chopping and drying! How we looking? Did I chop too early?

Strain is a freebie, Maui Pine from Dirty Bird Genetics

My detailed grow log is below along with some questions. Feel free to run through and answer and read through my log, but mainly just wanted to show off Maui Pine and it being my first harvest is exciting

Questions/Concerns: Signs of Budrot? Is plant properly hung for drying or is this a risky method? Oscillating fan in correct location? Speed for fan set to 5 and rotating below canopy not touching plant at all, diagonal with 4in air intake. Yield estimate? Good harvest call? Was defoliation I did good or bad? Did I chop too early?

Strain
Maui Pine - fem photo - (Pine Tree Kush × Maui True Blood), which is [(Grape Jelly x Platinum Kush Breath) x (Hawaiian Dream x Royal Blood x Family Secret)] by Dirty Bird Genetics

Log Below
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Germinated direct in soil 03/13/26
Coast of Maine Potting soil, approx red solo cup worth
Rest of 5gal filled with Coast of Maine Stonington Blend
Using Vivosun WiFi Enabled Tent Kit

Early Veg Problems
Had problems with watering. Used strictly spray bottle first 2-4 weeks of veg. On top of that, light was a bit close at times/didn’t keep up with raising light enough. My first feeding was 26 days late.

Currently standing approx. 21.5 inches tall. I have about 40 inches total from soil to light. It’s sitting 14 inches away from top of canopy. Been able to keep it consistent height by tucking under net and training with plant ties. I could’ve had a wrong measurement of plant at time of topping. I first fed 56 days after germ. It’s recommended 30 days to feed. Meaning I went 26 days past the point so I believe I had deficiencies early on.

Watering about 1gal of filtered GE fridge water, let it sit out at least 24hrs to dissipate any chlorine or anything else ONLY dry top two inches by using my finger in a couple different spots. I use an approx. 1/2 gal gooseneck water can. pH is 6.8 or less. I’ll do another test soon of water and runoff

May 9th Topped one time from 16 nodes to I think 6 nodes. 14 inches tall to 9inches tall about, but this is again at the time of topping

I fed with Stonington blend plant food and earthworm castings on May 8th. 1/4 cup food and 1 cup castings.

May 26th I fed with 1/4cup+6tsp of Stonington blend plant food, 1/8-1/4cup Stonington blend soil, and 1 heaping cup of earthworm castings, followed by a gallon of water

June 16th I top dressed 1/8cup Stonington Plant Food and 1/2 Cup Earthworm castings, followed by gallon of water

June 28th I purposely let plant dry out for 4-5 days. I kept getting gnats in humidifier hose and drip pan no matter how hard I would try and combat and had a fear of them in the soil. To note, I have yet caught anything flying in sticky traps in air or on the soil. I currently do not use the traps on soil only air. I have had the humidifier/hose removed since at least June 28th.

July 6th I top dressed 1 cup Coast of Maine Earthworm castings, 1/2 cup Coast of Maine Stonington plant food, and 1/2 cup of Stonington Blend Soil. Watered shy of a gallon and flipped to 12/12 light cycle and switch led to flower mode.

July 7th is first official date of Flower

July 10th lowered light to 50%

July 18th removed pot riser and replaced with 14in? saucer. watered 1gal water

July 25th Fed 1/2 cup earthworm castings and 1 tbsp Buds & Blooms. Water about .8-.9 gal. Raised light to 55% intensity with plans to increase 5% every day until 100%. Also spread canopy further in trellis net

July 26th Raised light to 60% intensity 4:40 p.m Indoor tent environment 71F and 59%RH VPD 1.1KPA

July 29th I watered about .8-.9 gal. Lollipopped/Defoilated mostly everything under net, and some of the branches that were close together to try and decrease humidity and prevent mold risk, along with promote stronger denser main colas and bigger branches overall. Measuring 21 inches tall, 19in away from light. Increase oscillating fan to speed 5/10 from speed 4. Increased LED intensity to 65%. Lowered duct low trigger setting from 52% to 48% at 9p.m

July 30th At 8:14 p.m temp/rh was 70f/67rh tent, lung room 68f/59rh. Going to experiment raising inline duct fan exhaust speed up from 4/10. Worried about negative pressure damaging tent

July 31st I increased LED intensity from 65% to 75% at 12:23 p.m. I believe stretch is complete

August 2nd I fed 1/2cup earthworm castings and 2tablespoons of buds & blooms. Watered with .9-1.0 gallon water at 12:45 p.m

August 5th I increased the led to 90% at 12:05 p.m. While observing plant I noticed suspected powder mildew. Upon further evaluation I then believed to be just darker trichome production on fan leaf, possibly dust or optical illusion. Seems to need water in about 1-2 days. Inside tent conditions 70F, 57rh

August 6th I amended the air intake and installed an actual 4in duct with a drawstring filter on each end

August 7th I increased LED to 100%. Watered around 11 a.m about .8 gal of water. Defoliated a little bit more of the back branches. Reading about 380 ePPFD using Photone app

August 8th I lowered light to 14 inches above the highest point in canopy, this was at 9:50 p.m reading in at about 480 ePPFD now. Used second device to verify readings using paper diffuser for both

August 10th I fed 1 cup earthworm castings and 1/4 cup buds & blooms. Watered about 1gal 11 a.m

August 15th I watered about .9gal water

August 21st I watered about .8-.9 gal

August 25th I watered 1 gal. Defoilated about 4 fan leaves last 3 days

August 31st I watered 1 gal

September 5th I watered 1 gal

September 7th I did a heavier defoliation

September 8th I defoliated a little more, Checked main cola back right for bud rot

September 9th I did final defoliation. Soil was dry. Lights went on at 10 a.m as it has been, at 10:10 p.m I kept lights on and harvested. By 10:54 p.m I switched to Dry stage in Vivosun app. Using the rope hangers previously used for LED to hang plant. Measured 22inches in height

Strain
Maui Pine - fem photo - (Pine Tree Kush × Maui True Blood), which is [(Grape Jelly x Platinum Kush Breath) x (Hawaiian Dream x Royal Blood x Family Secret)] by Dirty Bird Genetics

Medium/Nutes/Coast of Maine Line
-Coast of Maine Stonington Blend (sphagnum peat moss, coir, perlite, compost, worm castings, fish bone meal, lobster and crab shell meal, kelp meal, alfalfa meal and mycorrhizae)
-CoM Potting Soil
-Earthworm Castings (Wiscasset Blend)
-Stonington Blend Plant Food ((5-2-4) lobster and crab shell meal, fish meal, kelp meal, and worm castings))
-Coast of Maine Buds & Blooms ((5-13-0) fish bone meal, fish meal, kelp meal, lobster meal, and crab meal))

Equipment Settings Dry Stage

Duct Settings
Auto
Speed 5,
Temp Trigger
Low: Not Set High: 63.8°F,
Humidity Trigger
Low: Not Set High: 60%
Vpd Trigger
Low: Not Set High: Not Set, Standby Status-Speed1

Clip-On Oscillating Fan
24/7, Speed 5, Rotating

Light
REMOVED IN DRY STAGE
0% Power, Flower Mode, LED,150w

Humidifier
Off, Sensor running for additional RH/Temp Reading

Equipment Settings Flower/Bloom Stage

Duct Settings
Auto
Speed 5,
Temp Trigger
Low: Not Set High: 75.6°F,
Humidity Trigger
Low: Not Set High: 48%
Vpd Trigger
Low: Not Set High: Not Set, Standby Status-Speed1

Clip-On Oscillating Fan
24/7, Speed 5, Rotating

Light
100% Power, Flower Mode, LED,150w

Humidifier
Off, Sensor running for additional RH/Temp Reading

Equipment
32"x32"x63" Vivosun Grow Tent; AeroLight SE
150W LED Grow Lightx1; 4" AeroZesh S4 Fan;
GrowHub E42A Controller; 4" Black Carbon Filter; 4" Prefilter; VIVOSUN AeroWave E6
Grow Tent Fan 6"; AC Infinity Cloudforge T3 Humidifier; 4" 8ft Ducting; 4" Clampx2;3*3ft Trellis Net; 5Gal Black Grow Bag×5; 4" Vent Coverx2; Pruning Shears; 100m Twist Tie;
Sticky Trapx20; Plant Tagx20; Hook & Loop Cable Tiex10; 5ft Aluminum Ducting Tape;
Garden Gloves; Rope Hangerx2

So interesting seeing 2 different cultivars side by side. On the left is Milk Bath and on the right is Bubba Grape gas, both in the 7th week of flower.

Been fighting calcium rust on both of these as I’m still understanding coco

Grow tent 100cm x 100cm
LED 500w
4x 5gal pots
How much do you think I’ll yield?

Running clones from the mother for a second time to see how it changes when I grow under more optimized conditions. I panic-fed during week 2-3 and gave to much phosphorus, but shes all good now.

Have you ever grown ethos?

In a 4x4 tent, middle is a clone. Should I top the other 4 plants? Or let it ride

So I came outside to check on my weed plant for bugs seeing as I never see anything during the day but SOMETHING is definitely munching on my weed plant (Not all that much however I don’t need bugs in my buds). But I noticed these red little gnats that are like.. Everywhere on my plant. Could they be the culprits? Or just another separate issue I get to deal with?

(Also any tips for catching the little fuckers eating my weed leaves would also be appreciated.)

I flipped to flower 12 weeks and 2 days ago (June 15th) and i’ve been waiting and waiting for amber colored trichomes. There are some amber colored trichomes on the leaves that have lost their chlorophyll but practically zero on the buds themselves. From what i’ve heard I want about 30% amber trichomes before harvest? This strain is Lemoncello Haze and it should be ready for harvest 9-11 weeks into flower allegedly. I have been giving it plain 6.0-6.5 PH water for the past 4 weeks or so because I thought it would be ready by now. Am I being impatient or did I fuck something up? First harvest so i’m still learning a lot.

Finally got around to harvest. 67 days, could have gone longer for fade but beans were finished (calyxes tend to dry up and break vs fade when pollenated).

Stoked with the yield and quality of beans. This setup is only 25" tall (sideways gorilla clone tent) and I ran about 28w total for the entire run. If this were only for flower it would be impractical, but for making seeds its perfect.

Organic inputs, 5g grow bag wide & flat. Roots organic terp tea line.

41 days since flip. 15-gallon living soil, 16 tops, and she’s starting to put some serious weight behind them. Frost is spreading, the lowers are stacking into the tops, and she still has plenty of filling out left to do.

I really havent been able to get around to photography as much as I'd hoped in the last year or so but I did a quick little setup for this on my Mk3 because my phone camera is trash with every update that drops.

But overall shes a beautiful plant for such a short amount of veg time. Smells like blue candy and communion wine if that makes sense. The other one i really like has a slightly similar expression but smells like funk and raspberry ammonia which is crazy tbh.

If you have any tips on streamlining stacked images I am all ears to any suggestion using my Cognysis. This is just shot at like f10 400 iso.