This is the Monster Garden

[GardenMonsters]

Good afternoon Hunters!!

I joined here a bit ago and introduced myself, finally getting around to starting the next grow so I wanted to officially start my journal on here.
Prior to this grow I wrapped up a big auto grow in my 4x4 and a smaller photo grow in the 5x5. In my intro I mentioned a few specific strains I’d be trying this time, but I’m calling an audible. I received some tiki cuts from a friend and I want to test those first before doing a big seed run.

In my 4x4 (pictured below) I have 7 cuts of my big bad wolf mom and some smaller bonsais for a growalong with @CatDadRayne
These will be fed using Jacks321

In my 5x5 I’ll have cuts of deathstar and gg4 from tiki, bless your heart (Irene x wookie) from my buddy, some Conan crosses from Catdad and I’ll squeeze in HP91 from topdawg (f2 by backyard boogie) and chem101 from coastal (f2 by backyardboogie). I’ll also be trying organic fertilizers in the large tent this run.

Overall, I’m super stoked to try these cuts, as well as the f2s from my buddy. The organic feeding will be a learning curve, but will be fun learning!

I included some pictures of some of my favorite auto strains from the last run, as well as the 4x4 currently.

2nd pic: paradise express f2
3rd pic: 3BOG x Mango Smile
4th pic: Strawberry nuggets x Pink Panama
5th pic: (ME x 91grapefruits) x white wizzard
6th pic: chronic kush

 

[Promethean]

Very nice lineup, following along Hows the nose on that Strawberry nuggets x Pink Panama?

 

[GardenMonsters]

Very nice lineup, following along Hows the nose on that Strawberry nuggets x Pink Panama?

It’s an earthy, hashy smell
This is the second time we’ve grown it. The first one was similar, just larger

 

[pepperpicante]

@GardenMonsters some of these gotta be in around harvest time. Hoe we looking!

 

[GardenMonsters]

@GardenMonsters some of these gotta be in around harvest time. Hoe we looking!

I’m still getting the clones established lol this is my first time with organics so it’s been a bit slow.

I’ll be potting up some today and turning on my 5x5 with them and some seedlings.
I’ll make an update later today.

 

[GardenMonsters]

Thanks for @pepperpicante asking me about the grow man.

I spent the afternoon mixing coco, potting up and getting stuff situated. I ran out of coco midway so I’ll have to go out tomorrow and grab some. I think I might try the pro mix, feel free to drop your recommendation. This would be used for tray2grow organic growing.

This group of photos (my organic 5x5) consists of tiki gg4 (clone) and deathstar (clone), bless your heart (clone), chem101 f3, hp91 f2, lavender boogie, lavender lemonaid f2, and Wolfpack f3. I also have some auto testers from @CatDadRayne grapeset, star destroyer, Zenobia and aptx 4869.

Before I get into what I did with what, a little status update on them all. The lavender boogie, lavender lemonaid and Wolfpack are all freshly sprouted and were in plugs. The rest were in small nursery bags of amended coco and have been struggling a bit, the clones not as much. I think I fed them with liquid feed too soon and stressed them. I’ve been letting the stressed ones chill and just been using casting tea and water.

Since I had a few clones looking strong I potted them up into tall 2gal pots and 2.2gal autopots. These are organic, so coco amended with pridelands, gypsum and myco, watered with recharge and 1/2 strength roots Buddha grow. Hopefully they root out well. The bless your heart have been vigorous af.

I also potted up some of the seedlings into plain coco. Since I’ve been struggling with my seedlings using organics I am using jacks and plain coco until they root out the small pot a bit and switch them to organics. Once I get better I’ll use less salt based feed ideally.

I’ve attached some pics from today. The closeups are gg4 and big bad wolf from my 4x4 thats on d24 of flower. The gg4 is the frostier one.

 

[pepperpicante]

Thanks for @pepperpicante asking me about the grow man.

I spent the afternoon mixing coco, potting up and getting stuff situated. I ran out of coco midway so I’ll have to go out tomorrow and grab some. I think I might try the pro mix, feel free to drop your recommendation. This would be used for tray2grow organic growing.

This group of photos (my organic 5x5) consists of tiki gg4 (clone) and deathstar (clone), bless your heart (clone), chem101 f3, hp91 f2, lavender boogie, lavender lemonaid f2, and Wolfpack f3. I also have some auto testers from @CatDadRayne grapeset, star destroyer, Zenobia and aptx 4869.

Before I get into what I did with what, a little status update on them all. The lavender boogie, lavender lemonaid and Wolfpack are all freshly sprouted and were in plugs. The rest were in small nursery bags of amended coco and have been struggling a bit, the clones not as much. I think I fed them with liquid feed too soon and stressed them. I’ve been letting the stressed ones chill and just been using casting tea and water.

Since I had a few clones looking strong I potted them up into tall 2gal pots and 2.2gal autopots. These are organic, so coco amended with pridelands, gypsum and myco, watered with recharge and 1/2 strength roots Buddha grow. Hopefully they root out well. The bless your heart have been vigorous af.

I also potted up some of the seedlings into plain coco. Since I’ve been struggling with my seedlings using organics I am using jacks and plain coco until they root out the small pot a bit and switch them to organics. Once I get better I’ll use less salt based feed ideally.

I’ve attached some pics from today. The closeups are gg4 and big bad wolf from my 4x4 thats on d24 of flower. The gg4 is the frostier one.

looks like a ton of fun!

 

[GardenMonsters]

Got an update here. Getting ready to take a 2 week trip for work so I'll try and update when I get back.

First my salt tent (pictured below), just a general update. Everything is cruising, pictured is Big bad wolf from csi and gg4 from tk. It'll be due a defol next weekend, I defol at d21 and 42 in flower. The GG4 stretched alot! We had to tie it up this week. The bbw is doing its thang!

Next my organic tent. Some of the seedlings I started with salts but top dressed and have been letting them work on the amendments now. I took a hit with my dome, I guess I didn't take the top off (I didn't check them for a day) and they got cooked. I'm letting them ride and some seem to be hanging on. The 1020 tray is a mix of chem101, lavender lemonaid f2, wolfpack f3, lav boogie and some autos from @CatDadRayne
On the tray2grows I've put everything in tall 2gallons and have been hitting them with liquid feed and ferments every 3 days or so and top dressing biweekly. I have a cut of the gg4 and a cut of bless your heart (irene x wookie) from a friend in the 2.2gal autopots.

Also pictured is my first homegrown veggie! a mini white cuke. I let it over-ripen a bit but it was delicious

 

[pepperpicante]

nice cuke!

 

[GardenMonsters]

Okay, long overdue update

Got the salt tent harvested. We did it in two sections due to half of our big bad wolf plants having bad necrosis. Just chopped the second half with the gg4 in the last couple days (first four pics, first is bbw). This tent will be shutdown until I begin vegging my next run in September.

The organic tent has gone crazy. Currently d20 flower (pictured). The two autos I have left from @CatDadRayne are killing it. Star destroyer kush and aptx 4869 (pictured in order).
Had a massive Chem101 that went over my light and I had to top it. The lowers are as high as the rest of the plants tops (pictured after autos). I set aside a hp91 male (pictured last) to pollenate my deathstar, bbw and bless your heart. Overall been a breeze growing this way (too dressing, liquid feed and teas), just battling fungus gnats lol. The organic tent has abovementioned plus bbw, gg4, bless your heart, lavender lemonade f2, lavender boogie and deathstar. I’m gonna defol a bit this weekend when I top dress and maybe take some of the smaller plants out. They’re just adding to my rh and not getting light.

 

[GardenMonsters]

Small update.

Attached a pic of the GG4 post dry. It has a strong astringent gas smell and really nice potency and effects (from a sample).

We started some seeds in the salt tent to be a smaller crop. Gonna run these organic in 5gallon pots. I have turbo diesel from csi, black lime reserve x Nepali watermelon hp x nl2 from pagoda, black triangle f2 from bodhi (repro by @BackyardBoogie ) and lavender dog from @BackyardBoogie . The turbo diesel broke ground yesterday.

My newest batch of fpj is basically ready! Just gotta strain it!

Also a pic of my death star from tiki on d30 of flower. Getting frosty!

Hope yall are having a great week!