'Do Si Dos' by i49

Hello all! Welcome to Little Dosee's Harvest. The deets and the numbers for y'all. DSD was a treat to grow and I'm happy I picked her as a strain to try out. I made mistakes with DSD but she constantly bounced back. I'm positive other strains under the same conditions would not have taken it that well. She is clearly the runt of the group and that's due to those mistakes I made. The writing was on the wall and I saw she would not yield like her counterparts, but she was very dense and healthy. Whatever was coming off her was going to be gold, even if there wasn't as much. She is potent as all hell. I knew she would be but it still knocked me down a bit on my first tasting. Fantastic👌. I haven't tested THC/CBD quantities, but plan too. For now I can only ball-park a 25-26% THC (?) w/ negligible CBD. Along with dense buds that break up nice and fluffy, this girl was a winner for me. Her extra potency will make her last longer if I cut her with a lower THC strain. **The Numbers:** (LARF and milled flower weights are halved in the "Outcome" portion, above. Personally I don't like to count it as whole bud, but it's still quality flower for concentrates. For this reason it's counted, but not in full. The numbers below are different/higher then the "Outcome" but are the actual weights taken on the day of Jarring) -Whole Flower- 55 Grams (1.96 ounces) -Milled Flower- 35 Grams (1.25 ounces) -Total Product- 90 Grams (3.21 ounces) -Jar #1, whole flower- 26 Grams (.92 ounces) -Jar #2, whole flower- 29 Grams (1.03 ounces) -Jar #3, milled flower- 16 Grams (.57 ounces) -Jar #4, milled flower- 19 Grams (.67 ounces) The numbers aren't through the roof but I'm more then pleased with the outcome. She will make for some fine smoke and potent oil concentrates. At the end of the day, it's always about the quality. So, I'm a happy camper. **Grow #1 Vs. Grow #2** Long story short, in Grow #1 I was really hesitant to push the envelope in any way. I used a basic Nutrient Trio and Cal-Mag. I didn't do anything but what the schedule told me and I usually only applied 3/4's of the recommended dose. I was walking on egg shells and scared to hurt/kill them. They continued to look healthy and put out a great product, but it was clear that a lot of changes had to be made. The yield wasn't there and if I was to grow my own, to carry me and my family between grows, I needed to up these numbers, man. This was my mission and I made a lot of those changes. Below are most all the methods/techniques/nutrients/additives/equipment used to increase these numbers over my first go. 1. Nutrients/Supplements/Additives Grow #1: -Standard GHE Flora Series Trio & Cal/Mag 0-0-2 by manufacture's recommended doses, or less Grow #2: -Standard GHE Flora Series Trio & Cal/Mag 0-0-2 at full dose, advanced schedule -Introduction of Humic/Fulvic Acids (Diamond Nectar), Molasses (Floralicious Plus), Potassium Silicate (Sturdy Stock), a PK Booster (King Kola), Root Stim #1 (n/a) and Gaia Green 2-16-0 Bone Meal 2. Medium Grow #1: -First 3 gallons, Fox Farm's Ocean Forest. Last 2 Gallons, Dutch Treat w/ perlite conditioner (Soil was under conditioned and had high water retention) Grow #2: -All 5 gallons a 50/50 mix of Canna Terra (Peat moss for aeration) and Dutch Treat w/ 1:10 ratio of perlite added. (So it could breath, feeds could be applied faster and water logging was no longer an issue) 3. Lighting Grow #1: -Single 245 Watt, Blurple LED by Phlizon. (Specs in week #1 of this diary) Grow #2: -Addition of Spider Farmer-2000 Quantum Board LED for vegetation and both the SF and Blurple used in tandem for Bloom. (Larger output, higher PPFD rating and adequate footprint) 4. Environment Grow #1: -Held an almost constant 70% RH and 26-28 degree Celsius in Veg and 50% RH and 24-26 degrees Celsius in Bloom -Light cycle held at 24/0 for the entire grow Grow #2: -Held an almost constant 55-60% RH and 24-26 degrees Celsius in Veg and 30-45% RH and 21-24 degrees Celsius -Light cycle at 24/0 for seedlings and moved down to 20/4 roughly 3 weeks into Veg. 5. Training Grow #1: -Topped multiple sections, trained out, ran out of room and by the end they were not very sturdy and needed to be propped up with ribbon/yoyos Grow #2: -Topped the main once and once only. All other tops accomplished w/ LST. Additional bamboo sticks and strapping were planned ahead of time and by end game they carried themselves very well even with far more weight then the first go. 6. Trimming/Pruning Grow #1: -Did very little trimming, pruning or Defo. Was uncertain and this was more of a natural grow. Many, many tops with finite product on each Grow #2: -Planned for 8-10 Mains, max and pruned to accomplish this. I was not as hesitant to prune and defo as needed to help larger cola sites flourish. Achieved the 8-10 tops on both. Less LARF, easier trimming, more product, big win😃 That was the Hobbit House folks. It was a good ride and put on a great show😊. Thank you to ALL of you for keeping up with my updates and for all your support. It is and is always appreciated. Cheers to all my grow friends and happy trails✊: 1: