Headgrinder
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Hey guys & gals. I am planting some pretty special seeds that I have had tucked away for a couple of years and I wanted to share the process.
Acapulco Gold - Nierika Seed Trust - Grow Journal
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I got these seeds as a special 420 freebie from JBC seeds. JBC has been such an awesome company to work with. I tried a couple of seed guys and these guys were so fast and courteous, I use them exclusively for the last five years and counting. They have absolutely everything I could ever want from the absolute best breeders. I highly recommend them for any genetics. Back to these Acapulco Gold seeds. They were a very limited 420 freebie and I woke up early so I wouldn't miss the chance to get my hands on them once they were available.
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Just a disclaimer: I am not the best grower on the planet. I definitely appreciate advice and I can take criticism, but keep it light, I am a little on the sensitive side. My goal with these plants is of course to try out a legendary, but also to do an open pollination, so at least this batch of genes will be around for future enjoyment.
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I started with 8 seeds (three of them I planted when I first got them, but I had a hell of a problem with spider mights and thrips, and I ended up trashing them because my diluted dish soap was too rough on them. Three days ago I sprouted them using the paper towel in a zip lock method. I didn't want to take any chances with germination. 8/8 germinated and today I moved them into 1 gal containers that I got by reusing some water jugs.
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This is what they looked like in the paper towel, before planting
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This is what they look like in the soil. I used already moist soil and planted them as gently as possible so not to break the little roots. Then I gave them a gentle misting with a spray bottle to make sure the soil around them is good and wet. I plan on giving them a good misting every 6 hours or so until they start to take root and get a little bigger.
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I am using 5000K led lights for the veg, about 400 actual wattage at an estimated 20,000 lumens with the lights about 5 feet away from the seedlings.
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They are still tiny, but I thought I would try to post as many pics as I can.
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This is what they look like today. They are a little over a week old.
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That is awesome. Those would be really interesting strains to grow and try. Feel free to post pictures of whatever you got.
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They seem to be doing pretty good.
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I guess it's been 19 days since I took them out of the paper towel and put them in the soil. They all seem to be doing good so far.
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This is two of them next to two Agent Orange/Goji crosses, to give a better idea of the leaf shape.
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So far this is 19 days of root growth in a 1 gallon container. They seem to have a bit of room yet. The other roots look very similar.
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I put them all into a tote of soil. I think it's somewhere around 20 gallons. I found out I have fungus gnats so I am working on getting rid of those little buggers. So far I have fly tape put up and nematodes on the way. Also I didn't realize that my soil is lacking a bit of nitrogen. So I watered them with 5-1-1 Alaskan Fish Fertilizer. I think it's made out of the crap that explodes out of washed up whale carcasses. Just kidding but it is one of the worst smells I have ever encountered and I have three kids. I have very limited experience with adding nutrients, if it ain't broke don't fix it, but I can definitely tell that this stuff gives everything a well needed boost and helps with some of my yellowing leaves.
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I wanted to say thank you to the handful of you that have been checking out this post. I don't give a rats ass about Instagram, this is the only place that I've posted and it's nice seeing at least a few people interested in this strain. So far they aren't the best looking plants i've ever grown. Some of the things i have notices about them is they have plenty of vigor, huge internode spacing, and aren't really as nutrient thirsty as some of the hybrids that I've grown. I have no idea how long they will flower or how much stretch I'll get once I start flowering them. So I might put them into 12/12 pretty soon just to keep them manageable.
