GP’s Stardawg f2 | Coot’s Mix | Earthbox

Hey Folks,

Danktankerous here for another round of growing. I germinated 5 Stardawg f2 seeds from Greenpoint seeds. This is my first time growing their stuff but from what I have seen on this site I think they’ll do great. All 5 germinated but #3 died from what I’m guessing was damping off. I had them in red solo cups for two weeks then transplanted them straight into Clackamas coot’s soil recipe added charged bio char and grokashi. On top of that I dampened the mix and sphagnum peat moss with EWC tea. There was no shocking or nute burn and been growing steadily and vigorously. I have top dressed it a couple times with grokashi and malted barley seed. I gave it Bio-Live from down to earth because the plants have been in there gallon containers for almost a month. The plants are about 6 weeks old and just starting to show sex. One of the biggest is definitely a female another one, I’m pretty sure is a male and the others really aren’t showing yet. Due to not having a large growing space I’ll need to decide who to flower
. I ordered an Earthbox jr in which I’ll be flowering in my 18” x32”x60” grow cabinet. I’m using a HLG 288 V2 double slate board. This is my first time growing with an Earthbox, from what I have seen it doesn’t look too stressful and with the added benefit of passive hydroponics. I’ll be pollinating a couple tops with a 9lb Hammer Male from Jinxproof. Last grow I grew out 5 plants from Jinx and all 5 turned out to be males. I had 6 in all but separated one and kept it outside just in case it was a female then decided to toss it before I found out all 5 were males. I’m hoping this plant turns out, after getting all males it was a little disheartening. Ah well should get some stellar seeds out of it. Anyways I keep a worm bin and make Fish Amino Acid and Fermented Fruit Juice so I’ll be using those as well as other amendments. Constructive criticism and suggestions are always welcome. Wish me luck!

well now that I look at it again it kind of looks like balls... well we’ll see

#1 is a female!

Yesterday I top dressed with a tbsp of Alfalfa mean, then some Malted Barley seed, handful of grokashi, then a couple handfuls of EWC. They have been getting watered everyday which will only get more intense as the days go on. I’m still debating on whether to transplant and go with the one that just showed sex or wait for the others. I’m running out of space and the longer they are competing for light the more stretchier they get.
Yesterday I top dressed with a tbsp of Alfalfa mean, then some Malted Barley seed, handful of grokashi, then a couple handfuls of EWC. They have been getting watered everyday which will only get more intense as the days go on. I’m still debating on whether to transplant and go with the one that just showed sex or wait for the others. I’m running out of space and the longer they are competing for light the more stretchier they get. #1 is the perfect height for a scrog.

Hey folks,

I decided against the Earthbox, I felt it was impulsive seeing as I know very little about it (just the basics) and this Is my first time using coot’s mix and growing this strain. I just want to take one thing at a time. I have had maybe 5 or 6 grows and didn’t yield half of those. I think on my next grow I’ll use it. I’m ordered some feminized Blue Dream x Chocolate Diesel from useful seeds so I think I’ll be popping that in the Earthbox

she’s still chugging along she’s 2 months old and getting ready to be flipped. I need to fix a couple minor light leaks and switch out the lights. I transplanted her late but I had didn’t know which was a female yet. (It took a month and a half to show sex and not all of them shown so it makes me wonder how minor are those light leaks) I put her in a 5 gal bag and put a screen on her. I might tie here down a little more, who knows. I would like to flip this weekend. The tops are reading 15k lux on the low side and 23k on the high tops. The smell on the stem rubs are sour citrus fuel. Definitely looking forward to flowering.

Best,

DT

Hey Dudes,

Yesterday I gave it a top dressing of the gnarley Barley and watered it with Fish Amino Acid, Silicate, And Roots Oregonism XL (Myco’s). I give it the FAA because it seems like it’s more of an innoculant with Amino Acids rather than a high N fertilizer or a fertilizer for Vegative. N is definitely in there and so is Ca. But there is definitely growth that happens afterwards. I see immediate growth with my buckwheat after I water them with FAA. Anyways there has been rapid growth and it needs to be flipped. I read somewhere that Stardawg doesn’t stretch, but I have a sneaking suspicion that isn’t true. I think the plant continues to grow up until the 3rd week of flowering. I have tied one branch down and maybe I need to do a few more.

Put up the 288 V2 from HLG today and patched up all the light leaks. I am seeing a pin light coming out, but ran out of duct tape. This cabinet is a very DIY project, so it can be very... not sleek or seamless. Anyways I hope y’all stay safe and keep the hope alive... at least we have this hobby.

best,

DT

Hey folks,

2 days ago I turned the lights off for about 29hrs and went 12/12 yesterday. It’s pretty damn incredible how much this plant stretched just in those two days. I’ll definitely be tying her down but man looking forward to the next 10 weeks. The leaves are happy and praying and she is looking beautiful. I’m watering her tonight just plain water. I’m going to be starting a compost tea here in a few days. I put some kashi in my EWC to give it a more fungal dominance. Honestly it’s going to be good even if I didn’t do that. Not much else to say. Hope everybody has a good week

Best,

Dt

Hey Dudes,

Growth is coming in vigorously and the plant looks great. No deficiencies or lockouts, so I’m going to “take it easy” meaning I won’t top dress it for another week or so. I did water with FAA, just to give the growth a little help, not too mention the amino acids and LaB that is in it. I also top dressed with Gnarly Barley and gave it some Myco’s from a sample pack from GreenGro. I’ll put it in the pics as well as the FAA. I’ll also be making a compost tea this weekend and hopefully harvest my worm castings in a couple weeks. I believe this will be my best batch to date. I will also be re-amending soil this weekend for the next grow. Anyway who, enjoy the pics.

Hey folks,

As today wraps up we move on to week 2 in the flowering cycle. She is still growing vigorously but doesn’t seem to stretch too much. I removed the bottom leaves and branches that weren’t getting enough light, but It didn’t stunt it (connecting the thought about not stretching). It’s crazy the stem rub smell has drastically changed, I smell a “chemmy” fragrance now in which I have never smelt before. I’m seeing some lightness on the tips? I have no idea what is going on there but I’ll monitor it.

I made a Compost Tea with harvested Worm castings from my Vermi-bin. I added no more than a 1 tbsp and no less than 1 tsp of Organic Blackstrap molasses to 3 gallons of water. I also added 1tsp of langbenight and a tbsp of Dr Earth’s Fish Bone Meal which also contains a lot of beneficial microbes.

I hope everyone is having happy holidays this season. Happy Chanukah folks!

Best,

Dt

Hey Folks,

We’re halfway through week 2 and the plant is doing great. The AACT gave it a big boost, I would really like to do comparisons of plants grown with compost tea. I do believe it works though.

I’m concerned with the foliage being too thick and bud rot happening, although there is plenty of circulation. This plant is turning out to be a monster and I’m in a small grow space. I figure I would cut some lower branches whose tops (not nodes) are 3-4” below the canopy. Also one of the largest branches is getting a really low light like 20k lux while everyone is 30-32k. It’s also 12-14” from the light so I’ll need to be tying her down pretty soon. Week 2 will be over by Monday Morning (3 1/2 more days) so hopefully it stops stretching but I’m not holding my breath.

Next time I water I’ll be giving her so gnarly barley and Silicate. I won’t top dress until week 4, and I’ll wash it down with AACT. I should have some newly harvested Worm Castings by then.

I hope everyone is doing ok during this pandemic. These are crazy times but we gotta get through this. If you are reading this and you are not doing very well you can message me and I’ll try to respond ASAP.

Best,

Dt

Hey Folks,

Week 2 is wrapping up and the bud sites are forming. The fragrance is OG, but every once in a while I smelled Dog shit, maybe it was the nutrients who knows. The stretch has not stopped, in fact I had to tie down with zip ties. I’m seeing deficiencies but I think it’s because I have been letting the plant get drier than it needs to be. My girlfriends mum has what’s going around this pandemic (I’m purposefully not saying the virus’ name). So her sister is staying here so I can’t tend it as much as I want and need to. She should be leaving in the next few days.

I overreacted and may have fed too much. I top dressed with 2tbsp of Dr Earth’s Fish Bone Meal, gro kashi, and Gnarly Barley. I watered with FAA, FFJ, silicate, and Root’s Oregonism XL. I think the plant will be just fine though. Not too much else to say. I hope everyone is doing well

best,

Dt

Week 3 Day 3

Hey folks,

I think it’s starting to stop stretching, thank God too, they are 12” from the light. That is a little too close for my liking. The Bud sites are getting thicker and more resinous. The tops are bouncing back from the soil drying out. I’m watering every other day which makes me concerned because we are not even halfway there (sorry no Bon Jovi reference). Although I have heard cannabis plants’ roots stop growing two weeks into flowering. I don’t know about that though. Tonight I watered with FFJ, and Silicate. Apparently you are supposed to your flowering plants with FFJ twice a week. Next time I water I’ll top dress with the gnarly barley. I really wouldn’t mind making another compost tea this weekend, but do you think it’s overkill? It definitely would not hurt.

Sorry no pics this time, here in a few days I’ll post some up

Best,
Dt

Week 3
Day 6

Hey Folks,

The buds are starting to thicken and the stretching had stopped. Resin is reaching the insides of the Fan leaves’ palms. I’m also seeing some stigma’s starting to die. No smells are coming off the plant and I won’t squeeze the buds just to get a whiff, It is really tempting though. Leaves are brightening back up from last weeks dry out. I’m hoping it didn’t set the plant back too much and/or a lot loss of yield.

Tonight I installed a mini oscillating fan on the left side and brought up the bottom fan on right , so there is ample air flow. I pasteurized some hay and topped the pant with it. It’s been needing more sufficient mulch. I also top dressed with Root’s Organic Cal-Mag, Gnarly Barley, gro-kashi and EWC. I let it get moist and start breaking down a day before I water. (I heard that somewhere and thought it made sense)

Tomorrow I will pollinate a couple tops with Pollen from Jinxproof’s 9lb hammer.

Enjoy the pics

Week 4
Day 1

Hey folks,

I watered her with Silicate and FFJ tonight. The added mulch seems like it’s been helping, although I wish I had watered last night. Upon opening the cabinet the leaves weren’t drooping but not praying either. I thought last nights weight was too heavy to water, not to mention I figured the mulch was slowing down evaporation. Anyways, my mistake. I’m seeing a couple burnt tips but nothing to panic about. I think the extra day of not watering hindered me, but oh well. The buds do look like they are thickening, but it also looks like everything got taller.

I turned off all the fans, except for the outtake, and pollinated a couple tops. I forgot how wispy pollen is and when I was dusting with the paint brush pollen wafted through the air. Hopefully I did not pollinate my whole cabinet. I let the plants sit for 5 minutes without air movement to let the pollen “set”but in retrospect that probably didn’t do much. In case you were wondering I pollinated it from a 9lb Hammer Male. I think the progeny will be good. Hopefully the 9lb improves the structure, but it would be nice flavors too: maybe blueberry chem. Who knows.

Here are the pics, I believe the first two are the ones I pollinated.

Week 4
Day 6

Hey Folks,

Happy New Years

We are halfway into the breeders recommended flowering time (8weeks). Those times have never been true for me but honestly my last grows had a lot of things go wrong with them. This phenotype is flowering very steadily and hasn’t plateaued or stopped for a day. The leaves are praying hard and from the looks of it they have recovered. I have started defoliating large fan leaves a handful at a time. I know it’s not a popular thing on this website but I am trying it. There is hardly any light coming through the canopy, as you’ll see in the pics below. The plant hasn’t skipped a beat so I won’t stop.

I’m giving it a compost tea 1/2 Bu’s biodynamic and 1/2 My harvested worm castings. That’s it. Alright FFJ, but that’s it. I thought about giving it one more top dressing of fishbone meal for the plant to feed for the rest of flowering. But I’m having second thoughts, especially after the latest nutrient burn which I’m guessing caused the burnt tips. It also could have been the time I left the soil dry out. But transplanting a 1 gallon to 5 gallons 2 weeks before flowering and it’s just now or in two weeks doesn’t have nutrients? I think between FFJ twice a week with compost teas and top dressings of Gnarly Barley and Gro kashi the plant will be fine. The last pic is some under growth of 4 buds. I’ll try and get a better angle

Best,

Dt

Week 5
Day 3

Hey Dudes,

We are halfway there now and things are looking good. Temps are at 80, RH is 40% which is ok. I think the RH needs to be at 50, but hey 40 is ok with me. I gave her a compost tea on Monday night and it looks like she benefited from it. The recipe was 2 cups EWC 2 cups Bu’s Dynamic compost and like a couple Tbsp of Organic Blackstrap Molasses. I also mix grokashi and Gnarly Barley in the compost and let it sit for 6 days to increase the fungal life. Although, the fungal activity wasn’t as much as last times compost-preparation which was EWC only so next time I’ll just use EWC. I’m going back and forth about top dressing fish bone meal. The leaves are pretty green which leads me to believe there is enough food... for now. But there are 4 more weeks of bulking which makes me think it will need food in two weeks. Roots are still growing and they are filling out through the soil. The buds don’t really smell when I put my nose up to them, but it’s like rotting fruit. Outside of the cabinet you can smell it faintly. I rubbed a few leaves and each of them smelled different. One leave’s trics’ smelled like burnt rubber with and OG sour note on the end. Another was like a tropical mango with OG sour. That would be dope if this was the guava phenotype, but these fragrances will definitely change so I’m not getting my hopes up.

In the pictures below, you may see some leaves that are twisting up. That is because the door is pushing up against the leaves. I’m working in a tight space. Enjoy the pics (taken yesterday)

Week 5
Day 5

Low was 61f (lights off) High 80f, sits at 74f
High 50%RH (lights off) Low 39%RH sits at 41%RH

Hey dudes,

the buds are starting to swell and the bracts are getting much larger. Everyday the buds get thicker and more fragrant. Roots are definitely growing and coming up to the top under the mulch layer. The Worms seem pretty happy, I think I may add a few more. I’m seeing the beginning stages of what looks like calcium deficiency. There are necrotic spots on the a few leaves. The pH is between 6.8, 6.9, so I gave it some Organic Cal/Mag from TPS Nutrients, it suggested 1-2ml, so I went with one. I hope that clears up the issue. I also watered with FFJ, Silicate, and Myco’s. I top dressed her with Gnarly Barley, Grokashi, Sea Kelp, and Dr Earth’s Fish Bone Meal. Seeing as the buds are going into overhaul I figured it would need some more food to help out with it. It also helps with calcium, but I will no longer be topping with FBM, for the rest of the grow. The root system is really thick, when I was testing the pH it took some finagling to free up some soil.

The trich’s are smelling really great. It’s not the smelliest plant, but we still have 4 more weeks. The buds felt really dense when I was rubbing the leaves. I can’t wait to see how bug they get.

Week 6
Day 2 (37)

Hey Folks,

Things are moving right a long. The lite Cal deficiencies seems to be done. And the Temps have been around the high 70’s and RH is 40%. This is a pretty fragrant strain, even with my carbon filter you can smell a hint of it in my place. My scrubber is 2 years old, and has been in some dusty living spaces (old ass apartment 110yrs old). So I’ll be switching that out. Hopefully that takes care of it, if not I’ll have to do something about that. The plant is getting hella frosty, sticky and stacking. I turned up the light intensity, so some tops are at 65k lux others 40-60k. The last two weeks I’m going to turn it up a little more. Man I hope the carbon scrubber takes care of the smell. The buds threw out some new pistils, which I don’t know what to think of that. I have had plants that never seem to ripen, they just keep chugging a long, which I hope isn’t the case here. I’ll be giving her some FFJ and newly acquired Great White (Mycos). I also have some insect frass on the way, so good things coming up. Anyways due to popular requests I took pics w/o the lights on. I’m kidding I haven’t gotten any requests. Enjoy the pictures.

Best,

DT

Week 7
Day 6 (4

Hey folks,

It’s been a couple weeks but everything is going well. I gave it a compost tea 7 days ago which included Organic blackstrap molasses, langbeinite, 4 cups of EWC, and grokashi. It’s about half orange hairs half white hairs. The trichomes are getting cloudy but not quite there. This looks like it’s going to 10 weeks. It still has some filling out to do. I read the grower notes from the breeders website and it said flowering 62-75 days which is 6 days more than the description. I stopped giving it grokashi and Gnarly Barley, because I don’t want any new growth. I can’t confirm if that’s true but in my mind it makes sense. I think I’ll give it one more feeding of FFJ, mycos, and Black Strap Molasses. There are no more fruity smells in the trich rubs, lots of burnt tire, sour. Anyways hope everyone is well, enjoy.

Week 8 Day 7 (56)

Hey Folks,

We are wrapping up week 8 and seems like I have at least one more week, at the most two more weeks til harvest. In the information on the strain it claimed to be an 8 week strain, but in the details it said flowering time was 62-75 days. Top Dawg’s recommendation for their Stardawg f2 says 10 weeks. Who knows. She has swelled up noticeably from last week and has gotten smellier. It’s really hard to determine what the trichs smell like, there is rubber, pine, chemmy, that’s it. Sometimes I get a hint of berry or fruit but that’s waaaaay in the background. The trich’s are about 75% cloudy, a few ambers here and there but that’s it. I stopped giving any kind of nutrients a few days ago, from now on it’s just water. The lower leaves are dying and the canopy leaves are slightly fading. Temps have been mid to upper 70’s RH is low like late 30’s, but still cognizant of bud rot. Luckily I bought a nice dehumidifier which although pricey was a worthy investment. I have been picking low-lowers off to smoke, it’s super smooth with a nice sour pine on the end. They were not dried or cured properly, but it was still good. Those buds were/are frosty, this is definitely the best I have ever done. With all that in mind I hope to harvest it at the right time.

I hope everyone is doing well. To all my gardeners Spring is coming up, bringing good things are way. If you don’t garden... other than growing pot, you should.

Enjoy

-Dt

Day 65

Week 10 Day 2

Hey folks,

Man she is like almost there. Fragrances have took a sharp turn and now the trich’s smell like sweet berry and lemon cleaner. The bud structure is almost there, which is keeping me from harvesting it. Yes I’m watching the trich’s but it’s not my indicator. I have harvested according to trich’s and in my opinion it’s not the deciding factor for me. I’m also noticing massive trich’s developments when calyx’s swallows the stigma’s (what looks like) and other calyx’s. With that happening it just doesn’t seem ready. Also there are like 20% clear heads no amber. According to the breeder this a 62-75 day strain, so I’m going to give it a little time. I have harvested early a few times and I really don’t want to ruin something that could be great. However I think I’ll chop it at day 75 at the most, but hopefully it’s done sooner than that. It’s starting to smell way more and the trich’s fragrance has changed. Senescence is really staring to kick in and it’s looking like it’s changing quite a bit as the days go on. I think if I grew this strain again I probably would have top dressed at like week 7. Ah well.

Hey Dudes,

I harvested her on day 70. She produced a lot more tops then I expected. Buds are nice and dense and look prettier the more the buds dry. As the bud dries the trichomes look like they stand taller but I think that is with the leaf dying and shrinking. With all that happening the trichomes bunch up and it looks beautiful. They have a gold-ish sometimes purple hue. They really do sparkle. You can also see the flower structure better as it dries.

I have a goal as far as harvest yields in weight, but I don’t have my heart set on it. These are some beautiful buds and I’m just super stoked I grew them.

I don’t know if this an easy plant to grow, for me it was but that is because I had an incredible soil mix and have knowledge on how to water, which has been the hardest thing to learn. I had a couple watering issues (never said I was perfect, just have knowledge) but that’s it, no bugs or mold (thank God). But the plant was super fucking healthy so who knows how it would react in par or sub par levels.

so far there’s not a distinct smell on the buds, I think that’s because all of the green material still in the flowers. I smoked some keef from the lower-early-buds and they taste super pine-y and blocked out the flavors of keef from other buds. We’ll see after 6 weeks of curing.

No pics this time but next

Happy to finish the thread though

Best,

Dt