Indoor Blackstrap - Gnome Automatics x Brother Mendel

[ExNavyInSTL]

Day 1 - Photos & Notes​

This run is only about one plant: Blackstrap

As most people in this forum know, this plant oroginates from a collaboration between Gnome Automatics x Brother Mendel.

She is joining 3 other strains that are 40 days in progress in a 4 x 4 tent. Those four plants are being grown in AutoPots and fed by Jack's 3-2-1.

However, this plant is growing in a 3.5 gallon SIP bucket with GroBucket Guts feeding on FloraFlex. More on this later.

This is my first time running FloraFlex. They have a Sampler Pack that runs $55 or so.

More on the Strain's Details

Strain: Blackstrap
Lineage: Collabortion between Full Duplex's (Gnome Automatics) Anvil F7 x with Brother Mendel's Black Label Cookies III

I'll just copy and paste the other details (from Gnome's website):

• Indica/sativa 50/50
• Cycle time: 65-75 days
• Dimensions: Depends on container size, 1 gal pots yield 2-3-foot plants
• High Yield Method: 5 gal pots or Beds
• Recommended Light Cycle: 18/6 or 20/4 (Will flower under 24 hrs)
• Aroma and Flavor: Spice, bakery smells, and menthol
• Lab Tested THC: 18-24%
• Odor: High
• Grow Environment: Indoor, Outdoor, and Greenhouse

If all goes well, it should look something like this:

Photo from Gnome Automatics Website

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Inspiration:

I created this meme to inspire me through the next 2 weeks.

I'm infamous for my excessive mothering.

My behavior with seedlings borders on Munchausen-syndrome-by-Proxy.

I'm shotgunning a bunch of facts here, so to keep this post from becoming TLDR I'll finish here.

More TDLR to come ...

 

[Lil Dab]

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Day 2 - Just Photos

It's a slow part of the grow, so pardon my photographic indugence.

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

How this Grow is Gonna Go

I mentioned earlier that I am using a modified version of the typical GroBucket setup.

In my case, it is a 3.5 gallon (13.25 l) bucket. I did this to shorten the soil surface where it matched the AutoPots already in the tent.

Above: This is what the final product looks like

Now Let's Take a Look at How We Got Here

Below: I took this picture a couple of months ago. The 4 AutoPots are now loaded with an eclectic group of plants.

The bucket goes in the middle. I'm running 2 x MarsHydro SP-3000s and between those two lights I was getting at least 45 DLI in the center with the lights almost 4-feet high.

Just to bring everything full circle, here are the 4 plants this Blackstrap are going to be bunking with for a while.

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Day 3 -- Helmet Wars Beging Today

I'm No Seedling Slayer (Yet)

Woke up this AM to what looked a 4-year-old trying to remove a t-shirt.

At least that's the way I saw this Blackstrap Seedling trying to shed that helmet.

So, I whipped out the camera and started having fun.

As for the Grow:

• The Tent Conditions are perfect.
• She's still in the Humidity Dome getting lots of humidity.
• I'm going to keep the Dome in Play a little longer than I normally do.
• By keeping her in there, it might help retard the desire to water her.

Get ready for some artsy-farsty photo fun.

Some of the pictures may look like duplicates, they are all idividual shots that I took to the Glamor Studio.

Enjoy!

 

[JP1]

 

[FarmerJake]

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Right after the photos were taken.

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[ExNavyInSTL]

Day 4 - Photos & Notes

I woke up to what I thought was going to be a breech baby.

The helmet was removed just ofter last nights photos.

Then this morning I was expected two cotelydons to mimic Dumbo's Ears.

Except they were tightly held together mimicing a duck's bill.

There was a thin membrane still attached that was acting like the band on restaurant lobster's claws.

I removed most of it and thankfully this afternoon she was ready for some photo studio time.

Special Note: I have only given just a tiny bit of microbes and root stimulator. Plus, a few water spritizes to the face with the spray bottle.

 

[ExNavyInSTL]

Day 5 - Blackstrap Photos