Super Skunk

LIGHTS: 180w Hydrogrow L.E.D

NUTRIENTS: Hesi Co - Co, Hesizyme

SYSTEM: Autopot with Mapito and Bat Guano

" I was gifted a handful of Super Skunk clones then placed under a 120w CFL till they were one week old. I fed only mild nutrients till they were big enough to plant into the Autopot system. This is the first time using this kind of system. It basically acts as a bottom feeding wick system that uses no pumps or electric.

In Week 1, I connect the valves for the Autopot and fill my reservoir up. I use Hesi Coco all part feed and Hesizyme. The PH of the tap water here is very alkaline so I carefully adjust the P.H and E.C accordingly. My medium has Guano kalong bat guano mixed in and also volcanic ash. I hope these will add flavour to my final crop and should keep plant vitality to a high standard. I have decided to veg the plants for 3 weeks on 14 hours of light and 10 dark and will flower for 7 weeks, as this strain is an early finisher. The plants have grown up and now you can feel the roots are tight and deep within the medium.

They are really soaking up the L.E.D which I have hanging 2ft above the plants. I have fans blowing against the walls so not directly onto the plants, so the stems are growing stronger. By week 2, the difference is size is impressive and now the clones are filling out like a bush. Because of the 10 hours of darkness, the plants are producing big white fluffy pre-flowers all over. The plant vitality looks amazing and each leaf has a metallic green shine, as well as all new growth displaying trichomes. I refill the reservoir and check PH and E.C. It is week 3, by now the clones are around 12 inches tall and have a stocky look about them. I will increase the E.C and see how the clones react as I prepare to induce flowering. To shake the plants by the stem they are tough and sturdy. So far I am really impressed with this strain and the smells when you enter the room, are a warm strong skunk. The first week of Flower, I changed the light cycle to 12/12 and also filled the reservoir according to the food chart. The plants grew very quickly and the colour is a deeper green than before with dark reds from the leaf stems. The health of the plants are awesome and the vigour is very impressive. Week 2 of Flower and now all of the plants have climbed up by 10 inches or so. It looks like they will finish at a height of around 2 ft with a Christmas tree shape. I add more fans now that the canopy is really thick and try my best to create and even air flow throughout the garden.

By week 3 of Flower, I was right about these girls staying at a height of 2 feet which is good considering they were quite small when they went in. The flowers that are appearing are like big white fluffy spiked balls. Trichomes all over them and a strong sharper lemon scent. I am really excited to see how these will fill out. I up my E.C and slam the girls. I only have 50 days to flower before they finish. On week 4 : The plants now have really gone for it and within a week the stems have turned wooden and nearly doubled in width. The Autopots are doing a good job also. It is day 28 and not long to go. All the new growth is heavy with trichomes that are big and sugar looking. The Christmas tree shape is evident and I am beginning to see what my yield will be like. Week 5 and the buds are forming very thick and round. Harvesting these buds will not take long at all.

The calyx to leaf ratio is very high so this saves me extra work. I would defiantly recommend this strain to anyone who is not a big fan of the scissors. The whole plant has buds shooting from every site. Rather than one big cola effect it is more like loads of round nugs planted all over. Very simple to grow. It simply grows itself. It is week 6 so in 2 weeks I will chop. Now I decide to only feed PH adjusted water into the reservoir and Hydrozyme to ensure a clean flushed final product. The biomass of these buds are ridiculous and hard to squeeze. When touched the smell is deep lemon. Not the sharp Super Lemon Haze we are all use but a heavy floral lemon. I am really looking forward to this harvest. Finally onto the last week of flower. The buds are ripening very nicely. and the colours are orange and green. Very large orange hairs on the buds which are totally sticky to touch. I will take it to day 50 and chop as I have some new clones arriving I will be putting in their place. Harvesting these buds is really simple and each plant took around 15 mins to trim well. I remove all the buds and fill my dry net. The size of these buds are eye catching. Very light green and sparkly with trichomes. I will leave to dry in my drying net and will weigh it in around 1 week when it is dry.

Harvest : Off 4 plants, an Autopot and L.E.D, I harvested just over 27 ounces totally dry. Big thick stinky light green nugs. There was one plant that produced a little more than the others but a big yield for a 10 week cycle! I would recommend this strain highly. It is very easy to grow and to smoke the buds taste deep and citric and the smell of smoke in the air is strong. The buzz is immediate with a very chatty energetic skunk with a relaxing edge. "