Tom bolenate
2021 COE Winner
Hi all,
Here a few inputs of my Ortega grow.
Let's start by a little sum up of the beginning.
Started from old seeds that where poorly stored.
Don't have the exact figures in mind but germ rate was very good.... The fem/male ratio was crazy.
7 fem out of 9 plants.... Had to sacrifice one for space matter.
Kept one male to make F2 but abandoned the idea since.... So the male went to the compost pile...
They had about 1 month of growth and were between 30 and 40 cm height when put on 12/12.
A bit early for me, I usually like to grow that kind of plant till they reach preflower stage.... But was a bit in a hurry.
I think this may have delayed a bit flowering oncet.
Plants are in 3ltr pot of coco/perlite mix.
Feeding a bit aggressively... Ghe 3 parts, program k feeding schedule at full steight, ph at 6... No fancy additives or snake oil powder added... I try to keep things simples and effectives.
Just some silica powder (mineral magic) once a week to renforce the structure and help to keep them healthy.
All plants are at 38 days 12/12.
So now let me introduced you:
ORTEGA1.
General shape.
Top bud shot.
86 cm.
Tight branch structure... They keep very close to the trunk.
Smell is mostly lemony with a strange kind of sweetness in background... Something between Orgeat syrup and the paper glue we used at school (late 70's I'm not that young)....not unpleasant but not my stuff.
Low resin and slow flowering.
Look like it will yield very well.
ORTEGA 2.
Very close to O1 in any aspects.
82cm.
Same kind of smell but less prounonced.
Top bud pictures....
Won't edit more general structure Pic for others plants...
They are not good.... But you can see them in my galerie if you want.
ORTEGA 3.
78cm
more open structure than 1 & 2.
Smell is sweet fruity but no berries with light lemon touch on the background.
Seems to flower a bit faster.
A bit more resin too.
1 male flower detected end of week 4.
ORTEGA 4.
67 cm.... Smallest one.
Semi open structure.
Very small bud tightly packed against the trunk.
Will yield low.
Smells is totally different on this one..
Very kushy.... But sweater....
This plant was very different looking that all the others.
Pistills are Biggers and very curly.
1 male flower detected at end of week 5.
ORTEGA 5.
85cm.
Look a bit similar to 1 & 2 in structure and shape.
Smell is very lemony with roasted /toasted smells in background..... I really like it.
Significantly more resin on this one...
Flower a bit faster than the others.
2 male flowers detected end of week4.
ORTEGA 6.
84 cm.
Close to 5 in look and structure.
Smell is indescriptible but very pleasant.
The most resinous plant of the bunch.
Slower than 5.
My preferred one with 5.
About the male flowers found on 3 plants:
I inspect all plants very carefully twice a week since flowering oncet.
All these males flowers were seen at the very bottom of the plants (at the first level I kept, all the bottom parts of plants have been pruned) and all where preflowers....nothing in buds.
So cannot really say than I have faced any hermi problem till now.
All plants have a nice smell but nothing overly pungent....disctets plants odor wise.
Here a few inputs of my Ortega grow.
Let's start by a little sum up of the beginning.
Started from old seeds that where poorly stored.
Don't have the exact figures in mind but germ rate was very good.... The fem/male ratio was crazy.
7 fem out of 9 plants.... Had to sacrifice one for space matter.
Kept one male to make F2 but abandoned the idea since.... So the male went to the compost pile...
They had about 1 month of growth and were between 30 and 40 cm height when put on 12/12.
A bit early for me, I usually like to grow that kind of plant till they reach preflower stage.... But was a bit in a hurry.
I think this may have delayed a bit flowering oncet.
Plants are in 3ltr pot of coco/perlite mix.
Feeding a bit aggressively... Ghe 3 parts, program k feeding schedule at full steight, ph at 6... No fancy additives or snake oil powder added... I try to keep things simples and effectives.
Just some silica powder (mineral magic) once a week to renforce the structure and help to keep them healthy.
All plants are at 38 days 12/12.
So now let me introduced you:
ORTEGA1.
General shape.
Top bud shot.
86 cm.
Tight branch structure... They keep very close to the trunk.
Smell is mostly lemony with a strange kind of sweetness in background... Something between Orgeat syrup and the paper glue we used at school (late 70's I'm not that young)....not unpleasant but not my stuff.
Low resin and slow flowering.
Look like it will yield very well.
ORTEGA 2.
Very close to O1 in any aspects.
82cm.
Same kind of smell but less prounonced.
Top bud pictures....
Won't edit more general structure Pic for others plants...
They are not good.... But you can see them in my galerie if you want.
ORTEGA 3.
78cm
more open structure than 1 & 2.
Smell is sweet fruity but no berries with light lemon touch on the background.
Seems to flower a bit faster.
A bit more resin too.
1 male flower detected end of week 4.
ORTEGA 4.
67 cm.... Smallest one.
Semi open structure.
Very small bud tightly packed against the trunk.
Will yield low.
Smells is totally different on this one..
Very kushy.... But sweater....
This plant was very different looking that all the others.
Pistills are Biggers and very curly.
1 male flower detected at end of week 5.
ORTEGA 5.
85cm.
Look a bit similar to 1 & 2 in structure and shape.
Smell is very lemony with roasted /toasted smells in background..... I really like it.
Significantly more resin on this one...
Flower a bit faster than the others.
2 male flowers detected end of week4.
ORTEGA 6.
84 cm.
Close to 5 in look and structure.
Smell is indescriptible but very pleasant.
The most resinous plant of the bunch.
Slower than 5.
My preferred one with 5.
About the male flowers found on 3 plants:
I inspect all plants very carefully twice a week since flowering oncet.
All these males flowers were seen at the very bottom of the plants (at the first level I kept, all the bottom parts of plants have been pruned) and all where preflowers....nothing in buds.
So cannot really say than I have faced any hermi problem till now.
All plants have a nice smell but nothing overly pungent....disctets plants odor wise.
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