In ACE, we trust.

OH yeah!! 5 Congo ladies came to the party!! (only 1 was too shy to come) All of them showed tap root and broke soil at a few hours from each others so I am not able to rank plants from 1 to 5 for phenotype vigour. I am keeping a close eye on next phase.

Congo update! They are all doing well. This week I can start to see difference in plant phenotypes: Both plant 4 and 5 are the smallest but were born with 3 fingers first set of leaves. On all seeds I've germinated only ACE's A5 Haze had that characteristic. So I am pretty excited about that. Plant 1 and 3 are similar with plant 2 with the exception plant 2 is the only one complaining about my soil. Notice the burned edges on leaves. This reminds me Highroller's 909 pheno from last run. They are all in same soil mix so plant 2 is definitely more sensitive. Plants were kept under a humidity dome (my RH is about 25% = bad for seedlings...) Their stem are stretching a bit and not getting strong so I had to remove the dome and set a fan. Also at the moment plants are moved from tent to tent (in flower) to receive constant light schedule. I am getting fed up to have to do this twice a day so I need to fix my setup.

The Congos are getting bigger!! They where put under a small 250w MH a few days ago. This was my very first grow light I bought 10 years ago. Old school fixture with built in dry ballast. Since, they got better colour. Also nodes are staying more thigh. Also set a small fan all those things help you already know.... My guess at this point are plant 4 and 5 will be similar, 1 and 3 a different pheno and the 2nd one might be a third phenotype. Heat is at least a month too early this year with record breaking temps. This is ok for now but I just cannot keep the 24 light schedule. As I live in Canada (Quebec) cannabis is fully legal and sold by the government but grown by licensed producers. Last week I found some Congo, couldn't resist to spend a few dollar to sample it!! Congo was great!!!

Congos are hungry! I am giving them some nutrients this week. They have pretty uniform folliage so far. Plant 2 is still the tallest growing with lots of Auxin. She got topped 2 days ago at 6 inches but she is still not branching out! Instead she grew an extra inch. Plant 1 and 3 remain similar, and Plant 4 and 5 are the shortest and most compact shortie style.

Congos have been transplanted and did not complained at all between soiless mix with bottle nutrients VS real soil and water. Growth have exploded despite they are all slow to start branching out. Plant 2 is the tallest and will be topped again in a few days in desperate attempt to give a chance to lower shoots to grow. Plant 1, 3 & 4 looking similar and plant 5 is bushy compact maybe more indica, looking forward to see the PCK influence. This is last week before flipping as I need to fit them 5 in a 4x4 tent.

Lights schedule is changes today going to 12-12. I started to tie down some branch to control vertical growth but broke a main top on plant 2. Nothing to cry for. They are all healthy looking.

Dear fellow diary follers, got busy as a relative passed away. I am now now helping a family business my new job (until Sept 1st) is to gather and take picture to make service calls. It sucks. So I come home I do something else.... Well, Congo sure did not stop growing as they fully established themselves during week 7 (missing). Phenotypes expressions have showed up. On the right, (plant 1 and 2) have grown crazy almost out of control. These 2 havemore than tripled in size since flip. In the centre plant 4 is small and compact. On the right I have 2 more manageable size plants (plant 3 and 5) that are just a few inch short from tripled since flip.

This week we can clearly see the different phenos: 1 and 2 would be African Sativa dominant, 3 and 5 are purpling and look like Ace signature's pheno. Plant 4 is the shorty small mysterious one. Despite it's smaller stature about 14 in. against 48 in, the Indica genes associated to smaller size are usually expressed along with the purple distinctive colour of the PCK used in this cross. But she still stands fully green. As the height and heat kept increased I had to swap the HPS to led boards. Vertical flower formation are looking good and we shall see some rewarding colas in a few weeks.

Landlord is having the cable company re-done all wiring. It feels like the panic button had been pushed! I had to put apart 2 tents, lights, ventilation ducting, all wiring and everything. Took 2 days to remove everything. So this is my bathroom update! Gotta hide 5 huge Congos in middle of flowering and it is the only place I have! Also had to swap days and nights light schedule. Well, let's hope for the best that it was not to stressful for them. This gave me the opportunity to properly stake plant 2, and to take a good look at them. Sizes vary from 5 to 2 foot high.

This tent is packed from wall to wall, but just before being overcrowded. These Congo have stretched a lot! Plant 1 is bulking up and will probably have the best looking colas. Plant 2 have those Sativa sword like flowers and is showing a small mutation, small buds growing from the center of two leaves. Plant 3 and 4 are the purple ones, both look pretty upset for some unknown reason: they have dropping leaves all over. I tried to changed my watering schedule without any impact. I was told it's hard to have nutrient toxicity with Organic soil, and I did not add any Nitrogen source since 2 runs. Plant 5 in the centre is doing her things without any concern.

Good news and bad news: Caitlyn Jenner stopped by for a small visit. Plant 2 decided to push a few bananas on one of it's mutant leaves. It seems to be very isolated and I did not found any other ones. Keeping a close eye on her. Well beside that all 5 Congo are beefing up seriously. Seem like this strain have a lot of diversity in it as I have 5 different phenotypes. Smell is amazing: grape, berries, and sweet. While plant 1 and 2 have a woody, lemony, haze background, plant 4 is having the cheese smell from the PCK. Plant 3 is my favorite. Resin production seems to be poor on plant 1 and 5, wile 3 and 2 are getting heavy and sticky. Also 3,4, and 5 are having their firsts brown pistils.

End of week 7, beginning of week 8 of flower. Great progressions. All 5 plants are starting to mature, while pheno 2 would be the latest and 4 is a few days ahead. Plant 1 is so far all green with skinny buds. It could be awesome but so far she is the less promising. Smell is fantastic with woody, lemon and vanilla undertones. She will be a low producer. Despite I have good light I think she would enjoy more: 2 of her 4 main stems are between the 2 lights and are chunkier with rounder tips while the 2 in the back are skinny, Plant 2 is also a green one with huge chunky Sativa swords like flowers. With some haze smell background, she started to collapse on herself after resin production geared up this week. Plant 3 is having the most purple colour and looks PCK dominant. Smell is sweet with berry notes. Resin production is good buds are mid ferm. Plant 4 is huge and chunky with fist size hard heavy buds that are resinous like a true champion. She is the most advanced and is entering harvest window. Gonna have to keep a close eye for bud rot. Deep berry smell. At least 2 weeks. Plant 5 stayed short with not dense flower. Smell have some pine and berry notes. I am curious to taste her has she looks like PCK green pheno witch is supposed to be stronger the the purple one,

Growing Congo is rewarding: nice chunky colourful smelling flowers! This week plants are maturing and gaining weight, all are still at early ripening stage. They drink a lot! They are really beautiful plants! Today it's rainy outside so I opened up the tent zipper to enjoy their company. They seems to have made it trough the Nitrogen overdose.. Calyx to leaf ratio is good to excellent and the smell is dank. Coming week weather is 40C with rain so it will be very humid for late flowering ladies. These Congo are rated as high tolerant to mold and botrytis but this is not ideal. At least 2 more weeks for everyone!

This is week 9 beginning. The 5 Congo are enjoying their days taking their time to finish in beauty. Even it feels like little changes can be seen from last week, we all know it's better if they have time to produce more resin and bulk up. Plant 1, 2 and 5 are keeping their green colour and at this point of the growth they won't turn purple. First plant is still the one who have the best smell. Plant 2 is having a complete yellow out of her fan leaves as she matures slowly. They are still firmly attached to the stem so I've only plug a few. Plant 5 is the dwarf mysterious phenotype with probably a good mix of Bangi Congo and PCK Green pheno. All green ones have a paint thinner and lemon smell background. Plant 4 is the chunkiest plant I have ever grown. Hard to show in pics. Standing at about 2 feet tall from the ground her biggest top is about the size of a fist. She is foxtailing beautifully with purple hues. Plant 3 is mostly purple with nice layers of trichomes, probably the one with the most PCK influence. Smell on those two is mostly berries and sweet. I did remove a few leaves but only to improve light penetration. Don't wan't to disturb them. Not going to say 2 more weeks but maybe 10 to 14 days.

Week 10! This is probably the last entry before harvest. Harvest should be bountiful! All 5 plants are not exactly at the same stage of ripening. Biggest concern is with plant 2 as she is dying. All her leaves are yellow and some have started to fall. Not drinking much anymore. Most of the plant is ready but the tops did not get enough time to swell completely in my humble opinion. Still she looks absolutely gorgeous. Other concern is pheno 1 she is definitely on the early side of the harvest time frame. I refuse to set my 2nd tent for a few days and this very tent will be the dry room. Call it laziness but I am just really busy and out of space so she will have to go down with her sister pheno 2. Plant 3 and 4 are done and 5 can be done by the next few days. Plant 3 still have a fair amount of white hair but she keeps reflowering and her trichomes are milky all the way. Great looking colours with the purple calyx, green leaves and white trichs. Plant 4 some parts are ready the 2 main top could benefit a few more days to get a thicker layer of frost. In the same time those 2 fist size tops are so huge and huge tops are never the frostiest. Her flower are the most beautiful I have ever grown with colour and texture. Plant 5 is having some buds ready in the bottom and middle. She turned out surprisingly good!

Final results is a harvest of happiness, this strain is a great mood enhancer!!! Almost alll phenotypes are offering consistent effects, the purple ones being a bit more narcotic but also were fully ripped when chopped. Plant 1 was not ripped at all when chopped; what a shame and I can only blame my laziness for not giving her the chance to shine. She will goes in the oven for decarb and will be used to cook a buffet of deserts for friends and co-workers. Plant 2, ended a giant green sativa with 3 main 22 inches long old school landrace type of flowers. Beautiful, long foxtail grape that spirals. Once dried, the smell is fruity, paint thinner, and floral. Effects are clean: forget about Malawi or modern Haze hybrid head rush. It smokes slowly, but gets you high as a kite. Might be rated as 15% thc but unknown cannabinoids are offering a decent buzz. She have a very few purple calyx in the chore of some dense buds. Plant 3 finished with the most purple colour and is my very first plant who kept it's colours after drying. She flowered like a PCK would on a sativa branch, with an extra touch of foxtailing. Calyx are full purple and covered with layers of thricomes. This pheno was a great resin producer. Smell once dried is more fruity and herbal, floral. Effects are more relaxing but still not couch lock. Plant 4 was the chunkiest plant I've ever grown. After drying was done, smell is on the grape side, some sweet and floral notes. This one is the best resin producer of all. Sticky dense old school flower, she would have been a monster outside. Purple colour is mostly gone-melted with her darker green colour. Decent layer of frost all over. Effects are clean but again no rush, just sit, smoke and be lit. Plant 5 is more herbal and blend. Is it Congo 3 dominent in the cross? Was it crossed with PCK and Bangi Congo for taste? Effects are just has enjoyable as other sisters. Perfect day-morning toke. Keeps you in the zone, focus but not running, still ready to run if you have too. She was the smallest of all and stayed fully green. Overall, effects are consistent on all plants. This is the weed you want to have for sports, social, daytime, morning, week end, worksite... Congo is just perfect as it's not heavy and medium THC content. Crop got pollinated somehow as there is a very limited amount of seeds in all phenotype: after smoking about 15-20 grams I've collected 5 seeds. I will be growing it again.