Barney’s Glookies

Scampi All seeds have germinated and taken off well! The first 2 weeks I have a few visitors with me, but then they move out once they reach a certain size and only the Glookies stays in the tent 👍🏻

Scampi The plants are growing well, but the two Runtz muffins have strange deformities when it comes to growth 🤔 I hope they pull through, but the Glookies are doing great 😁 The Glookies will also go into their final container this week, and the other 4 little ones are moving out 👋🏼

Scampi The Glookies has handled the repotting well and is slowly starting to spread out. In the first few days after repotting, I only watered with root complex since the soil is always a bit pre-fertilized. Depending on how fast it grows this week, I’ll start with LST in a few days and would top it around the end of this week or the beginning of next week. However, I don’t want to tie the plant down completely with LST; I want to maintain the classic characteristics of a topped plant in the end, so I’ll just guide the side branches a bit before the SCROG is applied 😁

Scampi This week started a bit stressful for the little one.. since she grew quite fast, I decided to top her a bit earlier than planned. I also properly defoliated her and started tying down the main stem. I topped the lower side shoots as well and forced them further horizontal. I think that's enough stress for the Glookies for now, I'm going to wait a few days so she can recover 🌱

Scampi The last few days she got to recover a bit and I completely left her alone. All the topped heads have sprouted new growth, and I can now continue 👍🏻 Since this is my first LST, I was a bit unsure at the beginning and I definitely didn't do everything right from the start, but now I'm gaining confidence and it's incredibly fun to "steer" the plant 😎 I don't have a specific plan going forward; I'll see how she develops in the next few days and decide spontaneously! First, I'll tie her down a bit more and increase the nutrients a little 🍁

Scampi At the end of last week, she had a bit of a hard time after the last bending and cutting. The day after the cutting, the fertilizer was too much for her, and she suffered slight burns on the lower leaves. I then dialed the fertilizer down to almost zero for 2-3 days, and she bounced back 😁 This morning she looked great again and is growing further now 🌱 I just want to let her grow a bit more, set up the SCROG, and then finally send her into flowering 🍁 Let's see if it's ready by the end of this week 😎

Scampi This week has started off really well, I switched the time to 12/12 two days ago! After all the training, it really took her a bit to start growing normally again, but now she’s really “exploding”!! 💥😍 I’m curious to see how she develops in the next few days of the flowering phase 😁

Scampi I love the time in flowering when the plant stretches out 😍 By now, as you can see in the photos, it has really become a bush and fills the whole tent without SCROG. Let's see if the net is even necessary; I'll wait until it starts to bloom and then decide spontaneously! 🍁

Scampi I haven't been home for the last 10 days, and a lot has happened! Yesterday, I had to do some serious defoliation and pull the SCROG in, and distribute the branches a bit better. She stretched a lot during my absence... All in all, she looks more than good and is starting to bloom now 😁 I'm curious to see how she behaves in the coming weeks; it's definitely not comparable to the previous Glookies! 🍁

Scampi Last week wasn't very spectacular, she needed to recover from the defoliation and thinning, but now she's happily growing again and the buds are getting bigger 😁 The smell has actually developed quite well over the last week, she has a wonderful citrus aroma again 😍 From now on, it's all about fertilizing and waiting.. 🌱🍁

Scampi The buds are getting denser and are taking on a pink color 🍁😎 The plant looks super healthy and shows no signs of deficiencies or over-fertilization! From now on, it will be fertilized for about 3 more weeks and then flushed with water for 1-2 weeks, depending on how quickly it ripens. In the last weeks of fertilization, I will increase the phosphorus fertilizer a bit and see how it reacts! It doesn't seem to be prone to over-fertilization 😁 I'm really curious to see how big and heavy the buds will get 🌱😍

Scampi Everything is going well, I'm going to keep fertilizing for about 1-2 more weeks, then I'll flush! Other than that, there's nothing exciting to report, I looked through the microscope for the first time today, but of course all the trichomes were still clear 🤷🏽‍♂️ So just keep watering and wait 🙄👍🏼

Scampi I was away for a few days, had everything automated, but apparently the plant got a bit too much water, so the humidity was pretty high.. I had to remove a small spot of mold from one bud 😒 Otherwise, it looks great, the leaves are slowly entering the ripening process, but the trichomes are mostly still clear. I think I'll start watering this week, then I'll be flexible regarding the harvest in the next 2 weeks. I'm curious if it will be as beautifully colorful after the nutrient flush as it was last time 🍁😍

Scampi So far, everything is good, she's been flushed with clear water for almost a week now and looks accordingly 😅 I'm having some issues with mold in the tent, there were 2 small buds affected, so I defoliated heavily again to improve air circulation a bit.. She just needs to hold on for a few more days, then she'll finally be ready to come down ✂️ I'll keep an eye on the mold in the next few days, but actually, nothing else should come up now.. 🍁🌱

Scampi All in all, the grow went well, I was just hoping for a bit more yield with the training since I had an extra 4 weeks in the growth phase.. but it definitely also had a bit to do with the external conditions. Still, Glookies is a great strain that I can only recommend 👍🏻 I will, however, try out 2 new strains in the next round 🌱🍁😁