Spring 2021

6/8 Started to see hairs on the Zkittles OG and the GSC but not the NL yet. All girls are looking green and healthy with the Zkittles and GSC looking very similar with fat leaves and squat structure. The NL has a little thinner leaf and a slightly taller but not by much. The Zkittles displayed an interesting leaf characteristic. It popped its single leafs, then tri leafs then 5 leafs then another node of 5 leafs before popping 7 leafs. I have not noticed that before on a plant. The other 2 seem to be normal with single, tri, 5 leaf and 7 leaf on each node. Waiting 3 full days for next water. 6/10 Noticing some spots with possibly lighter edges on leaves on the CBD seems like maybe cal-mag def Made light nute mix 1lt water, 1/4 tsp cal-mag, 1/2 tsp grow big, 1/4 of 1/4 tsp open sesame Gave a little around the stem base to all plants. This is the first time giving any nutes other than recharge to the auto's and the white widow fem. The autos appear to be doing fine with good green color and growth. The are squat bushy girls that are starting to develop some smell. The NL still has no signs of hairs yet but has a smell. The Zkittles and GSC hairs are quite visible now without having to get close to see them. This is why the nutes are light but mixed for a pre-flower stage. Last watering I tried the new watering can but that was an epic fail. The top of soil seem hydrophobic in a way and most of the water from the can ran off down the sides and into the fabric pot sides where it started dripping out to the floor. So I switched back to the pump sprayer, it seems that there needs to be a disturbance from the spray to get the soil to start to take in the water. I am not sure if I over watered due to this mess up, I am almost certain I did a little and will need to let the girls dryout a bit longer before next watering. 6/11 I added a top cover layer of sand to all the plants. I have been researching the fungus gnat issue and this seems to be a good solution without pesticides. I also ordered a pack of nemotodes but the same as the last time I ordered some, the box shows up warm and the icepack in the pack is no longer frozen or even cold. It gets too hot in transit and they do not survive. :( I had the same thing happen last year and I tried them anyways and did not see any results so assuming they were dead. I put this pack in the fridge and will try them anyways if the sand is not a 100% fix. I have other house plants that are having fungus gnat issues as well. Maybe some of them survived the hot UPS truck 🤷 When I applied the sand I noticed the gnats started flying around and did not seem too like what was going on. I put out fresh / flipped over the stickie traps and have not seen any new bugs on them. Seems like a good sign. Now the plants remind me of one of those zen sand garden things where you rake the sand around the rocks. Almost want to put a couple of rocks in and do that just for lols. 6/13 I have removed all sticky traps from area, the sand seems to be a success. 0 new signs of fungus gnats. :) The Zkittles OG and GSC are showing definite hairs and are in pre-flower / flower stage going into week 4. These girls also showed signs of needing water before the NL and white widow that are still in veg stage. I moved both girls together under their own light, brought the light a little closer for the flower stage and gave them a dose of week 4 FF nutes. I would like to work towards just doing dry amendments with something like Gia Green but for now I have invested in FF nute lineup and am going to use them up first. This is the first dose of nutes I have given any of these girls other than the recharge. The NL looks really good and healthy but for some reason is not showing any sign of pre-flower hairs. The NL is supposed to be an 8wk and the GSC is 9 week and the zkittles OG is an 11 week. So I have time but am a little concerned that this auto is not showing any signs going into week 4. The White Widow photo is growing tall fast and catching up to the GSC in height. Last time we grew WW it was a White Widow X Big Bud that had explosive growth in a hydro 5-gal bucket grow. Did 2 of them and by the time they hit flower they both took up one whole side of a 5x5 tent by themselves. Super bushy and fast growth. Maybe this one will be similar. I have not watered the WW and NL yet as they are not showing signs of needing water yet. The CBD is looking much better after the adjustments and recharge / cal mag from this week, she also did not show signs of needing water today.