CBDream DWC

Day 1 week 2: first plant seems to like the tent so far, running light at 40%, roughly 85 watts actual. Its thrown roots into the water reservoir, so Im expecting it to really take off soon. Transplanted runt into cloning setup, if it survives the next week I will likely throw it into 12/12 and bonsai it. Nothing too notable with the 2nd plant to sprout, its dancing, and has its 2nd set of leaves starting. May move it outdoors once veg really kicks in.

Started LST on the biggest plant, bent down the main stem, it righted itself the next morning, will be topping soon, probably by the end of this week Light wattage was upped from 40% to 50% last week, set to 60% keeping an eye out for light burn, but Ill be pushing this plant hard to try to prove what can be done with dwc The 2nd plant was transferred to a soil pot, and will be transplanted outdoors in the next 2 weeks, still just water, no nutes Just topped the main plant, and will be "manifolding" or "mainlining" it Waited to see 5th node, topped down to 3rd node, and removed all foliage below the new top node and fan leaves

As you can see on the main plant, I LST'd too hard, and cracked both stems, the left side seems to be recovering faster than the right. I didnt want to tape the stems, so I twist tied them together to make contact at the break point, and then used a wad of paper twist tied to the first twist tie in order to spread the 2 tops apart a bit, each one seems to have 3 sets of leaves, with a 4th one starting. Its a bummer, but Im hoping she pulls through this. I dont have high expectations for the "clone" I took after topping, but we'll see if it roots. The soil plant is still growing much slower than its hydro sister, but it IS growing.

As for the main plant, it had a rough week last week. The left side seems to be recovering much better than the right, most of the foliage on the right had died off, and needed to be removed, as of now it only has 2 living growth tips This strain doesnt seem to be responding well to LST, and when only bent down to level, healthy branches break without warning, this strain may do better in s SoG setup I had 2 root issues last week, one of my airstones became disconnected from the pump, and I miscalculated my hydroguard, and started to get some minor root rot The "clone" I took hadnt rooted in over 10 days, and so I culled it and added 2 more airstones to my main rez, which the roots seem to like I also topped the soil plant once it had 6 nodes, down to the 3rd node, and stripped some of the foliage Midweek update: The hydro plant roots are recovering after adding more air and hydroguard, i had initially under dosed it with my water change. The potted plant was moved to a 3(?) Gal pot outdoors and seems to be liking it so far, its on a balcony that faces east but gets shade in the morning. One of the growth tips on the left had a minor break and is recovering, but slower than the other.

As you can see, Ive started scrogging, and added a clip fan. I plan to flip to flower once the net fills in more evenly, Ive done some defoliation and removed bottom fan leaves, they were being blocked out by new growth up top. My light is running at 80% power, which should be about 180 watts, and I raised it a few inches because the very top leaves look a little stressed. I made the same mistake of breaking one of the 2 main stems on my outdoor plant, and despite taping it to encourage healing, that branch wilted and died off. Since it should have another month and a half before flower starts, I may transplant it to a 5 gal bucket at some point. The indoor plant is filling back in really well, and as soon as the right side meets the scrog net, ill flip to flower. The outdoor plant looks like a more sativa leaning pheno, with longer internode spacing, these were from fem seeds though so Im not worried about it being a male

Well, this is it, just reduced light to 12/12, flowering will officially start tomorrow night. Light is set to 70% I did a water change, had to undo the scrog net, air lines, etc to do it, roots are all pearly white. Its drinking about a gallon every 3 days, and im replacing with 36ml/gal total base solution (12ml each 3 part) 4ml calmag and hydroguard is staying the same Raising the light up caused the temps to come down quite a bit, even with the tent shut, because now the light is sitting pretty close to directly under the outlet. The tent will have to stay shut now during the day because even in veg the plant is throwing off enough to smell a faint "something" through the house. Ill try to get a daily photo for the next few weeks so we can accurately guage the daily growth. Day 6: last night my clip on fan fell on the back left corner, I moved it onto the edge of the light

This stretch at the beginning of flower is no joke! We're starting week 2 now, hopefully its almost done stretching, the height and density are crazy, my light is out of room to go any higher now. I slowly upped nutes throughout the week this week/last week by replacing absorbed water with a slightly stronger solution. I installed my 2nd scrog net day 1 pm, day 2 pic was taken at noon, and its already several inches above the net, hopefully it doesnt outgrow the tent! Pistils starting to show day 3 Day 4 AM: more pistils showing, did some defoliation on lower branches, and took 6 clones, once they root theyll get 1-2 weeks of veg and get treated with colloidal silver to make fem seeds Day 6: did some heavy defoliation, a little late, but hopefully it helps Maxed out my light height by taking it off adjusters, its sitting almost right at the top of my tent My ppms have been drifting up throughout the week, decided to top off with 2 gal of plain water to bring them down, my meter read 2000 ppm, if thats right, im shocked it didnt cause burning Day 7: I did a more extreme defoliation, I shouldve done more before flipping.

Last week I realized that topping off the rez with full strength nutrient water had upped my ppms to 2000, and Ph to almost 7 I mixed a fresh batch of 10ml and saw ppms in the 1700 range, so I watered it down to 1200, 8 ml/gal is just an estimate this week unfortunately. I added 2.5 ml/gal big bud day 1 week 3 afternoon, Ppms should coming in at 1300 I finally got an accurate height measurement, and given the plant distance decided to turn the light power down to 60%, which should be around 120-130 watts, which is plenty for a 2x2 Did a water change week 3 day 1, used a transfer pump and it was fairly easy, just took a while More pistils are starting to show up now I've decided to start measuring ppm/ph as both creeped up too high last week. I cant vouch for how well ph perfect nutes work when changed weekly as directed, but they cant go 2 weeks without being measured and adjusted, and at full strength, Im sure they would burn plants. Day 2: ppms held steady at 1350 overnight, ph is at 5.8-5.9 New growth was showing very early signs of light burn, (pale leaf tips up top, tips not pointing down) so I turned light to 50% power, mounted it straight to my top tent supports, and bent the tops that showed signs of stress. Day 3: Ppm's still holding steady as water level goes down, so this may be the sweet spot for now. Bud sites are stacking now Selectively defoliated to get light deeper into the canopy

Plant is doing well, its definitely slow to grow buds, but all the stems have multiple bud sites with lots of pistils, some trichomes are just starting to develop. Cant wait to watch true buds form this week! Ill be doing a water change on saturday, and upping the PK booster "big bud" Its the end of week 4, and there are tons of sugar leaves forming on the colas, true buds are starting, and theres decent trichomes forming. Most of the main tops are super close to the lights, but theyre not burning because I turned down the intensity after noticing minor burn last week

Buds are forming, the main colas have good coverage of bud sites. Trichomes are starting to cover the pistils and sugar leaves. The smell still isnt strong yet, but should start this week. The plant stretched way more than I thought it would, and I ran out of room in the tent, the tops are closer to the light than I would like, but theres nothing i can do at this point. I turned down the lights power to avoid burning the plant. Day 34 pm did a water change, with: 5ml/gal calmag 5ml/gal big bud 10ml/gal bloom 5ml/gal grow (1%N) 3ml/gal hydroguard Ph'd to 5.5 About 1500ppm, res may run low this weekend ill be out of town so this seemed right to me

At the end of last week, I did a water change and adjusted nutes. I cut out micros because it had more nitrogen than the "grow" nutes. Im upping the big bud and will start overdrive soon. I havent seen my plant in a few days but the buds were starting to take shape, Ill see if I can get updated pics, but im out of town and have someone that will check on it a few times for me. The other day the buds werent super stinky yet, but I scratched a sugar leaf and smelled some nice berry terpenes Added 6ml/gal overdrive halfway through this week, big bud is supposed to help form as many budsites as possible, overdrive helps fill them out

I cant tell whether this is really week 7 of flower or not, its week 7 of 12/12 Bud development is definitely behind where I want it to be if so, but there are good trichome coverage and budsite locations. I had to pinch off the top of my tallest cola, because it was literally touching the light and burning this morning 😯 i also took once branch that was not going to fully develop to get a head start on a sample. Sorry for the infrequent updates on my outdoor plant

The buds are all starting to really swell up, the terpenes are in full swing, it smells like pine and citrus. The pistils are about half orange, half white, with some curling starting. The colas are starting to pack on serious water weight. Hoping to be ready to harvest at the end of this week. Day 51 took a sample and started a fast dry to test for potency. Found a seed in a dispensary bag of blue dream last night, may germinate that as a part of my next grow, be on the lookout Day 53 pistils are 50/50 orange/white, some of the orange hairs are starting to curl in Day 55: I like the bud formation Im seeing, but trichomes are still mostly clear, and the buds could put on more weight, as of right now Im thinking about starting to flush at 60 days, and harvest around day 65-70 of flower.

Turned light back up to 70% plant doesnt seem to mind it anymore, ppms are high even after adding back 2 gal to a starting amount of 7gal. Trichomes still arent turning amber even on buds with mostly orange hairs, so Im not harvesting yet, probably not until next week Humidity is maxing at 55% the dehumidifier seems to be helping At this point im only adding back plain water and *some* AN Overdrive

Reservoir ppm's are still pretty high, even though im only adding back water, its feeding a little bit slower, so I expect to see some fade starting this week. The trichomes are mostly cloudy, but Im still seeing little to no amber, and there are still new pistils and buds growing on the main colas. I may do a water change to only fresh water with no nutes later this week to do a quick flush.

I noticed that the stretch is massive in this strain, mine grew too close to my lights and it caused some foxtailing. There was *some* herming that caused some of the lower buds to develop seeds, but nothing too catastrophic, now I have plenty for my next grow. The leaves developed plenty of trichomes, so I will likely be using them to make extracts. I would say this plant benefits from manifolding/mainlining quite a bit. As far as yields, I would estimate about 1oz of top shelf, 3oz mids and 3oz of larf/sugar leaves, super sticky resinous buds, cant wait to see how they taste after cure. I will update with accurate yield numbers after dry and cure. My outdoor plant didnt get a lot of attention this grow, but I will drop some harvest pics of that as well. 9/26/21