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theswagnificent Day 7: growing slowly. Fed with water today, pH looks good. Tried to not saturate all of the soil this time. He is staying kind of wet for 4-5 days which I know is normal since he's a baby but I gotta get deez nutes in. Hope he responds well to the foods. Day 10: definite response from the fertilizer, he is looking great and already growing his new set of leaves. Going to water/feed again today. Finally got some cal mag so I'm going to sneak that into his dinner tonight. Day 14: WTF this baby is booming! Those new grow bags will come in handy sooner than I expected. Plan on repotting tomorrow depending on how dry they are. I am seeing a bit of root showing on him.

theswagnificent Day 21: Wow this guy grew. Out of all my plants he is the only one showing pre-flower, even my older ones! Hope he still grows since he's still just a baby to me. He's showing some pistols at all his big nodes. Will keep him on veg nutes for now since he just turned 3 weeks.

theswagnificent Day 22: moved him into the basement tent which is a drastically different environment. Fed lightly.

theswagnificent Day 30: starting to really flower now. seems to have "stretched" overnight. growing tall. Lots of bud sites. Excited. Day 33: really stretching. lollipopped a bit on the bottom. this strain didn't produce a lot of fan leaves so there wasn't much to cut off. getting very very thirsty as you can see. I'm also scared to over water. Day 35: this thing is absolutely insane. At least 2ft now with beautiful baby buds. Had to raise all my other plants because this one was growing so tall. Gave a big dose of water this time. I was giving a little under 1L per plant but this thing wilts within 24hrs. Started giving about 1.5-2L per plant. Will see how they dry tomorrow. Added a small space heater pointing away from the intake and the night temp is going from 61-63F to 65-70F. Playing around still to get the right settings but it is helping with humidity.

theswagnificent Day 39: jesus. Can't believe how this plant is doing. SO many bud sites. Looks like a good yield I think. Very thirsty. Switched her to Fox Farms Tiger Bloom today. I give her half a gal but that seems like too much yet when I give her 1/4th gal she's already thirsty the next day. Defoliated maybe 2 big fan leaves on him today now that the colas are more pronounced. It was out growing the rest of my plants so I had to do some late LST. Even with LST I am worried this guy won't fit in my tent soon. Absolutely crazy. Accidentally broke a branch while LST so I'm treating it as a super crop/HST. Day 41: the stretching phase is finally slowing down. I was worried that I would have to move him outside if he kept growing. Had another dose of Tiger Bloom.

theswagnificent Day 44: noticing that vertical growth has stopped. Since switching from 18/6 to 12/12 I have noticed a decrease in my autos growth speed (I have a regular plant chillin in the tent so I had to flip early) which sucks but it's better than wasting an entire plant cause I waiting too long to flip and it out grows the tent. Oh well. Buds are very very sticky. Had to wash my hands for a while after setting her up gently in the SCROG. Day 45: noticing that the plant hasn't actually stopped growing. The hairs just stopped and now the plant seems to be "filling in" which is terrific. Happy to see they are adjusting well to their new basement environment and new lighting schedule. SCROG has been kind of useless since it was put on last minute. It's acting as a support for bud sites now that the plant has stopped "growing/stretching". I think this is ok? Day 46: looks like some of the pistils are starting to brown. Almost week 4 in flower. Trichromes are ridiculous and can be seen in photos taken on my cell phone. Day 48: noticed some of the stems are turning purple. Can't tell if that's normal because I can't find much info about this auto strain. Going to try to up the fertilizer for her. LST is over, SCROG is holding her up well. Day 49: fattening up nicely now. Removed the scrog net, didn't think it was doing much considering the area is basically SOG. Was worried I would get popcorn buds lol. got some new nutes on the way. not really happy with ff Tiger Bloom.

theswagnificent Went back and added this week in later. Picking up weight.

theswagnificent Day 58: the strawberry note is super heavy now and smells amazing. LST is really proving to be powerful especially with the main cola. Nute order got messed up so she's not been very stable ppm wise. Upped her to 3 tsp from 2 tsp. Had low PPMs. Day 60: gave her a mini flush yesterday by just running a bit more through to rinse anything bad out. Today she was still pretty wet so I skipped watering today to give her some air. Rinsed maybe 3/4th gal yesterday. Thinking feeding 1/3 gal a day is probably perfect

theswagnificent Day 63: after flushing the plants seems to be using less water or maybe it's bc I drowned them in water idk. Trying to water more completely, a little past run off. Having pH issues with new fertilizer combo, ironic. Going to try using my dehum water to see if it stabilizes. My tap is about 7.7pH with 350ppm and my dehum is 5.0pH with 50ppm. Skipped watering today. Yesterday did 1600EC Day 68: fattening up nicely. showing some nute burn on a handful of leaves, nothing major. Lowered nutes and started using my dehum run off water (ppm of less than 50). Having great results with pH coming out great everytime around 5.7. Dehumidifier is working well. Having issues with light since there are taller plants in the same tent. Lowered nutes to about 1200EC. 5ml A, 5ml B, 2.5ml BC, 2.5ml BB. Nute burn hasn't been getting worse. Plucked a handful of leaves off. Most of the leaves are the same size now.

theswagnificent Day 76: been weaning off BB in prep for the final push. After flushing a day and then decreasing EC to only 1200 for waterings the buds seemed to get a bit bigger and sparkle more. Breeder gives 8-10 weeks of flower but this guy started flowering within the first month. Trichomes are completely cloudy but I've only found one amber one and that was a week ago.. haven't been able to find one since. Really not sure when this guy will finish.

theswagnificent Day 77: dog. it's been weeks since all trichs turned cloudy and I've only seen maybe "where's waldo" amber. it seems to be getting bigger, very slowly, in the past few weeks. I'm worried that I might wait too long. any advice welcome in comments. Breeder lists flowering as 8-10 weeks and she's about 8 weeks now into flower. I have her calculated harvest date to be 9/1. I did ppm 1600 and swear I gave her a bit more nute burn. Very sensitive. Going back down to 1200 again and then decreasing by about 100 each day until using flawless finish. Will probably start next week with only flawless finish. final stretch. Day 78: starting flush early due to new amber development. 200ml/1 gal flawless finish in 30EC r/o water. Think it comes out to about 200EC. pH'd to 6.0 just cause. Don't even know if it matters. Chime in guys. Rinsing with 1 gal today.

theswagnificent Day 84: been doing FF for the past 5 days. Today is the first day on pure r/o water (EC about 100, pH 6.1). I finally got a new EC reader and think I've been using a bad pH meter lol. Yay. Been flushing with 1 gal every day. R/O was 400 EC. Will keep running r/o for a few more days. Buds on top look way better than the bottom ones. Would have been a great plant to train but I didn't start until he was already pretty big. I didn't expect him to flower so quickly.

theswagnificent Man this was a heavy yielder. About 5.5oz+ if you include the popcorn buds. Insane. Some of the buds were harvested maybe a day early so the humidity is a bit low. Was about 50% and then put it in a box with a humidifier next to it to raise it to about 60% before jarring again. Now at about 60% RF, 73F. Put it in the bathroom, lol. Hoping it is colder in there. Smoked a tiny nug and the potency is fire. Definitely smells and tastes like a Strawberry Diesel. Can't wait for the cure.