Garlic Budder 2nd Run

08/07/2021 Week 1 After the seeds produced their embryonic roots ( radicles ) I placed them 1/4” deep in Root Riot plugs. A day or so later the shoots ( plumules ) emerge, by the end of a week they were approx. 2.5” in height. Today I transplanted them into Recipe 420 organic soil with an inch of coco coir as top dressing. I sprinkled Oregonism XL gently on the roots before transplanting the plugs.

08/14/2021 The plants are doing great, just watering lightly when they are dry. Will mix up some Oregonism XL next watering. Am eager to start training for main-lining.

08/21/2021 All is well, plants are doing great. Today I feed them for the first time, with 1/4 tsp. top dress of Roots Organic Terp Tea. They grew ~2” this week and all have 4-5 nodes. By next week they’ll be ready for the first topping beginning the manifold process. Looks like the 3rd inner nodes are developing well ~0.125” in height.

08/29/2021 I topped the plant to the 3rd node and removed the other nodes. Began manifolding earlier this week. The plants each have nearly 4 nodes on their two branches. Will start mildly feeding them this week.

09/05/2021 The plants are doing well. Aside from one which I snapped a main branch between the 1st and 3rd nodes. 😧 It was only connected by a small thread, I braced it up like a sprained wrist with plumbing tape. 🤔 Days later it seems to be hanging on to survive. The first sets of nodes on the other three plants are growing fast, while the third sets of nodes are just emerging.

9/11/2021 Plants are doing well. I’m going to repot them into 5 gal. fabric pots soon. The nodes on three of the plants are spread enough to anchor around the larger circumference of the new pots. In addition the nodes on each branch are alternating, this ready for the vegetative stretch. There is one plant with a brace due to injury I hope it recovers well.

09/18/2021 Transferred plants into my tent, having a few issues with heat. Am running the led @ ~75 % power. Watered yesterday and will repot to 5 gal. pots when they dry out.

10/02/2021 All the plants are doing great and growing fast. The internodes are short and alternating, aside from a few stretchy branches. I’m hoping to switch to 12/12 soon since this cultivar takes ~70 days to flower.

10/10/2021 Switched lighting schedule to 12 hrs and started feeding Roots Organics liquid nutrients. Week 1 schedule.

10/17/2021 Day 7 of 70 day flowering cycle. Things are going well will feed with Elemental next watering.

10/24/2021 Day 14 of ~70 day flowering cycle. Fed nutrients today and plan on doing a hefty defoliation of larger fan leaves next week. Things are going well looking forward to an early Christmas harvest.

10/31/2021 Day 21 of ~70 day flowering cycle. Did a major defoliation and fed today. Looks like the stretch is over. Also cleaned up lower nodes that won’t develop later.

11/17/2021 Day 38 of ~70 days of flowering. Plants are doing well, showing signs of cal/mag deficiencies I think. Leaves have darkened edges. Going to feed maybe 3 more times and flush for three weeks. Will likely add Elemental as a top dress next watering.

12/04/2021 Day 55 of ~70 day flowering cycle. Just going to flush with R. O. water here on out. Two weeks to go.

12/12/2021 Day 63 of ~70 day flowering cycle. Just flushing with RO water till harvest, maybe one more flush midweek.

Harvested a few days before Christmas, the best present ever!