Bruce Banner Auto, Organic

This week we'll be planting "Pepper" in a 5"x7" nursery bag, and we'll veg her out in that for a couple of weeks. When she's outgrown her nursery bag, we'll plant her in her final 5 gal pot. Aug. 25, 2021, Wednesday. I placed "Pepper" in a nursery bag. Aug. 26, 2021, Thursday. "Pepper" is doing well in her temporary home. I watered her in a bit. Aug. 27, 2021, Friday. Watered "Pepper" a bit. Aug. 28, 2021, Saturday. Nothing new to report. Aug. 30, 2021, Monday. Started training Pepper.

Welcome to week 2 of the Bruce Banner Diary. Things are going well, I've started what I like to call, ELST or Extreme Low Stress Training. I will also be giving her a Flat Top this week. Sep. 3, 2021, Friday. Nothing new to report. Sep. 4, 2021, Saturday. I gave "Pepper" a Flat Top. Sep. 5, 2021, Sunday. Nothing new to report. Sep. 6, 2021, Mondays. Nothing new to report.

Welcome to Week 3 of Veg with "Pepper". Pepper has grown quite well in the nursery bag. I will transfer to her final home when nutes start running low. Sep. 8, 2021, Wednesday. Nothing new to report. Sep. 9, 2021, Thursday. I watered Pepper. Sep. 10, 2021, Friday. Nothing new to report. Sep. 11, 2021, Saturday. I watered with an organic veg feed (11-3-8) Sep. 12, 2021, Sunday. Nothing new to report. Sep. 13, 2021, Monday. I moved Pepper to the desk grow space.

Welcome to another week with "Pepper". I'm waiting for my order of Roots Original soil, then I will move "Pepper" to her 3 gallon home. From what I've experience with WSE's genetics, they do not grow tall, nor average height. Sep. 15, 2021. Nothing new to report. Sep. 16, 2021. "Pepper" has been planted in her new 3 gallon home. She's tucked in the tent for the next couple of days, because her grow space is currently being used to dry another girl.

Moving into flower with no hiccups or signs of deficiencies. Nutes have been geared more for bloom and she's doing great. Sep. 27, 2021, Monday. Everything is groovy. Nothing new to report. Sep. 28, 2021, Tuesday. Nothing new to report.

Another week with "Pepper" and no issues to report. I'll give her some compost tea this week. Oct. 3, 2021, Sunday. Old gal is doing well she's putting out trichomes on her leaves. Oct. 4, 2021, Monday. Nothing to report.

Welcome to another week with "Pepper". She is doing quite well with no complaints to speak of. Oct. 6, 2021, Wednesday. Nothing new to report. Oct. 7, 2021, Thursday. Nothing new to report. Oct. 8, 2021, Friday. Nothing new to report. Oct. 9, 2021, Saturday. All is well with no issues to speak of.

I am having major technical difficulties. My PC and phone have both bricked on me. Please forgive the quality and lack of pictures this week. All seems to be going well this week with no troubles to speak of. October 15, 2021, Friday. Watered her. October 16, 2021, Saturday. Nothing new to report. October 17, 2021, Sunday. Day of rest. October 18, 2021, Monday. Watered thoroughly.

October 19, 2021, Tuesday marks week 5 of flower for Pepper. She is growing beautifully with no signs of deficiencies. She has a deep emerald green shade with high sheen leaves. Watered thoroughly. October 20, 2021, Wednesday. Nothing new to report. October 21, 2021, Thursday. Watered thoroughly. October 22, 2021, Friday. Watered thoroughly. October 23, 2021, Saturday. Nothing new to report. October 24, 2021, Sunday. Day of rest. October 25, 2021, Monday. Nothing new to report.

Welcome to another week of flower with "Pepper". She's doing exceedingly well and is enjoying her "TV Entertainment Center Growspace". It cost me under 60 to convert and it's surpassed all expectations. I top dressed "Pepper" with Alfalfa Meal, Fish Bone Meal and Langbeinite. October 27, 2021, Wednesday. Nothing new to report. October 28, 2021, Thursdays. Nothing new to report. October 29, 2021, Friday. Watered thoroughly. October 30, 2021, Saturday. Nothing new to report. October 31, 2021, Sunday. Day of rest. November 1, 2021, Monday. Watered yesterday. Nothing new to report today.

November 2nd marked another week of flower with "Pepper". She is a beautiful plant of jewel tones of greens, glistening under the frosty coating. We're getting close to the end. November 3, 2021, Wednesday. Nothing new to report. November 4, 2021, Thursday. Watered thoroughly. Her calyxes are swelling before my eyes, it's such a beautiful site. November 5, 2021, Friday. She's such a lovely site with buds just swelling by the minute. I believe she'll be ready to harvest sooner than I think. November 6, 2021, Saturday. Nothing new to report. November 7, 2021, Sunday. Day of rest.

Today is another week with "Pepper" and her buds are just starting to burst. She is progressing swiftly, much better progress than the Blue Dream Auto run. I hope to be harvesting her within a couple of weeks. I've gradually dropped the night temperatures to average 69f/21c, with some nights reaching as low as 66f/19c. Day temperatures average 74f/23c, with very limited times reaching 76f/24c. Humidity averages 35% with limited days reaching 45%. November 10, 2021, Wednesday. Watered "Pepper" thoroughly. I am more than pleased with her growth, she has a very Cheesy aroma with no notes of strawberries or gas. November 11, 2021, Thursday. She looks fantastic! Her Strawberry genetics are starting to shine, with hues of red breaking through on leaves like watercolor splashes, and red streaks in her veins. She is truly a specimen. November 12, 2021, Friday. "Pepper" has become slightly more fragrant, nothing overwhelming. If you needed a complete stealth grow, she alone would not give you up. She is the best plant I've run so far. November 13, 2021, Saturday. She's superb. November 14, 2021, Sunday. Day of rest. November 15, 2021, Monday. Day of rest.

We're moving closer to the finish line. "Pepper" grows more fragrant with each day, her leaves are changing to seasonal colors. She seems to be drinking a little less these days and doesn't mind night temperatures dropping to mid 60's F. November 17, 2021, Wednesday. I decided to take some flash photos with the lights out. Frosty, frosty ❄️. Pepper's trichomes are coming along, we just need her to keep putting on weight. November 18, 2021, Thursday. Watered "Pepper" thoroughly. She really is enjoying the night temperatures. I discovered a Spider Mite🕷️ infestation on 1 of my Blue Dreams that shares the tent with "Pepper". I immediately ⚠️ Quarantined BD, Sprayed her down with water, ordered some Diatomaceous Earth and will use that when it arrives. I plan on spraying her again tomorrow. YIKES! November 19, 2021, Friday. We are really picking up the pace and very close to Harvest. She's fading into beautiful 🍂 Autumn colors. November 20, 2021, Saturday. I'm mesmerized by all the shades or purples and reds 🌈 "Pepper" displays. Her trichomes are perfect, but she needs some more time for her buds to fatten up. I believe she'll need the full 70 days of flower+ November 21, 2021, Sunday. Day of rest. November 22, 2021, Monday. Day of rest.

We are inching closer to the finish line. "Pepper" is just a little way from reaching her target weight, we just need to have patience. She's 95 days old, we'll take a peek at her trichomes again, which were perfect, but she'll need to at least day 100 before we even think of harvesting. November 24, 2021, Wednesday. This waiting game is the worst! I just want to smoke 🌬️🔥 the $hit out of her, lol. November 25, 2021, Thursday. Another day, another dollar💵 November 26, 2021, Friday. Nothing new to report. November 27, 2021, Saturday. I lowered the light a bit more to 12.5" from the tallest cola. I watered her until she was saturated and there was plenty of runoff. November 28, 2021, Sunday. Day of rest. November 29, 2021, Monday. Day of rest.

Welcome to another week of Flower with "Pepper", possibly her final week. I've been waiting for her to put on some more weight. As of today, the majority of her buds are still smaller than the seed I planted. From what I understand, the buds need to swell large enough to appear as a fake pregnancy. December 1, 2021, Wednesday. I watered thoroughly with runoff. She is looking so great, she gives me such a sense of accomplishment. Looking to harvest quite soon. December 2, 2021, Thursday. All is well, no issues to report. December 3, 2021, Friday. We are so close I can taste it. Any day now. December 4, 2021, Saturday. See ya next week!

Apologies for the lack of photos and info this week, but you know, real world issues. I put "Pepper" in complete darkness December 11, 2021 and will harvest and get prepped for drying.

Bruce Banner was the easiest grow so far. She had 0 deficiencies or toxicities and even withstood a spider mite infestation in her shared tent. She smells so stinky and her buds are washed in Mauves, Pinks & Purples. I could have let her run another week easily as she still hasn't stacked the way I know she can, but as I stated earlier, there's a spider mite infestation and we did not want to tempt fate. Her wet weight could have certainly been greater than 507 grams, but next time. As my motto is and always will be, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle", we put that to the test by making our "Drying Chamber" from previously used or discarded items or completely FREE! We were able to accomplish this task with a few items we already owned. Drying Chamber: A box our Portable Automatic Washing Machine came in Clothes Line (already owned) Paper Clips (already owned) Plastic Garbage Bag for box liner (already owned) Loerio Humidifier FREE! (faulty sensor, purchase price was returned) 4" Vivosun Inline Fan (already owned) Govee Hygrometer (already owned) Extension Cord (already owned) Power Strip (already owned) Plant Ties for hanging (used during the ELST process, so already owned)