LEMON PIE AUTO @marshydroLED

Sept 13 - transplanted last nite into a 5 gal flex pot - should be a quiet week hopefully allowing the roots to take hold fyi Fulvic Acid is misted each day at lites-out, when possible. (it feeds the plant directly through stomata under the leaves, while it builds roots) - transplanted into a 5 gal flex pot - watering program starts tonight w/ 1 cup 14th - after a week under Veg light, Both veg & bloom are full strength, light-lifted to 30” for this first 100% session. - first session under LED that i will measure leaf temps vs room temp - began a watering schedule for freshly germinated seeds in 5 gallon flex pots… Check it out, walks you right through. 15th - 2 cups water for breakfast 17th - 2 cups water for dinner 19th - 3 cups water for dinner

Sept 20th - fed 3 cups of h2o last nite (19th), next on the 22nd 22nd, a.m. - 3 cups of water, next feed will begin adding some basic nutes 24th - 4 cups water, tomorrow morning if all remains good - clipped off the cotyledon and 1st serrated leaves. Its working on 3rd node goodies 25th - watered; 4 cups with basic nutes 26th - last day of week 2

Sept 27 - start of week 3 and the plant gets watered tomorrow morning; 4 cups + nutes - fed 4 cups water + nutes 29th - snipped off 4 Fan leaves to allow lite penetration (1st & 3rd nodes), good growth going on under there - applied some LST to open the plant-up a bit. -moved another Autoflower into the tent; Northern Lites express auto 30th - fed the plant 5 cups H2O w/nutes as posted above - chopped off those last 2 fan leaves - Pistils are not an illusion, they have started mid-week - going to freshen-up on the UV-b bulb application, I have one that's been waiting a while. (Used it with a CMH grow, only to find it's not really needed under that Wavelength [PanamaxMalawi and I believe it made one plant have more crystals regardless of the CMH main-light source] and it was used under LED lites with positive results on the Maui Wowie auto-grow. I'll get tuned-up on application times...) Oct 3rd - last day of week 3 - fed 6 cups h2o/nutes, next @ 1.5L

Oct 4th, - steady as she goes - excuse the colour cast, tube lites in the basement - next meal above ~ 6th; @ 1.75L 6th - fed H2O / Nutes as listed 7th - seems to have been a growth-spurt overnite ! Lemon Pie is putting a little work-in 9th - fed the plant 2L nutes/h2o 10th, - last day of the week - huge growth spurt over the last 3 days has filled the top of the Pot. Looks really healthy. Tonight I’ll check on the Pistils

Oct 11th Oct 12 - fed the plant 2.5L this morning. “Huge growth” spurt over the weekend. - visible white Stigma growth across the plant. Not outright flowering yet, but there are pairs at each node - i think the game-plan for this plant, is to simply let it grow vertically and don’t mess with it at all. I’ve never done that indoors; and it seems be going through a real growth spurt and won’t be a height issue. Northern Lites will be gone within a couple weeks, time to let it ride Oct 15th - fed 2.5L, menu above Oct 17th last day of the week - photos tonight

Oct 18th - more activity at Nodes leaves me no choice but to say its in Flower - lowered the LED another inch towards the Lemon Pie. Higher concentration may bring the stretch to a close sooner. She is g r o w i n g strong 20th - light lowered another inch - 60 cm now - buds forming on the branches throughout the plant ************* FYI: On the FastBuds website, I just watched their video about the Lemon Pie auto… they state it has a favourite pH of 6.4 !!!! - Had not ever seen or heard that detail. I’m close, but still Thought it worth sharing ! 21st - as the plant blew past 56cm this morning… it became obvious that I had a little scenario taking place, and I committed to Super-Cropping the Lemon Pie at the 26cm mark. 18/6 cycle was behind it, as a couple of young photo-periods are about to join this Tent… (black willie / pine tar kush) So the main stalk was massaged, bent easily and without issue 22nd - the plant looks bloody amazing with solid pistil growth everywhere. Almost like the super-crop did not interrupt any growth or development. We’ll see how it goes. All is good 👍 this a.m. - added 4 tbsp of Kelp Meal and scratched it into the soil. - fed 2.5L nutes/h2o/molasses early this morning -LOL and in keeping with my mean-streak, the rough stuff happened again, in the morning re: yesterday’s super-crop. 😆 -it may appear TALL, but the plant can easily join it at that height, and I could also Not have it extending too far beyond the footprint. LST applied accordingly. Its going to be a busy structure 23rd - she seems to be cruising through this supercrop. Extended growth all-over with Buds forming

Oct 25th - starting a new week with the departure of Tent-mate, Northern Lights Express. And the Intro of the new Tent-mate; Pine Tar Kush. [Still Germing is the shy Black Willie (2x) same tent] Oct 27th - Soil moisture check tonight 29th - dinner-time this morning; 3L. A bit bigger than normal, looking for a bit of run-off. No issues Oct 31st -something strange happened to the moisture in my tent. Plant was fed normally 2 days ago in the morning, and this morning it is Bone Dry, almost weightless. Where did the liquid go. So I just fed Lemon Pie Auto another 3L… and will keep a good 👁️ on it. (W/nutes) (Checking the big tent soil moisture)

Nov 1st - she is doing an amazing job this week - plant is catching up to the super-cropped top. Nice & Bushy - removed 6 leaves that were blocking light Nov 2nd - mad progress each day with white fluffy buds all through the canopy. - full bathroom reno is stretching me thin, and a full electrical panel upgrade, will see a day without power on the 10th…(hate paying a major tab for the electrical upgrade, But next week I suddenly have no more electric 🔌 problems hahaha) -yep, i’m distracted, kids are fed n loved. thursday will be photo-day. Nov 4th - soil check showed a true Thirst; fed 3L with Nutes / Water / Molasses. Gave it an extra day without … and the flex-pot truly became weightless without any leaf droop. Perfect timing and a good kind of stress Nov 6th - last day of week 8 - with the soil screaming “dry” after only 48 hrs since the last feeding, I gave her another 3.5L of Nutes/Water

Nov 8th - Orange Pistils are the action-item this week, they have started turning. (going to try some “big-lens” Macro tonight. There are some beautiful buds) Nov 9th - dinner tonight 3.25L - some of the lower fan leaves are showing some signs of decay, or yellowing. Always a great sign, this grow is starting to wind-down Nov 11th, maybe tomorrow’s dinner will be the last w / nutes. A trichome check is slated for tonight. Yesterday, all day without power had me worried. This lass is in the home-stretch - pot feels almost MT, lol, its still got a hunger - posted 3 phone pics; ie: 11th am… but, i got some doozies with my camera gear!! Post those tonight, doozy may be right

Nov 13th - full meal w/ Nutes for Lemon Pie tonight; 3.25L - possibly the stickiest plant I have grown indoors... Nov 14th - with Airflow in mind, I took 6-8 prominent leaves from the bottom middle area. Nothing but Shadows down in the heart. 15th - excited about blowing the dust off of the 65mm macro lens. Having a look tonight - no early stopping on this grow. Yellow leaves or Bust. Looking at other Diaries, there could be 3 weeks left in this Girl. See where it goes - pulled the top branch horizontal, again… Nov 17th - allowed an extra day beyond the normal last watering, to make the plant/pot noticeably lighter, and boy did it work. Full nute meal + molasses for breakfast (and I told her she was beautiful); 3.5L menu above - lots of Amber trichomes were found, along with many clear ones. Definitely waiting a bit longer Nov 19th - last day of the week, Last full nutrients tonight. Making a Late start to wrap this Puppy up. And I’m in no hurry. Taking this batch further than others, even though it’s an auto. I’ve never allowed one to truly finish . More Fan leaves turning that beautiful colour of decay - almost feel guilty saying lets get it over with… big picture… i’m anxious to drop the light a little Lower on the next guys !!! (Black Willie / Pine Tar Kush) They can wait a week or so

Nov 20th - started the day by adding a couple of hours of lite to the schedule (weekend) - fed 3.5L of H2O / Nutes and Molasses. Last true meal ?…not sure, I’m seeing Lemon Pie Auto’s going 13+ weeks. Patience on this one. Trichome checks tonight will seal the deal - Trichome check was totally empowering. Great to see such progress, as I have never taken a plant this deep into Harvest. There is a wild amount of Amber Trichomes, while the rest are 50/50 still. The decay of the fan leaves is still obvious on the lower half of the plant, and I do not believe that will take long to climb up higher. Looking at maybe another week... its damn close to being ready though. Nov 23rd a.m. - flushed Lemon Pie with 13 gallons of pH’d water this morning ppm< 100 *** I would also like to extend a huge Thank You to Mars Hydro for sponsoring the new TS1000 LED light that is now 100% in-use. There is a remarkable increase in all of the deciding factors of a lights, visible performance. - I’d be happy to close-out Lemon Pie’s journey with a week or so of New Light Nov 25th - noticed the Calyx are really starting to pile-up on top of each other - fed 2L of H20 / Molasses Nov 26th - last day of week 11

Nov 27th Nov 30th a.m. *** 3L Water and Molasses for its last meal. Lights-Out Friday morning, into a dark tent for 48 hrs. Harvest Sunday *** Dec 2nd - one last couple-litre drink of h2o/molasses/rezin to help her through the long night(s) Dec 3 - last day of man-made light comes after 12 Full weeks of Flower !!!!!!!!!!!! - also obviously going to be the largest yielding AutoFlower I have grown. (Walter White, Maui Wowie & Northern Lights Express) ea. grow has been bigger - goal is 48-72 hrs of darkness for Lemon Pie Auto (36hrs darkness is for the plants going into Flower…) -Photos, Chop and Hang happen on Monday morning

Dec 4th - this weeks starts in the dark, with yesterday being the last scheduled exposure to Light, for this Lemon Pie Auto. Sunday pm is ~ 60 hrs. and 72 hrs may dry it out a bit . Tba

Dinner-time today, December 5th, was 60hours of dark for the Lemon Pie auto, out she came. Took a few pictures and as unceremoniously as possible, I chopped her into bite-sized pieces, weighted her, took a few more pictures and hung the plant in the small dark tent. Removed the obvious large Fan leaves, and the pieces are at 21c with 45-50% RH for the next week or two. Dec 7th the tent it is drying-in, the humidity has just dropped below 50% for the first time. Small fan inducing an small non-direct airflow through the tent, not a Breeze. All looks good, in the dark... 21c still Dec 12th - the tent was a steady 45-49% rh all week. On two days I let it get back to mid 50’s and then dropped it again. Today at Lunch each branch I checked, snapped easily. And there is a huge smell in the tent. I have succeeded in retaining a bunch of smell on these Buds. Most excellent ! - so, out they came and under-the-knife they went, to the tune of 58 grams from 1 single, 1x super-cropped plant - into new Jars with 55% moisture control paks. Just twisting-up the 1st actual sample. The cure has begun; many Burps and a full smoke review to follow.