First Grow: 'Orla' Orange Bud (Auto)

Second set of seeds from my first grow are 'Wanda' White Widow and 'Orla' Orange Bud. 'Wendy' White Widow and 'Ophelia' Orange Bud are my first set of seeds and are 2 weeks ahead as I could only fit two pots in the grow tent. See separate diaries for the other plants. Starting the seeds off in a grow tent indoors until they hit vegetation phase, when I will move them to the greenhouse. I have a bluetooth thermostat that connects to an app so I can check the temp and humidity remotely. There is also an alert feature where you can set a temperature range and it notifies you if it goes higher or lower than this. Using the Darmai 40w light in the grow tent on a 20/4 light schedule, set to blue spectrum. Water is PH 7.5, 220 ppm and temperature 22C when watering. Only watering around the seedling. Soil was PH 6.5 at time of planting and is now averaging 7.0 PH. No nutrients added this week as there are enough in the soil to last the first 2 weeks. 1 Sep: Planted in a 20L airpot with Biobizz light mix soil. Watered plant sparingly around the seedling. 2 Sep: Orla broke through the surface of the soil. Watered plant sparingly around the seedling. 3 Sep: I've noticed that this second set of plants (Wanda and Orla) are using much more water than the first set (Ophelia and Wendy). I am putting this down to the fact that I prepared all the pots at the same time from a new bag of Biobizz light mix. Whilst I planted Ophelia and Wendy straight away into those pots, I left the other two pots in the greenhouse ready to plant Wanda and Orla when ready. I can only assume the soil lost a lot of moisture over this 10 day period and whilst I was watering in the same capacity as the first set of plants, this wasn't enough. I've been watering pretty much every day since planting, versus every 2-3 days with the first set. It seems that I have underwatered her and she is looking a bit sorry for herself, so I gave her some water straight away and she picked up . 4 Sep: She has picked back up again and looking OK. 7 Sep: End of week 1 and around 5 cm high. Today the temperatures hit 28C and the temperature in the loft (where the grow tent is placed) soared. I have a fan in the grow tent but it was just circulating warm air and I was unable to get the temperature down. Therefore I took her outside to take advantage of the sunshine and a light breeze. She is definitely smaller than her sister 'Ophelia' Orange Bud was at one week old, but I am putting this down to stunted growth due to underwatering. I am just hoping that it won't effect her too much overall.

8 Sep: Start of week 2. Still looking small due to stunted growth from underwatering 😢 I'm hoping this won't effect the growth or cause too much of a delay, but I am conscious she is an Auto and I don't have the option of extending the Veg phase until she is the right size for flowering. 9 Sep (day 9): She’s looking good today, getting taller and greener. I’ve moved Wanda and Orla out to the greenhouse to join their sisters today. I’m going away for the weekend and the greenhouse is more self sufficient than the grow tent. My main worry is keeping the humidity high enough, as the dehumidifier will stop it getting too high, but won’t stop it getting too low. I’m anxious to leave them of course, but not much I can do. If they do well in the greenhouse this weekend, I will probably keep them out there rather than put them back in the tent. Keep your fingers crossed for them please folks 🤞🏻 10 Sep (day 10): She seems to have been fine in the greenhouse overnight, so I am feeling a bit more comfortable to her for the weekend. She was dry on top, so gave her a little plain water to see her through the weekend. 11 Sep (day 11): Am away for the weekend. Hoping the girls are doing ok 😰 Sep 12 (day 12): Back home now and the girls survived without me for a couple of days…PHEW! Some nice growth too and looking pretty healthy. Gave her some plain water. Sep 13 (day 13): More growth and looking healthy but a bit spindly. I’ve had the fan on her gently to try and strengthen the stem, but she still looks a bit fragile. Sep 14 (day 14): End of week 2 and she is growing nicely but still a bit spindly. When I went into the greenhouse today the humidity was at 85% because the tank on the dehumidifier was full. I emptied it and set it off again.

Sep 15 (day 15): Start of week 3. She is definitely growing and looks a pretty decent colour. As it is now the start of week 3 I can add some nutrients safely without overloading her as the soil has enough nutrients for the first 2 weeks. Fed her BioBizz nutrient schedule week 1 at 1/4 of the recommended dose. Bought some Leaf Coat from BioBizz to try and protect the plants, especially as Wendy had some white spots on one of her leaves. Also bought some odour remover as I am getting a weak scent now from Wendy and Ophelia. When I went into the greenhouse this morning the dehumidifier was full again and the humidity too high. I am going to need to set the drainage hose up so that the water drains out rather than goes into the tank. If its filling up this quickly overnight, I am not going to be able to empty it as soon as it gets full and the humidity will need to be even more controlled during flowering phase. I will try and do that later today. Sep 16 (day 16): Bit of growth overnight and she is looking good! I fixed the pipe outlet to the dehumidifier yesterday and this seems to have stopped the tank filling up as the humidity was a solid 65% when I went in this morning. Odour remover is doing its job. Sep 17 (day 17): Bit more growth overnight and she is looking OK. Leaves still look a bit battered and I am worried for her overall health. I am going to see what the new leaves look like when they grow and see if they have the same appearance. I also need to give the Calmag and other nutes a chance to work because apparently it takes 2-3 days for them to take effect when you are using organics. Hoping to see her looking healthy by Sunday... Sep 18 (day 18): Very noticeable growth overnight and the new fan leaves are much bigger. Whilst the current leaves don’t look too great, I’m hoping the new leaves will be free of issues and signify she is healthy overall. Fed her 0.5L of water with BioBizz week 1 nutes at 1/2 dose. Sep 19 (day 19): More good growth overnight and new leaves still looking healthy. Keeping fingers crossed that we are on the right track now. Sep 20 (day 20): Wow, she seems much taller this morning! I turned the grow light off to take photos yesterday and forgot to turn it back on again like an idiot 🙈 She had indirect light from Ophelia and Wendy’s one and doesn’t seem impacted, but I’m hoping she isn’t taller due to stretching?! Ugh, the stress! New leaves are looking healthy still, so I am hoping she’s over the worst…for now! Sep 21 (day 21): End of week 3 and looking much healthier. Leaves are growing FAST and looking healthy, so I am confident that the nutes have got her back on track and she is making up for lost time. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Sep 22 (day 22): Start of Week 4. Good growth again and some nice new leaves. Watered her with 1L and week 2 of the BioBizz note schedule at 1/2 strength. Bought a new watering can as I had lost the rose attachment for my old one. I wanted to try and ensure she gets an even distribution of water, which seems to have worked. Sep 23 (day 33): More growth overnight, but not as much as yesterday. Still looking healthy with nice green new leaves. Sep 24 (day 24): Looking bigger today again and hopefully making up for lost time. She’s looking nice and green and healthy on top. Some nodes are starting to show too! Sep 25 (day 25): Still looking healthy and has shot up overnight! She is now 10 inches high, so has grown 2 inches in the last couple of days 😱 I have moved the light up so its not too close to account for her change in height! Sep 26 (day 26): Still looking good this morning and more growth again. I emailed Biobizz to ask when I should start on the bloom schedule as Ophelia is on her way into pre-flower. They said I could start at the first signs of flowering. They also said, that I don't need to halve my doses for auto flowers! The only exception is to feed 1ml of Bio Grow per litre maximum. Very interesting. So I have upped the nutes as per their guidance. So I watered her today with 1L and Week 2 of the nute schedule at a full dose. Interested to see if it makes any difference, but not sure she could be growing any quicker! Sep 27 (day 27): Despite only being watered yesterday, she was thirsty again and dry throughout. I think it's due to the humidity being lower in the greenhouse as Ophelia is going into flower. I watered her today with 2L and Week 2 of the nute schedule at a full dose. More growth and looking healthy. Sep 28 (day 28): End of week 4. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Sep 29 (day 29): Start of week 5 and looking much taller! Decided to start LST as some new branches are growing and look big enough for it now. I am going to leave one plant of my four plants without LST so I could do a yield comparison at the end. As she is taller than the other plants when I started LST, I'm going to try and keep the canopy a bit higher. Its a difficult technique and whilst Ophelia and Wendy have responded SO well to it, the node sites and new branches get really congested so its very fiddly to try and separate them out. I'm hoping because she is taller, there will be more space between the node sites to make this easier. Time will tell. Sep 30 (day 30): She seems ok after the LST yesterday and is beginning to repoint her new branches towards the light. Struggling to know when to water. I used to water twice a week, but the pot doesn't feel light enough yet so I am paranoid of over watering. She is dry on top, but I used the water meter and if I push it all the way to the bottom of the pot it reads 'wet'. Everywhere else reads 'nor' or 'dry'. She isn't showing any signs of dehydration, so I will be cautious and not water. Oct 1 (day 31): All looks good and seeing the benefit of the LST now as she has adjusted well. Branches are getting bigger so I adjusted the LST. Oct 2 (day 32): Fed her with week 2 of the nutrient schedule at full dosage. As she has gone a week without water and seemed fine, I am upping the water to 2 litres. Oct 3 (day 33): Looking good and good growth overnight. I wanted to leave one of my four plants without LST so I could do a yield comparison at the end. However, I think I need to rethink this strategy as she shares a light with Wanda who is now taller without LST. The light height will become a problem now, as either Orla will be too far away from the light or Wanda will become too close and suffer from heat issues. I will need to LST Wanda tomorrow. Oct 4 (day 34): Doing a big round of LST on all the girls tonight. I undid her previous ties and bent her a little more. I then noticed she had a little split in the main stem where she was bending 😱 I read somewhere that you can duct tape a broken branch/stem and it will bond back together over a few weeks. Of course I can’t find any bloody duct tape, so improvised with micropore that you use to hold bandages in place. Worth a go, it’s flexible and breathable right?! 🤔 I taped up the stem which seemed to work well and stayed put! Let’s hope she is ok. Stress level: 7/10 😰 Oct 5 (day 35): End of week 5. So the bandage (micropore tape) stuck and is still in place. She has bounced back from the LST already and is pointing upwards again. Healthy green leaves too and some more growth on the branches and nodes. I mixed up a fish mix foliage spray 1ml into 500ml of water and gave her a spray. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Oct 6 (day 36): Start of week 6. Still doing well post last round of LST and her split! Bandage still holding which you can see on the photo. More growth in all places and looking a nice colour and healthy. Oct 7 (day 37): Whoa, looks like she is going into pre-flower?! Orla and Wanda are 10 days younger than Ophelia and Wendy and they were much bigger when they went into pre-flower. Not only that but they had a tough start as seedlings and I thought it would stunt their growth. Well at least I will have a different experience with these plants as they are a totally different shape and have way less branches currently 🤔 Oct 8 (day 38): All good today and definitely in pre-flower! Did some more LST to even put the canopy and get some light to the lower branches and nodes. Fed her with week 2 of the nute schedule and 2L of water. Feels a bit early to start the bloom nutes. Thought I would use the fish mix foliar spray I created earlier in the week. BIG MISTAKE - it absolutely STANK!! Note to self: when using fish mix foliar spray, throw it away after usage and mix a fresh one each time. Nausea level: 8/10. 😷 Oct 9 (day 39): Looking good and responded well to yesterday’s LST and feed (including the rotten fish mix 🤢). Oct 10 (day 40): Looking good and healthy still. Lots of growth and flowers beginning to appear. She’s grown SO much since the beginning of this week, I can’t believe it. Oct 11 (day 41): Whilst mixing up the feed tonight my PH meter read 1.5!? PH has consistently been 6.5 - 7.0 once I added nutes so this was very weird. Mixed up the calibration sachets and it was still off so I can only assume it’s broken. FFS 🤬 Bombed it down to my local grow shop and got a replacement 60 seconds before they shut. I went for a Blue Meter this time, given my cheap one from Amazon died at the most inappropriate time! Even so, it’s bloody expensive 🤯 Waterproof though, so hopefully won’t suffer the same fate as the last one. Once back up and running, I watered her with week 3 of the nute schedule and 2L of water. Feels safe to start bloom nutes now. Sprayed her with a foliar fish mix spray and remembered to throw the remainder of the fish mix spray away this time to avoid having to fumigate the greenhouse again after the last incident 😰🤢 Did a bit of LST for good measure to try and even the canopy. Oct 12 (day 42): End of week 6. Seems to have responded to the LST, feed and foliar spray well. Looking very healthy and pointing upwards again. Growing like crazy! NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Oct 13 (day 43): Start of week 7. Looking good and main cola flower is becoming more prominent. Other flowers are also growing well and the canopy is looking pretty even from the last round of LST. Adjusted the main cola a bit as it was higher than the main canopy. Gave her 500ml of water rather than nutes today, as she was only fed 2 days ago. Oct 14 (day 44): Looking good, nice colour. Healthy and onset of stretching is about to start I think. Very slight curling on the leaf ends which is normally related to heat issues, so moved the lamp up a couple of inches. Makes sense as she is growing taller and closing the distance to the lamp. Oct 15 (day 45): Looking healthy and growing well. Fed with 2L of water and week 3 of the nute schedule. Oct 16 (day 46): All good. Oct 17 (day 47): The canopy is getting pretty uneven with some prominent flowers getting much bigger. Did some gentle LST to even things out. Fed with 2L of water and week 4 of the nute schedule. Oct 18 (day 48): Responded well to the LST and pointing upwards again. Flowers are getting bigger now and some new ones on the way. Stretching is still occurring on some of the newer branches. Oct 19 (day 49): End of week 7. The main cola has stretched up a lot, so just adjusted the LST on that one branch to get it lower. Rest of the canopy is looking nice and even. All in all, a good week. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Oct 20 (day 50): Start of week 8. Still looking good and healthy. Lots of growth happening. Current flowers are opening and getting bigger, new ones are forming and the branches are stretching. Oct 21 (day 51): All good. Flowers are getting bigger by the day! Oct 22 (day 52): Explosion of growth and the flowers are really coming out now and growing. Canopy is growing upwards and still fairly even. Fed with 2L of water and week 4 of the nute schedule. Wendy was showing (what I think) is a Calcium deficiency, so have added Calmag back in using the preventative dosage on the nute schedule. Oct 23 (day 53): All good. Flowers getting bigger, including the newer ones and all the surrounding foliage is filling out. She's looking 'fuller' 😍 Oct 24 (day 54): All good. It's getting dark earlier now, so I have dropped the light schedule to 18/24 from 20/24. I have read that this can benefit bud development too, so will see how this goes. Main rationale for dropping the light schedule is to keep the greenhouse as inconspicuous as possible. So the lights go out when it gets dark and then come on again at midnight. Oct 25 (day 55): All good. Fed with 2L of water and week 5 of the nute schedule. Have now swapped the Fish Mix over for the BioGrow as they only recommend giving Fish Mix up until the second week of flowering. I thought Wendy had a nitrogen deficiency after switching over to the BioGrow, so I decided to keep the Fish Mix (and extra nitrogen) going as long as possible. No Calmag today as only giving it once a week at the preventative dose. Oct 26 (day 56): End of week 8. Bit of LST to try and structure all the new growth. Very good week and she is growing and flowering really well. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Oct 27 (day 57): Start of week 9. She's still looking good. She and Wanda are looking so much bigger than their sisters Ophelia and Wendy. Obviously I am further along the process and know a bit more now, but I think the main reason is the LST. I did it as early as possible on the others as I'd read to start as early as possible in Veg. Both of them are short stocky plants, whereas I waited a bit longer for these two and only did the LST when they had prominent branches to pin. The result is that both these girls are much taller and better formed. Oct 28 (day 58): Fed with 2L of water and week 5 of the nute schedule, microbes and Calmag. Flowers really are huge on her and nice white pisitils. Starting to see the formation of proper colas as the flowers group together. Oct 29 (day 59): Looking nice and healthy still today. Oct 30 (day 60): She's really growing fast. Still stretching and the flowers are continuing to flourish. Oct 31 (day 61): Fed with 2L of water and week 6 of the nute schedule. Happy Halloween! 👻 Nov 1 (day 62): Ordered a jewellers loupe as I hear thats what most people use to inspect trichomes. Cant wait for it to arrive so I can take a look at her sisters more closely. She's just beginning to get trichomes now and will be too early to check them for harvest signs. Pistils are starting to go amber, but I refuse to panic about it this time. Her sisters pistils went amber quite early too, but they seem to be doing ok. I must admit though, hers have stayed white for longer 😶I continue to rotate the plant to put the lower flowers under the hottest part of the light to aid growth. Nov 2 (day 63): End of week 9. Fed with 1L of plain water. Greenhouse is consistently warm, but with the humidity dropping the girls are getting thirsty quicker. I don't want to overdo the nutes and Orla's sister Wanda has a few yellow leaves. I'm not sure what its causing it yet (as it could be a whole myriad of things), so played it safe and fed them all with 1L of water today. Jewellers loupe arrived. What a disappointment! Its a standard one, but they are so small and you have to get so close to the plant to magnify them that the slightest shake of the hand or gust from the fan makes it impossible!!! Can see jack shit clearly and got a face full of resin for the privilege. Going to do some research on other alternatives! Annoyance level 8/10 😤 NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Nov 3 (day 64): Start of week 10. Thanks to Amazon next day delivery, I now have a handheld pocket microscope device which was recommended on a few sites. It has a built in LED light and is longer than the jewellers loupe, so at least you don't need to get quite as close! Still suffer from the shaky hand and fan issues as you have to stay super still to get a good position and view of the bud. Saw some trichomes however which are all clear as expected 😃 Lots more amber pistils though which is beginning to make me worry again...😰 Nov 4 (day 65): Something is badly wrong with her sister Wanda. Lots of yellowing patchy leaves that fall off as soon as you touch them and some other green leaves warping into weird shapes! As always, Orla is fairing much better than her sister. I noticed the same with Ophelia and Wendy - Ophelia the other Orange Bud, is so much hardier than her sister Wendy the White Widow. Perhaps its the strain and White Widows are just fussier?! Fed with 2L of water and week 6 of the nute schedule, microbes and Calmag. Stress Level: 10/10 😖 Nov 5 (day 66): I must have jinxed her by saying she hardy 😫 She has yellow edging around a couple of leaves which look typical of nute burn. I've read so many articles that say its REALLY difficult to get nute burn with organic growing, so I don't understand what's going on. She hadn't been fed in 4 days up to yesterday though. Also, I know it can take a few days (and sometimes weeks apparently) to show up issues when growing organically, so I don't think it would be from yesterdays feed. Maybe its a Calmag issue like Wendy had? I did cut the Calmag out for a few weeks on the advice of BioBizz. Confusion Level: 8/10 Nov 6 (day 67): She looks ok again today apart from the few yellow edged leaves. Lets hope she is on the mend! Thirsty AGAIN...I even checked with the moisture probe and she is dry all over the pot. Fed with 2L of water and week 7 of the nute schedule. Nov 7 (day 68): Still looking ok but not perky enough for my liking. She does have a load of new white pistils though, so I am now glad I didn't freak out too much over her amber ones. Nov 8 (day 69): Whoa - who has been pigging out on the nutes!? Where did that cola come from?! It has literally fattened up overnight and is looking very budlike now. Guess she is doing better than I thought. Nov 9 (day 70): End of week 10. I started a 'flush lite' on her sister Ophelia yesterday and I noticed she's looking good today and has a number of leaves praying upwards. Makes me wonder if the 2 litres I've been feeding them wasn't enough and if I should have watered until run off each time. Its really difficult with airpots though as unless you water really slowly, it all comes out of the side holes. So you have to water in the middle of the pot and very slowly. If I feed all 4 plants in the same period, it takes 30-40 minutes. Another aspect is that I have tried different ways of watering before. If I water too quickly or with the watering can shower head, a lot of water comes out of the sides of the pot. This is good in the long run as the plants won't get waterlogged, but all the excess water on the floor of the greenhouse spikes the humidity levels by at least 10%! As I don't want bud rot, I don't want that excess water causing issues. I also tried taking the plants out of the greenhouse and watering them there, so any excess water isn't inside the greenhouse. Issue with that is that its now getting really cold outside. 5 degrees or so in the evenings when I am finished with work. I think I may have caused cold shock to one of the plants (see Wanda's diary), so have knocked that on the head. I bought a huge tray to capture excess water from the flush and this worked well. Ahem - until I couldn't lift the tray full of water out of the greenhouse without spilling it all over myself and the floor that is. Humidity spiked 10% FFS. The joys of greenhouse growing eh 😰 I decided to give it a try and gave her 5L of water tonight rather than a feed and will see how she looks tomorrow. I also decided to give her a little trim, so I cut away a couple of old fan leaves and also a lot of new growth on the stem. I felt it would be best to trim them off and allow all her energy to focus on the existing buds. A stressful week but she is looking good despite it all! NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Nov 10 (day 71): Start of week 11. She's looking good today. Still hydrated from the larger watering yesterday and has perked right up. She also seems fine after yesterdays trim. I decided to call upon Amazon for another gadget and order a handheld microscope that connects to your phone wirelessly. The pocket microscope is way better than the jewellers loupe, but still requires a steady hand and a face full of resin 😷 This way I can take pictures of the trichomes too 😍 I've added photos today of the different buds I photographed with it. I can now definitively say she has clear trichomes at this stage. Nov 11 (day 72): Looking good and still hydrated, so no more water required as of yet. I think tomorrow she will be ready. I've ordered a giant syringe to collect the excess water in the tray to save myself further soakings, spillage and humidity spikes 😠 I need to get my act together and sort out where I am going to dry my other 2 plants, Ophelia and Wendy who are 10 days ahead of Orla and Wanda. Obviously it cant be in the greenhouse with the other plants, but where?! I still have the small grow tent where they started life, so that seems the most obvious choice. However, the heater and the de-humidifier are both in use in the greenhouse and cant be moved yet, which means more expense if I have to buy additional ones. I have put the second thermostat in the tent so I can see the current temperatures in there and it ranges from 17-20 degrees. This might end up being ok, but average humidity is 47% and when I add the branches it will no doubt shoot up. I am going to need another de-humidifier at least. I'm also worried about the smell if its moving back into the house, so would possibly need an extraction kit - more expense 😤 I may try without it first and if it gets too stinky, add the extraction kit then. My daughter has told me that if her room starts to smell of weed, she will NOT be happy. Ahem. Bad Mummy 😳Also read yesterday that some random snow may be arriving in a weeks time which has worried me! I hope the greenhouse will be able to maintain its temperature also. UGH bloody weather - its almost as unpredictable as my plants 😂😂 Nov 12 (day 73): Fed with 6L of water and week 7 of the nute schedule, microbes and Calmag. Tried out my new giant syringe, which holds 1/2 a litre. It allowed me to suck up the water from the large tray and squirt it out of the greenhouse door 💦 I also wasn’t drenched and the humidity is now coming back down to 40% finally! Took more photos with the microscope. Trichomes still clear. Got a plan for drying now and will be clearing a space in the cellar tomorrow to house a bigger tent with extraction kit. Nov 13 (day 74): She's looking good again today and definitely benefitting from the extra water. I really should have been giving more sooner, but I'd read that 10% of the pot size was sufficient. Since then, I have seen articles saying it should be 20-35% of the pot size 😫 Took a couple more photos with the microscope. I’ve been clearing the cellar out today. Can’t believe how much crap we had down there, but I’ve cleared a nice big space for my new kit. It’s so dusty and musty down there, but it’s had a fair old clean where possible. My back is bloody aching, I will tell you that much Went down the grow shop and was there for a good while getting all my new kit. So, after much hullabaloo we managed to get all the kit into my 2 seater car 🙈 I will likely do my next grow down there as it’s going to start costing a fortune to keep the greenhouse warm when it gets even colder. She’ll be back in business next spring! Nov 14 (day 75): So its D day for her sisters Ophelia and Wendy today and I will be chopping them down and doing a wet trim. I feel quite emotional, but that has been offset by exhaustion! I've spent the whole weekend clearing out, organising and cleaning (within reason) my cellar. I have also set up my new tent and equipment for drying. It worked out cheaper in the end to buy a kit, as the items individually cost almost as much as the kit and I got a Spider Farmer 400W light included 😍 which I can use for my next grow. Equipment included in the kit is as follows: Grow Tent 120 x 120 x 180, Spider Farmer SF4000 450w LED Dimmable Light, Heavy Duty Timer, Pair of Rope Ratchets, Clip Fan, Digital Min-Max Thermometer/Hygrometer, 4 Quick Release Clamps, 6” Acoustic Ducting (5m Length), Rhino 6" EC Fan (594m3/h), Rhino Pro Carbon Filter 6" 300 (600m3/h), 6" Padded Clamp. I also added: Oil Filled Radiator, Inkbird Temperature Controller, Electriq 12L dehumidifier, Trim Bin and a LightHouse Round DryNet - 75cm (30"). I started putting up the tent and realised it was too tall and I had accidentally been given the 120 x 120 x 200 one 😫 I would have kept it, but it was too tall and wouldn't fit, so I had to go back to the grow shop for them to swap it for the 180 high tent. Got that up and then started on the extraction kit. Watched some YouTube videos on how to put it together and realised the grow shop had also accidentally forgotten to give me the padded clamp 😒 I gave them a call and this time they had someone drop it round for me. All in all, they have been great so I didn't kick up a fuss and I am really relieved they are open on a Sunday!!! However, I did lose a couple of hours with the setup. Finally got the extraction kit up, which wasn't easy to do on my own, but I managed 💪 I now have a complete set-up inside the house to do a grow for a comparison against the greenhouse and will definitely work better for the winter and spring when its cold. It also means that both Orla and Wanda are now alone in the greenhouse and have a light each. Exhaustion Level: 10/10 😴 Nov 15 (day 76): Looking good today. More room in the greenhouse and a light to herself which will hopefully allow her to fatten her buds nicely before harvest. Nov 16 (day 77): End of week 11. Looking really good and definite fattening of colas in the last 24 hours. Trichomes still clear. Fed with 6L of water and week 8 of the nute schedule. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Nov 17 (day 78): Start of week 12. Looking really well and healthy, fattening buds with lots of trichomes and resin. Pistils are still mostly white, mainly on the lower buds. Nov 18 (day 79): All looking good. Humidity is keeping within the right range now that I am using the syringe to remove excess water from the tray and not spilling it in the greenhouse 😂 Nov 19 (day 80): Looking good and healthy. Nov 20 (day 81): Still looking very well and continuing to fatten up her buds. Took more photos with the microscope. First signs of some trichomes beginning to transition to cloudy on the bigger buds, but majority fully clear. Have decided to feed 1L less as I am getting about 1.5L run off in the tray. Fed with 5L of water and week 8 of the nute schedule, microbes and Calmag. Got less run off, around 0.5L. Nov 21 (day 82): Looking good and healthy. Nov 22 (day 83): I have now finished drying Ophelia and Wendy, so I am moving Orla and Wanda into the grow tent indoors. It's beginning to get very smelly in the greenhouse with just the two plants and I am nearly out of my second tub of odour control gel. To save buying more, I may as well move them into my new tent with the extractor fan. Also means I can try out my new Spider Farmer 400W light for the last few weeks and see if I can get those buds any fatter 😍 Its also getting really cold and snow is forecast. Temperatures are dropping to below freezing now and the heater is having to work really hard to keep the temperature at 22C even though I have the thermostat set to 24C. Will also save me going out to the greenhouse in freezing temperatures and just down into the cellar instead. She's looking good today, so let's hope the last few weeks in the tent continue to keep her that way. Nov 23 (day 84): End of week 12. Wow its pretty hot in the tent with that new light! Damn, its hitting 29-30C when the light is on. I have a mini fan in the tent and have now added a tower fan as well, so will see if that makes a difference. Brought her upstairs to water in the sink as its much easier than using the tray and syringe. Turned my back for a second and found my cat chewing on her leaves 😱😰😻 She was clearly fascinated by the scent. Maybe she thought this was a huge catnip plant just for her! Bloody hell, lets hope it doesn't affect her in any way. She didn't ingest any of the leave, so hopefully just a taste 🙀 Fed with 5L of water and week 9 of the nute schedule. Took more photos with the microscope which I can now prop up easily whilst she was in the sink. No shaky hands involved, so got some really nice clear pictures. Trichomes slightly cloudy on a couple of buds, but majority are still fully clear. All in all a good week and lots of bud growth. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Nov 24 (day 85): Start of week 13. Nov 25 (day 86): Looking good today, buds are continuing to fatten. Its still very hot in this tent with the new 400w light and is reaching 30C 😰 I am having to routinely try and open the tent door to let the temperature drop down to 24C and then close it back up again. She's not in need of water as the pot doesn't feel completely light yet. Nov 26 (day 87): Brought her up to the sink for her watering today, which is much easier than messing around in the greenhouse with syringes. Bringing her upstairs from the cellar isn't an issue as the pot is light at this point. Fed with 5L of water and week 9 of the nute schedule. Buds are looking really fat and got a load of pictures of the trichomes. I normally try and take a close up picture of each bud, which is why there are so many. This also lets me compare the trichome colouring overall. They are mostly clear still, but on some of the larger buds they are cloudy and a few dotted ambers here and there. It's much harder taking her back down when the pot is full and heavy and I managed to soak myself via the airpot holes 😭 Seems that I am destined to get regular soakings via this growing process! Nov 27 (day 88): Looking good still, but the heat is still a problem. Keeping an eye on the pot weight in case she needs watering more often, but she seems ok after yesterdays feed. Nov 28 (day 89): She's really packing on the weight now and the buds are continuing to fatten right up! I'm also getting a lot of new white pistils coming out which is a new experience. With my other plants Ophelia and Wendy, the pistils went orange and stayed that way. Mind you, this whole experience has been different with these two plants. I did the LST when they were bigger and they are a completely different shape. They have grown SOOOOOOO much bigger than the others. Even though the other plants were 10 days ahead, I learnt from my mistakes and applied them to these plants and the difference has been HUGE. Trichomes are around 50% Cloudy, 50% Clear now I think and still only a few ambers. Still a way to go I think, so will just keep going until I think I need to start flushing. Fed with 5L of water, week 9 of the nute schedule, microbes and calmag. Nov 29 (day 90): Getting annoyed with this heat issue now. I really don't want to turn the light down but it is throwing out SO much heat. I am also getting fed up of having to keep going down to the cellar and open the tent door to drop the heat from 30C and the leaves on the girls are turning upwards at the sides which is a sign of heat stress too. I rang up my pal at the grow shop for some advice and he suggested that I need to move the ducting from the extractor further away from the tent. Essentially, the heat from the ducting (which is on top of the tent) is then cooking the tent from the outside in 😫 He also suggested that my humidity is too low at 38% (even though thats what I had read on the RQS site) and that it should be higher for the girls to thrive. Guess I have been worrying about bud rot a bit TOO much 😱 I went down and set the dehumidifier up to 50% and moved the ducting as far away from the tent as possible. Let's see if things improve. Nov 30 (day 91): End of week 13. Yep, heating issue is much better. Humidity isn't rising as quickly as I want, but the max temperature is now at 26C which is much better. When the light goes off, its cooler in the tent in the dark too, so I'm getting more of a night and day temperature which I didn't get in the greenhouse as the heater was keeping the temperature constant. All in all a good week despite the heat issues. Lots of weight going onto the buds and the plants look much more like the ones I see in other peoples diaries 😊 NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Dec 1 (day 92): Start of week 14. Looking good, buds are getting HUGE now. Leaves are beginning to yellow now and as always the different buds are at different stages, but trichomes are majority cloudy so I am going to start the flush today. She has a lot of orange pistils, but quite a lot of new white ones too. Dutch Passion said that the plant is ready to harvest when all the pistils are orange, so hopefully this timing will work well if I start the flush now. When using organic nutrients, the BioBizz schedule states that only a one week flush is required. A lot of growers say that a flush isn't required at all when using organic nutes, but BioBizz do recommend it. I did a one week flush for her sisters Ophelia and Wendy and it seemed to work well. High temperatures in the tent seem to have stabilised since last week and moving the extraction duct end to the other side of the room. Her leaves are still curling upwards however, which is a sign of heat stress, so I have lifted the lamp up to 18 inches just in case. Fed with 9L of PH balanced (6.5 PH) water. Dec 2 (day 93): All good, still fattening up nicely. Dec 3 (day 94): Looking fine still. Not quite ready for a watering yet, but will need one tomorrow I think. Dec 4 (day 95): Brought her up from the cellar for her watering. Looking at the trichomes, there are still a lot of clear ones and quite a few ambers now too. Ideally I want to harvest when all the trichomes have turned cloudy for maximum THC and the majority or all of the pistils are orange. She isn't ready yet, given that criteria but I don't know how much longer it will be either. Continuing with the flush, so gave her 9L of PH balanced water (at 6.5 PH). Some of the colas are getting so big, the weight is beginning to weigh them down. Added a couple of sticks and tied them up to give them more support. Removed a few of the yellowing fan leaves. Dec 5 (day 96): All good, still fattening up nicely. Dec 6 (day 97): All good, leaves starting to yellow even more since starting the flush. Colas are getting seriously big and fat. I cant believe how much bigger she is than her sister Ophelia was. SERIOUSLY the difference is HUGE! Dec 7 (day 98): End of week 14. Looking great and still not ready for another flush yet, but will need watering tomorrow I think. Leaves are continuing to yellow. A great week with lots of bud growth. NOTE: Nutrient amount is the total amount of nutes given during the week.

Dec 8 (day 99): Start of week 15. Looking huge and needed to add 2 new sticks to support some of the colas struggling with their own weight! Got quite a lot of white pistils still appearing and asked a grow question. Some articles say this is normal, some say it may be normal for the strain and some say its too much heat/light. As always its difficult to know which it is, but reading articles on 'fox tailing' (which I think is too much heat/light at late flowering stage), it says that the white pistils are OK if they are all over the buds, rather than in one area (which they are). Wanda has a bit of bud bleaching though (but she is an inch taller), so I've raised the light a few inches higher and turned it down to 80%. This has also dropped the temperature in the tent to 24C, so hopefully all good. I think they will still get enough light at this stage, but I've still only been using my 400W light for a few weeks and getting used to the levels. I am going to go by the trichomes rather than the pistils which are looking mostly cloudy. More ambers, but probably 5% overall at a guess? Will give it to the end of the week and check at her next watering. Continuing with the flush, so gave 9L of PH balanced water. Dec 9 (day 100): All good. Dec 10 (day 101): All good, no water required yet and pot is still heavy. Checked trichomes and they are still ok to go a few more days I'd say. More amber trichomes appearing, but still not masses overall so will wait a little longer. Dec 11 (day 102): All good, still doesn't need water yet. Dec 12 (day 103): Needs watering today. Brought her upstairs and checked her trichomes. She's ready for harvest and I don't want to let her go any longer. I would say she is 20%+ amber trichomes now. Cut her branches down and put them in the trim bin. She is so different to Ophelia, in that she just has lots of big colas so it was really easy to just trim those down. The wet trim took 3 bloody hours 😵 Didn't want to be there for another 3 hours with Wanda, so will harvest her tomorrow. Took the light down in the tent and put the net up for the drying. Obviously I cant have the light on if I am drying her in the same tent as Wanda, who hasn't been harvested yet. Put her into the net and turned the extractor up a bit. Weighed her and I have 500g. I read that you lose approximately 70% of the weight when drying (thats a bloody shame 😩), so am hoping to end up with around 150g (5OZ) when she is dry. Thats quite a step up from the 1OZ I got off Ophelia. Dec 13 (day 104): All good and drying nicely. Already losing a lot of moisture and size. Dec 14 (day 105): End of week 15. Both girls harvested and drying in the tent. I will continue to post updates on this page until she has finished curing and then I will add the final 'Harvest' page. Dec 15 (day 106): Drying nicely and crisping up already! Continuing to go down into the cellar and swish them about each day. With the nets, you need to turn the buds regularly so they don't get flat on one side 😂 Dec 21 (day 112): She’s dry now and ready for trimming and curing. I am going to put Orla and Wanda into glass jars rather than Grove Bags like their sisters. I want to make a comparison to see if there is any difference. It’s more of a pain to have to burp the jars, but as I have to check on the new seedlings daily, I am in the cellar anyway. Dry weight was 103 grams, which is a HUGE improvement on Ophelia. Will update the harvest page in 4 weeks when she is cured and I have had my first smoke 😶‍🌫️😀😎

I grew two Orange bud plants for my first grow, 10 days apart. Ophelia my first didn't harvest very much, but I learned my lessons quickly and was able to produce a MUCH bigger plant with this one. I got a really nice harvest so am very pleased 😁