Indigo Dreams

This is a summary of the vegetation phase for PAK. She is a bit slow in veg like a true indica but has a vigorous root system and short internodal length. Almost no smell at all until she accumulated some size and even then just a very generic "plant" smell. Her structure is short and bushy and she does not like to spread out/branch quickly. Picture with the LED on is the last day before 12/12.

She is almost a week (5 days) into 12/12 and she is starting to show her flowers. Pictures were taken right after watering so she still looks a bit droopy. I had a few spider mites in veg that I haven't seen signs of for weeks but I continue to spray the entire plant with a homemade garlic-hot pepper spray at each watering. Bit of a sweet earthy smell starting to emerge when you rub the stems but still very mild overall.

Summary for 2nd week of flowering. Almost no stretch whateoever and PAK is packing on the pistils with some resin development already. While I'm not anticipating a great yield the buds are stacking nicely with a mildly sweet kushy smell to them, should be a tasty smoke.

Day 21 today and everything is coming along great. She is extremely dense so I'll probably slowly defoliate some of the lower fan leaves over time to open air flow for the buds. Nice stacking and buds look like little golf balls. Mild smell so far but it's definitely got the sweet pineapple smell I was hoping for.

Day 27 Update: Everything coming along well. Odour and trichrome production picked up a lot this week. She has a pineapple/piney/dank smell that had me get the carbon filter out. I lollipopped her a bit and will use the popcorn I harvested later to make butter.

Noticed a little tip burn this week so dialed back the nutrients a touch. Everything is coming along great though getting fatter and stinkier each day. I got to sample one of the larger popcorn buds I trimmed off when lollipopping last week and it's already pretty potent with a complex flavour profile. You can definitely taste her Bubba kush heritage with some fruitiness that makes her unique.

Things are starting to fatten up and she is getting LOUD. Really strong pineapple musk whenever I open the cabinet. Noticed some spider mites this week so doubled up on my hot pepper/garlic spray to keep them at bay while staying pesticide free. Not too long till flush/harvest now!

The violet/reddish tones really started to show in the calyxes this week. Spider mites have continued to be a problem on some fan leaves but haven't affected the buds so I've been spraying every 2-3 days with hot pepper spray. Aroma is pretty strong now almost too much for my carbon filter but it's pretty pleasant. Soon I'll be starting the flush and preparing for harvest!

Final week of bloom. Unfortunately I've been battling the mites pretty bad here at the end regularly stripping infected fan leaves and using capsaicin, garlic and 50/50 isopropyl/H2O sprays to keep them at bay but it's just controlling their population at this point not eliminating them. I started flushing and will harvest a bit early (around day 55, supposed to be a 60 day strain). Will be thoroughly disinfecting/bombing my cabinets before my next plants go bloom. Other than mites though this has been a pretty smooth sailing grow. Definitely would have vegged a lot longer had I known just how little she would stretch. The buds are every dense though with a good caking of trichromes and definite reds and violets adding color contrast. Aroma is very pleasant as well which to me is like a sweeter-fruity Bubba.

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