Outdoor Ayahuasca Purple

The plant was topped around week 6. A week later, all the nodes below the leading tops were removed, except for the bottom two. The bottom two will grow out into main branches when the plant is under LST and should be saved. New branches recently topped again.

The plant was topped for a few more topping cycles. I usually top again once 2-3 nodes have grown, or when the new branches are 2 inches. It was also low stress trained to even the canopy and promote branch growth.

I accidentally split the main stem a bit, I just tied it back together and it healed closer to the flower phase. I was bending down the branches and waiting till they grew a bit to give them the final topping 2 weeks before the flowering phase. I was feeding nutrients and water every day.

This is the last week of the vegetative phase and the plant is starting to show signs of stretch. The past two weeks I did not top the plant, as I wanted to get tall branches that I could bend down before the major stretch. I did this so I could have an enormous canopy, in the picture it is a 3x2ft canopy. After bending down the branches I defoliated all the leaves towards the center of the plant, so there would be no cluttering of unnecessary branches during the stretch. Sorry I got photo's mixed up, was really busy, didn't have time first half of grow.

I continued to make sure the branches were growing neatly by defoliating the lower branches (by lower I mean the closest to center, as my plant was main-lined). I also fed an extra amount of FloraGro to promote the stretch. I cut it out completely a week later. The last toppings were done 2 weeks before the flowering phase. In the picture above you can see how my training from week 8 caused those two original lower nodes to turn into main branches.

The actual branch length from base to tip is 130cm(4ft3in). Since the plant was trained it stands around 50cm(20in) tall. It has a 4.5ftx5ft canopy. The plant continues to form buds and is past the stretching and budlet phase. The budlets were green. I was finding thin branches so during this week I went completely on the FloraBloom. I gave 2 gallons of the nutrient mixture and 2 gallons of plain water. I also fed the plant wood ash to improve the branch strength. Some defoliation was done (a handful of leaves) to improve airflow. The plant is also starting to purple starting with the fan leaf stems.

I cut out the nutrients and let the plant do its thing. I also noticed the plant had been pollinated and was starting to grow seeds, so I cut her at the end of this week, a week early. I left a portion of the plant to seed, but the rest was cut and hung. The branch I left is showing toxicity, proof of the intensity of nutrients this plant needed to survive. I tried to combat this with PH balancer to keep the cola productive and not toxified by the excessive nutrients needed by the rest of the plant that wasn't there. I was successful by prolonging the life closest to winter by building a heat trap, and mulching the ground beside the plant.

Sorry for the broken lens. My harvest was 19.5oz. I left the main stem and one of the branches to seed, I'll grow with the next generation of female plants, if successful. There was a week of rain and it was starting to seed, so I harvested it a week early. In the end though the terpene profile was crazy for edibles and for smoking. The slow drying allowed the buds to retain a lot more terpenes, the fan leaves shield the buds and prevent them from drying out too quickly.

I low stress trained the remaining fertilized cola. I did this in order to open up spaces in the cola so the seed sacks could be protected by additional cola growth. I also covered the main stem in black plastic sheet in order to make an attempt to re-generate this plant after I have harvested the seed, this caused a fungus infection, because the bent branch got so humid it started peeling skin. I noticed fungus on the secondary cola that was closest to the main wrapped stem. I tried to fix this by removing the black plastic. I used isopropyl alcohol spray. I hope it recovers in week 23 or lasts another 3 weeks for seed collection. I also built a heat trap beside the plant, that will eventually be built into a makeshift greenhouse when daytime temperatures drop down to 14 degrees Celsius. I also PH balanced the water to combat a nutrient toxicity the plant facing. The seed sacks are also covered with flower now. Since the flower was growing perfectly and the infection affected the stem only there is hope for recovery. I am a bit busy, sorry for the lack of photos.

This week starts off with 11 hours and 55 minutes of sunlight and ends with 11 hours and 40 minutes of daylight hours. It is also dipping down to 7 degrees Celsius at nights. Rain is also expected next week. I caused the stalk to re-veg in a place it was covered with the black plastic sheet. The plastic was causing such a humid situation it infected the previous cut stems sites, it was doing damage to the stalk for being put on too early. Other symptoms included drying of the stem where the starting from where the plastic sheet covered the infection site, I looked under the sheet after this and found the infection site, The infection had initiated at a stress point in the branch. The humidity caused by the plastic sheet, caused the stem to tear at two points. Another symptom was the leaves changing colors and crunching up. Under the plastic sheet was a completely lighter color of stem. This explains why I was able to LST the main cola, it also explains the nutrient burn, as the plant is craving vegetative nutrients. I will most likely get some hermaphrodite genes in the already pollenated seed sacks due to this stalk re-veg. To fix this, I removed the sheet and the new vegetative growth. I applied 0.5% hydrogen peroxide to the infected areas.(WARNING: This bud will be toxically non smokable or consumable) I fed the plant 3 tablespoons of Epsom salt, and covered it with 40 liters of pro-mix soil for when the rain comes. I also added the open sided greenhouse for the rain covering, as this plant is fighting a waterborne infection. I low stress trained the main cola, in order to create airflow, and secondary colas. If I did not LST the colas the stem rot would have reached them and turned into bud rot. The airflow created by cola LST and the hydrogen peroxide causes the infected areas to only slightly increase, infection spreading noticeable after a week. The re-veg will also benefit with the infection recovery, even though It kind of is a result of a cause. I also started feeding the plant 900ml of water in the heatwave so the water uptake content would not cause the fungus to thrive. I also raised the branch up with a support so the infection would have a hard time moving with the nutrients and water. It doesn't appear to be spreading, and has been treated two times within the past three days. I plan to treat it a few more times before the rain. I also used concrete slabs at the base to ensure the root base was warm at night . I think she will pull through this fungus infection with the photoperiodic stress shock created by the humidity of wrapping of the stem. Cannabis is supposed to die at 12 degrees Celsius. I am hoping the outcome of the greenhouse test will also determine the daylight hours the cannabis will die at. I mean I am expecting it to die when daylight hours reach 9. Will be adding photos to harvest.

It rained lightly the first day. The second day, there were light showers as well. This plant was mostly covered, but was heavy fog. Averaging 70 percent humidity this week. I realized this was stem rot and not what I thought last week. I fed the plant table and Epsom salts during the last day of the previous week. I also trimmed all the dyeing fan leaves from the base and spaced out the buds. so this condition would not advance to bud rot. I also started feeding a bit of nutrients for new leaf regeneration. I also alternated spraying hydrogen peroxide and 50% Isopropyl alcohol. I soaked paper towels in saltwater, dried them and applied it to the main wound I had. Salt and both these liquids have reactions you can research up on, I don't want to bore you lol 😂. There are more intricacies to this technique I would not like to discuss. Please give JST credit if you use these treatments, to slow the stem rot due to cold climate temperature changes. The stem advanced to yellowing 3mm last week, stem ripping was still sitting at around 4cm. As long as it doesn't yellow or mold up, I'm good. Will add photos once the rain passes. At the end of the week the infection spread like crazy due to the rain so I picked off two seeds too early, but managed to get one seed that was viable. Lets see if it sprouts.