RQS Royal Gorilla Auto

aNauticalDisaster So far so good, I’ve been watering small amounts every day at 6.5 PH, slowing increasing the quantity. I did top up the pot with more Promix HP - I was surprised how much it settled after a few days. Really enjoying not having to worry about nutrients with the organic dry amendments.

aNauticalDisaster Solid growth this week - hoping to top it above node 4 as long as comes in the next few days I decided to top dress a bit of Gaia Green Rock Dust Blend at 1 tbsp/gallon on Day 10 - I have pretty soft tap water (90 PPM) so thought the extra minerals would be beneficial.

aNauticalDisaster Another good week, this is a fast grower! Topped at Day 15 above the 4th node, it took it like a champ and I was seeing new growth by the next day. Had some minor PM show up on some lower leaves during the week, this wasn’t surprising because I had a flowering plant in the same tent that I’ve been fighting it on. Finally got the other plant out of there so I gave the tent a good bleaching and sprayed this guy with a potassium bicarbonate spray for a few days. Seems to have taken care of it for now but you can see the residue from the spray on the leaves.

aNauticalDisaster Started LST’ing shortly after topping to get a nice even canopy. Another great week of growth, things are starting to smell pretty good in the ol tent. First top-dressing of Gaia Green coming up on Day 30.

aNauticalDisaster Top-dressed Gaia Green on Day 30 @ 2 tbsp/gallon, 50% 4-4-4 All-Purpose and 50% 2-8-4 Power Bloom. Also added another 1.5 tbsp of Rock Dust.

aNauticalDisaster Started to do some light defoliating near the end of this week to improve air flow and help light penetration, things were getting pretty hectic at the top of the canopy. I’ve removed quite a bit of leaves (although it’s still a bit hard to tell by the pics) and so far it hasn’t seemed bothered in the least, so I’ll continue pulling a few more into next week.

aNauticalDisaster Easy week. Really starting to put on weight now.

aNauticalDisaster Busy week! Late last week I started seeing some purple colours coming out which I thought was just natural as it’s been getting nice and cool during dark hours. But then it started progressing into yellowing and some necrotic spotting, which led me to CalMag. I had thought the Gaia Green would have enough but I’m not super surprised as my tap water is quite soft at 90ish PPM. Seems like it did the trick in any case - I’ve been using it daily for 4 days and I’m not really seeing any worsening in symptoms at this point. Top dressed on Day 51 (3 weeks after last) @ 75% bloom and 25% veg.

aNauticalDisaster Getting close now! I’m thinking probably one more week. Trichs are pretty well fully cloudy, just want to see a little bit of amber.