First Ever, First OutDoor, First Autos

June 7th all three seeds were far enough in germination that they were planted into their final bags today. The soil was pre-soaked with regular water the prior June the 6th. Tangerine Dream was the furthest along in with its tap root. Unfortunately I forgot to take picture of this whole process. I also accidentally dropped this seed on the floor when moving it to the pot. The day was 27 and no clouds with 40-50% RH Cherry Bud is the porridge that was just right. Sucker punch was just splitting open and showing her taproot when I planted her with the test. So was by far the slowest of the bunch. I initially put the pots in the sun with humidity bags, but quickly removed them after I checked ones RH and temp and saw it was kinda high. Figured, just let the little girls grow. June 8th Raining off and on, since I pre-soaked the soil and knew it was going to rain I decided to move all three plants in to the poly greenhouse we got for them just to help them from crazy fluctuations in Dutch weather and to control water. The sides were lifted to allow the wind to pass through all the bags and air the soil. The day was in the low 20s and 60-80% RH. June 9th All three girls are showing their shells breaking through the medium. By 2100 all three plants were clearly visible and working hard. The day was in the low to mid 20s and 60-80% RH. June 10th Sucker punch is already showing her first two fan blades over the other two ladies. Their Cotyledons are opening up. By the end of the days Tangerine Dream looked like a classic seedling. Cotyledons open with 2 fan leaves coming out. Sucker Punch looks the same as Tangerine Dream. Cherry bud is still to fully open up, she will be like the others by morning. The day was low to mid 20, cloudy, 40-60% RH. The night got cold, to the point I was nervous 12-13. Placed plants in greenhouse and zipped it up to keep some temp. Also to keep the wind off them since the wind chill could have dropped the temp further. June 11th Cherry Bud has opened up but a cotyledon is drooping and both the fan leaves are curling up. I am chalking this up to the crazy weather the poor thing had to suffer. The rest of the week is looking about 10-13. The day has been in the low 20s. I places all three girls in the sun first thing in the morning and let them try to soak up as much as possible after that night. The morning has had clouds off and on but the afternoon and evening have been nice direct light. I placed all three in the greenhouse while it’s getting direct sun for the night ahead a bucket with water is in to keep humidity. Currently its in the high 30s with 45-60% RH. The Cherry Bud looks like she is slower. The Tangerine is getting along nice. The Sucker looks to be stretching, I’ll know for sure tomorrow. Judging by the soil, I will have to give their first watering tomorrow or the day after.

I was mostly on a trip for this whole week and left the plants a friend to not kill. So unfortunately no pictures.

I had a pre-planned trip I was going on before I decided to grow these. I gave my wife basic instructions on "How not to kill a 2 week old Cannabis plant". I had tried to plan the watering at least before I had to leave so I could show her how to mix everything and water the plants at this stage. Due to the weather in Holland being Dutch the sun was not out as much as we would have liked. In fact it dropped to 12 on night along with a decent amount of wind. All three are now placed on support rods. Week 3 was still under the care of my other half, I arrived back mid week to find some nice little plants. The Sucker punch reached a bit and is slower, I don't have much expectations for this one sadly. Cherry bud is a real shower, growing steady and fast. Tangerine Dream is, well, in the middle. All 3 have that earthy faint smell to them now. For the Cherry Bud and Tangerine Dream I have started to LST by simply bending them with some wire. The sun finally came out truly in 2 weeks (triggered me to start the LST), both plants within a few hours responded and adjusted fine. Decent amount of wind too. All plants had a full watering day 19, about a litre each for now.

Usual growth, couple issues with PH and leaves. I will update this weeks comments at a later date after going through my notes. It was a slow week, usual moving the plants into the sun as much as possible and monitoring for change. Kept up the LST.

Plants are growing fast and started to notice pre flowering. Managed to get some Aptus Dislike to try and control the gnats and thrips I have noticed. I decided to mix a large amount of it with my feeding water and saturate the soil with it 20/1l. Continuing LST.

Still combating gnats. They are slowly dying out. Will continue to spray to combat them and pick them off by hand whenever possible. Noticed a thrip or two once or twice but not as bad as the first time. Still cautious. Decided to run a bit of cal/mag for no real reason. Also found out my PH issues were with using the PH up and down. Organics really mean, don't mess with the PH. Now I notice it sitting at 6.3-6.5 so I will not complain. Run-off has stabilized and is a little lower than when it goes in. All plants have been steady at flowering and doing the last little bits of stretching. Still tucking and clipping dying leaves or sites way to small/underdeveloped.

Plants are coming along nicely. Good rhythm has formed and they are getting watered every other day and doing a dance about the yard to maximize sun exposure. All flowers have exploded in bud sites this week. At the start it was looking bare. Now its kinda crazy. Cherry bud is already stacking and thickening out.

We are currently going through a heat wave but all three girls are fine and loving it. I am keeping on top of watering however since the pots go dry in almost 2 days. Daily leaf tucking and the occasional fan clipping. Tangerine Dream has left me amazed, I was honestly not that gentle with her through out and kind of gave up hope on her and just left her alone. This must have worked as she is exploding with bud sides and starting to thicken out. I have had to remove a few leaves to open up these spots to the sun. Also, the long term effects of me moving the plants about is showing. There is large concentrations of buds on one side of each plant and a rather bare backend. On Day 52 I decided I didnt like a branch and broke it off almost. Nah, I was pulling the branch to open up the plant for more sun and was a little heavy in my handedness. Tapped and wired the joint back together as the limb was not fully removed. She is looking fine 1 days later.

Yet more heatwave. At the moment these girls are now on autopilot. Tangerine Dream is kind of slow and taking her time but started to notice her finally stacking. This happened pretty much over night and I have just left her to do her thing while maintaining nutrients. Cherry Bud is starting her final bulk, along with sucker punch who kinda caught me off guard. One day she was flowering, the next she started to stack and flower. Overall, Cherry and Sucker have now been flushing for a week and a half and are watered with 1-2 L a day. Tangerine Dream is still on nutrients and eating about 2L a day. We are expecting a drop of about 8 degrees with rain so this will slow down. Be sure to check me out on instagram for more pictures and frequent updates. @flavorchasing

I am just going to post this one a day early as nothing will change in 24 hours. This last week has been really mild and due to how the house and fence is situated I am even noticing the shift in direction of sun light. All three plants are super healthy and drinking a lot. Tangerine dream has started to bulk up finally and is just steady growing. Her fan leaves are starting to fade and die out near the bottom due to age but I have been removing and tucking still. Sucker punch and Cherry Bud both had all their fan leaves removed the other day, any leaves with trichomes on them or their stems or bagged and stored. I made this choice as over night I noticed a lot of hairs change colour and want to maximize sunlight exposure before I toss them in the dark before final harvest. Checking them both daily

Overall I actually enjoyed growing this plant. I would totally recommend it to anyone that wants to learn and is not to serious about smoking and just wants a decent stash. Im pleased with the results for a first time outdoor grow in a country where its not that great to grow.

I wish I gave this strain a little more attention and watched her a bit. She was a super interesting plant in terms of how she grew. VERY tight VERY leafy. You couldnt get to close to her without just sticking to the colas. The trim and handling was just messy. I will 100% grow this strain again if only to push that resin for quick and potent nug smashing. Overall, I would recommend this as a second grow strain for a personal stash or to give to guests that are a little seasoned. Careful, she will creep up on ya and sucker punch you to the couch.