White Widow X Big Bud 24/10/21

from germination to first week went well. All six sprang out of the earth displaying first set of leafs after week 1. Watered 100ml filtered water every other day. First leaves look crooked in places and warped but will hopefully even out in Veg week 2.

the first crooked leaves were not a problem. the 6 plants are vegging nicely showing large broad leaves - two sets now and beginning to sprout the third set of leaves. started nutrients this week and root juice. 150ml filtered water every other day - lights at 20 inches and 60% power. the ladies are looking good!

the plants have really grown this week and are on 250ml of filtered water every other day. nodes are looking nice and tight together and foliage is really taking shape. they seem to be growing at different speeds. Humidity can rise to 65% during the night may need to invest in a mini dehumidifier when flowering. Possibly will switch to 12/12 light cycle and initiate budding at the end of next week which will be November 21st.

Decided to leave the plants to go to 5 veg week - will commence flowering on the 28th of November due to size restrictions. all plants are coming along well strong but some difference in sizes. Topped the bottom far left and the bottom far right and new shoots have grown well. 350ml of filtered water every other day. slight issue in the back row of plants showing yellow borders on the leaves and are curling inwards slightly - have asked question as to why.

22/11/21 thanks to the grow diary community realised there was a slight over watering issue and nitrogen toxicity. Have lowered the bio grow to 0.5ml per litre and introduced 0.5ml bio bloom as will start flowering period next week. defoliated the plants on the bottom branches to promote growth of the higher ones. Will now only water once every 3 days not every other day. 350ml of filtered water. - Lights are at 80% brightness for final week of veg. 25/11/21 defoliated largest fan leaves near the base of the plants - bud sites are appearing in light green

05/12/21 - PRE FLOWER: The plants have certainly grown in size and most bud sites are showing the beginnings of pistils. - Some leaves have purple spots - This could be phosphorus deficiency. I am feeding a healthy dose of blooming nutrients - so this could be a heat issue as the temp does get below 20 often. I have decided to invest in a heat mat. Had to defoliate some bud sites on some plants as I was an IDIOT and but a blow fan heater close to warm up - so I have lost some bud sights maybe 10% overall - lesson learnt. I hope this hasn't stressed the plants out too much. Lights are at 100% brightness.

11/12/21: Official First flower week. Added in Big Bud Nutrients and they appear to have changed over night... lots of light green bud sites... some are even showing stigmas and white pistils... still a slight issue with the heat... but as it is near a large glass window and the size of the tent a heat mat is the best i can do. other than that the plants are looking very healthy and strong and will not be long until they are in full bloom.

20/12/21: third week of flower - everything is coming along as it should - had to defoliate (hopefully for the last time) some of the fan leaves further to make space and to free up the light source for the buds that are lower down. pistils are really popping and all plants are looking healthy and strong. Leaves are starting to get their trichomes especially on the main kolas.

26/11/21: All six are well into flower now - large buds are forming in the colas and white trichomes are showing all around the leaves creating those sugar leaves. I am more or less letting them do their thing now. All are strong and healthy and showing great signs of a good yield for the six. No more growth - now just focussing on bud production.

03/01/22: All main colas and smaller colas have an abundance of white trichmomes - looking very well and are sticky. Defoliated for the final time and Lollipopped removing all of the bottom veg to promote bud growth. Pistils are still hairy - just waiting for them to flatten down. only a very few pistils throughout are turning brown - hopefully this will increase within the next few weeks. Overall I am happy with the way things are going - and should only be 2-3 weeks more til harvest.

09/01/22: The plants have definitely stopped growing taller and now are just concentrating all their energy into the bud production. Trichomes everywhere and all over the sugar leaves. Had a look at a sugar leaf under the microscope - not cloudy enough to be ready. Should be done in a few more weeks. Slowly but surely some of the stigmas are turning orange though no brown trichomes yet. the humidifier is doing a great job of keeping the grow tent under 50% humidity. Despite having a 4 inch carbon filter and fan the smell is slowly but surely creeping out of the grow tent - I can but imagine the smell if there was no carbon filter or fan. Not much more to do but wait until the browners trichomes come and more stigmas start to flatten and some turn orange.

16/01/22 - final two weeks (we hope) this strain has an 8 weeks flowering time so realistically should only be two more weeks. pistils however are still mostly white and long - around 20 of them have curled in. The plants are staying moist alot longer which has led to more time inbetween watering. that being said the smell is strong and the plants look healthy. more or less letting it do its thing now.

23/1/22: Two of the plants seem to be maturing quicker than than the rest and are the only plants so far showing any amber trichomes. I may need to flush these from next week. the remaining 4 are coming along though they are coming along slowly. Conditions are kept the same as previous week.

week 14 - 02/02/22 - not much difference in that the colas on some of the plants are starting to bend the stems which I will need to sort out. some more orane pistils. Have start flushing with plan PH'd water for the past week in a bid to get them to orange/brown out a bit more.

04/02/22 - they have been on pure water for the past 4 feeds and the buds are ready to harvest. really taking their toll and weight on the stalks and they can give no more. its been great having them. Will keep in the darkness for 24 hours before the cut on 06/02.

overall a really good crop - came in at 62.5 ounces wet and then it was 6.5 ounces dry. standard. the grow had some nitrogen issues in some weeks, had some purple leaf issues in other weeks due to potassim uptake deficiency which I fixed with a heat mat. I would definitley grow this strain again and is ideal for a beginning with good end results. a pleasure and relatively easy to grow. :)