Budder's Grow: Pineapple Muffin

3 out of 4 of the Pineapple Muffin feminized seeds germinated after three days, so I planted one more seed and waited for it to germinate, then transplanted all four seedlings into their 2 gallon fabric pots. I have only given them water with a little bit of Real Grower's Recharge, but I will start feeding them a little bit of nutrients the next watering. 11/11/2021 I feed the four Pineapple Muffin girls about a half gallon of water with the General Hydroponics nutrients listed above. 11/15/2021 I raised the light intensity of my LED lights to about 60%, and added a couple of fans and a couple of blue LED lights to keep internodal spacing at a minimum, and fed a half gallon of the nutrient mixture listed above.

Most plants are now being to grow their third set of leaves. I am feeding a half a gallon of water to the four Pineapple Muffin girls with the nutrients listed above every other day, adding Real Grower's Recharge once a week. I think I will FIM all plants once they have five or six nodes. 11/22/2021 I noticed some taco-ing of the leaves of some of the girls, probably from some high heat, because I accidentally had my lights up too high for a day or so, and it could also be from the nutrients being a little higher than what they want, so I only gave plain water two days ago. Today I fed a gallon of water between the eight plants with the nutrients listed above. The plants are looking better, and should recover. Something I should mention is that I ordered Green Planet's 'Take it and Grow' grow kit, which has their 4 part Hydro Fuel nutrients, along with Massive, Liquid W8, and a couple of other things. I also got some Terpinator as well. I think I will feed half of the plants the General Hydroponics nutrients, and the other half the Green Planet nutrients, and see which one I think is the best. I will definitely keep this diary updated with my results.

The plants are growing well and look healthy. I have FIMed all plants, and have begun giving a full gallon of water with nutrients between the four plants every other day. 10/29/2021 The girls look really healthy now, so I decided to give them their first defoliation. I am definitely looking forward to seeing the final results of this grow. 11/30/2021 I stepped up the amount of nutrients to the amounts listed for week three of the aggressive regimen listed on General Hydroponics 10-part feeding schedule, and also replaced GH's Diamond Nectar for Green Planet's GPH uptake, which is a humic acid.

12/01/2021 FIMed all plants a second time, and also FIMed the tips of the other main branches of all plants. They will get another dose of Recharge with their next feeding tomorrow. I will give them exactly one week to recover from this FIMing, and will flip these plants to a 12/12 light flowering schedule. These girls are supposed to have a flower period of about 45 days, but I am expecting to have to run them about 50 days or so. My goal is to get over 8 ounces of nice bud on this run. 12/02/2021 I fed two gallons of water with the nutrients listed above. 12/05/2021 I gave all the girls a second major defoliation. I plan to switch to 12/12 flower cycle this Tuesday evening. 12/06/2021 I removed a few leaves and fed two gallons of water with the nutrients listed above. These girls are doing excellent. They have responded very well to the major defoliation that they received. I will flip them to the 12/12 flower cycle in a day or two I believe. I uploaded a couple of pictures of the strains I plan to grow in the future, which is mostly Humboldt Seed Company genetics

The girls are looking very good going into flower. I will feed them two gallons of water with the nutrients listed above tomorrow morning. The flower time for these girls is about 45 days, so I hope to have finished harvest and dry before the end of January. I have plans to move to a larger house February, and hope to set up two 4x4 tents, so I have been collecting Humboldt Seed Company seeds that I hope to grow in my new 4x4 tents. I plan to grow four different strains that have the same flower time per grow. I think my next grow will be Raspberry Parfait, Old Growth OG, Blueberry Cupcake and Vanilla Frosting. The grow after that will be Pistachio, Nutter Budder, Strawberry Cheesecake and Vanilla Cream Pie. The extra Vanilla Frosting pack was sent by mistake, and will be replaced with Vanilla Cream Pie. If anyone wants to get some Humboldt Seed Company genetics, I suggest DC Seed Exchange or North Atlantic Seed Co.

So, I gave a big defoliation last week, and I think the nutrients and amount of water was too much last feeding, so they have not been feed for three days. They will get one gallon of water with Recharge this next feeding tomorrow. 12/14/2021 I am sure the picture of different strains look excessive, but I really got tired of being at the mercy of black market sellers, and after experiencing real dispensaries in San Diego, I decided to say fuck it, and become my own dispensary. I certainly do not want to say I only want to grow HSC genetics, but I want some very flavorful strains with different terp profiles that I know I can depend on for these next few grows. I have plans to move to a larger house after the first of the year, which will allow me to set up a 4x4 tent, and a 4x5 2-in-1 grow tent, with the 4x5 2-in-1 having a separate section for seedlings, clones, or veg. Once I get this set up, I plan to grow about 4 different strains that have the same flowering time per tent. I may grow more or less, we will see. I grow in 2 gallon fabric containers, Sea of Green, so the way I figure I will be able to get 36 plants into each tent. If I can schedule it right, I will be able to get a harvest from a 4x4 tent every 6 weeks maybe. I may plant half of the strains that finish early, like 45 to 50 days, with the other half with flowering times of 60-70 weeks, and harvest half the tent at a time. I will be able to do this as I plan to have a very nice, cool automated dry/cure box for my grows going forward after this one. 12/16/2021 Fed all four plants a gallon of water with Real Grower's Recharge. 12/20/2021 The plants look great. I am feeding half of the plants with General Hydroponics nutrients, with Green Planet GPH uptake and Massive. I know it is not straight up GH nutrients, but I need to run through the rest of my GH nutrients, and I want to see how it does as opposed to straight Green Planet nutrients, which I am feeding the other four plants. I will for sure switch to Green Planet nutrients fully next grow, but I am curious how this grow will turn out, if I will see a difference in the two nutrient feedings.

This is the beginning of week three. The two plants in the back corners had tops that were growing higher than the others, so I tried to bend them down to train them and even the canopy, but I accidentally snapped both tops. These plants seem to have more of a snap to them, lol. I am making a much greater effort to defoliate and only leave a few branches and bud sites per plant, in hopes I will have very little to no larf, and only decent sized flowers.

The buds on these Pineapple Muffin girls are starting to get larger and produce Trichomes, buy not much of a smell yet.

The buds are really beginning to swell and get frosty. Definitely looking forward to finally trying this strain. So, I was looking on www.buildasoil.com and saw that they were selling 8 ounce packs of freeze dried coconut water powder for plants. The product also sites a study by three scientist, two of them in Singapore, and the third scientist at MIT university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the composition of Plant Growth Regulators in coconut water. As I was reading, I remembered that I have some Pineapple Mango coconut water with Aquamin, which is a calcium derived from algae harvested in the North Atlantic, so I have started giving my girls one teaspoon of this powder per gallon of nutrient mixture. I am adding this for the PGRs in the coconut water, but also as an extra source of sugar for the microbes in the soil. I have added this the last two feedings along with the Green Planet nutrients and Real Growers Recharge, and I can say I have never seen my plants this healthy and frosty. I can't wait to see how my final harvest turns out. Also, if anyone is interested in reading more about the natural PGRs found in coconut water, you can read the article I found below on "The Chemical Composition and Biological Properties of Coconut." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255029/

Week six of flower. I dropped the Real Grower's Recharge, as it is suggested to stop feeding it after about week five. The flowers look very frosty, with a ton of white hairs still. It looks like harvest will be in about 3 weeks I think.

I am very pleased with Green Planet's four part Hydro Fuel series nutrients, used with Recharge. I also really like the Coconut water with Mango and Pineapple from Laird Superfoods. There are 19 amino acids in these three different fruits, just in different amounts, and I really think it has helped put the bud growth into overdrive. These amino acids should also really help produce the secondary metabolites like Terpines, Flavonoids and resin that we are all looking for. My buds are bulking up now, very resinous and sticky, and covered with Trichomes. I think I am really getting my nutrition regime dialed in. It looks like I it will be harvest time in about two weeks, maybe less.

The trichomes are between 5-10% Amber now, so I think I will harvest in two days. I have been adding some supplement blue light, and some UVB light for about 90 minutes every other day. Some of these buds are absolutely stupid frosty. I will do my best to upload some good pictures soon. 01/31/2022 Tomorrow is harvest day. The trichome pictures that I have shown do not give an idea of the percentage of amber trichomes in most of the buds. I took pictures from a lower bud that is not as developed, but the top buds are definitely 20%-30% amber, which is exactly what I am looking for. Please excuse the horrible bud pictures, because I only have my shitty $100 Android camera with no clip-on macro lens, and I had problems taking a picture without the buds looking almost totally white, because all the trichomes reflect the light back, lol! These are by far the most frosty buds I have ever seen in real life, much less ever grown. Jelly Rancher and Pineapple Muffin are some absolutely killer genetics from Humboldt Seed Co., which I would recommend to anyone looking for killer, stable genetics. 02/01/2022 I cut all the plants and hung them up whole in my tent. The current temperature is 64 degrees Fahrenheit and 60% humidity. judging by the total weight of the plants, I should get almost 7 ounces of really nice, dense flowers. I am very happy how this grow ended up turning out, especially since my tent got way over 90 degrees one day when I accidently turned my AC Infinity fan off before leaving for work, which stunted some of my plants. I am also very pleased with the Green Planet Hydro fuel line, Real Growers Recharge, and Laird Superfoods Coconut water with Aquamin. I will add the harvest week updated once the dry is complete.

I will update this comment in a few minutes, lol