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Germination
3 years ago
Planted two seeds, two seeds popped up within 3 days. Next time, though, I'm going to add microbes to the initial wetting of the soil before I plant the seeds... just want them to have the best conditions when they pop up!
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
5.08 cm
24 hrs
22 °C
6.8
No Smell
62 %
20 °C
19 L
1 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 4
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 0.651 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 0.326 mll
Microbe Brew - Fox Farm
Microbe Brew 1.302 mll
Very happy with the way these are going. Stems look strong and leaf size is robust.
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
8.89 cm
24 hrs
22 °C
6.8
No Smell
62 %
20 °C
19 L
1 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 5
molasses 1 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 1.953 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 0.651 mll
Wish I had taken photos (where was my head?!). I'm excited about this strain - the two plants are looking magnificent! Having a small issue with a few gnats but so far it's not a problem - but I think I need to start doing some research and figure out how to get rid of them BEFORE they become a problem!!
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
17.78 cm
24 hrs
22 °C
6.8
No Smell
62 %
20 °C
19 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
molasses 1 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 5.208 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 2.604 mll
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
34.29 cm
24 hrs
22 °C
6.8
No Smell
62 %
20 °C
19 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 5
molasses 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 3.906 mll
The Ladies are REALLY rocketing upwards... I might run out of room!
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Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
54.61 cm
24 hrs
22 °C
6.8
No Smell
62 %
20 °C
19 L
2 L
43.18 cm
Nutrients 6
molasses 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 3.906 mll
I AM running out of room! The ladies are only in pre-flower and my little 2'x4'x60" tent is barely containing them now... I'm going to have to get REALLY creative and risky at the same time...
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Defoliation
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
76.2 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Weak
50 %
17 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 6
molasses 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 2.604 mll
These ladies are just getting far to big for my tent! I've decided I have to get them out of the tent (since it's only 60" and I can't plaster the light up at the 60" level)... so I'm slowly acclimating them to the lower 68-degree temp in my bedroom (since that's where they're going to have to be) and am going to be boosting the humidity level with a humidifier (current room humidity is only 20%!). Going to try to tape up some aluminum foil on the walls (thank heavens I live alone! LOL!). Since I'm a relative newbie, I'd appreciate any thoughts/suggestions... they're JUST starting to flower. It's going to be interesting to see my other two plants of the same strain and how tall THEY get... these are in 5 gallon pots but I've put the other two in 3 gallon pots... hopefully they'll be a bit smaller? Maybe?
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
114.3 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Weak
45 %
17 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 7
molasses 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 1.302 mll
These ladies are unbelievable. I keep thinking their stretch is over - or at least winding down - but nooooooo..... I took a soft tape measure and measured the main cola through all it's bends from LST... if it was straight, she'd be closing in on 50"! I am literally running out of room in my little 2'x4'x60" tent! I've rested the light on the crossbars up top to get the maximum height and I've done some major LST and defoliation but am still running out of head room. Since my tent is so small in comparison to their size, any LST I try to do now only ends up shading the other plant... and I've also run out of sideways room! I've ordered some rolled reflective insulation and am going to jury-rig a higher top for my tents (I have two of the same size...the large plants that THIS diary is about are in one, the two others I planted 3 weeks after these two are in the other). I had planted 5 seeds total... thank GOD one of them didn't germinate! I definitely am going to want to grow this strain again but not before I figure out how to give them more space... the kicker is I'M running out of space since my little place IS little - 700sqft! Sigh...
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
45 %
17 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 7
molasses 1.302 mll
Banana Tea 13.021 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
I'm getting very fond of these ladies! I've got two more that are 3 weeks behind and have started to do some major LST with them to avoid the height these gals have reached since my tent is only 60". I look at these two and know I'm going to have a MASSIVE bit of trim work to do in about 4? 5? 6? weeks... Trying to figure out NOW how I'm going to support the buds as I anticipate they're going to need a lot of help!
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Week 9. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
45 %
20 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 6
molasses 1.302 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Microbe Brew - Fox Farm
Microbe Brew 1.302 mll
I had experimented with these two plants... one I just left to do what it was going to do on its own (still supplying the same nutes as the other) but the other one, I did a lot of defoliation in veg state... removed a lot of the lower leaves as well as some bud sites that were NOT coming from the main stem (with tomatoes, we call them suckers). I wanted the plant to put most of its energy into the main bud sites - and it seems to have worked brilliantly... I'll still get a good harvest out of the one I left to its own devices (I've since started to defoliate to aid light getting down inside) but the one I fooled around with in veg state is a bloody monster... It's almost as if the one I didn't fool with is about 2 weeks behind the other even though they're the same age. I can't wait to see the difference at harvest! But that's still some weeks off... 4? 5? 6? Who knows... Still having to LST both of them as they're still pushing up toward the lights and I don't have a whole helluva lot of room... these girls are so big, I wish I had a bigger tent because I know that whatever I get out of them, I could have gotten a lot more with more space and more lights.
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Week 10. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
45 %
20 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 6
molasses 2.604 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Microbe Brew - Fox Farm
Microbe Brew 1.302 mll
The plant on the left in the tent is the same age as the plant on the right - but is about 2 weeks behind in development of flowers which is weird since both have received exactly the same treatment! I'm going to try to keep the right-hand plant going for another 2-3 weeks because the buds are really fattening up nicely and I want them to get as big as possible... she's going to have a massive harvest no matter what, though! The other plant, I'm going to let grow for another 4-5 weeks and hope she gets as huge in her production. This strain has been massively fun to grow. I've got two more plants of the same strain going (planted 3 weeks behind) but instead of 5 gallon pots, they're in 3 gallon pots and are much MUCH smaller. I'm wondering/thinking the larger pots = larger harvest? Any comments/thoughts would be appreciated!
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Week 11. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
37 %
20 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 6
molasses 2.604 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Microbe Brew - Fox Farm
Microbe Brew 1.302 mll
So I'm going to START to harvest these ladies today - but it's going to take me a couple of weeks! I'm only going to be harvesting the top buds on one of the plants (the one that sits on the right of the tent) because they are definitely ready. There are TONS of buds underneath that aren't quite ready yet and so removing the top buds will allow more light underneath and should enable the lower buds to fatten up and get their orange "whiskers" (just my term for them!). I've had to support the main cola of the plant on the left because it fell over last night - too heavy! But she won't be ready for harvest for another week/week-and-a-half - and I'll do her harvest the same way... in stages. I think I'm going to be harvesting/trimming for a long time... Quite exciting!! Because I'm having to harvest in stages, I'm not going to be able to flush for the first stage. I'll flush for the second stage and will be able to tell if Fox Farm nutes need flushing for good taste/etc... another fun experiment! That's one of the things I love about this whole activity - the experimenting!
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Week 12. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
37 %
20 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 4
molasses 2.604 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm
Tiger Bloom 3.906 mll
I've now harvested the top third of one plant... 2.5 dry ounces! The bottom 2/3 will hopefully bring at least that. The second plant is doing well but will need at least another 2-3 weeks before harvest.
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Week 13. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
37 %
20 °C
19 L
2 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 4
molasses 2.604 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm
Tiger Bloom 3.906 mll
For a sativa, I think she's fattening up nicely! This one will be ready to harvest in about a week or two now. As for my first plant, still harvesting but should finish that up today - so far, 3.5 ounces dry! I'll wait for both plants to be completely harvested before doing the final dry weight tally.
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Week 14. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
37 %
20 °C
19 L
4 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 2
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Terpinator - Terpinator
Terpinator 7.812 mll
Harvest of the first plant is finished - she finished way too early but there's still a good harvest from her. I'm waiting until this lady finishes before calculating the entire harvest from this grow... hoping to keep her going for at least another week or two. She's drinking a lot and seems pretty happy.
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Week 15. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
37 %
20 °C
19 L
4 L
22.86 cm
I've been flushing for a week and have now harvested the top-most buds that are about 30% amber. The main cola had a wet weight of 1.3oz which I think is pretty good! It alone should dry out to 1/2oz! I don't do total wet weight for the simple reason that there's a lot of stem on them and I don't think that should be counted! Anyway... I'm leaving the bottom of the plant for another couple of weeks at least. Will start to feed again to fatten up the buds and get the trichomes turning orange. I think this is going to be a really good harvest!
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Week 16. Flowering
3 years ago
124.46 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.8
Normal
37 %
20 °C
19 L
4 L
22.86 cm
Nutrients 3
turpinator 7.812 mll
Big Bloom - Fox Farm
Big Bloom 7.812 mll
Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm
Tiger Bloom 3.906 mll
Harvested the top of her last week and put her back on nutes to let the buds underneath fatten up and finish... I'm going to start flushing her again this week but may have to repeat the process to get the final buds up to par!
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Week 16. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Spent 114 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
138.2 g
Bud dry weight per plant
2
Plants
2.44
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Positive effects
Creative, Relaxed, Sleepy
Positive effects
Medical effects
Stress
Medical effects
Taste
Citrus, Fruity, Herbs
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
I don't weigh my buds wet so that's left out of this diary. These plants were monster sized... had to do some significant LST on them all the way through pretty much to harvest as they wanted to outgrow my tent. Having sativa predominant meant that the buds were lighter and airier than I was expecting but the harvest was pretty astounding. I need also to say at the beginning, I was not pleased with @MSNL ... I had purchased 5 seeds, only 4 germinated... of those 4, one never developed any tricomes and I pitched it; one was most definitely not even the same strain... in fact, I'm about to harvest her (whatever she is) in about 2-3 weeks. I got in touch with @MSNL and told them about my whole experience and they really stepped up. I didn't ask for it nor was I expecting it but they popped 5 more seeds in the mail to me! Those are now in my refrigerator waiting for a time I can grow this strain again - and I'm excited about it. Hats off to @MSNL for standing up for their product and for their excellent customer service!
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