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Hello Diary.
Welcome to the new diary. As usual on "Butterflies little farm" we have two different strains.
This time it's Sweet Skunk Automatic and Blue Cheese Automatic.
This diary will follow the development for Sweet Skunk Automatic.
LET'S START FIRST WITH THE FARM SET-UP:
Box - Secret Jardin DS120W 120x60x178
Lights - MIGRO 200+
Ventilation - TT Silent-M 100
Filter - Primaklima filter PK 100/125
Fan - Oscillating Koala Fan
Humidifier - Beurer LB 45
Soil - BioBizz Light - Mix
Pot - 11L Air pots
Seed - Royal Queen Seed
Nutrition - RQS Organic nutrition
A few words about Sweet Skunk itself.
This autoflowering feminized hybrid is quite similar to the original Skunk strain in growth, taste, and effect; however, the addition of ruderalis genetics allows it to thrive in areas where before it would not have been able to.
Sweet Skunk Automatic offers a very strong taste and aroma — slightly fruity, slightly spicy, and slightly skunky. This combination culminates in a tea-like essence that is pungent and complex. It’s a smooth, soothing smoke which offers a good balance of indica, sativa, and ruderalis genetics, although the indica definitely dominates the scene.
LET THE DIARY START OFFICIALLY:
01/12/2021
Germination. I got to test new soil plugs from Royal Queen Seeds and for the first time I germinated the seeds that way.
I usually put them directly in the ground so I'm wondering how this will work.
After putting the seed in the hole provided in advance for this, I moistened the whole plug to the extent that it is not too wet to the touch.
I put a total of three Sweet Skunk seeds and three Blue Cheese seeds.
After that I put them on a tray and laid them in the Grow Box. Conditions in the Box - Temperature 24 degrees and humidity 40%, so I inserted a humidifier.
The height of the lights is 35 cm as recommended by Migro.
06/12/2021
All three seeds have sprouted, now I will wait for the root to appear at the bottom of the soil plug and then I will plant them in the pots. Unlike Sweet Skunk, Blue Cheese has not sprouted yet.
10/12/2021
Planting. After preparing the pots, I added Bat Guano, Easy Boost Organic Nutrition pellets, Mycorrhiza and Rhizobacter to the soil according to the planting instructions, I put the whole soil plug in a pre-made hole and planted it.
After that I soaked the soil well with water.
Now I want them to grow nicely and I will lovingly provide them with the best conditions. Wish me luck.
Hello Diary.
The first week of vegetation is over. Both Sweet Skunks are developing nicely, although there aren't any high expectations in the first week.
They grew about 6 cm, which is common for the first week.
In the first week I watered them twice, each plant got about 1.5 liters of water because at this stage while they are small they do not require as much water.
I didn't add any supplements on the first watering but I added Root-Juice from BioBizza on the second watering. p.H of water I regulate with Plagron’s Lemon Kick.
Conditions on the farm are good, the temperature is around 24 degrees while the humidity is about 50%.
Let's see what the first week looked like.
15/12/2021 - Day 1.
Officially the first day of vegetation and watering. p.H of water I lowered to 6.2 and watered each plant with approximately 1.5 liters of water.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.5 degrees and 48% humidity.
20/12/2021 - Day 6.
Watering. This time I added 4 ml / lit Root-Juice from Biobizz.
p.H I dropped to 6.4
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 25.1 degrees and 49% humidity.
21/12/2021 - Day 7.
Photography. I took a few photos and measured the height of the plants.
Sweet Skunk Auto # 1 - 7 cm
Sweet Skunk Auto # 2 - 6 cm
That's all for this week, see you soon.
Hello Diary.
Here we are at the end of the second week of vegetation. As you can see in the photos, the plants are beautiful and the leaves are a healthy green color.
It does not grow in height, branches and nodes grow quite densely.
At the end of the second week, they grew 14 cm, which is twice as much as a week ago.
They started throwing out pistils by which we see the sex of the plant and these are the first signs that flowering is approaching.
As for watering, they still don’t require too much water, this week I added one Easy Grow Booster tablet and p.H of water I regulate with Plagron’s Lemon Kick.
Conditions on the farm are good, the temperature is around 24 degrees while the humidity is still around 50%.
Along with the Sweet Skunks on the farm is one Blue Cheese located in the middle. Sweet Skunks are a week older since I had trouble germinating Blue Cheese.
Let’s take a look at what it looked like last week.
24/12/2021 - Day 10.
Watering. p.H of water I lowered to 6.3 and inserted one Easy Grow Booster tablet. I prepared 5 liters of water and watered all three plants on the farm with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24 degrees and 48% humidity.
28/12/2021 - Day 14.
Watering and photography. This time I didn't add any supplements, I just regulated p.H at 6.4
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.2 degrees and 45% humidity.
Sweet Skunk Auto # 1 - 14 cm
Sweet Skunk Auto # 2 - 13 cm
That’s all for this week, thank you all for your support and see you soon.
Hello Diary.
At the beginning, Happy New Year to all, I hope that some wishes will come true and that health will serve you all.
We have reached the end of the third week of vegetation, Sweet Skunk is entering the flowering phase.
Flowers have begun to form which is great to see when the plants are viewed from a bird's eye view. She threw out pistils that show the sex of the plant.
At the end of the third week they are only 30 cm high, I don't think I've had such low plants so far, and I can see from the structure of the plants that they won't grow big.
The branches grow densely, without much space so I will soon need to do a defoliation to air them out a bit.
Watering is on average every four days, since they are low growing, do not drink as much water.
This week I added Easy Grow Booster tablet that promotes growth in the vegetative phase and from next week I will start adding Easy Bloom Booster tablet for the flowering phase.
Conditions on the Farm are satisfactory, the temperature is around 24 degrees while the humidity is 45% which is slightly lower than the recommended value for this growth phase.
Here's a review for the past week.
01/01/2022 - Day 18
Watering. I prepared the usual 7 liters of water, inserted one Easy Grow Booster tablet and then lowered the p.H to 6.2.
With that amount, I watered all three plants evenly in the grow box.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24 degrees and 42% humidity.
04/01/2022 - Day 21.
Photographing and measuring plant height.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24 degrees and 44% humidity.
Sweet Skunk Auto # 1 - 30 cm
Sweet Skunk Auto # 2 - 24 cm
See you next week with the first week of flowering. Thank you all for your support and see you soon.
Hello Diary.
The flowering phase for Sweet Skunk has begun.
The plants reached a height of just over 45 cm so it is obvious that they will stay lower in growth, branches and leaves grow densely so at the end of the week I did defoliation to slightly improve airflow through the plant itself and potentially improve yield.
Sweet Skunk # 1 is slightly taller and the distance between the branches is slightly larger than with Sweet Skunk # 2, but they are more or less very similar in structure.
The flowers are slowly evolving so I have more motives to take photos.
Watering has become a little more frequent, as expected. I replaced Easy Grow Booster tablets with Easy Bloom Booster tablets and for the first time I put an Easy Plus tablet with micronutrients.
Their roommate Blue Cheese is slowly catching up with them, and it is good that all three plants are similar in height.
Here’s a review from last week.
05/01/2022 - Day 22.
Watering. In 5 liters of water I put one Easy Bloom Booster tablet and p.H. I regulated it to a value of 6.4. I watered both plants with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24 degrees and 42% humidity.
09/01/2022 - Day 26.
Watering. This time I added one Easy Plus tablet with micronutrients. p.H I dropped to 6.2.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24 degrees and 42% humidity.
11/01/2022 - day 28.
Photography and defoliation. I cleaned the lower branches on the plant a bit and thus allowed it to have better airflow.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 23.5 degrees and 41% humidity.
That’s for this week, see you soon.
Hello Diary.
The second week of flowering is behind us, Sweet Skunk is progressing nicely.
The flowers are nicely formed and filled, and a sweet scent began to be felt.
Last week’s defoliation definitely suited them but on Sweet Skunk # 1 I notice in some papers that they started to turn yellow and get brown spots.
I have removed such sheets so I will follow what will happen next. In terms of growth, just a few inches last week which means it is reaching its maximum.
When watering, I now use Easy Bloom Booster tablets and Easy Plus micronutrient tablets.
The moisture in the Grow Box is declining which is good.
Since their roommate Blue Cheese is a week behind them, I only changed the light regime to 20/4 this week.
Here’s what it looked like last week.
13/01/2022 - Day 30.
Watering. I added one Easy Plus tablet in 6 liters of water and with that amount I watered all three plants evenly. p.H I dropped to 6.3. I changed the lights to 20 hours and 4 hours of darkness.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.3 degrees and 39% humidity.
17/01/2022 - Day 34.
Watering. This time I put one Easy Bloom Booster tablet in 6 liters of water. p.H I regulated to 6.2
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.3 degrees and 41% humidity.
18/01/2022 - Day 35.
Photography. I also measured the height of the plants.
Sweet Skunk Auto # 1 - 49 cm
Sweet Skunk Auto # 2 - 39 cm
That's all for this week. See you soon and thank you all for your support.
Hello Diary.
The third week of flowering is behind me, Sweet Skunk is starting to smell stronger, quietly more and more covering the flowers that are more and more concrete.
As seen in the photos, on Sweet Skunk # 1 the leaves turn yellowish with the appearance of brown spots. What is she missing?
These symptoms are not present in another plant but are in their roommate Blue Cheese. After taking the photo, I removed the most affected leaves.
This week they have grown only a few inches which means they have reached their maximum height. All three plants on the Farm are approximate in height which is a good thing.
Watering is standard, approximately every four days.
Here’s what it looked like last week.
21/01/2022 - Day 38
Watering. This time I added both tablets, Easy Bloom Booster and Easy Plus, p.H I dropped to 6.4
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.1 degrees and 38% humidity.
24/01/2022 - Day 41.
Watering. This time I just adjusted the p.H to 6.3 and watered all three plants on the Farm evenly with 6 liters of water.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.3 degrees and 37% humidity.
25/01/2022 - Day 42.
Photography. After the photo shoot, I removed the more affected yellow leaves.
Sweet Skunk Auto # 1 - 51 cm
Sweet Skunk Auto # 2 - 41 cm
I hope that these changes in the leaves will not affect the flowers and the end of flowering too much. See you soon.
@ButterfliesLittleFarm your plant has used up all of the available Nitrogen so it is now cannibalising the leaves
to get what it needs .
Despite the misinformation on the Internet your plants DO require nitrogen throughout the entire growing cycle
Hello Diary.
The fourth week of flowering is over, Sweet Skunk looks already quite mature.
Over the next week I will start monitoring the trichomes under a microscope to see if the harvest is approaching.
The reason why individual leaves have become more yellowish is probably a lack of nitrogen.
But otherwise the plants are beautifully shaped, I love that original shape of the plant.
The flowers are hard and compact and the scent is already quite intense. Sweet Skunk # 1 grew 51 cm while Sweet Skunk # 2 grew only 41 cm.
These are definitely the lowest plants on the farm so far, they are ideal for those who lack space. I personally wish they were some 20-30cm taller but ok.
Their roommate Blue Cheese is similar in height to them so this is a good thing considering the position and height of the lights.
Conditions on the farm are excellent for this phase, the humidity is low, about 40% and even lower while the temperature is about 24 degrees.
Watering is as before, every four days. I added one Easy Bloom Booster tablet this week and I don’t think I’m going to add anything more until the end.
Here’s what it looked like last week.
28/01/2022 - Day 45.
Watering. In 7 liters of water I added one Easy Bloom Booster tablet and p.H. I regulated on 6.3
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.1 degrees and 38% humidity.
31/01/2022 - Day 48.
Watering. p.H I lowered to 6.2 and with 7 liters of water I evenly watered all three plants.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24 degrees and 39% humidity.
01/02/2022 - Day 49.
Photography. I have been photographing the last weeks of flowering on a black background, their beauty is much better.
That’s all for this week, see you soon and thank you all for your support and advice.
Hello Diary.
We have reached the end of the fifth week of flowering, a total of 8 weeks and Sweet Skunk # 1 is almost ready for harvest.
Under the microscope you can see that the trichomes are milky, here and there you can see some brown, so in a few days I will definitely reap it. As for Sweet Skunk # 2, he’s probably still waiting for next week, he’s not ready yet.
Although the plants have not grown much, the flowers are hard and compact, which makes me very happy. The scent that spreads around them is sweet and they are very sticky to the touch.
We will soon find out what the taste is like :).
Purple appeared on the lower part of the stem and further up the branches, just like their roommate Blue Cheese. If anyone who reads knows what is causing it, feel free to write in the comments.
This week I watered only with water, provided I had previously lowered the p.H. - 6.2.
Here’s what it looked like this week.
04/02/2022 - Day 52.
Watering. Pure water with regulated p.H of water at 6.2
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.3 degrees and 38% humidity.
07/02/2022 - Day 55.
Watering. I prepared a standard 7 liters of water and with that amount I watered all three plants evenly. p.H. I dropped to 6.2
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.1 degrees and 37% humidity.
08/02/2022 - Day 56.
Photographing plants.
The days separate us from the harvest of the first Sweet Skunk, within nine weeks, great and super fast. See you soon.
Hello Diary.
Sweet Skunk Auto after three weeks of vegetation and six weeks of flowering is ready for harvest. Officially the 63rd day from the beginning of the vegetation. Pretty fast.
Although the plants are not large, the flowers are very nicely filled. They are hard to the touch, spread a wonderful intense scent, they are sticky under the fingers. I can't wait to try it.
In the end I can say that I did not have any problems with Sweet Skunk, the whole cycle of vegetation and flowering went well and I tried to provide them with the best possible conditions.
We'll see how they reward me for it :).
Conditions in the Grow Box are good, the temperature is not high and the humidity is below 40%, which is great because the plants inside will now be drying.
Their roommate Blue Cheese stays on the Farm for another week so I will have to dry the branches inside a cardboard box to protect them from light penetration.
This week was also the last watering, and now I am waiting for it to dry and see what we have achieved in these 9-10 weeks.
Here’s what it looked like this week.
11/02/2022 - Day 59.
Watering. I only regulated p.H. water at 6.2.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24 degrees and 37% humidity.
15/02/2022 - Day 63.
Photographing and then harvesting. Since Blue Cheese remained for another week, I had to cut branch by branch and put it inside a cardboard box which I then put back in the Grow Box.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 24.2 degrees and 38% humidity.
Now I wait about 10-14 days until trimming and first tasting. I'm really looking forward to it.
That’s all for this week, see you soon with a report on what I’ve accomplished.
Hello diary.
We have reached the end of this cycle. Sweet Skunk Auto did not disappoint me, in fact, the flowers I got are exactly what I love. A sweet taste that gives me a great boost for doing my daily activities.
The plants did not grow tall, so it is great for those who lack space. But let the height not disappoint you, I got 40 g of dried flowers from each plant.
It often happens to me that from two plants of the same strain they get two different phenotypes, this time it was not the case. Both plants were very similar in structure but also in the quality of flowers.
As for adding nutrients, I don’t think they need too much. I used some from the RQS Organic Nutrients line when preparing the soil for planting and later added tablets once a week when watering.
The harvest was after the 9th week so when I add the germination time, it took a little over 70 days in total from the day of planting to the day they were harvested.
They were dried in a cardboard box for 14 days after which I rubbed the dried flowers and put them in glass jars to ripen.
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