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Arizona is starting to warm up. Been putting the girls outside during the day and bringing them inside the house at night. The indoor light is the FEIT 27 watt full spectrum LED. My garden shed has the more powerful Best VA light, but I've been hesitant to put her in the shed due to the cold. Tonight 2/12 - at the end of week 2 - I'm moving the girls to the shed at night. The girls will be outside soaking up rays for about 9 hours, and inside the shed for the remaining 9 hours. Light is about 23" from the plant - which is recommended distance for seedlings.

I have two grow lights. One is a FEIT 27 Watt from Home Depot – which is in the house. The other is a much more powerful Best VA DC light – which is in my unheated shed. Temps have been a bit nippy here in Phoenix metro, so from the beginning I've been putting the girls outside during the day and inside at night to give them 18 hours of light. This week, I decided they were strong enough to spend the night in the shed. So far they seem to be handling the cooler nighttime temperatures well. In Phoenix we have a charming small business called the Arizona Worm Farm which sells worms, worm castings, mulch, etc. I started her off in the worm farm seedling starter, but she needed a bigger home. Day 14 was repotting day. I will continue the indoor/outdoor veg schedule till May, so I needed a good potting mix. The worm farm has a lovely raised bed mix (compost, worm castings, coco coir, vermiculite & basalt dust) that will eventually be her home outdoors. For her tender juvenile years, I wanted to spoil her, so I decided to start her off in Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil. However, to conserve $$, I used Fox Farm in the center of the pot and Worm Farm mix at the bottom and sides. The weird milk jug pictures show how I did this. I cut a hole in the top and bottom of the milk jug and scooped the worm farm soil outside of it and the Fox Farm inside. Also put 100% Fox Farm in the top 3-4 inches. Not 100% sure the size of the plastic pots – 3-4 gallons is my guess. I was able to stretch a 1.5 cubic foot bag of Fox Farm to fill 6 pots. On day 14, I moved her to the bigger pot. She’s a week behind the 4 others that I’m growing, and I was going to wait another week to re-pot her, but I was concerned about the droopy leaves. I overwatered her (the difference between Day 9 and Day 14 shows), so I decided to put her in the bigger drier pot. Her root system was dramatically less developed than her older siblings, so I’m not sure if she’s going to make it. Fingers crossed. We’ll see what happens next week.

She is really filling out. It’s been rainy and cold this week and I kept her inside for a couple of days during the worst of it. It’s supposed to warm up in the next couple of days and I think by March 1st, we can say goodbye to 40 degree nighttime temps and hello spring temps.

In the beginning of the week she was standing a bit crooked. I will be mainlining soon and I want her central stem to be strong. So I tied her stem to a chop-stick to do a bit of low stress training prior to topping her. Also hit the hydro store and picked up some Fishsh!t and Recharge. Added that, worm castings and some Down to Earth dry amendments to brew up a compost tea. Gave her a big sip on 3/4.

One week before topping. Removed all vegetation below the 3rd node. For my watering this week I used silica and FishSh!t. Silica brand is Alchemist Stout MSA – Monosilic acid. This helps strengthen stems and protect against heat stress. She’ll need all the protection she can get for my Arizona outdoor grow this summer. Hubby said "did she grow an inch overnight?" I think she did. Doubled her height in 8 days.

Topped her on 3/12. Two days later looking happy. "Spring" is in full swing. Temps this week in the 80's all week. Gave all the girls FishSh!t/Recharge on March 14th. Still taking them inside the shed at night to get their 18 hours of sunlight. she had grown enough since topping that I could start tying her down on 3-15.

3/22 notes: She's a week younger, but looking as good as my star-Durban poison looked at her age. She's started her 4th node. I think I'll wait till it grows a bit longer so I can tie it down before the next topping. Also will allow the branching on the 3rd node to develop a bit more before I top her for the 2nd time. 3/25-2nd topping Spring equinox week. Daytime highs 74-89. Nighttime lows 51-59. Top dressed some worm castings and watered with Fishsh!t on 3/19 and again on 3/24 with some Recharge added to the brew.

Compost Tea 3/30 Daytime Highs 68 - 95 Nightitme Lows 58 - 61 3/26/2022 - Day 50 3/27/2022 - Day 51 3/28/2022 - Day 52 3/29/2022 - Day 53 3/30/2022 - Day 54 3/31/2022 - Day 55 4/1/2022 - Day 56

Daytime Highs 85 - 97 Nightitme Lows 60 - 66 4/2/2022 - Day 57 4/3/2022 - Day 58 4/4/2022 - Day 59 4/5/2022 - Day 60 4/6/2022 - Day 61 4/7/2022 - Day 62 4/8/2022 - Day 63

Daytime Highs 72 - 96 Nighttime Lows 47 - 61 4/9/2022 - Day 64 4/10/2022 - Day 65 4/11/2022 - Day 66 4/12/2022 - Day 67 4/13/2022 - Day 68 4/14/2022 - Day 69 4/15/2022 - Day 70

Daytime high 83 - 97 Nighttime Lows 57 - 67 4/16/2022 - Day 71 4/17/2022 - Day 72 4/18/2022 - Day 73 4/19/2022 - Day 74 4/20/2022 - Day 75 4/21/2022 - Day 76 4/22/2022 - Day 77

First triple digit day this week. Thankfully, it's still getting down in the 60's at night, Topped 4/27- 16 nodes Daytime high 88 - 101 Nighttime Lows 60 - 66 4/23/2022 - Day 77 4/24/2022 - Day 78 4/25/2022 - Day 79 4/26/2022 - Day 80 4/27/2022 - Day 81 4/28/2022 - Day 82 4/29/2022 - Day 83

Just two more weeks till 14 hour days and remove supplemental lights. On 4/30, noticed that she had a split branch. Yikes! Taped her back up with florist tape and duct tape. Looked back on the diary and saw that she split on 4/27. Removed the tie-downs on the split branches. She's strong, so I am sure she will heal with just a bit of TLC. Daytime high 93 - 97 Nighttime Lows 63 - 66 4/30/2022 - Day 84 5/1/2022 - Day 85 5/2/2022 - Day 86 5/3/2022 - Day 87 5/4/2022 - Day 88 5/5/2022 - Day 89 5/6/2022 - Day 90

Looks like my duct tape job is working on my split stem. Branch split on 4/27 and I taped it up on 4/30. It was on the left side, but from above you can’t tell it now. Plan on leaving the tape on for another couple of weeks. She grew 6" this week -same as her siblings. Injury not affecting her in the least. One week till 14 hour days and remove supplemental lights Daytime high 86 - 101 Nighttime Lows 64 - 71 5/7/2022 - Day 98 5/8/2022 - Day 99 5/9/2022 - Day 100 5/10/2022 - Day 101 5/11/2022 - Day 102 5/12/2022 - Day 103 5/13/2022 - Day 104

Removed supplemental lights. 100% Arizona sunshine. Grew 8" this week! Daytime high 98 - 105 Nighttime Lows 69 - 73 5/14/2022 - Day 98 5/15/2022 - Day 99 5/16/2022 - Day 100 5/17/2022 - Day 101 5/18/2022 - Day 102 5/19/2022 - Day 103 5/20/2022 - Day 104

Since Grow Diaries only allow for 30 weeks, I thought two weeks ago that this grow would go on for 35-40 weeks. Therefore, I started the process of including two weeks of grow condensed in one grow diary week. However, this girl went into early flower. Therefore, this week is 12 days and week 17 (1st week of flower) is 2 days. Week 18 will be back on track with real time growth. Daytime high 94 - 106 Nighttime Lows 69 - 74 5/21/2022 - Day 105 5/22/2022 - Day 106 5/23/2022 - Day 107 5/24/2022 - Day 108 5/25/2022 - Day 109 5/26/2022 - Day 110 5/27/2022 - Day 111 5/28/2022 - Day 112 5/29/2022 - Day 113 5/30/2022 - Day 114 5/31/2022 - Day 115 6/1/2022 - Day 116

I planted my 3 indicas near the east facing walls to protect them from the brutal Arizona summer sun. Sativas are planted in a much sunnier (less protected) spot. Behind the wall is an alley. Hubby added supports & a fabric barrier to keep out prying eyes that might peek in from the alley. It appears as if this strategy to protect her from the extremes of the Arizona summer sun and prying eyes has backfired and sent them into early flower on June 2nd. I thought about trying to reveg her, but instead I'll just celebrate the early flower. She's 41" tall and has a 32 node mainline. She should have a more than adequate yield. Since Grow Diaries only allow for 30 weeks, I thought two weeks ago that this grow would go on for 35-40 weeks. Therefore, I started the process of including two weeks of grow condensed in one grow diary week. However, with this early flower, for this girl 1 week will equal 1 week. In this diary, week 16 of veg = 12 days . To catch up, week 17 of flower is 2 days, so now the timeline will now be correct.

Daytime high 101 - 111 Nighttime Lows 72 - 82 6/4/2022 - Day 120 6/5/2022 - Day 121 6/6/2022 - Day 122 6/7/2022 - Day 123 6/8/2022 - Day 124 6/9/2022 - Day 125 6/10/2022 - Day 126

Daytime high 105 113 Nighttime Lows 78 87 6/11/2022 - Day 126 6/12/2022 - Day 127 6/13/2022 - Day 128 6/14/2022 - Day 129 6/15/2022 - Day 130 6/16/2022 - Day 131 6/17/2022 - Day 132

Daytime high 97 109 Nighttime Lows 73 86 Top dressed with Down to Earth Rose and Flower and worm castings on 6/18/22. 6/18/2022 - Day 134 6/19/2022 - Day 135 6/20/2022 - Day 136 6/21/2022 - Day 137 6/22/2022 - Day 138 6/23/2022 - Day 139 6/24/2022 - Day 140

This grow will likely last > 30 weeks. Since GD only supports 30 weeks of diaries, this "week" will actually last two weeks. Daytime high 105 112 Nighttime Lows 80 89 6/25/2022 - Day 141 6/26/2022 - Day 142 6/27/2022 - Day 143 6/28/2022 - Day 144 6/29/2022 - Day 145 6/30/2022 - Day 146 7/1/2022 - Day 147 7/2/2022 - Day 148 7/3/2022 - Day 149 7/4/2022 - Day 150 7/5/2022 - Day 151 7/6/2022 - Day 152 7/7/2022 - Day 153 7/8/2022 - Day 154

This grow will likely last > 30 weeks. Since GD only supports 30 weeks of diaries, this "week" will actually last two weeks. Daytime high 103 114 Nighttime Lows 85 91 7/9/2022 - Day 155 7/10/2022 - Day 156 7/11/2022 - Day 157 7/12/2022 - Day 158 7/13/2022 - Day 159 7/14/2022 - Day 160 7/15/2022 - Day 161 7/16/2022 - Day 162 7/17/2022 - Day 163 7/18/2022 - Day 164 7/19/2022 - Day 165 7/20/2022 - Day 166 7/21/2022 - Day 167 7/22/2022 - Day 168

Monsoon finally hits! Temps have dropped below the 110 mark low 100's! This grow will likely last > 30 weeks. Since GD only supports 30 weeks of diaries, this "week" will actually last two weeks. Daytime high 95 106 Nighttime Lows 83 87 7/23/2022 - Day 169 7/24/2022 - Day 170 7/25/2022 - Day 171 7/26/2022 - Day 172 7/27/2022 - Day 173 7/28/2022 - Day 174 7/29/2022 - Day 175 7/30/2022 - Day 176 7/31/2022 - Day 177 8/1/2022 - Day 178 8/2/2022 - Day 179 8/3/2022 - Day 180 8/4/2022 - Day 181 8/5/2022 - Day 182

This grow will likely last > 30 weeks. Since GD only supports 30 weeks of diaries, this "week" will actually last two weeks. Daytime high 99 102 Nighttime Lows 81 83 8/6/2022 - Day 183 8/7/2022 - Day 184 8/8/2022 - Day 185 8/9/2022 - Day 186 8/10/2022 - Day 187 8/11/2022 - Day 188 8/12/2022 - Day 189 8/13/2022 - Day 190 8/14/2022 - Day 191 8/15/2022 - Day 192 8/16/2022 - Day 193 8/17/2022 - Day 194 8/18/2022 - Day 195 8/19/2022 - Day 196

Haven’t posted in awhile. She’s almost ready for harvest. Going out of town for a few days and will harvest upon return

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Ready for harvest.

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