Bruce Banner #3 Auto (Dark Owl)

⏳ Day 1 (3/2): First to appear in the tent! Healthy seedling with a little bit of stretch. Looking forward to seeing what's to come. . . . ⏳ Day 7 (3/8): Rotated and watered for the first time with Voodoo Juice and a top-dressing of Great White. Biggest in the tent. Next watering: around Day 10 (3/11) with Sensi Bloom A&B (.25 ml/l). Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

⏳ Day 11 (3/12): Rotated and watered with nutrients for the first time. Responding well and all is good. Still the fastest grower in the tent. Next watering: around Day 14 (3/15) with Sensi Bloom A&B (.5 ml/l) and Voodoo Juice. Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 24. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

Week 2 was marked by strong growth, and this is still the most vigorous plant in the tent. ⏳ Day 17 (3/18): Rotated and watered with nutrients. Responding well and all is good. Next watering: around Day 20 (3/21) with Sensi Bloom A&B (.5 ml/l) and Voodoo Juice. Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 24. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

Week 3 is starting off with the stretch. Looking forward to installing the OG Spring in a few days, and I'll gradually ramp up the light intensity over the next week or so. ⏳ Day 22 (3/23): Responding well to increased nutrients. Light schedule changed to 18/6 for rest of grow. Doing some leaf tucking. ⏳ Day 24 (3/25): Watered with lower dose of nutrients (.6 ml/l) and a top-dress of Great White. ⏳ Day 25 (3/26): Installed the OG Spring and did a minimal tie-down of the main cola. The plant has grown 2" in 2 days. ⏳ Day 27 (3/28): Watered and did some minor defoliation. Decided to back off the nutrient levels for the next watering or two (.5 ml/l)--a few light leaf tips. This plant may run an extra week or two, so I've heard. The stigma growth is slow. Raised light intensity to one notch above 50%. Next watering: around Day 30 (3/31) with Sensi Bloom A&B (.5 ml/l). Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 31. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

A few things changed over the past week: the feedings have gotten more frequent (every 2 days), the light intensity was bumped up to one notch above 50%, and the OG Spring was installed/maintained. No complaints so far from this one, and the canopy is getting close to even. ⏳ Day 29 (3/30): Watered, defoliated, and rotated. Brought the main cola to almost an even level with other colas. Seems like the stretch is still ongoing. ⏳ Day 32 (4/2): Watered and had the first large defoliation session, taking off about 10% of the lower canopy without strong light access. ⏳ Day 35 (4/5): Watered and did the second large defoliation session, and all is well. Adding Voodoo Juice for the next week. Next watering: around Day 38 (4/8) with Sensi Bloom A&B (.5 ml/l) and Voodoo Juice (.5 ml/l). Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 38. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

During Week 5, the first trichomes appeared on the new fan leaf growth, and I pulled the main cola to just below the level of the other colas. Seems like the stretch is ending, and I've decided to start using Overdrive at a low dose (.5 ml/l) about 5 days earlier than normal, since my last grow suffered from low PK levels. I was out of town for a couple of days, and potassium and phosphorous deficiencies are now appearing. ⏳ Day 39 (4/9): Watered with the first dose of Overdrive (.5 ml/l) and Carboload (1 ml/l), as well as a top dress of Great White. ⏳ Day 42 (4/12): The phosphorous deficiency has gotten worse--similar to my last grow with another Forum Stomper cross. Also, an early calmag deficiency. Not sure if it's the FS tendency--at least when I grow it--to crash hard into flower or something else. Puchased new bottles of Sensi Bloom A&B just in case the year-old bottles were affecting pH levels. The older leaves are quickly becoming necrotic, but we'll ride her until the end. . . . Next watering: around Day 45 (4/15) with CalMag (.25 ml/l), Sensi Bloom A&B (.5 ml/l), Overdrive (.5 ml/l), and Carboload (1 ml/l). Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 44. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

Three of the plants in the tent starting stacking on the buds during Week 6, but this one is slowly recovering from the phosphorous deficiency. For some reason, every Forum Stomper cross I've grown needs extra PK starting soon after Day 30, which is ahead of schedule for most other strains. The plants just bounce from pre-flower to flower overnight instead of over a few days. The new bud growth is coming in dark green, and I'm crossing fingers that I don't have to cut too many leaves off. . . . ⏳ Day 45 (4/15): Watered and defoliated the necrotic leaves. The light has been turned down to a hair above 50% to test if there was any light stress (there wasn't), but I'll start ramping up the intensity in the coming days. All's good. ⏳ Day 48 (4/18): Watered with top-dress of Great White. Buds are developing great, despite the loss of older leaves. Solid plant. Next watering: around Day 48 (4/18) with CalMag (.25 ml/l), Sensi Bloom A&B (.5 ml/l), Overdrive (.5 ml/l), and Carboload (1 ml/l). Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 48. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

Week 7 was steady with strong bud growth and a high level of frost appearing, despite the defoliation of necrotic leaves during Week 6. Was considering culling her last week, but it's looking like she'll finish strong. ⏳ Day 51 (4/21): Watered with a lower dosage of Sensi Bloom A&B (.4 ml/l) and and bit more CalMag (.3 ml/l). Responding well to the change, with no leaf-tip discoloration on the new growth. ⏳ Day 54 (4/24): Watered and removed necrotic leaves. After losing a good number of older leaves, the plant is chugging along, while the buds are developing fast and frosty. Next watering: around Day 57 (4/27) with CalMag (.3 ml/l), Sensi Bloom A&B (.4 ml/l), Overdrive (.5 ml/l), and Carboload (1 ml/l). Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 61. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿

Week 7 was surprisingly strong, with stronger bud growth, fewer deficiencies, and just general hardiness. Two minor adjustments happened this week, which lead to an uptick in health: raising the lights to 18" above the canopy (to slow/prevent new stigma growth) and lowering the base bloom nutrients (in preparation for the final week or two). A frost machine. ⏳ Day 57 (4/27): Watered with a lower dosage of Sensi Bloom A&B (.4 ml/l). Response has been good, with less burn on the new leaf tips. ⏳ Day 60 (4/30): Watered with an even lower dosage of the base bloom nutrients, and the new growth looks great. Hardly any defoliation needed, as the leaves are healthy. Next watering: around Day 63 (5/3) with CalMag (.1 ml/l), Sensi Bloom A&B (.3 ml/l), Overdrive (.5 ml/l), and Carboload (1 ml/l). Next Great White Top-Dress: around Day 67. Thanks for dropping by! 🖖🏽🌿