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GIPeN Doing well in their solo cups :) 5 gal fabric pots are ready to receive them, I have to clear the tent, there's still some radishes and an autoflowering plant to harvest :P

GIPeN Second week of veg, beatiful roots filling the solo cups. Everything is going well, had a minor thrips invasion but was controlled with natural pyrethrins insecticide. One feed with fish-mix by the end of the week.

GIPeN They colonised their cups with roots so I transplanted them to their final pots, 5 gal fabric pots. Growing has been a bit slow, maybe transplant shock.

GIPeN They are well established in their new pots. This week the were topped TWICE! on day 23 and day 28. Added Alg-A-Mic to stimulate growth and hopefully help them to recover faster from the stress of being topped. I was using a pinch of sodium bicarbonate to increase ph but I'm concerned about introducing too much sodium, now I used an humic acids based solution :)

GIPeN Plants are recovering well from the topping, I think Alg-A-Mic has been beneficial. Just one plant is behind (top left one), it's growing a bit slower and with shorter stems. Still using ph up but not counting mls Added a small dose of Bio-grow (0.5ml/L, 100 ml of solution per plant) I did some LST to make the topped stems grow outward instead of upwards.

GIPeN They recovered well from the topping, of week 5 so I topped again the 3 bigger ones the first day of this week (day 36), only the upper branches. Continued the LST to spread them more. Also removed lower leaves that were touching the soil.

GIPeN Not so vigorous grow this week. Added rice hulls mulch to help retain water in the top soil. RO water seems to be being a bit detrimental in the micro nutrients department. Apparently zinc deficiency, specially in the top right plant, something calmax won't fix. My tap water is 900 ppm, it's so hard that everything gets full of scale from my cats water plate to even the surface of substrate in houseplants pots. That's why I'm being using RO water. Last watering was using a 50% mix of tap water and RO water to increment mineral contents, also decreased ph to 6.2 to improve zinc absorption. Also increased Bio-Grow dose to 2mL/L as some phosphorous defs were appearing too. Last watering was on day 48 and you can see a noticeable new growth in day 49.

GIPeN week 8 of veg, growing good This week I used tap water (980 ppm from the tap) to give them a shot of minerals than might been lacking. they are drinking more water, gave them 1L 3 times this week. Humidity has been very high, water is condensing in the tent walls. I'm considering buying a dehumidifier as It rises to over 90% when lights are off.

GIPeN Last week of vegetation. Humidity has been a problem, it raises to 99%, the tent walls are condensing water. I'm thinking the micronutrients deficiency in the top right plant, that is showing in all plants now, may be because a potassium excess that's locking out them. It has other symptoms like thin blades and some brown patches in lower leaves. Bio-Grow is 4-3-6 so it makes sense. Last watering was without Bio-Grow. I'm being doing LST and some super cropping too to keep they growing to the sides. Also removing some leaves to clear the bottom and ones that cover too much lower shoots.

GIPeN First week of flowering. They drank little water this week, There was rain this week so humidity has been very high, vpd was completely out of range. They didn't grow much too. Did not give them NPK nutes this week as they were showing signs of K excess.

GIPeN Week 2 of flowering. They started to form buds, 2 of the plants are showing the red traits of the breed. Humidity has been lower so they are drinking more again.

GIPeN 3rd week of flowering Buds are already showing lots of trichomes and starting to smell Increased nutrients with a 1:1:1 NPK ratio Humidity has been a big problem, the wall of the room where the tent is is condensing water over night, and mold appeared, I'm geting over 80% in the entire room on rainy days.

GIPeN 3rd week of flowering. They are smelling more, sweet and a bit citric aroma. Beautiful buds with lots of trichomes :D I have high hopes for the smoke

GIPeN Continuing with flowering, all is going smoothly Smell is stronger Not so much to do, just watering and removing withered leaves.

GIPeN Week 6 of flower. Smell keeps increasing. I've changed the watering strategy. Now I giving them 2L of water each about twice a week, with half nutrients concentration.

GIPeN Week 7 of flowering Smell is strong, the air filter isn't capable of removing it all, It's old tho, i'll need a new one. All buds full of trichomes but plant 4 (bottom right) is outstanding :D

GIPeN Week 8 of flowering trichomes still clear, they still have a couple of weeks to go

GIPeN Week 9 of flowering. Trichomes still clear but starting to get cloudy. Smell is very potent.

GIPeN Week 10 of flowering Smell is decreasing, leaves are yellowing and trichomes are becoming mostly cloudy, week 11 will be the last one Last feed on day 132

GIPeN Last week of flowering. just water this week They were cut and hanged to dry on the last day.

GIPeN Really beautiful buds full of trichomes, very happy with the quality of the harvest. The smell is very sweet. Got about 60g per plant, It took 3 days to manicure and put them in jars.