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May 13: still early enough to start photoperiods for outdoor. Two of my favourite strains combined in Gorilla Gelato. It will be interesting to see how this compares to Expert Seeds Gorilla Glue x White Widow which were started about four weeks ago.
I’m very excited for this strain. My Gorilla Glue x White Widow plants are doing great in this cool spring weather and I love Gelato so this cross should be very good.
I’ll be topping and probably mainlining all photoperiods unless I’m running out of time but looks good so far. Will force flower for 3 weeks starting July 4 so I only have about six weeks of veg phase the get it big enough. Maybe I’ll delay forcing Fast flowering ones by a week or two.
May 25: both into 5 gallon bags.
These photoperiod plants look good. It would have been nice for them to be a month or two older but still should be okay. Will start force flowering all photoperiods soon.
July 3: added malt and Power Bloom.
July 25: force flowering continues until the end of the month.
Looking good. They also seem fairly big for their age.
July 26: switched to gypsum as Ca source.
July 28: last night of 12:12 light cycle.
July 31: added second round of Power Bloom and malt as top dressing.
Soluble wood ash is being added to water for potassium. Mixing fresh wood ash from the fire pit into RO water and then lowering pH with vinegar. Using a 1.5 L container, I mix in 6-8 spoonfuls of ash which gives a pH way over 10. Add vinegar to get pH near 6 and the TDS will be at about 1600 ppm. When this is mixed into 1000 L tank it raises TDS by 10-20 mg/L. Repeat as needed.
Wood ash is mostly calcium carbonate but that is less soluble than potassium which is the next most common element at about 4%. So the part that dissolves quickly is mostly K and any extra soluble Ca and P is a bonus.
Wood ash is typically added to soil or compost but solubilizing it works and fits the nutrient program. Online people suggest letting it steep as a tea but the K is what I want and it’s highly soluble so there’s no need to wait for it to dissolve (or steep as a tea).
Aug 1: at scale, about 2 kg of ash (about 10 cm layer) in bottom of a 20 L (5 gallon) pail is mixed with RO water to nearly fill the pail. Stirred and then about 500 mL of vinegar is needed to lower pH to near 6. Any ash that floats or sinks is composted. The TDS of the dissolved ash solution is about 1500-1800 ppm and this is then added to 1000 L tank. Starting with 2 kg of ash at 4% K (40,000 mg/kg) this would provide a maximum of 80 g of K. So, in 20 L that is 4,000 mg/L, and in 1000 L it is 80 mg/L of K. Sounds about right, but might want to repeat to raise K further if desired. Once dissolved everything seems to stay in solution and I have not seen any precipitates forming in the main tank, nor would I expect any as this should be highly soluble.
Aug 7: these plants were started a bit later than most of the other photoperiods but you can hardly tell. Nice size for their age and seems to be maturing nicely. These plants are moving up in my informal ranking of favourite plants this year (Bubble OG, Hash Bud, Gorilla Gelato, Peanut Butter Herijuana, Candyland, Perp Walk). Aww who am I kidding, I love them all.
Sep 5: still good but they also seem to have re-vegged a bit rather than continue flower. Our long days and the quite warm weather must be doing it. Some plants did not re-veg.
Sep 7: late season hailstorm but no significant damage to these plants aside from trichome loss. Very unusual to get hail this late - it’s usually a June-July risk. But it had been over 30 C three days in a row prior to a cool day and then the hail on Sep 7. Not expected anyway and it surprised me but weather comes off the east slope of the Rocky Mountains to us here in the foothills and it can change very quickly.
Others plants like potatoes react well to late hailstorms so I’m not too worried about this aside from loss of some fan leaves to power growth.
Sep 8: first round 225 g wet. This is definitely a favourite plant this year. Excellent buds and lots of them.
Sep 14: took most of plant 1 and plant 2 is still going. Second round of 250 g wet, and 475 g so far.
Sep 18: took 120 g from plant 1 for total of 595 g. I think all of that is from plant 1 but there might be a couple tops in there from plant 2.
Sep 28: seem ready but the weather is still nice so keep going.
Sep 29: took 753 g in third round. This finished plant 1 and most of plant 2. Total wet of 1,348 g wet so far.
Awesome plant and possibly my all time favourite. Both plants grew quickly after a late start and had no real problem with cool overnight temperatures that slowed most plants. Sustained some hail damage on Sept 7 but still finished strong. First season trying manifolding and it worked great producing eight colas on these plants. Would likely be a great commercial plant.
Great plant produced lots of very nice buds. All star genetics for sure. Congrats to Ganja Farmer for this one and all their other genetics too. They have very good stuff.
@Captensmokey, agreed. The best plant for me this year I think, as it is slightly more potent than HashBud which is also a great grower. This will be my best Ganja Farmer contest entry. 👍
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