22 Gorilla Troop 2 - early June

June 2: planting out quickly after germination because the weather is very nice for the next couple weeks and it’s time to get a bunch of seedlings going. Even when seedling is very small, and only a few days old the tap root reaches the bottom of the peat pot. June 3: ants have eaten the baby leaves and killed a bunch of new seedlings. Fuck sakes. I didn’t know that was a thing. Lost a day but there are more seeds… June 7: two seedlings per 5 gallon growbag, or three in bigger pots.

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June 24: cool and wet June here. June 28: tying some down around edge of bag.

July 3: tie down is going well. July 6: broke off a couple of stems doing tie down. Learning limits of flexibility and how often the tie downs need to be adjusted. Daily or every second day seems the best. Also won’t be using so much potassium silicate at this vegetative stage so that the stems are more flexible. Will use it again later.

July 8: some hail damage from last night. Some fan leaves broken off and others with holes punched in them. Overall not too bad with minimal damage. July 9: plant tie down continues. July 11: hot and sunny weather to continue flow next two weeks. 👍

July 16: tie downs continue. Using both a Scrog net and wire seems to be the best way to do this.

July 26: switched to gypsum as Ca source. July 27: Troop 2 plant in raised bed is 62 inches tall after only 8 weeks.

July 26: switched to gypsum as Ca source.

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Aug 21: nearing end so just plain pHed water.

Sep 7: late season hailstorm. Did some damage to other plants, but these plants are mostly fine except for some minor trichome loss. Surprisingly little damage considering.

Sep 12: harvest continues…purple phenos are the first ones done.

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Sep 28: mostly harvested but a few plants still going.