First grow - auto

Première semaine écoulée, les plantules ont grandi sous propagateur jusqu'à 7cm de hauteur. Posée à la fenêtre les premiers jours de sorties des cotylédons en augmentant progressivement le nombre d'heure par jour. Aujourd'hui placés en pots et parés pour leur séjour à l'extérieur. Pour compenser le tassement du mix dans le pot et la longueur de la tige, j'ai laissé environ 3cm de tige. First week done on tuesday. Seedlings grew under propagator until 7cm heigh. When the cotyledons popped out, put the propagator on the outside of the window for a few hours then back inside. Did the same everyday until the seedlings reached their actual size. Today put them in pots for their journey outside. As the mix will get more compact afterwards and also to help thé seedlings hold on better, planted the seedlings down so that about 3cm are out soil PS edit : Mix : 2L compost 2L perlite 6L terre de bruyère (Ericaceous compost, which is more a kind of soil then real compost) Contenance des pots : 11L, geotextile

2ème semaine... Les deux plants poussent comme il faut en début de semaine et les premiers défis face aux éléments et nuisibles commencent, malheureusement ils se sont couchés avec les températures de début de weekend qui sont montées à 40°, suivies par un orage de grêle.... La tige d'une des deux a légèrement craqué et ne tenait plus, donc j'ai essayé de l'enterrer un peu plus en rajoutant du terreau, pour l'instant elle semble viable, mais j'avoue que cela m'inquiète un peu pour la suite. Avec les fortes pluies et grêle j'ai également été confronté à une invasion de limaces et ai entouré les plantules de cendre de cheminée. Également aperçu quelques fourmis en repérage (2-3 max), ai ajouté de la cannelle en poudre au terreau apparemment l'odeur les décourage, à suivre.... 2nd week finished, seems both of them are doing right.... But had some major problems and now is the point were war starts 😂. First, elements... Friday and saturdays were really hot, up to 40° and plus.. After a short while they fell down. One hot straight back up after having some water, the other one was too bent (seems it broke at the base) but digged it a little deeper by adding slightly more soil mix, well see if it can still continue the road. Then storm came... And with it the second point : pests. Slugs came out (noticed some slime on the soil and lots around the pots) so i've put some ashes around to prevent them coming back. Also noticed 2-3 ants, so put some cinnamon powder on top of the soil with a team spoon (apperently they hate the smell of it). So now juste have to wait and see... Alea jacta est et si vic pacem, parabellum 😂 PS : je me suis servi de la taille originale des plantules, sur les semaines suivantes je reprendrais les hauteurs hors sol de Trinity comme étalon ce qui causera un décalage de taille avec la pousse équivalent à 4cm et 3cm de plus avec Neo used the original plant size, from now on will use only the height out of the soil mesures on Trinity, which will decrease the height of the plants by 4cm and 3cm more for Neo La hauteur totale est de 9cm pour les deux, Trinity est haute de 5cm hors sol et avec les soucis climatiques Neo est à 2cm. Cependant je les avais déjà rempotés plus profond de 4cm pour raccourcir la base de la tige. Size of 9cm is total for both, Trinity is 5cm out soil and with the issues i had, Neo is 2cm out soil, but both were at first digged in the pot for 4cm more to shorten the plant base.

Malheureusement le lendemain de mon précédent post Neo a regagné la Matrix et Trinity se retrouve toute seule. À la finale la brisure en base de tige était trop prononcé pour que je puisse la sauver. Depuis Trinity a commencé son troisième étage et tjs par set de trois feuille ce qui lui donne un petit look sympa. La cannelle contre les fourmis s'est révélé efficace, la cendre pour les limaces idem. Préparation en cours d'une solution maison avec base de marc de café, peau de banane en infusion, une fois finit, ajout d'une cuiller à café de cendres et de cannelle en poudre. Une fois passée, dilution à hauteur d'1/4 sur 1L d'eau et utilisé une fois par semaine en place de l'arrosage classique à l'eau. So for this week bad news, Neo went back definitely inside the Matrix and Trinity is left alone. The base was too broken to keep up, the second pair of leaves popped out, but the first set and the cotyledons went yellow showing it was time to forger about it when the second set stopped growing. Trinity on the otherside keeps on a good growth, third set already popped out still with three leaves and fourth one is coming also. The cinnamon against the ants did the work as dis the ashes for the slugs. Started a homemade solution with coffre ground, bandana peel, infused in water. Once ready (one week at last) will add a tea spoon of ashes and one if cinnamon, filter everything and use 1/4 on 1L. Will be used once a week instead of normal watering

Une autre semaine écoulée... Pas grand chose à dire, préparation d'une infusion de peau de banane, diluée à 200ml pour 1L d'eau, arrosage selon besoin. Another week done... Not much to say, got the banana peel juice ready, 200ml for 1L of water used instead of only water, when watering is needed.

Fin de semaine difficile avec la canicule. Mais Trinity tient toujours et a presque doublée de taille. Arrosage avec eau du robinet, ou eau de cuisson, ou solution peau de banane. Ça n'est pas aussi efficace que les solutions du marché, mais l'apport ponctuel semble quand même lui donner un petit coup de fouet donc pourquoi s'en priver 😂. Another week done, a bit hard with the high temps those days. But Trinity did well and almost doubled her size. Watering with tap water, or used water from veggies cooking, or banana peel juice. Doesn't work as good as classic nutrients products, but still gives a little boost, so as it's free and re-use, why not 😂 ?

Pas grand chose à mentionner cette semaine, Trinity continue sa croissance tranquillement. N'a pu passer qu'une demi journée hier avec la chaleur (40° à l'ombre juste à côté d'elle) donc rentrée vers 17h car elle commençait à courber. Dès qu'elle était mise au "frais" elle a repris de suite, petit moment de stress mais elle s'en remet. Nothing much to mention this week, Trinity grows gently. Could stay out yesterday only half day because of the heat (40° in the shade where the plants usually dit). Brought her back around 5pm because she was starting to bend. But asap inside she went back to normal quickly (never thought i could see something like that happen, it was litterally moving within eyesight 😳) a but stressful for her and me, but amazing to see what a plant can do. Now she looks happy as before. Kept her inside the veranda today because of risks of iceblocks (not sure of my translation here might not be the right word) raining. She'll go out later on this afternoon. Trying not to make too big temp gaps, because she already had enough stress yesterday with the heat. PS : À toute la communauté, j'espère que si vous avez essuyer les mêmes température ces derniers temps vos petites se portent bien. Happy grow !!!😉👍 To all the fellows grower of this community, if you recently had those kind of crazy heat temperatures these days, i hope your "girls" are all fine and growing good. Happy grow !!! 😉👍

Semaine bizarre, parfois on se serait cru en plein automne et le lendemain retour en plein été... Eu des températures variant de 16° le soir à 35° en pleine journée... Pour limiter le stress l'ai placée dans la véranda pour un contrôle approximatif de la température (en soi elle agit comme une serre...) Réussi à n'avoir des variations que de 2-3°, nuit et jour à environ 28°. Reçu les clips LST de la prochaine série et pas pu résister à tester, en ai placé deux en test, ne sachant pas trop s'ils sont mis comme il faut, on verra bien. Strange week, somedays feeling like in autumn (hello, outside night temp around 16° sometimes) and back in summer the next day... To prevent stress, moved them in the véranda wich actually acts like a green house and when outside temp really close to inside temp, moved her in front of the door. Doing this managed to have only 2°-3° différence at approx 28° (thanks to the heater when it was too cold). Received the LST clips for next batch, tried on two to see how it works, not sure am doing it right but at least will learn from it. Now giving banana peel juice twice a week. Around 1L-1.5L each day.

Finalement une semaine à peu près normale, malgré la sécheresse. Les bourgeons grossissent et le pistils sont bien blanc. Pour le moment, passé au jus de banane 2fois par semaine. Finally a quite "normal" summer week, even with the drough. Buds slowly forming, with nice white pistils. For now watering twice a week with banana peel juice, plus tap water the other days.

Une autre semaine écoulée. Les choses commencent à sentir bon si je puis dire... Trinity est encore ramenée à l'intérieur la nuit et l'odeur du matin est délectable. Elle n'a pris que 3cm depuis la semaine dernière donc je pense qu'il est temps pour elle d'arrêter de croître pour faire grossir les buds (je sais pas s'il y a un terme pour cette phase de la Flo). Pour la photo de couverture, c'est une des feuille éventail du haut de la plante sur une enveloppe avec quelques modifications de couleurs. Another week done. Things are starting to smell good should I say.. Keeping bringing Trinity back inside for the nights, and in the morning the scent is soo nice. Only took 3cm since last week, but i guess it's now entering the buds flowering phase (don't know hainti call that, but assume the plant won't grow more and she will concentrate on growing the buds). Cover pic is a cut leaf from the plant on an enveloppe with some colour modifications.

:lonely day - SotD: (to have the instrumental) Just another week... And it's time.... Another week in her liiiiiiiife.... Now more seriously : As said, another week went, pistils are swapping for buds slowly and even starting to go orange. Some fan leaves are starting to loose their green colour slowly, didn't notice anything (it's not starting from somewhere on the leaves but some leaves are loosing colours evenly then turn yellow and fall), but will keep an eye on it for deficiencies, as i think maybe it's a bit early for this kind of behaviour. If it's natural, i might do a little cutting of them to help her focus on the buds (is this triming ?). Think Trinity is starting to concentrate the few nutes from the homemade solution and the soil on the buds instead of the leaves (but find it a little early for that). Sun was hard in the WE, and now raining cats and dogs. Hopefully can move her inside the veranda when it's raining too much. As she grows, my impatience does also, but it's better to call it "my urge for trying it". Will soon have to put a panel next to it mentionning "thou shall not pass !!!" to be sure not been toi noob and harvest too early 😂. (Nah, no worries, it's my first one so i'll give all the attention it needs, cause i know it will play in the end, as for experience gain and quality wise)

Fine week, not so sunny, but heat was away. Trichs are still a lot transparent, but pistils starts ton be fairly orange. Leaves slowly continues ton go yellow but didn't notice any other bad signs and still it's the fan leaves. Think maybe another 2-3 weeks to go, will keep an eye on the trichs.

Update : Thanks for the replies, it help me out take a decision. Picked up the cutting option as i know how quick bud rot can spread if not noticed at the right time, and even if i did notice it quite early, it was already too late (as for a beginner like me). I've seen how bad it can get even for growers with expérience (so sad for you mate). Also... Havresting now even if too early i might salvage 50% in the best case scenario, worse one been having to get rid of all. How i did it ? Biggest issue was creating an aseptized environnement. 1- didn't take the risk of doing it where the grow room is. 2- used 2 scissors, 2 trays, 1 deep tray, 1 spray, sponge, microfiber cloth, cleaning alcool 70°, brake cleaner (yes, you gotbit right, brake cleaner 😂), latex gloves, net, cloth hanger. 3- cleaned everything with the brake cleaner, why ? Because it takes out most dirt easily and also dries almost instantly (and i also do some mechanics i always have some at home). 4- in the deep tray, put the scissors and soaked them in the alcohol for 1h, dipped the spong in it and cleaned the 2 others trays, let dry. 5- with one scissors cut the branches and put them on 1 tray (used the microfiber to swipe it before tonmake sure it was all dry). Brake cleaner again on the scissors and swipe with sponge. 6- cut all the buds from the branches and put them on the 2nd tray. Cleaned the first one using same method (brake cleaner + sponge soaked with alcohol and micro fiber to dry). At this point changed gloves. 7- thought about another issue... Bud rot is sneaky so deciced to undo each bud as much as possible, even if it would result in a huge amount of popcorn buds. Reason is to let them breathe as much as possible. So cut the buds softly one by one into smaller buds, checking everytime for any signs of rot. Then did the triming and put the buds back on the first tray. Then cleaning process again + took off gloves. 8- didn't find peroxyde hydrogen but got oxygen water 10vol. It's the closest i could find around in a short lap of time. Checked about it, found out it would be fine mixed in 1L water for 150ml. Got it in a spray and ready to use. 9- made a dryer with an old cloth hanger + some bugs net, supposed to be for drying, but would do a nice job with the cleansing process. Disposed the buds on it and gave a good spray (cloudy type) about 20 cm distance, on top AND beneath. Didn't keep the soil or else just in case and put them in a garbage bag, wich is now closed and away. With the first cut from yesterday night, almost half was already away. Main cola was getting struck on all it's lengh. While taking care of the buds, noticed the two next left on the main cola where already struck, so eventually i think i have around 45% to 50% of the harvest it should have made. Will let them dry as much as possible and check them again one by one, turning them over and giving another round with the spray. Then do another check when enough dry again, if it's ok start the real drying process up to curing. Had a look at the trichs, indeed they are not mature enough, but still a few being cloudy (i'm not sure about that part though 😅). But one thing i'm sure is, at least i rather be able to use my harvest even if the high is far from it's potential but salvage, then end up with nothing. If it was on several plants at once i would maybe have tried other options just to learn more as well as going through a salvage process, but on only one plant and with so few experience, risk is too big. Still it's kind of a warning 'cause i'm having humidity issues in the tent also, for now it's not critical, but i need to figure out something to lower humidity. Week started great... But in two days got wrong... High humidity outside and didn't really notice as it was hot (should have with the clouds maybe...) Top Bud was looking strange so unfolded it gently and noticed.... Black mold 😭😭.went around all of them it looks it didn't spread much yet but lost a consistant part of the harvest... Think i'll have to harvest tomorrow wich is quite early or worse... Will add a question through the diary and wait tomorrow to decide what to do (+some researchs)

Now to sum up... For a first grow, was really interesting and fun to grow. Strains was normal to grow for a starter, maybe a more expériences grower would have even find it easy. Didn't go through much hazel while growing until the end came and thé poor lady caught too much humidity (climate around here is good, but a pain as it can change sooooo quickly like hard Sun one day and the other one raining cats and dogs). As for the results, got around 10g dried (didn't weight wet so have put 15g, as an estimation). It's now on curing process, but tried it when just finished dry, at least two see if any bad taste that could have been an alarm for more bud rot. Was fine, though as expected low high (but still even if slight, there was one).