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This is my first grow.
RQS - Blue Mistic FEMENIZED seeds
My set up is limited to just a closet I took shelveing out of. Installed one hanging small fan, and left the back panel against the wall open (It was broke already from humidity warpoing in another room, so it bends out, letting air in and out, and limiting light in).
My light is a dual spectrum flowering and veg 300W. - I cut a PC power cable and wired it to the lap as pre wired are more expensive. Minutor on 18/6. I had to cut a board to drill hooks in to hang the lighting on a chain and hook system all parts I found in the garage. Everything was pre measured and fit snuggly and perfectly in.
The paint is flat white.
Soil is BIOBIZZ COMPLETE (Normal soil, not light). + a generic brand perlite mix
NUTES eventually using are BIOBIZZ: BIO VEG + BIO FLOWER + MAX TOP
I use vinegar to lower my PH. I purhased a PH pen, and my city tap water is at 8.0, had to lower it
This plastic pot is about 10cM wide. The base is a square plastic pot base. I found a vegitable basket in the trash, cut a square part off,and used as a grill base to let air flow and collect water run off.
I used a 25litre (6 gal) geotextile (smart pot) pot - A transfer will be had in later weeks.
15th - Watered again, fan + lamps dry out fast. New growth, a new set of leaves, totaly of 4 real and 2 baby soon. Tips of first set of leaves a bit yellow
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Added a little more soil to fill up pot and stabalize base of plant. Added a little water to new soil. New leaves continue growing.
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Using a water bowl to try and lower temps and increase humidity.
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Top soil usually drier about a knuckle in, but humid underneath so just lightly moistening the top soil for cooling and humidity factors
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Water retention high, did not water in the morning. Watered in the night and addeda little more soil since it was low. The plant seemed to like it.
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No morning feed since late night feed. A lot of new growth and favorable response. Leaving for weekend no water for 2 days. Stalk seems a little thicker
I WATER 4-5 LITRES EVERY FEED
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Got back from weekend retreat. The plant has 1 or 2 curled up leaf tips and at least one leaf very dried out. The natural weather rose, and the internal housing radiators stay high, leaving
an entire atmosphere hot and dry. I have redone ENTIRE grow room, lifting the light as far as I can, repotting the plant in its final larger 27L pot. Giving a light feed. New grow room
is more descrete, now locked, and over all a better environment especially in temperatures at mid 20's. Hope plant to recover fast.
Might want to think about ways to measure and raise humidity.
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New growth on top of plant. No need to water as the pot retains a lot. The plant does not seem to be growing any more in height, perhaps after a WEEK OF ADJUSTING to new pot
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Temperatures more stable after putting lamp a little higher, staying around 25. Plant seems less "crispy" and more perky (except two burned leaves). No watering stil humid under the soil.
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Soil cold, lightly humid about 3+CM. Dry on top, hard to tell if I need to water. Plant seems to have perked up and pushing more leaves, but still rather small. Lowered light as temps a little lower
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In advance, lifted the lighting roof and hooks to the very top to expose maximum grow space. Around DAY 22, I should start looking into LST and nutes
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watered
Plant standing around 9-10cm. Light penetration is good, new leaf growth and a light odor already showing!
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Rebounded up with new and fast growth
Started LST
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Applied more LST. Accidently tore a leaf
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The plant has reacted very well to LST. The photos show a huge difference. So far more new growth and no signs of maladies.
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Adjusted LST . Stands about 13CM high now. Growing good, but smelling a little stronger, can smell slight odor just outside the closet
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Redid entirely the LST to adjust to new growth. Plant responding very well and growing very well, no signs of problems.
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watered and added nutes in each liter.
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Reapplied LST, did not need a lot, just a few adjustments. The odor is more "chocolate" sweet like today. About 19 CM
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More growth. Applied LST. Still adapting well and growing stong. Some lower leaves a little droopy, but very green, so rolled down the pot a little to let light in, and branches stretch
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Adjsuted LST, not too much. Branches thicker. Growing top strong. A very "candy berry" sweet odor.
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Adjsuted LST lightly. Nothing new added, mostly pulled the "head" down more. Getting very bushy and despite LST leaves big blocking more light. I am thinking of kicking into flower soon. End of week possibly
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Adjsuted LST, accidently broke a baby cola branch. Pruned several fan leaves to allow more light to pass. Will water tomorrow and leave on vacation
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VACATION! 10 . - 13
watered on 10th with nutes
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After small vacation, came back to a large healthy plant. I came home around midnight, turned lights off for extra dark time. New hours for flowering are 12/12 9am-21pm
Trimmed more leaves off, a lot of new growth blocking eventual colas. And under growth. Thinking of lolipopping around week 1 of flower (I dont, )
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Nothing new to report. I can count around 9-10 bud sites. Plant is bent and exposed after clipping to expose to enough light that penetrates to bottom. Good air flow. Soil compact moist.
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WATERED
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Adjusted slightly the LST. Getting harder to place LST correctly. Plant seems to be growing faster: 30-32cm today
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vacation
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vacation
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vacation
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Vacation
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WATERED
No increase in odor.She is a bit prseed up against the door. And walls, might have to stop LST to the sides and let her vertical push after this week
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Redid all LST. Plant seemed to have grown one to two branches out from yesterday! Flowers looking more pronounced.
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Slight LST adjustment. Light distribution to bottom hard to do, very full plant afraid to cut vital leaves. Noticing the small white hairs coming out!
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no real lst adjustment. Plant slightly growing good, flowers always more promennent. I think I have signs of Phosphorate deficencies. Will definatly add next feed. Signs of bug eating some leaves, I think gnats.
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No real adjustment to LST, just pulled some center branches over. Growth is long 50CM TODAY!, but most bud branches seem small. Growing strong still, longer white hairs
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WATERED
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Did some amature lolipopping, I hope I did not hurt the plant. Main cola grown so large had to tie it to the side with a stick. Moved fan farther back to cover entire plant as much as possible.
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Removed some LST straps. Main stalk too close to light, burned leaf tips. If I move light higher, less penetration, too far from other buds. So I try and keep the main stalk pulled to the side by a stick.
I have increased fan speed for day. Plan to lower it at night. Rotated plant .
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WATERED
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Not disturbing it much today. No turning or taking out. No big changes. Raised the lights just a little to bring the main bud from 30C to 27C.
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WATERED
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Vacation
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Vacation
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WATERED
I tried tying main branch down but she "snapped" over. I quickly corrected it and dare not bend the branches on this plant any more. Flowers are gettings bigger and all over the branches!
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Took out to calm fan and rotate. The plant is getting top heavier, and the bent main branch tops over without support easily. I have to be very careful next take out.
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No take out. Just tied some stalks to the support pole to let light pass better in the middle. Tucked some leaves. Seems to have stopped growing vertically. Would like to see more bud growth.
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WATERED
Flowers very pronounced and hairy. I would like them to get bigger. I notice they starting "to meet", some top and bottom nugs starting to make one "big" one. I hope it continues.
The bend in the main cola repaired itself and became a "knuckle". This super bending might be a technique I use next time.
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Buds getting longer hair, little thicker, slowly. No take out, leaving plant in as is.
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Vacation
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Vacation
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WATERED
There is literrally no smell other than the damp soil smell. Tied more branches that are long to the bamboo shoot to get in the zone of the fan. I hope to see healthier hairs and more bud thickness and cone shape
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Not much change from yesterday. Noticing a litlte baby dust on sugar leaves
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Again, not much change. White hairs still poking everywhere, buds seem to be forming, light sugar on leaves. Pot seems to be dry again, so I wil probably water soon
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WATERED
Hard to take out to water, might have to just water on site on a towel on the ground. No smell what so ever
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Buds looking a little fatter.
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Did heavy pruning and removing of new growth in a "lolipop" like manner. I removed a lot of fan leaves blocking light. I hope the new light and prunning push her to get more "frosty".
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Bud leaves look bigger, and several buds look more frosty than before.
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WATERED
buds are larger, but still some smaller ones where ligth can not be lowered too. Had to tie branches together to keep plant more compact.
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I am guessing around noon a strap holding the bamboo support came off and the main bud was resting in the light for a few hours burning the leaves, possibly cooking off some potentcy as well on one side.
Discovered my gnat problem has worsened, but that is due to the soil being heavily watered last feed and no air circulation in the bottom. Good news: the buds are sticky!
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I am treating the gnat problem by leaving closet door open and having a LARGE fan blow in on the plant for a few hours.
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Same as yesterday, a few hours with larger fan. Nothing too new, a few less gnats, but still there. Over all looks the same, but comparing photos always shows the buds are slowly densing.
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When comparing photos, buds are getting FATTER! I am happy with bud density, and am hoping to see more "frost", but over all I am happy and looking forward to harvest. Still NO SMELL!
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Vacation
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Vacation
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WATERED
A kind of "fertalizer" smell.
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Photo analysis shows buds might still be growing but not too much. I have a feeling the plant is focusing on growing orange hairs. I would guess end of week very orange and looking less like a whild white hair
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Same progression: Buds grow SLIGHTLY, almost no different (peak developpment), A LOT more orange hairs. I hope to see more, and the whites start curling in.
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Same progression. Getting darker green buds with more orange hairs. Buds look more pronounced like real buds all over.
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WATERED
Smell has picked up and certain times we can smell JUST HINTS. Over all very low odor.
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About same as yesterday. Triches seem bigger on some buds.
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Had guests over all day, cut lights off at 11:30-16:30.
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All colas about 85-90% orange hairs and dark green. The two main colas still have white hairs (possible light and heat issues making them mature slower). Not seeing any orange triches under scope.
Will wait a few more days
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WATERED
Bloom nutes only. Triches are easier to see under scope, getting BIGGER! No amber yet and still a lot of clear heads. Buds getting denser. 2 BRANCHES BENT IN SEVERAL PLACES due to being to top heavy.
Even the tie downs are less effective holding plant up. Real solution is support sticks. Had to tie the bent branches up tot he hooks. Lots more orange hairs. I am hopping end of week or another week.
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Same progression. A little more trichomes,, little more orange hairs. I get the feeling the buds are getting a little bigger too: More leaning over of branches top heavy, and what looks to be fatter spots on buds.
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Same progression. Took two weak leaves off.
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WATERED Bloom nutes only. Same progression
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Vacation
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Vacation
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WATERED Half bloom nutes (full max top). Trichomes still nice and white, no amber. I put popcorn buds in jar to cure
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Same progress. Notes on drying: Hung first harvested colas up on the 5th. Still not "cracky" dry, but I noticed not too wet either, so I put in jars.
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Same Progress. Soil looks dry already, but I will hold off watering for another day.
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WATERED Just a PH balanced water flush. Same progress. The buds curing smell better each day, and the texcture is looking better. The popcorn buds still smell like hay, but no mold present.
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Same progress. Trichomes cloudy. Reduce lighting to 10/14
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Same progress. Trichomes cloudy.
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loudy trichomes. I cut the light for 24 hours
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CUT THE PLANT DOWN AND HUNG TO DRY! Harvest time!
I went into this project expecting it all to fail. I heard so many people say it is hard to grow weed, good weed. I had already been sick due to bad street weed. So I was desperate to grow my own. After clearing out a closet and using scrap materials, I did a low budget closet build under only 300 total W of dual spectrum light, and bare minimum ventillation. The results were AMAZING!
I had two giant nugs pushing into the lights. People ask me if I top , since one branch has an entire huge nug like a main branch. But nope, this plant grew into a BEAST with love and care. My nutrients were just organic bio bizz mark, and I gave under dosages up until the end. This plant took a lot of abuse, as she endured the heat on my accidental neglect, or bending over on three major branches... she bounced back and even after lolipopping, and getting into week 15, she was still green leaves, new growth coming in all over, pushing hardest to keep producing buds and staying alive.
I dug her up after and she barely reached the sides of the pot...meaning I could have had a much larger root ball, this plant is a monster and very resiliant! Under better lighting and grow rooms, she would be a HULKING BEAST:!
Ok, the smoke?
Well, I cut the popocron buds of early, along with a few flowers to dry early. The trichomes were more shiteish and some clear. I knew it was early, but I took em. As they dried out and I put them in jars, I tested them ever so often. Smoking wet is gross. And gives you a slight head ache...it took 3 bowls to feel the very least "buzzed", no real surreal euphoria, or time loss...just relaxed, not much else, followed by "smoke too much " head ache.
As the weeks went on and the curing kicked in, the difference is ASTOUNDING!
The texture is better, the nug gets super crystal coating. The smoke is smoother, tastier, leaves more grey ash, not black soot like wet does.
Moral fo story: I learned it is true what I read: "You can have the best strain in the world. If you do not cure it right, the quality will be just poor/ok".
So, these early trimmings I now cured to a good week (and still have em bottled for longer), the effect was: Creative high, relaxed, zoned out on idea or image, super euphoric and happy,
I actually was less hungry.... If started eating, I would eat, but I just felt so relaxed and non hungry most of the time. That said, 1 or 2 glasses of red wine and it is a SUPER MOOD SETTER. I tried with beer and pink/rose wine, and meh...not to complimentary...
As you can see that is just the early harvest of a few branches...(which gave me A LOT),
*** UPDATE ***
AFter some drying and curing now for a week I can tell you the early cured smoke is good!
Smells like a candy 7-up in jars.
Tastes like sweet lemon candy, super light smoke. Easy to smoke.
High is very creative, happy, euphoric, tuned in to stories, music, visuals. And ends with a super sleepy feeling. Oddly enough, no munchies... I will eat , and it enhances the pleasure of eating, but it does not make me hungry or give munchies. I ate less than what was given me, and just "content" feeling. Tastes are kind of nulified. Some genetics make certain foods taste SUPER GOOD. But not this one, it kind of masks the tastes. At least for me.
Although your mind wanders during stories, and you can hit some brief time loss ; you don't have deep time loss, where it feels like ages passed. The psychadelic effect is a bit low too, more of a body feel (body feels super light and floaty on feet). All my gests felt incredibly slow and "at ease".
There was no smell! For anyone wanting a stealth grow, GET THIS! The odor was nearly non existant. Oddly, in the late veg, it had this sweet oddly in late veg it had this sweet citrus chocolate smell.... IT ONLY COMES IN WAVES LIKE ONE TIME A DAY. AND VERY LOW WAVES, like you have to be aware of it, to catch it... and when you open the door to the grow room, it is just the smell of "plant" not what you smelt coming from the exterior, unless you put your nose right up to the plant... A very bizarre experience.
It would stop, and pas days/weeks no smell, then mid flower stages it came back, but more "dank" like citrus/weed smell, but again, BEYOND light, and in "small waves"....
For example, I am sitting in the same room reading a book...I know the plant is there so time to time I look over at the door, and take a sniff, nothing...then 30 min later...something! A slight citrus smell...then it's gone...like a wave passed over me...
It would linger longer if the house was shut up completely no windows open and I was no vacation for 3 days...then a more "vegitable/plant" smell is evident, but goes away after an hour of ventilation... I never bought a filter or gel to mask odors...again, there were none really to speak of!
That said, if you touched the plant, (which I did often to LST or feed), you smell good strong whiffs of her natural odor...and the smell and taste is strong on your fingers...so she is VERY discrete and keeps it to herself...a perfect for stealth grows.
At one point I added bat guano tea I made myself. (just one bottle for one feed since I was not at source, found some on vacation). Because the bat guana tea was a bit strong smelling, after it mixed in the dirt, the area had this light "pugent pee pee smell"..., again, still light, but not at all the sweeter smell she had. That lasted about a week...then went back to normal smell of "plant and dirt".
What I am trying to say: You will see a lot of people say "ITS MARIJUANA, OF COURSE IT STINKS"! NO! It is SHOCKINGLY low odor to no odor. Again, hints, pass through. Always have a plan B never theless... But, this plant did as was described: LOW ODOR! And it helped me grow, because if I had a stinkier genetics, I would have to have thrown it out early due to work in house by electricians, and general guests coming over.
My living quarters are cramped and the closet at the entry, so anyone coming in, gets face to face with her...and it never was a problem.... I highly suggest this for low odor grow. And the fact she smells good, up close, smoke taste good, high is great.... It sacrifices nothing for this trait.
@bobo420, Thanks, Well over 2 months now, still got 5 jars full, slowly eating away at 1 jar. Curing longer on my plant = better high, too early made me smoke more just to feel a bit buzzed, but longer for sure was worth it. Just one bowl now and doing just fine. Total sleep time after 2 bowls or more.
The high is a creeper. Hits me personally in the euphoric, talkative and creative areas followed by great sleep.
I should have flushed longer as well, I get good natural taste on greens, but a little "staunchy"chem"" tasting as the bowl progresses. Nothing too bad though.
@TomatoloverBoy, Well, I just posted the chop. I did chop her, but let her grow more up to monday (I have her the weekend of darkness and flushing).
I wanted 2 more weeks at least on the branch, but.... personal reasons made me cut earlier...all and all, I am not dissapointed though.
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