Hypno Seeds Cream Brulee Auto

WEEK #1- AUGUST 1-7 8/1-Seedling sprouts after 1 day in the pot. Put seed in final pot which was prepped with a light (50%) mix of Advanced Nutrients listed above. Ph 6.00, Ppm 430, EC .62. Lights are 15 inches above at 50%. Ppfd is around 360. Humidity in tent is set to 75%. Lights 19/5. 8/2-Grew about an inch today 8/5-First 7 days have gone well. Good healthy growth with no issues. Good start. 8/6-The little seedling is starting to produce 2nd set of leaves and is looking healthy 8 days since I started germination. At this point I'm using a spray bottle to moisten the medium around the stem a couple times a day keeping it moist but not wet. 8/7-End of the first week since sprouting and everything is looking good. Germination was fast and early growth is on track. Leaves are green with no signs of stress. Today I watered the whole of the pot instead of just around the seedling and will continue to do so going forward.

WEEK #2-Aug 8-14 8/8- Increased the strength of the nute mix for this week to 710 ppm/EC 1.02/Ph 5.9 . I'll dilute that down early in the week building to full strength as week goes on. 1st watering-EC .73, Ppm 510, Ph 6.1 . 8/9-Reduced humidity to 65%. Increased light intensity to 550 PPFD. 8/10-visible growth since yesterday 8/11-Moved plant to the big tent and setup auto watering. 2x at 10 secs. 8/12-Increased length of cycle to 20 seconds to encourage more runoff. Lights are at 18" in the big tent. PPfd is 500. Lowered humidity target to 55%. 8/13-5th node starting to emerge. I'm looking to top between nodes 4 & 5 tomorrow. 8/14-Great week of growth right on schedule. Plant looks green and very healthy at this point. I was able to top the plant between the 4th and 5th node this morning. I also did first trim under the canopy by cutting the first node away which were being obscured from above. Plant ended the week 5" tall.

WEEK #3-Aug 15-21 8/15-Changed the nute mix and eliminated Tarantula, Voodoo Juice, Piranha, Rhino Skin and increased levels for Grow A & B, B-52. Checked runoff from previous night watering and saw that Ppm levels were about 300 higher than inflow. To mitigate I will now water 3x daily. On the morning watering today I went a bit longer to get more runoff and the Ppm levels immediately dropped to input levels. Will continue to monitor and see if adding one additional watering keeps things where they need to be. 8/16-Plant seems to have handled the topping with no adverse effects so I started some gentle LST by pulling the main stem over a bit and doing some leaf tucking. 8/18-Plant is growing nicely and seems healthy.However there were some very large leaves that were blocking everything underneath so I decided to cut them. I'm hoping I did not do this too early. I've been monitoring runoff numbers after each watering and they have been within 100 ppm of the input. I'm currently watering 3x daily. 8/19-Day after trimming big leaves and doing first real LST I'm amazed at how fast the plant recovers. 8/21-Good week overall. This Cream Brulee is starting to fill out a bit but looks like it is going to shorter and stockier than its Hypno Seeds buddy Red Pistachio. Leaves are all green and looking very healthy so far.

WEEK #4-Aug 22-28 8/23-Did some more light defoliation and LST. 8/28-Solid week of growth with no issues. Plant has not grown vertically as much as I expected. Current height is 9.5 inches. Defoliated aggressively to expose 6 main branches. First signs of pistils emerging. Will change to Bloom nutes from here forward and try to hit the shift.

WEEK #5-Aug 29-Sep 4 8/29-Started new nutrient mix listed above. EC=1.37 8/30-New nutes are already having an affect. Plant grew almost 1.5 inches in one day 9/2-I've been monitoring the runoff on the plants to compare input to runoff and see something really interesting. The EC/ppm on the runoff for the Cream Brulee has consistently been at or BELOW what is in the tank by 50-100 ppm. 9/4-Gradually increased the nute mix to 1220 ppm, 6.0 ph, and EC 1.75 . Did some defoliation.

WEEK #6-Sep 5-Sep 11 9/5-Did some light defoliation. Right now I've got 6 discrete colas developing and I'm continuing to eliminate undergrowth. Interested to see how this affects end yield. Added Big Bud Coco into the mix. 9/7-This one is starting to stretch and is responding well to the nutes. Runoff for this one is 150-200 ppm less than input even at increased nute load from last week. Lots of white pistils are forming and first hints of buds developing. 9/11-Nice week of growth. She wound up at 24 inches in height after first 6 weeks. Did a pretty big defoliation the day before. Looking forward to the next 6 weeks.

WEEK #7-Sep 12-Sep 18 9/12-Entering the 2nd half of my grow in good shape. Switched up the nutes for the home stretch. New mix listed above is Ph-5.9, EC-1.74, and 1220 ppm. 9/16-Plant is developing nicely. Runoffs were a bit higher than I wanted so I diluted the nute mix a bit to bring things in line. 9/18-End of solid week. Buds are starting to stack up. First signs of resin appearing. Plant reaches 28 inches tall. So far so good.

WEEK #8-Sep 19-Sep 25 9/19-Starting week 8 in good shape. Plants seems to have stopped vertical growth at 28". I've lightened the nute load a bit as I was seeing tiny bits of yellow spots on a few leaves. Nothing major but noticeable. Runoffs were getting 200-300 over inputs so I'm monitoring. 9/21-Still a couple of discolored leaves that are starting to concern me. I'm going to post a question and see if I can get some advice from other growers as to what might be happening. 9/21-It appears that the consensus of some top growers is that I have a ph issue. So I decided to test the ph levels in my reservoir and sure enough they had somehow crept up in the 6.7 range. So I've adjusted the ph levels down to 6.2 and will monitor the next couple of waterings. I also added a bit more Cal Mag to the mix. Now I will monitor and see if this helps. Looking back on my most successful grow to date (3 Bears OG x Mango Smile) I noticed that I used alot less nutes overall than this time around and got an unbelievable yield of 9 oz dry and top shelf quality bud to boot. And I had virtually NO issues at all. This time I decided to follow the AN feed schedule and added alot more stuff. So far the plant looks good overall, the buds are shaping up nicely, and the smell is starting to really come through. I'm hoping I can get this discoloration issue under control. 9/22-Checked runoff on last feeding and the ppm were sky high, 1700 ppm v 1150 in the tanks. So I did a mini flush and reduced the ppm level to around 500 with ph balanced water only. Skipped a feeding and then started again with a diluted solution (1000 ppm). Checked the runoff and the levels were around 800 ppm and will monitor. Plant still looks healthy and green overall and the buds are clearly fattening up and getting more frosty each day. 9/25-8 weeks since sprout and this plant is looking good for the final homestretch. The discoloration issue has been fixed by adjusting the ph a bit. After a mini-flush the runoff and reservoir numbers are now in line. The buds are getting more dense and frosty and the pistils are starting to change color. I'll be changing the nute mix next week to add Overdrive and pull Big Bud Coco. I think this one has another 3 weeks in her at least. Looking forward to a big close.

WEEK #9-Sep 26-Oct 2 9/26-Adjusted the feeding schedule to 2X at :30 which will put about 2 gals through per day. Plenty of runoff to fight buildup and more time for the plant to suck up what is in the coco. Runoff this morning a little above what I have in the reservoir so I'll continue to monitor. 9/28-Runoffs and inputs are back in sync at around 1250 ppm and EC at 1.8 ish. Pistils are starting to go from white to orange alot faster now. I was expecting to get to 70 days before flush but things seem to be moving a bit faster now. I rotated the plant around and dropped the light a bit lower in the back to get a bit more even light across the plant. PPFD is between 800-900. 9/30-Had a really high runoff reading at 1800 ppm which was nearly 500 ppm more than inputs so I did a little mini-flush last night w just ph balanced water. This morning I thought I'd add some nutes to mini-flush the water so I added 4/ml of both Overdrive and Bud Factor X with 4 ml of Cal Mag. Runoff from that flush was 910 ppm with acceptable ph levels. Going to monitor results. 10/2-End of Week 9 and the plant is looking good. Buds are getting thicker and more dense each day. Lots of resin. Trichomes are starting to turn amber and getting milky. Did some light trimming to expose more light to the lower canopy buds. Last 2 waterings were at full strength and runoff and reservoir are in sync. Next watering I'll go with just ph balanced water spiked with Bud X and Overdrive to make sure the EC does not spike too high again. I'm thinking that I can get another 7 days of bud development and start to flush at Day 70. I'm thinkjng that I'll get at least 4 oz dry yield from the plant but I'm hoping for more.

WEEK #10-Oct 3-Oct 9 10/3-Pistils are rapidly turning amber now. The trichomes as well. I want to get to 70 days before flush but its starting to look like going sooner is a possibility. Hypno promotes the fact that their strains get to harvest faster and that just may be the case. Going to monitor day by day. 10/4-Well based on what I'm seeing with the pistils going orange and trichomes getting amber it seems clear that this plant is close to harvest so I started flushing today (Day 65) with Flawless Finish. First runoff showing 810 ppm. I'll flush every 12 hours with approximately 1 gallon of ph balanced water and Flawless Finish. 10/5-I've done 3 additional flush cycles and the ppm/EC is 350/.51 . I reckon it will be down near 50 ppm in the next couple of days. Once its there I'll stop watering and likely harvest on Day 70. 10/6-Did a couple of extra flushes early this morning and now the ppm is 170 ppm. With 3 additional waterings scheduled I reckon it will be under 100 ppm by end of day Friday. 10/7-Ppm is down to 160 now which is pretty close to rock bottom now. Trichs are about 50/50 amber now if not a bit more. I think this plant is just about ready to come down. I'm going to go a couple of more days and let the plant feast on the last bits of nutes in the stalks and stems and then cut her down on day 70. This one has been a very easy one to date and I'm looking forward to seeing what the end yield is going to be. I'm hoping for at least 4 oz dry. We'll see soon. 10/8-Flushing is complete. Buds have really fattened up and are as dense as golf balls. Trichs are cloudy and turning amber. EC/PPm are near nil levels, and the plant is emitting a beautiful scent of great weed ready to be enjoyed. Today I turned off the water and will let the plant get dry for a couple of days and then harvest. I feel like this time around I've really exhibited great patience and let the plant 'tell' me what to do. Can't wait to see the results. 10/9-I decided to harvest today and found that while the very top colas were ripe and ready to go the next level down in the canopy were not quite there yet and might need a few more days to get cloudy and amber. So I cut just the 4 biggest colas. They were quite dense and thick so I cut them into buds, trimmed them up, and put them in the drying rack. The rest of the plant I'm going to let go a few more days. I don't know if this will be a good idea or not but since they had been flushed and had not been watered in 2 days I decided to put a gallon of ph balanced water in spiked with some Overdrive and Bud Candy to see if perhaps I an encourage a bit more fattening up before the next cut later this week. I'll let the plant soak it up a bit and will do a final flush again and dryout before final cut.

WEEK #11-Oct 10-Oct 16 10/12-Been harvesting buds on lower plant in stages as they get 'ripe'. I've added 2 waterings w bud only nutes. Will do a quick flush today and then let them go til Day 77.

Pretty easy grow overall. I tried to keep this one trimmed up a bit and it seemed to work. Harvested the plant over a week to give the lower flowers a chance to fully develop. Buds are frosty and dense.