The Bubba cheesecake experiment

-11/13/22 Week start -11/13/22 starting off week one at 1.5 in. tall and growing quick. Will most likely be transplanting into a 2 or 3 gal pot within the week. -11/18/22 transplanted, not sure about pot size but it might be 1 gal. Growing strong, roots had already broke through the bottom of the dirt in the starter pot. -11/19/22 Week End

-11/20/22 Week start -11/26/22 growing quick and tall. Already starting on the next branch spots. Have been thinking about growing styles and im not sure yet what I plane on doing yet. -11/26/22 Week End

-11/27/22 Week Start -11/30/22 transplanted to a 4 gal pot, looking a little droopy from a full watering. Growing good, I think I'm going to try a pruning style that im calling "streamlining". Its where you try to focus on the cola of the main stem, hopefully boosting its size. -12/3/22 --looks like I may have made the new soil a little nutrient hot but it should bound back and be just fine. Oldest shade leaves getting damaged tips and seem like they are rather dry, sprayed water with no nutrients. Newer shade leaves starting to look light green in the centers with slightly darker tips. --during farther inspection into the problems with the leaves it was found that the soil is still rather moist from the watering that was given after transplanted. Small amount of water under pot when lifted off table, spacers were placed under pot to help with the problem. Should lose some of the moisture in a day or so and then make a full recovery. -12/3/22 End of week

-12/4/22 week start -12/7/22 soil still wet from watering when transplanted but not as much. Starting to get new light green spots on other shade leaves. Still growing and is now 6.5 in. tall. -12/10/22 she is making a comeback, looks like she will make full recovery and be stronger. Going to remove top big shade leaves soon, she ending the week off at 7.5 in. tall. -12/10/22 Week End

-12/11/22 week start -12/16/22 removed some of the lower stuff that had been damaged from nutrient burn, plant should focus on growing to compensate. -12/17/22 removed as many aphids as I could, getting ladybugs in next week. Almost have the lowest level branches where I want them to start. Still trying to come up with a growing style that focuses on one picture perfect cola. Branches are coming along nicely, large shade leaves are reducing the amount of direct light they are getting but that's okay. -12/17/22 Week End

-12/18/22 week start -12/24/22 not much going on this week, mostly just growing. Did remove the lowest two branches because im trying to make one giant cola. Will not be removing any more branches, also will be flipping to flower cycle on the first of February. Will be clipping off the larger shade leaves some time before the cycle flip. -12/24/22 week end

-12/25/22 Week Start -12/28/22 sprayed with neem max to kill aphids, 3.5 tbs/1 letter spray bottle. Also removed the first set of shade leaves on the lowest two sets of branches. -12/30/22 having some problems with big shade leaves, assuming that it was caused from the neem max spray down two days ago. Damage is only on the shade leave and not on branches, should be fine but will check daily. Also lights and plants were moved around in the grow room to see if lights were to close to plants, could also be a factor in the damage on shade leave but unsure. -12/31/22 still having problems from the neem max spray, should recover in the next few days/weeks. Removed the lower two sets of shade leaves from the main stem, will be removing the rest of the large shade leaves on the main stem in the next few weeks. -12/31/22 Week End

1/1/23 Week Start -1/1/23 gave about 20oz of miracle-gro performance organics 8-8-8 at 1TBS/gal -1/2/23 removed some of the dying leaf tips, also removed two shade leaves from the main stem. Looks like the 8-8-8 was a little strong for this plant, will see how long it takes to recover. -1/4/23 sprayed with some castile soap water to rip off the neem for it was killing the leaves, them sprayed with water to remove the soap and neem. -1/5/23 transplanted to a 30L pot and gave about 42 OZ of water post-transplant. -1/7/23 removed some dead or dying leaves, hoping for recovery before flip to flower. Gave some calmag today, them sprayed with water. -1/7/23 Week End

-1/8/23 Week Start -1/13/23 gave about a gal of water today, Hope she fully recovers before light cycle flip. -1/14/23 not much done this week, trying to let plant recover from neem overdose. Will be removing the last of the dying leaves soon, also some of the bigger shade leaves of the main stem -1/14/23 Week End

-1/15/23 Week Start -1/15/23 removed some of the slowly dying leaves, also removed two of the bigger shade leaves. -1/17/23 will be adding golden barrel blackstrap molasses to the next watering. Also will be making dedicated watering day during flower, most likely going to be sundays. -1/20/23 gave about a gal of water with about 1tbs of molasses in it. Seen some new aphids, might spray with some neem to try killing them again. Almost fully recovered from the last neem spray, Hope to eliminate the aphids before flip to flower. -1/21/23 removed the large shade leaves from the main stem, also did light defoliation. Will get a week recovery then get flipped into flower. -1/21/23 Week End

-1/22/23 Week Start -1/28/23 sprayed with water a few times this week, did not see any aphids today so maybe they a gone. Will be giving water with molasses tomorrow, also starts flower cycle tomorrow. -1/28/23 Week End

-1/29/23 Week Start --week 1 flower -1/29/23 gave about a gal of water with molasses, didnt do anything else other than change light cycle to flower cycle. -2/4/23 gave about a half gal of water with buildabloom, gave a spray with some of what was left. Is starting to stretch but still has messed up leaves, no defoliation until week 3 flower. -2/4/23 Week End

-2/5/23 Week Start --week 2 flower -2/11/23 did nothing this week, just let it grow. Did not see any pre-flower nodes, so this plant is already falling behind compared to the two ILGM Bruce Banner plants that were put in the bloom room at the same time. Still no defoliation until after week 3 flower. -2/11/23 Week End

-2/12/23 Week Start --week 3 flower -2/12/23 gave about 75% of a gal water with buildabloom and molasses before the lights came on -2/18/23 heavy defoliate today and won't be pulling any more off unless necessary. Sprayed with buildabloom, also gave about 20 oz of water. Still does not have vary much bud nodes but that should change by the end of next week. --post-note: light distance to top of plant is not accurate will update in next weeks entry. -2/18/23 Week End

-2/19/23 Week Start --week 4 flower -2/19/23 gave about 75% of a gal water with buildabloom. Sprayed with neem max because aphids were seen on other plants in the same grow space. Also updated plant night and top of plant to light distance. -2/20/23 starting to get some pre-flower growing, also another light was added to the grow space. Giixer light is on bloom only, no veg side of the light. -2/21/22 sprayed with neem max because aphids were seen. Soil has been running rather wet so I may wait for it to dry before giving water again. -2/23/23 removed some shade leaves that were going to nodes with now pre-flower, also removed some of the spots where nodes are to small. Sprayed with neem max, will check for aphids again tomorrow. -2/25/23 seen no aphids. Soil is still wet so I will not be watering tomorrow like I have been. Think that the over saturated soil may be causing growth problems. Still in pre-flower but should start making real flowers during the next week. -2/25/23 Week End

-2/26/23 Week Start --week 5 flower -3/1/23 gave about 30 fl oz of water (no nutrients), going to try to not give any more water until next Sunday. Soil was dry at the top but still squishy, so it should be fine with the amount of water that was given but if it starts looking like its having drought problems water will be added to soil. -3/4/23 starting to smell like grapes, Soil is still moist. Will not be watering until next wednesday, will most likely only be giving about 20 - 30 FL OZ at that time. The nugs are starting to get frosty, would like them to get bigger but not sure that they will. -2/4/23 Week End

-3/5/23 Week Start --week 6 flower -3/9/34 gave about half a gal of water with buildabloom. Still smells like grapes and buds are starting to get frosty. -3/11/23 still smells like grapes, buds are on the small side. This plant might take longer than expected to fully finnish. -3/11/23 Week End

-3/12/23 Week Start --week 7 flower -3/14/22 starting flush, gave about half gal water no nutrients. -3/18/23 got smacked by a bud when I was moving this to take pictures, smelled grapes for 15 min. Added soil to cover up some of the lower main stem that has nothing going on. -3/18/23 Week End

-3/19/23 Week Start --week 8 flower -3/21/22 gave half gal of water. the grape scent is starting to fade, could be do to the temp being around 80°f when the room gets opened. -3/25/23 starting to full out, might end with bigger buds than my last few plants. Starting to think I should have cloned this when I had the chance. Going to let this plant go for a few more weeks before harvest, might not fully finish but thats what I get for going with what seedsman states is the flower window. -2/25/23 Week End

-3/26/23 Week Start -week 9 flower -4/1/23 starting to fatten up, hopefuly it will finish in a few weeks. smells like grape jolly rancher, maybe that will carry over to the tast. might get a half once off of this plant, could be less. -4/1/23 Week End

-4/2/23 Week Start -week 10 flower -4/4/23 gave half gal of water, still sweet berry sent. -4/6/23 removed some shade leaves to open up for lower buds. -4/8/23 gave half gal of water. Buds are starting to get bigger, hopefully this plant finishes before the contest is over. -4/8/23 Week End

-4/9/22 Week Start -4/15/23 one week left before harvest, contest ends the week after that. Excited for this one because it smells like grape jolly-rancher -4/15/23 Week End

-4/16/23 Week Start -4/22/23 fattened up just a little, hoping to get al least an once off this when dried. Smells like grape jelly, some buds have a slight nut sent. Reminds me of being poor in grade school and only ever getting PB&J's for lunch, things have come a long way sense those days. Can't wait to see how it tastes at the end of hang dry compared to cured. -4/22/23 Week End

-4/22/23 harvested (chopped and hung), cut at the end of the light cycle that had been changed to 18/6 for the last day. Smells like sweet grapes with a slight bitter nutty undertone. Will give at least 3-5 days to hang dry then trim and cure. -4/27/23 finnished hang dry, trimmed and jarred. still smells this grape jelly and peanut butter