Karen - King's Kush Auto [G2]

This week has gone by quite quickly. I have noted some calcium deficiencies in the plant and then early nitrogen deficiency. I am a little disappointed with the progress and I think perhaps there was enough light for the first few days but then it needed more. Update 7/2/23: As you can see from my comment above, I thought I only had a calcium deficiency, whereas I actually had an everything deficiency, poor Karen was absolutely starving. I was right about the light, she was under a 15w LED which was utterly insufficient. Please do stick with the diary past week three, you will see big changes in week four.

This week has been a bit of a disaster. On day 9 I was forced to do an unplanned transplant. I have also observed various deficiencies and some light stretch. So on day 10 I moved the plant into the main tent. Unfortunately controlling the temp and humidity in the main tent is proving very tricky now that there are no other plants in there. Previously I used all the spare space with other plants and this made the tent more stable in temperature and humidity. So I have come up with a temporary makeshift solution. I have a large transparent plastic box, with a brick in and some water, and small towels laid in the water and over the side to act like a wick. I put the plant pot on the brick. Using this method I am able to keep the temperature below 28 degrees and the humidity above 50%, but that is about the best I can do for now. After a promising first week, the plant is now well behind where it should be in week two. Update 7/2/23: I still hadn't realised and corrected the many problems at this point. You can see from the photos that she is really struggling as I fail to feed her. She was getting more light but this was exacerbating her nutrient deficiencies, you will see this continues into week three and gets much worse.

Plant is not healthy, weak yellowish green colour, lower leaves dying, poor growth. I have made too many mistakes. Update 7/2/23: As you can see from my comment above, at this point I was really down about this grow, I knew I had made many errors and I knew my plant looked small, weak, and unwell. It was the negativity I was feeling about this grow (and Bertha), that prompted me to plant Citronella and Nesia. I later added the comparison photo you see at the beginning of the week. This highlights just how pathetically small and weak Karen was by comparison to Citronella, Misty, and Nesia. At the end of this week something changed; I "got the bug". I stopped half-arsing and muddling along, and started taking it seriously. From week four onwards I was doing thorough research, testing more, measuring more, photographing more, monitoring more, just all around focusing more on the project and trying to improve and learn as a grower. You will see the difference this has made on all of my current grows and diaries, I hope you enjoy next week, from here and for probably all of the rest of the weeks, you will be consistently surprised by what Karen achieves as she recovers from this most horrendous start.

Transplanted to 40l container on week 4 day 1. Container has approx 30l in it. Also added a photo of the setup for size reference. Let me explain my thinking behind the repotting strategy. Firstly I should say that I am quite an old school kind of grower, although I've never grown cannabis before I have grown hundreds of other plants. Due to my experience with other plants, I understand the value of well planned and executed transplants, they can have an absolutely transformative effect upon root systems when done properly, as far as I know it's the main reason why they are done at all. It is fair to say I have never grown any auto-flowering plant indoors before, and I have read all about how you should not transplant autos, and all the good reasons why not. Ultimately though, as I am not called UnorthadoxDude for nothing, I believe that I can make it work with an auto, and get the benefit of improved root growth pattern, without delaying or interrupting the growth. I want to have my cake and eat it, as it were. So the strategy is to avoid transplant shock, which admittedly I have already failed in the first unplanned transplant, but in my hopeful naivety I still believe I can make the second one work! I'm using coco, and I have had the larger pot prepared and have been watering and feeding them as well as the plant. If I am careful not to disturb the plant at all, and move the entire contents of the pot gently into the larger pot (which is exactly the same medium in broadly the same state), then I may be able to avoid shocking the plant and just let it crack on. We will find out in a few days! If it stops growing or slows at all then I failed, otherwise it worked! A note about my use of organic nutes with coco. I have read a lot about coco and nutes and microbes and PH and TDS and what have you, and I know that the overwhelming majority of people believe that you can't or at least shouldn't use organic nutes with coco. The thing is, I like organic gardening, I prefer to cultivate a beneficial microbiota and keep it healthy. I recycle, and reuse all my compost except where a plant is diseased and this has worked well for me for a long time. I've never grown with coco before though, I always used soil. I wanted to gain the benefits of coco (better drainage, more air to roots, lighter, less inviting to pests, etc) - but I wanted to use a method of nutrition that I was already familiar with. I think I've mentioned that I am not called UnorthadoxDude for nothing, so I am using BioBizz and coco. By adding bacterial, mycorrhizal, and trichoderma inoculants and having the unplanted coco in the tent being fed and watered I hope to have cultivated a nice microbiota which will feed my plant. That's the theory. However just in case, I have a trick up my sleeve. Now, I do not know if you are aware of this, but there is a fiery debate raging on the internet about using BioBizz organic nutes with coco for cannabis. Some people try it, most people shout it down, and I have not found much in the way of solid evidence of it being a good idea. Except one! I found a commercial grower that has used biobizz nutes, and he said that as long as you are using "Acti-Vera" you can use anything from the BioBizz organic range. Apparently the enzymes in the mix break down nutes chemically in a similar way to what the theoretically missing microbes do. So I have ordered a bottle of that, and if my microbial cultivation attempts don't work out, I at least know I have a fallback that should work. Those are my thoughts on it, let's see how it pans out. Oh I should also probably point out that I am growing some companion plants, specifically alfalfa (nitrogen fixing), basil (improved flavour), and German Chamomile (increased essential oil production). Update week 4 day 2 dropped PH to 5.8 after advice from a grow question. Look! It's carried on growing... maybe there was no transplant shock? Update week 4 day 3: Growth continues, interveinal chlorosis lessening. Plant is pushing out node five at the moment. Update week 4 day 4: Growth continues, interveinal chlorosis further lessening. Apologies for the poor quality photos for the last few days, I was lazy and didn't want to move everything out to photograph. Today I have done that and the pic is better. I am declaring the second transplant a complete success. I do not believe that plant was in any way shocked. Update week 4 say 5: I think I've finally managed to overwater. Going to skip watering today. Update week 4 day 6: Photo taken just before lights on hence wilting. Growth continues to accelerate. I believe the alfalfa has been raising the PH so I've removed it. Today I will flush through with PH lowered water and then fertigate. The colour is still too pale but the growth and overall look and feel of the plant screams to me that it's happy and about to explode. Day 27.5 flushed with 30l of PH lowered water then fertigated with 5l. Day 28: Height 12cm Width: 28cm Nodes: 6 Weekly growth data: From 5cm Height to 12cm +140% From 12cm Width to 28cm +133% From 4 primary nodes to 6 +50% Summary: Wow, wow. Wow. What else can I say. What a crazy week, amazing and unexpected given the problems. I am really excited to see what happens over the next seven days!! It looks like it has quite severe chlorosis, but otherwise seems robust and is seriously stretching. Almost unbelievable growth. Pre-flowers appeared a few days ago, so I guess this was the final week of veg. Let's see how the first week of flowering stretch goes! Update 7/2/23: My instincts about this plant on week 4 day 6 were absolutely correct, she was happy and, she was about to explode. Since my early attempts at transplanting, I practiced multiple times with Citronella (a photoperiod plant) and then I did it again with an auto (Polly) - this one went flawlessly and further demonstrates that you can transplant an auto without shocking it. Time will tell, because I can compare Polly to both Misty and Nesia both of whom were sown directly in their final pots.

Hello and welcome to the very beginning of week 5 for Karen. Week 4 was literally amazing. I am now expecting big things this week. I update the diary daily so please check back throughout the week. Karen woke up this "morning" feeling quite tired. She begins her evening wilt around 4 hours before lights out and by lights out she is almost fully wilted. On this basis I am considering reducing to 18/6 from 20/4. However it's mostly just her, and because of the rate she is growing I suspect she is using so much energy that she can barely hold her leaves up in the late eve. So my plan for Karen is not to do any training. After the rough start I want to see what she does unmolested. Despite very remarkable growth last week, she is only 12cm and as I have at least 150cm of usable height I think she will be ok untrained. Day 29: H12.5 W29 N7 Don't be alarmed by the wilting, it's just because of the timing of the photo. Day 30: Fertigated with 2.5l @ 15:00 Day 30: Photo & Measure @ 00:40 = H17cm W35cm N7 Day 30.5: I have changed my mind about training and done a little gentle LST. Why? Well I realised I would have trouble with light levels and the younger plants... so I've decided to try and keep the older two from stretching too tall. I realise this will mess up height measurements but it'll even out. Day 31: She has responded to the LST 12 hours ago. Day 32: Fertigated with 2l and removed one fan leaf that was really in the way @ 16:00 Day 33: Applied more LST to main stem, and secondary stems, and watered with PH balanced water approx 1.5l @ 02:00 Day 35: PH adjusted water 2.5l @ 14:30 Day 35: Performed further LST and removed approx six fan leaves. Week summary: Previous metrics rendered obsolete by LST. Good week of growth. Karen is really responding to the LST and has developed quite the bunda. She has been kept moist but without nutes for a few days. Now I'm going to let her dry out for 3 days before fertigating. Update 7/2/23: Take a look at the day 35 LST photo. Now compare that to Nesia on day 27, and to Misty on day 23. You can see how far ahead both of those plants are, and as you read through the coming weeks you will start to imagine what those younger girls might do. It is interesting to note that here in this week, on this plant begins my first ever experience of LST. I use it a lot more on my future grows.

Welcome to the start of week six for Karen. Quite frankly I am shocked at this point in her progress last week. She has responded quite vigorously to the LST. Considering where we were a few weeks ago, I am quite a bit more optimistic now. Her main stem is now thick and bulbous, and she is starting to reinforce the nodes with swellings at each. Whenever I have seen this in grows I've followed it is a precursor to impressive yields. I'm actually starting to think Karen might end up being a stunner. Day 36: Day 1 of drought. Humidity 64% Day 37: Day 2 of drought. Humidity 55% Day 38: Day 3 of drought. Humidity 34%. LST performed. Day 39: Karen had breakdrought at lights on and was fertigated with approx 5l. Day 39.5: Karen is really coming along. Since I ended her drought she seems to have perked up and stretched out. I am increasingly optimistic for her. Day 41: Karen continues impressive growth and vigour. She has responded to the flush and drought by piling on vegetation. My instincts about her a couple of weeks ago were bang on. This excessively yellow new growth is normal for her, I am sure of it; whenever she grows really fast it always comes in yellow and then greens up after a few days. Day 42: Weekly Summary: Karen has responded well to multiple LST. Just looking at her now it is hard to believe what she looked like at the start of week 4. What an absolute transformation. I am very happy with her response to my flush and drought, I will use this strategy again. Update 7/2/23: As I re-read through these weeks from the perspective of Karen at week 8, I find myself still surprised by her progress over these last three weeks. You can see from my comments at the time that I grew in hope for Karen this week, and my optimism was well founded. It is still too early to tell, as I write this in week 8, but I am now really thinking that Karen will be a stunner, I think she has more surprises in store for us.

Welcome to the beginning of week 7 for Karen. Thank you for stopping by! I'm counting this as the first week of flowering but she's been sending out pistils for two weeks, so I guess that weeks four and five should have been flowering weeks. Sorry about that. Surprised to be here but excited to see the next few weeks. Day 44: This girl is amazing. She took the horrendous start I gave her for the first three weeks, and just exploded. Look at her now! If you are really interested, now look at Misty and Nesia - imagine what they could do! I am really pleased with Karen here, I think she has more surprises in store. I am very glad I decided to LST or she would be towering above everything else in the tent. I have noted early Mg deficiency, as more advanced on Nesia. Correcting with foliar and re-addition of CalMag to feed. Day 44.5: Fertigated approx 1.5l. Defoliated approx 10 leaves. Slightly adjusted LST. Day 46: Fertigated 2l. Karen is very thirsty. Her roots have breached the side walls at the bottom of the pot in 360 degrees... this is the biggest root system I've had on any potted plant to date. She is stretching fast now, I think by the end of next week she will be done stretching. I must get a photo of her stem. The base is ridiculously thick. Overall Karen is shockingly good compared to expectations from the poor start. I can only imagine how big she would be. She is currently 27cm tall and at least 50cm in diameter. I count at least a dozen colas. Day 47. She is now 29cm tall and pistils are bursting forth at a phrenetic pace. I have added a comparison shot of my grow space for size reference. Day 47.5: Defoliated approx 30 fan leaves. Slightly adjusted LST. Rearranged tent and cleaned floor. I have ordered some risers to raise the pots off the floor, this will make it easier to deal with run off. While I was inspecting Karen I had a good look at her roots. The fabric pot she is in has viewing flaps (they were designed for potatoes) and I had a look... every bit of the pot is full of roots, and they're all properly pruned. I see no circulation or binding. If Karen produces at anywhere near the rate she is supposed to then she might yield as much as 150g. Day 48.5: Rapid changes. Pistils everywhere, more stretching. Karen is very thirsty. Fertigated. Added pot risers and adjusted pot. Did a little LST to separate some bunched colas a bit. Had a really good inspect of the root system. Wow this plant is a beast. Day 48.75: Fertigated 3l Day 49: Height 34cm Diameter: 60cm. End of week summary. Really big week, she is stretching quicker and quicker. Today she has developed a striking scent. I will now have to keep the tent closed so temps will rise. Day 49.5: Removed about 10 fan leaves. On reflection back over this week I think I needed to be taking a top and side photo, so I shall do that from next week.

Hey! Welcome to week 8! Karen is mid way through her flowering stretch. Please check back to last week as I update daily so the week is now complete. I count about 20 colas now. Day 51: Have reconfigured the tent, see video. Karen is now 36cm and still stretching. Karen has more light now. Smell is still there hits you when you open the tent. Fertigated 2l. Day 52: Height: 39cm. Karen's scent is heavenly. I have reconfigured again and installed some upgrades. Better reflector. Much bigger carbon filter. Increased airflow. Better config. More efficient pot layout. Karen is lovely. I am grateful to her and for her, so I wrote her a little poem, I hope she liked it. "Karen! Oh Karen! The phoenix of flowers, Three lowly weeks she struggled in vain, Shadowed and starved for five hundred hours, He slowly wept to witness her pain. Karen! Oh Karen! I P-H'd your showers, and in the fourth week you started to gain, Hallowed and hard you survived as you cowered, I thought you meek, I was wrong once again. Karen! Oh Karen! Forgave me my howlers. She set a pace, a pace she maintained, Now shes a girl at the peak of her powers, And so I'm a geek, with buds on the brain." Day 53: Approx 48h into a simulated dry spell. Alright I think it is time for Karen to get her first MAJOR defoliation. I will update shortly with photos and info. I will also be doing some gentle LST to separate the colas a bit. Day 53.5: Defoliation and LST. Finally got chance to photograph that bunda. Enjoy! Day 53.75: Bit of a fail. Messed up the timer and the lights ended up being off for about 3 or 4 hours. Because I was cooling the room (open window) to keep temperature in the tent down, without any light the temperatures absolutely plummeted as it is sub-zero outside. By the time I realised and turned the lights on, the temp in the main tent had dropped to 14 degrees celsius. Whoops! How is that for mistreating your girl? Defoliated about 80% of her leaves, 4 nodes, significant LST, then stuck her in the cold and dark for 1/6 of a day. Not to mention she is now almost 3 days into a "dry spell". There do not seem to be ill effects, and Karen has already begun to respond to the LST; all the colas that had been changed in angle are now upright again. The dry spell I keep mentioning, there is a method behind my madness, I have spotted one or two small flies and I think they may be fungus gnats. I am starting to suspect that the 2nd seedling in the Purple OG Punch Auto grow was actually beheaded by fungus gnat larvae. So I am drying out the mediums as much as I dare. I am closely monitoring the plants, so far the only one I have had to break the drought for is Enigma; all the girls in big pots haven't even noticed it's dry yet. How far am I going to push it? Well I will judge it on a plant by plant basis, but quite honestly I am hoping to see physical signs of thirst before I breakdrought. Of all the plants the two I think will respond most strongly to this will be Karen and Bertha, because of where they are. Karen here is actually probably 4 weeks into flowering rather than two, so about now is a good time to give her a little hydration stress. I do not think I will push it past 5 days, as RH is 34%. By now all the plants will be compensating for the lack of moisture and the high temperatures and low humidity. They will be taking more and more moisture out of the coco, and as the coco dries further and further down, those plants that have space will start desperately growing roots to find moisture. Mark my words, 24 hours after I end this drought, every plant in the tent will throw out crazy growth. Day 54: Ended drought and fertigated 6l, no run off, I will re-fertigate tomorrow. Karen is still stretching her height post LST is now 37cm. The two tallest colas seem to have stopped but the other colas are still stretching. Day 55: Alright so it has been 5 hours since lights on, and Karen is looking in good shape, all her drooping leaves have perked back up and she has added quite a bit of foliar growth. The colas are all still rising, except perhaps the two tallest. This girl is absolutely loaded with pistils, I'm starting to see trichomes on the sugar leaves, but trich production hasn't started in earnest yet. She has a least 20 colas, and 6 of them are thicker/taller than the primary cola at her tip. Every one of her nodes has reinforced itself with a bulbous growth and these cola branches are swelling rapidly. I am increasingly of the opinion that, all being well, this girl is going to surprise us all with her yield. My first grow, which was just mucking about really, I got 60-70g of the two main plants, and they were just bare sticks with 2 colas. Although her height is less than theirs was, 2/3 of their height was bare stick... whereas every mm of her is befoliaged and living. So in terms of the height of the actual cola I think they were about comparable in usable space on a per cola basis. The main difference being that Karen has 20+ colas whereas they had 2 primary and 2 lower. I know that it is probably unrealistic to expect more than 70g from a single auto grown indoors. Nevertheless my gut tells me this baby could achieve at least 100g, perhaps as much as 150g. The next few weeks will determine that, but given where we were in week 3 I will be grateful for any yield of quality bud. I have dropped the lights down to 18/6 from 'tonight' onwards. I really have no idea how long we have left for Karen. According the the "brochure" she flowers for 7-8 weeks, with a total crop time of 9 weeks. The problem is I don't know what a total crop time is? Does that mean from seed to finish? If so Karen is clearly not going to be anywhere near that timescale.I am going to go ahead an assume that, for my plant anyway, the first 4 weeks were veg weeks. I think it is fair to count week 5 and 6 as flowering because pistils were popping out very early in week 5 if not before. So that makes this week four of flowering. I am going to assume 8 weeks rather than 7, so I think we have another 4 full weeks give or take a week. On that basis I am expect harvest week to be around week 12 or so. I am not fixed on this though, I am determined not to harvest this girl early. Day 55: Photos taken 00:00 9/3/23 Strong 24h of veg growth as predicted. Day 56: Existing leaves continue to swell. Stretch appears to be slowing. I've taken so many media this week that I cannot scroll down far enough to select a recent thumbnail. Probably Karen's biggest week in terms of changes. She is looking like she is going to impress. Height 39cm.

Hey! Welcome to week 9 for Karen! Week 8 is now complete so please go and check it out 🙏. Big week last week... massive. Day 57: Fertigated 6l. Height 40cm. Day 58: Scent has stepped up again and I'm noticing some of bud sites starting to develop frost. Day 58.5 Flushed with 20l of PH & CalMag. Day 59: reorganised tent Day 60: Fertigated 3l. Karen has put on a load of frost in the last 24h. I mean seriously. Smell stepped up again. Height 44cm. Day 60.5: I have had a really good look at other KKA grows. I think Karen is going to need a few extra weeks. I think she will be ready for harvest in about week 14. So I think we have about another 4-5 weeks to go. Day 61: Adjusted the LST a bit. She's frosting rapidly now. 😍😍🤩 Height 45cm. Width: 60cm x 70cm Day 61.5: It is only 8 days since I *heavily* defoliated and I think I probably should do it again already. Things are progressing well at the moment though so I am trying to resist doing it too soon. She is still stretching. Day 61.75: Right, I have done some research and I have made a decision,. I'm going to give Karen 2 full weeks from the last defoliation on day 53, so on day 67 (i.e half way through next week) I will defoliate and perform final LST just to space out the colas a bite more at the "top" of the plant. Incidentally, Nesia is now easily the same spread as Karen.. Nesia is going to be much bigger than Karen. Check out Nesia here: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/161801-grow-journal-by-unorthodoxdude If you are interested in the stunted Big Bang Auto - Bertha - who is 2 days younger than Karen, check her out here: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/158111-grow-journal-by-unorthodoxdude - in the current week I have added various photos of the non-cannabis plants in my tent. Who knew basil flowers were so pretty? 😊 Day 62: Fertigated 3l Day 63: Height 47cm width 65cm x 75cm Week Summary: Another big week with a plant barely recognisable from herself a week ago. As well as the ongoing stretch she has started to frost over this week and I am hoping this continues because more and more is appearing all over the place.

Welcome to week 10 Karen! She's still stretching a bit but most of her efforts have changed to bud and trich production. She's gotten more frosty every day in the last week. Speaking of last week, that is now complete so go check it out! Daily updates mean the week isn't done until the next week begins. Day 64: Fertigated 4l and did a bit of light defoliation. Day 65: Still piling on frost. It's appearing along the fan leaves now. Day 67: Frost accumulation continues and buds beginning to fatten. Each cola pictured is a different one. Today is the day I said I would do final defoliation and LST. I will be doing that shortly, I am also planning to do some with Nesia and Misty. I have been lazy with feeding - three days dry - will also fertigate. Day 67.5: Fertigated 3l. Defoliated and adjusted LST. Day 68: Took some comparison shots of Karen and Nesia just to show how crazy Nesia is. Nesia can be found here: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/161801-grow-journal-by-unorthodoxdude Day 69: Height 48cm. Stretching has stopped completely now. Buds are rapidly swelling and trich production in full swing. Starting to think we might only be a couple of weeks away. Day 70: Alright so this was frost week. She looks like she's been snowed on. Exciting aromas coming from her now and exciting visuals too. I have adjusted the timer such that the main tent is now getting 20/4 upped from 18/6. After monitoring DLI at 18/6 for a week I am unhappy with the overall level but because of the varying heights of the plants I am limited in what I can do in adjusting the light height. Some areas were only getting 20 DLI. So I have rearranged to have the taller plants on the edges and the lowest in the middle and doing it this way all plants are getting between 35 and 50 DLI at 20/4 - although one or two cola tips here and there are getting 55. Will monitor for a week. End of week summary: This week marked the final 1cm of stretch followed by almost the whole week of just bud and trichome development. Karen is now quite frosty, but she has not finished yet. This is the part of the grow I have been most excited about. If my theories are correct and my experiments with the companions work, then she should continue to frost here, and end up looking and being way more frosty than the buds in the brochure. This next week will probably determine that. I really wish I had a newer phone or a camera, my photography is not doing my garden justice. Karen could not have more colas or bud sites, every little bit of her is absolutely bursting with buds, and the trichome production, as you can plainly see, has really accelerated. Here at day 70 is the first time I have looked at her and had that "twinge of butterflies" about what she might yield. I have been making various estimations and guesses throughout the grow (well after she recovered). I think she is going to yield over 100g.

Good morning and welcome to day 1 of week 11 for Karen, this Kings Kush Auto from Green House Seed Co. The first plant in my second grow and first grow series [G2]. If you haven't been following along so far, I recommend starting at the beginning as I have put some effort into this diary and I hope you can follow the story. Karen had a bad start in life back before she became Karen, looking at her now you will be shocked by week 3 and before. Day 71: Fertigated 6l. Karen is shaping up, against all the odds, to be a really stunning plant. She is packed with bud sites and colas and is piling on frost as if her life depended upon it. Which it does. For this week's diary I decided to try to maximize the little photography equipment I have (1 old phone and a light) to try to get better photos. I am inspired by a fellow growing SSSC Purple OG Punch Auto. So today I spent some hours reading about photography and tinkering with my phone settings and cleaning the lens. So let me present to you my first efforts at quality photos. These all marked "pro" are referring to "pro" mode on my phone and do not comment on the capability of the photographer. The main difference is I've adjusted the white balance to the exact colour temp of my photography light. So these photos are as close to what the plants looks like in real life as I have taken so far. Enjoy! Day 72: More experimental photos from different angles. I made a fail yesterday and set the wrong colour temp for the bulb, it was confusing because I had some light leaking out of my tent and this was throwing it off. Anyway I fixed that today. Only 1 light source at 4000k, I bounced it off the ceiling for the softer lighted shots. Some direct light, and experiments with side lighting. The colour of today's photos are, at least to my eye, pretty close to how they look. Day 74: Fertigated 6l Day 75: Fertigated 5l. Got some fungus gnats which mostly seem interested in the chamomiles. Have added a butterwort and a pitcher into the tent. Day 76: Another solid day. The tent has more room now that Bertha is gone! Penultimate day of the week. Buds developing extremely well. Smell amazing. Frost off the chart for this strain. Not too long now. Still weeks though. Day 77: End of week 11. Trich development has slowed. Buds are swelling fast. Couple more weeks I think. Sorry for lazy photos.

Hello there and welcome to week 12, or the beginning of it anyway. Week 11 is now complete so please check that out! We start the week with 5l fertigation and some nice photos. Now that Bertha is gone the tent smells Karenish. See you tomorrow! Day 78: Added several more carnivorous plants to the budding collection. Enjoy! Day 79: Fertigated 5l. She's starting to mature now. Frost developing slower, buds fattening and ripening faster. Were maybe two weeks away here. Night 80: Added tent photo and vid. Day 81 update later today. Day 81: Added a lot of media. Got a cheap digital microscope to try and get better micro shots. As you can see Karen is nowhere near yet. Day 82: Things are moving very fast, just look at the difference today. I am certain were with 2 weeks of harvest. Does anyone have advice on flushing/not watering. Fertigated 5l. Day 83: At the current rate of maturation I think the end of next week maybe be harvest time. Height 51cm Day 84: Karens smell is really strong now it washes across your face when you open the tent. End of week summary: A full week of nothing but bud swelling and maturation. I still think she needs another 2 weeks. Unfortunately my living situation has rather abruptly changed and now I have a tough choice to make: harvest/destroy or move plants. There is a strong chance I will chop Karen at the end of next week if she is ready or not.

Hello growmies! Welcome to week 13 for Karen, this Kings Kush Auto. Last week is complete so please check it out! She is fully focused on bud maturation now and the smell is incredibly strong. Due to external factors, there is a 90% chance I'll be chopping her at the end of this week even if she isn't ready.

Last update for today but by no means least... Karen is now on day 107! She is still not ready but she is now foxtailing, presumably because of all the stress. I've been moving house so the plants and diaries have been badly neglected for 3 weeks. Two 9 day droughts, damage during move. Etc. For the last 3 weeks I have taken one cola off Karen each week to dry and smoke test. She is already stunning in flavor and potency. I am very excited for her eventual harvest.

She could have gone another few weeks believe it or not, but I decided to chop because I wanted something to smoke and the cluttered tent was annoying me.