Blue Dream Auto 2x2

Week 2 - Seedling Leaves very perky - plants are happy! Cheap lights actually catering nicely to their needs. Able to get right on top of them due to the lower power and flexibility to help prevent them from stretching. 3rd Set of Internodes Sprouting. Watered once with 1/4G of water PH'd to 6.3.

Week 3 - Seedling Last week outside the tent under the cheap lights. Plants look like they have a solid foundation and are ready to explode in veg.

Week 4 - Vegetative Growth CoolGrows 2x2 T Tent (24x24x55) Vivosun 4" Inline Fan Vivosun 4" Charcoal Filter 2 Hurricane 6" Clip on Fans 2022 Mars Hydro TS1000 150W LED Light Light Dimmed to 50% Power, 18" from Canopy: Generating ~425um of Light Light Cycle of 20h on 4h off 1 Vent Flap Open 1.5" Tube feeding Air Conditioned air into the unit 1 Fan on floor pointing up cross corner 1 Fan hanging in middle from top pointing down Keeping tent 72 (light off) to 82 degrees. RH between 40% and 50%. Plant Fed for the first time at the beginning of the week. Bergman's Growtime Fertilizer (19-5-20) - 1/8tsp in 1L of Water. Plant was moved into the tent. LST performed. Currently 7" tall. All Grow Conditions noted below and going forward will be for the tent plan

Week 5 - Vegetative Growth At set it and forget it point now. Tent plant with LST and nutrients thriving horizontally. This ones showing signs of pre-flower. Giving it double the usual dose of Grow Fert to start Week 6 since flower is imminent (which is only 25% more than recommended since I've been mildly dosing on the first 2 feeds). Very impressed thus far.

Week 6 - Flower Right at the turn into week 6, it was clear flower had begun. Pistils were exploding out of the main stem and pushing through all the bud sights. The plant looked amazing. But - two days into the week, I went to adjust some of the LST ties and actually SNAPPED THE MAIN BRANCH about 2/3rds of the way up the plant. This made me very concerned being we had just entered flower and I didn't know if it would have enough time to recover. So the result was the branch was snapped about 60% of the way through, but it was a very shallow cut and the top could actually still sit on top of the base freely without toppling over. I promptly taped it up with some scotch tape, reinforced double at the base of the break site, hoping for the best. A couple days later the nodes, bud sites, and top above the break showed no signs of decay. It was actually stable at the base of the break and looked like it was up taking water like nothing ever happened. Luckily for me, the plant didn't skip a beat and the main pistil experienced significant growth and everything looks as healthy as it was before the mishap. Some of the bottom leaves and nodes were withering away, which was perfect since I was going to perform some light defoliation end of week anyway. I also reapplied some LST to some branches, but not the stem. There was a significant temperature drop this week, which is going to work perfect since I'm juicing the lights up going forward through flower. Raised the light up from 12 to 14 inches to cover more area since my canopy got bigger, and using 75% power to generate around 750um of light. Fed it to start week 7, this time with 1/8tsp of Grow and 1/8tsp (half dose) of Flower each in a Liter of water. This is the last time it will get Grow feed; next week it will get a full dose of Flower. What a week !

Week 7 - Flower Had explosive flower growth in this week. About a half a foot of stretch as well. Experienced a bad humidity spike (70% RH) for a day or so, but recovered easily. Definitely taking more water now, about every other day. Plant also got rather bushy, so training was re-preformed on branches along with another round of defoliation to increase light penetration to bud sites. Fed a full dose of flower nutrients, as well as a dose of plant booster for week 8. Planning on giving it straight flower nutrients next week, then flower and boost for week 10, then flushing for the final weeks of the grow. The home stretch has begun!

Week 8 - Flower This week was a cruise control week. Everything was set and left to passively grow out. Conditions stayed consistent in the tent. Vertical growth has stopped, as it only gained 2 inches on the week. But flower growth is steady and sugary! Keeping the light at 12" above on 75% . Adjusted a couple of the LST ties and peeled off a few dead leaves on the lower half, but no heavy training needed this week like the previous two. Fed for the 6th time to kick off week 9 with a full dose of Bergman's Flower nutrients only. Still very green, which is a great sign, but hoping to see some of those classic Blue Dream colors come through in the next couple weeks.

Week 9 - Flower All growth is in the buds, and they're shaping up quite nicely. Halfway through the week adjusting an LST tie, I SNAPPED ANOTHER BRANCH. Quickly whipped out the scotch tape and threw a tie on it for more support. I was worried that since we were halfway through flower, this whole branch might be a loss. But these genetics just don't quit. Zero sign of bud rot or malnutrition in the colas coming off that stalk - super impressed with the durability and resilience of this auto. Will not be touching the plant while half in the bag going forward. Completely defoliated the lower canopy, which probably should have been done right before flower, but I had left some stuff on there since it wasn't in the way. Just take all that stuff off at the end of veg, it dies anyway. Also clipped a couple smaller leaves that were blocking bud sites. Fed for the 7th time to start Week 10 with 1 Full Dose of Bergman's Flower, and 1 Full Dose of Bergman's Plant Booster. When I had used this recipe two weeks ago, I only used a half dose of the flower. So lets see how this recharge shows out. Also raised the light to pretty much the max height in the tent, right below the inline fan. This is giving me 14" to the top of the canopy. Made this move because I'm going to crank out the light to a full 100%, we'll see how this adjustment fares. Stoked to see the end, already planning the next run!

Week 10 - Flower Leaves are starting to turn in color, think Week 11 will be the week of the fade. Trichomes are still clear and buds continue to fatten. Giving water only at this point.

Week 11 - Flower This indeed was the week of the fade. The Blue Dream genes are shining through for sure- what colors! All fan leaves quickly began to deteriorate and rot away. Will defoliate heavier earlier in grows going forward since they die anyway. Maybe could have fed one last dose of Boost nutrients last week, mistimed my cleanse by about a week. Some amber trichomes poking through, can probably harvest now if I was impatient but will let things go another week. Plant is definitely DANK at this point. Will continue to water only followed by 2 days of darkness and chop next week.