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new session, new strain 👌
my Gorilla Punch, drying, leave their place to these Strawberry Banana, particularly vigorous: 100% of success and only 4 days from the dry seed to the seedling!
tomorrow, they will be in their 15L coco pots
PS: thanks again FB for these much appreciated gifts! 👍
the 3 girls got accomodated well to their 15L pot, and to the coconut.
new upgrade for this session : I replaced my 2 TS600 with TS1000 ;
from now on, it will be 3 plants at a time in my 120x60x180 tent, with 450w of light power. nice light distribution, see the ppfd map.
only water and power root from Plagron this week, I will soon start the GoGro system with coco nutrients from Sensi.
a good start 👌
the 3 seeds have visibly started to root towards the bottom of the pots, which are benefiting from the GoGro irrigation and especially the Sensi Coco nutrients 🏝️
for the moment, I'm leaving my TS1000 and my QBoard on 75%, it's already working well 🌞
an easy week, nothing much to say 😌
the GoGro feeds the girls, who grow well.
I'm going to defoliate them soon, and top them;
this time, I'll only do it once, to have 4 nice colas
topping and training week ⚔️
the girls suffered several times, but always recovered well
they now have a good structure to develop their colas
(4 each, except one for which I screwed up a bit... 😅)
some lollipopping in the future, but nothing so drastic anymore.
They will be quiet for the flowering.
the girls responded well to last week's manipulations; real little bushes 🌳
I'm moving on to the final pruning, now that the first pistils have appeared :
I've removed 2 levels of branches and leaves from each cola.
they breathe better and will be able to grow to the light 🌞
the mainlining went well, the girls hardly need any hooks to maintain their beautiful structure 👌
I had to deal with a few nutrient burns at the beginning of the week, so I reduced the fertiliser by a quarter; everything went back to normal at the end of the week, and the growth doesn't seem to have been affected.
On the contrary: they are developing a lot of foliage, so I did a "small" defoliation at the end of the week.
I know that I will find them all leafy again in the next few days 😉
the girls are vigorous, and have grown quite a bit in size this week
on the other hand, they are quite different in terms of resistance : one of them is doing well, and has been covered with trichomes since the beginning of the week ;
The other two, on the other hand, because of my fear of experiencing nutrient burns again, are showing deficiencies : one in calcium, the other in magnesium.
Solution at the end of the week : a calmag boost and a higher dosage of nutrients.
I'm not more worried than that, in coco coir it's common to have these deficiencies ; besides, the trichos finally appeared on the 2 sick girls.
RH reached 66% with all this foliage, not good, so defoliation last day of the week ; we'll soon see what the new leaves think 👌
a reassuring week 🙂
the new nutrient regime seems to have solved the calcium and magnesium deficiencies;
the new leaves that are growing are very green, very slightly curved at times, but mostly covered with trichos
i'm keeping the same measures this week, and i'm continuing the defoliation, more lightly.
with all these trichos, i'll put them aside to try bubble hash again, or dry sift for once ; to be continued 😉
I'm approaching the end; nice smell when I open my tent, and the plants are the stickiest I've had so far ✌️
the smallest is a bit early despite being 38cm; the largest is 70cm
another week on the same nutrient regime, with a boost of super boom, and in 7/10 days I'll only be giving them demineralised water. I am really happy with the Calmag, the leaves are healthier, the green is more intense
I just have to watch the buds swell 😍
this time it's done: flush begins ✌️
two of the girls are ready, the trichos are turning amber at the end of the week, I have already defoliated them.
The last one will probably need a few more days, but the trichos are already massively opaque; she will be cut in no more than a week
as I'm going to be away for 2 weeks, they'll have plenty of time to dry out slowly;
at the risk of drying them out too much, I'll still make sure to ventilate them well; finding rot on them when I return would be much more painful 😅
a session comes to an end, with a nice number at the end 👌
after the flush at the beginning of the week, the defoliation midweek, and the cut at the end of the week, the figure on the scale is 974g wet for the 3 girls. beautiful babies. 😊
I let them dry slowly, in the dark and the 60% RH of my cellar, leaving the stems : I don't want to find them totally dry when I come back, nor covered with rot 😅
I'll see you soon for the dry result, and a new experiment of bubble hash ✌️
my best harvest to date 🙂
I got 196g dry and cured, of which 85g for the biggest one, the one with only 3 colas; no popcorn bud, and a good general density.
A nice smell, not too strong, but it lasts a long time 😏
I took the 85g of the big one + 90g of leaves (from my numerous haircuts) for a second bubble hash experiment (see vid)
this time I reached a ratio of 7.1%, so not huge, but so good and powerful 🤩
@Selkot,
Yes that is the truth! Soil and coco like Mars and Venus. And breeders are like .. well not sure a good comparison but most breeders are super greedy. I do notice that there are great breeders in North America that are takin a literal sh** on the European ones, especially half European ones don't message me back on here like Super Sativa Club and Beaver, some don't even respond to their own website. A huge red flag, I got better seeds now, and even better clones too. But these were given to me for free so it's all good. I just hate to give something sooo much love, weekly compost tea applications and making and cooking my own living soil blend for over 6 months before ever popping the seeds. I care too much for the breeder to be greedy and not give a damn. It sucks but hopefully others will see what we are talking about and get seeds from the Cali or all over the USA, forget the EU. I am sorry to anyone who thinks otherwise but experience will tell you facts from fiction
Good looking ❤️ 💙 💜
you are doing just fine. You grow is dialed and you are gonna find your success.
@TheFattyMcCoy, you are right, it is a radical solution, I choose to go without the good nematodes which are not resistant to bleach either; I would never touch the micro life in the soil, but in inert coco, I aim for a sanitized environment
I have never tried the Beaver Seeds bank, I take note of your opinion ✌️😉
I tend to be loyal to my usual 3 or 4 banks (you know, like at the McDonald's, where I've only had the Big Mac for almost 30 years 😅)
@Selkot,
Very nice! I wonder if it hurts the good nematodes, better to have none I suppose, good or bad. I do have beneficials in my soil, but I struggle with bad genetics right now. My soil and grow is dialed, but sadly I have bad seeds from Beaver Seeds, I would never ever recommend them, especially because they don't respond to their own website 😢 😔
Selkot
