Sensi Amnesia XXL

D1 Both girls germinated, but the first has stretched more than the other, although they both look healthy and vibrant. I moved them from the heat mat into the tent and a temporary SANSI light since the other light is still in my photo tent for another couple of days. I will not bother with up-potting and instead transplant them into their final pots tomorrow. ------------------------------ D2. Transplanted and watered each with 0.5 liters of water @ pH 6.4, with a half teaspoon of myco/kelp mixed in. I switched the lights and set DLI to 12 ------------------------------ D4. The girls are happy little campers in their new homes. The first is the taller one but only by a centimeter. I bumped DLI to 14. ------------------------------ D7. End of the first week, and the girls are loving life. Unfortunately, it seems that fungus gnats do as well. I knew this could happen by using fresh worm castings as a top dressing. It's not a huge deal, as I already have nematodes ready to go, but I want the soil to dry out before watering again. It's silly to risk over-watering just to get rid of a few gnats. It can wait a few days. I increased DLI to 16. ------------------------------

D8. We're at the start of the second week, and there isn't much to report. The girls are slowly getting taller and wider. The leaves of both plants show interveinal chlorosis, and the first one also has a tiny bit of a burn and twisted leaves. I suspect that is due to the girls growing right into the topdressing, and I'm hoping that it will correct itself as the girls get bigger with more substantial root systems. I prepared some foliar spray with fulvic acid and horticultural soap as a wetting agent for my other tent, so I also gave these girls a very light foliar spray. I might as well when I have extra :) ------------------------------ D9. The chlorosis is decreasing, but we have squatters in the tent! I've started germinating this year's chilis: Fidalgo Roxa, Jalapeño Early, Serrano, and Mushroom Yellow. I'll keep them in the tent as long as possible since it saves me some electricity. ------------------------------ D11. The second girl had a later and slower start, so she is lagging. Let's see if she catches up eventually. Soil is slowly losing moisture but still far from needing a watering. DLI set to 16. ------------------------------ D14. The end of the second week. By now, there's a clear size difference between the two girls, with the first being significantly larger. On the other hand, she also has twisted leaves, which the second girl doesn't have. One leaf is even a bit burnt. I tested the soil today, and it clocked in at a neutral pH of 7, so I doubt it is a pH issue. Instead, I suspect it is due to the topsoil being too "hot" with the top dressing I put on before the grow. In hindsight, it might have been better to wait with the top dressing until the plants had established themselves. Oh, well. We grow and learn. I still haven't given the girls any more water, so the fungus gnats get to enjoy life a while longer. Although, they haven't really become much of an issue. Still, the buggers have gotta go, and I'll water in SF nematodes to deal with them in a few days. I raised DLI to 20 yesterday. ------------------------------

D15. We're starting the third week, and neither of the girls looks all that great. The first girl is more prominent but has twisted leaves and even one burnt leaf. On the other hand, the second girl is considerably smaller and has interveinal chlorosis. I think it is pretty clear that neither likes the new top-dressing. It's my first time using castings from this local worm farm, but I doubt they are at fault. Instead, I think I f*cked up with a top-dressing too "hot" for such small plants. We'll see what happens... ------------------------------ D17. The first girl is definitely looking better, and I "believe" the second one also does. There's still hope! I wouldn't be concerned if these were photos, but with autos, any hiccups during veg can be devastating. ------------------------------ D21. We're at the end of the third week, and things are looking up. At least for the first girl, she looks better daily, and her new leaves aren't twisted. On the other hand, the second one has been smaller from day one, and she still looks like a runt with pale leaves. There isn't anything to report since I have simply left them alone to do their thing. DLI set to 25. -----------------------------

D22. The girls look so much better at the start of the fourth week of veg — vibrant colors without interveinal chlorosis and no more twisted leaves. I hope they have enough veg time to fill in before starting to flower. I installed the rest of the blumat drip system but haven't turned it on since I still need to hand-water in the SF nematodes to combat the fungus gnats. I will start with LST this week, and I attached binder clips around each pot to prepare. ------------------------------ D24. I gave each one liter of water @ pH 6.8, mixed with SF nematodes, humic acid, fulvic acid, sprouted seed tea, and bokashi juice. I also put half an avocado on the soil in each pot to keep the worm buddies fed and happy. Tomorrow, I'll start LST. ------------------------------ D26. The first girl is showing variegation on one leaf. I started with LST yesterday, and the DLI was bumped up to 36. ------------------------------ D28. We're at the end of the fourth week of veg, and I think they are heading into flower soon as they have started to smell. More LST to spread them out, although I suspect that the second girl will stay small. ------------------------------

D29. It's a wee bit early, but I will start counting this week as the first week of flower. The first girl is showing pre-flowers, and the second one is lagging but should soon catch up. I gave each 1.25 liters of water @ pH 6.8, mixed with humic acid, fulvic acid, sprouted seed tea, and bokashi juice. More LST and the DLI bumped to 40. ------------------------------ D32. The girls are simply doing their thing. ------------------------------ D35. This has been an eventful week, to say the least. The girls have exploded. Especially the second girl, as she is almost bigger than the first, even though she has been trailing since the start. She is pushing so hard that the nutrition in the soil has a tough time keeping up, which is noticeable due to the lighter green color. It could be the genetics, but I suspect that feeding sprouted seed tea twice during the week also had some part in it. A couple of days ago, I brewed a compost tea for 8 hours – a simple tea consisting of wormcastings, kelp, rock dust, and molasses. Each girl got 2 liters of tea @ pH 6.7, with sprouted seed tea, humic acid, and fulvic acid added to it. The first girl has just started to show the beginning of hedgehogs but none so far on the second. Even though there are no proper flowers, the apartment is still starting to smell quite a lot. I had to turn up the exhaust in the tent, and I'm concerned about how "bad" this might get as we progress into flower. I'm continuing with LST as the girls are growing and stretching. I almost accidentally topped the second girl due to my overzealous wire tightening. Oops... DLI is set to 45, where I will leave it until we're further into flower. ------------------------------

D36. We're starting the second week of flower, and things look much different than they did a week ago. The girls are turning into bushy little monsters. Seriously, go back a week and look at those pics. There are no real flowers yet, but the girls already stink! My girlfriend asked me today how long these plants still have to go since they smell so much. I didn't dare tell her this is an extra-long flowering strain, and we're probably looking at another 8-10 weeks of flower... I re-arranged the fans in the tent as they were in the way when the light was raised to increase the spread. I also adjusted the dimmer to keep the same DLI with the new hanging height. Additional bondage to tie the girls down. ------------------------------ D38. The girls are absolutely LOVING life. Their transformation in the last ten days has been spectacular. The second girl is lagging behind as she hasn't started flowering yet, while the first girl has loads of hedgehogs. ------------------------------ D40. I’m at Spannabis in Barcelona, so there is no plant news today. Completely mad here, though. Loads of seed banks, lots of other vendors, and tons of people. Officially there’s no smoking allowed, but… there’s smoking EVERYWHERE, lol Heading back to the madness tomorrow. ------------------------------ D42. I literally came back home from Spannabis only a few minutes ago. The girls look great. The second one is finally showing signs of beginning to flower. Both girls are seriously bushy, and I will need to defoliate them a bit in the coming week to promote airflow. I gave both girls 2.5 liters of water @ pH 6.6, with fresh sprouted seed tea, humic acid, fulvic acid, and bokashi juice, ------------------------------

D43. The third week of flower starts, and the girls are rocking it in the tent. They are bushier than a 70s pornstar, and the first girl has doubled in height in the last week. The second girl is only now starting to go into flower, so I expect her to soon begin stretching. She isn't far behind in height, so I suspect she will eventually be taller. There are a few yellow tips on new leaves on the first girl. It probably won't become a problem; it is only minor so far, but I will continue to monitor it. I slightly defoliated the girls below the canopy to promote better airflow, but I will wait until the stretch is done before a more substantial defoliation. ------------------------------ D46. The girls are raging in the tent. The first girl has stretched over 8 cm in three days, and the second girl is keeping pace, although she still has yet to go into full flower. I'm concerned regarding the first girl, as new leaves at the top of the canopy are thin and displaying interveinal chlorosis. Fresh leaves further down look fine, as do older leaves. The stretch and the increased light might have something to do with it. We'll see. I checked the DLI; it was around 53, which is way high this early in flower. I raised and dimmed the light to a DLI of 48, which is still high but should be more appropriate. ------------------------------ D49. So, I have a tent-sized jungle on my hand. Three weeks ago, I nearly cut down these plants because they had a rocky start, and I feared they got stunted. I have no idea what happened since, but HOLY SHIT! These girls have blown up. The second girl stretched over 25 cm this week and turned into a beast, which is funny, considering she was the smallest one from day one. She will continue to stretch longer as she is only starting to flower. The first girl is further along and is showing proper pompoms and will remain shorter than the second girl. Still, I hope that the difference in canopy height will be manageable. I will clean up the lower canopy in the coming week. The first girl is ready to shave her legs, but the second girl still needs a few days to settle into flower. ------------------------------

D50. Today, when I opened the tent, I was hit by a wall of hot and humid air. I turned off the exhaust last night while I moved the circulation fans but forgot to turn it back on. DOH! Luckily, it's still early flower, so there is no risk of mold yet, but I wouldn't want to repeat this during late flower. The girls love life and have completely filled the tent. The canopy isn't as flat as I'd like, especially since the first girl lacks some height in the back, but it's not terrible. It might get worse as the second girl stretch. We'll see. I did a very slight defoliation by removing all dead/dying leaves low in the canopy. ------------------------------ D51. Cleaned up the lower canopy on the first girl. Holding off on the second one until she is done stretching. ------------------------------ D52. Super cropped a couple of the tops on the second girl to slow them down to maintain a flat canopy. There are a few necrotic spots on a couple of leaves on the second girl. It's not bad, but worth keeping an eye on. ------------------------------ D53. It's hard to believe that the second girl was the smaller one from the start since she is now raging hard. She has stretched 13 cm in three days! I gave each girl 1.25 liters of water @ pH 6.6, with humic and fulvic acid, sprouted seed tea, bokashi juice, and fermented fruit juice. ------------------------------ D56. The girls are rocking it in the tent, but primarily the second girl is turning into a star. There are some yellow leaf tips, but almost all interveinal chlorosis is gone, with no new necrotic spots. All in all, they both look healthy and vibrant. Same, same, but different. I moved the girls into my other tent as it has a bit more space, and having two lights makes it easier to manage the uneven canopy. This extra headroom is helpful because they stretched over 30 cm this week. Fingers crossed that they are done soon... ------------------------------

D57. A new week starts and the second girl keeps stretching - another five centimeters since yesterday. I hope she will stop soon, or she might end up too close to the light. (Been there, done that, not eager to repeat.) I've never had an auto stretch like this, so that's a first. I removed a few dead or dying leaves in the lower canopy, but I'm holding back on the lower canopy cleanup until she is done stretching. ------------------------------ D60. The second girl has stretched even more. Because, of course, she did! Another 15 cm since the last time. I re-arranged the tent and raised the right light a bit higher. I hope that will be enough. If not, I'll have to switch lights and/or move the exhaust fan and filter outside the tent. The canopy had gotten even more out of whack with the stretch, so I elevated the first girl to even out the canopy a bit. The VPD in the tent is also wonky due to the heat generated by these lights, so I added a humidifier. I also put a small fan below the canopy for better air circulation. I finally cleaned up the lower canopy on the second girl. I might remove even more, but I didn't want to overdo it today. The other day, I brewed some compost tea (worm castings, rock dust, kelp powder, and molasses) mixed in fulvic and humic acid, fermented fruit juice, and sprouted seeds tea. Each girl got 2.5 liters @ pH 6.5. ------------------------------ D63. The second girl keeps on stretching, and stretching, and stretching... Another 17 cm since the last time. I moved the fan and exhaust fan out of the tent and thus gained some space to move the lights higher up. I have NO IDEA why she is stretching as much as she is, but I'm almost out of options now if she keeps stretching. My last option is to switch lights to the Kingsbrite light as it has a lower height. I elevated the first girl even higher to make the insane canopy somewhat more even. ------------------------------

D64. A new week starts, and the stretch continues. Sigh. The first girl stopped at 80 cm, while the second is over 130 cm and still stretching. If she doesn't stop soon, I'll be in real trouble. Quite frustrating since it will affect both yield and quality. I added a few sachets with predatory Cucumeris mites to the girls. There are no problems, and I haven't scouted any bugs, but since I had thrips in the tent in the previous grow, I want to be proactive in case some bugs survived. I gave the second girl 2.5 liters of water @ pH 6.5, with bokashi and fermented fruit juice. ------------------------------ D67. The second girl stretched even more to a point where one of the tops touched a light. To combat this problem, I removed the first girl and put her in my small drying tent since my LSD-25 was just done drying. It's a wee bit tight, and I had to add some side-lighting to get enough photons to her, but it should work out. The yield will take a hit, but I suspect the second girl will more than make up for it. I moved the second girl into the middle of the tent and thus could bend the tops outward, creating more space to the light. I also removed additional foliage in her lower canopy. The second girl is massive, by far the largest auto I've grown, and she drinks a lot and requires daily watering. Considering her size, I am concerned that she will run out of nutrients, so I need to devise a strategy for keeping her fed. Topdressing will be tricky as the pot is already quite full, but I will add as much as possible and then feed compost teas often. ------------------------------ D70. We're at the end of the sixth week of flower, and the second girl is still stretching. She has slowed down, but one of the tops I already had bent hit the light, so I had to bend it even more. I top-dressed the second girl today to give her a boost, considering her size. I used kelp powder, rock dust, neem meal, calcified seaweed, and worm castings. She then got 2 liters of water @ pH 6.5, with fulvic and humic acid. ------------------------------

D71. The start of a new week, and all is well in the tents. The first girl is sitting snugly in her tiny 40x40 cm tent, while the second is towering in hers. The size difference between the two phenos is remarkable, and it will be exciting to see the differences in the buds as they mature. The size also affects watering, with the first girl drinking less than one liter per day, while the second needs at least two liters of water per day. ------------------------------ D74. More LST to position tops, and additional lollipopping on the second plant since she stretched so much. I probably should remove even more... I have been hand watering since the plants moved, but I installed a drip system today since the second girl drinks so much that I have to water twice daily. I'm not thrilled about using timers, but it sure beats hand watering. I miss the Blumat system, but I can only use that in my other tent :( ------------------------------ D77. There isn't much to report, as things are on autopilot now. I'm seeing some yellowing on the second girl, which may be a magnesium deficiency, so I gave her some epsom salt to see how she reacts. It's also possible that she is just hungry, considering her size and pot size, so I might have to consider additional feeding. The first girl has a mouth-drooling aroma of lemon and black pepper. Those terps are right up my alley :) ------------------------------

D78. The start of a new week, and all is not well in the tents. The first girl is doing fine in her little tent, but the second girl is doing worse day by day. Yesterday, I only saw the yellowing of leaves, but today I see necrotic spots developing. I gave her some Biobizz CalMag that I had standing around, but it looks more like a potassium deficiency. I just applied a topdressing eight days ago, so she should have plenty of food, but I ordered some organic nutrients to see if those can improve her mood. I don't know what is happening, but I reckon the root cause is that she is too big for her pot. I didn't really expect her to grow to this size, lol. ------------------------------ D81. I have grown in living soil since I started growing, so I have minimal experience dealing with nutrient deficiencies. With that in mind, the current problems with the second girl look more like natural senescence and less like a deficiency. It's a few weeks too early for her to start, but her faded colors look like senescence to me. I could be way off since I'm a bit clueless. Just in case it is a deficiency, I have started feeding her Biobizz Calmag and Biocanna Flores. I also started fermenting some bananas, which should provide a potassium boost once the fermentation is done next week. ------------------------------ D84. I'm getting increasingly convinced that I'm dealing with senescence due to low light in the lower canopy. That said, I'm still feeding her and giving her calmag. Just in case... I cleaned up around 25 fan leaves from the second girl's lower canopy. I also found a few yellowing leaves in the first girl but much fever, which I suspect is due to a more even light distribution across the entire canopy. The first girl smells absolutely outstanding! Almost all gas with black pepper in the background and a hint of citrus. These terps are right up my alley :) The second girl isn't all that loud yet but has a definite citrus aroma so far, and it will be exciting to see how she'll develop. ------------------------------

D85. A new week starts, but there's little to report. I picked off another couple of leaves from the second girl. I believe she is losing leaves due to senescence, but then I also can see some slight tip burns (which may or may not be related), so... who knows? It's tricky to run living soil in small containers, and I will retire this soil when the grow is over. It starts feeling out of whack, and I want to try my new soil blend in the next cycle anyway. ------------------------------ D88. There's nothing new to report as the girls are just doing their thing, slowly bulking up their buds. The situation with the second girl hasn't really changed, but I have decided to give the first girl more light to help her bulk up. Her light is only 95 W and it is already running at 100% so I increased the time from 20 hours to 22 hours. In a few days, I will bump it up to 24 hours and then run the light continuously until harvest. Although the top bud is already experiencing some light bleaching due to being too close to the light, I am willing to accept it in exchange for the overall increase in the bulk of the remaining buds. ------------------------------ D91. The week is at an end without anything special to report. It's late flower and we're almost on the home stretch. I'm convinced that the fade on the second girl is just that, a fade due to senescence, but even so, I'm still feeding her. Because why not. On the other hand, the first girl is sitting snug in her little tent, running on autopilot. ------------------------------

D93. The first girl in now getting 24 hours of light, a 20% increase compared to 20/4, although she first got 22/2 for a couple of days. She is more compact than her monster sibling, but she looks great, with nice stacking buds, and I'm hoping more photons should help her finish strong. She is smelling incredible - 95% fuel, 5% a sweet, almost candy, hint of citrus. It's the most gassy strain I've grown to date, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she will keep these terps throughout the grow, dry, and cure. ------------------------------ D95. I'm starting to see senescence on the first girl. I had a quick peek at the trichomes and they are clear or milky. I'd guess that she has another couple of week to go. She has started to show a bit of light stress on her top bud as it has started to foxtail due to the increase in light. Not a huge deal as it is only one that one cola and it's worth that tradeoff to get more light to the rest of the buds. It's fascinating how different my two girls are. Not only in size but in the way that they fade as well The second girl is continuing to lose her leaves and with this rate it will be a piece of cake to trim her since most of the fan leaves will be gone by then. The second girl is also really, really greasy to the touch. Much more than any previous plants I've grown. The Banana FFJ finished after a couple of weeks of fermentation. I doubt that either girl really "needs" it but I fed each 10 ml of FFJ. Might as well give the girls a potassium boost. ------------------------------ D98. There's nothing to report as we are moving into the homestretch. It's a waiting game at this point. ------------------------------

D99. The start of the final week for the first girl. I peeked at her trichomes, and they were just about ready: mostly cloudy with some amber and a few clear. She is loud. Really, really loud. The carbon filter is struggling, and you can smell her down on the street when the tent is open. Several floors down. So yeah, she is just about ready, and I will chop her later this week. I don't know what is going on with the other girl or how long she still has, but looking at the bud development, there's still a while to go. As the saying goes - two more weeks! (at least...) She is fading fast, though. It's also quite possible that the lack of bud development is due to a lack of light. She outgrew this tent, and I couldn't give her the space and light she needed to shine. Her size compared to the pot size is another potential issue. She is, by far, the largest auto I've grown to date. (This girl in a soil bed, with ample headroom and proper light, would've been glorious.) I haven't looked at her trichomes yet, but I will later this week. ------------------------------ D102. The first girl is fading beautifully, and we are now on the homestretch as chop day is only a few days off. The second girl continues to fade and lose leaves, but her buds have bulked up enough so that the branches start leaning over. I suspect that most buds will end up thinner and airier due to the lack of proper light, but it is good to see that they are starting to put on some weight at least. I had a peek at her trichomes and they are mostly cloudy with a fair number of clear. I couldn't find any amber, so she still has a while to go. ------------------------------ D105. Chop day! Well, at least for the first girl. I took her out of her tent, and all her branches fell over due to the weight of the buds. Turns out that her tiny tent was holding her up. I converted the tent into a drying tent, with an Inkbird controller to keep the humidity at 60% (+/- 2%) during the dry, and hung her upside down to dry for a good two weeks. The second girl is slowly bulking up as well, but she lacks the support from the tent so her branches are starting to lean all over the place. ------------------------------

D106. The first girl is hanging drying , but the second girl marches on. I'm starting to see some amber in her trichomes but there is still a while ago before she is ready. Maybe another week...? ------------------------------ D108. Nothing to report except that I will be out of town for a few days, so the girl will be on her own. ----------------------------- D112. I went out of town for a few days, and of course, something fucked up while I was gone. About eight hours after I left, I noticed that temps and humidity spiked in the tent and remained at those levels. The only logical explanation was that the exhaust fan had stopped working for some reason. The temp was around 28 degrees with 77% humidity during lights-on and 23 degrees with 84% humidity during lights-off. High heat plus high humidity in late flower can quickly lead to budrot. Fuuuuuuu... There wasn't much I could do from afar except remotely kill all power to the tent, which would solve the problem with high temps because the lights would be off. However, it would also worsen the humidity problem and shut down the circulation fans in the tent. Ultimately, I opted to keep everything on and hope for the best. I came home 55 hours later and rushed to the tent. It was humid and hot, like a jungle in the tent, with lots of condensed water on the walls. I wiped down everything with paper towels to soak up the excess water and then placed a large tower fan to blow full force into the tent for a couple of hours. It turned out that the AC Infinity Control unit had fallen down and yanked out the cable to the fan. Great, something works flawlessly for months, only to break down when I'm out of town. I've inspected most of the buds, and I haven't seen any signs of budrot yet. So maybe I've gotten lucky... I decided to cut her today due to all of this. If there's some budrot, it'll have less time to spread, and I'll be able to save more of the harvest. (Hopefully.) She was showing more amber by the day so it was just about time anyway. I hung her whole to dry, not that there's much to her than buds and stalks anyway. It'll be the easiest trim job ever. Now we wait two weeks, hoping that the mold demons stay away. ------------------------------

This was a wild grow. Initially, the girls looked pretty sad, and I seriously considered starting over. Good thing that I didn't :D The grow was fairly straightforward (excluding the size of the second girl.) The biggest problem I had was the smell. These were some SMELLY ladies, and the carbon filters were struggling. It was possible to smell the grow a few floors down on the street if the tent door was open. The first girl was drying for 14 days before I trimmed and jarred her. The trim wasn't all that bad since I removed most large fan leaves before hanging her to dry. I got 171 grams of trimmed bud and 18 grams of sugar-leaf trim from her. An incredible amount considering she only had a 95 W light. The second girl was cut a week after the first and also got a 14-day dry. Due to her size and the lack of enough light, she had quite a bit of larfy buds low down. She was a breeze to trim since she lost most of her leaves prior to the chop. I can only imagine how much larger the yield would have been if she had gotten proper light. Still, I can't complain, as I got 230 grams of trimmed buds and only 9 grams of trim.