Blueberry 420 Auto

Apothecarian Sun Dec 25 - Out of the 7 remaining seedlings, just 3 had roots that are protruding out of the plug. - I may plant 2 of the seedlings into their grow bags tomorrow as they are getting tall enough to plant. - I may have to plant the seedlings in stages - One of my observations from this grow using the H2O2 method is that the seedling roots and cotyledons seem to be very weak and easy to pull apart. And their development in the plug is slower than other methods once in their plugs. This is despite how fast they pop out a taproot. I feel that the H2O2 does have a negative effect on the roots. I think next germination, I will only let the seed soak in 1% H2O2 for 1 day, then switch to the paper towel method. I just want the H2O2 to have the positive effect on opening the seed, but then not let the taproot be popped out sitting in the 1% H2O2 Or I could let the 2nd day of soaking in just water. Tue Dec 27 - Planted 5 of the seedlings into their grow bags. 2 seedlings I'm going to keep in the propagator to see if their roots grow bigger (these are the ones that shed their seed while still sitting in the H2O2 solution. One seedling was destroyed by me by accident. It looks like it's trying to re-grow, but I have serious doubts. - I watered the plants with PH'd water and RapidStart. I used a full liter per plant instead of half a liter. Wed Dec 28 - I watered the 3 seedlings that are still in the plugs. I have decided not to water them tomorrow so as to get the roots to go searching for water. I'm seeing if letting them a bit thirsty will aid in their development. - I've accepted the fact that I've got 5 planted in grow bags and I may have to just let those seedlings go… but I might as well experiment with them while there in the propagator.

Apothecarian Sun Jan 1 - I was supposed to water the plants last night was it was New Years Eve…no that didn't happen. - I watered the plants with PH'd water and RapidStart. - So far the plants haven't changed much since planting them, but that is normal as they go into shock when they are first transplanted. - I expect them to be growing again after this feeding. - Also, I have decided to end the experiment with the other 3 seedlings as they have not changed as bit and there's no point transplanting them. I don't think they'd make it. - So, all in all, the H2O2 solution worked, but a little too well..and it's not good to have seeds already out of their husks prior to planting in the plugs. So, instead of 2 days in the H2O2 solution, I'll just do one day and then the 2nd day in plain water Tue Jan 3 - A couple of the seedlings look like they are snapping out of their transplant shock. - one seedling, it is missing one of the two cotyledons, may be stunted. I'm going to measure it and start to closely monitor it to see if I need to just pull it from the tent. Wed Jan 4 - The plants are now noticeably growing. The potentially stunted one is slightly bigger, but definitely not growing as fast. Thu Jan 5 - watered the plants with PH'd water with RapidStart and CannaMax Silica for the first time

Apothecarian Mon Jan 9 - I watered the plants with PH'd water with RapidStart, CannaMax Silica and Diamond Nectar - I decided to pick up Diamond Nectar after some reading. Apparently it adds weight to the buds by helping the plant absorb more nutrients. As per the feeding chart for Diamond Nectar, it's something that could have been giving to the plants almost at the beginning, but I think it's really enough. - There is one plant that is way ahead of the others in terms of size and 2 undersized plants..one of then is very undersized and has a lot of yellow. That plant was had one of the two cotyledons was accidently ripped off…I find that the H2O2 softened up the roots way too much. - I also kind of wonder if the H2O2 solution had an effect of these plants slow growth. It’s hard to say as plants can also experience shock when they are transplanted. - The Blueberry 420 have been in their grow bags for 14 days and when I look at where the AK-47's were 14 days after planting they are about the same. Then I noticed rapid growth after that. Tue Jan 10 - I noticed that the humidity was about 10° too high. It was the cover on the carbon filter. It was gummed up Fri Jan 13 - I watered the plants with PH'd water plus RapidStart, CannaMax Silica and Diamond Nectar. - One of the plants is nice and big, the next 2 are a bit smaller, the next one is even smaller, and the smallest one is very yellow. But I think it is from the nutrients. The first time I watered that plant, the water didn't drain through the soil very fast and the water ended up also cover the plant. I'm still on the fence on whether or not to just pull it from the tent. - Although the plants are all a different size, besides the yellow plant, the others all look pretty good, healthy, nice green

Apothecarian Tue Jan 17 - I decided to do an extremely light defoliation as there were lots of fan leaves blocking lower bud sites. I know that it was a bit early but I felt it was necessary. - I watered the plants with PH'd water with RapidStart, CannaMax Silica and Diamond Nectar - I noticed that the plants seem to be very undersized compared to every other grow I've done. I don't know if it's just a coincidence or if the H2O2 solution had anything to do with it. - They are about to go into the last week of vegetation so hopefully they will go through their growth spurt within the next two weeks Wed Jan 18 - I noticed that the plants are actually a bit taller than yesterday, which is rare because usually when you do a trimming, they can go into shock for up to a week. Maybe the defoliation I did helped the light reach the lower areas and helped the lower foliage grow Sat Jan 21 - I watered the plants with CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar and CalMag. - I accidently forgot to adjust the PH Down. Which is bad... the Silica really jacks up the PH level…so…. I'm going to keep a close eye on the plants. - So apart from me adding un PH'd water, the plants look good. They look like they are now transitioning over to early bloom

Apothecarian Mon Jan 23 - it looks like the un PH'd feeding didn't have any negative effect on the plants. There are no signs of toxicity Tue Jan 24 - normally I give the plants 4 days between feedings, but the last 2 times, I noticed that the plants were drooping and the soil was bone dry at the end of the 3rd day. So for now I'm going to check on the plants on the 3rd day and potentially feed them earlier based on the soil and how the plants look. - so, I watered the plants with PH'd water this time!!! Plus, I added CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom and KoolBloom - Also, I created my own feeding chart and it's pretty much double the aggressive feeding chart from General Hydroponics. - My new feeding chart has a slightly lower Silica amount so I no longer need to use PH Down as the nutrients are able to lower the PH automatically. - The PPM of the nutrients was at 1,350 PPM - They are now taking all of the nutrients as they have now gone over to flower. - I did notice one thing… two of the plants are clearly switched over and the other 2 plants look to be a few days behind. I don't even count the yellow plant as anything…that is just an science experiment to see what it'll do. I expect nothing from it. - Apart from 2 plants being slightly ahead of the other 2, they all look good Wed Jan 25 - The plants are looking good. No signs of nutrient toxicity. The plants are handling the higher levels of nutrients well Sat Jan 28 - I watered the plants with CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - I probably should have watered the plants yesterday as they were drooping again… I've adjusted my reminders for every 3rd day instead of 4th day - 2 plants are further along than the others. - I decided to do a defoliation on them as there were a lot of leaves covering lower bud sites and there were bud sites that were not developed enough to be worth keeping. - I feel that it wasn't too heavy of a defoliation. I'm really hoping to not cause any herming of the plants.

Apothecarian Mon Jan 30 - The plants are looking good. I'm really hoping the 2 plants that seem a tad behind in producing buds would catch up, but I don't think that's how it works. - the 2 further along plants are looking good. And they are definitely about 1 to 2 weeks ahead of the other 2 - the plants are much shorter than the AK-47's but that's the strain - The plants are about 19 inches high - I've also noticed that I probably could have fed the plants and it only been 2 days since the last feeding. I guess some of the additional nutrients are causing the plants to absorb the nutrients faster and better. RapidStart would have created bigger roots, Diamond Nectar makes the plant take more nutrients up, and KoolBloom is a supposed to bulk up the buds. So, these things could be causing the plants to uptake more nurtients and dry out the soil faster. Tue Jan 31 - I watered the plants with CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - based on what I noticed yesterday with the soil being totally dry, I will adjust the feeding schedule to every 2 days and see what happens. I'll be sure to watch for nutrient toxicity - So far, I'm still not seeing any nutrient toxicity with the current feedings, they are handling the additional nutrients well - Again, I now do not need to PH the water down as the Silica amount is now lower, and I'm adding the 3 base nutrients which adjust the PH down to 6.5 automatically Thu Feb 2 - This is 2 days from the last feeding. I'm going to see how the plants handle the nutrients. If it's too much, then I'll either do a water feeding, then nutrient feeding or a heavy nutrient feeding and a light nutrient feeding. It all depends on the level of nutrient toxicity, if any, that I see. - I fed the plants CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - I noticed that the plants soil was a dry as can be. I assume it really is the plants that are absorbing the nutrients due to the nutrient cocktail they are receiving as some of them are likely causing them to absorb the nutrients. I don't think it's the humidity level as I've got it set to 55° Sat Feb 4 - The soil is as dry as a bone again! I fed the plants their - I fed the plants CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - The plants are not showing any sign of nutrient toxicity nor nutrient deficiency. - The buds are building up nicely. I've very excited to see if the buds end up getting bigger than previous grows since I'm using supplemental nutrients. - In my previous grows, I got 2 ounces per plant for the photoperiods and 1 ounce per plant for the autoflowers. - One thing I've done differently for this grow is not defoliated these plants are previous grows. I'm curious what the higher colas will look like. I assume there will be a bit of sacrifice for the lower colas. I'll do an analysis of the weight to height ratio

Apothecarian Mon Feb 6 - The plant soil was dry. - I watered the plants with CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - I really hope that the plants drying out so quickly is due to the nutrients. I've never had to feed plants every 2 days. So it definitely seems like it would have to be the nutrients. - The plants are looking good. - I rearranged the plants a bit because there is now a bit of a high difference and the light was too close to two of the plants - I did the same thing as the AK-47 grow, I angled the lights. Wed Feb 8 - I watered the plants with CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - The plants are looking great - This grow, I've done the least defoliation ever. One reason is, this Blueberry 420 strain doesn't get as bushy as other strains I've done and the fan leaves are not as big. And the other reason is I'm kind of experimenting with what will happen to lower bud sites if they don't get as much light. I have seen make plants online that have lots of lower colas but yet the grower looks to have done no defoliating but with great success Thu Feb 9 - I raised the lights a bit higher and cranked the power to full. I'll see what happens in 24 hours to ensure no heat stress - I noticed that the plant in the center still had damp soil, but the other 4 plants have dryer looking soil. So I swapped the center plant with one that had dry soil to help that plant's soil dry out more. Because I've left these Blueberry 420 plants a little more bushier than I normally would have, there may be less airflow at the lower level. - I may bee about adding small fan and putting it on the floor to increase air circulation at the base of the plants Fri Feb 10 - I watered the plants with CannaMax Silica, RapidStart, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - I should mention that I extended the feeding chart by adding in an extra 'Early Bloom' week as I felt that the buds were still in the early bloom phase and not really in mid bloom yet. - The increased intensity of the lights hasn't cause any heat burn, so hopefully it'll have a positive effect on the bud development

Apothecarian Sun Feb 12 - I watered the plants with CannaMax Silica, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom. - RapidStart is no longer of the feeding schedule at this stage of the grow and the FloraGrow has been reduced to half. - The plants are looking great. Tue Feb 14 - Plants are looking good. Soil seemed dry but I decided to wait one more day. Wed Feb 15 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom. - the next feeding will be the last with Diamond Nectar as per the General Hydroponics feeding schedule - One thing I've noticed is that I feel like the plants have kind of slowed down the buds are not progressing as fast as they were before. I don't see any signs of deficiencies, toxicities, over/under heating, over/under watering, etc… the plants look healthy, they have a nice shade of green so signals on the leaves. Sat Feb 18 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - Although this was to be the last feeding with Diamond Nectar as per the feeding schedule, I'm still on the fence on whether or not I would consider the plant as being in the Mid to Late Bloom. I feel as though it's still in the Mid Bloom phase. So I may use Diamond Nectar for another feeding or so until I feel that the plants have gone past Mid.

Apothecarian Sun Feb 19 - The plants look very perky today. Even more so than normal and the buds seems to have bulked up significantly overnight Tue Feb 21 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - As per my feeding schedule, I was supposed to stop using Diamond Nectar, but I decided to let this feeding be the last with it. - I'm on the fence if the grow is now in the mid to late bloom phase. - I noticed that one of the plants has brown spots that are appearing in the middle of the leaves and the edges are also turning brown - The brown spots would be a sign of calcium deficiency. I will increase the calcium on the next feeding - I will also check the PPM's of the next feeding to ensure the right amount of nutrients and check the PH to ensure it's not too high or too low. I don't normally check the PH once I start the nutrients as General Hydroponics automatically brings the nutrients down to 6.5 Fri Feb 24 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - I decided that the plants still weren't at the mid to late bloom phase. So I'll keep it going in the mid bloom phase.

Apothecarian Mon Feb 27 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - The plants look great. Fri Mar 3 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - I feel that the plants have a few more weeks to go before harvest. - I really hope they do turn a bit purple as per AMS Seeds website Sat Mar 4 - plants are looking great. I feel like they are ripening very slowly - I wonder is the extra nutrients could be extending the harvest time

Apothecarian Mon Mar 6 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - The white pistil hairs are being browner and more shriveled. Wed Mar 8 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom Fri Mar 10 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, Diamond Nectar, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, and KoolBloom - A couple of the plants seem further along than the others. I may have to harvest a couple early and do the others a week or so later. - I have noticed that when growing Autoflowers, the plants don't grow and ripen at the same pace as each other. Photoperiods seem to have more unity amongst the plants, but the autoflowers seem to be pretty divided on their growing and ripening stages. This is despite the fact they get the same water, same soil, same nutrients, same lighting, heat, humidity… very strange. Autoflowes are relatively new so maybe over time, we'll see some more unity amongst them. Sat Mar 11 - the plants are looking good. The buds are not as big and robust as the AK-47 plants I have growing but I assume that's just the plant type. AK-47 is a sativa and Blueberry 420 is indica. According to AMS Seeds, the Blueberry has a lower expected yield. - I did notice that the colas do seem to be a bit longer than the AK-47 plants.

Apothecarian Mon Mar 13 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, Ripen, and KoolBloom Dry - This feeding is the first one where I'm no longer using Diamond Nectar and I've now stopped using KoolBloom Liquid and now I'm using KoolBloom Dry and Ripen Thu Mar 16 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, Ripen, and KoolBloom Dry Sat Mar 18 - I fed the plants with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, Ripen, and KoolBloom Dry - I will be flushing 3 of the plants at the next feeding on Monday. The 2 others will need a bit more time, but the others are definitely done

Apothecarian Mon Mar 20 - I flushed 3 of the plants and fed the other 2 with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, Ripen, and KoolBloom Dry Thu Mar 23 - I watered the 3 plants with ph'd water and FloraKleen - I fed the other 2 plants with CannaMax Silica, CalMag, Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, Ripen, and KoolBloom Dry Fri Mar 24 - I flushed the 3 plants with ph'd water to get rid of the FloraKleen and whatever salts FloraKleen loosened up - I do believe this works because when I flush the plants before using the FloraKleen, the water comes out clear then a few days later I water the plants with FloraKleen, then a few more days later, I flush it again with ph'd water and the water comes out a pinkish-orange colour. So I assume the FloraKleen has loosened up the salt build up from past feedings Sun Mar 26 - I fed the last 2 plants with Flora Micro, Grow, Bloom, Ripen, and KoolBloom Dry - I checked the trichomes with my macro lens and I could see that they are mostly cloudy, so I'll be flushing the plants Mon Mar 27 - I flushed the plants with lots of water. I'll be using FloraKleen in the next couple of days, then I'll flush that, then harvest! Thu Mar 30 - I watered the plants with ph'd water and FloraKleen Fri Mar 31 - I flushed the plants again with water to flush out the FloraKleen, the water came out pinkish-orange as usual. I assume that's the last of the nutrients that the FloraKleen was able to remove from the plant roots - Tomorrow, I will harvest

Apothecarian Sat Mar 25 - I harvested the 3 plants. I am really loving the harvest while fresh! It is definitely the best method. Also, depending how this BlueBerry 420 smokes, I think that drying them fresh might actually produce a much smoother smoke than if you hang them to dry with the whole plant. - Plus, there is no comparisson with the bud bowl trimmer… If the buds are dry, it just destgroys them, but when they are fresh, they can withstand the trimmer and they come out looking amazing! The bud bowl trimmer is saving me hours, if not days of my time to do all of the trimming. Sat Apr 1 - I harvest the last 2 plants. One of them is the one that I didn't expect much from since it was so stunted. I was really just growing it as an experiment…but it surprisingly did quite well…it actually was the 3rd highest producing plant! I'm glad I kept it growing and didn't give up. It definitely paid off.