Orange Jelly Sunset Grow

Start of week 1 seeds germinated ( 24 hrs in water and 24 hrs paper towel ) and sprouted. 100 % success. Potted in coco and fed only ph balanced water at 5.8 No problems 👍

Potted up with coco in a 1 ltr pot. Just to establish roots before they're transferred to 15ltr autopots. No problems transferring from paper, seedlings looking goid to go

Not much to report here, theyve been fed with the introduction of katana roots by Shogun. Ive been using a half cut water bottle to act as a humidity dome since they are currently residing with flowering autos so the tent humidity is around 45 to 50%. Ive been setting up my main tent ready to take these in this weekend, where they will be topped once and scrogged. Im using 3 plants to fill a 120 by 75cm area this way i can get away with topping once to keep the bigger colas. Edit- Plants have been transplanted to autopots with a 5cm gravel layer topped with 50/50 cana coco/perlite, and given a light feed. These will be top fed until the roots have developed enough.

So far this week Ive just been maintaining a hand watering schedule to help bring in the roots before i attach to the res. Ive found that without a descent root zone you dont get the best from autopots. Further to this I find this stage the most worrisome and most important, its all about plant health and care, not pushing to hard, and not stressing them to much. This weekend the plants will be hooked up to the res, where I expect to see some explosive growth, and after another few nodes of growth, Ill start topping and applying some lst to tie down and spread out the growth in preparation for a scrog.

This week started out by hooking the autopot res up to begin the gravity feeding, the roots have had plenty of time to establish and give the autopot plenty to work with. Ive also topped the plants, and thinned down the huge fan leaves, these were acting like an umbrella keeping light out out. Already new growth is kicking in and the plants are responding really well to the prune and gravity feeding. The rest of this week is all about tlc and recovery, and what i mean by that is ill be leaving them well alone and giving them some privacy along with some peace and quite while they settle back down and recover their injuries 👍

So a few issues this week with the autopots, even though I'd top fed for 2weeks after transplanting to the autopots, once turned on it appeared after a few days that the plants where getting over watered, this was a mistake diagnosis, after talking with an autopot consultant we came to conclusion that it was more likely to be getting under fed and maybe the roots hadn't established enough yet. So the reservoir was disconnected and all the plants got a full top watering, within hours they were back up and praying nicely. I'm continuing this week to wet and dry spells to help increase the root system with some added katana root stim. The res will be reconnected this weekend. Aside from that I've been on top of my pruning and lst keeping the canopy even and open with all the lower branches getting cleaned to encourage growth. So for the rest of the week it's all about monitoring, increasing root zones and keeping the canopy nicely even. These have been topped once, normally I may top again, but I like to keep the buds thick, the more you top the smaller the buds become, so to speed things up I'm scrogging 3 plants to cover a 70cm by 70 so one top will more than suffice. So the plants got to bone dry so last night I hand watered again, hopefully reconnect the Res this weekend. Hooked the res back up tonight, and I've moved some plants around to give more space,

So after connecting the Res a bit to early, they were unhooked and hand fed to further establish roots, I also transplanted from autopot to autopot to reduce the amount of pebbles incase this was also reducing the effect of the bottom feeding in that the water level wasn't high enough to wick through the medium. They were reconnected to the Res the other night along with a small tidy up prune and some supercropping to keep the canopy open and even for total light penetration. I'm keeping the lower branches clean to further push growth to the tips, but also saving myself time lollipopping once under the scrog. The autopots are now in full swing and I'm expecting some rapid growth from here on out. I'll also this week be setting up the scrog frame and putting that in position ready to start tucking. I've decided to throw all 4 under the scrog just to help with timings and speed up the scrog process as I also have a number of other plants in the same room which are to be flipped at the same time, so one of my challenges here is to get all plants ready + this scrog to flip into flower at the same time. A couple of the autopots are still not wicking so I literally dipped them in the res to help the wick and feed the medium, and come the weekend when I have time, if the problem still persists I'm going to have to perform some surgery and skim away more pebbles from the bottom of the pots and top the medium up.! So further to my autopot problems - I ended up performing intricate surgery on each pot lol, After removing the excess pebbles, I lost a lot of medium (you can see in some of the pictures above), so the 15 ltr pots were losing out on root space - So I decided to set the pots back up from scratrch, new pot, new disc, fresh pebbles and a fresh layer of coco/perlite for some extra root space. I had to re transplant by literally pulling the entire plant and medium from the pots which where bound by the roots and carefully remove all pebbles from the root structure and any in-bedded in the medium, then literally lower it in to the new pot, water and put back on the res. Once this was done - the plants literally took off - which meant time for the scrog. For this I needed to knock up a simple frame made to measure and lay on some plastic fencing from b and q, with 2.5in squares. This is now in place, pics to follow. I dont think it will take long to fill the scrog ready to flip at all - of all the genetics in my tent these floweres are head an shoulders above the rest in growth and vigor.

So last week was an absolute ball ache, alot of leg work to correct my mistakes with the autopots, yet the plants are showing no signs of stress, one particularly awesome traits of the holysmokeseeds genetics is superb growth rates and resilience. So now all autopots have been repotted with a fresh layer of pebbles and Coco/perlite, all lines have been cleaned as has the Res. The difference in growth now is night and day. The scrog is in place and I gave them another prune and some light lst bend to keep the growth rate up and I want light penetration all the way down to the base. Interestingly I have 2 different lights over these 4 plants - a vipra 900w and a maxbloom x8 and there is a clear difference in growth - the maxbloom appears to be running away with it. I'l be interested to see how they compare in flower... So after a few hectic weeks I get to relax a little, the rest of the week is tidy up and canopy control, keeping on top of the defoliation and getting the tuck on for the scrog. So far so good, few issues but nothing unmanageable. Really looking forward to the next few weeks while I get the canopy how I like before the flip. Feeling positive.

Growth is unbelievable atm, taking daily attention to keep on top of the pruning to keep the light penetration at maximum, the fan leaves are like big umbrellas. So taking them as soon as the growth nodes can support themselves, thinking it won't take long at all to fill out the scrog but still early days on the tuck. So really important now to keep the plant growth as vigorous as possible by getting rid of all unessesary branches, leaves etc that won't make the final cut and so redirecting the energy to where's it's most important, at the canopy. So full on defoliation last night to clear all lower branches and any unnecessary fan leaves. Quick note on how thirsty these girls are, draining 40ltr res in about 5 days! Each night now I'm just helping the shoots position them selves correctly as they grow through the netting. And I'm taking any upper fan leaves that are hogging the light. Also last night I added a heater to the reservoir as the ambient temp in the room has dropped considerably so my Res temps were dropping. Thermostat set to 18d As a final entry for this week I took a picture (see above) of the canopy under 2 different lights, one is a vipraspectra 900w and the other a maxbloomled 800w, both under 300 quid, but as you can see one side is far out performing the other. The winner so far is the Maxbloomled.

So just cruising now, last week saw alot of leg work in the defoliation dept, tidying all lower branches, keeping fan leaves to a minimum, and then aiding the scrog by tucking, pulling, anything to keep things moving in the right direction. The challenge now, as stated earlier is to bring all plants ready to flip at the same time, which is a challenge lol, but an enjoyable one. The bench mark here is the scrog, once that's ready everything else can be flipped, the trick is keeping everything else in there low. Atm 6 plants are hooked up to the Res,with another 2 to follow. Currently drinking about 40 liters every 2 to 3 days. It's amazing how much they can drink... Another tucking session, the nets almost filled now, so I'll probably Monday, depending on how it's looking. I replaced the vipra with another maxbloom and moved the vipra into my smaller tent for the Royal Gorilla grow. So far all is going well with no hiccups health wise.

Few things, I replaced the second light to maxbloom to give all plants the same light. Flipped to 12 12, now just giving some time to stretch while I continue to tuck and position the tops. I won't defoliate now for a week or 2 while the plants are stretching, once stopped they'll get a good and final strip before I leave them well alone to stack. So for the rest of this week my duties here are to just keep the Res topped up lol, nice and easy, so far 6 plants are connected to the same Res holding 47 litres, filling this every 2 days, which suits me as it keeps the feed nice and fresh, I find with the Sumo active boost, that if that lingers for more than a few days to a week, it starts to become unstable and deposits what can only be described as slime into the Res which blocks the filter, so having such a quick refill avoids this issue. Aye so fuck the shogun boost fertilizer lol, turned my Res water to slime and blocked my pipes. So now I have the pleasurable job of somehow cleaning all autopots bases replace the pipes. Not easy when they're under a scrog. Absolute ball ache. Never again am I using the boost range from shogun. I don't believe this particular nutrient is compatible with autopots. Happy to be proved wrong on this... So I be discovered a couple of leaves with what looks to be a calcium deficiency. Any thoughts would be appreciated. See my pics 👍 I've been giving minimum calmag according to my water type, so I've added an extra dose to the res, hopefully this will cure. The extra calmag seems to have helped, new growth looking lovely and green. I gave a light prune to take out some huge upper fans. Just keeping the Res topped up now.

So week 2 was a bit of a fuck up, I think. The scrog went into flower and by the end of week 1, it was looking far to busy and leafy, zero light was getting through so I decided to thin down a little. Also I wasn't happy with how the scrog was over developing, so I took away the net and allowed them some free growth and little more spread across the canopy. I think this work stressed them a little, who knows?? Ideally I should have given them a far more comprehensive prune a week before flower, alas I didn't so here I am. This weekend will mark 3 weeks of flower, and apart from the prune I've seriously left alone and will have for a couple weeks, so this weekend they will get some serious defoliation and probably a few straggler tops will be removed to thin down a little. After this weekend, again, just feed and monitor. So looks like I was just being a bit of a drama queen, the plants are doing superbly as I near wk 3, lots and lots of colas. I will be thinning these as needed whilst I prune by taking out any stragglers. I've also added back in some boost nutes just to help overcome any stress I may have caused. I've also raised the lights slightly to reduce stress at this important stage. Last one for this week, all plants fully defoliated which I'm stoked about, no problems, I think I'll need the odd support cane since a binned the scrog, but apart from that not much else left to do other that monitor all aspects to make sure of no silly mistakes.

So far so good, the plants have bounced wonderfully, all stretched out and now all that's left to do is keep the Res topped up and keep an eye for any issue that may arise. Thinking I may need some canes to help support a little further down the line. I changed my nutrient line up to buddhas tree since the shogun boost was ruining my Res and autopots. Quick check over this morning and all is well in the land of the Orange Jelly Sunset. Soooooo happy with this run, these plants are not getting touched ATM, at the most I may give another light prune if they bush up too much.

Nothing really hands on now, I take leaves as they begin to overshadow and just monitor for signs of stress, though everything is dialed in so nothing to worry about too much. But everything is going swimmingly

So nice and easy, nothing to report, all the leg work is done now, just waiting. Plants looking absolutely beautiful 👌

So I was super excited to grow these for the holysmoke breeder, as they weren't even released when I started the grow. I've grown other plants from this breeder so knew the quality would be there. All seeds popped and grew vigourously from the outset. They do need higher levels of calmag if growing in Coco, They responded really well to the training methods incorporated and bounced back very quickly from extreme pruning. Once into flower the aroma was mesmerising on the nose, citrusy terps everywhere. I found them to be very thirsty, which can only be a good sign. What struck me the most was the health to the plants, with really strong branches and structure. On the back of this grow I've sourced 4 more strains from holysmoke (bought personally, no sponsor) just because I find his genetics a pleasure to grow. In a nutshell this grow has been pretty seemless and has taught me a few things, going forward I will be spending less time training in veg for a slightly quicker turn around, I will also be growing less tops per plant, this seems to be a false economy, I think it much more important to go for quality over quantity so my next grow will be doing just that. I will also be using biotabs instead of ab nutrients. I spent a small fortune on boosters etc and in all honesty I think they were a waste of money and time, and these were responsible for the blockages and constantly cleaning out the Res and filters. And I don't see how they increased yeild... So all in all, I'm very very happy with this grow, I think my game is stronger now, I'd have done few things differently but that's just with hindsight.

Wk 8 flower, starting to reduce the nutrients for this final wk before a full wk flush. Plant are epic, cudos the the breeder holysmoke seeds. The smell is amazing, zesty, orangey and full of gas. The colas are heavy and dense covered in frosty treacle. These are gonna be a powerful smoke!!!

So final week whilst I flush out the nutes, Everything is looking superb, the zesty terps are on point and strong, the colas are heavy and dense, and theyre sticky after like fly paper. These are pure firey gas, cudos to the breader @holysmokeseeds. Nothing left to do now but get excited about the smoke and have nightmares about the trim... So took one last pic before I chop, the colors which came through are stunning, the shit doesn't do them justice. Such a beautiful strain seems to cut her down, but I'm desperate to smoke her so come down she will