Automaria II, Whiteberry & Speedy Boom

BENY_TRUBY Complicated start to the grow. The CFL neon lamp I bought for the seedlings to grow until they can handle the balcony was broken, and I've been 7 days with shoddy lighting, getting light through a window with the help of a simple LED bulb until today (day 7) when I received a new lamp. They’re all growing well except for speedy boom, which seems a bit stunted. On to the next week!

BENY_TRUBY All the plants are developing little by little, there’s one that showed some signs of something with its wrinkled leaves, but they all keep moving forward. The temperatures under the light rise up to 26-28 degrees. The relative humidity is very low, less than 30. I'm starting to prepare mini greenhouses with cut plastic bottles to maintain humidity. I've transplanted 2 Automaria II and 1 White Berry into their final pots. One Automaria will stay under the lamp, the other 2 I'm taking out to the balcony today.

BENY_TRUBY At the beginning of this week, I transplanted the last two plants that were in the yogurt cup. The roots have stuck to the sides of the cup. I need to improve this for the next harvest. These 2 plants (white berry and automaria) have been under the CFL light until today when I took all the plants out to the balcony. Even so, I will continue to supplement both plants with artificial light after the sun goes down so they can keep the 16h light cycle. I added neem cake to the substrate to prevent pests. Yesterday I started watering with a growth fertilizer that I have open (guanokalong grow), although I have ordered a new one as well as a pH regulator for the watering, which is currently around 7.5. Overall, the plants look good, they are growing slowly, the weather is still not very good for the plants even though it hardly rains (and when it rains, I keep the plants inside, as well as at night). The plants that have only received artificial light are growing very little, but the buds are coming out of the nodes very well formed and are progressing. Speedy boom looks small. Automaria is the tallest plant (although one looks very weak). White berry seems to be the strongest strain so far.

BENY_TRUBY The week started with rain and little sun, growth slowed down, although I've always protected them from the rain to be able to fertilize during watering. After the rain, sunny days arrived but with a lot of sun and dry wind. Relative humidity 20% and winter temperatures. The plants spend the night inside the house and 2 of them receive 4 hours of supplementary artificial lighting. I've started using Biobizz Grow and an algae revitalizer (once in foliar spray and always with the watering). I have also used the root booster. On the first day of the week, I started LST on the 2 plants that receive artificial lighting (1 Auto Maria and 1 White Berry). I'm very surprised by their development compared to the others (even though they don't grow in height, they have a lot of leaves and you can see the branches developing). Yesterday, I started LST with the other White Berry.

BENY_TRUBY Not much new, the plants have really stretched this week. I keep expanding and readjusting the LST on the selected plants every 2 days or so. The difference between those that receive additional artificial light and those that don’t is getting bigger. The whiteberry with extra light and the automaria without extra light are the best plants at first glance. The nights are still cold, so I bring them inside during the dark hours and it hasn’t rained. 3 waterings with: 1 and 2. algamix + pro roots + bio roots 3. Just Bio bloom (1 ml/l) Foliar application with algamix once this week. Some plants have started to flower, others haven’t, with those having LST being the earliest.

BENY_TRUBY This week started off well, but the rain and bad weather forced me to keep the plants indoors for a full 3 days. Even so, the girls are still growing, and all of them have started flowering to varying degrees. Today the sun is back out with normal temperatures for the season. The difference in color between the plants that receive additional artificial light and those that only get sunlight is very noticeable, and I don't know why. Any ideas, family?

BENY_TRUBY This week I've been away for a few days, so I had to water them abundantly before leaving. The plants have been outdoors for 3 days, and when I returned, I kept them inside for 2 days due to the bad weather. Now the sun is back out. Some plants have been overwatered, so I've only watered (just with water) a few of them again. Today I gave them a new foliar application with the bio bizz alg-a-mix. In the next watering, we'll resume the flowering fertilizers. I also lightly defoliated the plants that receive additional artificial light since some leaves were touching and blocking each other. The plants look healthy, and we're moving forward.

BENY_TRUBY This week the height growth has slowed down a bit and all the plants are focusing on flowering. Besides the usual watering, I've planned to add calcium using a brew with eggshells. I've detected a possible deficiency in calcium and magnesium. I've also included neem powder in the watering and in a foliar application as a pest prevention measure.

BENY_TRUBY We’ve reached harvest time according to the seed bank information (9-10 weeks). However, the flowers have barely formed on most of the plants (except for those receiving additional artificial light). In the photos, you can see the trichomes of the auto whiteberry (its smell is spectacular). The smell of the other plant receiving artificial light (automaria II) is different, less intense but very unique; I hope its flowers keep growing. I’ve stopped giving fertilizers to the more developed plant, except for calmag, which I just received. From now on, this plant will only receive water. On the other hand, I’ve detected a leaf miner insect attack on the speedy boom plant. I’ve been combating them with defoliation and a foliar application of a natural insecticide from a regular gardening store that contains neem oil among other things. We can start thinking that the harvest is going to be very poor, and I dare say that the reason is the light hours, light intensity, and unfavorable temperatures. To top it off, the next few days are going to be rainy and cold for the season. Until two days ago, the weather had been quite good.

BENY_TRUBY Week with rain, little sun, and plants tucked indoors getting light through the window most of the time (except for those getting artificial light). I’ve added some fertilizers I received for my next grow. One whiteberry is almost ready for harvest. I think I’ll let it go another week. The next one would be an auto-flowering II, but it still has a ways to go. The rest are quite behind, I hope they pick up the pace with the rise in temperatures expected over the next few days. I’ve defoliated some yellow leaves, from the bottom up, on the plants closest to harvest.

BENY_TRUBY The blueberry is almost ready to be harvested. A week ago I did the root wash. The Automaria with additional artificial light is also getting close to its point. I'm going to proceed with the root wash soon. The rest of the plants aren't quite maturing, so I've been alternating water-only waterings with fertilized waterings. The temperatures and the weather are like in summer. Finally good conditions for growing.

BENY_TRUBY Good week weather-wise. I've cut the first plant. The rest is still ripening...

BENY_TRUBY Second plant harvested (autoflowering). In the pictures, you can see the 2 plants cut so far (autoflowering, the most branched one is beautiful). The relative humidity in the drying room is 63% and the temperature is 21 degrees Celsius. The rest of the plants are still maturing. I've reduced all the fertilizers and will only water with water from now on. I hope to be able to cut soon because I won't be home for 2 weeks starting June 29, but the trichomes aren't turning amber yet.

BENY_TRUBY A lot of learning about growing throughout the process thanks to the diaries on GrowDiaries and its users, always sharing their ways of harvesting and answering questions. Conclusion for the next harvest: due to my space limitations, it will be necessary to start the grow in small pots under CFL lights for the first 2 weeks before moving to the outdoors and final pot.

BENY_TRUBY We're still maturing the buds. The weather is good, the waterings are just with pH-corrected water... and some plants seem to have started to re-flower? Crazy

BENY_TRUBY I've been away this week (updating late). I did a root wash a week ago, left them on the balcony to finish maturing with the intention of cutting in 2 days from today, but upon returning I've seen that the plants are full of aphids. The weather has been very hot and humid. I've removed the most infected leaves with aphids, and I plan to manually remove what I can from the flowers (I'm waiting for the opinion of someone with more experience). Wish me luck!!!

BENY_TRUBY It was the slowest and smallest plant of all. It seemed like it was never going to mature. We'll see how it goes.