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TheDonOfNY First update since germination. Pics were taken the end of day 14 from sprout. Definitely a couple of mutations going on here, the most notable being 1 plant(front left) decided to top itself.😂 Other mutations I've noticed haven't had very much impact. Some duckfoot and half duckfoot mutations and some middle leaf blades missing their tip on the 3 finger leaf sets. Besides the mutations most of them seem to be growing quite nicely at a fast pace. Some mag deficiencies but that is to be expected when pushing them so hard with CO2 and high light intensity. They are currently at around 500-600ppfd @ 20 hours light schedule. One of the plants(front middle) seems to have been stunted by hitting hot soil too quickly. The back left plant is the runt of the group as it was the last to germinate, however; it seems to be growing correctly just at a slower rate. The front right plant is definitely the largest and has some gigantic fan leaves for its age. These might be some of the biggest fan leaves I've ever had on a 14 day old plant. In the next few days I will be starting LST.

TheDonOfNY Another excellent week of growth for these ladies. Tied them down on day 18 with no signs of stress or slowing down. Thinking about throwing up a trellis net very soon. I will be giving them their first top dressing during the next watering which should be in a few days. The Mammoth Mint White is producing outstanding results. Ppfd is now at 700-800 with the light only at 50%. Added Mammoth P to the rotation this week. Still having a little bit of mag deficiency but nothing to worry about. Looking forward to their stretch! Pics taken 21 days after sprout.

TheDonOfNY First week of flower. They are stretching like crazy. I put a scrog net up on Day 27 and I'm almost out of room already. On Day 25 I did a very light defoliation/lollipopping and then top dressed 4tbsp Gaia Green 4-4-4 and 4tbsp Gaia Green 2-8-4 for each plant. I will do a complete defoliation of everything below the screen around Day 45 when stretching should be done. Until then I'm just going to keep tucking until I run out of room. I had some potassium(K) lockout this week most likely from giving them too much cal/mag. I believe my calcium levels were too high as the plants were really only starving for magnesium and I kept giving them calmag when I should have just gave them some Epsom Salts. This hopefully seems to be remedied now as there are no signs of further progression. Pics taken 30 days after sprout.

TheDonOfNY Another week of some serious stretching. Some colas are now almost 2 feet above the net. Most of them seem to be about done with their stretch and the buds are forming nicely. I had to do a bit more defoliating this week even though I wanted to wait until around day 44, but it didn't seem to slow them down at all. They are going to need a serious trim very soon. Got a little light burn from me allowing them to grow too close to the light, I should've been on top of things sooner! Some of the most vigorous autos I've grown so far. Very impressed with these genetics. Pics taken on Day 37 from sprout.

TheDonOfNY Apologies for the late update as I've been very busy lately. These ladies have completed their stretch and are now putting most of their energy into bud production. Very nice trichome production as well. They're really starting to smell now. It's a very pleasant sweet smell that I'm sure will become more complex later in flower. On day 42 I did a major defoliation below the net and also gave them their 2nd top dress of Gaia Green All Purpose 4-4-4 and Power Bloom 2-8-4. I did 6tbsp of 2-8-4 and 2tbsp of 4-4-4. Every time I top dress I also add 2 cups of fresh soil and 1 cup of worm castings, rather than scratching it into the old soil. Day 45 did some light defoliation above the net to get more light to all the tops. I've pretty much been treating these like photoperiods and they are easily handling anything I've thrown at them. Lowered the humidity to 65% as I feel the VPD needed to be a little higher. Pics taken 47 days from sprout.

TheDonOfNY A very easy week. I just gave them water and watched them grow. The buds are really starting to bulk up and show beautiful coloration. The smell is really getting intense as well. I can definitely smell both the pink runtz and pina leaning heavily on the gelato side. A very pleasant and complex terpene profile. Not much else to say, should be an easy ride from here on out. 🙏 Pics taken 54 days from sprout.

TheDonOfNY 13 days since the last update, Day 67. Buds are really stacking and ripening very nicely. A lot of the leaves are fading or dying off as everything is going to the buds. Last week I started giving them Growganica Incredible Bulk Bloom Booster every other watering. This is my first time using this bloom booster but so far I'm liking the results. Lowered the temp from 85 to 80f, the humidity from 65% to 55%, and also starting to taper down the CO2 slowly so the buds can continue to ripen. Loving the look and smell of these buds. I'd say 6 or 7 plants out of 9 are showing purple hues. All of them super frosty. I'd say they have between 1 - 2 weeks left the most. Ordered the UV upgrade kit from Mammoth about a week ago. They are supposed to be shipping by end of May which I hope is sooner rather than later as I don't have much longer left on this run and I would love to get some UV going for at least a week before harvest if possible. Pics taken 67 days from sprout.