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Had these freebie seeds from Seedsman for two years now in the fridge. Time to start them or discard. Germinated just fine despite not being quite fresh.
Well I got 4 good seedlings from the 5 seeds I planted. I transplanted the four seedlings in their compressed pods into l liter plastic pots. There they will remain for roughly 3-4 weeks; then into 7 gallon grow bags. Yesterday, I decided to dim the Viparspectra down to 37% as 50% seemed to be too much at this stage of the game. I'll keep a close watch for any stretching but I don't expect any.
UPDATE: Noticeable growth in just a few days.
Watered it with BioWeed Solution and applied also as a foliar spray. Doing nicely; however, I was concerned that the plants flip-flopped too much when I misted them. So I placed a small fan to induce a light breeze in order to strengthen the stems.
Plants noticeably sturdier since placing a fan near them; no more flip-flopping tops. A good one time shot of 20-20-20 helped them on their way. I typically do this in early veg for a burst of green growth--they responded within a day or two.
Topped the plants, lowered the light a few inches. Everything looks good-this is watchful waiting period. It will pass quickly enough--in about a month, I expect to transplant them to 7 gallon grow bags.
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Transplanted these into grow bags and gave them a good watering. Held off on any supplements since the soil itself is heavily amended.
No visible transplant shock or damage (except when I dropped one of the blueberries) but fortunately only a lower leaf got damaged. I turned off the heat mat and lowered the Viparspectra to 25 inches. One plant towering above the others with large spacing between nodes; hope that is not a male plant. Will monitor the situation closely.
No nutrients or water since last week; I gave them a good soaking after transplanting. No indication that any plants are male--I just forgot whether or not they were regular seeds or feminized.
Seems to be doing nicely, noticeable growth after transplanting. Soon will put up the scrog net and flip. Probably in 2-3 weeks although not necessarily at the same time.
Its been over a week since I transplanted into 7 gallon grow bags. The plants were moderately defoliated and watered with some Cal Mag added to rainwater. I want to make sure that all of them are girls before committing to a scrog net, still a bit early, although I did see a single female preflower on one of them. Time will tell. They sure did grow quite a bit since transplanting.
Fully satisfied that these are females, they must've been feminized seeds. They were in the fridge for three years, not a bad stand considering. Watered them last night with a little calmag added. Still on the nutrients from the FFOF soil. Now close to time to flip them, but must fix the pinholes in the grow tent first.
Finally flipped them into the bloom phase--high time. I wanted to get all my ducks in a row first: patch up the holes; set up the scrog net; make sure all girls.
But not too worried about the stretch since the tent is 8 feet high. I gave them their first dose of bloom nutrients also since the nutrients in the FFOF soil is most likely close to depleted.
Constantly defoliating to expose bud sites. The next day, always looks like I did nothing. I used to dump a full 2.5 gallon watering can on them, but seems to be inadequate now. Might have to make two trips to the rain barrel into the basement from now on. They are growing faster.
I used a bloom booster for the first time. Name of it is Incredible bulk by Growganica, 01-10-25 which I got from Amazon. I used it only a couple days ago, too soon to come to any conclusions. The plants are also taking in more water: now watering every five days and using four gallons instead of only 2.5.
Bigger, thirstier plants
Now seeing trichomes on the fast developing buds. I think that the use of a bud booster has made a noticeable difference. Have been bending over a number of the taller flower spikes so that they don't burn up under the light, which is now at full power.
Did a massive defoliation--I discovered that that were two leaves were touching, the surface of the leaves were wet.
Not a good situation, especially so close to the end. So I removed about 25 per cent of the total leaf mass in order to increase air circulation. I also turned on the small oscillating fan up on top of the tent.
I also added a bud sweetener to the mix, along with the bloom nutrients and the bud enhancer. Water consumption holding steady at approximately 3.75 gallons per week.
This strain is vigorous and robust, well suited to tent growing. I even managed to start a clone and it is growing outdoors right now, in first week of flower and over six feet high. Likes a good amount of fertilizer. The final product from my indoor grow is superb. The only complaint as far as the tent grow is concerned is that two of the four plants had very seedy buds on the lower branches despite no males or nanners. Not really a complaint since in my previous experience with other strains, these can be planted and will all turn out females.
A very good strain to grow, indoors or outdoors. I gave it to my daughter and son-in-law to review for me after the cure (5 weeks) since they are very discerning. According to them, it is nothing short of amazing in terms of smoothness and flavor. They report that it is very potent as well. Sonny said that it possess a delicious fruity taste with earthy notes and a pleasure to smoke.
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