Gorilla Girl 2023

~ 1st week ~ Gorillas acclimatized nicely to the conditions in the grow room (i try to make them as good as possible). They have already developed their first true leaves this week. At the end of the week, two more plants - Sweet Zenzations - came to the grow room, filling the rest of the free space. Starting from seedlings, throughout the vegetative phase, the plants will be well nourished with HESI nutrients two times a week : · Root Complex - 5 ml / 1 l of water · TNT Complex - 5 ml / 1 l of water · SuperVit - 1 drop / 5 l of water The substrate in the pots is a half and half mixture of peat soil and coconut fiber with a small addition of perlite. This time i also added a bit of grind hemp fiber into the substrate (about 10%). The room temperature is set at 28°C in light and 20°C in darkness. Lamps hung at a height of 40 cm above the plants and set to 20% power for now - according to the manufacturer's recommendations and my own previous positive experience. Also due to my previous experience i am NOT going to use any 'techniques' nor 'train' plants - unless necessary. Hope, that will not be necessary. All i'm going to do is feed the plants and please them, not torment them. Besides - the plants are auto-flowers, so even for this reason no 'techniques' are likely to come into play. And very well - harvest will be earlier.

~ 2nd week ~ At the beginning of this week the plants were about 7 cm tall and have a developed first floor of true leaves. At the end of the week, they already have a second layer of leaves quite developed. They have a thick trunk, wide Indica-like leaves, they're very vital and grow quickly. The span of the lower leaves is more than 20 cm. The lamps are still hanging 40 cm above the plants, but i turned up their power to 40%. The plants look nice and healthy and doing well.

~ 3rd week ~ At the beginning of the week, both plants were about 10 cm tall and have a developed second layer of leaves. Side branches form at the nodes. At the end of the week, they are 18 & 16 cm tall, over 30 cm in diameter and have a third layer of leaves developed. The space between nodes is about 2.5 cm. They look nice and healthy. I increased the power of the lamps to 60%.

~ 4th week ~ Gorilla-1 is the tallest plant in this crop (so far) and stretches the most - at the beginning of the week she was 20 cm tall and over 35 cm in diameter. Gorilla-2 is a bit smaller - 17 cm tall and over 32 cm in diameter. They started to develop fifth layer of leaves. The lower leaves became huge, almost like chestnut leaves. The main trunk is as thick as a pencil, and the space between nodes is 3 cm (Gorilla-1) and 2.5 cm (Gorilla-2). Both plants look nice, healthy, very vigorous and doing great. At the end of the week, the first signs of flowering appears - hair on the nodes. I sprayed the plants with a neem oil solution - prophylactically. And increased the power of the lamps to 80%.

~ 5th week ~ At the beginning of the week, Gorilla-1 (the tallest plant) was 25 cm tall, and Gorilla-2 - 20 cm. The side branches are over 20 cm long. At the end of the week, the plants are 50 and 40 cm tall. They are more thirsty now, so i increased the watering frequency to every second day. More and more flowers are coming and a subtle scent begins to be felt. Plants look nice, fresh and healthy. I increased the power of the lamps to 100 %.

~ 6th week - Blooming ~ Blooming has started in full swing. Plants stretch out to the light and hairs appear on them in large numbers. Abundant flower buds form on the trunk and branches. Gorilla-1 (the tallest plant) is 67 cm tall and the main trunk is thick like a thumb. So is Gorilla-2, though she's a bit smaller - 53 cm. I used Neoseiulus Californicus - an effective pest-fighter - prophylactically. I hung the preparations on two tallest plants (Gorilla-1 & and Jack-1) - one bag would be enough for the entire crop such as this, but two also don't hurt. And i started to use HESI nutrients for the flowering phase: · Bloom Complex ➝ 5ml / 1l of water · Phosphorus Plus ➝ 3ml / 1l of water · SuperVit ➝ 1 drop / 5l of water (twice a week) also: · PowerZyme ➝ 2ml / 1l of water · Boost ➝ 2ml / 1l of water (every second week) The plants are nice and healthy. The lamps shine at max.

~ 7th week ~ Both Gorillas bloom beautifully lush. The flowers have long hairs and the trichomes are beginning to be visible to the naked eye. They're still the tallest in the team. I was away over the weekend, so i had no control of the crop for a few days. During this time, the Gorillas grew significantly, getting dangerously close to the lamps - a bit too much, i'm afraid. Moreover, Gorilla-1 was so thirsty that her leaves went limp. Fortunately, i managed to quench her thirst - at the last moment. Hope, nothing serious happened to them and everything will be fine.

~ 8th week ~ Due to being too close to the lamps, the plants slightly burned on the upper leaves. It's a pity, but it'll be alright. It used to be worse - when i used HPS lamps ;) I've increased the watering frequency - now they get half a liter a day (per plant). Besides, Gorillas bloom beautifully - their hair is long like hippies and the buds are full of resin. Cool.

~ 9th week ~ Too close distance to the lamps caused the edges of the upper leaves to turn yellow and slightly dry - this is rather not too good for plants. But the buds are already very developed - massive, dense and long-haired, covered in resin. They are already starting to mature, as evidenced by their color - more and more intense, and hair quickly turns red. Harvest is near (in the case of Gorillas) - i think in two, three weeks at the most.

~ 10th week ~ Both Gorillas are very mature - the buds are thick and heavy that the branches bend under their weight. A thick layer of shiny resin covers them. Almost all hair turned red. The main trunk along its entire length, as well as the side branches and all the leaves on the underside have very thick purple stripes. I forgot to mention last week that i've stopped fertilizing them all - they only get water now and in modest amounts. The plants emit a very intense smell of natural gas mixed with musk - an interesting composition ;) Harvest next week - just waiting for the resin to dull.

~ 12th week - HARVEST ~ Since i am currently renovating my house (mainly so that my plants have better living conditions) and i do everything myself - i haven't had time to photograph recently. I also don't have time to write much, so for now i'm just posting a few final photos. I will update & describe everything later - when i finish the renovation.