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Seedling popped up and when she shed the shell it looked like Kermit-the-frog, hence Kermit the Blueberry. Sadly I deleted the picture of Kermit by accident. Ugh, was really sad, as I really liked that picture.
At the end of the week, Kermit's leaves looked scary like she was diseased, but I just watched to see what happened. I really thought she was a gonner. Stay tuned...
Week 2: Kermit started out not looking healthy. Leaves looked deformed and looked like she was going to die :(
End of the week, what ever was wrong looks like it corrected itself.
New leaves look healthier. Cutting off the diseased leaves.
Week 3 - I clipped the offensive diseased looking leaves and Kermit looks healthy - no issues otherwise. Goes to show how strong these plants can be. I thought for sure she was a going to die.
I sliced the solo cup on the sides so I can see the roots, when the roots reached the sides and almost to the bottom, I transplanted to the 3.5 gal plastic container and planted her sort of sideways to help with LST-ing later.
Kermit took to it well, no transplant drooping or anything. Actually, the opposite, Kermit liked the transplant, took to it like a frog to water, and yes pun intended ;)
Topped @ Day 19, did some defoliating and she liked it! Nothing is slowing her down. Watering every 5 days. Goooooo Kermit.
Week 4: Still going well. Kermit is growing well, even after topping and taking to LST-ing also.
Seems like she bounces back and grows quickly.
By the end of the day, the LST-ing areas grow in.
Week5: Kermit is doing well. Bushing out and growing all over the place trying to catch up with her sisters. Big difference in only 3 days.
Well Kermit is fast approaching flower time, she's showing pistils like crazy already in Week 5 - She's so much faster than her sisters. She looks really healthy albeit she didn't go through a huge stretch period. She may still stretch some more though before starting to really flower.
Week6: Kermit is trying her hardest to catch up with flowering with her sisters in the tent. She didn't stretch a lot yet but I see that she's trying. She is the shortest and stoutest of the 3 (NL and Amnesia Haze). NL and AH went through an extensive stretching period pre-bud forming as shown in the NL diary, however, Kermit is just racing to flower. I hope she's fast in stacking on weight for the buds when it's time.
Nutes: Feeding once a week (every other watering).
Week 7 went by quickly.
Her whole cola is filled with white pistils. She really short and didn't stretch much at all compared to the AH which is the tallest, NL which is the bushiest, and Kermit here is the shortest. All three share the same nutes at the same dosages. Keeping the humidity down has been an issue, it's been so darn rainy and damp. Hope the weather gets cooler soon!
Week 8: Kermit aka Blueberry auto is doing well, some weird leaf discoloration but I think it's a chemical burn from nutrient water/coffee on the leaves under the LEDs. Besides that, she's really short and stout, however all of her Colas consists of bud almost from top to bottom. She's pretty thick also.
She's pretty resinous. Can't wait for the frost to continue to build! I think like her sisters, she has another 3-4 weeks to go but she is the earliest where I can see her being chopped at week 11-12, the others are going to be about 14 weeks.
Scent: She smells like Blueberry Bubblegum /Candy.
Edit: I think she's going to finish sooner than predicted.
Kermit is getting close, I think her trichomes are looking pretty cloudy, no amber yet and still white pistils here and there. I think she may have 2 more weeks. She's pretty frosty and sticky also. Same feeding as her sister NL auto.
Week 10: Starting to get paranoid that I'm going to miss the "perfect" harvest window and at the same time trying look at trichomes through microscope.
Gr.Masters & those of whom have many grows/chops-HELP!: This is my first grow; I've researched a ton of info/videos & using a microscope. I'm still arguing with myself. Cloudy, no Amber yet. Do I have another (approx) 2 weeks left? Looking for a little couch lock so 10-15% amber?
Amber means oxidised trykes, it might create more terps or wierd compounds, but you really don't want any of it. All cloudy, no amber is the peak potency, anything more than 15% amber and its character will change for the worst. If you're all cloudy no ambers you're in the perfect window. Trykes take 2 weeks to rippen , dont let them get rotten though ! 🚀
ILGM Blueberry auto: She grew short and stout, hardly any popcorn buds. Flowered very quickly, so I shouldn't have topped her during veg, which I think lead to my stumping her a little... no a lot.
She did the rest and was the frostiest of the 3 ILGM I grew. Nugs are medium-dense. Smelled great to the end-like blueberry&bubble gum that you wanted to lick. Growing her was easy, I didn't have to put a lot of effort into growing her.
Will have to report back, after a couple of weeks in the jar. Haven't tested any yet. Waiting patiently...
Put a Boveda 62 in the cure jar, I think it dried too quickly because it smelled like freshly mowed grass when I jarred it even though the stems didn't snap at all.
Waited 10 days: The Boveda pack worked, oh yeah! the buds smell like blueberry candy again. She also vapes like blueberry, candy, and a hint of tropical fruitiness. I think the THC level is 14%, so a medium relaxing, high. Doubt anyone would get couch lock from this one but she's so tasty and sweet.
Amber means oxidised trykes, it might create more terps or wierd compounds, but you really don't want any of it. All cloudy, no amber is the peak potency, anything more than 15% amber and its character will change for the worst. If you're all cloudy no ambers you're in the perfect window. Trykes take 2 weeks to rippen , dont let them get rotten though ! 🚀
@CRiSPrGrow,
Thank you for your reply, comments, and suggestions. I've read that some people wait a very long time meaning 25-30% amber because they like the effects. I've never tried my own grown meds and How I like my high, lol. I guess I have to figure out at what points I like the medicinal effects. Reading about the effects on blood pressure. Due to recent health events, I need to figure out a non-pharma way to lower blood pressure.
@HighTV,
Sorry I didn’t realize this question was still open. I have to figure out how to see open questions so I can add my noobish experience thus far, hehe.
There wasn’t much amber on this Blueberry, however the tricombs were mostly cloudy when I chopped her. After vaping the cured buds - sometimes the high was energetic and other times it had more of a relaxed, body sedative-like effect. So a mix of mostly cloudy isn’t a bad thing at all, it’s just a different effect.
I grew an Amnesia Haze from ILGM also and even though it was grown in the same amount of days, it had much more Amber 15%-ish and that one is mostly a body high, yep I’m stoned kind of high.
@ToadieK,
Thank you! She smells like blueberry candy and bubblegum. Patience is a virtue now... waiting for a tiny bit of amber on trichomes and then chop. Probably 2 more weeks?
@soonerschwab,
Yes but very little, .5 tsp of cal-mag plus, kelp, and maybe Alaska fish emulsion first couple of weeks but that's it. She's in soil so I didn't want to over nute her. Hope that helps! Happy growing!
flowerbudder
