Red Pistachio-2nd time around

renbuds Week #1-July 30 to Aug 5 7/30-RP is off to a good start after smooth and quick germination. 8/3-One of the first leaves is deformed which concerns me a bit. Seedling is a little more yellow/green than I would like as well. I had some problems the last time I tried Red Pistachio and wound up bailing on it. I'm hoping this is not a sign of things to come. Will monitor to see if it corrects. 8/6-The plant has made a little comeback here and the deformed leaf is now looking almost normal.

renbuds Week #2-Aug 7 to Aug 13 8/9-She is starting to take shape now after a slow start. The deformed leaf has now fixed itself and she is starting to get a bit more green. Will gradually keep increasing nute load. 8/11-I decided to simplify the nute load for the next couple of days by just using both Grow A & B with Cal Mag to see if that helps get the leaves a bit more green. 8/13-Plant looks very healthy other than its slightly yellow/green color. Going to see if I can top it next week.

renbuds Week #2-Aug 14 to Aug 20 8/15-Got rid of a couple of big leaves and started LST. Topped her. 8/19-The branches on this one have been growing very tight and close together so far. Started some LST to try and get the branches to spread out a bit. Increased nute load.

renbuds Week #4-Aug 21 to Aug 27 8/23-I trimmed the plant and inadvertently chopped off a branch. 8/27-End of 4 weeks the plant is doing much better. Still small and tight with not alot of width. It looks like preflower has started though so I'll switch to bloom nutes.

renbuds Week #5-Aug 28 to Sep 3 8/28-Removed some leaves and switched to bloom nutes. 9/2-Seems to be responding well to increased nutes. Preflowering is starting in a big way. Still kind of short and stubby but getting a bit fuller now.

renbuds Week #6-Sep 4 to Sep 10 9/5-Did some light defoliation to get more light into the middle 9/7-Up to 12 inches now. Preflowering in full force. Gone to full bloom nutes now. Looking very healthy after a slow start. Still a little tough to open her up for more light but continuing LST. 9/9-Good growth. Starting to see a little stretch. I've managed to get the canopy a little wider for more light. Next week should be good. 9/12-Looking good.

renbuds Week #7-Sep 10 to Sep 16 9/12-More stretching going on and buds starting to form. Should be good week. 9/16-Lots of new bud sites developing. Starting preflower and looking good. Trimmed some excess leaves to get more light into the canopy. This next week I'm looking to see some stretching and bud development. This past week she grew 2 inches.

renbuds Week #8-Sep 17 to Sep 23 9/19-Main colas are starting to stretch and develop. 9/20-Did some trimming to thin out the canopy and allow more light into the interior of the plant. 9/23-Solid week of growth. Height is up to 18 inches now.

renbuds Week #9-Sep 24 to Sep 30 8/25-Plant continues to do nicely. However, I noticed a couple of the top fan leaves have got some small yellow/gold spots developing. I've been using the same Bloom feed for this plant as my 3 Bears Smile which is 8 days further along. I'm wondering if that might be causing the problem. 8/27-After getting some great input from some fellow growers he on GD to a question it turns out that my Ph/EC instrument had lost its calibration and was underreporting my EC levels 20%. Now I've not got my instrument properly calibrated, I adjusted my inputs to the proper levels, did a mini-flush w RO Ph balanced water, and then watered with the correct mix. Will monitor progress from here and hope that is sorted out for the final 2-3 weeks of bloom. Another lesson learned. 8/28-Watered to runoff and the inputs and output are spot on. The yellow spots I was getting seems to be under control now. Now new spotted leaves. Did some minor leaf removal to get more light into the middle of the plant. Bud sites are starting to bulk up. 8/30-Good week. Plant is shaping up nicely. I think we have another 2-3 weeks left.

renbuds Week #10-Oct 1 to Oct 7 10/5-Did a little defoliation to get more light into the middle of the canopy. She is really frosting up nicely and the colas are starting to get thick. Even though she is not very tall I think she might get 3 plus oz when all is said and done. We shall see. 10/7-Buds are fattening up and starting to get more red pistils. Looks like another 10-14 days./

renbuds Week #11-Oct 8 to Oct 14 10/8-Buds are fattening up nicely and getting very frosty. Earliest signs of pistils getting cloudy and amber. I'll continue with full nutes this week and monitor for proper timing of flush. I think we've got another couple of weeks to harvest. 10/11-Starting slow flush over next 7-10 days 10/13-Flushed to EC .66/460 ppm 10/14-Flushed to EC .44/300 ppm

renbuds Week #11-Oct 15 to Oct 21 10/15-Flushed to EC .34/210 ppm 10/16-Flushed to EC .24/160 ppm. No more water now and in the dark for 3-4 days.

renbuds 10/18-Nice easy harvest on Day 81 from. sprout with lots of nice sized dense buds. Based on the wet weight I'm hoping to get somewhere between 3.5 to 4.5 ounces in the end. On the dry rack at 62% humidity for next 7 to 10 days and then cure for 30 days. Now the hard part...waiting to smoke. I'll post my review here in 6 weeks.