Glookies

11/4-11/10 11/4: Buds still look pretty immature. They are very dense. Still at least two more weeks to harvest. 11/5: I took som scope pics. My scope stand broke and I'm holding it in my hand, which make it tough to get a stable image. This is the best I could do. Anyway, not seeing any amber and few cloudy trichs, so looks like we have some time. 11/5: Watered with Recharge, ArmorSi, and CaliMagic in recommended amounts. Temps: 66F @ night; 76F @ day RH: ~50% on average. It goes up and down a little bit, but never over 55 or under 45. I'm hand watering every 3-4 days. It's actually easier than using the pot bases or Blumats. Here's my plan for the future: Grow Dots + hand water. You're not mixing nutrients most of the time, so hand watering only takes five minutes. I will use the ACI pot bases as runoff catchers for hand watering, and I can fill them if I need to go out of town. That turns out to be the easiest, lowest touch grow method I've found (if you don't want to set up an electrical auto-watering system, which I do not). I have zero complaints about the Grow Dots so far, and it's hard to imagine them fucking anything up at this point because the buds are just maturing and don't need many nutrients. I won't add any more Si or CalMag after the next water (and it's probably overkill that I'm doing it anyway). I would love to do a side-by-side comparison of Grow Dots/Recharge vs. some high-end nutrient regimen. I know the Grow Dots aren't really anything special (basically Ozmocote tweaked for weed plants). Aroma review: The last strain I grew was Girl Scout Cookies. The plants grew exactly as advertised: They were peppery and grassy, very warm, welcoming and cozy. One of my favorite buds. The Glookies is definitely NOT that. The current aroma is an aggressive sweetness that made me think of strawberry Kool-aid packets. Maybe that's not quite right, but it's very fruit-forward. Not really citrus--sweet not tangy. I'm not saying it's bad--it's really nice. It's still not mature, so I'm sure the aroma will soften and develop more nuance.