Strawberry Gorilla and Gorilla Cookies

September 13, 2023 Day 8 All 6 ladies have been transplanted in their final containers. I made sure to transplant before the roots showed. I chose the smallest Gorilla Cookies and Strawberry Gorilla for the 1 gallon containers. The other 4 are in their respective 5 gallon containers. I'll be focused on keeping the temp around 75° to 77° and 70% RH. Currently the tent is acclimating to the new humidity and light. Hopefully the temp goes up a bit more. It's currently at 74.5°. The grow light is about 49" above the seedlings at 80% intensity. DLI is around 20 mol/m²/d. I'd put it down to 36" but then the temps in the tent drop even more with the lower intensity. That's all for today Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.5° RH: 71% VPD: 0.80 kPa September 14, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: These ladies are looking great! You can certainly tell the difference from the Gorilla Cookies already. They're already 4.5" tall. Very healthy and vigorous. I'm excited to see how they do. Gorilla Cookies: These are a bit sad. All three seem to not be very happy with the soil. One of them is a bit droopy. Could be too much water. Probably is. I'll leave the watering alone for the day. See what happens. Other than that, the other 2 are fine. They are absolutely showing the shorter stature of an indica dominant strain. These are around 3.5" tall. The one in the 1 gallon container is about 3" tall, but looks super strong and healthy. So of all 6 plants, one seems to be unhappy. I'll have to keep a sharp eye on that one. I'm using recycled living soil, so in theory, getting the soil wet should reactivate the micro organisms. I'll definitely be adding Advance Nutrients in the big containers. Again, the 1 gallons are water only, but still may need extra nutrients. I'm having a bit of trouble getting the temp up to 75°. It's getting cold here now and I still have drying plants in need of the cooler air. The humidity is pretty good. Update: I found a way to increase the heat while keeping the RH up. I have a heat pad for my back. Well, I put that in the tent with a plant saucer on top of it filled with distilled water. So far it seems that it's working fairly well. The temp has already increased to 74.5° and the RH is maintaining at 70% Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.4° RH: 69.3% VPD: 0.80 kPa September 15, 2023 I woke up to a low RH for seedlings. 62%, but the temp went up though. It's finally over 76° I'll have to mist the air every hour or so. These ladies look great! All 6 are beautiful and productive. The Strawberry Gorilla in the One Gallon Container is stunning. She's growing super fast. She was a bit too stretchy at first, but now she looks even better. Great colors and strong stalk. The Strawberry Gorilla strain definitely shows by her height. All 3 are tall for their age. The Gorilla Cookies are all showing their indica background. The next few weeks will be really exciting. I also ordered some recharge. I've seen too many cannabis cup winners using it to not get it. So that's on the way. Update: I had to move the light down and drop the intensity. It's helping keep the temp over 75° so now it's around 32" from the canopy and 50% power. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.9° RH: 68.6% VPD: 0.85 kPa September 16, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: These ladies are doing fantastic! Not too stretchy, but definitely showing the Sativa side of things. Especially compared to the Gorilla Cookies strain. Very healthy and vibrant. They are also pretty vigorous and starting to grow leaves and fast. They are nearly identical. Even the one in the 1 gallon container is just as vigorous as the other 2. Gorilla Cookies: These ladies are showing excellent signs of vigor and health. There was one that was a bit droopy for a day or 2, but she bounced back and is just as healthy as the others. There is a bit of yellowing on the outer edges of the leaves, but I think that was just the transition from plug to soil. They look fine now. One Gallon Ladies: These 2 are going to be put in the other tent in a few days. I just have to wait for the plants in there to finish drying out. It's should only be 3 days. Maybe 4. Either way, these plants will be on their own soon and hopefully by next week. I have 4 days left. That should be perfect. As I said before, these are the smallest of the group. But they aren't small at all. They were just the smallest. The Strawberry Gorilla is actually quite large. A good 4 to 5 inches tall. The Gorilla Cookies is about 3.5" tall as well. Nothing small about them at all. Development: They all have their first set of 3 finger fan leaves growing strong. The single finger true leaves are stretching out nicely. All 6 ladies got about 100 ml of water around the rim of the nursery bags. Just to keep them soaked in and the soil from drying around them. Depending on how these containers feel, I may start my bottom feeding in the next couple days. Just a gallon each to get the medium to a moist level. Currently the soil is at 25% saturation and only in the top 5 inches. Adding the gallon from the bottom will prep the roots to start growing down and out very quickly. So I may add the water in the next few days. Maybe a 2 days. They also got a pretty hefty misting. The RH is a bit low for these ladies. It's around 60%. And I would much rather see 70% at this stage. So far it's working. A bit of extra work until my new humidifier comes later today. Update: my humidifier came in today. Grow tent is now 80% RH. Very happy for this. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.6° RH: 66.7% VPD: 0.96 kPa September 17, 2023 Whoops. I left the humidifier on last night. Woke up to 90% humidity and 66° All ladies got a bit of water around their containers. Just to add a bit of moisture to the outer soil. I'll also be activating the bottom feed system in a few days I think. It should take a few days for the soil moisture to level out. This soil likes to hang out around 50% saturation. So far I haven't had a single problem with it and I don't believe I will have a problem. I could be a bit too dry maybe. Silly concept, but I am using 5 gallon containers and have not actually watered the whole thing yet. Not with the current seedlings. It would be too much water I think. Strawberry Gorilla: These ladies look pretty good. The cotyledons have a bit of brown on 2 of them. I'm wondering if my soil is a bit light on nutrients. I'll add some grow nutes tomorrow in a very small dose. I feel like brown dying cotyledons means I have a nutrient deficiency. However, all 3 are growing quite nicely. Gorilla Cookies: These ladies look pretty good as well. The one is still having a bit of an issue. So I'm leaving it alone. I did give a bit of the outside of the container water to start the full watering process. Anyway, one of these ladies looks absolutely fantastic. Great reach, beautiful colors and strong. The other 2 are also strong looking, but not as good. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.0° RH: 76.7% VPD: 0.64 kPa September 18, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Not much to report. Basically same thing as yesterday. Growing strong and tall. Gorilla Cookies: Everything looks good. That one plant seems to be recovering. The other one, however, looks great! Wonderful color and super strong looking. One Gallon Ladies: These 2 are doing just fine. Nothing to report. Just a couple healthy plants waiting for their own tent. All ladies got outer pot waterings today. Just the outer rims. This should help with root spread and level soil moisture. I think I need to do a bit more. The containers are barely wet. Just the top layer. I'm definitely starting the bottom feed system at the start of the week. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.7° RH: 70.0% VPD: 0.84 kPa September 19, 2023 This is the last day of the late seedling stage. We move right into early veg tomorrow and so begins the Vegetative stage of growth for these ladies. Today, the Dry tent freed up. So now my One Gallon Ladies are in it. 2x2x4.5 Mars Hydro Grow System. Mars Hydro TS 600 grow light. One 6" circulating fan and one 4" inline fan. I'm very happy with this, now there's a good amount of space for everyone in both tents. I've created a new Grow Diary for the 2 One Gallon Ladies. (Overflow Strawberry Gorilla/Cookies) Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.0° RH: 65.6% VPD: 1.04 kPa

September 20, 2023 Day 15 Today is the start of Nutrients. I would normally wait another week, but this is recycled soil, so I'm guessing the nutrients are depleted a bit. I will also be activating the Bottom Wick Feeding Systems for them. They will soak up that water in a few days and everything will be great! I'm only giving nutrients every other watering. These are also 1 gallon reservoirs, so mixing is pretty easy. Everyone looks pretty good. Just root building and will speed way up now that the bottom feed system is setup. Not much plant growth, but that is to be expected around this time. In the next few days, everyone should start to take off. As for growth over the last week, they have all started on their second set of true leaves. I may increase the light intensity sometimes this week. Currently it's at 50% power. I'll most likely bump it up to 60% and play with it as the plants start to grow more. Currently the DLI is around 19 mol/m²/d. I'd like to have it around 22 mol/m²/d. I know it's a bit high, but I feel like these strains will enjoy the extra light as vigorous as they are supposed to be. Quick Update: All 4 containers are priming nicely. They should be fully primed and acclimated in just a couple of days. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 64.8% VPD: 0.96 kPa DLI: 22 mol/m²/d 50% Intensity September 21, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking fantastic. Near identical and healthy as can be. Beautiful color. Leaves are full and lush. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are also perfectly healthy. Near identical. Working on their 3rd set of leaves. The leaves are pretty broad and super lush. Strong stems. Standing straight up. No praying yet. I'm interested to see if maybe the light is in the wrong position. I may recalibrate my phone. (I have a DLI measuring tool on my phone) Watering: So far 3 of the 4 have done pretty well with their priming. The second Strawberry Gorilla is a bit slower. I added some water to the top to hopefully induce more absorption. I'll check back on them later today and see how it's doing. Environment: My room was a bit cool this morning. So the tent was also a little cooler than I'd like it at 73°. I had to turn my heater on to get my room up to the right temp. No big deal though. The tent is now at a comfortable 75°. Hopefully it goes up a bit higher. I'd like to see 77°, but this is fine. The humidity is pretty good as well. 62% without the humidifier on. Growth: each of these plants is in great shape. They are all doing slightly different things though. Strawberry Gorilla Two is reaching like she doesn't have enough light, while Strawberry Gorilla One isn't showing any reach. Gorilla Cookies One seems to look the best of all. And Gorilla Cookies Two finally recovered from whatever her issue was. Overall, today is an easy going positive day. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.2° (now 75°) RH: 74.2% (now 62%) VPD: 0.72 kPa (now 1.06 kPa) September 22, 2023 All 4 plants got a half gallon of nutrient water top feed today. I know I was going to wait for the bottom feed system to prime, but this will help the roots grow wider before going down. Not to mention, the soil was nearly bone dry. At least on the outer sides. The half gallon should soak enough soil to meet the bottom in the middle. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking quite good. The internodal spacing is a bit short for what I was expecting, but that's ok. There's still plenty of time for them to really stretch out to a reasonable distance. They still look great! Just a little short in the spacing. Great color, nice structure and decent vigor. Gorilla Cookies: Both of these ladies are especially nice. The internodal spacing looks great as well as color and structure. They both look like they will be big plants. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.2° RH: 66.7% VPD: 0.99 kPa September 23, 2023 Not much going on today. I'm not going to water, nor do anything else. Well, except for the oscillating fan. I dropped that a few inches so it gives a little more air flow to the plants. Strawberry Gorilla: They both look great. Short nodes on both. I can only imagine that is the way they grow. Not bad, but noticable. They still look great. Strong stems too. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 on the other hand are slightly different. Number 2 that had the watering issues is now the most developed of the bunch. She has 3 strong nodes, well spaced and already growing side branches. The other one is similar to the Strawberry Gorillas but the nodes aren't as short. Either way, they both look good. Great color and seem to be taking well to the nutrients. At least I'm not seeing any new issues. The yellowing little leaves were already a thing. I believe it was the transition from the plug to the soil. They look the same and it happened on 3 of them. So I'm seeing a bit of a pattern. I think the soil needed more nutrients. Anyway, it's really early to tell what they are going to do. At least for the feeding I think. Overall not much action today. Nothing to do. Maybe fight the temp a little bit. It's kinda low, but I expect it to get warmer throughout the day. I wonder if that's supposed to happen. It's only 9:30 am and the light turns on at 6:00 am. Quick Equipment Update: My oscillating fan is on the fritz. I have to get a replacement. AC Infinity CLOUDRAY S6. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.6° RH: 68.6% VPD: 0.87 kPa September 24, 2023 I decided to water 3 of the 4 plants. Gorilla Cookies 2 is fine for watering. She did however get a reservoir top off. Anyway, just below the surface of the 3 was dry as a bone. So I added a half gallon of nutrient water top feed. Let's hope it goes well. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking great. I noticed they are a bit slower to grow than Gorilla Cookies. While these 2 still have pretty short nodes, Gorilla Cookies has beautiful node spacing. However, these 2 are taller and still quite healthy. Strong stems. What's really interesting is how they are nearly identical. I almost certainly have the same phenome. Gorilla Cookies: While Strawberry Gorilla are identical, these 2 show subtle differences. Gorilla Cookies 2 is developing absolutely wonderfully. Perfectly even internodal spacing. Wonderful colors and strong. Just an overall nice looking plant. Gorilla Cookies is slightly different in color and structure. She seems to be a bit thinner in stature. They are about the same size. Anyway, let's hope the watering today helps along boosting growth for Gorilla Cookies 1. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.5° RH: 66.5% VPD: 0.93 kPa September 25, 2023 Not much to do today. No watering needed. However, it's the exciting time. All 4 plants took off last night. Each one has side branches growing rapidly. I love this time. Strawberry Gorilla: Both ladies are starting to stretch their noses out. Looking great! Excellent color and beautiful leaves and colors. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are looking good. They have fantastic structure and everything is proportionate with side branches growing vigorously. Beautiful green and wonderful leaves. The stems are also pretty strong. Speaking of stems and strength. I have always wondered. Does the constant air circulation cause the stems to harden off too quickly? I feel like this may cause difficulty when training. If anyone is actually reading this, do you have any thoughts on the matter? Leave a comment. I'd love to see what you all have to say. Update: I ended up top watering with plain water on 3 of the 4 plants. The soil just below the surface is super dry still. So I sprayed the top for a bit, just to get more water to seep in. I'll go back in a couple of hours and do it again and again until I get the soil moist all throughout. Update: I ordered a small thing of Recharge last week. It came in today, so I'll be adding it to the next feeding. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.9° RH: 71.2% VPD: 0.81 kPa September 26, 2023 I was going to start training these ladies starting tomorrow, but they all seem perfect for training. So I decided to start with the one single bend. They are all anchored down to keep the stem straight. One single side bend. Strawberry Gorilla: The shape of this strain is a tall stem but really short nodes. The bend was perfectly fine, but it doesn't look nearly as good as the Gorilla Cookies strain. Either way, they should turn out great! Let's hope I can keep up with the growth. I shouldn't have any troubles. If need be, I have a scrog net to help. I was planning on topping one of these, but I feel like doing so will ruin my canopy and what I'm doing. I may have to top if they grow too tall. Let's hope I can keep the whole tent level. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 have perfect structures for training. At least that's my opinion. The nodes are perfectly proportionate with the plant size. This should be perfect and I'll have a wonderful canopy. No watering today for them. They seem to be fine on that for now. I'll probably give another top watering tomorrow. Not much, but I need to get the recharge in the soil. Hopefully that brings the soil back to its full potential. Update: I decided to start LST on all 4 plants today. They look perfect to start, so I did. Each one is anchored down and has just the one starting bend. They were quite easy as well. Near perfect flexibility on the stems. I can wait to see how they look tomorrow. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 72.3% VPD: 0.76 kPa

September 27, 2023 Day 22 This week we start training. I started yesterday, but this is the time to get it going. Today I made adjustments on each plant. This week is the start of each individual plant getting pics. So we can see the progress of each plant throughout the grow. I've also added a liter top feed with just recharge in it to each plant. Just to get it started in the soil. I'll be using that once a week if not later. It all depends on how quickly they soak up the reservoir. Nutrients will be every other watering. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks fantastic. She took perfectly well to the training and almost immediately stood right back up. The adjustment here was a slight tweak in the anchor and a small tie down adjustment. Overall, she is looking fantastic. The nodes are starting to spread a bit. I'm hoping for more. I like to work with the right amount of space. Number 2 is just as nice as number 1, but her leaves are slightly smaller, indicating she may be a day behind in size. Her adjustment was just to slightly pull the tie down even more. Very happy healthy plant. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks fantastic. She has beautiful full and lush leaves. However, like Strawberry Gorilla 2, she isn't quite as big as her number 2 counter part. Still a very healthy and happy plant. Number 2 on the other hand is the largest amongst the 4. Funny because she started a bit unhappy with watering I think. Who knew. Lol. Anyway, she's at the same stage as Gorilla Cookies 1, but just bigger. Now that I think of it, she's the largest most developed of all the plants. Super broad leaves, strong thick stem, side branches coming along quite nicely. All of the plants are at the exact same stage. 4 nodes each. So everything is absolutely fine. I'm very happy with myself now. I've increased the light intensity from 50% to 60%. DLI: 26 mol/m²/d should be perfect for this week. I may have to raise the light a bit to keep up with the growth. By the end of the flowering stretch, I want to have 30" plants filling up the canopy, with a light distance of minimum 18". Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.1° RH: 68.8% VPD: 0.88 kPa September 28, 2023 I forgot to increase the nutrients yesterday, so I did it today. However. I haven't watered yet. The reservoirs still have a good 1/4 gallon left. I'll refill when the water is near gone. I'll also be washing the reservoirs out next week. There's no build up currently. Strawberry Gorilla: These ladies look absolutely fantastic. One is definitely more de developed than two, but both are moving along swimmingly. They don't quite yet need any adjustments to the tie down. Probably tomorrow for both. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are amazing. Two is bigger than one, but not by much and I can only assume they will be the same height when they are all done stretching. So that's that. The leaves on Two are huge and is developing 7 fingers now. One is I think doing the same. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.3° RH: 65.2% VPD: 1.03 kPa September 29, 2023 Not much to report today. Everyone is looking beautiful. Wonderful colors, branching is looking great. Leaves are full. I only filled the reservoir for Strawberry Gorilla 1 as it was the only one empty. Maybe a thirstier plant? Either way, 1 gallon of water. Strawberry Gorilla: Both of these ladies are looking fantastic. They have been growing at a nice steady pace. Somewhat fast and of course will only get faster as time goes by. No adjustments needed today. I'll wait to start pulling branches down unless the tops get strong enough to hold them level. Then I'll do another adjustment. Gorilla Cookies: These ladies are fantastic looking. Number 2 is by far the most healthy of the bunch, or well, the most robust. Very nice growth. No new adjustments today. I will wait like the rest to train branches and the stronger tops. I'd like to note that the environment is near perfect in my opinion. Day temp is 76° while night temps are 69°. I can't complain there. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.2° RH: 66% VPD: 1.01 kPa September 30, 2023 All plants received adjustments to their tie downs today. The branches aren't quite long enough to start training. They are getting there. I expect some crazy growth in the next few days. Until at least week 2 of flower. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking super nice. I feel like they are just cruising along building up all that energy to explode with growth. Both are looking good. They grew about an inch last night which was pulled down today. Mostly on number 1. Number 2 already had an adjustment yesterday. Something I am noticing though is the slower growth compared to the one in my overflow tent. That one was FIMed and is bigger than these 2. Strange. I wonder if that's because the whole ant has to adjust for the bend? All branches are reaching now. That being said, I'm not worried at all. I've grown some pretty big plants with plants this size. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 look great! Number 2 is still bigger than number 1, but both at the exact same stage. Great colors 7 fingered leaves are coming out. I think that's a good thing? Anyway, super healthy. The overflow tent one is also the same size as number 1. It's looking like this is how they are supposed to grow. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.1° RH: 69.7% VPD: 0.91 kPa October 1, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: I didn't make any adjustments today. Instead I left them alone. Number 2 needed a reservoir refill of plain water. It's interesting how far off they are from each other. I was thinking I should top number 2 off as well and get them even again. Maybe I will do that. Yes, I will do that. Gorilla Cookies: These two are looking fantastic. I also left them alone and neither of them needed any watering. Number 2 looks like she will need a top off in the next day or 2. I may do the same as the Strawberry Gorilla and top both off and level them out. Then all four plants will be level with their water intake. Update: I ended up topping off all 4 reservoirs. It made sense. They all needed the top off, they actually needed more water than I expected. I think I'll let the soil dry up a bit after this reservoir. Let the roots dig deeper into the container. So far I've used this bottom feed system for a couple grows and it works wonders. Is it hydro or regular watering? I think hydro. There's a constant supply of water to the bottom of the container. I dunno. Would it be a hybrid technique? Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.5° RH: 68.8% VPD: 0.89 kPa (A bit too humid to be honest. I'd like to see around 62% RH) October 2, 2023 It's super humid today, so the Grow System is a bit high. Temps are fine, but RH is around 70%. I also have concerns about the growth speed of these ladies. In my overflow tent, I have the last 2 of the 6 plants for this grow. Those are in 1 gallon fabric containers, under a 100 watt full spectrum LED. So hopefully to solve this, I decided to match this light DLI with the one in the small tent. Obviously something is being done differently in there. They have all had the same amount of nutrients. Although I'm starting to think these ladies may need a nutrient top feeding to get the soil where I think it needs to be. I'll do that tomorrow I think. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking wonderful. As stated above, they are a bit slower to grow than the one in the overflow tent. Hopefully I'm right and the light intensity needed to be increased. Anyway, the branches are too small to train yet, so I'm going to be waiting. Number 2 is still a bit larger than number 2, but not by much. Colors are a tiny bit light. I'd like to see a richer green. Maybe they need more nutrients. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 look great as well. Colors are definitely a little light for my tastes. Needing more nutrients? Number 1 is the smaller of the two. Not by much, but smaller. And when I mean smaller, I don't mean just in height, I mean in general. The leaves are smaller, the stems are the same, but shorter. They seems to be at the same pace in growth though. Interesting. I'll keep an eye on them and see what the increased light intensity does. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 70% VPD: 0.86 kPa October 3, 2023 All ladies were trained down today. Level canopies and happy plants. They are definitely taking off as well. No watering today. I'll top water tomorrow. Not much but enough to get the nutrients into the soil. Strawberry Gorilla: These two are looking quite good. Number 2 is a bit smaller and training wasn't really an option. I did make a couple adjustments and pulled down a branch or 2. I also tied down the large leaves to keep them out of the way of the branches. I'll also be pruning the lowest nodes. None of them are catching up, so they gotta go. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are looking great. Number 1 is smaller, but still quite trainable. So branches and fan leaves were pulled down and adjusted for a wider plant. They are also already leaning over to the edge of the containers. So I'm training them out to cover the rest of the edge of the whole container. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.9° RH: 64.2% VPD: 1.06 kPa

October 4, 2023 Day 29 This week is a focus on the pre-flower stretch and training these ladies down to where I want them. I won't be going too crazy, but I want them trained enough to cover the whole container surface at least. My goal is to give each plant a couple inches of space between them. They also got a small top water today. Just adding more nutrients to the top for the soil to absorb. This should be around the time that they will be thirsty. Pre-flower is upon us and the stretch is already starting. No need for a bottom feed. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 look great. Training looks good, leaf color is quite nice. Number 2 is still a bit smaller than the other, but nothing too different. They are the same height number 2 having the shorter branches. Gorilla Cookies: These two have great structures. Beautiful ribcage look with their training. Number 2 is the bigger of the 2. She is 7" vs the rest of the plants that are all 6.5" happily, I'm keeping them all the same height. Hopefully it doesn't get away from me in the end. A perfectly level canopy would be amazing. Should I SCROG? Maybe not? I'll have to see how much I need to manage. I may use the net for support if I have to, but these plants harden off pretty quickly, so I don't expect to have too much trouble. I'll still be prepared for the height. Grow System Environment: Temp: 77.8° RH: 67.2% VPD: 1.05 kPa October 5, 2023 I decided to rotate the plants one quarter turn. Now the plants are facing the corners of the tent. So the lower branches start growing around the containers. No water needed today. I'll keep an eye on them for watering though. The bottom feed system looks really good. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 look great. Some small adjustments were made to the tie downs. Not much else to report. They are super healthy and looking wonderful. I may need to defoliate in a bit. I am guessing a week at the most. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are absolutely beautiful. They need nothing. A couple of adjustments and that's it. Colors are super lush and I think the nutrients are starting to work their magic. They have wonderful ribcage structures. Lots of open space and the training is certainly keeping up. I'll train for the next 3 weeks I think and then let them just go. I still may need a scrog net. But we shall see. Grow System Environment: Temp: 78.4° RH: 66.4% VPD: 1.09 kPa October 6, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 got a decent amount of training today. Number 1 has longer branches and is now reaching pretty fast. She looks fantastic and was pulled down into a nice ribcage structure. Number 2 has shorter branches but they seem to be a bit stiffer. Maybe slightly slower than her sister plant. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 got some pretty heavy LST today. All of her branches were adjusted and pulled down level. She looks great! Number 2 also got a pretty hefty training. She's slightly bigger and has broader leaves, so she needed quite a bit of finesse to ensure all of the branches were exposed. All of the main fan leaves are either tucked or tied down. Beautiful plant. Update: So the overflow tent is showing better results than this one. I know it's because the containers are smaller, but the light was also brighter in the overflow tent. So I dropped the light to around 25" and increased the Intensity to 80% and landing on a DLI of 34 mol/m²/d. I think they are both light hungry strains. So far no signs of stress. I'll keep an eye for the rest of the day into tomorrow to make sure they are not suffering. Grow System Environment: Temp: 78.3° RH: 65.8% VPD: 1.11 kPa October 7, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Both ladies got some adjustments and a couple other branches pulled down. They also got a small top feed as well today. Just a bit to wet the soil around the base of the plants. I've also discovered that I should have used more soil to keep the plants from pulling themselves out. I used a paint stick to reinforce the tie down to hold the stem straight. They may need a selective defoliation in the next couple of days. Gorilla Cookies: I'm running into an issue. I am definitely missing a nutrient. They have some sort of deficiency. The leaves are lighter than they should be and some of them on number 2 are starting to get this pale look. Spotted, but not spotted. Like losing life. I'll definitely be asking about this. It's just the 2 in this tent. The one in the overflow tent is perfectly fine. Anyway, they are still growing plenty well. Number 2 is a bit droopy too. Grow System Environment: Temp: 77.1° RH: 65.1% VPD: 1.10 kPa October 8, 2023 No watering for today. All ladies look nice and healthy. I have the environment dialed in perfectly. I think. High 70s° and low 60s% RH. These ladies have about 2 to 3 weeks left of stretch. I'm guessing more on the 2 week side, but it should be impressive. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking pretty good. Their canopies are pretty level. Lots of auxiliary branches popping up. Both of them got slight adjustments to their tops to help side branching. I did pull down 2 of the top branches that were finally long enough to bend. In the next couple days I'll be able to start pulling down the auxiliary branches. Although, I'm starting to think I want these 2 to start growing vertically so I can cover the whole container circumference. By the end of the stretch, I'm hoping for a full tent lich with bug leaves and massive bud sites. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are still lighter colored than the Strawberry Gorillas. Number 2 still has the spots. I think it's stopping though. I'll run a top feed in a few days when the reservoirs are nearly empty. Number 2 also got a couple of the big fan leaves cut off. The few were blocking precious space for branches to grow. So I cut 3 of the upper main stem leaves. It helped a bit. I don't want to cut much at all. I'll wait until the stretch is more underway. Maybe a week or so. Maybe not. If they stretch enough, they may space out their nodes and I won't have to worry too much about air flow and light penetration. Both ladies got their tops pulled back down to level out the canopy. It may take the week to level out completely. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.7° RH: 63.5% VPD: 1.09 kPa October 9, 2023 All plants will be getting reservoir refills tomorrow. Strawberry Gorilla 1 is just about empty. And the rest are right behind it. They are all the same height for now. I've been doing a great job at keeping them short for the moment. But I think I'll let them take off for a week or so before really getting the branches where I want them. Maybe just a few days. Strawberry Gorilla: These two are starting tog get bushy. Both were rotated into the light. The canopies are nice and level, so I figured they were going to do as well as they can now, so the main top of each plant was rotated facing the center of the tent. I made no adjustments today. I'd like to let some of the auxiliary branches grow more before I continue training. So probably tomorrow. Number 1 had a single leaf removed that was just in the way and causing issues. Gorilla Cookies: These two are nearly identical now. Both have those light leaves but it seems they are starting to darken up now that they are getting more nutrients. Number 1 needed no training. Everything is level and growing nice and even. Number 2 had 1 leaf snipped today that was in the way and bothersome. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.1° RH: 63.5% VPD: 1.10 kPa October 10, 2023 This is the end of week 4. As we move into week 5, I've increased the light intensity to 80% power. I also lowered the light a bit. I think I did this yesterday. Anyway, the DLI is just under 40 mol/m²/d. From what I read, DLI should be around 40 at week 5. So that's that. The canopy is pretty level still. However all but one of the Strawberry Gorillas is lopsided to one side of the container. Honestly, I haven't dealt with this issue before. I'm not exactly sure what I did, but all of the stems are super low and just below a 45° angle. The issue is that I have to pull all the branches toward the back of the plants to cover the open space. It worked really well with Strawberry Gorilla 1. The other 3 don't seem to be taking to it, at least not as quickly. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking fantastic. She had a couple leaves pulled off today to open up some branches. Her structure is nearly perfect with a completely level canopy. Number 2 is looking good as well. Great leaf color. Lush and large. She had a couple leaves removed as well today. As said earlier, her structure is not exactly what I'm looking for. Hopefully I can manage to pull it off. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking great! She is starting to fill the container out with a lot of help. She had a leaf cut for a bunch of new growth. Leaves are lush and a beautiful green. A little pale, but I think it's the strain. If it's a deficiency, tomorrow's watering with full nutrients should do the trick. Number 2 accidentally got topped today. I was trying to press down on the top to level things out as well as try to slightly pull the top back in and I guess the stem was too rigid. So now I have a late topping on my hands and a most likely stunted plant. The one and only advantage is that this was the worst of the 4 with her lopsided issue. So when she starts growing again, she will most certainly fill out the container. The yellowing is still going on. I'm hoping the next watering will help her bounce back. I started to change the positioning of the plants to avoid overcrowding and get the most light contact each plant can get. It's like a puzzle. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.1° RH: 59.3% VPD: 1.24 kPa

October 11, 2023 Day 36 This week will focus on LST and watering. I need to start paying more attention to the water consumption as they are starting to get thirsty. Another week or so and I'll need to start cleaning them up. Everyone got a nutrient reservoir today. Strawberry Gorilla: These two are looking quite good. Both are just entering pre-flower now. Number 1 is now growing flat naturally. I couldn't be happier with this one. Number 2 is still a bit small. But I expect her to take off like the others will any day now. Although she is the smallest, she has the best colors. Deep lush green. I pulled a single leave from her as well. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 look great. Number 1 is growing beautifully. If not a little at an an angle, but still looks great. Not to mention the stretch hasn't really started yet so it should level out in that time. Number 2 seems to be ignoring the accidental topping. Everything is growing as it should be... I think... I honestly cannot tell. She doesn't seem to be falling behind at all. If anything, she is starting to get a bit bigger than her sister. With this nutrient watering, I hope the leaves finally get a nice green color. If not grow leaves that are a lush green. Speaking of leaves, all of these plants are super healthy and have 5, 7 and 9 finger fan leaves. Even the auxiliary branches are growing 7 and 9 finger leaves. Specs: Height: 10" Water: Full DLI: 41 mol/m²/d Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.7° RH: 60.9% VPD: 1.16 kPa October 12, 2023 Absolutely nothing going on today. Pictures and some observations. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks amazing. She is stretching completely level. I'll pull down some of the taller branches over the next couple days. Number 2 looks good. Just growing. Not as perfect as her sister plant, but close to it. She does have an angled canopy. But it's getting much better as she grows. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great! She is the furthest along and shows it. However, I am struggling a bit with leveling the canopy. The top is just too stiff and I cannot bend it down. I may try tomorrow when it's a bit taller and thinner. Update: I think I discovered the issue I was running into. Magnesium Deficiency. I thought I was fixing it, but I was using nowhere near enough. So today, I did a half gallon of 3 ml and top fed all 4 plants evenly. If I'm right, I should start seeing darker greens and I believe faster growth. Grow System Environment: Temp: 77.1° RH: 61.4% VPD: 1.20 kPa October 13, 2023 Happy Friday the 13th! This tent is getting filled out pretty quickly and it's only day 3 in the week. Next week everyone will be in flower and I can really watch the stretch and have a great time! I think I need to start thinking about trimming up the ladies to give them each a bit more space to grow unhindered. I'll have to ask that today. The canopy, as expected, is completely level like a tabletop. I'm calling it a tabletop canopy. Don't know if that's a real thing, but it is now. No watering today. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking fantastic. Her canopy is staying level and growing evenly. Her colors are fantastic and she is super healthy. No training or anything today. Number 2 had 1 main fan leaf snipped off today. Not only was it covering 2 branches and about 5 auxiliary branches, it was also overshadowing a couple branches of Number 1. So away it went. I also pulled her toward the outer corner of the tent to open up more space while she grows. She's still the smallest, but she will still get big. So I moved her back a bit. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is having a grand ole time growing in her back corner. She's nearly in full flower now and looking great! No training, no snipping. Just left her alone for the day. Perfectly level canopy now. A couple of auxiliary branch stragglers, but I'm not worried about them. Number 2 is also looking good her new leaves are darker and healthier looking than the yellowing ones. I guess the Cal/Mag worked, or is working. Not sure if she's out of the woods yet. However, her topping is all done healing and I think she will take off in earnest now. She may even start pre-flower soon. I don't think I'll be doing anymore training on these ladies until the stretch really starts to happen and there is an actual need. I think I will be pruning and defoliating to keep space open under the canopy, but also to ensure each plant has a bit of space for itself. My goal is for the plants to hit around 30" maybe 36". No higher though. That would cause issues with lighting. So I intend to keep the plants short for now. But as of this moment, they are still around 10" tall. Maybe a bit taller, but the stretch really hasn't started yet. So I can expect these plants to double if not triple in size as I've witnessed in other grow diaries. Update: I did a quick DLI check and found it to be too high at 47 mol/m²/d so I dropped the intensity down from 80% to 70%. That should do it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.9° RH: 62.5% VPD: 1.12 kPa October 14, 2023 Everyone got a little bit of training and some defoliation today. Not a lot, just opening up some branches and clearing out the undergrowth. I also rotated the plants to leave some open space in the center canopy for more unhindered growth. That way, the walls of the tent will be filled in first and the center of the canopy will develop last and should keep up with the rest of the canopy. The light is brightest there so I expect faster growth. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 has by far the best structure of all four. Her branches are reaching, she's completely level and is super healthy. Very nice green. Beautiful leaves. Bud sites popping up everywhere. She did get a few leaves cut and some branches pulled down. Number 2 is still a bit smaller, but she is definitely starting to stretch. She had a few leaves cut today and also needed a bit of a training. Looking great! Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 was accidentally almost topped. I duct taped her back together though and it looks like she is none the wiser. Her colors are kinda like number 2 with the weird fading. I think it's a magnesium deficiency. This is used soil after all. So I upped the Cal/Mag dose up to 1.25 ml/l. That should do the trick. The new growth looks great too, so I'm guessing problem resolved. Number 2 seems to be recovered from the topping and magnesium deficiency. She had a few branches tied down and some leaves clipped. Everything looks good with her. She's definitely filling out and starting to spread her branches wide. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.8° RH: 62.9% VPD: 1.14 kPa October 15, 2023 No training today. All 4 will get a reservoir refill though with full nutrients. I've read that a reservoir for wicking and other hydroponics should not be left to empty. Although, I don't really think it's so much to do with wicking. Maybe it does as the wicks only take what the plant wants. I dunno. Either way, they are all getting refills today. I should ask about that. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking fantastic. Number 1 has a perfect canopy and some beautiful branching. The stretch is definitely happening. I really need some stretch from her so I can put the lower fan under the canopy. I just need to height and to clean up the lower foliage. Number 2 will also need the stretch and clean up as will the other two. She's looking great! Getting bigger and great color. She is nearly in full swing flower now, while Number 1 is still in pre-flower. It looks like they stretched about 2" last night. Maybe 1.5". Either way, they are starting to take off. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 seems to have recovered remarkably. She even stretched the top a bit too fast for my liking. The problem now is that the top can't be bent anymore. So I cannot control the canopy totally. I was thinking about releasing the branches to catch up with the top, but then that would overtake the other plants and ruin my canopy. Can't have than now can we. Maybe in a day or 2 I'll be able to slightly bend the very top just to slow down the growth there. However, she is filling out quite nicely. Not as well as number 2, but still filling out. Number 2 on the other hand is now turned into a beautiful plant. She has a neat perfect canopy and finally some beautiful color. Her branches are sticking out all over now and the leaf coverage is nearly spot on. She may need some leaves cut in the next week. More to clean up the lower foliage, but also some of the larger top leaves... When they get larger. Overall, this plant is now as healthy and overall as perfect as Strawberry Gorilla 1. I'm expecting big bud from this one. Massive cookie colas. Delicious. Update: After careful consideration, I decided to take a second look at the canopy and decided a few leaves needed to go. Both Strawberry Gorilla 2 and Gorilla Cookies 2 both got a light defoliation. A couple of the lower branches that weren't going to make it got pruned. For now that is. I'll have a better idea in the weeks to come. I also reevaluated Gorilla Cookies 1 and tested the flexibility of the top. Happily it was very pliable. So I bent it inward toward the break point. I did the same thing with another nearly topped Gorilla Cookies in my Overflow Tent. It absolutely worked. However, that was over a week ago. Plenty of time to heal before flowering. This one on the other hand is in nearly full swing flower. Maybe a couple more days and the flowering stretch should be underway in earnest. Anyway, this should technically work. We shall see. The biggest issue here is that the top and some of the top branches are standing straight up and I cannot pull the branches down as they are too close to the break. So I'll have to wait. But maybe, the tie down will do the trick. We shall see. Update Number 2: I ended up doing a light defoliation on all four plants. Since one really needed it, the other three needed it as well. So now I have somewhat defoliated plants. I feel like I did a pretty good job. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.0° RH: 63.6% VPD: 1.09 kPa October 16, 2023 Not much at all today. Just watching them stretch for now. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 had a few leaves popped off. Just one spot that was a bit overcrowded. All fixed. Number 2 is doing fine. Although, I do worry a bit about her stature and size. Kind of runty who knows she may pick up the pace in the coming weeks. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is now annoying me. That damned top should have slowed down. Nope. That shit sped up growth. Wtf. So now I have this plant with growing branches, but the top is starting to tower over everything. I did pull 8t back down some, but the issue is how tall it is in the first place. Also, I have some concerns about 3 fingered leaves that I found in some of the shorter auxiliary branches. Last time this happened, I ended up harvesting airy light buds. But that was a lighting issue. This time, lighting is spot on. So I'm not really sure what to do here. Just keep pulling that top down until the rest of the plant catches up. Number 2 looks great! Her branches are spreading out and all nice and level. She took perfectly to her defoliation. As well as the rest of the group. Her leaves are absolutely beautiful now. I've also managed to get rid of all those faded leaves to perfection for the plant health. I really can't wait to see what she gives me at harvest time. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 59.8% VPD: 1.15 kPa October 17, 2023 This is the last day of the Veg stage according to Gorilla Cookies 2. She has finally entered pre-flower. She is going to be big. No watering today. I'd guess around 1/4 gallon in a day? I e also increased the light intensity back to 80% it's now near perfect for the stage these ladies are in. With such, I expect even more growth. I'm honestly not a fan of the short bushy plants. They are much harder to work with. Taller and slightly stretchy is more comfortable. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking really good except the fact that she has 3 finger fan leaves and I don't know why. Lighting is fantastic, nutes are spot on, defoliation wasn't too stressful, if at all. I don't understand what is going on. Number 2 is still a bit small, but she's coming along. She does not have 3 finger fan leaves. Just 5 finger. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is starting to get annoying. The top and surrounding side branches are all twice as tall as the rest of the plant. They have buds growing while the rest of the plant still looks to be in pre-flower. Weird. I wonder what is happening. Even with the near topping, she has no intention of stopping this type of growth. I can only hope the rest catches up. Or it's gonna be a weird grow. Number 2 is wonderful. She has 7 and 5 finger fan leaves. She is finally in pre-flower and will be in the flowering stage in about 5 days. Maybe a bit earlier. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.7° RH: 62.0% VPD: 1.06 kPa

October 18, 2023 Day 43 The beginning of the flowering stage. All ladies are in flower now except for Gorilla Cookies 2 who is still in pre-flower for now. This week will focus on DLI and feeding. Maybe a bit of defoliation as well, but I think I'll wait for a week before doing another trimming. The whole canopy is only 12" now and it is a bit of a concern. They are growing kinda slow compared to the plants in the overflow tent that are in 1 gallon containers. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking great! Not much growth in height, but the leaves are still growing and the branches are hardening off. Number 1 is just better than her sister plant. She has great broad branches and beautiful leaves. Her colors is beautiful as well. She's about 12" tall now. I expected her to be a bit taller by now, but we shall see. Number 2 is still compact and small. She is the same height, just less bulky. Her colors are still beautiful and leaves are still growing as well. She also had a couple leaves popped off today. I won't be doing anymore until she gets bigger. Gorilla Cookies: Both of these ladies are growing at their own pace. Happily, they are still the same height, so I don't need to change the light or lift any plants. Number 1 is still growing lopsided on the main top side. Very healthy and beautiful bud production, internodal spacing is decent. About 0.75" internodal spacing. But still lopsided. The back end is catching up though. The center is mostly the shorter area. But that's where all the auxiliary branches are. Number 2 is stunning. Beautiful leaves 7 and 5 finger fan leaves with great colors. So lush and green. She may be a bit behind the rest of the tent, but she is spreading out evenly and filling back out from her selective defoliation. I'm expecting insane results from this plant specifically. She will certainly take longer to harvest, but I believe it will be worth it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.0° RH: 61.6% VPD: 1.08 kPa DLI: 42 mol/m²/d October 19, 2023 It seems that the top feed gallon yesterday paid off. All of the plants responded really well. The leaves have all turned a beautiful lush green. They perked up really quickly this morning and look absolutely wonderful. It's really interesting to see how all 4 plants are growing to the same height at the same rate. Even when Gorilla Cookies 2 is still in early pre-flower. It's intriguing. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are doing quite well. Both are already stacking. Number 1 had a few leaves cut off from the outside of the plant to make more room for Number 2. She's definitely growing some really nice branches and buds. Number 2 is still really compact now that I cleaned her up a bit today. Some of the leaves were covering active bud sites and there was growth that would never make it. And considering she's in full flower, freeing up bud sites is my priority. She's growing at the same pace in height, but not as wide or spread out as Number 1. However as I said, she is stacking and very nicely. As long as she keeps the same height, everything should be good. I'm assuming she will fill out the space during the stretch. Whenever that actually happens. I don't think there will be an issue now that she is watered and fed. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is definitely a different phenome than Number 2. Her fan leaves are thin like a sativa. She's also starting to level out a bit. The center of the plant is only about 1.5" shorter. They'll catch up. Number 2 has turned out to be the most beautiful of the bunch. She has lush green 7 finger fan leaves. Her branches are perfectly growing and look absolutely amazing. She's just full enough to catch all the light she needs without impeding bud sites growth. Although, considering she's still in early pre-flower, I'd say her branches and bud sites will flourish and grow super big. I snipped a few leaves from the side to help clear room for Strawberry Gorilla 2. Just a couple though. I'm expecting great things from this plant. Funny how the one to start out a bit sickly turns out to be the best one so far. Ha! Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.4° RH: 60.2% VPD: 1.17 kPa October 20, 2023 It's a bit warm and humid today and it's wreaking havoc in the tent. Slightly higher temps but humidity is almost 70% even with 2 dehumidifiers running. Anyway, Watering day! The reservoirs weren't empty, but I topped them off anyway. I took out the recharge for this feeding. I also had to take away the Nirvana from both Strawberry Gorillas and Gorilla Cookies 1. However, Gorilla Cookies 2 is still technically in veg but starting pre-flower. I think. She is slower to develop than the rest, but is bigger than everyone else as well. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking good. They are definitely more compact than the Gorilla Cookies, but I still expect them to stretch more. A lot more. If they don't, then I need to understand what I'm doing wrong. Number 1 had a few leaves trimmed. 2 inside and 1 outside. Overall, she looks good. Her structure isn't exactly what I was looking for, but not much I can do now. I can't use a SCROG net as they aren't really stretching fast enough to make a difference. Maybe when they stretch more, I'll add it if needed. I also noticed a bit of a nitrogen toxicity, hence the removal of the Nirvana. If that doesn't do it, I'll drop the cal/mag in half and see about maybe dropping the base grow solution down a bit. Number 2 is still compact and small. Her buds are stacking really nice though. I can expect at the very least some big fat nugs from this one. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is kind of a structural mess. The center is definitely not growing as fast as it should and I'm wondering what's up with that. She looks nice and healthy, but she is developing 3 finger fan leaves now and I know that's not good. What does it mean? It's definitely not the lighting. Number 2 is absolutely astonishing. Her structure is perfect, her leaves are rich and vibrant. Her bud sites and side branches are nearly perfectly spread evenly across the whole canopy. I was saying she is in pre-flower, but I feel like she is just getting there now. Maybe a fluke couple of early pistils. She's definitely going to be the biggest and healthiest plant of the 4. Not that the other plants are bad, just not where this one is. I would have taken the extra time in veg to really get a hold of the training for the other 3 plants, but oh well. Now it's nearly impossible to train any of the them without breaking branches. Anyway, she got a bit of a pruning and some more LST today. I leveled this lady right out. Pulled down a couple protruding branches from the top center of the canopy. They are all roughly the same height as the other plants in the tent. She is significantly full of foliage, but it's not over crowded. And I'm expecting the internodal spacing to stretch out that foliage and make it more open. I do have a bit of a concern with her placement int eh tent. If she is the biggest, she shouldn't be up front. She will block the other plants from my access. Not that I really plan on doing anymore aside from the final defoliation in the 3rd week of flower. I think it's the third week. Maybe 10 days into flower. I'm still not too sure how I'm going to level the rest of the plants out without breaking branches. I should probably pull each one out of the tent and do some work on them. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow. Maybe just a bit more growth will give me some pliable stems to work with. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.6° RH: 61.5% VPD: 1.13 kPa October 21, 2023 There won't be any training or anything today. Water is perfectly fine, plants are growing. I did have to lift the light an inch though. So that's good. Strawberry Gorilla: Both ladies are still fairly short, but so is the one in the Overflow Tent for now at least. Number 1 is filling out nicely now. Rotating her main top back in was a good idea. There's plenty of space for the lower fan to be. I can't really use it for the lower canopy yet. There isn't enough space. Other than that, I popped a couple leaves off and that's about it for her. Number 2 is growing just as much, but still more compact. I'm starting to think they look more compact than the rest, but I'm willing to bet it's the leaf structure. They are thin as sativa strains are, so it shows more of the plant and not so much the foliage. I wonder if that's the case. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are doing quite well. Number 1 was completely left alone today. Nothing to do and no bud sites to open up yet. Number 2 had a few leaves popped off to open space and free up a few side branches. However, she is starting to get massive. She's definitely only just starting pre-flower. Her leaves are still super lush and green. Her tops are nice and bright just waiting to start flowering. However, it's interesting that this one plant of all 6 I'm growing is stubbornly staying in veg. I don't know if I should complain, be concerned or just be psyched for the bountiful harvest she will provide. Either way, could this be a fast flower somehow? I doubt it and guess she's just slow to start. Especially because she started out sad, then got broken. It seems that the topping and slower start is paying off in size. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 63.3% VPD: 1.05 kPa October 22, 2023 There has been growth! All 4 ladies grew a nice amount last night. No light change or anything. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 was selectively defoliated. I also removed most of the tie downs to let the lower side branches catch up. She'll be needing a watering top off tomorrow or the next day, I think. Number 2 also had some defoliation done. Honestly, this plant is a mess. Her leaves are all over the place. There's a lot of 3 fingered leaves as well. I have no idea what I'm doing to get these, but the same thing happened with my last two strains from different breeders. It has to be something to do with lighting. The ones in my overflow tent aren't having this issue. Actually, neither is Gorilla Cookies 2. But she is the absolute best of the entire grow. She's got really hard branches that are near the main top and pulling them down would be inadvisable. That kind of leaves the side branches a bit put out. So I released the entire plant from the tie downs. Hopefully, it will help bring those side branches level with those center branches. I also top watered her about 2 liters. She was a bit light. The roots are finally pushing through, but not a lot. They are breaking through all over the bottom so I expect the roots are near filling up the pot. Anyway, she seems thirsty, but the wicking system is a bit slow. I'm guessing it's the lack of roots touching the wicks. Her trichomes are starting to come out in force. She is also stacking very nicely. So far the best stacking of the group. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 has been adjusted a bit. I removed most of the tie downs, moved one branch to the back of the plant, got a few leaves snipped to open space between the plants and rotated a tiny bit to make it a little more roomy. She has some pretty impressive stacks happening. The internodal spacing is around 3/4". It's a bit close, but I expect more stretching. So I should have space for each bud to grow to its full potential. Number 2 is by far the best of the 4 plants. She is simply massive with lush deep green leaves and quite a few bright green tops. The canopy is flat and near perfectly structured. Her current height, being 15" tall at this stage and health, will almost certainly double in size, if not close to triple. That being said, she's a thirsty girl and will only get thirstier. I may have to top feed once a week to keep up with her need to feed. As it stands, the wicking system is working really well. I'll make sure to keep a closer eye on water intake. I've also removed the new growth under the canopy to keep it clean and to redirect the energy to the top of the plant. There wasn't much, but I'd rather keep up with it so the plant doesn't dedicate energy where it's not wanted. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.3° RH: 61.1% VPD: 1.14 kPa October 23, 2023 Today is top off day. I forgot to add the recharge, so I'll have to do that with the next reservoir refill. Unless I need to do a top feed before hand. Then the recharge will go in there. They don't seem to have grown much though. Really short. I also left the light alone. None of them are ready for movement or intensity increase. Gorilla Cookies 1 might be ready. Strawberry Gorilla: I have come to the conclusion that these Strawberry Gorillas start out really small and then maybe start to grow happily much later on? If they even grow anymore. I'm really confused. These are supposed to be huge plants and they aren't. All three I have growing are small. Only about 13" tall. Even the one in the overflow tent is small. Could it be from early flower? They didn't have time to stretch? Or are they late stretchers? Could be the LST. Man, this is kind of an issue. Also, strangely enough, none of them had their tops broken with the exception of the intentional FIM in the Overflow Tent. Also, the phenome is the same for them. Very similar structure and leaf shape and size. The buds are stacking the same way as well. So that's cool. Same phenome. Nice! But it still leaves the issue of why are these plants so small? Where the Gorilla Cookies are just bigger. Gorilla Cookies 1 isn't as big as Gorilla Cookies 2, but that's for their own report. And those aren't the same phenome. Completely different from each other. Number 1 had a few leaves snipped to give her more space. She looks good for such a small plant. I'm really hoping she takes off soon. Very soon. Number 2 also needs to take off. She is still a training nightmare. No clue what happened there. I'm going to say that Strawberry Gorilla is not the best candidate for LST. Or at least not tie downs. So this is just my experience, but for anyone reading, I would suggest SCROG or something else not tie downs. FIMing worked really well, so that's also an option. I did that in my Overflow Tent. But tie downs did not seem to help with stretching at all. Anyway, I popped a couple leaves off that were sticking into the other plants. Gorilla Cookies: These plants are looking great! Both need nothing anymore. No more training, noore defoliation... Well, maybe Number 2 as she hasn't been defoliated yet. I did remove a couple leaves that were intruding in the other plants. But it was just a couple. Number 1 has the best stacks so far. Tall, great spacing! Not much in leaves either. I hope it stays that way and I just get super easy to trim chunky buds. The center of the plant is still pretty low, but it's flowering now. She is definitely not as thirsty as the rest of the plants. No big deal. I have a feeling that won't be an issue in the coming weeks. Number 2... Number 2.... Oh man oh man. This plant is absolutely stunning. She is ready to stretch and flower and I cannot wait to witness it. Her structure, leaf size, main stem and the amount of branches tells me that she will be really big. I know I've been saying it since she completely recovered, but the more and more I watch her, the more I realize the significance of her health and girth. I'm really excited. Anyway, she got the reservoir refill like all the rest, but she got Nirvana and not Big Bud as she is still growing and isn't in flower yet. I expect she will be in full swing flower in next week. Maybe less. Hopefully in a few days. I'd like a bit more growth before the stretch really starts. The humidity is finally dropping now that autumn is here. So it's helping keep the RH down to a reasonable level. I think I can drop it more if I really want to, but I think I'll wait on that for another week while Gorilla Cookies 2 is only in pre-flower. I think a steady 55% for the next 2 weeks will be fine. By then it should really be dry out and I'll be able to get down to 45% maybe even 40% for the last week or so. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.2° RH: 59.1% VPD: 1.19 kPa October 24, 2023 Not much to do today. I pulled a few leaves here and there. A couple of really short shoots that will never make it and raised the light a few inches and increased the intensity to 90% power. Now all ladies have great coverage and a DLI of 41 mol/m²/d with the outer edges around 38 mol/m²/d. Strawberry Gorilla: Ok, I don't get it. These two are still really short. What have I done wrong for 3 of the same strain doing the exact same thing? Number 1 looks good but is small. Her buds are developing quite nicely and fairly speedy. They aren't big, but this still early flower. Number 2 is impressive with her stacking. Just like number 1, her buds aren't big. But again. Early flower. I don't really know what to do now. Just let her grow. Or well, let them both just grow. I'm still seeing zero upward growth. I really don't get it. Gorilla Cookies: These ladies are both doing fantastic. They are in completely different stages now but both are doing excellent. Number 1 has super nice stacks. Only a couple branches in the middle seem to be struggling a bit. I plan on a selective defoliation in the next couple of days. Especially before number 2 gets too big. Number 2 is a beast. She has tons of tops popping through the canopy with several others coming through as I write this. I might do a defoliation after the stretch, but I want to see how the branches stretch. Based on number 1, she should have pretty spacious stacks. So the internodal spacing should stretch out pretty well. If that is the case, I might not have to do much in defoliation. The bottom third of the plant is cleaned up nicely. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.5° RH: 61.3% VPD: 1.13 kPa

October 25, 2023 Day 50 Now that Gorilla is 1 is stretching, this week will focus strictly on growth and keeping the tent in order. With the larger plants, I need to move things around. I didn't raise the light though. The DLI is high for both Gorilla Cookies. It's around 46 mol/m²/d. Because the Strawberry Gorillas are significantly shorter now, they are at a DLI of 39. I also have a small problem. The lower canopy fan won't fit under the plants. Their branches are too low to the pots and they just aren't tall enough. So I have to leave it above the canopy. It's lower than the main oscillating fan, but not really penetrating the tops. Strawberry Gorilla: Internodal spacing is really short for this strain that I've seen so far. Number 1 looks pretty good now. Still really short. Around 15" tall. She may grow some more. I hope she does at least. Her leaves are a wonderful color and the buds are stacking nicely. Super healthy plant. I pulled a couple leaves off her today. Just a couple. Number 2 is still the smallest of the group. About 14" tall. But her stacks are really nice. I hope she pops up a bit. I'd like to see at least 18". I popped a couple more leaves off her today. Just a couple as well. Gorilla Cookies: This strain is just taller than Strawberry Gorilla. At least that's what it looks like. They are both super healthy and happy. Number 1 has super tall stacks now. Her internodal spacing is nice as well. Maybe 2 inches. Leaf coverage is near perfect. However, I did end up pulling a bunch of leaves and pruned some of the branches that just weren't going to make it. She is the tallest so far at 19" tall. Very happy plant. Number 2 is the star of this week. While all the other plants are already in flower, this one is just starting to stretch in the pre-flower stage. But the stretch is the part that makes her the star. This lady is 18" tall but only just started stretching. So I moved her to the back of the tent so I can still access all 4 plants. I can definitely say she will be a super big plant. Her leaves are stunning and a lush green with her tops being a brighter light green. I'm very excited for this plant. She was a bit light today as well. I'm wondering if the wick system is struggling a bit. I wonder if I add more wicks, will it start back up in force. Anyway, to kickstart her back up, I dunked the container in the reservoir and let it absorb the nutrient rich water. If it works, I'll need to refill the reservoir tomorrow and will end up topping off the rest just to keep everything even. Anyway, if she grows like the Zkittlez in my last grow, I may have a nice 3 ft. plant on my hands. It's a different strain, but it's still a cannabis plant and it shows how big she will be. Unless she suddenly stops growing, but I doubt it. However, these are supposed to be massive plants anyway. Either way, I'm expecting one of the best autoflowers in the world to be better than my last grow. Especially considering how absolutely healthy she is. The Zkittlez yielded over 6.5 oz, so I can't wait to see what this one yields. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.5° RH: 59.5% VPD: 1.19 kPa October 26, 2023 I'm going to ask a question today about cleaning up the under canopy for Gorilla Cookies 2. She's an extremely healthy plant, so I don't want to waste energy on popcorn buds. Watering is not needed today. Everyone has about a half reservoir left. It's also raining today so humidity is kinda high. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are still small. They seem to be growing a bit, but not fast nor are they all that vigorous. However, both of them have some really nice stacks going on and beautiful bud formations. They both look super healthy so I don't understand the stunting or whatever it is. Could it be the nutrients? I am missing some based on what advanced nutrients has for a schedule. I thought originally it was the used soil, but it's living soil, so there shouldn't be Anything to worry about. But there's nothing to worry about with that soil. The Gorilla Cookies are both beautiful and bigger, so the soils is fine. I don't think it's the light, but AC Infinity is sending me a new one to see if that's the issue. I don't think that's the issue, but who knows. Number 1 has some wonderful tops and beautiful buds. She's only about 15" tall, but still super healthy. Her roots are covering the bottom of the container, so I know she has a good root mass. Number 2 is still the hot mess I accidentally made her to be. In my defense, she didn't grow enough to get a good training. The weird part of this is that there was absolutely zero damage done to this plant, so she should have been able to grow freely without any high stress. Unless her LST was stressful, I don't understand. Her roots are starting to show through the bottom of the container, but not as much as Number 1. That at least matches with the size of the plant. However, I can't praise how nice these colas are turning out to be. I took some of the lower bud sites and branches off as well as a selective defoliation on both plants. It was definitely time to clear some of the nonsense away. I could have done a bit more, but these two are too small already. I don't want to stress them too much. I don't know really. I might go ahead and ask FastBuds for some insight. If anyone is reading this, I'd love to read your thoughts. Gorilla Cookies: These 2 are fantastic. No watering needed today at all. I did pull some lower branches and leaves out today. Number 1 has some fantastic stacks! Internodal spacing stretched out enough that I don't need to do any defoliating. So I took just a couple leaves off and 2 auxiliary branches that just weren't going to make it. Her roots are completely covering the bottom of the container and it's showing. She's still stretching and looking great! Number 2 is my golden child. She is stretching and spreading out more and more. Roots are still coming through and that's wonderful. I am going to ask about clearing some of the lower foliage out. I'm not sure exactly where to stop and I don't want any undue stress. She's already absolutely amazing. Super healthy, so I don't think it will cause any real stress, but I'm worried about stunting her. Any suggestions? Obviously, check the pics to see what I should or shouldn't be doing. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.4° RH: 61.5% VPD: 1.13 kPa October 27, 2023 Not a lot going on today. Mostly letting these ladies grow on their own for now. Strawberry Gorilla: These 2 are looking super healthy. I guess I will have to accept the fact that these two are just small. They have plenty of bud sites though, so I may end up with a pretty decent yield anyway. Number 1 had bit of a top feed today. Just about a liter. The container was feeling a little light. I removed 2 leaves and released 2 branches from their tie downs. Number 2 is perfectly fine with water. She will be needing a reservoir top off tomorrow I think. As well as the other plants in the tent. Gorilla Cookies: These two are just fantastic. Number 1 doesn't need anything yet. She will need a top off tomorrow, but that's about it. I took 2 leaves off her as well. Number 2 is a beast. I took off a couple lower branches that just weren't going to make it. I also took a couple leaves. She got a half gallon top feed today. I think I may have to really keep an eye on this one for watering. Especially when she hits actual flowering. Speaking of flowering, this plant is in week 7 of veg. I don't really know what to make of that. I'm not complaining, but wonder why when all the rest hit flower at week 4 and 5. So I'm not exactly sure what to do about it when harvest time comes along. I use my tents as drying rooms. If this one is still weeks away from harvest, I may have to stagger harvests. Technically because they are in smaller containers, the plants in the overflow tent can be harvested the earliest I think. Once those are dry, I might be able to harvest the other 3 in this tent and cut them up for drying in the overflow tent. Once this lady is done, I can move everything over to the main tent and finish up from there. Because the plants in this grow aren't going to be 34" tall, I can definitely layer them in the drying tent with a second drying chandelier. Or I can use my AC Infinity drying rack. Or both. But if things go as I think they will, staggering will be the best option. I have a feeling that the Strawberry Gorillas will be done before the Gorilla Cookies. And those are small so there is hope that all the drying will be done correctly. Oh, I should also mention that both Strawberry Gorillas have some impressive trichome production. Gorilla Cookies is a little bit behind so I'm not seeing any yet. Not big deal. Just thought I should mention the trichomes. So sticky. And sweet smelling. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.8° RH: 65.4 % VPD: 1.07 kPa October 28, 2023 All but Strawberry Gorilla 2 got waterings today. Half gallon of top feed and the other half to refill the reservoirs. Not much else to say today. They all look great. Super healthy and strong. Strawberry Gorilla: Both ladies were finally raised up about two inches today. It's not much, but it's the best I can do for now. I noticed today that the new growth that's coming up doesn't have anymore 3 finger fan leaves. Just 5 finger ones. Could this be an issue with the transition to flower? Would that be a nutrient screw up? Too much or too little of something? Maybe a lighting issue? But I don't see how so. Anyway, I will have to figure this out for the next grow. Still a concern. Number 1 had a couple leaves popped off and was readjusted to make room for the lower canopy fan. Looking good now. Number 2 was also readjusted to make room for Number 1. Nothing else to really say today. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great! She has massive stacks now and is still growing a bit. The bud production is absolutely amazing. I really can't wait to see how they end up when they swell and start to mature. Number 2 is insane! She grew another 2 inches last night. Her leaves are huge and lush. Still 7 finger leaves and tons of tops coming up. She is definitely preparing to grow some massive colas. Seriously cannot wait to see how tall she is after the stretch. Grow System Environment: Temp: 76.1° RH: 65.2% VPD: 1.04 kPa October 29, 2023 Nothing to do today except take pictures and make observations. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is forming tight stacks and tons of bud sites. The whole plant is covered. I hope this will be a giant weed bud for a plant. Number 2 is similar, but not as big. Lots and lots of bud sites and tight stacks. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking fantastic. She has definitely stopped stretching and is now building those buds up. Internodal spacing is longer than that of the Strawberry Gorillas, but there's definitely no shortage of stacks and buds. Number 2 is still stretching and still seems to be in very early pre-flower if not still in Veg. I highly doubt this is an accidental FF version, but if it is, I think I have a plan. Instead of trying to let it grow super big, I'll let it stretch as much as she wants then pull branches and leaves and do some topping to keep her shortish but still bushy. I would have to let her go until the other plants are finished up, but again, I don't think it's a FF. Just a super late bloomer. Nearly 8 weeks in veg. Very strange indeed. Anyway, I found a few 8 finger fan leaves today. She is super healthy it's just crazy. The best part is, she hasn't even really moved into the flowering stretch. This is just preparing for what's to come. Massive colas. Hopefully there will be so much bud, I have to pull a ton of leaves off to make space. This plant has it all. Perfect leaf color. Lush and green. Beautiful tops coming up with even more perfect leaves. Roots are all over the place now. I finally learned what I must do with the bottom feed system. Keep it topped off and make sure to lift the plants every day or two so the roots don't bind up in the wicks. Update: I decided to selective defoliate both Strawberry Gorillas and Gorilla Cookies Number 1. I couldn't help it. They just looked like they needed it. Gorilla Cookies Number 2 was left completely alone. She also has some really nice 8 finger fan leaves. Amazing! Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.2° RH: 60.3% VPD: 1.15 kPa October 30, 2023 Not much going on. More of a watch and observe day. I might refill the reservoirs today. It all depends on how full they are by the afternoon. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is doing quite well. She has tons of bud sites throughout the whole plant. As she is short, the light should be able to penetrate through the bottom, which it seems to be doing so. Great leaf color and coverage now. Beautiful praying happening as well. No stress, just a happy plant overall. Number 2 is also doing quite well for such a small plant. However she has 2 shoots that are starting to tower over the rest of the canopy and those are in full swing veg and not really flower. Bright green young leaves and whatnot. Looks good, but I'm confused as to why so late in the flowering stage? If it all that late. Anyway, there's that. It may help with a pretty good final yield. Not only does she have new shoots popping up, the rest of the plant is covered in buds. Top to bottom. Again, as Number 1, she is small with a very short canopy. So technically, the light should penetrate all the way through. Especially with the leaf coverage she has going on. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 has some fantastic colas and stacks going on. Internodal spacing is right on point and leaf coverage is spot on. She needs absolutely nothing for a while. If not at all. Just observe and water. The bottom feed system is working wonders with this one. Number 2 on the other hand seems to be off now. I can't get her to take in enough water to cover the whole root system. Looks like I will have to add a couple more wicks. To make a square as well as an X. I'll try that later today I think. I need to do something. She is already drying out from the top feeding the other day. Moisture meter from yesterday was at 35% today it's at 30% and we started at 45% when I fed her. So 3 days to drink a half gallon as well as the near gallon she took from the reservoir. Its not that she isn't drinking, it's that the wick system isn't powerful enough to keep up the moisture level. Anyway, she grew a good 2 inches last night as well as brought more tops above the canopy. She is seriously shaping up to be a beautiful plant. All I need are the colors and she will be stunning. Update: I ended up giving each reservoir a refill and added a 3/4 gallon top feed. I also moved my moisture meter. Much better reading. I also added the extra wicks to see how that does. I'll check back tomorrow. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.1° RH: 57.7% VPD: 1.22 kPa October 31, 2023 Happy Halloween! Last day of the week and there is nothing to do. No watering, no touching, no snipping. Nothing. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking good except for the fact that she is now being over encumbered by Strawberry Gorilla 2. Her bud production is moving quite nicely. Great production and starting to really smell. Number 2 looks good as well. Bud production is steady. She won't need any trimming at all for the rest of the grow. I can only hope that these 2 really fill out the whole plant with buds. Maybe I'll need to trim more leaves when the buds start to really swell. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is starting to really stack up. Bud production is perfect and loaded through the whole plant. Foliage is nice and open so the light can penetrate deep. Number 2 is a massive plant. She's overtaking Strawberry Gorilla. She is stretching really well now. Not as vigorous as I had hoped, but she still have the whole transition to flower that will make her stretch even more. Not sure what to do about that. My light is almost at the very top of the tent and she is well over 24" tall now. She may get to 3 ft. I'll have to try my best to accommodate that. The biggest issue I have is the different sizes of the plants. The Strawberry Gorillas are still really short. So I need to find another way to lift them up to keep up with Strawberry Gorilla 2. I'll also need to drop the light intensity down as well which will also cause the DLI to drop below a good range for all 4 plants. Update: I decided to lift Strawberry Gorilla 1 up to the same height as Gorilla Cookies 2 Strawberry Gorilla 2 on the other hand needs a box of some kind. She's about 2 inches shorter and needs to be lifted. I also popped some of the lowest shoots off Gorilla Cookies 1. Just a few though. It's actually really clean under the canopy. And there are buds even on the very bottom of the canopy. Lots of them. I'll update if I find a box. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 53.3% VPD: 1.33 kPa

November 1, 2023 Day 57 A new week in flower and lots of measurements to take. This week will focus on watering and maintenance. Not much else to be honest. Strawberry Gorilla Number 1: Height: 14" DLI: 43 mol/m²/d This lady is looking good. Great bud production. Nice and dense already and plenty of stacky stacks. She has definitely finished her lack of stretch. I still think it was the light intensity. Not enough. Or something. Orrr, this strain really doesn't take well to tie downs in the traditional way. I think if I trained the plants up and out, I wouldn't have this problem. Instead, I tied them way down and maybe they don't like that. I just don't get it. She's drinking about a quarter gallon a day and the Bottom Feed System is still working in full force. I decided to top it off with the rest of the half gallon I topped off the other day. Strawberry Gorilla Number 2: Height: 16" DLI: 42 mol/m²/d This is the shortest plant of the bunch and the smallest. She almost looks stunted, but she has these 2 shoots that are still growing for the most part. They are nearly towering over the rest of the plant. She's also taking in about a quarter gallon a day. She was also topped off today with the remainder of the half gallon from the other day. Gorilla Cookies Number 1: Height: 28" DLI: 41 mol/m²/d This lady has definitely finished stretching and is building buds fully now. She has some fantastic stacking going on. 4 colas are super tall compared to the rest of the plant. However, I noticed that there aren't any trichomes yet. I read that this strain does that. Late trichome production? Either way, the buds are everywhere. No water needed today. She has about a half gallon or so left in the reservoir. Gorilla Cookies Number 2: Height: 29" DLI: 45 mol/m²/d This is the golden child all the way. She's stretching like mad now and grew a good 3" last night. She's still in the veg stage and barely in pre-flower. It's very strange. It's like she is ready for flowering, but isn't progressing to that stage. Kinda like what a photoperiod would do. It's a seriously long time for an autoflower in veg. 8 weeks? That's a long time. Anyway, she got a full gallon top feed with the nutrients and recharge. I also refilled the completely dry reservoir. Unfortunately, I forgot to clean it out before refilling. I'll have to do that when the reservoir empties out again. It should be around the same time as the other 3, so hopefully I'll be able clean all of the reservoirs at the same time. Update: I was further observing the growth and height of Gorilla Cookies 2 and decided a ScROG net was in order. This should hopefully train the plant to stay at 30" tall. Not to mention the amount of extra tops that are going to pop up. I guess there's a first time for everything. My first time using a net. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.0° RH: 55.6% VPD: 1.25 kPa November 2, 2023 Day 1 of the ScrOG net. So far I think I'm doing it right. Tuck the tops down as they grow over the net. Simple. No watering needed today. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking really nice. Tons of bud sites and beautiful colas forming. They are small but look dense already. I can't wait to see big they end up. Number 2 is showing the same amount of bud sites and colas. Looking absolutely healthy and strong branches. These 2 shoots that are now towering over the rest of the plant seem to have stopped growing now. Buds are starting to form pretty nicely. I really need to figure out how to lift her up more. I ran out of stackable items. I definitely need to find something. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking great. Her main canopy is now too low. I need to lift this one up as well. However, she has amazing bud production. Not as big as the Strawberry Gorillas buds. Not yet at least. I'm expecting to see some impressive colas out of her and some fantastic colors. Number 2 is just... Wow... She stretched right over the ScrOG net overnight. Some of the outside branches won't go under the net, so they are re a bit longer than the rest. I'll try to do my best and get them under there. But I don't think there is space. The canopy is completely full. With the massive leaves everywhere and the abundance of tops popping up. She goes through close to a half gallon of water a day. Thirsty, hungry and happy as can be. Update: so I was defoliating my overflow tent today and I decided to check the leaf coverage on these ladies. Now that they are in week 2 of flower, I figured a light defoliation was in order. All but the Gorilla Cookies 2 got a nice haircut. Not too much though. Gorilla Cookies 2 will be getting a haircut on the second week of flower as well. Who knows when she will get there. Anyway, so they got outside and inside defoliation. Outside to open up more space for outer buds that would otherwise be completely covered. The inside of the Strawberry Gorillas was a bit chaotic. Leaves going every which way. Overlapping each other and other branches. It was a bit of a mess for both of them. Still kind of is, but they are cleared enough to my liking. From here on out, it will be selective leaf removal. Maybe a couple here and there as the buds start to swell and overtake the whole plant. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.4° RH: 55.4% VPD: 1.31 kPa November 3, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Both ladies got top feedings today. Number 1 got a whole gallon while Number 2 got a half gallon. I decided to use recharge for just top feeding. It's a bit too gunky for the wick system. So I will be top feeding once a week with recharge and the reservoirs will get nutes without recharge. It should be more efficient this way. Number 1 looks really nice. Buds are starting swell really nicely. And I mean all of them. It's a beautiful site to see. Still having trouble keeping up with the canopy now. I have a. 5 gallon bucket I can use for one of them, but I don't think the canopy is high enough for that. Number 2... Small. Too small. Lots of fat buds everywhere on the plant, but still too small. Like a dwarf and I have no idea why except for the possibility of the lighting. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 got a gallon of top feed with recharge. She will need a reservoir refill at some point today as well. Great bud structure and a ton of them all up and down the whole plant. I have side branches that are absolutely covered top to bottom with bud the very top colas have a bit more internodal spacing. Number 2 got just a reservoir refill today. No recharge as it was already fed from the top feed 2 days ago. She will get another top feeding at the start of next week. She has an absolutely full canopy of tops. Her leaves are still super healthy and she is loving life. She has more pistils coming out, or has them now at least. I'm still not sure if this is the start of the flowering stage or she is prepping to be switched. I can't tell. Only the 8 week veg time. Anyway, even the lower part of the canopy is growing strong. I may pop off a couple of the lowest branches. They just aren't going to make it at all. Completely covered by either the side of the tent or under not only this canopy, but also under Strawberry Gorilla 1. Granted she is completely overtaking that poor plant, but she still has branches lower and under both canopies. I took off a couple leaves from each plant today. Even Gorilla Cookies 2 had a few of the lower leaves removed. Also, I got my replacement light 2 days ago. It seems to be working slightly better than the other one. Honestly I won't know until the next grow because it's not the flowering I'm concerned about, it was the veg stage I was concerned with. But as for Gorilla Cookies 2, she is growing super strong, so maybe the light is working better. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.5° RH: 55.3% VPD: 1.32 kPa November 4, 2023 Not much to do today. Just make some observations. I should also add that I check for bugs and issues every couple of days. But I have an extremely clean room so there is little chance of anything nefarious getting in. Not to mention there is an air purifier running at all times in the tent. So now that autumn has finally started, it's cool and dry enough to keep a near perfect environment in the tent. Even the fact that it's rainy and kind of warm today, the temp and RH are steady. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is developing some nice buds. One thing I noticed is the abundance of orange pistils. Kind of concerning as the buds aren't even close to being big enough. But there's also purple coming through with no signs of senescence in sight. So maybe they will swell really fast in the weeks to come. Number 2 is also showing orange pistils, but not as many as Number 1. She also has some fat buds coming in, but again, they aren't big. So I'm hoping for the same swelling in the weeks to come. Anyway, the 2 branches that came out of nowhere have stopped growing. Overall, this plant is stunted I think. Definitely not genetics. I'll have to pick up some more of these seeds and try again some other time. Either way, I'll still take care of her until harvest. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is really starting to pack on the buds. The whole plant is starting to plump up and with these colas being super long, I cannot wait to see how this turns out. Number 2 needed a reservoir refill today. Nearly dried out. So a full gallon went in. She's plenty moist, so I caught it at the perfect moment. Again, forgot to clean it out. Cheers to a messed up memory. Well, she's drinking super fast, so I shouldn't have a problem waiting for the next dry out. Not sure how I'm going to do that now with the SCroG net in place. 🤔🤔 I may have to lift the net up and pull her out. I feel like this is not a good idea. I may just have to deal with it. Thankfully, the system is nearly sealed, so I'm only worried about nutrient build up. Well damn. Anyway, she is stretching pretty rapidly now and if she keeps this up for the next 2 weeks, the tent will be overtaken. And I would have to learn how to super crop. Lol. So now I have the issue of size. This is a good issue, but an issue nonetheless. She's completely covering parts of both Strawberry Gorilla 1 and Gorilla Cookies 1. Basically, she has fully filled up her corner of the tent. She's not enormous, but full and lush with an impressive mass. Kind of compact even though she is big. Tons of tops. And she finally is in pre-flower. I don't expect it to last more than a few days, but whatever she does will be plenty to fill up the tent. Then I can finally remove the largest leaves within the plant. There's enough to block a lot of bud sites. Update: I was looking to see what else I could use to lift up the Strawberry Gorillas and while doing so, I noticed a decent amount of auxiliary branches that were just too small on Gorilla Cookies 2. So I took them off. It was about 5. Then some lower new growth and a couple of the lowest hanging large fan leaves. I know I said I wasn't going to, but I felt it was a good time. Plus I want to remove as little as possible during flowering. Even less right now. There are still a few more of those auxiliary branches, but I think I'll leave them to see what they do when flowering starts. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.5° RH: 56.9% VPD: 1.23 kPa November 5, 2023 Kind of a busy day for these ladies. They got moved, one got a reservoir top off, lifted up and overall readjusted. I had to drop the Grow light power down to 60% Strawberry Gorilla: I was finally able to lift these two up to canopy level with five gallon buckets. To do so, I had to lift the SCroG net up a few inches, it that's fine. Worked out quite nicely. Now they are level with the canopy... For now at least. I also flipped them around so number 1 is up front and number 2 is in the back. I did this because of the limited space in the back corner. So I put the smallest plant in the smallest place. Number 1, being at the front, has filled the whole space up. The good part is that it's no longer being overshadowed by Gorilla Cookies 2. She looks really good with dense buds. Not fat yet, but dense and cone shaped. Number 2 looks completely invisible in her back little corner. She isn't quite at the full canopy height, but it's as good as I can get. Still almost there. She also doesn't need as much water as Number 1 so being in the back makes even more sense. Less moving things. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 got a lift as well. Now she is perfectly level with the canopy. The taller colas are also on the outside so the light isn't as bright as it would be directly under. Should be able to avoid light burn if that becomes an issue. Number 2 is an absolute beast. She is stretching and stretching and I have no idea how tall she will end up getting. When I lifted the net, she kind of straightened out a bit. As for pre-flower, she's near the end and just about to flower. Should be tomorrow or the next day. I'm guessing by her size and rate of growth, she will take at least 7 weeks to finish up. That is quite a bit of time for her, but I'm not worried at all. The yield will be super impressive. I pulled 6.5 oz out of a Zkittlez, and by the health and growth of this one, I can tell the buds are going to swell and pack on maximum weight. So being a massive producer, I'm guessing 8 oz. High hopes, I know. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.4° RH: 59.1% VPD: 1.18 kPa November 6, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 got a reservoir cleaning and fresh nutrients. Her buds are starting to swell and look great. Not a bad little plant. Number 2 is starting to swell as well. She still has a half gallon of nutrients left, so I'll be waiting until it empties before cleaning and refilling. I may try to match what's left in number 1 reservoir. So if there is a half gallon left that's what I will fill up to. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks fantastic. Her buds are swelling she is happy and had a reservoir cleaning and fresh nutrients. She's a tiny bit light, so I'll keep an eye. But I plan on running a full top feed at the start of next week. Number 2 looks absolutely amazing. She finally hit flower, or is at the very end of pre-flower. Either way, she will start flowering any day now. She's stretching and stacking bud sites. Her moisture level has stayed at 43% saturation. However, she will get a top feeding at the start of next week. Just to a bit of runoff. I removed a couple of the lowest branches today. They were so low that they were buried under leaves and other bud sites. So they had to go. Just 2 and a couple of leaves that were too low. Update: I pulled a couple leaves off of Strawberry Gorilla 1. Just a couple. And I finally decided to take some big leaves off of Gorilla Cookies 2. I took mostly lower and middle massive leaves off and a few big ones up top to free up possible tops. There is so much more. I'll go back in a day or two and snip out what else I can without stressing the plant. If I need to do it I. Sessions, I'll wait for the final defoliation for the second week of flower when the stretch has finished up. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.1° RH: 58.0% VPD: 1.18 kPa November 7, 2023 Last day of week 8 and we are looking good. Tomorrow everyone will be getting a top feeding with recharge in the nutrients. Nothing much to do today. So as I have been watching and observing these plants, there will most certainly be a staggered harvest. The two Strawberry Gorillas will be the first to go, then Gorilla Cookies 1 and at that point, Gorilla Cookies 2 will have the tent all to herself. That will give me plenty of space to spread the branches out and totally open the canopy all the way down. Perfect timing as that should be when the buds start to swell. About 2 to 3 weeks. One thing I will have to do, which isn't a big deal, is swap the two plants in the drying tent with the harvested Strawberry Gorillas. Those will then go in the main tent and be harvested around the same time as Gorilla Cookies 1. Hopefully if everything works out properly, there should be about a week and half time difference. So when the Strawberry Gorillas are finished up with drying, the three other plants will be ready for harvest. Then I have to figure out how to put all three in a 2x2 dry tent. Maybe my drying rack? I have a hanging rack as well. Maybe I can make a thing. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 had a couple leaves snipped off. The amount of frosty trichomes on this plant is ridiculous. Almost every leaf is covered as well. Just a couple of the larger fan leaves don't have any. I think I may take those off in a day or two. Just to have a cleaner canopy and less foliage. Even the trichomes on the bottom side of the leaves are thick and super frosty. The aroma is also starting to come through quite nicely. I'm a bit surprised it's not a stronger scent, but it's still early in flower. Still a good 3 weeks left. Number 2 is my little runt. She got a reservoir top off today. Her bud production is pretty good. However, the buds look small. Fairly dense. Anyway, I hope she packs a punch to make up for the dismal yield. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great! Her bud production is fantastic. Getting fatter by the day. Soon enough they will all connect and make thick strong colas. Number 2 looks absolutely amazing. Now that she is nearly in full flower, her tops are starting to stretch and bud sites are much more noticable. Lots and lots of white pistils coming out. More to come in the future. The humidity is a bit high today. Rainy and kinda warm out. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 57.8% VPD: 1.20 kPa

November 8, 2023 Day 64 This week will focus on watering and defoliation for Gorilla Cookies 2 as she is the one who needs all the work at the moment. I also changed the Big Bud to 3 ml/gal. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks fine. I have FastBuds helping me with the strange small growth. These people are great! Anyway, she looks healthy and happy now. The trichome coverage is insane. She also has a lot of orange pistils on a few of the more developed colas. They did start to swell finally. So that's good. I also refilled the reservoir today. I didn't both with top feeding her. She has plenty of weight and I don't want to mess with that. Personally I don't think either Strawberry Gorilla will need any top feeding at all because of their sizes. Number 2 is still my tiny warrior. Her buds are also starting to develop orange pistils. Trichome production is pretty good, but no where near as loaded as Number 1. She has a full reservoir and isn't light enough to top feed. Again, I don't think she will need it at all for the rest of the grow. Maybe one more time next week just to get more recharge in. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is getting nice fat colas. Buds are swelling and starting to connect to each other. Her reservoir was bone dry this morning, so she got a full fill-up. I plan on doing a top feeding asap. And she will definitely need it. I need to get more Recharge though as well as Bud Candy, Nirvana, Base Micro and Base Bloom. I can do the Nirvana and base nutrients, but I'm completely out of bud candy and the Nirvana is down to the last few ml. Recharge also has about one dose left too. Eek! Number 2 is astonishing. She's stacking and happy as can be. She has too many tops to count and more still popping up. I did a partial defoliation today. I took most of the big leaves off and some on top that were covering prescious branches and tops. I the lower part of the plant is now open and airy. Lots of light getting through now. I'll do a final defoliation if needed when she gets into her second week of flower. Or when she stops stretching. Then I can clear out what she doesn't need and don't have to worry about new growth. She's still super full and lush though. I did take too much. Probably could have done a bit more, but thought it best to not overdo it. Anyway, she got a gallon top feed and a reservoir refill today. She should be good for the next few days. Although, I think she is getting closer to a half gallon intake per day. If not a bit more now. I can only imagine she will be getting more and more thirsty in the weeks to come. I'm sure with her size and current thirst, she will be at a full gallon a day in no time. Update: While working with FastBuds about the Strawberry Gorillas, I learned that these are a ruderalis phenotype. That is the cause of the 3 finger leaves and the short stature. A wonderful thing to learn. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.4° RH: 57.3% VPD: 1.21 kPa November 9, 2023 Nothing to do today except to take pictures. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks pretty good with her buds. They are definitely starting to swell up. Lots of orange pistils on a few tops, but that's it. Strange. Anyway, she's good on water for a bit. Looks quite happy. Number 2 is looking pretty good. She's building her buds and doing her thing. Nothing to report otherwise. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is really starting to fatten up. Her buds are connecting and making for some pretty thick long colas. Around 8" to 14" on each top. She looks great! Very healthy and happy. She will be getting a top feeding either today or tomorrow. I'm waiting on my nutrients to get here. Number 2 is still stretching pretty good. Lots of new growth and more tops coming up as well as Bud sites forming all over the place. I'm glad I got both days of defoliation done when I did. No stress and much more growth up top. I'll definitely have to defoliate one more time. She is beyond healthy. Super lush green leaves. The internodal spacing is pretty good. Around 3/4". She cruised through around a half gallon between her soil moisture and the reservoir. I can expect the reservoir to be empty in a day or two. Update: Gorilla Cookies 1 got a half gallon top feed with recharge. That should be enough. Another quick update: I took a new measurement on Gorilla Cookies 2 and she is now 37" tall. She's really close to the light though. Like 13.5" and she's still in the stretch. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.9° RH: 56.2% VPD: 1.22 kPa November 10, 2023 Little bit to do today. Not much. Just a pluck of a some leaves, a couple lower auxiliary branches and some watering. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is still swelling her buds up. Lots of orange pistils and covered in trichomes. They look pretty dense. She'll be needing a top off probably first thing tomorrow. I pulled some leaves off of her to open up some lower bud space and free up the crowding areas. Looking good. Number 2 is actually swelling better than her sister plant. She isn't as far along so her buds are getting more time to bulk up. Maybe she will give a decent yield after all. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 will be needing a top off tomorrow. She's drinking more now that her buds are starting to really pack on weight. I can only imagine how much more over the next few weeks. She looks fantastic. Number 2 is still stretching pretty hard. About two inches last night. She's absolutely healthy. But she's still stretching and only has 12" to the light. No clue what to do here. Kinda wish I had a taller tent. Damn. If anyone is reading this, leave a comment on what you would do in my situation. Remember, these are autos. I'm really interested to see how others handle this type of situation. If you have been reading a long, you also know I ran out of horizontal space to keep the plant lower. However, considering she is about 4 weeks behind everyone else, I think I'll have enough time in the last few weeks to spread her out with the SCroG net for maximum light penetration. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.3° RH: 59.8% VPD: 1.19 kPa November 11, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is still packing on weight. Not too much. Definitely a smaller plant. But the buds that are swelling look pretty good. She got a reservoir top off today. Number 2 has been completely overrun. She's so small and Gorilla Cookies 2 is so large that it shadows the whole plant. Nothing to be done about it now. Either way, her buds are bulking up some and I'm starting to think she might build buds to match the size of the plant. Still no watering needed. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great. Buds are noticably packing on weight now. She looks damned good. Very happy with how she's turning out. Kinda wish she was as tall as the 3 main colas on one side. She got a reservoir refill today. Nothing else going on with her. Number 2 got a half gallon top feed. No recharge. The top watering was to keep her moist while she chugs through the reservoir. She grew another inch last night. She is an absolute beast. She's overtaking most of the tent now and I don't expect her to stop anytime soon. I popped off a couple of the lowest branches that were doing nothing and cleared out any new growth under the canopy. I'd also like to add that she is now 10" from the light now. Still stretching. 🤔 Btw, I'll be replacing the Big Bud Nutrient with Overdrive starting next week. I'll add it first with the weekly top feed and then half dose in the reservoir. That should do the trick. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.4° RH: 55.8% VPD: 1.25 kPa November 12, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks pretty good. She is swelling up and starting to pack on some weight. By the looks of her, I'd say another week or two to go. Nice praying leaves, great colors with beautiful purple hues coming in on the buds. No fade yet. I don't expect that until I flush. Number 2 is packing on the weight. She has about 3 weeks left. Not bad at all. Even though she is half obscured by Gorilla Cookies 2, she still looks pretty strong. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is seriously packing on the weight now and swelling her buds up. There are branches that will only show buds. Quite a few actually. I can't wait to see her outcome. Number 2 grew more. Obviously. Unfortunately, she is about 9" away from the light and I can't do anything about it. Anyway, she looks absolutely gorgeous. Her leaves are beautiful and vibrant. Lush and broad. I removed a bit more lower growth. Mostly new and some stuff that I seemed to have missed. Just a couple here and there. Maybe 4 in total? A few leaves and that's it. No stress and I'm hoping this means I'll be getting more productivety at the top of the plant. Technically that's how it's supposed to work. She still has a good 7 weeks left. Hopefully she finishes up her stretch soon. I really can't change anything or it will mess up the other 3 plants in the tent. Not until I find another way to prop them all up to canopy level. Basically, this plant is 40" tall. Maybe 41". That's 104 cm and stuck in a 3x3x6 tent. She needs a 4x4x6.5 tent. However, in the next 3 to 4 weeks, she will be alone and will then live up to her full potential. At least for the last few weeks of flower. So maybe a good 5 weeks alone? That's going to yield some impressive results. She also got a full reservoir refill as it was empty this morning. I really hope the harvesting ends up being staggered a bit. I have 6 plants total. Two of them are taking up the dry tent. Those have about 3 weeks left. Maybe the Gorilla Cookies in that one will be another 4 weeks? Either way, I'll red to do some shuffling. The two Strawberry Gorillas in this tent should be ready in 2 to 3 weeks as well. With any luck, I'll be able to harvest these two and move the two in the dry tent to this tent and then harvest a week or two after the first two. From there on, the only things left are the Gorilla Cookies in the big tent. Two of those will be harvested in about 4 weeks. Then it's just the Gorilla Cookies 2 left. That would be ideal. A harvest every two weeks with 3 different harvests. So a total of 6 weeks of harvesting and drying. I'll definitely need to get some big grove bags for this harvest. Mostly because I still have a lot of bud left from the last harvest. And it's not going anywhere anytime soon. By the time harvest rolls around, I'll still have about 4 oz left. What excellent information that is. Update: So I got bored and decided to make more plant observations. I found that the Gorilla Cookies 1 has really nice stacks coming up. Not only are they all over the plant, but they are getting long, connecting and already are covering a few branches to the point where you can barely see the actual branch. Those buds were already covering most of it. Now that they are stacking tall, I expect some massive buds from this plant. The one in the Overflow Tent is doing the same thing. Not as quickly or robustly, but it's in a 1 gallon container. I'm not expecting a lot from it. Gorilla Cookies 1 will be the second best plant in the crop from what I can see. Update: I found another bucket. A 2 gallon one. So I put that and a plant riser under Gorilla Cookies 1. That freed up 2 more risers which I put under both Strawberry Gorillas. They are now at a reasonable height compared to light distance. However, I'm not too sure what to do about the intensity. Gorilla Cookies 2 is less than 10" but if I drop the intensity, it will take away from the other plants, but also wont penetrate deep enough through the canopy. I'll keep an eye on her and see if she starts showing signs of light stress. So far I see nothing. But I'm no expert. I mean, the leaves are going from light green to a lush beautiful green as they get older. I'm also concerned that if I lower the intensity, won't it make her stretch more? 🤔🤔 Unsure of this one. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.2° RH: 57.3% VPD: 1.21 kPa November 13, 2023 Some stuff was done today with all ladies. Everything looks great in the tent. We have some lighting issues with height and plant size. I'll get into it. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks great! She's starting to really swell now. However, I don't think I'm going to get big chunky buds from her. She will most likely have smaller colas, but I can say the end result will be amazing with the amount of trichomes she currently has. So for the lighting on this plant. As she is only 16" tall, she is on a 5 gallon bucket with a riser under that. She's about 16" from the light which is perfect. Her DLI is on the lower end for flowering, but within range. She also isn't covered by any other plant. Looking good. She is definitely going to be done first. I'll have to hold her while I wait for another plant to finish up. Number 2 is getting some pretty hefty buds. Her colas are bulky and look super dense. They won't get to be enormous I'm sure, but will still pack a punch. She will definitely need a top watering at the beginning of next week. As for height, she is a mere 13" tall. That being said, she is about 18" from the light and is being overshadowed by the massive Gorilla Cookies 2. There are two branches that popped right up and are at the SCroG net level. Really nice there, but not much help for the rest of the plant. I rotated her a bit to see if I can make more room. It worked a bit, but not much. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking great! Moisture level is perfect. She's drinking plenty from the reservoir. She'll also be getting a full top watering at the beginning of next week. Her lighting is actually spot in with the light height. 16" from her canopy and showing it with her abundance of bud sites. The three tallest branches are furthest away from the light. This position prevents light burn as well as keeps the buds looking good. Looking back at how I trainer her and her position in the tent, I should have put the taller parts of the plant in the center to help with the rest of the plant to stretch. Oh well. Learn something new. Number 2 is absolutely biggest plant for me to date. She is 41" tall and has more branches than I can count. Her bud sites are everywhere. Even in the middle of the canopy there's buds forming. If she were alone in the tent, she would fill the whole thing wall to wall. As it stands her structure is pretty nice. Near perfectly level canopy and a clean lower portion of the plant. However, the amount of side and auxiliary branches there are is causing the plant branches to be "woven" together. I've tried to keep them in order, but the plant has been growing so fast, they just keep wrapping themselves around each other. I'm sure it will all turn out great in the end. These are lower branches that caught up to the canopy practically over night. She's thirsty as well. Her soil moisture level is around 30% I'm not completely sure I like it that low, but I think I can wait for 25% which will hopefully be in 2 days. I may have to give her a half gallon today. It all depends on how she looks in the next few hours. she still has weight to her, but not enough. The bottom feed seems to be working. But will need another reset with the top feed at the beginning of next week. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.1° RH: 56.6% VPD: 1.21 kPa November 14, 2023 Last day of this week. I've already prepared for tomorrow. Well, almost. I need to refill my gallon jugs for tomorrow's top feed for all the ladies. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 got a reservoir refill this morning. She'll be getting a full gallon top feed tomorrow. She's looking pretty good. Tons and tons of trichomes and the buds are super dense. I don't think she has finished putting on weight yet. Number 2 is still tiny, but the buds are bulking up more than that of number 1. She's seriously overshadowed now as Gorilla Cookies 2 stretches like mad. She doesn't go through nearly as much water as the rest of the group. That's ok though. She's taking in what she needs. The top feed will reset the bottom feed system as well, so maybe I'll start getting some slightly bigger buds. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great! She's packing on more weight and she's bulking up even more. Pistils are fat and long. I can only expect good things from her. She got a full reservoir refill today. Her top feed tomorrow should work wonders for this lady. Resetting the bottom feed system should increase her intake and in turn increase her bud production. Most of the branches are officially covered in buds. The colas are super long and I expect they will end up super chunky nugs. Number 2 is out of control. She is now 6" away from the light making her roughly 43" tall. She's a friggin beast! Tons and tons of bud sites. Uncountable tops. And they are all level. I can see so much coming out of this plant. So I won a contest recently for Seedsman with autoflowers. The plant was a Zkittlez Auto. That plant ended at 34" with quite a few tops and 6.5 oz of dry bud. This plant, however is taller, bulkier and healthier. I can only deduce this plant will have better and more dense buds. In turn, the increase in health and density, I would wager a guess of around 8 to 10 oz dry weight. We shall see. So long as I don't run into any other issues. The folks at FastBuds recommended to increase the daylight hours and drop the intensity down so I don't get light burn. Sounds like a good idea. I think I'll change that for tomorrow and run 22/2 at around 40 to 50% power. The goal is to keep the DLI down to around 45 mol/m²/d. Trial and error for the day I think. She also got a full top off with her reservoir today. Again, preparing for tomorrow. Update: So after careful observation of the top leaves of Gorilla Cookies 2, I noticed some burn spots on a couple leaves. I also saw some canoeing on 2 leaves as well. No big deal, but I don't want it to go any further. So I turned the light down from 60% to 40% for now. I'll probably bring it back up when I can spread her out after all the other plants are gone. Anyway, I was going to change it to 20/4 but I'll leave it here for the time being. The DLI dropped a bit low with the Strawberry Gorillas, but let's face it. The focus needs to be on the best plant in the tent and that is the Gorilla Cookies 2. So now I have the DLI down to a still too high 55 mol/m²/d. But it's the best I can do. I do wonder how people with 400 and 1000 watt lights turn theirs way up without causing light stress. Is it because they are that high up? Or am I just being too careful? 🤔🤔 Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.3° RH: 57.4% VPD: 1.24 kPa

November 15, 2023 Day 71 A new week. Everyone got a full top feed today. Reservoirs are all topped off except for Strawberry Gorilla 2. She is all enough to not need a full reservoir. Plus the gallon of water I fed her should hold her for at least a few days easy. This week will focus on Growth and Lighting. That being said, I started Overdrive and will be stopping Big Bud in the next top feed. I also changed around the nutrient amounts. Dropped the base grow in half. Left the other base nutrients alone. Nirvana, Big Bud and Overdrive are all getting 3 ml each. It calls for 2 ml per liter, but these are autoflowers with a bottom feed wick system. Less nutrients should be for better intake. Not to mention, the plants will get constant nutrients as the system works, so less equals the same as they recommend, just more constant. Strawberry Gorilla: Never 1 looks fantastic now. She is packing on weight and happy as a clam. However, I noticed that she is getting burnt tips. Leaves are a dark green. I can only assume at this stage, she has too much nitrogen. Good thing today is the day of half grow nutrients. She will be ready for flushing in the next two weeks I think. Honestly, based on how she looks, she might be ready for flushing at the end of this week. I'll still hold off for a bit. I want at least a week of fade before thinking about harvesting. Plus I still need a second plant to finish up before I can harvest this one. Number 2 is still tiny and still packing on weight. I was thinking she might be done at the same time as Number 1, but it looks like she is about a week behind. Stunted plant? No idea. Her leaves aren't quite as dark as her sister plant, but still dark enough to remove the grow nutes. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is amazing with her branches of colas. It's absolutely insane. There is this one branch that's lower, but so covered in buds it looks like the best cola I've ever seen. About 10" long. There are other ones that are just about as good, but not quite there yet. Everything is developing evenly as well. Even though there are branches significantly taller, I think the way I have this plant positioned is getting equal light throughout. The larger branches are outside the canopy, so the light doesn't reach as far over. Number 2... Number 2. This plant is absolutely insane. I don't even know what to do with this beast. She got a full top water today. Grow nutes stayed the same for now. Next week I'll cut them down and add Big Bud. I think I'll increase the Nirvana next week as well. She is big enough to handle the extra. Anyway, this plant is 45" tall now and is still stretching. I hope it slows down soon. Although a 4 ft plant would be hilarious on my 3x3 tent. Still have no way of lifing the light any higher. I did drop the intensity down to 50% and it seems to have worked. I'm not seeing any stress at all now. Not that I really saw any in the first place. Not to mention the leaves are reaching for the center of the light. Strange. I would think they would be trying to avoid the light. Maybe this plant handles super high intensity lighting. Also, how do you set a 2000 watt light 12" from the canopy without severely burning the plants? Anyone have any answers on that? Does it mean my 240 watt light can be run at a much higher rate than I am thinking? All the questions. Anyway, the whole canopy is at the same height. It's actually really amazing to look at. I honestly cannot wait to see how she turns out with her bud production. Such a tall plant and I left nearly all of it intact. There was about a third removed, but since then, the plant has grown significantly. So now it's closer to 20% removed. However, I have been chipping away at the lowest parts of the canopy. Just to clear up stuff that has no pistils. Those just won't make it. Or will end up like teeny tiny popcorn buds. All the fluff. Again, when she is alone in the tent, she will be spread out as wide as the plant will let me. So much potential. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 56.8% VPD: 1.21 kPa November 16, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks pretty good. She's definitely the closest to harvest. Maybe a week or two left. Her buds are dense and covered in trichomes. There's already a couple amber but nothing to write home about. Still too many clear. She will be an insane smoke, I can tell that much. Number 2 has about two to three weeks left until harvest. Her two main tops are looking absolutely fantastic. The rest of the plant has plenty of bud on it, but not very big. 8t seems they are matching the size of the plant. Interesting. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great! Her bottom feed system is working wonders and her buds are getting fatter everyday. I did notice they take a bit longer to grow than they of the Strawberry Gorilla strain. At least so far that's what I am seeing. Still nothing bad. She will definitely be a heavy yielder. Trichome production is a bit slow. Nothing to worry about. I think it will get much better as the buds develop. Number 2 is three inches away from the light now. 46" or 47" plant. Let's just call it four feet and be done with it. I have a feeling if I had more light height, I would be running into the same problem. The tent just isn't big enough for this lady. What I would give for a Harry Potter camping tent... Just saying. Lol. She has fantastic internodal spacing and her buds are starting to pop up everywhere. I ended up cleaning out some more new growth from the bottom. Just a bit that must have been growing without my notice. I pulled a few branches that were completely blocked and just not long enough to capture any light at all. I read that Scrogging requires the whole bottom of the plant to be cleaned up to the trellis net. I understand the concept, but I don't think it's a viable option during this stage. I think I'll keep my canopy three feet deep for now. I don't think I'll need anymore trimming. I will have to pull some leaves here and there to open up more space. As it stands, she has a decent amount of space, with the exception of a couple spots I really need to work on that I just can't get to. I'll have to pull the rest of the plants out to get her all around. I still believe that once everyone else is out of the tent, the spread I'm going to perform may not need to do any defoliation. Maybe a tuck or two and maybe just a couple central leaves. We shall see. She also got another gallon of water top feed and I refilled the reservoir to the brim. Now, there should be no issues with watering. She might need another top feed in a couple days from how she is growing. And she will need even more when the buds really start bulking up. Hell, it might be a gallon a day if not more. I may have to water more than once a day. Who knows. But she is definitely thirsty. I also dropped the Micro and Grow Base Nutrients in half. I'm trying to prevent any nitrogen toxicity. It seems to be an ongoing issue I have. I also started the Big Bud in the reservoir today. It's technically week two of flower and that's when it calls for it. Weeks two through four of flower if not a bit longer. Then the last two weeks will have the Overdrive instead. After that we have a week of flushing with Flawless Finish. Both a bottom and top feed requirement. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 56.2% VPD: 1.20 kPa November 17, 2023 Lots going on today. New stuff, watering, leaf removal. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 had a few leaves snipped off today. Just a few that were covering bud sites. Honestly I'd much rather cut anything that has a visible stem. But the time for that has passed. I'll have to cut those before harvest I guess. Everything else looks good. Dense nugs, great color, purple hues all over. I can't wait to see how her fade goes. It should start soon now that I'm dropping nitrogen. Number 2 is now even more overshadowed by the big one. I may try something in a few days to see if I can get some light to the bowels. She got a full reservoir refill today. I dropped the Micro down to 3 ml as it has a lot of nitrogen in it. I also started Overdrive today. Why not? She has a couple weeks left and that's what it calls for. I'll be stopping Big Bud next week though. Hopefully I can get some bigger more flavorful buds out of her. They are fairly fat for the size of the plant, but nowhere near what I would have expected. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is packing on the weight. With her bottom feed system working perfectly and her buds swelling up, she is going to be a nice heavy yielder. Trichomes are becoming more abundant as well. Number 2 had some new training done today. Her branches are just too tall now. I had one that grew above the light and a couple that were nearly an inch away from the light. So as a first time attempt, I supercropped the 5 tallest branches and I honestly think I did it perfectly. At least that's what the pictures look like. Anyway, she has tons of bud sites everywhere. Internodal spacing is near perfect. I cannot wait to see her in the next few weeks. I hope I get some really good bud from this plant. I'm hoping for at least a half pound of dried and trimmed nugs. I don't count the trimmings or the kief. She was also a little bit light today. I'll let her drain some of the reservoir before giving another top feeding. Maybe 2 days? Maybe less. She is super thirsty. Update: I'm pretty sure I did the Supercropping right. All of the buds are starting to stand right up. The tops have curved up already. It looks like the plant is big enough to handle 5 supercrops. I won't do anymore. This was a good first time and I don't want to ruin the plant. I'm sure I'll be happy with the results. Hopefully they don't upset the growth below them too much. That was my biggest concern. I didn't have any open area in the canopy to begin with. So the branches are just resting on lower branch tops. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.7° RH: 60.1% VPD: 1.07 kPa (The probe was in the plant) November 18, 2023 Temp and RH are a little wonky now that Gorilla Cookies 2 has hit the light. There just isn't anywhere to place the probe for an accurate reading. The temp is the weird part. It's 73° in the lung room and with the light on, it's only 71° in the tent. Very strange indeed. I may need to lower the exhaust fan power a bit. Maybe that will help with the temps. But then I run into the issue of high RH. Currently it's at a high 60%. My concern is how much higher will it go with a lower exhaust rate. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks pretty good. Nice fat buds glistening with frosty trichomes all over. She's definitely almost done. I guess she will be the late harvest. I can then see how much different the smoke will be from a more mature plant vs the ones that I seem to be on point (15% amber trichomes) Number 2 is actually swelling her buds up pretty nicely. She looks pretty good, all things considered. She needs the least amount of attention as she doesn't drink much and she is in full flower, so no messing with her. I may switch her back to the front to see if I can get a bit more light penetration. I would have to see if number 1 would fit in the back. I don't think so. Anyway, she looks alright. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 swelled her buds up quite a bit last night. Nearly doubled in size. I can only assume this will be the rate of growth for the next week or two. She's definitely shaping up to be a pretty high yielder. As I expected, the buds are completely covering the branches. Number 2 has hit the light. She is now officially 48" tall. A 4ft plant. And completely covered in branches with buds and tops. She will need a other gallon of water today. I'm not sure why the reservoir isn't keeping up anymore, but it definitely has slowed down a bit. So top watering is the only other option. She's down to 25% moisture level. And I like to keep it around 35% to 45%. Especially with this plant. I am not going to stop anything or change anything at all. She is too healthy and too big to ruin anything. However, I did find some three finger leaves in one little spot. Why does this happen? Regardless, she looks great and nothing seems to be able to stop her. The supercropped branches are super happy. Haha. Everything looks pretty good. I'll have to wait until it's completely finished the healing process. I feel really good about it though. If anyone is reading, leave a comment if I did it right or not. Update: I decided to touch my grow light to see how hot it was. It's not hot at all. I know it's down to 40%, but it's not hot. So maybe that's why they climbed so close without stress. There was no heat stress. Light stress is another thing. No clue how to fix this except for super cropping everything down on top of the rest of the plant. There just isn't room. I hope she holds off on any stress for a bit. I really need plants to come out of this tent. I also decided to change the whole feeding regimen for the rest of the plants. I changed just about everything. I completely took out the Cal/Mag, Base Micro and Grow. Basically anything with nitrogen in it. These ladies are starting to show they have too much, so it's gone now. I added Overdrive to 3 ml, Tasty Terpenes at 5 ml and Bud Candy at 5 ml. The Base Bloom stayed at 6 ml. Let's hope this does what I need it to do. The fade should start happening in a week or 2 and I don't want any nitrogen issues to prevent it. I think that's why I get grassy smoke sometimes. Too much green at harvest. Anyway, Gorilla Cookies 2 is only getting a slight change. She will keep the Base Micro, Grow and Cal/Mag in for the rest of this week. Big bud has been started and next week will start the new feeding regimen. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.3° RH: 59.5% VPD: 1.11 kPa November 19, 2023 Very little to do today. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking great. Nothing to do today. No watering needed. Her buds are fat and pistils are nearly all orange. Now it's time to wait for the trichomes to come in. Finally I have to wait for another plant to finish up. Number 2 is now even more buried. No clue how to fix this. I think I just have to take it as it is. Nothing to do with her today either. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is beautiful. Her buds, or I should say colas, are getting bigger and fatter. I can't wait to see what the new nutrient regimen does for her. No watering and nothing else to do today. Number 2 actually needed a little bit here and there. Her tops have officially hit the light in several spots. I had to super crop 4 of the branches that were getting fried. There is also a few branches that are taller than the light. I think I'll wait for another day to super crop them as well. I'm really hoping I don't cause too much stress. I also removed a few leaves and accidentally broke a top. It's ok though, I cut the branch down to the next node. Not to mention, I think I can afford to lose a fried top anyway. She will definitely need a reservoir top off today. Most likely later this afternoon. She's still a super thirsty girl. Just gotta keep up. Her soil moisture level is around 34% saturation. I try to wait for 25% so I know she has had some time to breathe. It's very interesting to see that even with the reservoir, she still needs a top watering every couple of days. It just tells me how healthy she really is. Hopefully all the HST I have been doing doesn't slow her down at all. Maybe just those branches. I'll have to see in the upcoming days. Also, I think I did even better with this round of HST. There was a bit of splintering on a couple from the first super crop. But still very much connected and hardening off. All that being said, I think I have to leave her alone for at least a week. So I'll just ensure to keep her watered and touch nothing else no matter how badly I want to. If need be, I'll try some LST if that even works. Honestly, I'd love to have her in her own tent. Alas, I do not have one. Sad really. But in a few weeks she'll be alone and will then get all the LST I can do. Mostly just pulling side branches out and readjusting the plant. I may have to work around the super cropped branches. 🤔🤔 Didn't think about that. Damn. I'll figure it out. Maybe I'll have to rotate her in place to see if I can move her to the middle of the tent. I would think some lifting and pulling should do it. I figure the majority of the branches in the corner will need to stay there anyway, they will just get stretched out in the process of moving the plant. Then lifting the net to bring in branches that need to fill the rest of the tent out. Update: I decided to clean up a bit of Gorilla Cookies 1 and Strawberry Gorilla 1. I didn't remove a lot, just leaves that I neglected to remove a month ago. Hopefully that does even better for the lower buds and for making space for the fat nugs. Both plants definitely needed it. Strawberry Gorilla 1 has massive colas now and they are only getting bigger. They have completely engulfed some of the largest leaf stems and parts of the leaves. Super fat colas. Gorilla Cookies 1 has a whole lot of tops and bud sites. They are stacked pretty well and are really starting to swell. Removing the leaves will certainly help those buds grow to their full potential. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.8° RH: 58.0% VPD: 1.09 kPa (I'm assuming the readings are a bit off due to the size of the plant. Or they aren't off and I need to get drier air in the tent. A defoliation may be in order in about a week. Maybe not. It all depends on her stress levels. And what I can actually safely reach. Hence the need to center this plant. Definitely not soon enough though) November 20, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks really good. Super fat buds now. Excellent colas and beautiful purple hues on the tops. Nothing to do today with her. Number 2 is even more buried. My poor baby! I was thinking that when Number 1 finishes up, I'll move this one to that spot. I'll have to pull the Gorilla Cookies from the overflow tent into the big tent in the back next to Gorilla Cookies 2. That plant is 34" tall and should be able to fit in the space. Her buds are pretty decent but definitely small except the 2 main tops that aren't even close to finishing up. They are all dense buds. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is absolutely amazing. Nowhere near as big as her sister plant, but has buds ALL over the plant top to bottom. She's drinking a decent amount of water. A little over a half gallon a day. Number 2 is out of control. I was forced to super crop four other branches that were hitting the light. I have about 5 more that will hit the light most likely tomorrow. So another round of super cropping. Hopefully spacing it out a bit won't cause too much stress. Honestly, I haven't seen any signs of stress, but at this point, I'm not really sure if she is stressed or not. Anyway, she'll be needing a watering tomorrow. I was going to see if she can hold off for another 2 days, but she's already at 25% and is getting light. Not quite light enough, but just about there. I may check on her later today and see what she needs. The feeding system seems to be inactive again, and this time I don't have a way to reactivate it. I could wait for one of the other reservoirs to empty and carefully swap them out. Anyway I removed some leaves here and there. Not many but some that were pretty big and some that were covering bud sites. Other than that, she looks great and has bud sites popping up everywhere. Not to mention the speed they are growing. I wonder how quickly she will finish up. Hopefully it takes the 7 weeks to fully mature. Then she will have massive buds. One can only hope. But from what I've seen on other diaries I should be expecting some extremely massive colas. Update: I decided to give Gorilla Cookies 2 a half gallon top feed just to help her get through tomorrow. Then she should be good for a full top feed at the start of next week. I also did a small defoliation on Strawberry Gorilla 1. I know it's pretty late to do it, but the outer leaves were crushed up against the wall. I don't want any wet spots or mold or anything like that. I'll see how bad the stress is tomorrow. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.0° RH: 57.0% VPD: 1.12 kPa November 21, 2023 Last day of week 10. Everyone looks good and are all moving along nicely. Did some work on a couple plants today. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 had a couple more leaves pulled off and I rotated her a bit for more space. She took fantastically to her defoliation. So I don't see any issues with her. Either way, her colas are massive and DENSE. Trimming looks like it will be a breeze. No water needed today. I'm not even sure if she will need a top watering tomorrow. She needs the nutrients though, so I'll just water til runoff. I don't think it will be a gallon. Maybe half to three quarters. Number 2 is still tiny as ever. I finally pulled her out and did a minor defoliation on her and rotated her for more light penetration. She's still too small for it to make a major difference, but she does have more light now. Her buds are pretty sense as well. Not as big as number 1, but still pretty good. Super sticky. The aroma is magical. And it lingers too. It's sweet and heady and just right. At least for my tastes. She will definitely need a top watering tomorrow as I believe the bottom feed system is only running about half strength. Just need a kickstart. The wicks are wet, but the bottom of the container is nearly dry. Tomorrow will make it all better. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is just building her buds and colas up. Getting fatter everyday. She has a great smell and her bottom feed system is definitely working full force. She's a very happy plant. I've been observing her leaf development and her sugar leaves are not only scarce, but they are big. It should make for easy trimming. Number 2 is still the beastly beast she is. As I expected, the last 4 tops hit the light today, so they were super cropped as well. I really hope she isn't stressed out and I can't tell. I mean she hasn't stopped growing yet, and her buds production is fantastic. So I think she is happy. But again, HST should have caused some sort of stress. Drooping leaves, something. There's nothing like that. However, there is so much of the plant that I don't think I could tell either way. I don't really know what to look for. She reacted more to a top feeding than she did with the super cropping. And it's not like I didn't do a lot of tops. I think I bent 15 tops. Maybe 14. Still, it seems like a lot to me. But it's done now and the canopy is all level again with the dozens of other tops that came up. Maybe 6" from the light now. So I might be able to get away with 50% light power. Maybe. Grow System Environment: Temp: 70.8° RH: 55.2% VPD: 1.11 kPa (I think my probe is misreading the environment because the Gorilla Cookies 2 is so big. Maybe not but the lung room is warmer than the grow tent with a bright light. Weird.)

November 22, 2023 Day 78 This week will focus on bud building and watering. I'm going to try to avoid any leaf removal and just focus on letting these ladies grow and finish up. All plants got a full top watering today. Each one got a full gallon of nutrients and recharge. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks fantastic. She is nearly ready for harvest. Maybe another week or so. Maybe two with fade. She is covered in trichomes and is super sticky. The aroma is getting louder now. Wonderful. For the size of the plant itself, her colas are massive and super dense. I maybe will get 3 oz of dried and trimmed nugs. I don't count the trim. Maybe I will for this run. I may even weigh out the kief. Number 2 is looking better now that she has some light. Leaves are reaching nicely and she is definitely looking like she will have some fat buds as well. They are already nice and dense. Just needs to pack on the weight. She was pretty light, so the full gallon really helped her out. Maybe she will kick off and build her buds even faster and bigger. We shall see. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is impressive to say the least. She has buds from top to bottom and they are all getting big and fat. They stacked really well, so I can only expect monstrosities of colas. Her reservoir was almost empty. So when I top watered. I went until the whole gallon was gone and the runoff gave about a quarter gallon. That will hold over til tomorrow when I refill the reservoir. It will definitely need a cleaning next week. She is definitely a happy plant. Lots of air flow. And light penetration near to the bottom of the plant. Maybe even more when the Strawberry Gorillas come out of the tent. Number 2 has a ton of tops. No idea how many. I'm not counting them all. Not to mention the plethora of buds within the canopy and the plant. I will attempt a defoliation next week as she should be finished up growing by then. Bud structure looks spectacular. Internodal spacing is pretty good as well. It will make for some insanely dense colas. The gallon top water barely had runoff. I also topped off the reservoir with half a gallon of nutes from a couple days ago. Everything looks absolutely fantastic. I pulled a few leaves and a few of the lowest branches that didn't even have pistils on them. Definitely not worth growing and wasting energy on them. That being said, I won't be pulling anymore branches off. Unless I find one I missed. But I've been pretty diligent thus far. On another note, the super cropping seems to be a success. She is around 45" tall but still may be growing and stacking I also increased the light intensity back to 50% power. Definitely will keep an eye out for any stress. So far everything looks fine. The leaves are darkening like they should and no signs of stress. None that I can tell. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 51.8% VPD: 1.30 kPa November 23, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is getting ready for the last bit of flower. She's moving smoothly and is getting more and more trichomes. Nothing else for her today. Number 2 looks pretty good. Definitely not much in light, so I'm not expecting anything impressive. Although 2oz would be impressive for this plant. We shall see. Buds are still super chunky and will pack on a lot of weight. We shall see. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is packing on weight now. She's definitely swelling up in earnest now and her main colas are deep and robust. Watering was a great success. She should be good for another couple days. Number 2 is ridiculous. She is stacking and growing buds everywhere. I accidentally snapped a tiny lower branch taking a single leaf off. It's ok though. The branch was too low to provide anything of substance. I really couldn't count all the tops in the canopy. With the super cropping and just the shear size of her makes it super hard to count. So I'm not bothering. I can say that the entire canopy is covered in buds. She will need water tomorrow or later today. So thirsty. I'm also not seeing any signs of light stress. Even with the increased power output. If anything I feel like it's boosting bud production. It could also be the early addition of Big Bud. I don't think it's early though. This is an autoflower. It makes no sense to follow a photoperiod feeding schedule. So I added the Big Bud about 10 days into flower. It seems to have worked. So I may be correct in my own feeding schedule. I'm keeping the Grow Nutrients in for one more watering. Then I'll take them out after that. Based on the rate of flowering and slow down in growth, I'd say everything is looking great for this plant. Update: I ended up feeding Gorilla Cookies 2 both a gallon top feed and reservoir refill. The wick system didn't seem to be active. Maybe the plant is too big and the wicks are drying out faster than they can absorb the water. I dunno. She should be good for a couple days now. Another Update: Turned the light back down to 40% power. The leaves are drooping and it still has a little under 4 hours left of light. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.4° RH: 54.3% VPD: 1.21 kPa November 24, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is nearly done. Not much in trichome colors yet. A decent amount of cloudy, but still a lot of clear. She seems to have stopped swelling. I can only assume over the next 2 weeks she will pack on more weight and fade quite nicely. We shall see. The fade should start in about a week I think. Number 2 is just sitting alone by herself under the rest of the plants. She's starting to get orange pistils now and she looks like she is ready to swell up even more. Still not a big plant, but definitely a potent one coming up. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is absolutely amazing now. She has buds up and down and they really started swelling last night. Big ole buds coming up. Massive colas and just an overall a producer. She also has some fantastic trichome production. Lots of stickiness. I can't wait to see how the turns out in the weeks to come. Number 2 has grown a bit more in the back above the light. A couple of the super cropped branches are starting to stand up again, but not too tall. Just about level with the canopy. I'd also like to add that the plant has taken over about 75% of the tent space. The only plant that isn't overshadowed is Strawberry Gorilla 1. She is across from this lady. Anyway, the watering system is back in order. She's cruising through it like crazy. So she will need a watering in the next couple days. She also has crazy stacks already. The picture for today shows how many tops and colas she is going to have. Internodal spacing is about an inch. Perfect for big fat colas. I'd say she has a nice 5 weeks left before harvest. I'm honestly kind of anxious about how long it will take the other plants to finish up. The faster I can get this lady alone in the tent, the better the yield will be. Only good things. Update: So I'm thinking Gorilla Cookies 2 is a Super Auto. Is that a phenome or something? Or is it just a healthy plant? I don't really understand why it took so long to flower. 9 weeks was a very long time. I'm not complaining, but I'd still like to know. I feel like she's a Super Auto. Does anyone have any insight? Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.8° RH: 51.8% VPD: 1.24 kPa November 25, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 got a reservoir refill today. She's lookin good and producing more trichomes. I really can't wait for this one to finish up. I'm definitely excited to taste the final product. Number 2 doesn't seem to be drinking that much at all. Her reservoir is still nearly full, and the top feed hasn't really cleared up yet. Interesting. Just a small plant in a too big container. She has about 2 weeks left. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 got a full reservoir refill today. I didn't let it dry out this time as it doesn't need a cleaning yet. I think the nutrients are doing the right things with this plant. Not only are her tops getting nice and fat and dense, but she is also shedding the lowest leaves. Not a lot, but it's starting. That must mean the fade is right around the corner. Maybe another week or two before flush. Number 2 needs nothing today. She is also shedding lower leaves, but as there is more plant, there are more leaves. I assume this is a good thing at this stage with her nutrient regimen. She will most likely shed a few leaves here and there for the rest of the grow. I needed to super crop one more top that hit the light last night. The rest are mere inches away. Some even around one inch. Nothing seems to be burning. I also don't see signs of plant stress. The only thing is they droop about two hours before lights out. Definitely too much light, but will it burn? Who knows. I can say that the new growth up top is still turning a beautiful shade of green. So I'm not really concerned yet. My concern is the stacking. From what I have seen so far with the other Gorilla Cookies, they stack hard and stretch so they can fatten up. When those hit the light, then I will be concerned. And this time I really can't super crop anything else. It's the whole plant and not just a few tops. Maximum distance is maybe three inches. Now, the light is at 40% power and doesn't seem to be causing that much havoc. I think I may be able to turn it up to 50% when the rest of the ants are out and I can stretch this lady out. I may gain a couple inches of I do it right. If I even can. The first super cropped branches were pinched at the SCroG net, so moving this around will be an absolute chore. I'll see if she needs it. As for watering, she has gone through about half of the top feed from what I can tell and about half way through the reservoir. So roughly a gallon a day. With the bottom feed working again, I can back off a bit from the top feeding as I wish to. What's the point of having a bottom feed system that doesn't actually feed enough? It could also be the caked on nutrients. I really need to swap this reservoir with a clean one. That should put the bottom feed system back in order. I'll need to wait again for another reservoir to dry out. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.4° RH: 50.5% VPD: 1.26 kPa November 26, 2023 Not much going on today. No watering needed. I'm not going to bother plucking any leaves. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks good. She's at the final stretch I think. Next week will get the flush. That should start the fade and give me a beautiful plant. Number 2 got even more covered last night. She's still chugging along though. The main tops are getting orange pistils and buds are still putting on weight. They might even be swelling more. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great! Her main tops are getting nice and fat now. I can tell she has weeks left to go before harvest, so only bigger buds to come. Number 2 has a lot going on with her. Her tops are hitting the light again. 2 of them were super cropped. I understand why they needed to be tied down, so against my better judgement, I redid the super crop on each. There is also one that is not only above the light, but is also hitting the carbon filter. The whole back of the plant is like that. It's the only place she doesn't have direct light. So now that I see she needed a much bigger tent, I'm hoping she stops growing in the next few days. I have minimal grow nutrients in her which will stop next week. Then it's 2 more weeks of Big Bug then 2 weeks of Overdrive before flush and then harvest. So a total of 4 weeks left? Probably 5 to 6 though. With her size? Definitely will take a bit longer to flower all those bud sites. She doesn't need watering today which is kind of surprising. The reservoir is looking well drained though, so she looks to be working wonders now. Tomorrow I think she'll need the top feed. Hopefully she doesn't and can stick with the bottom feed system. I doubt it though. She's just too big and too thirsty. Awesome! Update: As always, I can't resist and removed some top leaves and found already shed leaves stuck in the branches of Gorilla Cookies 2. I also need to figure out a way to get to the back where there's a lot of big leaves doing nothing. Those need to be removed as well. I'd also like to add that the internodal spacing is perfect on this plant with whole branches of buds that will make some insane colas. They are everywhere. I was reading about this strains maximum yield and it's an impressive 650 grams. I don't think I'll get that, but I may get close to it. With the amount of bud sites and speed at which the buds are swelling, I'd say they will be as big as ping pong balls. Finally, I noticed the top branches hardening off. I believe that means she is finishing up with her stretch. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.5° RH: 49.2% VPD: 1.30 kPa November 27, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 will start her flushing next week. Nothing today. Her leaves are still a nice deep green, but the fade isn't anywhere in sight. She's not even dropping leaves yet. I'm hoping the flush for the next week or so will do the trick and we will get a nice fade in the end. Number 2 is doing nothing. She will need a top water next week. It will be the last week of nutrients for this one. The week after next will be flushing for this one. Depending on how far along she is in the coming few days, I may just start flushing early and get that fade going and hopefully it will speed up the flowering process and I'll be able to harvest all the Strawberry Gorillas at the same time. Then I can leave the main tent to the Gorilla Cookies and free up the overflow tent for the drying period for each plant. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is still shedding her leaves. What a good sign. I can only imagine that this is how it's supposed to be. No nitrogen and just bud production now. She will still need a few weeks before harvest. It's the same with the Gorilla Cookies in the overflow tent. She will be joining when the Strawberry Gorillas are ready for harvest. Number 2 is getting a bit insane here. More tops are touching the light and the outside branches are nearly 2 inches above the light. Hell, one of the tops is bending at the carbon filter. It's crazy. So I have a couple tops that may get light burn. Not much I can do about it now. The branches are hardening off and fast. Either way, this plant is going to yield so much. She got a full top water with recharge. Honestly I thought it was day 7 of the week, so I did the recharge early, but I did remove the micro and grow base nutrients. I left the cal/mag in and upped the Big Bud to 5 ml/gallon. So in two days when the new week starts, I won't be doing any recharge. I'll also take out the Cal/mag or drop it down from 4 ml to 2 ml. Although, I did t think 4 ml will do anything to such a big plant. I may have to buy more overdrive for this lady though. She will definitely use quite a bit. Hopefully it lasts me a while. I removed some of the loose lower leaves. I also shook the plant a bit to help the shedding leaves fall. I got a few that way, and popped off some more that were just barely hanging on. I even removed some new growth. Removed some of the top leaves as well. I'm trying to open the canopy up without causing stress. So far it seems to be working. At least from the leaf removal. I'm not sure what the light is doing to those tops. Regardless to shedding leaves and light issues, I can say the stacks are stupid tight and the internodal spacing is around 3/4". I will certainly be expecting some massive dense colas from this lady. 16 oz. Hahahahaha. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.1° RH: 51.0% VPD: 1.28 kPa November 28, 2023 I finally fixed my lighting issue. I ran the exhaust outside the tent instead of inside. So now I have the fan on top of the tent and the duct work running to the great outdoors. Unfortunately I don't that the carbon filter attached anymore, so I hope it's not too much outside. Now with the light strapped to the tent ceiling, I have a good 9.5" of space for Gorilla Cookies 2. So I turned the intensity up to 60% to make sure the DLI stays roughly the same. It wasn't too bright, but too close. Now I have more coverage throughout the whole tent. Finally! Took me long enough. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is happy with life. Her reservoir is nearly empty which is perfect. Tomorrow will start of the flush stage and the reservoir needs to be cleaned out. She's not shedding any leaves yet, but she is also still loaded with nitrogen. So the flush should turn that around pretty quickly. Number 2 unfortunately has not emptied the reservoir yet, so I'll have to dump and clean it out. She's definitely ready for flushing. Her pistils are nearly all orange now. Her trichomes look to be a mix of cloudy and clear. More so clear than cloudy. The flush should speed up maturing time as well. In about a week or two, I'll have both of these ladies to harvest as well as the one in the Overflow Tent. Very much excited. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is still packing on the weight as expected. She has a good two to three weeks left, and I'm very happy for that. She should end with some really dense buds and some big colas as well. Her reservoir is nearly empty as well. Perfect timing for the next top feed and reservoir refill. Number 2 is looking great! Now with the light up higher, I was able to reach in the back and pluck a few massive leaves. I'll probably pop a few off tomorrow as well. Just a few. It's nearly the end of the time I can do so without stressing her out. She has a good four to five weeks left to go. And I cannot wait to see how big these colas are going to be. There are so many bud sites all throughout the plant. With the light higher up, it should do a better job at penetrating the outside edges of the tent. In turn should also reflect happily with the lower parts of the plant. Of course, once the Strawberry Gorillas are out, I'll have much more space to open up the canopy and really penetrate deep into the lower parts. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.3° RH: 49.1% VPD: 1.34 kPa

November 29, 2023 Day 85 This week we have a lot of work to do. Firstly, the Strawberry Gorillas are now being flushed with 8 ml/gal of Flawless Finish. Second, Gorilla Cookies 1 is in the last week or so on flower. More like 2 weeks more of flower before flush. She will be getting Overdrive instead of Big Bud. Lastly, Gorilla Cookies 2 now has no grow nutrients and more Tasty Terpenes and Bud Candy. 5 ml each. I kept in the cal/mag for now. Just the same 4 ml I have been using. I may take it out next week. So there is quite a bit to do this week. Then there's the focus on Gorilla Cookies 2. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks really good. Her buds are fat and heavy. Very nice for such a small plant. The next time I grow this strain it'll be 4 plants all the same. Anyway, she got a full gallon of Flawless Finish and reservoir cleaning and refill also with Flawless Finish. Top watering takes about a week to go through and the reservoir as well. So this should be the only time I need to run it. She should start showing color any day now. Number 2 is also quite healthy even with the light being blocked. With the light higher, it does get a bit more, but not much. She also got a full gallon of Flawless Finish. And a reservoir cleaning and refill. Her leaves didn't get as dark as Number 1, so I don't expect her to take much time fading into something beautiful. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks great! She has huge colas and dense buds throughout the plant. Even the lower parts are pretty dense. She still has a good 2 weeks left in flower before flush, so she should get even fatter and pack on a ton of weight. That being said, this could easily be a 5 ouncer. Maybe 4, but I think 5. She got a full reservoir cleaning and refill with her current flowering nutrients regimen. I did take out the big bud though and am continuing with the Overdrive. Recharge was also added to the top feed. Number 2 is a bit sad today. I'm not really sure what's wrong. It can't be nitrogen toxicity. I don't have any in there to be toxic. Maybe she is a bit over watered? But I doubt that as well as she takes a gallon or more in 2 days. It could be light stress, so I brought the light intensity down to 50% from 60%. If lighting is the problem, that should fix it pretty quickly. She also finally got a reservoir cleaning and refill. Full gallon of her nutrient regimen. No more grow nutes, cal/mag is staying as well. I also added recharge to the top feed. She seems to have finally stopped stretching and what a perfect time to stop. This plant is a total of 50" tall, 9.5" from the light and full of colas. It's a sea of tops with buds literally everywhere. I managed to get in the back and got some of the massive leaves out. Also took the very most bottom branch out. It was doing nothing but flopping over with no buds. That could have also stressed her out. Either way, I think this is the start of mid flower. 4 more weeks to go I think. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 43.3% VPD: 1.62 kPa November 30, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking good in her first day of flush. I can only imagine how quickly she will start to fade. Her aroma is nearly overpowering now. Her buds have pretty purple and pink hues. She may still be packing on weight. That's ok though, I'm giving her the week and maybe next to fade and then harvest. I'm also looking for amber trichomes. I found a few last week, but haven't bothered looking yet. I'll wait til I see some yellowing. Then I'll check the trichomes. I don't think they will be much changed in the next week. Maybe 5% amber? Either way, if she's ready in a week, then she's ready in a week. 2 weeks, same thing. Whenever she is ready. Number 2 is looking small as ever. However, her buds smell great and are nice and dense. Not much in yield with this one, but it should be tasty. She will be the one to take this flush all the way to the end I think. Same as her sister plant, she will be harvested when she's ready in about a week. Maybe 2. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is swelling even more and packing on weight. Her shedding has slowed down a bit. Only one leaf fell and one came off with the touch of a finger. It's funny though, how small she is compared to her sister plant. She's still a 34" tall plant with plenty of colas and bud sites. She will definitely provide a decent yield. Number 2 is completely recovered from whatever stress she was under yesterday. She looks great now. Happy and growing. She should start some stacking any day now. I have to note the sea of tops with this plant. The whole canopy is just tops. Leaves are kind of thinned out up top. I may pop some more off if I can in the next few days. Although, I think I'll leave her alone for the rest of the grow. She definitely will need TLC for the rest of the grow. Somehow I forgot to fill her reservoir yesterday. Although, I swear I did. Anyway it was empty this morning. I know she went drink the whole reservoir gallon in one day, so I forgot to water. Happily, her runoff was still in the reservoir and kept the wick system active. So she got the full reservoir refill with her nutrient regimen. She stopped shedding her leaves. It must have been the ones that really weren't getting light. I'm not complaining. Less for me to do and a safer way of removing leaves. I also won't have to reach in and potentially break a branch or something. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.1° RH: 45.6% VPD: 1.48 kPa December 1, 2023 I discovered that when I put my light up to the ceiling, it was about 3 inches to the left. I managed to move it to the center, but barely. I may end up taking it down and reinstalling it. Maybe. I don't really think I need to move it anymore. Not to mention that when Gorilla Cookies 2 is alone, the light will have to move anyway, back to that 3 inch offset. That will make it squarely above Gorilla Cookies 2. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is starting to get a purple hue to her leaves. I believe I may have screwed up the first dose of Flawless Finish. It calls for 8 ml/gal but I only did 3 ml thinking the plant wouldn't need all of it to flush out. But that logic is stupid. The Flawless Finish is supposed to prevent the plant from taking in anymore nutrients. Like a beta blocker or something. Anyway, I then realized my mistake. The proper dose is for all plants. I figured this out because of the Strawberry Gorilla in the Overflow Tent. I did the 8 ml dose and it showed immediate results. So I'm going to have to do it again with 8 ml in a few days I guess. However, she is drinking straight water with the Flawless Finish. And drinking it at a decent pace too. Number 2 is in the same situation as her sister plant. Not enough Flawless Finish. I'll have to do the same thing and flush again in a few days. Her leaves are a super healthy green color. Buds and colas are also a beautiful green. I'm guessing that when she fades, she will have beautiful colors. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is starting to really pack in the weight now. I already have a smaller branch leaning over because of the weight. Very exciting. I managed to prop it up and lock a couple of its leaves with other branch leaves as anchors. If need be, I'll tie the branch up to a taller branch. Her main top is getting pretty big and starting to chunk up. The other main tops are right behind it. Great color and strong aroma. Number 2 is thirsty. So yesterday I thought I didn't fill the reservoir. So, naturally, I filled it up. Well, this morning was the same thing as yesterday. Near empty reservoir that looked like runoff. So I have now deduced that this lady is drinking a gallon a day. Her branches are hardening off and looking quite nice. The buds are starting to stack and pump out pistils. Her color is quite nice. However, I have a few lower growth sites that are yellow. I think I'll remove those later today. They are all well below the canopy. So definitely not worth trying to keep. As for her foliage, I think I've done as much as I can really. It's not perfect and there's still a lot of it, but there is also some light getting to the bottom of the plant. Not much, but I can only assume that light is penetrating the whole plant fairly well. We shall see. Especially when she's alone in the tent. As I have been doing, I'll pull leaves off as needed. I will try to avoid it as much as possible though. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.1° RH: 47.6% VPD: 1.37 kPa December 2, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks fantastic. She is still drinking water, but slowing down a bit. Just another sign she is close to ready. Her buds put on a little more weight over the past couple of days. Nothing substantial, but I'm sure more dense. I haven't touched the colas in a while. Number 2 is also near finished. She is a bit behind her sister plant, but not much and she will catch up in the next week or so. I'm thinking about a week and a half for this one. Maybe two weeks. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 has even fatter buds and now the side branches are putting on more weight. I can't wait to see how she turns out. No water needed as her wick system is working in full force. Number 2 is astonishing. At least she is to me. I'm sure there are much better plants out there. But for me, this is insane. She is the biggest plant I have ever grown. Her buds are stacking and the colas are all starting to connect as well. And I mean all of them. The hundred or so tops all have colas connecting up. I really can't wait to see how this one turns out. I still believe I'll get over a half pound out of her. Especially considering the size of the buds on her sister plant. What do you think? Leave a comment. Anyway, her wick system is completely inactive and I have no idea why. She barely drank anything from the reservoir, but she is clearing out the soil. She will definitely need to be watered tomorrow if the bottom feed system doesn't kick in. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 50.2% VPD: 1.37 kPa December 3, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 needs nothing. She is about halfway through her reservoir and looks great! She's still not fading, but the next refill will have the 8 ml dose. Her buds are nice and purple now. They also seem really heavy. I can't wait to see the yield. Number 2 is still sitting back in her little corner. Her buds look great! Nice and bright with purple hues and getting fatter. She may have a bit longer to go than her sister plant. But still looks great. She is definitely not as thirsty as her sister plant either. But the bottom feed system is active, so that's good. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks astonishing. Her buds are fat and getting heavier. She has about 3 weeks left. She needed a reservoir refill this morning. I used the rest of her top feed regimen. Unfortunately it still has the recharge in it. I'll clean out the reservoir after it empties again. Her aroma is sweet, pungent and loud. Her buds are sticky and the pistils are starting to turn orange now. I'm very excited to see what she produces. Number 2 is looking super nice. Very healthy and happy. Her leaf edges are starting to claw up. A sign of slight light stress. I may drop the intensity back down to 40%. I'll see what she looks like tomorrow. She also needed a full top water today. The reservoir is still full, so I don't think it's active anymore. Booooo, but she is still looking awesome. If I can figure it out, I may just empty the reservoir and top feed for the rest of the grow. Frankly, I'm pretty sure she needs a prime and not the wicks. She doesn't have enough moisture at the bottom and I'm pretty sure the air pruned roots are blocking the wicks. Maybe? I don't know. Anyway, her leaves have stopped shedding and she has some really nice foliage. It's a bit too much, but not that bad. Still a decent amount of light penetration. Great air flow. I have the lower canopy fan running at fullblast to make sure all the plants get a good amount of airflow. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.8° RH: 48.4% VPD: 1.48 kPa December 4, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 still hasn't started changing colors. I can only assume it is because of only using 3 ml of Flawless Finish. So today, her reservoir was just about empty, so I dumped the rest out and filled it back up with 8 ml of Flawless Finish. This should do it and start the fade very soon. Lots of cloudy trichomes now, but still too many clear and just a couple amber. She's definitely not shedding leaves either. Soon enough I think. I'll be adding a week to her timeline. So maybe 8 to 10 days left. She's there, just needs to start fading and then I'll know she's just about ready. Number 2 is definitely lighter in color. It's most likely due to her not getting much light. Her buds are pretty well developed and pretty dense. I haven't checked the trichomes yet. For one, she is too far back and too buried to get to her without taking her out. So I'm going to add 3 extra days compared to her sister plant. I feel like that should be accurate. I'm still taking them out at the same time. So I'll be waiting for this plant to finish up. She got a full reservoir refill today with 8 ml of Flawless Finish. That should do it to get her started with her fade. Maybe 10 to 15 days left on her. Gorilla Cookies: Number is getting heavier and fatter buds as I expected. Her main top is swaying a bit. It's starting to concern me when I pull her out for the morning pictures and to water her sister plant. That top is really heavy and leans a bit when away from the support of the trellis. She shed a leaf this morning. Just one. She won't be getting a watering until tomorrow. Her soil is nice and moist and the reservoir still has plenty of feed in it. I also added cal/mag back in. I believe she has a deficiency. It's really early, so I'm glad I caught it. Either nitrogen or calcium. Regardless, cal/mag should solve the issue. Number 2 is looking absolutely fantastic. Her buds are stacking and her leaves are a lush green. She does have some spots in the lowest part of the canopy that are in terrible shape. I just don't think they were cut out to be viable. Unfortunately, it's already too late in flower to prune them. So I'll have to leave them be and hope they fall off. If not, oh well. Her canopy is nicely leveled with the exception of the back row. Those are all taller but the same height as each other. The internodal spacing on the back tops is a bit longer than that of the main canopy. It's probably the lack of light they suffered in the beginning of flower. Anyway, they still look pretty amazing. She will be needing a watering tomorrow or a bottom feed this afternoon. But she will definitely need a top feed tomorrow first thing. Maybe before 2 pm today if she really needs it. Currently the soil moisture level is at 24% saturation and it drops really fast. A couple of hours ago, it was at 30%, so it goes really fast. Such a thirsty girl. I will top feed when she hits 15% and I'll keep an eye out for that today. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.8° RH: 49.9% VPD: 1.39 kPa December 5, 2023 It's the last day of week 12. Everything looks like it's on track and healthy. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is still not showing much in fading. She has a couple leaves that are starting to show signs of purple. It's slow going, but with the increased Flawless Finish, I expect her to come around this coming week. I'm not really going to focus on her as she is just finishing up and needs nothing but water now. I did pluck a leaf off that was just bugging me. She has massive dense buds. Tons of trichomes and just an overall healthy plant. If not a little nitrogen toxic. Just a little though. That will all go away in time. Number 2 is still just sitting in her little overshadowed corner. She looks great from what little I can see of her. Her trichomes are abundant, she has a wonderful green color, but also hasn't started to fade yet. Again, I think it was the lack of enough Flawless Finish. It should be all good this coming week. She won't be getting a top watering this week until the reservoir is empty. Then I plan on flushing and emptying the reservoir of any runoff. Then I'll fill the reservoir up with 8 ml Flawless Finish. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is really starting to shine. Her buds are growing dense and getting fatter by the day. Another 2 weeks of flowering for this one, then the flush. She has plenty of time to bulk up even more. I can't wait! Number 2 got her top water today. Regular nutrients no recharge. However I did add 2 ml of base bloom. So now it's at 8 ml. I'll hold off on recharge for this week I think. I don't believe she needs it at the moment. Plus, I just filled her up and forgot tomorrow was the start of a new week. Next top feed will have the recharge in it. That should be about 2 days from now. The wick system is barely active now. I'm not sure what to do with that. I'll just let her drain it slowly as she has been. Also, with the gallon feeding, these is never runoff. I'm wondering if I should be watering even more. Like a gallon and a half every other day. I don't really know to be honest. I don't feel that runoff is all that important in the flowering stage. As long as she gets the food she needs and doesn't get too much, everything is fine. So maybe I won't. Time will tell. She still has a good 4 weeks left of flower. Then most likely 2 weeks of flush. It's a longer grow time than I would have expected, but well worth it in the end. The final product will most likely be around 8 oz. The lower branches are starting to pop out some half decent buds. Nothing monstrous. But decent little buds. They may end up being some dense little popcorn buds. Oh well. However, I do have those lower branches that have yellowing all over and the leaves are drooping so sadly. I know they won't make it, but again, I don't want to prune anything at this extremely important stage of growth. Maybe I'll prune them off toward the end of flower. Just to stress her enough for some last minute trichome production. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.8° RH: 47.6% VPD: 1.45 kPa

December 6, 2023 Day 92 This week will focus one a couple of things. It is the last week or so for the Strawberry Gorillas. Gorilla Cookies 1 is about 3 weeks out while Gorilla Cookies 2 is around 6 weeks out. That's including flushing. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks great! She's kind of fading, but not much. Another week of Flawless Finish should do the trick. She will also need a top flush in the upcoming days. Just waiting for the reservoir to empty. Harvest is right around the corner. Her buds are purple, but the leaves are still a deep green. She has a very loud aroma. Hard to clear up when I open the tent up. Yay! Number 2 is looking pretty good as well. Buds are hardening up and she seems to be going pretty strong still. Just as her sister plant, she will be getting a full top flush when the reservoir dries out. That should definitely speed up the maturing process. Other than that, she's kinda just hanging out in the back with nothing to do. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking super nice. Big fat colas. Side branches are putting on weight as well. I'd say another 3 weeks left. 2 more weeks of flower then another 1 to 2 weeks of flushing. She's definitely getting super loud and pungent. Sweet and gross at the same time. Haha. Number 2 is coming along like a beast. She is stacking and connecting buds on colas. They are already starting to fatten up in earnest. I can't wait for this one to finish up. She has a good 3 to 4 weeks left of flower and another 1 to 2 weeks of flushing. So 4 to 6 weeks left. But that's my estimate. She is already getting an aroma and her trichomes production looks really good for her stage in flower. I can expect some frosty fat juicy buds. Chunks of delicious smoke. Just overall a very happy plant. I hope I can enter a contest with her. She would certainly win. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.5° RH: 47.1% VPD: 1.46 kPa December 7, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks great! Her buds are purple with deep green leaves. They are starting to get more purple on them, but I don't know if this one will fade that much. The leaves are too dark I think. I pulled the wick system out of the reservoir today. She will be getting just top feed of Flawless Finish for the rest of the time. She's really moist right now, so I'm going to wait for a day or two and let her dry out. She smells amazing and is super loud now. I also checked the trichomes today. There's a few amber on the sugar leaves, but none of the buds themselves. There is still too many clear ones anyway, but I think she will be ready by the end of this week. Number 2 is looking alright. She has some pretty dense buds, but not as dense as I would have hoped for by now. But the lack of light has either slowed it down or she just won't have super dense buds. I'd say she has maybe 10 days left. However, her pistils are all orange and starting to shrivel. So who knows. I'm going to over estimate this and say 10 more days. Just a few more than her sister plant. Her reservoir is still fairly full, so I'm going to wait for it to empty out before I pull the wicks. Then I'll flush with 8 ml Flawless Finish one last time I think. I don't think she will dry out more than once before she finishes up. Maybe twice, but the possible extra top water will just be plain water. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks stunning. Her buds are big and getting heavy. Super dense and they smell amazing. She'll need a reservoir refill tomorrow. I believe she is pulling in just under a half gallon a day now. I'm not really sure when she will slow down her intake, but I'm guessing it won't be for a couple of weeks. Number 2 is even more of a beast now. She is basically wall to wall. Just the front of the tent hasn't been overtaken. But that's not by much. The branches are now overshadowing Number 1's lower canopy. I'm not really sure what to do about it. If there's anything I can do. I may be able to move her to the front right corner of the tent when the Strawberry Gorillas are out. I'll still have another Gorilla Cookies coming in as soon as they leave though. It's not girthy, but it is tall. It may actually fit pretty nicely in the front left corner. We shall see. She will be needing a reservoir refill tomorrow and maybe a top feed. She's definitely drinking a lot now and I need to keep a close eye on it. My question is feeding. Is she getting enough? Is it not enough? How can I tell? Her buds are stacking like mad. They are getting super long and connecting the the rest of the buds on each top. I can tell the colas she will produce are going to be a thing of wonder. Seriously cannot wait. She definitely has at least 4 weeks left. Maybe 5 or 6 with flushing. So I have been thinking and comparing yields of my past diaries and I come to my award winning Zkittlez Autoflower. This plant had a dry trimmed and cured yield of 6.5 oz. This plant was 34" tall with a fantastic canopy. However, Gorilla Cookies 2 is larger, has more tops and has larger buds already. They are prepping to be massively heavy colas. That being said, I really can't express how much I believe this plant will yield around 10 oz. If not more. It just makes sense. A bigger plant and so far compared to the bud size of Gorilla Cookies 1 bigger denser buds. Zkittlez is a sativa dominant hybrid. So her buds were dense, but also a bit long and skinny. So they didn't pack on as much weight as expected with this plant. So all in all, I think I'll get between 10 oz to 16 oz. Let's hope for the full pound. Stoked! Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.8° RH: 48.1% VPD: 1.39 kPa December 8, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is nearly ready! Her buds are rock hard now and her aroma is super loud. Due to the other strain in the tent, I can't get a full appreciation of her Terpenes profile yet. She doesn't need any watering yet. I'll flush one more time with Flawless Finish I think when she dries out. Then if she needs it again, it will be plain water. Number 2 has really dense buds now. She is super sticky and from what little I can tell, she is quite loud. She hasn't started to fade yet, but I don't think I should expect that yet. I still think she is a little bit behind her sister plant. I may go another week of flushing if she needs it. Either way, I won't have to harvest her right away. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is super loud. Her buds are swelling even more and hardening off as well. Pistils in the lower part of the canopy are turning orange now, but they are still sticking straight out. Again, I think 2 to 3 more weeks total before harvest. She got a full reservoir top off today. She is doing the best with the bottom feed system out of all the plants. Number 2 is so covered in buds, the pictures make it looks like there are barely any leaves. There's a ton of leaves, but still a ton of colas. It's insane. In my personal opinion this is a plant of awe. A truly awesome plant. And based on what I've seen, one of the better of the strain itself. She got a full gallon top feed today with recharge. She also got a full reservoir top off. Happily nothing dried out except for the top layer of soil. Kinda. Either way, she was dried out at 18% saturation. Now she is sitting at 41% saturation. That won't last more than an hour. Thirsty girl. She also has a pleasant aroma now. Nothing loud yet, but definitely a wonderful scent. I can definitely tell this plant will be an extremely pungent and powerful plant. Can't wait! I think I'm going to leave the few lower branches that aren't doing anything. I don't want to risk any stress whatsoever. No chance I'm going to do anything to mess this grow up. Nope. Not happening. Oh, I noticed that she isn't drooping anymore from too much light. That must mean she needs it now. I think it's perfect for her needs. No stress that I can see yet. No more drooping, no yellowing, nothing wispy yet. So I think she's good now. Infact, some of the outside colas have leaves that are turning inward toward the light, so again, I think it's on point now. We shall see. Another thing I'd like to note is the cola structures. They are very long. At least 18" with some being up to 24". They are covered in buds, top to bottom of the canopy. There will definitely be a decent amount of popcorn buds, but those are stacking as well, so they may be some hard little nuggies. Either way, she will have an excellent yield. Lots of tops so the popcorn won't matter all that much. Update: I decided to cut those lower auxiliary branches off today. Most answers to my question suggested cutting them and it won't hurt. So I did. An hour later and the plant looks fine. Good to know. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.6° RH: 47.8% VPD: 1.44 kPa December 9, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking really good. She is almost ready for another flush. Last one I think. I don't think this one is going to fade. Not much at least. No idea why though. Everything looks pretty good. Trichomes are still chugging along. I'll start posting pics of them when they look better. Number 2 had a bunch of dead and dying leaves on the bottom. I'm guessing it's from lack of light and nutrients. Unfortunately, the buds there all suffered as well. Like there aren't any. Just little budlets up a tiny stem. Oh well, the tops look good. I also wasn't expecting much out of her anyway. She needs no water and I'm not sure that she will. Again though, she may need an extra week. She my infact get another flush. I'll see when the time comes. For now, she will just hang out. I did turn her around so the other side of the plant could get some light. Nothing else to do with her sadly. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 has some pretty hefty colas. Club like even. Her reservoir and water intake seems to be perfect for her. Nothing else to do but let her finish up and clean up any shedding leaves. Her pistils are all turning orange now. It's only a matter of a few weeks left. Maybe 7 to 10 days of flower and then up to two weeks of flushing. She looks great. Number 2 is stacking like crazy. Her colas are all shaping up to be big and cone shaped. A bulbous cone that is. She doesn't need anything today. No leaves to pull off, no branches to cut down, no water to fill. Everything looks fantastic. I did notice some outside branches are already starting to lean. So I'll be ordering some trellis netting to drape over for support. I'll have to wait a bit to order it though. Like a week or so. Hopefully that's not too long. Anyway, I still can't wrap my head around how wonderful this plant is. I can, but it still leaves me in awe. Anyway, she's looking great and needs nothing. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.8° RH: 49.8% VPD: 1.39 kPa December 10, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is looking great. More purple hues on the buds. No fade though. I wonder if she will even fade. Well, now that I finally did a top flush with 8 ml Flawless Finish, hopefully we will see results in the next couple of days. She also isn't shedding a single leaf. Like she still has plenty of nutrients to go and has no intention of finishing up. Wow. Anyway, I'll check trichomes tomorrow. No sense in looking today. Number 2 is doing well, all things considered. Her top buds are dense and tight. Her smell is pleasant and sweet. She finally emptied her reservoir and now it's just a matter of her drying up a bit. Then I'll be able to do a top flush with Flawless Finish. Maybe 2 more days? 3 with her size before she needs the watering. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is getting really heavy. I have to pull it out of the tent every day to check on the Beast. Today she almost tipped over when I lifted her up. All the tops just leaned to one side and wow. She's heavy. Seriously can't wait for the end for this one. She'll be needing a reservoir refill tomorrow. I was thinking about just topping her off, but I like to let the water get just to the bottom. That way, I can use a full gallon every time. She is definitely thirsty and I believe getting a bit more so because of the bulking stage she's in. Number 2 has colas! All of the tops are forming beautiful colas. I seriously love this plant. She received both a top watering without recharge and a reservoir refill. Definitely drinking more than a gallon a day. Her leaves are still shedding and I'm pretty sure that's a good thing. However, more and more of the lowest auxiliary branches are wilting. I know it has to be from all the tops taking all the energy. I'm not complaining, but I don't know what it means. And should I continue to remove them? I don't think it's a problem. If they die out, then I'll remove them. For now, I'll let them be popcorn and put it all with my my trimmings. Then I'll have to figure out a way to make concentrate. All the steps. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.5° RH: 52.2% VPD: 1.35 kPa December 11, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 looks fantastic! Her buds are all purple and leaves are a lush green. However, one would think the fade should have started a week ago. Anyway, maybe she won't or maybe she is just a little bit behind? I doubt it though. Her pistils were all shrivelled up weeks ago. No watering needed today. Maybe tomorrow. I may let her dry out instead. It all depends on the trichomes. I'm looking for a solid 10% to 15% amber before the chop. Number 2 is a sad little mess. She is definitely underdeveloped. I think it will be another week before she is ready for harvest maybe even 2. She hasn't started to fade either. So that must mean she has plenty of nutrients left in the soil. Could be good or bad. I'm not sure yet. All I know is that she does not look ready. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is super heavy. So heavy in fact that she started to pull the roots up a bit. So I needed to anchor her down. My only concern is how it will effect her for the rest of the grow. I still have to remove her everyday to get access to the Beast. She got a full reservoir today. I I think she drained it in 2 days. She's not light though, so that's a great sign of her ability to constantly drink. Very happy with that. Anyway, her buds are massive and HEAVY as I said. She still has about 10 to 14 days before flush. Most of the pistils have turned orange in the lower parts of the plant. It's all sticking straight out though, so definitely not ready. I'll wait for the main top to finish before I consider the flush stage. She is still shedding her leaves at a decent rate. Not entirely sure if that's good or bad, but she is big enough for it to be ok I think. But they are just falling off. Hopefully that's not a very bad thing. Number 2 is doing absolutely fantastic! Her colas are forming quite nicely and are super long. She had a few dead leaves in the lower part of the canopy that I found today. Not too much, maybe five or so. I expect her to stack even more over the next week. Just like her sister plant, I'm expecting long stacks as I'm already seeing. And the amount of time left is awesome. Another 5 weeks I think before harvest. It's a super long time, but it will be well worth it. However, this is the longest autoflower I've ever run. And I really can't be mad at the ant with such a bountiful harvest coming up. It might be four weeks. Who knows. I say three weeks left of flower than two weeks of flushing. So five weeks. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 49.6% VPD: 1.38 kPa December 12, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 has a day or two left to go. My biggest issue is trying to figure out the right time to chop. I might be too early. Definitely not too late, but I don't want to go into the realm of too many amber trichomes. She also has a ton of purple trichomes. So I can't tell if those are ready or not. Either way, I'll be harvesting in the next couple days along with the Strawberry Gorilla in the Overflow Tent. No flush needed today. Number 2 I believe sadly has bud rot. It wouldn't surprise me at all considering how deeply covered she has been. No light. The weird part is the air movement. There's plenty just below her, so that definitely was never a problem. Anyway, the symptoms are brown and gray buds and leaves all along most of the bottom and on one complete side. They will all have to be removed. The funny part is the branches themselves are a very flexible green. So very much underdeveloped. Well, the lesson I have learned with this plant is to not just try, but find a way to keep all plants at a level canopy. No idea how I would have done that with this particular situation, but I'm sure I could have figured something out. She needs absolutely nothing now. I'll probably remove all the bad stuff later today when I'm feeling up to it. Depression is a bitch. Lol. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks amazing with her big fat buds. The anchor I setup yesterday seems to be working perfectly. No more massive swaying when I pulled her out. Now that it's fixed, I wonder if she will put on more weight as she is less prone to tipping and can handle the weight. If I didn't have to remove her daily, I'd put her in the SCroG net and call it a day. But alas, no dice. No water needed. Her reservoir is still pretty full to be honest. She definitely took in a lot less than I thought she would. Interesting. She's definitely not done bulking up yet and absolutely does need the water. I wonder if she just started focusing more on the moisture in the soil. Or not. Whatever, she is healthy, happy and heavy. Only a leaf or two shed off today. So it's a good thing. Number 2 is beastly as ever. Her stacks are amazing and already getting dense just from the shear amount on each stalk. The very tops of each cola is made up of at least ten buds in the first three to four inches. She has a slight aroma. Nothing strong, but still loud enough for me to smell over the other plants in the tent. And they are LOUD. I found a couple of dead leaves within the center of the canopy. So they got pulled out. Nothing else really shedding, just a couple dead leaves here and there. She also got a full gallon top water without recharge. I'm starting to think I don't need to do it every week. Maybe every ten days or so. Her reservoir is about half full, so it's still going fairly strong. With the top feed, it should keep the wicks active now. She will definitely need a reservoir top off tomorrow. Update: I decided to cut off all the rot from Strawberry Gorilla 2. There was so much of it, I cut off entire branches and buds everywhere. Such a shame. So she is now back in the tent in her same spot but without an entire side that is now facing toward Gorilla Cookies 2. I've also lifted the SCroG net up in the front of the tent. It works two things. Keeping the outside tops of the Beast from flopping over and also makes it easier to remove the other three plants when needed. I should have done this weeks ago. Oh well. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 47.7% VPD: 1.47 kPa

December 13, 2023 Day 99 This weeks is a busy week. We'll be harvesting, cleaning up, finishing and moving plants around. I'll be bringing in a Gorilla Cookies from my overflow tent when I harvest Strawberry Gorilla 1. Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is just about ready for harvest. I believe I could harvest today, but I'll hold off for a day or two, just in case. I'm letting her dry out now just before harvest. I won't be doing a dark period though. No space to do it. I'll give it a shot anyway, but I don't think I can fit both the Strawberry Gorilla in the overflow tent and this one going in. The 5 gallon container makes it not work. Number 2 has to be stressed out. She has to be. But I don't know what stress looks like apparently. I may harvest her as well this week. I don't think she is ready yet though. I may harvest because of the bud rot I cut out. Just in case it tries to come back. I don't think it will though. Either way, I'll make that decision on the next couple of days. I dumped a gallon of plain water in her soil today. I was going to let her dry out completely, but I want to salvage as much as I can just in case she needs more time. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking absolutely fantastic. Her buds are getting fatter and heavier everyday now. She still has a good week or two in flower. Then two weeks of flush. She's going to need a reservoir refill tomorrow morning I think. Number 2 is ridiculous. Her tops are turning into massive colas. There's so many it looks like a sea of bud. Leaves are there, but they are being overrun. She got a full gallon today. Yet another gallon. With recharge. She's getting more thirsty now. Her reservoir was also empty, so I refilled that as well. Talk about taking in well over a gallon of feed. I see this as a very good thing. It means I'll get even better colas. She still has a good 2 weeks left of Big Bud. After that, I'll switch over to Overdrive. She had a couple dead leaves in the lower canopy. So they were removed. Everything else looks absolutely amazing. Not a thing wrong with her. She has about three weeks left of flower. Then a certain 2 weeks of flush. Especially with a plant so big. The countdown starts now. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.8° RH: 47.4% VPD: 1.46 kPa Update: I decided to move Strawberry Gorilla 1 to the overflow tent. In it's place I put the Gorilla Cookies from the overflow to here. I'll be running 48 hours of dark and then harvest. She's ready. She is actually joining the Strawberry Gorilla in there for harvest time. Can't wait. The arrangement in the tent is about the same. Strawberry Gorilla 2 is in the back still. But I switched buckets. Gorilla Cookies 1 has a 5 gallon bucket that lifted it about 4" more. The small 2 gallon bucket is under the new Gorilla Cookies giving it roughly the same light exposure if not a little more than that of the Overflow Tent. She also seems to have a bit more space. Not much, but a bit and the light penetration is significantly better I think. December 14, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Number 1 is in her first 24 hours of dark. However, I forgot to turn the timer off and the light was on from 6 am to 7 am. I'll be harvesting tomorrow afternoon at some point. Dark Tent Environment: Temp: 68.5° RH: 44.5% VPD: 1.33 kPa Number 2 was infected pretty bad. So I pulled her and tossed her. Sad, but she was the smallest anyway. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks fantastic! Her buds are getting even heavier and denser. The main canopy is starting to bulk up more as well. Her reservoir was empty as I thought. However, she still had plenty of moisture so no need to top feed. I might add a liter of water with recharge in it, but I doubt it. Looking great! More orange pistils as well. I'm just waiting for them to start shrivelling up. That should take the rest of this week and a bit into next week. Number 2 is a beast as always. She stopped drinking from the reservoir again. But she also hasn't cleared out the soil water. Most likely tomorrow or later today if she dips below 18%. With Both of the Strawberry Gorillas out of the tent, there's more space for the lower fan to circulate the air better. It also made it easier to bring in the Gorilla Cookies from the Overflow Tent in. I'll continue recording it's progress in the Overflow Diary. Anyway, Gorilla Cookies 2 is stunning. Her colas are growing super fast and stacking like mad. The problem I have is that I'm not tall enough to really see the top of the plant. But from what I can see, there is a lot of foliage still, but there's so many colas, I expect there to be a lot of leaves. She's starting to give off a beautiful aroma. Sweet and a little spicy. I haven't noticed mint yet, but I'm sure it will come through in time. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.1° RH: 47.7% VPD: 1.37 kPa December 15, 2023 Day 101 Strawberry Gorilla Harvest Strawberry Gorilla: HARVEST DAY! I'll update in the harvest report. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking fantastic. Her buds are fat and heavy. More orange pistils, I think I'll start to flush when I start seeing her trichomes. So maybe ten days. No watering needed today. Honestly, this specific plant has had an active wick system for nearly the whole grow without any issues. Amazing! Number 2 is beastly as always. Her buds are building more and more. It's insane. I'd say we will be flushing in about three weeks. Well, two and a half. She needed a top feed today. No recharge. The reservoir is a bit slow to empty, so she must be having some trouble getting the wicks to stay moist again. It should bounce back tomorrow. I cannot express how many tops this plant has. There are buds from the very top to well under the SCroG net with a huge concentration of buds at the net. It's crazy. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.9° RH: 47.0% VPD: 1.48 kPa December 16, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 1 Drying Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks absolutely fantastic. More orange pistils and fatter buds. What more could I ask for? Well, a 7 ft plant with 6 lb of weed on it, but I grow indoors. Lol. Anyway, she's good on water. Maybe a reservoir top off tomorrow. She didn't shed any leaves today, so that's fine. I'd also like to mention the anchors I set up. She seems to be happier with them in place. I don't know why I think that, but it just looks better in some way. Number 2 is.... I don't have words. Awed to giggles. Every time I open my tent and see her, I laugh. It's just that amazing to me. The height is impressive for a shorter tent, and the sea of tops... Just wow. Maybe this will end up being a normal thing, but I still can't get over how amazing this plant is. Buds are still stacking and getting dense. These are still growing buds. We haven't even started to swell up yet. That should start next week. No water needed today. She will definitely need a top feed tomorrow though. The reservoir is working, but not at full speed like she was the other day. Oh well, can't go back now. Just work with what I've got. I pulled out a couple dead leaves. Just stuck in the lower canopy. That's about it for today. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.8° RH: 49.0% VPD: 1.37 kPa December 17, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 2 Drying. Temp and RH are in range. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 has nearly all orange pistils now. Bright orange. Very pretty and there's tons of them. None have shrivelled up yet and I checked the trichomes. Nearly all clear. I'd say another few days to get enough cloudy to start flushing. Buds look great. Getting heavier and denser. She has a beautiful aroma. Sweet and a bit spicy. It's refreshing and heady at the same time. Wonderful. She got a full gallon reservoir top off today. I'd say three days on this gallon. Hopefully two days. Number 2 is just packing more stacks. The tallest tops have the longest internodal spacing and there still isn't any stem left to see. They are also bulking up. Not swelling yet, but still stacking and getting super bulky from it. I can't wait to see how dense these colas come out. She needed a gallon top feed as I new she would and also a reservoir refill. That's two gallons in two days. She's getting super thirsty. I think the start of next week I'll switch to Overdrive and take out the Big Bud. Then two weeks of Overdrive before a two week flush. So a total of 4 weeks and 2 days until my estimated harvest time. It could be longer, but hopefully it's right on time. 8 weeks total of flower. They say to harvest, but I don't count the flush stage. I don't think it was meant to be that way. I could harvest in a couple weeks, but it wouldn't be a good idea. 4 weeks and a bountiful and potent harvest. She had a couple dead leaves to pull out of the canopy today. Only a couple so not bad. Anyway, this is the time where it's more of an observe and watch stage. She will finish stacking and then not much of anything to do except water and keep her free of dead leaves. No defoliation, no pruning. Hell, I'm not even moving her to get a better position. I'm just leaving her completely alone. Unless of course she needs something. But I don't think she will. I wish I could rotate her though. I'd love to get the two sides against the walls to have some open space. That would give me a full plant with decent lower buds. I may be able to do that in a couple weeks. We shall see. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 46.1% VPD: 1.47 kPa December 18, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 3 Drying Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is starting to weigh some branches down. Happily I can tie them up if need be. No water needed today. Actually, she didn't seem to take any in from yesterday. We shall see what's happening in the next couple of days. Only a couple leaves shed today. One was me reaching for the other one. I brushed it and it fell. Number 2 is also starting to weigh a couple branches on the very outside down. Not much, but enough for me to keep an eye on one in particular. I may have to tie that one to the trellis. The rest seem to be held pretty well in place. At least that's until the real weight starts packing on. We will see then. I may still have to buy some of the disposable netting. Just to drape it over the canopy and hold all the outside branches in place. Although, I won't be complaining if they lean a bit and open up the canopy some. So her watering is a bit finicky at the moment. The wick system is inactive again. However, I think it's because I haven't watered to runoff. Maybe I will later today. She will definitely need another gallon today. If I could I would remove the water from the reservoir and top feed it to her. But I think I'll reactivate the wick system with the runoff. We'll see what happens. I think 1.5 gallons should do the trick. But the reservoir is still very full. I may have to syphon some out if I go this route. Maybe I'll wait for the reservoir to drain a bit and only give the single gallon later today. This is a wonderful problem to have, but when I lift the pot to check her weight, the plant itself is a chore to lift, then I need to differentiate the plant weight from the container weight. I think I've got I'd down, but getting the whole thing up in the air is difficult. Lol. Such a large plant. Her buds are dense already. And I mean DENSE. Super tight budlets are covering every cola and will certainly be a spectacle when finished. Update: I finally decided to decorate my ladies. How festive! Check out the pics. Beautiful. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.3° RH: 48.9% VPD: 1.40 kPa December 19, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 4 Drying Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking great. Flushing will start any day now. I just need her to show about half cloudy trichomes. All of her pistils are orange now. However, they are pretty far from shrivelling up. In theory, they should shrink over the next couple weeks. Her buds are dense and heavy. Even the lower branches with less than ideal buds are getting weighed down. Also, her main top is massive. I'm hoping this is an example of what to expect from The Beast. She doesn't have any main tops. Just a sea of colas. Let's hope all of them get this big. Honestly, they are shaping up to be pretty huge. She needs no water today. Only one shed leaf. Number 2 is looking great! Colas are getting bigger, she has great color. No stress or anything like that. Just a very happy and healthy plant. The reservoir is about half full now, so the wicks did turn back on with yesterday's top feed. She's about half way through yesterday's gallon. And with the active wick system, she will be perfectly ready for a gallon tomorrow with Recharge. I'll be replacing Big Bud with Overdrive tomorrow. That is a two week nutrient. The dose will be 5 ml/gal. Nothing to be done today though. She needs no water, no trimming, nothing. However, I would like to note that the top of the canopy has way too many leaves covering lower buds. I'm not really sure what to do about it. Firstly, I can't reach most of the leaves without pressing against the rest of the plant. Second, it's WAY too late into flower to start defoliation. Maybe I'll wait for the last week of her life span and defoliate the whole plant. I read that doing so in the last week will cause more trichomes. I just have to wait for her to recover before I harvest. At least from what I've read. So I'll give that a shot. I may do some more research. Or ask a question. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.9° RH: 47.2% VPD: 1.42 kPa

December 15, 2023 Harvest Day Overall, this was my first time with this strain and from what I can smell and feel, these buds will be potent. Growing her was easy, but with the ruderalis being more prominent, she did come out small. I kept up with her nutrient regimen for the whole grow. She did really well with the bottom feed wick system. I rarely had to top water. I decided to dry her as a whole plant. The humidity is a bit low due to the season, so it should be perfect in the end. I'm giving her 7 to 10 days to dry. I expect 7 will be enough. We shall see. See you in 7 to 10 days. December 17, 2023 Day 2 Drying Checking in. I was having issues keeping the humidity in the right place. Humidifier was too much and the natural air was too dry. 63% and 50% respectively. But I fixed it. I filled a tray with water and put it on the floor of the tent. The RH: is now around 55%. Perfect. The temp is also 65° which is almost perfect. I'd like it a bit lower. But this is fine. Dry System Environment: Temp: 66° RH: 52.7% December 20, 2023 Day 5 Drying. Another check in. I felt the branches last night before bed and they aren't even close to being done. Maybe up to another 5 days. Dry System Environment: Temp: 66.3° RH: 53.2% VPD: 1.03 kPa December 22, 2023 Day 7 Drying I managed to get a sample trimmed up today. She will be done drying either tomorrow or the next day. But she is basically done. Potent high, delicious flavor and super smooth. I'll update with a real smoke report after it's all trimmed up.

December 20, Day 106 This week is a big challenge week. Nutrients are changing. Strawberry Gorilla: Day 5 Drying Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is nearly ready for flush. I added plain water to the reservoir today. I want to start clearing out the soil of all of its nutrients. This is living soil, but ice been spending the last 3 months adding bottled nutrients. I'll most likely keep plain water for the week and then I'll use Flawless Finish. For now it's just plain water. Her buds are really starting to look great. The pistils are starting to shrivel up and the aroma is getting super strong. She's still shedding leaves. None today, but I haven't really inspected her much. Not much to inspect to be honest. She looks great and is just packing on weight now. Number 2 is being moved to Overdrive today. Big Bud has been removed. Overdrive will be used for the next two weeks. Then flush. Her colas are huge and dense. There's a couple tops that look to be well over a foot long. However, those tops are too close to the light. So I'm sure they will foxtail on me. As long as the rest of the plant doesn't foxtail, I'll be very happy. It really doesn't look like I'll see any foxtails, but you never know. She got a full top feed with Overdrive and Recharge. Reservoir refill as well. It was indeed empty this morning. She is still a super thirsty girl. I'm still unsure about defoliating at the end of flower. I've been getting a lot of "don't do that's". I'll keep the question open until it's time for me to defoliate if I do at all. Maybe I'll defoliate just a couple days before harvest. I'm definitely taking all the fan leaves off before harvest. There are hundreds of them. That's my concern without defoliation. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.7° RH: 46.4% VPD: 1.43 kPa December 21, 2023 Absolutely nothing going on today. Strawberry Gorilla: Day 6 Drying Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking great! She's definitely ready for flushing. I'll start the Flawless Finish in the next watering. I just have to wait for the reservoir to dry out and the soil to dry out some. Number 2 is her beastly self as ever. Nothing really to report today. Great cola production, smell is getting stronger and her water intake is as strong as ever. She hasn't touched the reservoir yet. It seems like an every other watering, the reservoir is completely left alone. She's already down to 22% moisture level. It's crazy how thirsty she is. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.6° RH: 45.6% VPD: 1.45 kPa December 22, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 7 Drying I didn't snap test today. She is very close to done drying. Maybe a couple more days. Maybe a little less. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 looks like she's almost ready to go. Flushing has commenced. I removed the wick system and emptied the reservoir. Now it's top feed Flawless Finish for the next week or two. I got some trichome pics with my new microscope. My photography sucks, so the majority are blurry. I'll post the good ones. Number 2 needed a top feed today. The reservoir is just under half full now. Around 1.5 gallons every other day. It feels more like a gallon a day. She's still super thirsty. The buds are getting pretty dense and heavy now. A couple branches are starting to get weighed down. One of them will absolutely need support. The others should be fine. At this point in the grow, it's really a matter of watering and clearing out the dead leaves. Not much else to do except stare in awe of the masterpiece of a tree I have created. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.7° RH: 45.6% VPD: 1.45 kPa December 23, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 8 Drying Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 got a full top feed gallon of Flawless Finish today with some runoff. She has amber trichomes, lots of cloudy and just a few clear. She will be ready in about 7 or so days. She looks great! More weight gain. Especially in the lower buds of the canopy. I'd also like to note how vibrant her pistils are. Such a bright orange with the light they look like they are glowing. Number 2 is insanely thirsty. She needed another gallon of water and a full reservoir refill. So she is definitely drinking a gallon of water now. There was a bit of runoff, but not much. Today she was at 20% moisture content. I normally wait for 15% to 18% but today, I really wanted some runoff. The goal is to get both the wick system active and the soil to reset itself with more moisture. That should last a couple days. Other than that, her colas are insanely large now. They are dense and fat. Although, the tallest cola absolutely has light burn. The very top is white and fluffy. Definitely bleached. Now I know what that looks like. However, the rest of the cola looks fantastic. Just the very top is no good. That's ok though. There's plenty to go around. She still has like 4 weeks left. Including the flush stage. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.5° RH: 43.3% VPD: 1.50 kPa December 24, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Complete Trimmed and jarred at 41 grams. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is doing well. There was quite a bit of runoff yesterday. Well, more than I thought. I think I need to wait for her to really dry out before another flush. She hasn't started fading yet, but I expect it to start in the next week or so. She's still packing on weight from what I can tell. Not much, but the lower branches are starting to lean a tiny bit. I can assume a bit more while she finishes up. Number 2 looks fantastic. Her colas are getting fatter everyday. Also, I'm not seeing any swelling yet. Just growth. She will be needing a top watering tomorrow. The bottom feed system is working, but not as well as I'd like. Other than that. Not much going on today. Just trimming Strawberry Gorilla 1. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.5° RH: 45.8% VPD: 1.44 kPa December 25, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 1 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 got a full gallon top flush. Not much runoff as I expected. I'll wait a good 3 to 4 days before I flush again. She doesn't seem to be ready for the fade yet, but her leaves are starting to lighten up a bit in some places. I expect her to start fading in a few days. She has a good week left so there should be some really pretty colors before the end. Also, her buds are definitely getting heavier. I have a couple more branches that are starting to sag a bit from the weight. Number 2 got a full top feed today. No reservoir though. That's more than half full. Her colas are getting huge. Every single one is super dense and identically shaped. They are all around the same size as well with the exception of a few larger ones in the back. The largest will definitely suffer light burn for the rest of the grow. However, it's still getting super fat. I'll just cut the bleached parts off when I harvest. Still a super nice cola. I'm wondering if I should have kept up with the Big Bud for another week. But I believe Overdrive is for the bulking stage and not Big Bud. So maybe I did it right. Who knows. Lol. Well, the plant knows. Anyway, she has a great smell and I couldn't be happier with her progress. The lowest parts of the plant are pretty underdeveloped. Those will most likely just go in the trim. Or I'll grind it up untrimmed and keep the kief. We shall see. Maybe I'll stick it all in a separate jar and smoke that while the rest is curing. 🤔 I also need to mention the one cola who is suffering light burn and crazy bleaching. It's only that one, but it's still pretty bad. A lesson for me as well as what it looks like for future reference. I wonder if that one cola will cause any issues for the rest of the plant. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.3° RH: 49.5% VPD: 1.33 kPa December 26, 2023 I ordered some AC Infinity supplemental lighting. I'm hoping it helps prevent too many popcorn buds. It might be too late for Gorilla Cookies 1, but The Beast has plenty of time left to bulk up and pack on weight. Strawberry Gorilla: Day 2 Curing My hydrometers are all wrong I think. None of them have the same reading, and I have no idea which one is the correct reading. They are actually pretty far apart in the humidity. 10% swings. Almost 20% in one case. It's ridiculous. And they all came from the same packaging. Shame. I just need to guess now. Great. Anyway, I'm working on it. I'll figure out which one is the most accurate and base use that for a basis. And I'll use the reading from the other ones to set a basis for them. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is looking good. She's hanging out finishing up. No water needed. Her lower buds are really putting on weight. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and accidentally bents some branches with my leg. Some buds got popped off and a single branch broke. She doesn't seem to be affected by it, but I'll keep an eye. Honestly, there's nothing I can really do now. She's in the home stretch. She could even be harvested in the next couple days. But I'll hold off for the next week or so, maybe less. Number 2 is the same deal. Looking great, packing on weight and being her beastly self as always. She needs no water today and nothing else. Tomorrow she will be getting a dose of recharge and I think it will be the last dose for her in this run. She has about a week and a half left of bloom before the maturing stage starts I think. I could be overshooting the days by a bit, but always good to be prepared. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.1° RH: 51.3% VPD: 1.29 kPa

December 27, 2023 Day 113 This week will focus on burping and trichomes. There may also be a harvest? We shall see. I don't think so though. Most likely next week will be a harvest. Strawberry Gorilla: Day 3 Curing I have grove bags coming in today, so the burping won't be a thing after today. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is coming to the end of her life. She hasn't started fading yet, which bugs me. She has been flushing for a week now and I'm not seeing much change. No fade, pistils still kinda sticking out. Not in all places, but some. Maybe I just can't tell. Either way, she looks great and smells even better. She got a full gallon top flush with Flawless Finish. I don't expect to do this much more. Maybe one more watering. I have to check trichomes today. I'll update when I do so. She should be ready for harvest within this week. Maybe a couple days. Number 2 is looking amazing. Her colas are stupid dense and her aroma is starting to really pack a punch. Not much else to do or say today. She's a beast and is beautiful. She got a gallon top feed today. The reservoir seems to be fine. I may check that later today as well. Just in case. She is quite a thirsty plant after all. The funny thing about this plant is the tallest cola. It is absolutely stunning with the exception of the top bleaching, but the rest of it is massive and shaped perfectly. It's the only one that did this. Granted its the tallest, but there are a couple others very close and they didn't do this. I mean, I really can't complain. I did the best I could with what I have. I'd say she will need another week or two of flowering. I'll leave the nutrient regimen alone until I see 50% cloudy trichomes. That will take some time I think. Pistils are still all very much white and clearly shows no signs of readiness. It's wonderful. I can't wait to see what she gives me for yield. Update: So I checked the trichomes on Gorilla Cookies 1 and posted a video. I believe she will be done in the next couple days. I may not be doing another flush after all. I'm going to hold off though. I want a bit more amber trichomes. But days away instead of the week I was originally thinking. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 52.6% VPD: 1.30 kPa December 28, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 4 Curing Got the grove bags yesterday and sealed a quarter pound one with all but a few buds. Those are in a one ounce grove bags that I'll be picking out of while the main yield cures. This stuff is fire! Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is now in the second week of flush. She still doesn't look ready, but that will change very soon. She needed no watering today. I'll be getting my supplemental lighting in today and will be installing it. However, I'm not sure how much it will help the lower part of the canopy. It will definitely speed up the maturing process, but that's about it. I can't complain though, the whole plant is pretty good. Lower buds are pretty small. Some are a bit airy and larfy, but still can be viable with the last but of lighting for the rest of the week. Number 2 may need a top feeding today. I'm not sure. Her reservoir is about half empty now and the soil moisture is hovering around 20%. It may drink down to 16% but the this afternoon. I'll water if she's low enough by 2 pm. After that, I'll just wait for tomorrow. That's the most likely scenario. Her buds are starting to get really heavy. Most of the outside ones are leaning over and starting to touch the other sides of the tent. The outside is still kinda safe, but that is mostly due to the two other plants stopping it from leaning even more. such a sight to behold. And they are super heavy and dense. Although, I may be seeing the first signs of foxtailing. I expected some because of the light distance, but it's ok. The colas are already super dense. The foxtailing will be just extra bud. I'll separate that in its own bag when it's time to cure. That's if I'm right and will be getting foxtails. Maybe not though, or not enough to warrant a separate bag. My supplemental lighting after being installed should help the lower part of the plant perk up a bit. I found several dead and dying leaves today. Actually, lots. That tells me a couple things I think. First, there's too much foliage in the upper canopy and the leaves are dying from overcrowding. Second, the light just isn't penetrating enough to really get the lower parts of the canopy. That's where the new lighting comes in. Hopefully that fixes the lower canopy and helps it bring more bud. Maybe not huge colas, but at least some tight smalls. We shall see. Update: I ended up top watering Gorilla Cookies 2 with recharge. I'm pretty sure I forgot it the other day. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.1° RH: 55.5% VPD: 1.25 kPa It's still super humid and rainy here, and it's showing in the tent. I'm not all that worried about it. It will drop down later this afternoon like it did yesterday. However, I am of course trying to correct it, but it's not working all that well. Lol. December 29, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 5 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 may be harvested later today or tomorrow morning. She is just about done. But I want to see how much more she will finish up in the next day or so with the supplemental lighting. Obviously she won't be getting anymore watering. But I'd like to have her dried up a bit more, which should be later today or tomorrow. I may put her in the dry tent later today and let her have a dark period. Maybe I should wait 2 days. Give her 36 hours of dark before harvest. Number 2 should enjoy the supplemental lighting. However, now that it's on and lighting up the whole lower canopy, there are bud sites with branches that have no budlets on them. I really want to remove them. But I'll just let everything go as it is. The goal is to allow the under canopy to mature at the same rate as the upper canopy. I don't think it will do anything with the lower part of the plant. I also noticed that the majority of the leaves are drooping pretty hard. I wonder if that's due to lack of light. We shall see. She doesn't need water today, but tomorrow she will need a top feed and a reservoir refill. She's definitely drinking over a gallon a day now. Cola formation is perfect. They are come shaped and DENSE. The aroma is getting fairly strong now. At least, it's catching up to Gorilla Cookies 1. Sweet, spicy and minty coming off of her. They colas are also leaning a bit more today. So much weight coming on. I honestly can't wait for her to be alone in the tent. The lower lighting will cover the all of the lower lights without anything blocking the light. Update: I decided instead of harvesting today or tomorrow, Gorilla Cookies 1 will spend 2 days in the dry tent for a dark period. Then I will harvest. Also, I spent about an hour combing through the many many branches of Gorilla Cookies 2. I found a bunch of dead fallen leaves. Some that were dying and even a few that were so over lapped they were crushing each other against the SCroG net. So all of that (not much really) came off. I wonder how long the supplemental lighting will take to show a difference in the lower canopy. And what difference will it show? Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.1° RH: 52.7% VPD: 1.32 kPa December 30, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 6 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1 is in her second day of dark. Tomorrow I'll be harvesting her. Nothing else to report. Number 2 is smashing. Her lower section is still droopy like it doesn't have enough of something. I thought it was light. Maybe it's something else? Or maybe I'm being impatient. Either way, she still has some time left to go. 3 to 4 weeks I'd say. She got her full gallon top feed as well as a reservoir refill. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and accidentally dumped 10 ml of Overdrive in one of the gallons. That one went in the reservoir. I probably should have top fed it. Oh well, too late now. Although, I didn't have any dead leaves today. At least nothing I could see. Maybe the light is doing something. Making the leaves stronger, which if I'm correct, also strengthens the bud production. There won't be much down there, but it's definitely better than leaving it as it was. Maybe I'll get an extra half oz out of these little buds. Who knows. Update: I ended up finding some dead leaves in Gorilla Cookies 2 after all. Not too many. So now another day of cleaned up Beasty beast. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 50.7% VPD: 1.34 kPa December 31, 2023 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 7 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Harvest Day! And the last day of 2023! We have a 22 oz wet weight whole plant. Not too sure of the total outcome, but I'm thinking 10% weight retention. So 2.2 oz. Dried and trimmed bud. Who knows, maybe I'll get 15% and have a half decent yield of 3.3 oz. Honestly, I should have waited for midnight, but she needed to be harvested for time purposes. I have another plant coming in the dry tent in a few days to a week. I'm hoping I can stretch it out for the week, but I won't be able to wait for Number 1 to dry. Just too much time. I'm thinking a nice 10 day dry. I set the ambient room temperature to 70°. So that should drop the dry tent down about 6°. I'm hoping for a dry temp of 64° or less and the RH to be around 55%. She has some pretty dense top colas, and I cut them off after the weight check. That should help the whole plant dry at the same time. I left most of it intact. Just the 3 tallest colas. Now there's more room in the plant for air, but also plenty of space for those large colas to dry. And they should dry quite nicely. Number 2 looks pretty good. I didn't find any dead leaves. One dying leaf I pulled off, but nothing else. So maybe the supplemental lighting is actually doing something. I don't expect the leaves to really recover from the damage, but at least maybe perk up a bit. Again, I'm not expecting a ton of difference. Just enough to keep the lower canopy as dense as the upper canopy. The lower part of the plant, is more like a lost cause. I should have cleaned up the small budlets as they popped up. Oh well. Nothing to do now but wait and see what she turns out like. I'm not all that worried. The small amount of lower plant growth is minimal compared to the actual canopy which is magnificent. She'll be needing a watering later on today. Definitely a very thirsty plant. She's around 18% soil saturation content. I normally water at no less than 15%. So later today it is. Her colas are getting so dense it's insane. She still hasn't started really swelling yet either. I expect that to start in the next week or so. Also, the worry about foxtails seems to be unnecessary. IF there is any foxtailing, it won't be much or if there's a lot, it won't matter. The buds are already so dense, anything else is just bonus weed. Still, foxtails are a pain in the ass to trim, so let's hope for none. The only cola I'm really concerned about is the tallest one. It's definitely too close to the light. Also, I'm not seeing any stress from the supplemental lighting. I guess there's just enough. I honestly had a feeling that the top light just isn't bright enough to penetrate through the whole canopy. So the tops are getting plenty, but the actual plant may not have been getting enough. Now, that's should be fixed. Again, I see no stress whatsoever. If I notice any, I can just turn the lights down. They are at full blast now, but they aren't nearly as powerful as the main grow light. Still very nice though. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.6° RH: 47.8% VPD: 1.40 kPa January 1, 2024 Day 118 Happy New Year! Strawberry Gorilla: Day 8 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 1 Drying I have a tray of water on the bottom of the tent with an oscillating clip fan blowing gently over it. It's keeping the RH between 50% and 53%. Temperature is hovering around 65°. Everything looks good. Number 2 is now really starting to swell those colas up. It was visibly noticable this morning. Not to mention the outer colas are all leaning further and further over. They are over the end of the ScrOG net up front, touching the. Far side wall and nearly touching the front of the tent. The supplemental light seems to be doing something. the lower bud sites are starting to look healthy and getting a deeper green color on what's left of the healthy leaves. I think I caught the very end of when the supplemental lights are useful for growth. Now it's just maturing and a final week of nutrients... I think. I'm cutting off the nutrients when I see 50% cloudy trichomes. There should be plenty of orange pistils by then. In which case, won't be for another week or two. Man, these colas are going to be massive! No watering today. Most definitely tomorrow morning. Update: I decided to lower the light intensity to 30%. The PPFD is around 750 now. So that should help prevent the potential foxtailing. I'm not really sure if that will stress her out at all. I don't think it will though. I'll be checking on her daily to see her reaction. I've read light stress can cause 3 finger fan leaves. In my case, there was a point where the light became too bright during the early flowering stage and caused some of these 3 fingered leaves. It seems to have fixed in some spots where the light was raised high enough to fix it in time other places it stopped when the leaves stopped growing. Some of the leaves are facing away from the light. With this current intensity, the leaves should level out and even start to reach a bit. Not sure how long it will take. I read it can take up to 2 weeks to recover. I'm not sure how stressed the majority of the plant was though. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.9° RH: 46.3% VPD: 1.45 kPa January 2, 2024 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 9 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 2 Drying Number 2 is her beastly self. She got a top feed today. No need for the reservoir to be topped off yet. So, I'm not seeing any difference in the lower light intensity yet. Maybe some of the leaves straightened out, but no reaching or anything like that. The supplemental lighting is doing something. Although the buds down below are tiny, they are weighing down the branches they are on. Still nothing great, but it will definitely be good in the trim bin. I'm sure they will have plenty of trichomes on them. Perfect for gathering kief. Her top colas are also doing quite well. They are super dense and heavy. Swelling continues. Not much difference from last night, but still plenty of time to get massive. I'm also starting to see signs of orange pistils here and there. Which means we are on point. Three or so weeks left until harvest. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.9° RH: 45.2% VPD: 1.47 kPa

January 3, 2024 Day 120 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 10 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 3 Drying Number 2 is all alone in the tent now. The supplemental lighting is going full force now. It's showing great improvement from what it was like before. She'll be needing a top watering later on today. Now that all the other plants are all out of the tent, I can see a few colas leaning completely horizontally. Luckily, I have the SCroG net in place, so the colas won't completely fall over. Colas are getting bigger and heavier everyday. I can't wait for her to finish up. Another 3 weeks maybe. I'm not sure if I mentioned 8t before, but I'm seeing a small amount of orange pistils. Perfect timing I think. Week 9 of flower and she is a week from flushing. Well, maybe a week. Maybe a little more. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.6° RH: 46.1% VPD: 1.43 kPa January 4, 2024 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 11 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 4 Drying Now that the Gorilla Cookies from the Overflow Tent has joined her, I'm trying to keep the RH down to around 50% and the temp is already around 63°. However, it has been a little wonky since the other plants came in yesterday. Nothing I couldn't fix though. Number 2 is super beastly! Just a beautiful plant so far. I can't wait to see what her fade looks like. No watering today. But she will definitely need it tomorrow morning. I feel like she is drinking even more now. What a great sign! I removed a few dead leaves that were buried super deep in the canopy. Probably from the last week and I just didn't see them. Buds are looking great! Lower buds are fattening up as well. Tops are leaning more. Even one that is in the center of the canopy and is tipping over as well. So pretty. There's also a few more orange pistils as well as signs that she is getting ready to finish up and start her maturing stage. I feel like another week of nutrients should do it. Then flawless finish until I see fading. It should take about 2 weeks to clear all the nutrients out. Maybe less. That's all for today. There won't be much left to do for the rest of this grow, except for removing leaves and watering. I also moved her closer to the center of the tent. What really ended up happening is the front and right side colas were pushed back up and the ones in the back and left side and corner were left to drop back a bit. It kind of opened the canopy in some spots, but covered more in other spots. Kind of a trade off. But the whole plant is nearly centered and those inner walls have opened up a bit. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.0° RH: 45.4% VPD: 1.52 kPa January 5, 2024 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 12 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 5 Drying I flipped around the drying rack today. I'll do it again in two days. Number 2 looks great as always. I found three dead leaves and two (that I could reach) blocking vital buds. I will say that it's really hard to see anything from the top of the plant. It's too tall for me and the tent is too short to lean over it with a stool. It's a little better than the top, because I can get completely under the plant. But the issue from below is the layers and I mean layers of fan leaves. I really should have figured out a way to get rid of a lot of these leaves. But then again, Iay not have gotten such huge colas. Buds are getting really big now. Super dense and heavy. I don't see any new pistils, but I wasn't really expecting them for another week or so. The faster this lady finishes up the better everything will be. Then I can start a new run of 2 strains. I'll most likely make a diary for each strain. She got a full top feed today. One gallon. The reservoir is about 3/4 full, so it's working, but not well. I think it may be time to swap reservoirs and wicks. I've also learned that the plant is now too heavy to really gauge the soil moisture by lifting it. I could feel it was light, but the top of the plant is so heavy, it felt like a weight being pressed down onto the pot. Definitely a good thing, and I'm super happy I have a soil moisture monitor. Otherwise I'd be guessing the whole time. So far so good. I've also noticed that once the moisture level gets down to 16% it takes several hours to drop to 15% verses the few hours it takes from 48% down to 26%. It's interesting. I'm guessing this is where the wick system gets used the most. It's the only source of water at the time. I could probably have done a gallon and a half, but unnecessary. Other than that, the humidity has slammed down now that it's freezing outside. I may turn my humidifier on low. Not that I mind the low humidity, but I don't think it needs to be that low until the last week or so. I'd like to see around 43% now. And then drop it in a week down to 40% and then 35% the week after and until harvest. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.3° RH: 39.3% VPD: 1.71 kPa I feel like the VPD is too high. The RH needs to go up a bit as I said, while the temp is perfectly in range. January 6, 2024 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 13 Curing Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 6 Drying Number 2 is really putting on weight now. More and more colas are starting to lean over. I've had to brace a few already. I wish I could find my other trellis net. She got a full gallon top feed today. Surprisingly I got a bit of a drip for runoff. I normally don't get runoff. Maybe I was a bit early. Oh well, the wick system is still active. It will suck up all that runoff. Speaking of, the reservoir will need to be refilled tomorrow or later this afternoon. So the lower part of the plant still has dying leaves. But they aren't falling off anymore. It's strange. Maybe the light slowed down the inevitable. On a second note. I have an issue with the current trellis. It's buried in buds top to bottom. So when it comes time to harvest, I have no idea how I'm going to get it out of there. Lol. Not a bad problem, but still will lose an issue during harvest. If you're reading this, leave a comment with a suggestion or advice, if you could. I'd love to see what other people have done to solve this problem. (I've never scrogged before. lol) Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.2° RH: 40.8% VPD: 1.60 kPa January 7, 2024 Strawberry Gorilla: Day 14 Curing. It's been 2 weeks of curing and the grove bag has been opened. At first, it smells like a light hint of sweet berries and a bit of pungent undertone. Then it ramps up to berries and pungent sweetness. I can't really put my thumb on it. Anyway, the taste is smooth and earthy. The berry and sweetness is still there, but becomes more of an undertone to a more pungent flavor. The exhale really gives off that earthy sweetness. I don't really know how to describe it. Frankly I need to quit smoking cigarettes. Then it'll be a hell of a lot easier to taste and smell the nuances of cannabis. These buds glisten in the light with frosty goodness. The ash is pure white meaning it's full of resin. The buds are also pretty dense, but not rock hard like some strains I've run into, but that is most likely the strain and bud structure itself. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 7 Drying A couple more days. I rotated the rack today and did a snap test. I'd say a good 2 to 3 more days. The smell in the dry tent is super strong. Sharp because of drying, but once it finishes up, I'm expecting some fire! Number 2: Not much going on today. The reservoir got a refill and that's about it. I will note that the top has completely transformed itself. Because the colas are getting so heavy, they are leaning over throughout the whole canopy. In turn the leaning colas cause other colas to lean as well. The front of the tent has nearly all of them sitting at a 45° angle. A few are completely horizontal and some are still standing strong. Mostly due to the other colas supporting them. She went through a gallon of water yesterday but she pulled a lot from the reservoir. So she's sitting at 20% moisture content. I won't water her today. Instead I'll let her drink some of the reservoir and water her tomorrow. As for the colas, they are nearly all the same size and shape. They are all nearly the same in density. And they all have orange pistils starting. Everything seems to be perfect with this plant. Best I've ever grown. I'd also like to make a note on the roots. They grew right into the new wicks from when I changed the reservoir out a few weeks ago. This time, I definitely can't pull the wicks out. They are completely locked in by the roots. Luckily, I won't be watering with nutrients for much longer. Maybe a week, and I've been top feeding for most of the time in flower. But at least I know the reservoir is being drained. I'm wondering if I let it go for a few days will the water content drop below 15%. I'm definitely not going to find out. Not with this plant. Anyway, its a good and bad problem to have. The wicks are completely saturated in nutrients and I believe it is making it harder for the roots to drink as much as they want. However, the wicks are soaked on the outside from what I could tell. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.1° RH: 43.2% VPD: 1.54 kPa January 8, 2024 Strawberry Gorilla: Complete Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 8 Drying. I pulled a couple test buds and trimmed them up. Came out to 1 gram. Anyway, the bud is not dry yet. Still has that sharp drying smell. I'm going to let these buds dry out some more and smoke them. We shall see how it is anyway. Number 2: She got a full top water today. As I suspected, she didn't drop below 15% all night. Although, I'd assume it was the dark period that helped keep the water in. She didn't seem to touch the reservoir at all. A bit of a concern, but I can't do anything about it now. I didn't see a single dead leaf today. So that's a great sign! Also, I'm not sure if I mentioned it yesterday, but I raised the front supplemental lighting to the side of the canopy verses below it. I can't reach the back of the tent to properly set it up, but the lights are fine where they are anyway. The main buds are getting harder and denser than ever. I'm seeing more orange pistils. A great sign! I'd say by the looks of her, another 2 to 3 weeks. Around 18 days? A note about the colas. They are leaning over a bit more now, but it looks like the SCroG net is doing the job and holding them up a bit better. Wish I had another SCroG I could drape over the canopy. Oh well. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.6° RH: 38.9% VPD: 1.73 kPa No clue what happened with the tent last night, but it was up to 78° and down to 33% weird. VPD was over 2.00 kPa January 9, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Dried, trimmed and Grove Bagged. She yielded a total of 71 grams or 2.53 oz. I didn't weigh the larf and there was a whole lot of it. So it all went into the trim bin for kief collection. That might have been close to an ounce, but I only weigh smokable buds. Honestly, it's a bit too dry and it was only 8 days. My RH must be too low. However, I did the snap test and only a couple smaller branches broke... I think. The larger branches were still bending, but when I trimmed her up, the branches started to snap a bit. It's winter here and super dry. So I'm guessing the extra time in the dry environment while being trimmed dried it out too much? I don't know. I'll adjust for The Beast to 55% and as close to 60° as I can get. Number 2: Not much for today. I'll be watering her this afternoon as she is down to 16%. No leaves to pull off today either. She's just drinking and fattening up. I think I'll be dropping the Nutrients down by half starting tomorrow. I'm also ending the wicking system. When it dries out that's it. Then I pull the wicks and the reservoir acts as a drip tray for runoff. She will be in the flushing stage in a week or so and I'd rather not shock her into forcing her to have no nutrients at all. I think a good 2 weeks of flushing should do it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.2° RH: 42.4% VPD: 1.62 kPa

January 10, 2024 Day 127 This week will focus completely on maintenance... If there is any. Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 1 Curing Number 2: None of the leaves are falling off anymore. But I do see some white leaves in the lower part of the plant. But they aren't popping off. I will be snipping them off at some point today. I'm not 100% sure why they are white. I assume it's the location and lack of light for so long. However, I have a feeling it may have been the stress from the sudden addition of the Supplemental lighting. As I said last week, I'll be cutting the nutrients in half. However, she still has about 26% moisture content left, so I won't be watering until tomorrow. That being said, she definitely started drinking from the wick system again. We shall see for how long, but I do wonder why she suddenly didn't drink a gallon last night. I'll just continue to water her at 15% moisture content. As for colas today, the outer ones are getting as dense as the more central ones. There's a few more orange pistils. One thing I will note is the aroma. I may be nose blind, but I'm not getting much in smell. The only time it's strong is when the tent is opened. But definitely not strong afterward. Maybe the trichomes are going to pop toward the end of the grow? We shall see. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.9° RH: 44.7% VPD: 1.54 kPa January 11, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 2 Curing Number 2: Today was watering day. She got a full gallon top feed as well as a full gallon reservoir refill. I noticed a couple of the lower branches are starting to fall over. It's really not a big deal, it's all larf down there anyway. I'm hoping for all the larf to harden up and swell to make some popcorn buds. Or at least something I may be able to salvage. I lost a lot of weight to larf with Number 1. The colas are definitely putting on more weight. Some are so solid, they don't sway when the fan hits them. No noticably new orange pistils today. I do see a bit of foxtailing here and there, but the buds are still super solid. I also discovered a thing today. So I'm 69" tall. Originally I measured the plant at 50", but today I was getting a really good look at the height and it seemed taller than originally measured. So I had to remeasure. The tent is 70" tall. The container and reservoir are 12.5" tall. And there is 5" from the canopy to the top of the tent. This makes The Beast 52.5" tall. With the pot and reservoir, it's nearly my height. I've also found a spot so filled with buds, it's completely blacked out. I'm worried there will be something growing there that shouldn't be. I moved them around a bit to get in there and I see no issues. I'll keep an eye on it though. Maybe open it up a bit more if I can. At least check it every couple of days. However, I don't think I'll have any issues. I've been able to keep the RH around 43% and temps around 74°. That being said, there shouldn't be any issues at all. There's also plenty of airflow from above and below. I'll still keep and eye though. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.8° RH: 40.2% VPD: 1.71 kPa (a bit high but it's well within range) January 12, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 3 Curing Number 2: Not much going on today. I'll have to water her this afternoon. She's down to 18% moisture content and will arrive at 15% in a few hours. If it's not ready by 5 pm, I'll water tomorrow. The reservoir is being used, so the wick system is working. We shall see if it's the case for the rest of the day. In theory, the wick system will slow down the moisture consumption and should hold at 18% for the rest of the day. If that's the case, then I don't have to water until tomorrow. We'll have to see. More orange pistils today. Heavier and denser buds throughout the whole plant. Even the lowers are starting to weigh their tiny branches down too. No leaves falling off today, but I did snip a few that were nearly dead. I don't think they would have fallen off though. Something about the supplemental lighting has added quite the strength to the lower part of the plant. I still have a couple of super dense areas on the plant. I can't move the colas around either. They just flop back into place. I don't have a second SCroG net, so I'm kinda screwed in that sense, but I did pop 2 leaves off from the top that were covering some nice lower tops. I'm also noticing some more foxtails, but nothing major. I believe they won't be a problem if they even continue to grow. It looks like there are 2 colas that are doing it, and the one massive cola seems to have stopped since it came out from directly under the light. So I can only assume there won't be any problems. Plus as I've said before, the colas are already super dense all around, so foxtails are just extra trim for some kief or concentrate if I can get the equipment. I also checked out the trichomes today. I just wanted to see how far along they are. And honestly, I'm pretty sure they are spot on for where I want her to be. This last week of half nutrients while more of the trichomes turn cloudy. Currently there around 33% cloudy and the rest clear. I'm looking for 50% cloudy before I start to flush. That should give me a nice 2 week window of flushing and technically should start to fade around the beginning of the second week. I'm really hoping for a nice fade, and I'll wait for it for as long as I can. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.4° RH: 43.6% VPD: 1.59 kPa Pretty sure this is near perfect for this particular week in the grow. Next week I'll drop the RH down to around 40% and the final week, I'll try to hold it at 35%. I believe that is the recommended setup for the maturing stage. January 13, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Day 4 Curing Number 2: She got a top feeding today. The wick system is working, but not at full capacity. Or at least not fast enough to keep up. I'm also trying to bring the RH up a tiny bit. It kept dropping below 40% last night, so I turned off the dehumidifier and turned the humidifier on. Hopefully that brings up the RH to between 45% and 50%. At least for the rest of this week. Then I'll focus more in between 40% and 45% for the next week and finally 35% to 40% for the last week. The colas are looking really nice. However, I'm seeing more foxtails on them. Not too bad and still dense. There is one I found today that was all foxtail and is not as dense, but it's also a smaller cola and doesn't look quite as developed as the others. Also, more and more lower branches are bending over now. Lol. The larf is too heavy for the tiny branches. Smh. I should have gotten rid of these 2 months ago. Oh well. There isn't too much taking energy, but still. Anyway, no more dying leaves. I may pull the damaged ones off as I go for the rest of this week. Grow System Environment: Temp: 75.0° RH: 39.4% VPD: 1.74 kPa Still too high. I'm adjusting the RH up to between 45% and 50% that's should drop the VPD. January 14, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 5 Curing Number 2: She'll be needing a top water and a new reservoir later today. Definitely drank more than a gallon last night. I noticed that there is more foxtailing and now I'm a bit concerned. Some of the colas are getting fluffy from it. The rest that have foxtails are still super dense and just have extra protruding from them. I wonder if I should turn the light down even more. Like 20%. However, the PPFD is around 800. So it shouldn't cause any stress like that. Maybe it's just the fact that the light is that close regardless of the intensity. Other than that, a couple more orange pistils. The lower section of the plant has super leaning branches now. So at least the budlets are going to swell up. Not much, but salvageable larf and popcorn. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.2° RH: 46.1% VPD: 1.52 kPa Perfectly on point today. Let's keep it that way. We have a blizzard here and the temps are below 20°. Surprisingly, I managed to get the RH up a bit and kept the temp around 75° January 15, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 6 Curing Number 2: An interesting twist to today's water content. She seems to have slowed down her intake a bit. This morning she was at 26% moisture content. Normally she would be at 18% or less. This is a huge difference. If I remember correctly, this is the time to start flushing? I'll have to look it up again, but if I remember correctly, slowing down of water intake is a sign of lockout or coming to the end of her flowering stage. I don't think it's lockout. I already cut the Nutrients in half, so there definitely isn't too much. This is also the end of her lifespan and has about 2 weeks left. So is this a sign that flushing can start? The colas are still super dense, but the foxtails are getting longer on some of them. I've been told that the light needs to be below 1000 PPFD and it is, but I was also told the light height plays a factor as well. And the light height has been a major problem. So I expect I have to live with the foxtails. Other than that, I popped some of the dying leaves off the lower part of the plant. Nothing major, just a few here and there. Maybe 10 total, but given her size, it won't hurt anything. I'm going to let her dry out the reservoir tomorrow so I can start flushing. I should be able to start at the beginning of next week. Or I'll have to add a half gallon of plain water tomorrow, then start the flush. I'll report on what I do. Update: So I was trying to figure out a way to get more space between the light and canopy. I dropped the SCroG net down a bit to allow the outer colas to lean outward. Not only did it increase the light distance by like an inch, but it also opened the canopy up pretty well. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.7° RH: 42.7% VPD: 1.53 kPa January 16, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 7 Curing Number 2: Today is the start of flush. I was going to wait for tomorrow, but the moisture level was at 14% and was just too low to wait. Also, the reservoir is still nearly full. I'm going to stick with plain water top feed while the reservoir dries out. Then I'll start Flawless Finish. So now that the SCroG net is a little lower, she settled down with quite the lean of a few colas. Some moved around other colas and the canopy opened right up. However, the front colas are all leaning at a 45° angle. Some are laying flat across. It's a good sight to see, but I have my concerns about the light exposure to those leaning colas. Hopefully it doesn't screw anything up. But as I had hoped, the canopy is a bit lower than it was before. I may also drop the light intensity down from 30% to 20%. I don't really see why I should, but I can't think of anything else that will stop or slow down the foxtailing. It's not like the PPFD is too high anymore. So why am I still getting foxtails? It has to be the light. But I still don't understand how. PPFD is around 800. Even more orange pistils today. And you can certainly tell she is in the maturing stage. The Pistils are orange at the tips and changing pretty quickly now. It's the perfect time to start flushing. I've been paying attention to the lower canopy and am finding some leaves to be fading down there. I expect that to increase in the next day or two while flushing begins. However, this is living soil with added nutrients. I'm pretty sure it will take a bit for the soil to deplete. Finally, the leaves. The upper leaves are all beautiful and green. Some are yellowed from the previous light burn, but the majority are great! I did find a couple that had died out today, but not as bad as they once were. I still believe the supplemental lighting is what strengthened the stems of the leaves and stopped them from dying. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.5° RH: 41.8% VPD: 1.55 kPa

January 17, 2024 Day 134 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 8 Curing Number 2: Captains Log: We are in week 19 of this missions grow. We finally see the end of the line and it's coming fast. Mission Report: Colas are getting too heavy. They are almost all leaning over. I even tried to readjust the plant with the net and brace them that way. It worked kinda. The left side straightened up a bit but then the right side started to lean more. I may adjust it back to where I had it before. Everything was leaning equally. I just ordered another SCroG net, but this one is disposable. It's honestly just to keep the branches from leaning too much. The whole plant covered should hold all the branches and colas in place. More orange pistils coming in now and looking great! I didn't bother checking trichomes. I already know it's time for flush and she definitely has a couple weeks to go. She got a gallon top feed of plain water today with a tiny bit of runoff. The reservoir is about half empty now. I expect it to dry up in a day or two. Because the colas are leaning, there is a lot of open space in the center of the canopy now. That's the biggest advantage I see to them leaning so far over. However I'm also seeing some yellowing leaves. Or color changing. I'm guessing she is killing off useless leaves. Although, the leaves aren't actually dying. Not yet anyway. This could be the start of the fade. However, I thought the fade started much closer to harvest. We shall see what happens. Also, not by my doing, the temp has been fairly low during the day. Mid afternoon it climbs up, but during the day it's around 72°. I know that's too low, but I also know that it will help trichome production and maturation. Not to mention the colors that should come out. Grow System Environment: Temp: 72.2° RH: 43.5% VPD: 1.47 kPa January 18, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 9 Curing Number 2: Much more lean today. There's like 3 tops that are still standing. The rest have flopped over. I can't wait for that net to arrive. The big advantage is the light distance grew and the canopy opened up at least the center canopy. Honestly I'm not sure what will happen growth wise with the colas all leaning near horizontally. Really, it kind of looks like the Aftershock of an atomic bomb. All the trees laying flat. It's comical, but still what will happen to them? Frankly I'd rather not find out. Not with this plant at least. The biggest issue I'm running into relating to maintenance is my inability to reach the center of the canopy. I can't reach from the top or the bottom. Hell, I can barely see the center. The plant is too tall and I'm 5'9". The tent is also too short. So I can't even get a step stool. Such wonderful problems to have. I have managed to get into the back of the plant from the bottom. I can't reach much, but I can at least I can inspect. So far everything looks great. There are massive leaves back there that I could never reach. So that's where they live until I do a pre-harvest defoliation. She'll be getting a top gallon of Flawless Finish today. The reservoir is nearly empty, so it's time. Everything else looks great! I can only imagine how heavy this plant is going to get. Especially with the canopy opened to the lower bud sites. It should increase the yield quite a bit. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.0° RH: 43.6% VPD: 1.52 kPa January 19, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 10 Curing Number 2: The Beast is getting a wonderful aroma. Very pungent and strong. It just shows that she's getting ready for harvest. Another week and a half I'd say. There's more orange pistils and more leaning. I was told by a friend that the lean isn't a big deal, so that helped alleviate my concerns. I'm still going to throw a net over the top to keep colas from leaning up against each other so much. No water needed today... So far that is. The moisture content is around 20% and doesn't look like it will be at 15% for the day. Maybe this evening? If not by 4 pm, then I'll water tomorrow morning. But this is a great sign she is finishing up. Less water intake. The reservoir is nearly empty now. Just a little bit on the bottom and it'll be dry as a bone. Probably by the end of the day. I may start slowly taking leaves off in the upcoming days. I'll do it until harvest day. Or at least until the massive defoliation I plan to do before harvest. I'm not wet trimming. I'm just getting rid of the plethora of foliage. I like to dry trim. It makes collecting kief easier. Other than that, everything looks good. I will take note that even with the light intensity all the way down to 20%, the leaves aren't reaching at all. Shouldn't they be praying some? Maybe that means there's still plenty of light and there's no need to reach. However, I'm also not getting very tired plants. The leaves kind of stay the same. From what I can tell anyway. I wonder if it's because the supplemental lighting is on 100%. But those lights don't give off that much power. So it shouldn't do much to cause lack of praying. Update: Net installed. And what a mess it is. Oh well. It's kind of doing the job. Good enough at least. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.1° RH: 43.8% VPD: 1.53 kPa January 20, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 11 Curing Number 2: Not much going on today. She doesn't need water and probably won't until tomorrow morning. Maybe. I really hope I'm not stuck at an afternoon feeding schedule. I prefer to feed in the morning. The reservoir is completely dried out now. So flushing can really start. Honestly I'm not sure how well the flawless finish works in living soil. Maybe it doesn't do anything. But I really want a fade. It super helps me know that the plant is almost ready. But I rarely get a good fade or a fade at all. So hopefully with this plant, I started flushing in time. I figure 2 full weeks should do it. At least it better do it. We will see. Soon hopefully. I pulled some leaves off today. Just a few. Nothing to really note, but I did anyway. I'll pull some more tomorrow. And I'll continue until the last day. Hopefully by then, most of the lower leaves will be gone and I won't have to take 8 hours to trim 1 plant. Granted it's a huge plant, but I'd rather keep it down to 4 hours. Not to mention the size and density of the colas could bring about mold or something when drying with so many leaves covering the plant. So most of them can be taken off. At least most of the lower canopy. The upper canopy doesn't have that many leaves. Not enough to trim off before harvest. It'll be just the lower part of the plant and the lower to mid canopy. That's where the concentration of foliage is the most dense. Other than all that, the net seems to be working a bit. It's holding the most leaning colas up some and helped to open a bit more canopy. Update: I've been keeping an eye on the soil moisture content and in the past 2 hours, it's gone from 24% to 21%. I may actually have to water this afternoon. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.3° RH: 43.0% VPD: 1.56 kPa January 21, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 12 Curing Number 2: This beast is just too much. I decided I screwed up the top net and removed it. I'll just let the plant do it's own thing in that aspect. However, the lean is seriously a lot. I ended up trying to prop some of the colas up against each other. But they are all wrapped up in the branches. I started to do minor defoliation today. I removed a lot of the dying and damaged leaves off of the lower part of the plant. Other leaves are popping off with ease. So from here on out, I'll be removing some leaves here and there. The goal is to get enough off by harvest time, I won't have to do much full defoliation. She got a full gallon of Flawless Finish today. I'm pretty sure when is back on track now to be fed in the morning again. I am a bit concerned with how much the colas are leaning. I feel like they are just blocking light from other colas that have been topped onto. I was going to try and redo the net, but I really cannot reach in far enough to make the net work. Not sure what to do to be honest. This is an issue I've never run into. It's a great issue, but it's still an issue. Comment below with what you would do. I'd love to see everyone's opinions and solutions. Update: I replaced the top net and did a better job at it. So now the colas are laying naturally but supported. Grow System Environment: Temp: 74.7° RH: 40.6% VPD: 1.69 kPa January 22, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 13 Curing Number 2: She got a full gallon top water today Flawless Finish. She was at 17% moisture content and was light enough. I have a feeling tomorrow morning she will be at 20%. She's definitely not taking in as much as she was. She also has a lot more orange pistils. Her smell is even stronger as well. I finished up taking out the damaged lower leaves today. There wasn't much left anyway. So now it's time to start slowly taking larger fan leaves out of the lower canopy. Just a few a day. So now based on what I'm seeing, she is right on time for when I expected her to harvest. She has about 10 days left I'd say. Her buds are super heavy. Foxtails or not, they are heavy. There's also the start of the fade I think. The leaves are yellowing and starting to appear to be changing color. Kind of. Right on time though. Grow System Environment: Temp: 70.8° RH: 45% VPD: 1.38 kPa January 23, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 1: Day 14 Curing This is the end of the road for this lady. 2 week cure and the seal will be popped today. What a nice plant. What a nice grow. COMPLETE Number 2: Not much today. Just a gallon of Flawless Finish with a bit of runoff. I removed some more damaged leaves today and some others that were blocking other bud sites of were just too crowded. Not much though. I'm working the front of the plant mostly as I can't reach the back. However, I think the back is a bit less dense than the front and left side. I could be wrong. I can't see back there. Lol. So for the end of week 1 of flushing, here are the highlights. More trichomes. More orange pistils Heavier colas Fading started (yesterday) Less water intake. That's all for this week. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.6° RH: 45.2% VPD: 1.50 kPa

January 24, 2024 Day 141 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: This is the final week of flower for this lady. She may need another week to completely finish up, but this is the home stretch. The fade has started. Pistils are about 50% orange now. She's not taking in as much water, as I noted before. Today, the moisture content is 20%. I'll have to see how she does throughout the day. I'm really trying to not let her get that dry. Maybe I'll wait for tomorrow and let her dry out this one time. Maybe it will help speed along the maturing process. There really isn't much else to report today. I plucked a few more leaves off today. All of which were either dead or dying. Not too many though. There was maybe 10 total. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.3° RH: 45.2% VPD: 1.50 kPa January 25, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Not much to do today. Soil moisture is at 20% as of this morning. I'll check later this afternoon if she needs water. I really don't want to water in the afternoon. If the moisture is below 15% by 6 pm, I'll have to water, but hopefully she holds off at 17% for the evening. I pulled a couple more leaves off today. Not much, just some lower dying leaves. The fade is in full swing now. No colors yet. Just a lot of yellowing leaves. In the next few days, I expect some colors to start showing. The top net isn't doing really anything. Some colas are standing a bit from it, but the majority are still leaning too far over. It's because I can't reach in the back and couldn't tie it up. So the net is just floating. Kinda wish it was a 4" grid. Oh well. It's there now, so it's not coming off. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.9° RH: 45.0% VPD: 1.53 kPa January 26, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: So last night I fed a half gallon to hold her over for the night. This morning she was at 16% moisture content. So she got a gallon of Flawless Finish. The fade is going full swing now. No colors yet, but more leaves are turning yellow. Colas are continuing to put on more weight. Not much, but still more. Everything else looks good. There's a couple more damaged leaves, but I honestly don't feel like getting rid of them yet. I'll wait for them to die out more. Although, there are very few of them left. I did pretty good at clearing them out originally. Also, after looking through the plant, there really isn't much more I can do for now. There's no sense in pulling healthy leaves right now and I can't do anything with the canopy. So basically it's all good to go now. Just watering and observing. In a week, I'll check trichomes and start trimming healthy leaves. It should be a day or 2 before harvest. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.7° RH: 45.7% VPD: 1.50 kPa January 27, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: The Beast is almost done. Lots of fading. Trichomes are almost 60% cloudy to 40% clean and some random amber ones. Her morning moisture content is 18%. She'll be getting a full gallon around noon today. I really want to let her dry out, but she has grown so well with the schedule she currently has. And she drinks way too fast to let her dry out today. Maybe I'll do a half gallon instead and a full gallon tomorrow. I pulled more lower dying leaves off today. Maybe around 20. It has to be a good sign along with the fade. She'll definitely need a bit more time than hoped for. Maybe another 7 days instead of 3 to 4. I'll start checking the trichomes in earnest in a few days. Colas are definitely heavier and a bit more dense now. I think that's all she has left. My major concern with yield is the lower half of the plant. Nearly all of it is popcorn or larf. Even the fully formed lower colas are loose, airy and look like whole bud foxtails. I'm honestly more worried about quality more than yield, but the yield is definitely less than I could have done. Much less. And the bud formation is just low quality. Most of it will get sifted for kief. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.6° RH: 46.2% VPD: 1.48 kPa January 28, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Absolutely nothing to do today. No leaves to snip, no water to feed. Nothing. Soil moisture level is 20%. I'll keep an eye on her for the day. Just in case she drinks down to 15%. The right side of the plant is nearly horizontal. Especially the front right corner. However, I did lift on up and used the top net to do it. So that's a good thing. There's way more yellowing leaves today, but no colors at all. Maybe I started flushing a bit too early, now that I think about it. Maybe color will start coming out in the next few days. I still think she needs a bit more time. Update: I got bored and decided to inspect the trichomes anyway. There's a lot of amber on the leaves. Not a whole lot on the buds though. After viewing them, I think she has about 3 to 4 days left. I'm just waiting for the lower part of the plant to mature up now I guess. I also found more dead leaves. I had to dig a bit in the back left corner to get them. Anyway, I'm trying to get in the way back to help prevent mold or whatever else can happen. So far everything looks good. But I don't have much of a view. The colas are too tall to really inspect fully, so hopefully keeping the RH below 50% and the air movement going will prevent any issues. The biggest issue is moving the plant forward to make room in the back. The colas just fall against the wall of the tent. So I will have to try to get back there to adjust the colas and make some room for them. I still can't see in the way back, so I have no idea what I'm working with. I guess it doesn't really matter much so close to harvest. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 46.8% VPD: 1.45 kPa January 29, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Just a few days left for this lady. I checked the trichomes again this morning. They look about the same. Maybe a couple more amber here and there, but as I said, it looks like she'll be ready in a few days. Maybe 3 or 4? She got a full gallon top feed of Flawless Finish. I think this is the last watering she will get. Maybe 1 more, but I don't think so. Nearly 70% of the pistils in the lower part of the plant are orange. I didn't bother checking those trichomes. I'm debating if I should just cut the whole lower part of the plant and let it all dry on a tray at the bottom of the tent. Maybe not. I'm not too sure yet. What I do know is that I can't reach 90% of the foliage with all the larf in the way. So I'll remove what I can on harvest day I think. She'll also need a 48 hour dark period. That will start in 2 days or maybe tomorrow. It all depends on the trichomes. There's a ton of yellowing leaves now. No colors though. I wonder why that is. If that's the case, then maybe she needs a couple more days for the fade, then the harvest. So now looking back on all I've decided today, I think a total of 5 days left. 2 to 3 more maturing, 2 days of dark and then harvest day. If that's the case, then I'll be watering one more time I believe. Maybe I'll go down to a half gallon tomorrow morning and see how she does tomorrow night. I may add the second half of the gallon tomorrow night. Speaking of watering. I noticed the moisture content stayed at 14% overnight. Not sure if that's the probe itself going as low as the soil can go. It was really light this morning. And I definitely didn't get a single bit of runoff. That's all for now. Grow System Environment: Temp: 73.4° RH: 42.8% VPD: 1.57 January 30, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: It is the end of the road for the Beast. Tomorrow will start with the 48 hour dark period. Then I'll try to defoliate what I can reach. I may end up having to just leave it alone til after she dries out. Mostly because I can't reach about 80% of the plant. The lower half is loaded with larf and popcorn. So navigating it and actually getting through the trellis is damn near impossible without damaging the lower part of the plant. Reaching over is a bad idea as well. My whole arm presses against the colas just to reach a middle cola. So nope. That's not happening. Looks like a true dry trim. That will take all day, if not longer. I learned that my tap water has a PH of 8.1. Now that I have PH up and down, I brought the PH down to 6.2. It's too late for the PH to make any difference whatsoever, but at least I'm getting started. The next grow will have a perfect PH and supplemental lighting. I can't wait to see how my new stuff works from start to finish. I've also decided to try to lower the temp down to 70°. Just for the last 2 days. With the lights out, it should be around 66°. I'm also trying to drop the humidity down to around 40% maybe 35% if I can swing it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 71.2° RH: 42.4% VPD: 1.46 kPa January 31, 2024 Apparently I can't make another flowering week, but it's been 7 days for this week. Oh well. I'll be harvesting in 2 days. She's definitely ready. Just want some more trichome maturation, then I'll be happy. And what better way to do it by a 48 hour dark period. No watering today. Although, I'm a bit concerned with how low the moisture content currently is. It's at 15% moisture content. It could get dangerously low before I give the good ole chop. I'll probably check her later today to see if she is suffering. If not, I'll check tomorrow. However, I don't think she will last for 2 days. Maybe I'll give a half gallon and let that be it for the rest of the dark period. I'm keeping the temp around 70° and RH around 40%. 35% if I can manage it. Grow System Environment: Temp: 70.3° RH: 42.1% (and dropping) VPD: 1.42 kPa February 1, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: No pics today. Just a quick update. Moisture level is down to 11% and lights are still out. Another day and harvest time. I'll check in a bit to see if she is suffering from lack of water. Not sure what I'll do if that's the case. I guess harvest right away. I can't add more water and it's only been two days. Anyway, I'm pretty sure she'll be fine until tomorrow. Update: forget everything I wrote today. I chopped her down. She was drooping everywhere. So I harvested. Wet weight was an astonishing 110.4 oz. Based on my average 13.5% weight retention, I should end up with around 15 oz. Holy shit! Grow System Environment: Temp: 68.5° RH: 39.8% VPD: 1.39

February 1, 2024 Harvest Day. Everyone is now harvested and Number 2 is an astonishing 110.5 oz, or 6.9 lbs or 3133 grams. My average plant dry weight is about 13.5% of the wet weight. However, I've never had such big and dense buds before. Not to mention the branches are twig thin, so those won't weigh much. The leaves are pretty abundant, so that may take away quite a bit of weight. However, as I said, the colas are absolutely enormous. My only concern is that I can't remove either trellis without damaging the plant. The lower trellis actually squeezed the whole plant in on itself. I'm not really sure what to do about that. I can't reach most of the leaves. Now it's because the plant is too low to the floor for me to reach. Hahaha! I'll keep the RH down to around 54% for the time being. When the leaves shrink a bit and space opens up, I'll try to bump it up to 58%. The issue I may run into is the RH of the lung room. It's cold and winter outside, so it's not very humid in there. The temp is fine, but the RH is pretty low for now. It may have taken super long for me, but I figured out a lot of why it took so long. Lighting, AND I found out even with night vision turned off, when lights go out, the red night vision lights come on anyway with my camera. This could be the cause of all the plants foxtailing. Especially the ones in the front right corner where the camera is mounted. Fixed. As a reminder, Number 1 was 22 oz wet weight and 2.2 oz dry. Gorilla Cookies: Total wet weight: 132.5 oz. Or 8.28 lbs or 3753.54 grams. Number 1: Dry Weight: 2.2 oz or 62.4 grams. Number 2: Estimated Dry Weight: 14.92 oz or 422.98 grams. Could be a bit more. February 2, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 1 Drying. She'll be getting a quarter turn every couple of days to promote even drying throughout the whole plant. No pictures today. I ended up putting the humidifier in the dry tent. I know it's not the best idea, but without it, the RH plummets to the high 40s. Currently it's at 54% and that's as much as I can do for it. I have another humidifier, but it's tiny and meant for my 2x2 tent. It also only holds 500 ml of water. So I'd be opening the tent up multiple times a day to refill it. Not good. I want this tent to stay closed as much as possible. Dry System Environment: Temp: 63.4° RH: 55.3% VPD: 0.86 kPa February 3, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 2 Drying I ended up attaching half of the ScrOG net back to the poles. It seems to help spread out part of the plant. The other half is still pretty compact. I'd put the net up, but the plant is offset and it ends up leaning against the wall it's facing. So I just have the back attached. It's kind of working. Anyway, the humidifier in the tent seems to be working perfectly. As long as I continue rotating the plant every couple of days, I shouldn't have any issues. Dry System Environment: Temp: 63.8° RH: 55.0% VPD: 0.85 kPa February 4, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 3 Drying Just filled the humidifier back up and tried to pull some of the branches free from the rest of the rats nest I call a plant. Lol. It's so tangled up and dense, I really can't do much about it. Not until I can cut it all up. I'll be rotating a half turn tomorrow. Based on my RH and Temp, I think she will be done around day 8 or 9. I doubt she will go for a full 10+ days. Maybe she will. As I said, it's really dense in there. But with the RH being slightly on the low side, I shouldn't run into any mold or mildew issues. Hopefully that is. So far everything looks pretty good. The environment is nearly spot on. The plant itself of drying at a good rate. Slow but not at a snails pace. If she goes over 10 days, I'll start to have concerns. I don't want to lose any yield. Anyway, that's all for now. Dry System Environment: Temp: 62.1° RH: 54.4% VPD: 0.85 kPa February 5, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 4 Drying Bad News Bears everyone. My Beasty hermied from all the light stress and I have a ton of seeds that are falling out into my catch trays. I have no idea what a seeded bud looks like apparently. And I can't tell what's seeded and what's not. I'll have to dissect everything and discover the errors of this fail. Where did it hermie? How many buds were pollinated? What signs should I look out for next time? Etc. I will update when she finishes drying. I'll definitely keep documenting as she goes through the rest of the process. I don't know what I'm going to do with all these seeds, but I guess I'll pop them and see what happens. However, there's definitely a whole lot more seeds. Possibly hundreds. If not close to 1,000. Maybe I'll sprinkle them in my back yard. Hahahaha. I'd get chewed out so bad for that. Lol. Anyway, I also weighed her up to see how much weight she has lost. In 4 days she has lost half of her weight. Now 51.4 oz. Still very wet though. I think she'll need 5 or 6 more days. I don't know how much more weight the seeds put on, so my original weight is skewed. The dry weight will also be skewed as well. Unless there aren't that many seeds. I doubt it though. Oh well. Still a lot of weed. Lol. Anyway, I think it came from the back of the plant where I couldn't reach or see. There's no where else I would have missed. I think. I'll just have to find where when it's done drying. Dry System Environment: Temp: 61.8° RH: 54.6% VPD: 0.83 kPa February 6, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2 Day 5 Drying I'm having a small issue with RH today. It's stuck around 53%. I'd like it to be above 55% now that the plant is about half done. I'll try to increase the humidity up to 58% by the time drying is done. As for the seeding issue, I'm pretty sure it's only a small part of the plant. Hopefully it actually was isolated in the back somewhere. I definitely won't know until I start trimming. Before I weigh the total yield, I'll do my best to clear out as many seeds as possible before hand. Quick Update: I decided to turn up the humidifier. Not much. Just enough though. Now the RH is sitting around 56%. Perfect. AND the temp is at a flat 60°. Also perfect. I rotated her as well. I think I'll have to rotate her daily because of the extra mist from the humidifier. I've also slightly increased the exhaust fan speed by one point. And it's pulling out the air quite nicely. Not too fast though. Just enough to get the extra humidity out. I'm really surprised at how well dialed in it is. Very satisfied. I will however be keeping an eye on it for any weird fluctuations. Oh, and there is a range the RH runs. When the heat kicks on, it drops a point or two. But for the most part it's right on point. A Lesson Learned: During this grow, I didn't discover the hermie issues until half way through drying. Seeds galore. So after some research, I discovered that seeded plants take longer to mature. That makes total sense now. This plant took a total of 20 weeks from seed to harvest. And she is an autoflower. Double the time it should have taken. I think I understand why the flowering stage took nearly 11 weeks. The plant must have hermied at the very beginning of the light stress issues. Which was during the stretch. Or a little bit after. That caused the plant to take so long it hermied early and due to my lack of access to much of the plant, I missed any signs of nanners or balls. So the lesson here is to try to do a better job inspecting the whole plant and of course remove any male parts immediately. Dry System Environment: Temp: 62.2° RH: 53.6% VPD: 0.86 kPa February 7, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 6 Drying I gave her a nice little turn this morning. She also didn't drop many seeds. Hopefully that means the majority have dropped. I know there will be tons in the buds, but I can only hope it's just a few of them. As I said before. We shall see. The environment hasn't changed at all. It's been the most stable I've ever had it. Very nice. I also tried to open the canopy up a bit by pushing my hand in and turning it flat so to not disturb the trichomes too much. Other than that, I had to fill the humidifier. Dry System Environment: Temp: 61.5° RH: 55.5% VPD: 0.80 kPa PERFECT February 8, 2023 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 7 Drying Filled the humidifier up and rotated her a quarter turn. I'd like to discuss the seeds and weight. I assume the seeds add some weight to the plant. The question is how much. So far I've collected 100 seeds from the catch trays and those weight around 1.4 grams. Based on how many seeds have dropped so far, I can only assume there will be significantly more in the buds. That being said, I wonder how many seeds there will be and how much will they weigh. I'm hoping for only 200 more. I figure double the fallen seeds makes sense as long as the whole plant wasn't seeded. Then there may be thousands, and I will lose a ton of yield. However, I don't think so. I've gently shaken the plant and found the seeds came from one spot. I can't find it though. I'm not turning the lights on, so I'll have to wait the next 3 to 4 days. At least that's what I think she will need. I did weigh her up today at 38 oz. So far that's a 64.6% drop in weight. But still a lot of weight. I estimate another 10% to 15% drop before harvest. Then about 50% of that should be smokable flower. So no matter what I do, the math shows between 14.5 oz and 16.5 oz final yield. Whole plant 110.5 oz minus the average dry yield of 13.5% is 14.9 oz Current weight 38 oz minus another 20% for the next 4 days, if not slightly less, minus 50% to dry yield is 15.2%. Based on extra density and size compared to my second largest plant, I can only assume the percentage will be higher. If I add 20% to the 13.5% I end up with 16.2%. That ends at 17.9 oz. Then I remove 10% for marginal error and end up with 16.1 oz. Lots of formulas. That was long winded, but the math needed to be explained. Mostly for my records. For now, this is all speculation. Hell, I could end up only getting 11% yield or end up with 17.5%. who knows. I'll record the results of course and add them to my averages. Dry System Environment: Temp: 62.0° RH: 56.5% VPD: 0.80 kPa PERFECT MAJOR UPDATE: I forgot the SCroG net had weight to it. That weighs 2.08 oz so in reality, the plant weighs 108.42 oz. So my math is skewed a bit. It should be around 14 oz to 16 oz dried and trimmed. Even a possibility of 17 oz. February 9, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 8 Drying Plenty of a to do today. She has but a few days left. I ordered a moisture meter yesterday. It will be here tomorrow. Just in time. She got a quarter turn and the humidifier a refill. I had one branch snap today. But that was it. I think what I'll do is pull a branch at a time with buds that are dried. That way I can take my time trimming. I'll be able to start curing at the perfect moisture level for each bud. I believe the outer branches will be done tomorrow and the center branches taking a couple more days. Anyway, the moisture meter will tell me if I'm right or not. I conducted snap tests on the outside and inside of the plant. Still a tiny bit of bend, but no snap yet. Especially in the center. But very close. I did find one branch that snapped, but just the one. I may check back and see if I should actually trim it up and bag it. I'm pretty sure there's some pretty big buds on that branch. I also took a new weight. The she is 35.5 oz. Still pretty heavy. So far that is 32% weight retention. She definitely won't lose much more. Maybe an oz, but I doubt it. I'm not really sure how much yield that will bring, but I'm pretty sure it's still within my calculations. I feel like after the plant has completely dried, there will be around 50% yield. So around 15 to 16 oz. However, I haven't checked dry whole plant yet, so I'm very interested to see the results. If it's actually a 50% different from whole try to trimmed and bagged, the yield would be and astonishing 17.75 oz. However I believe it will be a bit less. For a conservative number, I'm basing on 40% dry yield. That would be 14.2 oz. So it's kind of up in the air for now. Dry System Environment: Temp: 62.5° RH: 56.9% VPD: 0.81 kPa It's a bit warm today and the tent is up to 65°. The RH is still perfect, but I need to find a way to drop the temp back down to 62°. I'm sure it will adjust back down in a couple of hours. February 10, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 9 Drying Another ounce lost. She's just about done if not already done in some spots. I'm waiting for my moisture meter to get here then I'll check. Hopefully I'll be trimming tomorrow or the next day. I'll be ordering a rosin press in the next couple of weeks. If not this week. It all depends on what I want to do for soil. Reuse the current soil one last time or buy new soil and hold off on the press. I have a ton of soil, but it's used. However, I did grow this lady from used soil and my soil is always kept in a big lidded bin. Maybe I will reuse the soil and get the press. Next run I'll get new soil maybe. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter? It's one or the other this week. Or soil this week and press in 2 months. I think the press this week makes sense as I already have soil. Plus, the Beast has a whole lot of larf for pressing. Dry System Environment: Temp: 64.6° RH: 57.9% VPD: 0.85 kPa It's been warm out for the last couple of days and for some reason the central heat is still kicking on. I turned the AC on in my room to help drop the temp back down. The humidity is fine. The VPD could be a bit lower, but that will come with the temp drop. February 11, 2024 Gorilla Cookies: Number 2: Day 10 Drying Some of the lower branches with the wispy loose buds and larf snapped. So they got trimmed and bagged. My moisture meter was delayed and should be here today. I'll be using that for the larger buds. I now have the Temp at 60° and the RH is around 58%. Somehow, it had dropped down to 53% overnight. I turned the Humidifier up one notch. Brought it right up. Also, these smaller lower branches didn't have any seeds. So far so good. I'm really thinking it was an isolated area. I feel, because there is so much bud, if the whole plant got seeded, there would have been well over the 100 seeds that dropped. There will definitely be more, but only in some of the buds. So the rest of the plant should be good. I'll be slowly pulling outer branches and trimming them up over the next day or 2. Unless of course the meter shows I can trim the whole plant. I don't think so though. Update: My moisture meter came in finally. Perfect dryness. I'll be trimming for the rest of the day. Final yield to come. Dry System Environment: Temp: 62.7° RH: 55.9% VPD: 0.83 kPa February 12, 2024 Day 2 of trimming! There's so much weeeeeeeeeeeed! Moving into day 3 of trimming. Will check back tomorrow when I finish up with final yield. February 13, 2024 Day 3 trimming. Finally done! With a whopping 595 grams. Adding the other plant and we are at 654 grams total dry trimmed yield! Absolutely amazing! February 22, 2024 Quick Update: I bought a rosin press. A small one to start with. It works pretty well. Company called Dulytek. Seems they have all you need for a reasonable price. Anyway, pretty happy with it for my first press. I'll probably upgrade in a few months once I get the hang of it.