Strawberry Gorilla and Gorilla Cookies

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