Royal Dwarf by RQS

Hi all, End of the first week/germination and there's not a lot to report. Temps are slightly higher than ideal but that doesn't matter. I sprayed her with water every once in a while then at the end of the week I but their covers back over them so as not to damage them and watered with some root juice using a rose. If you're following both my current diaries the first bits will be pretty cut and paste until the real growth starts. Thanks for coming, see you next week.

Hi all, The girls have had an odd week. They were looking healthy and green to start with but as it went on there was a real lack of growth and they were gowing very pale. I'd only prepped the coco coir with CalMag and Root Juice and that's what I've been feeding with but a couple of days ago I added 1ml of biobizz grow to the mix, earlier than I normally would, and they've boomed. It's the balance of how to feed autos against how to use coco coir that I have to get used to. I think it may have put them back a few days but I can only wait and see. On a side note, I'm really happy with the mix of coco and Perlite I'm using. Very soft and airy and drains really well. Thanks for reading, see you next week.

Hi all, Sooo, what can I say but that these are some small ass plants! If this was half way through the first week I wouldn't mind but it's the end of the third so there's something a miss. I've changed the food regime, cut out the root juice and raised the Grow to 2ml twice a week. I no doubt under fed them to start with but even so, they're pretty titchy. Otherwise they look good, green and healthy. That's it. Thanks for coming, see you all next week.

Hi all, Had some really good growth this week though tbh they're a week or so behind where I'd expect them to be. I've been feeding every 3 or 4 days which sounds excessive but they've been lapping it up. Until the last feed, the ppm was coming out lower than it went in. Last one went in at 380 and came out at 400 so I'll just give her water next I've been giving CalMag every time and last shot I gave a little root juice just for the hell of it. Today, day 29, I topped her. Late to do it I know but she's running behind so why not. I've chosen not to do LST at least for now. There's so little space between the nodes that it didn't seem worth while. She is called Royal Dwarf after all. That's it, we'll see in a few days how she recovers. Thanks for stopping by!

Hi all, Missed a few weeks but here I am so... SHE'S TINY! I wish I could tell you I'd done this on purpose but nope. She's a little round lollipop but surprisingly dense. The lesson is that unless you're working on some special project, DO NOT top Royal Dwarf. Admittedly I did it too late but there really wasn't need to. I do like how she looks though. She's been taking all the food I could give here with no ill effect, infact yesterday was the first time in 3 weeks she's had nothing but plain water. I was doing 1ml each of grow, bloom and topmax but I've since upped the flowering agents to 2ml. Next feed I'll cut out the grow and put the others to 3ml until flush. Every feed has 1ml of CalMag, except when it's just water, and is both pH and ppm tested including the runoff. That's it. She'll not produce much but I'll persevere. All comments welcome and please check out my other diaries.

Hi all, Not much of am update to give, I'm really just syncing the diary time line having missed some. It's day 57, so 8 weeks in and I'd guess another 4 to go. She didn't like being given just water last week, went quite pale, so I upped her feed again yesterday. PPM are still coming out high but as she's showing no signs of over feeding and as we're nearing the end i'm just gonna keep going. That's it, thanks for reading and please check out my other diaries!

Hi all, Not much change. She's essentially just a solid lollipop of a bud. I've maxed the feed to where I want it and she seems to like it. I've had some heat issues, tent hit 35 degrees for a couple of hours the other day but at this point I doubt it'll matter. I found the calibration of my pH pen was out and I've been giving her feed solutions too low, 4.7 to 5, which would explain a couple of things. Nothing I can do about it for these but now I know and its fixed for next time. That's it as far as the week goes. The Forest of Glass micro pics. I can't remember which ones came from which plant, I just like doing them! Thanks for reading. Please comment and check out my other diaries.

Hi all, We're coming into the final straights of this odd little grow. I was hoping she'd hoping a week or two longer, maybe bulk out a bit more, but the amber dictates. I started the flush 2 days ago, the Monday, with 2l of clean water. I'll do the same again tomorrow and probably chop on Sunday. I'd prefer to flush a little longer but I don't think she'll let me. I've never had a plant come out like this. After topping all lateral and vertical growth stopped but the bud sites that were already there boomed. As a result I got a plant no taller than 12cms, shaped like a toffee apple and really dense. I'm going trim and hang her whole for a couple of weeks then try and break her up for the cure. That's it. I'll do the harvest report in a few weeks when she's in the jar. I hope you've enjoyed the diary, or at least the pictures. Please check out my other diaries. Next up will be Blue Cheese Auto by RQS, see you there.

That's that. In terms of the grow she was easy. No signs of any deficiencies or sickness. The only problem was of my own making, the late top. This was a big mistake that resulted in a dry weight of a MASSIVE 7g . I gave her 48h in the dark before the chop, I then hung her in cardboard box in a cupboard that I temp and humidity controlled using a fan and a large silicate bag. In the first few days she had quite a poor, chlorophyll smell but that went away and became citrus and spicy. She's only been in the jar a few days so no smoke report. Overall, I'll try her again sometime but I'm in no rush. I hope you've enjoyed the diary, please check out my others.