Dr. Grinspoon by TOTEM

Hey everybody! Last week she slowed down her stretch rate a little bit. Maybe because of defoliation. Maybe the lower temperatures. Maybe it’s just the prolonged use of veg nutes. This week I’ll start feeding with bloom nutes, so let’s wait a little and fingers crossed for her. Now I tell you something important about Dr. Grinspoon. Well, she HATES high stress straining (tops, defoliations, etc). I mean, you can stress her and she will not gonna die, but then she will definitely take A LOT of time to recover. Even if she has to develop some simple leaves. So always remember this, and if you stress her before flipping the lights to 12/12, you should wait at least one week before flipping. 😉 Do you remember that “red blood” coming out from topped branches on week 7? Well, I did some research about it, and found out this interesting explanation: “You have a strain that is high in anthocyanin, a natural plant color that happens to also be an anti-inflammatory. It is the same stuff that makes blueberries blue. Eating edibles made from a strain like that can bring relief to folks with arthritis and other inflammatory conditions. Smoking it doesn't help inflammation as much as eating it.” Credits: Storm Crow from Grasscity. So, how do anthocyanins work? Well, some plants will turn red and purple as anthocyanins are produced using excess sugars in the leaves and spreading through cell fluids. The pH of the cell fluid determines the color variation, with an acidic fluid producing reddish hues, and an alkaline fluid producing blues. Each strain, with cellular pH being genetically regulated, has its own unique combination of chlorophyll and carotenoids, and potential for anthocyanins production, giving a great splash of colors to a diversified grow as nights get longer and temperatures cool down. By the way, many strains’ color range is usually limited exclusively to greens and yellows through their life cycle. 👇 A more detailed explanation here: https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/the-secrets-of-colorful-cannabis-revealed-heres-why-some-strains And if you wanna go more in-depth on botanic aspects, here you can find two more interesting readings: https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/my-jack-herer-is-bleeding.161929/page-3 Day 64: I finally switched to bloom nutes, but before doing that, I added 100g of Mykos by Xtreme Gardening inside the pot (just below the surface). I should have done that on transplant day, but unfortunately I forgot to. So I made some holes, put these mycorrhizae straight inside, covered with soil and watered with bloom nutes: Fioritura (bloom), BioMassa (an incredibile organic flowering booster with Ca-Mg 5.8-2.8) and the usual Activator, each @ 0.5ml/L (and 6L of tap water in total). I’ll be alternating BioMassa and Florastimo, one week each. I don’t know if Mykos will be effective when applied like this, but my hope is that mychorrizae will go deeper into the soil after some waterings. I decided to stop correcting PH levels because I think this soil will have no problems buffering them on its own. Day 65: Since temps dropped down substantially, I added a second 150W ceramic heating lamp on the opposite side of the first one. Day 67: Given 8L of tap water. Day 68: She seemed really hungry, so I fed her @ 1ml/L, 6L of tap water in total. Two hours later all the colas were pointing up to the sky in a very vigorous way. Yay!