PC+GSC+SS+G45

Budophile 9 plants, 5 different strains, 3 different seed banks. So yeah, some background info.. I was going to go 6 girls in 15l pots at first for even distribution but fucked up the germination process sticking them seeds eagerly straight to soil and some didn't germinate and some took almost two weeks to push above soil so I popped a few more and here we are. Oldest ones are about 6-7weeks old and the rest are around 3-4weeks.. not sure about exact days since I wasn't planning on running a diary but then again figured it could be helpful IF(when) running into problems. Been mainlining/topping/defoliating/binding when necessary to keep them at pretty much the same height before flipping the switch. First photos shown here are from the last session of high stress training.. now we're just playing the waiting game for them to recover and then it's off to flowering time baby! This week is the first time dem bitches have been getting the full recommended dosage of Bio-Bizz nutrients I still have available (bought the "try-pack" for best bang for buck.) Gonna run out of root-juice and bio-heaven after next watering but think that's ay-ok since we're going to flowering anyways and in the last grows haven't really seen any notable difference using the insanely expensive bio-heaven. Fucked up topping few plants taking "wrong" nodes being way too drunk but we'll see how it goes. Also start of this week is the first day I hanged Viparspectra V900 to accompany Mars Hydro TSW-2000 which has done an amazing job so far!😍😍 Using only the blue grow spectrum on the V900 for the recovery since I know from experience the bloom mode runs hot as fuck and I still need to figure out how to improve the airflow in the cabin without ruining good nights sleep. Day 3: After last trimming session Girls are recovering quite nicely. Watered today and just like I suspected ran out of root-juice and bio-heaven, the runtier Sunset Sherbet didn't get to taste any of that sweet sweet nectar:( Everyone took about the same amount of water (2l) with pretty much no runoff so boy were they thirsty. SS runt was having a little bit of trouble drinking since the soil was way too dry and had become a bit hydrophobic but with patience took it all like a champ. Had to remove some of the bindings to avoid snapping the stems but looks like they're still at pretty even height. OG Kush has a trunk thicker than my thumb already although she's less than 20cm high! Ditched the tower fan from taking up too much space and replaced it with Garden Highpro oscillating clip-fan which is like a frigging hurricane even at lvl1! Lets see how it affects the temps which are quite high after adding the Viparspectra: topping at almost 30c during the last hours of day and I'm not even using the red blooming leds yet!😐 Still giving them the full 4ml/l of bio-grow every feeding but I'm thinking about cutting it back a bit since ran out of the snakeoils and not sure yet does that affect the uptake in a bad manner. Been also foliar feeding them w/ bio-grow every second day with 1-1.25ml/l to keep the humidity at around 60-70% all times and they seem to like it, leaves are nice dark green colored. Realized just how tightly packed the tent will be so I'm going to put them into flowering as soon as they have at least 2-3 healthy nodes per branch so guessing at around start of the next week. Probably going to defoliate most of the leaf mass day before flipping the switch.. might even get excited enough to try schwazzing 1-2 plants since I've never tried that technique before and I really need to promote some airflow. Day 4: Well that lasted long.. The fan cut its lead wires loose while oscillating because the cable clamps were set too tight straight out of the package, not giving it enough slack to turn full cycle.. Goddamn it.. Seems like an easy fix but got no time to start tinkering before going to work so I'll get it replaced by tomorrow and hope I wont get a dud made on mondays. Cranked up the inline duct fan a bit to compensate the loss of airflow and temps are staying in the 28C range but there's definitely some hotspots forming.. hopefully that leads to nothing too serious.

Budophile Day1: Tent is getting a bit crowded so I had to flip the switch and let the stretching begin! Raised the lamps about 10cm to get some more spacing between the nodes and removed a lot of the leaf mass to promote the lower branches grow. Sunset Sherbet #1 had its newest growth tips turning a little yellow and I'm not sure yet is it overdose/deficiency/heat issue or just a little pH mishap from overwatering.. gave her a little less nutrients to see how it responds. Gonna wait a little more time between next watering to let the soil dry up a little better (saw a fungus gnat flying in the tent and I don't want those f*ckers to overpopulate.) Day3: Some training, all seems fine Day4: Raised the lamps a bit again, not sure if the other Sunset Sherbet and now OG Kush too is suffering from mild nutrient burn or light stress Day6: My hydrohomie fucked up the Gelato#45 cuts I gave him so I took Peyote Critical as my next mother victim. Took 12 good sized shoots from below which I would've lollipopped anyways.. Hope she wont mind since I wasn't planning on defoliating/lollipopping this soon. Planning on training at around day 10 and 20 give or take and then I'll let them grow stress-free. Stretching ain't so crazy at least yet and the canopy is staying pretty much at the same height. Next defoliation/lollipopping I think I will remove all the bindings to avoid snapping the stems. All girls are now showing at least few pistils. Tried using the blooming leds on Viparspectra for two days and the temps are staying pretty much at 28C at most but switched back to just blues since not sure if there's a bit of light stress on SS/OGK. Will switch to full power when the stretching ends.

Budophile So Yeah.. Day 8 of 12/12 and everything is going almost swell.. Found some alarming growth from the lowest nodes of OG Kush which seem to be juvenile male flowers but nothing too alarming yet (just the two as shown in pictures.) Could be just stress induced since "she" went through a pretty rough mainlining just a few days before flipping the switch and has been showing some nutrient overdose or intense light issues on the new growth tips. Pushing a lot of pistils from the tallest branches with no sign of hermaphrodism there so I'll keep an close eye on her and see if I should toss her or not. Day 10: Removed the bindings and did a little lollipopping/defoliation. Peyote Criticals and Sunset Sherbets were showing a little P deficiency so I changed the nutrient solution slightly. Brought Bio-Grow down to 2ml/l and upped the Bio-Bloom to 2.5ml/l.. we'll see how it goes.. Bitches be stretching like crazy now but flowering hasn't really kicked off just yet. Stopped foliar feeding since the RH is going from 60% to 50% between waterings so seems pretty banging to me. OG Kush is still under the scope and I didn't find any new ballsacks forming. Funny enough the one certain male flower was dried out and starting to brown a bit, didn't even need to pluck it since it came off with a gentle brush of a finger. Dared to remove only four of the biggest shading fan leaves from her so she wouldn't freak out any more.

Budophile Day 15: Stretching way faster than anticipated.. Gonna have to tweak the hangers soon because I'm almost at their limit to raise the lamps anymore. Should have lollipopped/defoliated more in the last training session, hope I'll have the courage to go a bit further the next one in about 3-5days which is going to be the last before harvesting. Buds are finally starting to form and dang it looks like a decent haul IF all goes well. No closeup shots will be presented before the frost starts to kick in. I'm cutting down the Bio-Grow gradually and raising the Bio-Bloom at the same time. Thinking about dropping the Bio-Grow entirely at around week 4 of flowering and starting to blast the girls with some decent amount of PK instead. Day 16: Watered each plant with 2l of nutrient solution and upped the dosage of Bio-Bloom to 3ml/l because of 2 strains were showing some P deficiency on the lower leaves (PC/SS) Day 18: Did the biggest and most gruesome lollipopping/defoliation session I've ever dared to. Promised myself this would be the last but it does seem like I still have to grow some balls to trim them bitches once more in a week or so IF they respond well to this torture. Slight P deficiency still on the Peyote Criticals and Sunset Sherbets so I'm going to full send it the next time watering and go straight for the 4ml/l on Bio-Bloom. Next week of flowering I'm going to bring the big guns in and start giving them some Atami Bloombastic to make them buds really swell up.. or die trying! Day 20: Watered each plant with 2l of nutrient solution and this time I went for the full 4ml/l of Bio-Bloom. Only one of the Peyote Criticals was still showing an ever so slight lack of phosphorous so we'll see how they like the full dosage. The bigger GSC had two pretty pale green older fan leaves (not yellowing but still..) so she received 3ml/l of Bio-Grow instead of 2ml/l to keep her going for about 2 more weeks before I can tolerate a little lack of N and let the leaves fall out on their own. Usually I stop giving grow nutes at around halfway of blooming. Don't know if it's just psychosomatic but I do feel abundant nitrogen in late bloom will make the buds taste a bit harsher and give a little headache no matter how good you flush if you keep going on the "full schedule" till the end. All the buds have a nice little sugar coating forming up and the smell in the tent is becoming nice and fruity. Not sure yet which one of them will be the cream of the crop but everyone looks very promising. OG Kush went through a thorough macro close up session and no visible male flowers are forming anywhere so I might just be able to keep her in the cabin but I'm still prepared to chop her off IF she goes full on Bangkok ladyboy on me. If all goes well this might very well turn out to be my best harvest with this setup so far so I do hope I won't fuck up anything now.

Budophile Day 22: Today.. with a very heavy heart.. I decided to let OG Kush go😞 Got too tired to scout for new ballsacks/nanners daily and had a nightmare "she" would just bukkake all over my other girls pretty much ruining the whole crop. I wouldn't have the time to check up on her daily so I hope it was for the greater good: even though her top colas were starting to frost up very promisingly and she was the only OGK I had.. and probably ever will. edit: OK.. You may call me dumb as fuck or whatnot but since I didn't find any male flowers from inside the buds and I'm insanely reluctant to let any of my plants die EVER without a cause I decided to take a cut from her since she had the thickest trunk and biggest leaves of all my plants even though she was lagging about a month behind the bigger ones and was in a smaller pot. I just might try to flower her once again alone if it roots and after I have harvested my years worth of smoke😇 Otherwise the trichomes are really starting to sprinkle all over the place and the smell is beginning to be somewhat intoxicating and fruity. The bigger Peyote Critical seems to be the frostiest of the bunch and seems to be one of the top performers considering the size of the harvest (good call taking cuts from her to my hydrohomie who fucked up the first Gelato#45 cuts) but we'll see how things go. Lamps are pretty close now since I can't raise them without a little bit of tweaking but haven't seen any downside to it and bitches ain't praying or anything to show their discontent for it. Day 25: Took a better picture w/ lights on and flash since the blurple led makes the colors so funky and the last canopy shot was way off color too:) Tried a quick photostack to get a better aperture depth from the trichomes only to realize my good 'ol beaten and trustworthy Canon stock lens has broken its auto-focus and its pretty damn near impossible to get a nice crisp look since every manual focus moves the camera ever so slightly. Watered the bitches last time @ D23 of flowering and got excited to blast them with a little bit of Atami Bloombastic (0.5ml/l) and they seem to really like it. Would go full 1ml/l soon but the thing is I only have a 100ml "sample" bottle of the stuff so it wouldn't last me 2-3weeks so we'll go with the 0.5ml/l to last for at least 10 waterings. Smell is coming on fast and getting heavier and heavier by the day. Might have to buy a new filter since the current one has been used for a good 2 years and is a bit inadequate for the size of the cabin.. Funny enough it still seems to do its job since I can't smell the girls in the room but oh boy when you stick your head in the tent😋 Day 28: End of week 4 and everything is looking all fine and dandy. Got a sick lens for loan from a friend to get better pictures but the mf is so big I can't use my DSLRs built-in flash with it so enjoy the funky colors from the grow lights (especially viparspectra blurple.) The images it produces are so damn sharp compared to the stock kit lens from Canon and the bokeh is just absolutely lovely with bigger aperture. Will order a new flash to take some real beauty shots once the ladys are later in flower and I get used to it.

Budophile Day 32 of flowering (12/12 to be precise): Halfway is getting close and they're starting to frost/smell quite a bit. Not much swelling on the buds although some of the pistils are already changing colour so I hope they will start fattening up real soon or I won't get any beautiful colas. Absolutely no yellowing on the oldest fan leaves so cutting down Bio-Grow once again. Will feed it for about 2 more waterings and then I'm definitely going to drop it out. Found a nanner on one of the top budsites of the bigger GSC but nothing too alarming. Think I'll have enough footage by the end of the week to compose a little timelapse what has been cooking so far. Day 35 of flowering: Last supper of Bio-Grow for the girls. No deficiencies showing and RH/temps are staying just perfect. The other GSC has two nanners pushing out of the top colas and the other Gelato#45 seems to be starting to foxtail and making a cluster of nanners on top of the tallest colas (might be just light bleached and suffering leaves but doesn't look good..) If they turn out to be bunch of penises without balls I might have to "tip" her a bit from the top since the lower nodes look just fine. Wouldn't be surprised if it's just from way too intense light since I didn't find it necessary to raise the lamps at the start of the week cause all of them seemed to be enjoying the abundant light and I was already maxing out the hangers. Did a little tweaking and raised the lamps a good 15cm and now they're around 35-40cm from the tallest tops. We'll see how it goes..

Budophile Day 42: End of week 6 of flowering. Not much to show or tell.. Just playing the waiting game.. Gelato#45s starting to foxtail quite a bit especially the bigger one. Girl Scout Cookies buds don't seem to swell up anymore and pistils are turning brown and calyxes are starting to expand looking like they're getting pretty close to be flushed. I usually go for about two weeks of plain water treatment and since the leaves are still very green I might "have" to start flushing them after one or two more waterings. The bigger Peyote Critical is also looking like a quick finisher so maybe after a week or so she'll be the next victim. Some very minor CalMag deficiency on few of the plants.. Got a bit carried away and overwatered them so maybe just a little lockup issue that will go away on its own. Did a little inventory on my seeds and realized I ain't got enough for a 6 plants run right after this one and I should have started germinating the next batch like couple of weeks ago to get them to flower pretty much soon as I chop these. Thinking I have to ditch buying a new flash/lens for my camera and just order up some new strains and nutrients to replenish my stock. Also loaned my Gopro to a friend so no more timelapses coming anymore or at least anytime soon.. Damn.. Would have liked to document this grow from start to finish as a video diary but maybe the next one..

Budophile Day 45 of flowering: Girl Scout Cookies looked so ready to be flushed so they don't get to enjoy the sweet sweet nutrients anymore. Damn they're fast.. Thinking they might be ready in about 60days. Took a few macros but most of them were so shaky that they came out all blurry but not many visible clear trichomes on the "successful" shots. The bigger Peyote Critical showing some symptoms of Mg deficiency or some light/heat issues on the top fan leaves but nothing to worry about.. She'll also be ready for flushing in about a week or so. Found some small busted ballsacks on one of the Sunset Sherbets in the lowest nodes that were packed with pollen but I don't think I have a problem with pollination since they were so down in the foliage by the larfs that won't go to smoke jars anyway but we'll see in a few weeks. None of the buds look fertilized.

Budophile D52 of Flowering.. Damn.. New Years coming up way soon this year and papas ain't got no proper weed for ages so it's time to chop chop and my first victim is the smallest of the bunch which would be the Girl Scout Cookies. No visible ambers on the buds and many clear trichomes but still she looks potent as fuck so leeeeets go! Last time giving nutes to Sunset Sherbets and after that the only ones not in flush are the Gelatos which seem to take their sweet time.. Think they'll need at least 2weeks more than than the others and they're gonna be friggin' big. D56: Happy New Year!! *woop* *woop* Boy that GSC is FIRE!.. Might have got mixed up on the dates and everything so plz forgive me (been baked all day long and it feels good😁.) Damn the colors are coming up nicely after just a few waterings. Pretty much everyone is showing some sort of colorings except the Gelatos. Need a better lamp to show off the true colors since that MarsHydro ain't showing the good stuff. @AsNoriou, u were right about the GSC being a truly colorful beauty! Let's see how this one turns out but she's already looking extra fabulous.. I'd say around week or so more but lets keep an eye on the trichomes.

Budophile Week 8: Been working like a mule and blazing my ass off all freetime so sorry for the little updates.. Pictures from this week are quite shitty since I tried some HDR photography to try and bring out the awesome colors of the ladies in flush but that didn't fix the bad lighting situation and they turned out quite funky. GSC cut @ D52 is strong as hell and surprisingly flavorful for such an early harvest. Can't wait for the bigger/frostier/colorful phenotype to be chopped. I want her to be as lethargic and sedative as possible so going for around 20-30% amber on the calyxes before bringing her down.