Rookie Run - NL & TD

my seeds popped about 2 days after planting.

Start of my Journal Catch Up - I attempted 9 seeds before finally having 2 successfully get past the sprout stage. Getting a seed dome and coco cups to keep oxygen at the roots helped. The humidity and light control made a big difference too. I kept the lights up too high and my plants mega stretched. At the start of week 4, I moved the seeds to their 10 gl pots and planted them up to the first true leaves because of how far they stretched. They were at least 3 inches tall and not getting bigger leaves, just got taller. I also moved the lights much closer to the plants and turned down the intensity. I added a fan for stem strength and air flow. The seedling did much better but were still growing very slowly. This picture is week 6.5 when I finally got a grow tent/better light (early week 5). They didnt start getting the bigger leaves pictured here until after I got them in the grow tent. Once I could control the environment and keep the plants warmer and longer light cycle they boomed. These are auto seeds to its interesting to me that I was able to delay the veg state due to my fuckery and not being ready for all the things it would take to get a good grow off the ground.

My plants have stared to Flower! This would be Week 1 of flower. I have been watering on average every 3-4 days with the plants in the big pots. The first time I users nutrients since planting and started with Big Bloom since it was an overall nutrient and recently learned that I would need to consider nutrients of my grows outside of initial planting/transplanting.

Week 8 - Seeing a lot of bugs on TD. I don't see a lot of action on the flowers for the NL but that plant is getting nice and bushy. I have been doing some trimming to make sure there is good light and air flow. I moved the lights ups a bit. I have been watering every 3 days on average and switch between Tiger and Big Bloom. I do about 2 liters per plant.

Rotating nutrition between waterings every 3-4 days. Tangerine Dream is getting taller and Norther Lights bushier. TD is further along in flowering At the start of week 10 I did a big leave clean up. I focused on the top 3 nodes and made more effort to focus on a good canopy. NL starting to show more flowering.

Rotating watering every 3 days between big bloom and tiger bloom. Starting to smell a bit more - its noticeable in the house after I open the tent. The humidly got a bit high after a good water along with adding a rehabbed aloe plant. I left the tent open and dropped it down to 55% again. The stanky stink, not the good danky stink, went away

I am learning so much but still feel like I don't know shhhhhh. Tangerine Dream: Some of my pistons on my TD are going brown (3%) and the top cola is getting trics on some of the little baby flowers. The main line looks frosty but the outer lines are still early development. Northern Lights: Keeps getting bushy and it seems I accidently topped it because there are 2 main lines. I have a better canopy on this one and it seems to be a slower but more consistent flower stage. NL looked a bit droopy and the soil gets dry fast. I found a better water spout and gave each plant more water than normal too (2.2 liters each). NL seemed to perk up. It also responded really well to trimming and feedings.

Seed Start Week 13 Tangerine Dream: The flowers are getting nice and big. The main line flowers are way more mature than the outer branches. I dont know what that will mean for harvest or if I can/will have to harvest in phases? I think the plant is actually at Flowering Week 5 adjusted for my fuckery and mess ups in veg stage. The pic of the trichomes are the main cola. The stigma are 40% amber and trichs are clear and starting to develop more. Northern Lights: She is coming right along and kind of has a level top with similarly developing flowers. I estimate her to be at Flowering Week 5 Adjusted. I watered both plants this week on the 3-4 day cycle. I used Bloom Booster and gave each plant about 2.2L. This is the first week I used silica. NL seemed more thirsty and was starting to droop a bit, but picked right up. I moved the lights up and gave both plants a little trim of extra bottom leaves and some blocking flowers. TD is smelling really nice and I am starting to learn about prepping for flush and harvest, guessing TD will be ready for flush stating in about 2 more weeks.

Start of Week 13 The TD seems to be bulky in most areas, but still have some young buds. Its starting to really smell nice like tangerine and sweet. The plant is really sticky as well. Trics are clear and cloudy. I think ill need to harvest some of the branches soon. I did a little version of a flush on the 22nd NL is looking very nice and a few weeks behind. Its more thirsty compatibly than my TD.

NL - week 16 / adjusted flower week 8 watered once this week and she is doing well, just slow

We made it! Its week 16, but adjusted flowering week 9 for harvest. She really filled out and the the late flowering buds seemed to catch up. I got some larf at the bottoms of the stems and the flowers seem loose but they are icy. All the pistons were brown at harvest and trics mostly cloudy. They seemed under developed in on the younger flowers and touches of amber on the older flowers. I chose to harvest a whole plant instead of partcial harvests I am so proud I was able to complete my first grow and will report back once dryed and cured

Week 17 / Adjusted Week 9. Most of the pistons are brown but no amber and still some clear in the trices. I did a flush the 12th and 7th. She is really fading out and looking heavy. I think ill chop her next weekend.

Over all, this plant gave me more than expected even if it was SLOOWWWW. I chopped her week 18 / adjusted week 10. It was hard to see the trics but they seemed cloudy/clear. I chopped her anyway due to how long its been. Ill update post first smoke