Heya everyone! This was an exciting week!
I defoliated a minor amount of lower outside leaves still leaving the jungle in the middle. I didn't really have a reason for it, other than obsession and a little bit of boredom. She liked it though, and began growing tall very fast. As you can see, we are much taller than before.
This is also a very exciting day, as today was the first time she got to meet her daughter. Yes, we cloned her a month or 2 ago, and the clone was sitting in a small 1L pot under low light for over a month. She was rootbound of course. I transplanted her into a 4gal pot, and put her next to her mother today. Mother, meet daughter. Daughter, meet mother. How cute :) This was our first successful cloning attempt and she turned out wonderful just like her mom.
In approximately 2-3 weeks, we will be transplanting both outdoors to finish at the end of the season.
One more thing: Kannabia did it again. This strain grows itself. Imagine this: at nearly 19 weeks old, growing in a 5-gallon pot, under a mere 60W of cool white light (not full-spectrum), using our own soil and plain old water, and not a single leaf bottom or top, has any deficiencies, pests, or disease. This is a hardy plant - extremely resilient through veg with a good soil. Oh yes, and she is growing is my lung room which stays incredibly dry (like 40-50% RH), and 68-72F. This plant loves those conditions. Kinda cool if you ask me, as normally I keep a close eye on VPD and DLI, but to her, it's like she's receiving everything she needs and then some, without any work from me.
I seriously recommend anyone to try growing some Monkey Grease from Kannabia if you ever had problems vegging out a plant for a long time. I mean, I would have at least expected to see 1 or 2 leaves die off by now. Nope!
Nice! I grew some grease monkey clones last year. Definitely pungent flowers. You will know. I'm growing seeds from those plants this year - not the same, but I am hopeful.
This diary is a living example that one must maintain hope until the end π. The recovery of the Monkey Grease has been amazing. Will we witness, through this diary, how our sweet "Monkey" becomes a "Monster"? Stay tuned for the next chapters πππ§‘
Hey did you have any problems with pests? I transplanted my young plants and all the leaves were eaten within 2 hours. Do you have any idea how to fight them off?