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 🙌. 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 😉💚🧡
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?