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GardenOfTheRisingSun The weather got rainy and cold so I had to bring her inside where there wasn’t enough light. All of the ladies started to stretch. To stop it yesterday I moved them under a LED light . I will keep them there until they get stronger, meanwhile I’ll try to take advantage of the Sun as well putting them to the sunny spots of my place. They are in a small pot of Plagron Lightmix prepared following Biotabs instructions.

GardenOfTheRisingSun The strongest lady so far with nice wide indica leaves. Last week under the lamp. I have prepared the soil in a container of (300 litres more or less )she is going to share with two other ladies. I have used some KNF inputs to have a propre kick off: OHN - Oriental Herbal Nutrients FPJ Nettle - Fermented Plant Juice FAA - Fish Amino Acids LAB - Lactic Acid Bacteria serum And also added some diatomaceous earth against insects and as a siliciums source.

GardenOfTheRisingSun Finally they have been transplanted to their final place : a 120 x 80 flower bed built on a pallet. A new adventure begins… I put 5 g of mycotrex in their potting holes. Put the tabs around them (2 biotabs , 3 guerrilla tabs for each) and watered with orgatrex/bactrex mix and finally applied some Oriental Herbal Nutrient solution on the plants. They look great. Starting this journey indoor with a lamp was a good decision, but from now on the Mighty Sun will take care of them. I wish them a glorious life in the Garden of the Rising Sun. Update - 10.05. Thanks to the mild weather there hasn’t been any problem with adapting to the wilderness:). She is the tallest for now.

GardenOfTheRisingSun Another week with clouds and a temperature between 12-21 degrees. So it is perfect to strenghten the plants and prepare them for a tougher Juin. If I need to water I’ll use plain water maybe a foliar FAA mix. Thinking on starting the supercropping this week. Update 13.05 Foliar FAA

GardenOfTheRisingSun She is strong and she seems to love outdoors. Everything is going perfectly so far… Update - 21.05 FIM Update - 22.05 Ladies are growing like crazy. Finally I have decided to do SCROG and I have built a frame for the net (160x140) A week of massive growth: it started from 35 cm and went until 53. I am amazed by how perfect they are. It seems that the OHN is really protecting them: no insect bites on the leaves.

GardenOfTheRisingSun Curious about the result of FIMing. This week I start scrogging as well. I did the intense orgatrex treatment (20 ml orgatrex+1g of Bactrex in 0.5 litres of water).

GardenOfTheRisingSun I am not gonna be around this week, but there is not much to do. A big rain in the beginning of the week and the tabs in the ground give them everything they need. All the ladies are growing beautifully, they are filling up the net very quickly. After the FIM she got 3 new heads, one with 3 small branches. Update: trying to pull it under the net i’ve broken one of the heads by accident :(

GardenOfTheRisingSun After a week of being away it’s hard to train them. Main lines 10-15 centimeters above the net and some stems are too hard to be bent. I don’t know how I will manage to keep their growth under control. Nothing special in terms of nutrition: OHN to protect them and water with FAA to keep the soil alive.

GardenOfTheRisingSun Nothing new: vigorous growth, nice mellow weather (not too cold not infernal heat…yet). She loves these rainy / sunny days: after each shower each branch grows few centimeters. This week has been extremely hot over 30 degrees every day.

GardenOfTheRisingSun Going very well. Applied some OHN and WCA (water soluble calcium) on the leaves. I have cleaned a bit under the canopy but still a big cleaning is needed.

GardenOfTheRisingSun Going well. Nothing new. Foliar application of FV and FPJ

GardenOfTheRisingSun Started with a slight defoliation. I ve cut yellow and yellowish leaves and lottle branches under the canopy.

GardenOfTheRisingSun Very hot days. I have to water every other day. As flowering is going to start in a month or so, I added some FFJ made of unripe pear in order tomprepare them for the transition.

GardenOfTheRisingSun A very (even too) sunny week. They drink a lot. As once during this week they were dry I watered witha bactrex orgatrex FAA mix, and also I added two guerrilla tabs to each girl. Meanwhile I might have spotted some preflowers…a bit too early. Again a slight defoliation: taking off the yellowish leaves.

GardenOfTheRisingSun The weather is bit more gentle than last weeks. Everything is going well.

GardenOfTheRisingSun I’ve just found a few preflowers, so she is flowering officially. :) Getting ready for some very hot days. Still adding some N to the water (FPJ Nettle, Fish Amino Acids). Making a New batch of LABS as well.

GardenOfTheRisingSun After spending 10 days away I came back to a nightmare: lot of fallen leaves marked significantly the general green mass of my ladies and of them had something we first diagnosed as a Fusarium but inveszigating it a bit better it might be hemp borer caterpillars. It would explain the slowing down of the growth and the too many yellowing leaves as well. But it also means that the plants have been infeczed for a few weeks now. I applied Bacillus thuringiensis on the leaves and even injected some into the stems. Now I am just hoping that these once beautiful plants will make it through the harvest and give me some buds. Update: Znfortunately she is also infected with fusarium. Today I’ve found one branch wilted and the interior was greyish black with the fungi. What a disaster!!! So This is the end of this road… I am very sad about it.

GardenOfTheRisingSun I don’t know whether I should cut her down. I don’t know whether she is infected with fusarium. Once I found a branch that was grey in the inside but nothing happened in the last two weeks: no further wilt. Update: Finally I’ve decided to cut her and I think I was right: the main stem had some serious fungal infection as you can see on the picture. She was a nice plant. I would love to try to grow it again. R.I.P. The Lesson I Iearned / things I want to implement in the next round: -use trichoderma in the beginning so fungal pathogens have less chance to mess your garden up -use neem (adding it to your compost or spraying diluted on the plants REGULARLY) -desinfect your scissors before you touch your plants with them -try to catch butterflies (moths) at spring when they show up and start to use BT even before once every 2 weeks -use of horsetail extract as fungicide. Anything you would suggest as Pest Prevention?