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I germinated two seeds, one in a paper towel first (to see whether the seed germinates), which I transferred to a jiffy peat pellet and the second directly in a jiffy peat pellet. Today I transferred them with some Dynomyco into their 11l pots. I will mainly keep them in my grow cellar, where I have a SanLight EVO 3-80; during daytime I plan to transfer them to the greenhouse, where I have a Spider Farmer SF-1000 to support the sunlight in the mornings and evenings. I hope these two girls survive, my first Royal Creamatic died after being transferred to her pot.
The growth has been good. However, #1 is developping better than #2; the reason might be that only #1 has Plagron Royal Mix, whereas #2 has a mixed substrate from last year; I will add Plagrom Grow in the next days. #1 responds very well to LST; #2 receives no LST. The plants are outside or in the greenhouse depending on the weather.
I had to fight a major attack by thrips and gnats. I manually treated every leaf and flower stem by rubbing of the insects and spraying them with CannaCure from every side. Also I applied nematodes to the substrate. The ladies look much happier now. This will not be a big problem going forward, but I learned an important lesson: Every day counts when these little devils attack your precious ladies.
The weather was quite rainy and cold, so the plants were in the greenhouse. Growth is good. I gave plant #2 Alga Grow, because I used Royal Mix soil from last year. Plant #1 did not take LST too well so I stopped it.
The plants were in the greenhouse for the whole week, due to the bad weather in Germany. Also, I probably watered #1 too much; the upper leaves are crippled (I will file a separate question). Plant #2, which is in soil from last year, still is pretty small, but looks healthier. I will reduce watering and feeding this week. Flowering is already starting.
Not likely overwatering IMO, maybe more environmental damage like something chewing it or being ruff and its getting damaged. Birds/Bugs/Wind/Pets
I have seen overwatered damage on new growth but it looks a bit different to me. Its more the entire leaf is wrinkled and warped vs just the tips.
Keep and eye on it and if its progressing and you stopped watering so much then it might be something like bad genetics as not all seeds are perfect. There is an off chance it could be something growing in the soil, but giving it some microbes should reset that.
Good Luck!
Royal Creamatic #1 is still looking strange, but at least develops some flowers. #2 is much more promising, a lot more activity on the plant, although she is still quite small. The overwatering issue seems to be gone. The environmental conditions were ideal. We had a lot of sunshine and less rain last week in Germany. I put her in the sunlight at day and in the greenhouse at night.
The weather last week in my region of Germany was cold and rainy, so I kept the plants in the greenhouse. Finally they start developing some nice flowers. Pheno #1 has one main cola and pheno #2 is actually quite bushy.
Both plants grow their buds nicely. Although they both had their problems (#1 is long with few lateral branches and #2 is small and bushy), I will be able to get at least some quality flowers of this interesting strain from both plants. The weather was less nice, though, so I kept them in the greenhouse for most of the week. We have ideal conditions ahead in the next days, so things are looking great.
This week the conditions were ideal. A lot of sunshine, warm temperatures. As in the last week, the Royal Creamatics were in the garden at day and in the greenhouse at night. Pheno #1 made another jump in growth (untypical in the late flowering stage), while #2 is staying in bonsai shape below 50cm. That ist intersting, because for pheno #2 I did not use Plagron Royalmix as for #1, but reused substrate from last year. The buds are visibly fattening. I will give them Green Sensation in the next week.
The weather was rainy and colder again. Therefore, I kept the ladies in the greenhouse for most of the time. The buds of pheno #1 are becoming visibly fatter and sparkling with resin, bonsai pheno #2 (44cm) is a week behind. I am not sure whether I will harvest both of them before my holiday in three weeks. I will look at the trichoms next week and then we will see.
Due to the continued bad weather (rain, high humidity) both Royal Creamatics have developed bud rot. It is still in the early stages and I cut off the affected buds (including on both plants the top buds). There is still a fair amount of buds remaining and with sunny and dry weather in the next days, I will see whether the ladies survive without further rot. The trichoms are becoming milky, so I will definitely cut them in the next 10 days before my holiday.
This was the final week for Royal Creamatic The weather was hot and humid. The ladies were outside at day and in the greenhouse at night. They only got water. I am still very worried because of the bud rot in the top buds which I removed in the last week. I installed a second powerful ventilator in the greenhouse. Upon inspection today, I could not see more rot. Anyway, according to the trichoms, pheno #1 is ready and pheno #2 must be ready, because I will be on holiday at the end of next week and will harvest them before I leave.
I cut both ladies in the last week. After cutting, I washed them in three buckets: 1 with soda and lemon juice water, 1 warm water and 1 cold water. That removed all pests and dirt, wonderful! I took the sugar leaves and popcorn buds (30g) from pheno #1 and tried to make hash by freezing the material and then shaking and filtering it trough a micro-net. This resulted in a total of under 0.2g after two passes: disappointing. Therefore, I decided to use the trimmings of pheno #2 to make a golden dragon tincture with 96% alcohol and MCT-oil as final application. I use the noids pot for decarb and evaporation of the alcohol, highly recommended! I took 1g dried flowers of pheno #2 (which I cut a few days earlier and trimmed dry) with me on holiday and will vape in a few days. Stay tuned :-)
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