NYC Sour D - Farm #17

Hello Diary, NYC Sour D is also done with its first week of vegetation. In his case, vegetation started after 7 days, he grew very slowly compared to his roommates Corkscrew and GOAT'lato. So he is a few days behind them. Vegetation starts when the plant puts out at least 4 leaves, that's how I was taught. The first week NYC Sour D grew to 6 cm and started to form branches. He put out new leaves quite low on the plant, but in general it grows more slowly than his roommates. The NYC Sour D didn't have any spots on the leaves, which of course made me happy. I have to admit that it worried me a little, but since it didn't appear any more, it removed all my worries. The conditions at the Farm are satisfactory, the temperature is around 28 degrees, while the humidity in the air is around 50-55%. There should be more humidity, but I didn't use a humidifier this time. The light is dimmed to 60% and 35 cm away from the plants. In the first week of vegetation, the lights are on 24 hours, at the beginning of the second week I switch to the 18/6 regime. The new Migro Aray turned out to be a great choice, the coverage in the grow box is much better, although I noticed that they heat more than the previous Migro 200+. This week I did not add any nutrients except for CalMg, which I started adding as a preventive measure. Here's what it looked like last week. 01/05/2024 - Day 1. The first day of vegetation. NYC Sour D lags far behind its roommates. But it developed very slowly from the beginning when it sprouted. But by the end of the week he came to his senses and continued to grow normally. 03/05/2024 - Day 3. Watering. I prepared 3 liters of water, lowered the pH. at 6.0 and watered all three plants evenly with that amount. 06/05/2024 - Day 6. Watering. This time I added CalMg as a precaution. Plants exposed to low light have an increased need for CalMg. Each plant received about 1 liter of water. 07/05/2024 - Day 7. NYC Sour D photo shoot for the end of the first week of vegetation. NYC Sour D Auto - Day 7 - 6 cm. That's all from me for this week. See you soon.

Hello Diary, NYC Sour D has slowly but surely reached the 14th day of vegetation. Although he initially lagged behind his roommates, Corkscrew and GOATlato, by the end of the second week he had caught up. NYC Sour D reached 20 cm in height at the end of the second week of vegetation, and is no longer the smallest on the Farm. It got a bunch of new leaves and started to show the first signs of entering the pre-flowering phase. As you can see in the photos, it is developing very nicely, it has a healthy green color and a nicely formed stem. The lights are now set to 18/6, they are about 40 cm away from the plants and they are set to 60% power. Since the grow box is quite small, the temperature is quite high. The Migro Aray 4 heats up a bit more than my previous lights. The conditions are good, I would say. The temperature is around 28 degrees, sometimes even at 29, while the humidity is around 50%. This week I continued adding CalMg and started adding Bio Flowering Booster, specifically one component which is Bigger Flowers. Here's what it looked like last week. 09/05/2024 - Day 9. Watering. I prepared 6 liters of water, put CalMg and Bigger Flowers and after that lowered the p.H. he 6.0. I watered all three plants on the farm with that amount. 13/05/2024 - Day 13. Watering. I prepared 7 liters of water and this time put in one easy grow booster tablet. I waited for it to dissolve, added CalMg and lowered the p.H. at 6.0 with Plagron's Lemon Kick. 14/05/2024 - Day 14. Photographing NYC Sour D for the end of the second week of vegetation. NYC Sour D Auto - Day 14 - 20 cm. That's all from me for this week, I hope the plants will continue to grow happily like this. See you soon.

Hello Diary, The last in the series is NYC Sour D, who is a few days behind his roommates, he had a slow start. Although now in appearance he has completely caught up and overtaken Corkscrew and GOAT'lato growing with him on the Farm. It is common for autoflowers to start forming flowers after 20 days, so this is also the case with NYC Sour D. At least that's how it is on my farm. NYC Sour D has formed its shape, it has not gone wide as much, the branches grow more upwards than wide. At the bottom of the stables, there is a very small difference between the nodes, it is very difficult to water, my plan is to clean the lower part of the plants a little next week. NYC Sour D has revealed his gender, dropping clear signs that he's female. 😂 NYC Sour D grew to a height of 38 cm which is currently the tallest of all three plants, and had such a slow start that I was even a little worried at first. Due to the fast growth, I have to raise the height of the lights a little every day so that the plants don't get too close to the lights. I also increased the power this week to 80%. Watering is obviously more abundant and more frequent. Now they get about 2.5 liters every three days, sometimes 4 days. I continue with CalMg, 1ml/liter, add bio flowering booster (bigger flowers) and this week 3 ml thicker flowers which is a PK booster. At the second watering, I added one tablet of easy grow booster to get more nutrients for the end of the vegetation. The temperature in the grow box is high, reaching 30 degrees during the day. Migro Aray 4 raise the temperature more than I expected. Still, there are 4 lights and a small space. And summer is just around the corner. All this together contributes to a higher temperature and I hope that such a temperature will not harm them. Here's how it looked this week. 16/05/2024 - Day 16. Watering. I prepared 7.5 liters of water, added 7 ml of CalMg, 4 ml of Bigger Flowers and 3 ml of Thicker Flowers. After that I lowered the p.H. on 6.0. I watered all three plants on the Farm with that amount. 19/05/2024 - Day 19. Watering. This time I put one easy grow booster tablet in 7.5 liters of water. After it dissolved I lowered the p.H. and watered all three plants with that amount. 21/0502024 - Day 21. Photographing NYC Sour D for the end of the third week of vegetation and measuring the height of the plants. NYC Sour D Auto - Day 21. - 38 cm. Vegetation is over and now comes a more interesting period, more beautiful motifs for photography. See you soon. 👋

Hello Diary, The latest in the line to enter the flowering stage is NYC Sour D. Given its slow start, it has now clearly become the dominant resident of my small farm. As you can see from the photos, it has become crowded at the Farm. The plants have spread and each is trying to get the best for itself. The GOATlato is in the middle in the Grow box, to the left is Corkscrew and to the right is NYC Sour D. They lined up nicely from lowest to highest. NYC Sour D grew an incredible 60 cm in a week. It has reached a height of almost 1 m and is now very close to the lights which have been raised to their maximum height. There is a possibility that if it grows another ten centimeters, the very top of the plant will be above the lights. Despite its size, the NYC Sour D formed a very nice shape. From the bottom of the plant upwards, you can clearly see that the distance between the nodes is getting bigger and bigger, which shows its rapid growth. If I compare her with her roommates who are with her in the same conditions, this was not the case with them. This week I did a little defoliation at the base of the plant, removing leaves and twigs to make it easier to water and to improve air flow in the grow box. The flowers are starting to form, which can be clearly seen by the much lighter shade of green of the leaves around the flowers. The leaves look healthy, they are dark green and for now they do not lack any minerals. That's why I continue to add CalMg with every watering, I also add Bigger Flowers, which contains an array of enzymes, vitamins, and growth stimulants that are vital to optimal bud formation. Watering becomes a little more frequent, every two to three days. You can see from the plants that they hang their leaves on the third day and that's how they tell me that they would like more water. So now I give them each 2.5 liters with each watering. The conditions at the Farm are so-so, the temperature is around 30 degrees, which is a few degrees too much, but I can't influence it much. The air humidity is quite high, around 50-55%, which is the cause of the external weather conditions. My ventilation is at maximum, but it is not lowered. Maybe it's the filter that you might need to change. It's a small grow box and the Migro Aray 4 with 4 lamps obviously raises the temperature quite a bit. Migro Aray 4 is now at 100% power. Here is how the first week of flowering looked like. 22/05/2024 - Day 22. Defoliation and watering. First, I cleaned the lower part of the plant from leaves and twigs to make it easier to water and to have better air flow in the grow box. After that I watered the plants. In addition to the standard CalMg and Bigger Flowers, this week I also added 4 ml of Thicker Flowers which is a PK booster. 25/05/2024 - Day 25. Watering. I repeated the same procedure as three days earlier. 7.5 liters of water and I watered all three plants with that amount. 28/05/2024 - Day 28. Photographing NYC Sour D at the end of week 4, measuring the height to see how much it grew in a week and after all I watered all three plants in the grow box. NYC Sour D Auto - Day 28. - 97 cm. That's all from me for this week. All in all, I am satisfied with how the flowers and everything else are developing. I'm not really happy that it has grown so much, because now it's really a problem to take them out of the grow box for photography. Thank you all for your visit and support, see you soon.

Hello Diary, NYC Sour D is at the end of its second week of flowering and has reached an incredible 120 cm. It reached almost all the way to the light, which I'm not really happy about, but that's why it grew into a beautiful plant. Due to the height, it was no longer possible to take nice photos inside the grow box, so from this week I started taking photos in front of a black background. And as you can see from the photos of NYC Sour D, it is progressing very nicely. He grew another 20 cm this week and gave me a headache because the lights were raised to the maximum height that NYC Sour D almost reached. NYC Sour D continues to bloom, the flowers are forming and getting bigger and starting to occupy the tops of the branches and the entire cola. I cleaned the lower part of the plant last week by removing branches and leaves and thus giving it better air flow. But every few days I remove a couple of leaves that don't look nice. Cola rises high above the other branches, I certainly attribute this to the rapid growth, but it still has a very nice shape. The leaves look healthy, dark green and so far show no signs of anything missing. Conditions on the Farm are not great. During the day, the temperature sometimes rises to 31 degrees, which at the same time raises the humidity, which is sometimes as high as 60%. I hope it won't hurt them too much, especially since the warm days are still to come. NYC Sour D is very close to the lights which I don't like, but I can't really do anything clever there. Migro Aray 4, since it has 4 lighting units, heats up much more than the Migro 200+ that I had before, which has two lamps. If we add to that the size of the grow box, which is not large, we arrive at this situation. The plants are big and watering is now every other day when I give them each 2.5 liters of water. After two days, the leaves are already hanging and the pots are light as if there is not even a drop of water. They drink everything. I have never had such thirsty plants before. I continue to add CalMg and Bigger Flowers and that's what I give with every watering. Here's what it looked like last week. 30/05/2024 - Day 30. Watering. I prepared 7 liters of water, then 7 ml of CalMg, and 3 ml of Bigger Flowers. After that I lowered the pH. at 6.0 and watered all three plants on the farm with that amount. 02/06/2024 - Day 33. Watering as three days earlier. 7 liters, CalMg and Bigger Flowers. 04/06/2024 - Day 35. Photographing and height measurement, after which I watered all three plants. NYC Sour D Auto - Day 35 - 120 cm That's all for this week, thank you all for your visit and support. See you soon.

Hello Diary, The last in the series is NYC Sour D, which started vegetation a few days later and also reached the end of the third week of flowering. Considering that his height is over 120 cm, I have to photograph him outside the grow box because he exceeded the height of the lights. NYC Sour D is progressing nicely, the flowers are not that big but they are hard under the fingers and starting to get a bit sticky under the fingers. It's not that great for the third week of flowering, but I'll see, it's still early for specific forecasts. Although it has grown past the maximum height in my grow box NYC Sour D has slowed down in growth, only a few cm this week. Watering was every other day this week, they ask for a lot of water, so now I'm preparing almost 9 liters of water. I still add CalMg, 1 ml/lit and bio flowerig booster where I add two components. Bigger flowers and Thicker flowers. The conditions in the grow box are not great. The temperature is quite high, over 30 degrees. Summer heat plus light in a small grow box is not the best scenario for ideal conditions. I should put a small portable air conditioner in that small room, but for now it's just wishful thinking. The high temperature with lots of greenery and moist soil raises the humidity, which is around 50-55%. We will see how it will affect the plants, but I am most afraid of the appearance of mold. NYC Sour D has exceeded the height of the lights so that now the entire top of the plant is right under the lights. Not a great situation. Here's what it looked like last week. 06/06/2024 - Day 37. Watering. I prepared 9 liters of water, added CalMg, Bigger flowers and Thicker flowers and after that I lowered the pH to 6.0. I watered all three plants on the Farm with that amount. 08/06/2024 - Day 39. Watering. I repeated the procedure as two days earlier. 10/06/2024 - Day 41. Watering. 11/06/2024 - Day 42. Taking pictures and measuring her height to see how much she has grown this week. NYC Sour D Auto - Day 42. - 122 cm. That's all for this week, see you soon.

Hello Diary, NYC Sour D reached the 49th day from the beginning of the vegetation. Due to its height, it is not possible to photograph it inside the grow-box, so for two weeks now I have been taking it outside and taking pictures in front of a black background. The flowers are not that big, but that's why they are hard to the touch and very sticky under the fingers. And there are a lot of them. Considering the size of NYC Sour D, the main cola itself is very close to the lights, the very top of the plant is above the lights so it is not exposed to light at all. That's why it's such a green color. Some leaves have turned a little pale, the cause is not enough distance from the lights. But other than that the NYC Sour D looks wonderful. Even earlier, I put a bamboo pole and tied the plant to it because the weight of the branch started to bend. It is still watered every two days when each plant gets about 3 liters of water. They really drink a lot of water. I still add CalMg and Bio Flowering Booster. One of the reasons for so much watering is the high temperature inside the grow box. Considering the high temperatures outside, it is still above 30 degrees. The humidity, thank God, is not higher than 50%, although it would be great if it were lower, but considering everything, I am satisfied. Here's how it looked this week. 12/06/2024 - Day 43. Watering. I prepared 9 liters of water, added CalMg and Bio Flowering Booster and then lowered the pH. he 6.0. With that amount I watered all three plants on the farm. 14/06/2024 - Day 45. Watering. I repeated the same procedure as two days earlier. 16/06/2024 - Day 47. Watering. 18/06/2024 - Day 49. Photo shoot for the end of the seventh week, after which I watered all three plants on the Farm. NYC Sour D Auto - Day 49. - 123 cm. That's all for this week, see you soon.

Hello Diary, The big NYC Sour D has completed its 8th week since the beginning of the vegetation or 5 weeks of flowering. It is slowly approaching the very end. As of this week, I started to check the appearance of the trichomes and noticed a few milky trichomes, which is a sign that the harvest is approaching soon. As I wrote earlier, NYC Sour D grew over 120 cm which is more than the lights in my grow box. So unfortunately the top of the main cola itself is not exposed to light at all. For this reason it is so green and looks like it is at the beginning of flowering. Unfortunately I can't do much given the circumstances, I could bend the whole plant but then I would lose its balance and it wouldn't be possible to take nice photos. The flowers are hard and compact. They are full of trichomes that give off a strong scent, and NYC Sour D is full of flowers. Given the small distance from the light and its maximum power, the result is that the leaves have acquired a pale yellowish color. If a similar scenario happens again in the future, I will reduce the lights to 80%. Watering is still every two days when it gets about 3 liters of water. Just this week I added the Bio Flowering Booster and then they will stop adding supplements and nutrients. The temperature is still high in the grow box, sometimes it can exceed 31 degrees during the day. The humidity is about 45%, which is satisfactory. Here's how it looked this week. 20/06/2024 - Day 51. Watering. I prepared 9 liters of water for all three plants inside the grow box. I added CalMg and Bio Flowering Booster after which I lowered the p.H. on 6.0. 22/06/2024 - Day 53. Watering. I repeated the same procedure as two days earlier. 24/06/2024 - Day 55. Watering. 25/06/2024 - Day 56. Photo shoot NYC Sour D for the end of the 8th week. That's all for this week, see you soon and thank you all for the nice comments.

Hello Diary, NYC Sour D, the last in a line of three Autoflowers from the collaboration between Tyson and Royal Queen Seeds also finished the last week of the cycle. I photographed it on the 63rd day from the beginning of the vegetation, after which I harvested it and put it to dry together with two other plants. NYC Sour D was so tall that it was a few inches above the grow lights so the very top of the plant may not have fully matured. But the flowers on the branches showed that they were ready for harvest. My wife is in charge of observation and loves looking at plants under a microscope. When I asked her to check the trichome situation on the plants, I was surprised when she said, NYC Sour D is also ready to harvest. The trichomes are all milky and this is my main indicator by which I decide when to harvest it. It's great that all three plants on the Farm were harvested at the same time. Otherwise, I would have to put them to dry in a cardboard box, and my favorite is to dry them as a whole plant turned upside down in a grow box. NYC Sour D looks impressive, over 120 cm tall, with beautiful hard - packed flowers that make the branches bend. Some of the leaves are a little pale and bell-shaped, but the reason is that it grew over 120 cm and then very close to the lights, considering that the height of the entire box is 178 cm. I watered the NYC Sour D two days before harvest because I wanted it to use up all the water to reduce the chance of mold developing during drying. Sometimes when the flowers are big and packed and if there is more moisture left in the plant, it is possible that the flower becomes moldy. Last week, the temperature was around 30 degrees, the humidity was below 50%. This is not ideal for drying, but when the lights are turned off, the temperature and humidity will automatically drop, so it will be just right. Last week I did not add any nutrients or supplements, I only watered with water. Here's what it looked like last week. 26/06/2024 - Day 57. Watering. I prepared 9 liters of water, for all three plants on the "Farm" and only added Lemon Kick to lower the p.H. on 6.0. I watered all three plants on the Farm with that amount. 28/06/2024 - Day 59. Watering. I repeated the procedure as two days earlier. 30/06/2024 - Day 61. Last watering. 02/07/2024 - Day 63. Photography at the end of the 9th week after which I cut the plant and put it to dry together with the other two plants. Thank you to everyone who followed this trip, thank you for all the positive comments and see you soon with the final report.

Hello Diary, It's always difficult for me to write a final report, I don't know exactly where to start so as not to repeat myself, but I will briefly write again how the whole journey went. NYC Sour D was obtained by crossing NY Diesel and Sour Diesel Auto in collaboration between Royal Queen Seeds and Tyson 2.0. The planting was such that after preparing the soil, I put the seeds directly in the ground and after 5 days NYC Sour D sprouted. Vegetation lasted 3 weeks while the flowering phase lasted 6 weeks. I harvested the plant 72 days after I put the seed in the ground. Really impressively fast. NYC Sour D grew an impressive 123cm making it one of the record holders on my little Farm, it put out loads of flowers that were hard and compact. After harvesting, the plant was dried upside down in the grow box and after 17 days of darkness, it was ready for final trimming and storage in jars so that the flowers can finish their process. And here we are at the end, looking at pictures of dried flowers and enjoying its smoke. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Smoke report: After drying and trimming, the flowers look great. They are not that big, but they are hard, full of trichomes and have that diesel-like smell. NYC Sour D has 21% THC which is quite a high percentage. Since it's sativa dominant, it's great as a daytime smoke, which is what I need in the end. I often sit at the computer and work, and with NYC Sour D's boost, work seems easier and more fun. A matter of seconds after taking the first puff, you'll find yourself on the receiving end of a flurry of euphoria, creative thinking, and physical relaxation. Alongside her pleasant high, NYC Sour D Auto serves up increasingly rare tastes of diesel, sourness, and lime. As I wrote earlier, with 101 grams, NYC Sour D is the record holder for yield on my small Farm. Thank you all for the kind words in the comments, support and good energy. It's great to be a part of this community. See you soon.