Grandpa's Cookies #7 x Lilac Diesel #22

Initial Sprouting- This week all my seeds I planted did sprout, about 3 days after planting all the seedlings in Build A Soil Lite using the Vivosun Seedling pots I have, all 3 seeds poked up through the soil! Two of those seeds had no issues what so ever with sprouting. One Pheno of Tow Truck however, sprouted upside down, root showing through the soil. I attempted to flip the seedling using a clean Q-tip. The seedling did flip and sprout after this. When it did sprout though the seed hull was still attached and it was still really tough and closed around the emerging plant. This has happened to any other seedling I've popped so far, so I was ready to deal with it. When it initially happened on my first run. I learned that taking a syringe with distilled water and dripping one or two drips on the seed, will help soften the shell and help the leaves push it apart so it can be removed. This didn't work with this seedling, it didn't have the vigor to grow through it! I was still able to get the seed hull off, gently. After this the cotaleadon leaves never opened. It may have eventually came back but I gave up on it and tossed it! I have two other seedlings that seem really healthy! I hold no blame on Humboldt Seed Organization for the fate of this seedling! Having to flip it was probably very stressful! Now let's get into the living seedlings! General Information : Today I gave the seedlings their first mini dose of Mykos WP and Trinity by Roots Organics. I barely gave them any, but it starts the root-microbial food web. The seedlings are currently getting about 61 Par under the Viparspectra V1000 at 40w/100w and are working their way up. They are living in my Mars Hydro Mini, 30 inch Tall clone tent (2x2). The Humidity dome was removed 2 days after sprouting and the seedling fan was turned on but not facing towards the plants quite yet. The humidifier is running and keeping them at a nice 60%, which they are getting used too nicely. I've mostly been watering with a dollar store spray bottle. Ethos Seedling- This initial mini feeding really has the Ethos Seedling lifting it's little leaves. The Ethos Seedling seems to be off to the races, it's having no trouble supporting it's weight and it's growing faster out of the two. It's first leaves are flat, healthy green and spear shaped. Its currently working on its second set. It is 4 inches tall from the soil. Tow Truck (HSO)- The Tow Truck from HSO is also having no trouble supporting it's weight. It's much shorter, it's first leaves are starting off a little darker, wider set and more rippled! It is about 2 inches from the soil. That about sums up this week's entry Thank you for checking out my Grow Diary! See you next week! -Starfish

Going into Week 2 of Veg in the Mars Hydro 30 inch Clone Tent (2x2) under the Viparspectra V1000. This clone tent currently houses my 2 new seedlings, and 8 clones of my Raspberry Ripple from last run. These tiny tents are great for getting a run started with minimal space. Still watering with airated purified water (pH 7.0 without adjusting) This seems to be working well but I would like to get a better water source. Such as a scrubber or RO filter of some kind soon. Ethos Grandpa's Cookies #7 (x) Lilac Diesel #22- This seedling has stretched a fair bit this week and became kind of leggy. It's still pretty stable, despite being so tall and skinny. So I gently propped a bread tie behind it to help make sure it stays growing straight. Today I measured the par. It was sitting at 100. So it may just be the spectrum. It seems healthy still! It's working on its third set of leaves and stands at 6 inches tall. Tow Truck (Humboldt Seed Organization)- The Tow Truck has stayed shorter and not stretched as bad. It stands at 3 inches tall. It's leaf growth has been a little weird looking. It's pretty uneven. Still darker green. I'm waiting for it to form more mature leaves to see what exactly is going on with it! This week I used a small dose of EM-5 (Build A Soil) with water. This is a soapy cleaner made from organic Grape Alcohol and Apple Ferments. I foliar sprayed all plants in the tent with this in order to prevent fungus gnats or any other pests from picking on my young seedlings. I'm still watering in very lightly daily with a spray bottle. Both seedlings are still drinking water and adding new growth. Flower Tent- The Flower tent is working on day 18. I'm growing out the clones from last run. The clones are exhibiting the same traits as the mother plants and are doing well! I went in bigger pots this time. Especially for the larger #1 Phenos I put in 15 gallons, with partial cover crop. I'm hoping to last out a little longer using larger pots. After looking at my trichomes last run on my growmie's microscope. I did see a lot of clear coverage. The fade was just so fierce last time, I misjudged and harvested about a week early i'd say. I stepped my HLG Blackbird up from around 650 up to 800 par, for the upcoming bulking weeks. That was my week in the garden! Not a lot going on just checking on seedlings and new clones everyday. Feeding the flower room Build a Flower, Build a Bloom, BioAg TM-7 and Peach Ferment as scheduled. Thank you for checking out this week's entry of my Grow Diary! -Starfish

This week I've been maintaining the new seedlings, helping a growmie with some trimming work and staying on top of my flower tent to the best of my ability. Mr. Wowie took down the first plant from his harvest of some Killer Queen bag seeds he had been saving for a few years. He was able to microscope out his trichomes well, with a 45x microscope with a display screen, he got from Amazon. This tool gave him a way better view than a jewelers loupe. He was able to take the plant down after a dry, and we trimmed it up. We were able to use our Cannabrush Trim Brushes, our Harvest More Trim Bins, and two pairs of snippers too make short work of it. The buds came out awesome! Shout out to the homie on the harvest! As for my garden today I went ahead and gave the seedlings and the companion clones in the same tent, a dose of Mykos WP with the Trinity from Roots Organic. The Trinity has a Black Strap Molasses, Saponin blend (Q and Yucca), and added Kelp Extract which I've noticed works great when combined with the Mykos WP. Temps have been around 77-79 daily and humidity around 50%. I have been able to start using my hand sprayer instead of a spray bottle for watering now, since the seedlings are now large enough to be watered instead of misted. I'm still using the AC Infinity Seedling Fan in the tent to provide a little air flow. I'm hoping to get another 14 days or so out of these little seedling pots, then I plan on transplanting to half gallons until I can finish my flower run to save tent space. Ethos Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- The Ethos Seedling has been growing awesome! It looks like it should start its full vegetative growth stage soon! It has been drinking it's water in it's seedling pot nicely. It no longer needs its bread tie and binder clip support I made for it and stands tall on its own. It's leaves are green and begining to come in almost daily. It still stands at 6 inches, so it looks like it finally found a PAR range it wants to be in and stopped it's stretch. Good for me. I now have the PPFD sitting at around 110. HSO/ Geist Grow Tow Truck- This seedling still looks weird! Its two leaves have a white strip across them and don't look very healthy. The new growth being generated by the plant appears lush and green so I believe it's growing out of whatever is going on. It surely hasn't stopped drinking water, it still keeps up with all it's companion plants and has been growing new growth and keeps on trucking! No pun intended 😅 I'll remove the effected leaves once there are a few more leaves available for the plant to use. It stands at 3 inches tall and hasn't had any trouble standing up since sprouting. Raspberry Ripple (Flower Tent)- The Flower Tent is on day 25, The number one phenos are doing awesome in the larger 15 gallon grassroots pots with cover crop. The number two phenos are in 5 gallons again this run but also seem to be doing better than last time and the nugs are larger than last time at this stage in flower. I'm not sure if this is to do with the new light (HLG Blackbird) or because I've been doing a slightly heavier feeding of build a flower this run or maybe because i used light doses of build a bloom weekly for the first 3 weeks. Im chalking it up to a combination of everything. I reammended some old soil to use in the 15 gallon pots. I also mixed it with new soil at a 50/50 ratio. This worked well but I could tell it was lacking a little at first. After a few waterings and a build a bloom feeding it all sorted out. I've been plucking some awkward leaves here and there! But this run is coming along well! That about sums it up for this week! Thanks for checking out my grow diary! -Starfish

This week was a good week for the most part in the garden! Even with being as hot as it has the last few weeks. I've been getting steady tempature and humidity readings in the 70°-77° F and 45-55 humidity range in all tents. Ethos Grandpa's Cookies #7 x Lilac Diesel #22- This seedling is still looking really healthy it has green sheen leaves and has three sets of fan leaves now. It's working on its fourth set of leaves and some little branches that are begining to grow in now! It stands at about 7 inches tall and it's stalk has thickened up a bit this week. This plant drinks it's water well and reacts well to its small bi weekly feedings of Trinity and Mykos WP. HSO/ Giest Grow Tow Truck- This seedling finally grew out of its weird leaf deformity it had going on last week. It now sports some healthy, fat indica dominant leaves and it working on its third healthy set. It still sits a lot shorter at 4 inches, but it's stalks thickness and leaf size are the same as the Ethos Seedling! So I'm happy to have the Tow Truck back in the race! I did cut off one of the crappy leaves and the plant didn't seem to mind it at all so the other one is coming next! This seedling also drinks it's water well and enjoys the small feedings as well! I only plan to keep these seedlings and in these small cups for about one or two more weeks. I then plan to transplant into some 1/2 Gallon seedling pots I bought from Amazon. These pots are short and squat, so I can fit 9 of them in the 30 inch Mars Hydro Clone Tent easily without being too close to the light! This should buy me enough time to finish my flower run in my main tent. This has been a struggle in the past but I think I finally have it more dialed down. Still watering in at around 6.6 pH with my hand sprayer. Raspberry Ripple #1 and #2- The clones in the flowering room are putting on nice sized buds. The Number Two Pheno is giving me some trouble with what appears to be a Potassium/ Magnesium deficiency, I amended in some Langbenite from Down to Earth, i think this may just be a potting issue however. I have 3 Number 2 Phenos in some juiced up 5 gallons with 100% new 3.0 Build a Soil, Build a Flower, I used build a bloom and peach ferments according to schedule. The Number One Phenos in the 15 gallons with 50% used and 50% new soil, with the cover crop are rocking through flower phase. I really enjoy being in the 15 gallons. I ran into this same Potassium/ Mag issue around this time last run with both phenos of this strain. They were both in 5 gallon pots. The buds still turned out really good last run! But this run I'm really excited for the number one phenos, looking this healthy. They smell a little danker in my opinion this time as well! That about sums up this week! Thank you for checking out this entry of my grow diary! Catch you next week! -Starfish

My apologies on the delay this week! Grow diaries wouldn't allow pictures to be uploaded for some reason! We're back in the Mars Hydro Clone Tent, getting a decent start for next run. This week I transplanted the new seedlings along with my clones of the number one pheno of Raspberry Ripple, into new .5 gallon seedling pots. I'm hoping to use these pots to push through until I harvest and dry my current flower run. I gave all the plants in the clone tent a dose of 1/2 tsp dose of Mykos WP by Xtreme Gardening and 1 Teaspoon of Roots Organic Trinity today. I now consider these plants to truly be in a vegative growth stage, with a more harden offed stalk, 5 fingered leaves and begging branch growth. Ethos Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This seedling was still growing very well! It's stalk has began to thicken up a lot more this week and its branching has began to fully develop! It was standing tall at 12 inches so I went ahead and topped this seedling at the newest growth, in the most minor way possible. It reacted well to the transplant. It had an okay root system when I removed the seedling pot, some at the bottom of the pot already. I used more build a soil lite for the transplants with some Mykos from Xtreme Gardening. HSO Tow Truck- The Tow Truck seedling is also doing well from what I can tell! Its starting to work on its first set of branches and has kept up its trait of the large indica looking leaves. It stayed a lot shorter at only 8 inches tall so it has not been topped yet. It's stalk is a good bit thicker than the Ethos Seedling though! When I transplant this one it barely had much of an established root system, over half the soil fell away when the small pot was removed. It's quite a large plant to have such a small root system and it seemed to react to its transplant well despite this. So I'm hoping it gets a better spread in a little more soil. Mosca Seeds Raspberry Ripple #1 and #2- The Flowering room is on day 44, this week I used a third 2 oz dose of Peach Ferment by Fermented Plant Extracts of the run and then 4 ML of Fish Shit by Fish Head Farms the next watering. Both these products are intended to help break down the soil and activate and stimulate the food web. The 15 gallon pots I have my number one phenos in are holding up better than the 5 gallons from last time, the plants are much greener. The 5 gallon pots with the number 2 Phenos lost a lot of color and dipped off and I couldn't get it back. However the buds are still looking really good and they haven't faded much more since I gave them some Langbenite. I'm thinking they'll make it to the finish line. I'm still picking off stray yellow leaves, here and there. The calyxs haven't swollen as large as they did last time when I had that light go out during the flower run. I'm digging the size of the buds I'm getting off the HLG Blackbird. Even some of the lower branches still have some solid nugs on them, so I'm getting good canopy penetration! We sit at about 850 par in here on the taller number ones and the shorter #2 Phenos are about 700. The cover crop in the 15 gallons is going nuts and getting pretty tall and dense. I'll probably trim it up around day 55 and have it low when the plants finish! I've enjoyed using it, as a bio accumulator it's constantly bringing nutrients up from the soil and making them available in the topsoil, it also makes the water retention super even! The second it really got going I no longer had any dry pockets in the soil and it never got hydrophobic. The clones from these strains are all doing well. The number ones are growing way faster per usual. I topped them with the ethos Seedling. I can't wait to do a whole 4 x 4 quadrant full of Raspberry Ripple #1. I currently have my flower tent set up into 2 4x4 quadrants. This week was a busy one, but as the flowering plants near the end here soon the workload will slim down. Thank you for checking out this entry of my grow diaries! Until next week! -Starfish

This week in the gardens, I got all 8 of my plants in my Mars Hydro 30 inch Clone Tent, transplanted into half gallon seedling pots to finish out early veg. I ditched one of my Raspberry Ripple #2 clones for the space, giving me my even 8 plants for both 4x4 quadrants, in the flower tent. I'm on day 53 currently so I have a few weeks until I can move the plants to that tent. Seedlings and Clones- I gave the Seedlings and Clones a small dose of Bullet Proof SI (3ml per gallon) this week they reacted well to it. I did this to strengthen cell walls and help the plants develop their branch growth. I have noticed all plants this roun definitely had better branching than my last clone run or my first seedling run. I attribute this to a lower topping, and a higher ppfd. Before I had my Photobio par meter. I was always scared to burn young plants with my light so i'd keep it very low. I found out with the meter I was way under doing the light. This caused some of my previous plants to stretch and become leggy. I'm glad I was able to get my plants off to better start! I came in today and gave a little more Mykos wp and roots organic Trinity to this tent and my mother tent and everyone was praying about 4 hours later! Viparspectra V1000 still set at around 50% at 12 inches away. Temps at 76° F, Humidity at 51%. I've still been watering mostly with my HDX hand sprayer at around 6.5 pH. Ethos: Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This seedling has been on a good pace. It was topped at 12 inches and 6 node sites. It's branches have now began to grow outward. It still has the most sativa leaning leaves of all the plants in my current roster, so I'm hoping it's not too massive of a stretcher. My height restrictions are a little low in the flower tent at 72 inches. They aren't too sativa leaning though! They remind me a lot of the Raspberry Ripple #1s leaves and structure. It's the tallest plant in the whole tent currently as well at 14 inches. I dig how evenly the branches are coming out as well! HSO/ Giest Grow: Tow Truck- The Tow Truck is still continuing its indica dominant behavior! It's leaves are very wide and dark green. This plant also reached the 12 inch mark so it was topped two days ago. It has 5 node sites below the topping and 2 new main branches. It has began to grow its branches as well the branches are also growing wider leaves. I've been checking this seedling for sex signs. I haven't been able to find any information online about this particular strain, so I'm unsure if it's a feminized seed or not. I'm pretty sure it is! I got it at a local event at a hydro store and they were in little plastic bags with a strain label. It doesn't have any signs that gives me a certain yay or nay quite yet. This is my first really indica dominant plant, so Im hoping for a gassy phenotype. Raspberry Ripple #1 Clones- These clones are doing great, my #1 Phenotype of Raspberry Ripple has always been the more vigorous of the two. All 4 clones hit the 12 inch mark and were topped last week, since then the branches have really shot out and are growing much more evenly than usual under the higher par this time. Usually this pheno leaves a lot of its bottom branches in the dust, after a little while and has a tendency to only focus on its main tops. I'm glad to see it has the potential to really push its branches in the right conditions. These plants are hardy and have the thickest stems out of the tent and are praying hard today! Raspberry Ripple #2 Clones- The #2 clones were still lagging behind everything else in the tent in height, still only standing at about 9 inches each. They have not been topped yet but they have already been working on lower and upper branches. This pheno of Ripple actually can grow its branches pretty uniformly without much interference. They were finally transplanted into the half gallons, from the seedling pots, two days ago. Their root system wasn't bound up crazy or anything but they did need to be transplanted within that week for sure, just for water retention. They were drying the soil out pretty fierce between waterings. Flowering Tent- The flowering tent is on day 53 for both phenos of Raspberry Ripple. They are both in the fading process and are ripening up by the day. Not much left to do in this tent but water and wait. The number one pheno definitely lasted out a lot better in the 15 gallons and I plan on using them in the future. The number two phenos in the 5 gallons did seem like they were able to fight through the deficiency they were having in the long run. Still giving out some really swollen buds, with the same flavor profile as last time. I definitely got much more even light coverage on every plant this flower run. Thanks to the HLG Blackbird, and the better defoliation through the canopy. The tops are all very large dense buds. Both plants look very frosty as well this run and I can't wait to take them down here in a couple of weeks! Until next week, thank you for checking out this entry of my growdiaries! -Starfish

I'm back for another update! This week in the garden, I'm pushing through the last week or two of flower in the Vivosun 4x8x6 tent. I've just been trying to maintain a low humidity in there during the peak summer months. I'm thankful I went with the larger 8 inch vent fan and 4 oscillating fans in the tent to create a good amount of air movement. My dehumidifier seems to be able to keep up okay with it, but i'd say about 4 days total this cycle, humidity got into the low 60s. I haven't seen any molds on the buds but I have been keeping my eyes peeled! As for this current seedling run in the much smaller Mars Hydro 2x2x2 1/2 tent. They are all growing like weeds! I once again gave a very small feeding of Mykos WP and Roots Organic Trinity. I've been watering with my hand sprayer gently every day. The ViparSpectra V1000 (100w) are still sat at 50% power draw. Ethos: Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7 Seedling- This Seedling has stretched since last week now standing at 18 inches from the soil. It's top two branches are now starting to branch off chutes. It's easily the tallest plant in the tent and has the farthest internode spacing. It leaves are still coming out on the thinner/longer side. It seems decently healthy and I hope I can manage it's stretch! Since it's topping it's outward branch growth has been outstanding. It now has 8 branches over 6 inches long. Humboldt Seed Organization/Giest Grow: Tow Truck Seedling- The Tow Truck Seedlings Growth is still very wide and indica dominant. It has not branched off as much this week. It does however have 4 tops coming in from its recent topping. It stands at about 14 inches tall. This week I did notice what may be a pollen sack on the plant. I'm not 100% sure so I'm gonna give it another week. Unfortunately I don't have the space for males right now. So if it is a male I'll have to ditch it. Some of its leaf growth has been coming in ruffled and none of my other plants have done this in the past. Mosca Seeds (x) Tiki Madman: Raspberry Ripple #1 Clone- These Clones have still been keeping pace, and are exhibiting the familiar traits! They are still on average about 13 inches tall but all they're branch growth is almost all caught up with the top sites already. They have been growing evenly. This is very good for setting them up in the trellis when flower time comes around. Mosca Seeds (x) Tiki Madman: Raspberry Ripple #2 Clones- These clones still have yet to be topped. They still only stand about 10 inches in height but they will probably be able to be topped in a week. They're getting really close to that mark. Branch growth has still been decent and they seem to be getting enough light to survive, even though they're in the farthest corner of the tent. I'm excited to get all these plants some more space and airflow from my fans in the flower tent. I've still been seeing a small amount of fungus gnats but I drive them away with EM-5 and some sticky traps I make. I opted not to use my wettable sulfur this run as you can't mix the two. The oils in the EM-5 and the sulfur mix to form quite a toxin for the plant and block it's ability to receive light. The sulfur is much stronger but is a little much for baby plants. It's still organic but it's definitely "the big guns". That about does it for this week! Thank you for checking out my grow diary! -Starfish

I'm back for another update this week! It hasn't been a very busy week this week, the veg area is vegging and the flower area is on its last week before harvest. I've been taking very small cuttings (about .1 gram) and scoping the trikes using a 45x desktop microscope. Ethos: Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This seedling is still doing well and branching out keeping a "v" shaped branch formation, thinner long leaves and decently far spaced nodes. It is still the tallest plant in the whole garden now standing at 19 inches tall. It's top four branches are beginning to develop smaller branches from them. HSO/ Giest Grow: Tow Truck- Unfortunately the Tow Truck showed signs of being a male. Last week I had assumed it was a male. But this week I was able to call it for certain. I don't have the space to keep any males, so I went ahead and cut it down. This diary will now be for the Ethos Seedling! It is feminized so it will surely go to the flower room with the Raspberry Ripple plants it shares a tent with. Raspberry Ripple Clones (#1 and #2)- These veg clones are still spreading out with branching decently. The #2 Phenos hit 12 inches in height and received their topping. So now all plants in the clone tent have been topped once. Flower Tent (Raspberry Ripple #1 and #2)- It is currently day 67 Flower, Under the HLG Blackbird. I went ahead and dimmed it down one level. I let my buddy use my PAR meter for a few days. But I'd assume it's probably about 450-700 PPFD on most top sites. I've assessed the trichomes today and last week. Most are getting cloudy but I'm gonna wait just a few more days, to push into some amber coverage. A lot of the #2 pheno top sites are now leaning over and being fully supported by the trellis. The little branches just couldn't support the massive flowers it grew. One of the #2 plants is still holding strong and standing tall. But 2/3 are pretty much fully supported by the trellis. The number one phenos are once again super thick stalked, with thick branches. One of the #1 plants, looks like it completely bottomed out this week. Most of its leaves are completely faded. The other plant of the #1 Phenos is much more bright and vibrant. There are still some straggling white pistil hairs left on the #1s but they are still changing color by the day. Pushing into day 70 or 71 will probably be perfect harvest time! Thank you for checking in on my grow diary! Until next week! Happy growing and Happy Living! -Starfish

This week was the final week of flower for the current Raspberry Ripple 4x4 run in the flower tent! After 72 days in flower I was finally noticing a good 15-20% amber coverage on both phenos and mostly cloudy trichomes. Now they will only need around two weeks or so to dry! I'm only able to drop the temps to around 68°F. But it's a constant 68° so I'm hoping I'll still be able to pull off a good dry! Most of the year I'm able to drop it well into the low 60s, but during these summer months it's been more of a challenge to do so. I'm still able to get the desired 55-60 rH. Ethos- Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This seedling has been growing faster now and has started working on multiple side branches from it's main branches. I'm happy I got my other plants harvested because this particular seedling is getting too tall for it's current tent situation. All the plants in the tent look like they could benefit from a transplant soon as well! The stalk and main branches of this seedling are thick and they remind me a lot of the structure of the Raspberry Ripple #1.Now that the Tow Truck plant was confirmed to be male and removed from the garden. I've been able to train this plant outwards a little more. It's flower quadrant will only have 3 plants in it and it'll be with the #2 Phenos of Raspberry Ripple which are the smaller of my two current plants. So I'm hoping I can fill the trellis a little bit with this plant! It'll most likely be in a 15 gallon pot and be under the refurbished HLG 550 I bought off Marketplace until I can get a better light for that side of the tent. The light itself has nice samsung lm301h diode boards and a meanwell driver, but the actual dimmer switch doesn't have setting notches (25%,50%,75%,100%) it just freely moves like a house lightswitch and has some exposed wiring so it seems a little dangerous to use in the long run. I'm hoping I can replace it soon. Harvest- The buds this harvest from both phenos of Raspberry Ripple seemed much frostier this time than last grow! I'm happy I got to push these plants about two weeks longer this run and use a microscope to get a true viewing of my trichomes. Raspberry Ripple #1 is giving off its trademark leathery "black licorice" terps, it's purple hues are just as wild if not better looking than last time thanks to the HLG Blackbird I got for this run. The Raspberry Ripple #2 is much more fruity and hazy than the number 1, it's an absolute frost factory this time. Both should be good smoke and it was dope to get to work with this strain again. I can't wait for another cycle with these Phenos! That about sums up this week. I'll be doing a lot of cleaning and trimming within these next weeks to get the tent ready for next cycle! Happy Growing and Happy Living -StarFish

This week was a busy one in the gardens! After a 7 day dry my harvest from last week was ready to come down! It did dry out a little quicker than I'd like, but still went in the jar around 57% and still smells really terpy and not like hay. I kept the humidity around 50-60% in the dry room however I didn't supplement humidity with a humidifier, i do have an ACI humidifier, but I didn't wanna run it in the summer and accidentally mold the crop! I just ran my dehumidifier at that setting so maybe it got a little dry in there! I trimmed all 5 plants in one day to prevent over drying in about 13 hours. I used a trim bin, trim brush by canna brush and a normal pair of springed shears. I'm curing in Mason jars now. I was able to move the plants in the tiny Mars Hydro Clone tent to my flowering tent. My Vivosun 4x8x6, under my HLG Blackbird at setting 1 to get adjusted. This week I'll get my par meter back from my grow bro and get a good reading. Im going to be transplanting these plants to their final containers as soon as I hit the local grow shop and grab a little more soil! After that I'll adjust the par for full veg and let them really rage! It feels good to finally get some space for them. My larger tent is way better equipped ventilation wise as well, I have 4 clip fans and my 8 inch exhaust fan in there. I currently have the tent sitting at 74-71°F and 56% Humidity. Ethos: Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This Seedling has a decent internode spacing between it's branches and is keeping them mostly even with very little low stress training. I have been bending the top most branches to help the plant get a little bushier! It's leaves are very dark and doing a little clawing so I'm holding off on the Trinity by Roots Organic! It doesn't appear to bad! It's main stalk is very thick and reminds me of Raspberry Ripple #1! When it's in veg! I'm excited to see if this plant is one I'll keep around or not! I'm definitely hoping it's stretch in flower is containable in my shorter space! Raspberry Ripple Clones (#1 and #2)- The Number One Phenos are looking beefy already, one plant is starting to yellow just a little bit and looks like it could use a transplant here soon! Other than that these ladies are raging as usual. The higher ppfd has kept them really bushy and symmetrical. The Number 2s are still looking really healthy but are the smallest plants in the garden as usual! Finished Flowers (Raspberry Ripple #1 and #2)- This harvest definitely hits a lot harder than my last one! Having the microscope to really get a good look at my trichomes and pushing the plants and extra two weeks really made a big difference! Ripple #1- These buds are big and purple! Decently frosted! The leathery, black licorice smell Ripple #1 gives off, is really strong this round! The harvest weighed 7oz 25 grams, 6 oz and 16 grams of "A" Nugs, and 1 oz 9 grams of popcorn buds! Ripple #2- The Ripple #2 is a little less dense than the #1 but it is pretty frosty and smells like a mixture of yogurt and hazy weed. This harvest weighed 5 oz 20 g, 4 oz and 6 grams of decent sized nugs and 1 oz 13 grams of popcorn nugs. Giving me a total harvest of 13 oz and 17 grams, 10 oz and 20 grams of "A" nugs and 2 oz and 23 grams of popcorn nugs. In a 4 x 4. That pretty much sums up the harvest and this week! Thank you for checking out my growdiary! -Starfish

This week I began to notice a few deficiencies starting on some of my larger plants! I transplanted all the plants into various 2 and 3 gallon pots I had laying around. These won't be the final containers but I need something to veg in! I need to go get more soil and I need a lot! I want to run seven 15 gallon pots this cycle. These pots should serve fine until then! I still have the HLG Blackbird on setting 1 giving my plants around 100 par I'm sure! I plan on increasing the light strength to setting 2 tomorrow to actually get the growth kickstarted! Ethos Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This plants leaves were still looking a little darker but it's definitely been doing better since I got it out of the cramped clone tent! It was transplanted to a 3 gallon pot using Build A Soil Lite. I also used Mykos on its transplant. It was kind of root bound, but not too horribly! I'm hoping this transplant does it a world of good. It still seems strong for the most part! I'll probably take a clone off this plant in the next week or two to add to the mother tent! This plant smells a little gassy when you rub it's stem! Which I know doesn't translate to flower flavor. However I've never had a plants stem smell gassy. My Raspberry Ripple phenos stems kind of smell like peppermint honestly. This plant has been nice to grow so far and has kept up well with my clones. It's just as tall as my biggest Raspberry Ripple #1 clone! I can't wait to see this one in flower. Mosca Seeds (x) Tiki Madman: Raspberry Ripple #1 (clones)- The #1 clones really started out pacing their little half gallon pots with their bushy growth. The biggest one of them really started to yellow out on me. They were pretty much demanding a transplant. I put the two that were slightly larger in 3 gallon pots and the two that were a little smaller in 2 gallon pots. They've been up to their usual veg behavior! They have thick stalks, lots of nodes and tons of leaves. I'll probably defoliate them a little this week after they get used to the increase in light. These plants were the most rootbound when transplanted and seemed to really need bigger pots. Mosca Seeds (x) Tiki Madman: Raspberry Ripple #2- The Number 2 Phenos were not growing as fast as any other plants. They usually don't! So they only got transplanted to 1 gallon pots which should hold them over fine! Other than being small, they do grow a lot of branches and behave kind of like a miniature version of its sister in veg. I don't like her flowers as much. Even though she is pretty frosty, the density factor isn't as nearly as nice as her sister strain and her smells aren't nearly as potent! Still a nice plant! I hope putting these in bigger pots will increase the density factor. I've only ever ran this particular Pheno in 5 gallons pots. Other than that I've just been watering in at around 6.4-7.0 pH, I did do a little a little trim to maintain my mother plants this week and a top dress feed. This really seemed to help them and gave me some more space in my mom tent which is always needed. I sprayed all plants with EM-5 this week to keep things nice and clean especially now that the flower tent plants are a little bigger I was able to really give them a nice spray down. I think thats about all for this week! Thank you for checking out this entry of my grow diaries! -Starfish

This week the plants health have been steadily improving since being transplanted to larger pots. The plants seem to be growing faster as the roots work slowly work their way into the new soil. I do have the par meter back this week so I was able to take some readings. Everyone in the 4x8 was coming in around 250-300 PPFD which is what I consider an optimal range for the veg cycle. The HLG blackbird is on 25% power draw pulling about 150w from the wall. When I was researching this light, I saw it was intended to be used from about an 18-24 inch distance. Which is awesome for me because I have a pretty short tent. So I definitely don't need a light intended to be hung high. One cool thing about being in a shorter 6 foot tent is, I seem to get fairly good ppfd even using less power with my lights. That is pretty much the only nice thing about being in a shorter tent! 😅 But we'll take it! This week I defoliated all plants and gave them a 1/2 tsp per gallon of water dose of Bullet Proof SI (Silica) by Cutting Edge solutions. I took off a lot of leaves in the center of the plant or that were getting bunched up. I've also been gently bending some branches back to encourage somewhat even growth. My last harvest is almost fully cured now and is smoking really well. Here in a week or two I plan to transplant these plants into their final 15 gallon grassroots fabric pots. Ethos: Lilac Diesel #22 (x) Grandpa's Cookies #7- This Plant is honestly kind of an ugly plant in general! It reminds me a lot of another diesel plant I worked with my first run. Sourheads did turn out to be very smokeable bud so I won't let its "weeping willowy" looks make me too upset! This plant has had a little trouble adjusting to the moisture levels of the new soil and appears kind of over watered after it's silica watering today. I'll back the water off with this one and see if it can kind of balance it out. It's leaves are clawing a little. It is kind of a lankier, taller plant. I have been training it's two main branches outward, to try to encourage it to get a little bushier. This has been working slowly. But these branches may need topped next week, to encourage the rest of the plant to catch up. It's stalks are very dark and it's leaves are also a pretty dark shade of green nothing else seems desperately wrong with the plant. So I'm hoping it's just genetics. Mosca Seeds (x) Tiki Madman: Raspberry Ripple #1 Clones- The Number One clones have been growing super evenly this time! The one plant of the number ones that was having the worst deficiencies looks like it's slowly making a comeback. I figured it was just tapped out and root bound in its old pot. They needed the defoliation the most as they were getting bushy and I wanted all of it branches fully exposed so the even growth could continue. These plants have been praying more since transplant and look they are about to fill out the 4 x 4 trellis nicely. Mosca Seeds (x) Tiki Madman: Raspberry Ripple #2 Clones- These clones are looking really healthy despite only going into 1gallons during transplant. I can't wait to try these plants out in 15 gallons instead of 5s. I plan on defoliating these better this time right before the flower flip. Last time I defoliated my number ones well. But got a little lazy on the number 2s. I ended up paying for that in the trim room and also lost a small bit of density! Here in the next two weeks I'll take a few clones from my Ethos seedling and toss the healthiest one in my mother tent. In case it's worth keeping! Until next week Happy Growing and Happy Living! Thank you for checking out this entry of my growdiaries. -Starfish