Cheddar Cheese (Phylos Bioscience)

First day of veg after finishing the first 7 days of seedling stage and they’ve been growing well, sitting under 25% worm castings. The one in the front left looks a bit lighter than the rest so I’m gonna sprinkle a little bit of worm castings and that should green her up a bit more. They’re sitting under 185-200 PPFD, doing about 20 sprays every 1.5 days, pH’ed to 6.0. I’m gonna keep them in the germ kit one more week before we transplant into 1 gallon containers in my 4x4 AC Infinity grow tent. The duel LED strips on the germ kit which is also made my AC Infinity has a 1 to 10 light setting. I have mine at Level 9. If I max it out to 10, the PPFD shoots up to about 350-400 and that’s a little much for me so that’s why I’m keeping it a shade under full strength.

Day 8 of veg stage and I transplanted into some fresh Pro Mix HP soil into a 5 gallon container and we’ll be transplanting into a 10 gallon container in a month or so but the soil was kinda wet for whatever reason so I took some chopsticks and dug some holes to aerate the soil. The roots have completely outgrown the cups so I transplanted earlier than I normally would. Temps have been around 75 degrees, humidity at 60%. I have my AC unit set for 71degrees and put a box fan on the outside of the tent, pushing cooler air through the bottom vent hole of the tent.

The 2 out of 4 Cheddar Cheeze (Phylos Bioscience Genetics) got mainlined yesterday and the other two will be mainlined most likely next week. I do this to re-route my plant’s energy towards the top, keeping two top leaves attached with the top nodes to utilize the process of photosynthesis. This is the start of creating bushy canopies. The Cheddar Cheeze in the back left corner has been progressively bouncing back from last week. I water 1/3 gallon of water per plant as the root system is still on the small side and so it’s not to overwhelm the root system. They don’t seem to want to drink much so I let em go so I can take advantage of explosive growth when the roots stretch out in search for water. Air Temp: 77 degrees Rootzone Temp: 75 degrees RH: 51% VPD: 1.54 kPa PPFD: 385-400 Light Distance: 31 inches @ 75% intensity

Day 18 of veg stage, total of 25 days since they broke soil and I top dressed with 1/4 cup of worm castings and they seem to have really responded well to it and gave them fish shit, 1 teaspoon per gallon of water ratio and watered 1/2 gallon. I usually water 1/3 gallon into a 5 gallon container after the initial transplant and then up it to 1/2 gallon of water so that’s what I did. PPFD is between 345 and 395, temps sitting around 76 degrees which is really good considering the 100 degree heat wave we’ve been having the last few days, root zone temp is at 75 degrees, and humidity at 55%. I’m gonna still mainline the smaller two ladies, just waiting for a few days to get it done. I've been massaging the top soil to avoid it clumping up and aerating the top half of the soil a bit more.

Day 27 of veg stage and I transplanted into 10 gallon fabric pots and these ladies adjusted to the transplant nicely. I didn't realize I ran out of room until I put the 3rd plant in there so I decided to keep 3 instead of 4 but it doesn’t matter because I could fill up this tent with 3 anyway. Heck I can fill up a 4x8 with one plant if I really wanted to make this a project. Temps around 75 degrees, humidity been around 58-60% lately. We’re gonna be topping again in a few days.We’re pretty much in the process of making the canopy bushy and in a few weeks we should have full symetry and the whole tent completely taken up. I transplanted with 15-20% EWC, Gaia Green All Purpose 444 at the rate of 3 TBSP per gallon of soil, mixed in some Mykos WP in there as well to get some good microbial activity going, and watered with Recharge and Fish Shit at the rate of 1 TSP per gallon of water and since I'm in 10G containers, I water with 1 gallon of water and the plants seem happy with that as well as the extra bit of aeration from the floor fan. Gonna be topping for the 2nd time in the next few days.

Day 34 of veg stage and it’s gotten to the point where I’m re-tying branches every 2-3 days. Everytime I pull em down, it just looks like they double in size every time when they poof back out and everything you’ve done since mainlining is working your way up to getting a good flowering setup with lots of different flowering sites. The plant on the back left is gonna get a top dress a little earlier than the other two. Temps are around 74 degrees, humidity’s been pretty chill lately hangin around 55% to 65% but we have plenty of airflow and we’re honestly just gonna be spending the next month pulling down branches, topping every once in a while. VPD: 1.03 kPa PPFD: 405 - 475

Day 40 of veg stage and every three days I’m tying down branches and trimming up the bottom growth and that’s pretty much all I’m gonna be doing until we get into flowering. I've been using VitaHerb which is my own organic immunity booster that I haven't released to the public yet. They absolutely love it and it’s a great way to give your ladies some extra vitamins to boost up their immune system. I’m keeping the PPFD between 425 and 465 so far just so we’re hitting that blue spectrum. My goal is to fill this tent out and then I’m gonna ease up on the plant bending and let em grow taller. I have the HLG Scorpion R-SPEC FR LED on deck, just waiting for these to get into flowering. temps have been in the mid 70’s, humidity around 55%. I've also been moving soil around just to make sure it's drying out and not staying clumped out, good to get air up in the soil that way. I'll be cutting out some of the lower growth in a day or so, before it starts getting really crazy growth in the bottom and mid section. Will be top dressing with VitaHerb, Gaia Green 444, and 1/4 cup of worm castings from Wiggly Worm being the brand I've been using.

Day 50 of veg stage and yeah…she just about took over the tent…hopefully mother nature is gonna be kind to us on the stretch but we kept em short so even if we had an insane stretch, they should still be groovy. I bent her down one last time and I’m still gonna top her in a few days and then let her cruise right into flowering. They’ve already been defoliated, topped twice technically, so this would be the third time and I’m only gonna top about 8 main heads on each plant and we should be good. I’ve been keeping the light distance at 36 inches away at 100% strength on the ViparSpectra KS5000, PPFD has been between 395 and 460, temps around 75 degrees, humidity hasn’t changed much, still around 55%, rootzone temp at 76 degrees, they’re coming along nicely. Still have a week beforef we topdress and what I’m gonna do this time since we’re heading into flower is we’re gonna use both 444 and 284 and just split it down the line, 5 tablespoons of 444 and 5 tablespoons of 284, should be a pretty nice mix.

Day 58 of veg stage and we’re coming to the end of veg, especially since I’m running outta room. We’ve been maintaining the same environment so that’s been stable. Plants are looking very happy and healthy and I think I brewed up a new batch of my organic vitamin tea. Pretty much throwing fruit peels in here but not just any fruit peels, I like to use either kiwi, apple, potato, or banana peels. My plants absolutely love it everytime they get one of these teas. Always praying, and that’s what I like to see. Temps been in the mid 70’s, humidity still at 55%, give or take. I also top dressed with Gaia Green 444 at the rate of of 1 TBSP per gallon of soil, added 1/4 cup of EWC by Wiggly Worm, and been giving them Fish Shit by Fish Head Farms. I've also given Recharge by Real Growers but only once every 3 weeks at the rate of 1 TSP per gallon of water ratio.

Day 3 of flower. 11/3 light cycle. Ended staying in veg for the full 60 days and I’ve got the watering schedule down in accordance to what they told me this past few weeks. They got defoliated Week 6 of veg and a few weeks ago, stripping some growth that we don’t need so it’s better to do that while you’re still in veg. I’ve been keeping a watering log since the end of veg stage and learned that once you get close to the 60 day mark, say around Day 55 of veg and you plan on being in veg for that last week, start to pay attention to how many days it takes until the leaves start sitting a lower position, and subtract a day. That’s gonna be your watering schedule in flowering and that’s pretty much how they told me their schedule. I was keeping track during the last half of veg and noticed they wanted water every 5 days, then it was every 4 days, now it’s every 3 days and it’s been just staying at that mark. Also, take into account that I also have a floor fan with fabric containers so it’s been helping the dry process a little quicker but that’s what it’s been for me on this run. Been getting a bit of a stretch, grow 7-8 inches within a week, No room for anymore branch bending so there's only one way for them to grow...UP.

This week they’ve been on cruise control, watering every three days switching between a silica watering and a fish shit watering. These Cheddar Cheeze have a pretty wild final stretch. I also lowered the Viparspectra KS5000 down to 21 inches which is usually sketchy to me but the plants are responding well, PPFD is between 525 and 600 right now. I’ve been monitoring the leaf tips, keeping an eye on light burn but they’re “praying” so they seem cool with the light distance. They’re on Day 9 of flowering and I’m expecting maybe a 65 day flowering time based on the progression of the flowering stage. It’s gonna be time for me to give my plants their bi-weekly 1/4 cup of worm castings. Gonna top dress right before their next watering which will be a Recharge and Fish Shit watering so they’ll be EXTREMELY happy in a few days when I give em all that. I did get a touch of windburn so I toned down the overhead fans. VPD: 1.45 kPa PPFD: 525-600 I pretty much gonna keep up with the same watering regiment until the end of the run. the flowering stage in my opinion is the easiest stage after you get everything dialed in properly.

Day 22 of flowering and I added some deep red and UV supplemental lighting but I keep the UV on for about an hour and all I’ve really been doing is watering every 3 days at the rate of one gallon per watering switching between silica, and then fish shit and then every 3 weeks, I’ll hit em with 1 teaspoon per gallon of water of Recharge with the fish shit and I’ll always add the Recharge when I give a fish shit watering. PPFD is between 650 and 800 with the supplemental lighting. Believe it or not, I only topped one time after I mainlined and just kept branch bending and defoliating Week 6 and Week 8 of flowering and this is the best part of growing. Flowering Stage. They’re just on cruise control and all I’m gonna be doing is topdressing with 10 tablespoons of Gaia Green but I’m splitting it down the line between All Purpose 444 and Power Bloom 284, just so I hold on to that nitrogen and 1/3 cup of worm castings every two weeks. Doing this will keep them fed and because of the slow release from the worm castings, I hardly get nutrient burn. All about keeping em fed throughout flowering. As we’re in Week 4, this is the start of when they’re gonna start packing on weight for the next 3 weeks.

Day 28 of flowering and I just watered these Cheddar Cheeze ladies with silica, water pH’d to 6.4, I’ve been keeping the UV light on for 90 minutes a day and Week 6, I’m gonna push the UV to 2 hours a day. We also have the deep red supplemental lighting from Spider Farmer and I started using them last week, making sure they were done with the final stretch before I started to use them. Temps have been a little higher than I’d like around 77-79 degrees, but August just happened. I haven’t needed to use CO2 this summer because the temps have been at least decent, I’m cool with high 70’s inside. These flowers are stacking really nicely, not sure what I’m gonna yield but it’s gonna be a fuck ton. I’ve only topped once since the mainline and just kinda let me get tall so I’m gonna have super thick stalks. I’ve upped the PPFD between 625 and 800…I don’t wanna push em anymore because then I might get some liught burn since my lights are already about 17 inches away from the top of the heads.

Day 34 of flowering and temps have been a little higher, been hangin around the 78-80 degree mark and the humidity’s been insane when the lights are off so I’ve been using a space heater for the off peak hours just to lower the humidity. I’ve been making sure to hold on to the green color so my plants can keep producing chloraphyll, and that’s how they’re constantly feeding. The only laves that started yellowing are the lower ones that were being blocked and I’ve been plucking them off periodically. These flowers are stacking really nicely, and they still have at least another 10 days of flower stacking left to go and ive been moving the stems instead of touching the flowers just to give me an idea of how tight and packed they are and they’re really tight. I’ve still been switching between fish shit waterings and silica waterings every three days in accordance to the schedule they told me they wanted back in the beginning of flower, with a recharge and fish shit watering every three weeks and I’ve still been keeping up with that schedule. PPFD has been between 650 and 800, making sure I’m nailing the deep red spectrum.

Day 42 of flowering and I’ve bumped up the UV to 2 hours a day instead of 90 minutes, still just watering every three days but I stopped using silica because I think we have all the strength and support that we need and I’m still using Fish Shit, gonna hit em with a Recharge and Fish Shit watering next week and that should wrap it up for the Recharge. Flowers are hardening up and tightening up nicely, and I’m expecting a pretty big harvest. It still smells really good in here, like as soon as I open the tent, still getting that danky berry candy vibe. Temps still in the 78-79 degree range in the first few hours the lights come on, but then the temps taper off to the 74-75 degree range around 10pm, 4 hours after the lights come on but the next few runs I doubt it’s gonna get up that high, we’re still dealing with that last gasp of summer heat.

Currently at Day 49 of flower and I gave them a fish shit watering for the last time, and gonna ride it out with regular pH'd water (5.8 to 6.4) Temps have been lower than last week falling from a 78-79 degree average to 72-75 degree average. Humidity has also gotten cut down to the upper 40's. They're still packing on weight heading into Week 8 surprisingly but they're still stacking a little bit more towards the tail end of flower stacking. Looking at about 60-62 days of flowering time which is in accordance to the b reeder notes and actually, Phylos has been the closest to nailing their breeder notes specs than other runs that I've done as far as looks and flowering time but we'll see as we start checking the trichs next week.

Day 54 of flowering and it’s time to chop. I looked at the trichs and they were clear and literally the next day, I got some amber in there so that’s when I like to chop. They’re going under 36-48 hours of darkness to induce some stress to get them ladies extra frosty. Some do 48 hours of lights on but the results will essentially be the same, the idea is to cause stress at the end to rush up the trichs. It STILL smells like berry candy, just very sweet, fruity, yet gassy too though. There will be no more updates for 2-3 weeks, AFTER the dry time and trim to show the end product and AFTER the seed to harvest video gets released. I closed out with cold water on the final two waterings, didn’t even pH because it this point, does’ntm atter to me. They got all the flowers produced and even the 2nd and 3rd tier flowers are developed and super tight. Expecting 24-32 O’s but we’ll see because the flowers are tight and heavy, like rocks.

I will be talking more during the seed to harvest video when it gets released this weekend but we got a nice yield on lights I didn't think were that great but I'm overly happy, we got 650g's, I also smoked about 7-10g's before I finished trimming and it was a great run. I started pressing some dabs as well. Was a good grow and the flavor profile is very mango/fuel and it's very potent. One of the strongest strains and definetly stronger than the Blue Cheese I grew back in 2019, I think. I also used the UV and I've been smashing some nugs into concentrates and I've been extremely happy with the yield. Average got like 2.5g from 7g of flower which I think is very good. I'm absolutely happy with the results and my wife is really enjoying the flowers. Also, the grinder up stuff is actually the nectar/kief I collected. I grinned up the sugar leaves up against my trim bin and scooped it all up. I also yielded an OUNCE of chief so overall, EXTREMELY happy.