Cotton Candy Kush / Xpert Nutrients / Grow #8

GanjaGecko Week 1 is over. So far, the CandyKush, which initially seemed weak, has picked up and looks quite stable for the first week. The second CandyKush that was planted as a backup broke through the soil after 5 days. And 7 days after planting the seed, it showed the first minimally serrated leaves. On day 5, I topped up the substrate of CandyKush#1 a bit and watered with about 30ml. As an additive, I used MasterRoot at a mixing ratio of 1ml/L. I adjusted the pH value to 6.5 before watering. _____________________ The two LEDs are dimmed to 20W each. This gives the ladies 40W. The distance is about 20-25 cm. _____________________ The first period is quite uneventful. Hence, not many photos. _____________________ Next week, the CottonCandyKush will go into its 12L fabric pot. Thank you for stopping by 💚

GanjaGecko The second week of CottonCandyKush has flown by. At the beginning of the week on day 9, the CottonCandyKush was moved into its 11L fabric pot. The substrate is a mix of 75% BioBizz LightMix and 25% coco with perlite. Each lady first got about 10L in her pot. As an addition, there was 1 teaspoon of Megaworm per liter of substrate. The CottonCandyKush was freed from its small seedling pot, then a bit of Great White Mycorrhiza was added to the mini root system, and it was nestled into its new home. It was watered the same day with about 600-700ml. From XpertNutrients, there was 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 1ml/L CalMagAmino. The whole mix was adjusted to a pH of 6.4. On day 12, the surface of the substrate was moistened. One day later on day 13, the candy received 2×250ml with 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 1ml/L CalMagAmino, again adjusted to a pH of 6.4. The temperatures were quite high, but the humidity was optimal at 65-70%. In early vegetation, that's not really a problem. On the contrary. The CandyKush loves it. A SanlightQ1Wdim is set to 20W and the other to 10W with a distance of about 25-30 cm. Here's to a new week full of strong growth💚

GanjaGecko The third week has seen the CandyKush grow nicely. The side branches are also showing good growth. On day 18, the CottonCandyKush got its topping, has recovered well, and looks healthy. On day 19, the lower fan leaves were removed so the lady can focus on the growth of the side branches. _______________________ Fertilizing: On day 15, the CandyKush received 2×250ml with 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 1.5ml/L CalMagAmino at a pH of 6.3. On day 19, it got another 2×250ml with 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 1.5ml/L CalMagAmino at a pH of 6.3. On day 21, it received 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 1.5ml/L CalMagAmino. There were 150ml in the saucer, 250ml, and 150ml on the surface at a pH of 6.3. ________________________ Height: 22cm Light distance: 25cm Dim: 2×20W Here’s to a new week full of strong growth! 💚

GanjaGecko Week 4 was quite relaxed. The CandyKush handles the topping very well. The growth couldn't be more even. _________________________ Fertilizing: Day 22 I gave 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino. There was 600ml with a pH of 6.3. Day 24 I again gave 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino. There was 800ml with a pH of 6.3. Day 27 I gave 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino. There was 800ml with a pH of 6.3.

GanjaGecko The CandyKush is developing wonderfully. It has handled the topping very well and will also be sent into flowering in the foreseeable future. ________________________ Fertilizing: On Day 29, there was 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino. There was 800ml with a pH of 6.3. On Day 31, there was 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino. There was 1L with a pH of 6.3. On Day 34, there was 2ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterGrowA, 2ml/L MasterGrowB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino. There was 1L with a pH of 6.3. Additionally, nematodes were added to the watering to prevent fungus gnats.

GanjaGecko Week 6 was quite relaxed. The CandyKush is growing perfectly. It has an even canopy and fills the tent well. Day 42 was the last day with the light setting of 18/6.

GanjaGecko The CandyKush has grown so quickly and developed so impressively that on Day 43, the light was set to 15/9. It was actually just for one day as a transition to 12/12, but unfortunately, I forgot to switch to 12/12 on Day 44, so it ended up being a two-day transition, which didn't really matter much. Day 45 was then the first day with 12/12. The light is dimmed to a total of 50W. One Sanlight is dimmed to 30W and the other to 20W. The distance is about 20 cm. On Day 43, the flowering nutrients were administered for the first time so that the substrate could start to enrich itself with the necessary nutrients. __________________________________ Fertilizing: On Day 43, there was 1L with 1ml/L SilicaForce, 1ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, and 2ml/L Enzymes with a pH of 6.5. On Day 45, there was 1.1L with 1ml/L SilicaForce, 1ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, and 2ml/L Enzymes with a pH of 6.5. On Day 48, there was 1L with 1ml/L SilicaForce, 1ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, and 2ml/L Enzymes with a pH of 6.5. Thank you for stopping by 💚

GanjaGecko Week 8 was mostly still vegetation. The first signs of flowering appeared in the CandyKush on day 55 of vegetation. This means it went into flowering 10 days after switching the LED to 12/12. It has stretched so much that I might have to deal with cropping...😄 _______________________________ Fertilizing On day 50, the CandyKush received 200 ml in the saucer and 3×300ml with 1ml/L SilicaForce, 1ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, and 1.5ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.5. On day 52, the CandyKush received 200 ml in the saucer and 3×300ml with 1ml/L SilicaForce, 1ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, and 1.5ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.5. On day 55, the CandyKush received 200 ml in the saucer and 3×300ml with 1ml/L SilicaForce, 1ml/L MasterRoot, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, and 1.5ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.5. Thank you for stopping by! 💚

GanjaGecko Week 9 is over and the CottonCandyKush is developing amazingly. It has beautiful flower sites. The only problem is the lack of space. Probably, an LED will have to go soon. ___________________________ Fertilizing Day 57/3F for the CandyKush 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.6 Day 59/5F for the CandyKush 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.6 Day 62/8F for the CandyKush 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.6 Thank you for stopping by 💚

GanjaGecko The second week of flowering is over. Unfortunately, the fears about space issues have come true. Overall, I think 5 shoots got cropped, of which two experienced a very hard cropping. There was no other way. Otherwise, the buds would grow into the carbon filter :) One shoot will only make it 50/50, the others are over the hill and stretching towards the light again. So far, this is the lady with the biggest stretch I've had. Generally, some adjustments had to be made. As you can see in the pictures, one LED was removed. The other was secured with cable ties to the upper frame of the tent. This way, it can hang a bit higher. From 2 LEDs with 20W+30W, it became 1 LED with 50W. I would like to have both lit with 30W starting next week. But the top bud already showed the first signs of bud bleaching, so I had to act. The 50W of one LED should be enough for the 40×40, with two LEDs it would have been a nicer lighting, but you can't have everything. The LED could still be raised a little higher. I hope that's not necessary :) It's crazy how big the CandyKush has become, and the CandyKush in the ABC run was the smallest of all. ______________________ Fertilizing: Day 64/8F, the CandyKush received 2ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 1ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.7. Day 66/10F, the CandyKush got another 2ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 1ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.7. Day 70/14, the CandyKush received 2ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 1ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.7. ________________________ Height: 112 Light distance: 15cm Dim: 50W Here's to a new week full of strong growth💚

GanjaGecko The third week of flowering is done. All the shoots have coped well with the cropping so far. I had to support one of the shoots with some binding wire; otherwise, it would have become critical. I tied some shoots in the middle and bound them oppositely at the top so that I get another two to three cm distance from the LED. ______________________ Fertilizing: Day 71/15F, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. There was 1.2L for the CandyKush. Day 73/17F, the CandyKush got another 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. Again, there was 1.2L. Day 77/21, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. There was a total of 1.2L. ________________________ Height: 113 Light distance: 14cm Dim: 50W Thank you for stopping by💚

GanjaGecko Flowering week 4 of the CottonCandyKush went smoothly. All the shoots have recovered and are gradually letting their buds grow. A few buds were slightly bleached due to brief overexposure from lack of space at the tips. This has now been adjusted by dimming the LED to 80%=40W. Now the buds are getting a little thicker day by day💚 ______________________ Fertilizing: Day 78/22F, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. There was 1.2L for the CandyKush. Day 80/24F, the CandyKush got another 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. Again, there was 1.2L. Day 83/27, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 2ml/L MasterBloomA, 2ml/L MasterBloomB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. There was a total of 1.2L. ________________________ Height: 113 Light distance: 14cm Dim: 40W Here’s to a new week full of strong growth💚

GanjaGecko Flowering week 5 went super. The buds are getting thicker and the hairs look unbelievably soft and fluffy. The weather is also slowly returning to the temperatures where the ladies we love feel comfortable. I'm hoping for about 2 more weeks until the harvest💚 ______________________ Fertilizing: Day 85/29F, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. There was 1.2L for the CandyKush. Day 87/31F, the CandyKush got another 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. Again, there was 1.2L. Day 90/34, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 1ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. There was a total of 1.2L. ________________________ Height: 114 Light distance: 13cm Dim: 40W Here's to a new week full of strong growth💚

GanjaGecko Flowering week 6 of the CottonCandyKush has gone super well. The buds are getting thicker and thicker. Some leaves are turning a bit purple here and there, which was similar with the last pheno. The way it looks, it can be harvested in about one, at most two weeks. I'll check the trichomes next week and see how they look. There's nothing amber-colored in the photos yet. The pistils are still quite white, especially in the lower area. The buds are developing quite quickly. So I'm optimistic that it will only take one, maybe two weeks until the lady is ready for harvest. ______________________ Fertilizing: Day 92/36F, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 2ml/L BloomBooster, 0.5ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.9. There was 1.1L for the CandyKush. Day 94/38F, the CandyKush got another 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 0.5ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.9. There was 1.2L. Day 97/41, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, and 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, 0.5ml/L MasterRoot, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.8. There was a total of 1.2L. ________________________ Height: 114 Light distance: 13cm Dim: 40W Here's to a new week full of strong growth💚

GanjaGecko Week 7 of flowering for the CottonCandyKush is over. On day 102/46F, I checked the trichomes. The percentage of clear trichomes is still too high. Amber wasn't visible at all, and only a few were milky. The lower buds still have too many light pistils and could grow a bit denser. So, it will stay another week, and the trichomes will be checked again in the middle of next week. Except for Sugarshot and StickyFingers, the CottonCandyKush won't receive any more nutrients until the end. ______________________ Nutrients: On day 99/43F, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.7. It got 1.1L. On day 101/45F, the CandyKush received another 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.7. It got 1.2L. On day 104/48, the CandyKush received 1ml/L SilicaForce, 3ml/L MasterBloomA, 3ml/L MasterBloomB, 2ml/L CalMagAmino, 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers, 1ml/L BloomBooster, and 2ml/L Enzymes at a pH of 6.7. It got a total of 1.2L. ________________________ Height: 114 Light distance: 13cm Dim: 40W Thank you for checking in! 💚

GanjaGecko Flowering week 8 and the trichomes are mostly milky, a bit of amber is coming through and the least are clear. The CottonCandyKush was last watered on day 106/50F. On day 111/55F, the CottonCandyKush was then cut and hung up. The CottonCandyKush was hung up to dry except for 3 branches. The three separated branches were the smallest. My hope is that they dry a bit faster in the box and you already have a small sample to try :) I think it will take about 7-10 days until the CottonCandyKush is ready to go into the jar. The next update will include a smoke review. ______________________ Fertilizing: On day 106/50F, the CandyKush received 2ml/L Sugarshot, 2ml/L StickyFingers at a pH of 6.5. The last time there was 1.1L for the CottonCandyKush. ________________________ Height: 114 Light distance: 13cm Dim: 40W Wet weight: 580g Thank you for stopping by💚

GanjaGecko The CottonCandyKush weighed in at 580g after being cut. The CandyKush was hung up to dry as a whole. Due to the damp and cold weather, a small dehumidifier was placed in the tent to ensure that the humidity didn't go over 60%. However, it also raised the temperature by about 2°C, which probably helped the CandyKush be ready for jars and 62% Boveda packs after 5 days.