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6/28/2024
Started floating the seeds at around 9pm. Allowed to soak for approximately 24 hours.
6/29/2024
Moved seeds to paper towel with a sprinkle of myco. One early pop with a little tail, one with a small crack and looks to be germinated.
7/1/2024
Transplanted seeds to peat plug grow pods. Seedling tent is a 2'x2'x4'. Plan is to transplant into 4'x4' tent once established. One strong seed, one germinated, one doing nothing.
7/4/2024
One seed sprouting super well, the other one may be sprouting but not standing up yet, seed that looked like it was doing nothing is dead. Out of concern for not having two healthy plants I got a cutting from a friends plant just in case.
7/14/2024
Ended up scrapping this attempt after bringing in some bad bacteria from the clone. Lessons learned! Clone was overstressed and went into flower as well. Planning a slightly different sprouting method after germination. Deep cleaning the entire setup and anything that came into contact with the clone.
7/22/2024
Started 3 seeds of RQS royal gorilla in a wet paper towel inside a plastic baggy. Wrapped the baggy in a towel and placed it on a spacer over my router as a DIY heatpad. I kept track of it with my infrared temp gun. The average temp of the wrapped baggy was 74-78 degrees F and was left in this state for about 40 hours.
7/24/2024
All 3 seeds germinated and are already sprouting in the paper towel, they are ready for planting. Utilizing 30mm peat plugs - hydrated with filtered tap water (unadjusted at about pH of 7.5). I ripped small holes in the top of the plug paper and using a letter opener hollowed out a small cavity. Carefully placed the sprouted tails into the holes and squeezed gently to secure the sprout in position. Using LECA or expanded clay balls as support I placed the plugs in the seedling tray and covered them. Placed the seedling setup in the 2x2x4 tent. Exposed to 24 hours of light (30watt LED) so I can set the night hours where I want them in a few days. Currently running a small heater and humidifier with all ventilation closed. Environmental temp: 78-82F, Environmental humidity: 60-80%, Leaf Temp: 84F, Peat temp: 82F.
7/25/2024
All 3 seedlings are sprouted and standing up. Two of them are showing their first leaves after cotyledons. One of them is a bit behind and close to opening up. Looking like a much better start! Placement of one of the sprouts probably could have been better but looks to be rooting in the plug.
7/27/2024
Gave each peat plug about 20mL of water just to keep them hydrated. Daily air cycling of the cover.
7/28/2024
Starting to leave seedling tray cover off to expose plants to a more variable environment. Look to be responding well. Environment temp: 76-80F, humidity: 65-80%. One seedling is slightly behind the others.
7/30/2024
Moved the two strong seedlings into the final 4x4 rDWC setup. Currently no water in the buckets or reservoir, allowing a bit of drying of the seedling plugs and stabilization of the environment before introducing first water and nutrient solution. Total system volume: 12 gallons. Left seedlings covered for a few hours after transplant to reduce transplant shock.
7/31/2024
Filled the system with nutrient water in the morning with about 7 gallons of water to keep the water level low. Return from reservoir for each bucket sprays at one side of the net pot so the LECA is wetted, but not drenched by a top drip. Slowly bringing the environmental temp down as the plants take hold in an effort to remove space heater. VPD between 0.8-1.1.
8/1/2024
Both plants look to be passed the transplant shock and appear to be growing. Lights are currently set at 25%, DLI around 18-20 for both plants at 18 hour interval. Using strictly distilled water in the humidifier seems to be far more effective at maintaining humidity!
8/3/2024
Changed lights to vegetative setting and increased to 30% - DLI around 22.
8/5/2024
Both plants have roots growing out of the net pot. Not quite to the water in the buckets yet, but should be there in the next few days. Both plants are looking strong and healthy! Plant A is showing slightly different development sights from Plant B, maybe two different phenotypes? Either way, both are healthy and should be exploding in growth here over the next few days!
8/7/2024
Plant A is looking to be fighting some issues. It may be light-related as I recently increased the light intensity. I raised the light about 10 inches. Keeping a close eye on it. By visual inspection of the roots in the bucket, I do not believe it is root rot at this point. Plant B is distinctly different and appears to be doing very well.
First actual nutrient mix in use this week.
8/9/2024
Rasied lights, set to veg, and increased intensity to 80%. DLI is around 30-32 for both plants. Water is maintaining pH around 6.
8/12/2024
Noticed the temperature of the water in the buckets inside the temp was running a bit high, even though the reservoir outside the tent was stable at 68-70F. Added foil insulation to cover the net pots - should help with reducing evaporation as well. Both plants appear to be doing well and thriving in this setup. Looking to top them both here in the next few days.
8/14/2024
Topped plant A due to the node spacing and side branching. Hopefully, this will cause this pheno to bush out a bit more.
Intentionally FIMed plant B due to the short internodal spacing and difficulties getting a clean cut for a topping. This plant is already quite bushy and condensed - hoping that it will respond nicely to FIM.
Water was not changed over entirely, only added one fresh gallon of nutrient water with additional nutrients added to step up entire system to close to 575-600ppm. Both plants are looking great, root zone needs some improvement with water temperatures. I have ordered a larger water cooler and hope that will help reduce the water temperature inside the tent. Although water temps are a bit high in the buckets, the roots are flourishing and are pearly white!
8/16/2024
Noticed Plant A is showing signs of potassium issues. Added one fresh gallon of non-nutrified water as I was unable to complete a water change.
8/17/2024
Pumped out 5 gallons of nutrient water and refreshed with 5 new gallons. Both plants look to be responding well to the water change. The resulting PPM was 650 after allowing time for the system to reach equilibrium. Extra insulation on the buckets is helping to maintain lower water temperatures throughout the day with lights on in the tent. The environment is pretty well dialed in at an average 1.2-1.6 VPD.
8/19/2024
Replaced water cooler with one that is twice the size and rated for 15-gallon systems. Running reservoir temp target at 18.5 C. Conducted some minor LST on the bushy plant (Plant B) to get the middle opened up a bit more. Did some leaf tucking on plant A to get the lower branches some more direct light.
8/20/2024
Both plants are looking phenomenal. There is a very slight cannabis smell in the tent at all times.
8/21/2024
Added two fresh gallons with week 4 nutrients to bring the reservoir up to 750ppm. Will plan to do a more substantial water change in the next few days. Both plants are booming! Added the trellis netting to begin training the plants to fill the tent! This week should be interesting.
8/24/2024
Both plants are looking good up to this point. Have continued to add fresh nutrient water as they are drinking much more now. I have a second trellis net on hand as I believe it will be required for an aditional layer of support as they stretch into pre-flower. Looking like a 4.5 or 5 week veg before flipping.
8/25/2024
Noticed Plant B water level was only a few inches in the bottom of the bucket. Had a pump flow rate issue with most of the feed from the reservoir diverting to the closer bucket. Working to rectify the issue, but Plant B is definitely stunted, unfortunately.
8/27/2024
The water level issue was remedied by putting a separate pump and feed line in place for each plant. Continuing to defoliate as I prepare to take clones. I will likely run this week of veg a few extra days to allow Plant B to recover a bit from the water issues. Additionally, after taking clones I will give 1-2 days of recovery for the plants before switching to 12-12 and starting pre-flower!
8/29/2024
Raised the lights to drop DLI to about 30. Continuing to monitor water level issues.
8/30/2024
Did a final pruning on both plants before flipping to flower tomorrow. Started topping reservoir with bloom nutrient blend. Shortened light cycle by 2 hours to not shock the plants into flower. Added a second layer of trellis netting. Plant A (larger of the two) is absolutely thriving, plant B (smaller of the two) is bouncing back from the water level issues earlier this week! Both plants are looking ready for flower.
8/31/2024
Both plants getting their first day of bloom spectrum lighting, red spectrum dominant. Already seeing signs of flowering on Plant A - the transition into flower must have been perfect. Otherwise, this plant might be an autoflower? DLI on canopy top around 30-32. Lights set to 70% intensity.
Reduced lung room humidity to 50% target. Lots of rain lately and the dehumidifier is working hard to keep up with 60-80% outdoor humidity. Tent humidity is hanging out around 60-65%
9/2/2024
Checking over both plants and doing light defoliation of larger fan leaves. Looking for more pre-flower signs on Plant B. Small nodules appearing on plant B. slightly odd formations compared to plant A. I will be keeping a close eye on this over the next few days.
Water level issues from last week are well within control. Since the fix was implemented the system requires about 2 fewer gallons to keep the system cycling as intended. Continuing to top the reservoir with fresh nutrient water with about 1 gallon of water per day. Still have not conducted a water change from the system. I will be planning one here closer to the end of this week when I have a little bit more free time at home.
9/3/2024
Plant A has a few signs of natural varieagation on fan leaves. Also found this cool leaf formation on a few of the larger fan leaves (see picture above). Plant B pre-flower signs still look odd, but monitoring closely.
9/6
Plant B still unconfirmed as a female. Preflower expressions are looking slightly more female, but no hairs yet. Both plants are looking healthy and doing well! The flow issues with the return line was due to a root mass making its way into the line and getting stuck. I was able to pump it out with some suction. Flow is completely returned and both buckets, back to stress free hydro for a few more days :D
9/8/2024
Plant B showing signs of female with hairs coming from the pre-flower formations. Looks to be stretching and starting to push into flower as well. Plant A is growing insanely well! Continuing to defoliate daily by removing larger fan leaves here and there to continue to open up the canopies on both plants.
No complete water change yet since a few weeks ago. I have continued to add fresh nutrient water with an occasional pH-adjusted gallon of filtered water + cal mag.
9/10/2024
Both plants and stretching nicely and developing great canopies! Plant A is an absolute monster, plant B is small and compact but has really good node spacing already. I am expecting some nice flower development over the next few weeks!
Topping off the reservoir with about 1 - 1.5 gallons per day of nutrient water at this point. Continuing to prune a good handful of leaves and smaller growth from the plants to open up the canopy leading up to day 21 final trim. Trying to stay ahead of a huge stress event for the plants.
9/12/2024
Continuing to defoliate handful of leaves and prune smaller undergrowth. Cutting only 2-4 stems per day to avoid over stressing.
9/13/2024
Raised lights over plant A a few inches as it continues to stretch. Also trying to keep the lights low enough for plant B without burning the side branches of plant A.
9/14/2024
All week I have been adding nutrient water to the system. No water change or replacement. However today, I decided to introduce just pH-balanced water to drop the nitrogen concentration in the system as we transition into week 3 flower. Highest PPM throughout the week was around 900, average 800, low in the PM after pH water 700.
Had a minor flow issue with a root plug in one of the drain lines. Blew them out and flow returned.
Humidity in the tent has been slightly higher than ideal this week, although VPD has been around 1 - 1.4 with the lights on. Likely due to the volume of plant matter in the tent. Doing my best to keep up with defoliation and trimming. Day 21 flower will be much needed!
9/15/2024
Stretch is moving along nicely. Only bummer is that the tops are crowding the light fixture and reducing the total light penetration. Working to keep the PPFD and DLI in a reasonable range and even across the canopy.
First day of week 3 bloom nutrients. Both plants are looking incredible and moving along nicely into flower. Working hard to keep Plant A from overcrowding plant B.
9/17/2024
Adjusting fan setup to promote better circulation around the tent. Continuing to move the light over plant A an inch at a time. Running out of room slowly and will likely be forced to supercrop. Added 40watt bar light over plant B to offset the take over from plant A.
9/21/2024
Discovered herm signs all over plant B during trimming. Decided to cull it to avoid issues with plant A. Going to work to tailor the tent setup to push plant A going forward. The empty bucket will remain in the tent but is disconnected from its feed line and return line to the reservoir.
Due to the herm in plant B, I left a lot more plant material on Plant A than I initially planned. With more room, it should hopefully bush out even more! Flower development on plant A is good with great stacking thus far. Still stretching, but slowing down. Any more stretch will require super cropping to avoid burning as I turn the lights up over the next two weeks, Planning to add lower lighting now with the additional space.
9/22/2024
Added 80W LED lights below the canopy. Tilted the other 200W fixture to point into the canopy. Relocated circulation fans to keep air moving through the bush! Great flower development is continuing. The stretch is almost complete, but it is still stretching. Super cropping may be right around the corner. With one bucket removed from the system, the new system volume is right around 7-8 gallons.
9/23/2024
Forced to do a water change after a massive spike in PPM up to 2400. Cycled the system with about 5 gallons of pH water and pumped off about 4 gallons. Replaced 3 gallons containing appropriate nutrient concentration to get PPM back to 800 -900 range. Increased lights to 85%. Super cropped some of the lanky main stems that were growing right at the lights. Light directly over the plant is pretty much maxed out on height at this point. Looking to increase intensity by the end of this week to 90% and then to 100% by the end of week 5. Continuing to defoliate larger fan leaves a few per day.
9/24/2024
Plant is looking incredibly healthy even after the water issues. Some trichomes starting to develop on sugar leaves and flowers. There are tons of flower sights, I am excited to see how they continue to develop!!!
9/25/2024
Moved the light up to its last hanging position. There are only a few more inches of adjustment left. Trying to avoid late supercropping if I can.
9/26/2024
Pruning large fan leaves and fan leaf overgrowth. Looking to leave a lot of the smaller leaves for sugar trim collection if possible. Humidity is not an issue yet, but working to maintain 50-60% is getting close to maxing out my setup. Continuing with light defoliation will hopefully help in managing humidity.
9/27/2024
Have been adding pH-adjusted water as well as reduced nutrient concentration to keep PPM 800-900. Prioritizing bloom nutrients and keeping small amounts of micro and grow in the mix, diamond nectar at around 4mL/gallon.
9/29/2024
The plant is looking extremely healthy! There are tons of flower sights and they are starting to bulk up with nice frost development as well. Daytime air temps and humidity are slightly higher than I would prefer, but working to control it the best I can. Lights are currently at 90%, planning to increase to 95% in the next few days. Stretching looks to have stopped or slowed to a crawl at this point. I am continuing to defoliate large fan leaves and any areas of overgrowth/overlapping of leaves to open up the canopy and promote airflow.
10/1/2024
Raised light directly over the plant about an inch. Starting to put some thought into support as the branches are already putting on some weight and swaying from the fans. Have some 4-foot wooden dowels on standby and plenty of bunchers twine. Small issue with roots in the drain line causing the water level in the bucket to rise. Removed the roots and the issue was resolved. Working to maintain 800-900 PPM in the reservoir.
10/5/2025
Overall pretty stress-free week. Continued to add pH-adjusted water only to maintain 800-900 PPM when needed. Still defoliating a few leaves per day to continue to open things up throughout the canopy. Flowers are developing nicely and the frost is everywhere. The smell in the tent is wonderful and quite pungent! Arm hair is getting sticky from reaching in to grab leaves!
10/6/2024
Starting to reduce PPM in the reservoir with just pH-adjusted water. Buds are putting on some weight now! Lights are turned up to 95% and raised the one directly over the plant to another inch or so. Recorded daytime air temperature in the tent is around 83F, leaf temperature is 78F. Keeping humidity around 50-55% in the tent. Lung room is set to 45% humidity.
10/8/2024
Noticed some potential light bleaching from the lights likely being too close at too high of an intensity. Backed them down to 90% and will likely remain there for the rest of the week. Some minor nutrient issues showing up with black tips and mild rust spotting on larger fan leaves, maybe early fade, but likely a slight deficiency with a slight p/k excess.
Pumped off 2 gallons of reservoir to replace with fresh nutrient solution.
10/9/2024
Plants are showing signs of fade already as mentioned yesterday. Daytime air temps are rising in the tent due to outdoor temps falling and indoor AC not running consistently. I am ok with daytime temps rising to about 82-84F as long as the bud/leaf temperatures stay closer to 80F. Running humidity as low as I am (40-50%) is increasing the VPD (up to 1.8-2.0) on the plants considerably during the daytime. I am glad I left as much plant material as I did as it is helping considerably during these high VPD windows.
The smell is amazingly strong with notes of fruit, pine, and a few notes of diesel coming through. Super pungent!
10/13/2024
Reduced light to 85%, which has dropped tent temperatures a few degrees. Daytime air temp high is around 82 again with leaf/bud temperatures around 78. Seasonal changes have dropped outdoor temperatures and therefore indoor temperatures as well. Night temperatures are getting down around 69F. Lung room humidity is bouncing between 45-50%.
The plant is looking strong with some definite signs of fade setting in around the canopy. Trichome development is great, a lot of white showing up and starting to look frosty! For the last few days I have not pruned many leaves to allow the plant to pull nutrients if needed. Mainly because I still have not done a full water change in the system. I have continued to water with a reduced strength nutrient solution with the same ratio to maintain the 600 - 650 PPM window.
10/18/2024
It has been a pretty stress-free week. Humidity has dropped a bit lower than I would like so I have had to use the humidifier to keep VPD in check with daytime temperatures in the low 80s. I have spotted a few seeds developing around the plant (maybe a handful). From what I can tell it does not look pollinated and I cannot see any nanners. Either pollen from the second plant was mature enough and stuck around after culling, it pollinated itself, or parthenogenesis is at play here. Regardless, going to finish the plant as planned.
Trichomes are about 95% white at this point, by inspection with 30x loupe.
10/19/2024
Started the water change to reduce reservoir PPM to about 450 by pumping some off and replacing the water with pH-adjusted water. About 5 gallons cycled. Reduced lights to 80%. The fade is really taking hold and looking quite nice. Plant is still very healthy and the smells are amazing!
Trichomes are about 98% white by 30x loupe.
10/20/2024
The way the fade is progressing in the plant, it might be about a week to harvest at this point. Will keep an eye on the trichomes closely to monitor. Targeting about 10-15% amber. Starting to prune some of the larger faded fan leaves that are reaching necrosis. The smell is incredibly pungent! Anytime I open the tent my entire basement smells like fresh cannabis! Removed under lighting right as lights shut off for the night. The main lights are set to 80% for today.
10/21/2024
Seeing a lot more potential seeds than last week popping up on the left side of the plant. Still no signs of nanners anywhere, so I am continuing to doubt self-pollination here. Regardless, there is a lot of flower material and I will process what is seeded! The smell is getting more and more potent as the days continue. Changing slightly to a bit more diesel and pine than fruity, very slight chocolate or sweet notes. Flowers are extremely dense and compact, hopefully super resinous! Raised lights as high as they can go as soon as they shut off this evening. Reducing the lights to 75% for tomorrow and may continue reducing as needed or maintain the set point.
Trichomes 95-98% cloudy by visual inspection with a 30x loupe.
10/22/2024
Pruning faded and slightly necrotic leaves. Most of them are ready to come off and require very little force to remove. Most of the leaves I am pulling off are covered in trichomes with large amounts of amber present, starting to build my dry sift storage up! The topmost flowers and sugar leaves are continuing to mature, but no signs of amber on the top flowers yet. Still seeing about 98% cloudy around the top. Lower canopy (with removed under lighting) have some amber popping up on the flowers around 1%, the lower fan leaves are around 15% amber at this point. Reducing lights to 70% for tomorrow.
10/23/2024
Amber trichomes are showing up all over the plant now. Fan leaves are about 10-15% amber all around the plant. Flowers are looking to be about 100% cloudy at this point. Harvest will be this weekend. Reducing lights to 60% for tomorrow.
10/24/24
Reduced lights to 50% for tomorrow.
10/25/24
Once the lights turn off today I will be turning lights off for the next 2 days or so to give the plant 24-48 hours of darkness before cut and hang. Pumped off the entire reservoir and bucket inside the tent. Replaced with 4 gallons of pH-adjusted water.
10/27/2024
Harvest day after about 40 hours of darkness. The plant smelled absolutely incredible with heavy notes of diesel! Super pungent and made my basement smell for a few days after the initial harvest and hanging! I cut out large branches to remove from the trellis netting and hung the branches outside before resetting the tent for drying. A quick removal of large fan leaves and anything that would cover flowers during drying. Targeting 60% humidity for 1 week before trimming and cure.
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