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Germinated in paper towel
Sprouted 7/15
Put in soil and it popped out next day.
It’s been oddly stretching all week no other plants in the garden are doing that.
Transplanted into 2 gallon pot on Thursday
Mostly happy frog soil-1/4 fox farm ocean forest soil because I ran out I like to do 1/2 and 1/2 usually
3tbsp per gallon Gaia green 444
5-10 tbsp ewc
Light increased 40-45% throughout week
Tuesday- it’s finally starting to focus some energy on it’s leaves hope it gets going soon
Sunday- went camping this weekend but made sure to water before leaving. Sunday the plants were dry and ready for water when I got back. I’ve been working with this plant through the week trying to increase the main cola size. It’s a younger plant so I need it taller before training it outwards so I can keep it close to the other plants. Starting to take off finally hopefully next week we see some serious growth
Just watering when dry and bending branches
Light intensity will be increased throughout week from 45%-50%
Nutrients listen in week 1
Tuesday- plant is still doin its thing I hope it gets some size in the branches soon. It’s the youngest plant by 2 weeks and its sister is the tallest in the garden right nke
Friday- she’s getting tall and the lower branches need some energy at this point if she’s gunna be big by the harvest date. Topped it today
Daily tasks:
Just watering when dry and bending branches, tucking leaves for light penetration
Light intensity will be increased throughout week from 50%-55%
Nutrients listen in week 2
Week 4:
Scrog net arrived so I put it up, I plan to use it when the plants get a little taller. Probably within the next week or two
*Top dressing this week on 8/15-8/16*
Top dressing:
3tbspn Gaia green 444
3 tbspn Gaia green 284
10tbspn Wiggle Worm Earth Worm Castings
Tuesday 8/13 - only leaf tucking today hoping to get some good height gains this week, most plants are getting bushy so I want those new branches to grow into their own.
8-18
Plant was heavily defoliated and lst performed. A lot of leaves the size of my hand, very impressive gene
Daily tasks:
Just watering when dry and bending branches, tucking leaves for light penetration
Light intensity will be increased throughout week from 55%-60% and held there until flowering.
Nutrients listen in week 4
Week 5:
Tuesday- just leaf tucked today. Plants got defoliated Sunday so they got a little stressed and it pushed the water day one day back. No worries this was expected
Daily tasks:
Just watering when dry and bending branches, tucking leaves for light penetration
Light intensity will be kept at 60% until flowering.
Nutrients listen in week 4
Week 6:
Tuesday- just leaf tucked today. Plants got defoliated Sunday so they got a little stressed and it pushed the water day one day back. No worries this was expected
Friday 8/26- has some leaves on top that look like they have wind damage/stress. Fans were moved higher in the tent. Just low stress training and light defoliation on this one, trying to trick it into being as tall as the rest. Won’t be as bushy but it’ll fill up the space it has when it stretches.
Daily tasks:
Just watering when dry and bending branches, tucking leaves for light penetration
Light intensity will be kept at 60% until flowering.
Nutrients listen in week 5
Week 7:
Will be flipping to flower at the end of next week
Tuesday 8/27: transplanted today using
Sunday 9/1: Its getting harder to take pictures and honestly I’m over the maintenance. Defoliated today and Flipping to flower so only 2-3 more weeks of serious canopy maintenance. These girls are going to be huge and I hope to have all the usable flowers above the scrog net.
The girls love the teas I give them. Always look bright and lively the following week. I’ve noticed a big difference in the trichome production when using the teas on my autos and will continue to implement them between top dressings to “super juice” the flowers. (Look at notes this one did not get a tea recently)
Nutrients next week
Daily tasks:
Just watering when dry and bending branches, tucking leaves for light penetration
Light intensity will be kept at 60% until flowering.
Nutrients listen in week 5
9/2-9/7
The stretch has started
This one doubled in size in about 2 weeks!
Brewing a tea on 9/5 and giving on 9/7
Tea ingredients:
5 gallon water
4 tablespoons molasses
40 tablespoons earth worm casting
5 tablespoons Gaia green 444
5 tablespoons Gain green 284
5 tablespoon Down to Earth kelp meal
3 tablespoon Down to Earth alfalfa meal
5 tablespoons Gaia green rock phosphate
9/12
This thing is huge, it caught up to its older sister and is now the tallest plant in the closet with an acceptable amount of budsites. Looks like leaving it alone and letting it stretch tall in the beginning weeks payed off and helped me reach my goal. Makes me realize that, with my plant height goals, maybe I should do less training earlier in veg.
Defoliated heavily for the last time today
9/14
Growing the buds now!!
9/17
Just defoliating to help with light penetration when I notice new bud sites being blocked.
Light increased to 75%
This one has farther node spacing
9/18
Brew tea for all plants in tent 36-48 hours:
5 gallon water
40 tablespoons (Wiggle Worm) organic Earth Worm Castings
4 tablespoons organic unsulfured molasses
5 tablespoons Gaia Green 444
5 tablespoons Gaia Green 284
5 tablespoon Gaia Green Rock Phosphate
5tablespoon Down To Earth Kelp Meal
4 Tablespoons Down to Earth Alfalfa Meal
9/19-give tea
Added a second scrog net for the taller plants last Friday. Constantly defoliating to increase light penetration but not trying to stress the plants. (Selective leaf picking)
Plants loved the tea I have them last week. Visual improvements in every plant 2 days later.
Top dressing later this week on 9/29:
5 tablespoons Gaia green 444
5 tablespoons Gaia Green 284
15 tablespoon Wiggle Worm Earth Worm Castings
Light increased to 75%
Ive been batting heat climate in my tent all week but have dialed in the humidity to stay within my vpd range.
Temp is about 83-85 degrees and 60-70%RH
Some plants showing signs of cal-mag deficiency… I think. Ph has always been calculated and not ever been a problem
Tea last Friday 10/11:
5gallons water
60 tablespoons Earth Work Castings
8 tablespoons Gaia Green 444
8 tablespoons Gaia green 284
4 tablespoon Gaia Green Rock Phosphate
5 tablespoon Down to Earth Kelp meal
4 tablespoon Down to Earth Alfalfa Meal
4 tablespoon un sulfured organic blackstrap molasses
Beautiful colors coming out now and heavy frosty buds. I think this is the prize plant of this grow
Tea given 10/21 brewed for 48 hours: (distributed across 8 5 gallon pots)
5gallons water
60 tablespoons Earth Work Castings
8 tablespoons Gaia Green 444
8 tablespoons Gaia green 284
4 tablespoon Gaia Green Rock Phosphate
6 tablespoon Down to Earth Kelp meal
6 tablespoon Down to Earth Alfalfa Meal
4 tablespoon un sulfured organic blackstrap molasses
This is the last nutrients she will get, just watering for the next 2-4 weeks until she’s ready.
Light at 85%
End of week 9 from flip on 11/3
Just giving water the past 2 weeks. And these girls are starting to fade out nicely. Based on trichomes I’m expecting another 2 weeks
Trichomes are mostly cloudy but no amber anywhere except sugar leaves. So not fully mature yet
Lights increased to 90% and lowered 4 inches. I’m maxed out on power in my grow room during the 12 hours this big ass light is on.
Also dealing with some serious heat in the tent the past 2 weeks.. the swing function on my swamp cooler stopped working so it doesn’t push air into that side of the grow room. Around 80-88 degrees but I’m keeping the humidity relative to the vpd chart so all is well just annoying because of the humidity management
Thanks for reading! Check out some of my other plants with the same timeline, they will be part of this 5x5 grow and boast some serious colors and trichomes! As well as details on my process (:
11/10
Just watering this week and next week.
I’ve been defoliating the dead leaves and I can finally start seeing through the trellis net again. Nothing but stacked buds in my workable area.
The fade is finally starting to push through and these girls are developing some serious color and frost! Expecting 2 weeks until fully mature from this point
11/26- chopping the plants after 48 hrs of dark
11/24- start 48 hours of dark
Skipped last week updates because there wasn’t anything new going on.
As expected all these girls are mostly ready to harvest. I’m turning the lights off today.
It’s been a long and fulfilling learning experience with all the different strains in this 5x5 grow. With it being my first big grow I learned a lot and am a little attached to these plants. Some of these girls compete with the best bud I’ve ever grown and the density is unlike anything I’ve been able to create this far. Super grateful to have been able to work with these plants in completing their lifecycle.
Trichones have 5-20% amber depending on the plant and location. Opening the tent it smells like a musty fruity dank gas that slaps you and then dissipates into a relaxing fruity tropical vibe. These girls are ready.
I’ll post pictures of the buds when they are 1 month into cure (about when I start dipping into the stash).
Thanks to those who’ve followed along, this diary was created mainly for me to document my process so I may not be as thorough in the future we will see, I get a bit carried away with explaining. Everything I’ve done from the plants is documented so if you want to recreate or see the problems I struggled with take a look. Have fun grower, peace out ! ☮️