Royal Gorilla

Week 1: The first Gorilla seed failed to germinate so here is the second one and now I only have 1 freebie seed left. I think I will make this one a Mother plant.

Week 2: The first sets of leaves for me always go wonky. No matter if they're photo or auto (maybe that's why my autos get stunted, that first week - something I'm doing is stunting those poor babies). I don't know if it's my watering habits or what. After the first set of leaves though, everything is fine by the end of the 2nd week. It's a wonder that my plants survive, lol, and end up healthy, I see so many good folks have continuous issues when their leaves look like mine...

Week 3: I'm going to veg her to be a Mother and take a nice big cutting from her to make a baby. I defoliated a lot but she bounced back. She's in a 3 gallon pot now. I will be moving her up to a 5 gallon in a few weeks.

Week4: Gorilla girl has been topped and I've defoliated here and there, and she's healthy so far. I'm debating if I should LST or not and let her get tall (Christmas tree shape) or if I should try to create that even canopy (which my skill level is low - when I try for that even canopy, one side is always taller than the other sides, lol. Look at my automatics if you want to know what I mean). Maybe I will try for both! I'm thinking I will make this Royal Gorilla a Mother plant for 1 or 2 cycles and take cuttings from the lower nodes where I would defoliate anyway. So, here goes nothing. To be continued... Happy growing and thanks for visiting!

Week 5: So Gorilla girl here is also growing like a champ, and her leaves are huge! Her nodes aren't as dense as the Royal Critical but she's a beauty for sure! She's currently in a 3 gallon but will move her to a 5 gallon soon. I finally bought more FFOF soil, and perlite. I think my favorite medium is a mixture of 1/3 soil, 1/3 coco coir, and 1/3 perlite. As you can see from the photos I am using LST to flatten her out and the top two colas were super cropped. I really hope I didn't hurt her too badly. Happy Growing, friends!

Week 6: A couple of days into this week, I decide to flip her to 12/12 and she's stretching a bit. Since I only have the one tent with other plants in it, I take them out of the tent and put them in a dark room by themselves for at least 12 hours, then back in the tent in the morning. {I tried HST on the 2 main stems (after I topped her once), both split open and wasn't healing well after a couple of days so I taped them up and they're doing really well again. They're healthy and since I'm flipping them, no more HST just LST-ing to get a somewhat even canopy.}

Week 7: Sorry a pretty boring week... Been flipping them for about 10 days now - they should be going into flower really soon! They're doing really well, pretty much growing themselves. I water and feed and stick them in a small basement bathroom for the night and then into the Light for 12 hours. I read that depending on maturity, the plants can take about two weeks to show sex and go into flower. Here's to hoping for the best 🙏. Happy Growing to all, and to all a good night!

She's in flower. Really easy to take care of, so can't complain. No issues at all. I like the interesting shape from the top view. I defoliate here and there but for the most part, I leave her alone to grow. Feed, water, repeat 12/12 in dark unused bathroom then light tent - rinse and repeat.

Week9: I should be adding Big Bud but keep forgetting. I'm getting old or just tired?! She growing well, not doing much watering every other week, I use coconut water and cal-mag when not watering with the bottle nutes. She is a little less flexible and a bit more difficult to train than her sister Critical so I didn't LST train her too much. I figure she'll yield just fine! Stay Toasty and Happy Flowering!