1st Grow Peyote Critical Started Xmas 18

I just transplanted 1 of the Peyote Criticals (the one that got a close up) and overall I think theyre doing very well. 2 of the Peyotes got started a few days late (a pineapple chunk died mysteriously) but I think they'll be ready for the solo cups in the next day or two also. I germinated these in paper towels and one of the Peyotes grew between the layers and I had to get it out with tweezers, unfortunately when it went in the Root Riot pod, half of it's root broke off. Surprisingly, the little thing bounced right back, I even had an issue one morning where it dried out faster than the others and had fallen over. I thought it was dead but within an hour of watering it was standing right back up! (The other 2 solo cup seedlings are LSD's from Barney's Farm)

*1/8/19* I got my largest 2 plants transplanted into their 5 gals last night, a Peyote and an LSD from my other journal, and theyre both loving it so far! Now I did have some issues with burned tips, the worst was on the transplanted Peyote seen here but I think that was because of a faulty pH meter. I got some really nice test strips from my local hydro store and they seem to be doing much better already. Ive also started watering them with quarter strengths of Calmag, Fox Farm Grow Big and Fox Farm Big Bloom about every other watering. Ive still got everyone on 24 hours of light but thatll go down to 18 a few days after the other plants get transplanted and settled in. Although they did survive a crisis of a 2 hour long power outage a couple nights ago haha. Also I took these pictures with a pair of growroom sunglasses over my camera lense, if yall have any other ideas for taking pictures let me know! **Update 1/10/19** Administered Neem Oil before lights out

**1/16** Everyones doing fairly well, I had some issues with heat stress that have been getting better and I had a couple of these girls get some slight yellowing of their bottom leaves so I've resumed giving them quartered nutrients every other watering. I did have one stall out on me, I realized I screwed up with it. I was spraying the closet walls to increase humidity a little bit, and that lil girl got some splashback….and I hadn't thought to ph the water. Anyways it didn't do much of anything for 4 or 5 days so I topped her and so far its doing well. Going a bit slow but is making progress, I'm hoping to transplant that one to a 5 gal sometime this week. Other than that I'm probably going to start topping the other girls and getting to LST-ing, let me know what yall think! Thanks!

**1/23//19** Things are going pretty well for the most part, temperature control has been difficult this week because of the weather but I can only do so much about that. The plant that stunted early and that I topped had some issues with its bottom leaves that I thought was a deficiency, but after they dropped it actually started kicking things into gear so maybe it was just a side effect of the stunt. I got everyone elses LST started and I topped the biggest of the Peyotes, its side branches are going wild! I even took off a fan leaf that was getting in the way of light to the lower branches but I don't think I need to defoliate it or anything yet. I did temporarily stop with the foxfarm grow big because I was just starting to see a little bit of burnt tips so I boosted the calmag a little bit and watered until I saw runoff and that seems to have done the trick! **Update 1/25/19** I went ahead and topped the last 2 of these girls last night, theyre doing well so far! **update 1/27** These girls are going back to a 24 hour light schedule for at least this week, the temps here in Michigan are just too low to maintain without it **Update 1/28** Did some minor defoliation on the biggest of the peyote's,shes getting so big and bushy so fast now that they were really just getting in the way of a lot of the new tops. I took 6 leaves so I'll letcha know if it holds her back but shes the strongest in the closet haha

**1/29/19** Everyones doing well, the one in the back named Shaggy and oooh boy shes getting BIG. Im a little worried it'll get out of control before the others are ready but yknow I'll figure it out haha. Had to put everyone back to a 24 hour light schedule because the weather is just so bad I cant control temps without the light on, but they seem to be enjoying it haha. The small one that got stunted is trying its best but Ive decided to pop 2 auto amnesia's because that one and the mutated lsd just aren't going to give me the yields I need and I have room for 2 3 gallons. According to the breeder they should take about 80 days which is around when I'm hoping to harvest these so hopefully they can make up for it a bit. Other than that everyones been topped and is making progress, the 2 smaller peyotes are really starting to get on it so that's exciting

**2/5/19** Not much to report other than these girls are doing really well and seem to actually enjoy the 24 hour light schedule now. Theyre really exploding, even the little one that got stunted!

Sorry no update for this week I was extremely sick

**2/18** HELP! I was checking on my plants today and I think Ive found a phosphorus deficiency! I didn't update last week because I was extremely sick but I was keeping up with them, today I noticed some lower leaves on 2 of the Peyotes and 1 of the LSD's were turning yellow and dying off, and a couple have strange crispy spots near the edges. I water them roughly every 3 days so I don't think overwatering is the issue, I was hoping to put these girls into flower this week but now I don't know what exactly to do. Should I introduce the big bloom or not? Please any advice is appreciated I have so much invested in these girls! **Update Thanks for your advice everyone, I took a nap and charged my camera to add some more photos. Now Im actually noticing a bit of clawing and everything just seems kinda down and droopy, but my soil feel really dry and the pots are pretty light. I ended up giving them a light flush with plain 6.2 water and it came out somewhere between 5.8-6.0. Gave them their first 12 hours of darkness and so far they look a bit better to me. Cant quite tell what the yellowing is doing but theyre perking up and not nearly as wilted. Temps got lower than I meant for them to but thatll be different tomorrow night. Just gotta wait and see what they look like tomorrow not too much I can do now until they need water again **Update 2/22 I was going to water them last night but didn't get home before the lights went out, still lookin a little yellow in some lower leaves but it doesn't seem to be getting worse, I'll be adding quarter strength calmag and big bloom to this watering

2/25 First week of flower is done, theyre looking a lot better than they were. All of the Peyotes have pistils now so Im excited to see what they do! Thanks again to everyone for their advice!

3/5/19 Sorry Im a day late updating the diaries, Ive been super busy haha. Everyones looking grood for the most part, they've been drinking a LOT. Seem to really be liking the Bloom nutes, I'll probably bump them to full strength this week

3/11 Going well, these girls and the LSD's have been getting watered about every 2-3 days and they seem to be loving the stronger dose of Bloom nutes. I doubt you can tell in the photos but the Peyotes are actually starting to produce frost already which I'm pretty sure is a grood thing hahaha. Oh Im also messing with exposure levels on my camera, hopefully these photos are a bit better lemme know what yall think!

3/18/19 The peyotes are just bulking up and getting frostier, Ive boosted their Big Bloom to full strength and have introduced Tiger Bloom and they seem to love it. Theyre splitting almost gallon between the 4 of them every other day now so theyre some thirsty girls but theyre doing well. I got a little pocket microscope and they've developed trichomes but theyre still just clear so Im thinking another 3ish weeks probably? This is my first grow so I'm not completely sure. Theyre getting smellier tho lol

These girls are getting fatter and frostier everyday, pretty pleased with em! 3 of em have about 20-30% cloudy trichomes but ones closer to 40-50, I put my finger in front of the pictures of that particular plants so lemme know what yall think of it! Also they might look a little droopy in these pics I just watered them like an hour ago lol

4/1/19 These girls are doing very well, I just checked the trichomes and theyre probably all between 70-80% cloudy and starting to get some amber. So they'll most likely start their flush this week, probably going to flush them for 10 days. Questions though, all of these girls will be dry trimmed after 3 days of darkness so does it matter when theyre last watered when you harvest? Like should I flush them and then put them in the dark and harvest or what haha, These girls will be my first plants Ive ever harvested so I just wanna get it right haha Also I have a tent to dry them, since theyre being dry trimmed about how humid should I keep it in there? Everyone seems to have their own ideas about it haha

4/10/19 Sorry Im a couple days late updating this I haven't been home much haha. These girls are doing well though, a little over a week of being flushed. They've all gotten a half gallon of cold water twice now, next one in a day or two will have some ice in it. I think they've got about a week left but the trichomes are coming along really nicely. So there will probably be 1 more entry before harvest. And don't worry yall I will be updating with the dry weight and everything haha

4/15/19 These girls are doing very well, I just gave them their last flush and threw em in the dark tent so they'll be harvested sometime in the next 3-4 days. The photos were taken right before I put em in there. I'll be dry trimming them so expect the final harvest update with weights and whatnot in about 2 weeks. Thanks for the help on this one yall! **Update 4/18** These girls came down today and are drying and ooooooh boy are they smelly hahaha!

If anyone has any advice on getting a larger harvest or any ideas on why these girls produced some seeds let me know! I really needed a lot more off these girls so I am disappointed, but seeing as its my first grow I don't think things went too terribly