First ever grow

Using an optic 4 led for this grow. Only running the 50w cobs at the moment and plants are kept 30 inches away. Growing in Promix HP and just light watering for this week

Really good growth on pheno 1 so far. Leaves are nice and big. Decided to transplant at day 10 for pheno #1. I did mess up a little bit while transplanting as the soil was still a bit too wet. Hopefully won't have issues with shock. 2 days after transplant and the plant is doing well. Still seeing good growth every day so it doesn't seem to be shocked. Pheno #2 is slowly trecking along. Hoping to see good growth within the next few weeks. Just did a transplant of pheno #2 as it was starting to get root bound at the base of the cup. Seems to be doing ok with slight transplant shock

Just starting week 3 for pheno #1 and it got its first feed today. I gave it about 500mls of water will see how it reacts to it over the next few days. Did a top for pheno #1 last night and transplanted to 3 gallon pot as I had roots shoots out the bottom of the drainage holes.

Transplanted her on January 23rd and topped her the day before so suffered from a decent amount stress plus watering at the wrong ph which was causing clawing. She seems to be recovering pretty well and will keep an eye on her throughout the week Transplanted pheno #2 on day 23. The soil exploded a bit during transplant and I thought I was going to suffer from transplant shock but to my amazement there was no shock whatsoever. These plants seem to be very light feeders, they’ve only been fed once so far.

Plants are growing like crazy. She’s super bushy and a very light feeder. I’ve fed pheno #1 once since sprout and she doesn’t stop growing. Good progress so far! So it’s been a little over a month since these have sprouted. They have only been fed once to date and the plant still looks healthy. Black dog seems to be a very light feeder so far.

Been struggling with giant plant this week. She’s been suffering from clawing even though there’s no nitrogen toxicity. Ph has been the same and no signs of nute burn.

Managed to fix the issues I was having with this plant and the tops are growing out nicely. Will be flipping to flower in 3 weeks.

Pheno 2 has been doing really well throughout this grow. But I’m struggling with pheno #1. She has been droopy the past few days and new growth is lighter than the rest of the plant. I have ruled out overwatering. I don’t know if it’s nitrogen deficiency because the old growth completely fine. Temperature in the tent is 25-26 degrees celcius and humidity sits at 50%. Any help would be great appreciated. In terms of feeding I feed every other watering and water till 20% runoff

Finally got pheno #1 to recover from all the droopiness. She looked like she was just hungry and is starting to bounce back real nice. I will be switching to flower this Sunday, wish me luck!

Flipped her to flower yesterday but I’m counting today as day 1 as it’s the first proper light cycle. I have raised my light to 27 inches just in case of excess stretch as I won’t be able to go into the tent much due to time constrictions. I will be feeding her veg nutes during the stretch period as the extra nitrogen should help with growth. Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly from today. Pheno #1 has been giving me some issues with high ppm in runoff. I have managed to correct it and will be giving her a veg feeding tomorrow to see how she reacts.

Just starting week 2 of flowering and all my problems with pheno #1 seem to fixed. Plant is not droopy at all anymore but leaves are lighter in colour and slightly behind on pistil formation. Pheno #2 has been doing amazing and stretched out real nice. I gave her the very first bloom feeding since the pistols have really started to pop on her. Excited to see how she will turn out over the next 6 weeks Day 14 and pheno #2 seems to be in the lead. Not sure if it’s because she was the one I topped the least or just genetics. Looking forward to the journey ahead to see how these buds develop and mature.

Plants are starting dank now but pheno #2 is still ahead. Also noticing an issue with this brown/purple streaking on fan leaves on pheno #1 at the very top of the plant just under the leaves where the buds are forming. If anyone has any idea let me know. Noticed lots of clawing on pheno #1 and she looked all weird. Did a flush yesterday with 50 Litres of water at 6.5 ph and then added 10 litres of half strength nutes. No droopiness the next day and she does look a little better. She is however behind in terms of growth compared to pheno #2

Good start off to week 4. I did a 50 litre flush for pheno #1 and she bounced back real good. She is super happy and growth is really starting to pick up. A little more small in the tent now so I’m happy. I’ve also added bamboo sticks for both plants since I’m not using scrog so no trellis net to stop the plants from falling over once they start to pack on weight. Excited to see how the next couple are gonna go. Hopefully no more issues :)

Heading into week 9 and seeing some good trichrome production so far. I’ve upped my nutes to 2.5ml/L and no issues with pheno #1 after the major flush. Not much smell in the tent yet but I’m assuming it’s going to change drastically over the next 2 weeks. Can’t wait to see how this run goes. Only about a month or more left till I chop her down. Update on day 31 of flower: So trichrome production has doubled over the last few days and pheno #1 has really doubled in size due to a heavy feed and she’s spread out more with the help of tying her branches to bamboo stakes. Also starting to see some nice stacking on main colas and a little more thickness. No increase in terpene smell yet but I’m expecting it to really improve over the next 2 weeks.

Day 2 of week 6 and things seem to be going ok. I ran into a horrible problem 2 days ago, my power went out in the middle of the night and reset the timer on the light so for 2 days my lights came on during the light cycle. I am really hoping I don’t see any nanners within the next 2-3 weeks as that would just ruin 4 months of work. I will be switching to an external timer next run to prevent this from happening. I have been checking for nanners on a daily basis.

Day 43 of flower and no issues so far. Pheno #2 is stacking beautifully and is actually getting decently fat and she’s caked in trichromes. Pheno #1 is behind on the stack, colas are half the size which might be due the fact that she was topped 7 times, who knows. Super happy with the results so far. It smells like berries in there. I definitely feel this strain needs longer than 8 weeks. I’m aiming for 65 days of flower. Let me know if you guys think I should run her longer. Update at Day 45: White pistils have started reversing a bit and starting to grow brown. They seem to be doing pretty well. Pheno #1 is suffering from calcium deficiency but it’s too late inflower for me to try to do anything to fix it and the plant is pretty happy so I’m not worried. I’m still aiming to harvest at day 65. Did a squeeze test today just to get a feel of what the terpenes smell like. Pheno #1 is leaning more towards emerald headband as it just smells like gas and I love gas despite her being a finicky bitch to grow I’m excited lol. Pheno #2 is leaning towards blackberry kush as it just smells like fruity berries.

Half way through week 8 and pheno #1 is swelling and pistils are starting to turn brown and she should ready for flush in a few days. Pheno #2 on the other is still throwing new pistils and is still growing. Not sure how exactly I’m going harvest these 2 at the same as she looks like she needs at least a week longer.

Pheno #1 is swelling up real nice and 95% of pistils are now orange: I have started feeding her plain water and will continue to do so for the next 10 days. She reeks of gasoline ⛽️⛽️⛽️. Pheno #2 still looks like she’s a week to 10 days behind. She looks more Sativa leaning and smells like blackberries 🍇🍇. Hoping she finishes in the next 2 weeks.

So we’re at the start of week at 10 and both plants are coming along nicely. Pheno #1 has swelled considerably over the last 2 weeks and she has packed on some serious weight. Pheno #2 is a little behind but unfortunately I will have to chop her early as I have to dry in the tent that I grow in. Will be chopping both plants in a few days. Update Day 67: Both plants have been chopped and hung. They’re taking up 2 rows of across my grow tent. Going for a nice slow dry with temperatures sitting at 65F and humidity sitting at 60%RH.

Overall decently happy with the high from this black d.o.g. Would definitely recommend others to give it a try as she is quite stable and recovers quickly when topped and defoliated. Very good strain for beginners.