Chemdog Fall 2024

Week 0: 12 days of cloning with the OxyClone 20 site cloning machine. During cloning, I used 1.5 gallons of spring water with 2 Tbsp of Clonex. I added addtional spring water and 2 Tbsp of Clonex again on Day 7. Cuttings were misted twice daily, first with water, then with Clonex Rooting Mist. All 20 cuttings started healthy rooting systems. 2024-09-16 (Day -15) Clippings added to OxyClone 2024-09-28 (Day -3) Trimmed bottom of stems. Any extra stem below the roots was removed. 2024-10-01 (Day 1) 1 qt. plastic pots using ProMix HP CC coco coir watered to slight dampness with water and Clonex. Week 1 Veg Begins 2024-10-06 Day 6 - Light veg feeding 2024-10-07 Day 7 - Topped

Week 2 2024-10-08 to 2024-10-14 Day #8: Topped each clone Day #11: Raised light and adjusted intensity to reach 12k LUX Day #14: New tops are looking strong on each. The root system has reached the bottom of the pots and is starting to backfill up the sidewalls. The roots are white and healthy.

Week 3 2024-10-15 to 2024-10-21 Day 29 Veg (15th) - transplant to 5 gallon cloth pots and lightly water edges. Day 31 Veg (17th) - 1 quart Veg Feed* with CalMag around edges of pots. Day 34 Veg (20th) - LST Day 35 Veg (21st) - LST SIDENOTE: I included a couple of photos of the mother plant and her sister, currently in week 3 of flower. The mother plant, naturally, is the smaller of the two. After 20 cuttings, it is still producing several kolas. *Note: Veg feed "based" on 3-Part Weekly Basic nutrient chart provided by General Hydroponics. Nutrient amounts may be adjusted in the event the clones show signs of deficiencies. See their website for a copy of this chart.

Week 4 2024-10-22 to 2024-10-28 10-25 Day 39 Veg: LST for both 3g and 5g pots 1q Veg Feed 10-27 Day 41 Veg: .5 g feeding 10-28 Day 42 Veg: Bottom Feed .5 g -------------------- ***Mother Plants Update*** 10-22 Day 27/66 1/2 g water each 10-24 Day 29/68 1g Bloom Feed** + CAL-MAG 10-26 Day 31/70 1g water + CALMAG ** Bloom Feed Mix (6 gallons) FloraMicro 60ml FloraGro 30ml FloraBloom 90ml CALMAG 30ml

Week 5 2024-10-29 to 2024-11-04 This past week saw 12.5 inches of rain in my area, bringing the humidity levels and the creeks rising. The grow room and tents had an inch of water in the floor. I have started the application of colloidal silver to one of the Chemdawg plants in the 2x4 tent with 1 gallon cloth pots. My intention is to produce both seed, and gather pollen for later use from this tent. 10-31 Day 45 Veg: Moved 5g (4 plants) cloth pots to 5x5x6 tent w/ two SF4000 lights. Moved the Mother and Sister plants to 5x5x6 tent with single SF4000 light. Bottom Feed Bloom Feed mix* at 3q each. 11-01 Day 46 Veg: 2nd topping and LST 11-02 Day: 47 Veg: 5g pots - 1/2 gal Heavy Veg Feed (Top), 1/2 gal Heavy Veg Feed (Bottom) for 1g Heavy Veg Feed Mother & Sister: 1g Bloom Feed* split between top and bottom. *Bloom Feed Mix General Hydroponics MicroFlora Series (3 part nutrient system) with CAL-MAG 6 Gallons Water 30ml CAL-MAG (Botanicare) 60ml FloraMicro 30ml FloraGrow 90ml FloraBloom

Week 6 (Transition Week) 2024-11-05 to 2024-11-11 11-06: We had a four hour power outage today. I was fortunate enough to have dried the grow room out from the recent flooding rains (where's Noah?). After resetting the electric light timers, we are back on schedule. 5g pots - 1g veg feed split top & bottom 11-07 Day 52: 3g pots - 1q feeding to bottom only 11-09 Day 54: - FLIP-TO-FLOWER (5x5 tent w/ 2 SF4000 lights) moving to 12/12 schedule 3g pots - 1/2g bottom feeding ------------------------------------------------------------ ----2x4 SEEDS TENT w/ single ViparSpectra P2000 light---- 11-05 Day 50: Applied colloidal silver to single plant primary nodes for pollen production 11-07 Day 52: Bottom feed 1q each 11-10 Day 55: Today was a big day for the indoor grow. After many hours of strategic thinking, I played musical chairs with the plants, moving them around to best utilize my 5x5 tents and the SF4000 lights. I also needed to put these ladies into flower, but I needed to keep the small 2x4 tent for cloning and germinating other varieties. Deciding to finish out the mother and aunt plants created a hurdle, but they will soon be harvested and create much needed space. Tent #1 - 5x5 w/ SF4000 x 2 Lights (900w total) 5g pots - moved these four ladies in with their mother and aunt into the 5x5 #1 Tent (see picture above). I plan on harvesting the mother and aunt plants in the next couple of weeks, which will be just in time to place more 3g pots in with the 5g and open some space in the #2 5x5 tent (see picture above).

2024-11-12 to 2024-11-19 11-13 Day 4/58 4th day of flower. The plants have stretched 2 to 3 inches 5g pots - 1/2g Transition Feed* 11-15 / Day 6/60 5g pots - 1g Transition Feed* 11-17 / Day 8/62 5g pots - 1.5g/each Flush Feed** @ 662ppm *TRANSITION FEED 5ml/gal CALMAG Plus 10ml/gal FloraMicro 10ml/gal FloraGro 10ml/gal FloraBloom **FLUSH FEED The runoff from flushing the mother and her sister plants.

2024-11-20 to 2024-11-26 11-22 Day 13/67 Saturation feeding - 1/2g to Top and Bottom of pots. I had a trip planned for a couple of days and knew I would be away from the tents. I provided a heavy saturation feeding to the Top and Bottom of each pot.

2024-11-27 to 2024-12-03 Our weather is unusual, as with most places these days. In Missouri, November and December have low RH and rainfall amounts. That is not the case, this year, and we are seeing heavier than average rainfall, creating higher RH levels, but our temps are cycling normally, between 30 and 65 degrees - average for Missouri this time of year, but there are have been some drops into the teens. Since my grow is nearly all manual, I am spending more time turning the heat on and off, and closely monitoring the humidity to try and keep my internal environments around 50% or lower RH. 11-29 Day 20/74 Bottom feeding of .5 gal each 12-02 Day 23/77 Defoliate and lollypop bottom 1/3

2024-12-04 to 2024-12-10 The girls have recovered from the last defoliation. They are starting to eat more, and the aroma is getting stronger: it smacks you in the olfactory when you first open the tent. 12-04 Day 25/79 Bottom feeding of .5 gal each 12-06 Day 27/81 Top feeding .5 gal each 12-09 Day 30/84 Bottom feeding .5 gal each SCROG net added to spread the canopy out and get light to the most flowers possible.

2024-12-11 to 2024-12-17 After adding the scrog net at the end of last week, the canopy is nicely spread out with ample room between the buds. I've started adding more silica blast to the feed to strengthen the stems; the Chemdog flowers can get pretty heavy in full bloom. 12-11 Day 32/86 .5 gal feed at bottom of plant 12-13 Day 34/88 .5 gal feed split between top and bottom 12-15 Day 36/90 .5 gal feed at bottom of plant 12-17 Day 38/92 .5 gal at top and .5 gal feed at bottom of plants.

2024-12-18 to 2024-12-24 The ladies are consuming around 12 gallons of feed a week. The trichomes started covering the flowers when I cranked the light up to 100%. The lights are putting out between 35k LUX at the corners of the tent, to 60k at the center. I am seeing no light burn. I am adding the Silica Blast from Botanicare to strengthen the plants and enable them to hold the weight of the flowers in full bloom. However, I like to keep my PPM readings as close to 1000 as possible, and the Silica Blast will raise this level. In addition, it raises the PH level significantly, and requires some PH Down 12-19 Day 40/94 1 gal feed to each @ bottom of plants 12-23 Day 44/98 1 gal feed split top/bottom

2024-12-25 to 2024-12-31 With less than 2 weeks remaining to this grow, I started the flush - straight water w/ CALMAG for one more watering, then straight water for the last 10 days. With the high humidity from all the rain we have had, as well as higher than average winter temps, it has been difficult to find that sweet spot for Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD). However, we are predicted to have cold and dry weather starting New Years Eve and lasting for a couple of weeks. This will allow me to control the lung room environmental aspects to try to hit that VPD sweet spot for the last couple of weeks of flower. 12-26 Day 47/101 Flushed w/ water and CALMAG - 1.5 gal each 12-30 Day 51/105 Trichomes are mostly milky, with less than 5% amber 12-31 Day 52/106 .5 gal water + CALMAG each. Leaves are starting to show nutrient deficiency from the flush. Water overflow in trays is reddish in color, indicating a large amount of nutrients still in the soil.

2025-01-01 to 2025-01-07 FINAL WEEK Missouri weather is known to be finicky. It finally took the plunge into the single digit temps for the first time this week (7F). Along with the cold weather came ice and snow, causing a short power outage, though this happened during the "lights-out" period and wouldn't affect these girls at this stage, anyway. I was more concerned about keeping it warm enough for a healthy and mature harvest. Luckily, the temps dropped to 51 at the lowest point - at 4 AM (yes, I was awake and in a panic). At the end of this week, the trichomes said it was time to harvest, showing their amber-hued maturity. The tops of the flowers are darkening and the primary leaves are dying off. 2025-01-01 As the week started, I watered 1.5 gallons each to to the tops (only water and CALMAG). The flush-through produced about 1 inch of drainage, still showing a lot of color from the nutrients. PPM was 1060 in the drainage. 01-04 The bottom trays are dry and I watered again (1 gallon each, water only) to the top of the substrate before drainage filled the trays to about 1 inch. PPM was 644 and the color has faded. 01-07 One last flush of water (0.5 gallons each), leaving trace amounts of drainage in the bottom trays. There is still some color from the nutrients, though very little.

We did a wet manicure on this harvest, and hung the flowers for 10 days in 55% to 65% humidity with constant air flow. After 10 days, the flowers were cut into budlets and stored in 1/2 gallon mason jars for curing. The buds are now sitting between 57% and 61% RH in their curing jars. At 61% moisture content level, my 5x5 (or 2.32m2) tent produced 1.71 lbs or 775.71g which equals, roughly, 334g/m2. Anyone that enjoys a good, relaxing indica that also enhances creativity, this is one you have to try.