*ZAMMIGROW2024* Rainbow Sherbet + Tropicana Cookies

Week 1! 👇 All seeds finally popped, and now they only have like a Week between the first and the last sprout. CO2 addition is also running now at a more or less constant level of 1200 ppm around the day. For now, I can only wonder how long the Gas Tank will run until I need to refill. The next couple of weeks will tell, I hope. RH is a bit high bcs of the lack of constant ventilation, but not so much that I would see a problem. Lamps are running at 40%, Temps are around 27C, have the Ventis running a bit stronger but not on the plants directly. (Level 4 of 10) VPD Control will start when I get enough foliage for the IR-Sensor. (Shows around 7-8 right now, but who knows what it's actually reading) So far all nice and dandy, will start with the Nutes the next watering. Half the recommended dosage first time.

Week 2! 👇 Both are fine, no deficiencies and the Rainbow is slowly catching up which is nice😽 For now all is good, BUT they are kinda short right now, and I try to fix that with a bit more water and hanging the light a bit higher. Light Intensity is around 50% (System can choose between 40-60 depending on VPD and Temp) Controller aiming for an VPD around 7-8 Had their first feed half the dosage recommended, will double next time and look how they react. The Watering System is a bit wonky...hard to tell if every plant gets enough or too much right now, maybe it will show better when i have to water them more often. ( NtS: If this doesn't work out, just get another Gardenia Vacation Autodripper) Don't really want to go for any training or Defo at the moment, ill do some mainlining or lollipop later depending on how things are going.

Week 3! 👇 The Growth is unreal. They take on so much mass in such a short time that I'm honestly impressed. Only gripe is that they grow short and compact for some reason...no idea why that's a thing or how to alleviate that. Not a Problem right now, flower might fix that anyway and i don't want to go for LST since the idea was LESS Maintenance. 😄 The Tropicanna Cookies is currently the fastest growing one in this run. Might have a little Manganese Problem from the looks but i cant check the soil PH so if it gets worse she will get an Algae dressing. The Rainbow Sherbet is slowly catching up. They now get the full recommended dosage of Nutrients, I just hadn't the chance to add them since the Water retention is so high right now. Might be bcs of the slight overwatering from the last time when i had a bit of runoff. System ran for too long and 30L were too much to absorb. Trimming was done to get 5 Colas, I mainlined the lowest 2 Branchnodes since they already reached the same high as the main cola. Could've left some of the bigger leaves, but I cut them for better access in case of any problems related to the watering. Light is running around 50% right now. I will let them recover for a week or two, then I go into flower👻

Week 4! 👇 Having a slight phosphorus Problem, meaning a lack of it. My guess is that i flushed it out that time the pump didn't stop running. Applying some Foliar Spray to mitigate. Apart from that the Growth is alright but stagnating a bit. Will switch to flower the next week unless it gets worse. Could be better but also worse. Whatever... New system, so I would wonder if it all went alright anyway 😄

Week 5 ! 👇 So I had them in Veg for like 2 more days, then decided to switch into flower after comparing and realizing that with the added CO2 it might get way too much to handle. The difference in growth compared to plants in the same age without additional CO2 supplementation is basically 1–2 Weeks. So far so good, but keeping the Temp/Hum in range is some work at times. The Cold Weather helps very much keeping it all in a manageable way. So the Tropicana isn't doing too well, and she's taking its time to recover, sadly...the Rainbow Sherbet on the other Hand is very healthy and even managed to outgrow most other strains in the tent hightwise. Light is running at 70% now I tried 80% for a day but the temps and Hum reached critical levels (up to 34C and 82%hum) 💀 70% Intensity is the sweet spot right now. First time CO2 Bottle Change (I've should've looked beforehand where to refill them...👻 Good thing the Universe meant it well with me this time and I found a place before my tank ran out🙏) So around 5 Weeks for a change +- considering I blew some out for nothing a couple of days having my windows open all the time, it could even hold on for longer, pushing it to around 6 weeks, maybe. Good Week, could be worse.

Week 6! 👇 Removed the branches and tops that I don't want to see growing, and some of the sick leaves. Also repositioned them again for more convenience. Well they could do a bit better and i probably wont get some mega buds from them but thats not the goal anyway... the RS grew a bit to lanky so i topped her a bit just to spread her out a bit and the TC just want to remind me of that accidental flush i gave them early on...both recover slowly but yeah. Happens whatever as long as i get a bit to taste the strain i dont really mind. Did lower the Intensity of the Light to 60% again 70% did work but was a bit too optimistic for this stage. Feed is currently 20L for all with the full recommended Nutrients. Watering them around every 5-7 Days now. Everything else is stable so far. Good Week. 👻

Week 7! 👇 Both of them Grow nicely and without any Problems so far again. Trichomes growing nicely and the first Buds are forming. They got a bit more space now 👻 Pictures are right before the watering so the might look a bit sad for the moment. Good Week could be worse.

Week 8!👇 Everything still fine so far. Thinking about some N deficiency, but just might be something else. Don't want to overdo it at this point, being all safer than sorry. Tropicanna still a bit bleak not really sure if that will get better...hope she still turn out semi decent. Can go on like that unless it gets worse, of course...👻

Week 9! 👇 Both of them look (semi) good and smell even better, but I think its a bit too late to fix whatever is plaguing the Tropicanna... So far so good, being a bit cautious about the Nutes given but them seem to don't mind getting the full dosage every watering ( every 3/4 waterings to be precise). Watering every 3-4 Days now. Temps/Hum/CO2 are stable VPD is whatever i dont really watch its set to like 1-1.2 So yeah can go on like that. 👻

Week 10! 👇 Aww man, finally the mistakes show itself... My guess is some sort of overwatering and PH issues, which led to the weird growth and Zink(?) deficiency I'm currently experiencing. Applied some Iron foliar feed since that's the only thing that had some Zink in it (didn't seem to work tho). Kinda hope i at least can keep them stable in the last couple of weeks. Manual beats Automatic in this case, lesson learned. Going to salvage what's left, and next time will be better. 👻

Week 11! 👇 Getting closer to the finish line! Could be looking better, but also worse, Buds are looking alright and the Smell is very pleasant. Some sort of PH and Stress...and I guess a mixture of overwatering and me experimenting with the intensity of the light did the trick💀 First Time CO2 and DIY Watering System. Could be worse... I guess I give them at most 3 Weeks more since things are more or less stable.

Week 12! 👇 Just checked the Trichomes and saw some Amber so i will cut them shortly. TC bit larfy sadly, but the buds are still somewhat dense enough so I wouldn't count that as too bad. The Rainbow Sherbet has some very nice looking and smelling buds. Could be more but that's due to my own mistakes. Whatever, good stuff cant wit to try them.

Yeah my fups didnt help this plant. She still made some decent but rather bland tasting Buds. Have to try again with more caution. Also forgot to make pictures of the whole drying process , but who cares about that anyway...

Really impressed by this one! Even with all the Stress I gave her, she still made the most flavorful Buds this Grow. Didn't give me the most Bud, (still a decent amount, don't get me wrong) but she totally made up for it in terms of flavor and smell. Big thanks for the Sponsor Zamnesia! My Pick was really lucky with this one. Straight to my Favs. Will also recommend. Good Stuff.