Cookies Gelato, Royal Runtz, Tropimango //RQS, Philosophers

GermGrowFox October 20 Sitting in Strasbourg and thinking about cookies. No further insight. Yesterday, the Tropimango looked super healthy just like the Cookie Gelato. I pray to the great God of plants that he brings me the Purple Cookie Kush into the world. October 21 Unfortunately, Purple Cookie Kush didn’t make it... 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Tropimango and Cookies Gelato are doing their thing 👍 October 22 Cookie Gelato has reached the edge of the cup with the roots. October 23 I ripped off 2/3 of the root system from the Cookie Gelato while repotting because I'm a genius. I suspect she will die but we will see. I’ve put a Royal Runtz to germinate in case the Cookie doesn’t make it. October 24 The Cookie Gelato is still standing and looks healthy. Maybe she’ll make it. Tropimango is standing strong but growing very slowly. October 25 Cookie Gelato is still growing. Tropimango is still growing.

GermGrowFox October 26 Runtz is germinating minimalist. Similar to both Cookies. Runtz is now in the 11l pot. Let's pray it works out. Tropimango is doing well. Cookies Gelato is doing well too. October 28 Cookies Gelato is now growing noticeably faster. Tropimango is also speeding up. The growth phase has begun. I applied root fertilizer and foliar fertilizer for the first time. Runtz is not visible yet. October 29 The Runtz is small but visible. Cookies Gelato is doing what it should. Tropimango too. November 1 Cookies Gelato is now 17 days old and looks tip-top. The very unsuccessful repotting has been well tolerated. Tropimango is now 14 days old. It is noticeably smaller and the leaves have an interesting color. It is growing significantly slower (the genetics are also noticeably smaller) but looks very lively. Runtz is now 3 days old and looks good.

GermGrowFox 3. November All three plants are still in great shape. Fungus gnats have appeared. I used the expired package of nematodes for the runtz. Hope it helps. 4. November Cookies Gelato got the hard mainline cut. The tip was removed, and the side branches were cut right after. She'll handle it. Tropimango and runtz are doing well :) Cookie Gelato already stretched her leaves back up a few hours later. Stagnating. 5. November All good. The cuts were well tolerated. New shoots are growing again. Cookies Gelato is now 21 days old. Tropimango is now 18 days old. Runtz is now 7 days old. 7. November Cookies Gelato is growing. As soon as the clips arrive, she will be tied down. Tropimango has received cuts and LST. I will wait on topping. Runtz is growing. 8. November Cookies Gelato received LST + mainline cuts. Wasn't combined with watering since I watered yesterday. Tropimango has LST again. Runtz is growing. Looks like she's slowly transitioning into growth. First shoots on the single leaf are coming. Three-leaf is just freshly developed. 9. November Cookies Gelato was additionally supplied with Sugar Royal and calmag for the first time. I forgot before 😅 Shit Happens. Root fertilizer is being provided consistently. Runtz was supplied with root fertilizer and calmag. Tropimango still has very moist soil. No idea why.

GermGrowFox November 10 New mainline cut plus LST by tying down the Cookie Gelato Cookies Gelato 26 days old Tropimango 23 days old Runtz 12 days old. Light change when the Runtz is 4 weeks old, or when the Cookies Gelato is 6 weeks old. Day 50 light change? Source YouTube video November 12. Cookies Gelato has gotten a new mainline haircut on the two upper mains. The lower mains have been allowed to keep everything. Topping is coming up soon. Tropimango is responding well to LST. Leaves are still sick, but not as dramatically. The Runtz is growing and doing its thing. The growth phase has definitely begun: stem is becoming woody. Runtz has been topped. (One month ago +1, the Cookie and the Tropimango were germinated) November 13 Runtz seems stressed and is stagnating in growth due to the topping. Spraying with iron has also unsettled it. Tropimango is growing. Still some sick leaves present, but fewer. Cookies Gelato is growing. November 14 The Runtz is growing again!! Maybe I accidentally achieved a fimming cut? Tropimango and Gelato are all good as before. Companion plants (white clover & chervil) added. Cookies Gelato is 30 days old Tropimango is 27 days old Runtz is 16 days old November 15 Cookies Gelato was topped for the second time on all shoots. It will handle it. November 16 Topping survived well. 👍 There are now 8 mains. Growth feels super slow now. But I’m also impatient af 😅 Tropimango still has sick leaves. Unfortunately, I have no idea what could be causing it. Runtz seems to actually be developing new shoots at the cut point 🎉🤝. Achievement unlocked. I can now do the fim cut. 🤝💪 All three plants have received plenty of water. November 17 I’ve realized that the water needs were significantly higher than I had suspected. All three are responding very positively to the increased amount of water. 🚿 I should have been more generous in the past few days. I gave the Cookies Gelato an Edgar with taper fade (Mainlining). Maybe I cut one leaf too many on the lower two mains? I’ll see over the next few days. The unintentional fimming cut on the Runtz was probably "messy." One of the two shoots is more dominant than the other. It’s probably due to the angled cut. Tropimango is doing Tropimango things. Still with sick leaves. 🤝.

GermGrowFox November 18 The sixth week has begun. No insights taken today. November 19 The companions are slowly coming out of the soil. There are still a few. At the latest, I’ll have to add more in a week if they don’t grow sufficiently. The three ladies are developing splendidly. Stress symptoms from the trimming are hardly noticeable anymore. Cookies Gelato is doing very well with the new main shoots. The growth rate has clearly increased. Tropimango looks significantly healthier. Finally, there’s some noticeable growth speed with her too. Runtz currently feels like she wants to burst out of the tent as soon as she enters the flowering stretch. The shoots have very thick stems, and the leaves are relatively large compared to the other plants. Even the newly developed shoots and leaves are starting off much bigger than I’m used to. But let’s see what happens… what will be. The fim cut has produced a crooked shoot. No idea what to do with that. Next time, I’ll just cut straight 🤝 November 20 Runtz has an incredible need for growth. Her leaves are huge and deep green. She covers her other shoots again within hours. She’s also drinking significantly more than the Cookie & Tropi. I gave her another 3 liters of water with the full nutrient program today. The other two are progressing well but haven’t received any water yet. The pots are still too heavy. Tropimango is sprawling in all directions. Cookies Gelato is allowed to continue gaining height. I’m toying with the idea of topping her again just before switching to flowering. 😅 November 21 Cookies Gelato was provided with 3 liters of water. Additionally, she received 1ml of Power Buds from Plagron. A little preparation for flowering. Tropimango received 2 liters of water with the normal nutrient schedule. Runtz was supplied with 3 liters yesterday, also with the normal nutrient schedule. I also removed her large leaves and realigned the side shoots. November 22 I cut off the crooked shoot from Runtz. Unfortunately, it’s way too mutilated. The idea was that this shoot was drawing too much energy from the plant, which could be better invested elsewhere. Hence the cut today. Cookies Gelato is gaining height. In relation to Runtz, she is incredibly well developed, but she is also 14 days older. Tropimango still looks strange. Unfortunately, I can’t say if I did something wrong while mixing the soil. I also don’t know how I could influence it. But she’s growing. So, we just keep going. November 23 The week is slowly coming to an end. After an eternity of indecision, I’ve now come to the conclusion to send the plants into flowering at the beginning of the new week. Cookies Gelato has therefore received her last topping. After she got a decent growth spurt, I expect she’ll handle it well. I’m liking Tropimango more and more :) I hope she doesn’t get overshadowed in flowering since she has baby genetics. Runtz (somehow the name sounds gross. I have to think of an old man who snorts and then spits on the ground) will be what she will be. The stem is super stable, but she is relatively small for her age. Still, she’s producing huge leaves. Cookies Gelato is now 39 days old. Tropimango is now 36 days old. Runtz is now 25 days old.

GermGrowFox A new week is upon us. After much back and forth, I've decided to initiate the flowering stage. I'm curious to see what happens and looking forward to the week. November 25 Cookies Gelato was watered with 4 liters, additionally with Green Sensation and Bloom fertilizer. Tropimango was watered with 2.5 liters, also with Green Sensation but without additional flowering nutrients. There should be enough florganics in the substrate, so it shouldn't be necessary to add extra nutrients for now. Royal Runtz received 3 liters of water with Green Sensation and flowering fertilizer. November 26 Plants are growing. I'm satisfied. No action needed today. November 27 The third day of flowering. You can tell the plants want to grow more. Cookie Gelato and Tropimango are growing unrestricted. The Runtz has suffered a break, and I don't have super glue or duct tape on hand. November 28 For reasons I can't explain, it seems that a bit of crepe tape is enough to keep the broken branch alive. I would say it was broken about 4/5 of the way and was only hanging on by a thread. Apparently, that's enough to continue supplying the branch with everything it needs. I'm slightly worried that all the stress the Runtz has already experienced might lead to hermaphroditism. Cookie Gelato continues to progress. Tropimango received 3 liters of water. It was the only one with a completely dry pot. Cookies Gelato is now 46 days old. Tropimango is now 41 days old. Royal Runtz is now 30 days old. Day 4 of flowering. November 29 Cookies Gelato 4 liters of water until drainage. Roy’s Runtz 3 liters of water until drainage. Exhaust and circulation have been upgraded to AC Infinity and are now running through a grow control. Fyta sensors are now providing me with current data from the substrate. December 1 The week is slowly coming to an end, and quite a bit has happened. The Runtz suffered a break this week but is developing splendidly. The broken branch is the strongest. However, I'm still hesitant to remove the tape. The Cookies look beautiful ❤️ Tropimango needs to be defoliated repeatedly, but otherwise, it's doing a good job. The tent has received some upgrades, and the new capabilities for measurements, climate conditions, and substrate analyses make things a lot easier.

GermGrowFox Flowering week 2. wuhu I'm excited :). Aside from the break on the Runtz, everything has gone according to my plans so far. And even the branch just keeps growing as if nothing happened.. I can't explain how that little bit of tape is supposed to fix it 😂 I felt very unprofessional while securing it 😅 So far, there are no signs of any issues that I know from the past. December 2nd FYTA sensors in all pots are reporting. Apparently, the pot is already dry. However, the pot is still heavy enough. I'll take note of it and consider it a reminder to take care of it in the next 1-2 days. The new AC-Infinity stuff is the bomb and does a great job. December 3rd. Cookies Gelato and Runtz = 4l water Tropimango = 3l water December 5th Not much exciting is happening. Plants are growing. However, I will only upload pictures later so that significant progress can be noticed. December 7th Cookies Gelato = 3l December 8th Tropimango = 3l Runtz = 3l

GermGrowFox Flowering week three :) you can see the bloom on the Cookies and Tropimango. The Runtz is slowly developing its sexual parts. It feels like it's lagging a bit behind. I have a huge population of fungus gnats in the tent again… Otherwise, everything is very satisfactory for now. December 11 Cookies and Runtz got another 3L. I bought a bigger watering can to speed up the watering process. I don't think the Cookie is that great. I'm not quite sure…. But there’s a suspicion that the Runtz is hermaphroditic… I have all three plants 🍭. Runtz will be monitored further… but I'm too unsure to take it out of the tent, and too unsure to leave it in the tent 😂 December 13 Tropimango 3L water December 15. 3L for Cookies and Runtz

GermGrowFox We’ve reached week 4 of flowering, and it’s starting to smell when you open the tent. The Runtz isn’t hermaphroditic after all. It was too early to panic. But holy, that thing looked weird. Strangely enough, it’s a new flower bud? No idea why it thinks it needs to grow more at this point. The Cookies Gelato has turned out super pretty. I’ve rarely been this satisfied with a plant as I am with her. Everything has gone great so far, except for the repotting at the very beginning. The Tropimango seems to have reached its final size. It has the smallest pot, and the genetics don’t bring much height growth either. But it has gotten quite “big” now. December 18 Cookies Gelato = 4l Tropimango = 3l December 20 Royal Runtz = 4l

GermGrowFox Time feels like it's flying by. My red clover in the pots is telling me that I should water better/more regularly. Every 4 days doesn't seem to be enough anymore. Otherwise, I feel like everything is developing in the right direction. The buds are gaining size and aesthetics, and everything looks healthy. December 23 Cookies Gelato = 4L water Tropimango = 4L water Royal Runtz = 3.2L water December 26 All plants = 3.33L water August 29 Cookies Gelato = 4L water Runtz = 3.5L water Tropimango = 3.5L water

GermGrowFox The 6th week of flowering has begun and there is already really good volume present. When I open the tent, a very strong smell hits me! Without a carbon filter, it would be impossible to manage this 😂! There are still no tasks to do, except to give water + nutrients every 3-4 days. In two weeks at the latest, I will start checking the trichomes for ripeness. January 1st…. Happy new year 💚❤️ My Runtz has now hermied and dusted the tent… first seeds are becoming visible… I’m a bit sad right now but it is what it is… it would have only been another 4 weeks :(

GermGrowFox I'm looking forward to the next run and will disinfect my tent + equipment. After this run ended not so happily after 12 weeks, I'm thirsty for a success experience.

GermGrowFox Looking forward to the next run

GermGrowFox My motivation to report on this harvest unfortunately went to 0. I'm a bit frustrated because 12 weeks is already a long time and a lot of work. Getting a hermaphrodite right before the finish line is really annoying.