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Germinated all 3 successfully in Rapid Rooters, and as usual they sprouted day 3 or day 4. Had to use tweezers to pry the seed membrane off BR and SG though. I started germinating BR about 3-4 days before the others, so it is about 3-4 days ahead of the others in growth.
When they sprouted I put them in 3-gallon fabric pots of Fox Farm Happy Frog soil, about 35 to 40 inches below the grow light in the tent.
So far, so good! Based on germination, BR is about 3-4 days ahead of the others, and SG is slightly more mature than WG.
Weather this week has been perfect.
There has been a sharp drop in humidity inside the grow tent from about 60% on average to about 50% on average. Also, a decrease in temperature, a minimum all the way down to the upper 50's, although that's because it has been below freezing outside several nights. So humidity hasn't been an issue, although it has been cooler than ideal.
The plants grew an average of about 2 inches vertically this past week.
Usually I top plants by the end of week 3 if they have at least 4 nodes, although these seem to be just growing their 4ths. I'm guessing slower growth due to cooler than weather. Still plan on topping them after 4th nodes have grown as long as there's no sign of flowering yet.
Also, I took taller plants ready for harvest out of the grow tent, and lowered the LED light down to only about 28 inches above the plants.
Bumped up light schedule from 18 hours to 20 hours to help keep these warmer during the cooler weather.
Topped all 3 plants above their 4th nodes on 12/10 and 12/12. Wedding glue is about 2 days behind the others, and Black Runtz is currently the tallest at about 11 inches.
These are all shorter than average compared to my other grows, and typically for my other grows flowering has started by now also, so I am thinking that the cooler weather a couple weeks ago slowed them down a bit.
Black runtz is showing some curling up of the sides of the leaves, so I reduced the light time from 20 hours per day back down to only 18 hours per day, also because it isn't too cold outside anymore.
Grew about 3 inches in height, on average, this past week.
This past week was more humid since it rained several days, with an average humidity inside the grow tent of about 60%.
One of my fans fell on top of Strawberry Gorilla earlier in the week, although I quickly taped it up and it seemed to recover quickly.
Wedding Glue is short and bushy, so other than topping it last week I haven't had to do any LST to it. The others, as you can see from the photos, have LST clips and also green plant ties to help them grow short and wide.
I raised the grow light since another plant in the tent from an earlier grow started to show some signs of brown leaf tips and curling.
Bud sites are now apparent, so I'm considering this the first flowering week.
Grew two inches in height to an average of 14 inches. Black Runtz is still the tallest, which is surprising after being topped since it is supposed to be indica dominant. All plants seem healthy though. There are some white flies buzzing around in the grow tent, but I don't think enough to where they can jeopardize anything.
I did some light defoloation and removed just a couple of the very bottom fan leaves and very bottom thin and wispy bud sites.
Continue to bend the very top 2 colas down using plant ties to try to keep the canopies flat.
Lower humidity this week at an average of about 50%.
Continued to defoliate by removing yellowing fan leaves and lowest set of small wispy buds.
Haven't done any training on WG up to this week, although finally bent the top bud site branches down to bring its height down to the same as the others in the tent.
Strawberry Gorilla started showing some beautiful purple and pink hues on its pistols and top leaves!
All seems to be going well. Continuing to remove yellow and crispy fan leaves.
This week was colder than last, and also the average humidity was lower.
Pistols have started to darken for all three plants.
Strawberry Gorilla and Wedding Glue buds have started to look frosty.
Temperature and humidity inside the tent were about the same as last week, with slightly lower highs.
It was a much colder week. It literally snowed outside.
The good news is that has probably helped Strawberry Gorilla maintain its beautiful purple hues. The bad news is that it got down to below 50F in the grow tent which is way too cold for these plants and it may have significantly affected their final yield. Due to that, I probably won't start another grow again as late as mid-November. My Papaya Cookies grow which started late October may have been ideal.
The good news is that humidity remains low at about 45% on average.
It is difficult for me to tell whether Strawberry Gorilla may be nearing harvest time because I am not accustomed to purple hairs instead of orange hairs, so I will plan to use my endoscope soon to try to check trichomes. The other plants still seem to have at least a couple more weeks to go.
Slightly warmer and slightly more humid than last week. Continuing to pull yellow curling leaves off.
Checked the trichomes of SG and they look ready to harvest, so started to flush all 3 plants a couple days ago. Checked the trichomes of WG and BR and they're about 80% cloudy or milky, so I'll plan on harvesting all three plants this coming weekend!
No growing issues at all. For some reason, SG tends to be a magnet for my growing equipment to fall on it, so I was surprised the plant survived and thrived so well after a fan fell on it during this grow. The yield was lower than average, although it was lower than average for all 3 plants of different strains in the grow tent, so that wasn't due to genetics. My guess is that it is due to the colder than average temperatures during this grow.
I loved the colors that came out during this grow. Also during harvest the buds seemed much denser than average. Because they are pheno hunt seeds, I'm not too surprised that the coloring and density during this grow was very different from the last of this same strain.
Will update measured THC % and smoke report in about a month after curing.
No growing issues at all. The yield was lower than average, although it was lower than average for all 3 plants of different strains in the grow tent, so that wasn't due to genetics. My guess is that it is due to the colder than average temperatures during this grow.
The coloring wasn't anything special. The buds at harvest were lighter and fluffier than average, and there was a lot of vegetation to trim away. When I grew Zamnesia Runtz F1 Hybrid during my previous grow, those buds seemed much denser. Also the buds of the other two plants that I grew alongside this were denser, and also frostier with trichomes.
Nevertheless, I look forward to smoking it and reporting on flavor and effects since I've never tried this strain before.
Will update measured THC % and smoke report in about a month after curing.
No growing issues at all. The yield was MUCH lower than average, although it was lower than average for all 3 plants of different strains in the grow tent, so that wasn't due to genetics. My guess is that it is due to the colder than average temperatures during this grow. However, the yield for this plant was still less than the other two plants I grew in the exact same conditions.
The buds at harvest were beautiful. Frosty and covered in trichomes, with good density, and wonderfully sweet aroma. It felt like a disservice when I was trimming away the frosty sugar leaves, although personally I prefer a smoother smoke than slightly higher yield by keeping all the sugar leaves.
Will update measured THC % and smoke report in about a month after curing.
DegenMJ
