Straight Outta Wonka’s Yard

Damonkey Part 2 of Barney’s Farm’s package✌️🏻🤤✌️🏻, will run alongside Phantom OG So all four seeds popped and are now under light beginning on their path to Dank. I’m always fairly worried at this stage if the little gals are gonna make it or not, i generally don’t have any problems but always have the fear😂 ahhhh the pains of parenting. Will begin a very weak nute regime in about 4-5 days more. That being week one of a nute schedule, I’ll start week 2 of the diary as I switch up to the second week of the nute schedule just so I don’t confuse myself really. So week 1 is a really long week, especially if we include germination😳

Damonkey Was gonna move to week 2 later but I guess there’s too much going on and changing for me to keep the same week cooking. So, here’s week 2. The seedlings are about 10 days old now and are receiving a weak nutrient mix. So far so good. Healthy looking and starting to gain quickly. I’ll be running Advance Nutrients this time with Hydrotops Bactivator/Triple F/Top Heavy Crop. New light arrives tomorrow and my tent is almost free to receive these beauties.

Damonkey Progress is better than expected all the girls seem to be doing well a few showing a little more vigorous growth than the others but as said all seem happy. The stems do seem to be thickening quite quickly which is nice, hopefully with the Bactivator and the Voodoo are getting to work on developing a decent root zone.

Damonkey So into the 4th week and into the flower tent to finish off veg. Everything looking better than good😬 All plants seem to be happy and have coped well with the environmental change. They’ll continue to veg in here for a week minimum, I’ll re-pot them and possibly switch to 12/12 at the end of this week. I’m so impressed with the Hydrotops Bactivator, really does seem to be giving my plants a big boost at the start. I haven’t seen the roots yet, well just those that have made it through the bottom of the pots and they look healthy and fat. The places I’m seeing differences seem to be in the stems. It’s a bit like a Popeye thing if you know what I mean. They kinda come out of the ground normally then really start bulging out, muscles a flex man!😂😂 this I’ve noticed running through both OS and Phantom. I’m really excited about this grow. There are a lot of problems I’ve been just ploughing on with hanging over my head however it looks like I might now have control of these variables. In short the environment really rocks in comparison to what I’ve had to grow in previously. Update - the plants were hit with their first shot of Hydrotops ‘THC’. Will receive this one or two times per week until the second week of flower. Then will be hit with the third in the trio, Triple F. Bactivator is ongoing from week one of veg until week 8 of flower, once per week. Update- have started boosting the light to give extra motivation to the girls. Just switching on the flower boost for the last half of the light period each day. I’ll get to check the root zones in a couple of days when I repot and think about flipping to 12/12

Damonkey So repot done and all plants now find themselves with more room and a better portion of the light pie. 2 Orange Sherbert are basking below a platinum P.900 LED and two below a Gavita DE 6/750 (they’re only receiving 600W from that one at the moment). The second of the Hydrotops trio have been added too and I’m thinking about switching the light regime any time now, will probably step it down gradually so by week 6 they’re running on 12/12. Update...I’m gradually changing my light schedule as afore mentioned and indeed the running will be 12/12 by the time week 6 hits. Both sets are looking equally as healthy and at the moment no big difference between either those under Led or those under hps. All the plants seem to have slowed down their vertical growth and are pushing out a bit. Hopefully by now the roots will have started to reach out and fill the fresh new soil down below. I’m hoping I’ll see flowers sooner than I have in the past, sometimes taken me upto three weeks after changing the light schedule to see any signs of flowering🤔.

Damonkey So plants starting to thicken out and prepare for flower. I’ve been pinching and bending a few tops through the week , seems to be doing the trick the canopy at the moment is fairly even still not really much difference between the LED and HPS, I’ll check properly with my glasses on this week 😳🤓😂 damn these lights, oh these eyes😩😩😂😂. Running on 12/12 light cycle now. My biggest concern is the drop in temperature during the night sometimes it’s as low as 15 degrees.

Damonkey First signs of flower appear so I’ve started with the blooming nute schedule. Well, kinda half way through the adventure and there are now observable differences between the girls below the led and those beneath the hps. The ones grown below the hps are all looking super healthy and big, bigger than the others, kind of stronger looking than the others too, growth is vigorous upwards and out. The ones beneath led although a little shorter than the hps grown, are much bushier, the distance between nodes is shorter than the others. They (the led grown) also seem to be maturing at a slightly advanced rate. All in all I’m very happy with the grow so far. The Orange Sherbert is starting to give off aromas, a very dank hashy smell to the stems. THe stems are very thick and strong looking so too the branching. I’m looking forward to the next few weeks watching how they develop. My environment also seems to be under control, probably for the first time in my grow life😳😥😂. Humidity steadily drifts between 38-50. However, I am expecting a slight change with the humidity as I’ve just stepped up the hps light to 750W, it should I hope take the humidity down a little possibly holding it between 35 and 40. Lights on temp around 27C, lights out temp usually between 16-20C. In the past I always relied on passive intake of air into my room, the source of air wasn’t suitable to provide for my grow and a lot of it was recycled from the tent😩😩😩. However, now air is fed from my garden with a little helpmeani g a good fresh supply of air constantly. I also installed a Tornado acoustic box fan at the beginning of the grow and that really is my saving grace, what a humidity and heat shifter it is😍😍 love dat box. So anyway it’s the best I’ve had it, it will always be improved upon but for now, I’m happy with my little green temple✌️🏻😬✌️🏻 Update - so definite difference between the thickness of stems between LED and HPS, across both strains such that the ones growing below LED have almost twice the girth of those below HPS. Still looking healthy and seem to have taken to their new menu. My grow is definitely moving faster Than it has in the past or it seems that way but alas I am a smoker and can sometimes exaggerate or imagine scenarios were a certain way when the reality is far from that. Anyway I mention this as it’s one of the points made by Hydrotops in their claims of their products. They do say that the three root additives will help to mature plants at a faster rate and quicken the race through the flowering period. I’m sticking with them, I do believe they’re doing exactly as advertised. So for me a great product. But hey I am using AN stuff as well and with that I’m super happy too. Everything does just look so vibrant in there and the growth is so vigorous and observable, I’m so excited everyday as it comes to lights on so I can check on new development, First hiccup but only small, a few leaves on the tallest plant were slightly burned I think by being too close to the light, it makes sense it’s for that reason because of their placement on the plant and it only being the tallest plant, all others seem fine.

Damonkey Things ok.......😳. Nah as soon as I think I gotta hold of something it plays around with me. The grow is going well and the plants are mostly showing a great fast rate of growth. Flower site formation is rapid and covers the whole canopy and below. But alas the temperature she rises😩😩. Last night caught the temp at 32 C. Gorilla growin ain’t always bananas😳 I can vent it quicker and keep the temp a little lower but the noise level is just too high. Here comes more expense😩😂. Update- last day week 2 of flower..... everything looking great one plant a little slow in developing but rest good. LED are still outstripping HPS in the race for mature buds. I can’t wait to try the herb that comes from the plants that have exposure to both kinds of light. I’ve added a pure CO2 spray dispenser in the tent also. It’s from Airbomz. Gives them a quick blast hourly to supplement the exhale bag. This is just a temporary fix for rise in temp I’m floating on and just above 30C during lights on, hopefully the CO2 level in the room should aliw the plants to carry on growing well in s slightly higher temperature.

Damonkey So starting the 3rd week of flower. All but one plant speeding ahead towards dank. The lights below LED continue at a fast pace, I think it’s the most pistils I’ve seen firing out all over place this early. However one of the OS below the HPS isn’t feeling this groove and is developing at a slower rate. The plants that are being hit by both lights are gonna be fat!!!!! The forming buds are coming together quickly and big, they look swollen before they’ve swollen if ya know what I mean.🤔😂 I love week 3 of flower its where I always hit my plants with Hydrotops Triple F. It’s not a new product I’m using however I am using it in conjunction with two of their other products this time which is supposed to be the ideal way to benefit the plants when using Triple F. Development has seemed quicker during this grow especially from the period of switching the light cycle up to now. I’m happy. Temperature still a problem though a bit. Looking awesome going through week 3. But one plant is so much slower than the rest, I think she stretched a little too much when it was time. It still looks very strong and is covered with flower sites but they’re just not developing at a rate anything like her sisters flowers. The phantom OG in there with them are super fast. Maybe that’s making the Orange seem slower to me too🤔😂 all looking great in there anyway and am loving every moment I get to get in there with my girls. Very productive 3rd week 3 out of 4 growing at an accelerated rate, the 4th is looking fine too, well looking great actually but a lot slower with flower development.

Damonkey Great progress being made at a really fast rate. The orange sherbert are starting to catch up with the POG and the buds look like they’re gonna be big and fat. All OS fairly short bar one, all developing at breakneck speed bar one, but all looking great and like they’ll produce gold. Barneys Farm truly do have some great genetics going on, I’ve been so pleased watching every strain I’ve grown from them. In the past I’ve noticed a similar vigour with cookies kush and with gorilla Zkittlez. Anyhow, all moving nicely in the tent, if only it reflected on life in general😣😂 Really looking forward to tasting these girls now. In week 4 they’ve shown the kind of size they’re gonna reach, I think I’m doing better than previous grows but I kind of always think that or at least hope it and alas again I am a smoker and am prone to over exaggeration especially when comparing two ladies, you gotta be careful not to offend either one ya kna!😉😬

Damonkey Still one orange Sherbert lags behind the rest in the race, I’m hoping it will be just s pheno thing rather than a weak spot in my room. All others looking great and possibly better than I’d normally be seeing at this stage of my grow. The plants have started to kick out an aroma, a skunky hash smell I’d say, at the moment anyway. The buds look like they should be fat, of the density I’m not so sure, let’s see how much they fatten up and tighten up. Beautiful covering of frost across all flowering areas covering pistils and leaves. I think at this stage that 3 of the 4 will be ready to harvest at 8 Or 9 weeks the slow one maybe at 10 weeks. ANYBODY!!!! Out there using New millennium WinterFrost. I’m really thinking about hitting the girls with the fear of death when the time comes, is it as effective as I’m lead to believe?????

Damonkey Orange Sherbert looking good, well 3 of 4 one looking like not much at all🙄😩 they’ve got around 3 to 4 weeks left before flush anyway so there is time for a bit of catch up. The smell is ok, dank and skunky, no orange coming from them yet. On the most the buds look to be good n fat, nice n dense and a little bit sticky.

Damonkey Slight burning to some leaves so swapped over a few tings nutrient wise but things still seem on track. The buds fattening up daily like little birds sat on a tree. The smell I wouldn’t say candy or sweet, I’d say orangey dank🙄 Getting close to the end now and i think they know it. Fingers tightly crossed for a beautiful harvest.

Damonkey So final week of nutes for the orange girls and they’re looking really fat, the buds are all nice and dense, super tight in fact and very sticky. They will begin their flush probably mid to the end of the week. The smell is now a very strong orange. I think de smoke will be fine, really looking forward to trying it.😍😍

Damonkey Well winter frost has just about seen the leaves off, not sure if it’s supposed to have such an extreme reaction, ah well maybe some tweaking needed, on the other hand the buds are looking amazing and have gained a lot of weight and size, they also seem to be producing a lot more oils in the final stage, trichomes have been turning Amber for a while on the OS and they really are about ready to come outta de yard.

Damonkey Nice to watch growing OS. Kind of slow at first but then really picks up some pace nearing the end. 2 of the plants, the buds I will definitely keep. Really nice fat juicy buds. Smell great and taste great. The high is quite heavy✌️🏻😎✌️🏻And has a rapid onset. Good night-time smoke, if I smoked this during the daytime I’d probably just smoke all day and not move. I’ll press for Rosin in the next few days too , I’ll upload info onto here at a later date. Again thanks to Barney’s Farm for supply the seeds, you are super generous guys and the rewards of growing are generous too. Thank you thank you thank you. What a great little string of genes you have to add to your catalog. I’ll also update a smoke report later when the bud has cured and is ready for real consumption 😍😍😍 Update. The bud really is looking feeling and smelling better every day of the cure, these little nugs gonna be insanely strong. It’s already a knockout smoke, in a month she’ll be rocking 100% About 25% of the dry bud is awesome quality the rest is still very good