First Photoperiod :) Glueberry OG

Off to a good start! Even though I light scalded the first true leaves (LED too close)...Ooops!😃 Running the Gaia Green Organic lineup again this grow.😊 4-4-4 contains Alfalfa meal, basalt rock dust, bat guano, blood meal, bone meal, feather meal, fishbone meal, fossilized carbon complex (humate), glacial rock dust, greensand, gypsum, insect frass, kelp meal, mineralized phosphate,mined potassium sulphate, oyster shell flour, and rock phoshpate. 2-8-4 contains basalt rock dust, bone meal, feather meal, fishbone meal, fossilized carbon complex (humate), glacial rock dust,greensand, gypsum, insect frass, kelp meal, mineralized phosphate, mined potassium sulphate, rock phosphate. These fertilizers are a dry soil amendment ( I'm using soiless PRO-MIX HP MYCORRHIZAE, it has a high perlite content). I ammend at the start of the grow, and will top dress with more fertilizer throughout the grow cycle. I plan on transplanting this little girl up to a 7 gallon fabric pot once roots are well established. I'm allocating a 2ftx2ft grow space for her, and will either manifold or ScRog ...not sure yet😕. Hope you all are having a great week! Please comment below if you have any suggestions or questions. Peace, DeaneR.

Some strange anomilies are showing up 💩. A few of the leaves are curving sideways, and missing pieces. Don't know if it's a genetic defect, a virus, or insects. None of my other plants in the tent are affected yet. One leaf has an extra finger growing out in an unusual place. The plant has some nute burn (my soil is a little hot nute wise, which happened in my last grow...so not too concerned about that). The plant is otherwise growing strong stems, with lots of new branches forming at each node (this could be a real bush), and the new growth leaves look okay. Soooo...just going to ride it out and see😕. Forgive the messy writting on the photos....its impossible to handwrite with a mouse 😃. Tune in next week... same bat time... same bat channel. UPDATE Thurs. Feb 7 / 19 Turns out she needed to be potted up, and I'm overwatering. Put her in a 3gal with 9Tbs 4-4-4, 3Tbs 2-8-4, and 300mL of worm castings. Lost a bit of the rootball, but, she needed new shoes!

Alot has happened this week. Day 16 Potted up to a 3 gallon with 9TBS 4-4-4, 3TBS 2-8-4, and 300mL of worm castings in the 3 gallon pot. Watered in thoroughly, and let her rest a couple days. Day 18 BAMM! off with her head! Topped her when she was 6 nodes tall at the fourth node, and let her recover for 2 days. Day 20, time to tie her down and start the mainlining process. Using pipe cleaners (red) and metal coat hanger (white). Day 21, already recovered and facing skyward. Day 22, This plant has strong branches and stems!!! and a strong will to go to the light. She does not bend all that easy. Best to train her when young and malable. No water all week, still moist from the transplant. I can see this plant will need daily attention to get her shaped the way I want.😋 Grower's Tip: See photo above. If you want to reuse your plastic plant labels, don't use a sharpee. Scrub the plastic label with a pencil eraser untill the finish is no longer shiney and becomes dull. This allows the graphite from a pencil to stick to the plastic surface. Use a softer grade of pencil, such as 5B, to make your writting darker. Simply erase the label to reuse. I have used this method for many years outdoors in my pepper gardens.😉 Till next week, I bid you all adieu! 😎

Another busy week keeping this girl in control. Day 23 Removed the large fan leaves from under the armpits of the main trunk, and secured her down. Day 24 Let her recover a day. Day 25 Defoliated the fan leaves at the first node of the side branches. More securing and some twisting of the branch tips. Day 26 Watered from the bottom of the pot. Day 27 & 28 More securing and twisting of branch tips. Day 29 Showed her sex today (she is a feminized seed). Topped each side main at the third node, and removed the fan leaves from the second nodal points on each side. This plant is growing strong with thick stems, large leaves, and short internodal spacing. Had a big hatch of fungus Gnats this week in my tent (better now than near harvest in flower, right). The pictures show Diatomaceous earth everywhere. Sticky traps went from zero to hundreds of gnats in a day😡. Gotta get these little buggers under control this week! Hope you all have a great week! Adios Amigos, DeaneR😎

Another busy week in the tent, but it's a great way to beat the winter February blues😃. I DECLARE WAR!!!!!! on fungus gnats😡. On Feb.21 (Day 29) I repotted and reset my tent. I started by treating all the drains in my house with bleach, then hydrogen peroxide (3% USP). My plastic Blueberry pots were treated with a layer of landscape fabric to prevent the little buggers coming in through the bottom. Then all the gals were up potted with 3TBSP 4-4-4 and 1 TBSP 2-8-4 per gallon of media. The Blue Cookies and Glueberry OG went into 7 gallon fabric pots. I then mixed in 4 heaping TBSP of diatomaceous earth per pot into the top inch of media, and topped off the pots with an inch of GnatNix barrier. I then watered in slowly with a 4:1 ratio of ph'd dechlorinated tap water and hydrogen peroxide. ( 400mL water plus 100mL hydrogen peroxide to make 500mL of solution). Now...hopefully that will kill any larvae in the media, and slow the adults from relaying eggs. Then it was time to address the adults buzzing around my tent. I made a bunch of homemade sticky traps (See Grow Tip below), and some Apple Cider Vinegar traps. Today's body count on the traps is 29, and has been that for a few days. Feb.21 - Day 29 : Declared war on the fungus gnat. Made a bunch of gnat traps, and repotted and reset my whole grow tent. My girl went into a 7 gallon fabric pot, with amended soil 3TBSP 4-4-4 and 1TBSP 2-8-4 per gallon of media; however, I broke off a tip branch in the process (sh*t 💩). She then was watered in well with a gallon of the water/hydrogen peroxide 4:1 concoction. Feb.22 - Day 30 : Cleaned my warm mist humidifiers with vinegar to remove the hard water deposits. She has grown overnight!!! Feb.24 - Day 32 : She is off and growing fast. No transplant shock at all! or negative reaction to the hydrogen peroxide. Feb.26 - Day 34 : She has become a little hedge hog!! Time to defoliate and tie her down again before she gets out of hand! Gave her 1/2 gallon dechlorinated water pH'd to 6.6 and 1.5mL of calmag. Feb. 27 - Day 35 : This little girl is defiant!!!💪 She's already rebounded and is ready for more defoliation and bondage! So that's what she got😉. Grow Tip - Make your own re-usable sticky traps. Get a plastic file folder ( I found this one at Dollorama). Bright colours that mimick flowers seem to work best. Cut it up to make any size or shape of trap you like. Next I spread a thin layer of a product called tanglefoot ( I found this at my local nursery Terra $16 Cdn) Vasoline petroleum jelly would likely also work (although I have not tried that), onto the plastic trap. You can wipe the trap clean with paper towel, and reapply as needed. I Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by👊. Till next week Arrivederci! DeaneR😎

WINNING! the battle of the Fungus Gnat, I began in last weeks' diary👍. No new gnats and no live adults😊 in the grow room. Still a few flying around my house. Hopefully they don't find anywhere to lay eggs, and they die off. This girl wants to grow!😀 More Trim, bind, repeat this week with two defoliation sessions. One on Day 39 and again on Day 42. I can see a ScRog in my future, lol. No water all week. Will water today with 1/2 gallon pH'd to 6.6 and 2mL Cal-Mag plus. Time to let this girl start growing towards the light. Thanks for stopping in! Till next week Adios! DeaneR😎

This week I let her grow out some. Only one trim on Day 48. You can see in the last photo the branches are growing upwards. I plan on LST for the next 3 weeks, then flip to 12/12 light cycle. Time to get this girl in full on bush mode! Thanks for stopping in! Hope you all are having a great week😀! Peace, DeaneR😎

Another week of letting her grow out. Two trim and bind sessions this week on days D52 and D56. She was looking a little haggard in picture 16 after I man handled her, lol. Picture 18 shows she recovered an hour later! This girl is drinking more water this week, and the fabric pots are drying out quicker (which is good for my tendency to over-water). I am using Voodoo Juice in my watering jug for a few weeks to add beneficial bacteria to the root zone. Added a new fan this week to replace the old one. The old fan was too big, and us tent growers know the value of floor space, lol😀. Running this 6" oscillating fan on low speed, and it's working well in my 2x4 tent. In other news...received a package of Nematodes (S. Feltiae) to inoculate my soil in defense of fungus gnats. Also awaiting a package of mosquito dunks. Time for more veg. and LST! Thanks for stopping in! Kick it Root Down, DeaneR😎

Another week of watching her growth, trim, repeat, lol. Mar. 23 - Day 59 - Top dressing amendment day! Shop vac'd out the gnat nix...whatta PITA! Kept sucking up leaves by accident since she is trained so low😖. Mixed in 150 mL of Gaia Green Bloom Organic, and 50 mL of the Gaia green 4-4-4 to the top layer of the 7 gallon pot. Also added 300 mL of Gaia worm castings. Then watered her in well with 1/2 gallon of water with voodoo, and cal/mag. She is drinking 1/2 gallon every 3-4 Days. Day 59 and D63 were trim and defol. days. Mostly cleaning out the lower growth, and selective removal of some fan leaves. Day 63 - Today Mar. 27, I evicted my two blueberries from the tent, and set them up elsewhere for more vegetative growth. Flipping to 12/12 light schedule today😀😃😊. Built and setup a ScrOG for my girl, and her tent mate BlueCookie. I wanted a system that allowed me to remove the plants from the tent to later care for and top dress them. Going to make a second layer for the ScrOG sometime this week. That's all for now folks! Thanks for stopping. Stay tuned, here comes the BLOOM! Peace, DeaneR😎

After 63 Days of vegetation (and alot of snip, bend, bind, repeat)....It's FLOWER TIME! Mar. 27, 2019, flipped the lights to 12/12. Apr. 2 - FL Day 6 The pot was really light today so I gave her a good soaking. Poured one gallon pH'd to 6.6 with cal-mag and voodoo slowly to the topside, no run off visible. Then watered her a 1/2 gallon from the bottom with plain Ph'd water, which she soaked right up in a matter of minutes. She really grew and stretched this week. A few pistils here and there. I have the ScrOG in place and she is starting to poke through it. I plan to add a second layer when needed. Spent the week tucking and selective defol. to encourage bud sites toward the scrOG. Most of the heavy lifting on my end is done. It's time for her to do her thing.😍 I hope everyone is having a great week! Thanks for stopping in! Check back every Wednesday to see this lady bloom. Peace, Deaner😎

Alot of growth this week! It's exciting to open up the tent at lights on each day and witness the new growth😍. Flower Day 9 - Did some defoliation on her. Mostly trimmed out her underside and a few fan leaves. Flower Day 12 - Added some new nutrients to my feeding schedule. Big Bud Organic and Bud Candy, both from Advanced Nutrients. Watered in a gallon pH'd to 6.6 with 5mL Cal-Mag plus, 8mL Big Bud Organic and 8mL Bud Candy. Continuing with leaf tucking. HST'd some of the runaway tops. Shooting for a VPD of about 1.2 for the Early flower stage. That's all for now folks. Time to kick back and watch the bloom! Thanks for stopping by. Peace, DeaneR😎

Another week of watching her grow😍! Apr. 14 Day 18 of flower - Top dressed with Gaia Green Power Bloom Organic 2-8-4 dry amendment, at a rate of 2 Tablespoons per gallon ( 2TBsp X 7gallons = 210 mL). Mixed into the top layer of Pro-Mix HP Mycorrhizae. Then watered in slowly a gallon top side, and 1/2 a gallon bottom side. Water was dechlorinated tap water pH'd to 6.6 and amended with Cal-Mag Plus (5mL/Gal), Big Bud (8mL/Gal), and Bud Candy (8mL/Gal). Apr. 17 Day 21 of flower - Trim and Defoliation session. Thinned her out and removed some of the larfy buds. Starting to stack up and showing some frost on the leaves. Only a hint of odour at this point, but wow, it's nice! I hope everyone's growing well 🙏. Ciao for now my Grow Friends! Peace, DeaneR😎

Wow! She grew this week 😜! The buds are stacking up nicely and the sugar leaves are starting to frost up with trichs. Surprisingly, not much odour yet😕. Her tent mate BlueCookie is real sticky and fragrant. Added B-52 to the nutrient mix this week. Watered on Apr.21 FL 25 and Apr.24 FL 28, with 1/2 gallon (nutrients as listed above) poured slowly topside. Lightly defoliating every other day or so. I'll likely try to reveg. this girl after harvest ( for clones), so I have left some larfy buds down low for that purpose. That's about it for now. Not much to do other than feed and water her....and of course watch her bloom😍. Thanks for stopping in! Peace, DeaneR😎

Another week on cruise control. Just letting her grow and bulk up. The stretch appears to be over. Buds are stacking nicely, and becoming very sticky and frosty😋. The smell is now strong and smells nice and sweet with a citrus tone. Some leaves are fading out to yellow, and some pistils are changing as well. I continue to get some tip burn when using Cal-Mag Plus, likely due to the 2-0-0 nitrogen. The main "Tee" section of the trunk has bulked up some in girth this week. Watered twice this week on Apr. 27 FL31 and Apr. 30 FL34 with a half gallon topside with the nutrients noted above. Dropped my Relative humidity to 48% average this week to bump up my VPD values to those suggested by Pulse Monitors. On Thursday April 25 I had a power outage from 9am to 1Pm. This can be seen in the weekly VPD chart. During this outage my VPD dropped to 0.4, Humidity spiked to 66% and temps dropped to 64 F. Thankfully this outage came shortly after my lights go off😳, and I don't foresee it causing any problems. That's about it for now! Have a great week everyone, and grow on! Peace, DeaneR😎

Another week on cruise control. Just letting her buds swell. Didn't see a whole lotta grows this week. Hopefully these buds will start to pack on the weight and fill in nicely. Pistils are darkening and shrinking back. Some fan leaves are fading to yellow, and she is smelling fantastic😍. Can't wait to try her out. Watered with one gallon as noted above on May 4 - FL38. Watered again May 8 - FL 42 with 1/2 gallon amended as listed above. Thanks for stopping in! Have a great week everyone😃. Peace, DeaneR😎

Well here we are at the end of week 7, 49 days since the script changed to 12/12. Added Overdrive to the feed schedule this week and dropped out Big Bud. Watering with a half gallon every 3 days. She is getting alot of fade to yellow in her leaves, and some trichs are turning amber already. It looks like she is going to finish at about 9 weeks. I hope to see her pack on some weight over the next 14 days🙏. Thanks for Viewing! Not much longer till harvest😍! Peace, DeaneR

Today, May 22, end of Week 8, Day 56 of flower, this girl got her last meal. 3/4 Gallon, dosed as above. Plain old pH'd h2O from here on out. The buds really put on some density this past week. I'm hoping this trend continues😋. Going for another week, possibly 2 till harvest. Time to start scoping out the trichs on a daily basis. I want to push this plant to its full yeild, but it's hard to resist the temptation to harvest her when she looks and smells so heavenly😍 Thanks for viewing! Stay tuned, more to come😀 Peace, DeaneR😎

This girl was put into darkness for 3 days before harvest on day 64. Ten days in the tent drying at 70F, 50% RH. This was a long and enjoyable run. I had a few hiccups along the way. Some strange growth patterns early on (week 2) until I put her in the appropriate sized pot, lol. Waged a war with the Fungus Gnat (week 5), and had a fan fail on me near harvest time. I have been working on correcting my tendencies to overwater, and learned to mainline for the first time. This being only my second growing experience, with only 150W of LED I was able to grow some quality buds that I am very proud of. Thanks to everyone who has been following along. Keep it Green! Peace, DeaneR😎