Orange Hill Special

2024/12/29 The first week of vegetation is starting, and the little ones are looking happy :D So far, they've only received water with an adjusted pH level. 2025/01/01 Happy New Year! The plants are thriving. 😊 2025/01/04 Some of them seem a little sad, I'm not sure at all what's their problem but i hope it will get better next week 😫

2025/01/07 The little ones are growing diligently. Ami and Amber have developed a CalMag deficiency, so I’ve slightly increased the CalMag dosage. 2025/01/08 Today, I transplanted them into their final 18L pots. Maybe a bit early, but I think it's better too early than too late. 2025/01/11 The ladies are growing great, and the CalMag deficiency seems to be resolved. 😊

2025/01/12 I topped them today. 2025/01/14 They are developing well, the topping doesn’t seem to have bothered them. 2025/01/18 In almost all pots, you can already see roots. 😊

This week, not much happened, but the plants have grown really well. Tomorrow, I will switch them to flowering and set the light schedule to 12/12.

This week, I switched the lighting schedule to 12/12 and transitioned to bloom nutrients. The plants seem to handle the relatively high EC of 2.7 mS/cm well, and they continue to grow vigorously. 😊

Hey, the second week of flowering is done, and the pre-flowering stage is already visible. The ladies have been growing vigorously and are now 60 cm tall. Next week, they will be lollipopped. 😁

Today, I lollipopped the plants. For this, I remove all leaf and bud mass in the lower two-thirds, while in the top third, I only take off the large fan leaves. It ended up being about 32 liters (a big bucket) of biomass. I also checked everything again for pollen sacs, but it looks like they are 100% female. Next week, I'll reduce their nutrients a bit since they now have much less biomass and fewer leaves to process them. 😁

The plants handled defoliation well and grew 10 cm this week. They received slightly less fertilizer since they have fewer leaves to process. The entire garden has also become noticeably denser again, and you can no longer see the soil from above. 😊

Hi everyone, the stretch seems to be coming to an end. The buds are developing quite well, but I'm wondering about the completely white tips on some of the buds. I've never seen anything like this before. 😱

Hi everyone, the plants are developing great, but there seem to be very different phenotypes since I have to water them quite differently. This week, I just took a few more photos of the buds because not much else exciting is happening. 😆

Hi everyone, the plants are slowly approaching the end of flowering and overall, they look pretty good. I think they have a slight CalMag deficiency since I have very soft water. The EC value straight from the tap is usually around 0.2 mS/cm. For the next grow, I’ll try increasing the dose of CalMag Pro and see if that helps. However, the plants seem to be developing well despite the slight deficiency, so I’ll just leave everything as it is for this grow.

Hi everyone, the buds have made another big leap, and the trichomes are now mostly milky, with a few already turning amber. I think the garden will be ready for harvest next week. 😍

The buds are getting really thick and smell amazing. I originally thought I could harvest this week, but it looks like I'll wait a bit longer. 😅

Hey everyone, I harvested today. I put all the popcorn buds in the compost since there’s already more than enough yield. The roughly 3 kg shouldn't be taken too seriously because I weighed everything with stems. In total, I had three phenotypes: one with a lot of leaves in the buds, one with very thick and compact buds, and one with pretty big but not so dense buds. I'm curious about how this strain will taste and affect me. I'll definitely post a smoke report once it's dry!