First Indoor Grow - QBs - GSC by GYO

buddha61 The seed was germinated at the end of December, but it wasn't in a warm location, so it took a couple days to crack the shell and start a root (paper towel method). First week was under 24 hours of CFL lighting, six 15w bulbs, for 90w total. Plant was originally placed in the solo cup with Miracle Grow Indoor Mix (I know it is a bad choice, but I wanted to get started).

buddha61 Day 12 - I moved the plant into my 3x3 tent. It was about this time that I realized with the droopy leaves that I had given her too much water. I also switched from the tote with CFL lighting, my 'starter kit' to the 3x3 tent and QB lighting.

buddha61 Day 15 - I decided a little later this day that I was going to transplant to the final home, a 7g fabric pot. The roots had reached the bottom of the cup, and were starting to be seen on the sides. It could have went longer, but at the same point, I don't have to worry about the root ball stunting growth. Planted in 7g fabric pot using Mother Earth Coco Peat. Day 17 – Place a small ring of water around the outside of the edge that was watered after the transplant, to help hopefully encourage the roots to keep searching. Imagine I can hold off on watering another 1-3 days since the coco mix seemed to have some moisture out of the bag. Just want to make sure that I don’t overwater again. Other than that, she seems to be moving along fine since the transplant to the 7g fabric pot. I guess the next prep to take will be to get ready to top. I feel like she is getting close, but I also don’t want to top too soon (not sure there is a disadvantage other than having 1 or 2 less nodes after topping). Day 19 – I changed the power on the lights yesterday to 100% and raised the lights to just over 20” from the top of the plant. Watered today with some Epsom salts in the water (just under 6 grams for 1 gallon of water), as well as sprayed a little on the plant for a ‘foliar feeding’. Put about a total of 1-1.5 quarts of water in the coco and through the feeding. I was told the coco was ‘hot’ enough for about a month worth of feeding before I would have to supplement fertilizers. I noticed the temperature was creeping towards 85°, so I have turned off the space heater. Seems to be keeping a warm enough temperature now that the lights are on full power. I am kind of glad to not have to run the space heater. Day 20 - Perked up a bit day after watering

buddha61 Day 22 - Watered today, also started some leaf tucking/moving to allow light inside. Day 24 - Built the netting frame for the scrog today and put the string in for the netting. Scrog is built. Inside (usable) area of net is 27"x30". Day 25 - Freshly watered, for the first time with some Dyna-Gro Foliage Pro and Mag-Pro. There is some slight tip coloration from the newest growth, and a few spots on a lower leaf. I am going to continue to monitor. Topped today. Day 26 - Some discoloration in the new growth that started yesterday before water/feed. I also gave nutes for the first time yesterday, so I will monitor in the coming days/weeks Day 28 - Notice I started to do a little training, pulling the plant a bit to the side to start. The new growth from topping is starting to move along now, and you can see some of the new lower growth starting to pop through finally. Feel like the next week or so will be lots of training/tying down.

buddha61 Day 29 – Plant was given 1 gallon of plain water, that went to runoff. I was able to use the pH kit to see that the water going in was near 6.5, but between 6.0 and 6.5 (only the drops kit), and the runoff was also measured, to be slightly closer to 6.0 than the water going in, but the coloring wasn’t off by much, so it is close. Started to get some pull on some of the branches, hoping to get it to bush out, and open up as much area as possible. Day 31 - Training continues. Day 32 - I have a vacation planned for the end of March. I think that I will start flowering around Feb 14-16, to ensure that I should have a couple weeks after coming back from vacation. I don't have someone else to do my work, so I can't have harvest time when I am gone. I will be back as it is finishing up week 6 of flower, so it won't be done before that. Pulled branches down some more. It's amazing how quickly they start growing vertical again, but each time they will be slightly longer, allowing me to come further down the branch, and actually making it easier to pull down again. Day 33 - Little more pulling/adjusting done for the training. Felt the weight/top part of the medium, and think I am going to wait until tomorrow to water again. Day 34 - Freshly watered with 1/2 tsp Dyna-Gro Mag Pro and 1tsp Foliage Pro.

buddha61 Day 38 - I decided to use the scrog. Clips and strings have been removed, and time to let it grow into the screen. I finally got a filter/fan combo for exhaust in my tent. I had been winging it, but knew I would need proper exhaust by the time that I get to flower. Was able to pick up a used fan with speed controller and filter (not sure how long it will last) for $40 though, so not all bad. Space heater is also back into use after experiencing some nights with the temps going into the 60s in the tent. Humidity would go up, though I expect that to be less now with the exhaust. Day 39 - Freshly watered this morning, plain water, no food. Humidity seemed to stay @ ~50% with the new exhaust fan in place. Nice negative pressure inside the tent now. Day 40 - Inching closer to the scrog. Just waiting to utilize the net to level the top of the plant. Day 41 - Almost to the screen, will start weaving in the next couple days. Day 42 - Watered and fed today (1mL Foliage Pro, 1/2 mL Mag-Pro). At the very edge of the screen (top two cola leaves are touching the net). Very close to weaving soon (probably 2-5 days before I start).

buddha61 Day 43 - Top 2 colas are just past the net, with another coming close. Day 44 - I might have underestimated how long it will take for the screen to fill out. A few (about 5-8) center leaves were removed to allow more light to enter the center of the plant. I see lots of growth areas that could thrive with the additional light. Day 46 - Watered today.

buddha61 Day 50 - Growth seems to be slowing, but it has also been 4 days since she has been watered. Life got in the way of watering her today, as she was going to be watered (and fed) today or tomorrow anyways. Day 51 - The light just came on, and she got a gallon of water with nutes (Foliage Pro, Mag Pro). I wanted to fill the screen out some more, but may consider flipping to flower soon. Day 52 - Did some minor defoliation/branch topping/housekeeping of the plant after this picture was taken. Day 53 - Nothing to note. Day 54 - The temp dropped below 60 last night. I am a switching the lights. Instead of dark from 1a-7a, I am letting the lights continue on tonight, and be 'night' from 10a-4p and hope it helps keep the temps a bit more stable. Day 55 - Temps seemed to be a bit better with the new schedule. Day 56 - Freshly watered today. Removed some lower leaves tonight around the bottom of the plant (after this picture). I was hoping that a cola that in the front of the tent, and still below the screen would get to the screen soon, but it is growing slowly. I think that I am going to be switching to flower soon (next 1-3 days) since I know it will make it to the screen after flipping. As it looks right now, there are going to be close to 30 growth/colas that are at/near the screen developing that will hopefully become nice buds.

buddha61 Day 57 - I did decide to switch to flower. Last 'night' was the first 12 hour night cycle, going with lights on from 10p-10a. Day 59 - Tried to get the branches trained to go into their final (most likely) hole in the screen. Other than some defoliation, I think it may be the last time I will adjust the plant. Now it's an 8(ish) week wait to chop, then another 2-3 to smoke. Day 60 - Put a space heater in the room with the tent, and the 'night' temp seems to have stayed much warmer. I also watered/fed today, giving 1/2 tsp of both the Foliage Pro and Bloom, along with a normal feeding of Mag Pro. Day 61 - Trying to get the last bit of leveling of the canopy done over the next couple days, want to leave it go by day 64, which would be 1 week after starting the flowering cycle. Day 63 - Continuing to train branches out as much as I can, until probably tomorrow, then I will just let her grow vertically.

buddha61 Day 64 - The plan is to leave the plant to grow vertically, and as it begins to flower (switched schedule 7 days ago), hopefully some nice cola production will begin. There are a few stubborn branches that don't seem to want to grow up very much, but are close to the screen, so here's to hoping they get through soon. Fed today with 1 tsp bloom, 1/2 tsp Foliage Pro, 1/2 tsp Mag Pro. Day 65 - A couple branches in the back are able to be held down by outside squares, so a couple more branches tucked down again, but for real I am down this time. I am starting to be welcomed by a nice aroma when I open the tent now. Day 67 - I had a nice discovery today upon looking at a few of the bud sites....It appears on the 12th day of flower, a few pistils are starting to develop on the flowering sites. Day 68 - Watered/fed today with 1/2 tsp Foliage Pro, 1/2 tsp Mag Pro, 1 1/2 tsp Bloom. The power on the lights was also kicked up a bit, to about 85% of the full potentiometer turn. Day 69 - Starting to see more flower development start. Doesn't appear to have any ill effect from upping the power of the lights yesterday. Day 70 - It was warm outside today, and got warm in the tent, even for lights out, it stayed above 70° which it hadn't been doing.

buddha61 Day 71 - Watered today (first time down to 3 days, had been 4 days between waterings). I almost didn't water today, but then I remembered that it was REALLY warm in the tent yesterday, and the top of the 'soil' almost appeared 'baked', so I thought it was best to water. One gallon, which usually gives me runoff, wasn't enough to give me any, so I ended up giving almost 1.5 gallons of water/feed (2tsp Bloom, 1 tsp Mag Pro 1/2 tsp Foliage Pro per gallon, as indicated by the Dyna feed chart). It did seem that most all of the extra half gallon ran off, but hopefully that will help push any salts buildup that could possibly be occurring out. Nothing to note for day 72/73. I do wonder, when looking at the plant, if I will have to do much defoliation as the flowering cycle continues. There are lots of flowering sites. Day 74 - Even though the lights just came on, the leaves seem to be relatively attentive, and with the temps in check, I am going to hold off until the 4th day again to feed, tomorrow. I also can't quite tell if it is because of the cooler temp or not, but when I try to dig my finger into the substrate, it is either still cool or damp, or both, so I want to wait until tomorrow, I don't want to be overwatering at this stage. Day 75 - Fed the plant today, doing something new, where I fed about an hour before lights came on. Fed 2 tsp of Bloom, 1/2 tsp of Foliage Pro and I goofed and put 1/2 instead of 1 tsp of Mag Pro (it just went up this week and I forgot). She is showing a bit of post water droop for the photo. There wasn't much runoff from about a gallon and 20 ounces, so I am thinking she is drinking enough that I can possibly start watering safely every 3 days. Day 76 - I feel like this is going to be a long time flowering. At least during veg there is training to do, now it feels like it is feed, watch, wait, and repeat. Day 77 - Just another day. Love opening the tent each 'morning' for these photos. Added a flower photo today to show some of the trichrome development. That ends another week!!

buddha61 Day 78 - Today starts the 4th week of flower. Fed today with 2 tsp Bloom, 1 tsp Mag Pro, 1/2 tsp Foliage Pro. Fed close to 1 1/2 gallons to get sufficient runoff. After this week, I will follow the Dyna-Gro feed chart and drop the Foliage Pro from the feeding, and she will get only the Bloom and Mag Pro (ProTekt was on the feed chart, but I didn't get any when I first started her). She is moving along nicely it seems. Expect the next feed to come in on Monday. I'm testing with upping the power to 100% on the lights, and seeing what it does with the temps. I would feel fine with 84° or lower. Day 79 - Temps haven't changed from the upping of the light power. Should be on full blast until the last week, maybe 10 days, where I am thinking I'm going to slowly lower the power again, to mimic autumn. Probably not necessary, but feels like something I want to try. Day 80 - Temps are fine from the light increase, and there is no droopiness or anything negative from the defoliation. Will probably look to feed tomorrow, and keep moving the days/weeks along. Day 81 - Fed today with 2 tsp Bloom, 1 tsp Mag Pro, 1/2 tsp Foliage Pro. Day 82 - Nothing to note. Day 83 - Medium seems to still have some moisture, so I am going to hold off on feeding tomorrow, and instead will feed on Friday. I assume part of it is that I had to water later than I usually do last time. I normally water when the lights first come on, but I ended up watering in the middle of the 'day' last time. Day 84 - 4 week of flowering are now complete. The medium did end up drying a bit more than I expected, but with no real signs of hunger, I will still wait until tomorrow to feed. I am ordering a new fan for the pole of the tent (hate how this one angles when the pressure starts to pull the tent in. I believe I will still use this fan, just lower (under the canopy), and blowing up through the plant (been suggested a couple times to add a fan underneath).

buddha61 Day 85 - Noticed at least briefly, the tent had gotten up to about 84°, but went back down to its normal 82ish. I don't know if it has to do with slightly warmer temperatures or not. I will monitor. Was also fed today, following the Dyna-Gro feed chart with 2 tsp Bloom, and 2 tsp Mag Pro. As of this week, Foliage Pro is no longer going to be given. As I sit here and reflect on some of the earlier grow, I am starting to realize that lots of my discoloration early in the grow was likely predominantly caused by me. Not thinking, with this being a coco/peat mix, once I started feeding, it should have been every feed. I was not wanting to overfeed, so basically I fed one watering, then the next was plain water, thus essentially flushing the pot once a week and feeding once a week. Am I sure this was the cause, no, but it is the most logical thing that I can think of. I will call it 'first grow' lessons learned! Day 86 - Temp seemed to stay around 82° today, with a few hours of light left. Day 87 - She seems to be moving along fine with minimal effort on my part. Flowering seems to be the easiest part by far, but the hardest (having to wait when it gets close). Mid day update - New fan has arrived. Will be put in the tent tonight when the lights come on. Day 88 - Fed today, just over 1g with 2 tsp of Bloom and Mag Pro (per gallon). Installed the new Vivosun fan. Happy with it so far, seems a much better design to clip to the tent. Haven't used the old one as an underskirt fan just yet, but may still do so. Added a video looking at the new fan through the looking window of tent, so you can see it in action, while the tent is sucked in. You can see the leaves move from each side of the plant, then how the oscillation just perfectly fills the tent corner. I won a reverse auction from GPS, for a pack of Chinook Haze over the weekend (killer price), so I am going to start a small genetics collection I think. My original order from GYO has 1 Barneys Farm Pineapple Chunk (freebie), 2 random (freebies), 2 GYO GSC and 2 GYO Bubblegum seeds left, all of which should be feminized. The GPS seeds are regular. I really want to try some Subcool strains, like Jack the RIpper (have had the smoke and liked it) or Grape Lime Ricky (description just sounds awesome), but don't feel like paying $10 a bean for regular seeds at this point in time. The other I want to get is some White Rhino, which I might end up picking up some Nirvana White Rhino (another smoke I thoroughly enjoyed) seeds at some point as well. Day 89 - There is something peaceful about just sitting by the tent with the door open, and relaxing with the plant. NOTICE: Since a comment brought it to my attention that I never showed the lights, I added pics in the week 2 section, since that is when they went into the tent. They are QB132 v1 lights from HLG. Day 90 - Temp again hit 84° in the tent. I guess I can't worry too much. There is plenty of airflow, that that thermo is on the net, in the light, so it may be more of a radiant vs ambient temp. She isn't really showing any ill signs of it, so I will just keep plugging along. Day 91 - Fed today, 2tsp Bloom and Mag Pro (per gallon), with 140 oz given. 5 weeks of flower in the books. GYO lists this strain as a 55-63 day flower. I don't know if they base that off of time flip, or pistil formation, but I am 35 days in from time flip (I think it was about 12 days for first pistils), and I can't imagine that it will be done in 3 more weeks. I'm thinking at least 4 more, but we will see how she finishes as the weeks continue to go by. Opened the tent right before lights on today to grab a couple lights off flash on photos.

buddha61 Day 92 - Humidity is a bit high in the entire house today, translating to a humidity during lights out that peaked at 70%. Going to have to watch it, but I am not going to panic or overly worry about a day or two when I have good airflow, and an exhaust fan. Day 93 - Temps are warming up a bit. Time to consider turning on the air conditioner. Day 94 - Noticed a touch of nute burn when looking at the lights off photos specifically, and the 'darkness' of the leaves, leading me to think there may be a bit extra nitrogen. Today was feed day, and the feeding chart calls for 2 tsp Bloom 1 tsp Mag Pro for week 6 of flower. Instead of 2tsp of bloom, I gave 1 1/2 tsp. I also gave close to 1 1/2 gallons of water, leading to a bit more runoff, hoping to help run anything sitting out of the pot. It's a joy to look at the plant now, and see the flowers, that are actually resembling buds now, as in they are filling out and starting to get some size to them. We are only at about 5" of stretch through the net, but if most of those buds fill out, I will be happy. Day 95 - Temp is showing a relatively steady 79° on the thermo with the AC on 69° degrees. Definitely within the reasonable range. I almost hate taking the daily pictures now as there is little difference, mostly seen when I go to individual flower photos, but it gives me a base for each day. It was definitely more beneficial in the earlier part of the grow cycle. Day 96 - Moving along. AC was on most of the night last night while lights were on, off and on during the day (lights off), and then back on, right after lights on. That change has kept the the temp in the tent below 80° and most fluctuating between 77-79 the couple times I have looked since lights on. Day 97 - Fed today, 1 1/2 tsp Bloom, 1 tsp Mag Pro, per 1 gallon of water, with ~170oz of water given (almost a gallon and a half). It is getting close to almost needing fed every other day, instead of every third day as she is drying out the pot a bit more, though she has rarely, if ever, gotten to a droopy dry yet. By the time next feeding will be here, we will be on week 7 of flower, and be dropping back to 1 tsp of Bloom and 1/2 tsp of Mag Pro per gallon of water. Day 98 - Nothing really to note today. You will see in the subsequent flower photos, some browning at the tips, likely a bit of nute burn as I was just giving the feeding chart for flower from Dyna-Gro, and it seemed to happen in the last week or 10 days or so. This last feed was at 3/4 strength on the bloom and full strength on the mag pro. I intend to probably do similar for next weeks feedings.

buddha61 Day 99 - We start the 7th week of flower this week. Claims to be a 8-10 week strain, so we are on the countdown to the final 2-4 weeks (hopefully, though I can't imagine it being done in 2 weeks with what I see, so I'm sure it will be on the longer end of that range). Rainy in our area, which apparently cause all humidity to be up around the house. Will be feeding tomorrow, feeding chart calls for 1 tsp Bloom and 1/2 tsp mag pro. With the tiny bit of nute burn on the ends of the leaves, I am probably going to go closer to 1/2 tsp or just over of bloom, but probably keep the mag pro close to the 1/2 tsp. Day 100 - Fed today, 1/2 strength on the Bloom (1/2 tsp given per gallon), and full strength on the mag pro (1/2 tsp). 160 oz of water given today. Day 101 - Rainy day today, humidity was up during lights out. Will watch the buds for any sign of rot or mold, but don't have a dehumidifier right now, so no way to pull it out (aside from the fan already in there). Day 102 - Nothing to note. Day 103 - Fed today, 1/2 tsp Bloom, 1/2 tsp Mag Pro per gallon of water, with 170 oz given today. Still just playing the waiting game, and making sure to check the buds each day, since I have no dehumidifier, and the lights out humidity has been reaching the low 60s recently, after having hovered in the mid 50s for a while. Day 104 - Humidity remains high in the area, causing the tent to have more humidity than I would prefer. I realize I have mentioned this a few times recently, but without the spare money to buy a dehumidifier (chances are I wouldn't try to 'waste' the money on a smaller 30 pint, but rather buy a better 70 pint machine), it does cause a bit of concern when I wake up to humidities in the 50s with lights on, and up to 70% during lights off. Other than that, I am just trying to keep an eye on the flowers, and keep her going. I'm guessing ~3 more weeks or so for her, but I guess we will see how she finishes. Day 105 - 7 weeks of flower down. The flower pics from today just makes me think that I have like 3 more weeks left, unless she does some sort of crazy finish. I have tried to use an old disposable camera to create a macro lens, but I can't get it to focus on the trichs well enough. Guess I will have to look into a loupe.

buddha61 Day 106 - I feel like my patience is going to be tested while waiting for this girl to finish out. She was fed today, 3/4 tsp Bloom (I went up a little from last week, but still under the suggested amount of 1 tsp) and 1/2 tsp of Mag Pro per gallon of water, with 160 oz given. Day 107 - Nothing to note today. Barely around enough today to even get a picture. Day 108 - I will highlight it in the coming days, but it seems that a few of the flowers are packing on some more calyxes. Not sure if it is the start of foxtailing or if it is the start of the final weeks weight packing, though I definitely hope it is the 2nd option. Day 109 - Fed to with 3/4 tsp Bloom 1/2 tsp Mag Pro per gallon of water, 170oz given. Day 110 - Nothing really to note. Just moving on to another day. Day 111 - I got to say, it seems that the pistils are changing quickly, hopefully a sign of being close (being relative, assuming like 2 more weeks optimistically). I have yet to get a loupe, and my attempts to get trich shots with a DIY lens results in blurry pictures all the time. Day 112 - Fed/watered today. 180 oz of water given, with 3/4 tsp Bloom, 1/2 tsp Mag Pro per gallon. I'm definitely feeling impatient. I want to harvest this thing soon, and I look at it, and realize it really isn't all that close.

buddha61 Day 113 - We enter the 9th week of flower. Sorry that the start of the weeks are 'slow' on here, but since I pretty much update daily, I only have the little bit, unless I wait a couple days to start for the week. Day 114 - Tomorrow will be a feeding day. Noticing some slight discoloration among some of the oldest outer leaves. Day 115 - Fed/watered today, as well as put a new small layer of Mother Earth Coco Peat on the top of the existing medium. I noticed what seemed to be a few roots trying to poke through the top of the soil, so I wanted to add a bit more fresh on top. Gave about 180oz of water with 3/4 tsp Bloom, 1/2 tsp Mag Pro per gallon. Adding a couple pictures today showing the discoloration that has occurred on a few leaves, as well as a fair number of closer bud pictures. Day 116 - It's crazy the ride this plant has been, and to think that it will be coming to an end soon. It seems that there has been a little bud swelling starting, as they seem to be bulking up a tad. I have a loupe coming from amazon tomorrow so I will be able to actually check the trichs properly, hopefully. Day 117 - Loupe came in the mail today. Will have a couple trich shots. Looks to be clear and cloudy, with zero ambers that I can see. Guess I will have a couple more weeks minimum. Also, got to say, after doing some inspection, and feeling, the buds are starting to get rock hard, feeling solid, so that is a plus. Tomorrow will be feed day, but there is a chance I may not be around, and if I am up before the lights go out, I will likely just water in the morning. I couldn't help myself, and trimmed off a branch today to sample in a few days after some drying time. Day 118 - Fed today. I noticed a few of the sugar leaves coming in a touch yellow back to 1tsp Bloom 1/2 tsp Mag Pro per gallon of water, with 180 oz given. As you can see above the fan is the spot where I took the small branch yesterday. With the stem and some leaves, it was 13.xx grams, so could dry to just around/under 1/8 oz for the test spot. Day 119 - 9 weeks of flower are now complete. I have noticed over the last few days, there has been some increased trich production over parts of the flowers. I am getting excited for the harvest, but as I have stated a few times, I realize it is likely weeks away.

buddha61 Day 120 - We are starting the 10th week of flower, or 12/12. Apparently it got hot in the room/tent during lights out, as it hit 88° at some point before the AC kicked on. I feel like when I look at the trichs, most are cloudy, with some clear, but it is kind of hard for me to focus clearly long enough, and even harder to get a clear photo. The fact that there are still a fair number of standing and white pistils makes me want to wait, but I am thinking that I will probably be chopping sometime in the next 10-14 days. I don't want to rush it, but at the same time, I don't want to get to a couch-lock sedative either, should it happen to ripen quicker than I might imagine. A lot of this is just me thinking/talking out loud, and I have definitely told myself many times that I am not going to chop this early. I did take the one small branch, but I was allotting myself that one 'tester', which is still drying, and down to 4.8 grams from 13.x so far. I imagine it will drop to below 3 by the time it dries. Still gives me hope for the other 60+ flowers for a total yield. Day 121 - Fed/watered today, 180oz given with 1tsp Bloom, 1/2 tsp Mag Pro per gallon. Number one item I need to purchase before my next grow for sure is a dehumidifier. This humidity has had me on edge, though I assume it is mostly peaking at the high number, and not there the entire time during lights out. I have another humidity/temp meter in the room, outside the tent, and while it will peak in the 60s/low 70s like the tent, it isn't there the entire day, so I assume the tent fluctuates similarly. I am going to cut back to 1/2 tsp of both Bloom and Mag Pro again with the next feed, and likely feed for another 10-14 days, with 1 or 2 water only 'flushes' at the end of the cycle. Day 122 - Not much to note today. Was home basically enough to grab the picture while the lights were on. That said, I did pull the loupe out again, just to look, and I do see a vast majority of cloudy trichs (for comparison, I used a little solo cup grow that is in the same tent, lower right of all the photos if you see it, and it I can see the difference from clear to cloudy through the loupe), though amber and clear are pretty much not around. I think it will be 2 weeks or so, probably 2 more feedings and 2 water only feeds, then harvest. That should take us to near 2 weeks. Day 123 - Was looking over the plant this morning near lights out (first I got to see of it for the day), and happened to find a nanner in one of the flowers. Going to have to pluck it today when the lights come on, and check over the plant again to make sure there are no others. Day 124 - Fed/watered today, 180oz of water, 1/2 tsp Bloom and Mag Pro per gallon of water. Plucked the nanner as best I could. Going to continue to watch it. I have seen a couple people say I should harvest immediately and cut my losses, but as a single plant, I am going to just watch, as I should be in the final weeks anyways. If a couple more were to pop up, I might think about chopping sooner, but I don't think we are there yet. Day 125 - I have noticed a few more leaves starting to yellow a touch. I guess it could be the start of the plant naturally fading. Still no amber trichs to be found on the buds, but there does appear to be more pistils darkening (I'd guess ~30% of the pistils have changed, though I know it isn't the best measurement for ripeness). One more feed, and 2 waterings (flushing) would put us at another 8 or 9 days, probably close to when I would think about harvesting. Day 126 - Ten weeks of flower is now complete. Tomorrow is going to be a feed day. I am getting anxious waiting for chop day.

buddha61 Day 127 - Watered/fed today. About 180 oz of water given, with 1/2 tsp Bloom, 1/2 tsp Mag Pro per gallon. It is anticipated that this is the last feed, and will be given water only, the next 2-3 feeds before harvest, to flush/fade the girl (come on autumn colors!). I happened to be searching a couple buds and found my first 3 amber trichs on a calyx. The final countdown has begun! Day 128 - Nothing to note, I was lucky to be around enough to get the photo. Day 129 - I feel like there has been some new calyx development over the last few days, but I am still going with my plan to flush 2-3 times before a harvest. I feel like if I was properly set up, and honestly stocked with current flower, I could probably let this thing go another 3 weeks (rookie grower thoughts), but I am still looking to harvest in 10-12 days. Talking to a few different people, ran a few ideas past me, but I think I am going with my plan for this first grow. Someone mentioned one more big bloom feed before a flush, but I think I'm just ready to be done feeding. The idea of 24 hours of darkness before harvest to 'boost trichs' was brought to me by another person, and I am still unsure of my thoughts on that plan. Day 130 - The 'flush' has begun. Today the plant was given 2 gallons of water, which is almost 50% more than was given with feed, as she had been getting 180oz or so of water. You can really tell the difference in the amount of runoff! Lets see how long she takes to really show a fade. Day 131 - I got nothing for today. Snapped a pic and bolted out of the house. Day 132 - Again, sadly, I got nothing for today. A picture and out the door. Day 133 - 11 weeks of flower are down. She was watered today, with another 2 gallons of water only. I added a small amount of new Mother Earth Coco Peat to the pot, in my mind, just to ensure that she doesn't fade out too quickly. Probably a bit unnecessary and may not help, but I did it anyways :) I originally planned on chopping likely at the end of this weekend, but I might see if she can hold out 2 more water only feeds, and chop next Thurday-Friday, at the end of the 12th week. I keep checking a few buds with the loupe, and still can barely find any amber, but also don't see any clear trichs. Either way, I am going to be anxious for this last week to finish up, then the real test of waiting will come, hanging and curing!

buddha61 Day 134 - We enter the 12th week of flower. I forgot to mention that I gave 2 gallons of water again yesterday, though the runoff seemed to be about half as much as the previous time that I watered. I did topdress with a touch of new Mother Earth Coco Peat, but I wouldn't have imagined it would have soaked up as much additional water as it did. I imagine doing so will give the plants just a touch more nutrients while just watering, and should hopefully allow me to at least get through this week, possibly a touch longer. The trichs all appear cloudy, but the pistils still stand up a bit much, so I want to take this as long as possible, without extending it too much further. Day 135 - Seems that last little top dress of medium has slowed/stopped what seemed to be the start of autumning off. I'm actually kind of happy with that, as it may allow me to get another couple days of finishing out of the plant. While I don't want to wait much longer, I would like to see some more pistils receding/turning color. Day 136 - Watered today, just under 2 gallons. After a couple days of getting lots of runoff, I feel safe that most of the medium will be cleaned of any salt residues that may have been left. At this point, I will basically just water until runoff for the last feed or two. Day 137 - As I wait for these last few days to count down to harvest, I can only think that it is hard to 'plan' a grow before you start. These beans were listed as 8-10 weeks, I started flowering at the beginning of March, and figured by the end of April I should be close to a harvest. Well, as we sit here, close to the end of May, it is finally getting close to that harvest, though at times I feel like I should be waiting multiple more weeks on the plant. Day 138 - I don't have much to say about today. I started a new job tonight, working the overnight shift, so I will end up only getting a couple hours of 'day' time with the plant now in her final days. She will be watered tomorrow when I get home from work. Day 139 - This new job is less than ideal for the flowering times I currently have, but there is minimal (probably 7-10 days) time left before I chop her. Lights are on from 10p-10a, and I work from 10p-6a, not getting home until close to 7. She was watered when I got home today, and so as long as she doesn't fade out too quickly, I will be chopping around the 1st of June. She will approach 90 days of flower time from a listed 56-63 day strain. I have said it many times, but still a waiting game at this point. Day 140 - The 20th week of growing, 12th week of flower is now complete. It appears that the leaves are slowly starting to yellow a bit more. Getting close! She is either going to get harvested this weekend, or next weekend (figure it will just be easier to do when I'm not working).

buddha61 Day 141 - Made the decision I am going to chop Sunday morning, and giving 24 hours of darkness before. The net was cut out of the plant, and the light removed from the tent. I wanted to wait a bit longer, but there were bright yellow tipped sugar leaves trying to poke out of the buds, so I figure it was time. She was set to be watered Saturday, but that will be foregone and chopped Sunday morning. The tent is going to double as the drying chamber.

buddha61 She was harvested on May 26, day 143, on the 87th day of flower, after a 24 hour dark cycle. I hadn't pruned as well as I would have liked under the net (it was hard for me to manage), and it left a bit of underdeveloped, light deficient flowers. Not sure what will be done with them just yet, but they will be drying with the rest. I will update weights and everything else after drying has completed. No wet weights were taken (I just personally see little use in it when there is going to be extra stem and leaf material that will be removed after drying). Edit: 6/1/19 - 233g of dried bud that was above the nets (good bud), and 109g of larfy, light deprived, under canopy bud that will likely be used for edibles or something else. Total of 342g flower in a 3x3 tent with QB lights. It is now in jars, and possibly jarred slightly early, but I figure I can easily burp the jars daily for 20-30 minutes, or more if needed, as they continue to dry/cure. In my mind, easier to allow to dry a bit more when in a jar than to over dry before jarring. Will update smoking characteristics in another week or 2, after some cure time has elapsed.