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So as of writing this these seedlings have been around for about 12-13 days each. I started off these seeds on the windowsill in my bathroom just to make sure they were in a nice and humid environment.
It's been quite hot for the past couple of weeks so I'd imagine that the leaning of the Gorillaglue on the left is down to a bit of a growth spurt combined with a slight lack of light from the windowsill.
I've put them outside today just to give them a bit of extra light and wind to stimulate some healthier growth in the Gorillaglue, whose stem is unfortunately a bit too long and a bit too weak for my liking. Hopefully this stops it becoming too scrawny.
The Royal Creamatic on the other hand is doing rather decently! It seems to be handling all the varying conditions fine and should be ready to transplant and start using nutrients in a week or two.
Both of these plants will be placed back on the bathroom windowsill each night just to make sure they have the best conditions.
Feel free to leave advice/questions/tips!
The plants have done pretty well in the last week, despite the fact that shortly after they started growing vigorously I accidentally overwartered them quite heavily.
I transplanted them earlier today with what seems so far to be great success. I transplanted them in the morning with a cloudy sky overhead and by late afternoon they were raising their leaves to the sun and looking very healthy.
The Gorillaglue seems to really be upping it's leaf count as quickly as it can, but it isn't as weak stemmed as it used to be. Hopefully this improves further though.
Royal Creamatic seems to be slowing down somewhat at only about 8cm tall and with less nodes. The lower leaves are also quite pale compared to those of the top of the plant and those of the Gorillaglue.
Luckily there's been a marked improvement in the inter-nodal growth of these two, whereas before they still looked like fresh 2 week plants now they're really starting to develop.
GorillaGlue is doing really quite well in terms of growth but has stayed happy and healthy for the most part (apart from some unfortunate early signs of light nitrogen toxicity in the curled down leave tips). It REALLY smells as well which I take to be a good thing as it's outdoors in one of the windier parts of this area.
Ryl. Creamatic now at least doesn't look like a seedling and also has some good leaf growth coming along, would like to see it speed up a bit just as the beginning of flowering draws near however. Smells quite subtly but I'll put that down to it not being as potent and it being mostly Indica.
Whilst it's an early prediction and anything good or bad could happen in the meantime I reckon I'll be seeing a nice 40g total of good quality bud once the grow is all done come early September.
Late update, few days into this week but the growth has been consistently decent for the Ryl.Creamatic and quite nice for the GorillaGlue. The Gorillaglue has always smelled really rather strong whereas now the Creamatic is actually starting to show it's fragrance.
Thinking of using CFLs in Spacebuckets at night to get them really nice and dense
Been getting very sloppy with these updates, but have had recent news that in a few weeks time I'll need to finish them in spacebuckets so everything has been busy!
These two plants are doing considerably better now however, with the Gorillaglue showing quite dense branching all throughout the now 42cm tall stem. Royal Creamatic is doing rather nicely now with a lot of very healthy leaves growing out.
I suspect that the Creamatic might finish a bit later than the Gorillaglue considering it doesn't have nearly the same level of pistil density yet.
Two weeks late but things have been very hectic around here!
In the photos both plants have just been taken out of the rain.
Lots has been going on with these two, mainly the start of the full flowering stage as these two develop their side colas. You can see the sparkle of the Gorillaglue really showing so I'm hoping that's some good quality bud. The GG has also stopped growing in height at 45cm and also had a fan leaf knocked off but it is growing increasingly dense, luckily there's lots of wind most days and it's still a very healthy plant.
Currently it has what appears to be either a pH problem or light deficiency on one of the sides of the lower half but only mildly. The smell is wonderful!
Royal Creamatic is a very different plant now, it's really increased the density and amount of side colas but it's still just as healthy as ever. It's also 53cm tall, quite decent for a plant grown in an 11l pot.
These two seem to be doing well, each smells wonderful and each one seems to be progressing nicely.
Royal Creamatic has small mini cola growth practically all over the plant but hopefully it's got a few weeks left till it's fully ready so that it can fatten up the buds a bit. Smells slightly sweet but for the most part smells like a normal plant.
GorillaGlue is fattening up nicely, the main cola in particular is consistently dense and also absolutely covered in resinous buds. Side cola growth is also quite impressive for such a small plant. Hopefully it continues to grow for a week or two before last flush. Smells very strong with a slightly more earthy flavour.
So this is a very late update to the whole grow, I ended up cutting them both down quite early and don't consider it a very successful grow, seeing as I ended up running into mould and mites on the other plant whilst underfeeding this one.
Despite that, the Creamatic had some rather flavourful smoke in addition to it's relatively easy growth despite the less than ideal conditions. I'm definitely going to try this strain out another time!
Overall, this strain (might be pheno specific) grew quickly, easily and in an easy to monitor plant structure, making it a very friendly first grow. Did much better than I thought it would outdoors too!
I made a couple of big mistakes with this one. First I took to spraying it with a hose to try and get the spider mites off, and second whilst it was still growing I didn't prune it nearly enough, the bushiness of the plant came back to bite me in the arse with pest and control and aeration. It still had plenty of white hairs upon harvest unfortunately, so this will require a second grow to decide if it's worth it.
@Korfver, not great tbh, sorry about the lack of updates but the mites and mould knocked out the GG before it was ready, leaving only the side colas and the Creamatic come drying time.
yo man, consider repoting the royal creamatic, I kept it too long in a small pot and it didnt develop to be a monster plant.. i have it in the week 7-8, almost ready to harvest :D
@WhiteWidow, Yeah I'm considering it but I was worried it'd be way too late cause I mean I haven't found the time to update but they're both in preflower mode so it might just shock them out of producing decent bud :/
@BigDaddyK, This was mainly to see if a couple of small plants would be able to give me a personal supply and I wasn't really thinking long term. Definitely gonna get at least 15l pots for my next grow. Agreed though they're small plants but looks like I'm gonna pull around an ounce of some quality bud 👌
@DeathEvil, Agreed it's looking like a good turn around so far, hopefully the Creamatic makes up for it's lack of height compared to the Gorillaglue in terms of bushiness and density
That is some serious stretch are you repotting at all ?
If you are moving to bigger pots i would bury most of the stem to prevent it snapping and will grow roots from there anyway but thats a personal opinion :-)
As they are autos and dont like the repot cut the old pot away with a stanley knife and place very very carfully into the new pot of soil and place in hole you made ready for it ✌️ Good luck
@Autoduck, Yeah I'm planning to repot in a couple of days into something a bit bigger so that should help get better results/healthier plants. Thanks for the tip and thanks I'm gonna need a bit of luck but it should go fine!
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