Newbie Grow

JonEm Looks like they are growing fine. Since this is my first grow I will probably not do too much training if any. Transplanted from Solo Cup to 2 gallon smart pot on day 11.

JonEm 14 days old today. They were all transplanted from solo cup to 2 gallon smart pot with no ill effects apparent. (In retrospect, I probably should have just gone with 5 gallon smart pots instead of the 2 gallon. They will need to be transplanted again into the bigger size. I read this should be done before flowering. With the autoflower growth that means likely within two weeks to transplant again. Does the two weeks in a 2 gallon pot make any difference?) The top of the soil is slightly dry. I will water tonight with half strength Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Grow.

JonEm Day 21 from germination. Tried to transplant West Coast O.G. from 2 gallon to 5 gallon fabric pot. A bit of a disaster but I'm hoping I didn't hurt it too much. The soil broke apart and the plant was actually buried upside-down at one point. No visible damage. I read somewhere that it was easy to just unroll the fabric but it was not. Maybe my soil was too wet. I will probably try to transplant the other two plants as well but cut the 2 gallon fabric pot off rather than trying to unroll it. Live and learn. Day 23 - I have transplanted all three to 5 gallon fabric pots - the West Coast OG (lower left) looks a little limp but otherwise they seem to have done OK. Day 27 - light defoliation. Watered with half strength grow to NL and GC. WC appears to have started bloom. Watered her with half strength bloom.

JonEm Day 28 - the WC OG has got a few hairs - pre flower ; others getting close. Watered with 2L each of half strength Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom soil. Day 30 - Elevated the shorter ones to level plant height to light. Gorilla Cookies is about 6 inches taller. Day 32 - 2.5 L each same half strength Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom soil

JonEm Day 35 - The West Coast O.G. is definitely in flowering and the others are getting close. The Gorilla Cookies is showing impressive growth and making me wonder if my 32 x 32 tent is big enough! Watering today with same half strength Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom Soil. Day 38 - All appears well. Probably water again tomorrow. Day 40 -Watering today with same half strength Botanicare Pure Blend Pro Bloom Soil. 2.5-3 L each. I think they were thirsty.

JonEm Day 42 - All looks well. Continue to do some leaf tucking. Tempted to defoliate some... Day 47 - Watered yesterday with same bloom nutrients. Did some light defoliation today mainly of lower areas and a couple huge fan leaves.

JonEm Day 50 - all seems well. Watered with same nutrient mix today. Buds are filling out. Nice aroma. Day 52 - Watered with nutrient mix and Cal/Mg supplement. There were just a few rusty spots on a few leaves on the G.C. pH probe showed 7. Maybe need to lower pH of bloom mix. I don't think it's a big deal - just on that one plant and they are all growing fine.

JonEm Week 8 - Day 56 today Watered today with same mix with ca/mg - I suspect I may have been chronically under watering slightly. This may be what gave me the little brown spots on the GC. I did light defoliation on GC and NL. I'm very happy with the progress. WCOG has a few amber trichomes. Last water for her was just plain without nutrients. Day 59 - more water/nutrients - taking up to 4.5L - definitely think some under watering previously. They appear to be doing great. WCOG ahead of the others. Good dog! Day 62 - 4L to GC and NL of slightly increased strength mix (20cc Botanicare Pro Blend Bloom Soil/gal with 3ml/gal CaliMagic) (sorry for mixing imperial with metric). Brown spots on GC about the same to maybe a little less. WCOG - trichomes getting there, mostly whitish, a few amber. Maybe another week or so - don't want to harvest too early

JonEm Week 9 from germination - Day 63 - the smell is strong and nice. I continue to water with nutrients as noted previously. I continue to clip a leaf here and there. The Gorilla Cookies has rusty spots on many leaves. I have increased strength of bloom nutrients, added Calimagic and increased watering volume hoping to correct whatever is going on. The plant otherwise continues to mature nicely and in the long run I hope it will make no difference. I have looked at some resources to try and identify a specific problem (YouTube - "DeBacco University" is a good channel). But still not sure. Overall it continues to be a rewarding experience. Day 65 - WCOG - checked trichomes and there are some areas with several amber, some areas with much less - on average though I think it may be very close to harvest; watered/nutrients to all plants Day 68 - WCOG - more amber trichomes when checked today - plan to harvest that one tomorrow! The others have a couple weeks left.

JonEm WCOG has been harvested on Day 69. Day 71 - NL and GC continue to bloom. I think NL will be done first maybe in a couple weeks. Will switch to plain water with next watering.

JonEm Day 69 - harvest for WCOG - did light wet trim. Drying them in the upper part of the grow tent. Not a huge harvest but decent. The buds appear fluffy and not dense but we'll see what they look like when dry. Will add additional photos then and try to weigh them.

JonEm GC harvested on day 85 - sorry I don't have any pictures - things got busy - there is one close up of trichomes

JonEm NL harvested on Day 86 - this was the smallest plant but I think the biggest budder!