First Grow

Day 1 - Seeds started in distilled water. Two Zombie Death Fuck, two free unknown seeds, two Gorilla Glue Autos, two Heavy Purple Autos, and two free Girl Scout Cookies. Saving remaining seeds for another time. Day 2 - Moved seeds into paper towels after sitting in distilled water for 24 hours. All seeds sank to the bottom of jars. Placed seeds in paper towels then dampened paper towels and drained off excess water. Day 3 - Checked seeds after 24 hours when I got home from work and WOW. Uploaded all pictures into Procreate and wrote my assessment on there. 6/10 seeds broke and roots started growing. Leaving seeds after re-wetting paper towels for tomorrow. Hoping the remaining four seeds wake up because we’ve got work to do. Day 3.5 - Checked seeds this morning after 3.5 days and holy shit they look good. Gorilla Glue Auto and Heavy Purple Autos are disappointing me though. Neither GGA have cracked open and only one HPA has cracked. Free Unknown and GSC seeds are kicking ass though. Really REALLY pleased with my Zombie Death Fucks as well. Both seeds have thrown out twin taproots, so I’ll have more plants to grow than I thought I would. Can’t wait to get home and get these babies into some Roots Organic soil and let them go. To say this was a good morning is an understatement. Day 4 - All seeds but one Gorilla Glue Auto and one Heavy Purple Auto germinated. 80% germination rate. Planted GGA and HPA in 5 gallon fabric pots. Planted 2 Zombie Death Fucks. Only one has the potential to throw twins. Planted 2 Girl Scout Cookies, these were my best seeds. Both long tap roots and look healthy already. Planted one free Unknown seed. These seeds did well too, but I only planted one of them because I only had five one gallon fabric pots. Will transplant all photoperiods into 10 gallon fabric pots in 3-4 weeks. Day 6 - Got home from work after being gone this weekend for the wedding. Was anxious to see how the ladies did while I was away. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised when I got home and saw them. All soil was still damp, reading about a 6 on the moisture meter, so I only gave each lady a little bit of water. ZDF 1 was laying down when I opened the tent. She’s the one I’m worried about twins with. I propped her up with a bamboo skewer and left her pointing toward the light. Hoping she recovers okay. She’s about an inch tall. GSC 1 is the tallest plant by far. She’s between 4-5 inches tall. Her seed casing was still sitting on top of the stem, so I gently removed it so she can get more light up top and start growing her first fan leaves. ??? is doing surprisingly well seeing how she was a free seed. Already got her four fan leaves going strong and she’s about 3 inches tall. GSC 2 is doing really well also. She’s about 4 inches tall and also has her fan leaves growing. She’s tall and skinny. GGA, where do I begin? She was the weakest seed and I planted her while saying a prayer that she pulls through. We have a fighter. She’s not much to look at, but she is alive, and she is working hard. She’s about 3/4 inches tall but she is bent over, I think she’ll straighten out though. Also showing signs of starting to get her first leaves. ZDF 2, my baby. She’s the strongest of the group for sure. Very nice thick stem and has the first leaves. I’d say she’s between 3-4 inches tall, so not the biggest, but she looks to be the happiest of the ladies. Really excited to see where she takes us. HPA is looking good, definitely better than the GGA, but she germinated a lot better. She’s also about 3-4 hours inches tall and has her first leaves. All the ladies were reaching for that light, so I lowered it and centered it better. If any others are leaning too much tomorrow, I will help support them with bamboo skewers as well. Hoping lowering my light will help with that. Not feeding any just yet, I’ll wait another week and decide what to do then. Very impressed with these babies so far. We’ll see how we do on day 7! 🤗 Day 7 - Well, what I was afraid of happening happened. ZDF 1 was starting to shrivel up. I tried to dig in and get some soil with her to put her deeper, but I ended up accidentally pulling just the plant. Went ahead and dug her in deeper, but I’m fully expecting her to be a loss. All the others are doing well, not much more vertical growth today which is good because they were all starting to get pretty stringy. Hoping the leaves start to show more growth sooner so we can get this show on the road. GSC 1 is showing some weird leaf growth. The first two ridged leaves are small, but the other two smoother ones are curling up. Gave each plant about 4 oz. of distilled water and will check on them in the morning. Also, I’m starting to think my cheap 45W light isn’t going to cut it. Plants seem to be reaching for light, but I can’t lower it anymore without depriving other plants of light. Hoping it hold up and the plants start to adjust because the funds aren’t there for me to dish out a hundred for a light upgrade...

Day 8 - Well, I woke up and checked on the ladies and saw nothing new, they were still reaching for the light, so I made a gutsy call. I moved them out to my guerilla grow location. I knew I wasn’t going to get anywhere with the 45W LED in the tent, so I decided to move them out into the sunlight and elements 3 weeks early. I was dreading getting back to check on them after work; I was just expecting them to have all died. Actually bought peat pellets in preparation of having to start over. Got to the location (after stopping by my dealers place, can’t wait to have my own supply) and was pleasantly surprised to see they were all doing better, except for ZDF 1 who I just called dead. Assessments in pictures! Day 9 - Not much to report. Ladies are looking great! I did sprinkle some animal repellent around my plants out at my grow location, that’s about it. Day 10 - Ladies still looking nice. Kinda starting to wonder about GSC 1 though, she’s lagging behind the rest of them, haven’t seen much leaf growth in week 2 from her. Day 11 - Friday - Bad storms coming in tonight. Went and bought a tarp, some stakes, and a wooden dowel to build a tent over the ladies. Got the tent built just in time because the downpour and hail came. Hope they hold out through the storm. Day 12 - Saturday - Got off work at noon and tried to make it out to my grow location to check on the ladies and take the tent down. Got my truck stuck on the way out there and had to call my uncle to come get me out. Was still raining and the temperature dropped down into the 50s. I didn’t make it down to check on them and get them uncovered or water them. Hoping this isn’t the end of them. They’ve been without sunlight for a day if the tent held up. If the tent fell on top of them that would be worse. Will try to make it out there tomorrow before I go to work to take care of them. Really hoping they are being strong, I really don’t want to lose them and have to start over.. Leaving it up to Mother Nature for now.. Day 13 - Walked out to check on the plants, about 3/4 of a mile, pain in the ass, but I HAD to go see the damage. Got to the location and saw that the tarp had fallen down on top of the ladies which is the last thing I wanted to see. Carefully lifted the tarp to see that HPA had a bent stem and was laying down, so I stood her back up and pushed some soil around her. Also saw that ZDF and ??? had bent over some while growing, like they tilted to the left. I’m assuming this was caused by the tarp leaning them over. None of them needed any water because some rain had definitely gotten into the pots. I gave each plant a splash of distilled water and I did start nutes today, just a very small amount. 2mL floragro, 1mL floramicro, and 1mL florabloom. Moved each pot into more sun to start drying out the soil some. Although they seemed to be affected by the tarp being on top of them, all plants did show good signs of growth. Most of them started growing above the cotyledons and all started their second set of fan leaves. Proud of them. Probably won’t check on them until Tuesday morning before I go to work. Going to let the road dry out some more so I don’t have to walk as far, and they were plenty watered. Gonna let nature do its thing for the next couple days.

Day 15 - all ladies are finally all showing their second sets of fan leaves. I think I may have stunted them when I moved them outside prematurely. It’s taken them a while to get going. All look healthy. ??? Is showing some yellow spots on her leaves, so I ordered some CalMag to start using. I think it is a deficiency since I have only been watering with distilled water. Will start adding CalMag when it gets here on Thursday. Day 16 - went and checked on them before work and I think today was the first day I’ve been taken back by how much they’ve grown. It’s been almost two weeks since they’ve sprouted, and sure they’ve not grown as much as some, but they’re actually growing. Lol. I’ve impressed myself. Okay, high pat on the back over. CalMag arrived today and I will start adding it to watering daily. Did not water the ladies today as the soil was still pretty wet on top. Chose to let them dry out good today before I feed again tomorrow. Day 17 - grasshoppers... Despite my insecticidal soap sprays, the little fuckers have found my ??? plant and started munching. Will buy neem oil extract today to dilute and start using tomorrow. Also, my Heavy Purple Auto still has a weak stem, so I added more soil around her for more support. Otherwise, the ladies are all looking happy. Day 18 - Started neem oil sprays today to keep the bugs away from the ladies. I aslo moved my plants to another location today. We are expecting heavy rains next week and I wanted to get them closer to a stable road so I can go check on them without getting stuck like last time. All are looking great! Day 19 - today was 4/20 so I was super high all day and didn’t make it out to check on the ladies until like 11:30pm, lol. Looking great though! Except for my Heavy Purple Auto, she’s not grown any the past two days... Day 20 - plants are happy, nothing to report except for the lack of growth from my Heavy Purple Auto... Day 21 - Heavy Purple Auto has died... Went and checked on them before I moved them under some cover, for incoming rain, and boom, dead. Looks like she couldn’t keep up with the nute feeds and the wind even though there hasn’t been much. Auto flowers are tough, I think I took on too much of a challenge with them on my first grow. Nevertheless, my Gorilla Glue Auto is staying strong! All my photoperiods look great.

Day 22 - raining like hell today, hence the really bad pictures. I’ve got them covered though, so they’re safe. Will move them back to their normal location after it dries up some. All look okay, but they’re pretty droopy from the lack of sunlight and more water. Day 23 - they were much happier under sunlight and no rain today. Also, went out to check on them when I got home from work at 1am, high as hell. I’m in the woods with my damn phone flashlight, and some animal was out there moving. It growled, whatever it was, and my high ass took off SPRINTING because I was scared. Felt like I was about to take flight, I was so high and running so fast. 😂😂 24 - looking good! Growth has definitely sped up. They seem to like the newer location! 25 - Gaht damn grasshoppers took out a chunk of GSC 1’s fan leaf. Sprayed neem oil again, also spread some animal repellent around the ladies again. Didn’t do that when I moved them from grow location 1. ALSO, finally checked my water pH and surprise, it was super acidic. I’m talking like a 3.8. I tested it at work where I get my RO water from and it said it was a 6.5 there. Surprise, nutes add a lot of acidity to your water. Why it’s taken me a month to figure that out, I have no idea. SO, I adjusted my pH after adding my nutes. Hopefully that will increase growth by a lot. They look great! 26 - not much to report, ladies are doing their thing. They do look really happy, I’m sure the correct pH might have something to do with that. 27 - forgot my phone, and wasn’t gonna walk my ass all the way back to get it, so there’s no pictures today. Nothing else to report really, they’re all looking good. GGA really caught my eye this morning, I’m really excited about her growth. 28 - end of week 4 and they’re all coming along nicely. This would actually be week four of veg, but I started this journal from seed. Still noticing some calcium deficiencies in a couple of the ladies, so I’ll be ramping up the cal mag just a bit. Rain in the forecast for the next few days, so I’m just going to let nature do her thing. They’re all strong enough to be left uncovered, I feel. Thanks for sticking around!

Day 29 - grasshoppers again... more neem oil. Thinking I’m going to need something stronger... And now some spider thinks it can just move in and start making a nest by folding my fan leaves and sticking them together with web! How do I get rid of spiders without burning my plants? Day 30 - fun day. No pictures. My mom discovered my grow, but lucky for me, she’s cool as shit. The big challenge will be telling my dad... Nevertheless, I just played it cool today and was a huge kiss-ass😂 Day 31 - made it out to check on them after some heavy rains last night and they’re all loving life, but those damn grasshoppers are back! More neem oil and I sprayed Seven pre mixed solution all around the pots and ground around the ladies because I don’t want that shit on my plants themselves. Going to make some garlic spray and dust the ladies with some flower. The long legged jumping demons are starting to do a number altogether. 32 - didn’t make it out to check on them today. 33 - going to have to go chemical on the insecticide. Grasshoppers have almost completely eaten my Gorilla Glue Auto. I’ve attached some photos of the damage. Some good news, I did transplant all my photoperiods into 7 gallon fabric pots today and moved locations again due to some conditions with my mother. Lol. Not a big deal, I was going to move them anyway. Really really hoping I can get rid of my grasshopper problem with some Sevin concentrate spray. 34 - ladies are looking good in their new location. Still super worried about my GGA and the grasshopper problem. I am going to town today to watch Game of Thrones, so I will buy flour, garlic powder, AND some Sevin concentrate to mix and spray around the new location. I am pulling out all the stops, I can’t afford anymore leaves to be eaten, especially on GGA. ??? has fallen victim too, not nearly as bad though. Will spread garlic powder and spray the Sevin tomorrow all around the surrounding area and dust the leaves in flour. 35 - spread a ton of garlic powder around my pots today, then sprayed the Sevin concentrated mixture on top of that AND dusted all my ladies with flour. If this doesn’t stop the leaf munchers then I quit. I also topped all my plants today except for GGA and GSC 1 because I want GGA to grow another node and regain her leaf growth she’s lost. Didn’t top GSC 1 because her sixth node wasn’t even big enough to top off yet. Other than the grasshopper damage, they’re all looking pretty good!

Day 38 - Finally made it out to check on them after some rain. Still hard to get to them due to mud, but I’m trying my damndest to check on them at least every other day. No more signs of bugs, thank God! Looks like my garlic powder and Sevin concentrate mix is working. Not going to use flour anymore because it seems to be wilting my fan leaves. Also noticed some burning on a few leaves, so I’m not going to feed this week at all and going to let the rain (more rain) flush them out. Looking good though! Day 41 - Wow, they’re looking happy! Gorilla Glue Auto is now trying to catch up after the grasshoppers almost killed her, but she’s hanging in there. My Girl Scout Cookies are the smallest ones now, but I’ve heard that they usually throw out smaller yields, so I’m just guessing they’re both going to give me less than 2 oz per plant. Never grown before, so I don’t really know what to expect.

Day 43 - Ladies are looking great. Nute burn has been cured and they’re all green and happy again. GGA is looking MUCH better and regaining some leaf growth. GSC 1 which I didn’t top, will be topped in a couple days to get some lower growth going. She’s super leggy. All the others are happy as hell! Day 45 - OH MY GOD, IT’S HAPPENING!!! Gorilla Glue Auto has started to flower! She made it! Holy shit, I’m actually doing this! I’m SO EXCITED! Yield will be small, but I don’t care, I’ve never successfully grown anything before. All the others look good too! I did top GSC 1 today too, so hopefully her growth will widen instead of lengthen. So happy though! I am kicking myself for not making individual journals for each plant though, because I’m going to keep them in “vegetation” weeks because of my photoperiods, but know that GGA has begun flowering!

GORILLA GLUE AUTO IS IN WEEK ONE OF FLOWER, I just don’t want to make a separate journal, sorry. 🤷‍♂️🏻 Tuesday, Day 50 - Well, good news bad news. Good news, they look amazing! Apart from where the wind knocked them over and they started growing crooked toward the light...which isn’t bad because that’s like natures LST, but still. Bad news is, I’m being admitted to the hospital for two weeks due to my disease. BUT my cannabis loving uncle is going to take care of them for me until I get out. And he loves herb too much to let them die. Told him he’d get weed anytime from me as payback. Lol Nervous to be away from them for so long, but excited to see how much they grow in two weeks when I get back! Not going to have my uncle mess with feeding nutes while I’m gone. I’m too picky about my feeds to let someone else try and do it, so hopefully they’ll stay strong with just tap water! 🤞🏻 Thursday, Day 52 - False alarm on the hospital! My lungs were great despite me thinking otherwise, so I’m here to stay! But also woke up and threw my back out so bad I had to go to the ER this morning. They said no work for a week, so I get all the time I want to sit out with my ladies! Pain is excruciating though...weed helps. Anyway, onto today’s journal. They’re all looking incredible! I will have to get some dowels to help keep them upright because they’re getting top heavy now and tipping over. Biggest surprise today...??? an auto flower!!! She’s showing her tails already, so now I have two autos going and three photoperiods. I literally had no info on her seed description, just that it was free for buying them with the Zelle app.🤷‍♂️🏻 Kind of bummer because I was expecting huge yields from her because I just assumed she was a photo. Oh well, I may or may not have two more autoflowers starting in solo cups...😅 Just watered them a little today. Will stand them up, tie them, and feed them tomorrow! Friday, Day 53 - All are looking happy. I fed them today for the first time in over a week. Gave my bloomers a different mix than what is in my nutrient menu this week. (2ml/gal FloraMicro, 2ml/gal FloraGro, 2ml/gal FloraBloom, 4ml/gal Cal Mag Plus, 0.5ml/gal RapidStart, 0.5ml/gal Floralicious Plus, 2ml/gal FloraBlend) I also stuck some wooden dowels (and a fishing rod tip because I didn’t have another dowel) in each pot and loosely zip tied them for some support. They all like to lean, so that should help keep them straight. Sunday, Day 55 - started some LST today on Zombie Death Fuck and GSC 2. They’re getting pretty thick so I’m going to get some more light in there and hopefully widen them some more before they get taller. GGA and ??? are both flowering away. Really starting to notice GGA take off as she gets closer to week 2. They both should give me at least an ounce, I’m predicting. GSC 1 is my tallest lady, and I keep topping her, she just keeps shooting upwards. Crazy to see the difference in genetics between two of the same strain seeds. GSC 1 is super tall and leggy and GSC 2 is short and fat. Lol Only fed pH balanced water today and went and listened to some music with them while doing minor defoliating. Today was a good day🤙🏻🤙🏻

GORILLA GLUE AUTO IS IN WEEK TWO AND UNKNOWN SEED IS IN WEEK ONE OF FLOWER. Tuesday, Day 57 - GGA and ??? are really starting to take off with their flowering, GGA is getting thicker and thicker. ZDF is growing great with the LST, she’s already bent out and is growing upwards again. Going to have a ton of bud sites on her. GSC 1 continues to shoot upwards, so I top her pretty much every day now. GSC 2 is also doing great with the LST. She’s getting pretty wide. All in all, ladies look tremendous. Feeding pH balanced tap water now, so I’ll keep an eye out for deficiencies, I just fed them a couple days ago. I gave each plant almost a full gallon each today, they were really really dry, so I’ll have to look out for that too with the rising temperatures. Monday, Day 62 - more rain the past couple of days, so I haven’t been checking on them too often. I did feed them on Saturday, just a little bit because I knew we’d be getting some rain soon. They’re all loving life and GGA and ??? are really taking off with their blooming. GGA is really starting to thicken up and ??? keeps popping up new bud sites. GSC 1 and GSC 2 are my biggest plants by at least 6”, and ZDF is showing her preflowers. Pretty good day in the garden, I find I go out there just to sit and relax now. The past week has been super stressful and anxiety filled. Can’t wait to have all this medicine to control my anxiety better. I did do some light defoliation today on my bloomers, just enough to get their flowers uncovered from leaves so the sunlight can get to them all easier.

GORILLA GLUE AUTO IS IN WEEK 3 OF FLOWER. ??? IS IN WEEK 2 OF FLOWER. I feed my bloomers 1ml FloraGro, 4ml FloraMicro, 6ml FloraBloom, 1ml RapidStart, 1ml Floralicious Plus, 1ml FloraBlend, 2ml Liquid KoolBloom, and 4ml CalMag. Wednesday, Day 64 - Haven’t done an actual update of each plant, so this is gonna be a long entry. Gorilla Glue Auto: She’s in week 3 of flower now. Leaves are all a deep green with some lighter spots on a very few leaves. Pistils are beginning to thin out as more bud forms. Very citrus smelling. She’s about 20-24 inches tall and doing amazing. Hard to believe she almost didn’t make it in the early weeks. ???: Week 2 of flower for her. Leaves are all a nice green color and no spotting at all. She was topped, so I’ve got about 9 different branches with bud on them. She’s still got a ways to go yet, hardly any trichomes formed and her pistils are all still long with the tips turning orange. Smell is very faint, but earthy from what I can tell. About 26-28 inches tall. GSC1: Tallest plant by far at 36 inches! She won’t stop growing upwards! I’ve topped her and topped her, her outer branches are starting to catch up to the main stem which is what I was going for. Color is a lighter green than my bloomers, but a beautiful healthy green. Today I saw her pre-flowers and she’s a girl! GSC2: Quite a bit shorter than her sister, she’s only around 28-30 inches. Much wider than GSC1 and she’s thick with growth. Color is exactly like GSC1, a nice healthy lighter green color. No discoloration. Also, she’s a girl!! Zombie Death Fuck: My baby is thicc! She’s about 30 inches tall and about 30 inches in diameter. Lots and lots of growth in her smaller frame. Color is a beautiful green, a little darker than the GSC’s and a perfect light green where her new tops are coming in. She’s beautiful and I’m expecting big things from her!

Gorilla Glue Auto is in week 4 of flower. ??? is in week 3 of flower. Only one update this week as I was pretty busy and didn’t spend a lot of time with them. They’re all looking great though! Starting to worry about their pot size and the upcoming heat though.

Gorilla Glue Auto is in week 5 of flower. ??? is in week 4 of flower. Flower nutrients: 4 mL/gal FloraMicro, 7 mL/gal FloraBloom, 1 mL/gal Floralicious Plus, 4 mL/gal Cal-Mag, 2.5 mL/gal Liquid KoolBloom. Tuesday, Day 77 - Well today is my first big mess up. I was so concerned about overwatering that I misdiagnosed underwatering for overwatering. My GSCs are both bone dry and thirsty as hell, so I gave them both over a gallon of water and I’m hoping they perk back up. Wednesday, Day 78 - Great news! Underwatering issue has been fixed! All the water I gave them yesterday fixed them and they’re back to being happy. Played a little Bob Marley for them as an apology. Also gave each about 0.3 gallons of water today to keep them happy. The heat here is getting pretty high, so I’m going to check on them daily from now on. Haven’t fed them this week yet because i wanted to fix my watering issue. Will probably feed tomorrow if they’re still looking healthy. Day 81 - big day in the garden today as I transplanted ZDF and GSC1 into the ground. My location is near a river, so I moved them off the bank about 25 feet and put them in the moist ground. This should help my soil stay a little more moist for those two. I also added about 2 inches of mulch on top of their soil to also assist in keeping the soil moist. I’m trying to keep the heat from drying them out after this weeks underwatering incident. I also added mulch to GSC2’s pot. I’m keeping her in the fabric pot as an experiment on ground vs pot growing (lol) for next years grow. I defoliated everyone today also. Took some fan leaves off my autos so their buds will swell up more. And I defoliated the lower leaves and small branches on all my photoperiods as they were getting pretty bushy and not much air circulation. Especially ZDF, she was insanely thick with growth I could barely see through her. Looking forward to see how their growth changes and how they tolerate the heat now that I changed some things around. GGA is getting close to harvest, maybe another two weeks, and ??? seems to be a little stunted as her buds are taking longer to form. Gonna give her a few weeks more than GGA before I harvest her.

Gorilla Glue Auto is in week 6 of flower! ??? Auto is in week 5 of flower! Tuesday, Day 84 - Today is the start of week 13, and it’s crazy that so much time has passed already for my plants. I watered all the ladies with pH balanced water today and they seem to be retaining water better now that I covered the soil with mulch. The first inch of soil has some moisture in it every day, but I’m still able to move it around pretty freely, so I still add water despite it holding some water. All my photos are looking better, I can tell I stunted the two I put in the ground though, but they’re starting to recover. GSC2, who is still in her pot, is also doing well after the underwatering incident. My two autos are finally starting to bulk up, especially GGA...finally. ??? still has lots of pistils showing, but the calyxes are starting to build up more. I did finally remember to take my pocket microscope out to the location today to check on the trichomes and much to my surprise, GGA’s trichomes are still clear. ??? still doesn’t have many trichomes formed yet. Hoping that changes soon because she’s really lagging behind GGA despite only being a week younger in flower. Good day, plants look happy, will update again in another couple days!🤙🏻 Monday, Day 90 - They’re all looking healthy, but I did have problem with iron this week as the new leaf growth on GSC1 was two shades. Was a bright lime green near the branch and a normal green in the outer leaf. Threw me for a loop, but I just gave some extra nutes and the problem seems to have improved. GGA is still clear and cloudy in her trichomes so maybe another two weeks until I chop her, I’m wanting 20% amber trichomes. ??? seems like she FINALLY hit that new gear and is starting to produce trichomes, super earthy scent coming from her. GSC2 and ZDF are just cruising through veg. And when I’m not accidentally drying GSC2 out. She’s still in the smart pot...a black one...so she inhales water...and I’m bad about getting out there EVERY day to check on them. 🤷‍♂️🏻 Thanks for sticking around! 🤙🏻

Gorilla Glue Auto is in week 7 of flower! ??? is in week 6 of flower! Wednesday, Day 92 - was in a rush this morning, so I didn’t get to spend much time in the garden. Just enough for me to feed them and mistakenly give bloom nutes to all my photoperiods😑😑😑 and I pre mix my nutes at home the night before feed days, so I couldn’t run back home and mix more because I was already running late for work. Oh well, they’re all looking good and if I start seeing lighter green leaves I’ll know they need more nitrogen. Lol. They’re all happy and fed now, even if it’s the wrong food for their stages. Also, not feeding Gorilla Glue Auto anymore, just pH balanced water since she’s a couple weeks or less from harvest. I *might* feed ??? one more time, not sure just yet. She’s really starting to thicken up and show her trichomes. Friday, Day 94 - not much has changed in the last two days. All are still happy and thriving. I will be harvesting Gorilla Glue Auto this weekend though, her trichomes turned amber a lot sooner than I thought they would. She’s showing 20-30% amber heads already, so she is done! Sunday, Day 96 - my bottle drip waterers got here yesterday and I love them so much. Filled up a liter bottle and let them drip overnight and my pots are actually staying damp! Smart pots are great, but damn they dry up fast. Oh, also harvested Gorilla Glue Auto today! All the details will be on her harvest page. 👉🏻 Thanks for following along!

Sunday, Day 94 - Well, today was the big day for my first autoflower ever and I am pleasantly surprised with her. I almost completely lost her during the first few weeks due to bugs, but she pulled through like a champ. Very resistant strain to damage and rookie growing. I didn’t top her and defoliated her quite a bit and she never really showed signs of shock which really impressed me. Pretty much let me do whatever I wanted without whining 🙃 I didn’t get a chance to weigh her when I was out trimming because I did that at another location, but I will be getting a dry weight on her. Harvesting is actually really therapeutic I found out. I got high, turned on my stoner playlist, and went to work outside under a large shade tree and damn it was peaceful. Looking forward to my other babies harvests. I will be updating this entry throughout the drying, curing, and tasting process! Day 99 - well, she dried too fast. A result of me wet trimming her, I have a feeling. She did smell like grass and hay during drying but that’s getting better now that she’s in jars for curing. I added a humidity and temp monitor in each jar along with a 58% Boveda pack. The buds look full of trichomes and a nice green color, but their pistils are all a dark brown and the buds themselves are still super airy. Not happy with how they look, but I know they’ll be pretty high in THC since I harvested at the right time with 20% amber trichomes. Day 109 - tried this for the first time after a week of curing and I’m hoping she gets better as the cure goes on. Little disappointed with the THC % as I have to vape almost .3 grams just to feel a high compared to my normal tolerance where I can get stoned off of half that. She’s VERY earthy now. Not much citrus taste in her anymore. Hoping some of her smell comes back too because she doesn’t smell like weed at all. 🤷‍♂️🏻 Day 118 - we’ll, since losing my job, and money to buy weed, I’ve been vaping this girl exclusively and I must say, she grows on you. I do think she’s gotten better in the last week as she has cured longer. I no longer need to use as much to medicate as I did a week ago. Her smell is getting better too.

??? is in week 7 of flower! Tuesday, Day 98 - did a covert watering and didn’t get any pictures because it was too dark. Lol. The farmer in the field next to my grow location was out in his field, so I had to take the long way out and in the dark to water them. Felt like a stoned ninja. They’re all looking good though. I’m gonna say ??? Will he ready for harvest in a couple more weeks. Wednesday, Day 99 - still having some trouble keeping GSC2 watered as her black smart pot just evaporates the water like crazy. ??? seems to be doing great, her buds are much more dense than GGA’s were. Hoping for better looking buds from her. ZDF and GSC1 who are both in the ground are doing great, but the grasshoppers are getting to them again, so I will he spraying more Sevin concentrate when I check in on them again in a couple days. Friday, Day 101 - all are looking happy despite GSC2’s general thirstiness. No matter how much I give her, she just looks sad now. Really want to put her in the ground, but I’m experimenting in ground vs. pot quality. Trichomes on ??? are all clouding up, so she may actually be good to chop in a few days. Going to keep an eye on her, I did start slowly defoliating her today too. Did not feed nutes this week.

??? is in week 8 of flower. Harvesting on Saturday. Day 109 - been a long week and my priorities haven’t been on my plants as I lost my job on Monday. I did make it out to check on them a few times for a very short time to water ??? and GSC2. ZDF and GSC1 are just growing on their own now that they’re in the ground. They’re getting huge. GSC2 is still the biggest pain in the ass. She’s a lot smaller than the other two photos also due to her pot. Definitely not using pots past 10 weeks veg next season. Chopped ??? today too. Details in her harvest page.

Harvested on day 109. Her trichomes were all cloudy and 30% amber. I decided to only trim off the larger fan leaves before drying as my last harvest was wet trimmed and lost all smell due to drying too fast. I will dry trim the rest when she’s done drying. Expecting a larger yield than my Gorilla Glue Auto due to her multiple large colas. Drying at ~72°F and at 48% rh in the tent. Even while waiting to dry trim, she dried in three days. Lost smell again, so I’m not sure what to do for next season. I know I will most likely be dry trimming all my photoperiod yields, so we’ll see how that goes. My problem may be drying too little at a time with these single plant harvests. Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing how she tastes since I’m not a fan of how my GGA tastes. Lol Day 118 - happy to report that she is doing great in her curing jars. She tastes like shit though and it takes me about .4 grams to medicate. Lol. I know this will get better the longer she cures, I just couldn’t wait 😂

Monday, Day 118 - again, haven’t really been spending too much time in the garden after losing my job and searching for work. Just got back from a weekend trip and took some pics. ZDF had a branch fully bent down and in the dirt, my fault for not trellising after I put them in the ground. I propped it up with a handle for now and will go do some major tying and supporting tomorrow to ZDF and GSC1. I’d say all three are a few days away from starting flowering. They’ve got a ton of hair and extra leaves now. Tomorrow will be week 18. Crazy how it’s been that long already.

We finally have flowers on the photoperiods! Day 121 - GSC2 and ZDF are flowering now and GSC1 is still vegging but should flower soon. I did do a makeshift trellis job on ZDF and GSC1 since they are huge and were already snapping branches. It seems to be holding up for the time being. Excited that we have flowers finally.

Friday, Day 129 - they’re all just doing their thing. GSC1 has yet to start flowering. ZDF and GSC 2 are well into week two Sunday, Day 131 - nothing new to report.

Wednesday, Day 134 - at this point, if GSC2 dies in her pot, I wouldn’t care. It’s been so hot and such a pain to go make sure she’s watered. I’m thinking ZDF is going to give me at least 10 ounces and GSC1 will give me between 8-10. That’s plenty of weed for myself. I guess I’ll keep trying to keep her watered though. We’re already this far along. Sunday, Day 138 - All have started flowering now! Saw some baby flowers on GSC1’s lower branches. So she is two weeks behind ZDF and GSC2. ZDF is looking BEAUTIFUL. Monday, Day 139 - didn’t have anything to do today, so I went out and fed the ladies and chilled in the garden for a while today. I pulled all the dead and dying leaves off all the plants and I also lollipopped the shit out of GSC2. She’s my Frankenstein plant, I’m just experimenting with her now that I decided to keep her alive. GSC1 was messing with me, I think, because she’s full on, without a doubt, flowering now. Or she’s just really showing it now, I think she may be in week two and I just didn’t catch it last week. But I’m super high right now and can barely function because I’m going on a tolerance break starting tomorrow. Bleh.

Tuesday, Day 140 - not much has changed, they’re all just blooming away. GSC2 is such a mess, lol. I don’t even know if she’s got enough leaves left to really get a good harvest, but I’m expecting a bit from the other two in the ground, so it doesn’t really matter. Grasshoppers really did a number on her fan leaves and my severe under watering of her didn’t help what she had left. Oh well, it’s only ground planting for me after this season. I’m stoned and rambling, but really, I don’t have to water my big girls in the ground at all, but I do when I feed and a flush during the week. I have big plans next season depending on how the rest of this one goes. Wednesday, Day 141 - went out and fed the ladies this morning and only bumped the FloraBloom up 1mL this week. Going to be really strict about the feedings now since I really want to make these yields the absolute best. Will water tomorrow. Sunday, Day 145 - went and watered today, also watered Thursday but didn’t take pics. No big changes, they’re just doing their thing. Looking great doing it.

Day 148 - Week 22, hard to believe I’ve been growing pot for 22 weeks. Lol I did make the decision today to let GSC2 slip away in deaths sweet embrace today. She has maybe a gram on each branch. The whole plant might have produced an ounce...on a photoperiod. Just seems like a waste to me, so I’m going to put extra care into GSC1 and ZDF to make up for the loss. I hate to set expectations, but I really think I’m going to end up with at least a pound from both plants. That’s more than enough for my consumption for a year, so I’ll be making plenty of butter. Ha Really really pleased with ZDF, I know I say that every week, but damn these are some great genetics from Blimburn. She’s absolutely gorgeous and there’s not a stem on her that doesn’t have a few flowers on it. I did find some General Hydroponics fertilizer I had from my last job, so I used half a teaspoon of Dry KoolBloom with today’s feed just to add a little more oomph to the feed. Both ZDF and GSC1 both got a gallon of food today instead of just .6 gallon like before since I let GSC2 go. GSC1 as been promoted to GSC now. Ha