DPGC 2025 - Orange Bud 2.0 (Psyche!)

Spike_KCanG DPGC 2025 - Psyche! - Orange Bud 2.0 Kind of my standard practice but, the first set of true leaves are full developed and they have separated themselves from the cotyledons. The first pair of three-pointers is on it's way as well. Veg Week 1 is over! -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- May 27 So far, so good. She has not complained. The CalMag signs the other two (OB1 and ICH1) are giving off have not been seen on her yet. I'm hoping those signs never appear as the CalMag Pro arrived today! The medium was nearly bone dry when I got home today so I took care of that quick. She received 400ml of dechlorinated tapwater + feed + microbes. There was no runoff. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Lighting The tent has 2x SF1000EVO (2024) hanging 50cm above the other two plants. The two lights are spaced 13cm apart which gives me a pretty much even ppfd reading of 475 across the entire canopy area. There are hot/cold spots, but generally the ppfd is even. OB3 is 60cm below the 13cm spacing, and is receiving light from both sources. She has been getting nearly 400ppfd since she germinated 😅 As she grows taller, that number should increase quite a bit. Faster than with the other two plants in the tent. The environment inside the tent wasn't optimum for the other two plants to handle anything above 300ppfd at the time of germination, but look at OB3! This grow could get interesting, if things go well. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Intentions for OB3 Other than psyche you all out, I haven't set any real goals. I don't want her to grow big, that much I know. It doesn't seem like a strain that will want to stay small though. She's not going into a pot bigger than 20L because I don't have any other pots bigger than that 😂 and I don't want her causing stress with OB1 and ICH1. So she can't go wide either. If I keep her in this 'solo'-sized pot, aka a fake solo cup run, I fear she is going to get cramped and things will take a nasty turn sooner or later. Wait a minute.. she's dependent off the light schedule of the other two, isn't she? I think.. I think... yeah, I'm sure of it now: I just had an idea 😈 -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Thanks for stopping by 👊😎 (Hope to) See you with the next update! 😅

Spike_KCanG DPGC2025 - Psyche! - Orange Bud 2.0 (OB3) Veg Week 2 is over. Guess this one does want to stay small! -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- May 27 Late at night, I tiptoed through the house and snatched my daughter's grow tent (which was empty). The fact my better half woke up and asked me, what the heck I am doing, should have been enough to know, I was being too loud 😂 My daughter's 60x60x120cm is a hand-me-down from when I purchased the 120x60x150cm. There is a nook in the lung room where it fits perfectly. That nook is cooler and the RH is slightly higher than anywhere else in the room. If I want a chance at having the darker colors come through naturally, that nook is the best place to start! Took me about 2 hours to set everything up and get a somewhat stable environment reading of 25C / 48RH when the light is at 30% intensity. Set her to 40% at 45cm distance to the plant which gives about 450ppfd. Might have to play with these settings a little as time passes. It's probable the intensity will have to be lowered to keep temps where I want them, but the lights lowered closer to the plant to achieve the ppfd she will need later. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Jun 3 She's growing slower than I had expected and drinking less than I hoped. I almost suspect a stunt. Other than a slight sign of overwatering, I don't see anything that would hint towards the medium being too 'hot' for her, aka. too much nutrients. Perhaps her Magnesium issue, which can slow photosynthesis, is the reason she hasn't grown much. The medium was dry, for the first time in seven days. So she got fed, and I included a dose of nematodes for just incase. Even though her yellow sticky pad is still free of bugs, I'm not taking the risk. Nematodes won't harm anything else in the soil so, best case scenario, they'll die and become food for the Living 😱 (microbial life, no worms in this container). I removed Alga Grow from her diet though, and reduced the microbes from 0.3 to 0.2g/L Why? Because the light-timer was adjusted last night. Hit her with Alga Bloom instead 😂 -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Thanks for stopping by 👊😎 (Hope to) See you with the next update! 😅

Spike_KCanG DPGC 2025 - (Psyche!) - Orange Bud 2.0 (OB3) Veg week 3 has come to an end. She had no complaints about the nutrients, so she got a new pot this week. And she lost her head! -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- June 5 Something about that 1L pot wasn't sitting me right anymore. Sending her off into flower in that little thing is just asking for trouble. So, it was time for a 7.5L pot. The perlite I ordered hasn't come in yet so I am going to have to replace that with clay pebbles. Here goes nothing. Most advise against moistening the soil before transplanting, but I have never had a problem with it. Mission accomplished this time as well. Medium: upgraded to Plagron Promix and moistened it lightly with feed and microbes. Oh, I took her head off just a move the 5th node. If this doesn't completely stress her out.... Sent into flower, transplanted and topped. All in one week? Yup. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- June 10 She's not complaining, yet! Light intensity: 50% DIstance to plant: 25cm PPFD: 600 -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Thanks for stopping by 👊😎 (Hope to) See you with the next update! 😅

Spike_KCanG DPGC 2025 - (Psyche!) - Orange Bud 2.0 (OB3) That's the end of Veg week 4. She is struggling heavily! -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- June 11 Due to both the OB1 and ICH3 having grown balls (hermied), she has the tent alone for a few days. She is thus no longer dependent off them for the light schedule. Hmm.. as she doesn't even have pre flowers yet, I wonder what would happen if I put her back under veg lighting schedule? Lets's find out! Gonna be a ride; she just received her second dose of Alga Bloom 😂 -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- June 13 I was not satisfied with the 7,5L pot so I upgraded her to a 30L fabric pot from Vivosun. This happened on the 11th, right after putting the lights on veg schedule again. So, even though she is showing absolutely no sigs of sex yet, and she's been under 12/12 with Alga Bloom and Power Buds for two weeks, lights are going back to 18/6. She'll be given Alga Grow again AND she's been repotted.. again. I noticed her cotyledons turned yellow. She's starting to eat herself up. I suppose it is due to lack of adequate Nitrogen the past two weeks 😂 No worries little one, N is coming soon. As soon as you are thirsty. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- June 17 I opened the tent to a twisted plant 😳 I have no clue what she's doing. Does she even know what she is doing?? Did Chubby Checkers' "Twist Again" play on repeat last night? What the heck is going on with her? Even the newest foliage is growing in spirals. Does she at least know she is a plant?? It's a clear reaction to one or multiple things these past few days, perhaps weeks. If this is her reaction to the Bloom from two weeks ago, we're gonna see some freaky sh*t because she still has two weeks worth to process 😂 Foliage otherwise looks fine. No sign of deficiencies. Nice rhubarb color forming too 😬 Fed her 3L of dechlorinated tapwater + feed + PH Min to 6.2 Increased Microbes from 0.3 to 0.5 to help get the N to her a little quicker. Reduced water by 1L as she isn't drinking half as well as I'd like to see. Once she gets drinking again we'll know she is out of her hiccup phase 😆 So, less water in means more oxygen available to the roots. 👍 May have to veg her longer than 6 weeks as she is recuperating. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Thanks for stopping by 👊😎 (Hope to) See you with the next update! 😅

Spike_KCanG Woke up to a ballsack this morning. Right as the plant was starting to smell like orange peels...