Experiment 40x40x120cm and Stresstest

Stony_German Tag 8 Flowering Not much has happened this week. The stretch will start this week. Since the last report, she has received 2 x 2L of water with the additives listed above. I removed a few leaves that were completely covering the shoots. Also, I sprayed a leaf nutrient with silica twice. The window for spraying is slowly closing. Mono Silica can still be sprayed when the buds are there, but I stick to what I've always done. Nothing touches my buds!!! :-) The next 14 days will be exciting.

Stony_German Tag 16 Flowering Greenhouse Feeding Bloom was applied as a topdress along with a layer of organic small animal straw mulch. This prevents the surface from drying out quickly and also makes watering easier since the soil doesn't become hydrophobic. I did an aggressive lollipopping after 14 days instead of the usual day 21 in the 3rd week. Removing large leaves and pinching the side shoots were all measures to slow down the stretch through constant stress. I'm still a bit worried about her, but so far she looks good. The beginnings of flowers are also starting to form, so the stretch should be over soon. Absolutely stressful in such a small space with such a big lady in 20l of soil. It could get tight, so 🙏🙏🙏 Day 18 Flowering I have a couple of photos showing that they are already getting frosty even though the flowers aren't fully formed yet and she hasn't even finished the stretch. It was worth giving her a chance. So far, so good.

Stony_German Tag 22 Flowering The stretch is finally over, but it could still be tight. I can still raise the LED by a max of 5cm. There's nothing to report. Just removing a leaf here and there and watering with 2 liters every 2 days, that's all. I'm mainly focusing on the larger tent; this mini grow is running on cruise control. It's worth considering letting an auto germinate in 3-5 liter pots together with the photos, and when they move to the 120x90 tent after 3 weeks, finishing the auto in this 40x40x120. That way, I can use the auto freebies I have in the fridge. We'll see, it's just a thought.

Stony_German Tag 30 Flowering The stretch is over and the buds are forming with a lot of frost already. It's going to be interesting in the small space, and I'm still expecting some issues. It's worth mentioning how stable this Iced Up Cherries pheno is. I really put the lady through her paces. She handled everything and took the stress like a champ, or like her daddy who always stays cool after a doobie. No signs of nutrient deficiency or excess at all. She's happy, a bit cramped just like her daddy in his leather tiger stripe thong😁😆

Stony_German Tag 37 flowering. The height is still acceptable. So far, everything is going very well. Frost is increasing, but unfortunately, the buds are not exactly large. It could be that the 54w is a bit too weak, or maybe the size and biomass are not enough for the weak light. And there is already very little space for this size. It's like when some sturdier ladies squeeze into too small leggings. 😆 Otherwise, no deficiencies or any signs that she's not feeling well. Since I didn't expect much from this grow anyway, everything that comes out is a bonus. Now for the positive. The terps wow, totally fitting. Doughy and fruity. Not directly strong on cherry, but that could still come; at least it's heading in that direction. Very interesting and hardly better to describe. If the Iced up Cherries in the big tent goes in this direction 🙏, I'm happy.

Stony_German Tag 44 flowering. The buds remain smaller but are frosty, and the terps are very interesting. Very doughy with a bit of fruit and very loud terpenes. I've already seen these phenos on THCTitans Discord. There's also talk of lower yield but top-shelf when smoking. I'm still excited, and as I said, everything that comes out of this extra run in the small veg tent at the end is another strain in my smoke stash. There's nothing to do except water well. The nutrients are in the soil, and I give my standard additives. The values are VPD 1.6-1.7, pH 6.3, and PPFD 600-1000.

Stony_German Tag 53 Flowering: The final phase is approaching. The buds are ripening now as they are no longer growing larger. They are small but very hard and frosty. The smell is becoming more "gassy," but the dominant scent is still raw cookie dough with a hint of fruit. Only the top buds from this lady will be dried for doobies and will undergo several weeks of curing in grove bags. The rest will be sifted for old school hash. This time also with dry ice. Until the end, only water + Calmag will be given. I expect about 2 weeks until harvest. I’m not in a hurry since the big sisters still need at least 6 weeks, and since most of it will be made into hash, I’ll let about 20-30% of the trichomes turn amber.

Stony_German Tag 62 Flowering We are at the end of this little experiment, and our compassion for getting the lady through has paid off. Even though the buds are small, everything is covered in resin and will produce some very tasty hash and a few buds. I will dry the whole plant in a few days in the same grow tent. The trichomes are almost all milky, and the first amber ones are starting to show. In the end, she will have been in flowering for about 65 days. The whole tent will be disinfected afterward and will wait for the next run for the first 3 weeks. Here's a little sneak peek at what will be planted next; at least that's the plan. 1. Strawberry Guava from Bloom Seeds - A consistent terpene monster that has won a ton of cups, especially as hash, rosin, etc. 2. Blue Razzsicle from Clearwater Genetics = (Now'N'Later x Mai Tai) x (Astronaut Status #24 x Dante's Inferno (Black Velvet breeder cut) very high yield with tropical Zkittles terps. 3. Chemferno from ThcTitans SquareOne Genetics that combines Chem D (Breeder's Cut) with Banana Buttercups, already hinting at the potency from extreme frost, and I don't even want to talk about that. 4. As for the fourth, I'll be surprised because we will keep the prettier and stronger of these 2. So each gets a seed chance: Super Boof from Barneys Farm and from Ethos a Cap Junky x End Game; may the prettier one win. That was the final weekly report. The harvest report will come only when the ladies are dried, trimmed, and sifted, and the first doobie with my test bud cut today and the first old school hash doobie has been tested. This grow shows that after three weeks, when the little teenagers move into the big tent for the final veg weeks, I can let one bloom in this small 40x40. Of course, under better conditions than this run. By that, I mean 8-10 liter pots with a maximum of 4 weeks veg phase and, of course, precisely mineral-fed. Maybe even an automatic, but it will take a while before I overcome my auto aversion.😉

Stony_German After 9 days, everything was ready for trimming. For summer, the drying was quite good. The test smoke was potent and considering that no cure has taken place yet, it was quite pleasant. I'm going to collect all the keef and press a nice plate of good old school hash with very potent keef with the next harvest.