Auto&Outdoor Netherlands: NL, HK & CBD

First serious grow ever. In my teens I planted hemp seeds from my bird food and they became trees. Haha, but that was streight in open ground. I want to grow MJ to use it to treat my irritable bowel syndrome. It really helps to calm my digestion/cramps and it is the best 'medicine' for me at this moment. I gave the seedlings a very tough time in their first week. Although I put them inside the house at night, they didn't really flourish so to say.... Than I googled for the temperatures and read that cannabis grows above 15C. Haha, I just calculated that I would like to harvest in July, because I will go on vacation in August. I didn't realise that these temperatures (day 11C, night 3C) where too cold for cannabis to grow. So my mind is set on creating a small green house to make life a bit easier for them. If they will make it till I finish my green house.... By the way, the greenhouse will be put on my balcony and I use 6L Airpots.

O.k. So I realised that the weather here in the Netherlands is way to cold for seedlings oudoor to have a proper start. So last weekend I spent a Saturday night and Sunday morning creating a decent green house for my 3 seedlings. Made of packaging wood (for free) and some perspex. I found a car windshield protector for ice and used this as a isolation for the tub where the airpots stand. On that I placed a Romberg heat mat of 60x15cm, 17 Watt. On a warm day (about 17C) the soil temperature rose to 31C. That's a bit too high, so on warm days I will switch off the heat mat and turn in on again when night falls and temps go down. The seedlings seem to like it, because they are grown and the cotyledons are open. The small 'real' cannabis leafs are also coming out. Accept for the Hindu Kush plant.... :-( It only has 1 cotyledon and there are no other leaves showing. I decided to germinate onother HK seed and to kill the dud. The green house experiment seems to work for now. I guess that it will be able to house the seedlings and a part of the vegetative state of the plants and when they will be bigger the weather will be nice enough to keep them outside the green house. We will see... Oh, the humidity. I just checked it and today it is about 87%. Maybe it is better to vent a bit by putting something between the lid. Will keep an eye on that.

Plants seem to be very happy inside the greenhouse and are growing nice! Humidity can get quite high (I think) and is somewhere around 80%. On warmer days I put something between the lid so it gets less humid. On warm days I take off the lid. The second Hindu Kush seed didn't pop. It turned black and seems dead. Germinating another seed, really hope it will pop...

O.k. So the second Hindu Kush didn't pop, 3rd and last did. She got rid of the shell really slow and the opening op the first leaves went also super slow. These seeds must be old. The Northern Lights is doing super good and looking really happy. The Dinamed is also doing nice. She is a bit slower than the NL. A few days ago the tips of the first real leaves turned dead. Rest of the leafs seem to be o.k. Maybe I gave to little water, or maybe a little nutrient burn? The first half of the pot was filled with All Mix, second half with Light Mix. Think it will be o.k. Oh, watering regulary small amounts of water. Thinking of adding a little Biobizz Grow for NL and HK. NL is about 8cm CBD is 7 Hindu Kush is 1,5cm

Weather in Holland is getting better! A lot of sun reflects in nice grow. The NL is still the most vigorous grower, followed by the Dinamed. Hindu Kush takes forever as it seems. The burnt tips on the Dinamed seem te have been a one time occasion. The NL leafs seem to be a tad lighter than the Dinamed. Wonder if thats genetically determined or that it needs more nutes? Anyway, I upped the BB Grow by one ml so now I am on 2mL per Liter. Northern Lights Auto = 12cm Dinamed Auto = 9cm Hindu Kush Auto = 3cm

So far so good. The Northern Lights is still growing fastest. The Dinamed is a bit slower. Hindu Kush is picking up speed and appears to be growing a bit faster now. Hindu Kush is in week 3. All 3 plants are drinking water with Bio-Grow 2mL/L. Northern Lights Auto = 17,5cm Dinamed CBD Auto = 12cm Hindu Kush Auto = 4cm

In week 6 I started LST on the NL and Dinamed. At the start of the grow I didn't have the intention to LST. But the plants are growing quite fast and the my mini-greenhouse is to low to keep them 'natural'. I was a bit worried, but doing LST is super easy. Just take your time and be gentle.... :-) The cones of the Airpot are nice to drill the holes in. Than +- 1cm Pipecleaner through and you're good to go bend what you want. The weather is quite cloudy so growth is a bit slow. Hope it gets better next week.

It is getting more and more crowded in the greenhouse. Hopefully these are the last days/weeks they need to be in there. Weather is getting better here in the Netherlands! A few days ago I decided to give the plants enough water so all of the substrate would be moist. I threw in 5L of water! That felt a bit uneasy. That could mean I under watered my plants for quite a while? Maybe I was a bit too concerned about overwatering the plants. Hmm, still got a lot to learn. I think I am getting the hang of LST. Every few days I carefully place the pipecleaners (or a new one) to a different position on the plant/pot so the canopy goes the way I want. No sign of showing sex yet. I was kind of expecting that this would happen this week. Maybe next week?! Norhern Ligths Auto = 18cm (after LST) Dinamed Auto = 15cm (after LST) Hindu Kush Auto = 12 cm (natureal, no LST)

So the mini-greenhouse was getting to crowded: time to get set them free! The weather is o.k. right now in the Netherlands. More cloudy than sunny, but it's not freezing and the night temperatures are also o.k. Last Sunday the pistils arrived. Well, I saw them for the first time. 😄 They showed in the Northern Lights and the Dinamed. I couldn't see them on the Hindu Kush, but the HK is 2 weeks younger than the NL and Dinamed. Oh, this week I removed some visitors which landed on my plants. I do not know is they are hostile or friendly visitors. I removed them just to be sure. They were very fragile, black flies. They sat underneith the leafs and also on the parts where new leafs grow. If someone knows a nice site with a visual representation to identify pests I would love to hear from you. Might be handy in the near future. Next time I will add Biobizz Bloom for watering my plants. 21 cm Norhtern Lights Automatic (LST) 19 cm Dinamed Automatie (LST) 20 cm Hindu Kush Automatic ('natural' grow)

Thanks to the tips I got (Lucimago 👍) the uninvited guests seem te be gone.... Haha, so far so good. What I did: *Not water the plants so the soil dries out. Thanks to the airpots that goes quite fast. *Removed gnats by hand which where sitting on the leafs *Made tea (2 tablespoons neem leafs) in 1 Liter water and sprayed that on the plants leafs and soil *few days later the Neem oil arrived and sprayed that on leafs and soil (1 tablespoon, 5 drops organic dish wash-soap on 1 L water) *Bought yellow sticky cards but not used them for the plants :-) because they seemed to be gone... I think the Neem oil doesn't smell nice. Hope I will not need that again. I also found the culprit of the gnats. I got my wife the Blumat Tropf watering system for her veggie-garden as a birthday present. I adjusted the drippers a bit too much open, so the soil got way to moist. There where a LOT of them at that moment. Then the gnats found their way to my plants on the balcony. I thought the plants didn't grow that much, maybe buzzy with making flowers. But in height they grew about 5cm! Didn't notice that. I think they still look quite healthy. The Hindu Kush is a bit greener than it was. Cheers! Heigth of all plants: Norhtern Lights Auto = 27 cm (LST) Dinamed Auto = 27 cm (LST) Hindu Kush = 27 cm ('natural', no LST)

This week the weather in the Netherlands is very nice. Lots of sun which results in super fast growth & also bloom. All 3 plants grew this week 9 cm in height! The Dinamed is flowering really fast last few days. The fungus gnats seem to be still at bay. Because the pots are just 6L, I thought I would up the nutes to 3mL/L. Hope that's a good choice. Will keep an eye on the leafs. I noticed that the older (3 finger) leafs are getting yellow. I read that that's normal. I don't know if I should remove them. Any suggestions or thoughts? Plant heigths: Hindu Kush = 36 cm (natural, no LST) Norhtern Lights Auto = 36 cm (LST) Dinamed Auto = 35 cm (LST)

Clouds, rain, wind, crappy weather this week in the Netherlands. The yellowing of the leafs on all 3 plants seems to go slower or is at a stop (🙏). I am still not sure what is happening or what went wrong. I stopped giving nutrients due to the possible Nitrogen problem. Any comments about this situation are more than welcome! 😊 Haha, I thinks it's also quite a challenge to give the appropriate amount of water. When the sun starts to shine the water is gone in no-time. I think this is because of the small pots (6L) I choose. Oh, almost forgot. The smell of the Dinamed is AWESOME! Wow, didn't know this scent was possible on cannabis plants. Its fruity, papaya'ish and also smells like how the black papaya seeds taste.... 😋 Plant heights: NL Auto = 40cm (LST) Dinamed Auto = 36 cm (LST) Hindu Kush Auto = 40 cm (no LST)

Weather is picking up in the Netherlands. Haha, just for a few days I believe.... But all 3 plants seem to be a bit more o.k. I believe the buds are getting thicker and the yellowing, ah well, we'll see. Started with just 1mL/L Bloom as I didn't give them nutes for a week due to the N problem. Haha, I allready mentioned it in a comment, but I didn't get why the BB Bloom would contain a N ratio of 20. Turns out that the bottle says 2.0! My eyes aren't what they used to be.... 😅. I hope I won't be overfeeding them by giving nutes again. But on the other side, the pot's are just 6L. Oh, plant heights: Dinamed Auto = 36cm (LST) Northern Lights Auto = 43cm (LST) Hindu Kush Auto = 41cm ('natural')

Weather in the Netherlands is super nice. At least, for the plants. Every day sunshine and temperature around 25 degrees. Explosive growth of the buds on the Hindu Kush and NL. Quite amazing. The trichomes of the Dinamed seem to be transparant and milky. I wonder how long it will take before I can harvest her. Quite exited. Plant smell is getting stronger. At night I have to put the plants further away from the balcony door. If not the bedroom is filled with a nice 'weedy' perfume... Norhtern Lights Auto = 45cm Hindu Kush Auto = 43cm Dinamed CBD Auto = 35cm

Harvest is coming. But I'll wait a few more days or weeks?! Haha, will check the trichomes every day.

Again, first grow, so no experience. I will update when dried, cured and vaped 😊 ------------------- update 29-07-2019 O.k. As promised a taste-effect update. When vaped I feel muscle tension release, body relaxes. Some times I get a very, very mild body high. The taste is like fruity with a definate orangy flavour. Once I tried 1 puff of Dinamed and one puff of Hindu Kush. I was floored for more than 4 hours. I don't know if it was because I got a bit less sleep that night before but that's hard to imagine it could have that effect. It doesn't make you high or stoned, but the feeling is relaxed, but a bit sedated. That might be the word. It works for my IBS quite well. I do not vape every day, so my experience is still a bit limited. If there is someone with a more specific question, feel free to ask. Hope I can answer it in the near future.

When dried, cured and vaped I will update! Left the popcorn buds to grow further?! Haha, I don't know is that will happen, curious. ------------------- Update 29-07-2019 Havested and dried the popcorn-buds. They gave 3,6 gram. Really love this strain! The effect is quite body orientated. It gives a tranquil body high with a mild head high. Makes me laugh in a very moderate way. Thoughts are not influenced in terms of rushness (haha, is that a word?!). All very tranquil. The taste has developed through the weeks. First it tasted quite the same as the organic NL they sell here in a coffeeshop. Which was a bit like bubble gum/cloves. But now there is a very nice piney taste occurring! I love pine. this curing is quite an interesting fase of cannabis. All in all, great strain!

Last plant of this grow. Felt happy and also a bit sad.... Had a lot of fun taking care of these girsl. The Hindu Kush surprised me the most. She had a very slow start and picked up speed at around week 8. Her buds are WAY thicker than the NL and Dinamed CBD. Her smell is also the strongest. Not really during bloom, but especially while cutting and trimming. Oh, she had a (or some?!) male flower. Haha, I don't know if that's because I harvested too late. I don't think so. But any way, I still admire the beauty of nature. I mean, how cool that a plant is able to fertilize herself?! That's AWESOME! Magic just to provide offspring to continue life. I will do an update when buds are dried, cured and vaped.... Well, not all of them off-course 😄 Thanks for all the comments and support! ------------------------ update 29-07-2019 O.k. Hindu Kush. Still not sure what to think about it. I personally think this strain is the most potent of the 3. I would descibe the effect as narcotic. It puts me in a kind of bubble with a couch lock. I still haven't got a lot of experience with the use of this strain, especially because I tried the CBD and NL several times. I think it has more of a couch lock than a body high. Haha, makes you very non-productive. Taste is definately lemony and has a sharpness to it.