Syrup Sisters (1st grow)

majklsoft Hello! This is my first grow in quite a while — the last time was about 15 years ago, when I was a punk teenager. Funny story my mum recently confessed to me: back then, she and my dad secretly followed me to my “hidden” grow spot in the forest… and then ripped the plants out. 🤣 All these years, I was blaming some random asshole kid! 😂 No hard feelings though — they probably meant well. Anyway! Fast forward to today: I missed the feeling of growing, so I decided to start again, this time with three feminized autos on my balcony. I picked the Syrup strain from Buddha Seeds, since it’s supposed to stay small, discreet, and has a quick harvest. I germinated them in a glass of water in darkness for about 24 hours, until they sprouted. Honestly, I think this is the most foolproof and reliable method — it worked beautifully. In about two days they broke through the soil… and right into my soul. 😀 Together with my girl, we even named them after our mutual holy(wood) hot actress favourite. Within a few days I had to confess to myself they weren’t getting as much sun as I wanted for them (trying to be a good plant dad here). I tried moving them back and forth like a madman — from the east window to the south balcony. I even built a rolling stand so I could chase the sun around the balcony more easily. So I grabbed a ring light that was lying around (not for filming porn, I swear!) and put them on the night shift — 6500 K, positioned about 10 mm above them, giving roughly 200 PPFD. It seems to be more than enough to keep them super happy (I hope!) until I manage to get a proper grow tent. To be continued…

majklsoft I decided to pick the two strongest (Keyra & Margott) to move into the new tiny tent (40×40×160 cm, Probox smallest size). I know I should ideally put them in two separate pots, but this way involved the least amount of transplanting, and I didn’t want to stress my main actresses too much. Although now I realize I probably just postponed the stress for later. Anyway, the girls look quite happy once in the box, so I decided it’s time for a little training — they are hot chica sisters, after all. I just have to keep in mind that Syrup has a super short veg period…

majklsoft I think I almost overwatered them, since the soil hasn’t completely dried out even after 5 days, and they were a bit stunted — but now they’re growing again. I still haven’t fed them anything yet. And I accidentally broke Keyra’s leg during LSD — sorry, LST! The more skilled growers would probably just call it intentional supercropping… hint: white sheet (in best case laminated) under the bottom leaves which often touch the soil after LST will prevent against mold and also reflect light back to plant. hint2: do not ever trust the paper PH meters.. it told me that I have slightly acidic water which I was fixing with bit of cooking soda. once I bought propper Ph meter I realised that that was a bullshit and my water was on the opposite side of the spectrum!! so till now girls were receiving water with PH cca 8.0-8.5.. there is one pro atleast: when the soil is alkaline it allows the plants to get more nitrogen which is crucial for vegetation stage.. but from now on let us water with PH 6.3 cca

majklsoft - introduced 7W far red light bulb to boost stretching (girls are VERY bushy) - slowly drying soil (so I drilled more holes on side of the pot like a cheap dyi airpot) - preflower Keyra (the bigger one) is what I would say a stretching phase and Margot (smaller) evidently falls behind but not stretching yet, I hope she catches her atleast little bit..

majklsoft 2nd girl still falls behind, I decided to use a scrog to help her / or help the canopy situation as the height difference and even lighting distribution started to be complicated to mantain got little tip burn so I dialed back and pit Grow aside. From top you can nicely see which girl is which. Margot having more poison green top leaves. Is she angry?

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