BigLebowski Hello,
I'm reporting a bit late. Currently, the ladies are in their fourth week of flowering, as indicated. They were in the vegetative phase for 8 weeks, during which the ladies were topped multiple times. The topping wasn't optimal, but I'm still satisfied with the results so far. Additionally, the ladies were repotted twice and received plenty of mycorrhiza and root activator during repotting. The roots and stems have developed well. After eight weeks of veg and transitioning into flowering, the ladies stretched to 80cm, and the top buds reached 92cm. The lamp height was adjusted repeatedly, usually between 30 and 40 cm. Unfortunately, there were occasional fungus gnats. The soil was treated with nematodes, and sticky traps were set out.
In general, this isn't my first grow, but I haven't been able to gather much experience yet. I made some mistakes and encountered problems during my first grow. I hope to do better this time and I'm excited about the genetics of the breeder. The plants are showing an extremely high number of buds with short distances between them. This can also be seen in other grow diaries from the same breeder, and it makes me rave about the plants ;-)
I'm skeptical about the breeder's THC claims, but I'm also just curious and excited. Just like the information about the flowering time. If it's true, then I can harvest in four weeks.
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Week 5. Flowering
1y ago
1/43
90 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Normal
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
24 °C
Substrate Temp
23 °C
Night Air Temp
25 l
Pot Size
2 l
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Bud Candy
1 mll
Overdrive
1 mll
Bio-Bloom
1 mll
BigLebowski Flowering week 5 has begun and the plants are being bent into position again. I also have a SCROG net but decided against it, as I take the plants out of the box every week to examine them better, and it makes training and watering easier without the net. With the start of the fifth flowering week, the color of the stigmas is now changing to orange. The buds seem to still be growing and are continuing to produce new leaves. Trichomes are becoming more pronounced, and the smell and resin are increasing. This strain seems to forgive my late training and is producing extremely tight buds. Therefore, I am very confident that I will be able to harvest beautiful, resinous buds in a few weeks.
Flowering day 34
The strongest stem was broken/split to produce more resin. The plant is handling it well so far.
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Week 6. Flowering
1y ago
1/25
90 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Normal
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
24 °C
Substrate Temp
23 °C
Night Air Temp
25 l
Pot Size
2 l
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 6
Bud Candy
1 mll
Overdrive
1 mll
Bio-Bloom
1 mll
BigLebowski Flower Day 36
The watering amount has been slightly increased to 2 liters/day/plant. I'm currently watering six liters every three days.
Two days ago, I split a stem. The plant is handling it well, and the thirst remains. The stigmas on this plant are not as developed as on the other two. Maybe I'll harvest this one last. Trichomes are developing well, and you can already see some amber.
Flower Day 40
In some places, the trichomes are already 10-15% amber. The last watering was only with Cal/Mag. On Flower Day 42, I'll fertilize one last time, and after that, it'll just be water with Flawless Flush.
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Week 7. Flowering
1y ago
1/18
90 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Normal
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
24 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
25 l
Pot Size
2 l
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 2
Flawless Finish
1 mll
Calmag
1 mll
BigLebowski Flowering Day 43
The first one has fallen, as the time has come. Leaves, stigmas, and trichomes looked perfect to me, while the other two still need a bit more time. The left one is already showing signs of autumn, while the right one needs a bit more time due to the HST. I'll indicate the harvest when they're all ready.
One pretty lady less, sniff ;-)
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Week 8. Flowering
1y ago
1/12
90 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Normal
Smell
50 %
Air Humidity
25 °C
Solution Temp
24 °C
Substrate Temp
21 °C
Night Air Temp
25 l
Pot Size
2 l
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 2
Flawless Finish
1 mll
Calmag
1 mll
BigLebowski Flowering Day 50
The buds are firm and resinous. The stigmas are getting darker. Trichomes are 80% milky. It could still be a bit more amber. On Flowering Day 53, the second one will fall, while the third still has some time to ripen.
The buds from the first one are currently on the seventh day in the dry ferm bag and will go into jars for curing after about 10 days in total. I quickly dried and tested some popcorn buds. Wow, for quick-dried, it's strong. I've added pictures of the trichomes.
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Week 9. Flowering
1y ago
1/16
90 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Normal
Smell
45 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
23 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
25 l
Pot Size
1.5 l
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 2
Flawless Finish
1 mll
Calmag
1 mll
BigLebowski Flowering Day 57
The buds continue to develop new flowering material with fresh trichomes. Therefore, I have to push the harvest further back. It could be due to HST, but I have to stick with it and harvest with more amber.
Flowering Day 59
I took samples from sugar leaves. Lower part of the main buds and lower-lying buds.
Looks very good. The main buds also have a nice amber color.
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Week 10. Flowering
1y ago
1/2
90 cm
Height
12 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.3
pH
Normal
Smell
45 %
Air Humidity
23 °C
Solution Temp
23 °C
Substrate Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
25 l
Pot Size
1.5 l
Watering Volume
40 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 2
Flawless Finish
1 mll
Calmag
1 mll
BigLebowski Nothing to do. Examinatimg trichomes and waiting for more amber. Top buds are ready for harvest.
BigLebowski Curing has started, but the taste and potency are already very good. It would have been optimal to leave the ladies under the lights for a few more weeks. But I'm very satisfied.
The buds are nice and firm, compact, and sticky. I cut three buds a few days earlier and dried them in a Dry ferm bag for 9 days. Tried them last night. The sample buds are still a bit too moist, and the smoke still carries some chlorophyll aroma. But the flavor is pleasant, and the effect is couch-locking.
@Irati_Anesia, thanks a lot. Your seeds are fantastic and i´m waiting for the next discount promtion on Anesia seeds😋 There are a lot of Anesia seeds on my wish list, like privileged baddie, strawberry pop rocks or roswell code.
Wow @biglebowski - it seems to me that your second grow is going very well indeed!
These plants look great and the training is nice.
Welcome to grow diaries community! Thanks for bringing your grow here, and remember it is always better late than never!
I will follow your grow and look forward to seeing it progress. I appreciate the detailed information in the first post, it really fills in the gap!
Thank you very much Dude ;-) ,I´ve trained a bit to late and now I´m trying to get more light on every part of the plants. But every mistake is a chance to make it better next time. At my first Grow i´ve started with cheap china lamps and a lower budget. During the flowering I was convinced to get some better lamps and installed them during the flowering period. This caused foxtailing and a longer flowering period than i expected. But it was all experience and now I´m happy to be here and to share my experiences. So I am also happy to read from you and I will report detailed. Thanks for all ;-)