Big Bud & Jack Herer 2025

Crisaly Just a week after germination, the little plants are growing diligently. The biggest ones have already reached a height of 6cm. You can clearly see the first sun leaves on all of them. I'm already starting to strengthen the little stems with a light breeze from the fan.

Crisaly After the first full week in the growth phase, the plants have already grown quite a bit. The leaves are strong and large and have a healthy color. In the next few days, it's time to transplant them into 14L pots.

Crisaly Now two weeks have passed since the plants first saw the light. They have grown well and show no signs of deficiency or other problems. I transplanted the plants around the middle of the second week, which was a bit too early since the roots had only used about half of the seedling pot. Next time, I will definitely leave the plants in the smallest pots for the full two weeks. Also, next time I will transplant them first into a medium pot (about 5l), as these 14l pots seem too large to me. Still, I'm sure the plants will handle it without any issues this time. :)

Crisaly This week, all four plants were topped. The plants handled the stress well and immediately started sending the lower shoots as new main shoots into the race. Since the two plants in the back are growing significantly stronger and are already 21cm tall, I've started tying them down to give the lower plants more light. Now it's just a matter of continuing to water and wait. :)

Crisaly Four weeks after germination and all the plants still look healthy. The two front plants haven't grown as strong as the two in the back, but they're still healthy and fit. The height can't be measured exactly since I apply a lot of LST and keep bending the shoots down and to a certain height. I actually wanted to send the plants into flowering next week, but I'm still considering whether to add a scrog net and let the plants grow a bit more.

Crisaly The fifth week of the growth phase is now over. During this week, I was able to spread the individual shoots nicely using the SCROG net, creating a very wide canopy. Thanks to the various training techniques I've applied, the plants have grown nicely in width, but they are still only about 30cm tall. That's why I've decided to remove the SCROG net and let the plants grow taller for another week before switching to flowering at the end of week 6. For this reason, I've also increased the distance to the lamp to allow the plants to stretch a bit towards the light.

Crisaly After 6 weeks of the growth phase, the plants have grown nicely, and through several training techniques, they are almost filling the entire tent area. Now the time has finally come, and just in time for week 7, I have switched to the flowering phase. For this, I adjusted the light to 12/12 light/dark and turned on the light spectrum intended for the flowering phase. Now I'm excited for the stretch!

Crisaly The first week of the flowering phase is over, and as expected, the plants are in stretch. Right now, they are just shooting up. I'm not doing anything except watering and waiting.

Crisaly By the end of this week, the plants were properly stressed. All the plants were taken out of the tent and both defoliated and lightly lollypopped. Now it's time to water again and wait.

Crisaly This week my new setup from VivoSun arrived, and I immediately swapped out my lights. Now light reaches every corner, and the buds can grow even better. I've also been defoliating a bit here and there to ensure all the shoots get plenty of light.

Crisaly This week, the plants have completed the stretching phase and are now focusing solely on flowering. Accordingly, the plants were defoliated one last time and lollypopped. Additionally, the plants were placed in the new 90x90x180 tent from Vivosun. I also added just a little bit of BioBloom fertilizer to provide the plants with essential nutrients for the final weeks.

Crisaly Since two of the four plants are showing the classic LED disease with CalMag deficiency, I added some CalMag BioBizz this week. Also, the GrowHub controller and the ventilation from Vivosun have arrived. Now I've set the light intensity to 70% and adjusted an automatic VPD of 1.2-1.6.

Crisaly The buds have developed wonderfully. All the plants look very healthy and the bud development is great! Many trichome heads are already milky and a few are even amber-colored. It should only be a matter of days until they are ready for harvest! :)))