Lady Pink, cuts by Purple City Genetics

FluffyAgenda Lady Pink, clones by Purple City Genetics, from Kindpeoples Dispensary in Santa Cruz. This will be my first run with Athena nutes start to finish. I'm using the Athena Blended Program with Fade - if you have the book, lol! The Athena nutes are the best I've ever used in my Autopots. This fertilizer stays mixed so there is no pH/PPM creep as the reservoir drains. That has been a huge problem I've had since I started using Autopots. No longer an issue, so I'm really excited for this grow! Per the PCG website: Lady Pink Type: Sativa Hybrid Finish: 9 weeks - the ones I got had 9-10 wks listed on the info sticks, and they continued to stretch for 3 weeks, so they're getting 10 wks in flower  Genetics: J1 ( Jack Herer x Skunk #1 ) x Bob87 ( Bob Hope x 1987 ) Notes: Tests over 28% / Purple frosty flowers / Amazing terps and bag appeal

FluffyAgenda Starting to take root. I'm really excited for these. I've grown Bob Hope and liked it a lot. We'll see how it goes.

FluffyAgenda Starting to get a little stinky. 1 week until they go into flower.

FluffyAgenda First day in flower. I always give them 36 hours of dark before turning on the lights for flower. Using the HLG Diablo R-Spec with far R, starting at 75% dimming. The plants have a little stinkyness, kind of skunky, smell to them.

FluffyAgenda The skunky smell has morphed into a fairly strong tobacco smell. The smell from touching it is Jack Herer. This should be really complex. Light to 90% dimming, next week it will be 100%. Only a couple burn spots, so all is going well.

FluffyAgenda Light to 100%. Smell is like walking into a good cigar shop. To the touch the smell is strong Jack Herer.

FluffyAgenda I deleted this week by accident.

FluffyAgenda Smell is still tobacco with some light skunk undertones. To the touch the Jack Herer is still present, but there a developing citrus, maybe key lime ( that's what one of my friends suggested ) smell going on as well. At day 33, almost 1/2 way done I added some close ups. So far I'm a big fan of growing Lady Pink.

FluffyAgenda 1/2 way done and they're setting up nice. With 5 weeks to go I'm most excited about the terps on this one. Strong, complex and still evolving. They still have a super strong tobacco smell, almost overwhelming when you put your head in the tent. To the touch the Jack Herer/citrus has morphed into a chem/gas smell that is really nice. They should finish purple which will be an added bonus! The change to Athena nutes has been a huge boost. They are super clean and, most importantly, STAY MIXED. No pH or nute creep. And my reservoir/line maintenance is minimal as I'm only bleeding the line 1-2x per week, that's it.

FluffyAgenda Day 1 of week 7, a little less than 4 weeks to go. This run has gone smoothly, i.e. I didn't screw anything up. The switch to Athena AG has been great! No issues with reservoir, pH or nute creep during this run. Really excited for the plants. Strong tobacco is the dominant smell. When you touch stems and leaves there is a Herer/Chem thing going on, like a cleaning product. By 3 days into the week I realized I had to get another trellis as my colas are starting to lean all kinds of ways. For now tying them back onto the first trellis will have to do. On a side note the tobacco smell is starting to give way to a sweetness. For now it reminds me of a swisher sweet, with less tobacco, lol. I think it's moving toward a chemmy, slightly candy-ish, Herer-y kind of thing.

FluffyAgenda The smell is evolving to away from tobacco to just kind of stinky with chem and an odd sweetness starting to come forward. I had to order a second trellis as they are falling over and still have 3 weeks to go. Lol, it's a good problem to have - so far I've been pulling them back to the center with ties to the first trellis to keep them off the walls of the tent. I'll have that rectified by next week. This is the last week for Bloom A, B and Cal-Mag. The last 2 weeks are just PK, Fade and Cleanse. Can't wait to see ( and try ) the the final result.