Biscotti-cherry-mandarine

Flick Not really vedge-week 1, but 1 week after hatching, so … all three are doing fine. Vipra spectra is on 35 %

Flick Last week was a bit stressful for the little ones. I misinterpreted the high humidity in the nursery greenhouse and checked the soil too late, which resulted in a slight water shortage, but this was quickly and easily remedied. I should also have started fertilising earlier, as the light mix apparently only provides sufficient nutrients for a week. The day before yesterday, I repotted all three into larger 5-litre pots, as the roots were already sticking out of the bottom of the 0.5-litre pots. Today, I gave them another 500 ml of Water with 1ml Bio Grow per plant. I will add Acti Vera as soon as it is available. Overall, they are all developing nicely. The Cherry Bacio seems to be a little more sensitive and thirsty for nutrients than the other two. Oh, and the vipra spectra is getting very warm … runs on ~70% atm Thank you for your attention. 😊

Flick Vipra is on 100% now. All three are rather small and compact. Cherry Bacio seems to be a bit more sensitive, to the light, humidity or nutrients level? some of the Leafs curl on the outside. All in all they alle seem health to me (although a little bit small, but they had a stressfull first week) 😊 I took away 2 upper Fan leafs of the biscotti mintz, to uncover the upcoming side branches. Same with the cherry bacio (plus some soft bending, Plant - Yoga). I feel like, they are too short zu do any real LST at this point.

Flick getting pretty bushy.

Flick Switching to 12/12 today. Cherry Bacio is doing great, although she worried me a bit in the beginning of the grow, cause she curled her Leafs etc., she appears to be at least the tallest of the three. BIscotti Mintz has very short Internodes, Mandarin Jam is simply doing fine. She is really easy to handle, almost layd back, understatement like character 😄☺️ . A few leaves show signs of calcium and magnesium deficiency, but that's no surprise, as I had a couple of watering and fertilising mishaps. I also messed up when adjusting the pH value of the water. I learned that I had been watering and fertilising incorrectly for years. I always used Bio Down before adding the fertiliser to the water. This is incorrect, because Bio Bizz fertiliser, Plus letting it sit overnight, already lowers the pH of the water sufficiently in the earth. The acid in pH down can even have a negative effect on the effectiveness of the fertiliser – besides, I was told that the pH value of the soil is more important. Anyway: from today, no more Bio down in my grow.

Flick The first Week of the stretch lies behind us – they did stretch – a little. Not like crazy. But they are shooting branches like crazy. It's not easy to keep the temperatur below 30 °C, I must say. Those two lamps in that small tent … they do stuff … in terms of heat lol. I took away some leafs, but wouldn't call it defoliating. But all three are shooting leafs as if it was a competition. I think I saw some pre-flower Pistol on the biscotti mintz, but not 100% sure. Excited to see how the second week of the stretch turns out. **( I will count the Flower-Days and Weeks from the first real visible Pistols on.)

Flick It's happening ^^Flowertime is here! All 3 started blooming at the same time – They appear quite homogenous for 3 different strains, I have to say. Cherry Bacio is by far the tallest one with 43 cm, Biscotti mintz the smallest one with 35 cm in height. Mandarine Jam still somehow chilling quietly in the background, but performing very well (given the amateur–ish conditions). I had to take out some leafs again – cherry is a very leafy lady – Gonna try to only tuck leafs for the ongoing week. And I stopped bending twigs – Usually I bind and bow them softly again, when flowers get bigger, but only to avoid shadowy spots or buds touching each other (lewd!). Any recommendations are welcome btw. The 80x80 Tent is a bit small for 3 plants, I have to say – it's totally possible to grow 3 Plants in it, but it's a hussle with watering and checking for hermies etc. and the plants themselves would like to have more space, I am pretty sure.

Flick Unfortunately the cuties (especially the mandarine Jam) are showing some Deficiencies, probably caused by bad PH-Conditions and wrong watering (to little) and maybe too much alg a mic. I softly flushed cherry and Mandarine with. 6L ph 6.2 water and I am using a digital PH-meter now, instead of the coloring-droplets. Turns out, the bio-bizz Nutrients really change the ph from 7.9 to 6.4. Biscotti mintz smells incredible! Minty sweet, with a slight bubblegum Aroma. I love it! It'll probably change during ripening tho … Mandarine and Cherry are slowly starting to develop trichomes and fragrance – but compared to the biscotti rather soft and no real character yet. ok, so I hope, my loved ones will make it. I'll add some acti vera to the next nutrient soup.

Flick After last week's gentle flush, the sweet ones have recovered well. Mandarine is very light overall. Let's see how that develops, but at least it hasn't gotten any worse. All of them are developing more and more trichomes and fragrance. Biscotti is losing some of its fruitiness but gaining a biscuit aroma. Cherry is developing a clear gassy aroma with a sour fruity undertone, but it's not very intense yet. Mandarine has a slight citrusy aroma, but it's not really pronounced yet. Its flowers also seem to be developing the slowest, even though according to Sensi Seeds, it should have by far the shortest flowering time. We'll see. In any case, I'm looking forward to all three in their jars. Did some necessary defoliation and some light LST on the Biscotti Mintz – cause the bud-branches where too close to each other. I changed the watering cycle to 2L per Plant ~ around every 3- 4 Days. Any suggestions regarding the brightness of Mandarine are welcome.

Flick Nothing special this week. Biscotti Mintz shows some signs of maybe light stress (?) so i dimmed the lights to around 80% each and a ppfd between 830 -1050 (according to an iphone app … )✊. It's the most difficult grow I ever had. Cherry bacio ist starting to actually get an artifical cherry flavourish undertone through the gassiness wich I didn't really ecspect, but highly welcome. Mandarine Jam is starting to smell like lemonpeel. Nice and fresh, although not the orange I was hoping for. But we'll see what ripening and curing will make of it.

Flick Nothing special – All doing fine. Watering with 2L each, every 3 Days (2days of not watering between each watering). They are thursty. Getting stickier and Pitils are ripening on the Cherry and the Biscotti. Mandarine still mainly white Pistils and less sticky than the other two. Biscotti mintz by far the stickiest, altough there are more sugar leafs than Calyxes, lol. Smells: Mandarine Jam- sweet Lemon peel Biscotti Mintz - Sweet, fruity, bubblegum minty. Very nice, very intense Cherry Bacio - If you want to, you can smell a tingly cherry coke – probably the gas, lemonine and probably a mix of Myrcen, Pinene, and Caryophyllen – lovely