THE JORNEY

Arkash The second seeds I germinated were the two Gorillas Cookies, and I planted them on August 22nd. The last ones were the Atlas F1, which I planted on September 5th. I water all of them every day with around 120–150 ml of water for the older plants, and only 50 ml for the newly germinated ones

Arkash At this point, I realized the big mistake I made by planting the Atlas F1 only three weeks after the Afghan Pearl, since the difference between them, at best, is four weeks. This means the Atlas F1 will reach harvest readiness about 5 to 7 days before the others. As the grow progresses, I’ll decide when to cut all of them, since I plan to use the grow tent itself to dry the flowers. well thats the jorney.

Arkash This week we enter pre-flowering . At the end of last week, I started with LST. After three days, I did a heavy defoliation and adjusted the branches again using wire. I'm using Alg·Mac and Acti·Vera to help mitigate the stress the plant is experiencing. Also, on the plant that was lagging behind, I accidentally performed an apical cut while adjusting the wire I was using for the LST. So I’ll have 8 plants trained with LST and 1 with apical pruning. This is my third grow — the first one had 3 plants and went well, the second had 4 plants and went badly because I bought cheap supermarket substrate that was infested with pests. This is my first time trying LST, and thanks to a twist of fate, I ended up doing apical pruning too.👽👽👽

Arkash This week, I removed the LST lines and let the plants grow freely. I felt it was the right moment, as they’ve started gaining height. I'm not sure why they aren’t all at the same stage of development—especially those with the same genetics. For example, one of the two Gorilla Cookies plants is further into the flowering stage than the other. Also, one of the Afghan Pearl plants (the one with the apical cut) is still in the pre-flower stage. The three Atlas F1 plants are more or less at the same point of development. Hopefully, by next week, they’ll be more in sync with each other. Everything seems to be going smoothly in general with the grow. I'm open to any suggestions if someone has advice to share.

Arkash This week I did a few things. First, I organized the plants by placing the Atlas F1 ones in the center, the Afghan Pearl ones on one side, and the Gorillaz Cookies on the other. The idea behind this arrangement was to help them grow stronger, especially the Atlas F1, which had become a bit weak after spending too much time on the side. I had been rotating the positions of all the other plants except for that one. I also made a platform out of styrofoam to elevate all the plants—except for the Gorillaz Cookies one, which is taller, This was done to ensure uniform light exposure for all the plants. And finally, I defoliated the lower parts of the plants and installed a SCROG net. If anyone has tips for using a SCROG setup, I'd really appreciate it!

Arkash everything its going just fine i think

Arkash this week, i gave the plant more nutrients and water , I also pulled down the larger branch of the Gorilla to achieve a more even light distribution at a lower distance from the lamp.

Arkash This was the last week I fed the plants nutrients. For the next two weeks, they’ll get only water. It’s also the final week with the lights at full power.

Arkash So, this week I stopped feeding almost all the nutrients. Initially, I was thinking of stopping all of them, but after checking different forums (Reddit 😄), I saw that Bio Bloom and Top Max are good for one more week. That means only the final week will be free of nutrients, and I think that was the right move. Some buds are still growing a little, and the trichomes look good too. i think that the next weekend gonna cut the girls

Arkash So, here we are in the final week. I think it’s been a laborious but pleasant journey. In retrospect, I believe things went well, even with some mistakes I made along the way: 1-At first, I thought the Gorilla Z seeds were actually Gorilla Cookies (yeah, I know—big mistake from a small detail). So I planned a 12-week cycle for those plants, only to later realize they were actually 10-week strain. I don’t think that was the right decision either, because while 12 weeks might have been a bit too long, 10 weeks definitely wouldn’t have been enough to fully develop their genetic potential. 2-Following the same logic with the Gorilla Z, the Atlas F1—originally a 10-week strain—would probably have benefited from an extra week, making it 11 weeks total (at least with my setup and nutrients). 3-I think I may have put too much stress on the plants during the LST process, which reduced the final height of most of them. I think all three genetics are very resilient and strong—especially Gorilla Z, Afghan Pearl stands out as a particularly stable and resistant strain. As for Atlas F1, even though it was the one I neglected the most (sorry about that), it still showed impressive overall stability and resilience. tomorrow morning gonna cut them.