COCO ETHOS

FIE5TA 1. Shawty r1 - when the seed shell (helmet) came off, this seedling damaged its first two sets of leaves. Because of this, they grew slightly twisted and with defects. However, as you can see, the third set of leaves is coming out quite even. I'm glad I gave it a chance, otherwise I would have lost the seed Throughout the entire cycle, I will be using the Advanced Nutrients Sensi Coco PH Perfect line + using Radifarm (Valagro) once in the veg phase.

FIE5TA 👋👋👋 We're growing and developing nicely 👋👋👋 Shawty started ramping up her metabolism, she's drinking more, and the new leaves are coming in smooth and even. I applied Radifarm to Shawty. End Game already has a solid root system. Oh, forgot to mention: the source water is RO, 5.7 pH & 10 ppm

FIE5TA Hi everyone! ✋✋✋ Yesterday topped and bent down the Punch Line. She also had a bit of salt buildup in the substrate from the drought, but I sorted that out quick. Soon I'll flip this box to flowering, and I'll have to move the shawty to the next tent on 18/6 so she can catch up to the punch line in size.

FIE5TA Hi Everyone! 👋 Start of the first week of flowering, veg stage lasted about 35 days. Decided not to move the Shawty to another box. Punchline's already pretty big, otherwise it'd turn into a total jungle in here. Did some defoliation. Probably won't top the Shawty, just let it grow out like a Christmas tree. Keep growing! 👽 ✋✋✋

FIE5TA Hey everyone! 👋👋👋 The second week of flowering has kicked off. On flower day 6, I did some defoliation, removing about 25-26% of the fan leaves from End Game. Haven't touched Shawty yet. They've got another big defoliation ahead, but that'll be on days 21-22 of flowering. End Game has started stretching hard, it's really pulling up, but it looks like I'm keeping it under control so far. We're growing!

FIE5TA Hey everyone! 👋 👻 On day 14 of flower I did a major clean up: thinned out the shoots, reduced the number of flower sites, and removed almost all the leaves that were in the way. Ended up with a whole basin full of trimmings lol. Now we’re on day 16 of flower, and clear clusters of flower sites are showing up. The stretch was pretty aggressive (especially on the End Game), but we’re managing with supercropping. Currently about 27 cm from the light, and I can still raise the plants another 9 cm if needed. Happy flowering! 🚀 👻👋

FIE5TA Hi everyone 👋👋👋 Today is day 24 of flowering. I flushed the Shawty R1 due to a slight salt buildup, but other than that, nothing out of the ordinary has happened. Since the last defoliation, the plants have gotten really bushy with foliage. I’m planning to do one last, but major defoliation on day 28. The plants have grown quite large, more than I expected. I barely managed to control the stretch. They’re now 19 cm from the light, and unfortunately, I can’t raise it any higher. But the stretching phase is over. We can breathe easy now 😪😰😁😋

FIE5TA Hey everyone! 👋 On day F28 I did a big and final defoliation, won't be removing any more leaves from now on, only in extreme cases. The buds are getting dense, fattening up, becoming frosty. Punchline is guzzling the nutrient solution hard. Right now I can't keep pulling the plants out of the tent for photos every time, so the lighting is like this for now. By harvest time I've already prepped a camera with a good zoom haha. Good flowering, friends! 👏

FIE5TA Hi everyone! 👋👋👋 Today is the 38th day of flowering. Yeah, I had some issues with leaf burn. I suspect the culprit is the Big Bud Coco (that's Advanced Nutrients' PK booster). The thing is, it's really high in calcium. In my bottle, there's this sediment at the bottom. If you shake it really hard, the whole solution turns into a milky, kinda thick liquid. It does dissolve in water completely, though, with no residue. Advanced Nutrients claims this is normal for the Coco version of Big Bud. But my theory is that the calcium overload ended up locking out the potassium. Oh, I forgot to mention, besides my base nutrients, I was also using this Big Bud Coco. For now I have completely excluded big bud coco from the nutrient solution. All in all, it's been a pretty stressful week. I'm thinking for the next run, I'll switch to a PK booster from Plagron or Canna. What bugs me is that Advanced Nutrients' stuff has a bit of organic content, like amino acids, and as it turns out, a ton of calcium on top of that. That said, I've gotta give credit where it's due, the Advanced Nutrients base line is just fantastic. So far, I've gotten my best quality results running their base nutrients. I liked them so much, I stocked up on a liter of each, and I'll definitely be buying more. If I get the chance, I'd really like to give Remo Nutrients a try someday.

FIE5TA Hi everyone! 👋 Today marks the 47th day of flowering! The 6th week is wrapping up, and Shawty R1 is almost fully done. End Game TPL will need to hang in there a bit longer. The leaves are still getting a little burned at the edges, and the dehumidifier broke down. Overall, I've figured out the issue with the leaves and prepped for the next cycle. I flushed the plants and topped them off with fresh nutrient solution, everything seems fine for now, but as usual, that's just until the next salt buildup hits :) I took most of the macro shots with my camera, you can zoom in on 'em and really see the trichs, how clear they are. Don't even need a loupe or scope for that. 😘

FIE5TA Hi everyone! Today marks the end of the 56th day of flowering, the buds are getting covered in frost, and they're also becoming denser and denser every day, with some branches starting to sag. The leaves have burned a bit, but overall nothing serious. It was a calcium issue. In the next run, I'll switch to Remo Nutrients. I want to try them out. I finally managed to get them and bought several liter kits right away. I also ordered a bunch of seeds, including: Robinhood Seeds, Exotic Genetix, some new strains from Ethos, and midtier genetics for comparison from Dutch Passion and Barney's Farm, they were on a big discount. More details on the strains in the next entries.