#8 Sour Fruit Tartare

BudsPerMinute Week 1 Finally, they have popped out of the soil, the journey begins. Since there is still an Auto Euforia in mid/end flowering in the tent, the light stays at 70% dimming and the seedlings are raised a bit so that there is about 99-100cm distance to the light, which should provide a PPFD between 150-250.

BudsPerMinute Week 2 The plants are doing well, even though the cotyledons are turning yellow for some reason. You can already see a lot of roots at the edge and bottom of the pot... Just to be safe, I added some fertilizer this week since the Canna Seed Mix is hardly fertilized at all. The plants are now growing normally again after the light was dimmed incorrectly.

BudsPerMinute Week 3 Due to the initial lighting error, she's unfortunately lagging a bit in development. The first real leaves were so severely damaged that they're already dying off now. But that's completely fine, as we’re not in a hurry and she's growing otherwise. This week, the nutrients will be significantly increased, as she's already turning light green again by midweek. I’m now alternating between GHF BioEnhancer and AN Voodoo-Juice with each watering. Additionally, the leaves are slowly forming into a "U". This is most likely due to the low humidity. However, since there's still the Euforia from the last grow in the tent, which is in the final stage of flowering, I can't adjust the climate this week yet.

BudsPerMinute Week 4 At the end of week 4, they were repotted into 20L pots and watered with Voodoo Juice and CalMag! Now that the last plant from the last run is out of the tent, we can finally set everything up for the little ones... lower the light, adjust the dimming, and increase the humidity. From now on, everything should run flawlessly again! At the beginning of the week, the plants were watered, and during that, I inspected the roots and have to say that the pot is really well-rooted already!

BudsPerMinute Week 5 The plants have settled into their new home very quickly and now look very vibrant again. In the middle of the week, I topped them after the 4th node so that they are the exact same height as the other freshly topped plant in the tent. Now it's all about reducing stress and managing watering!

BudsPerMinute Week 6 The plant is growing and growing! This week I started tying down the branches so we can fill the tent. Additionally, I'm starting to water Grow since the first leaves have begun to turn slightly light green.

BudsPerMinute Week 7 This week, training continued until the middle, after which the plants moved to their new home. From now on, they will grow freely upwards and later be placed in a SCROG net. Unfortunately, the leaf tips turned very yellow by the end of the week, which most likely indicates a nutrient lockout due to insufficient drainage. Accordingly, next time I watered a full 5 liters until 0.5 liters of drainage was produced.

BudsPerMinute Week 8 At the beginning of the week, I defoliated the upper area again so that as many shoots as possible get enough light. Additionally, I stretched the SCROG net about 20 cm above the pot rim, into which the plants are now supposed to grow. Mid to late in the week, flowering was initiated.

BudsPerMinute Week 9 At the end of week 8, we switched to the flowering cycle, and the stretch is getting more noticeable. This week, I only watered and continued to try to fill the net with the initial stretch, which has worked relatively well. There’s still a bit of space in the back right of the tent, but I will fill that with the vertical stretch.

BudsPerMinute Week 10 This week I fertilized again since the plant started turning light green. Also, in the middle of the week, I did some final Canopy Management by using clips and such to bring a few stretching shoots down so everything is as even as possible. #16 (on the right in the pictures) is what we'll call "character strong"; I had to bend most of the shoots down again to keep it level, while I had to adjust #8 the least so far. Still, both are beautiful, even though I didn't manage to fill the SCROG perfectly in the 90x90 tent, we're still at 90-95%. Great result for my first time SCROG, in my opinion. In the middle of the week, I used PK Booster for the first time, and from now on, I’ll be watering with significantly more rainwater since I suspect the salt load in the soil is getting too high again.

BudsPerMinute Week 11 The beginning of week 11 consists of lollipopping and watching her grow! Let's see how she develops now. We're also currently watering again with rainwater to avoid oversalting from the demineralization system and have significantly increased the amount of Bio Bloom so the leaves don't get any lighter.

BudsPerMinute Week 12 Wow, what amazing plants! The buds are getting thicker day by day, and the chemical, gassy smell is getting stronger too! I've definitely cranked up the bloom nutrient, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on what you think is worse, I tend to be a bit too cautious with the standard nutrients. But that's another learning experience to take with me.

BudsPerMinute Week 13 This week is all about boosting PK again to really get the maximum out of it now! Since the leaves are definitely not getting any greener, I'm reducing the base bloom fertilizer a bit.

BudsPerMinute Week 14 There's not much to say, everything is like last week! My main focus is to make sure the pots dry out well. Midweek, I used FlashClean just to get rid of any mineral deposits. The smell is really very intense, truly a terpene monster!

BudsPerMinute Week 15 Since the middle of last week, there has only been pH-corrected water. According to the trichome pictures, we have about 1-2 weeks until we're done.

BudsPerMinute 8.5 weeks of flowering and a full 7.5 weeks of vegetative phase – that's a hell of a lot of time, but in the end, the wait was absolutely worth it! This was my very first run with photoperiod plants, a SCROG net, and 20-liter fabric pots, and what can I say? It was a complete success all around. The Setup & The Progress: Canopy Management: The SCROG net was nearly 100% filled, the area was optimally utilized. Root Climate: The plants thrived in the 20L fabric pots and always showed a perfect, regular dryback. The Strain & The Phenotypes: This strain is an absolute knockout! It impresses with an extremely fast growth and a very strong, unique scent. It was particularly exciting to observe two different phenotypes that were identical in smell but were a complete contrast visually: Phenotype #16: This pheno developed extremely hard, golf ball-shaped buds. By the end of the flowering phase, the leaves had turned a beautiful deep black. Phenotype #8: Here, massive, cob-like, and very firm buds grew, while the foliage took on an intense reddish hue towards the end. Conclusion: All in all, this grow was a real visual and aromatic spectacle. Now the harvest will be dried in peace for a while. I will submit the smoke report at a later time!