Grape Glacier

Cyrusdavirus High guys n gals 👋 Here we are at the end of week 2. The girls are starting to grow up now so it will be time to start their torture very soon. I will be doing a few different techniques again this time. I pretty much look at each plant and decide which way to go. If you can't tell the standard manifold is my favorite Until next week, take care... Cyrus PS: Merry Christmas 🤶 🎅 🎄 to all of you who celebrate

Cyrusdavirus Hello y'all 👋 We made it through another week that actually ended on the last day of the year 🍻😎 HAPPY NEW YEAR The girls are growing along nicely and I started their training on most of them. Or as I sometimes call torture time 😆 I tried to get a close up to show y'all how I'm bending the lower branches sideways to get them to grow between the top branches instead of under them. It's just hard to see in pictures so it's up to the imagination Inside my old brain 🤔 I never know how I'll train a plant I decide as the plant grows. My favorite training is the manifold but in my experience it's never good to manifold a slow growing plant. It will not start growing faster after you cut it up so it will fall further behind the others. It's better to change to a more forgiving method like a single top and move the branches around to grow side by side holding the top branches down a little while the lower branches grow up and make a more level canopy. I also like to do what I call a quad line. I will top the plant down keeping two nodes, or four branches then top each branch again. This will give you eight mains like you would get on a standard manifold. Of course there are exceptions to every rule and you can play with the configurations of branches and make more or less tops. Just remember the more tops you keep the smaller your colas will be. As always I thank y'all for following along with me... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus We're Back 👋 I love this time of a grow 😍 the training is so much fun 😁 I am sad to say that most of the training is done. They will still need to be held down to help keep the colas separated for airflow and light penitration A week behind a working hard to catch up. She is doing great and looks like it will be ready for flowers with the others As always I thank y'all for following along with me.... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus High there guys n gals Another week in da books 😎 The girls are really starting to take off 💪 it won't be long and we will be able to go to flower This lady is really trying to catch up with her older sisters 💚😎 It is almost caught up. She is a beauty and has very strong branches which comes in handy when the fat nugs show up later I top dressed them with about a 3/4 dose of Veg food this will give them enough to make it through the stretch. I'll give them some flower food about a week before the switch Thank y'all for following along with me... Cyrus Nutrients... I guess that it will be better to post the nutrients here because if it's something not on the sites list it doesn't post it Potassium Silicate... 1/8 tsp/ gallon of water every 5-6 days

Cyrusdavirus Hello 👋 We are still veggin out over here. The girls are almost ready for the switch. I'm keeping the lower branches cut off as they grow but leaving the leaves for plant power and food storage. No food this week but I have increased the Potassium silicate to every 3rd day Thanks a bunch for following along with me... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus High y'all 👋 The girls are ready for flower but I'd like to see a couple more inches in height. I gave them all a good top dressing of flower food to get the dirt ready for the switch to flower next week 😁 They are already stacking up nicely and they are not in stretch yet. I cranked up the horse power on the lights today at 30" they are getting about 50 or so DLI which will drop when I switch to 12s and as they stretch they will get closer to the lights increasing the DLI again I'm excited for Hedgehog season 😛 See y'all next week... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus It's that time 😎🌳 I switched my lights over to 12/12 on Sunday Feb 1st The girls all received a little defoliation or as I call it a haircut 🤪 I removed all the lower branches but left the leaves for extra grow power and nutrient storage 💪🌴 I also gave them a little more Sledgehammer (yucca extract) and Potassium silicate will now be given every second or third day As always I appreciate y'all following along with me on another flower/ hedgehog season Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus High y'all 👋 It's been 10 days since we switched the light schedule to 12s and I see plenty of lady hairs but not quite into flower. The plants are all stretching pretty good or at least stacking up the nodes very nicely, this should make for some pretty colas I did another heavy top dressing of flower food this past Saturday. I feed them every two weeks and give them some potassium silicate in the water every two or three days While digging around the bottoms I trimmed up all the lower branches that won't make it up into the canopy and a few of the leaves that were in the shade We should see the HEDGEHOGS next week 🦔🦔 thank you for watching with me... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus Hello there 👋 Well folks we have HEDGEHOGS 🦔🦔 YaY We are excited here in the growroom as the girls start flowering. They are shining like stars in the sky. I am always excited to watch the development of the buds 😍 It looks like the soil got a little hot after this last feeding, so I will feed them a little lighter next week especially the smaller plants As always I appreciate y'all following along with me, see you next week... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus Hello again 👋 Here we are at the end of week 3 and the flowers are fully formed (HEDGEHOGS) we get to watch them turn into fat nugs over the next few weeks 😀 I wanted to leave the leaves on this time but I have been struggling with the humidity so I had to do a good defoliation this week. You can't really tell but I did, I promise 😆 I also did another round of flower food yesterday morning and of course we will still be giving them potassium silicate every few days They are a little droopy today because I wasn't able to water yesterday Thank you all for stopping by to watch the girls grow... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus Hello 👋 A week after feeding I've cranked up the horse power on the lights and dropped them down a bit to push the girls and turn those hedgehogs into solid fat nugs DLI = is now around 45-50 and that is down at the canopy not the top of the taller buds Thanks for stopping by and following along with me... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus High 👋 again There is not alot to say this week, it's just watching and watering while the girls are starting to put on some weight As always I really appreciate y'all following along with me, Thanks a bunch 👊 🍻... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus High y'all 👋 I've been seeing some sick girls over the last couple weeks and after talking with a friend he thought it looked like Zn deficiency which is normally caused by a high PH so I started mixing a little bit of citrus acid in my water in hopes it will take care of my problem 🤞🤞 With organic living soil the PH can vary in the dirt mostly because of the moisture levels and temperature of the soil. Most of the time the living critters will keep the PH where the plants ask them to (yes the plants talk to the dirt) but they can only do so much so it's a good idea to watch it. That is coming from the guy who hasn't checked my PH in probably 2 years 🤣 I fed them all some flower food (I an currently using 4 different brands) this morning and since we are getting closer to the end I adjusted the amount of food by sizes of the plant and how close they look to the chop and watered with the citrus acid water mix As always I thank y'all for following along with me.... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus Hello y'all 👋 Another week in da books and the girls are doing good 👍 it looks like the PH issue is behind us except for a couple of the girls still aren't looking very happy I lifted the lights a little bit to lower the intensity a bit to protect the trichomes and terpenes while the plants start to ripen up. Too much intensity will evaporate the moisture from the tops of the buds and that moisture contains all your important goodies 😉 Until we meet again, Happy Growing... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus High there everyone 👋 The girls are really getting fat now and are starting to ripen up. I lowered the nighttime temperature into the mid 60s and it shows already with a little color change. It should look like fall in there by next week 😎 I'm sure a couple of them will get stripped down this next week in preparation for the chop 🌴 Thanks again for following along... Cyrus

Cyrusdavirus Final week update I am trimming the plants as they get ripe leaving them under the lights for a few days before I chop them. My theory is that trimming them makes them think they are being attacked by something and what are the plants defense 🤔 to get sticky and stinky 🤔 I do see a difference after a couple days, some more than others but all of them add terpenes and trichomes ❄️🔥❄️🔥 Thank you all for visiting and following along with me... Cyrus