Purple Queen - Hulkberry - El Patron

McLovin53 Seedlings planted directly into final 5 gallon pots with a 70/30 coco coir / perlite mix. 2/3 of the pots had reused medium from last years harvest so we will see how that affects anything. Full strength nutrients being sprayed from a 3 gallon dispenser just enough to saturate soil around the seed. Feeding every other day to every third day depending on substrate moisture. Cotyledons have emerged after transplant day +3 making this the first full week since starting germination.

McLovin53 So this is a bit late but the plants are officially into the third week. Germination was 18 Dec 25 and I have left for a vacation in Costa Rica leaving my girls alone with my wife for a week starting on January 4th. Unfortunately, this is where things started to take a turn for a worst. Once switching the tent to veg state on January 4th, one of the vertical tent poles broke and caved the tent in, landing several of the lamps directly on top of the young plants. My wife was able to salvage the nightmare and got it back up, shoring the corners with canoe paddles and extra poles. It does not appear that any damage was done to the girls which is truly remarkable as they were like this for roughly half the day. To be honest, this grow is becoming a little more complex logistically than I would like it to be, but I am still hopeful I will have some great flower in the end. Brute force and pure ignorance will be the key for this grow. 😆

McLovin53 Technically at week 3 plus 4 days from germination. Nothing really to report. Was surprised that the purple queen seed I just chucked to the side of one of the pots actually sprouted so I quickly translated it into its own pot and will see how she does.

McLovin53 Nothing major to report. Girls looking great and the “runt” is taking root. Will probably flip in a month.

McLovin53 Girls are coming along just fine. Probably will move half of them to the second tent tomorrow as they are starting to crowd eachother a bit. The runt is chugging along too but it likely 2-3 weeks behind the rest. No biggie. I’m rooting for her.

McLovin53 Nothing to report. Veg is going well. The presumed late bloomer Purple Queen is starting to hit the rapid growth stage but is still quite far behind the rest in terms of total growth.

McLovin53 Well, I spoke two soon. On day one of week 7 the tent imploded again and the lights and venting came crashing down on top of the girls. Assessed the damage, did a massive topping on two of the girls, and purchased a new tent. While waiting for the new tent I packed all the girls back up in the other tent and one day prior to the end of week 7 the new tent showed up, got it fully assembled, and the girls back in their home. These girls are tough after having the tent come crashing down on them 3 times now and they are still soldiering on. 😆 Probably going to go one more week and then flip as some these girls are starting to get to about 2.5 feet tall and I don’t want to do too much mesh work while flowering.

McLovin53 Last week in veg. Girls are recovering nicely despite their many mishaps with the tent. Not going with a SCROG at the moment but some of these girls have surpassed half the tent height already so I may have to do a little LST on the main colas on the most vertical growers in the coming weeks. Excited to finally flip these girls as it’s been the longest veg I’ve done before.