Barney's Farm - Insane OG (indoor)

RemoveYourChains Week 1. Both seem to develop identically. Only gave them ph adjusted water in the 6.5-6.7 range (lately I've been using water conditioner used by aquarists, seachem with great success). By the end of week 1 both reached 6cm height with 3 nodes. I plan to top them at node 6 or 7. (no pun intended)

RemoveYourChains Week 2: By the end of week 2 they reached the height of 12 cm with the 6th node developing. Speed of growth feels rapid, at least compared to what I've grown so far. Plants are stocky, despite the distance of the light (still 75-85cm on 75% intensity) I've watered 3 times so far, with minimal calmag and plagron terra grow nutrients during the last watering. I now plan to top at the 6th node when it gets a little bit more developed and start adding silica with the next watering (which will be made from melted snow for as long as its available).

RemoveYourChains Week 3: I've watered 2 times this week. At the beginning of the week, 2l/plant with 1.25ml/l calmag and 2ml/l Rihno skin silica added. In the second watering 3 days later I mixed in 6 aloe leaves with 2ml/liter calmag and 4ml/l silica (2l/plant) The plants progressed from the last week's measurement (~12cm) to 23cm for the smaller plant and 26cm for the bigger one. Topped both plants at node 6 and removed the uppermost fan leaves at day 6 of the week to prevent them shadowing the side branches, 1 day after watering. Plants seemingly weren't stressing visibly, side branches have grown significantly by the next day. 1 plant (specimen #2) is visibly bigger and stronger now (not sure if's due to genetics or environmental factors, I plan to take some clones of this). Kept the light about at arms length for the whole week at 100% (250W).

RemoveYourChains Week 4: lots of progress this week, plants gained a lot of width (both have great structure, strong branches and an almost even canopy after a about a week from topping, only done crop steering techniques like lst and bending some of the top branches. Water uptake is consistent, outflow ph is getting low a bit (~6.2) on both plants. I plant to use ~6.8 for the next waterings. Nutrient wise I phased out raw aloe for now and started shifting to bloom nutrients. supplementary calmag/silica have been added. Moved the light further and the tip burn issue that started to develop on the weaker plant went away. I like that the colour is not too dark (I often had N overfeeding in the past). I plan to continue mild defoliation as the bud sites develop. Will be reaching 12/12 in a day or 2.

RemoveYourChains WEEK 5: By the middle of the week I have adjusted for a 12/12 light cycle. Plants gained mostly girth with a height of about 47cm. (~40cm for the smaller plant). I can't rotate them anymore as they are too bulky. The branches are heavily staging, but no sign of gender so far. The smell became quite significant so the carbon filter must run constantly from now on. Did only defoliation all through the week (mostly light blocking fan leaves and the lowest bud site beginnings). During one night I had the dehumidifier stop in the breathing room, so they spent the whole night around 90% relative humidity. hopefully it won't cause any lasting damage. :( I went light on the nutes (1ml/l or less) for this week, but I'll plan to elevate dosage to about 1.5ml/l bloom nutes by the end of next week. Managed to take about 15 clones to be given away to friends just from the defoliation cuttings.

RemoveYourChains WEEK 6: 10th day of flower, 42 days from seed. Water uptake rose significantly this week. I had to water 3 times, ~3l-4l / plant, added nutes to every feed. New addition is Bud Candy from Advanced Nutrients (first time test for me). Flower stretch is in full swing. I slowly let it grow closer to the light in the following weeks, closely monitoring for light stress issues, target is 70cm for the next few days. Overall, leaf health is very good, shape and growth are very nice no sign of burn or other health issues. colour is pleasant, branches are very strong. I decided to go for a more hands off approach and see how this strain develops naturally from now on. Did minimal defoliation around the top of the plant. the smallest auxiliary branches have reached almost the main colas. Started lolly-popping lightly on the last day of the week. Set up a second fan targeting the top 3rd of these gluttonous ladies. So far so good. 😎😬

RemoveYourChains WEEK 7 (FLOWER): 47 days from seed, 16th day of flower. The bigger plant reached 83cm height by the end of week 7 while the other consistently lags behind by about 5cm. Structure is identical on both plants. Bud sites are developing well. (getting a bit overcrowded in the middle of the plant). Did some lolly-popping at the beginning of the week and minimal defoliation all through the week. Watered every 3rd day with the usual nutes. I plan to add raw aloe gel again next week. If you enjoy my diary, consider tipping some crypto: BitcoinCash: qzhulr6wly39pzvpc3fwpp4gem2v8nhrgv520ztsgk Monero: 8A8sTmARFbt6RffJ6cV5wQ3vuU2ejBoTy4b5NWviEmDpTadUZy8DBAC7GZutEhh9gtYeK9eFi2m9gLeTpCfpAFfUA1pQmfh Thanks for checking out my diary. 😊