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I began germinating this girl on 29 April. A 6 day germination and week 1 veg is included this week.
I am vegging this in the same 10 gallon cooler as another new plant (Blue Cheese by Dinafem!!). 😊
I added a light nutrient mix (1ml/gal grow) on Day 7 of life (Day 1 Week 1 of Veg) to help stabilize the PH of the water. Over the next couple days I slowly introduced more nutrients and eventually moved them from the 2 gallon reservoir I germinated them in to a 10 gallon cooler with the nutrient mix shown above.
I started them at 30" from the light and towards the middle of the week the Alien started to fall over, so I used the thermostat as a crutch and lowered the light to 24". I am only using the grow switch (mainly blue spectrum) for the first couple weeks and then I will flip the bloom light on to add more light and a more diverse spectrum to prep the plant for flower.
Over the last 10 days I was able to reduce the temps in my veg room and this allowed me to turn on the Bloom switch on my light and not have to worry about the temps being too high. I also noticed that she stopped reaching for the light, but started to tilt towards it.
This week I topped her and did a slight defoliation on Day 5. She has responded well to the defoliation and it doesn't seem like she is too happy in the 10 gallon cooler with the Blue Cheese.
This week I moved the Alien OG to her own 3 gallon cooler rather than sharing the 10 gallon with the Blue Cheese. She seems to be doing a bit better by herself.
She looks pretty good through this week. There is some yellowing at the bud sites, but I don't want to increase the nitrogen too much at this stage. The defoliation probably made it worse, but she will push through.
She seems to have gotten healthier over the last week even though I had some high temperatures and 2 light interruptions this week. Lights went out for about 3 minutes each day (circuit breaker trip! 😢. I turned down the lights in the tent from 480 Watts overall to about 300
This week I did a defoliation and continued to try and spread out the canopy to get some light penetration to the middle. I didn't like defoliating this late, but I did and I am not sure if it was a mistake or not yet haha.
She looks pretty good. I treated her with some Trifecta Pest control (essential oils, soap and alcohol) on F41. I had a small amount of thrips on a different plant, none noticed on this girl, but hit her with it as a preventative measure. I tried to not hit the buds, but this stuff is supposed to be ok to use until 1 week before harvest, but I don't want to mess with the terpenes or THC with the soap and alcohol.
Thrips are nasty shitbirds. I haven't seen much damage on this plant and I plan to use Trifecta (essential oils, soap and alcohol) 1 more time around F44. Are there any other actions I should take late in flower for this girl for a minor thrip outbreak? Thanks!
It always sucks getting pests during flower, but at least your Alien OG is otherwise looking nice and healthy! It can be tricky balancing removing the pests with not damaging the flavor of the buds. I have personally used Neem oil sprays and insecticidal soaps to pretty good effect. Even your trifecta combo could affect your end result if you get too much on the flowers, so you can always try giving your plant a shower. Use water to blast any pests, eggs etc. off of the canopy and upper flowers. When wet you can spray the lower levels of the plant and under the leaves and canopy, trying to avoid the buds if possible. Repeat that cycle to kill anything hatched/misses every 3-4 day for a few times and hopefully you can put a swift end to the thrips! Good luck with the grow, it can still be a great harvest!
I estimate she will be ready to harvest in about 10-14 days. There is still a good amount of clear headed trichomes. She is starting to have a more lemon and pine smell.
I removed the hydroplex from the feed and continue to bring the PPMs down in prep for harvest. At ~10 days left I will go down to a 1.25ml/gal feed for a few days and then 5 days before harvest I will feed only water. I have a some deficiencies on her.. it's manly from the PH fluctuations and some underfeed of potassium. It is very difficult using only a 3 gallon reservoir, the PH is all over the place.
👊Thanks for stopping by! Harvest is right around the corner! 👊
Tomorrow morning She will get the chop 🔪👽🔪👽🔪! I did 2 reservoir changes this week. 1 on F58 to give her the last feed at 1.25ml/gal of each nutrient. 72 hours before harvest I switched to only water to complete my flush. I would have liked to go 1 more day with the flush, but she is ready and I don't think there will be much of a difference pulling her at 72 hours compared to 96 hours.
She's a good smoke. I find the effects more relaxing and I become introspective, but most other people become very social and talkative. She was receptive to all types of training. I did a 2nd defoliation mid flower and it hurt my yields, but I did it because I didn't train her properly early and I was worried about airflow, light penetration.. the good stuff.
These aren't huge nugs, but they are frosty and it is a great smoke. Will definitely grow this strain again.
She was a strong plant that handled stress very well. I used a 3 gallon cooler compared to my normal 5 gallon cooler and it makes the grow much more challenging. The PH fluctuations are way too much and the plants don't seem to get as big.
She really got away from me mid-flower. I didn't defoliate enough during week 2 and didn't tie branches down to let her spread out. The middle of the plant was extremely over crowded so I did a second defoliation. While I don't think it slowed her down much, if any, I removed a a few nodes that could have been some really nice buds if I had the room and trained her properly. The next time I grow this strain I will know that she needs a good amount of space and really stretch her out to get good light penetration.
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I enjoyed growing this plant and will do this strain again for sure. The buds are covered in trichomes and is a smooth smoke. The flavor and smells aren't out of this world, but part of that is due to some deficiencies I had late from all the PH fluctuations.
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Grow Stats:
36 Day Veg w/germination - Topped at 5th node week 3
65 Day Flower - Defolation F16 and F30. Again didn't want to do the defoliation on F30 and definitely hurt my yields!
End of Veg: 9.5" Tall
End of Flower: 21" Tall
Yield: 75 Grams
3 Gallon DWC
Lights: 260W Quantum Board x2 (They were set at 175 and 200 watts for a good portion of the grow)
Nutrients: Botanicare line - I like it, as they are pretty simple. The hydroplex is nice, but very harsh in hydro.. I am now down to 20% of the lowest recommended dose and find that it work's the best for my environment
Thanks for checking out my diary!!
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