Pink Milk • Solfire

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 1 - Day 4 Current Conditions: PPFD: 250-280 (SANlight Stixx @60%) VPD: 0.7-0.8 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 18 Hey Growmies 🤘 Stucking in a boring online meeting, therefore I thought could do something productive 😂 All seedlings successfully sprouted. Will start counting the days on this diary once all have broken through the soil surface. Pink Milk#1 germinated after 48 hours. Pink Milk#2 took a day longer. Decided to pop another seed, as a friend is also very interested for this cultivar. Therefore the last Pink Milk#3 was another day behind :) Took another 24-36 hours after transplant for each seed until they have broken through the soil surface. Used a humidity dome for the first two days to keep the humidity high. Normally like to keep the lights on for 20 hours per day for the first week, but as there are also older plants in the tent. So they will „just“ get 18 hours of light. But they are doing absolutely fine 💪 Tried this time another new seedling soil recipe. Living Soil Light version, which the other plants from SQ1 and Robin Hood really enjoyed 😊 Seedling soil: 65% BioBizz Light Mix 20% Wormcastings 5% Premium Compost 7.5% Perlite 2.5% Biochar Added to the total soil volume of 6 liters: Basalt, Gypsum, Spirulina, Malted Barley and Kelp meal (1- teaspoon of each amendment) The kelp and spirulina should support with the root development as there are a lot of growth hormones contained. Watered in with 5% of total soil volume with filtered and dechlorinated tap water. No PH adjustment. This activates the soil microbes and the soil gets alive🤘 Prepared pots were sitting for almost 10 days at room temperature before the sprouted seeds were transplanted. Sprinkled Rootwise Complete around each seed during the transplant. All looking pretty good and planning to keep them in the germination tent for another 10 days. After that they will be moved to the big tent and the strongest and most vigorous plant will be transplanted to the living soil container. The other two plants will be gifted to a good friend 😁👍 Once dry to the touch, I’m watering in small doses (50ml) that the roots actively searching for moisture and without the risk of overwatering the medium. Specially in this stage it’s a high potential risk and slowing down the growth. More details for Pink Milk will follow with the next update 😊 Stay tuned and keep growing💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 2 - Day 11 Current Conditions: PPFD: 280-300 (SANlight Stixx @60%) VPD: 0.7-0.8 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 19 Hey Growmies 👋 The little girls looking great and developing pretty vigorously. The larger plant Pink Milk #1 is still a few days ahead of the other two little girls. Up to now everything looks good and there is already some differences visible in their phenotype expressions. #1 is pretty green, but the other two there is already some purple tones. Quite interesting 🤩 Not yet sure which of the plants will make it to the final tent. Wish could keep all of them😉 but two will go into a good friend’s tent 👍 Still watering in small doses (80ml) to avoid the risk of overwatering the medium. They really like this small doses and not stopping their growth. Once per week soil drenched some goodies with coconut water powder, FPE Comfrey and Horsetail, Aloe vera powder, Rootwise Complete and Enzymes. Watered in with some wetting agent to spread the moisture evenly throughout the soil 🍀 As promised following some details on this genetics: Pink Milk (Bahama Mama x Upper Madness) • Terps: Creamy, Strawberries, Sweet Blueberries, Vanilla, earthy and sweet • Flowering: 56 Days • Vibe: Sweet waves of purple fruit tangy tartness bursts on the nose, with thick frost. Bold, sweet, and mouthwatering flavor If it’s just half that way as it reads I’m more than just excited on this single plant run. Planning to move the go to plant to the bigger tent by next week. In the meantime doing some maintenance and cleaning the tent. Also will prepare the 75 liters (20gal) living soil containers for the second cycle and sow some new cover crops seeds. As there are still a lot of nutrients in the mulch layer and the container itself left. Will probably just do a topdressing prior before flipping to flower. Stay tuned Growmies ✌️ Keep growing💚🤘

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 3 - Day 18 Current Conditions: PPFD: 340 (SANlight EVO 4-80 @30%) VPD: 1.2 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 22 Hey Guys 👋 The little girl moved two days ago to her final home the 75 liters (20gal) living soil pot. It’s the second cycle in this container. The roots were looking very healthy and almost filled mainly the small pot. Transplanted not in the center as there was still the stem of the last plant. Want to disturb the soil life as less as possible therefore I didn’t remove the former stem. Have chosen Pink Milk #1 for this run. She showed a pretty vigorously and most stable growth. The big leaves indicated a more Indica leaning phenotyp, which I really like 😊 The other two plants will be grown out by a good friend😉 also curious how these other two will turn out. Sprinkled some Rootwise Complete around the transplant hole. This will help the plant to reduce their transplant shock 😎🤘 If you’re interested in my living soil recipe, check out one of my last grows Last Dance or Apples & Cherries. On this reports I’ve documented the entire procedure. Decided not to topdress any more nutrients as there are still a lot nutrients contained in the container, as well in the mulch layer. Just planning a topdressing prior before flipping to flower. It’s actually not about feeding the plant, it’s about to keeping the whole ecosystem active, feed the soil biology and be ahead of any deficiencies. The little girl looking healthy. There will be a explosive growth once she have established a strong root system in the new container. Sprinkled some new cover crops seed outside of the dripping ring and watered in during transplant with the weekly goodies 😁🤘 Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned on the next update. Keep growing!!💚✌️

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 4 - Day 25 Current Conditions: PPFD: 360 (SANlight EVO 4-80 @30%) VPD: 1.2 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 24 Heyy Growmies 👋 She have almost recovered from the transplant stress. Looks fine, but still takes some time for the roots to spread out to the big container 😁💪 Will continue with some daily LST. Keeping the bigger leaves on and bend down until the plant is getting stronger. Will decide by next week if I will top the plant or continue to bend down the main stem to get a even canopy. The main stem is already so strong 💪 Distance to the lights was lowered and the lights intensity increased by approx. 10%. Planning to ramp up every few days🤘 That pretty much covered this week 😊 Thank you for stopping by and keep on growing the best plant in the world 💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 5 - Day 32 Current Conditions: PPFD: 400 (SANlight EVO 4-80 @32%) VPD: 1.2 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 26 Heyy Everyone 🤘 Mid week 5 continued with LST to spread the branches wide out to get a even canopy. Pink Milk looking healthy and strong. Only since two days she has some yellow tips on the new growth. Could be that she is really sensitive to the soil or maybe the increased PPFD is too strong at this stage. Was already the last days closer to 500 PPFD, therefore increased the distance to the LED again and now she receives around 400 PPFD. Will keep her under observation over the next week 😉 Skipped also the weekly soil drench goodies and let the soil settle in for some time. Decided not topping this plant and instead continue to bend down the main branch. Planning to keep her in veg for minimum another two weeks to fill out the empty space in the tent💪 For preventive pest control used three different species of predator mites. Additionally sprinkled some Hypoaspis mites on the soil surface. That will help to keep the fungus gnats population under control and it’s a great preventive measure in every soil system. Also watering in every few weeks some SF-nematodes. Getting a very unique stem rub from her. It’s kind of a creamy, berry like flavor which reminds me of fresh strawberries. If the flowers will be later tend to such odors the breeders description for Pink Milk lands just perfectly 👌🤩 The automatic watering system is working great. Blumat moisture sensor is sitting between 50-90mBar. Will open the sensors a bit more as the cover crops is taking a lot of water at the moment. That pretty much covered week 5 😊🤘 Peace and stay tuned on the next update ✌️ keep growing 🌱🌱

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 6 - Day 42 Current Conditions: PPFD: 450 (SANlight EVO 4-80 @35%) VPD: 1.2 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 29 Heyy Everyone and welcome 🤘 The plant almost doubled within a week. She looks fine, but there are still some weird mutations coming up on the newer leaves. Yellow tips on the leaves are not that strong anymore, but she doesn’t look that healthy like the plants in the other tent. Same soil mix, moisture level and environmental conditions. Strange situation, believe it’s the genetics. She’s really sensitive. However will not overthink the current conditions and keep all parameters in check. Let’s see how she will respond when starting the flowering cycle💪 Planning to start inducing end of vegetation stage by next week via changing the duration first from 18 hours on to 17 hours and after a few days to 16 hours. Guess the plant will be ready for flowering in around 1.5 weeks. Continue with LST and bending down the side branches. First pre-flower pistils are always visible. Also scheduled to chop and drop the cover crops and do a topdressing by next week. Will definitively do this before tying down the side branches and spread out to get a even canopy. The stretch will be exciting, as this genetics can triple in size or even more 😄 Therefore want to tie down the branches as low as possible to have enough space for the stretch 😁 That pretty much covered week 6 😊✌️ Have a good week and see you on the next update 💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 7 - Day 49 Current Conditions: PPFD: 500 (SANlight EVO 4-80 @40%) VPD: 1.2 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 29 Heey Growmies✌️ Today a defoliation was done and cleaned up her legs. The branches were bended down to fill out the empty space and expose the lower branches that they’re getting more light. Also a trellis net was installed to keep the upcoming stretch under control. Chopped and dropped the cover crops and gave her a topdressing with a 1/4 cups of BAS Craft Blend, 2tbs Bokashi, 2tbs malted barley and a compost mix. This compost mix included the following ingredients: - 1 cup premium compost - 4 cups worm castings - 1/2 Tablespoon each: crustacean meal, insect frass, kelp meal, mustard seed meal, biochar, gypsum, basalt, IMO-4 - 1/2 Teaspoon spirulina kelp The worms and the soil biology will love it 😁🤩 Watered in with the weekly goodies together with some SF-nematodes. Will keep now the mulch layer moist, to support the decomposing process and make more nutrients available in the mulch layer. First pre-flower pistils popping up which is a pretty good sign that she is ready for flower😊 Decreased the light duration to 17 hours and two days ago to 16 hours. Planning to flip to 12/12 mid or end of the upcoming week. That’s all for today’s update. Have a good one and enjoy your Sunday ✌️💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 8 - Day 56 Current Conditions: PPFD: 580 (SANlight EVO 4-80 @44%) VPD: 1.2 (Offset 0 degrees C) DLI: 29 Hello everyone!! Two months passed and It’s officially the last day of veg stage. Planning to change the lights circle tomorrow to 12/12. The tent already smells so good without even a single flower yet😂 Nice berry like odors. I’m more than just excited 😁 Expect that the stretch will start shortly, but the plant generated and stored enough energy. This should normally resulting in a better manageable stretch performance, but let’s see😊 Installing the trellis net last week was a good idea. Trained her under the net to get a even canopy. I’m satisfied with this result. Decreased the lights duration two days ago to 14 hours per day. She have received a week 16 hours per days. This helps to reduce the stress due to hormonal changes for the transition into the flowering cycle. Basically simulating mother nature 🌱 The better you understand nature’s cycle…the better you grow ✌️ Let’s kick this Pink Milk into flower. Let’s go!!😎🤘

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 9 - Day 63 - FD 7 Current conditions: Temperature day: 23 degrees C VPD: 1.3 (0 degrees C offset) PPFD: 670 (57% light power) DLI: 29 Hey Growmies 🤘 We’re right in the stretch phase, but still at the beginning. Up to now everything is looking fine, even she has this weird leave mutation. Similar was already visible at the beginning First flower approaches are already visible at the tops and she’s in the hormonal change to get ready for production of some sticky flowers 😁💪 Her stem rub is absolutely insane!! Pink stem with a wild funky fruit mix 🤩🤩 Continued with some LST to get the single branches best positioned. Let’s see what stretch is really hiding in her genetic. Will be wild😁 Enjoy your Sunday and stay tuned on the next update 💚✌️

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 10 - Day 70 - FD 14 Current conditions: Temperature day: 23 degrees C VPD: 1.3 (0 degrees C offset) PPFD: 700 (57% light power) DLI: 30 Hello Growmies 👋 Another week passed and the lady is at end of week 2 of flower. The stretch is still in progress. Expect there will be a bit more vertical growth happening within the next week until day 21. She’ve increased her water uptake dramatically, drinking constantly and pushing up to the lights😁💪 To be honest I‘m not 100% happy how the canopy developed on this plant. It’s not a even canopy… the side branches and main branch is much taller than the branches in the middle. When I grow this genetics again will definitely choose topping instead of bending down the main stem. However this is complaining on a high level 😅 She‘ve received a flower compost tea few days ago. The complete compost tea (5 liters) included the following ingredients: - 1 cup worm castings - 1/4 cup premium compost - Crustacean meal, insect frass, neem meal, biochar, Azomite, kelp, spirulina, bat guano, epsom salt, gypsum, basalt, IMO-4 - 15g coconut water powder (have chosen this sugar source instead of molasses) The mix bubbled for 30 hours at an average temperature of 23 degrees C. At the end of the brewing process added Rootwise enzymes + bio-phos and the two different FPEs. Every plant received 1.5 liters of this mix and reacted pretty positive to this soil drench and started praying to the lights. That pretty much covered the past week 😊 Thanks for reading and see ya on the next update 🤘💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 11 - Day 77 - FD 21 Current conditions: Temperature day: 23 degrees C VPD: 1.5 (0 degrees C offset) PPFD: 760 (61% light power) DLI: 33 Hello Growmies 👋 Hope you all have enjoyed your Easter break✌️🤘 End of week 3 and we’re finishing the stretch phase. Some single goosenecks still pushing up. Overall the stretch is manageable, but the main branch was crazy and reaching up to the lights😅 Only water and once per week around 2l (approx. 1/2gal per plant) of the weekly goodies. The odors are not that strong yet. Anyway we are just at the beginning. But some purple colors already popping up on the flower sites 🤩 Some of this mutants can be surprising. Hope it will be a good one 😁 Was gone for 4 days from home and everything with the watering system worked great 😁💪 The upcoming days will do a heavy defoliation with lollipopping to increase the airflow between the branches. Have the feeling need to give her another feeding and soon a flower compost tea as she is taking a lot of nutrients. Will start to increase daytime and lower nighttime temperatures. Kept the temperature difference low to slow down the stretch. The light intensity increased to 760ppfd. That’s pretty much all for today 🤘✌️ Much green love and take care 💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 12 - Day 84 - FD 28 Current conditions: Temperature day: 24 degrees C VPD: 1.5 (0 degrees C offset) PPFD: 790 (65% light power) DLI: 34 Heyy Growmies 👋 It’s end of week 4 of flower. The buds starting to grow. Sweet and fruity flavors filling the tent 🤩 She is starting to show that early faded leaves with a beautiful purple color. Did a heavy defoliation and lollipopping earlier this week on day 22 and installed a second layer of trellis net as well to get the single branches into the best position to the lights. Also removed many of smaller branches which not made it up to the lights. Seems like there is a low level of nitrogen available in the soil. Due to long veg time in this container the nitrogen was already used up. This is also my first experience with multiple grows in the same container and it’s definitely a lesson learned. The other two plants in the my second tent do not have any nitrogen deficiency. So vegging longer makes such a big difference and need to go heavier with N in the future. Thought at first there is more than enough nitrogen in the soil mix for at least two cycles…but was wrong with my assumption 😅 As the plant will still require some N over the next few weeks decided to do a heavy topdressing this week with 3/4 cup of BAS Craft Blend, 3tbs Bokashi and 4tbs balted barley. Mixed together with the chopped leaves from the defoliation and watered in with the weekly goodies. Keeping the mulch layer alive!!😎💪 The rest of the nutrients will be ready for use by the next plant in this single tent. That’s all for today’s update. Thanks for reading and stay tuned ✌️✌️ Peace 💚✌️

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 13 - Day 91 - FD 35 Current conditions: Temperature day: 24 degrees C VPD: 1.5 (0 degrees C offset) PPFD: 790 (65% light power) DLI: 34 Heyy Growmies 👋 End of week 5 of flower and the odors got more intense over the last week. Odors are very nice and she’s a beauty!! As spring finally arrived here in my area, temperatures rising and also the humidity outside. However this requires some measures to keep the humidity under control. Set up a 200W dehumidifier in the lung room. This way can keep the humidity in check and under 55% during day and night times. The device is operating permanently on the lowest setting to keep conditions stable. Prefer that to avoid wave forms of the humidity and temperature. There should be now enough nutrients in the mulch layer from the re-amend of last week. Will still take some more time until the soil biology made more nutrients available for uptake. However she looks healthy even there are still signs of the early fade visible. Planning to give her another flower compost tea by next week to boost flower and terpenes production. She have received her weekly goodies via a soil drench. We’re cruising into the most exciting part when this lady is showing her true potential 😁😊 Thank you for reading and stay tuned on the next update 💚💚💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 14 - Day 98 - FD 42 Current conditions: Temperature day: 24 degrees C VPD: 1.5 (-1 degrees C offset) PPFD: 790 (65% light power) DLI: 34 Heyy Growmies 👋 End of week 6 of flower and Pink Milk starts to show her true potential. The buds swelling up and getting more frosty day by day. Beautiful dark purple colors popping through. Incredible genetic! 🤩 The odors are so damn fruity. Fruit tart milk shake is the perfect description. Odors are a tropical mix of berries, orange paired with milky/creamy flavors. To be honest not knowing how she will really turn out at the end these odors and flavors are the best from all genetics which I have grown so far. Checks all my personal preferences. Looking forward for the last weeks and the final results 😁 She have received a few days ago another, probably the last flower compost tea with following ingredients: - 1 cup worm castings - 1/4 cup premium compost - Insect frass, neem meal, biochar, Azomite, kelp, spirulina, bat guano, epsom salt, gypsum, basalt, IMO-4 - coconut water powder (have chosen this sugar source instead of molasses) The mix bubbled for 28 hours at an average temperature of 23 degrees C. At the end of the brewing process added Rootwise enzymes + bio-phos and the two different FPEs. Planning to remove within the next week a few bigger leaves which are blocking some lower flowering sites. Let’s cruise into the last weeks of flower with the ripening season😎✌️ Thanks for reading and stay tuned on the next update 💚

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 15 - Day 105 - FD 49 Current conditions: Temperature day: 23-23.5 degrees C VPD: 1.6 (-1 degrees C offset) PPFD: 790 (65% light power) DLI: 34 Heyy Growmies 👋 We’re at the end of week 7 of flower, cruising into beginning week 8 and the end comes closer😁💪 There is not really much to report this week. The odors are incredible, not much changes compared to last week…. only more intense😊 Lowered the night temperature to around 18 degrees C (65 Fahrenheit) to push more purple tones out of her. Also lowered the daytime temperature. This triggers the plant’s internal system that the end of her life cycle is coming closer✌️ A natural way to simulate a deeper fall season 🍁 Made a defoliation this week to penetrate the lower flowering sites with more lights. This additionally ensures a better airflow between the single branches. We’ve finally arrived in the ripening stage, therefore planning to lower the lights intensity within the next week to support slowing down the ripening process to give them some extra time. She is still pushing out some new pistils so expecting she will probably gain a bit more volume 💪 However the flowers will not be the biggest, but that doesn’t matter at all as the quality is insane 🤩 As always just filtered and dechlorinated tap water. No PH-ing. Once per week a soil drench with the goodies 😉 Enjoy the bud porn and stay tuned on the next update 💚✌️🤘

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 16 - Day 112 - FD 56 Current conditions: Temperature day: 22.5-23 degrees C VPD: 1.5 (-1 degrees C offset) PPFD: 680 (58% light power) DLI: 29 Heyy Guys 👋 This week a belated status update. End week 8 of flower and checked the trichomes for the first time. Good amount of milky trichomes, however still clear ones with a few single ambers visible. Harvest season is coming closer 🤘😁 The odors are very balanced berry notes, not too sweet and with a nice earthy finish. Due to low temperatures these odors coming out of the tent are not that heavy anymore. Lowered this past week the day temperature to around 22-23 degrees C (71 Fahrenheit) to preserve her terpenes profile. Due to warmer temperatures outside and more rainfall the humidity increased, so hooked up the new AC Invinity dehumidifier to keep humidity in check and under 55% specially during night time. As the harvest from the other tent is drying at the moment have a small 400W AC operating in the lowest temperature setting✌️Solar panels supplying more than enough energy during daytime and battery during nighttime. This AC also helps to lower the humidity as well in the lung room. A growmie was asking for details on my used equipment so will upload a video soon. Lights intensity was lowered to around 680 PPFD, this will help the plant to prepare for her end of life cycle. Planning to chop her by next weekend or a week from now. Let’s see how the trichomes will look like 😊 Enjoy the bud porn and keep growing 🍀🥦🤘

Hawii_ReLoaded 📆 Week 17 - Day 119 - FD 63 Current conditions: Temperature day: 21-22 degrees C VPD: 1.4 (-1 degrees C offset) PPFD: 680 (58% light power) DLI: 29 Heyy Growmies 👋 It’s end week 9 of flower and this journey comes to an end. Mostly milky trichomes, more turning to amber and few are still clear. Overall a good ratio. Harvest is right around the corner. Reduced her water uptake significantly, so planning to chop her in a few days🤩😊 Smoked a tester this week and flavor is great as well the effects. Such a tester can give a rough estimate what can be expected 😊 Humidity is in a very low range so don’t need to worry about the last days The odors are incredible🤩 As already mentioned during last update she changed her profile a bit more earthy. Odors are also bit more sweet. Complex fruity twist of berries with unique milky flavor👌 Just Wow😂😂 Water only…she is every day fading more and wish could push her even further, but we’re at a good finish peak at the moment 😁👍 Luckily my Vivosun VCure arrived this week so everything is set up for the new level of drying. No need for any environmental controlling devices. Big game changer specially now at the beginning of summer time. Very excited 🤩However will use my own recipe which will follow the 60/60 drying method (15.5 degrees C & 60% humidity). For my feeling the preset programs are a bit too much on the drier side and too warm. Prefer a cooler dry to preserve as much terpenes as possible. Additional I’m doing a test run on the VCure since a couple days and calibrating the device to avoid any potential problems during the drying process. Next update will probably follow in a few weeks along with the smoke report ✌️✌️ Will do now a summer break, visit Mary Jane in Berlin, go on vacation and hopefully will be back with a new run by end of summer/fall time 😊 As there will be probably some changes coming up in my life not 100% sure right now if I can continue with my passion, but let’s see😊 Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy the bud porn and keep growing the best plant in the world 🍀🥦🤘

Hawii_ReLoaded Overall I'm really happy that I’ve tried this genetics from Solfire Gardens for the first time. Outstanding flavor profile. The plant had enough time to reach their maximum potential after 68 days of flowering time. Harvested pretty late, but it was worth waiting. Dried the flowers under low temperatures with the 60/60 method for 12 days in the Vivosun VCure. Used my own program settings. Everything worked great. After drying trimmed and put the flowers into the glass jars. Landed perfectly in the sweet spot between 59-60% humidity. The flowers are still curing inside the jars in the Vivosun VCure at a temperature of 15.5 degrees C (60 Fahrenheit). Great product to maintain the quality in storage. Only thing what I would change cultivating this genetics again to top the plant instead of bending the main branch. For everyone who is interested I've also uploaded a video of my grow gear. Enjoy and hopefully see you soon for a new project 😊 To comply with the local regulations everything above the allowed limits have been destroyed.