Jack Herer - A Flagship Hybrid

Wojkers Shame on me. The stretch is real 😅 I gradually added more soil over time to avoid putting stress on the overly long stems early on. + I didn’t notice that a seed shell was stuck on one of the tiny leaves. So now one of the babies already looks a bit wonky. You might spot the troublemaker.

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Wojkers Looks like they’ve bounced back just fine. The third one on the right is starting to stretch a little more than the others. I also topped all three for the first time this week. Let’s keep it going

Wojkers Winter holiday with family back home. I topped them a second time.

Wojkers So far, so good. Like I said, the one on the right keeps stretching a bit more than the others. I also did a second topping this week. Let’s see how they respond

Wojkers I’ve been a bit careless lately and left the lights running permanently for about 7 or 8 days without noticing. Luckily it happened during veg, but still not great. The plants still look okay, but leaf development and overall growth seem to be a bit behind. Not sure if it’s due to the nutrient deficiency or the constant light. I also started using LST clips this week, though probably a bit late.

Wojkers Flowering Week 1 This week marked the transition into flowering as I switched the light cycle to 12/12. The plants responded well and the stretch has clearly started. Overall plant health looks good and conditions remained stable throughout the week. Temperature, humidity, VPD and irrigation pH were kept in the optimal range. Feeding was done according to the HESI soil feeding schedule. I removed a few yellow leaves from the lower part of the plants where needed. No major issues so far. Next week I plan to start more focused lollipopping and clean up the lower growth to direct energy to the top canopy and to improve airflow.

Wojkers Week 8 / Flower Week 2 The middle plant is clearly shorter than the other two, but after measuring PPFD this turned out to be no issue. Plant heights were left 59 / middle 40 / right 55 cm with lamp distances of 32 / 55 / 34 cm. The strongest light is in the center, and despite the height differences the average light distribution is very even. PPFD averages were around left ~400 / middle ~415 / right ~380, and after I raised 2 levels up to ~500 / ~525 / ~545 µmol/m²/s Stretch is slowing down and the plants are clearly moving into early flower. During the week I removed yellow and dead leaves and started lollipopping. The lower third was cleaned up and the left plant was lollipopped a bit more. The other plants will be cleaned up further over the next days I think, step by step. I also raised the middle plant slightly at one point to get it closer to the light and improve airflow, which helped after cleaning up the lower part. Watering and feeding followed the HESI schedule. The plants were watered three times this week: At the start of the week, about 10 L with nutrients. Mid-week, roughly 7 L of pH-adjusted water only. On the day of writing this report, end of the week, they were watered again with nutrients at half strength .pH around 6.0-6.5. Yellow sticky traps were added as a preventive measure. Overall I’m happy with how this week went. Everything feels well set up and I’m curious to see how the left plant responds to the more intense lollipopping, since this is the first time I’ve gone this far. I also want to dig deeper into the HESI feeding schedule, I think there’s some room to improve. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far. See you next week 🤘🏼💚

Wojkers Woche 10 Blütewoche 3 Diese Woche kam endlich ein neues Spielzeug zum Einsatz. pH, EC und Temperatur gleichzeitig messen ist schon ein Luxus)) Anfang der Woche 9 L Gießwasser mit 50 % Dünger nach HESI Schema Wochenmitte ca. 3,7 L pH-angepasstes Wasser ohne Nährstoffe Ende der Woche 10 L mit 75 % nach Schema pH lag bei 6,1-6,3 EC vom Gießwasser lag bei ~1.75, der Drain bei ~1.85 - (leider) nur leicht höher Klima: Im Durchschnitt tagsüber 24°C bei 60% RLF nachts 19°C und 65% RLF. Die höhere RLF tagsüber kommt durch geschlossene Rollläden im Raum. In der Blütephase wird sie ab jetzt natürlich gezielt weiter runterreguliert, das wird kein Problem sein. Strukturell habe ich die mittlere Pflanze nochmal leicht gelollipoppt, um lichtarme Triebe loszuwerden. Damit sind jetzt linke und mittlere Pflanze insgesamt stärker beschnitten, während die rechte Pflanze bewusst weniger angefasst wurde. Gerade bei der rechten habe ich ein paar Seitentriebe dran gelassen, die mir eigentlich nicht ganz gefallen, aber genau das ist Absicht. Ich will später sehen, wie sich die Blüten im Vergleich zu den stärker gelollipopten Pflanzen entwickeln. In Blütewoche 3 ist weiterhin ein leichter Stretch da. Die Tops schieben noch etwas nach oben, gleichzeitig bilden sich oben neue Blütenstände. Bei dieser Genetik muss man sowieso mit einer längeren Stretch Phase rechnen. Wie bereits in der letzten Woche erwähnt, wächst die mittlere Pflanze kompakter und mit kürzeren Nodienabständen. Da alle Pflanzen über den gesamten Zeitraum gleich behandelt wurden, spricht vieles für einen anderen Phänotyp 🌱 Bei der linken, stärker gelollipopten Pflanze sieht man gut, dass sie nach dem Schnitt erst nochmal Energie in neue Blattentwicklung gesteckt hat, während die anderen beiden früher in die Blüten- und Kelchentwicklung gegangen sind. Zwischendurch gab es einen kurzen Moment unnötigen Stress, als ich angefangen hab bei der linken Pflanze einzelne Triebe zu knicken, um die Höhe abzusichern. Habe mich dann doch unentschieden, die Triebe zurückgebogen und den ursprünglichen Plan beibehalten 😁 Der Run soll bewusst komfortabel bleiben: früher in die Blüte geschickt, kein Netz, kein Runterbinden - nur Clips. Falls die Tops in den nächsten Wochen doch zu hoch werden sollten, werde ich sie runterbinden. Das müsste aber passen. Insgesamt läuft also alles gut, ich hab Spaß mit meinem neuen Gerät, es gibt keine kleinen weißen Fliegen, es könnte also schlimmer sein! Bin auf die Blütenentwicklungen gespannt. Danke fürs Lesen bis nächste Woche 🤘🏼💚

Wojkers Week 11 since germination Flower Week 4 Day 77 This run was flipped early: no tie-downs, only LST clips and each plant topped twice. Otherwise they would have grown too tall. They’re already stretching more than expected again, especially the left plant (Plant A). The next time I use clips, I’ll place more than one per branch to push wider growth. Avg values: Day: 23 °C / 60% RH / VPD 1.07 Night: 19 °C / 63% RH / VPD 0.8 Start of week: 5 L without nutrients pH 6.31, EC 0.37, water temp 22.4 °C End of week: 9 L with 100% HESI schedule pH 6.5, EC 1.9, water temp 18 °C Middle and right plant were a bit thirstier Feed schedule: Bloom 5 ml/l Phosphor Plus 2.5 ml/l PowerZyme 2 ml/l Boost 2 ml/l SuperVit 3 drops/10 l PPFD 550-780 µmol/m²/s Height left plant 80cm, middle 55cm, right 73cm Lamp Distance left plant 33cm, middle 45cm, right 36cm I’ll now raise temperature slightly to around 24 °C average and lower humidity to fix VPD. Overall a relaxed week. I took many photos with a borrowed light and liked the results so much I ordered the same one. Usually I shoot on the last day, this time on day 75, so today by day 77 the buds are already a bit further. As mentioned earlier the left plant is slightly behind in bud production, likely due to stress / post-lollipopping reaction. Trichomes are becoming more visible and smell is noticeably stronger. Any experience with Jack Herer in a cooler environment? Could that affect trichome production? Thanks for reading see you next week 🤘🏼💚