Blueberry, Orange and Dolato yum

Rayner Transplanted them into 1L Rooties using a soil mix rughly containing 40% soil, 30% coco, 20% perlite and 10% vermiculite (mainly in the middle of the pot). The humidity is rather low because there is another plant in late flower in the tent which will get harvested in the coming days (Grapefruit Auto from 420FastBuds. Those terps are crazy!!!).

Rayner Watered them with pH adjusted tap water until the first few drops of drain came out. The humidity now sits at 60% and the temp went down to 23°C avg, as the Grapefruit Auto got chopped and I could adjust the settings.

Rayner So this week I transplanted them into 20L Rooties. Since I'm using the spider farmer self-watering system (with cotton wicks) together with BioTabs I mixed the soil a bit. I split the rootie into 3 different sections. At the bottom I used a 2cm layer of pure perlite. On top of that I mixed roughly 30% Coco 20% soil 50% perlite with the BioTabs sitting 10cm above bottom. For the middle layer I used 25% Coco 25% soil 30% perlite 20% vermiculite. At the top layer I used 15% coco 35% soil 20% perlite 30% vermiculite with a 2cm top layer of vermiculite. In the transplant hole I used rhizobacteria. I watered the plants with 1g/L Bactex until the first drop of drain.

Rayner 1 week after the transplant they look healthy. The Mimosa x Orange Punch is currently the tallest plant with 14cm, followed by Dolato with 13cm. The Blueberry Muffin is the smallest with 9cm. To even them out I decided to top the Dolato and the Mimosa after the 3rd node bringing them all close to 10cm. Afterwards they had 2 days to recover, where I watered them with algea extract 1g/L.

Rayner Week 5 of veg and the blueberry muffin catched up, but I'm unsure if I want to top her aswell. The other plants are also looking good. I'll probably give them 1 week more veg before I switch to flower.

Rayner Last week of veg. The Dolato reached a hight of 26cm, the Blueberry 30cm and the Mimosa 35cm. I've lowered the rh to 55% in prep of the upcoming flower. At the last day of veg I've decided to top the Blueberry Muffin aswell, since I want an even canopy and SCROGing with a single brench is hard. Tonight I will switch the lights to 12/12.

Rayner First week of flower is coming to an end. Plants are looking good, The Dolato S1 is 34cm high, the Mimosa x Orange Punch 53cm and the Blueberry Muffin 43cm. The plants are currently zero maintenance, since I only have to refill the water tank and adjust the pH once per week. The dehumidifier drains into a seperate container which is conected to a water pump. which will switch on once per day to drain the water into the water tank. The water from the dehumidifier has basically no conductivity and is therfore perfect to mix into my tap water. To keep the water tank clean I add 3ml/L 3% Hydrogenperoxide once per week, which also has the positive side effect to enrich the water with Oxygen. Also this run to adjust the pH I switched from pH-minus (citric acid) to concentrated phosphoric acid which maintains the pH way way better. Before I had to adjust the pH once per day. now only when I add fresh tap water. So just FYI if you experience the same problem.

Rayner Week 2 of flower I've did nothing to be honest. Not even the water tank needed refilling. The only thing I did was ScrOGing to keep the jungle under control and somewhat even.

Rayner End of week 3 of flower! At day 21 flower before I took the pictures I've lollypopped them, leaving about 3 to 4 nodes at the top and took out any branches that did not reach the ScrOGing net. I've watered them with Bactex and BioEnhancer according to the manual. I've also added SF Nematodes just to be safe :)

Rayner Alright, end of week 4 of flower. The stretch seems to be over by now. The Dolato got the highest with 109 cm, while the Blueberry and Orange Punch are both 90 cm tall. Even though the Dolato has got the most frost by far, even on the fan leaves, there is hardly any smell. It smells mildly sweet and somewhat citrusy. The Orange Punch and the Blueberry, on the other hand, smell just like their names would suggest, but really pungent. The blueberry smells almost fake. This could become delicious. 😁Still, the smell is only present if I rub the trichomes with my hand. There is no smell present in the tent. As for work, I only had to refill the water tank.

Rayner Week 5 of flower is coming to an end. I've lowered the humidity to 50% to up the VPD to around 1.2kPa. I've also increased the intensity of my lights from 55% to 65% at the start of the week and increased it even further from 65% to 75% on Wednesday. As long as they show no curling or burnt tips, I'll continue to increase the intensity at this pace. The Dolato also developed a smell, on which I can't really put my finger. It smells like lemongrass with a touch of fruity candy. The other two plants just keep increasing their smell, to the point where I can smell it inside the tent without rubbing my fingers against the trichomes. Also, this week I've added a video to capture the whole tent.

Rayner Week 6 of flower, or day 40 is closing up. The only thing I did this week was increasing the intensity of the lights to 85% which is equal to 255W of power. I can't increase it up to 100% because the Dolato is to close to the lights and would suffer heat burn. As for the smell it just kept increasing for the Blueberry and Mimosa, to the point where it's to purgent to the nose. I'm really looking forward to the taste. The Dolato got a new smell which is some sort of fruity. This plant really amazes me as the smell is really complex and keeps changing week after week. At the beginning of the diary I've added a fact sheet of the strains. So let's have a look how far the grow is progression wise. Blueberry Muffin - 5 more days or in the middle of week 13 / 7 of flower. Mimosa X Orange Punch - 15 to 20 more days or at the start of week 15 / 9. Dolato S1 - 28 to 56 more days or week 16 to 20 / 10 to 14 of flower. My assumption is that the blueberry will take a little longer, the Mimosa could finish on time or a little bit later. For the Dolato the assumption could be correct. I'll check the trichomes under the microscope the next week. I'm looking for mostly cloudy with a little bit of brown.

Rayner End of week 7 of flower. The smells got stronger overall. This week I also took some pictures of the trichomes, which replicate the prediction from last week pretty well. I'll keep looking at the trichomes over the coming days to decide when it's time to cut down, at least, the head bud of the Blueberry Muffin.

Rayner Alright, this is the week where I chop the Blueberry Muffin. I'll give the Mimosa another week or two. The Dolato should need another two weeks minimum. On the Mimosa you can see a phsosphor deficency. I've started to add 0-50-30 mineral fertilizer as recommended by the manufacturer.

Rayner I'll add more pics and the dry weight after the trim! Also give my impression of the taste

Rayner This week I'll chop the Mimosa X Orange Punch. I could not give enough phosphor to the Mimosa as you can see in the pictures, but as harvest is close by it didn't bother me too much. The Dolato also shows some signs of an immobile nutrients' deficiency. For those I don't really have supplements right now, so I'll have to live with that. In hindsight, I would've added 1 more BioTab per pot, which was recommended by the manufacturer anyway. As for smells, it is just overwhelmingly fruity in the tent!!