connormcleod47 ***UPDATE 01/17/26***
Started the germination process, all 4 should hopefully pop in the next 2 to 3 days, paper towel & a couple of plastic bowls with some bottled water!
Put a stem to the side of the plate so I don't lose track of which order they are in !
Strains are:
UBC Chemo Fast Flower - (UBC Chemo Clone x BBB Kush Auto)
Rockstar Kush Fast Flower - (Rockstar Kush Clone x BBB Kush Auto)
Faster Master Fast Flower - (Master Kush x Tuna Kush Auto)
SR-71 Purple Kush Fast Flower - (SR-71 Purple Kush 2011 x Bubba Kush Auto)
Have a fresh bag of unused LSO to start these with & more on the way, want to ensure I don't stunt my plants this time around! Will be starting them in 1 gal pots & transplanting into 5 gal pots somewhere in between Day 18 - Day 21
Shall continue running Cronks PUUR Organic line alongside their Monkey Juice & Armadillo Armor which are also organic, I also have some Great White Myco, Fish Head Farms Fish Sh!t, Blackstrap Molasses & a 5 seed cover crop that consists of Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Clover, Lentil & Fenugreek !
1st time running fast flowering strains, very impressed with everything Butterbean Birdseed thus far & I assume these will be no different! The UBC Chemo x Tuna Kush I finished near the end of September 2025 was absolutely PHENOMINAL! Will be cool to see how the UBC Chemo will differentiate from the cross while its on its own!
***UPDATE 01/21/26***
All 4 seeds have successfully germinated!
Cleaned all equipment & printed/laminated 2 sets of labels for each pot
Ran into a couple of issues today... The UBC Chemo & Faster Master were ready to go into pots this afternoon but my living soil was very dry, I sunk them a knuckle & a half into the dirt & PH'd some water to 6.0 so I could water them in, the water would just sit on top eventually finding crevices within the pots before leaking out the drainage holes on the bottom without saturating the medium! I ran 1L of water between the two of them & the soil did not absorb anything! Realized I had to remove the seeds & pre saturate the medium before I could plant them, I found the UBC Chemo but could not find the Faster Master within it's pot & ended up losing it in the process...
Dumped all four 1 Gal pots of soil into a 5 Gal bucket & added 3L of water at a PH of 5.9 in order to pre saturate the medium, this worked very well & I will repeat this process anytime I am working with a bag that has sat & dried out!
The UBC Chemo remained fully in tact & was successfully planted into it's 1 Gal pot, it is now in the tent, the Rockstar Kush & SR-71 Purple Kush have germinated successfully but their tap roots still need another day or so to grow before I will plant them, went ahead & threw another Faster Master into the seed dome to germinate as well & re-saturated the paper towel with some bottled water that had been PH'd to 6.0, noticed I have much faster germination rates when the water has been properly PH'd, I will continue on with this practice during all future grows!
Humidifier decided to short & caught fire today as well! Replaced it with the Levoit I usually have in my 4x4 for now :P
***UPDATE 01/22/26***
The replacement Faster Master successfully germinated in less than 24 hours & is now on track with the other two seeds, still waiting on tap roots to grow a bit before planting them, this is a prime example as to why we should PH water during the germination process, 18hr germination with water PH'd to 6.0 vs 5 days with seeds germinated with bottled water at a PH of 7.9
Will start week 1 veg once all 4 plants are above soil!
***UPDATE 01/24/26***
All 4 seeds are now in 1 Gal pots & the UBC Chemo is already above soil, hoping the SR-71 Purple Kush surfaces ok, not much progress on it's tap root over the past couple of days, decided to drop it in the dirt anyways a tad bit earlier than I normally do
Raised light to where each plant will be receiving roughly 260 uMOL of light when they surface
Temps have been pretty good & RH should rise shortly
***UPDATE 01/25/26***
Gave each plant roughly 250ml of water mixed with 1ml/L monkey Juice & 1ml/L Fish Sh!t at a PH of 6.0, water was a 50/50 mix of aerated RO & dechlorinated tap water
Still waiting on 3 plants to surface prior to starting week 1 veg
***UPDATE 01/25/26***
Fired up a clip fan & have that running on 7/10 power slightly above the starting canopy, this will help strengthen the seedlings during those early stages of growth, still waiting on the other 3 plants to surface at which point I will reposition the fan to have it directly on them, cut a horizontal slit in a plastic straw & wrapped that around the stalk of the UBC Chemo for some support, will do the same with the other 3 once they are above soil
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Paper Towel
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
20d ago
1/22
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.2
pH
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
3.79 liters
Pot Size
Nutrients 2
Fish Shit
1 mll
Monkey Juice
1 mll
connormcleod47 ***UPDATE 02/03/26***
Figured I would start Day 1 veg today now that 3/4 plants are above soil, I ended up losing the SR-71 Purple Kush & went back to ceramic plates instead of plastic bowls for germination so I can utilize the higher temps in the tent w/o running into issues, tap roots generally seem to take much longer to grow in those colder temps, PH'd some bottled water to 6.1 for the germination process of another SR-71, hoping to have that in a 1 gal pot & above soil by the end of the week!
Gave each plant roughly 300ml of bottled water at a PH of 6.2
Have straws around the stalks of the UBC Chemo & Rockstar Kush for support, the Faster Master still needs to stretch a bit before I can support that as well, currently have a clip fan on them to strengthen them up during the earlier stages of growth
I may run into some issues with soil this run, had a brand new bag of unopened LSO that sat & cooked in its bag for 6 months or so, I used this to fill my 1 gal pots, the wetting agent dried out completely & I could not saturate the medium at first as it was non absorbent, ended up dumping the soil into a 5 gal bucket & mixed some PH'd water in by hand to fully saturate the medium, noticed a lot of white fuzzy material at the tops of the pots, does smell earthy over musty so there is a chance this could be mycelium over mildew or another type of harmful mold, will continue to monitor the soil as time goes on, plants do seem happy for now which is good!
Temps/RH are pretty good right now, both numbers should still rise as the day continues
Will be updating this diary every other day during veg due to the limited amount of photos I'm able to post during that time, will be daily uploads during flower once that time comes, wish me luck !
***UPDATE 02/05/26***
Plants only needed a splash of water today, ended up giving each of them 133ml of bottled water mixed with 1ml/L Monkey Juice & 1 ml/L Fish Sh!t at a PH of 6.5, really just wanted to get some more microbes in there for now
Moved the SR-71 Purple Kush I have germinating out of the tent because the paper towel was drying out too quickly, resaturated the paper towel with bottled water at a PH of 6.1, seed has not cracked open yet
Temps should drop a bit throughout the day as RH continues to rise
***UPDATE 02/07/26***
Gave each plant roughly 333ml of water mixed with 1ml/L Monkey Juice & 1 ml/L Fish Sh!t at a PH of 6.0, water was a 50/50 mix of Aerated RO & dechlorinated tap water
The 2nd SR-71 Purple Kush has germinated successfully! Gonna give the tap root a few more days to grow before I sink it into the dirt, resaturated paper towel with the same water mixture listed above
Cold day today! Doing what I can to try & bring the temps up before the light shuts off, 2/3 plants seem to be doing well but the UBC Chemo is drooping a little bit, moved it more towards the center of the tent so the clip fan can dry it out a little quicker before the next watering, could have used a smidge less water, temps between today & yesterday aren't helpful either but she should still spring back up by tomorrow!
Decided I will mainline again this go due to limited space, should be able to get away with 16 tops per plant, I usually count the finger leaves as node 1 to keep them lower to the ground but will be going from the 1st true set of leaves this time around, may top on the 5th node instead of the 3rd as well since the SR-71 Purple Kush is a week or so behind, will see how things are looking towards the start of week 2 veg!
***UPDATE 02/09/26***
Nothing really needed to be done today plant wise, pots are still saturated & they probably wont need any more water until later on tomorrow night or the following morning/afternoon
Resaturated the paper towel for the SR-71 Purple Kush with bottled water at a PH of 5.9,, tap root still needs some time to grow before planting
There was some algae starting to form in the humidifier so I ended up cleaning that back to new yesterday, temps have been good & RH should rise throughout the day
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LST
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Topping
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Main-Lining
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Defoliation
Technique
12-12
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Transplantation
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2
Week 2. Vegetation
13d ago
1/22
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.2
pH
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
3.79 liters
Pot Size
Nutrients 2
Fish Shit
1 mll
Monkey Juice
1 mll
connormcleod47 ***UPDATE 02/10/26***
The UBC Chemo is looking great coming into week 2! Think I might skip mainlining & just let them grow straight up without topping, will boost the ones that need closer to the light to even out the canopy when that time comes, since these are fast flowering strains, there is a 15% chance any one of them could start flowering on their own while 18/6 & I'm taking this into consideration as well, I don't want to take the chance & have my yield cut short, will have a better idea on what they are gonna do around day 21!
The SR-71 Purple Kush is quite a ways behind the current 3, still waiting on the tap root to grow a bit before I plant it into the 1 gal pot, I think these could be older seeds & that could be why they aren't moving as fast during those very early stages of germination, was one of the packs I got a few extras on, did not change anything method wise & I usually have my seeds at least in pots by Day 3 or 4, if I end up losing this second SR-71 Purple Kush will just give the current 3 a little more time to veg so I can fill the space optimally!
Temps have been good today but have been having a hard time trying to get my RH up to 60%, will keep tinkering with the setup throughout the week
***UPDATE 02/11/26***
Gave each plant roughly 333ml of bottled water mixed with 1ml/L Monkey Juice & 1ml/L Fish Sh!t at a PH of 6.1
Temps/RH were pretty good throughout the day today
***UPDATE 02/12/26***
Plants responded well to yesterdays watering, everything is looking very healthy & I am no longer worried about the soil!
Resaturated the paper towel that the SR-71 Purple Kush is germinating in with bottled water at a PH of 6.1, very slow start but it is continuing to make progress & should live to at least see the 1 gal pot!
I found the 1st Master Kush seed I lost at the start of this grow today x'D! Had some water left over after resaturating the SR-71 Purple Kush & decided to dump the rest in the prayer plant i repotted for my mom, I used the leftover LSO from when I did the 1 gals up for this current grow, spotted the seedling at the base of the prayer plant!! Ended up moving the prayer plant to the 2x4 to keep the seedling on a 18/6 light schedule & i'm gonna try & move it into a 1 gal pot once the soil has dried out a bit, feel like this one was meant to grow, it surfaced within a small strip of light that was hitting the surface of the soil, i dug through the original pot it was planted in for a good hour prior to giving up & starting a second one ! (LSO had sat for 6 months & the wetting agent dried out making the soil non absorbent, I had to dig up the seeds, place them back in the paper towel & dump the 4 gal of soil into a 5 gal bucket + resaturate by hand before planting again, the Master Kush was originally lost during this process)!
Some more good news as well! After a ton of confusion it turns out we are able to keep this home so I should be able to up my plant count significantly once my ACMPR license comes in! Everything is good to go am just waiting on the required documents to go about things properly, Health Canada received my prescription/application July 14th 2025 & it has been in processing for close to 7 months, seen a lot of people finally getting theirs around the 8 month / 9 month mark so hopefully soon!
Temps/RH were pretty good today considering how dry it's been in the house this winter!
***UPDATE 02/14/26***
Gave each plant roughly 333ml of bottled water at a PH of 6.1
Ended up losing the Master Kush I found in the prayer plant, it shriveled up & died overnight unfortunately, dug it up & replaced it with the SR-71 Purple Kush since that was ready to be planted today, the 1 gal pot for the Master Kush was pre saturated the day before yesterday so this kind of worked out perfectly! Not going to bother putting a label on the pot until I transplant into a 5 gal at a later date
Defoliated & topped the UBC Chemo today, it did not respond well thus far but should spring back up over the next day or two hopefully, I try my best not to top or defoliate on a watering day for this reason!
Temps/RH have been good throughout the day today, things should be looking much better on the next update
* going to go through this diary & update each picture of the UBC Chemo to display its proper date, almost time to transplant this one but will give it a couple days to recoup after it has sprung back up
***UPDATE 02/16/26***
Gave the UBC Chemo roughly 333ml of bottled water mixed with 1ml/L Monkey Juice & 1ml/L Fish Sh!t at a PH of 6.2, it is drinking water much faster than the other two plants at this current stage, will be transplanting soon as well! I also resaturated the SR-71 Purple Kush with the same mixture listed above, the Rockstar Kush & Faster Master were still fully saturated & probably wont need water until late in the afternoon tomorrow or the following morning
Things are back on track & everything is looking great! I will probably start to slowly introduce bottled nutes on the next watering, will be using Cronks PUUR Organics line as well as their Armadillo Armour alongside the microbes I have been using on/off since Day 1, everything is 100% organic & I find it makes for a MUCH better product vs the synthetics I was running prior :P
Temps & RH were pretty good throughout the day today although RH was low for most of the day
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Week 3. Vegetation
6d ago
1/19
18 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.2
pH
No Smell
Smell
60 %
Air Humidity
18 °C
Night Air Temp
3.79 liters
Pot Size
Nutrients 8
Fish Shit
1 mll
Monkey Juice
1 mll
Puur Calmag
1 mll
connormcleod47 ***UPDATE 02/17/26***
Plants responded well to yesterdays watering I should be ok to leave the other two until tomorrow morning, will be transplanting the UBC Chemo into a 5 gal as soon as the pot is dry, still waiting on the SR-71 Purple Kush to surface but should be soon!
Temps/RH have been pretty good throughout the day today!
***UPDATE 02/19/26***
Transplanted the UBC Chemo into a 5 Gal pot with some Great White Myco & gave it 2L of bottled water mixed with nutrients listed above at a PH of 6.2, did not use Cronks Armadillo Armor during week 1 & 2 veg, wanted to see if I could spot any differences without it, the Monosilicic Acid really does make a significant difference in terms of root growth & it is something I will continue to run from Day 1 in all future grows! The root system is nowhere near as robust without it, everything is looking great so far nonetheless !
The Rockstar Kush & Faster Master are going to need water tomorrow, will also introduce that 1st feed using the nutrients listed above!
Still no sign of the SR-71 Purple Kush... Hopeful in the sense that it will still pop up eventually, still believe these must have been older seeds & this is why it is taking so long but I could be wrong...
Readjusted the light to where the tallest plant is now receiving roughly 320uMOL of light
Temps/RH have been very close to spot on throughout the day today which is good!
***UPDATE 02/20/26***
Gave the Rockstar Kush & Faster Master roughly 500ml of water each mixed with 1ml/L Monkey Juice & 1ml/L Fish Sh!t at a PH of 6.1, decided to hold off on their 1st true feed today because the SR-71 Purple Kush that hasn't surfaced yet needed some water too & I didn't want to mess around with like PH-ing 200ml of water separately for it !
The UBC Chemo responded extremely well to it's 1st true feed yesterday as well !
Temps/RH were very close to exact throughout the entire day today
***UPDATE 02/21/26***
The Rockstar Kush responded well to yesterdays watering however the Faster Master most certainly did not! 500ml at this current stage does work well with the Rockstar Kush but the Faster Master spent most of the day yesterday completely drooped, I checked on the plants 3 hours after lights on this morning around the time my humidifier needed a refill & the Faster Master was still drooped so I decided to keep RH low for the remainder of the day in hopes the pot drys out a little quicker, I also moved it to where the top of the pot is receiving direct airflow from the clip fan, I am going to leave the humidifier empty until tomorrow around noon, pictures today were taken roughly 3 hours before lights off & the Faster Master has sprung back up & is looking great which is good but this was a considerable amount of time it had spent drooped in my opinion, will cater towards this ones specific needs with lighter waterings moving forward!
Made a decision in regards to mainlining the UBC Chemo or not today, this one does not take well to defoliation or topping so I think it's probably best for me to leave it alone & just let it grow straight up which is what I'm going to do, the goal here with this one is to create as little stress as possible in hopes of a better turn out, leaf tucking & tie outs are the furthest I want to go as it really does seem to be quite touchy vs a majority of other plants I've run in the past couple of years, maybe even thee most sensitive when it comes to LST/HST, aside from this a very nice & close to even canopy after a singular topping, excellent uniformity & strong lateral branching, it responded well to that 1st true feed 2 days back & a sudden jump in water going from 333ml right up to 2L after transplant did not seem to bother it at all! This is the plant I am most excited for this run & want it to be the absolute best it can be :P
Still waiting on the SR-71 Purple Kush to surface, it is exactly 4 weeks behind the UBC Chemo today, not looking hopeful but I shall continue to water anyways, if it does eventually surface I think what I will do is set up my 2x2 again & grow it solo over there away from the other 3 when the time comes
Temps were good today & RH was intentionally kept low
***UPDATE 02/22/26***
Gave the UBC Chemo 2L of bottled water mixed with 1ml/L Monkey Juice & 1ml/L Fish Sh!t at a PH of 6.2, also gave the other 3 plants a splash of the same mixture just to keep the tops of the pots from drying out, want to try & get them all on the same watering schedule shortly!
Decided to lay down some cover crop & hay for the UBC Chemo prior to watering, I will do the same for the other 3 once they are in 5 gal pots!