Laughing Buddha #2

ViherPeukalo We are set and ready to grow! W1D0 dropped seeds in short but wide container to sprout and get roots going. Propablu going to veg these girls for 10-12 weeks so there is plenty of time to do transplants. Now it their time to go under the shade of older girlies. Day 4: Seedlings are 5cm tall.

ViherPeukalo W2 started with boght seedlings opening up their first small leaves. W2D3 2nd set of leaves starting to appear. W2D6 Transplanted boght seedlings to 8l fabpots with moist coco coir. now they can start developing stong roots.

ViherPeukalo Seedlings grew so tall that transplant was needed. Planning to add first feed of nutrients during next week so far have just watered them. No true leaves yet just height grow. I started to wonder that do they vegg at all if they start under 12/12 light cycle and desided to take them out from the tent to be under general 140w grow-led for ~18h/d.

ViherPeukalo Mooved seedlings closer to light to keep them relatovely short. last week boght opened their first leaves and are now creating 2nd set of leaves. also started feeding tripart nutrients "1st leaves" strenght. But not yet regulally so the firts roots spread around to get good "webbing" right from the start.

ViherPeukalo Week 5 of vegging has started with happy looking young buddhas. #1 is around 16cm tall and #2 had reached 25cm. boght are also pushing new shoots out away from the main stem nicely. No clear signs of lack of anytging even tho feeding has been minimal. around 3-5l trough the week. This week(5) my 60*60cm tent gets free for this project to move in for better conditions and light. also going to start regular vegging feed and check that ph/ec lvls are stable. W5D4 girls have been 2 days in the tent now. #2 looks great all around. #1 is laying down but still growing and looking healthy.

ViherPeukalo W5 is ending with huge growth on fanleaves and branches all around #2! #1 has littlebit more struggle with twisting stem and is laying on the side of the pot. New growth looks healthy and branches are reaching out from under the fanleaves. W6D3 (main-lining) cut off the lowest branches that had 3 finger leaves from boght girls. W6D4 notised that #2 is growing its branches vertically away from the light. Now light is lifted to 90cm. W6D6 (#2topping #1 LST) Buddha #2 has allready made over 10 branches from the main stem it was time to cut off the top to focus the growth on the branches. Topped only the top for now. some of the branches might also need topping, but that we will see in the coming weeks. Also took one huge leaf off from #1 and bent one brantch towards the center of the pot. this buddha is leaning agsint the number stick so trying to balance it with LST bends.

ViherPeukalo Week 7 starts and I'm starting to worry about lack of space allready 😅😅 this 60*60cm tent is filling up really quick. #1 has tilted stem so started to train it littlebit last week to get the grow to spread more evenly over the pot. Ph 5.4-6 and Ec is around 2.8 and it ~2x what it should be. she drinks 0.5-1L/D #2 is looking really good and has spread really wide and evenly allready. last weeks top cut and bottom cleaning looks to be ok/healthy and new tops have started to pick up. Ph 5.5-6 Ec is around 2x strong at 2.8-3Ec. she drinks 1-1.5L/D

ViherPeukalo Week 8 is started and im running low on space😅 need atleast 2 more weeks before i can move them to bigger tent. besides that plants look healthy. I'll try to find time to do more topping, mainlining and lst but may just let them grow until the bigtent is free and do one really good defol/training session. #1 ph5.59 ec 1.6 #2 5.7 ec1.5

ViherPeukalo Week 9 starting and girls have filled the 60*60tent almost from wall to wall. I'm delaying next defol/mainlining/topping until i can move them to the 120*60 tent. also got 20l fabpots waiting for transplant.

ViherPeukalo W9D7: Alot has happened today! Morning started with 2 root and soace bound Buddhas. First step was to take them apart of eachother and out from the 60*60cm tent and in to the 60*120 so space is no problem anymore. Transplant. To keep root damage as minimum, desided to cut off the old 8l pot and moved them staright to prepared 20l Junglebags, trying to centre the main stock to the pot (LB1) and level the tops around the same height. After that I wanted to tie top branches of LB2 down to spread the tops. (LST) Only the two bottom branches are not tied to the pot because their tops are on perfect height at the moment. Ran out of wire while tieing LB1 so have to do it some othet day. Todays feed was around 3-5l/pot and i think i continue with the ~2l/d watering. Have to get larger bottom trays to measure the ppm/ec readings. Lb1 H:55cm W:50cm Lb2 H:60cm W:70cm W10D2 LB1 (Lst+topping) Got more garden wire to do little training for LB1. it has really long and thin branches that are easy to bend to spread tops as evenly over the pot as possible. Then topped most of them to focus growth on new branches. LB2 (topping) I have achieved the width limit of my tent and there is so called "bald spot" that needs to be covered. Topped all the main branches to be on the same level, trying to grow the middle branches more so they can be bended over the stock. Boght girls got brand new 35cm wide trays so now i can easily measure and control ec and ph. LB1 ph5.8 ec 1.2 LB2 ph5.8 ec 1.4 W10D3 Made 10l of 2x strong nutrientsolution to pumpup nutrients in the pot after this weeks stress caused this week.

ViherPeukalo 10 weeks of vegging is usually enough, but I'm planning to keep lihgts on 16/8 for couple of weeks more to take all out from this grow. After last weeks training bohgt girls have recovered really well. Lb1 nees more training before flowering but Lb2 just needs to keep on growing. Its so bushy that I might need to cut off some branches from the middle to keep air moving there aswell. Watering/feeding 1-2l/d inside the rim of the pot to spread roots. Also rose the light around 10cm so that light reatches all corners the tent. W11D6 Been bending and twisting LB1 alot this week cut away some tops few days ago to qget littlebit more tops before flowering. LB2 has been really happy and bushy have been just "brushing" and shaking the tops so that every branch gets chanse to grow. Added some pics berofe full mainlining and defol. ater that im gonna add the netting and start to control the grow again. cahged the feed for today, doubled micro and bloom, cut tripart grow and added calmag 1.5ml/l 2-3L /plant

ViherPeukalo W12 started and after few days of wonderin is just one 270w LED panel enough for these two monsters I got 2nd panel installed now there is plenty of light and sides should stop growing taller than the middle. W12D3 installed 2nd 270w led for total light power of 440w. measured ppfd from accross the tops sc in the pictures. Girls have adjusted well in their new pots and topside is looking really bushy onse again. Might do another round of topping before flowering to prevent them growing too tall, not shure how much they strech after flipping lights. Ok I felt the urge to get flowering so trimmed away the tops from LB2. LB1 needs to be mainlined from the back and i think it's ready for flowering. W12D7 girls are ready for flowering, just need to defoliate boght and LB1 might need little topping tho i might leave it like that to see how long it stretches. 3 months have passed quick and flowering time for this strain is around 10-12weeks so we are around the halfway mark with this diary.

ViherPeukalo Last night did some final defol/topping for LB1 and added 2nd net with bigger holes over the cannipie. Now we are done with the vegging and its time to turn down the light syckle and convert the feed to the flowering section. W13 of grow and D1 of flowering starts with feeding less grow nutrient and more of micro and flower with added Bloom Booster.

ViherPeukalo Girls have gotten good stretch during last week after shortening light time to 12h/d Now i try to avoid doing anytging and let the flowers grow free from stress.

ViherPeukalo late update to the start of w15. 3 weeks after 12h light flowers are starting to appear. Girls got so tall that I needed to move filtering and in-linefan to the floor to get LEDs as far up as they can go. Also had to upgrade the in-linefan to get more moisture out. they drink 5-6l/d, nutrients seem to be in balance ec 1.9-2.4 and ph around 5.3

ViherPeukalo w16 starting and girls are totally out of control... TBH I have never seen this big plants ever! And I really don't know what I should do at this point. still around 8weeks of flowering left and the tent is packed. This week I must take the nets away and cut of some of the weakest branches to get more space to bend the stronger ones after re-scrogging. Some tops are grown over the lights again and some tops have burnt from being too close to the light. W16D1 Took off boght scrog nets, tied branches in bunches, added the large looped net to the bottom and after net was set I cut of the smallest branches. and after the cleanup added 2nd small looped net and took one top from every loop. lastly I cut of the dried tops and adjusted the rest so that they would not burn... Some defoliation is needed soon. W6D3 tops have recovered well after the operation 2 days ago

ViherPeukalo W17 starting with really nice looking tall yung flowers everywhere. Couple tops have tiny bit of dried/burnt hairs from before last weeks top adjustments. But generally they look nice and bulky. last night I tested Ph/EC from the flowtrough: LB1 Ec 1.8-1.9 Ph 4.9 LB2 Ec 2.3 ph 4.8

ViherPeukalo W18D3 Remembered to update this diary. Haven't done mutch of anyhing besides watering/feeding everyday 4-6l/plant. every other day I shake boght plants from the stems so that dead/dying leafs fall off. I need to do topside defoliation to get more light for the lower flowers. But I usually smoke while working on plants and now I'm taking brake from smoking and strugling to find the motivation to do it properly...

ViherPeukalo W19D5 Another late update... Girls have bulked up nicely! Haven't fed anymore nutrients for the past week and girls are starting to fade, most fanleaves have fallen on their own or just with little shake. Some middle ones needed to be picked by hand. so far have found only 1 dead little stick from the middle of each. LB2 Ppm1980 Ph5.2 LB1 Ppm2780 Ph5.4