Original Sour Diesel

paetel Week 1 is in the books. Pretty happy with the progress. PPFD currently at 390 and she apparently likes it. On day 3 I applied preventive fungus gnat nematodes as a precaution because my house plants in a different room got infected. I also deployed yellow and blue glue traps.

paetel Progress has been good this second week. Watered her once 100 ml with nutrients. Also checked the root zone today and I am planning to move her into her final 7 L fabric pot tomorrow. Slight clawing may be due to the first feeding I guess. Roots looked healthy, so no overwatering likely. PPFD currently at 460.

paetel Enjoyable week 3 has passed. Growth speed picked up noticeably and I did practically nothing besides adjusting the lamp distance and transplanting into the final 7L fabric pot. Added mycorrhizae at transplant and gave her 200 ml of water. PPFD now sits at roughly 500.

paetel At the beginning of week 4 she started to show yellow leaf tips. My assumption was that it's caused by light stress. I then increased the lamp distance progressively to around 25 cm, PPFD 400. Since the overall growth was satisfying I am not that worried. Maybe someone can chime in with a better analysis. Different sources say, that this strain could stretch up to 3x. I think I will flip her very soon since my tent is rather small.

paetel Flipped her to 12/12 on monday. As you can see I still have minor issues with lightning and feeding, but overall I am not that concerned. Still in the process of getting used to the equipment and enviromental control.

paetel Flowering day 10 and the stretch starts to show. Defenitely had some CalMag issues but increasing the dose helped. Also read that the strain is quite CalMag hungry in general. STIXX50 is now at 80%.

paetel Clearly visible flowering now. 😍 Odor is increasing in the tent. I let her grow closer to the lights, currently sitting at 25 cm and she doesn't show signs of stress like before.

paetel Stretch is finished. Gave her a stronger feeding on Tuesday because she started to look noticeably yellowish. The smell is definitely present, but still not very distinctive at this stage.

paetel Bought Epsom salt to counter the developing magnesium deficiency. Removed a few fan leaves that didn’t recover. During Week 9 the aroma intensified significantly. Opening the tent now fills the entire room with a strong sour scent.

paetel Apart from struggling to maintain an optimal VPD, it’s smooth sailing right now. The buds are swelling up nicely. According to the breeder, we still have at least four weeks of flowering to go before harvest.

paetel She is still bulking up.

paetel Life has taken some very unexpected turns, so I’m just posting a few pictures for now. I’ll probably only post another update once the harvest is done. In July, I’ll be moving to a new apartment with some extra space, and I’m planning to extend the growing area.