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Planted in a solo cup temporarily using Fox Farms Happy Frog and lime (2 tbsp lime per gallon soil) with. Watered with plain water pH'd to 6.5 on 5/16/19,
Watered on 5/19/19 with water pH'd to 6.5. Using a spray bottle several times a day to spritz plant and keep soil moist. Transplanted to 3 gallon fabric bag and watered with Fox Farms Grow Big and Big Bloom diluted down to 1/4 recommended dosage pH'd to 6.5. Also followed the feeding with an additional watering of plain water pH'd to 6.5 for dilution (1/4 gallon with nutes, 1/4 gallon without). Runoff was around 6.7,
Watered with pH 6.5 on 5/28/19 which included 1 tbsp of Big Bloom and 1/4 tsp of Grow Big. Runoff was around 6.4. Topped plant on 5/27/19 at 3rd node. Light was flipped to 18/6. Main fan leaves were tethered down.
Started off week 3 with a watering of RO water pH'd to 6.3 due to previous read off of 7. Runoff was 6.5. Even though I am 2 days away from my target goal of a 3 week defoliation, I decided to giver her a haircut today. This is my first time clipping the popcorn buds to try to encourage the main bud growth. I believe this is called lollipopping? Once again I feel like I had a heavy had however with 3 plants side by side, they needed to be defoliated for light purposes (was starting to get a lot of shade from the huge main fan leaves.
Watered on 6/24/19 with a feed of 3 tsp Big Bloom, 2 tsp Tiger Bloom and 2 tsp Grow big in 1 gallon of water. Used the entire gallon even though there was quite a bit of runoff. Water was pH'd to 6.3 and runoff was around 6.8.
Watered on 7/4/19 with 2 tsp Tiger Bloom and 3 tsp Big Bloom per gallon pH'd to 6.4 . No runoff. The stretch on this plant is making it very difficult as it is 4 inches taller than the other 2 plants. Trying to tie down branches as much as possible to keep the height down a bit.
The girls went a little long between watering (5 days) and were definitely showing signs of drooping and being unhappy. Watered on 7/13/19 with 1 gallon pH'd to 6.3 with 2 tsp Fox Farms Tiger Bloom and 3 tsp Fox Farms Big Bloom. Runoff was between 6.9 and 7. I am unsure what is keeping the runoff so high when I am intentionally hitting the low end of the pH to try and correct it. This girl continues to stretch and is easily 4-6 inches taller than the rest. Because this is a freebie seed this is my first time working with a sativa dominate strain and wow does her height really highlight the fact that she is very much a sativa. I am hoping she will fill out a bit more before harvest but considering her height and the light that I use I do not think she will thicken up her stacking much more. Glad I only got one of these seeds and I thiink I will stay away from sativa dom in the future.
Plant was watered with 1 gallon pH'd to 6.3 around 7/18/19. Watered again on 7/23/19 with 1 tsp Fox Farms Tiger Bloom and 3 tsp Fox Farms Big Bloom. Once again went a little too long between waterings and she was pretty droopy. Took her about an hour to perk back up. Despite continuing to keep my pH on the low end to correct a continued runoff of around 7, for the last 4-5 weeks the runoff has continued to be high. Added 1/2 cup lime as a top feed and raked it in. Watered with another 1/4 gallon to activate it. The buds on this, especially the very tops are quite strange. Overall very thin and spindly. The strain may have done better without being topped.
Watered with plain water on 7/31/19 pH'd to 6.3. Runoff was finally at a reasonable pH at 6.8. I am beginning to flush with no more nutrient feedings and a full gallon of water during the watering for the next two weeks as we are in the home stretch. I will increase the amount of water given per watering over the next two weeks. Right now it is wanting water about every 3 day. Minimal sign of fan leaf fade beginning.
Watered with 1 gallon pH'd to 6.3 plain water on 8/3/19 with runoff around 6.7. Fan leaves continue to fade. No trich check as it was last done about 3 days ago.
Watered on 9/8/10 with plain water pH'd to 6.3 Runoff was once again back up to around 7. The stem split right down the middle at the root. I am not sure itf it was due to the weight or the LST. It does not seem to be affected but I am close enough to harvest that if I see signs of issues I will go ahead and harvest. Majority of the hairs are still very white and the leaf fade is not quite as significant as the other plants. trichs seem to be almost all majority cloudy. I will plan on at least another week on this one or possibly two.
Plants had a very heavy flush in preparation for harvest on 8/12/19 of 3 gallons pH'd to 6.3. The majority of the hairs on her have not turned yet, she does not have any significant amount of fade and the trichs while mostly cloudy, still seem to have a bit of clear and absolutely no amber. Based on her grow pattern and lankiness, I believe she is very sativa leaning so she may be a couple weeks behind the others. I still can not quite understand the makeup of her colas. While they are covering a large portion on the stems, there is no compact stacking and some of them make up multiple branches of their own. The weight of the buds has become pretty significant however so I had to do a little tying of the stems to the ring to get them to stand upright. Discovered around 5-6 nanners on her. Contemplated just chopping her but because I watered them today, I pulled the nanners and will let her dry out for a few days before I chop. Found nanners on 2 of the 3 plants so I will take that as a sign that it is time lol.
Harvested on 8/21/19 and dried plant whole due to previous grows seemingly drying out too fast. Plant was dry trimmed on 8/29/19. Jars were above 65 after 24 hours so a series of leaving the jar open to lower RH has begun. Jars currently around 65 although the one jar will occasionally jump to 66 and require a little breather. Attempted to sample however, I do not love sampling before the cure. Could not finish the joint because it was still holding a bit of water and would not burn. Will report back again in around 4 weeks with my final thoughts.
Jayann
