RQS Corkscrew Auto - First Indoor run

TrinityGrows Week 1 - Seedling stage At the end of this first week as a seedling she is growing well and developing as expected. Her leaves have developed some sort of pattern/discoloration but i couldn't yet figure out what it is. I assumed it could be light stress but i'll keep an eye on it and we'll see what the next weeks are gonna bring about. Other than that I'm happy with how she is developing and happy with my first run. Here's my little summary of what i did within the first week: 24.03.: Gave another 70ml of tap water and added a splash of lemon to lower PH to 6.7 - Inoticed the discoloration on the leaves so I lifted the light a little to ~ 40cm above leaves, PPFD shows up as round about ~250 PPFD on photone app but it might have slight inaccuracy because i have no real diffuser at hand. 27.03.: RH was between 55 and 60 up until today but now it dropped to 51% which I considered a bit low so I added a bowl of water to the tent, raising RH back up to ~63-65% 29.03.: Gave a little more, ca. 100ml of tap water this time. Added a splash of lemon to lower PH to 6.3. I also raised the light a bit more since she has grown a few centimeters and I'm still thinking the discoloration might be light stress so i didn't want it to be too stressful for her.

TrinityGrows Week 2 - Seedling stage & Transition to vegetative stage This week was still relatively calm but she started speeding up in growth quite visibly. The leaves kept growing with discoloration and deformation but since she seemed healthy otherwise I assumed it's just a normal seedling mutation thing. I also kept increasing the amount of water she gets slowly and near the end of the week i decided to start with her first LST session, since i had planned to train her only using LST. She took that quite well. Here's my little summary of what i did in the second week: 03.04.: Gave her 120ml of tap water with a splash of lemon at PH 6.4 - she is developing really good and almost ready for training 04.04.: Couldn't wait any longer so i gently started with the first LST session. I used a stake made from 2mm plastic coated garden wire to bend the main stem down to the side. 05.04.: The stake didn't hold as well as I had imagined in the soil and had loosened allowing the plant to stand back up a bit, so i readjusted it into a lower position again

TrinityGrows Week 3 - Vegetative Phase Another eventful week has passed, as usual you'll find my detailed summary below. Generally I can say that so far she has reacted really well to all of the training and has really started growing faster and more actively. Initially I had planned to only LST her. But at the start of the week I accidentally topped her while attempting to adjust the LST and then had to give her some time to recover. Therefore I only ramped up light exposure and watering volume and started feeding her the first time near the end of the week. 06.04.: Gave her another 150ml of tap water with a splash of lemon at PH 6.5 and tucked some leaves. 07.04.: The main stem has bent upward again so I was going to tie it down again but I accidentally moved my hand too quickly and cracked the stem at the top. Since it was only the top 2 nodes above the crack I decided it was going to be recoverable if i just cut the top off where the stem cracked and treated it as topping. Even though that was not what I had planned, it might even benefit me with my small tent size - this way the apical dominance is now forcefully broken but the plant needs some downtime to recover. I had intended to start ramping up the lights to around 40% over the next few days but now I'll have to delay that step a little. 09.04.: - Day 21 (3 Weeks) from sprout Temps ranging 23-26°C - RH 61-66% She seems to be recovering well from the accidental topping, her side branches have started growing more. I'll wait for them to increase in size and then start training them into position. Also gave her another 160ml of tap water with a splash of lemon at PH 6.3 (could probably have been more already but she was still recovering so i didn't want to drown her) and since I had enough of waiting and doing nothing I turned up the light from 25% to 30% (forgot to measure PPFD tho, my bad) 10.04.: Height ~14cm She recovered well from the accidental topping and the new top branches are growing well. One seems to be bigger than the other so I'll have to keep an eye on it so that it doesn't become a new top branch. I also applied the first LST post topping to start guiding the branches into the right directions and tucked some leaves for better light penetration. It is getting quite crowded and the leaves keep getting into the way so maybe I'll have to take off a few soon. Increased light from 30% to 35% at ~40cm distance which read as roughly 360 PPFD on my Photone app, which might be a little low for veg but better to take it slow than to increase light too aggressively. 11.04.: Increased light intensity to 40% Soil was dry again and since she had enough time to recover now I decided it's time for her first bigger watering and feeding. I gave 500ml of tap water with 1ml of Biobizz bio grow and a splash of lemon at PH 6.3 12.04.: Took some photos

TrinityGrows Week 4 - Transition into flowerWhoops, i neglected the Diary a little because the last weeks were really busy, but i'll try to backfill to the best of my abilities. So this week was pretty much all about structure, I adjusted the branches multiple times and prepared the light for the stretch that should start soon. At the start of the week she looked like she is about to transition into flower and formed the first pistils during the week. I'm happy with her growth, she has really started accelerating and became quite bushy. Outside temperatures were pretty high in this week and RH was low, hence the tent became quite warm aswell and humidity was varying more. Detail Summary: 14.04.: Temps have been 26-27°C and RH has been around 60% with dips into 40-ish. The soil was dry again so I gave her 800ml of tap water with 1.6ml of Bio Grow (=2ml/L) at PH 6.5 and adjusted the LST ties again. She is getting bushier by the day. I also lifted the light to roughly 45cm above canopy to give her some space and adjusted light intensity to 45% equaling roughly 500 PPFD at the tops according to Photone app. 17.04.: First pistils started developing, so it's obvious she is transitioning into flower now. Soil was dry again so this time I gave her 1.3L of water with 2.6ml of Bio Grow (=2ml/L) at PH 6.4. I also tied down the main tops again and tucked a lot of leaves for better light penetration, since she keeps getting bushier. 18.04.: Adjusted ties again 19.04.: Took end of week photos (less than usual because i was in a hurry) Measured her to be 16cm. She might need adjustments to her LST ties again, but I had little time so it'll have to be done in the next days.

TrinityGrows Week 5 - Early flower This week I switched from heavy LST forming structure like the last weeks to less impactful LST that was all about guiding and spreading new growth a little more. I also switched the inline fan into manual mode so it runs constantly. She is still growing vigorously and in hindsight, I was not watering her enough, as the more experienced of you might already have deduced from the numbers. (This will come back to bite me later, as it turned out) Detailled summary: 21.04.: I decided to let her grow some more before touching her again and she has become a proper bush by now. There are more and more pistils forming all over the plant. I gave another 1.6L of water with 3.2 ml of Bio Grow (2ml/L) and 1.2ml of Bio Bloom (0.8 ml/L) at PH 6.4 I'm starting slow on the flowering nutes because she is just getting into flower and I don't want to overdo it. Adjusted some ties aswell to guide her a little more outward and ensure even light penetration. Removed and tucked some central leaves that were shading lower growth. 22.04.: Switched Inline Fan from Auto mode into manual mode at 20% it keeps the tent stable at around 23°C and 40-45% RH right now 23.04.: Adjusted the ties on the outer branches a little again and took off some leaves in the middle of the canopy that i thought would be in the way later. 25.04.: This time I gave her 1.8L at PH 6.4 with 3.6ml (2ml/L) Bio grow and 2.1ml (1.2ml/L) Bio Bloom. It looks like she is starting to form her first budlets now, so it's mostly hands off for now, maybe some more guiding on the outer branches but no more major structural training. 26.04.: Took photos, Temps and RH still vary a lot because on the sunny days it's dry outside and this impacts inside aswell, days are warm at roughly 27°C and RH between 40-45% (I had to add a wet towel from time to time or it would have dropped to about 36%) And then it gets colder and more moist over night with temps around 22°C and RH up to 50% All those numbers are still within a comfortable range, the wet towel was also not necessary, the plant would also have survived with 36% but I wanted her to have a bit better conditions. Just leaving them here for reference.

TrinityGrows Week 6 - Week 2 of Flower: Now that she's transitioned into flower I ramped up watering and nutrients a bit more and switched my focus from forming structure to giving the center space and airflow with some light tie adjustments and defoliation. Detailled summary: 28.04.: Gave her another 2L at PH 6.4 with 2ml/L Bio Grow and 1.5ml/L Bio Bloom. I also removed some leaves and adjusted the ties a little bit again on the stronger tops to even out the growth between the dominant tops and open up the center a little more. 01.05.: Removed some of the older and lower, inner fan leaves that got in the way while watering, but left the big outward facing ones on. Also removed some overlapping fan leaves in the center for better airflow later in flower. Also gave her another 2L of water at PH 6.3 with 2ml/L Bio Grow and 2ml/L Bio Bloom 03.05.: Gave her another 2L of water at PH 6.3 with 2ml/L Bio Grow and 2ml/L Bio Bloom. Took end of week photos.

TrinityGrows Week 7 - Week 3 of Flower: This week has been pretty uneventful apart from watering. She's developing her Buds more and more. I've been busy and just took basic care of her on the side whenever I had to. This is a low care phase anyways so it's not a big deal. Detailled summary: 06.05.: Gave her another 2.5L of water at PH 6.3 with 2ml/L Bio Grow and 2ml/L of Bio Bloom 09.05.: Gave her another 3L of water at PH 6.4 with 3ml/L Bio Grow and 2ml/L of Bio Bloom 10.05.: Took end of week photos. I also raised the light another ~5cm because the buds kept creeping in closer so it stays around 40cm above canopy and turned light intensity up to 65% for more equal spread and a ppfd range of 600-700 at the highest tops.

TrinityGrows Week 8 - Week 4 of Flower: This week I had to identify and treat an emerging problem with my plant. As I had teased in earlier weeks my decision to get no proper PH down for the start and water conservatively with almost no runoff all the time did come back to bite me in the behind. You can read more below. I also definitely should have gotten a bigger container for mixing her water. Her buds have gotten pretty chunky by now and the smell is definitely in medium territory now. Even without disturbing her, but especially when moving parts of the plant, she already emits a wonderful aroma of sweet vanilla with subtle pineapple and citrus notes. Detailed summary: 12.05.: Did some light defoliation, thinning out the center of the canopy which is getting ridiulously bushy at this point. It's becoming increasingly hard to tuck leaves to allow for better light penetration and airflow aswell. There's just bud sites everywhere and you really can't get the fan leaves out of the way without meeting another bud site or its leaves. I also decided to remove all of the training stakes and ties at this point, mostly because they are annoying me while watering but also because the plant is pretty much in its final shape and the stems have become stiffer now, so they are simply no longer required. I also ramped up watering again with 3.6L of water at PH 6.4 and added 3ml/L Bio Grow and 2ml/L Bio Bloom 15.05.: - Day 58 from sprout (62 from seed) I noticed a few of her lower leaves were getting brown spots which indicates nutrient deficiencies. But I gave her plenty of food, if anything, I think I might have even given her too much. So the obvious answer is my the root zone PH has increased to a point where the plant can no longer extract certain nutrients from the soil. Probably because I used lemon concentrate to lower PH and it was not stable enough to keep soil PH down. Also might be that salts built up because I watered too little. Should probably have invested in proper PH down and given her more water. So to tackle these problems I flushed the soil with about 6L of PH 6.3 water with NO nutrients this time (this time I used vinegar essence to lower PH - hoping it's a little more stable). I also measured the runoff to be around PH 7.3 pretty much confirming my assumption that soil PH has risen too high. 17.05.: Took end of the week photos.

TrinityGrows Week 9 - Week 5 of flower: Not much happened visually this week since the buds are ripening and it's getting closer to harvest time the smell ramped up a little more but not to a point where I'd call it pungent, it's quite pleasant actually. Apart from watering I just a bit of defoliation, next week is gonna get warmer so RH will drop soon but for now it was better to keep good airflow. Detailed summary: 18.05.: Defoliated a bit to ensure good airflow in the center canopy is still maintained. Things are getting tight, as buds are swelling more and humidity was rising to the 60% range inside the canopy at times. 20.05.: Soil was dry so I gave her 5.5L at PH 6.3 and with lower nutes since I had the buildup and PH problem. So I only added 1.5ml/L each of Bio Grow and Bio Bloom - got ~500ml of runoff which I measured at PH 6.8 so slightly high 23.05.: Gave her 5.5L of water at PH 6.3 with 1.5ml/L each of Bio Grow and Bio Bloom Removed a few of the inner leaves again. The buds are getting really sticky and are smelling quite intense when disturbed. 24.05.: Took end of week photos.

TrinityGrows Week 10 - Week 6 of flower: This week nothing spectacular happened. She is maturing further, buds are swelling, trichome and resin production are ramping up and she is getting really sticky. When touched the buds are giving up a very intense smell. Soon the harvest window will open and I'm planning on harvesting a little on the earlier side because I don't want too much of a body effect. Detailed summary: 27.05. Day 70 from sprout: Gave her another 5.5L of water with 50% nutes - 1.5ml/L each of Bio Grow and Bio Bloom at PH 6.2 She is smelling really nice by now. I left her in the room while watering, left for a few minutes and when I came back the room was smelling like lemon cake. 30.05.: Gave her 6L of PH 6.2 water, added no nutes this time because I wanna start flushing so the plant can use the nutrients it already has access to. Also I got another ~800ml of runoff again at a slightly high PH of 7.0