Spring26 - California Snow

Gundermann Nothing special to report.

Gundermann Nothing special to report.

Gundermann I decided to only do LST when necessary on this one. I will do leave tucking and maybe reconsider LST if she grows too quickly.

Gundermann Everything is going well, first big watering coming up soon.

Gundermann The big growth spurts are happening & flowers are starting to form! She is doing well. Her canopy is not as dense as that of her tentmate (Sour Jealousy Auto), but that was to be expected by not doing any LST with her. I started using a scrog net for some minor adjusting/ordering of the branches and leaves, as my space is limited and both girls are expanding fast.

Gundermann First week of flower is done. She is doing very well and almost doubled in size again! The tent is getting quite crowded already, so stretching will probably be over soon. Water consumption is increasing steadily, about once a week right now. 3l water @ 6,4 pH.

Gundermann Another fantastic week for the cali snow. She is still growing fast (21 cm in 7 days). With the lights already being at max height, I hope for her slowing down a bit tbh. Also the buds started coming in! Due to almost no light penetrating down to the lower leaves, she let's go of some of the lower leaves at the slightes touch. Nothing to worry about though. 2x 3l Water @ 6.4 and 6.2 pH

Gundermann She has settled into flower and basically completely stopped stretching just shy of the meter mark. Due to the space constraints I am very happy with this outcome. The flower are developing nicely and the smell is getting stronger. 3l water @ 6.3 pH

Gundermann Vertical Growth has stopped completely, but bud growth increased. There maybe some problems. She is a bit ahead of her sister (Sour Jealousy) in terms of symptoms. My guess is that she is suffering from light burn and nitrogen deficieny as well (see https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-plant-problems/light-burn). For once the described symptoms seem to fit and furthermore due to previous experiences I chose a reduced dosage of BioBizz Grow in the previous weeks. As remedy I increased the amount of BioBizz Grow (to the dosage from the nutrient schedule) and reduced light intensity slightly. 2x 3l water @ 6.3 and 6.5 pH

Gundermann When being honest this week wasn't the greatest, due to the flu stopping by and muddling plans. Mainly I didn't get to investigate the current problems further until the last day of the week. The symptoms were upward crawled tips, some dark/rusty spots on the leaves and letting go of lower leaves. These symptoms led me to believe that I got a issue with light-burn, heat-burn and a nitrogen deficiency (induced by the previously mentioned). On the one hand I did manage to lower the temperature within the tent noticably, but for some reason I just didnt check the ppfd/dli values... And yes they of course were "a bit" high (~800-900 ppfd - 52-59 dli). So after readjusting the lights (550-650 ppfd - 36-42 dli) I am hoping for the symptoms to reduce/stop. On the plus side the size of the buds has increased noticably. Superficially they seem a bit lighter and fluffier than the rather dense buds of my Sou Jealousy. 1x 3l water @ 6.2 pH

Gundermann In terms of leaf health or rather overall plant health she could be better. But she has now finished her 6. week of flower (11 weeks in total), so end of life symptoms may be mixing in. So a visual improvement is not expected and to be honest: the buds are still growing fine and I won't risk her final push. Bud density and size are both increasing and I think her a bit behind her sister in terms of ripeness. There aren't as many brown pistils, but I will also start looking out for signs of harvest. 1x 3l water @ 6.5 pH

Gundermann I got a new carbon filter (by AC Infinity) and the smell vanished like it was never there. Awesome stuff! The difference in smell makes it really obvious that I should have replaced it a while ago. Now that I know (and own a refillable filter) this, I try to mediate future degradation sooner. Harvest is drawing closer by the day! Just like her sister she completed her 7th (+- 0.5) week over flower (12th week overall). Most of her pistils are brown, but there are quite a few white ones left. Also her buds did a bit of further bulking out this week, so I am not as certain as I am with her sister in regard to harvest. Yet there also ambers trichs, so.. yeah. To be honest I will probably chop her as well within the next 10 days, as I got some external factors interfering with a later harvest date. I'm going to observe her closely this coming week. 2x 3l water @ 6.5 and 6.4 pH.

Gundermann Harvest has come! After 8 weeks (~58 days) of flowering and a total of 91 days (13 weeks) of growth I chopped the lady.To be honest I would've preferred to harvest her a bit later, but due to constraints in time and space doing both plants at the same time is most feasible for me right now. She got some amber trichs, yet some pistils on the colas were still white and still could have faciliated some more bulking. A few more days, maybe a week would've been perfect imho. But I am fine with what I got. For the first time I am going to give dry trimming a shot, mainly because of the not being able to properly look after them for a bit. Until now I only ever did wet trimming, but hopefully this allows them to dry evenly and slowly enough for curing afterwards. So now I am only removing a few leaves and hope for the best.