#17 Monster Bud Kush

Abendkraut Day 3: All 4 sprouted nicely, no deformed leaves this time. I'll add more images every other day for the early growth stage. Day 5 Update: All looking symmetrical no deformation on all 4.

Abendkraut So one week after germination and inserted into soil. All are growing fine, for the time being I'm only giving plain water but will add some Power roots in the coming days.

Abendkraut Repotting day! This is week N°3 not week 4. I have no idea why growdiaries counts germination as a whole week process. Please tell me if I'm wrong but germination is the moment a seed pops and a germ grows out, it's an event not a period. Back to repotting. I prepared all 4 pots 2 days in advance, the soil is a mix of my previous growth recycled loose soil and new Royal Mix Soil. I watered the soil yesterday with a 2ml ratio of Power Roots per Litre of water.

Abendkraut A week after transplanting all is going well, all 4 are steadily increasing their biomass. I just started using Xpert Nutrients Silica Force. With previous grows I had branches that were unable to hold their own weight in late flowering. To prevent this Silica is suppose to help strengthen the stem and structure. I will add it only once a week at a 1ml/L ratio until the 3-4 week of flowering. I've set up the scrog already based on reports and diaries this strain likes to grow a lot of branches so I'm prepared when it comes to separating.

Abendkraut Heavy training week. No 1 to 3 got defoliated and some LST. All for have been topped once while 1-3 again got topped twice. I will keep training for another week and give time for the branches to reach the scrog and build a robust stem.

Abendkraut Probably the last week of veg. I used the scrog and daily tucked the heads under the net. Number 2 worked best with this training method. Number 4 stopped gaining hight about a week ago, I hope that the early flower stretch lets me separate the branches with the scrog. Adding silica seems to help with the stem and braches stability, not sure it this strain just has a strong structure or if the silica did the difference. Update: Switched to flower after a last defoliation on 13/05

Abendkraut I switched to a 12-12 day/night cycle 4 days ago and some are already stretching upwards. I kept the nutrients low with only 1ml/L of Terra Bloom, 0.5ml/L of Power Roots and once a week I added Silica. Might add more images midweek if they progress rapidly.

Abendkraut I'm a little behind on my diary entry. So week 2,5 of flowering and I can already tell that they are growing bigger and faster than previous grows. Adding silica really improved the structure, which allows a bigger intake of water. Currently I can give about 1.3L per plant per day. i can really recommend adding silica if you haven't tried yet.

Abendkraut Another great week and fantastic progress. Trichomes and pistils everywhere. The smell is developing nicely, the past week heatwave was not an issue for them. I might add more buds closeups midweek.