T1G1 - Gorilla Girl

learned a lesson lol - running at about 30% output - burned some of the trees - lost a few along the way as well. 1st grow - 5x9 Gorilla Tent Current Culture 9 pot system - LOVE THIS - great design, easy to follow instructions, packed by hand and verified. if you want to do DWC - this is the way to go! @CurrentCulture #readyforautomation! 2 x California Lightworks Solarsystem 1100 = 2000w capacity - using the california lightworks light controller - it is perfect and easy to use. touchscreen is nice. Heavy 16 full line nutrients 8" CanFan exhaust with double length charcoal filter 6" CanFan inlet fan and filter shout out to @Sweet_seeds - 14/14 seeds successful germination -

turned up light intensity from 30% to 40%. increased exposure time by 1hr. water temp has been holding solid at 67*F ordering a larger water chiller - as temp increases in the room - it appears to be struggling to keep up.

roots started showing late last week. should see increased veg growth speed from here out. still going really smoothly - all previous light damage appears to have eased. still no need to add nutrients or more water - believe that will pick up continuing from now as well light is at 50% capacity now - heat is starting to creep up. some reconfiguring is going to be necessary - i plan to move the water chiller and air pump out of the tent -

topped the fastest growing plant yesterday. appears to be doing well so far. all are showing signs of female preflowers at this point. @Sweet_Seeds #gorillagirlrocks. showing some damage on plant #3. happened when i increased nutrients. after turning down the lights and giving an extra two hours of rest that night, all appear to be growing well and speeding up. all are showing significant root development. teeny tiny looks like i'll have to top less in order for it to catch up in size a bit.

beginning of week 5 - topped all plants. all appear to be doing well. added the foliar spray from @heavy_16 - few hours after and it hasn't killed anything - so thats good. honestly they appear to like it. likely my imagination - but the leaves appear to have grown faster since adding this am. 5 hours or so after. all appear to be showing small female pre-flowers. still have 8 plants. spots on plants are the foliar residue - no damage just makes the leaves a little oily apparently.

everything appears to be doing well. have continued to battle some root rot. really learning some lessons. the root stalks are getting huge. i'm really impressed with the strain. I smoked some gorilla cookies the other day and imagine it is similar to this... loved the smoke - made me even more excited for the grow. the plants all really want different nutrient rates. i would not recommend growing in a system like mine with anything other than clones. lesson learned flushed system - waited until completely full before adding nutrients - lesson learned still have to move the air pump and water chiller out of the tent - the large water chiller really adds more heat

girls are turning into trees! extremely thick stems and very fast veg. growth. topped final time before flowering. waited a bit long to add training, but the little i'm doing now seems to be working well enough. finally moved the water chiller and air pump out of the tent. day time temps have dropped a few degrees as a result. root rot has all cleared up - large, thick, pretty pretty white roots

final week before flower. things all appear to be filling out nicely. training earlier would have evened out the canopy. topping should have been done more frequently as there is a lot of unnecessary vertical growth. have moved the lights much closer! should have done that much much much earlier. lesson learned switching to 12/12 this coming thursday. (11JUL19)

11JUL19 -set the timer for 12 hour light cycle today. first day of 12/12 is tomorrow (12Jul19) i have spent most of the week training out the main colas into as much empty space as possible. it is really difficult now to get to the center of the tent. thinking that maybe SOG would be more easily managed, as opposed to SCROG. (lessons for next grow) took a vacation for 5 days. nutrients and set up have this grow running on auto pilot. makes it really difficult for someone that likes to "fiddle" with things. patience has been something that only makes the grow more successful. 15Jul19 - seeing nutrient deficiencies - added a half dose of base veg nutrients - heavy 16 bud a/b overall things are going smoothly. attempting to get that middle hole filled in by training in.

20Jul19 - really going gangbusters now! - have doubled in height at this point all ready. the humidity has really increased. i'm going to add a dehumidifier this week. temp range has really decreased. the blue lights run much warmer than the red lights apparently. i've mostly got the plants into the best shape i can. the plants aren't responding much to training anymore. 24Jul19 - spent multiple days clearing out all of the brush! ladies are slim and sleek. thank you for the answers to my question all! I really appreciate it. starting show signs of pistils everywhere on every plant now. woot woot!

25Jul19 - flushed system - ran with clean water overnight to clean out some gunk build up. 26Jul19 - added nutrients. final increase in nutrient strength according to the manufacturer. I like these nutrients, but man do they go fast. have nearly used a gallon of bud A/B. the plants are so big, they really want a lot. all plants showing flower sites. starting to look productive. all females and no indications of any plant becoming hermaphrodite. i'm going to have to figure out a better way to raise and lower the lights. while the ratcheting pulleys are great - i really need to get them nearly up to the roof of the tent. 27Jul19 - all but one showing flower sites - the last is in flower change, but isn't going nearly as fast as the others. I've lifted both lights nearly to the ceiling at this point and hope i have enough room. more training in the earlier stages would have been helpful at keeping the height down a bit. i started flowering at a little over a foot tall - the tallest has really stretched! its nearing 4 feet tall atm. continued signs of phosphorus deficiencies. (reddening / purpleing of leaf stems) believe this has to do more with the plant than the nutrients. they just need a ton of P.

went on vacation for 4 days. first three are from before i left. the rest are from today. the plants look great to me. way too tall though. even though the tallest stem is above the lights, the top flowers are still getting big. it would be great if i had another foot or two of height for the tent. bud sites appear to be getting larger very quickly. the smell has intensified a little but the largest difference is the amount of trichomes popping up every where. accidentally brushing against the stems results in sticky arms. the largest buds appear to be the size of the top joint of my thumb.

day 29 - into the fifth week we go. big difference in bud size from previous weeks - appears to be in full bloom on just about all plants. there is one plant lagging behind and still in early flower. it is getting to the same height as the 3 tallest. everything is getting ridiculously sticky! trichomes popping absolutely everywhere and covering everything. pistils upon pistils on flowering sites tallest plant has light burn on the tops of the highest branches. i have moved them out from underneath the tent and they appear to be recovering. day 32 - the entire tent is nearly full. from top to bottom and side to side. i can't move around without brushing plants and getting covered in trichomes. the buds have started fattening up at a very fast pace. everything appears to be going well. day 33 - worked in the garden a bit trying to open up the plants and clear out older fan leaves. ended up with my arms completely covered in sticky. it still hasn't washed off after 5 or 6 attempts. the smell is delicious - fruity/floral base with lemon and earth. thank you for all of the comments and well wishes. i appreciate the love

day 35 - flush and re-up on nutrients complete. i added another feeding last week, and believe I will continue that from now on. this plant is so nutrient hungry. the colas that are close to the light were getting burned and bleached out. more lines training the branches out. caused a lot of the 2nd 3rd and 4th node to receive much more direct light. i hope it shows up as heavy buds the length of the plant. crossing my fingers. mammoth p is awesome. i likely would have killed these plants several times over. big thanks to them for the awesome product!