Gassy Eddy and Couch Slumper

DuckDuckObtuseGoose Week 2 Grow Diary Update Man…now we’re actually growing plants. We officially crossed over from “staring at dirt and anxiety” into “oh shit, they changing every morning.” This week taught me a LOT about phenotypes and personalities. Same tent. Same soil. Same light. Same environment. Four completely different attitudes already. 🌱 Couch Slumper #1: Quiet assassin energy. Clean structure. Sharp serrations. Tight node spacing. Looking like the kid in class that doesn’t say much but casually gets a 98 on every test. 🌱 Gassy Eddy #1: Balanced. Chill. Reliable. Gives me “solid starter on a playoff team” vibes. Not flashy, but healthy and stable. 🌱 Gassy Eddy #2 aka Wemby: This fool built like Victor Wembanyama already. Stretchy ass stem. Had to add more soil around him because bro was growing like a newborn giraffe. But the vigor is CRAZY. 🌱 Couch Slumper #2 aka E. Honda: Started off fighting for his life with the membrane and shell situation. Thought he might be cooked. Nope. Little dude came back compact, thick, squat, and built like he’s ready to slap somebody 100 times in Street Fighter. Definitely the most unique pheno so far.

DuckDuckObtuseGoose This week was all about the first major transplant into the fabric pots. Definitely had some nerves flipping them upside down out the solo cups, but everybody survived and bounced back strong. Had a little dirt on GE2 during transplant and thought I traumatized the lil homie, but she recovered nicely overnight. Current squad: * Wemby * E-Honda * Drew Brees * Tracy McGrady aka The Franchise Right now The Franchise and E-Honda looking like the early stars of the tent. Thick leaves, tight node spacing, strong stems, and that aggressive new growth coming in every morning. Drew Brees steady and consistent. Wendy the smallest right now but still healthy and fighting. Started noticing different personalities/pheno traits too: * some leaves stacking tighter * some broader and flatter * slight purple stems showing on a couple plants * different growth speeds already Honestly one of the coolest parts so far is realizing they really all grow different even in the same environment. Biggest lessons this week: * don’t overwater * stop panicking over every leaf * light watering around root zones works WAY better after transplant * airflow matters more than I thought * patience is probably the hardest part of growing Tent overall looking healthy: ✅ no major deficiencies ✅ no stretching ✅ transplant success ✅ strong new growth ✅ color looking good Still learning every day, but I ain’t gon lie… seeing them wake up bigger every morning is addictive

DuckDuckObtuseGoose Week 3 Grow Update 🌱🔥 The babies officially settling in now. Gassy Eddy and the squad looking healthy, compact, and bushy as hell. Been dialing in the environment and it’s showing — sitting around low 70s temp, mid 60s humidity, VPD around 0.9-1.0. Tent finally starting to feel “locked in.” Added a light feeding of FoxFarm Grow Big at about 1.5 tsp/gallon. Nothing crazy. Just enough to let them know we in business now 😂. Leaves came back dark healthy green and growth exploded in the centers. Been doing leaf tucking instead of topping so far. Opened the middle up and exposed a bunch of hidden growth sites. The structure on these girls getting real interesting now. Short internode spacing too — they stacking tight. Had a minor “what the hell was that” moment with what looked like fungus gnats or soil mites, so sticky traps got deployed immediately. Monitoring closely, but no visible damage on leaves or undercarriage. Plants still praying and pushing hard. Biggest lesson this week: Patience overworking the plants. I’m learning that sometimes the best move is to stop touching shit and let the babies do their thing 😂 Overall: * Environment stable * Feeding introduced * Growth accelerating * Canopy thickening * No major deficiencies * No major stress We moving. 🚀

DuckDuckObtuseGoose Week 4 Grow Diary – The Girls Are Settling In Week 4 is officially in the books, and overall I couldn’t be happier with how things are progressing. The biggest takeaway this week is that the two smaller plants that started life in solo cups have finally started catching up. A week ago, there was a pretty noticeable size difference between them and the larger plants that were started directly in the 5-gallon pots. Now, they’re finding their footing, establishing roots, and beginning to close that gap. The larger plants continue to lead the pack. Growth has been vigorous, leaves are broad and healthy, and the structure is starting to shift from a single dominant top into a bushier profile. Three of the four plants have already been topped, and the recovery has been excellent. New shoots are emerging from each topping site and beginning to take over as future main branches. Environmental conditions have improved significantly this week as well. Humidity briefly climbed higher than I wanted, reaching into the 80% range at one point, but after making adjustments to airflow and exhaust settings, things settled back into a much healthier range. Current conditions are hovering around 77°F with humidity around 61%, putting VPD right around 1.2 kPa. The plants appear much happier under these conditions. Watering remains straightforward. I’ve been paying close attention to pH and making adjustments as needed. Tap water was testing around 6.9–7.0, so I’ve begun using pH Down to bring things into a more desirable range before feeding. No major nutrient program changes have been made at this point, as the plants continue to look healthy and Happy Frog soil still appears to be providing what they need. One plant continues to stand out as being darker green than the others. There are also a couple of leaves showing very minor clawing and a few fan leaves displaying tiny yellow or white tips. At this stage, the symptoms are minimal and not widespread enough to cause concern. I’m treating it as an observation rather than a problem and will continue monitoring it closely over the next week. The trellis net is now in play and serving as an early framework for canopy management. Rather than waiting until the canopy fills the tent, I’ve already started guiding tops and secondary growth into separate squares. The goal is to build an even canopy as the plants continue to stretch and branch. Next week’s focus will be low-stress training. The objective is simple: open up the center of each plant, encourage lateral growth, and begin spreading tops across the available canopy space. No heavy defoliation is planned at this time. The plants are healthy, actively growing, and still benefiting from their larger fan leaves. Overall, Week 4 feels like a turning point. The topping has taken, the smaller plants are catching up, environmental conditions are dialed in, and the structure of each plant is beginning to take shape. Now it’s less about growing upward and more about building the canopy that will carry these plants through the rest of veg and into flower. The hardest part right now is resisting the urge to do too much. The plants are healthy, they’re growing, and they’re telling me pretty clearly to stay out of their way and let them work.

DuckDuckObtuseGoose Week 5 Grow Journal Update — Flip Week Date: June 4, 2026 Grow Stage: End of vegetative phase / Flip to flower Light Schedule: Switching to 12/12 Flower Day: Day 0 This week marks the end of Week 5 from seed and the official transition from vegetative growth into flowering. The plants have recovered well from topping and are showing strong new growth at the topped sites. The canopy is filling out under the trellis, and the plants appear healthy enough to begin the flower cycle. A light watering was completed today with pH around 6.8. A reduced amount of Grow Big was used to support the upcoming stretch without pushing too much nitrogen going into flower. The trellis net is in place, and the focus now is on guiding the stretch rather than doing heavy pruning. Only very light cleanup was considered before flip, mainly removing damaged leaves, leaves touching soil, or small lower shoots that clearly will not reach the canopy. Preflower structures were observed at the nodes. No confirmed male clusters were seen, so no plants were culled. The smaller plant that was being watched remains in the tent for now. The flowering schedule is being set to 12 hours on and 12 hours off, with the preferred target being lights on from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM and lights off from 9:00 PM to 9:00 AM. The GrowHub schedule required troubleshooting, but the goal is to maintain a consistent uninterrupted dark period. Overall, Week 5 closes with all plants still alive, healthy, topped, recovered, trellised, and ready to begin flowering.