Luzid Mendo Crème Dream 🍦😺

Kushycat There isn't much to report yet, as you can see. They took their time soaking up water before finally cracking open. They're now in the tent, and the lamp is running at 40% power on an 18-hour schedule. Tomorrow I'll turn on the humidifier and let nature take its course. One exciting change for future grows is that I'll be generating my own electricity to power them. Since they're still small and stretched a bit despite being kept in a bright spot, I've given them some support with stakes. Their stems are already strong enough to hold themselves up, but I'd rather not take any chances. I've also engineered a high-performance watering device to prevent the kind of water-related disasters I've managed to create in previous grows. See the pictures for this cutting-edge technology. xD

Kushycat Hi, I'm a little late with this update because I haven't been feeling very well lately. The little ones seem to be doing fine so far. 🌱 I've been careful with watering. I haven't weighed the pots, but I've started to get a feel for whether they're dry or can wait another day. I was wondering why they were growing so slowly. At first I thought it might be because I left them on the balcony for the first two days since the weather was nice. I figured a little sunshine wouldn't hurt at the start. ☀️ After comparing them, I realized the lamp was hanging a bit too high. It's running at 40% power and is now about 70 cm above the plants after I adjusted it. I'll probably switch on the second lamp in the next few days and lower them a little more. How low would you go at this stage? They seem much happier now, and I've definitely noticed better growth since adjusting the light. I'm taking it easy this run. This time I have the luxury of playing Mother Nature myself and deciding when the flowers start to bloom. 😄🌿

Kushycat Another week has passed 🌱 Everything is fine, but I’m dealing with a few fungus gnats ?. Only a small number, but I want to get rid of them early. I know most growers end up with them at some point, but I’d rather not let them settle in and multiply. I’ve set up yellow sticky traps ? and will add neem oil at the next watering 🌿. Growth has picked up noticeably 🌿✨, but I’m still running the light at 40% power. It’s brutally hot outside ☀️, and the tent is already sitting at around 31°C 🔥. I’ll switch on the activated carbon filter now, and if everything goes to plan, there should be a small air conditioner in the grow space by the end of the month ❄️. I topped the plants ✂️🌱, and just a day later I can already see the first tiny signs of new upward growth. They’re very vigorous 💪🌿 and gently swaying in the fan’s airflow 🌬️. I’m still watering carefully 💧, but I can tell they’re getting thirstier now—partly because of the heat ☀️ and partly because their growth has really taken off 🚀🌱

Kushycat Hi everyone! 👋🌱 Sorry for the late update, but unfortunately I've had a lot on my plate lately. On top of that, I may have a fracture in my already injured foot. 😅 Hopefully I'll know more soon. Well... I finally found some time and, more importantly, the motivation to write an update again. To be honest, the whole situation has been pretty tough on me lately, and I've been struggling a bit mentally. But hey... life goes on somehow. 💚 Oh, and it looks like the woman is gone too, so I guess I'm single again. 😂🙈 Now to the important part! 🌿 It has been extremely hot in the tent, and I still haven't bought an air conditioner. The girls handled the heat surprisingly well, but they've barely grown over the past few days. It was a constant balancing act between keeping the nighttime temperatures as low as possible and maintaining decent relative humidity. 🌡️ I managed to get rid of the fungus gnats with neem oil, although I think I was a little too generous with the dosage, which caused some minor leaf damage. 😅🍃 Luckily, it wasn't anything serious, and they're already recovering nicely from the heat stress and the neem treatment. I'll definitely keep them in the vegetative stage a little longer. More hot weather is on the way, and I'd like them to grow a bit bigger before flipping them to flower. 🌱☀️ They should move into their final 12-liter Air-Pots within the next few days. Technically, this is already Week 5, but I'm going to stick with my weekly update schedule and hopefully stay on track with a new update every seven days from now on. 🤞📅🌱 Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you're all having an amazing grow! 💚🌿

Kushycat Oh yeah, I'm late with the update again, but you guys already know how it goes... struggling every day. 😹 As you can see, it was definitely time to repot the girls. While they were still in their little pots, I had some Guerilla Juice left over from my outdoor plants, but it only helped them a little. I planted all the girls a bit deeper because I want them to get used to their new home first. Then I'll turn them into some nice little bushes before they start flowering. 🌱😄 I think they'll root in over the next few days and recover from the nutrient deficiency and everything else. Fingers crossed! 🤞💚

Kushycat Oh well, what can I say... late again. 😹 No more promises, but I'll at least try to stay on schedule this week. I've been pretty busy with my foot and my emotional rollercoaster—you know how it is, same old story. My foot isn't broken, which is good, but it still hurts, which isn't. 😅 So... back to the doctor I go. It's getting a bit boring at this point, I know. Now, back to the main topic! As you could see in my last update, I repotted the ladies, and they seem to love their new home. They've settled in nicely, and I'm really happy with how they're doing so far. I'm also excited to share that I've somehow managed to become part of the BioTabs team! A huge and heartfelt thank you to @Mia_BIOTABS for making that possible. 💚 Since the soil is fresh and already lightly pre-fertilized, I didn't add any Tabs yet—just Mycotrex and Bactrex. In the near future, I'll top-dress with some silica and add a BioTab to the soil. I figured that would be a good way to prepare them for the transition into flowering. I've also done a few rounds of topping, trimming, and a bit of plant bondage. 😹 I'm already really happy with how they're looking, but they still need a little more time to grow. I think another 3–4 weeks of veg should do the trick. 🌱

Kushycat Hello, fellow plant lovers! 🌱😄 The journey continues—no reins, no rails... just rolling with it. xD There isn't much to report at the moment. The girls have settled in really well, they're getting a little training every day, and they'll get a light trim over the next few days. Another heat wave has rolled through the country, but it's still manageable—around 28°C indoors and a little warmer inside the tent. So far, they've only been getting pH-adjusted water, and they seem perfectly happy with that. 💚

Kushycat Hi everyone, Unfortunately, I’ve been having some issues with the website and haven’t been able to post any updates—sometimes I couldn’t even access the site. I think it has something to do with the updates. In the end, clearing my browser’s cache helped. If anyone else is having similar problems, that might be a solution. But now, on to the main topic: Weeeeed. 😁 Not much has happened. I pruned her back nicely and keep tying the branches down a little bit. Other than that, I’ve just been watering her and fertilizing her with love. So far, I’m pretty happy with how she looks. Now I want her to grow a little taller, and then she’ll start flowering soon. I can’t detect any scent from my Mendo girls yet, but I can see that they’re growing faster than their Ccaramba sisters, and I think they’ll have the most stretch. Basically, I’m just waiting for it to get a little cooler outside so I can turn on the second lamp and start the flowering phase.

Kushycat Hello, fellow growers and plant lovers! It looks a little wild, but I’m wild too, and after all, it’s still a little piece of nature. 😁 The ladies got a nice Silicium Flash topping, and as you can see, they seem to love it. I’m pretty happy with how they’re doing so far. I’ll give them another trim over the next few days, and then we’ll see how it goes. Luckily, it’s not as hot outside anymore, and the rooms are cooling down a bit as well. Until next time! 🌱☀️

Kushycat Edward Scissorhands came to visit and just wanted to have a look at the plants. Oh, I saw it coming—in the end, a whole bunch of leaves and little branches were gone. 😹 But I reassured him because he was so embarrassed. Oh, dear Edward, I wanted to trim the ladies up a bit anyway, so you actually helped me out. So, a big thank you to Edward for his helpful scissor hands! ✂️🌱

Kushycat The two ladies have recovered really well from their visit to the hairdresser and the bondage studio and have already developed some new shoots and foliage. 😄 The troublemaker was harvested today, so they’ll be starting to flower soon. Tomorrow, once the lights come on, I’ll turn on the second lamp, and then switch them to a 12-hour cycle shortly after. I’m really excited—the smell is already amazing when you rub, cut, or bend them. I gave them their first dose of Ogratex as well, since they had started looking a little pale.

Kushycat So, finally another update from inside. I wasn’t feeling too well again, but oh well—I took care of the ladies yesterday, and they weren’t feeling too great either. At first, I thought I hadn’t watered them enough, since their little ears were drooping quite a bit. So I watered them generously, but there was still no change the next day. Then I thought, hmm, maybe the surface and the edges of the Airpots were dry, but the core was too wet—overwatered—and that was causing the leaves to droop. So I didn’t do anything for two days, but it just got worse. Now I’ve given them another radical pruning and then carefully checked the center with a sterilized knife to see if everything was wet or dry. Yep, it was dry—like a desert. I did this for every plant, then placed a broken-up BioTab about 3 cm deep into the soil for each one, carefully covered it up, and watered them with Orgatrex. My conclusion is that they were too dry and had run out of nutrients. Because of their large leaf mass, they were losing a lot of water through evaporation, and these two factors caused them to wilt. The fact that I was right seems pretty clear from the fact that they’re recovering and looking more vibrant every day. Starting tomorrow, I’ll reduce the lighting time and switch to the flowering cycle.

Kushycat I couldn't keep my hands to myself and ended up pruning them again—removing leaves and small shoots that were bothering me. Other than that, I've been gradually switching them over to flowering mode over the past few days. Switching from 18/6 to 12/12 overnight seems too unnatural to me, even though they're indoors. So I've been gradually reducing the light cycle over several days while slightly increasing the lamp's wattage. The stretch phase can go as long as it needs to—there's plenty of room overhead. I might have pushed the ladies a bit too hard with the long vegetative phase and frequent HST, since one of them already showed pistils after the first light-cycle change. I'll keep a closer eye on all the girls from now on and hope no nasty little penises show up. xD

Kushycat So now we’re in the first week of flowering, and I’m really happy with how things are going. The plants are constantly putting on more leaf mass, so I have to prune them every few days to remove the light-stealers and the small shoots that keep popping up. They take it all in stride and reward me by stretching nicely. 😄 The lights are now running at 60% power. My goal is to reach 80–90% during flowering weeks 5–6, and then gradually dial them back again for a nice fade. A very kind person sent me a few very special treats, so I already have some of the ingredients for the next run ready to go. But more on that once this one starts winding down. 😉

Kushycat Hello, fellow plant lovers! Finally, an update... Luckily, I took a few photos along the way. I was caught up in the outdoor harvest rush and really went all out. The hardest part is behind me now, so I have more time for the girls in the apartment, who are doing really well. The stretch has been moderate, but that’s exactly what I wanted. I removed a few leaves again, but they’ll grow back in just a couple of days.

Kushycat And on we go—or rather, on with the blooms! The stretching phase seems to be almost over, and the plants are thriving. They’re developing some nice buds and plenty of pistils, and according to reports, the first frost has even been spotted. Of course, I’ve pruned them again. I think I’ll give them one more thorough pruning, and after that, I’ll only remove leaves as needed. As I’m uploading the pictures, I just realized I made a mistake. I rearranged the plants a bit, so some of the photos now show one Caramba and one Mendo Creme side by side. I’ll post a video in the next few days showing the two strains separately.