Cookies Haze - Balcony '26

chaospace Continuing the "windoor" setup, with optional outdoor exposure when the temperatures rose above 15 °C.

chaospace I decided on no HST techniques at all. Instead, I'll do a LST, mounting the plant to the balcony rail. I also transplanted the plant into its final pot. A small one, but I am aiming for a compact habitus.

chaospace Nothing special this week

chaospace Started with bending the plant. Also, along with the entire balcony, I applied the spider mite treatment with Nissorun 10 WP.

chaospace Nothing special this week

chaospace I started with mounting the plant horizontally to the rail. She's also showing some signs of discomfort. I think there was mild overwatering combined with sunburns, due to the rainy weather and periods of intense sun.

chaospace Nothing special this week

chaospace Nothing special this week

chaospace Due to rising temperatures and sunlight, I used the rescue foil to protect the terracotta pots. The plant is growing steadily despite the heat waves.

chaospace Showing her stigmata. Besides the killing temperatures, nothing special this week.

chaospace The temps went back to norm. She's becoming a nice bush tree. I have no idea when she'll start to bloom in these conditions, but I think it could be in 3-4 weeks.

chaospace I removed two branches from inside the bush and did some bending. This plant sustained yesterday's supercell pretty well, but I did a preventive treatment with the Oidio Killer (Bacillus amyloquefaciens), too.

chaospace Nothing special this week

chaospace This week, she was on the drip. Circa 200 ml each day. After returning from my vacation, she was just fine, but thirsty 🙂 I didn't expect the heat waves to strike again when leaving, but with the drip irrigation, she only lost 3-4 leaves.

chaospace It seems that the stretch begun

chaospace The stretch continues. It must break really soon. Otherwise, I'll make her bloom 😀

chaospace After a few nights in that ugly cardboard box, she showed clear signs of switching to flowering 😍. Friday, a new grow tent arrived. It is quite small, but I only plan to use it to give the plant her 12 hours of darkness for the next two months. At 8 PM, into the box; at 8 AM out and back to the balcony. In the middle of September, there should be enough darkness outdoors, but the tent is a good backup for rainy nights, too.

chaospace A really strong wind this Friday. The Velcro straps didn't hold the plant in place. But she knows how to fall and looks fine after all.

chaospace Now it blooms nicely. It was just another week with the plant on the balcony during the day and in the tent at night. I added a quiet exhaust fan connected to an Aqara THP sensor as a hygrostat due to excessive humidity buildup. I am really wondering what the next piece of indoor equipment to buy will be... Instead of pruning the backseat passengers, I tried to change the orientation of the plant. Now all branches are nicely exposed to the sun.

chaospace Now she's blooming wonderfully. The only problem is the smell in the tent at night, since she's spending more and more time indoors. Time to drop some bucks again :) The water consumption increases significantly.

chaospace Three to four weeks remaining. She looks better every single day. I am really looking forward to the harvest 🤩

chaospace We're slowly entering the pre-harvest stage. Next week, I plan to lower the nutrients and let her spend more time on the balcony. The forecast is quite favorable for this. By the end of next week, the trichomes will probably tell us how close we are to harvest.

chaospace The buds are swelling nicely; the leaves are yellowing. This week, she's been on 1/2 nutrients; next week we'll go down to 1/4. And circa 30% runoff. Waiting just for the trichomes to signal harvest time. I found a few nasty bugs on some leaves and branches (coccidae). Never seen these on cannabis, but at this stage, I'm only removing the bugs and discarding the leaves eventually.

chaospace The last week. From Monday, I was gradually reducing nutrients down to zero. Friday, I decided there would be no more waiting. She got a nice wet trim, and I cut her down.

chaospace After cutting her down, I switched the tent to drying mode. I am really curious if that OpenGrowBox thingy would be better than just hanging the plant somewhere and forgetting it until next week 😀 The stem was thick enough to drill a hole through. I wanted to use #OpenGrowBox for drying too, but after a day of playing around, I found several bugs in the dryer mode, and I could easily overdry her. I fixed them, and I really hope the maintainer will accept my pull request 😀 Anyway, I finished with 54 g of nice larger buds, 23 g of small buds, and 6 g of popcorn. In total, 83 g, which is more than nice in such a small pot. I pressed the popcorn for my fermentation experiments, leaving part aside for tasting until the main batch cures properly.