2nd Grow

Left the seeds in water for 18hrs and they had sunk so put them into the paper towels within sandwich bags. The seeds all popped within 24hrs and I started them off in rootit sponges. All came up within 24hrs. I'd a little hassle with a couple of them curling both stem and tap root so I stuck in a stick to support them. I added abit more perlite than last time in the solo cups so hopefully I can't overwater when watering to runoff. I've no humidifier so may need to test out some stone age methods of raising the humidity as it may become an issue. Excited to be growing again.

😯 Monday I think I've slowed their growth a little, compared to the last run, by keeping them in the rootit sponges for a little longer than necessary. We'll see if they speed up after the transplant shock wears off! I'm finding messing around with pH up and down a little annoying. Once the final transplant is done I wont need the Piranha, voodoo juice and root stim so the pH perfect tech from Advanced Nutrients should get to do it's job. 😕 Wednesday Reduced down the nutrient regime to 1ml per 3litres as slight sign of nutrient burn on one plant. 😐 Thursday Fed at the reduced 1ml per 3l for the main trio of micro, grow, bloom. PPM pen has no battery power so I'll have to source one of those flat round ones soon. 😀 Friday Same feeding plus a spray of some seaweed extract to try and bring the humidity up a touch. Roots have hit the bottoms of the solo cups so I'm happy they're doing well. Some redding/purpling on the stems of one or two so I'll need to keep an eye out for stresses. Most likely they're not liking the low humidity. The runt of the litter has grown some strangely shaped leaves but it's still going. I'll be proud if it makes it to flowering tbh. I might hold it in the solo cup and centre it in the tent like I did to the runt the last run. 😃 Saturday Fed with mix from yesterday. pH went up to 6.5 within 24hrs so dropped it back to 5.8 Accidentally knocked one off the tray I use and it took a tumble. Will surely stress it a bit but looked somewhat recovered after feeding. They all seem to be focused on pushing the new growth on the existing growth points rather than pushing upwards. I'm hoping they move upwards again because I want to top them sometime next week after transplanting them tomorrow.

Monday😵 Goddamn transplanting is a pain! But... it was nice to see pure white roots. Little to no wrapping around so I think I got them at the right time compared to the last run. Tuesday 😲 One of the haze's looked abit shocked and droopy after the transplant.I didn't soak the coco as I was mixing on that one which was lazy of me. I had watered afterwards but I don't think it properly soaks all of the underneath coco. One of the Royal Cookies had twisted leaves so maybe that one was a little dry aswell. Put at least 1.5l into each of them. Measured the runoff to make sure i got to 30%. So hopefully I can dial it in over the next few days. Wednesday 😀 The girls have more of a spring in their step....and leaves. More praying than drooping going on. Some vertical growth coming on in all but the runt of the litter. Thursday 😬 So they're all topped down to the 3rd node and removed the growth underneath that. Kept the leaves to help spur them on. The petioles are still quite red so perhaps something is amiss still. A little nervous but I'm hoping they'll kick back with focused growth. Once there's some growth I'll be training to try and mainline. It may not help my yields as I'm keeping the girls fairly squat, but it'll look tidy! Friday Saturday Sunday All a blur! Fed the usual mix.

Monday😡 I found a limp growth shoot on one of the ladies. I must have been too rough when placing it in lst bondage. I've put something to wrap round it on the off chance that it recovers but it's unlikely. So half the yield is probably gone on that plant :( All others taking the training fine. Of course I'm worried of repeating my mistake when touching them even slightly now! 3 of the 4 are on their second node after topping. I'll chop back to the first once they've developed three. Apart from on the broken plant. I may just leave that develop as many side branches as possible instead of going for a mainline. Tuesday 😊 Woot! The limp growth shoot came back to life. My patchwork must have achieved something! The fan leaves on the shoot are still a little limp but they're operating off the same pathways so I'm guessing the plant is ensuring it's future growth before reinvigorating the current leaves. Topped all but one for the second time. It's a little tricky performing lst on such delicate tips but I'm trying to be careful! I put a gash in one by accident so there's a second girl that received first aid bandaging. I noticed one of the haze has started asymmetrical growth on one side so that may ruin my plans for mainlining on her. I'll just have to see how it goes! Wed -> Thur -> Fri -> Sat Nothing spectacular. Just fed and watered and rejigged the LST Sunday 😀 I'm a little worried about the papery feel from one of the hazes. Curling downwards at the edge of the leaves also. If it was curling up at the edges I'm guess heat stress but max temps are 25c. It also looks a little Nitrogen toxic but afaik I'm feeding fairly lightly. It's the only one with that deep dark green. So I'm feeding it last now and adding a little extra water to soften the PPMs somewhat.

I've lost multiple tops due to breakage when low stress training. I dont think this mainlining thing is for me. So frustrated at the slow progress and self sabotage... I think I'll just leave them bush out for the next two weeks and then flip coz I'm fucking annoyed at all the damage I've done...

Plenty of LST done. Some strength seems to have been gained because I haven't accidentally broken any tops in a week!

Monday 😎 Restarting the root stimulants now that we've switched to flowering cycle. I lost another couple of tops due to breakage LSTing. I'll be adding some b52 or silica next round to try and help with stem strength. The most vigorous looks to be the Royal Cookies #2. Maybe it'll make up for Royal cookies #1s single top! I would have liked to veg out for a couple of weeks longer but I need everything chopped by early Jan. Giving myself

Cal/Mag deficiency with one of them visible in the bottom left of the image. I've given a little cal mag. The runoff is 1000pm with 800 input so may be due to some sort of lock out. Thursday 😟 I committed to a pretty big defoliation job on them. Nervous about it as I should have done it just before switching to flowering cycle. But there hasn't been too much stretch or pistils and I know some people do a defoliation at end of week 3 of stretch so here's hoping it directs energy to the right places!

I've cut out the Mothers Earth bloom tea as a daily regular. I've a feeling it's partly the reason the soil pH has spiked to 6.4-6.5 and that the PPMs have spiked to 1200. Going to flush down to 1000 PPM tomorrow and I'll reintroduce it once a week for a couple more weeks. Looking to get the extra flavour and terpenes from the organic elements hopefully. Nirvana and b52 introduced. I held off because the bottles say to start on week 3. I've also stopped the root enhancers (piranha/voodoo juice) as I'd say the stretch is mostly done. I'm a little worried as there are still no obvious signs of flowering. If there's nothing in the next few days I'll switch to 11/13 to help get them going.

Going ok so far. Had an issue with updating that has been resolved. The royal cookies seem to take a stronger feed. I've cut back the shining silver haze watering to 700ppm and updated the Royal Cookies to 900.

The cookies has stretched far more than the haze which has surprised me. Perhaps I mislabelled them early on? The haze also has more trichome development at this stage so its quite possible. Added a second fan to reduce the risk of budrot.

One plant has a mutation where its budding from the base of the leaves. Thought it was just pistils at first but they seem to be growing tiny buds! Wednesday Whoops... Looks like I accidentally hit a button on the electronic timer to set it to permanently ON! Luckily I was home and up early enough to see the lights had stayed on. They got an extra 3 hours of light which will probably mess with their hormones :( I'll keep an eye out for signs of herming but fingers crossed it wont have a major impact.

The "hazes" that are likely royal cookies mislabelled (by me) are really filling out on top. Maybe 2 weeks left for them Id guess. A gorgeous spicy smell when brushed and frosting up great. The "royal cookies" that is likely the super silver haze mislabelled (by me) have alot more bud sites and are much taller. Not a single pistil has retreated into the calyx. Theyre pure white and standing straight to attention. Not filled out of frosted yet but the sweet sacherine smell when brushed reminds me of pez sweets.

Cut the b52 from the nutrient regime. The lemon shining silver hazes are smelling delicious and the colas are the biggest in my 2 grow history. Ive maintained the nutrient schedule with them. The royal cookies calyxes are fully swollen on top so Ive flushed down to 200 ppm. My water is about 80 so theres a little nutrition in the coco still. They are coming along a little faster than anticipated. Small number of amber trichomes on the upper buds. Ive learned from last time to let it go abit longer until I spot a few amber on the mid to lower buds. Excited about the yield even with having broken 2 of the plants at an early topping stage.

One of the Lemon Shining Silver Haze's continues its monster bud growth. Ive had to add a few splinters to maintain branch integrity and the soft wire to help keep them upright. The smaller haze has a gorgeous exotic smell of grapefruit or passionfruit. The larger one is more sweet citrus. I've spent some more time with the exotic smelling pheno of the Lemon Shining Silver Haze and I've come to the conclusion it's a peach smell. I'm guessing it's got quite alot of geraniol. After some reach I found this description of that terpene: "Besides cannabis, geraniol can be found in lemons and tobacco. Its smell reminds of rose grass, peaches and plums. It’s usually used in aromatic bath products and body lotions. Geraniol has shown a lot of potential as a neuroprotectant and antioxidant." https://cannacon.org/15-terpenes-cannabis-explained/ A few amber trichs on the Royal Cookies so it'll be chopped within the next week.

Haze being fed at 800ppm still. Cookies being flushed with tap water.

All flushing now. Harvested the mini cookies plant to try out water curing. Snapped two colas from reg cookies plant but air drying those and will jar cure afterwards.

I was hoping to chop these with the Hazes but due to finding bud rot in one of the lower branches I decided to not take the risk. The two Royal Cookies grew squat. I had issues with breaking stems after topping so this is basically the harvest from 1.5 plants. They were both light feeders. I overfed in veg and they developed quite dark leaves. They maxed out at 800ppm but even then there was some tip burn issues. Very few amber trichs despite me going at least 2 weeks over documented flower time. They got a 3 week flush. Leaves turned a purpley black. The upper buds turned a similar colour too. I did have a few nights where I forgot to replug the heater so it went to 13c. Not sure if that, or the long flush, influenced the colours. There's a lovely bass smell to them, peppery and chocolatey. After hanging to dry I can see the sugar leaves are absolutely coated in trichs on the back so they should make some nice ice hash once dry trimmed. Im a little disappointed with the yield. This certainly doesnt seem to be something to grow if youre doing it commercially.

The Royal Cookies have been chopped so the Haze girls have been moved to try to take advantage of all those yummy extra photons! Theyre drinking faster and faster so Ive removed the dehumidifiers and will have to keep an extra close eye for bud rot.

Still just flushing. Last week now before the harvest

This strain is what I imagined a cannabis plant to be when I started growing. Long packed colas of resinous stinky bud. Delighted with the genetics on this. Excellent bud structure. No molding or bud rot despite humidity issues at one stage. Really just a quality plant that was happy to take the nutrients, water and care afforded to her. Trimming: Oh wow does this have more leaves than the cookies! The gorgeous scent released when trimming makes up for it though!