Fall Grow 2019

9/12 -Germination went well! Plants have been successfully transplanted as they begin their vegetative growth. -CC#2 germinated late but it really stretched today 9/15 -Both plants doing amazing. -CC #2 is stretching a little bit more than I like to see but its not extreme as of yet.

9/24 -Both plants are doing great! CC#1 has a weird leaf deformity but its totally fine, its growing very well otherwise.

9/26 -CC #1 doing great despite small deaf deformity on first set of fan leaves. Thats totally fine because this grow I don't plan on letting any leaves get over 2 weeks old. Going to focus on defoliation this grow and compare to last. Same genetics although not ideal because I won't be able to compare against a true negative control. -CC #2 caught up to CC#1 and is doing great. Accidentally knocked it while watering it end of last week, but with the crutch its doing fine, completely unnoticed.

10/4 -Both plants looking amazing, growing on schedule. CC1 was showing signs of slight stress, so I held off on the next feeding and it seemed to do the trick. -CC2 FIM'ed, going to start LST on both in the coming few days. Going to let CC2 recover a little bit first

10/12 -LST done on both plants, they are doing quite well. -CC #1 was being cantankerous but its doing much better. Upped the dose of Grow nutrients to 12, last grow 14 mL/gal was way too high, I saw a little bit of burn so im going to do a slow nutrient dose increase keeping the type of water I use consistent.

10/16 -Some pretty heavy LST done on CC2 the past week, she's really been growing well. Stretching to the moon. CC#1 is really interesting because its growing completely differently, concentrating on canopy branches and has a really thick, developed canopy. Im not really finding myself having to do a lot of LST on it because hey, the canopy is pretty even. I am going to do some LST to expose some smaller bud sites to some direct light and see if that helps. -I feel completely stupid but this whole time I thought my light was 500W but in fact it was only 108W. Im going to add 260W to it by the beginning of November, won't really make a huge difference with this grow but its going to matter with this coming grow im going to start germinating this week.

10/23 -Heavy LST done on both plants during week 6. Theres been just absolutely insane growth. Explosive in nature. LST is working wonders on growing out the bud sites. Im going to be supplementing my lighting with twice the power. Going to upgrade from 108W to 350W LEDs. Hoping to triple my yields.

10/30 -Both plants are doing really really well. Both plants are beginning their second stretch. So much so that I had to bend three main cola sites slightly down to give the rest of the growth time to catch up. I didn't want the plant to transition to just focusing on those towering bud sizes. Going to release the strings once the undergrowth catches up. The time lapse is proving to be forever useful in identifying growth patterns and issues with the grow. Highly recommend it to all my fellow growers out there. Very useful tool.

11/6 -Both plants doing really well. Did a heavy defoliation on CC#2 this week and she responded really well. She's really starting to thicken up in the undergrowth. CC#1 seems to be permanently locked in leaves up loving life situation. Love to see it. CC#1 is a little bit more cantankerous than CC#1 but that's ok, Cream cookies in my experience has two phenotypical expressions, one hearty and one which is more sensitive. Both are large yielders but just have different grow patterns. This is evident in the time lapse ive been making since week 4. Really informative to have video growth data to see when the plant is ready for water and when its stressed and what not.

11/14 -Everything this week has been going great. Both plants are really thickening up and really benefiting from the defoliation, as im seeing some thickening of the undergrowth. I know I did a decent job defoliating because the plant naturally lollipopped itself which was nice to see, all the undergrowth stretched really far into the canopy. Even though they are small its still nice to see. Going to do some more defoliation as the week progresses, I tend to do it in 10 day cycles. 11/18 -Got my DSLR set up with a tripod and I figured out how to take HDR photos with Aurora 2019, and oh my. Enjoy.

11/20 -Both plants are in the home stretch! Color change beginning to happen with the fan leaves. This is to be expected as we near harvest time. I checked the trichomes last week and im going to let her grow for at least another week and then start the flush beginning in week 12. -Both plants are really thickening up which im very happy with. Im also seeing some really dense bud growth, which im proud of myself for. In past grows my buds weren't as thicc as I would have liked but the goal is to be a better grower with each grow. I definitely feel like things are definitely on an upward trajectory!

11/27 -This week is going very well, some slight Ca/Mg/Fe deficiencies cropping up in both plants, so i've decided to include only Ca/Mg/Fe at double the dosage during flush as to avoid any final growth issues. Also looked up a nutrient pH activity chart, and decided to pH balance my feed to 6.07 (all nutrients are active at that pH). Harvest sometime this week! Very excited. These plants have just been so nice and enjoyable to grow. Loving these genetics.

I am pleasantly surprised with this grow. This is my second time growing Cream Cookies and my yields have increased by 400%. Cream Cookies #2 was the heaviest yielder coming in at 224.04 grams wet. Coming in at almost a quarter POUND for one plant just makes me grin from ear to ear. Im so extremely happy with how ive been taking care of them. It seems that proper and methodical defoliation is the key to massive yields. Cutting fan leaves which block out a significant portion of the available light to the lower and developing bud sites proved to be a great choice. The plants look a little 'skinny' after defoliation, but the newly exposed bud sites explode into the canopy. Im just so very happy with how everything went. Haven't smoked yet its curing now, will update in two weeks!