Just Getting Started

Transplanted from solo cups to 7 gallon pots that are ~5 gallons full. 18/21 of seedlings sprouted in total with 5/5 Peyote Gorilla, 4/5 Do-si-do, 5/5 Banana Kush, 3/3 Wedding Cake, 1/3 Brain Killer Haze. Temperature control remains an issue for now as all of the lights on produce too much heat (reaching towards 88 F) during the day time for us to realistically run all of them without more fans. Some notes about Strains: Peyote Gorilla - Indica dominant hybrid, photoperiod. Cross b/w Peyote purple and GG#4. Projected yield: 450-600g. Flowering Time: 70 days. Taste: Berry, Earthy, Fruity, Petrol, Sweet. Do-si-do - F1 indica strain with cross b/w OG Kush, GSC, and "Secret hybrid". 19-23% THC content. Projected yield: 350-500g. Flowering Time: 49 days. Taste: Berry, Grape, Sweet. Banana Kush - Indica-dominant hybrid with cross b/w Ghost OG and Skunk Haze. 16-27% THC content. Flowering Time: 49 - 63 days. Wedding Cake - Indica cross b/w GSC and Cherry Pie. THC content: 19%. Projected yield: 450-550g. Flowering time: 55-60 days. Taste: Earthy, Sweet Vanilla Brain Killer Haze - Mostly Sativa. Very special strain takes up to 14 weeks to flower but can yield 600-1100g. THC content: 22%. Note* plant is very pH sensitive.

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Started low-stress training and topping this week. Wanted to wait for a build up of 4-5 nodes before topping. Waited to lst, but already within a day from these photos. Main stem readjusting back towards light. Also not mention that these have been growing outwards very nicely. Amazing genetics

Finally made it above the surface of the pot (filling up pot more next time for sure), low stress training and topping is making these plants look very bushy. Continued to top again most of the plants, except for 2 of them). Also got rid of two of the small dwarf plants that didn't grow, after removing them, their root structure was clearly not established and were duds (1x BK, 1x DSD). Down to 14 plants, however added 3 more seedlings that are growing very well (2x BKH, 1x WC). They are really starting to explode in growth now and we will continue to lst and top until switching to veg about another 4-6 weeks. Overall, the plants look excellent. The PG, WC, BKH are clearly the most successful and better genetics than BK and DSD, even though DSD is still growing very fast and tall. However, the other three are growing out more laterally and bushier in the process with lst and topping. Note: for BKH will likely veg out more in a separate veg and flower room for other 4 strains.

This week was relatively easy. Just watering for the most part and some additional topping was needed this week. No LST this week, just letting the plants really bush and gain some vertical height for once. Will probably LST this upcoming weekend again. We have decided we are probably not going to ScrOG this time around just because of space availability and the fact that these plants are already such an even canopy out horizontally (for the most part). Also added these garden stakes that we are experimenting with some of them just to additionally train as an alternative to scrogging. Overall, the plants are really growing out now and expanding out laterally. Many of them are starting to produce their smells, which is awesome. We will probably let these veg out for another 6-8 weeks, simply because we can and want to let the other part of our grow catch up.

Pretty good week and not too much happening other than just the minor defoliation last week to expose more leaves in the middle and give more energy to other parts of the plant. Plants responded very well to this and are growing even bigger. Again, we have stopped low stress train most of the plants at this point as they are almost perfectly bushy and we are just letting them grow out and up at this point while continuing to maybe remove a few leaves and readjust manually. About to start 2nd round of topping tomorrow.

Started to split plants this week to increase length horizontally for the plants considering how big the plants have grown in height this last week and that we are going to continue to veg for another ~8 weeks. They responded very well to this and have perked up since. Also, we added 2 quantum boards to the grow right in the middle and the spectrum really shows and has made a difference in the plants as they are reaching even more. Today, we decided to add a little bit of Cal Mag and sub-sequential pH Up to buffer to the water solution and we'll see how they respond. There is a little concern for the BKH as it is a pH sensitive plant, but it should be fine as pH was adjusted for. A large 40 gallon container was also added to let the water sit out which serves two purposes: 1) allow water to settle at room temp (less shock to roots) 2) Let any chemicals from tap water (ie. chlorine) evaporate. Humidity was extremely high this week (reaching 85 RH% one day) due to series of rain storms in area, however, averaged to 70 RH%.

Decided not to continue veg for another few weeks due to other complications and now we are flipping to flower (hence, why these look like beginning of flower as these pictures were taken a few days into flower week. We flushed the plants in darkness for about 24 hours and many of the lower leaves were hanging down, which made pre-flower defoliation really easy (1/2 pound trim using with coconut oil). The plants responded very well now a few days later and have grown in height again and now many of the bud site locations are popping up all over. It looks incredible. Also we have switched the lights and have added a 6000W main light (replaced two quantum boards from last week) and spread out the remaining 6 Led lights around evening the spectrum. Note: Pictures were taken a day after flush, prior to defoliation.

This week was nice and easy. They are just soaking up a ton of water as continually have to pretty much soak the whole pot every other day. Straight up they do not need any nutrients really at all as this soil just has and does it all for them (as you can see re photos). Many of the plants have continued to grow up and we have continued to defoliate in response as they just grow so fast, however, the distribution of colas and bud locations is pretty even and will hopefully provide for a largeeeeee yield. Very excited.

Temperature this week went back up on average 12-15 degrees, but the plants enjoyed the temperature rise. Medium defoliation this week to all of the plants spread out over 3 days and they definitely needed it. They responded very well to the defoliation as a lot of the lower and inner leaves that were not being hit directly by light were drooping or overlapping with other fan leaves in the same area. I imagine they will need to be defoliated again in around 2-3 weeks as they've been growing vertically so quickly and their buds are extending more towards the light. All the bud sites are officially identified, showing lots of hairs all down the stems and along the flower. Some of the plants are flowering faster than others most likely due an excess of fan leaves, so we defoliated those in response to help those plants get back on track to normal flower growth. Also removed lower bud sites that were not being directly hit by light to push more energy to the top of those plants. Regardless, they are nicely sized bud sites for only being 2 weeks into flower. Will probably continue to flower for another 7-8 weeks. Planning on cutting the BK and DSD a little prior to the rest of them. The BKH will take another 12 weeks. Note: We are watching some outer leaves on the WC that are displaying what looks like some nutrient burn on the tips (yellow tips), but it is most likely due to flowering and leaves changing color.

Buds have really started to develop more and are growing in physical size everywhere. Adding a lot of froth so far and crystals are starting to show on the leaves where the buds are forming. All up and down the stems buds are showing up and we really can see the yield is going to be huge on most of the plants. Just some minor defoliation again this week was needed for some of the plants as some of the buds are growing faster than others. However, this is also just due to genetics and the way the phenos turned out. We have has the most overall success with PG (5 for 5 pop) as all of them are already producing several large buds all over. The WC that was noted with the tip burn was definitely due to a nutrient or pH hold in the soil temporarily a week or two ago. Seems to have resolved itself, however, as the buds are growing nice and healthy. The one DSD to the right and BK to the left in the middle have crazy phenos as they are now nearly 4 feet tall each and they will easily be some of our largest yielders. The one BK that is very short, but perfectly even and the one BK we split seem to be growing slower than most of the others. The smell is starting to get a little more intense every week. The different smells from each of the plants is enough to overstimulate your nose, pretty incredible.

Heavy defoliation in the beginning of the week as they are really starting to dense up and start connecting all over. Many plants clearly needed defoliation as they are mainly focusing on flower development now. Several colas all over the plants are starting to grow in size and density. Many of the plants have started to show colors in the buds ranging from light orange to dark orange. There are sugar leaves everywhere now and the resin is starting to build up. When touching buds, fingers are coated in thick resiny, buildup and the smells range all over. Overall the plants are doing very well.

Similar to last week. simply just watering again and watching buds start to add a lot of density. When squeezing the buds, most of them are very dense no and there are lots of smells.

Photos this week were not taken.

Good week. We were able to actually cut some of the top buds off a couple plants. They were dense and ready and we want to push energy back into the mid-level buds that are finishing up. Some of the plants (ie BKH, WC) are still going to take more time to fill out but are really big right now. We are aiming to harvest in another 2 weeks for most plants. The PG are mostly finished now actually. All the buds are really dense now and packed w trichomes inside and out. The phenotype of leaves for the PG is incredible with a deep magenta purple on the underside with white trichomes.