Project "Cookie Monster"

!!! IMPORTANT !!! Picture labeled as "Deceased" are from Plant #1, eaten by my cat. I was making a pictures and looked aside from the tent; my cat sneaked and ate the seedling. Because of that, I had to start from scratch. Labeling format I use: Week.Day, 1.3 means week 1, day 3 At the first week, no additional nutrients used.

A bit of slow at the beginning but now it looks really happy and growing really good, with lots of branches. This week started feeding the plant, as long as leaves shows signs of recovery from the nutrient burn (because of rich soil). Feeding chart - GHE Drain to waste program.

3rd week starting today! Depends of the size, training will start this or next week. This week feeding chart includes a bit more of Bloom and Gro. I considering to add FloraBlend and CalMagic as well.

4th week started. I noticed some smell in the end of the 3rd week, so ventilation with charcoal filter has been applied. I suspect that overfeeding still an issue (yellow marks at the end of the leafs) so keep feeding with water till further notice. In general, plant looks happy all the time, leaves always looking towards the top, main stem keep becoming thicker.

Week started great but at day 2 I found main stem broken. A day before that I was doing LST and watered the plant after; it seems like stem tried to resist the wire so hard it broke. I was in a rush of healing it (no picture taken before) but it was pretty bad, a complete crack with a tiny patch of green tissue left. What I did — I used a bandage aid with additional piece of hard wire for support and added some training wire for additional support. Hope it will heal well and cause not much stress for the plant. Aside for that, plant doing really great. The largest leaves already larger than my palm and almost reached the sides of the tent. I found that roots reached the bottom of the pot so I lifted the pot a little above the tray. A scrog net has been installed at the day 5 as colas became so long that I'm no longer able to use a wiring.

6th week started. Going to change the feeding chart a bit, focusing on bloom solution. Leaves so big while the plant somewhat compact and it difficult to train to let the light go to the lowest colas. Smell doesn't increased since last week.

Because of the Christmas holidays I've been busy with updating; gonna do that soon. Also, the lighting was upgraded from cobs to quantum boards! More info soon.

So, the problems appeared. My guess is the quantum boards were so efficient that nutrient deficiency developed, this happened in just two days. Also they raised the average temp in a box by a lot (31-32C) and the air become really dry, going from 50% to 20%. I've added the humidifier (now its 50-60%), and calimagic nutrient to the feeding chart. A few leaves became yellow and doesn't look well anymore; the other ones and the colas are still look green so I hope I've corrected the conditions and the feeding chart. Hoping for the best! If anyone planning to use quantum boards, don't follow my mistakes!

Keeping the same feeding chart as the same week. Buds are getting more and more tense; leaves are don't like the heat. No more heavy yellowing as before, I'm glad she made it. The smell so strong that I'm out of ideas - I've put the plastic bag at the end of the exhaust, put some smell absorbent gel inside.

10th week starting today! Because of high temperatures, I've moved box to the lodge and now day/night temp is optimal. Smell still strong but different. Buds are sticky and heavy and keep getting weight; I've removed the scrog net because plant didn't grow that big as I've expected from a 24L pot. Also not sure if its because of the strain or nutrient deficiency, but leaves are changing the color, so the feeding chart has been adjusted once again.

So, by the look of the trichomes I assume its a harvest time! Weighting and taste review after drying and curing. For now I could that that despite all the mistakes I made the plant managed to live till the end, smell wonderful and looks tempting.