Master Sensei Genetics-Crop Circle

1. These are the first plants for this fall's perpetual auto grow. I plan on starting 1 new plant every 3 weeks. My plan is to harvest 1 plant per month. 2. I'm growing Crop Circle from Master Sensei Genetics. I don't know much about the strain, but I know it is similar to the same strain by Cream of the Crop Seeds. They are a fast finishing strain. That's why I chose them first. 3. I'll be doing a bit of an experiment with this strain. I'm growing 2 plants of the same strain. The 1st pot will be 100% Pro-Mix HP. The 2nd pot will be 50/50 mixture of Happy Frog and Ocean Forest. Both will be grown in 5g canvas grow bags. 4. I will be using Advanced Nutrients and Recharge throughout this grow. Currently I am foliar feeding with a 25% strength solution of Sensei Grow A+B, Sensei Cal-Mag Xtra, and Recharge. I foliar feed prior to the lights turning on. I'll mist with filtered water several times during the day while the lights are on. 5. I will increase solution strength to 50% Sensei Grow A+B, and 100% for Recharge and Sensei Cal-Mag Xtra when the plants show their first set of true leaves. At this point I will feed the soil instead of foliar feeding. However I will continue to mist the plants daily. 6. Feeding schedule will be: Feed(Sensei Grow Only), Feed (Sensei Grow Only), Feed(Recharge and Cal-Mag Only). I hope to feed/water every other day once the plants are established.

1. First set of true leaves are forming. She has long, slender leaves so far. 2. CC is being fed 2Q Filtered Water + 20% Strength Nute Solution every 3rd day, or when the soil is dry knuckle deep. I have to be careful, the soil medium dries out quickly so I have to water more often than my last grows. I'll figure out a schedule that CC likes. 3. I've increased light intensity to 80%. I'll increase Nute Solution strength to 50% once growth picks up enough to support the uptick in nutrients.

1. CC was a bit "leggy" so I did some minor LST in the beginning of the week. I've provided before and after pictures. She has responded well to the LST. Although I hestitate do anything more to stress her out. So far she is not as robust as I'd like. 2. Growth has picked up since the first set of leaves fully formed. Gotta love solar panels. I should see a great deal of growth in the next few weeks. So far no sign of pre-flowering. I'm hoping to get another 2 solid weeks of veg. growth before she goes into flower. 3. I am watering/feeding every 2nd day. She has received 2 of the 3 feedings per cycle. CC receives 2l of Filtered Water+50% Strength Solution of Veg. Nutes. On the 3rd feeding she will receive a full strength does of Recharge as well. 4. Next watering/feeding cycle will be at full strength until the end of stretch.

1. Any day I expect to see flowers. She is really close. She is a slender plant, but she has grown a pretty even canopy. It looks like there will only be one very low branch I will have to prune. As long as she flowers well, this will be a productive grow. 2. Increased the feeding solution strength to 75% for this cycle of watering/feeding. I don't think I'll get to the next cycle using veg. nutes. I'll probably start flowering nutes after this cycle.

1. I've been watching daily and CC has finally gone into full flower. She had a nice stretch. She doubled in size. She still has slender branching. I'm a little concerned about the weight of the buds as she matures. 2. I switched to bloom nutes. Since Sensei Grow and Sensei Bloom are very similar, I decided to feed at 100% strength. I'm also feeding Bud Candy at 100% strength. 3. Pro Mix has no nutrients of its own, so I've been watching the plants I'm growing in that medium. I've noticed that my moderate approach to nutes isn't as effective. I'm thinking I need to feed either stronger solutions, or more often. So far all of the plants are doing well, but they start more slowly than my plants growing with FF soils.

1. CC has finished her first full week of flower. She grew a bit, but I think she is done. 2. Buds are forming nicely along the stalks. I expect her to fill in a lot of that branch space in the next several weeks. 3. She has formed a nice canopy with a lot of well developed bud stalks. However, she is still a slender plant. If she packs on a lot of bud weight, there could be trouble later in flowering. 4. CC is receiving full strength flowering nutes either every other day, or every second day. A lot depends on the weather. The warmer I can keep my grow space, the more often she wants water/nourishment. We've had a rash of cold spells and snow this week, so I cut back to every 2nd day. I'll keep an eye on the plant to determine when she needs water.

1. CC is basically on auto-pilot. She is just stacking on weight and density. 2. I'm feeding full strength flowering nutes about every 3rd day. I'm having problems with over watering a few of my other plants, so I'm trying hard to keep an eye on this one so I don't make the same mistake. So far so good.

1. CC is just doing her thing. She has really fattened up in the last week. I expect a lot more girth by the time she is done. 2. Currently she is receiving 3l of filtered water every 3rd day. I add full strength flowering nutes. 3. She is showing a bit of leaf loss. It could be a lack of some micro-nutrient, but more than likely its part of the fade. This is supposed to be a fast finishing strain. I'm expecting harvest within the month. We shall see.

1. CC is making a dash for the finish line! 2. I've changed her feeding schedule. I am reducing the base flowering nutes, omittin Big Bud and adding Overdrive. This is effectively AN's version of late flowering nutes I guess. I wanted to give her another week of mid-flowering nutes, but the trichomes, calyx, and overall appearance of the plant leads me to believe she is going to be done sooner rather than later. 3. I have to say that I'm impressed with this strain. She started out slender and a bit frail looking, but she has stacked on some great buds. She is extremely sticky to the touch. I'm pretty excited.

1. CC is just about finished. I finished her last round of nutes late last week. She received 6l of filtered water 2 days ago. My plan is to let her dry out then water one last time with filtered water. I'll let her dry out again then put her in a dark room for 48 hours prior to harvest. 2. I used my jeweler's loupe to check 2-3 places on the main cola and random secondary colas. They've been milky for over a week now. I'll keep checking. I expect some to turn amber by harvest.

1. This is it for CC. She is penciled in on my calendar for harvest next week. I finished feeding nutes last week. I watered with 6l of filtered water late last week. Early this week I watered to run-off. 2. I'll let her dry out for the next week then I'll put her in a dark room for 2 days then harvest. 3. She is about 10-15% amber as far as I can tell. She is the most fragrant of all the plants in the auto tent.

This was the first plant under my 480w QB, 5 gallon containers, and HP Promix soil. I was worried throughout veg that she wasn't getting enough water, she was getting too much light, etc.. Once she started flowering she shot up during stretch, but she was still slender. However, once she started staking buds it was all over. She put on weight and stacked buds quickly. There was a sharp uptick in nutrients, water and frequency. Any thoughts of slight and fragile were forgotten. Once harvested I used my new Christmas present, a Herbsnow Dryer. It wouldn't fit my whole harvest so I only dried the secondary buds in the dryer. The primary colas I dried in my dryer box with an exhaust fan and passive intake. I put branches in the dryer to help determine readiness. The dryer is set for 5 days. The branches snapped after about 4 and a half days. I liked using the dryer for my secondary buds. I don't think I'll trust it with my best colas until I've used it several times. Also, the buds were too BIG and PHAT to fit in the dryer!