********* Week 11 - February 17 to 23, 2020 (**Days 71 to 77 from head coming out of medium**)
Well another week has come and gone and she is still going💪😃 This was week of not too much to report as well as it is basically just keeping her medium wet, light low, and let her ripen😃 We also started looking at trichomes closer this week🧐🧐
Her frost really developed this week and has turned to primarily all cloudy. Took most of the week to get there. Tops are starting to show more amber in the buds and the lowers still show a number of clear.......didn’t want to rush her and let her go at her own pace. She is going to be running close to 80 days and expect that to be harvest day. She took some time but the leaves are light on Sunday and trichrome colour was a good balance.
Removed any unnecessary LST tie downs. She has really started to “pull-in” on herself with the long branches she has grown. They have also gotten really purple over the last two weeks. Discovered another problem with the darn pH pen this week and it was out by 5 full points. This also explains some of the unusual things I have seen and thoughts of her possibly being a little slow the prior week. It had been 4 weeks since last calibration so it wasn’t out that long but long enough. This girl weathered that curve ball pretty good💪🙏
She went into darkness on Sunday Feb 23rd for roughly 48 hours. Harvest day is around the corner😛 Goal of a two week flush is being achieved......should be smooth smoke!! Will see what using Green Planet’s Liquid Weight all the way to the end will do as well.
Again, this girl has been a surprise from the start with her vigour, beautiful leaves in early veg, and awesome bud to leaf ratio in late flower. She has taken pH and nutrient swings in stride. We had some PK issues late in veg and didn’t fully recover from it before flower set in but the narrow leaves have left for an easy trim job👍 Not rushing her so far has allowed her frost to come on strong and she should have a healthy THC percentage!! I have revisited the list of other diaries for this strain and there aren’t many to go by for comparison but this girl seems to be in there with the other top producers......time will tell. Awesome job Sweet Seeds🙏
More detail:
Feb 17/20 - Day 71
- nothing for feed today.
- SWELLING last night :)
Feb 18/20 - Day 72
- 3L water with Rezin & Liquid Weight @ 2ml/L = 80ppm and 5.8pH.
- Moved her under the HLG light today.
- Buds are getting dense and hardening towards the tops.
Feb 19/20 - Day 73
- 2L water with Rezin & LW8 = 80ppm and 6.1pH.
- still waiting on further ripening of lower trichomes but she is getting close.
Feb 20/20 - Day 74
- 2L water with Rezin @2ml and LW8 @1.5ml = 80ppm and 5.9pH
Feb 21/20 - Day 75
- Nothing today. Dry out.
- she will be done in days from now. Into darkness this weekend at some point.
Feb 22/20 - Day 76
- 2L water with Rezin and LW8 @ 1.5ml/L = 80ppm and 5.9pH.
- review trichomes again today.
- one more day.
Feb 23/20 - Day 77
- into darkness today.
- pot still had some weight so didn’t add water.
Thanks to all for your time and enjoy your week with the ladies in your life🙏😃
@Buddha2,Thanks for stopping by!!
Your Zkittlez are looking very nice........#2 should have a nice yield......love the colors coming out in her.
Happy growing!!!
@PrairieFrostGrow,No puck luck😩+ injuries😥, but they are playing hard👍
so things might turn around🙏.
Luck with your plant, looks really good👌
Stay Warm, Grow Big!!
@northernMike,Thanks very much for taking the time!! Love growing this plant!!
She is actually still going. Going to update later today........when I pulled out of darkness her trichs just weren't there.......put her back in the tent, kept her cold and wet........damn......frost increased and she is just about there now!!! As always......Patience Bro! So hard some times😀😀
What the heck is with fighting for a playoff spot???? Injuries suck.....
Cheers Sir!
@Denzul,Thanks for the comment! She has been an unexpected surprise😀 I was not sure how she would grow and what the yield would be like. I knew she is an XL but was not expecting her to be as tall.
Have an awesome week!!
@PrairieFrostGrow, You're more than welcome... You've got skills and I've always been a person to give respect where it's due, and yes the site and growing many strains at once does keep me busy but when you enjoy what you do you never really pay attention to how much you're actually doing, and to be honest, I think this website is a cannabis lovers dream, I can't help myself from jumping on and seeing the latest strains and diaries.😊
@Mr_Weeds_Autos, hey thanks very much for the comment🙏
You are a busy person around the site I see plus keeping up several diaries of your own at once.....hats off to you!!!
I think it brings a smile to any growers face when they receive a comment or a like from a fellow enthusiast such as yourself .....one of the reasons for the success of this site.
Much grower love to you and thanks😀
I am looking at Sweet Seeds. From your grow report, I am convinced to go with Green Poison genetic.
I am in a hot climate and purple shouldn’t come out for me.
Thanks for detailed pics.
Good Day @Med_in_Tropic, I was very happy with Green Poison and with the different versions they have I am sure you will find one that fits your climate. XL Auto worked out well for me😀
Talk to me in January Bud.......I'll take your climate in a heartbeat and sacrifice colours😂😂😂
Have a great week Med
@Med_in_Tropic,Hey Med.......hope you are doing well. Thanks for much for the sentiments!!!
Been busy in life the last couple of weeks......its time to get checking back in on everyone😀
I always feel honored to see a comment from you.......Cheers!!!
@@ShotGunBob,Hey ShotGun.........Sweet Seeds have been very stable for resilient in my grows!!!!!
I am a big fan of their genetics and their new lines have some FIRE looking strains!!!
Happy growing to you........
If you have yet another week, stem splitting or snapping can increase sweet buds. This is the “Colombian Gold” practice.
And a little more feeding helps.
Last week I always go for yoghurt and molasses.
@Med_in_Tropic,I am going to follow this up with you more in the weeks ahead!!!
At that point she was down already. I was thinking about drilling some holes in her stem for example to add some stress and help resin production. I just dismissed that though and then I saw this post from you. Thinking that I will try out the Colombian method next run.
Have a great weekend Med!!
@Ganjagrandaddy, Good Day.....thanks for the comment! Yeah.....I wish the suckers would send me a card😁 Lots of bottles but its not too bad as there is usually only or two feeds a week with everything👌
Keep growing them big buds like you have been...cheers!!!
@Sweet_Seeds, Thanks for the good vibes.......Just coming off a summer of Gorilla Girl by Sweet Seeds......beautiful purples came out in one pheno and frosty like crazy...ran her three times and very consistent. Got the freebie ordering Cream 47....looking forward to it after the auto run.....muchas gracias
Turned out nice.....I have had good results with LST....I had great results with HST super cropping...
WELL INTO FLOWER ALMOST END OF STREACH....I snapped the main stalk just under the cola stacking.....MADE MASSIVE BUDS....I had a height problem...but it worked on both plants the same....HUGE PRODUCTION....easily doubled tripled output....ON AN AUTO TOO
Now I'm FLUXING MAINLINING one and LST on another....my first PHOTO grow so I have the time to train completely....I don't like auto's NICE TO FINISH FAST GET WEED NOW, but a waste of time and money over all....
Also ONE QUESTION....when you check your run off.....ARE YOU WAITING ON THE LAST FEW DROPS?????
do it both ways...initial run off PPM & PH.....then LAST DROPS ONLY....totally different readings.....
First should be perfect...last drops should be highly concentrated...PART OF THAT IS THE BAG ITSELF...…
I don't like fabric stays soggy doesn't RUN OFF WELL ENOUGH....air pots are cool....BUT I LIKE GRO PRO...with cut outs all over...ADD A FEW MORE HOLES IN THE BOTTOM.....
I find my Run off is usually right at 5.85 or so in coco....but thats using a FLUSH from CYCO Kleanse.....I dont PH the FLUSH its like 4.3ph in R/O water....I feed at 6.0 my run off after four gallons is 5.85
FLUSHING CAN DROP PH EASILY.....LOWER PPM BUILD UP....then feed a 50% full line up for the final pour over at your DESIRED PH....
Thats what I noticed from checking ph and ppm of my run off while flushing.....after VEG, mid Flower before swell, and before harvest....
8 gallons usually drops my 1400pom flower feed to 600ppm run off......BUT LAST FEW DROPS FIRST COUPLE GALLONS...LIKE 2450ppm......so I DUMP WATER TILL IM LIKE 8-600 about 8 gallons...…
might help you LOWER YOUR TOTAL PH....
A total pro grow . You must have to tie string round your waist for safety when you enter this jungle. wow. Do love a room full of young budding plants , has a real vision of things to come and usually needed after all the waiting. top notch 👍😎