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I waited on this plant, but it has rebounded enough to at least treat it seriously. The third clone in the line of Gorilla Bomb clones I’ve had. This is a sister clone of Gorilla Bomb Clone 2019 (II), and both were cloned from Gorilla Bomb Clone 2019 (I).
Day 54.
Of note, this clone’s mother was overnuted to the point of nitrogen toxicity and will essentially be a total flowering loss. This clone struggled in my basement for weeks until I was able to modify some things and consistently warm my veg. tent. It is only now green and growing again.
I have transplanted twice, the recent being 15 HP Pro Mix soil: 5 Fox Farms Happy Frog Soil: 5 worm castings, and Myke Herbs and Vegetables mycorrhizae.
My lighting is a 300 watt actual draw LED with a smaller pod that is 1/6th.
Day 61 since cloning Gorilla Bomb. Great progress this week and this month overall. It has transitioned from yellow and struggling before I solved the heat issue, to basically in excess of nutrients. I am not worried, everything looks great. This clone’s parent is dead but its sister is doing great. No pressure on this one other than to grow. Water and time. I did some LST after photos which you can sort of seen in the group shot.
Day 68 since I cloned Gorilla Bomb. I have bent the main stalk with LST, heavily defoliated and exposed everything, and topped. It looks like a twig but it will now begin to form new branches and fill out. I’ve held off a transplant for now. Just water and time!
Day 75 for the third Gorilla Bomb clone that I’ve grown. Lots of amendment, the soil is hot, so the plant is on the verge. Dark green leaves, thin leaves, lots of vegetation, streaking stems, all signs of excess or lockout. Not a huge deal with lots of water and time; it is delaying offshoots making a better canopy. Stay tuned I think we are on track still.
Day 82 since cloning Gorilla Bomb. Everything is looking fine, fine, fine. I decided to transplant as it filled the pot. I’ll just give it more time to fill out and use up amendment.
My soil amendment mix was primarily: 30 HP Pro Mix: 5 Fox Farms Happy Frog: 5 worm castings: 2 ASB Greenworld Sheep Manure Compost: 2 ASB Greenworld Black Earth: 2 ETI Greenhouse Gold Seafood Compost: 1 Blood and Bonemeal pellets: 1 Green Gaia mineralized phosphate (guano): 1 pulverized egg shells; and Myke Herbs and Vegetables mycorrhizae. I did layer it more than usual, meaning I side and top filled with just straight HP Pro Mix.
So, did you notice that Gorilla Bomb needed help with rent? New roommate 👩❤️💋👩. They are getting cozy. I know that some fruit trees benefit from communal root structures, but I do expect these two to fight over room. It allows me to stack young pots on top and save space. And its a fun experiment. Its symbiotic sister is BlackJack Clone 2019 (III).
Day 89 since cloning this Gorilla Bomb clone, my third. The pot sharing is going just lovely, the two girls are cozying up. Tons of growth from both, obviously Gorilla Bomb benefits being more under the light. I had to cut back on vegetation after pictures to free up other young plants. Plenty of time yet to veg. Just water for now.
Day 96 since cloning Gorilla Bomb. Things are going really well, gangbusters. Not only does the plant seem to be doing fine with sharing a container, its grown so much its forced the smaller plant sharing space to be moved (due to lack of light). It has completely grown over. Just water and time. I trimmed and topped after photos. I think I would have space to flower this one in about three weeks.
Day 101 since cloning Gorilla Bomb. This plant (and its container sister) have gone into overdrive. Despite temperature issues all week, they continued to fill out, get bushy, and tall. From the top shot, its hard to tell which plant is which. Its just taking way too much space. I’m not quite sure if temps have effected nutrient absorption, or if its out of amendment or what - I am surprised by the purple stems. Anywho, tossed it into flower tonight haha. I really jammed it into the tent. I really need space, this thing was cutting off the heat circulation in my veg. tent. I will be cautious of nutrients because its only been four weeks, but two mature plants worth of root structure.
Day 108 since cloning Gorilla Bomb. One week of flowering complete, eight weeks to go. Things are looking great, still plenty of green. It needs a bit of phosphorous which it will have to wait one more week when I start feeding. For now, soil amendment, water, time. I am completely at capacity. The last two shots is the group at both angles.
My tent is hung mylar in an unfinished basement covering six feet by four feet. The lighting is as follows and spread out over that area: two 300 watt full spectrum LEDs like my veg. tent. 96 watts of yellow LED bulbs as supplement. And two custom made 50 watt LED pods, which are a mix of LEDs. The spectra are listed but the pods are merely an approximation.
Day 115 since cloning Gorilla Bomb. Two weeks of flowering complete, seven weeks to go. I have to be ultra cautious moving forward. I am still dealing with major soil amendment problems. I had a late flower plant bite the dust. I have to assume this one may still be a bit overloaded and more nutrients could be accessed. However, because it is sharing a container I have to assume more nutrients were used. No plant food applied with irrigation. I have changed my flowering timer back to 12/12. The reduced flowering time did quicken the start of flowering, but was not worth the loss of yield.
Day 122 since cloning Gorilla Bomb. Three weeks of flowering complete, six weeks to go. A little adjustment in the leaf green this week. Buds are forming, looks good. I tried to defoliate after photos, tough to get at this one behind all the plants. This one is due food tomorrow and so I expect some mass gain this week. Both container mates are looking good!
Day 129 for Gorilla Bomb. Four weeks of flowering complete, five weeks to go. Steady progress, not a deep green leaf colour, but it will be easy to fade. I gave water today so it will need to dry a bit before more food. Fuel like smell, sharp. I have messed up two Gorilla Bomb previous, so this one is on good pace comparatively. Got alot of rain recently, and flushing other plants, and so my humidity is very high today.
Day 136 since Gorilla bomb was cloned. Five weeks of flowering complete, four weeks to go. Not giant buds, but plenty of them. Tons of trichomes. I still feel the nutes are off, but still looking decent. I’ll take it. I recently fed 0-10–10 Alaska Morbloom, a popsicle stick dip of blackstrap molasses, and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag). I just might get to the end without killing yet another Gorilla Bomb. Kind of fuel like, weird, not quite cheese, pretty unique smell. It is easy to remember this beauty shares a container with another full grown plant, BlackJack.
Day 143 for Gorilla Bomb. Six weeks of flowering complete, three weeks to go. Interesting so far. I will say Gorilla Bomb seems highly sensitive, I’ve messed three up so far more than other similar plants. I’m trying to rack my brain what set this one off. My guess is maybe I have been going way overboard with molasses, iron excess would cause bronzing and lock phosphorous out. Outside of the bronzing, the plant is sickly. Anyway, subpar. Most recent irrigation was water so it got some relief. It has a sort of sweet, fuel, sort of smell.
Day 150 for this Gorilla Bomb clone. Seven weeks of flowering complete. Fade is coming on rapidly. I suspect this plant is already in death phase. I think the visuals are cooler than what the fuel, cheesy, mixed smell buds are going to produce. Four days ago I gave the last food, 0-10-10 Alaska Morbloom, with a popsicle stick dip of blackstrap molasses, and Plant Prod MJ Spike (CalMag). Time to flush away for the next two weeks or so until harvest!
Day 157 for Gorilla Bomb clone. Eight weeks of flowering complete, one week to go. I’ll chop a few days early seeing at how dead it is. Deficient, gasping for life, pushing out the last trichomes. I’ll flush until the end so I don’t expect any nutrients remaining, the colour would indicate as such haha. The smell is fading but its still a bit fruity or sweet, with some pungent-ness to it.
Harvest was very easy based on how faded the plant was, many fan leaves came off in their own. I gave some extra dark before harvest. I budwashed before hanging to dry, dipping and swirling the buds in a container of baking soda/lemon juice/water first, and then swirling in a container of just water.
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