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No nutrients, no watering; the 25L container was pre-watered before planting a seed.
Soil: Peat moss from local store (no brand)
Light: HLG QB V2 (150w)
Water: Tap water of medium hardness, pH at 7.5
Nutrient: Hopefully none - trying to run a full grow without, but will introduce BioBizz series if needed
Techniques: Probably none, but will tug away leaves and branches as to even out canopy.
Still no nutrients at all. Watered 3L tap water (pH 7.5) when flipped to 12/12 on december 21st.
Day 66: Started drooping overnight. Gave 2L tap water (pH 7.5) before lights-on. This perked her right up.
Day 67: Stripped the leaf-covered, weaker budsites from the middle of the plant. Tugged smaller branches underneath larger ones instead of LST.
Day 68: Tips of sugar leaves start to purple up. Yay.
Day 69: No deficiencies yet; might just let her go another 3-4 weeks and do a thorough flush. Almost too rich a soil.
Day 70: I'm away from home until Day 75, letting her sit in the dark at ~18 degrees Celcius with 2L tap water (pH 7.5).
Day 75: Back on regular light schedule (5 days in darkness). Looks like she didn't suffer too much during the off-time. She's started to smell like creamed coffee with hints of sweet earthy caramel, which is typical of this strain's indica-leaning phenotype.
Day 76: Buds are filling out nicely. Gave her 1L tap water (pH 7.5) with 4ml BioBizz Bloom. First feed of the entire grow!
Day 77: Visibly (to the naked eye, not my bad camera) more frosty than yesterday, possibly due to getting fed. She's very grateful for every little action taken.
Day 78: This lady cannot be stopped. Zero issues so far, which is kinda crazy. Humboldt Seeds really know how to breed 'em.
Day 79: Exactly 4 weeks of flowering yet still no fading. Slowly but surely, she's packing on mass. Smell has transitioned from creamed caramel coffee to tropical honey/herb/citrus. Gave her a thorough flushing with tap water (pH 7.5) due to soil being too hot. Harvest is 3-4 weeks from now.
Day 80: She took well to getting flushed.
Day 81: Nothing new.
Soil is still filled with nutrients (was hot from the start), which she can't possibly eat before harvest. Can I flush 25L soil without drowning her or how do I go about this?
Absolutely you can. And is recommend to do this 3-4 times up to harvest (about 10-14 days before chop). She will technically be drowned for a short period of time, but that happens when we feed too. Your medium can only take up so much water, so flushing excess amounts of water will just run through and won't be retained much more then if it were doing a normal feeding with run-off.
There's a decent way to expedite this process with certain soil flushing agents that are able to pull in excess salts faster. You apply with run-off, wait a bit and re-flush with just water about 30-60min later. By then the agent will have had ample time to grab additional salts and are disposed of with the second flush through. I was able to completely drop my excess salts with 3 uses in 10 days with this. (Type was "Flawless Finish" by Advanced Nutrients.
If you choose to just use water that's totally fine, it just may take an additional flush and a few more days.
Hope this helped my friend. Give me shout through PM if there's anything else I might be able to help you with.
Cheers and happy trails 😉👍
I will be reducing the daily amount of light by 1 hour per week from here on out; giving her 11 hours this week, 10 hours next week, etc. This should kick her into turbo mode.... I think.
Day 82: According to HSO, she'll be done in 14-19 days.
Day 83: Chugging along nicely. No news.
Day 84: Still no fading. Flowers are getting colorful.
Day 85: Flush day with 10+ liters of tap water (pH 7.5). Trichome check: 50% clear, 50% milky, 0% amber.
Day 86: Can't wait to cut her down; she takes up too much space. 10-15 days left. When pre-harvest comes around, I'm gonna pick off all fan leaves and let her swell up for ~7 days.
Day 87: Smell is so strong that it overpowers the carbon filter. Notes of mysterious overripe jungle fruits and herbal-y pineapple seeps out. Colas are collapsing under their own weight.
Day 88: So pretty... Trichome check: 20% clear, 80% milky, 0% amber.
Day 89: Flush day! I really want to see her fade into a dark purple hue, but she sure is taking her time.
Day 90: Starting to see some purpling of the underside of the upper leaves!
Day 91: 5-10 days left according to breeder. 15% clear, 85% milky, 0% amber.
Day 92: She's starting to fade. 0% amber.
Day 93: 1% amber. Harvest in about a week.
Day 94: Final flush and pre-harvest defoliation. 8% clear, 90% milky, 2% amber. Smell is overpowering!
Day 95: Seems like yesterday pushed her trichome production. Noticeably more frosty than last night.
Day 95 at night: I snipped a tiny bit of larf earlier for vape (~70% milky). Smells of fresh herbs, diesel and green banana. Taste is pure herbal with a skunky aftertaste.
I dropped the nightly temperatures to ~10° C (~50° F) to force out some colors. It worked! Girl is getting inky dark purple with striking orange pistils and lime green innards.
Day 96: Just lettin' her do her thing until harvest. No more flushing, watering, defoliation.
Day 97: Nothing to report.
Day 98: 2% clear, 95% milky, 3% amber.
Day 99: Might cut her down tomorrow despite not being 10%+ amber; I have two new important autoflowering seedlings popping their heads up right and they need more than 10/14.
Day 100: Harvest day! Trying wet trim for the first time. Hanging in ~50% RH darkroom for a week or so with a small indirect fan.
Day 101: Quick-dried taste test: cedar and sandalwood on inhale, coconut, pineapple and unripe banana on exhale. Coconut and pineapple stays on the tongue and throat for 10-20 minutes.
Easy strain to grow with a high tolerance for mistakes. Fast growing and extremely photogenic.
Outcome was way above what I had hoped. Compared to other growers of this strain of GrowDiaries, I had hoped for 50-80 grams but I got a whopping 120g.
No mold or diseases.
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